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U.S. retail sales are expected to be between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent this year, with total sales expected reach at least $5.2 trillion, according to the National Retail Federation. The 2024 forecast compares with the 3.6 percent annual sales growth of $5.1 trillion recorded last year, and conforms with the …

The Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation will hold a fundraiser April 19 at the Prescott Collection Hangar in Palm Springs, home to a private collection of more than 100 vintage automobiles. “Drive the Plaza Theatre Into the Future” will raise money for the restoration of the historic downtown Plaza Theatre, which …

Construction will begin this summer on a four-story building at UC Riverside that will be used for instructional education. Approved recently by the UC Board of Regents, the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility will cover 100,700 square feet and seat 1,700 students, according to a  statement on the university’s website. …

Fontana has received $2 million in federal aid that it will use to make transportation safety improvements. The funding from the Department of Transportation will help reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries by developing smart traffic signal technology, according to a statement released by Rep. Norma Torres, D-Ontario. Torres is a member …

The Inland Empire in February recorded a 5.5 percent unemployment rate, unchanged from the first month of the year. Between January and February, non-farm employment in Riverside and San Bernardino counties increased from 1,684,900 to 1,687,400, while agricultural jobs declined by 400 during that time, according to data released March …

Warehouse-distribution facilities have come to dominate the Inland Empire during the past 20 to 25 years, so much so that the region is sometimes called the warehouse of the western United States. The amount of available and affordable land in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, along with the region’s proximity …