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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 …

The San Bernardino City Council today might ask the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department if it’s interested in providing police protection to the city. The council’s vote comes almost two years after it first asked the department what it would cost to provide police service in San Bernardino, according to …

A nurses strike regarding better protection against the Ebola virus that began Tuesday in Northern California is moving to the Southland. Thousands of nurses either walked off the job or joined picket lines at major hospitals today to protest inadequate staffing and demand better protective gear against infectious diseases like …