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U.S. employers added 280,000 jobs in May, as the national job market regained some of the momentum it lost earlier in the year. Despite that performance, unemployment was up slightly in May, to 5.5 percent, from 5.4 percent in April, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of …

The Perris Housing Authority created the Senior Home Repair Program that gives a one-time $10,000 grant to senior citizens in order to make minor health and safety improvements in their home. Improvements include minor roof repairs, installing ramps, handrails or grab bar, heating or air-conditional replacement, smoke detectors, minor electrical …

Ruthanne Taylor Berger has been named to the Riverside County Planning Commission. Berger, who ran last year for a seat on the Murrieta City Council, is currently a member of that city’s planning commission, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Supervisor Chuck Washington nominated Berger to the five-member commission, …

Jon Boulware, owner of an Allstate Insurance agency in Claremont, has received a national honor from the company. Boulware’s agency at 323 S. Indian Hill Blvd. has been named to the company’s Honor Ring for its performance last year, according to a report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Agencies …

A certain demographic group has fallen for Riverside. The millennial population – defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as anyone between 20 and 34 years old – increased by 40 percent in the greater Riverside market between 2010 and 2013, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association …

National productivity dropped 3.1 percent during the first quarter of this year. That drop was larger than 1.9 percent decline that was predicted in April, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor. Labor costs also rose faster than expected in January, February and March: up 6.7 …