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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 …

Ontario’s yearly celebration of vintage automobiles is scheduled to be held this weekend. The Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion will take place Sept. 15-16,  taking up a 22-square block of downtown filled with vendors, rides, and live music and a stretch of Euclid Avenue filled with hot rods. More than 1,000 …

San Bernardino County’s economic development department has been recognized for the help it gave to small businesses during the pandemic. The department arranged for $1.7 million in grant money to be distributed to 713 county businesses during COVID-19, earning it a 2023 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties, …