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Minority-owned businesses are thriving in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, a recently released study has found. Of the Inland Empire’s 60,280 businesses, 35 percent – 21,261 – were owned by minority entrepreneurs at the end of last year, according to the State of Entrepreneurship Minority Report, compiled by the Inland …

Fontana has said no to a proposed three-building industrial project next to Jurupa Hills High School. The city council on July 25 voted 3-2 against changing the zoning designation of the project’s proposed 24-acre site from residential to industrial. Had it been approved, Acacia Real Estate Group in Newport Beach would …

Perris will receive $10 million from the state that will help the city complete two public works projects. Two million dollars will be spent on the Perris Senior Center, with the remaining $8 million slated for finishing the connection of the Perris Metrolink and the Southern California Railway Museum, according …

A legal battle has broken out between two neighboring Riverside County cities regarding a planned warehouse distribution project. In a lawsuit filed last month in Riverside County Superior Court, Perris alleges that the 251,133-square-foot development planned for a parcel in Menifee south of Ethanac Road and west of Barnett Road …

Moreno Valley has received a pro-housing designation from the California Department of Housing and Community Development. That classification, which Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on July 14, means Moreno Valley has priority regarding some state grant programs, including the Pro-Housing Incentive Pilot grant and the Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities funding …

The taxable value of all property in Riverside County reached $404 billion as of Jan. 1, a nine percent year-over-year increase. That was the first time that number topped $400 billion and the second consecutive year the county’s tax assessment valuation recorded a nine percent annual growth rate, according to …