Riverside County’s glaring inmate overpopulation will get state relief for construction, possibly for the Indio facility

BY JEFF HORSEMAN AND JIM MILLER
STAFF WRITERS
jhorseman@pe.com | jmiller@pe.com

Published: 08 March 2012 06:06 PM

The state will award Riverside County $100 million to expand the jail system and ease prisoner crowding, Sheriff Stan Sniff announced Thursday.

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A model of a gulfstream is on display at the Million Air passenger terminal at the San Bernardino International Airport. (File Photo)

Ryan Carter and Jim Steinberg, Staff Writers
Posted: 03/08/2012 12:20:54 PM PST

PDF: Petition filed by SBD Airport Services in federal bankruptcy court

SAN BERNARDINO – A feud between the San Bernardino International Airport Authority and a controversial provider of aircraft fuel intensified Thursday, after the provider – SBD Airport Services – announced it filed for bankruptcy protection, alleging the airport is intentionally crippling its services.

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Candidate field down to seven
March 08, 2012 3:10 PM
Natasha Lindstrom, Staff Writer

VICTORVILLE • Deputy Public Defender Mark Shoup announced Thursday he’s pulling out of the race for San Bernardino County 1st District Supervisor.

Shoup’s decision followed news from the county’s Safety Employees’ Benefit Association that nearly 74,000 signatures were filed Wednesday in support of qualifying a ballot measure that would reduce the county Board of Supervisors to part time. The proposed charter amendment, which requires 43,500 signatures to make the ballot, would reduce compensation for the county’s five elected supervisors from an average of $271,000 to $60,000 annually, and slash their budgets from a total of $6 million to $250,000 per office.

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By David Siders and Kevin Yamamura
dsiders@sacbee.com
Published: Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 – 12:16 am

Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday he is racing to clear the November ballot of two rival tax initiatives because failure will lead to severe ongoing budget problems and Democratic blame-trading.

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Dan Richards

March 8th, 2012, 4:14 pm
Posted by BRIAN JOSEPH, Sacramento Correspondent

Once again, California faces a budget crisis. Revenues are projected to come in lower than anticipated. The governor and special interest groups are sparring over competing tax measures. Angry college students are occupying the Capitol.

And yet the most talked about issue in Sacramento these days is a Fish and Game Commissioner who legally killed a mountain lion in Idaho.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
Published: Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

California’s most noteworthy congressional race this year is the high-dollar shootout between Democratic Reps. Howard Berman and Brad Sherman in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.

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By Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com
Published: Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 6B
Last Modified: Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 – 9:50 am

First it was Sleep Train Mattress Centers that spurned its longtime ally and business partner Rush Limbaugh.

Now Limbaugh is returning the favor – and the split between the Sacramento retailer and the controversial radio host appears to be permanent.

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