In a few years, 65-year-old St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley will be shut down and a replacement rebuilt in Victorville. That has Apple Valley officials and residents concerned, but there appears to be little they can do about it. Thanks to California’s stringent earthquake laws, Apple Valley …
Read More »IE adds 134,000 non-farm jobs in May
The Inland Empire recorded a 7.2 percent unemployment rate in May, down slightly from April and well below the 14.9 percent predicted one year ago. Riverside County’s unemployment rate was 7.2 percent, San Bernardino County’s 7.3 percent, according to data released last week by the California Employment Development Department. One …
Read More »State housing market cools
Sales of existing single-family homes in California’s eased slightly in May, possibly the result of “buyer fatigue,” according to the California Association of Realtors. Overall sales were 445,600 in May, down 2.7 percent in April and up 86.7 percent year-over-year, the Los Angeles-based association reported Wednesday. At the same time, …
Read More »Williams named UCR’s dean of humanities, arts and social science
Daryle Williams will be UC Riverside’s next dean of the college of humanities, arts, and social sciences. Williams is scheduled to begin his new job Sept. 1, according to a statement on the university’s website. He is currently associate dean for faculty affairs in the college of arts and humanities at …
Read More »Jensen new SB County’s government-legislative affairs director
Brad Jensen has been named San Bernardino County’s government and legislative affairs director. For the past eight years, Jensen has been the public policy director with the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, representing that organization in its dealings with public and private coalitions, according to a statement. Jensen was hired …
Read More »ONT passenger count approaches pre-pandemic levels
Things are definitely looking up at Ontario International Airport. Passenger traffic in May was nearly 80 percent of where it was before COVID-19 hit in the spring of 2020, according to data released Wednesday by the Ontario International Airport Authority. Nearly 367,000 passengers passed through the airport during the fifth …
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