City / County News

Nearly 2,500 Riverside County properties are at risk of being sold by the county due to their tax-default status. Excluding any last-minute payments, the parcels will have been in default for five years on July 1 due to insufficient payment of property taxes, according to the county Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office. …

Eastvale is asking for federal funding to help it develop a civic center, library and police station. The city is seeking $28 million from the Congressional Directed Spending and Community Project for those projects, which provides money annually for projects that enhance quality of life, according to a statement on …

Add Victorville to the list of Inland Empire cities that are trying to get their sidewalk vendors under control. An ordinance passed by the city council early this year by a 4-1 vote revises and updates regulations used by the High Desert city to control sidewalks vendors. It establishes sidewalk …

San Bernardino City Manager Charles Montoya has been fired. During a closed session May 22, the city council voted unanimously to terminate Montoya’s contract without cause, according to multiple reports. Montoya held the city manager’s position for eight months. No explanation for his dismissal was given. The council also voted …

The Riverside County board of supervisors have approved a new salary structure that will give themselves substantial raises. In a 4-1 vote May 21, the board said yes to a plan that will raise their pay between 19 percent and 58 percent, depending on how much each member is being …

Three baseball fields at San Bernardino’s Blair Park have undergone a $1.7 million renovation, thanks to an assist from the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. The Dodger Dreamfield upgrades, unveiled during a ceremony May 18, include new playing surfaces, pitching mounds, bullpens, enclosed fields, …