Cash transactions accounted for 25.1 percent of all home sales in the Inland Empire during November, according to data released Wednesday. That was virtually unchanged from April 2015 – a drop of 0.4 percent – but it was below the national rate of 31.6 percent, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported. During the …
Read More »Aldi to Open Another Store
Aldi, the Germany-based global discount supermarket chain that made its debut in California earlier this year, will open a store in Menifee next month. The store, at 30163 Haun Road, is scheduled to open Aug. 17 with a ribbon-cutting, media and VIP preview and an official grand opening ceremony, according …
Read More »Stater Bros. to Finish Summer Food Program
Stater Bros. is scheduled to complete its “Harvesting Hope in the Summer” campaign today with a donation of 117,154 pounds of food to The Salvation Army’s Riverside County chapter. The program, which began last month, will have given more than 400,000 pounds of food to Southern California food banks when …
Read More »The DNC: Corruption and Charades
By Ed Hoffman If you watched the coverage of the Republican National Convention last week, then you heard about all the problems Republicans supposedly have with unity and leadership. This week, it’s the Democrats’ turn – and clearly, that party has plenty of its ownproblems. The Democratic National Committee chair, Debbie …
Read More »IE Posts Solid Retail Numbers
The Inland Empire’s retail market continued to improve during the second quarter of 2016, with vacancy down and net absorption up during that three-month period. Vacancy in the two-county region was 9.6 percent, among the lowest rate recorded since the start of the recession in 2008, according to CBRE’s Inland …
Read More »Is the South Coast Air Quality Management District changing its ways?
For years the agency responsible for keeping Southern California’s air clean has been accused of being over regulatory in its dealing with businesses. Now it’s offering a comprehensive clean-air plan that is heavy on incentives and lighter on regulations and penalties. Even one of the district’s severest critics is taking …
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