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A restaurant opening turned out to be a boon for several Inland Empire charities. The Habit, the Irvine-based hamburger chain, opened its second restaurant in Upland Wednesday and also raised $4,700 for three local non-profits: Foothill Family Shelter ($1,930), Scheu Family YMCA of Upland ($1,940) and Shoes That Fit ($815), …

Three Inland Empire apartment properties with a combined 1,144 units will be sold. The properties, which were not specifically identified, were part of a $5.3 billion transaction between Equity Residential and Starwood Capital Group, according to a statement released Monday. Equity Residential, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, Conn., …

Cash sales of homes in the Inland Empire fell five percent year-over-year in July, according to data released Friday by CoreLogic. Overall, cash sales accounted for nearly 24 percent of all home sales in Riverside and San Bernardino counties during the seventh month of the year. That was well below …

Two of country’s major retail trade association are predicting more than a three percent year-over-year increase, in sales, and at least one local mall expects this to be a good year. A better economy and lower unemployment are some reasons for the optimism. Even though it’s not yet Halloween, much …

The demise of Fresh & Easy should serve as a cautionary tale for any other grocery chain planning to enter the hyper-competitive California market, several retail officials said. The company, which struggled almost immediately after it entered that market seven years ago, recently announced that it will close or sell …

Redlands filmmaker Trevor Stevens recently had one of his short films selected as “Short of the Week”  by Vimeo, the video-sharing website. Stevens’ “Run” is a 17-minute story of a drug transaction gone bad and how the gang members involved must deal with the consequences, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. …