Riverside City College’s Culinary Academy invites the community to enjoy an elegant evening of dining at the “2013 California Autumn Nights” annual fundraiser on Friday, October 18 at the RCC Culinary Academy. The evening starts with a 6:30 pm wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and continues through a six-course meal. All proceeds go to support […]
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City Hall Breezeway Renamed for Former Mayor
Thirty-three years of civil service has culminated into one momentous occasion for former Riverside Mayor and University of California, Riverside, Director, Center for Sustainable Suburban Development Ronald O. Loveridge as the breezeway outside City Hall was recently renamed “Ronald O. Loveridge Plaza” in his honor. Riverside officials recently unveiled a plaque honoring Loveridge’s commitment to […]
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Kaiser to provide funding to local Food Policy Advisory Council
Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County’s (CAPSBC) Food Bank is committed to reducing hunger and malnutrition. Access to healthy food is a basic necessity for the health and well-being of all people. Since 1984, the Food Bank has been serving over 30,000 families a month by redistributing food through the USDA commodities program and […]
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California Assemblyman Eric Linder Honors the Toro Company
Recognizes company’s efforts to promote “Smart Irrigation Month” to conserve water resources Recently, Assemblyman Eric Linder, representing the 60th Assembly District in the State of California, honored The Toro Company for its support of “Smart Irrigation Month” and for its coordinating efforts with local water districts, cities and the State of California to proclaim the […]
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IEABA Procurement Expo and Mixer
Asian Business Association (Inland Empire)’s will host their Inaugural Procurement Expo, Mixer and Showcase on October 4, 2013 at the Eagle Glen Country Club in South Corona, California from 9am to 12 noon. The event will consist of a Procurement Expo with 25-30 exhibitors; A Networking Mixer in collaboration with Team Referral Network and various […]
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Judge Orders Rite Aid To Pay $12.3 Million For Environmental Violations
Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach, along with 51 other California District Attorneys and two city attorneys, announced that a San Joaquin County Superior Court judge has ordered the Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid Corporation to pay $12.3 million as part of a settlement of a civil environmental prosecution. “This office is committed to the protection of […]
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What Ben Franklin Can Teach Us About Good Citizenship
During a recent conversation with a good friend, somehow we started talking about dinner parties and people – either historical or present-day figures – we think would be interesting guests. We both picked Benjamin Franklin at the top of our list and then started rattling off a litany of his inventions and accomplishments. A printer […]
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What It Means To Be A Citizen
I am currently reading Community, a book by Peter Block, that has a chapter “What It Means to Be a Citizen.” Block writes: “If what holds the possibility of an alternative future for our community is our capacity to fully come into being as a citizen, then we have to talk about this word citizen. […]
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Saxophonist J. Boykins
Born, J. Anton Boykin, J picked up a saxophone and began playing at the age of eight. His parents knew that this child prodigy was destined for stardom. A native of Riverside California, J’s musical career began in middle school when he had the opportunity to perform in China with his school band. Before long, […]
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William Walker, Sr. Vice President of Programs, S.H.A.R.E. Inland Empire
Founded in 1988, S.H.A.R.E. Inland Empire is a re-entry life skills program that assists people in integrating back into the community after incarceration. Their goal: To assist individuals in becoming self-sufficient, and to create jobs in the Inland Empire and particularly San Bernardino. They fund the business by selling furniture and cars to church organizations, […]