Business

When Kathy Graham was looking to purchase a building for her expanding Budget Blinds franchise in Palm Springs, she knew that she would need a commercial loan. The building she was already occupying was perfect, but a new showroom was desperately needed. For years, Graham had dreamed of creating full …

The Habit, the Irvine-based hamburger restaurant chain, is opening its second location in Upland. The restaurant, at 1213 W. Foothill Blvd., officially opened Wednesday, according to a company statement. The chain, formally known as The Habit Burger Grill, has operated a restaurant at the Colonies Crossroads Shopping Center next to …

What used to be an unofficial holiday for children is now a multi-billion dollar industry, with grown-ups buying costumes and decorating their houses. That’s good news for retailers, and the Inland region appears to be getting it share of the pie. There’s a day on the calendar that’s fast approaching …

Ontario’s second annual Fall Fest is here. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave., according to a statement released by the Ontario Convention Center. A pop Latin band, Abrakadabra, will kick off the musical part of the festival …

In an unprecedented move this week, the Federal Bureau of Land Management released a heavily burdensome administrative determination requiring extraordinary environmental review of ancillary railroad right of way uses that had previously been noncontroversial. For nearly 150 years railroads have held granted easements across federal lands under the General Right-of-Way …

The region has gained back some of the manufacturing jobs it lost during the recession, though not in overwhelming numbers. Affordable land might be one reason, but everyone is hoping the trend continues. Who said manufacturers are avoiding the Inland Empire? That may be the conventional wisdom, just as it …