Workers at Fairplex spent this week putting the finishing touches on the 2015 edition of the Los Angeles County Fair, which is scheduled to begin Today. The giant ferris wheel is up, the concert series is in place, the exhibition halls are ready and the Flower and Garden Pavilion is …
Read More »Addressing Assisted Living Aging Parents or Loved Ones
When you are charged with finding an assisted living community for aging parents or grandparents, one of the first challenges may be finding a place that both partners agree on and feel comfortable moving into. To ensure that Mom and Dad or Grandma and Grandpa have the best assisted living …
Read More »Discount airline to land in Palm Springs
Jet Blue Airways will begin offering non-stop flights from Palm Springs International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York starting next year. The new flights will operate five times a week, Thursday through Monday, beginning Jan. 14 through May 1, according to a statement released Monday by …
Read More »Home prices rise again
The price of a single-family home in the United States continues to get more expensive. Home prices, including distressed properties, rose 6.9 percent year-over-year in July, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported. Prices were up 1.7 percent compared with June, according to the July 2015 CoreLogic Home Index, which was released Tuesday. Not …
Read More »Inland manufacturing slips
Manufacturing in the Inland Empire took a fall last month. The region’s purchasing managers index fell to 46.6 in August, down from 54.3 in July, according to the Institute of Applied Research & Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino, which released its monthly index on the Inland region’s marketing …
Read More »Gas prices drop as holiday approaches
Californians who are planning to get out of town this Labor Day weekend might catch a break at the gas pump. As of Tuesday, state motorists were paying an average of $3.38 cents for a gallon of regular gasoline, about 45 cents less than they were paying one year ago, …
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