Alaska Airlines is offering year-round flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Portland International Airport. That service normally ends in June but is being extended to 12 months, according to a statement on Palm Springs’ website. Palm Springs International now offers 14 year-round routes on nine airlines, the most in …
Read More »Palm Desert to get Cal State San Bernardino’s third ERC
On March 5, the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino is scheduled to open an Entrepreneurial Resources Center in Palm Desert. The office at 37023 Cook St Suite 102, will be the third such facility opened by the center since November 2023, when it opened its …
Read More »Volaris adds ONT flights
Volaris, the Mexico City-based airline, is adding flights at Ontario International Airport. The discount carrier, which offers twice-daily service between Ontario International and Guadalajara, will add 14 flights from Ontario International starting this summer, according to a statement on Ontario International’s website. The new nonstop flights will fly to Los …
Read More »Plata named Indio PD’s PIO
Sgt, Abraham “Abe” Plata has been named the Indio Police Department’s public information officer. Plata is in charge of press relations and social media, and he also oversees the department’s peer support team, according to a statement on the city’s website. A native of Michoacán, Mexico, Plata joined the department …
Read More »Bean is new CEO at Morongo gaming establishments
Mike Bean is the new chief executive officer of Morongo Casino Resort & Spa and the Morongo Casino. A 30-year gaming employee, Bean is in charge of both gaming locations, both of which are owned and operated by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, according to a statement. He replaces …
Read More »“The Cheech” is a major economic force of Riverside, study finds
Actor-comedian Cheech Marin apparently had the right idea when he donated his collection of Chicano art to the Riverside Art Museum. Since it opened two years ago, the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture has generated an estimated $29 million into the local economy, enough to make it …
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