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Palm Springs is asking for suggestions regarding how to spend revenue from Measure J, the one-cent sales tax approved by city voters in 2011. Residents, businesses, nonprofits and neighborhood organizations may submit proposals explaining how they would spend a portion of the $6 million generated by Measure J, which was …

The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District will build a station on land owned by the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Fire Station 227 will replace the current Station 227 at 282 W. 40th St., which has been in use since 1953, according to a statement on the county’s …

San Bernardino County’s homeless population grew by one percent in 2023, a year-over-year increase of 42 individuals. That was a substantial decline from 2022, when the county’s homeless population increased by 26 percent, according to a statement on the county’s website. The results of the Jan. 25 Point-In-Time Count are …

After a five-year absence, pedal boating will return to Fairmount Park Lake in Riverside. The city council recently approved a contract to dredge the lake and make it deep enough for boats, according to a statement on the city’s website. “Pedal boating is a quintessential Fairmount Park experience,” Mayor Patricia …

Nearly 2,500 Riverside County properties are at risk of being sold by the county due to their tax-default status. Excluding any last-minute payments, the parcels will have been in default for five years on July 1 due to insufficient payment of property taxes, according to the county Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office. …

Eastvale is asking for federal funding to help it develop a civic center, library and police station. The city is seeking $28 million from the Congressional Directed Spending and Community Project for those projects, which provides money annually for projects that enhance quality of life, according to a statement on …