🍊 Sunday Gazette: August 17, 2025
Ken Crawford shares homecoming progress, Russell Park naming controversy revisited and a creative prompt on moth magnets.
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The 30th Annual Walk with the Animals – Riverside’s only dog walk – to return April 30 at Fairmount Park.
The event, which is the most important fundraising effort that supports the Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center, helps provide care for homeless animals serviced by the center.
This week at City Hall: April 12
Proposed budgets for 2022 through 2024 get reviewed by the Board of Public Utilities and the Board of Library Trustees, and The City Council to consider adding an initiative onto the November ballot.
Reserved admission tickets to summer entry at The Cheech available on-site
Opening Day tickets to the center are sold out. Regular summer admission tickets may still be purchased at either Riverside Art Museum location.
Trying to find the best food spots in Riverside? First, spend a day at The Sire.
Hear from longtime Riverside residents as they share their favorite meals from around the city.
Behind the scenes: CBU Theatre Arts Department gears for third night of Dorothy, Toto and Oz
Production director, Stacee Tweedlie Willis, details the process from auditions, to dress rehearsals, to opening night and her involvement with the university's current production.
This week at City Hall: April 5
Multiple affordable housing projects to be reviewed, City Council inches forward with new city code for street food vendors and multiple roads to soon see new speed limits.
Arlanza community event sparks creativity, spreads joy with chalk
Riverside Public Library encouraged residents to 'spark kindness in people' in two-hour art event hosted at Arlanza Library
This week at City Hall: March 29
It's the fifth Tuesday of March, so City Council will not meet. For Thursday, the preliminary fiscal year 2022-2024 biennial budget will be reviewed and the Planning Commission will look at a proposed 300-unit housing development.
Beyond gems and tea: Longest-running family-operated apothecary store in Southern California gives back to the community
The shop, located in Downtown Riverside, is a jack-of-all-trades place of wonder providing small but quality items to its longtime customers.
A Redwood planted in Low Park more than 100 years ago tells an unknown story about Riversiders and Major League Baseball
In 1914, the Chicago White Sox played a game in Riverside's Evans Park against the Los Angeles Angels. Riversiders asked the winning team to plant a tree in remembrance of the rare event.
Legalization of cannabis dispensaries in city inches forward
Riverside Councilmembers took steps that may lead to legalization of cannabis dispensaries in the city by the end of 2022.
Riverside Public Library Foundation will host a gala fundraiser in support of local, city libraries
Funds raised for the event will support Riverside Public Library programs and resources. RPLF President said the goal is to celebrate the mission of supporting lifelong learning and creating a resilient Riverside.