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Riverside has established a revolving loan program designed to help local nonprofits. The $2.8 million Riverside Non-Profit Resilience Fund will help nonprofits achieve financial stability, according to a statement on the city’s website. The program will be run by the city and the Inland Empire Community Foundation and paid for …

Riverside County is scheduled to hold its annual sale of defaulted properties April 25-30. The online auction, which was approved by the board of supervisors in January, will be held on Bid4Assets.com, according to a statement on the county’s website. “This is a process that our office facilitates with the …

San Bernardino County has broken ground on a communications center that will coordinate responses to emergencies and disasters. The 76,000-square foot Valley Communications Center will house dispatch centers for the sheriff’s department, fire agencies and the Office of Emergency Services, according to a statement on the county’s website. The building …

The Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation will hold a fundraiser April 19 at the Prescott Collection Hangar in Palm Springs, home to a private collection of more than 100 vintage automobiles. “Drive the Plaza Theatre Into the Future” will raise money for the restoration of the historic downtown Plaza Theatre, which …

Fontana has received $2 million in federal aid that it will use to make transportation safety improvements. The funding from the Department of Transportation will help reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries by developing smart traffic signal technology, according to a statement released by Rep. Norma Torres, D-Ontario. Torres is a member …

Riverside has established a Local Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the 42nd such fund created in California. The city council voted recently to create the fund and apply for $1.5 million in state and federal funds set aside for municipalities that have been designated “pro-housing,” according to a statement on Riverside’s …