Filing period begins today for school district, council races
Canan Tasci, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/17/2011 09:08:35 PM PDT

The election season is right around the corner for several local school districts and community colleges and one city council.

The filing period for the Nov.8 election starts today and ends at 5 p.m. Aug. 12.

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Juliette Funes, Staff Writer
Created: 04/23/2011 09:48:30 PM PDT

DIAMOND BAR – City officials recently approved a housing plan that will allow for the development of nearly 500 low- and very-low income homes on an undeveloped site near Diamond Ranch High School.

But that doesn’t mean the housing will be built.

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R.C., Fontana spurred growth
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Created: 03/12/2011 11:09:52 PM PST

Growth in those areas and across the Inland Empire came largely because of affordable homes sold in the first half of the decade, said Brad Kemp, director of regional research at Beacon Economics.

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Michael J. Sorba, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/18/2010 07:18:42 PM PST

Established as a national holiday in 1983 and first formally observed in 1986, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is one day where many government workers across the nation don’t need to work.

State offices close in honor of the civil-rights icon, and so do many county and city jurisdictions. But some local governments don’t close for the holiday.

Highland and Chino in San Bernardino County, along with Diamond Bar in Los Angeles County, are three cities that remain open the third Monday of January.

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