Military base loss "devastating," Mayor says

From: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | Date: May 14, 2005| Author: L.C. Greene | Copyright information

NORCO - The Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division could be moving all of its high-tech equipment and hundreds of high-paying jobs from the Inland Empire to Ventura County, following a Defense Department announcement Friday.

The 1,100-employee military research facility was included in the Pentagon's long list of military bases recommended for closure, relocation or downsizing.

"This is devastating," Norco Mayor Herb Higgins said Friday.

Secretary of Defense Donald R...

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