Chino Valley Fire board members unanimously approved a three-year contract extension for Chief Dave Williams on March 13 without a pay raise but increased his deferred compensation and education stipend.
Without discussion, Chino Valley Fire District board members approved on March 13 a five percent increase for themselves per meeting over a two-year period.
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The coronavirus pandemic, protests over the police killing of George Floyd, the Blue Ridge fire, lockdowns, and the closing of schools rocked the Chino Valley and the rest of the nation during this extraordinary year.
The devastation was matched by the goodness of residents who helped school children cope with social isolation, collected food and items for those hit hardest by the pandemic, and rallied around frontline healthcare workers.
Barely had the year begun when the coronavirus pandemic originating in Wuhan, China spread across the globe resulting in 334,000 deaths in the United States by the end of the year.
There were 11 deaths in Chino Hills and 70 in Chino, with 26 of those at the California Institution for Men in Chino and one at the California Institution for Women.