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Apple Valley has resumed processing passport applications. Appointments are required and no walk-ins will be accepted, according to a statement posted today on the town’s website. “As COVID numbers decrease, and opportunities to travel resume, the demand for passports is expected to rise,” said Town Clerk LaVonda Pearson in the …

Riverside County has closed the COVID-19 vaccination site at Tahquitz Canyon High School and replaced it with one at nearby Alessandro High School in Hemet. The new location will be open for up to four weeks so those who received their first dose at the Tahquitz site will be able …

Riverside and San Bernardino Counties have moved to the orange tier of California’s guidelines for reopening. Effective Wednesday, more patrons may be indoors at businesses and places of worship, and bars will  reopen – outdoors only – for the first time since June of last year, according to a statement. …

Entertainment has been announced for the 8th annual Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion, scheduled to be held Sept. 17-18 in Ontario. As usual, the main entertainment venues will be the Ontario Town Square, 224 N. Euclid Ave., and the Euclid Avenue Median Stage. All entertainment is free. Ontario Town Square Stage: …

Riverside County is providing Pfizers’ COVID-19 vaccination to persons 16 and 17 years old. The practice, which began Tuesday, opens the county’s vaccination program to thousands more people, according to a statement on the county’s website. Anyone 16 or 17 years old who is eligible for Pfizer’s two-dosage treatment must …

Riverside County has reached one million vaccinations in its battle against COVID-19. Shirley Ann Gruenke, 65, of Cherry Valley, received the millionth shot in the arm Wednesday at the Albert A. Chatigny Senior Community Center in Beaumont, according to a statement on the county’s website. “It was a surprise, but …