Riverside will replace its street lights with energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode [LED] during the next three years. The plan, which the city council approved Sept. 6 with a 7-0 vote, will leave Riverside with brighter, longer-lasting street lights that will improve visibility and safety, according to a statement. The new …
Read More »Larger Stater Bros. Planned
Stater Bros. is preparing to expand in Norco. The supermarket chain plans to build a 44,200-square-foot energy-efficient store that will open next spring in the Norco Village Shopping Center, according to a statement released Monday. That store, at the southwest corner of River Road and Corydon Street, will replace the …
Read More »Loans Available for Fire Victims
The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened an office to help homeowners, renters and businesses affected by last month’s Blue Cut Fire. The Disaster Loan Outreach Center, which opened Thursday, is at San Bernardino County Fire Station #305, 8331 Caliente Road in Hesperia, according to a county statement. Low-interest federal …
Read More »Classes Point Inland Empire High School Students Toward International Trade
International Business Pathway began this month with 15 students at the Riverside Virtual School. The two men who created the program, which stresses logistics, hope it becomes part of the Riverside Unified School District’s regular curriculum. Eddy Sumar likes to take on big projects. Two years ago, Sumar began operating globalcreditconsortium.com, …
Read More »Website Explains Proposed Tax Hike
Riverside has set up a special website to answer questions about Measure Z, the sales tax measure that will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. Measure Z would raise Riverside’s sales tax one cent, to nine cents per dollar, to pay for “critical unfunded” city services, according to a city …
Read More »On The Move
Author T’ana Phelice will visit the San Bernardino Public Library to discuss her books and present a workshop. The free program will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sept. 17 in Kellogg Room A at the Feldheym Central Library, 555. W. 6th St., according to a statement. Phelice is the author …
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