SB-210 would make trucks from outside California pass a clean air test before they’re allowed to do business here. As unusual as it may seem, California does not require “smog checks” for diesel trucks. Unlike passenger vehicles, which must pass a stringent air quality check every two years to remain …
Read More »CBB Arena again named top arena
Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario has again been ranked among the top 200 entertainment venues of its kind by a major trade publication. The venue, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last October, was rated 37th nationally and 69th worldwide by Pollstar, an international journal for the concert industry, according …
Read More »SCAG grant to help law enforcement
The Southern California Association of Governments has donated nearly $300,000 to San Bernardino County. Announced Thursday, the grant is part of the association’s Future Communities Pilot Program and will be used by law enforcement, according to a statement. The sheriff’s department and San Bernardino County Superior Court plan to use …
Read More »New tribal relations director for CSUSB
Vincent Whipple has been appointed Cal State San Bernardino’s director of tribal relations. A Native American educator and tribal advocate, Whipple was named to the new position to attract more Native American students to the university and help them succeed once they’ve enrolled, according to a statement on the school’s …
Read More »SB County names interim fire chief
Donald W. Trapp, deputy fire chief with San Bernardino County, will serve as the department’s interim chief beginning later this week. Trapp will fill in for Mark Hartwig, who is leaving the department Feb. 15 to become Santa Barbara County’s fire chief, according to a statement posted on San Bernardino …
Read More »Inland manufacturing still up, but employment down
Manufacturing in the Inland Empire has now expanded for more than two years without interruption. The region’s purchasing managers index in January was 53.3, higher than the 50 benchmark that determines whether manufacturing is getting stronger or weaker, according to the monthly report by the Institute of Applied Research and …
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