Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Sunday, September 18, 2011 – 02:10 p.m.
We rarely get a chance to see another country’s editorial about the USA
Read this excerpt from a Romanian newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title ‘C’ntarea Americii, meaning ‘Ode To America’ in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei (‘The Daily Event’ or ‘News of the Day’.)
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Created: 09/17/2011 08:45:23 PM PDT
Special Section: SB County Watch
FBI and IRS involvement in the biggest county corruption scandal in history is serious, far-reaching and unusual, say two legal experts and a former San Bernardino County District Attorney.
10:00 PM PDT on Saturday, September 17, 2011
BY DUANE W. GANG
STAFF WRITER
dgang@pe.com
The Riverside Sheriff’s Association has challenged the pay cuts imposed on deputies by Riverside County supervisors earlier this year and wants the county to seek voter approval for lower retirement benefits.
10:00 PM PDT on Saturday, September 17, 2011
BY JACK KATZANEK
STAFF WRITER
jkatzanek@pe.com
Albertsons will close up to 100 stores if the union representing most of its employees strikes tonight, the grocer said in a statement released late Friday.
Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Created: 09/17/2011 07:08:23 AM PDT
Probation departments in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties are expected to soon start expanding as the state prison system shifts responsibility for thousands of low-level offenders to local agencies.
Settlement, fate of Westwinds Sports Center on City Council agenda
September 17, 2011 2:00 PM
Brooke Edwards
City Editor
VICTORVILLE • The fate of Westwinds Sports Center and a nearly $500,000 settlement payment to the federal government will be before the City Council on Tuesday night.
Ron Paul
Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Los Angeles– At California’s usually staid GOP state convention, hundreds of unlikely Republican activists – many sporting porkpie hats, dreadlocks and tie-dyed shirts – lined up Saturday to cast ballots in the party straw poll, then jammed meeting rooms and hallways to ecstatically greet their favorite candidate.
