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Palm Springs is looking for volunteers to help conduct its part of Riverside County’s annual count of homeless people. The 2018 Point-In-Time Homeless Count is scheduled to be held Jan. 23, according to a statement. In Palm Springs, volunteers are needed from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. They will survey …

Moreno Valley had a solid 2017, with new business licenses increasing 10.2 percent. The city, which claims to have created an estimated 14,000 jobs during the last four years, welcomed a number of new businesses last year, including Cafe Rio Restaurant, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Jerome’s Furniture, Karma  Automotive and Wiseway …

Riverside has a established a tax amnesty program for businesses. The program began Jan. 1 and is scheduled to run through June 30, according to a statement on the city’s website. The Business Tax Amnesty Program helps companies that have either fallen behind in their payments or did not know …

San Bernardino is soliciting bids from developers interested in developing the city’s planned 5th Street Gateway Project. The project is planned for a vacant 6.5-acre parcel downtown immediately east of Interstate 215, according to a city staff report. City officials are recommending that some of the land be used for …

The Menifee Police Department has started an online traffic collision program that is available to the public. The system is for non-emergency, non-injury traffic collisions as well as hit-and-run traffic collisions that don’t have suspect driver or suspect vehicle information, according to a statement on the city’s website. All collisions …

Starting next month, Apple Valley will have a new town manager. Doug Robertson, currently Victorville’s city manager, is scheduled to take over as Apple Valley’s top administrator Jan. 2, according to a statement. He will replace Frank Robinson, who retired in July. Robertson, who has worked for San Bernardino and …