The U.S. Department of Transpiration has approved $2.5 billion in bonds to help pay for the high-speed rail project that will run between Southern California and Las Vegas. The Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Project, which will stop in Rancho Cucamonga and Hesperia, will run for 218 miles along …
Read More »San Bernardino library reopens
Paul Villaseñor Library in San Bernardino has reopened, one year after it shut down for repairs. The facility at 525 N. Mt. Vernon Ave. returned to operation Jan. 22 with a remodeled community room that can accommodate 75 people and upgraded rest rooms, according to a statement on the city’s …
Read More »Rancho Cucamonga to use electric fire engine
The Rancho Cucamonga Fire District has purchased an electric fire engine for $1.3 million. The Rosenbauer RTX Electric Fire Engine will operate out of Station 178, which is scheduled to open this spring on Town Center Drive east of Haven Avenue, according to a statement on the city’s website. Rancho …
Read More »City gets $35 million to help homeless
San Bernardino has received a $35 million state grant that will pay for temporary housing for the chronically homeless. The money, from the Department of Housing and Community Development, will finance construction of a facility next to the Lutheran Social Services’ San Bernardino campus at 1354 N. G St., according …
Read More »New city manager addresses Carousel Mall, vacated city hall
San Bernardino’s new city manager is crafting bond measures meant to raise money to help pay for development of the Carousel Mall property and restoration of the city hall building downtown, which has been vacant since 2107. “What I have in mind has worked elsewhere,” said Charles Montoya in a …
Read More »San Bernardino library to hold book sale
San Bernardino’s Norman F. Feldheym Library will hold book sales Jan. 20 and Jan. 27. The events, scheduled to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will include books, magazines, DVDs and music, among other items, according to a statement on the city’s website. Feldheym Library is at 555 …
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