Five Inland Empire universities have been ranked among the best four-year schools in the category providing good degrees at an affordable price. Cal State San Bernardino (12), UC Riverside (40), University of Redlands (58) Cal Baptist University (120), and La Sierra University (155) were listed in Washington Monthly’s “Best Bang …
Read More »Festival of Lights to start early this year
Riverside’s annual holiday festival has a new start date. This year’s switch-ceremony that will begin the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights will start at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 18, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, according to a statement on the city’s website. Traditionally, the event has been held the …
Read More »Norco will appeal the state regarding above-ground transmission project
Norco has reaffirmed its opposition to Riverside’s plan to build above-ground transmission lines along the city’s portion of the Santa Ana River. The city is “building a coalition” to support placing the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project underground, which would run through an area susceptible to fires according to a statement …
Read More »Sprouts to open in Rialto
Sprouts Farmers Market will open a store on Sept. 1 in Rialto. The store at 1524 S. Riverside Ave. is scheduled to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 6:45 a.m., 15 minutes before it opens its doors to shoppers for the first time, according to a statement. The first 200 shoppers …
Read More »ONT looking forward to Labor Day weekend
Ontario International Airport officials are expecting a busy Labor Day weekend. More than 102,000 passengers are expected to pass through the airport during the five-day weekend that will run from Aug. 31 through Sept. 4, according to a statement on the airport’s website. That prediction is based on current airline …
Read More »Industrial buildings change hands
A San Diego-based company has purchased nine industrial buildings in Chino for an undisclosed sum. Westcore, an industrial real estate investment company, bought the structures in a portfolio purchase that included similar structures in Valencia in Los Angeles County and Livermore in Northern California, according to a statement. The entire …
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