Riverside County will purchase two helicopters for its sheriff’s department. The board of supervisors voted Tuesday to spend $11.5 million on a pair of helicopters from Airbus Helicopters, according to report in The Press-Enterprise. One will replace a helicopter that crashed last August during a training exercise, the other will …
Read More »County will spend former redevelopment funds
Riverside County will be able to spend up to $10 million in former redevelopment funds to restore a decaying shopping center in Jurupa Valley. Money for the Mission Plaza project has languished since the state legislature’s decision in 2011 to abolish redevelopment statewide, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. …
Read More »Early holiday returns are solid
Retail sales were up 2.9 percent year-over-year for the week that ended Saturday, the first weekend after Black Friday kicked off the holiday shopping season. Compared with the previous week, sales were down 1.5 percent, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales …
Read More »Nurses strike for higher pay
An estimated 1,200 nurses at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center walked off the job Tuesday in a dispute regarding wages and working conditions. The nurses are scheduled to return to work Thursday after two days on the picket line, and in the meantime contract talks are ongoing, according to officials on …
Read More »Apartment complex changes hands
A Coachella Valley apartment complex has been sold. Villagio at La Quinta sold for $24.8 million, or nearly $167,000 per unit, according to a statement by CBRE Group Inc. Ontario. CBRE represented the seller, La Quinta Villagio Flintlake LP. The buyer, Hanes-Villagio LLC, was represented by Hanes Investment Realty Inc. …
Read More »Choose Who You Will Give To
By Ed Hoffman On my show last week, I explained why my company and I make an annual commitment to give to the needy during the holidays. In the past, we have put together dozens of food baskets at Thanksgiving; this year, we donated toys to children in the foster …
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