City / County News

Riverside will discuss redistricting at a series of public meetings and workshops starting this month. The first session is scheduled to be held at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 3 at city hall before the city council’s Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee, according to a statement on the city’s website. …

The city wants to buy 120 acres on its north end from College of the Desert, land Palm Springs bought 12 years ago and gave to the school so it could build a campus there. Now, the city wants to repurchase that property, on the condition COD builds the campus …

Assessed property values in Riverside County were up 9.2 percent at the start of this year,  the highest increase since the 16 percent spike recorded at the beginning of 2007, according to a statement on the county’s website. That increase, of $31 billion to a total of $369 billion, is …

After several months of debate, San Bernardino has decided to demolish Carousel Mall. The city council Wednesday voted 6-1 to level the abandoned downtown shopping mall next to Interstate 215 and begin to look for a demolition company, according to Councilman Juan Figueroa. Councilman Ben Reynoso cast the dissenting vote. …

Lori Sassoon has been appointed Norco’s city manager. Sassoon, Rancho Cucamonga’s deputy city manager of administrative services for the past 10 years, has been formally named to the city’s top non-elected administrative post during Wednesday’s regular council meeting, according to a statement on the city’s website. She will start work …

San Bernardino County will use $13 million in state money to buy fire engines and build a fire station and animal shelter. The funding, from California’s recently adopted 2022-23 fiscal year budget, represents effort on the county’s behalf from Assembly members James Ramos, D-Highland, Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, and Eloise Gomez …