Some state lawmakers are recommending that $3 billion be included permanently in the state budget to be spent on affordable housing and reducing homelessness. More than two dozen assembly members and senators have signed a letter supporting the League of California Cities’ request for that funding, according to a statement …
Read More »Victorville roadway to be shut down
Starting May 30, part of Bear Valley Road in Victorville will be closed to accommodate a bridge widening project. The eastbound lane between Industrial Boulevard and Ridgecrest Road will be shut down from approximately 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. through June 2, according to a statement on the city’s website. …
Read More »New state law will slow growth gaming
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation meant to restrict the growth of California’s gaming industry for the next 20 years. Assembly Bill 341, which Newsom signed into law May 21, returns provisions sponsored by the cardroom industry in the 1997 Gambling Control Act which kept California from issuing new cardroom …
Read More »Inland water conference scheduled
Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Southern California Water Conference. The conference, titled Responding to Water Extremes,” will deal with a future of “weather whiplash,” in which extremely dry conditions will be …
Read More »MSJC to host middle college hight school
The Mt. San Jacinto Community College District and the San Jacinto Unified School District have formed the San Jacinto Middle College High School, a program that will make It easier for high school students to move from high school to college. Approved recently by the college district’s board of trustees, …
Read More »Apartment portfolio sells for $12 million.
Three San Bernardino apartment buildings have been sold for a combined $12 million. The 79-unit portfolio is in the South Pointe neighborhood near downtown Loma Linda and is close to several universities, including Loma Linda University Medical Center, Cal State San Bernardino, and Cal Baptist University, according to a statement …
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