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<title>Reverse mortgage seminar coming to Highland library</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Education for Seniors -- a division of Security One Lending, will hold an informational seminar, "The Truth about Reverse Mortgages," taught by industry expert Randall Buffam at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 10 at the Sam J. Racadio Highland Library and Environmental Learning Center.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The library is located at 7863 Central Ave. in Highland.&nbsp; Reservations are suggested but not required.&nbsp; Call (909) 725-2930 or e-mail <a href="mailto:rbuffam@securityonelending.com">rbuffam@securityonelending.com</a></p>]]></description>
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<title>Softimeline LLC rolls out new timeline authoring software</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Lake Arrowhead-based Softimeline LLC has announced a new timeline authoring software tool to offer a fresh and imaginative way for computer users to present and view history, photos and memories, with appeal for everyone from professional content creators to "scrapbooking" hobbyists.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Slide shows and scrapbooks require information be viewed in the linear sequence dictated by the author, but according to the developer, Softimeline encourages random, interactive browsing. </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Applications for the product include family, community and team histories; sporting events, legal evidence, diaries, military campaigns, scientific data, resumes and vacations; planning a screenplay or book...or importing existing PowerPoint slides into a Softimeline project for use as Event pages.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Riverside company receives Seal of Excellence award</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; For the fifth year running, E. S. BABCOCK &amp; SONS, one of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s oldest privately-held companies, has earned the highest national recognition given to environmental laboratories.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </o:p>The Seal of Excellence is conferred by the American Council of Independent Laboratories and reflects recipients' adherence to rigorous ethical standards, the highest quality lab results, and exemplary customer service.</font></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; E. S. Babcock is one of the five top laboratories nationwide in ACIL to receive special recognition for proficiency testing results. Babcock's averaged an overall score of 100 percent&nbsp;in combined testing.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Located in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Riverside</st1:place></st1:City> since 1906, ESB provides analytical testing of water, wastewater, and hazardous waste to a wide variety of municipalities and industrial clients.</font></p>]]></description>
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<title>TapouT signs agreement with Kids Headquarters</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; TapouT -- a Grand Terrace-based mixed martial arts apparel, gear and lifestyle brand -- announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Kids Headquarters to expand the current offering of children's apparel and provide new and exciting products to TapouT customers nationwide.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Under this relationship, Kids Headquarters will distribute children's activewear, sportswear, sleepwear, swimwear, outerwear and underwear. Available in sizes 0 - 20 for boys and girls, there will be extensive offerings of t-shirts, hoodies, shorts and even onesies, to create a noticeable increase in the offering throughout the youth category at all TapouT dealers worldwide.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Northrop Grumman receives $10M contract in San Bernardino</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp; San Bernardino-based Northrop Grumman Space &amp; Mission Systems Corp. has been awarded a contract worth more than $10 million.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp; This contract provides for the design, fabrication, integration and test of the Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) Battle Element (BE) prototype hardware. Work will be performed in San Bernardino, Calif., Huntsville, Ala., Redondo Beach, Calif., and Linthicum Heights, Md., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp; Bids solicited were via the Web and four bids were received. U.S. Army Contracting Command Aviation and missile Command Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the<br />contracting activity.</font></p>]]></description>
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<title>Fontana, Ontario companies correct environmental violations</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Two Inland Empire companies that voluntarily disclosed and corrected environmental violations have seen penalties waived by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.&nbsp;It's the result of an EPA policy that has been successful in getting companies to make good-faith efforts in self-policing their own environmental compliance.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span>The recent self-disclosure cases had potential penalties for Fontana-based Vista Metals Corp. of $164,000 and for Ontario-based Johnson Bateman Co. of $87,100 </span><span>for environmental violations that the agency determined caused no serious or actual harm to human health or the environment. &nbsp;Altogether, 15 companies across California avoided about $1.6 million in penalties.</span></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Redlands office property sells for $1.1 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Maggie Lane Development Co. has sold a 4,559 square-foot office property for $1.1 million. The property is located at 1481 Ford St., Suites 403 and 404, in the city of Redlands, in close proximity to the 10 Freeway.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Walter Frome and Bill Livesay of Voit Commercial Brokerage's Irvine office represented the seller, Maggie Lane Development Co., and Wendy Keplar of Coldwell Banker represented the buyers, Robert and Kathleen Bruner.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Voit Commercial Brokerage, a member of CORFAC International, is a full-service brokerage firm that specializes in the sales and leasing of office, industrial and retail properties, in addition to investment property sales.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Entertainment companies kick off new sport in San Bernardino</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; RipeTV.com, </strong>owned by Hollywood-based Ripe Digital Entertainment Inc. -- an extreme sports entertainment Web site for men ages 18 - 34 -- is teaming with Ultimate Fighting Championship creator Art Davie to debut a new sport that recently kicked off its first competition at American Sports University in San Bernardino.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It's the first-ever XARM Heavyweight Tournament, which consists of 10 fighters and combines arm wrestling with contact sports like boxing and martial arts. The winner of the Heavyweight Tournament will earn the title of "XARM Heavyweight Champion," on top of a $10,000 prize.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; XARM&nbsp;is a new combat sport wholly owned by Seattle-based Piranha Entertainment LLC. Working with Davie, Piranha has set plans to develop a live sports league with multiple revenue streams for the domestic and international marketplaces.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Wells Fargo donates to rebuilding efforts after wildfires</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; To help victims of the Southern California wildfires, Wells Fargo &amp; Company (NYSE:WFC) said today it is contributing $250,000 to several local agencies across Riverside County and other Southern California counties, including the American Red Cross Wildfire Disaster Relief Fund, to help with relief and rebuilding efforts.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Wells Fargo customers also may donate to the American Red Cross at more than 1,000 Wells Fargo ATMs throughout San Bernardino, Riverside and other counties. Customers will not be charged a fee for using this service and 100 percent of the donation will be sent to the American Red Cross. </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Wells Fargo customers affected by the fires should contact their banker and to visit their nearest Wells Fargo store to discuss financial options. Wells Fargo will work one-on-one with its consumer and business customers to explore case-by-case assistance. Customers also can contact Wells Fargo 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557). </p>]]></description>
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<title>Vineyard National Bancorp reports $28.5 million 3Q loss</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Corona-based Vineyard National Bancorp, the parent company of Vineyard Bank, reported $28.5 million in third-quarter losses on Monday.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; That's on top of more than $115 million in losses reported between late 2007 and the first half of 2008.&nbsp; Home builders and developers can't repay Vineyard what they borrowed during the housing boom.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The company recently said it is selling its Vineyard Bank subsidiary to a newly-formed Minnesota corporation for $18 million, as long as the corporation raises $125 million in capital and injects $100 million of it into the bank.&nbsp; The sale is contingent upon shareholder and regulator approval.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Colton native recruited to New York fashion business college</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Michael Sachs, a native of Colton, has joined LIM, a fashion business college in Manhattan, as the associate vice president for student affairs.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Sachs will be the chief student affiars officer, who is responsible for all strategic and tactical student affairs operations, including the offices of assistant dean, academic advising, registrar, counseling, student life and residential life.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Prior to LIM, Sachs was the dean of the Campus Life division at the New York Institute of Technology, where he managed the Office of Counseling and Wellness, the Office of Student Activities, the Office of Housing and Residence Life, First Year Programs and Orientations, and International Student Services.</p>]]></description>
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<title>WinCo Foods opens grocery store in Victorville</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; WinCo Foods LLC has opened a grocery store in Victorville at 15350 Roy Rogers Drive and had its grand opening on Nov. 3.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Stores are 90,000 - 100,000 square feet, according to WinCo's web site, and is open 24 hours a day.&nbsp; Stores are employee owned.&nbsp; The company employs more than 9,000 workers.</p>]]></description>
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<title>12-unit apartment building sold for $1.85 million in Upland</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; John Morrissey and Sabina Patritti of MGR Real Estate Inc. represented Dennis Jones and Naomi Jones in buying a 12-unit apartment building worth $1.85 million from Golden Investments on Oct. 31.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The apartment is located at 655 Spruce Ave. in Upland.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Upland-based MGR Real Estate Inc. is located on 1425 W. Foothill Blvd., Suite 300.&nbsp; For more information, call (909) 821-6356.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Synergy Walls LLC to open Hesperia manufacturing plant in 2010</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal" face="Helvetica" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Coralville-based Synergy Walls LLC has announced plans to open a computer-automated manufacturing facility -- the first of five nationwide -- in Hesperia in fall 2010.</font></p>
<p><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal" face="Helvetica" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; These technology facilities will streamline production and commercialize the use of insulated precast concrete wall panels, using the THERMOMASS Building System.&nbsp;</font></p>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal" face="Helvetica" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; The THERMOMASS Building System was developed in 1980 by Robert T. Long. Sr., the father of Synergy Walls LLC's CEO and co-founder Scott Long.</font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Helvetica">&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="2">Synergy Walls LLC's computer-automated facilities utilize proven European technology from Vollert-Weckenmann, GmbH to significantly reduce production costs, while greatly increasing overall quality, and providing guaranteed on-time delivery.</font></font></div>]]></description>
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<title>Rancho Cucamonga to spotlight if you&apos;re business savvy or not</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The For You Network will present a panel of financial experts to discuss "With this Changing Economy... Are you Business Savvy?," an event showcasing panelists like Denise Chilson, owner of Chilson Business and Tax Services, Robert Ochoa of Trilogy Financial, and Josh Stinson of Paychex.&nbsp; A question-and-answer session will follow.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The meeting begins with networking at 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 17 in the private banquet room at Courtyard by Marriott at 11525 Mission Vista Drive in Rancho Cucamonga.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Those attending will be given the opportunity to present a short forum about their own business.&nbsp; The cost is $22 for members and $25 for all at the door.&nbsp; For more information and to make reservations, call (909) 985-3041 or (909) 920-9200.<font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>]]></description>
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