The Rancho Cucamonga Fire District has purchased an electric fire engine for $1.3 million. The Rosenbauer RTX Electric Fire Engine will operate out of Station 178, which is scheduled to open this spring on Town Center Drive east of Haven Avenue, according to a statement on the city’s website. Rancho …
Read More »City gets $35 million to help homeless
San Bernardino has received a $35 million state grant that will pay for temporary housing for the chronically homeless. The money, from the Department of Housing and Community Development, will finance construction of a facility next to the Lutheran Social Services’ San Bernardino campus at 1354 N. G St., according …
Read More »New city manager addresses Carousel Mall, vacated city hall
San Bernardino’s new city manager is crafting bond measures meant to raise money to help pay for development of the Carousel Mall property and restoration of the city hall building downtown, which has been vacant since 2107. “What I have in mind has worked elsewhere,” said Charles Montoya in a …
Read More »San Bernardino library to hold book sale
San Bernardino’s Norman F. Feldheym Library will hold book sales Jan. 20 and Jan. 27. The events, scheduled to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will include books, magazines, DVDs and music, among other items, according to a statement on the city’s website. Feldheym Library is at 555 …
Read More »Study details Southern California’s infrastructure woes
All of the reports about Southern California’s infrastructure being in serious decline appear to be true, according to a report by an Anaheim-based nonprofit that spent one year investigating the matter. The result of that effort is The High Cost of Underinvestment: Assessing the State of Infrastructure in Southern California, …
Read More »SB prepares for Point-In-Time Count
San Bernardino is asking for volunteers for its 2024 Point-in-Time Count, which will be held the morning of Jan. 15. Participants will gather at the National Orange Show’s Gate 10, 930 S. Arrowhead Avenue, according to a statement. Mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Point-in …
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