The arrivals area of the San Bernardino International Airport’s passenger terminal. Friday August 28, 2009. Rick Sforza/Staff Photographer

By Joe Nelson | jnelson@scng.com | San Bernardino Sun
Published: February 17, 2019 at 8:30 am | Updated: February 17, 2019 at 8:31 am

• Nearly 4,000 jobs and millions in revenue expected within 5 years, officials say

San Bernardino International Airport and Hillwood Enterprises, LP are moving forward with plans to develop a massive air cargo logistics center at the airport that would house up to 16 aircraft and provide round-the-clock operations.

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The FedEx Boeing 757 delivery place will fly by at the second annual Breitling Huntington Beach Airshow, Sat. – Sun., Sept. 30 – Oct. 1., with a practice day Friday, Sept. 29 at Huntington Beach. (Photo courtesy Breitling Huntington Beach Airshow)

By Brian Whitehead | bwhitehead@scng.com | San Bernardino Sun
Published: July 25, 2018 at 7:00 am | Updated: July 25, 2018 at 7:01 am

FedEx Express will begin operating daily cargo flights out of San Bernardino International Airport in October, under terms of a new 10-year agreement.

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By Sandra Emerson | semerson@scng.com | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Published: June 27, 2018 at 6:06 pm | Updated: June 27, 2018 at 6:07 pm

FedEx Express has announced it will extend its lease at the Ontario International Airport for at least another three decades, and it plans to make $100 million in improvements there.

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By Imran Ghori | ighori@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
Published: February 9, 2018 at 6:41 pm | Updated: February 9, 2018 at 6:43 pm

A Riverside County judge has sided with critics of the planned World Logistics Center in ruling that an environmental study for the project was flawed.

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Modification of the project known as San Gorgonio Crossing is not enough to assuage letter-writing opponents.

By Gail Wesson / Staff Writer
Published: Dec. 9, 2016
Updated:   Dec. 11, 2016 – 7:56 p.m.

The draft environmental report for a controversial industrial distribution facility project in Cherry Valley is available for public comment until Jan. 18, with public hearings possible later in 2017.

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By Rene Ray De La Cruz, Staff Writer
Posted:      Dec 10, 2016 at 9:40 AM
Updated:   Dec 10, 2016 at 9:40 AM

VICTORVILLE – The announcement of a new large development project at Southern California Logistics Airport is drawing the attention of many in the manufacturing industry.

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Saturday, December 10, 2016 – 10:30 a.m.

One would hope that several local Inland Empire governments are feeling stupid and duped these days.

But maybe they don’t care.

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“There are a lot of people doing traditional warehouse work, but that will change,” says John Husing, chief economist for the Inland Empire Economic Partnership. “Everything is being automated.”

By Natalie Kitroeff
Dec. 4, 2016

When Skechers started building a colossal distribution center in Moreno Valley six years ago, backers promised a wave of new jobs.

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UPS’s Worldport air hub in Louisville, Kentucky. (Courtesy Photo)

By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 11/15/16 – 6:26 PM PST |

SAN BERNARDINO >> UPS announced Tuesday it will begin seasonal cargo operations out of San Bernardino International Airport for the month of December.

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By Rachel Uranga, LA Daily News
Posted: 09/04/16, 8:22 PM PDT |

Several Southern California members of Congress urged the U.S. secretary of commerce to intervene in the worldwide supply chain havoc caused by the collapse of South Korean Hanjin Shipping Co., which has left local workers’ jobs in limbo and threatens to spoil the holiday season for retailers.

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Foes tried to stop the developer and city from using initiatives to legally protect the project.

By Imran Ghori / Staff Writer
Published: Aug. 18, 2016 – Updated: 8:55 p.m.

A judge has denied a request by opponents of the World Logistics Center to block two initiatives aimed at shielding the 40.6 million-square-foot warehouse complex from legal challenges.

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The focus of the legal challenges, for now, is on three initiatives that the City Council adopted.

By Imran Ghori / Staff WRiter
Published:  June 17, 2016
Updated:    June 18, 2016 – 6:30 a.m.

A legal battle over the World Logistics Center will continue through at least the summer as opponents and Moreno Valley square off over whether the city violated state law in approving three developer-backed initiatives.

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Published: May 25, 2016 – Updated: 5:21 p.m.

Amazon announced today it will open a fulfillment center in Eastvale.

The online retail giant has fullfilment centers in Moreno Valley, Redlands, Rialto and San Bernardino. It also has a sortation center in San Bernardino.

To read article by Fielding Buck in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

By Fielding Buck, The Press-Enterprise
Posted: 04/19/16 – 11:06 PM PDT |

Warehouses totaling more than 6 million square feet of space were completed in the Inland region in the first quarter of 2016, and nearly 16 million square feet are under construction.

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By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 03/30/16 – 10:47 AM PDT |

SAN BERNARDINO >> Amazon is planning to add more than 1,000 jobs to the region, announcing Wednesday that it will build a second fulfillment center in the city.

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By Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 03/27/16 – 7:52 PM PDT |

ONTARIO >> UPS has unveiled plans to add 500 jobs, growing its operations at LA/Ontario International Airport over the next five years in a bid to keep up with the growth in e-commerce.

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Friday, March 25, 2016 – 11:00 a.m.

The Inland Empire’s economic cheerleader was out touting the region’s job growth this week.

But he didn’t say much about all-important wage growth.

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World Logistics Center opponents fall short in a petition drive to let voters decide on the project.

Published: Feb. 16, 2016
Updated: Feb. 17, 2016 – 8:09 a.m.

Moreno Valley residents will not get a chance to vote on the World Logistics Center.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Developer Iddo Benzeevi at an August hearing on the World Logistics Center. His company has spent more than $800,000 in campaign expenses to promote the project. (David Bauman/File)

Published: Feb. 11, 2016 – Updated: 10:20 p.m.

• Highland Fairview, developer of the World Logistics Center, outspent foes 4-1 in campaigns for competing initiatives.

The developer of the World Logistics Center in Moreno Valley spent more than $800,000 in the last few months of 2015 to promote the mega-warehouse.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported a jump in imports last month compared with a year earlier, when severe congestion had snarled traffic.

By Erica E. Phillips
Updated: Feb. 11, 2016 – 3:33 p.m. ET

The two busiest U.S. ports on Thursday reported slight growth in imports, the latest sign that many companies are holding back on spending as they wait for the economic picture to clear.

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Business & Real Estate
By Mark Glover
mglover@sacbee.com
January 6, 2016 12:07 PM

• $12.86 billion in shipments is the lowest in six years
• Analysts cite slowing economies among key trade partners
• Year-to-date totals lag record 2014 by 4.3 percent

Sacramento —

Wavering economies among key California trading partners in the last half of 2015 landed with a thud in the Golden State in November.

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Published: Dec. 7, 2015 – Updated: 11:41 p.m.

A group of Moreno Valley residents have launched a petition drive with the goal of overturning three city-adopted initiatives aimed at protecting the World Logistics Center from environmental challenges.

To read article by Michael J. Williams in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 11/24/15 – 4:51 PM PST |

RIALTO >> Online retail giant Amazon quietly began warehousing operations out of its sixth California-based e-commerce fulfillment center in Rialto earlier this month.

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Council members who approved the project in August again affirm their support. Two other council members, George Price and LaDonna Jempson, sought an election, but joined the majority, noting they lacked support.

Published: Nov. 24, 2015 – Updated: 10:28 p.m.

Three ballot initiatives aimed at protecting the World Logistics Center from environmental legal challenges won’t actually go to Moreno Valley voters.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

The City Council could call for an election or approve the initiatives themselves Tuesday, Nov. 24.

Published: Nov. 23, 2015 Updated: 10:57 p.m.

Three initiatives that could insulate the World Logistics Center from lawsuits have qualified for the ballot, Moreno Valley’s City Clerk said Monday, Nov. 23.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

They file 48,000 signatures for ballot measures to fight challenges to the proposed World Logistics Center warehouse complex.

Published: Nov. 16, 2015 – Updated: 10:23 p.m.

Supporters of the World Logistics Center turned in about 48,000 signatures Monday for three ballot initiatives aimed at thwarting legal challenges to a 40.6 million-square-foot warehouse complex that would transform the city’s eastern side.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Amazon aims to reduce its traditional two-day delivery to less than two hours, and has expanded its Prime Now delivery service to more than 15 major U.S. cities in less than a year.

Chris Kirkham
October 30, 2015

Taree Truong wore a uniform bearing Amazon’s logo, signed into an Amazon tracking device and was told by Amazon dispatchers to make deliveries for its new Prime Now courier service across far-flung parts of Orange County.

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Brian Fountain at his bedroom window, yards away from where a new warehouse is being built in Riverside. He and other residents are concerned about future noise and exhaust from trucks once the warehouse opens.  (Kurt Miller / Staff Photographer)

Published: Sept. 18, 2015
Updated: Oct. 3, 2015 – 10:57 p.m.

• The city has concerns about a facility in nearby Moreno Valley, but now faces its own controversy.

When Riverside resident Brian Fountain opens his bedroom window, he looks out at his back fence, a temporary plywood barrier and a construction site that will become a 200,000-square-foot development of five warehouses with 23 loading docks.

To read article by Alicia Robinson in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

A worker makes his way through an aisle at the Pacific Mountain Logistics company on Feb. 17 in Ontario. The San Bernardino-Ontario-Riverside area is one of the most logistics-friendly places in the state, according to a recent report. (File Photo)

By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 09/30/15 – 8:20 PM PDT |

The San Bernardino-Ontario-Riverside area is among the top most logistics-friendly places in the state, according to a recent report.

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Suit against giant warehouse project by Owings’ group brings total to seven so far.

Published: Sept. 22, 2015 – Updated: 11:23 p.m.

The number of legal challenges filed against the World Logistics Center has climbed to seven — including one from former Moreno Valley Mayor Tom Owings.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

As another agency sues, a warehouse developer aims to ask voters to OK measures that could help shield the project.

Published: Sept. 17, 2015
Updated:   Sept. 18, 2015 – 6:31 a.m.

• Three government agencies plan to sue Moreno Valley over the World Logistics Center, saying the project’s traffic and air pollution impacts are not being addressed.
• Riverside County Board of Supervisors: Voted to sue Tuesday, Sept. 15
• Riverside County Transportation Commission: Voted to sue Wednesday, Sept. 16
• South Coast Air Quality Management District: Voted to sue Sept. 4
• Riverside City Council: Voted not to sue Tuesday, Sept. 15

Developer Iddo Benzeevi is pursuing and funding ballot initiatives that could thwart legal challenges to his World Logistics Center as the number of lawsuits mount.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

The county is the first to announce legal action over the massive warehouse, but the city of Riverside won’t go to court.

Updated: Sept. 16, 2015 – 7:28 a.m.

Riverside County supervisors have voted to sue Moreno Valley over the World Logistics Center, saying plans for the massive warehouse complex don’t adequately address traffic concerns.

To read article by Jeff Horseman in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Leaders and others in the city debate whether the World Logistics Center’s OK is a tipping point for good or bad.

Published: Sept. 4, 2015
Updated: Sept. 5, 2015 – 9:04 p.m.

For many of its 30 years, Moreno Valley has often seen itself in the shadow of its neighbors, especially the larger and more economically successful Riverside.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Friday, August 28, 2015 – 05:00 p.m.

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

On the show today, Ed Hoffman, President of Wholesale Capital Corporation, sits in for Lou. On the show tonight: San Bernardino’s decision to move forward with outsourcing the fire department and Moreno Valley’s approval of the World Logistics Center.

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Developer Iddo Benzeevi listens to speakers during the Tuesday, Aug. 18, hearing on his World Logistics Center. The next day, the Moreno Valley City Council approved his project on a 3-2 vote. (Stan Lim, Staff Photographer)

Published: Aug. 21, 2015
Updated: Aug. 23, 2015 9:48 a.m.

Minutes after the vote approving his massive warehouse complex, supporters rushed to take their pictures with developer Iddo Benzeevi while chanting his name.

“Iddo, Iddo, Iddo.”

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

“This project is a game-changer of proportional magnitude not only for the city but the entire region,” said Mayor Jesse Molina, who was one of three supporters. Council members George Price and LaDonna Jempson opposed the project.

Published: Aug. 19, 2015 – Updated: 11:50 p.m.

After three years of controversy that has divided residents, Moreno Valley officials voted Wednesday, Aug. 19 to dramatically transform the city’s east side with what would be one of the largest warehouse complexes in the country.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Thursday, August 19, 2015 – 05:00 p.m.

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

On the show today, Lou is joined by Adrian Moore of the Reason Foundation. As Lou travels through Oregon, he’s noticed a few differences between Oregon and California. Is there anything that California can do differently to help businesses?

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Tuesday’s meeting became heated after residents hurled insults at each other, prompting Moreno Valley’s mayor to call for calm.

Published: Aug. 18, 2015 – Updated: 9:47 p.m.

Supporters and opponents of the World Logistics Center squared off Tuesday night as the Moreno Valley City Council aimed for a vote Wednesday on the massive warehouse project.

To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

City staff and developer Iddo Benzeevi offer to the council their vision of thousands of local jobs and a hub of logistics activity — “the gateway to America,” Benzeevi said.

Published: Aug. 17, 2015 – Updated: 11:17 p.m.

Moreno Valley began weighing two contrasting visions of the city’s future Monday, Aug. 17, as the City Council took up the proposed World Logistics Center mega-warehouse.

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Monday, August 17, 2015 – 09:00 a.m.

The non-stop construction of warehouse properties in the Inland Empire is moving at a break-neck pace.

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An artist’s rendering shows the World Logistics Center, which is proposed for Moreno Valley’s eastern end.

Published: August 14, 2015
Updated:   August 15, 2015 – 8:57 p.m.

• Developer Highland Fairview would pay for upgrades inside the World Logistics Center, but funding for nearby work is less clear.

As a vote nears on the massive World Logistics Center warehouse, a big question has lingered.

Who would pay for the new streets, wider freeway interchanges and other improvements needed to serve the complex?

To read article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

August 14, 2015 – 05:00 p.m.

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

On the show today, Ed Hoffman, owner of Wholesale Capital Corporation, joins the show to talk with Lou about the World Logistics Center, a massive warehouse project proposed in Moreno Valley.

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UC Riverside researchers call for better pay and health care for warehouse workers.

Published: July 30, 2015 – Updated: 11:02 p.m.

• Average hourly pay for blue-collar warehouse employee: $10.05
• Employed through temporary staffing agency: 63 percent.
• Average length of employment: 28 months.

While Inland cities are increasingly looking to the logistics industry for economic growth, two recent studies by University of California, Riverside researchers say the mainly blue-collar employees who work at warehouses are paid poorly and lack proper access to health care.

To read expanded article by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

An aerial view shows the plot of land next to the 10 Freeway being developed as part of the California Street Commerce Center in Redlands, north of the 10 Freeway and west of the Splash Kingdom Waterpark. Courtesy photo — Lee & Associates

By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 07/12/15 – 7:59 PM PDT |

REDLANDS >> A major industrial project is taking shape next to the 10 Freeway and adjacent to the Splash Kingdom Waterpark.

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By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 07/02/15 – 8:27 PM PDT |

EASTVALE >> Plans are moving forward for the city’s largest development.

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Moreno Valley’s elected leaders may start discussing the project as early as July 15.

Published: July 1, 2015 – Updated: 11:29 p.m.

Developer Iddo Benzeevi cleared an important hurdle Tuesday night, winning backing from a Moreno Valley panel for his massive World Logistics Center warehouse complex.

But before the first bulldozer starts pushing dirt, the city’s elected leaders will have to sign off on the project that pits the promise of jobs and an economic boost against concerns of traffic and pollution. Most City Council members have received campaign support from Benzeevi, but none will say how they plan to vote.

To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 – 04:30 p.m.

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

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Monday, June 22, 2015 – 09:00 a.m.

The Inland Empire logistics renaissance is booming,

Tilt-up warehouse construction is on fire and all those high-paying jobs, according to a handful of experts, are not far behind.

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Iddo Benzeevi, CEO of Highland Fairview, is proposing the World Logistics Center on Moreno Valley’s east side. (David Danelski / File Photo)

Published: June 12, 2015 – Updated: 11:14 p.m.

Evaluating the World Logistics Center mega-warehouse won’t be a quick process.

Moreno Valley planning commissioners say they may need a couple more meetings to fully vet the 40.6-million-square-foot project proposed for the city’s east end.

To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

Two county transportation officials say a study on the impact of a warehouse project falls short.

Published: June 10, 2015 – Updated: 10:53 p.m.

As the World Logistics Center faces its first public hearing in Moreno Valley on Thursday, June 11, two county transportation agencies became the latest to say the mega warehouse proposal’s environmental analysis is flawed.

To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

A pair of warehouse construction projects is transforming the view of Redlands from Interstate 10.

Published: June 9, 2015
Updated: June 10, 2015 2:58 p.m.

A pair of warehouse construction projects is transforming the view of Redlands from Interstate 10.

Construction of the Redlands Commerce Center, a 1.1-million-square-foot industrial development to serve the warehousing and logistics industry, has begun on a 51-acre swath of land between the westbound lanes of the freeway and Lugonia Avenue.

To read story by Debra Gruszecki in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

An environmental report on the proposed project — which would stretch 700 football field — could be vulnerable to court challenges, air board says. The developer, however, sticks by the report.

Published: June 9, 2015
Updated: June 10, 2015 – 8:02 a.m.

State air quality officials say that Moreno Valley’s environmental analysis of a proposed warehousing complex with enough indoor space for 700 football fields is “legally inadequate” and needs major revisions. The developer countered Tuesday that the report “meets all the requirements” of the state’s environmental quality law.

To read story by David Danelski in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

By Jim Steinberg, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 06/06/15 – 8:58 PM PDT |

There’s an economic tsunami washing over the Inland Empire and it shows no signs of slowing down, experts say.

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Amazon is hiring for 1,000 positions at its warehouses in the Inland Empire, the company announced on Tuesday.

By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 06/02/15 – 2:15 PM PDT |

Amazon is creating 1,000 full-time jobs in the Inland Empire.

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Highland Fairview CEO Iddo Benzeevi said in a statement that “Highland Fairview has not requested the city to contribute any money for infrastructure for the World Logistics Center.” (David Danelski / File)

Published: May 22, 2015
Updated: May 25, 2015 11:11 p.m.

The developer of the massive World Logistics Center is negotiating with Moreno Valley officials over how much the city could contribute to pay for streets and other improvements needed to support the project.

To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

A key report on what would be the U.S.’s largest such complex is out; a public hearing will be in June.

Published: May 1, 2015 – Updated: 10:55 p.m.

A development battle in Moreno Valley that has been brewing for three years moved closer Friday, May 1, with release of a final environmental report on a warehouse center that would transform the city’s eastside and become the country’s largest logistics facility.

To read story by Imran Ghori and David Danelski in The Press-Enterprise, click here.

By Andrew Khouri
April 27, 2015

Some truck drivers who haul goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach walked off the job Monday, launching a protest against four trucking firms they accuse of wage theft.

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Monday, April 20, 2015 – 05:00 p.m.

Tonight on the show, Lou is joined by Estimable Economist Jay Prag to talk about several issues related to the Inland Empire Economy. First up is the logistics and warehousing industry in the Inland Empire. Will logistics be the key to economic revival in the IE?

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Riverside and San Bernardino counties have become a strategic link in the global supply chain. Above, Yolanda Guevara, who operates a cherry picker, fills an order at Pacific Mountain Logistics warehouse in Ontario. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times)

By Chris Kirkham
April 17, 2015

Pilar Guzman has worked for five years in a warehouse that processes luggage arriving from China and bound for the likes of Wal-Mart, Macy’s and Kohl’s.

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The Air Force on Wednesday announced that March ARB was not named as a candidate base for the first Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus location.

By Jim Steinberg, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 04/17/15 – 9:29 PM PDT |

RIVERSIDE >> Supporters of March Air Reserve Base near here expressed shock that it wasn’t among those chosen for the new generation of refueling tankers.

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The Inland Empire is becoming the warehouse capital.

Friday, April 3, 2015 – 09:30 a.m.

The Inland Chorus of cheerleaders is back in full swing.

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The Inland Empire is rapidly becoming the next low-wage warehouse mecca.

Sunday, March 8, 2015 – 12:00 a.m.

We’ve been hearing it for the past few years. All of those great warehouse jobs coming to the Inland Empire, an area with the nation’s highest poverty rate, will be the driver for the local economy.

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By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 03/05/15 – 12:01 AM PST |

ONTARIO >> Development plans for 3 million square feet of industrial space on one of the last big swaths of vacant land in the city — north of the 10 Freeway, near Vineyard Avenue — could bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in potential revenue to the city.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015 – 05:30 p.m.

Tonight The Lou Desmond & Company Show comes to you live from Jon’s Flags and Poles in Riverside. Jerra, the owner of Jon’s Flags and Poles, joins Lou to discuss her business and service to members of the Military by providing patriotic accessories and flags.

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The continued strength of the longshoremen’s union was made evident in the recent labor dispute at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

How longshoremen command $100K salaries in era of globalization and automation
By Chris Kirkham and Andrew Khouri
March 1, 2015

More than 4,400 ships bring nearly $400 billion worth of goods through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach every year, a crucial link in the global supply chain of factories, warehouses, docks, highways and rail lines.

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By Peter Jamison
February 24, 2015

Southern California port officials say it could take up to three months to clear cargo that piled up during a labor dispute that threatened to cripple West Coast commerce.

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Trucks in San Pedro begin to clear the cargo backlog at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

By Tiffany Hsu, Andrew Khouri and Peter Jamison
February 21, 2015

West Coast ports are emerging from the most contentious labor dispute in more than a decade, but lingering resentment and structural problems may complicate a return to normality.

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