The Inland Empire’s unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in July, up from a revised 5.3 percent in June and above the 4.9 percent predicted one year ago, according to data released last week. California’s jobless rate last month was 5.8 percent, while U.S.unemployment was 4.5 percent, the state Employment Development …
Read More »Sequeira to leave San Bernardino County Health
Dr. Michael A. Sequeira will retire as San Bernardino County’s health officer. Sequeira, who joined the county health department in 2020, took a lead role in the county’s response to COVID-19 and the fentanyl crisis, according to a statement on the county’s website. He is scheduled to step down Nov. …
Read More »San Bernardino County sets up website for Measure K
San Bernardino County voters who want information on Measure K, the proposed increase of the county’s transit occupancy tax, may do so on a special website. The TOT website explains in detail what that the tax is, how San Bernardino County’s TOT compares to other communities, how it’s audited, and …
Read More »Apple Valley approves tax oversight committee
Apple Valley will set up a committee to oversee revenue generated by Measure P, the one-cent sales tax on the town’s Nov. 5 ballot. If that measure passes, the committee of local residents will track the revenue it creates and make certain it’s spent “in a manner consistent with the …
Read More »Eastvale hopes cameras will reduce shopping center crime
Eastvale has set up a grant program designed to reduce crime in the city’s shopping centers. The License Plate Recognition Camera Grant Program will reimburse grant recipients up to 25 percent of the first-year cost of operating a license plate recognition camera, according to a statement on the city’s website. …
Read More »Moreno Valley to get fourth library
Construction has begun on Moreno Valley’s Sunny Ranch Branch Library. The structure at 23571 Sunnymead Ranch Parkway will be in District Two, giving each of Moreno Valley’s council district’s a library, according to a statement on the city’s website. It will also be Moreno Valley’s first library north of the …
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