Chaffey College broke ground May 6 on a structure that will house a learning resource center, among other amenities. The 35,100-square-foot Chino Campus Instructional Building will include classrooms, an expanded library, faculty offices, outdoor courtyards and gathering spaces for students, according to a statement on the school’s website. The project will …
Read More »Round Table to locate in Fontana
A pizza chain has agreed to lease space at a Fontana shopping center. Round Table Pizza will occupy a 2,700 square-foot building at 10515 Sierra Ave. according to Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga, which helped negotiate the transaction. Details of the agreement were not released. The store, expected …
Read More »State grant to fund Riverside jobs program
Riverside has received a $4.4 million state grant it will use to create jobs for local youth. The Riverside Youth Job Corps was introduced May 3 by Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson at news conference at the Bourns Youth Innovation Center, according to a statement. Accompanied by U.S. Deputy Secretary of the …
Read More »State, Inland region housing affordability drops
Housing affordability in California shrunk during the first quarter, the result of record high prices and interest rates. Twenty-four percent of the state’s households could afford the $797,000 median-priced home in the first quarter of this year, down from 25 percent in fourth-quarter 2021 and 27 percent year-over-year, according to …
Read More »UCR receives $1 million grant
UC Riverside has been awarded a $1 million grant to be used to help students on a limited income who are also the first person in their family to attend college. The five-year grant comes from the Kessler Scholars Collaborative, which was started in 2008 at the University of Michigan, …
Read More »PMI stays up, but April report could contain ominous signs
April’s purchasing managers index for Riverside and San Bernardino counties is a mixed bag. The good news: the index for the fourth month of the year was 54.2, a sharp drop from March’s 62.2. but above 50 for the 20th consecutive month, meaning the Inland Empire economy is growing and …
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