Redistricting fallout stirs debate among politicos

06/24/11 Proposed redistricting maps should frighten California's Republicans, according to national GOP pollster Frank Luntz, who argues they're in danger of losing even more footing in their Democrat-controlled state.Luntz referred to the first draft maps released by the newly formed...

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Short takes, June 24

06/24/11 San Bernardino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, whose district spans the bulk of the High Desert, announced Thursday his plans to run for re-election in 2012.

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New Redondo Beach trash hauler Athens Services begins work July 1

06/22/11 Athens Services will begin collecting trash July 1 in Redondo Beach, starting an eight-year contract that city officials said will reduce overall rates by 6 percent.

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Crime and Public Safety, June 23

06/22/11 A 30-year-old man was killed early Wednesday morning when his car went off a road into a flood-control channel in San Bernardino. The accident occurred near Canyon Road and Gilbert Street at 1:38 a.m., police said.

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Victorville suing feds over EB-5 termination

06/21/11 VICTORVILLE A split City Council voted Tuesday night to sue the federal government, challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ' decision to terminate Victorville's EB-5 visa investor program."This will be a complaint for declaratory relief and injunctive relief,"...

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Personnel moves spark tension in VVUHSD

06/20/11 VICTORVILLE The Victor Valley Union High School District's decisions to demote several administrators and notify several teachers they may be involuntarily transferred have stirred tension among employees and parents questioning the moves.For the 2011-12 school year, at least four...

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62 arrests in gang sweep

06/20/11 VICTORVILLE A gang sweep hosted by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Victorville station netted 62 arrests Friday night, officials said.The Victorville SMASH Gang Team and the Sheriff's Department's Special Enforcement Division were assisted by <a...

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SCLA, library, MDAQMD salaries posted to public site

06/17/11 Almost $457 million in payroll for employees in 454 library, mosquito abatement, conservation, air quality and airport agencies have now been posted to the State Controller's website, as part of the fourth and final phase in a transparency move triggered by the Bell salary scandal.State...

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Local unemployment drops slightly

06/17/11 Unemployment rates in local cities and San Bernardino County as a whole continued to fall slightly during the month of May, according to figures released Friday by the state's Employment Development Department.Jobless rates in Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow and Victorville dropped by 0.1...

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DC-10 finished with work on Wallow Fire

06/14/11 The 10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10 has flown missions in California, Washington, Australia, Texas Canada and now Arizona.  

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Residents try to save Victorville recreation centers

06/14/11 VICTORVILLE Residents are looking for a way to save local recreational facilities that are slated to close under city budget cuts.Westwinds Sports Center at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, is scheduled to close July 1 in the <a...

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Local Marie Callender's to stay open

06/14/11 VICTORVILLE Though the company that owns Marie Callender's Restaurant and Bakery has filed bankruptcy, officials said Tuesday that the chain's Victorville site will stay open.The local restaurant is a franchise and will not be effected at all by the corporate chain closing several...

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Crime and Public Safety, June 15

06/14/11 A man who was shot and killed Sunday in the Santa Ana River bed in Colton has been identified as Victor Manuel Avendano, 26, of West Covina.

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Victor Valley may lose one congressional representative

06/14/11 Newly released redistricting proposals reveal the Victor Valley looks to lose one of its two U.S. congressional representatives and have most of its communities grouped together within federal and state districts.According to the draft maps, the biggest change locally would be that Rep. Howard P....

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Multinational Confectionary Company Leases 495,000 Square Feet within Southern California Logistics Centre

06/14/11 Stirling Capital Investments has secured a 10-year, $17.5 million lease for a 495,000-square-foot industrial ...

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Former Bulldog makes his decision

06/10/11 Fulfilling a childhood dream of playing collegiate football former Douglas Bulldog Hunter Long announced last week he?s made his decision and accepted a scholarship offer from Victor Valley College, a community college, located in Victorville, CA.

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Arizona Wildfire gets assist as California Sends Aerial Firefighting Aircraft

06/09/11 (Mission Times Courier, San Diego, CA) - One of the nations only DC-10 Very Large Airtankers has been deployed from California to assist in fighting the raging wildland fire in Arizona. The request was made yesterday by the United States Forest Service. The aircraft, Tanker 911, took off this morning to help in Arizona from its base in Victorville.

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SBVC Football: 2011 Schedule Release

06/07/11 The Southern California Football Association has released its entire 2011 schedule. SBVC Football will resume its rivalry with Chaffey, Citrus, Riverside, Southwestern, and Santa Monica in their non-Conference schedule.

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Red Bull Takes 12,500 Square Feet at Southern California Logistics Centre

06/06/11 Stirling Capital Investments has secured a five-year lease for a 12,500-square-foot industrial property ...

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Calif. boy, 11, punches teacher in nose in class

06/03/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press ADELANTO, Calif. An 11-year-old California boy at an alternative school for at-risk students is accused of punching his fifth-grade teacher in the face and breaking her nose. San Bernardino County sheriff's investigators say the teacher was attacked around 9 a.m. Thursday at the Adelanto Community Day School in Adelanto, about 85 miles northeast of Los ...

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