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Apple Valley has assumed ownership of Hilltop House, a city landmark that was built during the 1950s by two local developers. The town council on Wednesday closed escrow on the property, paying $360,000 for the structure on Bass Hill that was once used as a conference center but has been …

Riverside has given out its first Green Business Award. City officials, including representatives from Riverside Public Utilities, recently presented the award to UTC Aerospace Systems, according to a statement on the city’s website. With an assist from California’s Green Business Program, the city utility helped UTC Aerospace make changes to …

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday agreed to move forward with a plan that will refine and reorganize the March Joint Powers Authority, the agency that oversees March Air Reserve Base and is in charge of development there. In a 5-0 vote, the board declared that preserving and protecting …

Beaumont is pledging its full cooperation with the Riverside County District Attorney’s office in that office’s investigation into the city’s corruption scandal. City officials are also taking action to make sure such a scandal never happens again, Mayor Mike Lara said in a statement. “We have been cooperating with all …

Charges have been filed against seven former Beaumont officials. The charges stem from a public corruption case in which nearly $43 million went missing from city coffers, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced in a statement released Tuesday. Former City Manager Alan Kapanicas, former Economic Development Director David Dillon, …

Riverside’s hiring freeze, implemented last Friday in an attempt to help curb the city’s $7.2 million budget deficit, could be extended beyond the end of next month, a Riverside official said Tuesday. Officially, the freeze – which also includes a ban on most general fund spending – was to have …