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Bike Riverside, which began earlier this month, will help reduce pollution and traffic congestion over time, city officials say. Riverside’s latest effort to improve its downtown traffic flow isn’t high tech. It’s an invention called the bicycle. Earlier this month, city officials launched Bike Riverside, the first bicycle sharing operation …

Promise Scholars, a nonprofit agency that helps students in the Ontario-Montclair School District enter college in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, has received a $200,000 grant from Bank of America. Earlier this month, Promise Scholars was named the 2018 Bank of America Builders Award recipient for the Inland Empire, according …

Ralph McLaughlin has been named CoreLogic’s deputy chief economist. Formerly the chief economist at Trulia, a website for home buyers and renters, McLaughlin will oversee economic research at CoreLogic while increasing the profile of CoreLogic’s economic policy unit, according to a statement. “Ralph is a terrific addition to the CoreLogic …

Lorna Luft will serve as celebrity grand marshal of the 26th annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade, the city’s premiere holiday event. A singer, actress and author, Luft is best known for her work in Grease 2 and the television drama Extremities, in which she starred with Farrah Fawcett, …

Riverside has been recognized by a national research institute for its use of digital technology. The Center for Digital Government listed Riverside seventh among cities with a population of 250,000 to 499,999 in its 2018 Digital Cities Survey, according to a statement on the city’s website. The survey acknowledges cities …

The popular Palm Springs Dog Park behind city hall will be closed from Nov. 12 through Dec. 20 for its annual reseeding and maintenance. During that five-week period, a temporary park for small dogs will be available at Demuth Park at Vella Road and Mesquite Avenue across from the Palm …