City council unanimously approved a $2.6 million contract on Tuesday to commence road construction on more than three miles of major and minor streets in Wards 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Ed Lara, principal engineer with the Riverside Public Works Department, said in Tuesday’s city council meeting that constr
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
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
In her first State of the City Address, Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson acknowledged the grief caused by COVID-19 but called for the people of Riverside to be encouraged by the future and prepare for life after the pandemic. “For us, a post COVID Riverside will be shaped by, not defined by the pandemic,”
Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson’s first State of the City address this Thursday will discuss a three-pronged approach to achieve financial stability in Riverside as well as what a holistic, post-pandemic recovery might look like for the city. The annual event will be delivered unlike how any of the mayor
City Council approved a 25-year management agreement between Riverside Art Museum (RAM) and the city during Tuesday evening’s
A decision in next Tuesday’s City Council meeting may conclude a nearly four year process to establish a management agreement for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Arts and Culture, or the Cheech, but some are concerned about what it might cost Riverside taxpayers. According to Deputy City Manager
The council voted unanimously to give staff up to 90 days to detail the cost of complying with a 2023 state law banning irrigation of nonfunctional grass.
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