Now that Beaumont has received $635,569 in CARES Act funding to offset payroll and payroll-related expenses for Beaumont Police Department, the city wishes to pass along those savings as part of a Business Assistance Program.

Daniel Job had just left Lithopass, the commercial printing business he has owned for less than two years, around 10:45 p.m. the evening of July 22.

University of California, Riverside professor of psychology Kate Sweeny has studied China’s quarantine that precipitated the coronavirus pandemic, which has been in the forefront of the United States for the past few weeks.

One is a business owner who grew up in Banning and met his wife in line at Stater Bros.

In the upcoming March primary election, Beaumont-area voters will decide whether Beaumont Unified School District can sell bonds up to $98 million to renovate, upgrade and repair aging infrastructure and construct buildings, classrooms, and school labs.

Banning resident David Palmer was one of two recent DeVry University graduates to be honored with the People’s Choice Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Global Humanitarian Technology Conference.

Last Saturday at the Malki Museum, Lorene Sisquoc, a member of the Fort Sill Apache tribe, gave a presentation on the history and impact Indian schools had on generations of Native Americans across the United States.

On Jan. 22 parents of Banning High School students were alerted via their ParentSquare messaging system that “alleged threats are under investigation” against the school, insisting that “At this time Banning PD has determined that there is no credible threat.”

Homelessness, taxes and the role of government in various aspects of life and business were among the topics discussed by four senatorial candidates who appeared at a forum Tuesday evening at the University of Redlands.

On Dec. 9 Loma Linda University International Heart Institute performed its 500th TAVR procedure (transcatheter aortic valve replacement), which allowed a 68-year-old grandmother to go home for the holidays.

Last Saturday, Yucaipa resident Rosilice Ochoa Bogh held a meet and greet at Fascination Ranch in Calimesa.

A petition to recall Banning city councilman David Happe has been rejected by the city for failing to meet requirements in the Elections Code.

At a Beaumont Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event, Economist John Husing talked about population growth, along with job forecasts and careers of the future during his annual Pass Area Region Economic presentation last Friday at Morongo Tukwet Canyon.

Three friends are vying for two spots on the Cabazon Water District’s board of directors.

Marking his first anniversary of helming the city of Banning, City Manager Doug Schulze discussed elements of success when it comes to “good governance” during the State of the City luncheon hosted at Sun Lakes Country Club last Thursday.

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians conducted a surprise emergency drill on Wednesday, Oct. 16 to practice safely evacuating students from the three Morongo Indian Reservation school campuses in the face of a simulated intruder threatening the facilities.

For those in the know — and that did not include a lot of employees or supervisor types with walkie talkies — there was a casual meet and greet at Casino Morongo with Fifth District County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt in the back room of one of Morongo’s recently refurbished restaurants last Friday.