Politics, Government and Business in Southern California's Inland Empire
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 – 06:00 a.m.
Boy, you really gotta hand it to those Redlands Unified School District trustees.
Earlier this year the group voted to quit funding secondary school bus service due to a financial shortfall.
A move most school districts resisted.
BY BEN GOAD AND JIM MILLER
STAFF WRITERS
bgoad@pe.com; jmiller@pe.com
Published: 25 October 2011 09:42 PM
Washington — The U.S. economy is losing billions of dollars annually to unregulated underground and offshore poker websites that can prey on compulsive and underage gamblers with impunity, proponents of legalized Internet gaming argued Tuesday before a House panel.
BY DUANE W. GANG
STAFF WRITER
dgang@pe.com
Published: 25 October 2011 09:23 PM
Tired of the bright light from your neighbor’s house keeping you up at night?
Riverside County supervisors are trying to help. The board took the first steps Tuesday toward adopting new rules regulating light “trespass” and pollution.
BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com
Published: 25 October 2011 03:54 PM
Traffic at Ontario International Airport dropped 5.15 percent in September compared to a year ago, according to statistics from Los Angeles World Airports. The airport had a total of 360,307 passengers use the airport last month.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/25/2011 06:32:57 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – After spending all day Tuesday interviewing the top four candidates for superintendent, the school board rejected all four.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/25/2011 01:57:04 PM PDT
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has filed an appeal with the state’s Water Resources Control Board to stop an order that it provide permanent replacement water to Hinkley residents affected by a toxic groundwater plume.
Dan Walters
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
It’s an article of faith – indeed, blind faith – among those on California’s political left that the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 began the state’s downward spiral.
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The latest on California politics and government
October 25, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown will give lawmakers his plan for pension changes on Thursday, the governor said in a letter to legislators this afternoon, though it remains unclear what Brown will propose.
By Peter Hecht
phecht@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Medical marijuana advocates, decrying a federal government crackdown on dispensaries and a failure of state lawmakers to act, said Tuesday that they are drafting a 2012 ballot initiative to impose statewide oversight of California’s burgeoning medicinal cannabis trade.
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
October 26, 2011
Steep funding cuts to higher education in California and elsewhere were significant factors in pushing average tuition and fees up 8.3% at four-year public colleges and universities nationwide this fall, according to a report by the nonprofit College Board.
Associated Press
October 21, 2011 – 08:55 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO– Federal prosecutors should be careful not to overreach in their crackdown on California’s pot dispensaries, even though there are ambiguities in the state’s medical marijuana laws, the state attorney general said Thursday.
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