Charlie Dehart has been promoted to division chief for Temecula by CAL FIRE/Riverside County. Dehart, a former emergency medical technician who began his firefighting career in 1984 as a volunteer with the Riverside County Fire Department, began his new duties Sept. 1, according to a statement posted on Temecula’s website. …
Read More »On The Move
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has lured two top Inland Empire office brokers away from a rival brokerage. Taylor Ing and Drew Sanden have left Cushman & Wakefield and will be senior managing directors working out of Newmark’s Ontario office, according to a statement released by Newmark this week. The pair …
Read More »“Underwater” Home Decline
Nine percent of all Inland Empire residential properties with a mortgage were in negative equity during the second quarter, a year-over-year drop of 3.2 percent, according to data released Thursday. Nationwide, the number of mortgaged residential properties with negative equity – meaning more is owed on the property than the …
Read More »State Jobless Rate is Static
California added 63,100 non-agricultural jobs during August, a solid number but not enough to change the state’s unemployment rate, which remained at 5.5 percent. The state has added more than 2.3 million jobs since the recession officially ended in February 2010, the Employment Development Department stated in its monthly jobs …
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Read More »Palm Springs Starts Homeless Assistance Program
Palm Springs is trying to help solve the Coachella Valley’s homeless problem. With $75,000 from its general fund, the city has established a day program that will help homeless people learn job skills, find employment and obtain housing assistance, according to a statement. The program, which began Wednesday, was started …
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