California sustained the largest month-over-month loss of jobs in September of any state. The state, which still saw its unemployment rate drop last month, lost 9,800 jobs in September, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Labor. That …
Read More »Council to vote on how to spend possible tax revenue
San Jacinto residents are about to find out if their city council is good on its word. Council members are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether most of the revenue generated from proposed utility tax will be spent on public safety, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Council members …
Read More »Retail helped by low gas prices
National retail sales stayed strong last week, in part because gas prices have declined recently and are staying down. Sales were up 2.1 percent for the week that ended Saturday compared with the same week in 2013, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain …
Read More »Time for a Travel Ban
We are nearing the one-month milestone of the American public’s awareness of the Ebola crisis, and already many are proclaiming that they suffer from an entirely different malady: Ebola Fatigue Syndrome. Most of us are tired of hearing about Ebola, talking about Ebola and reading about Ebola, myself included. Regardless, …
Read More »Luxury Assisted Living in Escondido
The Oakmont of Escondido Hills, a luxury assisted living community in Escondido, California completed an expansion of its on-site assisted living community to provide more care options to the growing number of local individuals affected by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The assisted living facility in Escondido is located …
Read More »Housing starts are up nationwide
National housing starts topped one million in September, the third time this year that housing production has exceeded that number. Total housing starts rose 17.8 percent last month year-over-year, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,017,000 units, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the …
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