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Moreno Valley is scheduled to hold a community clean up Saturday. Anyone interested in participating in Keep Moreno Valley Beautiful should report by 9 a.m. to Moreno Valley College Student Parking Lot B, according to a statement on the city’s website. Volunteers will pick up trash on Indian Street from …

Moreno Valley is accepting applications for grants that will be used to remove blight and help low and moderate income residents. City officials expect to receive nearly $2 million in Community Development Block Grant funds, which are issued by the U.S, Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to a …

Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey is scheduled to deliver the annual State of the City address Jan. 25 at the Riverside Convention Center. The speech, which is being produced by the city and the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, will be Bailey’s sixth State of the City address, according to a …

Palm Springs is looking for volunteers to help conduct its part of Riverside County’s annual count of homeless people. The 2018 Point-In-Time Homeless Count is scheduled to be held Jan. 23, according to a statement. In Palm Springs, volunteers are needed from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. They will survey …

Moreno Valley had a solid 2017, with new business licenses increasing 10.2 percent. The city, which claims to have created an estimated 14,000 jobs during the last four years, welcomed a number of new businesses last year, including Cafe Rio Restaurant, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Jerome’s Furniture, Karma  Automotive and Wiseway …

Riverside has a established a tax amnesty program for businesses. The program began Jan. 1 and is scheduled to run through June 30, according to a statement on the city’s website. The Business Tax Amnesty Program helps companies that have either fallen behind in their payments or did not know …