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A defense attorney in the Colonies corruption trial took San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos to task on Wednesday, accusing him off filing a bogus case against the four defendants solely for his own political gain. Stephen Larson, counsel for Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum, concluded his opening statement …

Prosecutors in the Colonies corruption case have no evidence of bribery or any other illegal acts, an attorney for one of the four defendants in the case said Tuesday. In his day-long opening argument, Stephen Larson told the two juries that will decide the case that prosecutors presented a skewed, …

A Wildomar city councilman has been named vice president of public affairs in the Inland Empire by the California Apartment Association. Ben J. Benoit, who began his new position last week, will concentrate primarily on advocating for the rental housing industry before various government entities, according to an association statement. …

For the second time in less than a week, a San Bernardino County Superior Court jury heard opening arguments in the Colonies corruption case. Last week, Deputy District Attorney Lewis Cope alleged that Jim Erwin, the county’s former assistant assessor, participated in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme in connection with …

Riverside County is seeking volunteers to help conduct its annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey, which is scheduled to be held Jan. 24 in Palm Springs. The homeless count is a one-day street and service-based effort designed to calculate how many people in the county are homeless on any one …

Opening arguments in the Colonies corruption trial continued today, with a defense attorney taking a series of shots at much of the prosecution’s case against his client and the three other defendants. Attorney Raj Maline, who began his opening remarks Wednesday by comparing the county’s case to a photograph that …