Neighbor of the Week: Laura Pulido Vasquez
Each week, we will introduce a new neighbor. This is not a who's who list. These are regular Riversiders doing exceptional things.
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Riverside Halloween Events Guide 2025
From haunted tours to trunk-or-treats, here's a sampling of Halloween festivities happening around Riverside this weekend and leading up to Halloween.
Riverside Community Hospital Hosts Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday
Safe disposal event aims to prevent medication misuse and environmental contamination.
Riverside Neighborhood Partnership to Honor Community Leaders at 13th Annual Gala
Evergreen Masonic Center to host recognition event Nov. 8.
Neighbor of the Week: Dr. Arturo Gómez-Pompa
Each week, we will introduce a new neighbor. This is not a who's who list. These are regular Riversiders doing exceptional things.
March Field Air Museum Loses 5 Staff Members in Leadership Dispute
Resignations follow terminations as board members and president disagree over finances at Riverside County's military aviation museum.
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other": Cancer Survivor Leads Pink on Parade's Mission
Three years after her breast cancer diagnosis, Dawnesha Beaver will join 1,200+ Riversiders Saturday morning for Pink on Parade—the annual walk up Mount Rubidoux that funds the free cancer support services she now leads as a survivor.
UCR Historians Document Transformation of Inland Communities by Warehousing Industry
New public history project traces how logistics development has reshaped neighborhoods from Valley Truck Farms to Bloomington.
Human Migration Institute Celebrates 10 Years of Transforming Refugee Lives
County's Only Refugee-Focused Organization Has Supported More Than 1,500 Individuals From Afghanistan to Ukraine.
The Erasure of Gianni Trieste
Artist John Dingler loses his 25-year Riverside studio to make way for a needed railroad underpass, taking with him a singular creative ecosystem where digital art bloomed and the unglamorous work of supporting galleries happened month after month.
A Garden's Legacy: Couple's Gift Ensures Grand Arbor Gardens Blooms for Generations
After 30 years of opening their garden to neighbors, artist behind Riverside's painted trees and master gardener gift the property to California Baptist University.
City Launches First Tool Lending Library at Three Locations
Residents can now borrow power tools, hand tools for home projects with library card.
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Neighbor of the Week: Carol McDoniel
Neighbor of the Week is a series profiling the hidden heroes of Riverside, doing incredible works of service throughout our different neighborhoods.
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Riverside Fire and ABC7 are teaming up again this year for the Spark of Love Toy Drive to bring holiday cheer to local kids in need.
Family Service Association is collecting 3,000 handmade or store-bought Thanksgiving cards for homebound seniors in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, each delivered with a turkey meal, and cards are due by Nov. 14
Fans can score two discounted tickets to UCR Men’s Basketball’s season opener on Monday, Nov. 2, by donating $10 or more to Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino, with a promo code emailed after giving.