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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This week at City Hall
Here are today’s Riverside City Council agenda items of note. 1 p.m. Discussion Session In today’s city council meeting, the city manager’s office is asking the council to approve an extension for the Outdoor Flex Space and Entertainment Permit programs, should Governor Gavin Newsom terminate the lo
Getting ready to switch to Priority Based Budgeting
In a presentation to Riverside City Council next Tuesday, the city manager’s office will provide an update on how Priority Based Budgeting (PBB) is working for the city’s line items. The tool was approved earlier in 2020 as the preferred method of organizing the city’s budgeted items each fiscal yea
The early results of this week’s election
After the mail-in-ballot election earlier this week, three Riverside Wards solidified who will serve on the city council dais for the next five years. With nearly 53 percent of the vote so far, Clarissa Cervantes took the lead for Ward 2 as the council member to replace Andy Melendrez, who served in
Film showcases fight for So Cal’s largest river, its people
The Santa Ana River has faced its fair share of issues with storm drainage and industrial pollution in the past. But it is now facing one of its most difficult challenges yet: an accumulation of homeless encampments. Chicago filmmaker Kaitlin McMurry’s “The Other Side of the River” seeks to spotligh
This week at City Hall
City Council During their 1 p.m. discussion session today, the Riverside City Council is being asked to make public the information used by the city Finance Department to develop the Annual Appropriations Limit of $380 million. This Appropriation Limit is the maximum limit of proceeds from taxes Riv
Trujillo Adobe named one of America’s most endangered historic places
One site in Riverside was named by a national organization as one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2021. The Trujillo Adobe, located on West Center Street in the city’s Northside, was constructed in 1862 by the Trujillo family and is the oldest known building in Riverside. Lorenzo
This week at City Hall
1 p.m. Session The council is being asked to approve the 2021-2022 Annual Action Plan, a strategy to distribute $8.2 million in federal funding from four housing-focused grants. Prepared by the Community and Economic Development Department (CEDD), the plan determines how the city will distribute the
De.Fine/Dance Space, Voted Riverside’s 10 Best
You studied dance in Minnesota, how did you decide to come to Riverside? “I actually grew up in the midwest, so I’m used to seasons and a colder winter, but I came to Riverside to get a Ph.D. in critical dance studies. I reached a point in my life where I didn’t want to teach […]
Community Highlight: 49 high school students granted scholarships by one Riverside organization
The Assistance League of Riverside chapter (ALR) awarded $49,000 in scholarships to graduating high school seniors across the city in what is their largest pool of recipients yet. In close cooperation with Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) class instructors, the ALR Career and College
Unapproved beautification project turns into city-wide initiative
Riversiders will soon be able to take responsibility for the beautification of roadway medians in their neighborhoods, the city council unanimously decided on Tuesday. The Riverside Public Works Department (Public Works) is going to build an Adopt-a-Median program that would connect Riverside reside
This week at City Hall
Here are this week’s notable city meetings and summarized agenda items. City Council Item 9 The Community & Economic Development Department is asking the city council to review city-owned properties to determine any potential economic benefit or liability and whether the city has a need for them. Ci
News Brief: Plans to improve Ward 2
Newly established traffic roundabouts in Riverside’s Ward 2 mitigate safety issues for pedestrians in the Eastside, but they are only one of several improvements planned for the area that will be funded by millions in state-awarded grant dollars. Councilmember Andy Melendrez (Ward 2) said the neighb