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Moreno Valley Councilwoman Carla J. Thornton has been appointed vice chair of the League of California Cities’ Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee. Thornton has also been named to the executive committee of the League’s Riverside County Regional Division, according to a statement on Moreno Valley’s website. “I’m proud …

Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Cal State San Bernardino, has been named outstanding professor for the 2019-20 academic year, the university’s highest honor. An instructor at Cal State San Bernardino since 1991, Cousins was also named John M. Pfau Endowed Professor, named for the university’s founder, …

Steve Manos has joined SVN Commercial Real Estate Advisors, the commercial real estate brokerage formerly known as Sperry Van Ness. A 20-year veteran of the real estate business, Manos will handle industrial and land accounts, according to a statement. “We are incredibly excited that Steve decided to become part of …

Jason Burke, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Cal State San Bernardino, has received a $440,000 research grant from the National Institutes of Health. The four-year grant will be used to train undergraduate students in laboratory techniques, including gene engineering, recombinant protein expression and purification, and protein X-ray …

Claudia Davis, an associate professor of nursing at Cal State San Bernardino, has been recognized for her research by the American Association for Cancer Research. Earlier this month, Davis received the association’s 2020 Minority and Minority Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research, according to a statement on the university’s …

Juan C. Perez has been named Riverside County’s interim county executive officer. Perez will fill in for George Johnson, who is scheduled to retire in December, according to a statement on the county’s website. The county is conducting a nationwide search for Johnson’s replacement that is being carried out by …