Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Friday, June 20, 2014 – 09:00 a.m.
Here’s some news flowing across the transom Friday morning, in case you missed it!
Romney tops New Hampshire straw poll
With the Presidential Election a little more than two years off, the finger-in-the-water polling has started.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 06/19/14, 8:30 PM PDT |
San Bernardino International Airport’s interim executive director, A.J. Wilson, may be retiring, but his departure comes amid some major new arrivals and developments at the airport.
By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 06/18/14, 8:24 PM PDT | Updated: 23 secs ago
Redlands Tea Party Patriots board member John Berry on Wednesday called for a recount in the 31st Congressional District primary race on behalf of Republican Lesli Gooch, who finished 209 votes behind Democrat Pete Aguilar, according to the certified election count.
By David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 06/19/14, 5:04 PM PDT | Updated: 1 min ago
You think the situation is tense in Iraq? Try an Ontario City Council meeting.
Like a bomb that might go off if mishandled, Tuesday’s meeting proceeded in relative calm but with quiet anxiety. In the final moments, Councilman Paul Vincent Avila, whose behavior has dominated recent meetings, asked a provoking question.
By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 06/19/14, 7:25 PM PDT | Updated: 16 secs ago
Regional economist Christopher Thornberg, a frequent commentator on national television and print media, told a gathering of the local commercial real estate professionals on Thursday that the warehousing and shipment of goods is going to be the major economic engine for the continued growth of the Inland Empire.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 06/19/14, 8:10 PM PDT |
SAN BERNARDINO >> Five of six bargaining units of the San Bernardino Public Employees Association ratified a new contract with the county on Thursday following a ballot count met with criticism from opponents of the contract.
By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 06/19/14, 8:09 PM PDT |
RIVERSIDE >> San Bernardino and police union officials think they’re within a month of an agreement, but the city is so far from progress with the firefighters union that a U.S. bankruptcy judge released that union from mediation Thursday.
Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Richard Simon
June 19, 2014
Republicans are challenging the president’s characterization of the surge in young immigrants from Central America across the southern border as an unforeseen crisis, accusing his administration of contributing to the influx and demanding that he deploy National Guard troops and other resources to secure the border.
By Michael Doyle
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Published: Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 – 3:17 pm
Last Modified: Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 – 10:27 pm
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday elected Bakersfield, Calif., native Kevin McCarthy as majority leader, giving California’s Central Valley a leg up on Capitol Hill.
Caitlin Owens
June 19, 2014
California’s drought conditions have worsened over the past week with the percentage of the state suffering from the highest category increasing, the National Weather Service said Thursday.