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Gov. Brown is expected to propose that funds from the state’s estimated $3 billion surplus be spent on public schools and community colleges. However, Democrats are expected to try to spend much of that money on various social programs, including child care and higher education, according to an Associated Press …

Nearly two years ago, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted to make it easier for food trucks to roam their jurisdiction. Despite that move, mobile food trucks aren’t common in the county: only eight trucks have been permitted under the regulations approved by the board in July 2013, according …

Los Angeles attorneys went to court Tuesday and defended the city’s ownership of Ontario International Airport, arguing against claims by Ontario that the agreement that gave control of the airport to Los Angeles should be voided. The attorneys told Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gloria Connor Trask that even if …

California water officials have approved regulations meant to bring about drastic reductions in water use ordered by Gov. Jerry Brown last month. Water districts statewide will be required to cut their water consumption by as much as 36 percent in some cases compared with their March 2013 levels of use …

Democrats are beginning to make up ground in Riverside County. Since 2011, Democrats have reached voter pluralities in Riverside, San Jacinto and Cathedral City, three places where it has traditionally trailed the Republicans in registered voters, according to report in The Press-Enterprise. The GOP still leads in overall registered voters …

California residents cut their water consumption by 3.6 percent in March compared with March 2014. That represented a minor improvement compared with February, when the state recorded a 2.8 percent reduction year-over-year, according to multiple published reports that cited data from the State Water Resources Control Board. That fell well …