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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt the 2024-’25 fiscal year budget June 25. The recommended budget makes available more than $9.6 billion for essential services, a substantial increase of 11 percent compared to last year’s $8.6 billion budget, according to a statement on the county’s website. …

San Bernardino County has approved a $9.8 billion budget for the 2024-’24 fiscal year, a fraction of which has drawn the ire of the city’s street vendors. That’s because $485,657 of the budget is earmarked for the Illegal Street Vending Program, a Department of Health initiative that some vendors believe …

A 59-unit affordable housing project complex for seniors is under construction in downtown Riverside. Mulberry Gardens is being developed at 2520 Mulberry Street and is expected to take one and a half to two years to complete, according to a statement on the city’s website. Riverside and Eden Housing Inc. …

A STEAM education center affiliated with Cal State San Bernardino has opened in Temecula. The Tech Steam Center – Science,Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math – was developed by Kids That Code Inc., which was created by Jose Navarrete Cruz and Alfonso Anaya Jr. while they were students at Cal State …

U.S. retail sales rose sharply in May, increasing both month-over-month and year-over-year, the National Retail Federation reported. Total sales, not counting gasoline and automobiles, were up 1.35 percent from April and three percent from May 2023, the federation reported. The April-to-May data was adjusted for seasonal factors that typically impact …

A Corona nonprofit has received $130,000 to help pay for affordable housing for homeless young people. Inspire Life Skills Training, Inc., received the grant from the American Rescue Plan Act, which took the funding from its Emergency Shelter/Resilience Project, according to a statement. Inspire provides stable and affordable housing, mentoring …