Business

Kohl’s announced Wednesday that it will hire more than 67,000 temporary workers during the upcoming holiday season. The Wisconsin-based department store chain, which operates 19 stores in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, plans to hire about 50 workers per store, with hiring levels varying depending on need, according to a …

After a two-year hiatus, the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival is back for its 18th year. Some less-than-stellar fundraising and a lack of financial assistance from the state caused the festival to be put on hold after 2011, but the event has been reorganized and is scheduled to …

Some vendors say the absence of $1 admission on opening night and an emphasis on attracting a younger crowd might be hurting attendance, but one Fairplex official says the largest crowds don’t usually show up until the last two weeks anyway, so there’s no reason to panic. David Zach has …

Men’s Wearhouse, the popular dress clothes chain, has closed its only San Bernardino store. The store at 895 South E St. shut its doors Aug. 23, reassigned its employees and moved its inventory to its Redlands store at 9990 Alabama St., according to a manager there who declined to give …

Demolition began Wednesday on the Spa Hotel in Palm Springs. The hotel is being removed so that its owner, the Agua Caliente Band Cahuilla Indians, can help revive the city’s downtown, said tribal Chairman Jeff L. Grubbe. “We are in the planning stages of creating a vision for this key …

In 2013, the city of Riverside launched the Homeless Reduction and Prevention Strategy, its five-year plan to prevent homelessness and support the existing homeless population in the city. One non-profit organization, Path of Life Enterprises, is taking the mission very seriously. With numerous homeless outreach services including two emergency shelters …