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Victorville fire department personnel have approved a contract that gives them their first increase in salary and benefits in four years. The five-year agreement, which department members approved unanimously, calls for a 23.6 percent salary increase for firefighter-paramedics during the first year of the agreement. The contract also provides a …

Construction has begun on affordable housing that will serve foster youth in Riverside County. Three single-family homes in the 16000 block of Perris Boulevard in Moreno Valley are being converted into 12 single-occupancy units that will be available to young people moving out of foster care and low-income families with …

Riverside County has agreed to help speed up the development of affordable housing in the Coachella Valley. The board of supervisors Wednesday unanimously approved putting $2 million into the Coachella Valley Regional Housing Catalyst Fund, according to a statement. The money will be taken from the Fourth District’s federal American …

For the first time in six years, Riverside County has recorded a decrease in unsheltered homeless persons. That number dropped eight percent compared with 2020 in this year’s point-in-time count, which was conducted in February, according to a statement on the county’s website. Riverside County officials are attributing the decline to …

Yvonne Wise has been named director of Palm Springs parks and recreation. Wise, who holds the same title with the Port of San Diego, is scheduled to begin in work in Palm Springs June 27, according to a statement on Palm Springs’ website. Wise began working for the port authority …

Riverside has approved development of a city-wide fiber network that will improve high-speed internet access to residents and businesses. The project, approved earlier this month by the city council, will be installed and operated by SiFi Networks Riverside LLC at no cost to the city, according to a statement on …