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SolarMax Technology: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Aug. 14, 2024 18:27 PM EDT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — SolarMax Technology, Inc. (SMXT) on Wednesday reported a loss of $2.2 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Riverside, California-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents. The solar and...

Provident Financial: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Jul. 29, 2024 06:20 AM EDT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Provident Financial Holdings Inc. (PROV) on Monday reported net income of $2 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Riverside, California-based company said it had net income of 28 cents. ...

World War II sergeant whose plane was shot down over Germany honored with reburial in California

Jul. 25, 2024 22:08 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 80 years, a World War II sergeant killed in Germany has returned home to California. On Thursday, community members lined the roads to honor U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald V. Banta as he was brought from Ontario International Airport to a burial...

Wildfires: homes burn as flames descend on a Southern California neighborhood

Jul. 21, 2024 22:20 PM EDT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Homes burned Sunday when flames descended on a Southern California neighborhood as wildfires popped up across the state amid soaring temperatures. Evacuations were ordered when the Hawarden Fire grew to more than 400 acres (160 hectares) and spread to a...

Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California

Jul. 17, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — The long-unidentified remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 were returned home to California on Tuesday. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of...

California fines Amazon nearly $6M, alleging illegal work quotas at 2 warehouses

Jun. 18, 2024 16:37 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk, officials said Tuesday. The two citations issued in May by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office said...