Wednesday Gazette: August 12, 2026
Hello Riverside, and Happy Wednesday! It's International Youth Day! Kids are the future, and Riverside is lucky to have so many organizations working to lift them up. What organization do you support that helps our city's kids thrive, and why? We'd love to hear about it.
See you tomorrow!
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OPINION
Disagreeing Better: Should Homeless Housing Require Treatment?
Two Riversiders who see politics differently answered the same question about homelessness and mental health in this monthly exchange with the Braver Angels Riverside Alliance.
The Braver Angels Riverside Alliance asked two Riversiders the same question: how living without a secure home worsens mental health, and what Riverside's programs would look like if treatment came before permanent housing. One of them buried a son who spent years on the street. The other spent a career teaching children with disabilities.
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NATURALLY RIVERSIDE
Why It's So Hard to Buy a Citrus Tree in Riverside
Citrus greening disease has made Riverside ground zero for a quarantine that experts say may never be lifted.
Riverside has played a historic role in citrus production in California, the United States, and in the world. The introduction of the navel orange by the Tibbetts family is a legendary part of Riverside's heritage. The vast wealth created by the navel orange in and around Riverside was responsible for locating the second campus of the University of California, the UC Citrus Experiment Station, in Riverside. The subsequent research leadership by that Station made Riverside the logical location for the very first International Citrus Congress in 1968. The current incarnation of that Experiment Station at the University of California at Riverside remains a global leader in citrus research.
But it's tough to buy a citrus tree in Riverside. You can grow citrus trees (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, mandarins, kumquats, etc.) in Riverside. You can give fruits from those trees to your neighbors or sell them. You can even find nurseries online that you can buy citrus trees from and plant on your property. But very few of those nurseries are in Riverside; the majority do not offer citrus.
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Noteworthy
As students head back to class, RTA's Youth Ride Free program lets anyone 18 or younger board fixed-route and GoMicro buses free through June 30, 2027, while college students at Cal Baptist, La Sierra, RCC, UCR and other U-Pass/Go-Pass schools ride free too — a program that carried more than 1.8 million youth and student trips in 2025.
What's Happening in Riverside
Today
- Riverside East Rotary Club at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern
- Stretch & Dance Class at Janet Goeske Senior Center
- Finance Committee at Riverside City Hall
- Riverside Mission Belles at Victoria Presbyterian Church
- FREE YOGA - Seated Yoga with Kristin Varner at All Saints Episcopal Church
- History on the Rocks - Round Two! Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21)
Tomorrow
- Mobility and Infrastructure Committee at Riverside City Hall
- Planning Commission at Riverside City Hall
- History on the Rocks! Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21)
Save the Date
- Aug 14: FREE YOGA - The Evolution of Ashtanga with Kristin Varner at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 14: Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting at Zacatecas Café
- Aug 15: FREE YOGA - The Art of Vinyasa with Catherine Murray at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 15: FREE YOGA - Yin Yoga with Kristin Varner at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 17: FREE YOGA - Moody Mondays with Cherie Amour at Community Yoga Center
- Aug 19: FREE YOGA - Seated Yoga with Kristin Varner at All Saints Episcopal Church
- Sep 3: Orange Street Mural Unveiling at Main Museum Pedestrian Walkway (Orange Street)
- Sep 9: FREE Beginning Square Dance Lessons with Line Dancing at Cowtown Square Dance Center
- Sep 18: Open Mic Night at Riverside Baha'i Center
- Oct 3: Aquamotion Aquathon at Shamel Pool
- Oct 7: Fifty & Better Health Fair at Janet Goeske Center
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