City Council does not meet this week. The Safety Committee will consider restrictions on nitrous oxide and kratom products after police found extensive sales and health officials linked them to fatal overdoses.
California faces an urgent need to overhaul its water infrastructure as longer droughts and heavier rains stress the state's outdated systems, despite local efforts and proposed legislation like SB 366 aiming to secure future water supplies.
How a slew of mental health bills signed into law over the last few weeks are part of a larger effort to overhaul how California approaches mental healthcare.
As Riverside grapples with the future of its electric grid, the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project faces critical decisions that will impact the city’s energy security for decades.
Justin Scott-Coe, former chair of Riverside’s Board of Public Utilities, argues that RTRP’s planned overhead power lines are essential for community health and affordable, reliable energy and shouldn’t be delayed by undergrounding efforts.
With the passage of Labor Day, the political election season begins and representation at the city, state, and federal level will be on everyone’s mind.
From common household items to our very water supply, the pervasive presence of PFAS — the 'forever chemicals' — underscores a growing environmental concern, now brought to light with advanced detection technology.
California's water shortage cannot be solved through conservation alone; capturing stormwater and spring snowmelt runoff and updating infrastructure is essential for a resilient water system.
