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The Southern California housing market isn’t finishing 2014 with bang. Home sales in November were at their lowest for that month in seven years, while home prices also flattened, according to CoreLogic DataQuick’s monthly report on the region’s housing industry. A total of 15,634 houses and condominiums were sold in …

By Ed Hoffman Last week, I opened my radio show on AM590 with audio from one of my favorite holiday comedies, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” The clip we played was the scene where young Ruby Sue, the daughter of rag-tag Cousin Eddie, tells Clark Griswold that Santa Claus didn’t bring …

To some administrators in city hall, eliminating the fire department and contracting with Riverside County was a business decision, nothing more. But some city residents couldn’t bear to see the department, which has been around for more than 100 years, simply go away. On the surface, it seemed like a …

More than 790,000 applications have been submitted to California State University schools for the fall 2015 semester. That’s the most applications ever received by the 23-campus system, and nearly 30,000 more than were received one year ago, according to a statement posted last Thursday on the system’s website. All of …

Nurses at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center returned to work Thursday following a two-day strike regarding wages and working conditions. Operations were back to normal at the hospital, which is owned and operated by San Bernardino County, said David Wert, county spokesman. No negotiations are scheduled. In the meantime, an estimated …

Utility exec to be interim city manager Riverside’s public utilities deputy city manager will become the city’s interim assistant city manager. Steve Badgett, who had planned to retire, will take over for Belinda Graham, an assistant city manager for the past six years who is retiring this month, according to …