Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey called for an “all hands on deck” approach to ending the city’s housing and homeless crisis during his State of the City address Thursday at the Riverside Convention Center. The shortage of affordable housing is one contributing factor to our homelessness crisis,” Bailey said, according to …
Read More »UCR gets high marks from Wall Street Journal
UC Riverside has been named among the top universities in the western United States by the Wall Street Journal. The publication ranked UC Riverside 15 in the west and 189 overall among public and private universities in its 2020 Higher Education College Rankings, according to a statement on the school’s …
Read More »Menifee is looking to land a brewery or distillery
The city, which is about to get an entertainment complex and its first major hotel, wants to add to its downtown. The goal is a destination location that will attract outsiders and locals. Menifee would like to serve you a beer. Many beers, in fact. The southwest Riverside County city [population …
Read More »Wells named Eastvale finance director/treasurer
Amanda Wells has been named Eastvale’s finance director/city treasurer. Formerly the city’s accounting manager, Wells assumed her new duties Jan. 21, after being selected from among 23 applicants, according to a statement. “She has already brought in new processes and streamlined procedures with her strong morals, integrity, and ethical characteristics …
Read More »Riverside has new PD chief
Larry Gonzalez, a 27-year law enforcement veteran, has been named Riverside’s chief of police. Gonzalez, who was selected after a lengthy search that included several community meetings, has spent the last 15 years moving through the ranks of the Riverside Police Department, according to a statement. “I believe in Larry …
Read More »Hall named head of Temecula sheriff’s station
Zach Hall, a 22-year veteran of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, has been named captain of the department’s Temecula station. Hall, who began his new job Jan. 16, succeeds Capt. Lisa McConnell, who had been in charge of the Temecula station since July 2017, according to a statement on Temecula’s …
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