Thursday Gazette: October 1, 2026
Hello Riverside, and Happy Thursday! Please join us in raising a glass to Provident Bank, celebrating 70 years in Riverside this week! Newly named one of Newsweek's Best Regional Banks for 2026, Provident has spent seven decades proving that local banking works best when it's run by people who know the community. Congratulations to the whole Provident team. Here's to the next 70!
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HOUSING
Housing Panel Backs Home for Pregnant Teens, Limits on Inherited Mobile Home Rent Hikes
Amari's Place would serve pregnant and parenting teens in Ward 2, while proposed rent changes target inherited mobile homes and park improvement charges.
Pregnant and parenting teens facing homelessness could get a Ward 2 home with round-the-clock support.
Why it matters: The program would pair housing with prenatal care, schooling and parenting help, and city residents would get first priority. Mobile home residents could also gain protection from rent hikes on inherited homes.
Driving the news: The Housing and Homelessness Committee sent both proposals to the City Council on Sept. 28.
- The committee conceptually approved Leap for Joy Foundation's request for $1.283 million in state homeless grant funding to buy and renovate 775 Huston St.
How it would work: Amari's Place would offer 24-hour supervision, prenatal and postpartum care, and help finishing high school or finding work.
- The grant would place a 20-year covenant restricting the property's use.
Neighbors weigh in: At a Sept. 10 meeting, 14 University Neighborhood residents asked about safety, supervision and bilingual services. They also voiced encouragement for the resource.
- The foundation committed to English and Spanish services, monthly neighborhood association meetings and an open house after renovations.
Mobile home rules: The committee backed limits on space-rent hikes when a mobile home changes hands, including through inheritance.
- Members also want clearer lines between capital improvements and routine maintenance charges. Park representatives opposed new limits, citing rising costs.
What's next: The mobile home changes could reach the council in November. Exact ordinance language and a meeting date are still to come.
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ARTS
Jeff Soto's 'Rare Woods' Exhibition Sparks Creativity in Printmaking
This October Will See the Opening of 'Rare Woods' at Pain Sugar Gallery in Downtown Riverside.
Jeff Soto's print show opens Thursday, pairing his sabbatical work with prints by more than 20 Riverside City College artists.
Why it matters: The 6 to 9 p.m. reception falls on ArtsWalk night, when The Cheech and the Riverside Art Museum offer free admission. The gallery, inside Urge Palette Art Supplies, sits on the way to The Cheech.
Driving the news: Soto, an associate professor of art and department co-chair at the college, spent a spring sabbatical studying printmaking.
- He visited museums and artists' studios, experiences he plans to bring "back to the classroom this fall," he said.
What's on view: Invited artists made etchings, linocuts and other prints with no required theme.
- Nearly all were made on Soto's Blick 999 Model II in his Riverside studio.
- Contributors are current and former students he taught and fellow art faculty, including his daughter, Shannon Soto.
The backstory: Soto studied at Riverside Community College and ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena. His work has shown from Los Angeles to Paris.
What's next: "Rare Woods" runs through Oct. 31 at Pain Sugar Gallery, 3635 Ninth St.
- Hours: noon to 7 p.m. weekdays, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday.
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SPONSORED STORY
The Hard Way Up: Pink on Parade Climbs Mt. Rubidoux for a 15th Year
Riverside's breast cancer awareness walk climbs Oct. 24 with a $75,000 goal and a route its survivors chose.
When the committee behind Pink on Parade first mapped its 5K to the top of Mt. Rubidoux, there was more than one way up the mountain. They took the hard one. That committee was made up of clients of The Pink Ribbon Place, Riverside residents who had faced cancer themselves, and they wanted the climb to carry the weight of what they had been through.
On Saturday, Oct. 24, Riverside will make that climb again. The 15th annual Pink on Parade steps off from Ryan Bonaminio Park at 5000 Tequesquite Ave., with registration opening at 7:30 a.m. and the mountain route starting at 9 a.m. Walkers who would rather not take on Mt. Rubidoux can join a 1.7K Family Fun Walk that loops the park.
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Noteworthy
Donuts & Dialogue on Wednesday, Oct. 7, gives residents a chance to share ideas with County Supervisors José Medina and Karen Spiegel from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Eddie D. Smith Senior Center on Mission Boulevard.
UC Riverside's four-story Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility is now open for fall classes, adding seating for about 1,700 students, new biology and chemistry labs, and a dance studio that spills onto an outdoor performance pavilion.
La Sierra University ranks No. 1 among Western regional universities for social mobility in U.S. News & World Report's 2027 Best Colleges guide, up from No. 3 last year, while climbing 12 spots to No. 29 overall.
What's Happening in Riverside
Today
- Board of Ethics at Riverside City Hall
- Artswalk: Victorian Afterlife Rituals at Corner of Main Street and University Avenue
- FREE ADMISSION - First Thursday of every month during Riverside ArtsWalk at Riverside Art Museum
- Let's Talk About It: A Conversation on Mental Health in BIPOC Communities at Riverside Main Library --Community Room
- Riverside Off-Road & Jeep Nights at D'Elia's Grinders
- JPEGMAFIA: the Experimental Rap Tour at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Tomorrow
- Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting at Zacatecas Café
- Women's Volleyball vs. UC Irvine at SRC Arena
- THE EMO NIGHT TOUR (18+) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
- MOCEDADES US TOUR 2026 at Fox Performing Arts Center
- Seussical Jr and Seussical Kids at The Box Theater ($15- $22)
Save the Date
- Oct 3: Aquamotion Aquathon at Shamel Pool
- Oct 3: FREE YOGA - The Art of Vinyasa with Catherine Murray at Community Yoga Center
- Oct 3: FREE YOGA - Yin Yoga with Kristin Varner at Community Yoga Center
- Oct 4: FREE YOGA - The Evolution of Ashtanga with Kristin Varner at Community Yoga Center
- Oct 4: Riverside Historical Society Local History Book Fair at Villegas Community Center
- Oct 5: FREE YOGA - Moody Mondays with Cherie Amour at Community Yoga Center
- Oct 7: Fifty & Better Health Fair at Janet Goeske Center
- Oct 7: FREE YOGA - Seated Yoga with Kristin Varner at All Saints Episcopal Church
- Oct 9: Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting at Zacatecas Café
- Oct 10: The Riverside Citrus Classic Bike Ride at Riverside Plaza ($15- $80)
- Oct 17: Spooky Music Organ Concert at First Congregational Church of Riverside ($30)
- Oct 22: Experience RUSD, Riverside Unified State of the District at Riverside Municipal Airport
- Oct 24: Vintage Car and Warbird Show at Riverside Airport - Commemorative Air Force Hanger and Museum
- Nov 5: Les Miserables at Woodcrest Christian School ($15- $20)
- Nov 14: Riverside Veterans Parade - Downtown Riverside/Market St.
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