Business

Inland Women Fighting Cancer, the group that partners with Stater Bros. Charities to organize the Believe Walk in Redlands, has been named 2015 Volunteer Group of the Year by the Inland Empire chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Officials with IWFC accepted the award at the chapter’s award luncheon, …

California cut its urban water use by 22.2 percent in October, the first time the state has failed to meet its monthly goal of 25 percent since emergency drought regulations were implemented earlier this year. That effort was well below the 26 percent reduction the state achieved in September, according …

Ontario International Airport posted a solid month in October. Passenger traffic was up 5.6 percent year-over-year, with 380,584 passengers serviced during that month, according to data released Monday by Los Angeles World Airports, the agency that owns the airport. Cargo was also up 10 percent in October, as 46,840 tons …

Esri, the Redlands-based geographical information systems company, has released an interactive map that shows how the earth’s natural and human systems have changed over time. Atlas for a Changing Planet is a story map that can be used to examine spatial information, data that can be used to adapt to …

Riverside-based ISCA Technologies, which provides environmentally sound alternatives to agricultural insecticides, has obtained a $515,000 loan from the Small Business Administration for the purchase of a new property. The property, located at 1242 Spring Street in Riverside, will serve as the local headquarters of ISCA Technologies, which also has operations …

Anyone looking to own a piece of the world’s largest fast-food chain may do so, in Menifee. The McDonalds’s at 26875 Newport Road is on the market for $2.48 million, according to CBRE Group Inc., which is marketing the property. The 3,700-square-foot restaurant, which includes a drive-thru, is near several …