Joe Mouawad has been named assistant general manager of planning, engineering and construction by the Eastern Municipal Water District. Mouawad, who has worked for the district since 2006, most recently served as its senior director of engineering, according to a statement. He has also worked for the Elsinore Valley Municipal …
Read More »D&L adds to executive team
Desmond & Louis, one of the Inland Empire’s leading public relations firms, has added Georgine Trujillo, chief executive officer of Trujillo Communications in Los Angeles, to its team. Trujillo will be Desmond & Louis’ senior vice president of government affairs and will be responsible for growing and managing that part …
Read More »OCC to host video game event
Ontario Convention Center is scheduled to host the third annual Southern California Retro Gaming Expo. The event, to be held Feb. 4 and 5, is a chance for video game lovers to play vintage video games, including Original Nintendo, PlayStation, Genesis, Gameboy and Atari, according to a statement. Formed by …
Read More »City joins national effort to battle homelessness
Riverside has been selected to participate in the What Works Cities philanthropic initiative. The program, sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies, will help the city use its own data to determine ways to reduce its homeless population, according to a statement. Riverside is one of 58 mid-sized U.S. cities in 33 states …
Read More »Median home prices up in December
More than 20,400 houses and condominiums were sold in Southern California in December, up 4.7 percent month-over-month but down nearly three percent compared with December 2015, according to data released Tuesday. December sales were 15 percent below the December average of 24,067, but there’s an explanation for that seemingly weak …
Read More »How to Avoid an Employee Benefit Plan Audit
But if you can’t, how to get through one By Craig Dart Does your plan need to be audited? Large employee benefit plans (generally defined as plans with greater than 100 participants) and some small plans are required to be audited annually and attach an independent auditors report to the …
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