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Moreno Valley has selected its mayor and mayor pro tem for 2016. Yxstian Gutierrez will serve as mayor and Jeffrey Giba (pictured) will serve as mayor pro tem during the upcoming year, according to a statement. Both are scheduled to be sworn in during a ceremony Thursday at Moreno Valley …

Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren was honored recently with a 2015 Health Champion Award for Southern California Elected Officials. Warren received the award, which is given out by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, at the Nov. 24 city council meeting, according to a city statement. Every year the center …

Moreno Valley Mayor Pro Tem Yxstian Gutierrez recently attended USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy Executive Education Forum. Gutierrez, a council member since 2013, attended the two-day event to improve his knowledge of public policy issues and policy direction, according to a city statement. The forum deals with a  …

Timothy Paine, a  professor of entomology at UC Riverside, has received an Excellence in College and University Teaching award from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Paine, one of nine award winners in the food …

Jeff Huang has been named Acting Dean of Students at Claremont-McKenna College. Huang, vice president for Student Affairs, Admission and Financial Aid, replaces Mary Spellman, who resigned earlier this month amid student protests alleging racial discrimination on campus, according to published reports. In a statement released Monday, President Hiram Chodosh …

Two interim department heads with the city of Riverside have been assigned to those jobs permanently. Kris Martinez, a 21-year city employee, has been named public works director, and Carl Carey has replaced Martinez as general services director, according to a city statement released Tuesday. Martinez and Carey, a 10-year …