City / County News

The Riverside County Waste Management Department and Moreno Valley will host a household hazardous waste collection next month. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to  2 p.m. April 16 at the City Corporate Yard, 15670 Perris Blvd., according to a statement released by Moreno Valley. All Riverside County …

The yearly conference that seeks to unite Riverside’s food movement and farms with the city’s culinary community is scheduled to be held later this month. The annual GrowRIVERSIDE gathering will be held March 21-22 at UC Riverside, according to a city statement. GrowRIVERSIDE looks for ways the city can improve …

Beaumont is scheduled to hold a special meeting tonight during which community members may offer their opinions regarding the hiring a permanent city manager. Avery Associates, a Los Gatos consulting firm hired by the city to help it fill the position, will conduct the meeting, according to a statement posted …

Riverside Public Utilities’ customers may once again claim a free shade tree they can plant in their yard or outside of their business, courtesy of the department. For the 15th consecutive year, customers may present their March billing statement at one of four city nurseries and receive a tree free …

Passenger traffic at Ontario International Airport was essentially unchanged in January. The facility handled 312,413 domestic and international passengers during the first month of this year, a year-over-year decline of 934 passengers, or 0.30 percent, according to data released Monday by Los Angeles World Airports. The airport’s two international airlines, …

The Registrar of Voters says not enough valid signatures were gathered against the Word Logistic Center, but its foes say that finding is faulty because it’s based on a random sampling. Meanwhile, lawsuits continue to be filed against the development. Officially, the battle being waged by some Moreno Valley residents …