City / County News

In the midst of California’s most severe drought in decades, a new, privately funded venture to provide drinkable water to parched Southern Californians continues to make significant progress. The Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project is in its 7th year of development and will initially provide quality water …

San Bernardino is leaning towards putting one person in charge of its communications efforts rather than hire a public relations firm to serve in that capacity, according to a well-placed source. The city, which is currently debating how it can best present itself to the public, accepted bids in October …

A proposed housing development for low-income military veterans is scheduled to go before the Jurupa Valley City Council Thursday. The project, which will be built by Habitat for Humanity, has already been approved by the city’s planning commission and needs only the council’s approval to happen, according to a report …

A judge has denied a request by Ontario that would have required Los Angeles to released 399 documents to the city in connection with its lawsuit to gain control of Ontario International Airport. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gloria Connor Trask ruled Tuesday that the request is out of her …

Twenty four people have applied to fill a vacant seat on the Temecula City Council. The seat, vacated by Chuck Washington last month when he was appointed to fill an open seat on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, will be filled by appointment rather than with a special election, …

The long-planned project has cleared its environmental hurdles and been cleared to begin design and construction. Proponents hope it will not only lessen traffic in both communities but attract commercial development along its route as well. How much the latter happens is open to debate, says one local retail broker. …