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The Desert Water Agency, a nonprofit that manages groundwater in the Coachella Valley, has added $2 million to its grass removal program, according to a statement. The program, which the agency started in 2014, began the 2022-23 fiscal year on July 1 with $1.65 million, nearly 80 percent of which …

Phil Smith has stepped down as board chairman of Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. His retirement was announced Wednesday and is effective immediately, according to a statement on the company’s website. A 35-year Stater Bros. employee, Smith began working for the supermarket chain in 1987 as a controller, and was promoted …

Adria Reinertson has been named Murrieta’s fire marshal. Reinertson has spent 25 years working in community risk reduction, most recently as deputy fire marshal with CAL-Fire/Riverside County Fire, according to a statement on the city’s website. She began her career with the Santa Ana Fire Department in 1997 as a …

A national fitness center chain has leased space at a neighborhood shopping center in Loma Linda. Fitness 19, which has 39 stores throughout California and New Jersey, will occupy 21,100 square feet at Loma Linda Plaza starting early next year, according to Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga. Progressive …

Finalists for the 20th annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship have been announced. The awards, sponsored by the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino, recognizes the top-performing businesses people in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Twenty-eight entrepreneurs were chosen from more than 200 nominees: DISTRIBUTION/WHOLESALE ENTREPRENEUR Modern Pro …

BNSF Railway will build a $1.5 billion rail facility in the High Desert. The Barstow International Gateway, planned for 4,500 acres on the west side of the city, will include a rail yard, intermodal facility, and warehouses for moving freight from international containers to domestic containers, according to a statement …