CVB Financial Corp., the holding company for Citizens Business Bank, is temporarily suspending its stock repurchasing program. The uncertainty created by the Coronavirus outbreak has created too much uncertainty, locally and around the world, to proceed with the plan, Chief Executive Officer David E. Brager said in a statement. CVB …
Read More »Inland manufacturing floored by Coronavirus
The Coronavirus outbreak may have put its first dent into the Inland Empire economy. The region’s purchasing managers index, which measures the state of manufacturing in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, fell to 43.3 in March, the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino reported …
Read More »Riverside County is running out of hospital beds
Riverside County’s public health officer delivered sobering news Wednesday regarding the spread of the Coronavirus. The county, which had 371 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 13 deaths related to it as of Wednesday morning, will likely run out of intensive care unit beds by April 12 and ventilators by April …
Read More »CSUSB graduate school programs lauded
U.S. News & World Report has again recognized Cal State San Bernardino for having several outstanding graduate school programs. The magazine, which regularly ranks U.S. colleges and universities in multiple academic categories, ranked CSUSB’s Master of Fine Arts program 178 of 272, its Master of Public Affairs 117 of 274, …
Read More »Drive-thru Covid-19 tests are available
A Hemet medical clinic is providing free drive-thru tests for Covid-19. Only people with symptoms of the illness – and who also have a doctor’s order requiring a test – are allowed to attend the program at the Hemet Global Medical Center, said Jeff Corless, program spokesman. “We had a …
Read More »ONT to reduce operations
Ontario International Airport is reducing its operations and services in April. Passenger flights at ONT will be reduced by one-third – from 66 daily departures in March to 46 this month – because of a decline in commercial air travel brought on by the Coronavirus, according to a statement on …
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