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By Ed Hoffman I heard a lot of media commentators remarking that President Obama’s first speech after the attack in Orlando – now the largest mass shooting in American history – failed to include the terms “ISIS,” “Islamic State” or “Islamic terror.” “In fact,” one commentator said, “he made no …

VA Loans or CalVet Loans? That’s the question military service people interested in VA loans in California tend to ask, particularly when the state’s CalVet program is presented to them as a path to homeownership alongside the federal government’s VA loan program. According to Ed Hoffman, president of Wholesale Capital …

The number of underwater residential properties in the Inland Empire dropped during the first quarter of this year, another sign of the region’s housing market’s slow but steady improvement. Overall, 10.2 percent of mortgaged residential properties in Riverside and San Bernardino counties had negative equity at the end of the …

The Yucaipa City Council today will deal with a familiar problem: the flies and stench created by three egg ranches in the northern part of the city. Council members are scheduled to discuss whether to implement tougher standards for manure management at each of the facilities – Hoover Ranch 7, …

Gene Valdez left Citizens Business Bank to start a company that coaches CEO’s on how to start or improve their business. It’s an unusual move for someone who’s been in banking for 30 years, but Valdez said it’s what he needs to do. Most people would never dream of walking …

Nikki Salas has been promoted to Apple Valley’s assistant town manager. Salas, who has been the town’s director of human resources and risk management since October 2009, during that time has saved Apple Valley up to $300,000 a year by implementing various cost-saving programs, according to a statement on the …