(May 10) Auditors are going over the Upland Unified School District’s financial records with a fine tooth comb after having been alerted by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools to a series of financial irregularities. An examination of the books has already demonstrated, reliable sources tell the Sentinel, misfeasance on the part of current … Read the Rest ->

(May 10) SAN BERNARDINO—The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on May 7 extended chief executive officer Greg Devereaux’s contract to March 2017. The supervisors said they made the move to ensure the county remains on a “positive and productive” track. Devereaux, who was then the city manager in Ontario and a former city manager … Read the Rest ->

(May 10) Ontario ratcheted the level of vituperation with the city of Los Angeles over Ontario Airport up a notch, joining with the cities of Inglewood and Culver City in their challenge of and environmental plan for Los Angeles International Airport. Ontario was accompanied in that challenge by the county of San Bernardino, its partner … Read the Rest ->

(May 10) Holding the line on a policy that it maintains is crucial to preserving the integrity of its entire pension program, the California Public Employees Retirement System has said it will not refinance bankrupt San Bernardino’s unpaid employee retirement contribution debt. The city of San Bernardino filed for bankruptcy protection in August. Throughout the … Read the Rest ->

(May 10) Based on the city of Chino Hills’ experience with a spate of so-called Chinese maternity hotels, the county board of supervisors this week heard a report from the county’s top planning official relating to its options in preventing their establishment and operation in unincorporated county areas. Three such birthing centers were operating in … Read the Rest ->

(May 10) The county’s taxpayers will shell out $172,478,057  prior to August 1 to cover the cost of pensions for retired county employees in the upcoming fiscal year. This week the board of supervisors authorized auditor-controller/treasurer/tax collector Larry Walker to make an advance payment of the county’s estimated fiscal year 2013-14 annual contribution to the … Read the Rest ->

(May 10) More than $10 million worth of improvements will be made to Yates Road to make way for the proposed new design of the Yucca Loma Bridge near the gateway into Apple Valley. The cost of the project will be footed entirely by the county of San Bernardino and its transportation agency, with no … Read the Rest ->

(May 10) TWENTYNINE PALMS — A fatal traffic collision here on April 30 involving a sheriff’s vehicle moving at a high rate of speed remains under investigation by the California Highway Patrol. Luc Van Bui was traveling north on Encelia Ave in a Toyota Camry around 7:30 p.m. After stopping at the Encelia intersection with  … Read the Rest ->

(May 3) SAN BERNARDINO—A recently formed group of self-styled political reformers has taken aim at the mayor, city council and city attorney in San Bernardino, targeting all nine for recall. In recent months, San Bernardino has filed for bankruptcy protection, even as it continues to run a $46 million deficit. On Tuesday, a coalition of … Read the Rest ->

(May 3) Chino City Attorney Jimmy Gutierrez was illegally involved in drafting his own firm’s professional services contract with the city, according to an open government group now threatening legal action over the matter. The Inland Oversight Committee has issued a demand that Gutierrez and his law firm, Gutierrez, Fierro & Erickson, return hundreds of … Read the Rest ->