At $16 an hour, California has one of the highest minimum wage mandates in the country. Last September, the state got even more generous when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB-1228, which raised the minimum wage of fast-food worker to $20 an hour. That law, which was backed by …
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Kim Summers is retiring as Murrieta’s city manager. Summers, who spent seven years in that position, will step down Jan. 10, according to a statement on the city’s website. “Being a city manager is a challenging but rewarding vocation … but all things must end,” Summer said in the statement. …
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Peter Hemstead has been named chief executive officer of Riverside Community Hospital. A member of HCA Healthcare since 2015, Hemstead was most recently chief executive officer at West Marion Hospital in Ocala, Fla., according to a statement on Riverside Community’s website. HCA Healthcare is Riverside Community’s parent company. Hemstead was …
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San Bernardino County and Fontana officials recently opened Fire Station 81 on the north end of the city. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held June 18 at the facility, which covers 13,200 square feet at 16615 Casa Grande Ave., according to a statement on the county’s website. The $8.2 million structure …
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Walgreens will close many of its 8,600 U.S. stores, as the company looks to reorganize. A specific number was not released, but the struggling pharmaceutical company did say it expects to close a “significant” number of underperforming stores, according to a statement released June 27. “We continue to face a …
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Riverside has approved a $2.9 billion budget that will cover the next two fiscal years. The biennial capital improvements program assigns about $1.45 billion to each fiscal year in multiple areas, including public safety, homelessness, affordable housing, infrastructure, road maintenance, and support services, according to a statement on the city’s website. …
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