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Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Southern California Water Conference. The conference, titled Responding to Water Extremes,” will deal with a future of “weather whiplash,” in which extremely dry conditions will be …

Palm Springs will open a homeless shelter that will assist people during the summer. Starting June 1, the overnight shelter will be provided at the Palm Springs Access Center, 225 El Cielo Road, according to a statement on the city’s website. The facility near Palms Springs International Airport will operate …

San Bernardino has moved back to square one in its effort to redevelop the Carousel Mall property. After a dozen years of trying to come up with a plan to restore the now-abandoned downtown property, the city council on May 3 voted 5-2 to sever all ties with the developer …

Replacement of the Mt. Vernon Avenue Bridge in San Bernardino will take a little longer than expected. The project is expected to be finished in December, three months later than originally anticipated, according to a statement on the city’s website. The 86-year-old bridge, which connects communities on the west side …

Riverside will introduce a downtown parking program this summer that will allow up to 90 minutes of free parking per day. Scheduled to begin July 1, “Parking Your Way” will apply to street parking spaces with meters as well as public parking lots and parking garages, according to a statement on …

Riverside County’s homeless population rose 12 percent during the past year, a report has found. A total of 3,725 people were identified as homeless in the January 25 Point In Time Count, up from 3,336 homeless residents in 2022, according to data released on May 9 by the county’s Department …