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Riverside is ramping up its effort to reduce its homeless population. The city council on Sept. 12 voted unanimously to create the Department of Housing and Human Services, which will focus exclusively on helping all homeless people living in Riverside find a place to live. The new department will have …

Victorville is scheduled to hold its annual Fall Festival on Oct. 7. The event will take place from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Victorville City Hall, 14343 Civic Drive, according to a statement on the city’s website. The 20th-anniversary festival, which is free and open to the public, will …

Riverside County has received a $12 million state grant that it will use to reduce homelessness in the San Jacinto riverbed. The money from the Encampment Resolution Funding Program will pay for “housing, street outreach, and wrap-around services,” to address the issue of homelessness in and around the riverbed,” according …

Riverside may be on the verge of getting an all-electric vehicle company to come to the city. City officials are negotiating with Ohmio Automotion Ltd. in Auckland, New Zealand, to establish that company’s international headquarters in Riverside, according to a statement released by the city earlier this month. During its …

California’s labor market added 23,100 non-agricultural workers in August, according to data released today. The state’s unemployment rate last month was 4.6 percent, unchanged for the third consecutive month, the state Employment Development Department reported. “It was a bit of a mixed bag during August, with the largest regions in …

Riverside has created a department intended to help the city reduce its homeless population. The Department of Housing and Human Services, which the city council approved Sept. 12, will “bring together all the city’s existing resources with a renewed focus to prevent and reduce homelessness in Riverside,” according to a …