Bill Patzert, an oceanographer with Caltech’s NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an expert on California’s climate, will be the featured speaker at the eighth annual San Bernardino County Water Conference. Patzert’s research has focused on several subjects, including El Nino and the possibility of long-term climate change, according to a …
Read More »Women’s football league to play title game in IE
The Legends Football League’s championship game is coming to Ontario. The all-woman league will hold its version of the Super Bowl Sept. 2 at Citizens Business Bank Arena, said Courtney Gifford, spokeswoman for the league. On Aug. 23, the league – which plays seven-on-seven games according to Arena Football League …
Read More »Grocery talks resume
Negotiations between Food 4 Less and the United Food & Commercial Workers Union are scheduled to resume Wednesday. The UFCW reached agreements with Vons, Ralphs, and Albertsons in May and Stater Bros. last month, but it failed to agree on a contract with Food 4 Less, according to a report …
Read More »Logistics company leases building
A company that rents high-tech pallets for the logistics industry has leased an industrial building in Riverside. Intelligent Global Pooling Systems signed a $5 million agreement on the property at 14855 Innovation Drive in the Majestic Business Center, according to Colliers International. The transaction, which was completed earlier this month, …
Read More »Anti-Development Efforts Hold Back Job-Creating Solar Project
A clean energy company is continuing its fight to build a job-creating solar power generation facility on 23 acres in unincorporated Apple Valley. Clean Focus Corporation was denied its conditional use permit request via a 3-0 vote by the San Bernardino County Planning Commissioners on June 19, and is appealing …
Read More »Major bank announces settlement
One of the nation’s largest banks will pay approximately $7 billion to end a federal investigation into high-risk subprime mortgages the bank made, the kind of loans that helped bring about the Great Recession. Citigroup will make a $4 billion civil payment to the U.S. Department of Justice and another …
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