Palm Springs International Airport pumped $2.5 billion into the Coachella Valley economy and accounted for 18,777 jobs during fiscal year 2024, according to a recent study. The Coachella Valley’s largest airport also generated $864 million in wages paid, $1.5 billion in gross domestic product and $382 million in tax revenue, …
Read More »Morongo tribe makes donations
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians has donated nearly $400,000 to 80 nonprofit organizations throughout the Inland Empire. The donations – $5,000 to each entity – were announced during the recent Morongo Community Outreach Awards Luncheon, according to a statement on the tribe’s website. Collectively, the groups provide multiple services …
Read More »ONT has 50th straight month of passenger growth
Ontario International Airport accommodated 575,623 passengers in April, a 0.4 percent year-over-year increase, according to a report. That marks the 50th consecutive month the airport’s passenger count has grown, a streak that began in March 2021, the Ontario International Airport Authority reported May 22. Domestic passengers – 539,067 – were …
Read More »Artificial Intelligence making its way into local economy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) burst onto the business scene in 2023 in a big way, with many predicting it would replace many industries. Naysayers derided the claims of computer superiority in many fields. The legal profession was one industry at the center of an early major AI gaffe. According to news …
Read More »Attorney envisions podcast will change inland region’s approach to business
John W. Tulac, a Claremont attorney, believes the Inland Empire could learn a lesson from Orange County. Not the Orange County of today, necessarily, but the Orange County of the late 1970s and early 1980s, which Tulac saw up close when he was starting his law career in Newport Beach. …
Read More »Starbucks sells for $2.8 million
A Starbucks in Riverside has been sold for $2.8 million. The 928-square-foot restaurant, which includes a drive-thru and walk-up window, occupies nearly one acre at 2050 E. Alessandro Blvd., according to Hanley Investment Group in Corona del Mar. Hanley Investment represented the seller, Atman Kadakia of Greens Group, an Irvine-based …
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