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CBRE Group Inc. Ontario has a new retail team. Recently hired Ryan Gast, an associate, will join Senior Vice President Dan Samulski in brokering real estate deals in the Inland Empire, according to a statement. “Ryan is a strategic hire for our office,” said Joe Cesta, CBRE’s managing director in …

National retail sales ended September on a strong note. Sales were up 3.6 percent year-over-year for the week that ended Saturday, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index, which was released Tuesday. Sales were down 0.2 percent from the previous week. …

California is now the only state with an outright prohibition on single-use plastic bags. Gov. Brown signed legislation Tuesday that will remove the bags from large grocery stores starting next summer, followed by convenience stores and pharmacies in 2016, according to an Associated Press report. The American Progressive Bag Alliance, …

Attendance at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona dropped slightly this year compared with 2013. This year’s fair, which ended its 23-day run Sunday, attracted 1,204,911 patrons, down from 1,438,514 last year, said Michael Chee, Fairplex spokesman. Officials believe hot weather, and possibly the elimination of $1 admission on …

Last week, I received an email from a listener of my weekly radio show criticizing my “gushy support” of California gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari, who the listener says is a liberal masquerading as a Republican. This accusation is not surprising, as we have seen many Republican candidates receive the label …

Hemet is launching a counteroffensive in its effort to eliminate its fire department. The city, which wants to do away with the 106-year-old department and begin contracting with Riverside County for its fire and paramedic services, is using newspapers and the U.S. Mail to take its case to the public, …