Friday, February 6, 2015 – 01:30 p.m.
Tonight on The Lou Desmond & Company Show, Adrian Moore, Vice President at Reason Foundation and San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman join the program.
Archive for February 6th, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015 – 01:00 p.m.
For decades, government failure after government failure has fallen on the Inland Empire.
Local officials for more than twenty-five years couldn’t see San Bernardino’s steady decline in progress. The city’s coffers were plundered to the point where redevelopment funds had to be essentially stolen to support the local governments general fund. When those funds were taken away by Governor Jerry Brown, the city filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 02/05/15, 12:01 AM PST | Updated: 47 secs ago
A nearly year-long investigation into the alleged Taser gun torture of inmates at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga is winding down, with a federal grand jury weighing evidence and five lawsuits pending before a U.S. District Court judge.
Ramos
By Greg Cappis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 02/05/15, 6:14 PM PST | Updated: 1 min ago
A field representative for 3rd District county Supervisor and board chair James Ramos was arrested on suspicion of giving drugs to an inmate and was subsequently fired from his position with the county.
A volunteer with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Rangers program is behind bars on suspicion of committing lewd acts against a child under the age of 14.
By Staff Reports
Posted Feb. 5, 2015 @ 8:33 pm
Updated at 8:39 PM
PHELAN — Authorities said a 75-year-old Phelan man who used to volunteer with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Rangers program is behind bars on suspicion of committing lewd acts against a child under the age of 14.
By Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com
02/05/2015 6:44 PM
With harsh words for CalPERS and an angry bondholder, a U.S. bankruptcy judge has put into writing his pivotal rulings on the sanctity of public pensions in the Stockton bankruptcy case.
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Filed under: Budget, CalPERS, Cities, Courts, Finance, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Pension Funds, Pensions, State of California, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Hackers have stolen information on tens of millions of Anthem Inc. customers, in a massive data breach that ranks among the largest in corporate history. The information stolen from the insurance giant includes names, birthdays, medical IDs, social security numbers.
By Chad Terhune
February 5, 2015
Insurance giant Anthem Inc. suffered a massive data breach exposing the personal information of up to 80 million Americans — and it could have been even worse for consumers.
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By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
02/06/2015 7:35 AM
The good news is that after decades of ignoring the deterioration of California’s once-world-class highway system, our politicians have finally awakened to the crisis.
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Antonio Villaraigosa, left, then mayor of Los Angeles, with Fabian Nunez, then speaker of the Assembly, in Sacramento in 2006. (Rich Pendroncelli / AP)
By Michael Finnegan
February 5, 2015
One of Antonio Villaraigosa’s closest friends and advisors said Thursday that all signs were pointing toward the former Los Angeles mayor declaring his candidacy for U.S. Senate within the next two weeks.
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Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, In the News, Politics, State of California, U.S. Senate