Cassie MacDuff

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Columnist for the Press-Enterprise that serves the Inland Empire

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Forty percent of the nation’s imports arrive at the Ports of LA and Los Angeles.  Goods are then trucked out to the Inland Empire, to be stored in massive warehouses the size of…

Can Massive Warehouses Save the Inland Empire?

Forty percent of the nation’s imports arrive at the Ports of LA and Los Angeles.  Goods are then trucked out to the Inland Empire, to be stored in massive warehouses the size of…

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