Ontario International Airport started 2021 on the same path that it spent most of 2020: with its cargo numbers overwhelming its passenger count. Freight volume during the first month of the year topped 70,500 tons, a 15.6 percent increase year-over-year, the Ontario International Airport Authority reported Monday. That number was …
Read More »AV appoints budget advisory members
The Apple Valley Town Council has appointed 10 residents to its new citizens budget advisory committee. Committee members will review financial documents and projections and advise the council on budget issues, according to a statement on the town’s website. Like most California municipalities, Apple Valley is struggling with rising service …
Read More »Food program gives extra help to Riverside County residents
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, …
Read More »Palm Springs Convention Center hosts vaccination clinic
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, …
Read More »San Bernardino County to get traffic signal upgrades
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” …
Read More »Local economist sees tough road ahead for Inland economy
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 …
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