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A Wildomar city councilman has been named vice president of public affairs in the Inland Empire by the California Apartment Association. Ben J. Benoit, who began his new position last week, will concentrate primarily on advocating for the rental housing industry before various government entities, according to an association statement. …

For the second time in less than a week, a San Bernardino County Superior Court jury heard opening arguments in the Colonies corruption case. Last week, Deputy District Attorney Lewis Cope alleged that Jim Erwin, the county’s former assistant assessor, participated in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme in connection with …

Riverside County is seeking volunteers to help conduct its annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey, which is scheduled to be held Jan. 24 in Palm Springs. The homeless count is a one-day street and service-based effort designed to calculate how many people in the county are homeless on any one …

Opening arguments in the Colonies corruption trial continued today, with a defense attorney taking a series of shots at much of the prosecution’s case against his client and the three other defendants. Attorney Raj Maline, who began his opening remarks Wednesday by comparing the county’s case to a photograph that …

Attorneys in the Colonies corruption case began presenting their case to a jury today, as the prosecution concluded its opening statement in a trial for one of four defendants in San Bernardino County Superior Court. In a presentation that lasted nearly three hours, Deputy District Attorney Lewis Cope told the …

Riverside is in solid financial shape. The city was given “a clean bill of health” from a group of independent auditors who reviewed its financial data, including grants it received from the federal and state government, according a statement. The audits, by Macias, Gini & O’Connell LLP, also examined the …