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The Optum-Hemet Clinic and Community Center will make it possible for people in southwest Riverside County to get primary medical care in once place. Officials also hope that, in time, the clinic will help solve a chronic doctor shortage in that part of the Inland Empire.   A medical facility …

Home prices nationwide rose 15.4 percent in May, the largest year-over-year increase since November 2005, according to data released today. Not enough houses being built combined with a demand for more homes continued to drive up prices during the fifth month of the year, causing many prospective buyers – especially …

Undersheriff Shannon Dicus has been named San Bernardino County Sheriff. The board of supervisors on Wednesday voted unanimously to appoint Dicus, who will serve out the remaining 18 months of Sheriff John McMahon’s term, according to a statement on the county’s website. McMahon, who spent 36 years with the department …

Three Omnitrans employees have been named the transit agency’s top employees for the second quarter of this year. Coach Operator Manuel Acosta, Dispatch Supervisor Christina Gaeta and Mechanic Sergio Villasenor were cited for providing outstanding service by San Bernardino County’s largest public transit agency. Acosta, a 20-year Omnitrans employee, was …

A 131-year-old office building in downtown Riverside has been sold. The three-story Loring Building at 3685 Main St. sold for $6.1 million, or $251 per square foot, according to a statement released by CBRE. CBRE represented the seller, a Riverside-based private investment group whose names were not released. The buyer …

Riverside, in partnership with several nonprofits and state government entities, has started a $9.1 million completion of the “smart growth” project in its Eastside neighborhood. The Eastside Climate Collaborative is a part of a state-funded $31.2 million initiative meant to improve the neighborhood and reduce the effects of climate change …