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The State Water Resources Control Board has said it will reduce the levels of two chemicals in drinking water that can cause serious health problems. The member board has established 10 parts per trillion for perfluorooctanoic acid [PFOA] and 40 parts per trillion for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid [PFOS], according to a …

A Moreno Valley program designed to put homeless people to work is apparently having some success. Homeless-to-Work, a partnership between the city, the Salvation Army and Waste Management, has gotten 53 people off the street and back into the workforce since it started in 2017, according to a statement on …

Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey called for an “all hands on deck” approach to ending the city’s housing and homeless crisis during his State of the City address Thursday at the Riverside Convention Center. The shortage of affordable housing is one contributing factor to our homelessness crisis,” Bailey said, according to …

The city, which is about to get an entertainment complex and its first major hotel, wants to add to its downtown. The goal is a destination location that will attract outsiders and locals. Menifee would like to serve you a beer. Many beers, in fact. The southwest Riverside County city [population …

Zach Hall, a 22-year veteran of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, has been named captain of the department’s Temecula station. Hall, who began his new job Jan. 16, succeeds Capt. Lisa McConnell, who had been in charge of the Temecula station since July 2017, according to a statement on Temecula’s …

Millennial home ownership is on the rise in Moreno Valley. During the last 10 years, the percentage of homes owned by 18-34 year olds in Moreno Valley has gone up nearly 4.5 percent, according to www.SmartAsset.com, a personal finance website. That was enough to rank the Riverside County city sixth …