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Ontario International Airport 2025 Selected Highlights

Brooke Staggs wrote a blog post detailing 13 highlights at Ontario International Airport. I’m not going to go through all 13, but I did want to highlight three of them.

Yes, Ontario Airport is international

Staggs highlighted the, um, arrival of a new airport at ONT: STARLUX Airlines, flying nonstop to and from Taipei, Taiwan.

STARLUX flies from Ontario to Taipei four days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday). Because you cross the international date line, the flight takes two days (but really less than a day).

Existing international service expands

Of course, Volaris has been at ONT for some time, but this year they added flights to Los Cabos (SJD), León (BJX) and Morelia (MLM). This is in addition to its existing service to Guadalajara (GDL), and totals 28 weekly flights in all with at least three flights per week to each destination.

On the domestic front

United Airlines flies nonstop from Ontario to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. These are daily flights year-round. Somehow I got the idea that they are seasonal, but they are not.

If you want Portillo’s but don’t want to drive all the way to Moreno Valley or Buena Park, just drive to Ontario and fly to O’Hare.

Graber Olives is in Foreclosure…But There’s a GoFundMe

So it looked like Graber Olives was going to reopen.

Then it didn’t.

Here is the latest on Graber Olives, from a GoFundMe organized by Kelsey Graber.

“As many of you know, the property is currently closed and now in the foreclosure process.”

The GoFundMe is trying to raise $26,000.

“Even though foreclosure has begun, it is not yet final. With your support, we still have a chance to preserve the property and cover urgent expenses. Every donation will go directly toward utilities, loan payments, and essential operating costs needed to try to reopen its doors…”

One More From the Route 66 Cruisin Reunion

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Euclid and C

Route 66 Cruisin Reunion, Euclid Avenue, Saturday 9/20/2025. 🚗

Euclid and G

Route 66 Cruisin Reunion, Euclid Avenue, Saturday 9/20/2025. 🚗

Euclid Avenue at G Street.

Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce (IERCC) Mixer and Exhibits

At the Delta Hotel, across the street from the Ontario Convention Center.

That’s Ontario, California.

Visited the SBDC and several vendors.

Oh, and it was raining.

Liar.

Modern Airport Identity Security: mDLs at TSA at ONT

Today’s acronyms are TSA, ONT, and mDL.

I finally found a legitimate use for my California mobile driver’s license (mDL) this afternoon.

Ontario International Airport (ONT) allows people without tickets to reserve a day pass to see departing passengers off. The day pass functions as the equivalent of a real passenger’s boarding pass…with appropriate identification.

Both the day pass and my mDL were in my smartphone wallet, so all went smoothly. I wasn’t paying enough attention to know if the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) compared my live face to my mDL, but they probably did.

And I can confirm that Richard Reid rule is gone: no shoe removal required. Belts are another matter.

No true pictures, just an artistic re-creation.

Graber Olives WITHOUT Arteco Partners

It all seemed to promising back in June, when Arteco Partners appeared at Graber Olives’ salesroom (converted into an auditorium) and announced its intent to partner with Graber Olives to reopen the facility for olives and events.

But yesterday David Allen revealed that Arteco Partners appears to have backed out, presumably because the costs exceeded the possible revenue.

So what’s next?