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Ontario International Airport has received an “A-” rating for its fixed rate municipal bonds, which total approximately $52.2 million. The airport, which is scheduled to transfer ownership from Los Angeles World Airports to the Ontario International Airport Authority next month, was also given a “stable” outlook by Fitch Ratings Inc. …

Californians were less diligent about saving water during August, as the state’s conservation rate fell below 20 percent. Statewide, residents used 17.7 less water during August than they did in August 2013, well below the 20 percent reduction they reached in July, the State Water Resources Control Board reported Wednesday. …

Rancho San Gorgonio, which will take 20 to 30 years to complete, will cover nine acres, add about 9,000 people to Banning’s population and generate an estimated $90 million in developer fees. That’s a major project, but the Inland Empire needs a lot more like it to keep up with …

Adelanto residents will have a chance to speak their minds, and get some questions answered, regarding a proposed excise tax on marijuana businesses in the city. A special town hall meeting, scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at Heritage Field, will discuss the measure that will appear on …

The San Bernardino County Public Library is starting a digital E-Resources card. The card will give customers access to all of the library’s online resources as well as allow them to check out e-books from the library through a number of digital sources, including Overdrive, 3M Cloud Library or Gale …

Passenger traffic at Ontario International Airport dropped slightly in August, according to data released this week. Overall passenger count last month was 357,854, a 2.9 percent decline compared with August of 2015, Los Angeles World Airports reported. Domestic traffic was essentially flat – 344,676 passengers a year-over-year drop of 1.82 …