More houses were sold in the Inland Empire last month than were sold in any other region in the state, according data released Monday. Sales in Riverside and San Bernardino counties rose 8.2 percent year-over-year in August, topping San Francisco by 1.7 percent and Los Angeles by 3.8 percent, the …
Read More »Toys R Us files bankruptcy
Toys R Us Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, once a major force in toy retailing, lost market share first to other “brick and mortar” retailers like Walmart and Target, then took an even bigger hit with the arrival of online shopping, according to multiple reports. …
Read More »Colonies trial could go away Friday
A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge is scheduled to decide Friday whether the last defendant in the Colonies Crossroads corruption trial should be retried. Jurors in the trial of James Erwin, former assistant county assessor and president of the sheriff’s union, deadlocked this month on all seven felony counts …
Read More »Car show to raise money for children’s hospital
Alta Vista Credit Union will hold its fourth annual car show Friday. The event, scheduled to be held from 6-9 p.m. at the credit union’s Redlands office, 1425 W. Lugonia Ave., will benefit the Big Hearts for Little Hearts Guild, a support group of Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, according …
Read More »Report: Hispanics now the majority in IE
Hispanics now make up a majority of the Inland Empire’s population, a federal agency has reported. Fifty point five percent of the population in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is now Hispanic, according to the U.S Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey, which was released last week. By county, the …
Read More »Carousel Mall finally shuts its doors
The long-struggling downtown shopping center officially shut down in July. Most likely it will be demolished and replaced with a mixed-use project. At long last, the Carousel Mall is no more. The downtown San Bernardino shopping center that opened as Central City Mall in 1972 closed its doors July 25, …
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