There was good news and not-so-good news in the jobs report released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday. The good news was that the national unemployment rate declined to 4.3 percent, 16-year low, during May. The not-so-good news was that the economy added only 138,000 non-agricultural jobs last …
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Vito LoVerde has been named environmental services director at Pechanga Resort & Casino. LoVerde, who has held similar positions in Chicago and Las Vegas, will oversee 200 employees and be responsible for keeping the property clean and safe, according to a statement on the resort’s website. The resort, which is …
Read More »Palm Springs has a new director of community and economic development. Jay Virata, currently Poway’s economic development manager and a former regional administrator with Los Angeles’ community redevelopment agency, will take over June 19, according to a statement on Palm Springs’ website. Virata has worked in Poway for the last …
Read More »The Inland Empire’s manufacturing sector continued to grow during May. The region’s purchasing managers index was 62.7 last month, up from 56.8 in April, according to data released Thursday by the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. More important, the index was above 50 …
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California has a serious housing shortage. That was the opinion of virtually everyone who spoke Friday at the fourth annual Housing Policy Conference in Ontario, which was sponsored by the Baldy View Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California. Statewide, home ownership is at its lowest level since …
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Riverside is trying to make life a little easier for developers and anyone else looking to invest in that community. City officials have established a “One Stop Shop” that brings together on one floor of city hall all of the departments that are part of the development process, according to …
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