Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Published: May 9, 2016
Updated: May 11, 2016 – 6:45 a.m.
Critics of San Bernardino Democrat Cheryl Brown have a new nickname for the Inland assemblywoman – “Chevron Cheryl.”
By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 05/10/16 – 6:53 PM PDT |
Cadiz Inc. won a decisive courtroom victory Tuesday for its plans to transfer ancient groundwater in a remote part of San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert to parts of Orange County and other locations.
Phil Willon, John Myers
May 10, 2016
U.S. Senate hopeful Kamala Harris found herself under attack Tuesday night during a fiery debate where she was accused of putting her political ambitions ahead of serving Californians as state Attorney General and pressed about why she hasn’t investigated police shootings.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
May 10, 2016 – 3:33 PM
The long-simmering scandal in the state Public Utilities Commission over a secret deal to stick ratepayers with most of the costs of shutting down the San Onofre nuclear power plant just got more interesting.
Paloma Esquivel
May 10, 2016
Carlos Bravo, the owner of a tow company here, was at work late last year when a real estate agent came to him offering half a million dollars for 5 acres of undeveloped, brush-pocked desert — five times what he’d paid for the land six months earlier.
By Nick Green, Daily Breeze
Posted: 05/10/16 – 8:11 AM PDT |
ExxonMobil successfully restarted its Torrance refinery and went without pollution-control devices for fewer than three hours before its electrostatic precipitator resumed operation, the region’s air pollution watchdog has confirmed.