Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff Jr. will be the featured speaker at the Riverside Republican Women’s Luncheon, scheduled to be held March 17. Sniff, who has more than 40 years experience in law enforcement, is the oldest grandson of one of the first date and citrus families in the Coachella …
Read More »Farmer Boys switch to cage-free eggs is finished
Farmer Boys Restaurants, the Riverside-based chain that serves only farm-fresh food, has completed its transition to cage-free eggs. The shift has now been achieved at its 89 locations after working closely with Hickman Farms, its longtime egg supplier, according to a statement posted Tuesday on Farmer Boys’ website. Farmer Boys …
Read More »Local, national home prices up
Home prices, including distressed sales, were up 6.1 percent in the Inland Empire in January compared with one year earlier, according to data released Tuesday. Month-over-month, prices in Riverside and San Bernardino counties were essentially flat, rising only 0.4 percent, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported. Nationwide, home prices were up 6.9 percent …
Read More »State OK’s handling of workers comp cases connected to SB shooting
Most workers compensation filings related to the December, 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino were approved, with the majority of treatment delays due to doctors not submitting proper information, according to state officials. San Bernardino County “establish[ed] a model for dealing with incidents of this nature by hiring nurse case …
Read More »Bank acquisition approved
Ontario-based CVB Financial Corp., the parent company of Citizens Business Bank, will acquire Valley Business Bank in Visalia. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, along with the shareholders of Valley Commerce Bancorp, approved the purchase in February, according to a statement released Tuesday. Valley Commerce Bancorp. is the parent company of Valley …
Read More »Smart phone app helps people get their housework done
Takl Inc., a Nashville-based company that connects home service providers and users via a smart phone app, is moving into Southern California. The company, which currently serves 420 cities in the United States, has signed up more than 5,000 local home service providers in the greater Los Angeles market, including …
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