George Johnstone has been named Corona’s police chief. A 31-year law enforcement veteran, Johnstone began his new duties Sept. 4, according to a statement. Johnstone began his career as a cadet and reserve officer with the Chino Police Department. Most recently he was a captain with the La Habra Police …
Read More »Nobel Prize winner joins UCR faculty
Barry C. Barish, co-winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics, has joined UC Riverside’s faculty. Formerly the Linde Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, Barish began working at UC Riverside Sept. 1, according to a statement. In 2015, Barish was part of a three-member team that …
Read More »Performing arts center opens
The San Manuel Performing Arts Center, a $10 million facility at Aquinas High School in San Bernardino, opened Thursday. The building, which covers more than 16,000 square feet, includes a 336-seat auditorium, band rehearsal space, dressing rooms and areas for the design and building of sets, according to a statement. …
Read More »Joshua Tree art exhibit set for later this month
The sixth annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition is scheduled to be held Sept. 15 and 16 at the Oasis of Mara in Twentynine Palms. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at several venues, including the 29 Palms Art Gallery, 29 Palms Inn, 29 …
Read More »Commercial Banking Loans….Relationship or Numbers?
By Eugene E. Valdez AKA The Loan Doctor In many areas of our life such as business and sports there is an almost fanatical obsession with using metrics, KPI’s, analytics and spread sheets to issue proposals and to evaluate and monitor individual and company performances. Numbers… Numbers…. Numbers…. Are we …
Read More »IE manufacturing keeps growing
Inland Empire manufacturing continued to expand in August, maintaining a trend that began nearly two years ago, according to data released thursday. The two-county region’s purchasing managers index last month was 54.5, down from 61.1 in July, the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino …
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