City / County News

Apple Valley will step up its efforts to decrease unsafe driving. A grant of nearly $70,000 will allow the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department to focus more on drunken drivers, violators of the state’s hands-free cell phone laws and other drivers dangerous to pedestrians and bicycle riders, according to a …

Moreno Valley has approved the second phase of its ongoing pavement rehabilitation program. If all goes as planned, five years of road rehabilitation will be condensed into nine months, with construction expected to begin next year, according to a statement by the city. The city council unanimously approved the second …

Two bills signed by the governor last month are expected to make it easier to get housing built in commercial areas. Funding is also being provided for some “shovel ready” projects statewide to help get them built faster.   Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two bills intended to help ease …

The Desert Water Agency, a nonprofit that manages groundwater in the Coachella Valley, has added $2 million to its grass removal program, according to a statement. The program, which the agency started in 2014, began the 2022-23 fiscal year on July 1 with $1.65 million, nearly 80 percent of which …

San Bernardino is in talks with a commercial developer regarding the development of a retail project that will include Target, Sprouts Farmers Market and Burlington. The city has entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement with Rich Development Enterprises Inc. in San Pedro, which has more than four million square feet …

Riverside County has received a $29.5 million state grant that it will use to build housing for its homeless population. That funding, from the state’s No Place Like Home program, will help build 147 permanent housing units for people with “severe and persistent” mental illness who are homeless, chronically homeless, …