Daryle Williams will be UC Riverside’s next dean of the college of humanities, arts, and social sciences. Williams is scheduled to begin his new job Sept. 1, according to a statement on the university’s website. He is currently associate dean for faculty affairs in the college of arts and humanities at …
Read More »Jensen new SB County’s government-legislative affairs director
Brad Jensen has been named San Bernardino County’s government and legislative affairs director. For the past eight years, Jensen has been the public policy director with the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, representing that organization in its dealings with public and private coalitions, according to a statement. Jensen was hired …
Read More »ONT passenger count approaches pre-pandemic levels
Things are definitely looking up at Ontario International Airport. Passenger traffic in May was nearly 80 percent of where it was before COVID-19 hit in the spring of 2020, according to data released Wednesday by the Ontario International Airport Authority. Nearly 367,000 passengers passed through the airport during the fifth …
Read More »Marilyn statue is ready for a PS encore
Forever Marilyn is returning to Palm Springs. The 26-foot sculpture of Marilyn Monroe that spent two years in downtown Palm Springs, from 2012 to 2014, will be unveiled Saturday at Museum Way and Bellardo Road. The sculpture, by the late artist Seward Johnson, was first displayed in Chicago in 2011. …
Read More »Stater Bros. looks to improve eCommerce technology
A Toronto-based company will help Stater Bros. improve its online shopping technology. Mercatus, a provider of eCommerce tailored to the grocery industry, will design an online ordering and fulfillment system for Stater Bros, according to a statement. The Mercatus platform, which will be able to browse on any device, will …
Read More »Chaffey College receives donation from Bezos’ ex
Chaffey College has received $25 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. “Higher education is a proven pathway to opportunity, so we looked for two and four-year institutions [that are] successfully educating students who come from communities that have been chronically underserved,” Scott wrote on her website Tuesday. The community college in …
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