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The Perris Housing Authority created the Senior Home Repair Program that gives a one-time $10,000 grant to senior citizens in order to make minor health and safety improvements in their home. Improvements include minor roof repairs, installing ramps, handrails or grab bar, heating or air-conditional replacement, smoke detectors, minor electrical …

A certain demographic group has fallen for Riverside. The millennial population – defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as anyone between 20 and 34 years old – increased by 40 percent in the greater Riverside market between 2010 and 2013, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association …

Riverside County will pursue building a 32-acre medical campus next to the Riverside County Regional Medical Center. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to negotiate with a private real estate firm that will put together a development plan for that project, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Board …

Outdoor water use in San Bernardino County needs to be cut in half, and about 50 percent of the water used in irrigation needs to be cut back during the next nine months, according to local water officials. Large lawns should not be allowed in California given number of droughts …

Residents of southwest Riverside County are now on a strict water diet. Starting yesterday, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District began implementing mandatory Stage4a water restrictions, the first time since the district was formed in the 1950s that has placed such tight limits on water use, according to a report …

The World Logistics Center, proposed for the city’s east side, would cover 40 million square feet at buildout, dwarfing any other industrial project in the region. The logistics development is either a major economic boost for the city or a catalyst for more traffic, noise and pollution, depending on which …