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The Los Angeles City Council has approved a $250 million settlement agreement that will eventually return Ontario International Airport to local control. The council took its action in a 13-0 vote, according to a statement released by Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office. Los Angeles has controlled the airport since 1967, the …

Perris has a new police chief. Brandon Ford, a captain with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, is scheduled to take over as the city’s top law enforcement official Thursday, according to a city statement. Ford, a member of the sheriff’s department since 1996, was welcomed by the city council and …

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to extend the leave of absence of employees who were impacted by the Dec. 2 terrorist shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead. The 5-0 vote means that about 80 to 100 people who work in the county’s Division …

Two office buildings at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, where 14 people were shot and killed Dec. 2, are expected to reopen soon. No exact date has been set for the reopening of Buildings 1 and 2, and Building 3 – where the shootings occurred – will remained …

Opponents of a proposed 40.6-million-square-foot logistics project in Moreno Valley are gathering signatures in an effort to get the issue on the local ballot. The petition drive, which began right after Thanksgiving, has several more weeks to get the signatures of 8,000 registered voters who live in Moreno Valley, said …

Ontario’s annual Christmas celebration is scheduled to begin Friday. The yearly tree-lighting ceremony will he held at 5:30 p.m. at Ontario Town Square at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and C Street, said Sue Oxarart, spokeswoman for the Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau. City officials will light the tree …