NEEDLES—The Needles City Council has unanimously rejected making an endorsement of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project. Cadiz Inc., also known as the Cadiz Land Company, is proposing to pump an average of 50,000 acre feet of water out of the aquifer in the east Mojave Desert per year and sell it … Read the Rest ->

A total of 13 candidates are vying for three positions on the county board of supervisors which are up for election this year. In two of those three positions, incumbents are seeking to return to the board. In the First District, where Brad Mitzelfelt is supervisor, seven candidates are looking to replace him. Mitzelfelt, who … Read the Rest ->

The San Bernardino International Airport Authority Board onWednesday took action that signals in no uncertain terms that Scot Spencer is being removed from his position of authority at San Bernardino International Airport. Since 2007, Spencer has served as the contract developer of the airport. In hiring Spencer, the airport board, consisting of representatives from the … Read the Rest ->

While cash-strapped Upland is becoming increasingly stingy with the dwindling money it has available to sustain and promote itself as well as bolster local economic development, a subset of the city’s businesses are still tugging at City Hall’s apron strings, seeking shelter from the financial brutality of the real business world. Currently, the city is … Read the Rest ->

On Saturday March 11th, the fourth bald eagle count of the winter was conducted by local federal and state biologists and volunteers around lakes in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains. Volunteers enjoyed clear skies and warm temperatures while looking for America’s national bird. The count was successful in tallying the bald eagles spending … Read the Rest ->

Though the San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee steered clear of showing any preference, the California Republican Party has endorsed incumbent Congressman Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) over State Senator Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) in their respective efforts to capture the GOP nomination in the race for Congress in the newly redrawn California 31st Congressional District. … Read the Rest ->

LOMA LINDA—After 20 years on the city council, Stan Brauer will be leaving office later this year. Brauer was first elected in 1992, reelected four times since and was appointed by his colleagues to serve as mayor for four years, He has decided against serving a sixth term. Three of the positions on the city … Read the Rest ->

The Drug Enforcement Administration this week accomplished what the city of Upland’s expenditure of over $440,000 in legal fees over the last two-and-a-half years could not when officials raided the G3 Holistics medical marijuana clinic at 1710 W. Foothill Boulevard in this city of 73,732. The DEA agents, accompanied by San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies, … Read the Rest ->

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors this week revised a portion of the county’s general plan relating to any future development in Oak Glen. Oak Glen is an unincorporated district of the county in the foothills above Yucaipa famous for its apple orchards. According to Christine Kelly, the county’s director of land use services, … Read the Rest ->

The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board on March 14 approved Pacific Gas & Electric’s payment of $3.6 million as a regulatory settlement for failing to adequately address chromium contamination in the High Desert community of Hinkley. Of the total $3.6 million in fines and administrative charges assessed against the company, $1.8 million will be … Read the Rest ->