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The Fenner Valley Water Authority has created a $5 million fund that will help small water systems in Southern California improve their water qualtiy. The Southern California Clean Water Fund will be underwritten by Cadiz Inc., developer of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation Recovery and Storage Project in the Mojave …

Perris has received $5.5 million from the federal government that it will use to help build a job training facility. The Perris Downtown Skills Training and Job Placement Center is expected to create 325 jobs and generate about $10 million in private sector investment, according to a statement. A construction …

The initiative on next month’s ballot has sparked a debate on how best to solve the state’s housing crisis. Both sides are using familiar arguments to make their case. Rent control, the bane of developers and residential property owners everywhere, could soon become legal throughout California. On Nov. 6, voters …

Riverside will hold two more public meetings regarding its application for a state grant that would help its east side and downtown neighborhoods. The city is applying for funds from the California Strategic Growth Council’s Transformative Climate Communities Program, which seeks to improve public health by cutting air pollution, according …

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will make it easier for sidewalk vendors to operate in California. The bill, which Brown signed Monday, prohibits criminal penalties for sidewalk sales of food and other goods, according to multiple reports. Vendors will also be able to petition the courts to …

Riverside is reportedly one of the best cities in the United States in which to grow a business. The city ranked 19th among 30 cities in a study by MSN Money, which assessed the number of new entrepreneurs in major metropolitan areas, startup density. That put Riverside ahead of Charlotte, …