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A Palm Springs city council member is working to form a committee that will set up ethical and open-government standards for the city. The Ethics, Transparency and Government Reform Task Force will be a temporary panel that will set up ethical guidelines for Palms Springs governmental officials that will be …

Mayor Rusty Bailey is scheduled to deliver Riverside’s 39th annual State of the City address Jan. 28 at the Riverside Convention Center. The address will be Bailey’s fourth and will focus on the city’s efforts to turn “Opportunity in Action,” according to a statement. The event will be produced by …

Riverside has set up a website that provides information regarding El Nino. The site, riversideca.gov/elnino, is designed to help residents and businesses prepare for heavy amounts of rain as well as the aftermath of a storm, said Phil Pitchford, spokesman for the city. It also tells people where they can get …

Redlands Fire Station 261 will donate $5,000 to Inland Women Fighting Cancer Believe Walk, the annual fundraiser conducted by Stater Bros. Charities’ that raises money for cancer centers and cancer-fighting organizations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The firefighters recently conducted a pink ribbon t-shirt campaign to raise awareness about …

The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a residential no-burn alert for today and Wednesday for the non-desert portions of Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties and all of Orange County. That means residents in those areas are prohibited from burning wood in their fireplaces, either indoors or …

Corona has introduced an interactive online program designed to enhance open government and make it easier for residents to get city financial information. Open Budget and Open Checkbook, which went online Friday, is the first part of what will be a citywide effort “to provide greater transparency and foster an …