City / County News

Riverside has received $38.5 million in state and federal funding that it will use to pay for several transportation projects. On July 6, the California State Transportation Agency announced that Riverside will receive $22 million from the Port and Freight Infrastructure Program to complete the Third Street/BNSF Railroad Grade Separation project, …

Riverside’s new city council ward boundaries will become official on July 13. The boundaries were approved by the city council in June and will be used in 2024’s city council elections, according to a statement on the city’s website. Wards 1, 3, 5, and 7 will be voted for in …

Riverside County has adopted an $8.6 billion budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which began July 1. The budget approved by the board of supervisors on June 27 tops last year’s spending plan by $1 billion, a 15 percent increase, according to a statement on the county’s website. The current …

San Bernardino County is trying to raise awareness about fentanyl addiction. The Department of Behavioral Health has started a campaign, “Fentanyl Doesn’t Care. But We Do,” in response to a recent rise in overdoses and poisonings associated with the drug, according to a statement on the county’s website. The department has …

Add Fontana to the list of cities that is undertaking a major upgrade of its downtown. Its most recent move in that direction came June 13, when the city council approved the construction of a four-level downtown parking structure at 8491 Sierra Ave. Council members awarded a $12 million contract …

More than 171,000 people are homeless in California on a typical day, by far the most of any state, according to a study released June 20. Overall, California accounts for 30 percent of the nation’s homeless population, a group that is usually older than the average U.S. resident and either …