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Gene Valdez left Citizens Business Bank so he could start a consulting business for business executives. So far, the move is paying off.  In May, Gene Valdez left Citizens Business Bank to start a new career: running a consulting business aimed at high-level business executives. It was a risky move. Not …

California’s economy added about 30,000 jobs last month, although the state’s unemployment rate remained at 5.5 percent, according to data released Friday. That was reportedly the eighth consecutive month that California employers added more people than they let go, a positive sign for the state’s economy, the Employment Development Department …

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has settled two lawsuits connected with the planned World Logistics Center in Moreno Valley. Developer Highland Fairview will pay an extra air quality improvement fee of 64 cents per square foot for each of the buildings in the massive warehouse-distribution operation, according to …

Perris City Councilwoman Tonya Burke has won the “Friend of Labor” Award from the Riverside chapter of the NAACP. Burke, a member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, was honored recently in a ceremony at the Riverside Convention Center, according to a city statement. The award …

Cindi Peterson Tompkins has been named San Bernardino County’s director of human resources. Tompkins, who will begin work Oct. 31, will be in charge of providing services to the county’s 22,000 employees, managing a 143-member staff and overseeing an $18 million budget, according to a county statement. Prior to joining …

According to multiple news reports at least 23 Syrian refugees have been settled in the City of Victorville by the Federal Government. This news, which had not previously been uncovered by the media, was first disclosed by San Bernardino County First District Supervisor Candidate Angela Valles in a press release …