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Opponents of a proposed 40.6-million-square-foot logistics project in Moreno Valley are gathering signatures in an effort to get the issue on the local ballot. The petition drive, which began right after Thanksgiving, has several more weeks to get the signatures of 8,000 registered voters who live in Moreno Valley, said …

Ontario’s annual Christmas celebration is scheduled to begin Friday. The yearly tree-lighting ceremony will he held at 5:30 p.m. at Ontario Town Square at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and C Street, said Sue Oxarart, spokeswoman for the Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau. City officials will light the tree …

Moreno Valley has launched a webpage intended to help city residents cope with El Nino. The site, movalley.org/elnino, is meant to help with the severe weather condition that could cause severe flooding and other damage to Moreno Valley and surrounding communities, according to a city statement. The webpage is aimed at …

For the second time in three months, the Moreno Valley City Council Tuesday voted in favor of a massive industrial project proposed for the city’s east end. In 5-0 vote, the council voted to adopt three ballot initiatives that support the World Logistics Center rather than put each of those …

Menifee recorded an increase in sales tax revenue during the second quarter of 2015, the second consecutive quarter the city experienced such growth. Menifee’s sales tax revenue for April, May and June of this year rose 11.5 percent year-over-year, which was five times greater than Riverside County’s increase during that …

The announcement that the store on Palmdale Road will be shut down early next year caught some in the High Desert by surprise, even though the location, which was close to 30 years old, had been underperforming for several years. At least one person in the High Desert wasn’t surprised …