Mt. San Jacinto College has started four career education programs intended to prepare students for in-demand jobs in the Inland Empire. Courses in aviation science, culinary arts, engineering, and geographic information science will all be available during the upcoming fall semester, which is scheduled to start Aug. 16, according to …
Read More »Law provides more federal money for state rental assistance
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will provide more federal rent relief to state rental assistance programs. Current law limits to 80 percent the amount of back rent a housing provider can reclaim, but AB 832 allows providers – aided by the extra federal dollars – to receive …
Read More »Convention Center clinic replaced by mobile unit
The vaccine clinic at the Palm Springs Convention Center has closed and been replaced with a mobile unit that will serve the Coachella Valley. The mobile unit will be staffed by people who worked at the convention center clinic. “The vaccine site at the Palm Springs Convention Center has been …
Read More »UC Riverside receives clean energy grant
UC Riverside has received a $500,000 grant from the Southern California Energy Innovation Network. The university’s Office of Technology Partnerships also announced it has added five years to its two-year commitment to lead that program in the Inland Empire, according to a statement on the university’s website. “Clean energy research …
Read More »Medical clinic opens in Hemet
A medical facility that provides primary care for children and adults has opened in Hemet. The Optum-Hemet Clinic and Community Center is meant to help ease a chronic physician shortage in that part of the Inland Empire and make it easier for people to get the care they need in …
Read More »ONT predicts a strong July
Flights at Ontario International Airport next month are expected to reach 90 percent of the level they reached in July 2019. Four hundred and thirty-seven flights are expected to depart per week next month, 87.4 percent of the weekly departures recorded in July 2019, according to a statement on the …
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