Last night’s elections in San Bernardino ended in a tumultuous grand finale fiasco that will leave people scratching their heads for weeks to come. The recall election batted 2 for 3, recalling both City Attorney Jim Penman and his close ally on the City Council Wendy McCammack. Councilman John Valdivia …
Read More »Amazon Moreno Valley is Great for City
Amazon Moreno Valley is Great for City Moreno Valley officials spent the past six months negotiating with Amazon.com to bring a fulfillment center to the city, and their efforts paid off this week. The online retail giant announced Tuesday that it will build a 1.2 million-square-foot facility in Moreno Valley, much to …
Read More »Banning Airport: Upgrades set for local airport
Banning Municipal Airport is about to get a new fueling station, the first of several improvements planned for the city-owned airport. The above-ground “fuel farm” will be built on the west end of the airport and will replace an underground fuel tank on the airport’s east side, said Art Vela, …
Read More »The Inland Empire’s newest city might not be a city for long
Jurupa Valley, which became a city less than three years ago, might be forced to return to being a county-run community, although its battle is far from over For Jurupa Valley, incorporation might end before it really got started. Two days before it officially became a city, on June 28, …
Read More »City’s pot ban challenged
According to a report that first appeared in the Press-Enterprise, a Temecula attorney is suing Murrieta regarding the city’s ban on medical marijuana. Ray Johnson, who is best known for filing lawsuits against developers, is challenging Murrieta’s ban on marijuana dispensaries in all parts of the city and its prohibition …
Read More »Airport passenger traffic continues to drop
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 …
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