Riverside Fireworks Crackdown Yields 79 Citations, 51 Pounds Seized
Drone surveillance helped enforcement teams document violations across the city before and during the Fourth of July holiday.
Downtown Valet Pilot Trims Stations, Days After Six Months
An 11-response business survey shows positive feedback, but the pilot's losses have grown since launch.
City Marks Park and Recreation Month With Funding Boost, Employee Honors
Council approves HUD funding for four park projects as department celebrates July observance.
Council Extends Timeline for Downtown Student Housing Project
Overland Pelican Riverside LLC takes over the project as the city extends deadlines for entitlement, escrow and construction.
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The River In Riverside: An Unseen Inheritance
From Wanish and Qota'inat to a symbol of wealth and control, the Santa Ana River's history is also Riverside's own.
Board of Public Utilities Votes to Close Agricultural Water Rate to New Applicants
The 6-1 vote follows a 2025 staff decision to freeze new enrollment as the program nears its $684,000 subsidy cap.
Riverside Earns International Accreditation for Economic Development
The city is now one of three in California and fewer than 100 organizations worldwide to hold the AEDO designation.
Sears Demolition, New Developer Mark Next Steps for Arlington Mixed-Use Project
Bridge Housing takes over residential portion of the long-stalled Arlington Village redevelopment as the city finalizes the project's parcel map.
The Week in City Hall: July 13, 2026
City Council weighs a Downtown Terminal housing deal, an office-to-housing conversion ordinance and more shelter beds, while other boards take up historic preservation, water rates and new subdivisions across the city.
Opinion: Riverside, State Lawmakers Target Missing Middle Housing to Boost Homeownership
Mayor Lock Dawson points to nearly 3,000 homes in the pipeline and backs AB 1903 as tools to close Riverside's homeownership gap.
Dr. Eric Bishop Trained as a Journalist. Now He's Running Riverside City College Like One.
A year after stepping in at a college that had run through presidents, RCC's new permanent leader keeps returning to one idea: that everyone deserves a fair hearing, whatever their record.
Riverside to Expand Drone Fireworks Enforcement for Fourth of July
City will add fire department ground teams and deploy upgraded drones after last year's program generated nearly $60,000 in fines.
City Hall
Council Swears in Hernandez to Represent Ward 6, Appoints Interim City Manager
Hernandez won his seat outright in June, while two other ward races head to a November runoff.
This Week in City Hall: July 6, 2026
Council certifies election results, seats a new member, and weighs an interim city manager; Finance Committee eyes investment policy and fiscal health.
Board of Ethics Considers Overhaul of Complaint Process
Board members say the changes, still in early discussion, aim to reduce political influence over ethics investigations.
Council Approves New City Fee Schedule, Adds Contamination Charge
The annual update adds new fees for public records, refuse contamination and late fire inspections, and is projected to generate $862,000 in additional revenue.
Housing
City Clears Path for Vacant Commercial Building-to-Housing Conversions
New zoning rules aim to turn vacant offices and industrial buildings into housing, with a late amendment addressing concerns about historic structures.
Council Approves $9 Million in Federal Funding for Housing, Homelessness and Health
Nonprofit leaders and service providers testified Tuesday that HUD entitlement funding keeps critical programs running as federal support shrinks.
City Pursues $8.4M State Grant to Address Magnolia Avenue Homeless Encampments
Council authorizes application for three-year outreach and housing program targeting corridor between Central and La Sierra.
Planning Commission Approves 300-Unit Housing Project on Former Scrap Metal Site
The project would preserve the historic Barley Mills Building and redevelop a contaminated Commerce Street site that operated as a scrap yard for more than 45 years.
Culture
From the Kitchen Garden: July, The Summer Abundance Edition
Tips on what to plant, when to pick, and what to watch out for in your home garden.
Crumdiddlyumptious
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
Tonight's the Night: Full Circle Players' Twelfth Night Tour Hits Riverside Parks
Full Circle Players' free Shakespeare in the Park tour lands in Riverside tonight, with Twelfth Night continuing through the weekend.
The Sesquicentennial in Riverside: 1926's Most Talked-About Fourth
From rowboat races on Fairmount Lake to Roman Warren's fireworks-laced flight over Mt. Rubidoux, Riverside marked the nation's 150th birthday in unforgettable fashion.
Community
Zonta Club Distributes Trafficking Hotline Soap to Local Hotels
Volunteers labeled bars with the National Human Trafficking Hotline number and trained hospitality staff to spot warning signs.
Neighbor of the Week: We The People...
This Independence Day, we set aside our usual single profile to gather the voices of nine Riversiders: different ages, different roots, different neighborhoods, all reflecting on what this city means to them.
Merrill K. Nelson 1943-2026
Riverside says goodbye to the Peanut King, whose decades on Tyler Avenue gave the city far more than peanuts.
Threads of HERstory: Boutique and Mission Inn Foundation Debut Historical Fashion Show
Toni Moore Clothing and the Mission Inn Foundation debuted "Threads of HERstory" on June 28, pairing historical garments with contemporary style.