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Riverside County will be able to spend up to $10 million in former redevelopment funds to restore a decaying shopping center in Jurupa Valley. Money for the Mission Plaza project has languished since the state legislature’s decision in 2011 to abolish redevelopment statewide, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. …

Teachers in Hemet are considering walking off the job. The instructors, who have not received a pay raise in four years, are preparing a possible strike regarding salaries and class sizes, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Administrators with the Hemet Unified School District are recruiting substitute teachers and …

The city council has voted to do away with the Hemet Fire Department and contract fire and paramedic services with Riverside County, but that plan has drawn the ire of city firefighters and many in the community. Ultimately, city voters may decide the issue. Who knew a municipal fire department …

Riverside may reverse course and allow more than one ambulance company to transports non-emergency patients within the city. Currently, only Colorado-based American Medical Response is allowed to make those trips in Riverside, but Care Ambulance in Orange might be getting close to getting a permit and providing some competition, according …

Riverside has informed two community service districts in Jurupa Valley that it wants an immediate multi-million dollar payment in connection with the expansion of wastewater treatment plant. The letter, signed by Riverside Deputy City Attorney Anthony L. Beaumon, warns both districts that the city will take action to recover costs …

San Jacinto has let go seven full-time and three part-time employees in the aftermath of voters’ rejection of a utility tax that would have helped pay for police and fire protection. Seven vacant positions will not be filled, and two other employees – one full-time and one part-time – are …