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A Pomona businessman is starting a company that will allow people to hire a driver to transport large items from point A to point B. The drivers will use their own vehicles, and both parties will connect via a free smartphone app. Sound familiar? Sometime last summer, Glenn Todd had a …

An Inland Empire businessman is starting a company based on Uber that will move household goods and business products instead of people. EZER  is scheduled to launch Feb. 1 with drivers, all of whom will use their own trucks to cover the Inland Empire, said Glenn Todd, president of Todd …

Dorothy Pryor Rose, known as “Mommie Helen” of The Original Mommie Helen’s Bakery in San Bernardino, died January 17 at age 69. The bakery, which Rose established 16 years ago in Colton, will continue to operate at the E Street site it relocated to in May 2015. Her daughter, Tedra …

Walmart will close 269  stores worldwide, including one of its locations in San Bernardino. The retail giant also disclosed that it will drop Walmart Express, the small store format that it started in 2011, according to a statement posted Friday on the company’s website. Walmart will now focus on improving …

Sonic, the drive-in restaurant chain, will add 33 locations in California during the next seven years, including at least two in the Coachella Valley. The expansion, which will include all parts of the state, will be facilitated by the expansion of two franchise agreements and the addition of two others, …

Stater Bros. Markets will build a store at the northwest corner of Baseline and Day Creek roads in Rancho Cucamonga. The 44,000-square-foot full-service supermarket, which is being developed by Upland-based Lewis Retail Centers, will be one of two anchor stores at Day Creek Marketplace, according to a statement released Monday. …