Horse racing at Fairplex in Pomona is no more. Starting this fall, the races normally held at the Los Angeles County Fair will be moved to the Los Alamitos Race Course, pending approval of the California Horse Racing Board, according to Fairplex officials. James Henwood, Fairplex’s chief executive officer, announced …
Read More »Landfill expansion has some residents crying foul
The El Sobrante Landfill near Corona is getting larger, and that as some Inland residents up in arms. Waste Management Inc. is building a new area that will accept more trash at the landfill, which is already one of the 10 largest waste facilities of its kind in the United …
Read More »State unemployment drops in past year
California’s unemployment rate was 8.1 percent last month, unchanged from February and down 9.2 percent in March 2013, a state agency said last week. Non-agricultural jobs in the state totaled more than 15.3 million last month, a year-to-year addition of 325,100 jobs and an increase of 2.2 percent during that …
Read More »Barstow looks to land major aluminum plant
Project would bring 2,000 badly-needed jobs to the High Desert region, which hasn’t been helped much by the state’s economic recovery. However, major obstacles remain before the project can be approved. Officials from Barstow and San Bernardino County are scheduled to travel to China today, where they will visit two …
Read More »Fulfillment center planned for Redlands
A company that moves goods that are purchased online will open a fulfillment center in Redlands. Georgia-based Innotrac will open the facility early next month, according to a statement posted Tuesday on the company’s website. “We’re excited about the growth Innotrac is experiencing,” said Glenn Furneaux, Innotrac’s vice president of …
Read More »Home sales struggle statewide
Sales of single-family homes in California were down in March compared with the previous year, mostly because of a drop in inventory, according to the California Association of Realtors. About 367,000 single-family homes were sold in March statewide, the highest number of sales recorded in four months, according to the …
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