City / County News

San Bernardino is scheduled to hold a ceremony on April 24  to mark the demolition of the Carousel Mall. The former shopping center, which covers 43 acres downtown and is surrounded by a fence, will be leveled “systematically” during the coming weeks, according to a statement on the city website. …

Riverside may develop a Korean-American Cultural Center that would be located at California Citrus State Historic Park. The city council recently approved a memorandum of understanding with the Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Foundation of the Americas to “explore” such a project, according to a statement on the city’s website. In …

December, it appeared San Bernardino was on track to solving its seemingly never-ending Carousel Mall problem. After a debate about whether to restore the former downtown mall or level it, the city council settled on the latter option, at a cost of $8 million. With a developer in place, it …

Riverside County is considering creating a land-use category in the Coachella Valley for ranchos. Supervisor V. Manuel Perez has directed the county’s planning department to work on an ordinance that would establish such a designation, according to a statement on the count’s website. Ranchos are large agricultural properties – date …

Moreno Valley will provide entrepreneurial workshops to the local community through a partnership with UC Riverside. The arrangement between the university’s Office of Technology Partnerships and staff from the Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept and Innovation Center will provide business-related advice and assistance to Moreno Valley residents, according to a statement …

San Bernardino County will make $2.5 million worth of upgrades to an unincorporated pocket in downtown San Bernardino. The Little Third Street and Little Tippecanoe Avenue improvement project will cover approximately one-half of a mile and will include street widening, and installation of sidewalks and street lights, according to a …