Palm Springs city council members will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 3 at Victoria Park to mark the installation of playground equipment paid for by Measure J. Members of the Measure J and Parks and Recreation commission are also set to attend the ceremony, which is scheduled to be held …
Read More »Riverside County establishes guidelines for ranchos
Riverside County has approved regulations regarding ranchos in the Coachella Valley. The ordinance, which the board of supervisors approved unanimously June 28, sets standards for noise, trash, access for first responders, parking, traffic and land-use, according to a statement on the county’s website. It mandates 40 percent agriculture use and …
Read More »UC named a “best value” institution
UC Riverside has been named one of The Princeton Review’s “Best Value Colleges” for 2024, the fifth consecutive year the school has been named among that group. The Inland Empire’s largest university was one of 209 institutions of higher learning to earn that distinction out of 605 surveyed, according to …
Read More »Report shows negative fallout from giving fast-food workers an extra $4 an hour
At $16 an hour, California has one of the highest minimum wage mandates in the country. Last September, the state got even more generous when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB-1228, which raised the minimum wage of fast-food worker to $20 an hour. That law, which was backed by …
Read More »Summers to retire as Murrieta’s CM
Kim Summers is retiring as Murrieta’s city manager. Summers, who spent seven years in that position, will step down Jan. 10, according to a statement on the city’s website. “Being a city manager is a challenging but rewarding vocation … but all things must end,” Summer said in the statement. …
Read More »Hemstead named RCH’s chief executive
Peter Hemstead has been named chief executive officer of Riverside Community Hospital. A member of HCA Healthcare since 2015, Hemstead was most recently chief executive officer at West Marion Hospital in Ocala, Fla., according to a statement on Riverside Community’s website. HCA Healthcare is Riverside Community’s parent company. Hemstead was …
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