For 17 years, Frank Miller hosted Armistice Day services atop Mount Rubidoux, raising flags from nations around the world. In 1927, Canada took center stage in a ceremony featuring bagpipes, doves and a tribute to cross-border friendship that endures today.
Mount Rubidoux's 1927 peace celebration, Festival of Lights returns Saturday, barcode creative prompt...
Whether you're a Switch On night regular or prefer quieter evenings, here's everything happening Downtown from this Saturday through early January.
Meet Molly, the Riverside native. This ambitious 17-year-old has deep roots in Riverside. She attended Emanuel Lutheran for elementary, Encore High School from seventh to 11th grade and now Poly High School for her senior year. She was not only born and raised here but has been actively involved in
Back in fall 2019, when I launched my campaign for mayor, if you would have told me that my first
Nationwide, Riverside was named number one on a list for highest rent increase over the last year. According to a report published in April, Riverside landed on two separate lists for highest rent increases for both one and two-bedroom apartments. A list of 10 cities’ rent increases for two-bedroom
The issue of housing is becoming more inclusive, as Riverside’s Community and Economic Development Department (CEDD) is closing in on the policy wording for the Housing Element update of the city’s General Plan. After the CEDD presented the first draft of the Housing Element to the Housing and Homle
A constituent-led effort to remove Ward 5 Councilmember Gaby Plascencia from her seat failed on Tuesday. Organizers for the Recall Gaby Plascencia Campaign were unable to submit the amount of petition signatures necessary by Tuesday’s deadline, disqualifying them from adding their proposed measure t
Today at 10:30 a.m., Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson and fellow Big City Mayors (BCM) will virtually ask the governor and legislative leadership to include a historic $16 billion over four years in the state budget to house nearly every Californian who entered a homeless shelter in 2020. (Office of the M
What was intended to be a linear meeting to approve or deny a Certificate of Appropriateness turned into board members voting against a dwindling hourglass. Last Wednesday’s Cultural Heritage Board (CHB) meeting resulted in a 4-4 vote, with one abstaining vote, on the approval of the Certificate of
City Council On the Consent Calendar In today’s council meeting beginning at 1 p.m., the council members will vote to approve or deny issues on their consent calendar, including an agreement initiating the transfer of funds raised for building the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture (the
While the most noticeable effects of the worldwide pandemic were projected on screens throughout the year, the growing homeless population was a casualty behind the scenes. There was a 20 percent increase in Riversiders experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, according to Path of Life Ministr
We’ve put together a quick brief for what’s happening at City Hall this week. You can watch any of these meetings live at Engage Riverside or Watch Riverside. Planning Commission Last Thursday, the Planning Commission approved the dual-brand AC Marriott – Residence Inn hotel with a subterranean park
Visitors may soon have the opportunity to experience a modern extended stay in Riverside. Today at 9 a.m. the Planning Commission will consider entitlements for constructing a two-building dual-brand 226-room hotel, AC Marriott – Residence Inn, and the modification of historic fire station #1 into c
In Tuesday’s city council meeting, the council members voted 6-1 to hold this year’s Fourth of July fireworks shows at La Sierra Park and Ryan Bonaminio Park. The Fireworks Task Force, consisting of members from Riverside Fire Department (RFD), Riverside Police Department (RPD) and Code Enforcement,
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