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UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox Thursday announced an ambitious plan to expand faculty payrolls by 300 and build new facilities to complement the campus’s growth. During an address before a crowd estimated at about 1,000 gathered for Wilcox’s “Investiture Ceremony,” the chancellor touted UCR as a “model for academic excellence” and predicted the university would

A Beaumont man was arrested on Tuesday night in connection to a stabbing incident. Deputies with the Cabazon Station were called to the 10500 block of El Monte Drive just before 5 p.m. They found a woman who was stabbed and sexually assaulted. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the woman was taken to the

Target, Nordstrom and other big chains are literally pinning their hopes of attracting shoppers on social media. Retailers increasingly are using Pinterest, a social media site that allows users to create collections of photos, articles, recipes, videos and other images that are called “pins,” to draw business to their own sites. Popular items on Pinterest

A strong and cold area of low pressure will bring strong and gusty winds to Southern California through the weekend, with chances for rain and snow above 5000 feet. Isolated thunderstorms are possible early Saturday as well. Strong and gusty winds will pick up Friday afternoon and are forecasted to remain strong through most of

Prosecutors, lawmakers and police are meeting to plot a plan to eradicate human sex trafficking in California and across the nation. The symposium is being hosted by the YWCA Greater Los Angeles today at the Museum of Tolerance in the city. YWCA spokeswoman Cynthia Heard says the event is a groundbreaking gathering to examine the

The 25th annual White Party, billed by organizers as the world’s largest gay dance and music festival, begins today in Palm Springs. “What began as a gathering for 300 of my closest friends celebrating the rites of spring 25 years ago, has evolved into 30,000 men from across the world coming together,” said founder and

The city of Palm Springs is setting dates to phase out plastic bags at retailers. The city first wants businesses to use their current inventory and phase in reusable bags. Enforcement dates for large stores begin November. 3 Small stores such as convenience and liquor stores would see the new restrictions May 3 of 2015.

We’re staying on top of the developing story concerning Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach and allegations he tampered with his opponent’s campaign signs. Zellerbach admits to knocking down his challenger’s campaign sign claiming he did it by accident. That’s just the beginning of the story. We found out about the incident after obtaining grainy

Unlike the Coachella Music Festival, car camping or camping in a tent is not an option at this weekend’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio. However, festival goers can stay on the grounds if they’ve purchased a spot to park an RV. At the corner of Madison Street and Avenue 52, country music fans in

Dry weather and an ongoing drought in Southern California are putting fire departments all over Southern California on high alert for a dangerous and active fire season. “It’s not a matter of if this is going to happen, it’s a matter of when” said Rancho Cucamonga fire chief Mike Bell. Chiefs from Riverside and San

A major expansion at the Desert Hills Premium Outlets gave county leaders and shoppers a lot to celebrate at its opening ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday. Thanks to a $100 million expansion project you can shop ’til you drop at 50 new high-end stores, including Alexander McQuenn, Fendi, La Perla and Valentino. The expansion celebration welcomed

For 25 years, the White Party has rocked Palm Springs, but, it’s not just fun and games. “This is our last hoorah for the season,” Willie Rhine, general manager of Lulu, said. The White Party excites local businesses just as much as it does party-goers. “Lulu gets extremely busy for breakfast, lunch and dinner when

El Fiscal de Distrito Paul Zellerbach podra enfrentar cargos menores por vandalismo, despus de ser acusado de derribar la publicidad de campaa de un oponente Mike Hestrin. Por su parte, Zellerbach dijo que el anuncio accidentalmente se derrumb mientras que colocaba uno propio.Mientras tanto, un oficial con la Asociacin del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside

Los Premios Billboard de la Msica Latina coronan el jueves una semana de actividades en Miami con una gala que promete reunir a las ms destacadas figuras de la industria y hacer bailar al pblico con el primer sencillo de Chayanne en cuatro aos y una actuacin especial de Ricky Martin interpretando “Vida”, del disco

Las autoridades necesitan de su ayuda para dar con el paradero de unas personas que desataron una balacera. Se busca a las por lo menos ocho personas que presuntamente estuvieron vinculadas con el tiroteo anoche que se produjo en Coachella. La primer detonacin de arma se esuch un poco despus de las nueve de la

It’s not something you see everyday; a car ending up with one tire submerged into a manhole. It happened to a driver on Thursday afternoon at the Highway 111 and Cook Street intersection. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the car drove over a manhole that wasn’t secure around 12:30 p.m. The manhole shifted and

A man attempting to smuggle narcotics was arrested by Border Patrol agents on Wednesday night. Around 10:50 p.m., a 49 year old man driving a Toyota Camry was stopped at the Highway 86 checkpoint located between Westmorland and Salton City. After questioning the man, agents determined he was a ‘raitero’ (unlicensed taxi driver). He was

Officials at the U.S. Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego are searching the base after an unconfirmed report of an armed individual there. Navy spokesman Brian O’Rourke said Thursday that a shelter-in-place order was issued for parts of the base. O’Rourke stresses that there are no reports of shots fired. The Naval Criminal Investigative

Thousands of postal workers around the country are expected to protest the opening of postal counters in Staples stores that are staffed with retail employees. Thursday’s protests are planned at 50 locations in 27 states, including rallies in New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Last year, Framingham, Mass.-based Staples Inc. began offering postal services