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Menifee has partnered with local businesses and the city’s chamber of commerce to get residents to shop locally. “Menifee Forward” will encourage residents to shop at Menifee businesses, especially during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a statement on the city’s website. “We have an enormous responsibility to our local businesses …

San Bernardino County’s Education, Engagement, and Enforcement Program, which is designed to help businesses cope with COVID-19, is apparently off to a solid start. During its first two weeks, workers from Environmental Health Services visited approximately 1,650 businesses and got an “overwhelmingly positive” response from owners and managers, according to …

Palm Springs is seeking applicants for several boards and commissions. Positions are available on the architecture advisory committee, historic site preservation board, human rights commission, rent review commission, and sustainability commission, according to a statement on the city’s website. Applicants must live, work or go to school in Palm Springs. …

California is looking at a three-front battle regarding the management of its future water supply, according to California’s Secretary of Natural Resources. “We’re looking at a real challenge,” said Wade Crowfoot, the keynote speaker at the annual Southern California Water Conference, hosted by the Baldy View Chapter of the Building …

Palm Springs is asking residents and businesses for their views regarding a proposed ordinance that would reduce disposable food ware and single-use plastic waste. The issue will be discussed during two online discussions later this month and one in September, according to a statement on the city’s website. “City Council …

Riverside has decided how it will spend nearly $28 million it received recently from the Cares Act via the state of California. The plan, approved recently by the city council, includes $2.6 million for shelter beds, $3.6 million for rental help, $3.6 million for business assistance, and $3 million to …