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California water officials have approved regulations meant to bring about drastic reductions in water use ordered by Gov. Jerry Brown last month. Water districts statewide will be required to cut their water consumption by as much as 36 percent in some cases compared with their March 2013 levels of use …

Democrats are beginning to make up ground in Riverside County. Since 2011, Democrats have reached voter pluralities in Riverside, San Jacinto and Cathedral City, three places where it has traditionally trailed the Republicans in registered voters, according to report in The Press-Enterprise. The GOP still leads in overall registered voters …

California residents cut their water consumption by 3.6 percent in March compared with March 2014. That represented a minor improvement compared with February, when the state recorded a 2.8 percent reduction year-over-year, according to multiple published reports that cited data from the State Water Resources Control Board. That fell well …

Ontario International Airport recorded a rise in passenger traffic last month, helped in part by an increase in international travel. The airport served 355,199 travelers in March, up 1.5 percent compared with March 2014, according to data released Tuesday by Los Angeles World Airports. Ontario International’s traffic count appears to …

Truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach walked off the job Monday in a dispute regarding wages and how they are classified as employees. Member of the Teamsters Union voted Saturday to approve the strike, prompting several hundred drivers from four companies to strike, according to …

A manufacturer of electronic signs used by theaters and other businesses has moved its corporate headquarters to Ontario. Optec Displays Inc. will move from the City of Industry to a new 81,000-square-foot building at 1700 S. De Soto Place, according to a statement on the company’s website. The move was …