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EV Realty broke ground Sept. 18 on a 76-unit truck charging hub at 580 W. Mill St. near the San Bernardino Intermodal Facility. When completed, the facility’s fast charging ports will be capable of juicing up more than 200 Class 8 trucks per day. Seen here are the EV Realty Team and San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran. (Photo courtesy of RV Realty)
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EV Realty broke ground Sept. 18 on a 76-unit truck charging hub at 580 W. Mill St. near the San Bernardino Intermodal Facility. When completed, the facility’s fast charging ports will be capable of juicing up more than 200 Class 8 trucks per day. Seen here are the EV Realty Team and San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran. (Photo courtesy of RV Realty)
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Work began last week on a 76-stall truck charging hub in San Bernardino.
EV Realty is using $75 million from private equity investor NGP to build the electric-truck charging center at 580 W. Mill St. near the San Bernardino Intermodal Facility.
The facility’s fast charging ports will be capable of juicing up more than 200 Class 8 trucks per day, according to EV Realty.
The San Bernardino facility “will be the largest grid-connected charging project in the country,” according to FreightWaves.com.
EV Realty CEO Patrick Sullivan acknowledged certain “near-term challenges” with EV vehicle policy reversals from Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, but said “the longer-term trend toward fleet electrification is unmistakable – vehicle technology is improving, battery costs are falling and we’re enabling customers to make the transition economically today.”
“Our strategy is built for stability amid changing policies and industry conditions, ensuring we can deliver reliable, cost-effective charging solutions for fleets,” Sullivan said.
In January, California opted to abandon its regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives ahead of the incoming Trump administration, which ultimately moved to ban the new rules.
EV Realty’s charging hub, which also got funding from the South Coast Air Quality Management District, should open later this year.
UCR startup lands $2.3 million cancer grant
Armida Labs, a UC Riverside startup at the university’s incubator space, was awarded a $2.25 million research grant from the National Cancer Institute, to study a drug that fights a variety of cancers.
That drug, called targefrin, is a new anti-metastatic agent that targets and degrades a particular protein found in many cancers, including pancreatic, prostate, lung, breast, ovarian and colorectal cancers.
The protein, called an ephrin type-A receptor 2 or EphA2, spreads cancer by allowing malignant cells to migrate from the primary tumor into circulation and eventually to other tissues in the body.
Targefrin was discovered in the laboratory of Maurizio Pellecchia, a professor of biomedical sciences at UCR’s School of Medicine. He’s also the co-founder of Armida Labs. The research studies will be led by Carlo Baggio, Armida Labs’ co-founder and chief technology officer.
Baggio, formerly a senior scientist in Pellecchia’s research group, said developing targefrin as an effective EphA2-targeting agent has been the group’s focus for several years.
“EphA2 drives the aggressive spread of pancreatic cancer, and patients with high EphA2 levels tend to have a poor prognosis. Targefrin works by degrading EphA2 in cancer cells, making tumors significantly less aggressive’” he said. “This Phase II award builds on a prior $600K SBIR Phase I grant that enabled Armida Labs to successfully advance the development of Targefrin.”
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Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation presented SAC Health a $10 million donation to support its healthcare mission in San Bernardino County. From from left to right are Jason Lohr, CEO of SAC Health, Lynn Valbuena, chairwoman of Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, Audrey Martinez, tribal secretary, Laurena Bolden, Second Governing council member, Joseph Maarango, culture seat member, and Maryellen Westerberg, chief operating officer at SAC Health. (Photo courtesy of SAC Health)
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Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation presented SAC Health a $10 million donation to support its healthcare mission in San Bernardino County. From from left to right are Jason Lohr, CEO of SAC Health, Lynn Valbuena, chairwoman of Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, Audrey Martinez, tribal secretary, Laurena Bolden, Second Governing council member, Joseph Maarango, culture seat member, and Maryellen Westerberg, chief operating officer at SAC Health. (Photo courtesy of SAC Health)
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San Manuel tribe gifts SAC Health $10 million
SAC Health’s newly opened Brier Campus came with a big surprise: A $10 million donation from Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation.
The donation was presented at the ribbon-cutting ceremony held last Thursday.
“This grant award to SAC Health is a critical investment in the Inland Empire region,” Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena, Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, said a statement. “This region is chronically in a state of social and economic stress, and providing access to quality healthcare for our vulnerable populations will uplift all people. The new SAC Health Brier Campus will ensure compassionate and comprehensive care to everyone.”
Brier Campus offers primary care services such as family medicine and pediatrics, behavioral health and dental care along with more than 40 specialty care services.
SAC Health provides healthcare to vulnerable individuals in the community of which 97% use Medi-Cal.
Address: 1003 E. Brier Drive, San Bernardino
Monte Carlo night tickets on sale
The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its 34th annual Monte Carlo Extravaganza on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Wilson Creek Winery.
The event from 5-9 p.m. includes Las Vegas-style table games, a local restaurant competition, music and prizes.
This event is open to the public, as long as you’re age 21 and older. Tickets are $50 per person and include $200 in play money. Prices rise to $60 at the door on the day of the event.
For more information, call 951-676-5090 or go to members.temecula.org/events.
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Sylwia Luttrell of Riverside County was appointed judge at Riverside County Superior Court, filling the vacancy created when judge Bernard J. Schwartz retired. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Newsom’s Office)
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Sylwia Luttrell of Riverside County was appointed judge at Riverside County Superior Court, filling the vacancy created when judge Bernard J. Schwartz retired. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Newsom’s Office)
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Judicial appointments
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently appointed three Inland Empire residents to judgeships in Riverside and San Bernardino superior courts.
Riverside resident Amy K. Nett fills the vacancy created when judge Angel M. Bermudez retired at Riverside County Superior Court. Nett had been a probate attorney at the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2024. She also worked as a partner at the law firm Nett & Nett from 2002 to 2024.
Sylwia Luttrell of Riverside County fills the vacancy at Riverside County Superior Court created when judge Bernard J. Schwartz retired. She has been a commissioner at the Riverside court since 2024, and she previously was a hearing officer at the court from 2021 to 2024. Luttrell also was a deputy district attorney at the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office from 2010 to 2021.
Elizabeth Ulsh of San Bernardino County fills the vacancy created when judge Bridgid M. McCann retired at the San Bernardino County Superior Court. She has been deputy public defender at the San Bernardino Public Defender’s Office since 2014.
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