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Ahead of the November general election, the Southern California News Group compiled a list of questions to pose to the candidates who wish to represent you. You can find the full questionnaire below. Questionnaires may have been edited for spelling, grammar, length and, in some instances, to remove hate speech and offensive language.MORE: Read all the candidate responses in our Voter GuideName: Henry NickelCurrent job title: County Workforce Development Analyst/Business OwnerIncumbent: NoOther political positions held: San Bernardino City Council Ward 5City where you reside: San BernardinoCampaign website or social media: henrynickel.com, www.facebook.com/NickelforCC5How can the city best meet the demand and…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball WriterLAS VEGAS — Everyone has a lucky number in Las Vegas. For the Milwaukee Bucks, it was three.And the NBA Cup was their prize.Tournament MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 26 points to go along with 19 rebounds and 10 assists, Damian Lillard added 23 points and the Bucks connected on 17 3-pointers on the way to beating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 97-81, in the NBA Cup title game on Tuesday night.“Everybody did their job,” Lillard said. “We defended. We played well from the start of the game all the way through the finish. I think it…

A Southern California developer must halt construction of a controversial industrial park in San Bernardino County that has displaced scores of homes, after a judge found flaws in the project’s environmental impact report.County supervisors in late 2022 green-lighted an industrial real estate firm’s proposal to remove 117 homes and ranches in rural Bloomington to make way for more than 2 million square feet of warehouse space. Several environmental and community groups sued the county soon after, alleging that the approval of the Bloomington Business Park violated numerous regulations set out in state environmental and housing laws.Nearly two years later, and…

Next month, San Bernardino County voters will have their first chance to choose a new assessor since the death of former assessor Bob Dutton in 2022.Dutton served as the county’s assessor-recorder from 2014 until his death in July 2022, a month after voters reelected him to a fourth term. The Board of Supervisors appointed assistant assessor Chris Wilhite to lead the department through January 2025. On Nov. 5, voters will select someone to fill the remaining two years of Dutton’s term.The assessor appraises the value of all property within San Bernardino County for tax purposes, but does not set tax…

LOS ANGELES — Matt Barnes waltzed into Pauley Pavilion about a minute into Tuesday night’s game, taking his seat just under the basket the UCLA men’s basketball team was shooting on in the first half.That meant, in the second half, he got an up-close-and-personal view of a Bruins defense that has forced a nation’s best 18.6 turnovers per game, a rate that, in the last 25 years of UCLA basketball, is second to only Barnes’ 1998-99 freshman season, when the Bruins forced 20.2.Talent and ball-handling prowess across college basketball has only improved since then. That doesn’t seem to matter to…

Clint Olivier with Biz Fed Central Valley speaks Tuesday about AB 98. Photo by Frank Lopez published on September 24, 2024 – 3:30 PMWritten by Frank Lopez Local business and civic leaders are calling for Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a bill they say would bring more regulation to warehouses and truck routes in the state. The Fresno Chamber of Commerce hosted a news conference Tuesday to ask the governor to veto Assembly Bill 98, which would mandate buffer zones between new logistics warehouse developments and residential areas, and restrict truck routes to and from such facilities. Elected officials and…

Donald Trump’s return to the White House might be especially historic for the Inland Empire.While he lost California to Vice President Kamala Harris, election results showed Trump leading the vice president 49.35% to 48.37% in Riverside County and 51.17% to 46.43% in San Bernardino County as of Friday evening, Nov. 8.Those numbers could change with hundreds of thousands of ballots remaining to be counted in both counties. But if they hold, Trump would be the first GOP presidential nominee since George W. Bush in 2004 to carry the Inland Empire.LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: See a chart of the latest vote countsA…

By DAN SCIFO The Associated PressPITTSBURGH — The Kings were positioned for their eighth win in the past nine games, but they couldn’t hold off the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third period and then fell in overtime.Rickard Rakell scored at 1:44 of overtime as the Penguins rallied to beat the Kings, 3-2, on Tuesday night. Rakell deflected Erik Karlsson’s point shot behind Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper for the game-winner.Rakell also had an assist, Evgeni Malkin and Matt Grzelcyk added goals and Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves for the Penguins, who trailed by a goal with six minutes left before Grzelcyk…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers stepped up their spending at retail stores last month, providing a boost to the economy in the early phases of the winter holiday shopping season. Retail sales rose 0.7% in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, a solid increase and higher than October’s 0.5% gain. Sales jumped 2.6% at auto dealers, driving most of the gain. Some of that demand likely reflected a need for new cars in parts of the southeast slammed by Hurricane Helene in October, as well as healthy incentives provided by car dealers. Big…

How can you be sure that your ballot is in good hands after you cast it in the Nov. 5 General Election in San Bernardino County?Stephenie Shea, who oversees San Bernardino County elections as the registrar of voters, gave a media tour on Monday, Oct. 28, at the ballot processing site in San Bernardino to highlight the stringent measures in place to ensure election safety and security in San Bernardino County.Before ballots even make it to the processing site, Shea explained some of the core precautions taken to ensure they’re safe at their drop-off location.Looking for candidate information, ballot measure…