City / County News

Palm Springs City Manager David Ready has issued a clarification regarding temporary lodging in the city in Coronavirus pandemic. Vacation rentals, homeshares and other lodgings including hotels may not operate in the city unless they’re used “for mitigation and containment measures related to the spread of Covid- 19, otherwise known …

Riverside has modified several of the regulations it placed on restaurants, bars, breweries and wineries in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. The city council on Tuesday agreed to allow breweries and wineries to have takeout business, but left in place the closing of bars, breweries and wineries that do not …

Several Moreno Valley grocery stores have agreed to move senior and disabled citizens to the front of the line. Winco, at 12880 Day St., will allow seniors-only shopping from 6:30-7 a.m., before the store’s regular opening time of 7 a.m., according to a statement on the city’s website. Costco, at …

Riverside has called for the temporary closure of all bars, breweries and wineries, and for restaurant to restrict their business to drive-thru, pick-up and delivery. Those conditions, based on recommendations made by the state Department of Public Health, were made shortly after Riverside County’s Public Health Officer cancelled all gatherings …

Palm Springs is encouraging its residents to participate in the upcoming U.S. Census. Starting this month residents will receive by mail a census invitation, which may be returned by mail, telephone, email or via the internet at www.2020census.gov, according to a statement on the city’s website. Answering the census is …

The U.S. House of Representatives has set up a special Congressional Supply Chain Caucus, amid growing concerns about the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. Congress already has several caucuses related to supply chains, including the air cargo, house manufacturing, digital trade and the U.S.-China Working Group Caucus, according to multiple …