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Vista Norte charter wins city OK to keep running in Casa Blanca, grows to 450 students
The Raincross Gazette: A conditional use permit legalizes a campus that has run without city approval since 2015, and caps enrollment at 450.
Coachella halts data centers, drops Stronghold Power deal
NBC Palm Springs: Council approves a 45-day moratorium — extendable to two years — and terminates the utility agreement behind a massive eastern-corridor project, accepting a high risk of litigation.
California turns on its first smart freeway on I-15 in Temecula
RCTC: A $33M pilot meters three on-ramps and posts real-time speeds on 8 miles of northbound I-15 — no new lanes, two years to prove it works.
Temecula wine and tourism groups fight SDG&E's Powerlink route
Valley News: Visit Temecula Valley and the Winegrowers Association jointly oppose a 500-kV line routed through wine country, citing tourism damage and wildfire risk in high-severity fire zones.
Riverside County turns on the I-15 smart freeway in Temecula
SDG&E floats a 144-mile transmission line through Temecula
NBC Los Angeles: The Golden Pacific Powerlink would run extra-high-voltage lines from Temecula through Anza-Borrego and into San Diego County — a route that puts a major utility build squarely in southwest Riverside County's path.
Redlands moves its Saturday market to 7 a.m. and looks for the exit
Redlands Community News: Council shifted the Downtown Morning Market to 7–11 a.m. and told staff to find a new site and a third-party operator — a move driven by parking complaints and a market that runs at a loss.
Mission Inn's missing artifacts hinge on a question nobody settled in 1992
The Raincross Gazette: Two paintings came off the wall May 20, and the fight over who owns them rests on a good-faith handshake from the Christmas Eve closing that the city never put in writing.
Riverside's VMT mitigation bank wins a SCAG sustainability award
The Raincross Gazette: SCAG recognized the city's first-in-county program that lets developers offset traffic impacts under CEQA at $98 per VMT reduced — the lowest known statewide rate — and routes the money to local transportation projects.
Montclair tells HCD it's now compliant after state housing violation notice
City of Montclair: The city was the only IE jurisdiction on the state's March 24 noncompliance list. An urgency ordinance adopted April 20 — three days before the state deadline — is the city's answer.
Coachella council faces 1,000-resident revolt against Stronghold data center
NBC Palm Springs: Meeting ran more than five hours. Security removed Stronghold executives at one point. Water and environmental concerns drove the opposition, and council members signaled they may slow the project down.
Rialto approves a $3.1M Sycamore Avenue sewer line, about $2.4M under the original estimate
San Bernardino County rewrites flood design rules last set in 1983
San Bernardino County: First overhaul of the county's Hydrology Manual in 43 years; new post-wildfire flooding and debris-flow rules now shape how engineers and developers design drainage.
Coachella data center returns to council after February pause
NBC Palm Springs: First council hearing since February on Stronghold Power's project. Opponents and the developer have each stood up rival websites; residents cite water, energy, and environmental concerns.
Hundreds pack Temecula council against SDG&E's 500-kilovolt line through wine country
CBS Los Angeles: SDG&E's Golden Pacific Powerlink would cut a 150-mile, 500-kilovolt corridor from Imperial Valley to Camp Pendleton through Temecula Parkway, Temecula Creek, and the heart of the wine country. The CPUC has final say. Construction targets 2029.
300-unit infill clears Riverside Planning Commission on a 45-year scrap yard
Raincross Gazette: Brownfield cleanup, the historic Barley Mills Building preserved, and an AB 2097 parking exemption that lets the project skip 86 spaces because it's near transit.
RUSD locks in design specs and boundaries for new Eastside Elementary
The Riverside Record: Board unanimously approved education specifications and the attendance boundary Thursday for the Ofelia Valdez-Yeager Eastside Elementary School. Construction begins this summer; the campus opens fall 2028.