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Palm Springs will hold the first meeting of it Ethics, Transparency and Government Reform Task Force. The session, which is open to the public, is scheduled to be held at 6 p.m. March 8 at the Palm Springs Police Department Training Center, according to a release. Fifty five Palm Springs …

Southwest Airlines will offer more service between Ontario International Airport and Portland Ore., beginning Aug. 7. The flights, which were announced Thursday, are the first new domestic service added at the airport since 2010, said Jess Romo, the airport’s general manager. “It’s 268 more seats every day, so that should …

Riverside Public Utilities will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy that it will use for research and development. Data from that effort will help the federal agency update the United States electric grid system, according to an RPU statement. Riverside is one of several providers of public power …

A fire station that serves Temecula is scheduled to re-open Saturday. Fire Station 73, which is part of the CAL Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, has undergone major upgrades for the past 10 months, according to a statement posted on the city’s website. Nearly 1,400 square feet of living space has …

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has approved a request for a federal Promise Zone that would cover a large part of the city of San Bernardino. Promise Zones are partnerships between local entities and the U.S. government that seek to create jobs, increase private investment and economic activity, …

The Riverside City Council is scheduled to vote this month on whether to move the city’s main library downtown, a move that would pave the way for bringing an interactive children’s museum to that location. If approved, the city would negotiate exclusively with the Discovery Science Foundation to bring a …