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Esri Helping to Fight Virus

Zika Virus

Redlands-based Esri, a world leader in Geographic Information System technology, is helping to track the deadly Zika virus. The Pacific Disaster Center in Hawaii, which compiles information for all types of calamities, is using the Esri platform to track the spread of the virus worldwide, according to a statement the …

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Corruption Charges Filed

Corruption Charges Filed

Charges have been filed against seven former Beaumont officials. The charges stem from a public corruption case in which nearly $43 million went missing from city coffers, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced in a statement released Tuesday. Former City Manager Alan Kapanicas, former Economic Development Director David Dillon, …

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City Hiring Freeze Could Last Awhile

City of Riverside

Riverside’s hiring freeze, implemented last Friday in an attempt to help curb the city’s $7.2 million budget deficit, could be extended beyond the end of next month, a Riverside official said Tuesday. Officially, the freeze – which also includes a ban on most general fund spending – was to have …

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City Reaches Solar Power Agreement

City Reaches Solar Power Agreement

Temecula has reached an agreement to buy solar power from a company in Northern California. The transaction with SMER Research 1 LLC in Loomis, near Sacramento, will allow the city to buy electrical power that it will use at different city facilities, according to a statement on the city’s website. …

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Housing Market Slows Down

Housing Market Takes a Dip.001

The Southern California housing market hit a bump in the road in April, experiencing a year-over-year drop for the second time in 12 months. Sales in the six-county region were down 3.2 percent compared with April 2016, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported its monthly report on the Southern California housing market, which …

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Innovation District Considered

Riverside buys office building

Officials from Riverside’s business, education and government sectors are examining ways the city can create an innovation district. The Innovation District Working Group will make recommendations to the city council regarding how to create such an entity and where it might be located, with the goal of creating a 21st …

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