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Riverside residents now have access to a fleet of vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, the result of a city-sponsored initiative that is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States. The Riverside Clean Air Carshare Program provides one dozen of those vehicles for trips within …

DHL Supply Chain will let go of 346 workers and close a package handling operation at its Ontario facility this summer. The company, a major player in global logistics, informed the state Employment Development Department of its intentions earlier this month, according to multiple reports. The layoffs, which are being …

Stacy Fraser has been named Cal State San Bernardino’s outstanding professor for the 2024-25 academic year. A music instructor, Fraser was recognized for her “excellence in teaching, research, scholarly and creative activities, and service to students and the campus community,” according to a statement on the university’s website. Fraser received …

Two UC Riverside professors have been named members of the National Academy of Science. Mary Droser, distinguished professor of earth and planetary sciences, and Hailing Jin, the Cy Mouradick Endowed Chair of microbiology and plant pathology, both received the career-defining honor recently, according to a statement on the university’s website. …

The group working to restore the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs has raised another $500,000, leaving it halfway to matching a $1 million donation made to that project earlier this year by a local philanthropist. In February, Brad Prescott gave $1 million to the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation, according …

California’s export trade grew by 7.7 percent in March, while U.S. exports increased five percent during that time, according to Beacon Economics in Los Angeles. Also in March, exports of products made in California increased by 6.2 percent year-over-year to $10.2 billion, while the state’s exports of non-manufactured commodities rose …