The newest addition, Coldwell Banker Icon, plans to open a South Orange County office by the end of the month and another in Rancho Cucamonga, about 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, Rodriguez told The Real Deal. The Inland Empire office will be established through the acquisition of an existing company that, if finalized, will add another 60 agents to the roster. The details of both offices will be disclosed once those moves are finalized.
Whooping cough is on the rise in the Inland Empire, where Riverside and San Bernardino county officials say numbers are up from previous years. Whooping cough cases have tripled in San Bernardino County, compared to last year, a Thursday, Jan. 8, county news release states. The county had a reported 47 infections in 2025, and no deaths, Francis Delapaz, a San Bernardino County spokesperson, said in a Friday, Jan. 9, email. In 2024, it saw 15 cases.
The leaders of a mysterious "cult-like" California religious group allegedly tied to the death of a 4-year-old boy and a man who disappeared from a coffee shop have been charged with murder. The arrests of leading members of what authorities are calling a "religious high-control group" named His Way Spirit Led Assemblies are connected to the alleged murder of Emilio Ghanem, 40, who went missing in 2023, and the alleged murder of 4-year-old Timothy "Timo" Thomas.
We do this with heavy hearts but with absolute clarity: our first responsibility is to protect our community, organizers said in a social media post announcing the cancellation. With heightened immigration enforcement on the ground and credible fears of ICE raids in our area, we cannot in good conscience invite our families into a space where they could be at risk.