(CNS) – The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is slated Tuesday to approve $4 million for a jobs program intended to help low-income residents who have been financially impacted by the government public health shutdowns necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic. Supervisors Kevin Jeffries and Jeff Hewitt jointly proposed the “Pathways to Employment” program, which relies […]
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[bc_video video_id=”6183399006001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”Hkbio1usDM” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] The U.S. Census Bureau is looking for people to become census takers for the 2020 Census in the city of Palm Springs. The job entails, speaking with residents who have not completed or responded to the 2020 Census. The census taker will use mobile […]
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Wall Street cheered the better-than-expected June jobs report Thursday, but investor enthusiasm waned as the day wore on as investors prepared for the long holiday weekend. The Dow closed with a gain of just 0.4%, or about 92 points. That was well off its earlier highs of the day after the government reported that the US economy added 4.8 million […]
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Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt said Tuesday that a 26 percent spike in overtime expenses throughout county government in the last fiscal year was unsatisfactory and a sign that agencies need to do more to rein in costs. “This is a bad slope to be on,” Hewitt said in reaction to the Office of the […]
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Riverside County’s unemployment rate climbed above 4 percent last month, state officials reported Friday. The jobless rate in June, based on preliminary estimates, was 4.4 percent, compared with 3.6 percent in May, according to the California Employment Development Department. However, the rate was three-tenths of a percentage point lower than the year-ago level, when countywide […]
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An Illinois man starts a new job Tuesday and he has a police officer to thank for getting him to his interview. Ka’Shawn Baldwin, of East St. Louis, was pulled over Wednesday in Cahokia by officer Roger Gemoulesfor allegedly having expired license plates. Baldwin also did not have a valid driver’s license. “I was nervous. […]
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Ride-sharing drivers in Southern California are staging a 25-hour strike Monday over pay cuts implemented by Uber. “These changes will make rates comparable to where they were in September, while giving drivers more control over how they earn by allowing them to build a model that fits their schedule best,” Uber said in a statement. […]
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[bc_video video_id=”5998954616001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”Hkbio1usDM” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] If you’re looking for a job, listen up. The California Nursing and Rehabilitation Center or CNRC is hosting their first job fair on Thursday from 10am to 1pm. Kelly Reyes, the Vice President of Business Development says they are doing this to help the […]
