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# Dan Bernstein: Critical Questions About Riverside Go Unanswered
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/dan-bernstein-critical-questions-about-riverside-go-unanswered/
- Published: 2024-12-23T13:00:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-05T20:27:01.000Z
- Description: Former Press-Enterprise columnist Dan Bernstein champions the Raincross Gazette's bid to put a full-time reporter back at City Hall.
- Author: Community Contributor
- Tags: Gazette News, gazette-meta, fundraising

Why did it take the city so long to realize it had an aging fleet of trash trucks? What lessons did the Riverside Fire Department learn from its response to the devastating Hawarden fire? Is confiscating and storing possessions an effective approach to the city’s homeless problem? 

There was a time when you could have read all about it. Not anymore.

Into the void plunges the Raincross Gazette, now a toddling four years old, but aspiring to [hire a full-time city hall reporter](https://givebutter.com/raincrossgazette2024?ref=raincrossgazette.com). Can the Gazette pull it off? No idea.

Is it worth trying? No question. That’s why I’m asking you to join me in contributing what you can to help make this happen.

[Support the Gazette's 2024 Year-End Campaign](https://givebutter.com/raincrossgazette2024?ref=raincrossgazette.com)