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Former Palm Springs Mayor Stephen Pougnet and two Coachella Valley developers have been charged with bribery, conflict of interest and perjury. Multiple criminal counts were filed against Pougnet, Richard Meaney and John Wessman: nine counts of accepting a bribe by a public officer, nine counts of bribing an executive officer, eight …

Stephanie Holloman, a city of Los Angeles employee for the past 12 years, has been named Riverside’s human resources director. Holloman, who worked for the Los Angeles Harbor Department and spent one year as a senior policy analyst for then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, began her new job Monday, according to a …

Riverside has shut down a marijuana dispensary that has been operating illegally. Re-Up at 3532 Central Ave. was closed because of multiple fire, life and a safety violations, according to a statement posted Monday on the city’s website. The business, near the 91 Freeway, was shuttered Thursday after it was found …

Riverside has received the Excellence in Budgeting Award from the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers, a statewide organization that promotes best practices among government finance professionals. The award acknowledged the city’s work on its 2016-’18 biennial budget, which the city council approved in June, according to a statement. The …

A 64,000-square-foot retail center in Ontario has been sold. The property, at 404-426 N. Euclid Ave., covers nearly an entire city block in downtown Ontario, according to Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga, which represented both parties in the transaction. A New York-based private investor sold the property to …

Riverside is working on several potential agreements with Ensenada, Mexico, its sister city. Mayor Rusty Bailey and city council members met recently with a delegation from Ensenada to discuss projects the cities might work on, including educating deaf students to exporting Mexican seafood worldwide through the civilian part of March …