Kaiser Mental Health Workers Win Big After Long Strike
The 196-day strike of Kaiser Southern California mental healthcare workers is over. The 2,400 therapists, psychiatric nurses, social workers and psychologists won significant gains not just for themselves but for their patients in a time of an acute national mental healthcare crisis. They are members of the National...
Average RivCo Gas Price Drops
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Sunday for the 12th time in 13 days, decreasing eight-tenths of a cent to $4.596. The average price has dropped 8.9 cents over the past 13 days, including 1.5 cents Saturday, according to figures from AAA and the Oil Price...
Newsom Pushes Cities To Make Homeless Encampments Illegal
Riverside has been making strides in cleaning up homeless encampments, according to a recent press release, as Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to push California cities to make them illegal. “It’s time to take back the streets. It’s time to take back the sidewalks. It’s time to take these encampments and...
Riverside to take part in LEED program
Riverside is one of 16 cities nationwide chosen to participate in the 2025 LEED for Cities Cohort, a program led by the U.S. Green Building Council. The building council, a leading authority on greenhouse building worldwide, conducts the Cities Cohort as part of its Local Government Leadership Program, according to a...
Severe Thunderstorms Poised for Imperial County For Sunday June 1st, 2025
Southern California Weather Force has issued a Severe Weather Statement, effective Sunday, June 1st, 2025. Targeted Zones: All of Imperial County ... Riverside Deserts ... Discussion: An erratic cutoff low southwest of the area will begin moving northeastward toward the mainland overnight tonight and into tomorrow...
Electrolyte Printmaking Workshop Invitational with Bernard Hoyes
In the summer of 2024, master printer Bernard Hoyes led a three-day electrolyte etching workshop at the Riverside Art Museum. Six artists from the Inland Empire—Maurice Howard, Lisa Loudin, Adeola Davies, Deborah McDuff, Kayren Lyle, and Ellen Finan—were invited to participate in the workshop, which was funded by a...
San Diego County wildfire starts to threaten Riverside County areas
Evacuation warnings were ordered for a portion of Riverside County as a brush fire burning in northern San Diego County began threatening to push north. Per Cal Fire, the Henderson Fire was first reported around 5:45 p.m. Friday near Henderson and Pala Mission roads in the small community of Pala, which is located...
5 places to enjoy rooftop dining in the Inland Empire
The Inland Empire doesn’t have many tall buildings, and most weren’t built for entertainment. But there are a few places that have rooftop restaurants with outdoor dining and views of mountains above or street life below. Customers are 100% attracted to rooftop dining, according to Kelly Cusack, owner...
From gas pumps to pancakes, a vintage favorite is still fueling the neighborhood
Just on the edge of a surprisingly bustling downtown Orange, tucked among shady trees and sidewalks that ring with the footsteps of college kids and morning walkers, there’s a café that locals speak of with deep affection. If you didn’t know its history, you might just think it was a charming old diner with good...
Flash bangs, underground clubs and restaurants: Inside ICE’s day of raids across California
Armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided an underground nightclub and Italian restaurants on Friday in Southern California. In the early hours of Friday morning, ICE agents arrested 36 Chinese and Taiwanese citizens suspected of being in the country illegally at an underground nightclub in Los Angeles...