The district will use the five-year Golden State Pathways Program award to strengthen health care, construction, computer science and other career pathways at local high schools.
These skeletons are really "pulling their weight" this Halloween. (Beverly Zehringer) Have a photo that captures the spirit of Riverside? Share it with us and help celebrate the beauty of our community!
Wednesday Gazette: October 29, 2025
Hello Riverside, and Happy Wednesday! As we approach Halloween, Southern California's fall weather is doing its typical flip-flop routine. One day you're grabbing a sweater, the next you're back in shorts as temperatures spike.
Just in case you haven't noticed (or checked your weather app lately), we're heading into another one of those classic October heat waves. The forecast shows temps climbing into the 90s this week, we're reminded once again why "layered" costumes are always the smart choice in Riverside.
RPD Targets Trucks Using Central Avenue as Cut-Through
Checkpoint follows committee recommendation to increase truck route violation fines from $100 to $1,000.
A commercial truck returns to Central Avenue after being stopped during a Riverside police checkpoint Tuesday morning targeting vehicles violating route restrictions. (Justin Pardee)
Riverside police conducted a commercial vehicle enforcement checkpoint on Central Avenue Tuesday morning, less than two weeks after a City Council committee unanimously recommended increasing fines for truck route violations from $100 to $1,000.
The Riverside Police Department announced the operation on its Facebook page Tuesday morning, saying officers from the Traffic Bureau were conducting inspections on Central Avenue until noon.
The checkpoint targeted a section of Central Avenue where commercial vehicles exceeding three axles are prohibited except for deliveries—a restriction codified in Section 10.56.050 of the Riverside Municipal Code.
Riverside's Plan to Reconnect Residents With Their River
Council reviewed feasibility study for River District transformation Tuesday, but questions remain about how the ambitious vision will be funded.
The Santa Ana River near Mount Rubidoux, where the River District plan envisions ‘connecting cultural landmarks’ through improved trails, native landscaping and restored habitat. (Justin Pardee)
City Council received an update Tuesday on a two-year feasibility study proposing to transform 250 acres of underutilized parkland along the Santa Ana River into a "vibrant public realm"—building on a vision first conceived more than 20 years ago to "put the river back in Riverside."
The River District aims to reconnect residents to the city's namesake waterway through a four-pillar framework: Engagement, Enforcement, Environment and Economics. The California State Coastal Conservancy supported the feasibility study, conducted by Economic Consultants Oregon, Ltd. under a $199,335 contract Council approved in October 2023. The draft study is now available online for public comment before finalization.
"Many people in the community didn't even know we had a river. They did not know how to access the river and they did not feel safe on the river," Parks and Recreation Director Pamela Galera told Council, framing the problem the district aims to solve.
UC Riverside researchers discovered that methylglyoxal proves more toxic than acetaldehyde to human lung cells when propylene glycol in e-cigarette fluids is heated, with lower-powered devices potentially producing higher toxin levels.
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