"It's a rarity for a police union to go along with something like this. We have a lot of officers who see the bigger picture. A lot of cities have old school Jimmy Hoffa-style unions and that doesn't always work. Pointing fingers at each other in hard times doesn't solve any problems." --- Redlands ...

Press Enterprise Columnist Dan Bernstein celebrates the arrival of beach volleyball to Riverside! Not that many people seem to be all that excited about it but that could change in the upcoming days when the reality of a professional sport coming to town sinks in. Again. Riverside's foray into profe...

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...

“I have never, in my experience, seen a research design [treatment plan] that included an explicit and detailed plan to justify the disposal of artifacts even approaching what is in this plan. This is clearly a plan for disposal rather than a plan for preservation.� --- Dr. Scott Fedick, Profess...

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...

The Group, an organization of African-American business women held its weekly meeting in the wee hours of the morning at the Coffee Depot just off the railroad tracks in downtown Riverside. The subject was the Riverside Police Department, its staffing levels and its budget. Presenting for the police...

The Community Police Review Commission has revised its agenda for the meeting to be conducted on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m. During this meeting held at City Hall, it will be receiving a briefing by Riverside Police Department Capt. Mark Boyer who heads its investigations division on the departme...

****UPDATE**** (from beloblog) A man standing in a roadway screaming at motorists became combative, assaulted a Riverside police officer and subsequently died at a hospital after police took him into custody Friday night, according to a Riverside police news release. Marlon Oliver Acevedo, 35, of Ri...

The Community Police Review Commission in Riverside is currently investigating and reviewing two fatal officer-involved shooting cases from 2006. It's also currently waiting to see if it has permission from the city manager's office to investigate the July 11 death of Martin Gaspar Pablo. Because th...

"May your life preach more loudly than your lips" ----William Ellery Channing "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ---Martin Luther King, jr. Saturday, saw the Juneteenth Celebration in Riverside at the Bobby Bonds Park in the Eastside. It's an event which comm...