City / County News

Riverside’s general fund is headed for a fall. Revenue is expected to drop by $8.1 million and $9.1 million during the next two fiscal years respectively, according to a statement on the city’s website. During that time, spending is expected to increase by $19 million in fiscal year 2026/27 and $25 …

The Highland–Redlands Connector Project has received a boost from the federal government. Rep, Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, recently presented $2 million to the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority to help advance the project, according to a statement on the authority’s website. “If the transportation authority keeps delivering, I’ll keep helping,” …

Morongo Casino Resort & Spa has reached sponsorship agreements with two of the Inland Empire’s minor league baseball teams. The resort is the presenting sponsor of the Ontario Tower Buzzers and the field sponsor at Epicenter Stadium, home of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, according to a statement released by the resort …

Barely four months since it reopened, the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs has held 120 events, surpassing its yearly programming goal. The downtown theater hosted all of those shows – including the Palm Springs Jazz Festival, the Palm Springs Symphony, Modernism Week, and Coachella Valley Classical Voices – in 121 …

A Highland man has been arrested in connection with an arson fire at a large Ontario warehouse April 7. Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, an employee at the 1.2-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark facility near Merrill and Hellman avenues, taken into custody early Tuesday after being reported missing from the warehouse-distribution facility, according to multiple …

A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled to be held April 6 at the future site of homeless navigation center in Fontana. The West End Regional Navigation Center will include 100 shelter beds and 100 recuperative care beds for homeless individuals who are waiting to be moved into permanent housing, according to …