City Council does not meet this week. Other agendas include a pilot program for transferring apartment-building rights to vacant University Avenue lots and updates on the planned 91 Freeway and Adams Street interchange reconfiguration to reduce traffic congestion.
No Council meeting this week, but other agendas take up land-use pilots and freeway fixes, while Riversideās Diaper Bank kicks off its 25,000-diaper āCram the Vanā drive.
Local nonprofit seeks 25,000 diapers to help families struggling with basic necessities.
Sunday Gazette: November 24, 2024
Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday!
This is one of those weeks when, for me, at least, regular life slows down as we get closer to Thanksgiving, and my alternate life as sous chef and in-home hospitality coordinator slowly takes over before family and friends from all over show up in our home. The team here at The Gazette is leaning into that swing of the pendulum and is taking a break for the week. We'll be back in your inboxes Thursday morning with our second annual guide to supporting local small businesses in your holiday shopping and a calendar of events for the long weekend. We'll return to our regular publishing schedule next Monday; I wish you a delightful week.
CBU's Gingerbread House Shakedown blends creativity and engineering, giving high school students a hands-on introduction to real-world challenges.
For local high school students, the road to engineering careers is paved with icing as California Baptist University hosts the annual Gingerbread House Shakedown.
Combining creativity, competition, and a taste of the season, the educational hands-on challenge brings teamwork, real-world math, and engineering principles together as high school students collaborate with CBU engineering majors to design sturdy gingerbread structures capable of enduring increasingly intense earthquake magnitudes. The structures are tested on the "shake table," an earthquake simulation device.
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Each week, we will introduce a new neighbor. This is not a who's who list. These are regular Riversiders doing exceptional things.
Mary Ann Mac Vey, a second-generation Inland Empire resident, has lived in Riversideās Canyon Crest neighborhood with her husband, Ken, since 1985. A lifelong gardener, she has transformed her yard into a colorful oasis of flowers, roses, and fruit trees.
In 2013, after a series of burglaries, Mary Ann helped organize a Neighborhood Watch group that has grown to over 550 members, covering 1,200 homes. Their efforts, including regular updates and Neighborhood Watch signs, have significantly reduced crime, making the area a safer place to live.
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
Welcome back, you magnetic personalities! Last week, we found ourselves uncontrollably pulled in by a magnet's force of attraction and repulsion; we cultivated a sense of wonder using an unseen energy that shapes our world. What kinds of art did you create while testing Newton's Third Law of Motion? Did this magical invisible hand assist you in laying down some mesmerizing patterns with iron filings or constructing a daze of a maze that challenged your spatial reasoning? Are you still humming from a symphony of magnetic vibrations? If so, let's direct that energy reserve into several minutes of play using this week's creative nudge.
Today, we're turning our attention to something less weightier than a dense magnet. This week's nudge is a constant companion all day, every day. Well, at least from sunrise to sunset! Quick, turn around because this week's creative nudge is a shadow! Yes, the elusive and ever-changing shadow realm is where we will hang out today to experience several minutes of creative contemplation.
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Brighten someoneās holiday with a simple act of kindness.
For most of us, the Holidays are a time of abundance. Of course, for some in our community, it is a time of greater need. The Raincross Gazette would like to share some opportunities to give this holiday season. This list is active, and if you have an event or organization that could benefit from being on our list, please share it at info@raincrossgazette.com.
The Janet Goeske Center provides food and basic needs for Riverside Seniors. In addition to their regular food bank, they have joined Loveriverside.org for Produce For Seniors. This ensures Riverside seniors access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The next event is on Thursday, December 19. Volunteers are always needed.
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There are no public meetings for City Council or any boards, commissions, or committees at City Hall this week.
There are no public meetings for City Council or any boards, commissions, or committees at City Hall this week.
City Hall itself will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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No Council meeting this week, but other agendas take up land-use pilots and freeway fixes, while Riversideās Diaper Bank kicks off its 25,000-diaper āCram the Vanā drive.
Ransom B. Sheldenās 1909 fishing trip goes awry and a creative prompt explores steam.
Sixty years after Lowell Elementary burned, Riverside prepares to open Ofelia Valdez Yeager Eastside Elementary, honoring decades of community advocacy while the arson remains a mystery and and Meliiaās Disneyland fund sees exciting progress.
Neighbors favor Trader Joeās for vacant Rite Aid site near Woodcrest and this weekās games feature Lancer womenās soccer and CSDRās home opener.
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