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Coachella Valley residents are being asked to roll up their sleeves for the Fourth Annual Nine Cities Blood Drive Challenge. The one-day event is scheduled to be held from noon to 6 p.m. July 21 at the headquarters of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, 3111 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, said …

Arrowhead United Way has distributed $2.5 million in connection with the terrorist shooting Dec. 2 in San Bernardino. The money, which was collected by the charity’s San Bernardino United Relief Fund, went to 73 victims who were identified as beneficiaries, including families of those who died, those who were injured …

The inaugural Apple Valley Village Street Fair is scheduled to be held this month. The event, which is being sponsored by about 300 town businesses, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 16 along a stretch of Pawnee Road downtown, said Kenneth Sousa, event assistant with the …

Menifee experienced strong sales tax growth during the fourth quarter of last year. The city’s sales tax revenue during the last three months of 2015 was up 20.7 percent overall – and 12.9 percent if accounting aberrations are left out – compared with the fourth quarter of 2014, according to …

Riverside is turning the water back on. Based on recommendations from the city’s public utility and its board, the city council Tuesday voted to return to stage one of Riverside’s water conservation ordinance, according to a statement released Wednesday. That means no more mandatory restrictions on outdoor watering. From now …

International traffic has been driving the engine recently at Ontario International Airport, increasing steadily during the last year or so. That trend went away in May. The airport’s two international carriers – AeroMexico and Volaris, both of which have regular flights to and from Mexico – experienced an 18.8 percent …