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Four Inland Empire school districts will receive grants from the South Coast Air Quality Management District to buy zero-emission electric buses. The Coachella Valley, Fontana, Jurupa and Rialto unified districts will each receive $536,000 grants that will pay for two electric buses – at a cost of $496,000 – and …

Some people in the Inland Empire have gone into business for themselves. Riverside and San Bernardino counties ranked 13 in startup businesses among the 40 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to the 2017 Kaufmann Index of Startup Activity. That was five spots better than the two-county region ranked in the …

An estimated 63 percent of all U.S. homeowners with a mortgage saw their equity increase by $766.4 billion during the first quarter of this year, according to data released Thursday. That was an 11.2 percent increase year over year, with the average homeowner gaining about $13,400 in equity during that …

Riverside County is laying off 32 employees. Layoff notices were sent to 23 code enforcement officers and one member of the Transportation & Land Management Agency during the last week of May, according to multiple reports. Eight employees in the Supply and Printing Services Division were also let go, and …

Moreno Valley recently received a Merit Award from the Inland Empire chapter of the American Planning Association for its Nason Street Corridor Plan. City officials accepted the award during a ceremony last month at the Riverside Convention Center, according to a statement. The Nason Street Corridor Plan will extend south …

U.S. home prices, including distressed sales, were up 6.9 percent in April year-over-year, according to data released Tuesday. Home prices – which include single-family attached and detached properties – were up 1.6 percent in April compared with March, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported. One reason for the increase was a drop in …