Business

Starting this fall, Alaska Airlines will offer non-stop flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Austin,Texas. The flights, available five days a week, are scheduled to begin November 19 and last through April 22 of next year, according to a statement on the Palm Springs website. Flights from Palm Springs …

Moreno Valley’s small businesses will soon have an advantage when bidding on contracts with the city for goods, equipment, supplies, and materials. The Vendor Preference Program, which Moreno Valley officials announced Wednesday, could give eligible businesses a five percent preference when submitting bids to the city, according to a statement …

An Ohio company has announced its plans to buy CarbonLITE’s PET recycling facility in Riverside. Evergreen, the plastic recycling division of Greenbridge in Mentor, Ohio, plans to buy the 220,000-square-foot facility at 875 Michigan Ave. for an undisclosed sum, according to a statement released Tuesday. Further details of the transaction …

The dealership will sit next to Interstate 215 and be more than twice the size of the San Bernardino Auto Center’s current Toyota dealership. Expected to open in July and will ultimately be the centerpiece of a revised auto center, one of the city’s largest sources of sales tax revenue. …

The new Toyota of San Bernardino briefly opened its doors today, about two months before the dealership at the San Bernardino Auto Center is scheduled to be ready for business. Owner Cliff Cummings led a 30-minute tour of the facility – which is still under construction at 650 Auto Center …

Passenger traffic at Palm Springs International Airport continues to improve as fears of contracting COVID-19 continue to recede. April was the airport’s best month since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020, and May is looking strong as well, according to a statement on the airport’s website. “We’re seeing …