Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, met with Moreno Valley Mayor Yxstian Gutierrez and a Salvation Army official about possibly expanding the city’s homeless services program. Takano heard a presentation from Salvation Army Capt. David Cain about the city’s Homeless to Work program, which allows homeless people to work part-time beautifying Moreno …
Read More »New Stater Bros. store slated for Riverside
Stater Bros. will open a store next week in Riverside. The supermarket at 7200 Arlington Ave. covers nearly 50,000 square feet in a former Kmart building, according to a statement. It will replace a 44-year-old store, about two miles away, at 10370 Arlington Ave. “With this new store in Riverside, …
Read More »State adds nearly 20,000 jobs
California added nearly 20,000 non-agricultural jobs in August, a modest expansion to the state’s labor market. The state, which has added jobs at a steady pace in the last 18 months, has now recovered 98.3 percent of the jobs it lost when the pandemic began in the spring of 2020 …
Read More »Palm Springs Library receives state grant
The Palm Springs Public Library has received a $6.5 million grant from the California State Library. The Building Forward Grant will help pay for multiple improvements to the main library building at 300 Sunrise Way, upgrades that have been needed for a long time, according to statement on the city’s …
Read More »Inland-based online MBA programs recognized
Two Inland Empire universities have been ranked among the top online Master of Business Administration programs in California. The University of Redlands ranked fifth and Cal State San Bernardino sixth, according to Online MBA Report. USC, Pepperdine and Santa Clara universities and the University of California-Davis, respectively, made up the …
Read More »ONT posts another strong month
Ontario International Airport continued its COVID-19 comeback in August, topping pre-pandemic passenger levels for the sixth consecutive month. More than 511,000 passengers passed through Ontario International last month, a 1.4 percent increase compared with August 2019 and a 9.3 percent increase year-over-year, the Ontario International Airport Authority reported Wednesday. August …
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