The Securities and Exchange Commission is intensifying its now 18-month long inquiry into accusations of fraud and misuse of bond money by the city of Victorville and its former redevelopment agency. In August 2010, the SEC launched an investigation of Victorville’s various bond offerings totaling more than $475 million. In complying with subpoenas, city officials … Read the Rest ->

Even as its board members undertook to redress serious shortcomings and challenges that are threatening to bring the Public Safety Academy to ruin, the headlong rush to institute reforms at the school resulted in yet another wave of adverse publicity last week. In this case, the controversy arose out of the charter school board’s failure … Read the Rest ->

Both the city of Colton and its former police chief, Ken Rulon, are in the final stages of preparation as Rulon’s wrongful termination suit over his April 2007 firing heads to trial February 27. Rulon, who was provided with a $132,000 base salary and more than $60,000 in benefits,  is seeking $10 million for wrongful … Read the Rest ->

TWENTYNINE PALMS—A divided city council this month rejected Robertson’s Ready Mix’s request for the annexation of 150 acres into the city and a zone change on 37.5 of those acres. Robertson’s Ready Mix wants to construct a batch plant on a portion of the 150 acres the company is in the process of acquiring at … Read the Rest ->

Residents of the unincorporated county area between Montclair and Chino on the north and south and Ontario and the county line/Pomona City Limits on the east and west have appealed the county planning commission’s approval of a mosque in their neighborhood to the county board of supervisors. On December 8, the San Bernardino County Planning … Read the Rest ->

Attorney Robert Conaway earlier this month filed a class-action lawsuit against Victorville and its red-light camera program, alleging due process rights violations. The suit seeks the recovery of fines paid and millions of dollars in damages. Conaway, who is based in Barstow, filed the lawsuit in Victorville Superior Court February 14 on behalf of lead … Read the Rest ->

NEEDLES–The Needles City Council last week rejected the hospital board of trustees’ request to have the city guarantee a $1 million loan for Colorado River Medical Center. The hospital board of trustees, at the behest of former interim chief executive officer Jon Freeberg, voted on January 25 to ask the city to make the loan … Read the Rest ->

The city of Upland has now expended more in legal fees fighting a lawsuit brought against it by the county of San Bernardino over the Colonies Development than it would have paid if it had accepted a settlement offer on that suit previously made by the county. Available city documents show Upland has paid its … Read the Rest ->

The review period for the draft environmental impact report on the  Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project has been extended until March 14. The Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery, and Storage Project is a plan by Cadiz, Inc., which is also known as the Cadiz Land Company, to pump an average of 50,000 … Read the Rest ->

Los Angeles World Airports, the division of the city of Los Angeles which runs Los Angeles International, Ontario International and Van Nuys airports, indicated this week it will step up its marketing of Ontario Airport. The city of Ontario, which entered into a cooperative airport operating agreement with the city of Los Angeles for Ontario … Read the Rest ->