Friday, October 9, 2015 – 05:00 p.m.

The Lou Desmond and Company Show is broadcasting from the Toyota of San Bernardino Recording Studios!

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The council vote follows an investigation into Ramos’ actions that found he had engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behavior. (Frank Bellino – Staff Photographer)

Published: Oct. 8, 2015 – Updated: 3:08 p.m.

Murrieta Councilman Harry Ramos will no longer represent the city as mayor.

By a 4-0 vote Thursday afternoon, his colleagues on the council stripped him of his mayoral title, removed him from regional commissions and cut off funding for any travel expenses outside of the city limits.

To read article by Aaron Claverie in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 10/08/15 – 8:36 PM PDT |

RIVERSIDE >> The bankrupt city of San Bernardino will have to produce much more extensive information — at a pace its advisers say will be grueling — before it can clear a vital hurdle in the path of bankruptcy plan confirmation, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Jury said Thursday.

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By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 10/08/15 – 4:56 PM PDT |

San Bernardino County racked up 49 awards from the National Association of Counties and the California State Association of Counties, and will be honoring each of the 21 departments that received awards at future Board of Supervisors meetings.

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In this file photo, Upland Mayor Ray Musser speaks during a transportation forum at the Hughes Community Center in Claremont on July 9, 2014. (File)

By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 10/08/15 – 8:39 PM PDT |

UPLAND >> If an effort to recall Mayor Ray Musser does proceed, then the resident who filed the petition will have to reach several milestones in order to get it on a ballot.

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The Rialto Unified school board voted Wednesday night to hire a law firm to pursue civil litigation against those identified in a Jan. 2013 audit of district purchasing and contracts.

By Beau Yarbrough, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 10/08/15 – 1:25 PM PDT |

RIALTO >> The school board is going after those who may have benefited from sweetheart contracts and deals with the district in recent years.

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Smartphones, and the electronic information found on them, are protected from warrantless searches under Senate Bill 178, signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee)

Capitol Alert
By Alexei Koseff
akoseff@sacbee.com
October 8, 2015

Gov. Jerry Brown has rebooted his thinking on protecting personal digital information from police searches.

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Capitol Alert
By Christopher Cadelago
ccadelago@sacbee.com
October 8, 2015

• Poll shows general election voters could choose between two Democrats
• It’s early: 34 percent of likely voters remain undecided

Two Democrats – state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Rep. Loretta Sanchez – hold the top two spots in the contest to replace U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, according to a new Field Poll.

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By Jesse Byrnes and Scott Wong
10/08/15 – 08:25 PM EDT

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is considering a bid for Speaker, a source close to the congressman told The Hill.

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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)

Lisa Mascaro
OCtoer 8, 2015

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s stunning decision to drop out of the race to become the next speaker left Republicans in disarray Thursday, threatening to deepen long-standing fractures in the party just as Congress faces a string of fiscal and legislative deadlines.

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