Vallarta Supermarkets, a Van Nuys-based grocery chain, is opening Wednesday, June 4 at the Colton Courtyard shopping center.
The grocery store at 1250 Washington St. is taking the place of a shuttered Big Lots, which most recently was a Just Bargains store.
The family-owned chain features a variety of small shops within the grocery store where customers can shop fish, desserts, tortillas, cheeses, fruit and marinated meats. The store even has a guacamole station, where shoppers can customize their favorite avocado mash.
Vallarta, which is celebrating 40 years in business this year, has 49 stores in California, including Hemet, Hesperia, Victorville and Indio.
Housing resource fair is May 31
Inland Empire Resource Center is hosting its Regional Housing Resource Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 31 at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Bernardino.
The event will feature city leaders, pastors and experts in the housing industry.
The housing fair is free and includes lunch. The hotel address is 285 E. Hospitality Lane.
IERC is a HUD-approved nonprofit that helps Inland Empire residents with access to services from consumer, lenders, faith-based, community and government organizations.
Call 909-887-8700 or visit iercsb.org to register.
Free gym time this summer for teens
Planet Fitness has a deal for bored teenages this summer: a free gym membership.
The fitness chain is offering a summer program for teens at all of its Southern California locations.
Students ages 14 to 19 can work out for free once school is out. The High School Summer Pass program opened pre-registration, which will require a parent if the teens are under age 18. Gym access runs from June 1 through Aug. 31.
After teens are registered using the Planet Fitness app, they can head to the gym in the program window, no parent necessary.
The company says the program, coming into its fifth year, is worth an estimated $200 million nationwide in free memberships.
Read more about the summer pass program at planetfitness.com/summerpass
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RetrievAir recently launched flights for pets and their people out of Van Nuys Airport. Passengers and their companions get to skip commercial terminals and fly instead on 30-seat jets to executive airports in several U.S. destinations. (Photo courtesy of RetrievAir and Steadfast Visual)
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RetrievAir recently launched flights for pets and their people out of Van Nuys Airport. Passengers and their companions get to skip commercial terminals and fly instead on 30-seat jets to executive airports in several U.S. destinations. (Photo courtesy of RetrievAir and Steadfast Visual)
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Charter flights for people, pets debuts in LA
There’s a new charter airline aimed at people and their pets.
Texas-based RetrievAir launched last week with flights departing from nine metros that include Van Nuys in Los Angeles County, New York (Farmingdale), Denver (Centennial), Dallas (Arlington), Chicago (Waukegan), Carmel (Monterey), Fort Lauderdale, Salt Lake City, and Tampa.
Pets and their people fly in smaller, 30-seat jets. Dogs of all sizes get their own seats, too. No crates for Fido on these routes. And cats are OK to fly, as well.
Flights depart from executive airports rather than the bigger national and international hubs, helping pet owners skip the general chaos of commercial terminals.
Tickets are priced based on the route. The company said last week that its website is updating with improved ticketing details.
A quick search of routes on May 29 from Van Nuys to New York and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., showed a wide range in prices, from $1,199 to $3,296 for a one-way flight with two stops en route to the destination.
For more information on the service, go to retrievair.com
Fulfillment company expands in Ontario
CTK USA, a logistics and fulfillment company and U.S. subsidiary of Korea-based CTK, recently inked a lease for a 250,369-square-foot industrial property in Ontario.
Newmark represented the tenant in the long-term lease with property owner Crow Holdings Development. Terms of that lease were not disclosed by the brokerage.
CTK is moving from another facility in the city, expanding its fulfillment operations.
The property at at 3100 Hamner Ave. in Ontario Commerce Center comes with 40 loading doors, a 162-foot concrete truck court, 30 trailer stalls and 178 auto stalls.
Nominate a Top Workplace
The Inland News Group’s 12th annual Top Workplaces 2025 program is accepting nominations from companies, employees and people in the community.
The program involves a quick survey that is free to all nominees. Anyone — employees, management and people who don’t work at the organization or company — can submit a nomination.
Any organization with 35 or more employees is eligible to participate (public, private, non-profit, government) in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, as well as Los Angeles County’s eastern San Gabriel Valley/Pomona Valley.
To participate, go to pressenterprise.com/nominate or call 951-934-0462.
The deadline for nominations is June 20.
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