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Moreno Valley is accepting applications for grants that will be used to remove blight and help low and moderate income residents. City officials expect to receive nearly $2 million in Community Development Block Grant funds, which are issued by the U.S, Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to a …

Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey is scheduled to deliver the annual State of the City address Jan. 25 at the Riverside Convention Center. The speech, which is being produced by the city and the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, will be Bailey’s sixth State of the City address, according to a …

Stater Bros. is going to Pasadena. The supermarket chain is scheduled to open its first store in that city later this year, according to a statement. Stater Bros. will take possession of a 42,000-square-foot retail space at the northeast corner of Allen Avenue and Washington Boulevard north of the Foothill …

Palm Springs is looking for volunteers to help conduct its part of Riverside County’s annual count of homeless people. The 2018 Point-In-Time Homeless Count is scheduled to be held Jan. 23, according to a statement. In Palm Springs, volunteers are needed from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. They will survey …

Moreno Valley had a solid 2017, with new business licenses increasing 10.2 percent. The city, which claims to have created an estimated 14,000 jobs during the last four years, welcomed a number of new businesses last year, including Cafe Rio Restaurant, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Jerome’s Furniture, Karma  Automotive and Wiseway …

Retail sales during November and December totaled just under $692 billion, a year-over-year increase of 5.5 percent, according to the National Retail Federation in Washington, D.C. Higher wages, stronger employment and more consumer confidence prompted shoppers to spend more during the 2016 holiday season than they were expected to spend, …