Rancho Cucamonga Mayor Dennis Michael was part of a delegation that met at the White House Wednesday with First Lady Michelle Obama. Michael, representing the National League of Cities, traveled to Washington, D.C., for an event honoring cities that are participating in the “Let’s Move! City’s, Towns and Counties” program, …
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David Ansen, longtime film critic for Newsweek magazine, has been named lead programmer of the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Ansen, who wrote for the weekly magazine from 1977 to 2008, will acquire films from distribution outlets and other companies and will also help select the films that will be …
Read More »City prepares for wet winter
Moreno Valley is getting an early jump on El Nino. The city is asking for volunteers to help prepare for expected heavy floods this winter, said Matt Mahaffey, the city’s emergency management specialist. Moreno Valley’s Office of Emergency Management and Volunteer Services hopes to persuade 50 to 60 people to …
Read More »Industrial building sold
A leading provider of custom wheels for cars trucks and sports utility vehicles has bought a warehouse-distribution building in Corona. Vision Wheel paid $10.9 million for the building at 1470 E. Sixth Ave., according to Colliers International, which negotiated the sale. The building was finished earlier this year and has …
Read More »Europe, Meet San Bernardino, California
Europe has an immigration problem. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants escaping from Syria, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan are making the often dangerous trek from their home countries to escape the tumult of the Middle East region. Their homes are being overrun in many areas by the Islamic State (ISIS), squeezed …
Read More »AQMD seeks to slow Moreno Valley logistics project
The South Coast Air Quality Management District plans to file a lawsuit in connection with the World Logistics Center, the mega-industrial project planned for Moreno Valley. The suit, which was expected to be filed today in Riverside County Superior Court, will allege that the city failed to adapt adequate air …
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