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Riverside has clarified its public safety measures required of workers at essential businesses in the fight against COVID-19. Council members passed a resolution recently “because grocery stores, farmers markets and pharmacy retail stores have remained open with few mandated restrictions,” according to a statement on the city’s website. The statement …

San Bernardino County had 1,772 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Friday. Eighty-two county residents had died of the virus as of April 24, the most recent data available, according to a statement on the county’s website. The county now has a 4.6 percent fatality rate related to the Coronavirus. …

Palm Springs has formed the Palm Springs Business Transition and Re-Entry Task Force, a group of business people who will plan the city’s economic recovery once safety precautions related to COVID-19 are eased. The 20-member group includes Celeste Brackley of the Palm Springs Hospitality Association, Jeff Grubbe, tribal chairman of the …

The Moreno Valley City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution designed to help residential and commercial tenants hurt by COVID-19. The measure forbids charging interest, fees or penalties for non-payment of rent caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement on the city’s website.  Acceptable reasons for late payment, …

San Bernardino County has 1,489 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 67 deaths related to the virus, according to statement on the county’s website. Nearly 14,000 tests had been administered in the county for the potentially fatal virus as of Monday, the most recent data available. County health officials are offering …

Work has begun on a paving project along a major commercial stretch in Norco. The project, on Hamner Avenue from Third Street to Hidden Valley Parkway, began Monday and is expected to be completed by May 30, according to a statement on the city’s website. Most of the work on …