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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, …

San Bernardino issued 736 building permits in August, far more than in any recent month. Those permits, issued by the city’s building and safety division, were worth an estimated $26 million, according to a statement on the city’s website. “Activity has been picking up all year,” said Nathan Freeman, director …

Phase one of Moreno Valley’s $50 million pavement rehabilitation program is underway. The project will repave nearly 190 miles of arterial, and neighborhood roads throughout the city, according to the statement on the city’s website. Council members approved the project in February, and in June agreed to spend $29 million …

Riverside has been recognized for having the top fleet of green vehicles in North America by the NAFA Fleet Management Association. “Riverside has made ‘going green’ a part of our city’s identity, and the green fleet award is the latest recognition of those efforts,” Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said in …