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CalFresh, the state program that provides nutritious food to low-income individuals and families, is providing extra help to some local residents that have been hurt by COVID-19. Administered by the California Department of Social Services, the program has added benefits to 75,000 Riverside County households already helped monthly by CalFresh, …

Riverside University Health System-Public Health, in partnership with Palm Springs and Curative Inc., has opened a COVID-19 clinic at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The clinic will run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is available to all eligible residents who live or work in Riverside County, …

A Santa Ana company will provide traffic-signal synchronization to 16 municipalities in the San Bernardino Valley. Iteris Inc., which manages mobility infrastructure, has received $737,000 in service orders from the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, according to a statement released Tuesday. That agreement is part of a $2.5 million “on-call” …

In the next year or two, the two-county region is more likely to experience high inflation than a return to low unemployment, says Jay Prag, a clinical professor at Claremont Graduate University. Nationally, he’s not encouraged by what he’s seen so far of the Biden Administration.  Recovery from the pandemic-related …

COVID-19 continued to take a bite out of the Inland Empire office market during the fourth quarter. The two-county region recorded negative absorption of 64,148 square feet and a vacancy rate of 10.1 percent, according to CBRE. Inland Empire East accounted for most of the occupancy loss throughout the year …

The Town of Apple Valley has started two loan programs meant to help businesses hurt by COVID-19. The Microenterprise Assistance Program is designed for businesses with one to five employees, according to a statement on the town’s website. It offers grants up to $30,000 for backpay of rent and utilities, …