City / County News

San Bernardino County is close to receiving a $38.7 million state grant that it will use to build a facility to help homeless people. The county’s Behavioral Health Department has received a conditional award letter from the the state Department of Health Care Services confirming the $38.7 million the county …

Apple Valley’s Measure P Oversight Committee recently held its first meeting during which it considered upgrading the town’s contract with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. After taking their oath of office in the town council chambers, the five-member panel discussed adding one sergeant, eight deputies, and one sheriff’s service …

Riverside has slowed the growth of its homeless population, and steered more people into shelters than it ever has, according to a statement on the city’s website. The city had 614 unsheltered individuals living within its borders, up from 605 one year earlier and 307 in 2022, according to the annual …

Palm Springs has added to the city’s website a link regarding the May 17 bombing of a fertility clinic that left one person dead and four wounded. The link, the first listed at engagepalmsprings.com, provides updates on the terrorist act at the American Reproductive Centers Clinic, 1199 N. Indian Canyon …

Palm Springs is conducting a survey that will help determine the city’s economic future. The Economic Development Strategic Plan is actually two surveys, one for businesses and another for residents and visitors, according to a statement on the city’s website. Information collected will help identify community needs and be used …

Palm Springs has updated its citywide emergency response plan. The city council recently approved the upgrade, which details “a coordinated response and recovery strategy” for earthquakes, wildfires, floods, storms, hazardous material incidents and pandemics, according to a statement on the city’s website. For the first time, the plan includes procedures for …