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Moreno Valley has been recognized by the League of California Cities for its efforts to get city businesses to hire Moreno Valley residents. The city recently received a Helen Putnam Award for Excellence from the league – one of 10 cities to receive that honor – for its Hire Mo-Val …

San Bernardino County has received an $11 million state grant that it will use to remove a large homeless encampment in San Bernardino. The funds will help the county’s Office of Homeless Services relocate homeless people in the Highland Avenue Corridor, which runs parallel to the Foothill Freeway in San …

Perris has opened a skate park at Paragon Park. A ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Mayor Michael M. Vargas, City Manager Clara Miramontes and other city dignitaries was held Oct. 10, according to a statement on the city’s website. The $2.2 million project covers 15,000 square feet and includes in-ground bowls …

Moreno Valley has added WiFi to three of its parks, bringing the total number of parks and other facilities to 35 in the city with that technology. Westbluff Park, Morrison Park and Rock Ridge Park all recently received the network adapter that makes wireless access to the internet possible, according to …

Victorville has received $6.3 million the California Department of Housing and Community Development to help the city fight homelessness. The money from the department’s Encampment Resolution Fund may be used to remove homeless encampments or provide housing and support services for people with no place to live, according to a …

Sometime in the next few weeks, San Bernardino expects to begin cleaning out its homeless encampments from the city’s parks. The city will take that action because a court injunction that prohibited the city from conducting such cleanups was lifted last month, nine months after it was put in place. …