The rebuilding of the Mt. Vernon Avenue Bridge reached a milestone this month when the last of nine steel girders was put into place. The 182-foot-long structures weigh 250,000 pounds each, and are the longest pre-cast girders ever made for a California bridge, according to a statement on the city’s …
Read More »Cathedral City to welcome automotive training facility
Cathedral City and the College of the Desert in Palm Desert have broken ground on a training facility for the school’s automotive repair program. Roadrunner Motors will cover nearly 26,000 square feet at 67-905 E. Palm Canyon Drive in Cathedral City, according to a statement on the city’s website. A …
Read More »Riverside County Black Chamber joins Inland Center for Entrepreneurship
The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship has a new affiliate: The Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce. That partnership “aims to reach and uplift micro-businesses within the [black] community, providing essential resources and support to help those entrepreneurs thrive,” according to a statement released by the entrepreneurship center. The nonprofit …
Read More »Rancho coffee roaster expands
Klatch Coffee, a family-owned business based in Rancho Cucamonga, has opened two more Inland Empire stores. The new stores are at 13985 Limonite Ave. in Eastvale and 7355 Day Creek Blvd. in Rancho Cucamonga, according to a statement released by the company Oct. 21. The coffee roaster also opened a store …
Read More »Inland unemployment rate falls
The Inland Empire recorded an unadjusted 5.4 percent unemployment rate in September, according to data released last week. That was down from a revised six percent in August, and above the 5.1 percent forecast of one year ago, the state Employment Development Department reported Oct. 18. Those number do not …
Read More »Desert car wash sells for $2 million
A Yucca Valley car wash has been sold for $2 million. The Quick Quack Car Wash at 58024 Twentynine Palms Highway was sold by a private investor in Orange County to a private investor in Newton, Pa., according to Hanley Investment Group in Corona Del Mar. Hanley Investment represented the …
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