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Palm Springs and the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce will host the 31st annual Athena Awards Holiday Gala. The event, which recognizes five women for their outstanding business and community leadership, is scheduled to be be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Renaissance Palm Springs, 888 Tahquitz Canyon Way. …

Moreno Valley’s HireMoVal, a program designed to get city businesses to hire local residents, has kicked into gear four months after it started. Two applications are being processed, and another 20 or so are “in the pipeline” and are expected to be processed shortly, said Marshall Eyerman, the city’s chief …

A former retail building that will serve as Riverside’s Social Security office has been sold. The 22,000-square-foot structure, at 10000 Magnolia  Ave. sold for $3.2 million and is being renovated for government use, according to a statement released Monday by Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga. Progressive Real Estate …

Palm Springs has decided to renovate one of its fire stations. The city is accepting bids to renovate and expand Station 4, which has seen no significant upgrades since it was built in 1971, said Amy Blaisdell, city spokeswoman. Station 4, at 1300 Laverne Way, serves the south part of …

Moreno Valley’s economic development has been recognized for its online excellence by the International Economic Development Council. The council recently presented the city with a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award for its website, MorenoValleyBusiness.com, which is designed to attract businesses to the city, according to a statement. The website, …

The one percent sales tax, which is being funneled into the city’s police and fire departments, has already paid for three battalion chief and the renovation of a fire station. The question now is whether the measure, which passed easily, will keep producing.  Twelve months after Hemet voters approved Measure …