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Column: Retiring city manager praised: ‘He saved Norco’

Posted on August 19, 2022 by David Allen
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I went to my first Norco City Council meeting, thinking I would write about the 45-day warehouse moratorium. Instead, that gets part of a sentence, as the retirement of the longtime city manager seemed like a better story. Andy Okoro rather improbably wound up in Norco after a childhood in Nigeria. He’s the focus of my Friday column.

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Column: Knott’s Norco berry stand of 1920s also sold kale

Posted on January 13, 2021 by David Allen
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I return to the topic of Walter Knott’s 1920s berry farm and stand in Norco, with some fresh information. Also, I inspire a Montclair councilman to clean out his house and I recall an encounter with Tom LaBonge, the former LA councilman who died last week, all in Wednesday’s column.

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Column: Berry man Knott briefly planted himself in Norco

Posted on August 19, 2020 by David Allen
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Walter Knott thought Norco had great potential for berry growing, but it didn’t work out for him. Thankfully he had Buena Park to fall back on. Following up on my April items on Knott’s youth in Pomona, I look at his brief Norco sojourn in Wednesday’s column.

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Column: Rough ride for Norco with curfew, protests, backlash

Posted on July 3, 2020 by David Allen
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For my first reported piece after adding Riverside County to my beat, I visited Norco amid a few days of protests, counter-protests, a canceled council meeting and more. Check it out in Friday’s column. And enjoy your weekend! I’ll have a three-day weekend, but also a column Sunday.

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A journalist for more than 30 years, David Allen has been chronicling the Inland Valley for the Daily Bulletin since 1997 and blogging since 2007. He is the author of three books of columns: "Pomona A to Z," "Getting Started" and "On Track." E-mail David here.
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