Tag Archives: City/ County News

Only four percent of the COVID-19 cases reported in San Bernardino County since Feb. 1 has been among vaccinated individuals, according to county health officials. The remaining 96 percent were among people who were unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, a clear sign that the county’s vaccination program is working against the Delta …

The Riverside County Transportation Department has awarded a $64 million contract to a Central California construction company. Watsonville-based Granite will be in charge of the Jurupa Road grade separation in Jurupa Valley, according to a statement. That project will include building a grade separation between Jurupa Road and the Union …

Moreno Valley will replace the bridge at Moreno Beach Drive and the 60 Freeway, a 50-year-old structure built by the California Department of Transportation. Construction is expected to begin this summer and be completed in early 2023, according to a statement on the city’s website. The Moreno Beach Drive project …

Riverside County has been awarded $25.5 million to create 119 permanent housing units for persons with “severe and persistent” mental illness. The money, from the state’s No Place Like Home program, will help people who are homeless, chronically homeless, or at risk of being homeless, according to a statement released …

The money, part of a larger statewide program, will be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the community through environmental means, including planting trees, installing free solar panels, and if things go as planned, getting people to walk more and drive less.   Riverside’s historic Eastside Neighborhood is about …

Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson and Police Chief Larry Gonzalez met with Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday at a roundtable and press conference. The event, attended by mayors and police chiefs from California’s 13 largest cities, was a discussion on how to address crime and reduce organized theft statewide, according to …