Riverside News

Bicycle riders travel on the Santa Ana River Trail in Riverside. The Eastvale City Council is considering filing an application for grant funding that would help pay for a bikeway master plan.

A black GMC SUV in the parking lot of a strip mall at 2580 Indiana Ave. had a bullet hole through the windshield on Friday, May 17, 2013; at least two small handguns were on the ground.

Hospitals throughout Southern California are experiencing a shortage of type O-negative blood, and LifeStream is urging those with O negative to assist by donating blood.

Leilani Child Wild earned her master of fine arts degree at Claremont Graduate School and says her project was a larger-than-life-sized piece of art that the viewer could walk through to experience art literally inside of the work.

Community Access Center, which has been providing services to people with disabilities in Riverside County since 1995, is teaming up with Riverside Fire Fighters to host the 8th annual Wheelchair Basketball Exhibition Fundraiser at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Poly High School, 5450 Victoria Ave.

Native American dancers and drum groups from across the country will gather at UCR over Memorial Day Weekend for the campus' 31st annual UCR Pow Wow.

Ronaldo Fierro, left, owner of the Salted Pig in downtown Riverside, stands with Austin Amento, owner of Augie's Coffeehouse in Redlands, in front of Fierro's restaurant on Wednesday, May 14, 2013.

The city of Riverside wants a drunk driver to pay the emergency costs for a wreck that killed the man's friend.

The public is invited to a discussion of Riverside's Measure A on Thursday, May 16, at Mexicali Bar & Grill, 1690 Spruce St., Riverside.

Yinsheng Wang, a professor of chemistry and the director of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program at UC Riverside, has been named the winner of the inaugural Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award.

"Thank You For Coming," the annual senior exhibition featuring 33 graduating bachelor of arts students from UC Riverside's Department of Art, will be presented May 18 through June 1 at UCR ARTSblock, 3824 and 3834 Main St., Riverside.

UPDATE @ 9:16 a.m.: The Riverside County Coroner's office has identified the man killed in this morning's crash as 40-year-old Riverside resident Frank Juarez, Jr.

Riverside-based designer Terry Elliott, not pictured, owner of several downtown Riverside stores, sells women's clothing and accessories -- 80 percent of which she creates herself.

Victor Zordan, an associate professor in UC Riverside's Computer Science and Engineering Department, is coordinating UCR Extension's Video Game Design and Content Creation Summer Academy.

In a new addition, the Culver will now offer matinee showings of the films screening in July.

According to Rep. Michele Bachmann , R-Minn., last week's admission that the IRS targeted organizations with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their name for extra scrutiny means the credibility of the 2012 election is in doubt, WND reported Sunday.

A bicyclist - reportedly a juvenile - was hospitalized Saturday night, May 11, when struck by a vehicle that failed to stop after a collision in Riverside.

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Christina, who plays fiddle, is a recent La Sierra graduate. Sienna plays cello and is majoring in music at the University of Redlands.

Looking for something to do with your mother, sister, friend or child on Mother's Day weekend? How about a visit to Western Municipal Water District's Landscapes Southern California Style garden in honor of National Public Gardens Day, Friday, May 10? National Public Gardens Day falls on the Friday before Mother's Day annually.