City / County News

Riverside’s annual holiday festival has a new start date. This year’s switch-ceremony that will begin the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights will start at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 18, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, according to a statement on the city’s website. Traditionally, the event has been held the …

Norco has reaffirmed its opposition to Riverside’s plan to build above-ground transmission lines along the city’s portion of the Santa Ana River. The city is “building a coalition” to support placing the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project underground, which would run through an area susceptible to fires according to a statement …

Moreno Valley is again asking local artists to donate their work for possible exhibitions in city facilities. The city’s annual Art Loan Program accepts “family-friendly” pieces of art created by Moreno Valley residents to be displayed in the council chamber, library, and several other locations, according to a statement on …

San Bernardino County’s workforce development board has been named one of the state’s top workforce boards. The board, a volunteer group that oversees federal funding meant to strengthen the county’s labor pool, was recognized for its “success in transforming lives and strengthening business throughout the nation’s largest geographic county,” according …

Anyone interested in starting a small business in San Bernardino will soon have a resource available to them that will help them get started. The city and Cal State San Bernardino have formed the Entrepreneurial Resource Center, which will be located in 5,000 square feet of office space known as …

A national research organization has ranked San Bernardino County among the top counties in the United States for the use of technology. The county tied for seventh with Westchester County in New York for best technology practices among counties with a population of one million or more, according to the …