San Bernardino is soliciting bids from developers interested in developing the city’s planned 5th Street Gateway Project. The project is planned for a vacant 6.5-acre parcel downtown immediately east of Interstate 215, according to a city staff report. City officials are recommending that some of the land be used for …
Read More »Riverside Public Utilities names interim general manager
Todd Jorgenson has been named interim general manager of Riverside Public Utilities. Jorgenson, who has worked for the city’s public utilities division for more than 12 years, will assume his new duties Jan. 19, according to a statement on the city’s website. He replaces Girish Balachandran, who has been named …
Read More »KB Homes plans more product for IE
KB Home will develop 51 single-story homes in southwest Riverside County. The project, called Alure,will be built in French Valley on property near Interstates 15 and 215 and Highway 79, convenient to Murrieta, Wildomar and downtown Temecula, according to a statement by the Los Angeles-based homebuilder. Alure will have three …
Read More »“The Cheech” to get major funding help
Three Inland Empire community groups will donate $90,000 to the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & History, which is scheduled to open in Riverside in two years. The Riverside Latino Network, the Greater Riverside Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Spanish Town Heritage Foundation announced recently that they …
Read More »City implements online system to report minor traffic accidents
The Menifee Police Department has started an online traffic collision program that is available to the public. The system is for non-emergency, non-injury traffic collisions as well as hit-and-run traffic collisions that don’t have suspect driver or suspect vehicle information, according to a statement on the city’s website. All collisions …
Read More »Solar panel company to expand in Temecula
A company that installs solar panels for commercial and residential clients is moving to Temecula. Freedom Solar has agreed to lease 21,365 square feet of a building at 43445 Business Park Drive that will be its corporate headquarters, according to a statement released by Avison Young’s San Diego office. The …
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