Nati Fuentes, a native of Riverside’s Eastside who helped establish a non-profit childcare program in her neighborhood, has died. She was 88. Fuentes was a […]
Category: Riverside News
Fireworks possibly caused destructive Hawarden fire in Riverside, authorities say
Arson investigators with the Riverside Fire Department on Monday, July 22, were looking into reports that the 527-acre Hawarden brush fire that destroyed three homes […]
Man accused of setting 5 fires in Riverside park
A 23-year-old man was arrested on Friday, July 19, after several brush fires broke out in Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park, the Riverside Fire Department said. […]
Riverside Rep. Mark Takano calls on Joe Biden to step aside
Riverside’s Rep. Mark Takano has joined the chorus of Democrats calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race against Donald Trump. In […]
Memorial for Tom Hunt, late Riverside school board member, is set
A memorial for Tom Hunt, seen Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, is scheduled for early August. The Riverside Unified School District board member died in June […]
Three Dog Bakery in Riverside throws a canine ice cream social on Sunday, July 21
Three Dog Bakery in Riverside has an unusual way to celebrate National Ice Cream Day on Sunday, July 21. It’s throwing an ice cream social […]
Panelists discuss how to ‘strike back’ against hate in the Inland Empire
Many recall a history of hate in the Inland Empire, from its outpost of Ku Klux Klan members in the 1920s to the exclusion and harassment that […]
Riverside WWII soldier who died in Japanese POW camp returns home
Eight-two years to the day after he died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, U.S. Army Air Forces Pfc. Charles R. Powers has returned […]
From lizards to mice to cats: These Riverside-area animal stories made 1949 headlines
Police were sent to the home of Mrs. John M. Cameron, at 3735 Arlington Ave. in Riverside, on the morning of Sunday, June 26, 1949. […]
Children sickened by odor while swimming at Riverside day camp
Three children were hospitalized and 15 others were evaluated for their symptoms on Wednesday, July 17, after a chemical odor in a swimming pool sickened […]