1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (205+ words) Twilight in the garden. The wildlife began to stir in the cool evening air on Saturday, Aug. 15 while the sun slowly dropped on the horizon. Those on the last Twilight Tour of the season at the UC Riverside Botanic Gardens…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (368+ words) The Riverside City Council has approved an ordinance banning drop-offs of homeless individuals in the city without 24-hour notice in advance. City officials announced the ordinance on Tuesday, July 28 after the council approved it on June 9. “Riverside is committed to…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (451+ words) Riverside leaders named Assistant City Manager Edward Enriquez the acting city manager for Riverside, one day after City Manager Mike Futrell resigned. “As you know, the city of Riverside is experiencing a leadership transition,” Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson announced during…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (382+ words) In the past, I’ve tried to decipher and share details of some of the many street names in Riverside and how they came to be. Here are a few others with unique history in our area. In 1907, Tetley began to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (674+ words) Southwest Riverside County with its mass of subdivisions and strip malls is hardly a filmmaker’s ideal. Yet that blandness is exactly what local filmmaker Shane Aquino was looking for as he’s made what he believes to be the first movie…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (561+ words) Three Riverside patrol officers who had disabled military veteran license plates on their personal vehicles were fired Tuesday, April 28, Police Chief Larry Gonzalez said Wednesday. The officers, Timothy Popplewell, Raymond Olivares and Richard Cranford, were given notices of intent to…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (338+ words) “It’s TIIIMMMMMEEEE.” – Mariah Carey Thanksgiving has come to a close and the winter holidays are in full swing at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in downtown Riverside. The 33rd year of the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights kicked off…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (749+ words) An Inland Empire state senator wants to keep cops away from ballot boxes. To that end, Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, on Tuesday, April 28, announced new legislation to prevent a repeat of Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s controversial investigation that seized…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (838+ words) An Inland Empire state senator wants California to do what Riverside County won’t — split the county Sheriff’s Department from the coroner’s office to avoid what critics call a glaring conflict of interest. Sen. Sabrina Cervantes’ bill to do that made…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (787+ words) After 13 festival fundraisers, the Spanish Town Heritage Foundation is ready to see a piece of family history — and the region’s Latino heritage — preserved for generations to come. The family-run nonprofit group in Riverside has long been behind the scenes of…...