The Palm Springs City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday with the city’s recently formed Ethics, Transparency and Government Reform Task Force. The session is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at the city council chambers, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, according to a statement. Anyone interested may also …
Read More »SB Releases Explanation of its Bankruptcy Actions
One day after a U.S. bankruptcy judge said she would accept San Bernardino’s plan to end its bankruptcy proceedings, the city released a lengthy statement that spells out what it has done since it filed for bankruptcy more than four years ago. In a five-page document posted Wednesday on the …
Read More »WHITHER CHINA? Part 4
In this installment, I will examine several long-term trends in China that will offer significant opportunities for U.S. companies. The first two relate to returning production to nearby countries or the United States. The rest relate to opportunities to sell to China. First, American companies dependent upon China for production …
Read More »Inland Empire Underwater Homes Decline
The number of Inland Empire homes with negative equity – better known as underwater or upside down – fell during the third quarter, according to data released Thursday. Eight point three percent of all residential properties with a mortgage in Riverside and San Bernardino counties had negative equity during the …
Read More »Master Planned Community to get First Neighborhoods
Del Webb Community Homes will build the first two neighborhoods in Terramor, a master-planned community in Temescal Valley just south of Corona. The communities, both of which are expected to be completed next spring, will be for people 55 and older, according a statement released Wednesday. The Del Webb neighborhoods, …
Read More »Riverside Seeks to Remove Fire Hazard
Riverside is trying to enlarge a fire break between the Santa Ana River and the Bubbling Wells neighborhood. Recent fires on the river bottom threatened the neighborhood, which is next to Fairmount Park, causing the city to remove vegetation, underbrush and other potentially flammable materials from the area, according to …
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