Five Things You Need to Know Today

MORE BAD WEATHER: The hazardous weather outlook remains in effect as areas of the Inland Empire are buffeted by the winds. National Weather Service officials predicted Loma Linda would have sun and a high near 72 degrees. North winds were expected to blow at around 5 miles per hour. Night will be mostly clear with a low around 48 degrees, officials said.

HEALTH EXPO: Leah Di Bernardo, President of Slow Food in Temecula Valley, will speak at Loma Linda University's Healthy People  2011 Conference and Expo  from 1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Di Bernardino will speak on Health and Wellness: School Garden Programs through Slow Food Temecula Valley. The expo focuses on lifestyle medicine and prevention of chronic disease. The event, which promotes awareness of the impact our daily food choices make, will be held at the Drayson Center, 25040 Stewart St. It continues Wednesday. Information: (800) 422-4558.

HONORING THE BRAVE: Today at 11 a.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff’s, who provide law-enforcement services to Loma Linda, will honor San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lieutenant Alfred Stewart and California Highway Patrol Officer Larry Wetterling during a Highway Dedication Ceremony. The men were killed March 9, 1973. Wetterling had stopped to help a driver on the southbound Interstate 15, according to official reports. The driver turned out to be a recently paroled convict. He killed Wetterling and stole his patrol car and his gun, according to reports. Stewart responded tracked the parole down but into a shoot out and was killed. 

LOCAL INSPIRATION: The Western Arizona Regional Medical Center in Bullhead City, Ariz., is scheduled to head out to Haiti. They will be working with the Loma Linda University relief efforts in Haiti. This story ran in the Tri-State Online publication. The story is obviously WARMC-centric. But it is interesting to see so many moved to help.

EXCITEMENT BUILDS: Let the excitement begin for all you Redlands Adventist Academy fans. At 7 tonight, in the school’s cozy gym, the boys basketball team will face off against the St. Bernard Vikings from Playa del Rey. The school is at 130 Tennessee St.