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Inland Empire

American  

noun

  1. a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascade Range, in eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana.


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Longtime radio personalities Evelyn Erives, Nick Nack and Garrison King were all cut from the Inland Empire station last week as part of iHeartMedia’s latest round of national layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

“We were in the Inland Empire and it was the 2008 financial crisis,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

The organization works to combat air pollution across Southern California and the Inland Empire.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

“We have the scientists, we have the technicians, we have the advocates,” said Michelle Decker, who is on the coalition’s executive committee and serves as president and CEO of the Inland Empire Community Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

They call this part of California the Inland Empire, and it’s always smoggy, because whatever nastiness is in the air gets blown here and caught against the mountains.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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