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A Riverside company will manufacture transit buses for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ElDorado National-California will make 295 40-foot transit buses for the authority, which provides light rail, heavy rail, and bus rapid transit services throughout Los Angeles County, according to a statement released Thursday. The contract is …

The Palm Springs City Council will discuss its proposed ban on leaf blowers at its July 19 meeting. The session, which will be the council’s second regularly scheduled meeting next month, was postponed because of audio and visual upgrades to the city council chamber at Palm Springs City Hall, according …

San Bernardino is  out of bankruptcy. The city’s plan of adjustment took effect June 15, and it has begun to make payments to its creditors according to the terms of that, according to a statement released Monday by the city. Those payments were halted in August 2012, when San Bernardino …

Rancho Cucamonga has been selected to participate in What Work Cities, a nationwide initiative sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The program allows cities across the United States that use data and evidence to improve the quality of living for residents to improve on those efforts  – “to go further with what …

Palm Springs has issued 185 citations for violations of its Vacation Rental Ordinance since the start of this year, including eight suspensions of rental permits and six that are being permanently revoked, according to a statement. The ordinance, which the city council approved in March after numerous complaints from residents, …

Riverside has been named one of the top five U.S. cities for innovation by an online publication. Governing magazine, which covers state and local government nationwide, named Riverside one of the top “Equipt to Innovate” cities, according to a statement. The survey measures how well cities perform in strategic planning …