Ross Matthews, the television personality best known as “Ross the Intern” on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, will be Grand Marshal of the 25th annual Palm Springs Festival of Light Parade. The parade, which regularly attracts about 100,000 people to downtown Palm Springs, is scheduled to be held Dec. …
Read More »UCR has record enrollment
UC Riverside set a record for enrollment during the fall of this year. The school has 23,278 students on campus compared with 22,921 one year ago, according to a statement. During the past four years, UC Riverside’s enrollment has grown nearly 10 percent, from 21,285 students to its present level. …
Read More »Riverside fertile ground for women-owned businesses
Riverside is among the top metropolitan areas in the United States for women-owned businesses. The city was tied for fifth with Salt Lake City among cities that saw businesses owned by women increase their economic clout between 2002 and 2017, according to the annual State of Women-Owned Business Report. That …
Read More »Business Loan Middlemen… Pros & Cons
By Eugene E. Valdez AKA The Loan Doctor The commercial loan business is a billion dollar industry and as more and more individuals pursue entrepreneurship either by choice or necessity, ( can’t find a job) the demand for business funding will continue to rise unabated. Witness the proliferation of on-line …
Read More »Former golf course slated for makeover
Thanks to new ownership, a long-blighted area in Palm Springs is finally getting some attention. Watt Cos., a real estate investment company in Santa Monica, wants to transform the former Bel Air Greens Golf Course into a three-story resort hotel that would include about 170 residential units, according to a …
Read More »Restaurant offers discount to vets
Big Al’s, the sports bar and entertainment destination that opened in Ontario last spring, is offering a free $10 FUN card this weekend to all active and retired military members in honor of Veteran’s Day. The cards are good for any purchase or attraction at any time in the store …
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