Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Thursday, August 8, 2013 – 09:30 a.m.
Here’s some news and scuttlebutt flowing across the transom Thursday morning.
Hoops reportedly wants out of Inland Empire
Apparently retirement isn’t so hot for former San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Rod Hoops.
August 07, 2013; 05:28 PM
The two largest bus agencies in Riverside and San Bernardino counties are preparing for steep cuts in service because of a possible loss of federal funding.
To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press Enterprise, click here.
By Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
ryan.hagen@inlandnewspapers.com l @sbcitynow on Twitter
Posted: 08/07/2013 07:14:16 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO — At least 23 people have filed papers to run for City Council or mayor, as deadlines quickly approach.
August 07, 2013 6:01 PM
Jim E. Winburn, Staff Writer
VICTORVILLE • The importance of local businesses partnering with local governments was the message underscored at the Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce’s State of the County breakfast Wednesday.
By Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
jim.steinberg@inlandnewspapers.com l @FontanaNow on Twitter
Posted: 08/06/2013 09:04:06 AM PDT
Updated: 08/07/2013 09:20:55 PM PDT
FONTANA — This city has been ranked as the 15th safest in America, according to Business Insider, an Internet-only publication that used the FBI’s preliminary 2012 unified crime report data for 2012 to compile city rankings.
Mark Calvey
Senior Reporter- San Francisco Business Times
Aug 7, 2013, 2:13pm PDT Updated: Aug 7, 2013, 2:35pm PDT
The Justice Department’s civil suit against Bank of America alleging fraud in the sale of mortgage-backed securities in 2008 will find the bank defending mortgages that even former CEO Ken Lewis once told analysts were “toxic waste.”
By E. Scott Reckard
August 7, 2013, 6:05 p.m.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. disclosed that it may become the latest giant bank to face a Justice Department lawsuit over bonds backed by housing-boom loans, and said a parallel criminal investigation is continuing.
By Paloma Esquivel
August 7, 2013, 9:29 p.m.
Santa Ana has hired away Phoenix’s city manager and has agreed to an annual salary and benefits package of more than half a million dollars, instantly making him one of the highest paid city employees in California.
By Dan Weikel
August 6, 2013, 9:29 p.m.
In an action that could influence government finance officials statewide, the Los Angeles County treasurer announced Tuesday that his office will no longer do business with securities brokers that make political contributions to school bond campaigns.
Garance Franke-Ruta
Aug 7 2013, 10:16 AM ET
He was one of the early members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the House of Representatives. From 2007 to 2011 he chaired the House Veteran’s Affairs Committee. He represented an area that includes almost all of California’s border with Mexico. And now, at 70, he is mayor of San Diego.
Mon, Aug 5 2013
By John Shiffman and David Ingram
WASHINGTON | Thu Aug 8, 2013 9:54am EDT
(Reuters) – Details of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration program that feeds tips to federal agents and then instructs them to alter the investigative trail were published in a manual used by agents of the Internal Revenue Service for two years.