People on the Move

Riverside County has offered Riverside City Attorney Greg Priamos the job of chief counsel. Priamos, who has led the fight against medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, has been Riverside’s city attorney since 2001 and is president of the League of California Cities’ City Attorneys Department, according to a report …

Colton Police Chief Steve Ward has been named the city’s interim city manager. Ward replaces Stephen C. Compton, who has been placed on administrative leave pending a review of certain personnel actions Compton undertook, according to multiple reports. The release says nothing else regarding Compton’s dismissal or his possible return …

Linda Liles, a kindergarten teacher with the Yucaipa Christian School District, has received the district’s Distinguished Service Award. Liles, who began teaching at Yucaipa Christian School in 1980, was honored for more than 30 years service, according to a statement. Liles received the award, one of the highest honors given …

Mathew Holton has been named Superintendent of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators Region 12. Holton, the superintendent at Chaffey Joint Union High School District, was honored recently during Region 12’s Spring Celebration/Administrator Awards Dinner at the San Bernardino Hilton Hotel, according to a statement. An Upland …

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author has joined the faculty at UC Riverside. Jane Smiley, whose novel “A Thousand Acres” won the prestigious award in 1992, will work in the school’s creative writing department, according to a statement released Wednesday. She will be a distinguished professor of creative writing and will start …

Dr. Darrell Ezell has been appointed program director of interfaith action, an inaugural program at Claremont Lincoln University. Ezell, an expert in inter-religious affairs, will teach and be in charge of faculty recruitment and program development, according to a report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. He has worked for …