City / County News

San Bernardino County has opened a building for its public defenders. The new headquarters at 323 W. Court St. in San Bernardino is in the former First American Title building and is the latest addition to the city’s downtown justice district, according to a statement on the county’s website. Opened …

The Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival will return to being an annual event under an agreement approved Tuesday by the board of supervisors. A new partnership between the county and Pickering Events LLC puts that company in charge of operating the Riverside County fairgrounds and fair for five …

Riverside County Workforce Development has received a $1.8 million state grant that it will use to develop apprenticeship programs in five industries: IT and cybersecurity, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation logistics, and the public sector. The three-year grant, arranged by the California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Apprenticeship Standards, …

San Bernardino has received a $150,000 grant from the Irvine Foundation that will help pay for an economic consultant. Bruce Katz, director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University in Philadelphia, will develop an investment plan that will help the city match its financial needs with public and …

Councilman Ed A. Delgado has been named Moreno Valley’s mayor pro tem. A 25-year Moreno Valley resident, Delgado was elected in November to represent the second district, according to a statement on the city’s website. Delgado serves on the city’s economic development, public safety and parks and community services subcommittees. …

Victorville fire department personnel have approved a contract that gives them their first increase in salary and benefits in four years. The five-year agreement, which department members approved unanimously, calls for a 23.6 percent salary increase for firefighter-paramedics during the first year of the agreement. The contract also provides a …