Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson will deliver the annual State of the City address on Jan. 26 at the Riverside Convention Center. The event, produced by the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the city, will be held in person this year for the first time since 2020, …
Read More »ONT tops last pre-pandemic year
Ontario International has apparently recovered from the pandemic. The airport handled more than 5.7 million passengers in 2022, topping 2019 – the last pre-pandemic year – by 2.8 percent, according to data released Thursday. More than 90,000 tons of freight and mail passed through the airport last year, outperforming 2019 …
Read More »Temecula to give out $1.1 million in grants
Temecula will distribute 1.1 million in grants this year to charities that exclusively help Temecula residents. The money will be distributed through Community Service Funding-Reinvestment in Temecula, the city’s competitive grant program, according to the statement website. In November, the city council approved $5,000 to $50,000 grants to 49 non-profits …
Read More »Economist: pandemic’s impact on economy only starting to be felt
Nearly three years after COVID-19 struck the United States, much of the damage done by it to the nation’s economy is only now being felt and likely will linger for years, according to a local economist. Traditional brick-and-mortar retail, working at home instead of the office and movie theaters have …
Read More »SBIA tallies first commercial passengers
Nearly 20,000 passengers flew in and out of San Bernardino International Airport last year on the airport’s first commercial carrier. Breeze Airways began daily nonstop flights between San Bernardino and San Francisco International Airport Aug, 4, and reached that passenger count by the end of November, according to a statement …
Read More »SB County to add I-10 express lanes
The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority will spend $2.8 million to help add express lanes on Interstate 10. The project will widen an 11-mile stretch between the Interstate 10/Interstate 15 interchange and Pepper Street, according to a statement released today. One express lane will be added in each direction, along …
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