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The entity that oversees development at the March Air Reserve Base may have outlived its purpose, at least regarding land use. Some officials want the authority to give up its land entitlements and concentrate on protecting the airport. One thing seems certain: the issue won’t be resolved quickly. The March …

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. will develop a training center in Eastvale. The $4.5 million operation will be located in the Goodman Commerce Center and will house training facilities for Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche, according to a statement posted Wednesday on the company’s website. Specifically, the facility will deal with …

An Inland Empire solar energy company has developed a battery designed to back up major household devices during a blackout. The FLEX storage system can serve as a back-up power source for refrigerators, television sets, computer modems and other appliances for up to eight hours, said Sandee Messel, spokeswoman for …

The Moreno Valley Animal Shelter has received a $25,000 grant from the Petco Foundation, money the shelter plans to use to spay and neuter cats throughout the city. The shelter’s feral cat pilot project – known as TNR, or Trap, Neuter, Release – began last October and had treated 259 …

MacroAir, the San Bernardino-based company that manufactures high-volume, low-speed commercial ceiling fans, has opened a European warehouse-distribution operation. The 25,000-square-foot building in Valencia began operating in May and employs six people, all local hires, said Jaylin Krell, MacroAir’s vice president of marketing. More workers will be hired to work at …

VA Loans or CalVet Loans? That’s the question military service people interested in VA loans in California tend to ask, particularly when the state’s CalVet program is presented to them as a path to homeownership alongside the federal government’s VA loan program. According to Ed Hoffman, president of Wholesale Capital …