> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Riverside News- September 28, 2026 - URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/riverside-news-september-28-2026/ - Published: 2026-09-28T12:00:54.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-28T12:00:54.000Z - Description: Teen parent program, ethics board powers, wildfire prevention... - Author: Gazette Staff - Tags: Newsletter ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/09/RG-Feat-Image-Template-2-8.jpg) A mackerel sky of rippled, patchy clouds stretches overhead as the Peace Tower and Friendship Bridge overlook the city below from Mt. Rubidoux. (Luke Lรณpez) Have a photo that captures the spirit of Riverside? [Share it with us](https://goldstandardca.notion.site/13eef165d2ee80fa91c3de069cc9ec29?ref=raincrossgazette.com) and help celebrate the beauty of our community! **Monday Gazette: September 28, 2026** **Hello Riverside, and Happy Monday!** If you had 'Gage Canal' typed before you caught yourself, you weren't alone. Good instinct โ€” and it turns out the two really are tangled up, just not the way you'd guess. The answer is the **Tequesquite Arroyo**, a natural stream running from the eastern side of the city down toward the Santa Ana River. The golf course in our clue is the **Victoria Club**, incorporated in 1903, which sits right inside the arroyo. Follow the water downstream and you reach **Ryan Bonaminio Park**, named for the young Riverside police officer killed in the line of duty in 2010. As for the Gage Canal: it doesn't run through this stretch โ€” but between 1885 and 1889, Matthew Gage's canal company had to cross this very arroyo, building an elevated flume near where Andulka Park sits today to carry irrigation water clean over it. A few years later, Gage's own Victoria Bridge (1891) crossed the same arroyo again, this time to link the new Arlington Heights neighborhood to downtown. So the canal and the arroyo really have crossed paths, twice โ€” just never merged into one. Thanks for playing along! If you've got some Riverside lore you'd like turned into one of our Sunday riddles, [let us know](mailto:newsroom@raincrossgazette.com) โ€” we'd love to hear it. --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169513/image/0?seed=20260928)](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169513/click/0?seed=20260928&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- #### [GOVERNMENT](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/tag/government/) ## This Week in City Hall: September 28, 2026 Riverside officials consider a residential program for teen parents, review how the utility spent pollution allowance revenue and discuss new powers for the Board of Ethics. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/09/1-5.jpg)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-september-28-2026/) Welcome to our weekly digest of public meetings and agenda items worth your attention for this 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. ### Housing and Homelessness Committee The Housing and Homelessness Committee meets on Monday, Sept. 28, at 3:30 p.m. (agenda) to consider a [proposal](https://app.notion.com/p/TWiCH-Sep-28-3abef165d2ee812081e1d1f3f21e5238?pvs=21&ref=raincrossgazette.com) from Leap for Joy Foundation to use $1.28 million in City homelessness grant funds to buy and renovate a home at 775 Huston Street for a 24-hour supervised residential treatment program for pregnant and parenting teens ([item 2](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5478-housing-and-homelessness-committee-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aaacf1d442538898d007d18-2-consider-proposal-from-leap-for-joy-foundation?ref=raincrossgazette.com)), and to discuss [potential changes](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=813f4bb5-ffb6-48b8-bd0b-3cd5b1bfadd1.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) to the city's mobile home park rent stabilization rules that could limit rent increases when a home passes to a family member ([item 3](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5478-housing-and-homelessness-committee-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aaacf1d442538898d007d19-3-proposed-amendments-to-riverside-municipal-code?ref=raincrossgazette.com)). ### Board of Public Utilities The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, Sept. 28, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to review a [report](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=24518275-21f0-4799-8096-3a3c067c0f78.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) on how the utility spent money from selling state pollution allowances, including a $50 million reserve that staff now say cannot easily be returned to customers as bill credits because of City Charter limits ([item 12](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5480-board-of-public-utilities-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aab07be4425389de1006310-12-receive-update-on-city-of-riversides-use-of-a?ref=raincrossgazette.com)), and [considering](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=d1ca3bd9-8410-452c-97fb-aee986a05222.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) a $2.13 million no-bid agreement to replace all 600 filter membrane modules at the John W. North Water Treatment Plant in spring 2027 ([item 14](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5480-board-of-public-utilities-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aab07be4425389de1006312-14-approve-agreement-with-zenon-environmental-cor?ref=raincrossgazette.com)). ### Board of Ethics The Board of Ethics meets on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. (agenda) to discuss a board memberโ€™s proposals to ask voters to [add the Board of Ethics to the City Charter](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=32fdaeb3-a7df-4adc-bf54-ae0892ad2618.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) โ€” meaning the City Council could no longer change or dissolve it without voter approval โ€” and to let the board [request investigations](https://riversideca.legistar1.com/daystar.legistar6.sdk.ws/View.ashx?M=F&GovernmentGUID=RIVE&LogicalFileName=e1073ad1-a76e-42d8-8427-25a023807899.docx&From=Granicus&Format=docx&ref=raincrossgazette.com) and audits from the Inspector General ([item 5](https://riversideca.granicusideas.com/meetings/5481-board-of-ethics-art-pick-council-chamber/agenda%5Fitems/6aad636a442538b8390001c0-5-ad-hoc-committee-update-on-proposed-riverside-m?ref=raincrossgazette.com)). [Read and share the complete story...](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-september-21-2026/) --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [ ![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169514/image/0?seed=20260928) ](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169514/click/0?seed=202600928&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- #### [MUSEUM MONDAYS](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/tag/museum-mondays/) ## Focus on Fire What Riverside residents should know about wildfires and fire prevention. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/b2/b3b29e3b-298e-485f-86ca-3034c21e3784/content/images/2026/09/RG-Feat-Image-Template-6-6.jpg)](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/focus-on-fire/) Courtesy of The Museum of Riverside Southern California is just about synonymous with wildfire. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres have burned in our region over the decades. Drought and climate extremes driven by human-induced climate change have dramatically escalated the risk of fire. Fortunately, there are things residents can do to reduce the threat from potential blazes and comply with state fire-prevention measures. Wildfires are a natural process in the Southern California landscape, as in many other locales. Low, fast-moving brush fires clear understory vegetation, that is, the layer of plants growing at the lowest level of a wooded area that can include moss, ferns and shrubs. When this happens, new trees can sprout and grow. In fact, some tree species in the region, such as Monterey and knobcone pines, require heat from a fire for their cones to open. This adaptation is called "[serotiny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotiny?ref=raincrossgazette.com)." [Read and share the complete story...](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/focus-on-fire/) --- Advertisement ([Become an advertiser](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/advertise/)) [![Advertisement](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone_static/169515/image/0?seed=20260928)](https://ad.broadstreetads.com/zone%5Fstatic/169515/click/0?seed=20260928&ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- ๐Ÿ“ฃ ****See something? Say something.** Your tips and ideas are what fuel The Raincross Gazette. If you know of something newsworthy happening in our city, please [share it with us](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/contact/). --- ## This Week in Riverside ### Today - [Volunteer Interest Hour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/volunteer-interest-hour/18161070/2026-09-28T09) at Riverside Meals on Wheels - [Housing and Homelessness Committee](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/housing-and-homelessness-committee/19711099/2026-09-28T15) at Riverside City Hall - [Board of Public Utilities](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/board-of-public-utilities/19400682/2026-09-28T18) at Riverside City Hall - [FREE YOGA - Moody Mondays with Cherie Amour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-yoga-moody-mondays-with-cherie-amour/19504166/2026-09-28T19) at Community Yoga Center - [Adult Ballet Class](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/adult-ballet-class/19935221/2026-09-28T19) at Riverside Ballet Arts LLC - [Goeske Bingo](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/goeske-bingo/17920930/2026-09-28T09) at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100) ### Tomorrow - [ScotSurplus Sale](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/scotsurplus-sale/19645061/2026-09-29T11) at ScotSurplus Store - [FREE YOGA - Mandala Yoga with Alejandro](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-yoga-mandala-yoga-with-alejandro/19843713/2026-09-29T19) at Community Yoga Center - [Until Help Arrives Emergency Preparedness Training](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/until-help-arrives-emergency-preparedness-training/19908693/2026-09-29T08) at Community Room Riverside Main Library - [Karaoke Tuesday Competition](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/karaoke-tuesday-competition-at-the-hideaway/18262381/2026-09-29T19) at The Hideaway ### Save the Date - Sep 30: [FREE YOGA - Seated Yoga with Kristin Varner](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-yoga-seated-yoga-with-kristin-varner/19504145/2026-09-30T17) at All Saints Episcopal Church - Oct 2: [FREE YOGA - The Evolution of Ashtanga with Kristin Varner](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-yoga-the-evolution-of-ashtanga-with-kristin-varner/19060739/2026-10-02T08) at Community Yoga Center - Oct 2: [Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-sunrise-rotary-club-meeting/18634391/2026-10-02T07) at Zacatecas Cafรฉ - Oct 3: [Aquamotion Aquathon](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/aquamotion-aquathon/19617601/2026-10-03T09) at Shamel Pool - Oct 3: [FREE YOGA - The Art of Vinyasa with Catherine Murray](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-yoga-the-art-of-vinyasa-with-catherine-murray/19503669/2026-10-03T07) at Community Yoga Center - Oct 3: [FREE YOGA - Yin Yoga with Kristin Varner](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-yoga-yin-yoga-with-kristin-varner/19503829/2026-10-03T09) at Community Yoga Center - Oct 4: [Riverside Historical Society Local History Book Fair](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-historical-society-local-history-book-fair/19902224/2026-10-04T11) at Villegas Community Center - Oct 5: [FREE YOGA - Moody Mondays with Cherie Amour](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/free-yoga-moody-mondays-with-cherie-amour/19504166/2026-10-05T19) at Community Yoga Center - Oct 7: [Fifty & Better Health Fair](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/fifty-better-health-fair/19338673/2026-10-07T10) at Janet Goeske Center - Oct 17: [Spooky Music Organ Concert](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/spooky-music-organ-concert/19944423/2026-10-17T17) at First Congregational Church of Riverside ($30.00) - Oct 22: [Experience RUSD, Riverside Unified State of the District](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/experience-rusd-riverside-unified-state-of-the-district/19934891/2026-10-22T16) at Riverside Municipal Airport - Oct 24: [Vintage Car and Warbird Show](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/vintage-car-and-warbird-show/19929956/2026-10-24T09) at Riverside Airport - Commemorative Air Force Hanger and Museum - Nov 14: [Riverside Veterans Parade](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/#/details/riverside-veterans-parade/19624354/2026-11-14T10) \- Downtown Riverside/Market St. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ [See More Events](https://www.raincrossgazette.com/calendar/)๐Ÿ“ [Submit Your Event](https://hub.cityspark.com/Event/Submission/Raincross?ref=raincrossgazette.com) --- ๐Ÿ“ธ [Submit a photo](http://raincrossgazette.com/submitphoto?ref=raincrossgazette.com) to be featured in our newsletters and social media accounts. ๐Ÿ† [Nominate a remarkable Riversider](https://rgnotw.paperform.co/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) as Neighbor of the Week.