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Measure O, the Apple Valley proposition meant to raise money for general services, has been defeated. The proposed one percent sales tax, which supporters hoped would raise between $6 to $7 million a year for the town’s general fund, received 12,926 no votes and 6,667 yes votes, according to the …

Moreno Valley Councilwoman Carla J. Thornton has been appointed vice chair of the League of California Cities’ Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee. Thornton has also been named to the executive committee of the League’s Riverside County Regional Division, according to a statement on Moreno Valley’s website. “I’m proud …

Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Cal State San Bernardino, has been named outstanding professor for the 2019-20 academic year, the university’s highest honor. An instructor at Cal State San Bernardino since 1991, Cousins was also named John M. Pfau Endowed Professor, named for the university’s founder, …

Palm Springs is asking for volunteers to serve on the city’s recently established Equity & Social Justice Committee. Anyone who lives, works or attends school in the city is eligible to sit on the panel, which was formed in August after the city council declared “systemic racism” a public health …

A 276,000-square-foot logistics facility in Eastvale has been leased to a single tenant. Newegg, an online retail company that specializes in computers, cameras and other electronic items, has signed a 100-month lease to occupy the building at 2653 S. Milliken Ave., according to a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed. …

UC Riverside has been named one of the top 50 green colleges in the United States. The school ranked 16th among public universities and 48th nationally for providing “a healthy, sustainable quality of life” for students, faculty, and staff, according to a statement on the university’s website. The rankings were …