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In the same week when state officials revealed the unemployment rate in Riverside and San Bernardino counties reached a record 15 percent, Gov. Read Full Artice...
Kohl's has purchased a vacant distribution center in San Bernardino and will use it to supply its online sales operations for the Western states, the retailer announced Thursday. Read Full Artice...
In recent years, Kohl's Corp. has found success in California by aggressively pursuing former Mervyns customers and taking over several of their shuttered outlets, while expanding its presence throughout the state by opening new stores. Read Full Artice...
San Bernardino airport officials have slashed leasing rates by more than 30 percent at one of the facility's service hangars, in a bid to keep and lure tenants amid a poor climate for the airline industry. Read Full Artice...
Youth clothing retailer Zumiez plans to relocate a Washington distribution center to Corona, creating 180 to 200 jobs in Southern California. Read Full Artice...
Days before San Bernardino officials were set to sign a deal for cleaner trucks at a local rail yard, the trucking company partnering on the project has pulled out.
San Bernardino Associated Governments officials learned that J.B. Read Full Artice...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is not one of those federal agencies that shows up on evening news broadcasts. It's not considered particularly sexy or controversial. Read Full Artice...
Ed Huante as a 17-year-old high school graduate wanted a career in the Army military police. But in basic training he learned that his five-foot-three stature would put that dream out of reach. Read Full Artice...
Faced with a $200 million shortfall in its current fiscal year, the city of Los Angeles has considered putting a price tag on Ontario International Airport which it's owned since 1967.
But will anyone buy?
Aviation experts say no. Read Full Artice...
The economy may have hit bottom and is at the start of a slow rebound, but until all its segments begin to fire regularly, there will probably not be much relief for the beleaguered trucking industry. Read Full Artice...
The number of passengers using Ontario International Airport in 2009 was at its lowest level since 1988, a decade before two twin terminals that could hold 10 million passengers were built, according to airport statistics released Tuesday. Read Full Artice...
In recent years, the logistics industry in the Inland region has become more focused on adopting new technologies to help streamline and improve performance. Read Full Artice...
The competition for sales is intense in his industry. But John Knaak, vice president and general manager of Blue Banner, one of four surviving citrus packing houses in Inland Southern California, enjoys the challenge. Read Full Artice...
YRC Worldwide Inc. will keep on trucking, probably at least for the first part of 2010, after the company reached an agreement to exchange some of its outstanding bond debt for stock. Read Full Artice...
A new position at Los Angeles World Airports, the owner and operator of Los Angeles International Airport and Ontario International Airport, will focus on a long-discussed plan to link Los Angeles to Ontario via the Metro Gold Line light rail system. Read Full Artice...
At an hour when Ontario office buildings have long gone empty and surrounding roads are freed from traffic, the western hub for UPS at Ontario International Airport hums with jet engines warming up and conveyor belts running inches away on either side of. Read Full Artice...
Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market, owned by British grocer Tesco, will move forward with plans to expand its already large Inland campus at the Meridian business park near Riverside to a total of nearly 2 million square feet on 88.4 acres. Read Full Artice...
Trucking companies normally expect to see every available rig on the road at this time of year, but there are indications that the lead-up to what's supposed to be the busy season is not happening. Read Full Artice...
Regional transportation officials and academics gathered at Cal State San Bernardino to discuss transit stations of the future and how to design around easy access to mass transit.
The Jack R. Read Full Artice...
