Riverside has set up a website that will help residents understand how the city is dealing its unfunded pensions and the potential liability associated with them. The city must “address the difference between the current and future resources that exist to cover expenses related to providing retirement benefits for current …
Read More »SB Police land traffic grant
The San Bernardino Police Department has received a $458,000 grant that will pay for a 12-month enforcement and public awareness program regarding traffic safety laws. That funding, from the Office of Traffic Safety, will teach people about safe roadway habits and generally promote behavior that prevents traffic injuries and fatalities, …
Read More »Inland city receives environmental award
Rancho Cucamonga has received a Cool Planet Award from The Climate Registry, a non-profit agency that designs and operates greenhouse gas compliance programs in the United States and Canada, and Southern California Edison. The Cool Planet Award recognizes Southern California Edison business customers who “implement energy efficiency projects, conduct energy …
Read More »Grant to be used for neighborhood upgrades
Riverside will receive a $3 million grant that it will use to buy 7.5 acres of blighted land in the Northside section of the city. The grant for the Northside Heritage Meadows Project was part of a recent $24.7 million program sponsored by the California Natural Resources Agency, money earmarked …
Read More »Pipeline for recycled water completed
The Eastern Municipal Water District and its partner agencies have finished the French Valley Recycled Water Pipeline. The recently-completed project provides high-quality recycled water to French Valley Elementary School and Sheffield Park, according to a statement. Both sites are in Winchester, an unincorporated community in southwest Riverside County. Each was …
Read More »Bike program connects destination points in downtown Riverside
Bike Riverside, which began earlier this month, will help reduce pollution and traffic congestion over time, city officials say. Riverside’s latest effort to improve its downtown traffic flow isn’t high tech. It’s an invention called the bicycle. Earlier this month, city officials launched Bike Riverside, the first bicycle sharing operation …
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