Euclid Avenue bridge environmental report open for public comment through July 23
Champion Newspapers: The environmental impact report for the Euclid Avenue bridge is open for written public comment through Thursday, July 23 — the public's window to weigh in before the project's review closes.
Redlands homeless count falls a third straight year as unsheltered numbers tick up
Community Forward Redlands: The Jan. 22 count found 134 people, down 8% from 146 — but the unsheltered figure rose from 104 to 107, moving against the countywide trend.
DOJ finds Redlands Unified compliant on all but complaint timelines
Community Forward Redlands: In year two of a five-year oversight period, the district met every provision but one — about 21% of resolved harassment and abuse cases closed late without required extension paperwork.
Riverside weighs 24-hour notice rule for outside groups dropping off homeless
Raincross Gazette: Council considers an ordinance forcing outside agencies to give the city a day's warning before transferring homeless individuals into Riverside — staff says uncoordinated drop-offs strain local shelters.
Jim Perry resigns Riverside's Ward 6 seat before a successor is certified
The Raincross Gazette: Perry has held the seat since 2013 and leaves within weeks — and the council now faces a vacancy that could run from a few weeks to several months, depending on when the June election results certify.
Perris council votes unanimously to start a citywide data center ban
The Riverside Record: Staff offered four paths, from a full prohibition to by-right industrial zoning — the council took the ban before public comment even opened, and all 27 speakers backed it.
San Bernardino County adopts flat $10.9 billion budget, $273.7 million toward targeted priorities
San Bernardino County: Supervisors signed off on a budget that runs essentially flat year over year — down $26.1 million, or 0.24 percent — while carving out $273.7 million for priorities the board set during the process, roughly $250 million of it one-time money rather than baseline increases.
Redlands Unified runs free summer meals at six sites
Community Forward Redlands: The district is serving summer meals at six locations across the city, anchored by a kickoff at the A.K. Smiley Public Library.
Riverside County opens two public seats on new Audit Committee
Riverside County: Applications run June 1 to July 1; the nine-member committee is the county's first standing body to seat residents alongside supervisors and the CEO for financial oversight.
Riverside Unified faces a $33.1M deficit heading into budget adoption
The Riverside Record: District plans to spend $846M against $29M less in revenue, with another $3.8M pulled from reserves for welfare settlements and a new office building — the projected last year of deficit spending.
Riverside County renews Ben Clark training deal through 2031
NBC Palm Springs: Five-year, $3.2M agreement keeps Moreno Valley College's law-enforcement and firefighting courses running at the county's public-safety academy near March Air Reserve Base.
Riverside considers $1.65M Motorola deal to replace police body cameras
Raincross Gazette: Five-year contract replaces the department's full body-worn camera fleet and upgrades storage — the prior contract expired in September 2025.
San Bernardino Is Building the Charging Network the Mandate Was Supposed to Require
Citrus Belt Review: CARB killed its clean-fleet rules last fall. Six months later, the I-215 corridor has a doubled depot, a 9-megawatt hub, and a $100 million truck order behind it. The demand outlived the mandate.
Ethics board weighs writing itself into Riverside's charter
The Raincross Gazette: One proposal would hand board appointments to the future inspector general — and make the board harder for a future council to dissolve.
A UCR housing scholar on why Riverside turned down $20M for homeless housing
Riverside County approves $10.3B budget with a hiring freeze
Riverside County: Supervisors adopted the FY2026-27 plan June 9, leaning on a discretionary-funded hiring freeze and reserve draws to close a structural deficit as costs outrun revenue.
Federal judge clears CBU to cut wrestling
Riverside Record: Preliminary injunction denied June 3; the wrestlers' attorney says reinstatement for 2026-27 is now highly unlikely, though an appeal is planned.
CARB doubles factory decarbonization fund in cap-and-invest overhaul
California Air Resources Board: The Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive Fund grows to $4 billion, with $800 million in added compliance support for industry; changes take effect September 1.
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.
Flock cameras are spreading across the IE, and no one's telling residents who put them up
Citrus Belt Review: Residents across the corridor keep spotting new license plate readers — on city streets, county roads, and inside their own gated neighborhoods. What they can't find is a straight answer about who installed them or why.