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An Inland Empire fireworks manufacturer has bought a special effects effects company in Washington. Pyro Spectaculars by Souza in Rialto recently purchased Pyro & Fire FX, LLC, according to a statement released June 21 by the Inland Empire company. Terms of transaction, including the purchase price and possible job losses, …

Victorville is looking for some help in its effort to restore its Old Town, something it’s been trying to achieve for nearly 30 years. The city is asking for “qualified community members” to serve on its Community Revitalization and Investment Authority Board, which the High Desert town is forming as …

Inland Empire employers added 2,700 non-agricultural jobs month-over-month in May, a solid increase for the two-county region, according to data released last week. The unemployment rate in Riverside and San Bernardino counties during the fifth month of the year was 4.3 percent, down from a revised 4.8 percent in April, …

Torie Weiston-Serdan has been named the Inland Empire Community Foundation’s first-ever education equity program officer. A 20-year veteran of teaching and working in youth programming service, Weiston-Serdan will oversee the foundation’s education funding, grant programs and investments, according to a statement. “This role presents an opportunity to make a difference …

Patricia Cardoso, a professor in UC Riverside’s Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production, has been elected to the director’s branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors. Cardoso is the first Latina to be elected to that group, according to a statement on the …

The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District has a new headquarters. County officials recently held a grand opening ceremony at the 80,000-square-foot facility at 598 S. Tippecanoe Ave., which puts all of the district’s administrative operations in one building, according to a statement on the county’s website. “Our new headquarters …