San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris arrives on Wednesday to the United States Bankruptcy court in Riverside. A tentative ruling by a Federal judge grants San Bernardino bankrupty protection. (Gabriel Luis Acosta/Staff Photographer)

By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 08/28/13, 1:28 PM PDT | Updated: 3 hrs ago

RIVERSIDE >> A year of limbo ended Wednesday when San Bernardino was granted bankruptcy protection, moving the city into the next stage of its attempt to reorganize and regain solvency.

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By Joe Nelson, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 08/28/13, 5:19 PM PDT | Updated: 5 hrs ago

San Bernardino County will pay a former sheriff’s deputy $885,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging he was fired for taking time off from work to care for his ailing mother.

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By Joe Nelson, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 08/28/13, 7:26 PM PDT |

Officials and concerned citizens said Wednesday that a federal judge’s tentative ruling qualifying San Bernardino for Chapter 9 bankruptcy is a good start, but remained wary of the city repeating the same mistakes.

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August 28, 2013; 09:29 PM

A federal political corruption probe has widened to include Moreno Valley City Hall, city officials have confirmed. Meanwhile, Councilman Richard Stewart said Wednesday, Aug. 28, that investigators have given him permission to say he is not a target of the investigation. Law enforcement agents would not confirm Stewart’s announcement.

To read story by Suzanne Hurt in The Press Enterprise, click here.

By Beau Yarbrough, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 08/28/13, 6:57 PM PDT | Updated: 3 hrs ago

Rialto >> The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools this week became the third agency to audit Rialto Unified’s Nutrition Services Department.

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By Sandra Emerson, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 08/27/13, 6:03 PM PDT |

UPLAND>> The police chief this week gave city officials a sense of what the city’s public safety future could look like, should budget cuts continue.

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Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
August 28, 2013

Gov. Jerry Brown and Assembly Speaker John A. Perez do not appear receptive to Senate leader Darrell Steinberg’s proposal to settle the lawsuit inmate advocates have brought against the state over crowding in California prisons.

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Cheryl Brown

By Amanda Ramirez | 08/28/13 8:00 AM PST

As a newspaper publisher, Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown is not shy about her advocacy for journalists.

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