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Museum Lecture Explores Some Curious Cousins of the Horse

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By Jennifer Reynolds,
April 23, 2014 at 02:35pm. Views: 47

April 27, 2014 is World Tapir Day, an international event to raise awareness about the four species of living tapir currently inhabiting Central and South America and Southeast Asia. To celebrate World Tapir Day, San Bernardino County Museum Curator of Paleontology Eric Scott will present an illustrated lecture, “Tapirs: Curious Cousins of the Horse” at the county museum on Sunday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. The presentation is included with paid museum admission. Although World Tapir Day celebrates living tapirs, these animals also have a fossil record—including discoveries in southern California and the southwest. Other extinct animals, like sabre-toothed cats and ground sloths, that lived in southern California during the Pleistocene Epoch—the “Ice Ages”—are famous. Tapirs are less well-known. “Tapirs are hoofed mammals related to horses,” said Scott, “but they’re much more primitive in many of their features. Think of a pig-sized critter with a snout like a short trunk and three toes on each foot–that’s a tapir!” Today, tapirs live only in Central and South America and southeastern Asia. “During the Ice Ages, we had at least two species of these unusual animals right here in southern California, as well as in much of the rest of the US and Mexico,” Scott said. Recent discoveries of tapir fossils by museum paleontologists and other researchers in inland southern California and northwestern Sonora, Mexico, are rewriting what we know about these reclusive creatures. “Comparing fossils we find here in California, right under our feet, with fossils from Mexico paints a very different picture from what we thought we knew,” said Scott. “We’re rethinking how many kinds of tapir lived here in the southwest during the Ice Ages.” Join us for an afternoon as Scott shares a picturesque travelogue of his experiences south of the border, reviewing what we know and what we’ve recently learned about ancient Ice Age tapirs.

SPARK Closing Ceremony Celebrates Growth, Opportunity and the Future of Public Service

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By William Cortez, Community Writer

August 12, 2026 at 07:53am. Views: 895

SPARK program participants celebrate their achievements during a closing ceremony recognizing their growth, new opportunities and interest in the future of public service.

Athlete Highlight: Brooke Hazen

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By Titan Mom Elvira, Community Writer

July 29, 2026 at 11:30am. Views: 1200

Freshman Varsity cheerleader Brooke Hazen stands at midfield of Grand Terrace High School's football field, where she looks forward to helping energize the crowd and build school spirit throughout the Titans' football season.

Decades of Precision: Victor Covarrubias Brings Experience and Personal Care to 20/20 Vision

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By Margie Miller, Community Writer

August 19, 2026 at 08:12am. Views: 865

Victor Covarrubias, an experienced optical technician at 20/20 Vision Associates Optometry, began his career in the optical industry in 1998.