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Defense attorneys for all four defendants in the Colonies Crossroads corruption trial rested yesterday without any of them calling a witness to testify. The move came as a surprise.  Lawyers for developer Jeff Burum, former San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane, former assistant county assessor Jim Erwin and Mark Kirk, …

Redlands-based Esri has made improvements to its World Geocoding service, a software that converts addresses into locations and locations into addresses. The upgrades include better address matching, easier ways to identify locations and better methods for identifying intersections on a map, according to a statement released Tuesday. The intersection improvements …

Fresh off its merger with a Northern California supermarket chain, Cardenas Markets is looking to expand. Although no sites have been selected, Ontario-based Cardenas expects to open a store in San Bernardino and Las Vegas within the next year, said Marco Robles, company spokesman. Cardenas announced its merger with Mi …

Five charges were dropped today in the Colonies Crossroads corruption trial, bringing to seven the number of charges that have been dismissed against the four defendants in the case. Judge Michael A. Smith three out all four charges related to misappropriation of public funds against developer Jeff Burum, former San …

Ontario-based Cardenas Markets and Mi Pueblo, a supermarket chain based in San Jose, are merging. The result is one of the largest Hispanic supermarket chains in the United States, according to a statement released Thursday. KKR and Victory Park Advisors, both private equity firms that are heavily invested in the …

Ontario International Airport has agreed to add ride services that are summoned by smart phone apps to its ground transportation network. The airport authority on Wednesday agreed to make the addition, according to a statement posted on the airport’s website. Two app-based providers – Uber and Lyft Inc. – were …