Riverside Senior Center Launches California's First Senior-Focused Digital Learning Hub
AT&T partnership brings digital literacy training, computers and internet access to underserved senior population.
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Getting our infrastructure back on track
There has been much discussion at the national level about infrastructure needs across our country and how infrastructure can enhance
Qualified voters can participate in November’s ballot literature
A special November election will ask Riversiders if they want to allow the city to continue transferring revenues from electric utilities to its general fund, a question worth $40 million. Before the 16th of this month, Riverside City Council members, individual Riverside voters or a bona fide group
This week at City Hall
From an array of agenda items set for today’s Riverside City Council meeting, here are summaries of the more notable ones from both afternoon and evening sessions. Item 8 The city council is being asked to again authorize, prepare for and give notice of a special election on November 2, but with som
The Wax Lounge, Voted Riverside’s 10 Best
When and how was The Wax Lounge founded? “The Wax Lounge began as a small skincare studio, rapidly growing its reputation for excellence in skincare services. For many years, we partnered with Riverside Community Hospital and extended our complimentary services to hospital staff to honor Nurses and
Riverside business rezoned without warning
After closing his family’s 62-year-old business, Kevin Pope was deconstructing the property for new companies to move in when he received word that his industrial address will be rezoned as, “residential.” In a public comment made at a Riverside City Council meeting last week, Pope asked the council
California job growth must push through possible COVID-19 resurgence
California’s economy has added nearly 600,000 jobs over the past five months, the largest surge the state has seen since the summer of 2020. According to a report published by Beacon Economics LLC, an independent business research and consulting firm, Southern California and the Inland Empire in par
New mosaic mural represents rising above hatred
Riverside unveiled a new mosaic yesterday with the faces of 32 prominent African Americans depicted in its tiles. It is installed on the Market Street public utilities parking structure and was designed by a 25-person team of artists and installation crewmembers. Figures from several eras are featur
Church seeks city permission to turn property into final home
A five-acre property left vacant for more than a decade, an eyesore to its neighbors, may finally see improvement as a local church hopes to move in and make it their permanent home. The final checkpoint between Orangecrest Community Church (OCC) and their hopeful, four-phase construction process is
This week at City Hall
From today’s Riverside City Council meeting agenda, here are a few presentations of note in summary: Item 8 The Community and Economic Development Department, on behalf of the Land Use, Sustainability and Resilience Committee, is asking the council to adopt an ordinance that amends the municipal cod
America First Tour canceled in Riverside, sparked from timeline of events
U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) were rejected from three southern California venues last week on their trail across America as they rally supporters on the “2021 America First Tour.” The highly controversial pair and the events leading up to last week have sparked d
Cheech open to public next spring
The nation’s first Chicano art museum will open in Riverside on May 8, 2022. Construction for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, or Cheech, began in March, rehabilitating what was once the downtown Main Library into a modern museum with an estimated cost of $13.3 million. The Riversi
The new face of Ward 2
A new representative on the city council took oath this week. Clarissa Cervantes, 30, was sworn into Riverside City Council on Tuesday during a ceremony where family and friends witnessed the turning over of former Councilmember Andy Melendrez’s position, one he held for over 16 years. She is the fi