"I was a hard-working cop. I never hurt anybody. I never kidnapped anybody. ... I never did any of this." ---Ex-NYPD officer Louis Eppolito told U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein while being sentenced to life in prison. It's been over a month and still no news from the Governmental Affairs Committe...

The Human Resources Board of Riverside met at City Hall and was to discuss the letter it was sending to the city council regarding actions taken by the dynamic duo to block their receipt of statistical information involving lawsuits filed against the city by its employees. It's a head scratcher why ...

"I used to think I was a good person." ---Former Atlanta Police Department Officer Gregg Junnier at his sentencing hearing for convictions stemming from his actions in the shooting death of Kathryn Johnston, 92. He was sentenced to six years in federal prison. "If you've done that before that might ...

In court, the lawyers involved in the ongoing case involving the future of the Chinatown site in Riverside have stipulated that no trash will be removed and no dirt moved on the property until the next hearing is conducted. If you recall, the city council denied an appeal filed by a local organizati...

It rained in Southern California today. After a dry as dust January, the rain season picked up a bit in February. People are still talking about the Governmental Affairs Committee meeting which took place at Riverside's City Hall almost one week ago. The one where the fate of the investigative proto...

It was a busy week in Riverside with two meetings that addressed the scope of investigative powers of two of the city's boards and commissions. And when the dust was settled by the end of the action-packed week, what was learned was the difference between a commission having its powers inscribed in ...

The Riverside City Council held its weekly meeting and voted to freeze its salaries, keep Greyhound downtown until June 30 and to enforce zone changes in one city neighborhood upsetting property owners there. The budget picture in the city of Riverside has looked pretty bleak during the past several...

Riverside's mayor Ron Loveridge gave his state of the city address to a packed house at the Riverside Convention Center and echoed the constrained praise of accomplishments and emphasis on a more cautious approach to the future that was exhibited by President Barack Obama during his own inauguration...

***UPDATE*** Former BART Officer Johannes Mehserle has been arrested by police in connection with the fatal onduty shooting of Oscar Grant. In the past few months, I have begun the task of checking the city's police facilities, community centers and libraries for the availability of complaint forms ...

There's been a lot of outstanding commentary this week on different issues impacting the city of Riverside which may or may not be the City of the Arts but has handed off the City of the Transit Hub to San Bernardino by ejecting Greyhound and dismissively telling its 80,000 yearly passengers where t...