Cardenas Markets, the Ontario-based Hispanic supermarket chain, will purchase six Rio Ranch Markets. Terms were not disclosed, but the transaction is expected to be completed by the middle of next month, according to a statement released by Cardenas. The stores – in Chino, Banning, San Bernardino, Riverside, Perris, and Fontana …
Read More »SoCal Gas makes grants to small restaurants
SoCal Gas has donated $525,000 to 162 independently owned restaurants throughout Southern and Central California, including 28 in the Inland Empire. The grants – $3,000 to each restaurant – will be used for equipment upgrades, employee retention and other programs that will keep a restaurant in business, according to a …
Read More »Amazon’s massive industrial project in Ontario could start a trend
The 4.1 million-square-foot project will be a five-story building loaded with robotics and automation a relatively small footprint. That approach could make it possible to build even more warehouse-distribution facilities in a market already oversaturated with them. Who says there’s no longer enough space on the west side of …
Read More »New HQ’s for SB County public defenders
San Bernardino County has opened a building for its public defenders. The new headquarters at 323 W. Court St. in San Bernardino is in the former First American Title building and is the latest addition to the city’s downtown justice district, according to a statement on the county’s website. Opened …
Read More »Riverside County Fair to return
The Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival will return to being an annual event under an agreement approved Tuesday by the board of supervisors. A new partnership between the county and Pickering Events LLC puts that company in charge of operating the Riverside County fairgrounds and fair for five …
Read More »ONT gets federal grant
Ontario International Airport has received a $10.7 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The aviation administration is giving out $518 million to airports nationwide through its 2022 Airport Improvements Program, with Ontario International getting the most of any Southern California airport, according to a statement on Ontario International’s website. …
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