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 …
Read More »Defense states its case in Colonies trial
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, …
Read More »Councilman hired by trade group
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. …
Read More »Opening arguments continue in Colonies case
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 …
Read More »County seeks help for homeless survey
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 …
Read More »Newport Beach Developer Wants to Build More 55+ Communities in the Inland Empire
The two-county region has affordable residential land and, like just about every submarket, a population that’s aging. The task now is to identify the places where those kind of communities will work and secure the land. When Steve Cameron looks at demographic data, he sees mainly two things: millennials at …
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