City / County News

Advocates of local control of Ontario International Airport just got more ammunition for their cause: passenger numbers there dropped dramatically in August. The rate of passenger traffic dropped 14.6 percent compared with August 2012, a worse decline than board members of the Ontario International Airport Authority were told to expect …

Hemet has a new city manager. Wally Hill, who most recently served as San Diego’s assistant chief operating officer, was hired by the Hemet City Council Tuesday, according to a published report. Council members voted 4-0 to hire Hill, who served in San Diego from 2009 until January of this …

Two water districts in Southwest Riverside County are considering assuming control of an undercover private utility in order to provide service to a small community between two cities. The governing boards of the Elsinore Valley and Eastern Municipal Water Districts held their first-ever joint meeting Monday, in which they discussed …

An Inland Empire-based fair housing organization has received a grant from the federal government. The Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board received $650,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to fight housing discrimination, according to a published report. That group, which has satellite offices in …

Two local housing agencies have received counseling grants from the federal government.    Springboard Nonprofit Consumer Credit Management and The Fair Housing Council of Riverside County were among 334 organizations nationwide that recently received assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to a published report.    …

Don’t expect to see Native American gaming in Barstow anytime soon.    Plans for a proposed casino in Barstow, which would be owned and operated by the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians in San Diego, are still in the preliminary stages, according to a published report.    …