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Palm Springs is trying to help solve the Coachella Valley’s homeless problem. With $75,000 from its general fund, the city has established a day program that will help homeless people learn job skills, find employment and obtain housing assistance, according to a statement. The program, which began Wednesday, was started …

Riverside is looking for volunteers to fill vacancies on several of the boards and commissions that help shape city policy on various issues. Eleven of Riverside’s 14 advisory panels – airport commission, police review commission, cultural heritage board, commission on disabilities, human resources board, board of library trustees, mayor’s commission …

By Edward L. Fixen When it comes to developing an exit plan and advance planning to sell a business, many small and mid-size business owners tend to overlook the benefits of growing their business through acquisition.  Growing an existing business using strategies to increase sales and improve operations (i.e., organic …

San Bernardino County’s Workforce Development Board is scheduled to hold its annual Valley Regional Job Fair Wednesday at Ontario International Airport. The event, which is being co-sponsored by several cities and chambers of commerce on the Inland Empire’s west side, will run from 9 a.m. to noon at Terminal One, …

Moreno Valley is looking to get word out about Measure L, the proposed hotel tax that will appear on the city’s Nov. 8 ballot. If approved, Measure L would increase the city’s transient occupancy tax from 8 percent to 13 percent. That would raise money for more police and fire …

A Sonic Drive-in restaurant in Riverside has been sold. The restaurant, at 9505 Magnolia Ave., sold for $2.5 million, according to a statement released Tuesday by Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors and Lee & Associates, both of which negotiated the sale. Both of those brokerages represented the seller, Evergreen …