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Riverside County is seeking volunteers to help conduct its annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey, which is scheduled to be held Jan. 24 in Palm Springs. The homeless count is a one-day street and service-based effort designed to calculate how many people in the county are homeless on any one …

Opening arguments in the Colonies corruption trial continued today, with a defense attorney taking a series of shots at much of the prosecution’s case against his client and the three other defendants. Attorney Raj Maline, who began his opening remarks Wednesday by comparing the county’s case to a photograph that …

Attorneys in the Colonies corruption case began presenting their case to a jury today, as the prosecution concluded its opening statement in a trial for one of four defendants in San Bernardino County Superior Court. In a presentation that lasted nearly three hours, Deputy District Attorney Lewis Cope told the …

Riverside is in solid financial shape. The city was given “a clean bill of health” from a group of independent auditors who reviewed its financial data, including grants it received from the federal and state government, according a statement. The audits, by Macias, Gini & O’Connell LLP, also examined the …

San Bernardino’s Fine Arts Commission is accepting applications for arts grants that will be distributed during the 2017-’18 fiscal year. The grant application can be found at SBCity.org/Arts, according to a statement. Applications are due no later Feb. 17. Fine arts grants are used for art and cultural programs throughout …

Fontana is accepting applications for the city’s planning and parks and community services commissions. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and live in the city of Fontana, according to a statement on the city’s website. The five-member planning commission is appointed by the city council. It reviews development …