City / County News

Jeff Burum, an Inland Empire commercial and residential developer for more than three decades, wants San Bernardino County to secede from California. Some people, starting with the county board of supervisors, believe that’s an idea worth considering.    Longtime Inland Empire developer Jeff Burum is convinced that San Bernardino County is not …

California’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in July, a 0.3 percent decline from the previous month and the lowest rate recorded dating to 1976, according to data released today. Employers added 84,800 non-agricultural jobs in July, a strong number, but the number of people employed in the state is …

Lincoln Property Co. in Dallas has been hired to help the city decide what do with 43-acre downtown site. Both sides are prepared to spend up to a year working out a development plan and another year putting it in place. The move, years in the making, is being called …

Riverside has banned camping and storing items in the Santa Ana River bottom and other places likely to catch fire. An ordinance passed by the city council Aug. 2 applies to all “fire-prone” areas, especially parts of the city where residential development is near undeveloped vegetation and wild areas, according …

Mayor Yxstian Gutierrez will deliver Moreno Valley’s annual state of the city address Aug. 18. Gutierrez will speak of the city’s accomplishments in the past year and its plans for the future, according to a statement on the city’s website. “As we go through life, we inevitably wonder what kind …

Ontario voters will decide this November whether to approve more funding for maintaining and improving city services. If approved, the Local Services Measure will generate an average of $95 million per year by taking the city’s sales tax from the current rate of 7.75 percent to 8.75 percent, according to …