Reconstruction of the Hamner Avenue Bridge in Norco has been completed. The bridge was officially reopened Aug. 26 in a ceremony at Eastvale Community Park, according to a statement on Riverside County’s website. The 85-year-old structure has been renamed the Mayor Berwin Hanna Bridge in honor of the former Norco …
Read More »San Bernardino wants to help businesses improve their look
San Bernardino is accepting applications for a facade improvement program for local businesses. The “Paintbrush Program” will provide $10,000 to $20,000 grants along multiple business corridors, grants that will help those businesses improve their appearance, according to a statement on the city’s website. Possible improvements might be new exterior signs, …
Read More »San Bernardino looks to remove court injunction, clean up its parks
San Bernardino is close to completing a proposal that would allow the city to resume removing homeless encampments from its parks. In January, U.S. District Court Judge Terry J. Hatter issued an injunction against the city that suspended that practice, after San Bernardino was sued by the ACLU and SoCal …
Read More »Federal grant will help Riverside with armory project
Riverside has secured $2.5 million in federal funds that it will use to help upgrade the National Guard Armory at Fairmount Park. Built in 1959, the 12,000-square-foot armory occupies 4.7 acres near the 60 Freeway and has approximately 32,000 square feet of parking, according to a statement on the city’s …
Read More »San Bernardino County sets up website for Measure K
San Bernardino County voters who want information on Measure K, the proposed increase of the county’s transit occupancy tax, may do so on a special website. The TOT website explains in detail what that the tax is, how San Bernardino County’s TOT compares to other communities, how it’s audited, and …
Read More »Apple Valley approves tax oversight committee
Apple Valley will set up a committee to oversee revenue generated by Measure P, the one-cent sales tax on the town’s Nov. 5 ballot. If that measure passes, the committee of local residents will track the revenue it creates and make certain it’s spent “in a manner consistent with the …
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