"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...

Today's the filing deadline at Riverside City Hall if you intended to run for office in the even-numbered wards in a mail-in election that takes place in June. If you still haven't gotten your papers filed with the city clerk and you really want to run, better get a move on. If there are multiple ca...

Sorry this blog posting is short but unfortunately, there was a huge power outage in part of the city late Thursday night caused by a truck that ran off the street and struck a brick and metal gated wall and a transformer which powered a huge section of a neighborhood and so the lights went out. The...

"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 ...

"The city manager is running the city not the city council and that needs to stop." ---Ward Four city council candidate Paul Davis at the Friday Morning Club. ****UPDATE**** Save Our Chinatown Committee seeks restraining order on Saturday Members of the Save Our Chinatown Committee stated through an...

More allegations coming out of the Riverside office of the U.S. Border Patrol Agency in the wake of complaints last week that it's relying on a quota system for arresting and detaining undocumented immigrants in the Inland Empire. An investigation was launched into this situation to see if any feder...

"Ralph Brown did away with that." ---The Group Chair Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely at the Governmental Affairs Committee meeting in response to the creation of a not-officially-an-ad hoc committee which will meet privately. The California "sunshine" open meetings law is named after Brown. The Governmental...

But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn't take one more step. I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride, But something touched me deep inside The day the music died. ---Don McLean, "America Pie" The day the music died... (Feb...

"If he did something, it would be contrary to everything I know about him. This was not the person I knew." ---Sam Goepp about Riverside County Sheriff's Department Investigator Kevin Duffy who killed himself. Duffy was the subject of a criminal probe at the time of his death. There's been a lot of ...

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...