Congressman Joe Baca

Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/18/2012 12:01:03 PM PDT

Rep. Joe Baca has introduced a bill to expedite the transfer of L.A./Ontario International Airport to local control.

The Transfer Control of Ontario Airport Now Act gives Los Angeles World Airports, which manages ONT, 60 days to turn over operations and ownership.

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LAX/Ontario International Airport Terminal (Courtesy: The P-E)

By Liset Marquez
Created: 05/16/2012 03:23:20 PM PDT

DIAMOND BAR – A lively discussion about LA/Ontario International Airport, which was supposed to focus on the medium-hub facility’s importance to the region’s economy, quickly turned into a debate on the merits of local control.

For more than an hour Wednesday, a five-member panel discussed a bevy of issues and circumstances facing ONT at the Four Corners Coalition 2012 Economic Summit at the Diamond Bar Center.

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Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/10/2012 09:11:14 AM PDT

ONTARIO – There are two entrenched sides in the L.A./Ontario International Airport ownership saga.

Ontario officials contend regaining local control of the airport could reverse a five-year trend that has seen passenger traffic increasingly drop.

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Former Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda

Administrator’s Note: This front-page article was published in last week’s Wall Street Journal.

THE A-HED
Updated May 2, 2012, 12:44 p.m. ET

Locals Call In Baseball’s Tommy Lasorda to Rally for Ontario; Hearing Birds Chirp

By TAMARA AUDI

ONTARIO, Calif.—The Ontario International Airport, 35 miles east of Los Angeles, offers nonstop flights to just 15 cities. Daily departures have plummeted to 62, less than half the number five years ago.

Baseball legend Tommy Lasorda has pitched for the Dodgers and for Rolaids and Slim Fast. Now he’s doing commercials for a struggling regional airport trying to win independence from Los Angeles.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/07/2012 05:31:41 PM PDT

A marketing plan that was supposed to address the steep decline in passenger traffic at LA/Ontario International Airport was criticized by Los Angeles World Airports’ governing body Monday.

Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners, a seven-member civilian board that governs LAWA airports – such as ONT – and staff, including a longtime airline industry expert, discussed marketing strategies that could turn things around at the struggling airport.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/06/2012 03:27:45 PM PDT

ONTARIO – It’s no secret that finding daily flights in and out of LA/Ontario International Airport can be a bit of an issue.

For the past five years, since the peak of travel at ONT, the facility has lost more than 40 percent of its seat capacity.

The cause for the decline in air service?

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/06/2012 03:28:49 PM PDT

ONTARIO – More than 80 cities, organizations and elected officials have passed resolutions backing Ontario’s efforts to wrest control of LA/Ontario International Airport from Los Angeles.

The Inland Empire initiative, Set ONTario Free, was launched by Ontario at the start of the year. It quickly gained traction with a wave of cities throughout Southern California, including 17 from Los Angeles County, joining a growing number of agencies calling for local control.

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State Senator Bob Dutton

Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/03/2012 06:01:14 PM PDT

ONTARIO – A local senator may soon revive a bill aimed at helping this city gain autonomous control of the struggling LA/Ontario International Airport.

Sen. Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, created Senate Bill 446 in early 2011 in an effort to move discussions along between officials from Ontario and Los Angeles World Airports, which operates ONT under a 44-year joint-powers agreement.

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By Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 04/26/2012 04:28:27 PM PDT

Los Angeles World Airports on Thursday released passenger figures that shows overall traffic at LA/Ontario International Airport is down 6.8 percent from last year.

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State Senator Bob Dutton (File Photo: The P-E)

By PE Politics
April 16, 2012 4:37 PM

State Sen. Bob Dutton stood up from his table at a recent economic forecast event to announce he planned to push ahead with his long-tabled bill that would create an Ontario International Airport authority made up of local leaders and facilitate the transfer of the Inland airport from the city of Los Angeles to that local authority.

It sounded imminent, but it’s more like a maybe.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 04/12/2012 08:41:05 PM PDT

SAN BERNARDINO – From the viability of L.A./Ontario International Airport to ongoing progress at San Bernardino International Airport, legislators from the Inland Empire held a hearing on Thursday evening to discuss the importance of air transportation in the region.

The Select Committee on Inland Empire Transportation, led by Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter, D-Rialto, met Thursday evening at the main auditorium at the Norton Regional Events Center.

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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/11/2012 07:05:54 PM PDT

San Bernardino County and the cities of Ontario, Fontana and Hesperia are joining forces to establish a program to assist homewoners who are underwater on their mortgages.

It is part of the county’s “Vision” plan – a roadmap to the county’s future that establishes clear-cut goals to achieve optimum quality of life for the people who live in its 24 cities and unincorporated areas.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 04/01/2012 02:34:13 PM PDT

ONTARIO – As traffic continues to decline at L.A./Ontario International Airport, a forecast shows monthly seat departures out of the medium-hub facility is slumping.

Departing seats at ONT compared to the same month in 2011 will continue to decline through October, according to the Official Airline Guide, an index on the travel industry.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 30 March 2012 10:23 AM

Passenger traffic at Ontario International Airport dropped in February by 4.2 percent compared to a year ago. A total of 320,012 passengers used the airport in February, according to statistics from Los Angeles World Airports, the Los Angeles city agency that owns and manages Ontario airport as well as Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports. The number of travelers using Ontario airport has dropped every month for 11 consecutive months when compared to the same time a year prior.

Traffic at LAX increased 8.2 percent to 4.46 million last month compared to a year ago.

To read entire brief, click here.

Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 03/19/2012 05:19:46 PM PDT

ONTARIO – A Los Angeles City Council committee is set to discuss Ontario’s proposal to transfer control of LA/Ontario International Airport in a special meeting Tuesday morning.

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By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 02/18/2012 04:36:28 PM PST

Ontario officials produced 600 flash drives bearing the slogan “SetONTariofree.com” on one side and “local control” on the other. The flash drive is packed with information on the city’s three-year campaign to take back ONT. City officials are in the process of giving away 600 of the USB flash drives to city managers and mayors throughout Southern California.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 03/02/2012 02:42:46 PM PST

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has said he would not approve the sale of LA/Ontario International Airport until the real estate market bounces back. The mayor cited his financial obligation to taxpayers as a reason.

The mayor made the comments to City News Service.

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Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 02/27/2012 04:21:58 PM PST

ONTARIO – L.A./Ontario International Airport is already starting 2012 on a downward spiral, with one official saying the trend is likely to continue through the first half of the year.

Los Angeles World Airports on Monday released passenger figures that shows overall traffic at ONT is down 7.3 percent from last year.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 02/22/2012 06:18:30 PM PST

View: Ontario’s response to financial request

ONTARIO – It was a figure that turned many heads – $250 million – which was what Ontario was willing to offer in hopes of gaining autonomy of LA/Ontario International Airport.

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By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 02/18/2012 04:36:28 PM PST

Ontario’s efforts to wrest control of LA/Ontario International Airport from Los Angeles is gaining traction with a wave of cities throughout Southern California — spanning Laguna Niguel to Barstow and various cities in between, all passing resolutions backing the Inland Empire initiative.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 02/17/2012 05:15:58 PM PST

ONTARIO – Friends of Ontario Airport is a nonprofit organization founded more than 40 years ago by local community and business leaders seeking to maintain the success of LA/Ontario International Airport.

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Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 02/13/2012 06:16:20 PM PST

Los Angeles World Airports says it wants to set the record straight about its management of the struggling LA/Ontario International Airport.

It is doing so through a newly launched page on its website called “LA/Ontario – The Facts.” The launch is an effort to debunk any misconceptions the public may have about the situation at ONT and LAWA’s management of it, said Gina Marie Lindsey during the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners meeting on Monday.

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Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 02/07/2012 07:10:20 PM PST

ONTARIO – The $50 million payment offer from Ontario to gain control of LA/Ontario International Airport is part of a $250 million package the city offered Los Angeles to transfer title and operations of the facility.

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Mike Cruz, The (San Bernardino County) Sun
Created: 01/30/2012 10:27:09 AM PST

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – A workplace discrimination lawsuit has been filed in Superior Court against Ontario Police Chief Eric Hopley by his former administrative assistant Brenda Vallejo.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 24 January 2012 09:02 PM

The last time a Los Angeles councilman proposed taking a serious look at what it would take to transfer control of Ontario International Airport back to the city of Ontario, the Inland city didn’t have a serious proposal.

Now it does.

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By Art Marroquin and Liset Márquez, Staff Writers
Created: 01/23/2012 04:05:25 PM PST

The president of the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners on Monday called for a resolution stating that LA/Ontario International Airport will not be available for a transfer or sale for at least two years.

The move comes less than one week after Ontario embarked on a new public relations campaign known as “Set Ontario Free” to wrest control of the midsize airport from Los Angeles.

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By Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
Created: 01/20/2012 03:29:05 PM PST

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – As Ontario steps up efforts to gain autonomy of L.A./Ontario International Airport, leaders from neighboring Rancho Cucamonga are joining a growing number of agencies calling for local control.

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LA/Ontario International Airport has has suffered a 32 percent decline in airline passengers since 2007. The airport had once been projected to server 30 million passengers by 2030. (Bulletin file photo)

Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 01/19/2012 09:15:13 AM PST

ONTARIO – The battle has begun in earnest.

Officials on both sides of the LA/Ontario International Airport dispute this week lashed out at each other for information they say is misleading and a misrepresentation.

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A survey from the city of Ontario asked LA voters what they knew about Ontario International Airport’s control. Los Angeles officials accuse the city of wanting to buy the airport at a “foreclosure” price

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 17 January 2012 09:27 PM

The Los Angeles agency that owns and operates Ontario International Airport fired back Tuesday evening at leaders of the city of Ontario for offering to buy the airport back, “at a foreclosure price,” according to a statement from Los Angeles World Airports.

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Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 12/30/2011 03:05:45 PM PST

ONTARIO – It’s been a tumultuous year for city officials in their quest to take over and operate LA/Ontario International Airport.

For several years, Ontario officials have lobbied for local control, claiming they would be able to convert the medium-hub facility into a competitive regional airport. Los Angeles World Airports operates ONT and Los Angeles International Airport.

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Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Created: 12/23/2011 01:55:45 PM PST

ONTARIO – The light traffic at L.A./Ontario International Airport Friday was a boon for trucker Barry Culley, who was awaiting a stand-by flight to Reno and a chance to visit his daughter.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 12/16/2011 07:19:41 PM PST

ONTARIO – City officials have rejected Los Angeles World Airports’ recommendations aimed to increase air service at LA/Ontario International Airport, calling the suggestions as impractical and unhelpful.

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Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 12/15/2011 04:30:05 PM PST

Los Angeles World Airports officials once again may consider closing a terminal at LA/Ontario International Airport as a way to save money in the face of rapidly declining passenger traffic.

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LA/Ontario International Airport has has suffered a 32 percent decline in airline passengers since 2007. The airport had once been projected to serve 30 million passengers by 2030. (File Photo)

Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 12/14/2011 02:26:45 PM PST

RIVERSIDE – Mayor Ron Loveridge is the latest Inland Empire politician to show his support to Ontario in its efforts to regain control of LA/Ontario International Airport.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 03 December 2011 10:37 AM

There are a third fewer travelers using Ontario International Airport since 2007 and there’s bound to be even fewer passengers using the airport in the coming months based on schedules that show how many flights and seats the airport’s airlines are offering through July.

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U.S. Rep. Joe Baca

By Art Marroquin, Staff Writer
Created: 12/01/2011 02:57:14 PM PST

A reported shortage of U.S. Customs and Border Protection staffers at Los Angeles International Airport has led a couple of regional lawmakers to push for more customs agents at airports, including L.A./Ontario International Airport.

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Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 11/23/2011 06:46:05 PM PST

ONTARIO – New traffic figures released for LA/Ontario International Airport have officials bracing for a dismal 2012.

October traffic at the airport dropped 12 percent from the number of passengers traveling through the facility in October 2010.

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Customers are few at ticket counters inside Terminal 4 at Ontario International Airport.

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 21 November 2011 09:44 PM

Two Inland congressmen, fed up with the increasingly empty terminals at Ontario International Airport, on Monday asked U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for help.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 11/18/2011 05:24:53 PM PST

ONTARIO – Despite protests from a handful of residents, the City Council has agreed to rate hikes for its water and sewer services over the next two years.

Rate increases for residents will result in an average monthly increase of $1.77, or 1.6 percent in the first year.

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Colton police were on the scene while the Drug Enforcement Administration raided a G3 Holistic medical marijuana collective Tuesday in Colton. (LaFonzo Carter Staff Photographer)

Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Created: 11/01/2011 07:36:14 PM PDT

Federal agents on Tuesday raided an Upland location and five others associated with Aaron Sandusky, whom they believe are illegally selling marijuana to the general public.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 25 October 2011 03:54 PM

Traffic at Ontario International Airport dropped 5.15 percent in September compared to a year ago, according to statistics from Los Angeles World Airports. The airport had a total of 360,307 passengers use the airport last month.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 09/06/2011 03:45:17 PM PDT

ONTARIO – City officials have once again discussed the possibility of suing Los Angeles World Airports over control of LA/Ontario International Airport.

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FIRST-TIME VIOLATORS CAN NOW BE FINED
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/29/2011 02:49:12 PM PDT

ONTARIO — Loud nuisance violators have been put on notice by city officials.

A recent change to the municipal code now gives police officers the authority to issue fines to first-time violators.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/28/2011 08:22:28 PM PDT

ONTARIO – A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge is expected to decide, possibly as early as today, if the city and Wal-Mart are responsible for paying the attorney fees for residents who opposed the project in the northwest side of town.

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Cities agree to ‘ransom’
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 08/17/2011 09:07:36 PM PDT

A pair of Inland Valley cities this week started the process to participate in a state program that would allow them to keep their redevelopment agencies operational.

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By Liset Márquez Staff Writer
Created: 08/04/2011 06:16:06 PM PDT

ONTARIO – As passenger volumes at L.A./Ontario International Airport continue to dip, officials are not optimistic there will be a turnaround in the near future.

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L.A./Ontario International Airport
Researchers: ONT is ripe for crime
Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/31/2011 09:42:24 PM PDT

The likelihood of crime occurring on the streets and neighborhoods around L.A./Ontario International Airport is seven times higher than the national average, according to a recent study.

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By Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/14/2011 10:05:08 PM PDT

ONTARIO – Officials from several Inland Empire citiessupport an anticipated lawsuit seeking to overturn two new laws to limit or eliminate redevelopment funding.

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By Art Marroquin Staff Writer
Created: 06/30/2011 08:25:49 PM PDT

For decades, Los Angeles World Airports had managed a relatively happy family, leading four airports under a single banner.

But that relationship has fractured in recent years amid allegations that LA/Ontario International Airport and two smaller siblings are neglected while all the attention is lavished on the agency’s breadwinner, Los Angeles International Airport.

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By Liset Márquez and Art Marroquin, Staff Writers
Created: 06/30/2011 08:22:12 PM PDT

ONTARIO – City officials are not fretting that their self-imposed deadline to regain control of LA/Ontario International Airport has passed without success.

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Council OKs plan to take $7.1 million
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 06/26/2011 10:26:47 PM PDT

ONTARIO – For the third straight year, with city officials expecting little or no growth in revenues, the City Council has agreed to dip into its reserves.

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Chino Hills upset over proposed new district
Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino, Staff Writer
Created: 06/21/2011 09:04:41 PM PDT

CHINO HILLS – City officials say their suggestions to Citizens Redistricting Commission have fallen on deaf ears after the draft maps released this month divided the city between two congressional districts – one that includes Chino and Ontario and another that includes Diamond Bar and Rowland Heights.

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Struggling local airport gets a boost
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 06/20/2011 06:22:21 PM PDT

Landing fees and terminal rent at the struggling L.A./Ontario International Airport are coming down a bit.

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LAWA will pay $1.66M to Aero Ontario cargo
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 06/20/2011 08:39:06 PM PDT

A proposed settlement has been reached in a $5 million dispute over a planned cargo facility development at L.A./Ontario International Airport.

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Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
Created: 06/19/2011 09:09:43 PM PDT

It’s one of those chores nobody likes – balancing the budget.

At the close of the fiscal year, a number of public agencies will be doing just that and hoping the results are better than those in Sacramento.

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District to continue with shortened year
Canan Tasci, Staff Writer
Created: 06/19/2011 09:06:54 PM PDT

ONTARIO – The Chaffey Joint Union High School District school board adopted a 2011-12 budget that doesn’t anticipate any reduction that would affect students.

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By Art Marroquin Staff Writer
Posted: 06/17/2011 09:58:17 PM PDT

The Los Angeles City Council this week opposed state legislation that calls for establishing an Inland Empire-based authority to take control of LA/Ontario International Airport from the city of Los Angeles.

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By Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times
June 16, 2011

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday decided to oppose state legislation that would shift control of L.A./Ontario International Airport from the city of L.A. to an authority made up of Inland Empire officials.

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Ontario facility lauded for energy efficiency
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 06/06/2011 05:54:35 PM PDT

ONTARIO – It took one step inside the lobby of City Hall for Cris De La Torre to see what a nearly $22 million face-lift looks like.

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Dutton

Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/31/2011 06:27:29 PM PDT

ONTARIO – A bill by Senate Republican Leader Bob Dutton of Rancho Cucamonga that would create a regional airport authority to oversee operations of LA/Ontario International Airport has been sent to the Assembly.

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City finance director warns council of possible revenue loss
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/30/2011 12:11:11 AM PDT

ONTARIO – City officials have been warned – by the steward of its finances – to take further actions in the future to reduce costs in case of declining revenues.

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Ovitt

By Liset Marquez Staff Writer
Created: 05/19/2011 09:30:02 PM PDT

ONTARIO – It was an offer San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt could not refuse: open a field office in his hometown.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/16/2011 09:21:29 PM PDT

Despite efforts by Los Angeles World Airports officials to squash discussions over the transfer of L.A./Ontario International Airport, Ontario Councilman Alan Wapner refuses to back down.

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Deadline for pink slips

Doubt again faces teachers
Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/15/2011 07:02:32 AM PDT

Joyella Beuler spends five afternoons a week teaching reading, writing and math to enthusiastic kindergarten students.

But like thousands of other teachers statewide, the Lytle Creek Elementary School teacher faces an uncertain future.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/15/2011 10:02:21 PM PDT

ONTARIO – In a effort to create some financial flexibility, city officials have merged their five redevelopment project areas into one.

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Fee deferral program may be a factor
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 05/14/2011 07:07:10 AM PDT

ONTARIO – Development in the city seems to be picking up.

But if you ask Ontario officials, it never stopped, it simply slowed down because of the economy.

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By Liset Marquez Staff Writer
Created: 05/13/2011 08:23:05 PM PDT

ONTARIO – In a effort to create some financial flexibility, city officials have merged their five redevelopment project areas into one.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/03/2011 06:29:22 PM PDT

An amended bill transferring control of LA/Ontario International Airport from the city of Los Angeles to a regional airport authority is one step closer to receiving approval from the state Senate.

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Staff and Wire Reports
Created: 04/13/2011 07:47:11 PM PDT

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday added another overnight controller at L.A,/Ontario International Airport as well as at 25 airports and a radar facility.

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Agency says city has to pay
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 04/10/2011 08:08:51 PM PDT

ONTARIO – Control of L.A./Ontario International Airport could be the city’s for the right price, according to the head of the organization that runs it now.

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10:40 PM PDT on Tuesday, April 5, 2011

By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
The Press-Enterprise

The city of Ontario offered no details on how it would solve two of Ontario International Airport’s biggest problems — rising costs to carriers and plummeting passenger traffic — according to its proposal to control the airport, obtained this week by The Press-Enterprise through the California Public Records Act.

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Proposals arrive on running airport
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/03/2011 09:22:50 AM PDT

ONTARIO – So much for worries that no one would want to run L.A./Ontario International Airport.

A search for new management at the troubled airport attracted global interest.

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Week ahead
Vacant seat also on tonight’s agenda
Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino, Staff Writer
Created: 03/27/2011 09:34:32 PM PDT

The Upland City Council will discuss the city manager’s performance in closed session during a meeting tonight at City Hall.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 03/22/2011 04:05:51 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES – Despite her doubts about a timely transfer of LA/Ontario International Airport, Gina Marie Lindsey is optimistic about its future growth in passengers.

Speaking to the Board of Airport Commissioners on Monday, Lindsey, LAWA’s executive director, predicted a better year for the struggling airport, which hasn’t seen traffic levels so low since the 1980s.

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LAWA leader: Switching airport could take years
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 03/21/2011 06:37:47 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles World Airports Executive Director Gina Marie Lindsey expressed doubt Monday that there could be a timely transfer of control of LA/Ontario International airport.

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