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Cal State San Bernardino will partner with an Eastern European university to promote education, science, and cultural development. The collaboration with Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine, which is still being planned, will focus first on entrepreneurship, according to a statement on the Cal State San Bernardino website. “This is …

Riverside will spend $13 million on park improvements and $4 million on trash trucks from funds allotted to it through the American Rescue Plan Act. Those allocations, which the council approved Feb.7, will come from $36.7 million given to the city via the rescue plan act, the $350 billion pandemic recovery, …

The group that formed four years ago to restore the Plaza Theatre in downtown Palm Springs is close to seeing its efforts pay off. The Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation has raised $12.5 million, $3.5 million short of what it will need to make the 86-year-old structure a viable attraction once …

Sprouts Farmers Market has begun selling Sweet Aya Bites, the latest addition to a line of healthy snacks produced by a Riverside businessman. Sweet Aya Bites launched at Sprouts last month, said William Laws-Parsons, who started Tiger Nuts in 2020. Sweet Aya Bites come in four flavors: Sea-Salt, Smoky Barbecue, …

Jonathan Nicks has been named Menifee’s deputy city manager. Nicks, who has been the city’s community services director for the past five years, will continue to run that department but will also oversee the human resources and risk management departments, according to a statement on the city’s website. Nicks has …

Mauricio Arellano has been appointed superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District. The board of education gave Arellano – currently head of the Redlands Unified School District- a unanimous vote approval at its Feb. 7 meeting, according to a statement on the district’s website. Arellano is scheduled to …