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California has donated 320 acres to the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians. The state’s Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy recently handed over the ancestral land in the San Jacinto Mountains to the federally recognized tribe, according to a statement on the tribe’s website. “Returning these lands to the Agua Caliente …

Moreno Valley has added WiFi to three of its parks, bringing the total number of parks and other facilities to 35 in the city with that technology. Westbluff Park, Morrison Park and Rock Ridge Park all recently received the network adapter that makes wireless access to the internet possible, according to …

Victorville has received $6.3 million the California Department of Housing and Community Development to help the city fight homelessness. The money from the department’s Encampment Resolution Fund may be used to remove homeless encampments or provide housing and support services for people with no place to live, according to a …

Sometime in the next few weeks, San Bernardino expects to begin cleaning out its homeless encampments from the city’s parks. The city will take that action because a court injunction that prohibited the city from conducting such cleanups was lifted last month, nine months after it was put in place. …

Perris and the Eastern Municipal Water District have agreed to consolidate the city’s water and sewer systems, a move that will impact about 4,000 city residents. Beginning Oct. 15, the water district will be the water and wastewater provider for the Downtown Perris Water System and the North Perris Water …

Riverside is asking for development proposals for the city’s Northside neighborhood. A “notice-of-availability” has been released regarding the 2,000-acre property, a cluster of neighborhoods north of the 60 Freeway and south of Colton, according to a statement on the city’s website. Proposals will be for the first 126 acres. They …