The SBA run is still on their website, but it's a 4 leg a day run now. (ONT-SBA-SMX-SBA-ONT) I'm not sure where they base the crew and Mx.

ACC is ok to work for and they will upgrade pilots at 1200 hours if you do a good job and they need captains. They don't really hire people for a specific base. After ground school you are assigned to a base using some sort of seniority system that is most convenient for the company. I don't work there anymore so my info may be a bit old.

Pilotpip, by recently do you mean almost 3 years ago?