Riverside, California

ARE YOU PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH? ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣. Do you know your neighbors? Do you have their phone numbers in case of emergencies? Neighbors are not just to ask for a cup of milk when you run out…..neighbors can help be the eyes and ears for each other. The Riverside Police Department has a Neighborhood Watch Program that can help bring you together with your neighbors and give you tools to help fight against crime. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

City of Riverside to Receive Citywide High-Speed Fiber Network Following Approval of Agreement with SiFi Networks. Nearly all of the project is expected to be completed within four years; no cost to the City. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Residents, businesses, government facilities and institutions in Riverside are expected to benefit from...

COMMUNITY MESSAGE⁣ FROM THE RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT. In response to the recent home invasion robberies occurring in our city, we have a team of detectives and officers dedicated to investigating this uptick in criminal activity. As a result of their continued efforts, we have kept certain information about these investigations out of the public while leads are being followed up on, but will release some details when the need arises for our community’s help. In the meantime, we have set up an email for community members to send in any digital security video and information that could assist in these investigations. Our team is working tirelessly to solve these crimes and are asking for the public to send them relevant information, images, or video of suspicious people and vehicles seen in the neighborhoods where these robberies have occurred. ⁣

City of Riverside Aquatics Program Receives 2022 Grant Funding From. Grant supports efforts to offer free or reduced-cost swim lessons. The City of Riverside, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department (PRCSD) is committed to reducing the number of drownings, near drownings, and water-related incidents through education, prevention, and public awareness.

Good evening. I know many of our community members have concerns regarding recent home invasion robberies that occurred in the Alessandro Heights neighborhood of Riverside, as recent as this morning where one of the victims was shot. Fortunately, that victim is in stable condition and expected to survive his injuries. I can assure you our detectives are working these investigations exhaustively and have any and all available resources at their disposal to find those responsible, and we have increased patrols in these areas.

Good evening. I know many of our community members have concerns regarding recent home invasion robberies that occurred in the Alessandro Heights neighborhood of Riverside, as recent as this morning where one of the victims was shot. Fortunately, that victim is in stable condition and expected to survive his injuries. I can assure you our detectives are working these investigations exhaustively and have any and all available resources at their disposal to find those responsible, and we have increased patrols in these areas.

RIVERSIDE, CA – The City of Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department will be providing a free summer food program beginning Tuesday, May 31, 2022, concluding on Friday, August 5, 2022. The program is funded by the California Department of Education Nutrition Services Grant. The program will not be offered on Monday, May 30 and Monday, July 4. Meals are free for youth ages 18 and younger and are served on a first-come, first-served basis. Below are the locations and serving times. Whereas, in the last two years, participants were allowed to pick-up their meals and enjoy them off-site, this year that is not an option and all participants must remain on-site until meals have been consumed.

How a group of 14 politically diverse Riversiders agree on how to modernize California’s mental healthcare laws. Over the last couple months, I have shared what I am most passionate about—and what we should all work towards each day in our respective spheres of influence: bridging the division in our society. As Mayor, I am tasked with establishing a vision for our city and being focused on building that tomorrow. But the truth is, we cannot envision, much less build, tomorrow if we cannot come together.

Welcome to the City of Riverside’s User Fees & Charges Study project site. Fee studies help manage the City's growth-related fiscal challenges by aligning supply and demand, reducing subsidization, setting realistic expectations for cost recovery, properly funding needed programs, and creating greater transparency within the community for citywide services.

Check presentation to this year’s Riverside Regional Fast Pitch event winners Solarflux and Tinker the Robot. Photo via @riversidecagov Twitter. However massive they may seem now, some of the largest and most successful companies, such as Apple and Tesla, started with an idea and an innovation. That’s why the...

Riverside To Benefit From $4.4 Million Grant To Establish Youth Job Corps. Program touted at event with Mayor Lock Dawson, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, and California Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The new Riverside Youth Job Corps program, funded by a $4.4 million state...

Celebrated annually during the first week of May since 1985, Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is time set aside to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. According to Brookings, Inc., across the United States, nearly 24 million people—a little...

When imagining what their son Joshua’s future could potentially look like when he aged out of the public school system as a person with Autism, Erick Unger and his wife Kara brainstormed ideas on what they could do to create opportunities for him. After realizing how much Joshua enjoys backyard gardening, they dreamed up a plan to build a farm where Joshua could develop his skills and have a career of his own. With their son’s future in mind, they sought a property that could serve as the ground for their new adventure.

Edward Enriquez Named Interim Assistant City Manager in Riverside. Veteran City employee has served most recently as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – City Manager Al Zelinka today (4/28) named Edward Enriquez an Interim Assistant City Manager, effective Friday, April 29. Enriquez, who will retain his titles of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer concurrent with this interim assignment, will assume the duties of Assistant City Manager Lea Deesing when she retires in late May.

The City of Huntington Beach has announced its intention to hire Al Zelinka as its next City Manager during its May 3 City Council meeting. The City of Riverside thanks Al Zelinka for his years of service, including the last four years as Riverside City Manager, and wishes him the best in his next endeavor in Huntington Beach. His last day in Riverside is expected to be June 3.

RIVERSIDE, CA – The Riverside Youth Council, a youth program coordinated in partnership between the City of Riverside Mayor’s Office and the Riverside Police Department, is pleased to announce this year’s 25 “Most Remarkable Teens.”. This most remarkable teen program is designed to recognize Riverside’s youth,...

SiLi-ion Chairman and Founder Lorenzo Mangolini, Ph.D., and CEO Mark Hatch in the Mangolini Lab at the University of California, Riverside. Courtesy SiLi-ion It’s the bottom of the ninth in the World Series and the bases are loaded. That’s how SiLi-ion’s Green-Beret-turned-CEO Mark Hatch describes this stage of the game for the Riverside-based clean energy startup.

Riverside Public Utilities Board Adds Member, Chooses New Chair, Vice Chair. Nipunjeet Gujral represents Ward 3, David Crohn and Rebeccah Goldware named to leadership roles. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Nipunjeet Gujral has been named to the Board of Public Utilities, and David Crohn and Rebeccah Goldware have been named Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.

Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. Museum of Riverside Receives $19,150 Award from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. Riverside, CA – The Museum of Riverside received a $19,150 grant through the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Native Institutions. This grant opportunity is intended to help Native cultural institutions to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and provide humanities programming to their communities. Funds were provided through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 passed by the U.S. Congress.

“Our Riverside Neighborhood Center’s dedicated volunteers are eager to serve and help those with low vision. Your independence can be regained at our center or through in-home visits.” - Frank Pefley, Regional Manager. With over 100 years in business, the Braille Institute helps blind and visually impaired persons...