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The Rotary Club of the High Desert is again sponsoring a clothing drive for underprivileged children during the holiday season. Children from Adelanto, Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia and the Phelan area are eligible to participate in Operation Santa Clothes, according to a statement. All participants will be selected by the …

Business activity in the Inland Empire grew 2.8 percent during the third quarter year-over-year, according to data released Tuesday. More growth is expected during the fourth quarter, although that expansion might be held back somewhat by a shortage of available workers and not enough housing in the two-county region, according …

College of the Desert plans to open a temporary campus in Palm Springs in January. The campus will be on property owned by the Palm Springs Unified School District at 1300 E. Baristo Road, according to a statement on the school’s website. It will have 11 classrooms and computer labs …

Foremost Cos., a land investment company based in Newport Beach, has completed two neighborhoods in Temescal Valley. Carraway and Sorrell at Terramor are part of a master-planned community – Terramor – that will include more than 1,400 homes in 16 neighborhoods when completed, according to a statement released by Foremost, …

Opponents who maintain a proposed 12 percent rate hike is unnecessary say they have something to bolster their argument: the utility’s most recent financial statement. Union members battling a proposed rate increase by Southern California Edison believe they received some ammunition recently: a statement by the public utility that it’s …

California’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in October, as state employers added 31,700 jobs, according to data released Friday. That represented a drop of 0.2 percent from September, the state Employment Development Department reported in its monthly assessment of the state’s job market. Most sectors posted gains, with leisure/hospitality …