Ontario International Airport is expected to accommodate more than 180,000 passengers during the extended Thanksgiving holiday. That would nearly equal the passenger traffic handled by the airport during Thanksgiving 2019, four months before the pandemic hit, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Ontario International Airport Authority. Airport officials …
Read More »High Desert could see an influx of warehouse-distribution projects
That’s the opinion of Phil Bensinger, founder of Capital Income Properties Group, a commercial real estate brokerage firm in Jurupa Valley. The lower part of the Inland Empire is running out of space, and the only other logical place for “big-box” industrial projects to be developed is in the Victor …
Read More »Star Crab to open in Fontana
Star Crab, the Cajun-style seafood restaurant that started in Riverside in 2013, will open a restaurant at Fontana Plaza. The restaurant chain has leased 5,800 square feet at Fontana Plaza, 9860 Sierra Ave., according to a statement released Wednesday by Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga. Progressive, which specializes …
Read More »Villarreal hired by Riverside
Lorissa Villarreal has been named Riverside’s homeless solutions officer. Villareal, who has spent eight years working for nonprofits, is scheduled to start work on Dec. 10. “We need a data-driven strategy to reduce the number of people without shelter in our community,” Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said in a statement. …
Read More »Podolske recognized by League of Women Voters
Diane Podolske has won the Citizen of Achievement Award presented by the League of Women Voters in San Bernardino. Podolske, director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Office of Community Engagement, was recognized by the league for connecting students and faculty with local nonprofits, schools, and government entities. “In fact, Podolske …
Read More »SB County jobless rate hits pre-pandemic level
San Bernardino County’s unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent in September, its lowest level since March 2020, according to data released this week. Employers in the county hired more than 11,000 workers in September, pushing the county’s job number to 914,000, the county’s Workforce Development Board reported. San Bernardino County …
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