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More than 500 people attended a job fair last Thursday at San Bernardino Valley College. The East End Regional Job Fair featured roughly 650 jobs, mostly in logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, construction, hospitality and education, according to a report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. About 30 employers attended the three-hour …

Mike Moore began work Tuesday as Riverside’s new fire chief. Moore, the city’s first African-American fire chief, started his tenure with a swearing-in badge-pinning ceremony at the Fox Performing Arts Center that was attended by about 350 people, according to a statement. Moore replaces Interim Chief Mike Esparza, who ran …

A retired U.S. Naval lieutenant has been named director of Riverside National Cemetery. Pete Young will be responsible for all administrative, burial and maintenance operations at Riverside National, the country’s third-largest national cemetery, according to a statement released Wednesday. Young has worked at several national cemeteries and has been director …

The City of Redlands will elect three council members on November 4th. Seven candidates have successfully filed for the race including two incumbents, a former county supervisor, a former public information officer, an insurance agent, a tattoo parlor owner, and a “domestic engineer.” Council member Bob Gardner decided not to …

Year-over-year unemployment dropped in 348 of 372 metropolitan areas in the United States during July. During the same time, the jobless rate rose in 16 metropolitan areas and stayed the same in eight markets, according to report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Put …

A local water district has officially taken control of land next to a lake in Southwest Riverside County. Rancho California Water District closed escrow Monday on nearly 8,000 acres that wraps around Vail Lake, a popular recreation site, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. The water district, which provides …