Riverside News

Clothing retailer Forever 21 is holding job interviews at the Riverside Plaza - where the company will eventually take over the current Gottschalks building -A on Friday and Saturday.

Midway through the five-year program, 70 percent of the $1.68 billion Riverside Renaissance city improvement plan is either finished or under way, City Manager Brad Hudson said Thursday.

The Wednesday brush fire that closed both sides of State Route 60 was caused by arcing power lines, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

Workers in Riverside on Thursday were putting the finishing touches on a $1.1 million home project -- a historic, Craftsman-influenced bungalow that replaced a small, family-owned grocery store.

A brush fire west of Beaumont is forcing the closure of both directions of Highway 60. You can e-mail your cell phone pictures to info@instantriverside.com

You didn't need to tickets to see the Michael Jackson memorial. Many local cities, such as Redlands, broadcast the event live.

Western Municipal Water District's participation in a program that this week will finish delivering 1,500 water-saving toilets at no cost to Riverside County homes, hotels and commercial buildings is in limbo because of doubt about whether Western will receive promised rebates.

As landfills around the country have closed and the desire to develop has remained, one man's trash dump has become another man's golf course, ball field or ski slope.

Work on the massive overhaul planned for Interstate 75 from Pierce Avenue to Arkwright Road is expected to be put out for bid next month, with work beginning in the fall, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Riverside, Moreno Valley and Jurupa-area residents can celebrate Independence Day with a parade, barbecues, live music, games and fireworks displays.

The city of Riverside is negotiating to buy a group of four downtown buildings to maintain control of the parking lot behind it for a future development.

As California and the nation wrestle with changing health care, Southern Californians face health and health care challenges uniquely their own.

Members of an organization that alleges Riverside- based U.S. Border Patrol agents randomly round up suspected illegal immigrants on street corners, buses and markets, using ``vigilante-style tactics'' that deprive them of their civil rights, will stage a protest today in Riverside.

Click to watch our video report on Riverside's Mt. Rubidoux 2009 fireworks show.

See the full list of 4th of July fireworks at Mount Rubidoux in Riverside, and other events in San Bernardino County.

Click below to watch unedited video of the fire burning near Temecula.

A wildfire is burning in the De Luz area west of Temecula. According to the Riverside County Fire Department, the blaze was reported at 2:34 p.m. at Avenida Del Oro and Rancho California Road.

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is giving away its blended Instant Karma drink at participating outlets in California and Arizona between 3 and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

A traffic accident involving a Riverside Police Department patrol car has tied up traffic and resulted in detours at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Chicago Avenue in downtown Riverside.

Riverside: Concert for Heroes with the Riverside County Philharmonic Orchestra, 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Amphitheater at Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd.