Business

Ontario-based CVB Financial Corp., the holding company for Citizens Business Bank, reported a net income of $23.4 million for the first quarter of this year. That was a year-over-year increase $7.6 million, or 47.4 percent, according to the company’s first quarter earnings report, which was released. Earnings per share were …

Esri, the mapping technology company in Redlands, earned the fourth-place ranking in the Forbes 2016 America’s Best Midsize Employers list. Only L.L. Bean, The Container Store and Novo Nordisk ranked higher in the survey, which questioned 30,000 employees at businesses with at least 1,000 employees, according to a statement. Respondents …

More than 10 major employers are expected to attend a job fair scheduled today in Perris. The city-sponsored event, which will include entry level to management positions, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Harrison Hall on the Perris Fairgrounds, 18700 Lake Perris Drive, according to a …

The Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau will open a California Welcome Center next month at Ontario Mills. The center, which will cover 1,500 square feet, is being developed on the mall’s west side in an area that is currently being redeveloped, said Sue Oxarart, the bureau’s director of communications. …

Vestis Retail Group LLC, the parent company of Sport Chalet, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, two days after the company announced it plans to close the entire sporting goods store chain. Store closings, including the multiple Sports Chalet stores in the Inland Empire, are expected to be completed …

 The championship golf course is being sold to one of the Inland Empire’s best-known developers. The property’s future is likely a mixed-used residential and retail project, much to the regret of some of its patrons. Empire Lakes Golf Course will soon be no more. The 20-year-old facility that sits on …