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Manufacturing in the Inland Empire kept growing in May, according to data released Friday. The region’s purchasing managers index last month was 60.3, down from the 62.4 recorded in April but still well above the 50 benchmark that determines growth or decline, according to the Institute of Applied Research and …

Riverside has approved a contract with Al Zelinka, its new city manager. The pact will pay Zelinka a base salary of $295,000 and a total compensation package of $360,000, according to an agreement approved by the city council this week. The vote, which came one week after Zelinka was appointed …

San Bernardino County has been recognized by the National Association of Counties for programs the county implemented to help children and seniors and to promote civic engagement. The county recently received 42 Achievement Awards from the Washington, D.C.,-based organization, according to a statement. Winners included the public health department, which …

Sears will close 63 more stores this year, the result of plunging sales and mounting losses for the once-mighty retail chain. In a statement released Thursday, officials with Sears Holdings announced they had identified 100 money-losing Sears and Kmart locations nationwide and that 72 of those would be closed “in …

Ivy Palm Resort & Spa in Palm Springs has been sold. The four-building, 100-room hotel was purchased by Oxygen Hospitality Group, a Phoenix-based real estate investment and management company that specializes in revitalizing hotels, according to a statement. Cost of the transaction was not disclosed. Ivy Palm Resort is at …

Esri is in expansion mode. One week after it reported it had opened a second office in Charlotte, N.C, the Redlands spatial analytics company has announced the opening of a second office in the St. Louis market. The company’s St. Charles office is part of Cortex, a 200-acre technology district …