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Fontana has launched a loan program that city officials hope will help revive its downtown. The Downtown Revitalization Loan Incentive Program will encourage private investment in downtown Fontana, and strengthen the businesses that are already there, according to an introduction to the program on the city’s website. The program’s goal …

Tourism and hospitality in Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga pumped an estimated $125.5 million into the economies of both cities during fiscal year 2025-‘26, according to the group that promotes those industries in both communities. That was a $12.5 million increase compared with the previous fiscal year, fueled in part by …

Victorville is asking for the public’s help in updating the city’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The plan, which is required of all California cities by state and federal law, finds ways to cut risks from natural and man-made hazards, and maintain the High Desert city’s eligibility for Federal Emergency Management …

The San Bernardino County Community Development and Housing Department has received approval to conditionally commit up to $11 million toward development of the city of San Bernardino’s Homeless Outreach Prevention and Education Campus, a regional navigation center that will provide temporary housing and support for homeless people, according to a …

Starting Aug. 26, Perris will host the first of several public meetings regarding a proposed tax on the city’s warehouse-distribution facilities. Measure C, formally known as the Warehouse General Tax Measure, would place a tax of up to 10 cents per square foot on industrial, warehouse, and manufacturing facilities, all …

Riverside County is reporting $484 billion in taxable properties as of the start of this year, a 5.1 percent year-over-year increase. The county’s 2026 assessment roll includes more than one million assessments of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and business personal properties, according to a statement on the county’s website. The …