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An Inland Empire solar energy company has developed a battery designed to back up major household devices during a blackout. The FLEX storage system can serve as a back-up power source for refrigerators, television sets, computer modems and other appliances for up to eight hours, said Sandee Messel, spokeswoman for …

The Moreno Valley Animal Shelter has received a $25,000 grant from the Petco Foundation, money the shelter plans to use to spay and neuter cats throughout the city. The shelter’s feral cat pilot project – known as TNR, or Trap, Neuter, Release – began last October and had treated 259 …

MacroAir, the San Bernardino-based company that manufactures high-volume, low-speed commercial ceiling fans, has opened a European warehouse-distribution operation. The 25,000-square-foot building in Valencia began operating in May and employs six people, all local hires, said Jaylin Krell, MacroAir’s vice president of marketing. More workers will be hired to work at …

VA Loans or CalVet Loans? That’s the question military service people interested in VA loans in California tend to ask, particularly when the state’s CalVet program is presented to them as a path to homeownership alongside the federal government’s VA loan program. According to Ed Hoffman, president of Wholesale Capital …

State Bros. will donate 35,000 pounds of fresh apples to Feeding America and the Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County. The donation is a result of Stater Bros.’ participation in the Take a Bite Out of Hunger Program, which is sponsored by FirstFruits Marketing of Washington, according to a …

Esri in Redlands has published the second edition of Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions, which looks at the science of protecting oceans and coastlines. The book places special emphasis on the role Esri’s geographic information system technology plays in providing that protection, according to a statement released Wednesday. Dawn J. Wright, the …