The recent “Public Safety Power Shutoffs” by Southern California Edison (Edison) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) had been planned and approved by the State of California for nearly a year. Like the rolling blackouts from 2000-2001, these events were entirely predictable and driven by policy decisions at the highest …
Read More »Stater Bros. reopens six stores
Stater Bros. on Wednesday marked the grand reopening of six supermarkets. The stores – at 550 Hidden Valley Parkway in Corona, 14466 Main Street in Hesperia, 78630 Highway 111 in La Quinta, 78210 Varner Road in Palm Desert, 1271 N. State Street in San Jacinto and 24336 El Toro Road …
Read More »Christmas spending expected to rise
U.S. consumers will spend an average of $1,047.83 this holiday season, about four percent more than they spent last year, according to the National Retail Federation. Shoppers between 33 and 44 years old say they will spend the most, $1,158.63, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit reported its annual survey of likely holiday …
Read More »MSJC students receive scholarships
More than 100 Mt. San Jacinto College students nave received an estimated $115,000 in scholarship funds. One hundred and twenty three scholarships were presented to 111 students at the Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation’s Fall Scholarship Foundation Reception, which was held Oct. 24 on campus, according to a statement. Among …
Read More »Rite-Aid donates to three Inland charities
Three youth-oriented nonprofit charities in the Inland Empire have received grants from The Rite Aid Foundation, one of 233 donations the organization made nationwide recently. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cathedral City, Menifee Valley and Southwest County Temecula each received $20,000 from the Camp Hill, Pa. charitable organization, which …
Read More »Inland Empire office report is a mixed bag
Office lease rates averaged $2.01 per square foot in the Inland Empire at the end of the third quarter, the first time in 10 years the price of local office space reached $2, according to a report released Monday. That was the good news regarding the Inland office market in …
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