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Some Inland Empire residents are reportedly leading the state in water use. Residents in the driest parts of the two-county region are using an average of 252 gallons a day, nearly three times the average daily use in coastal communities in Northern California, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. …

After years of declining passenger traffic, Ontario International Airport might be starting a comeback. The airport attracted slightly more than three million passengers during the first nine months of this year, up 3.74 percent compared with the same period in 2013, according to data released Tuesday by Los Angeles World …

A Moreno Valley deputy city attorney who is suing the city over his recent termination has returned to work for the city. Paul Early returned to his former job two weeks ago shortly after Moreno Valley officials offered to reinstate him, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Early, who …

Murrieta Mayor Alan Long has resigned from the city council in the wake of his arrest last week for allegedly causing an accident while driving drunk. Long, who said he still plans to seek a council seat in the Nov. 4 election, predicted that he will be cleared of the …

San Jacinto residents are about to find out if their city council is good on its word. Council members are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether most of the revenue generated from proposed utility tax will be spent on public safety, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Council members …

Opponents of San Bernardino’s across-the-board ban on medical marijuana dispensaries are fighting back. A lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of one dispensary businesses in the city charges that the city council violated the state’s open-meeting several weeks ago when it decided to crack down on all dispensaries, according to a …