Employers in California added 15,200 workers to their payrolls during May, according to data released Friday by state Employment Development Department. Overall, the state’s unemployment rate stood at 5.2 percent at the end of last month, a solid number but above the national rate of 4.7 percent, the department reported …
Read More »ON THE MOVE
Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon, along with leaders from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, attended a special White House reception hosted by President Barack Obama. The event, held June 8, celebrated LGBT Pride Month, according to a statement posted on the city’s website. Moon, who paid for the …
Read More »Kim Guimarin has been named The Press-Enterprise’s senior editor.
Guimarin, whose appointment was announced recently, already oversees The San Bernardino Sun, The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and the Redlands Daily Facts, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Tom Bray, The Press-Enterprise’s managing editor, was named managing editor of the Southern California News Group, which is made up of …
Read More »Conference Calls for More Houses, Less Red Tape
San Bernardino County needs to build more single-family homes that people can afford to buy, and the sooner that happens the better. That was the overwhelming consensus at a housing policy conference held Friday at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario. The event, which attracted about 250 people, was sponsored by …
Read More »Local Distressed Sales Keep Dropping
Distressed sales, including bank-owned properties and so-called short sales, accounted for 10.1 percent of all single-family home sales in the Inland Empire during March, according to data released Thursday. That number was significant because it marked the greatest improvement of any major market from its distressed sales peak, which in …
Read More »Tune in to The Main Event this Saturday Morning at 9:30 on AM590
Tune in to The Main Event this Saturday morning at 9:30 on AM590 with host Ed Hoffman as he discusses national current events and politics, with a few mortgage tips along the way. Ed delivers intelligent, entertaining radio that makes hard news easy to understand! San Bernardino has now been …
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