🍊 Monday Gazette: August 25, 2025

Monday Gazette: August 25, 2025

Hello Riverside, and Happy Monday! After last week’s scorcher, we’re easing back into the low to mid 90s this week and, wait for it, some high 80s next week. Feels like fall is just peeking around the corner.

Have a wonderful Monday, Riverside!

GOVERNMENT

This Week in City Hall: August 25, 2025

City Council does not meet this week. Other meetings will review the proposed Riverside Alive downtown redevelopment project's environmental impact report and consider a $4 million annual road repair contract to address 4,000 backlogged locations from water line work.

Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worth your attention in the coming week. This guide is part of our mission to provide everyday Riversiders like you with the information to speak up on the issues you care about.

Board of Public Utilities

The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, August 25, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to review two water agreements, including extending a $24.05 million bond guarantee for $259,000 over three years to maintain current financing terms and increasing a road repair contract to $4 million annually to address 4,000 backlogged locations from water line maintenance.

Museum of Riverside Board

The Museum of Riverside Board meets on Wednesday, August 27, at 3 p.m. (agenda) for regular business.

Community Police Review Commission

The Community Police Review Commission meets on Wednesday, August 27, at 5:30 p.m. (agenda) to continue review of a 2022 officer-involved death case and discuss multiple police department "public employee personnel matters" in closed session.

Planning Commission

The Planning Commission meets on Thursday, August 28, at 9 a.m. (agenda) reviewing the City's recommendation to approve an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Riverside Alive project that would allow future mixed-use redevelopment of the downtown Convention Center area with up to 168 residential units and 376 hotel rooms; if approved the EIR will advance to City Council for final certification.

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MUSEUM MONDAYS

Cure-alls and Consumption: Museum of Riverside Explores Victorian Medical Quackery

Heritage House reopens Sept. 5 with Quackery & Cures in the Victorian Age, featuring 19th-century medicines, historical exhibits and hands-on activities that reveal the blurred line between cures and quackery.

The Museum of Riverside's Heritage House is set to reopen on Sept. 5, 2025, featuring a new exhibition, "Quackery & Cures in the Victorian Age," exploring 19th-century medical practices and their impact on local history.

Driving the news: The exhibition highlights the blurred line between cures and quackery during a period of scientific and industrial progress, showcasing the struggles faced by Riversiders like Catharine Bettner, the original owner of Heritage House.

• Displays include amber bottles, 19th-century medicine, photographs, medical textbooks, and bloodletting lancets.

Why it matters: The exhibition offers insight into the risks Victorian-era patients took in seeking relief from incurable ailments, often resulting in side effects, addiction, and even death.

What's next: A series of events will complement the exhibition, including:

The bottom line: The Museum of Riverside's new exhibition provides a unique look into the medical practices of the Victorian era, connecting local history to broader societal changes of the time.

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What's Happening in Riverside

Today

• Volunteer Interest Hour at Riverside Meals on Wheels, Inc
• Prayer Devotional on Nature at Riverside Baha'i Center
• Katabasis Midnight Release Party at Cellar Door Bookstore
• Bingo at the Janet Goeske Center at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100)

Tomorrow

• Find Your Voice in Picture Books at Inlandia Institute ($150- $350)
• Inland Empire Chorus Rehearsal at Temple Beth El Synagogue
• Riverside County Board of Supervisors Meeting at County Administrative Center
• Tuesday Karaoke at The Hideaway

Save The Date

• Sepember 10: Beginning Square Dance Lessons with Line Dancing at Cowtown Square Dance Center ($5- $7)
• October 6: Moon Festival at Heritage House
• October 18: The Riverside Citrus Classic Bike Ride at Riverside Plaza ($15- $80)

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