The wrongful termination claim filed against the city of Upland by former city manager Robb Quincey has put the Upland City Council in an awkward position that will result in the city finding someone other than city attorney Bill Curley to dispute the demands made in Quincey’s claim, the Sentinel has learned. The city council … Read the Rest ->

More than fifty drums of what is believed to have been napalm were buried at Chino Airport decades ago and remained there until they were discovered in 2010, documents obtained by the Sentinel show. While the material represented a potential ecological hazard to the ground and groundwater beneath the airport, the prompt removal of the … Read the Rest ->

VICTORVILLE—St. Mary Medical Center has made a highly competitive bid for Victor Valley Community Hospital, reducing considerably the likelihood that the bankrupt Victorville hospital, which for the last three months has been operating on an infusion of funds from Dr. Prem Reddy’s Prime Healthcare, Incorporated, will not be absorbed into Reddy’s portfolio. St. Mary’s parent … Read the Rest ->

Assemblyman Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley), who in September said he would run for Third District San Bernardino County supervisor this year, will instead seek the Republican nomination in the newly created 8th Congressional District. Neil Derry is the incumbent in the Third District, which includes Loma Linda, a portion of San Bernardino, Highland, Redlands, Mentone, … Read the Rest ->

A fortnight after the California Supreme Court ruled that the state of California has the authority to dissolve the redevelopment agencies maintained by counties and cities throughout the state, San Bernardino County and local municipalities have begun the process of designating themselves as the successors to their respective redevelopment agencies. Redevelopment agencies are, or were, … Read the Rest ->

Four individuals have been appointed to elective offices in the county without being elected. The board of supervisors this week approved  county registrar of voters Michael Scarpello’s recommendation to designate the four to positions as directors of the Barstow Heights Community Services District, the Apple Valley Foothill County Water District, and the Yucca Valley Airport … Read the Rest ->

In accordance with a rarely invoked section of the state’s Government Code, the county of Los Angeles this week paid San Bernardino County over $108,000 for the costs of carrying out two separate searches for Los Angeles County residents who became lost in remote areas in 2010. On Tuesday the San Bernardino County Board of … Read the Rest ->

Questions continue to dog the second highest ranking member of the county auditor-controller/treasurer-tax collector’s office with regard to the role he and a political action committee he controlled played in illegally passing through and laundering money for those convicted of or charged with participation in a bribery and extortion conspiracy. At issue is how Matt … Read the Rest ->

UPLAND – The city of Upland has rejected a wrongful termination claim filed against it by former city manager Robb Quincey. In his claim notice seeking unlimited damages over his May 4 termination filed on his behalf by attorney Joseph Wohrle in November, Quincey maintains the city breached his employment contract, violated the labor code … Read the Rest ->

Barstow-based attorney Robert Conaway has taken several key steps toward filing a class action lawsuit against the city of Victorville and Australia-based Redflex Traffic Systems to recover over $9 million in actual damages on behalf of 4,300 people who’ve received tickets from Victorville’s red light camera system. Conaway delivered a claim to the city and … Read the Rest ->