Riverside County voters have until 8 p.m. today to cast ballots on Proposition 50, the congressional redistricting measure, at 55 vote centers, 96 drop boxes or by mail.
The founder of Riverside’s civil engineering firm Woodard Group, Andrew Woodard, was recognized by the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce and Riverside Business Week as the Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year. “I think the biggest thing about receiving this award is that it’s the recognition that
What was intended to be a linear meeting to approve or deny a Certificate of Appropriateness turned into board members voting against a dwindling hourglass. Last Wednesday’s Cultural Heritage Board (CHB) meeting resulted in a 4-4 vote, with one abstaining vote, on the approval of the Certificate of
Visitors may soon have the opportunity to experience a modern extended stay in Riverside. Today at 9 a.m. the Planning Commission will consider entitlements for constructing a two-building dual-brand 226-room hotel, AC Marriott – Residence Inn, and the modification of historic fire station #1 into c
A vision for Riverside’s economic future grows as startups get in line for a University of California, Riverside (UCR) initiative aimed at creating jobs focused on sustainability. Opportunities to Advance Sustainability, Innovation, and Social Inclusion (OASIS), is UCR’s newest regional economic ini
One year ago on St. Patrick’s Day, Shelby Worthington rushed to freeze 600 pounds of corned beef when restaurant doors across the entire state had to close at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Worthington serves as president of the Downtown Riverside Partnership and is the owner of the downtow
Three biotech startups now utilize the Life Sciences Incubator at The University of California, Riverside, or UCR, and more are in the process of moving into what is the only lab of its kind in the Inland Empire. Housed within the Multidisciplinary Research Building on campus at UCR, the incubator i
Small businesses may receive their security deposits from Riverside Public Utilities to use toward their accounts with the department in an effort to reduce the 57 percent delinquency rate caused by the pandemic. In a meeting last evening, the city’s Board of Public Utilities unanimously approved a
