San Bernardino has approved a $2 million street improvement project. The upgrades will be made on a two-and-one-half mile stretch of Sierra Way between 3rd and 30th streets, according to an agreement approved by the city council earlier this month. I.E. General Engineering in Beaumont was awarded the contract. Work …
Read More »Riverside County goes all in on fixing its homeless problem
The county has released a 76-page plan that spells out how it will approach reducing its homeless population during next five years. Two years in the making, county officials are starting to put the plan in place. Riverside County has adopted a comprehensive five-year report designed to reduce its …
Read More »State grant to fund Riverside jobs program
Riverside has received a $4.4 million state grant it will use to create jobs for local youth. The Riverside Youth Job Corps was introduced May 3 by Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson at news conference at the Bourns Youth Innovation Center, according to a statement. Accompanied by U.S. Deputy Secretary of the …
Read More »SB County Fleet Management named No.1 in U.S.
San Bernardino County Fleet Management has been named the top fleet in the United States by the National Association of Fleet Administrators. The fleet management team, which acquires and maintains most of the county’s vehicles, was one of 11 California agencies listed by the association in its annual “100 Best …
Read More »SB County unemployment rate returns to pre-pandemic levels
San Bernardino County’s unemployment rate in March dropped to pre-COVID-19 levels, according to a county agency. Payrolls increased by nearly 10,000 to a record 976,000, while unemployment during the third month of the year fell to 4.3 percent, the Workforce Development Board reported last week. That was the county’s lowest …
Read More »County investment pool hits record high
San Bernardino County’s Investment Pool, which provides funding for the county’s K-12 schools, community colleges and special districts, reached a record $11.6 billion on April 21. That was an increase of about $1 billion during the previous five months, growth attributable to a strong Inland economy and a “robust” growth …
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