City / County News

Riverside will spend $13 million on park improvements and $4 million on trash trucks from funds allotted to it through the American Rescue Plan Act. Those allocations, which the council approved Feb.7, will come from $36.7 million given to the city via the rescue plan act, the $350 billion pandemic recovery, …

The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority has received $18.8 million in state funding that will help pay for the West Valley Connector Bus Rapid Transit program. Announced recently by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the grant is part of more than $1.3 billion in state funding that will help pay for capital …

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has agreed to a pay raise for workers in the county’s In-Home Support Services program. The agreement, which must still be approved by the state and members of the United Domestic Workers, calls for three straight years of pay increases for members of that …

Gov. Gavin Newsom is being urged to place a moratorium on warehouse construction in the Inland Empire by a coalition of environmental groups. In an eight-page letter, the organizations call warehouse growth in Riverside and San Bernardino counties since the start of the pandemic “one of the most critical environmental …

Apple Valley is updating its Americans With Disabilities Act guidelines. The High Desert town’s transition and self-evaluation plan detail how Apple Valley will make facilities, programs, services, activities, and events accessible to handicapped people, according to a statement on the town’s website. Town officials are asking for comments from residents …

A record 800 volunteers, including 300 county employees, participated in San Bernardino County’s 2023 Point-In-Time Count. The early morning count on Jan. 26 was part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual one-day effort to determine the country’s homeless population, according to a statement on the county’s …