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Eighteen of the original 29 counts have been dismissed, and much of the testimony put on by the prosecution appears to have backfired. Closing arguments are expected to start next month.  Attorneys for the four defendants in the Colonies Crossroads corruption trial were supposed to begin presenting their case July …

Loma Linda University Medical Center has expanded its emergency care department. The facility added five treatment rooms last month, in part because emergency visits there have gone up every year since 2011, according to a statement on the medical center’s website. The new rooms, called flex care spaces, will allow …

Sales of existing homes in California reached their highest pace in close to four years last month, despite the lowest inventory so far this year. Total sales were 443,150 in June, up 3.3 percent compared with May and up 2.4 percent year-over-year, according to data released by the California Association …

Jeff Kubel has been appointed a chief deputy by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Kubel will oversee the department’s court service division, coroner’s bureau, personnel bureau and Ben Clark Training Center, according to multiple reports. He fills a vacancy created by the recent retirement of Shelley Kennedy-Smith. Before his promotion …

Dr. Samar Nahas has been named chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UC Riverside’s School of Medicine. Nahas, who was previously health division director of gynecologic oncology, took over her new position July 1, according to a report on UCR Today, an online publication affiliated with the …

CVB Financial Corp., the parent company of Citizens Business Bank, reported earnings for the second quarter of this year. That was essentially unchanged compared with the first quarter of this year, but a $2.9 million increase year over year, according to data released Thursday by the Ontario-based financial institution. Earnings per …