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Executive who helped develop Norton Air Force base dies

Executive who helped develop Norton Air Force base dies

John Magness, an executive with the company that transformed Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino into the Southern California Logistics Airport, has died. The Desert Storm veteran perished Feb. 4 after climbing Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, one of the tallest mountains in the world, according to multiple reports. He …

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SAC Health acquires former Wells Fargo building on Brier

SAC Health acquires former Wells Fargo building on Brier

SAC Health, a community-based health center, completed the purchase of the former Wells Fargo regional headquarters building located at 1003 East Brier in San Bernardino, California. The newly acquired building will become part of the network of SAC Health campuses and clinics and will be its 12th location. Renovations are …

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Grant will support inland minority-owned businesses

Grant will support inland minority-owned businesses

The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) at Cal State San Bernardino has received a $65,000 grant from Wells Fargo to assist inland area small businesses. The grant will support the Financial Fitness Program for Small Business Owners, Contracting Center and California Shop Small, which not only focus on financial …

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Extended stay hotel coming to Hospitality Lane District in San Bernardino

Extended stay hotel coming to Hospitality Lane District in San Bernardino

San Bernardino will soon be home to a new extended stay hotel at 898 E. Harriman Place in the Hospitality Lane District. Last week Progressive Real Estate Partners announced the sale of the 1.72 acres lot for $1.85 million. The buyer, Paladin Equity Capital, plans to develop an Everhome Suites …

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San Bernardino airport serves record number of passengers in 2022

New nonstop flights to Las Vegas coming to SBD Airport in 2023

San Bernardino International Airport hit a milestone in 2022, welcoming nearly 20,000 passengers to fly out of the former air force base. Breeze Airways became SBD’s first scheduled passenger airline when it began nonstop, daily service to San Francisco International Airport on August 4, 2022. “After years of efforts by …

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Doing business in California remains costly according to new survey

Doing business in California remains costly according to new survey

A new survey found that the cost of doing business in California is higher than in other states in the western United States and 64 percent of businesses that have moved out of California in the past 30 years have relocated to lower-cost states of Nevada, Arizona, Texas, and Oregon. …

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BNSF Delivers Wreaths to National Cemeteries to Honor Veterans

BNSF Delivers Wreaths to National Cemeteries to Honor Veterans

As the holidays approach, BNSF Railway, in collaboration with J.B. Hunt Transport, is helping transport 227,000 wreaths for Wreaths Across America ahead of ceremonies planned for today in Riverside and Stockton, California, Seattle, Washington and Phoenix, Arizona. To express appreciation for veterans and their families during the hustle and bustle …

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Electric motorcycles to be made in San Bernardino

Electric motorcycles to be made in San Bernardino

A manufacturer of electric motorcycles will establish a manufacturing facility in San Bernardino. Irvine-based RYVID plans to open the facility next year with a $20 million grant it received recently from the state-sponsored California Competes, according to a statement released by the company Tuesday. Cost and location of the operation, …

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Inland Entrepreneurs celebrated at 20th anniversary gala

Inland Entrepreneurs celebrated at 20th anniversary gala

Several local entrepreneurs joined the ranks of the best of the best at the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards earlier this month. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the black tie gala event featured a look back at its history, including the unveiling of the Legacy Entrepreneur Award, selected from past winners …

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IECE to celebrate National Entrepreneurship Month with 20th Anniversary Gala

The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) at Cal State San Bernardino on Friday announced the finalists for this year's Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards program.

November is National Entrepreneurship Month, a time to celebrate people who turn an idea into profit. President Joe Biden marked the occasion by issuing a proclamation last week in support of entrepreneurs. In San Bernardino and the greater Inland Empire, no one understands entrepreneurs better or celebrates them and their …

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