By Staff Reports (Victor Valley)–Board of Equalization Member Senator George Runner today reminded California consumers and retailers that California’s 1% sales tax surcharge is set to vanish July 1. “This is great news for overtaxed California consumers and retailers who…
Category: Oak Hills
Oak Hills is an unincorporated community in the high desert of San Bernardino County, located west of U.S. Route 395.
McKeon Releases Committee Activities Report And Highlights Transparency Efforts
By Staff Reports (Victor Valley)– (Permalink) The House Armed Services Committee met Wednesday to mark up the First Semiannual Report of the Activities of the Committee on Armed Services for the 112th Congress, successfully reporting out H. Rept. 112-123. U.S.…
Mojave Flick Review: Cars 2
Editor’s note: We all love movies, but rather than ask a syndicated columnist who has never visited our beautiful High Desert, we commissioned our own local movie critic: Nolan P. Smith to review films and give us a local perspective.…
Mojave Flick Review: Bad Teacher
Editor’s note: We all love movies, but rather than ask a syndicated columnist who has never visited our beautiful High Desert, we commissioned our own local movie critic: Nolan P. Smith to review films and give us a local perspective.…
$500,000 In United Way Grants Approved For Inland Empire Nonprofits!
By Staff Reports (Victor Valley)–We are thrilled to announce that for 2011-2012 we will be able to increase the amount of funding allocated to Community Impact Grants – providing over $500,000 in direct support to strong Inland Empire programs focused on the…
We Must Still Be Careful With Our Water
By Staff Reports (Victor Valley)–This year’s record-level snow pack and rainy weather has lifted California’s state of emergency on drought conditions. This doesn’t mean our worries about water availability are over. As recent experience teaches us, the tipping point from…
County Museum Offers Family Fun Every Day This Summer
By Staff Reports (Victor Valley)–Summer days will be packed with fun-filled activities for the whole family at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands. With drop-in activities from creating a mosaic, painting a replica fossil, assembling a bird flip book…
The Year Of School Choice: 42 States Consider School Vouchers, Scholarship Tax Credits In 2011
By Staff Reports State Legislators Fight for Children, School Choice (Victor Valley)–Forty-two states have introduced legislation in 2011 to create or expand school voucher and scholarship tax credit programs, according to an analysis completed today by the American Federation for…
Perspective On The Current Economic Environment
By Staff Reports (Victor Valley)–Citizens Business Bank’s Bruce Branstine, Vice-President /Private Client Advisor, spoke to the Rotary Club of Victorville this week on the state of world economics. His Power Point presentation began with the four phases of the business…
George Runner Urges Governor To Veto “Amazon Tax”
By Staff Reports Measure Would Hurt California Job Creators, Including eBay (Victor Valley)–Board of Equalization Member Senator George Runner today called upon Governor Jerry Brown to veto the so-called “Amazon Tax” recently approved as a budget trailer bill by the…