City / County News

Riverside County has received a $488,635 federal grant that it will use to help local veterans find work. The money, from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, will support the Riverside County Veterans’ Employment-Related Assistance Program, according to a statement. The program is being administered by two entities, …

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is urging customers in San Bernardino and Kern counties who may have lost gas service in last week’s Ridgecrest earthquakes to arrange an emergency inspection and gas relighting. Both can be scheduled by calling PG&E’s customer service line at 1(800) 743-5000, according to a statement. …

San Bernardino County has 814,067 taxable parcels that combined are worth nearly $234.7 billion, according to a statement. As required by law, San Bernardino County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk Bob Dutton last week signed the 2019 Annual Property Assessment Roll, according to a statement. The 2019 property assessment is a 5.8 percent increase …

Pomona and Claremont will receive $2.1 million from California that will help build a solar panel manufacturing facility. The money, which is part of the state budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, will pay for solar panels for low to moderate-income residents, according to a statement. The facility, which is …

It’s official: Menifee will have its own police department. City council members unanimously passed a resolution establishing the formation of Menifee Police Department, effective Monday, according to a statement on the city’s website. That’s exactly one year – July 1, 2020 – before the department will replace the Riverside County …

Ontario has passed a $634 million balanced budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, which began Monday. The overall budget of $633.9 million was balanced without reserves “and will maintain funding to support [a] high quality of municipal services,” according to a statement.  Ontario’s operating budget for this fiscal year includes …