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Barely four months since it reopened, the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs has held 120 events, surpassing its yearly programming goal. The downtown theater hosted all of those shows – including the Palm Springs Jazz Festival, the Palm Springs Symphony, Modernism Week, and Coachella Valley Classical Voices – in 121 …

A Highland man has been arrested in connection with an arson fire at a large Ontario warehouse April 7. Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, an employee at the 1.2-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark facility near Merrill and Hellman avenues, taken into custody early Tuesday after being reported missing from the warehouse-distribution facility, according to multiple …

A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled to be held April 6 at the future site of homeless navigation center in Fontana. The West End Regional Navigation Center will include 100 shelter beds and 100 recuperative care beds for homeless individuals who are waiting to be moved into permanent housing, according to …

San Bernardino County has opened an affordable housing community in Redlands for veterans and persons with special needs. Liberty Lane, an 80-unit facility at West Lugonia Avenue and Texas Street, recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to a county statement. Multiple services are available, including case management, behavioral health care, …

San Bernardino County is holding community meetings regarding AB 98, the state’s guidelines for logistics development. The sessions will focus on how the law is being implemented and enforced, according to a statement on the county’s website. The meetings are being held by the county’s Land Use Services Department. The …

Harry Barrett Jr. is stepping down as Palm Springs International Airport’s executive director. Barrett, who has held that post since 2022, is leaving to become assistant director of Sacramento County’s Department of Airports, according a statement on Palm Springs’ website. Barrett, who joined the airport in 2020 as its deputy director …