A one-time fire station in downtown Riverside will be converted into a 161-room Hilton Hotel. The city council Tuesday approved a purchase and sale agreement with Greens Group in Irvine, the project’s developer, according to a statement on the city’s website. Scheduled to open in two years, the seven-story project …
Read More »More buses for Omnitrans freeway route
Omnitrans has expanded the service hours on Route 208, the freeway express route that serves Yucaipa, Redlands and San Bernardino. As of Monday, the weekday-only route will leave the Yucaipa Transit Center four times between 4:28 and 7:20 a.m., while four evening routes will start in San Bernardino between 5 …
Read More »Improvements to town’s business corridor to be discussed
Apple Valley and the town’s Village Property and Business Improvement District are asking for the public’s opinion regarding improvements to part of the town’s business corridor. A workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Apple Valley Moose Lodge, 21955 Highway 18, during which upgrades to …
Read More »Shuttered mall to hold auction
Carousel Mall, the San Bernardino shopping mall that struggled for years before closing last summer, will hold an auction. The event, scheduled to be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the mall, is being billed as the next step in the city’s downtown redevelopment, according to a statement. Items for …
Read More »Riverside hits back against citrus greening
The disease, for which there is no cure, was first identified in the city last summer. It has already destroyed much of Florida’s citrus industry, and it has the potential to cause serious damage in California. Riverside is one of the few Southern California cities that still has a viable …
Read More »SBC homeless population goes up
Homelessness is apparently going up in San Bernardino County. There were 2,118 homeless people living within the county on Jan. 25, a 13.5 percent increase year-over-year, according to the annual Point-In-Time Count conducted on that date. San Bernardino had 646 individuals living without a permanent home, 313 in shelters and …
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