City / County News

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 …

A lot of Riverside County residents are worried about their teeth. They’re also concerned about financial assistance and employment, according to a recent survey. Nearly 1,700 residents responded to the survey, which was conducted during a two-month period earlier this year by the county and the UC Riverside School of …

Riverside is urging its residents not use fireworks on or around the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. Like a lot of Southern California cities, Riverside has banned the use of all personal fireworks at all times, with violators subject to a $1,000 fine, according to a statement on the city’s …

Riverside has received major grants from two state programs that it will use to build affordable housing. The $32 million-plus from “No Place Like Home” and “Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities” will help pay for 278 affordable units throughout the city, according to a statement on the city’s website. “I’m …

Ontario will receive a $5 million grant from the state of California that it will use to pay for its downtown revitalization, including affordable housing. The funding comes from the state’s general fund and supplements a $35 million grant the city received from the state last year to help improve …

Riverside County has received $23.7 million from the state to help fight homelessness. The grant, from California’s No Place Like Home program, will create 162 permanent housing units for people with “severe and persistent” mental illness who are homeless, chronically homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, according to a …