City / County News

Ontario wants its own minor league baseball team. Specifically, the city wants the team that’s been its next-door neighbor for the past three decades, and it’s planning to build a regional sports complex, with a state-of-the-art minor league baseball stadium and parking structure as its centerpiece, to make that happen. …

Inland manufacturing declined slightly in August but still managed to stay in growth mode, according to data released today. The region’s purchasing managers index last month was 51.9, down from 54.2 in July, according to the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. That’s the …

Riverside’s annual holiday festival has a new start date. This year’s switch-ceremony that will begin the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights will start at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 18, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, according to a statement on the city’s website. Traditionally, the event has been held the …

Norco has reaffirmed its opposition to Riverside’s plan to build above-ground transmission lines along the city’s portion of the Santa Ana River. The city is “building a coalition” to support placing the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project underground, which would run through an area susceptible to fires according to a statement …

Moreno Valley is again asking local artists to donate their work for possible exhibitions in city facilities. The city’s annual Art Loan Program accepts “family-friendly” pieces of art created by Moreno Valley residents to be displayed in the council chamber, library, and several other locations, according to a statement on …

San Bernardino County’s workforce development board has been named one of the state’s top workforce boards. The board, a volunteer group that oversees federal funding meant to strengthen the county’s labor pool, was recognized for its “success in transforming lives and strengthening business throughout the nation’s largest geographic county,” according …