RUSD Ethnic Studies Requirement Survives Challenge After Community Pushback
Board backs away from eliminating graduation mandate as 15 speakers defend 2020 policy district adopted years before state law.
Riverside weighs a pilot to shift unused housing density onto vacant University Avenue lots, while at RAM’s Free Sunday, Quitapenas turned the gallery into a dance floor.
City Council does not meet this week. Other agendas include a pilot program for transferring apartment-building rights to vacant University Avenue lots and updates on the planned 91 Freeway and Adams Street interchange reconfiguration to reduce traffic congestion.
No Council meeting this week, but other agendas take up land-use pilots and freeway fixes, while Riverside’s Diaper Bank kicks off its 25,000-diaper ‘Cram the Van’ drive.
Ransom B. Shelden’s 1909 fishing trip goes awry and a creative prompt explores steam.
Sixty years after Lowell Elementary burned, Riverside prepares to open Ofelia Valdez Yeager Eastside Elementary, honoring decades of community advocacy while the arson remains a mystery and and Meliia’s Disneyland fund sees exciting progress.
Neighbors favor Trader Joe’s for vacant Rite Aid site near Woodcrest and this week’s games feature Lancer women’s soccer and CSDR’s home opener.
Riverside firm denied restraining order in shareholder dispute, September ArtsWalk brings a new mural and artist meet & greet, six quick pizza stops across town and the latest on Meliia’s Disneyland fund.
September Roundup: Crosstown sports rivalries and festival season and John "Riverside's Plumber" shares how his punk rock stories packed the house.
No City Council meeting this week. The Board of Ethics will review open meeting law complaints against four councilmembers. How digital tools from Rivy the chatbot to smarter operations are reshaping city government. Plus, an update on Meliia’s GoFundMe.
City Council will consider a three-year $53 million labor agreement while the Board of Ethics will hear cannabis business applicants' allegations of open meeting law violations against Councilmembers Conder, Mill, Perry and Robillard.
Hillcrest, La Sierra and Norte Vista are now in our Back to School collection, meet Neighbor of the Week Katie Wider. Plus, Anthony Solorzano’s series continues and this week’s creative prompt is “New Paint Job.”
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