City / County News

Riverside has joined with the California Green Business Network to provide environmental information to local businesses. The information, which will be provided for free, will help Riverside entrepreneurs save money while operating their businesses more efficiently, according to a statement on the city’s website. The relaunched City of Riverside Green Business …

Riverside is going to court to try to stop an ambitious expansion plan by UC Riverside. In a lawsuit filed Aug. 23 in Riverside County Superior Court, the city alleges that the UC Board of Regents did not adequately address the potential environmental issues related to its 2021 Long Range …

The lnland Empire’s largest food bank has donated 22,000 pounds of disaster relief boxes to victims of Hurricane Helene. Feeding America Riverside/San Bernardino delivered 800 boxes that were assembled by volunteers at Aldi’s Moreno Valley distribution center, according to a statement released by the Riverside-based food bank. Feeding America Riverside/San …

The Holland Road Overpass has opened in Menifee, a project that will make it easier for people to move around the city. A four-lane structure between Antelope and Haun roads that runs above Interstate 215, the overpass includes sidewalks and bicycle paths, according to a statement on the city’s website. …

Riverside has begun updating two of its most important documents: Its General Plan and the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan for 2050. Last updated in 2007, the general plan will determine Riverside’s zoning and land-use policies through 2025, according to a statement on the city’s website. The climate action plan …

The rebuilding of the Mt. Vernon Avenue Bridge reached a milestone this month when the last of nine steel girders was put into place. The 182-foot-long structures weigh 250,000 pounds each, and are the longest pre-cast girders ever made for a California bridge, according to a statement on the city’s …