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United Parcel Service will expand its operation at Ontario International Airport. The Atlanta-based cargo carrier will enlarge its existing facility at the airport to approximately 900,000 square feet, an increase of about 15 percent, the company announced in a statement posted on its website last week. The increase, which will …

The Riverside City Council voted Tuesday to extend its emergency water conservation measures into this fall. The vote, which leaves those restrictions in place through Nov. 7, will affect all Riverside Public Utilities and Western Municipal Water District customers within the city, according to a statement. Major restrictions include no …

Moreno Valley has approved a 141-unit affordable housing development. Boulder Ridge, a multi-family project, will be built on 8.6 acres of open space at the southeast corner of Alessandro Boulevard and Lasselle Street, said Marshall Eyerman, the city’s chief financial officer. The project, which will be built in two phases, …

Applications are being accepted for an opening on the Chino Hills Healthy Hills Steering Committee. The panel, which meets four times a year, addresses heath issues and seeks to make the city a safer and healthier place to live, according to a statement. In addition to its quarterly meetings, members …

A major road-widening program in Corona is nearly finished. The expansion of Green River Road to six lanes [three in each direction] between the 91 Freeway and Palisades Drive will be finished in about one month, according to a statement posted on the city’s website. Construction on the project began …

The Obama Administration has added Riverside to its program that trains people to land jobs in information technology. The city’s inclusion in TechHire was announced last week in a 22-page statement released by the White House. Fifty communities throughout the United States are now participating in TechHire, more than double …