The yearly conference that seeks to unite Riverside’s food movement and farms with the city’s culinary community is scheduled to be held later this month. The annual GrowRIVERSIDE gathering will be held March 21-22 at UC Riverside, according to a city statement. GrowRIVERSIDE looks for ways the city can improve …
Read More »Remembering a First Lady
By Ed Hoffman “What do you say about someone who gives your life meaning? What do you say about someone who’s always there with support and understanding, someone who makes sacrifices so that your life will be easier and more successful? Well, what you say is that you love that …
Read More »Meeting to Discuss City Manager Search
Beaumont is scheduled to hold a special meeting tonight during which community members may offer their opinions regarding the hiring a permanent city manager. Avery Associates, a Los Gatos consulting firm hired by the city to help it fill the position, will conduct the meeting, according to a statement posted …
Read More »Aldi Ready for Major Opening
Unofficially, March 24th will be Aldi Day in the Inland Empire. The global discount supermarket chain is scheduled to open eight stores in Riverside and San Bernardino counties that day, the company’s first stores in Southern California, according to a statement released Monday. Each of those stores will host a …
Read More »Chamber Hires New Executive
The Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director. Karen Gaffney, who has more than 15 years experience in chamber of commerce management, took over her new position last month, according to a chamber statement. Gaffney, who spent the last five years running the San Dimas Chamber of …
Read More »Jobs Report Called Solid
The U.S. economy added 242,000 jobs in February, according to data released Friday. Despite that, the national unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent, unchanged compared with January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in its monthly jobs study. Most of those job gains happened in health care [57,000], retail …
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