Riverside News

The West Coast Thunder Memorial Day Bike Run, for the first time in 14 years, has added a new parade route to its annual Memorial Day run on Monday, May 27: Moreno Valley's Sunnymead Boulevard.

Carlie Rodriguez, 5, was critically injured in what police are calling a hit-and-run collision on April 22, 2013 in Riverside.

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.

UCR ARTSblock has partnered with the Riverside County Philharmonic for their very first chamber music concert at Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts.

American flags decorate grave sites at Riverside National Cemetery for Memorial Day 2012.

Teens that have demonstrated leadership in the classroom and beyond will be recognized in an afternoon of inspiring stories as Riverside's Mayor Rusty Bailey and the City Council honor Riverside's 25 Most Remarkable Teens on Tuesday, May 21, 4-5 p.m. in the Riverside City Council Chambers, 3900 Main St.

"Three Seniors, One Show" features batik prints from Sarai Thompson, her sister, Adaiah's collection of paper dresses and geometric paintings by Jimmy So.

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.