City Council will consider a 45-day moratorium on new tobacco retail permits following widespread illegal drug sales at smoke shops and award a $19.7 million contract to renovate the nearly century-old Cesar Chavez Community Center.
This week’s agendas include a Council vote on a 45-day smoke shop moratorium and a $19.7M Chavez Center renovation, plus earthquake prep tips and a water update.
From securing furniture to retrofitting homes and weighing insurance, here’s how Riversiders can prepare for the next big quake—plus an update on California’s latest water bill.
State law has Riverside on the hook to submit a plan this October that will increase the housing units inside city limits by approximately 26 percent over the next nine years. Tonight it your last chance to participate in the discussion about the formation of these plans. The development of more tha
The future of the Ab Brown Sports Complex in Riverside’s Northside neighborhood has some soccer organizations concerned about whether it will continue to be used for youth leagues or developed into something else. Thousands of children have utilized the complex for decades and leaders of youth sport
A recycling solutions company, founded by University of California Riverside students, is one of eight finalists in the Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition– a global competition for startups that offers prizes to three finalists totaling more than $50,000. Until 8:59 this evening, Saru Recycling
The Riverside Philharmonic Orchestra is honoring Black History Month by performing works from composers of African descent. They are posting weekly videos either highlighting history of classical composers or performing themselves. Their first recorded performance is a quintet playing the music of G
In November’s election, Riversiders may be asked to reauthorize a decades-old practice of transferring millions in utility payments to the city’s general fund. The city has been able to transfer money from electric utility to a general fund since Riverside first established a city charter in 1907. V
For the next three days, Inland Empire residents can sign up for mental health support sessions free of charge. A collaborative effort between the California Baptist University Department of Social Work and the apparel and lifestyle brand 1LoveIE turned concern for the community into a nine-day camp
As city officials plan for the development of at least 18,415 new homes over the next eight years, they want are seeking input to help inform their third and final, public information workshop. In collaboration with a consultant team of six companies, the City of Riverside Community and Economic Dev
Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson co-signed a letter addressed to state officialson Tuesday, urging them to immediately prioritize vaccinations for educators over kindergarten through second-grade classrooms in order to return them to in-person instruction. The letter sent to Governor Gavin Newsom, Preside
Despite a restricted school year and online-only meetings, several high school students in Moreno Valley came together to aid the homeless in their county. In a campaign called, “You Matter To Me,” approximately 80 junior and senior students from Valley View High School’s chapter of the National Hon
In a unanimous vote of support, Riverside Unified School District’s Board of Education appointed Chief Academic Officer Renee Hill to succeed David Hansen, Ed.D., as superintendent beginning in July this year. Hill brings a career of nearly 40 years in education to the position, in both the public a
After nearly 15 months since Martin Luther King High School seniors Francisco Zavaleta and Edger Ortega last toed the line with their cross-country teammates, on February 6th they raced alongside 33 other competetors but winning was not their greatest objective. “It was exciting just to be racing ag
Three biotech startups now utilize the Life Sciences Incubator at The University of California, Riverside, or UCR, and more are in the process of moving into what is the only lab of its kind in the Inland Empire. Housed within the Multidisciplinary Research Building on campus at UCR, the incubator i
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