Kalaveras, the fast-casual Latin-American and Mexican food restaurant chain, has opened a location in Moreno Valley. Mayor Yxstian Gutierrez and city council members held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 16. “I am honored to welcome Kalaveras, another family-owned local business, to Moreno Valley,” Gutierrez said. “Kalaveras’ will fit right in with …
Read More »Record level of Thanksgiving shopping predicted
A little more than 166 million people say they will shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, according to the National Retail Federation. If that forecast is accurate it will top last year’s Thanksgiving weekend by about eight million shoppers, the Washington, D.C. trade association reported. That’s the …
Read More »San Bernardino city council balks at proposed Carousel Mall demolition
The council has agreed to level the abandon downtown facility, but one lower-than-expected demolition offer has some members asking if that bid might be too low. The matter will probably be resolved next month. After months of wrangling, the San Bernardino City Council has agreed that the Carousel Mall …
Read More »IE jobless rate holds steady
The Inland Empire recorded an unadjusted 3.9 percent unemployment rate in October, unchanged from September and well below the 6.1 percent predicted one year ago, according to data released Friday. Statewide, 27,600 non-agricultural jobs were added between September and October, with trade, and transportation adding 12,200 jobs during that time, …
Read More »Marin to be honored by CSUSB
Actor-comedian Richard “Cheech” Marin will receive Cal State Bernardino’s first President’s Medal. The award, the highest award the school can give to a non-attendee or non-graduate, is scheduled to be presented Nov. 30 at the President’s Dinner at the Mission Inn in Riverside, according to a statement on the university’s …
Read More »Lilley to lead Riverside EDD
Jennifer A. Lilley has been named Riverside’s director of economic and community development. Lilley, who has worked for more than 30 years in planning and development, spent the last two years as Stanton’s economic and community development director and was Brea’s city planner five years before that, according to a …
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