City / County News

A judge has been ordered to take another look at her decision to require Los Angeles to release nearly 400 documents to Ontario in connection with the lawsuit between the two cities regarding control of Ontario International Airport. The Fourth State Court of Appeals in Riverside ruled this week that …

Workforce investment boards in San Bernardino and Riverside counties have received $2 million from the U.S. Department of Labor. The grants will be used for classroom and on-the-job training, and will also provide assistance to local businesses and people who are looking for a job, according to a report in …

The proposed expansion of the Riverside County Jail in Indio keeps getting more expensive. Officials now estimate that it will cost $331 million to build the East County Detention Center on the site of the existing jail, a 40 percent increase from the estimates made three years ago, according to …

Voters in Upland will decide next year whether to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in their city. The city council voted 3-2 to include the ballot measure – which would allow three dispensaries to operate in the northwest part of the city – on next year’s general election ballot, according to …

John Russo, Riverside’s new city manager, will be paid well for his work. Russo, who is scheduled to start May 4, has a five-year contract that will pay him $295,000 a year plus an annual raise of three percent for good performance, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Russo …

The Pomona City Council will hold a special public hearing regarding whether a Walmart Neighborhood Market should be allowed to sell alcohol. The Planning Commission voted last month to allow the store at 778 E. Arrow Highway, which opened recently, to sell beer, wine and other forms of liquor, according …