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The only noise breaking the stillness of the desert surrounding Chuckwalla Valley Raceway is the whir of two-dozen motorcycles speeding around the winding ribbon. There are no speed limit signs, no cross streets and no oncoming cars. Just motorcycles flying past as the riders throttle up to 120 mph in the straightaway. But the day Continue reading

There is a 1-in-22 trillion chance that you’ll be struck by a large piece of satellite on Friday. A defunct NASA weather satellite is expected to tumble back into the atmosphere and plummet to Earth, presumably Friday afternoon, eastern time. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite was launched in 1991 by Space Shuttle Discovery and since Continue reading

Robert Ashton merged into the fast lane of northbound Interstate 215 just past Central Avenue in Riverside on a recent Thursday morning. Traffic was light and there wasn’t a car in front of him. But that didn’t mean he had smooth sailing. via INLAND: Delaying freeway maintenance is risky, experts say | Breaking News | Continue reading

Phil Klasky and Dave Cole are on opposing sides of the debate of whether off-road racing is appropriate on public lands in Southern California. But both agree they don’t like the way the Bureau of Land Management is charging for off-road racing permits. Klasky, a longtime desert racing critic from Wonder Valley, east of Twentynine Continue reading

Kenny Renfroe’s business is fun and games, but lately operating his billiard table showroom has faced serious problems because of the widening of Interstate 215 in San Bernardino. Expanding the freeway required taking slivers of his property via eminent domain along Rialto Avenue near I Street. Half of the parking lot outside his sales floor Continue reading

Emma Griffith gets frustrated at fast freeway drivers in a different way than most Southern Californians. She worries they’ll kill her while she’s doing her job cleaning roads for Caltrans. “It’s not funny,” Griffith said Monday, hours after crews across California were yanked from their duties Monday morning when a Caltrans worker was killed in Continue reading

Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of hundreds of people passing from booth to booth at Market Night in downtown Redlands, Matt Baker is getting pumped up about teaching people how to fix a flat bicycle tire. “That’s the big thing that keeps people from riding,” he says, wringing his hands after tightening a set Continue reading

The addition of carpool lanes to a Riverside stretch of Highway 91 will wait until the state’s fall bond sale even though the $273 million project is ready to start construction, state and county transportation officials said. The California Transportation Commission this month deferred its $157 million commitment to the project to extend the carpool Continue reading

If the fast track to economic success is linked to vibrant transit, the Inland-area is firmly planted in the slow lane, according to a new national report looking at how effectively transit linked residents with jobs. The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area, stretching from Barstow to Temecula and east to the Coachella Valley, ranked near the Continue reading

With one month left before federal officials finalize plans for a high-speed train from Victorville to Las Vegas, opponents of the project worry it will take money from High Desert cities and potentially destroy pristine landscapes and sensitive wildlife. The Federal Railroad Administration — which must approve the $6 billion Desert Xpress project — unveiled Continue reading