On March 4, 32-year-old Timothy Carroll and 49-year-old Jamie Estevez were arrested for murder following their alleged involvement in a fatal shooting in downtown Riverside nearly a month prior.
On Feb. 6, just after 5 am, Riverside police officers responded to a shooting at a business near Main and 14th. They found the victim, 28-year-old Nile Blackston Jefferson, suffering from...
On Jan. 30, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of the United Nations (U.N.) announced the organization’s ‘imminent financial collapse’ and attributed it to being a result of members’ mandatory unpaid dues. In a letter sent to all 196 members on Jan. 28, the chief claimed that the financial constraints the organization is currently facing differ from any the agency has previously...
In 2025, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office transferred 43 individuals into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody whereas in 2024, they transferred only 13 individuals. These figures are a portion of the 87 individuals recorded by the department as having been transferred to ICE custody. While the data offers a snapshot of recent ICE transfer activity, it may...
The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside meeting on Jan. 27, 2026 began at 7:00 p.m. and concluded at 9:09 pm.
Special elections for the Vice President of Finance position were held in response to a needed appointment to resolve increasing confusion revolving around campus finances following the position’s vacancy.
Five candidates including Uma Akundi, Pauline Le, Swaraj Dash,...
On Sunday, Jan. 5, 24-year-old Bianca Esquival and her unborn child were killed in a collision with a drunk driver. The crash was reported at 12:09 a.m. at North Anaheim Boulevard and the 91 Freeway frontage road.
In a press release, it is reported that the suspect, 24-year-old Daniel Ramos, ran a red light before colliding with Esquival’s vehicle. Ramos...
On Jan. 21, 2026, San Bernardino County filed misdemeanor charges against Ward 7 representative, City Councilwoman Treasure Ortiz.
According to a press release from the San Bernardino City Municipal Government, Ortiz was charged with secretly recording conversations she had with police containing sensitive information via a recording device, a violation of California Penal Code Section 632(a). This criminalizes the nonconsensual...
On Jan. 20, Moreno Valley City Council members voted 3-2 to approve a motion to draft an initial 45-day moratorium on warehouses and industrial projects in all four districts of Moreno Valley. Moreno Valley mayor Ulises Cabrera was among the three council members who voted yes on the motion, with a final vote on the moratorium expected Feb. 3.
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More than 30,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals across California and Hawai’i began an Unfair Labor Practice strike against Kaiser Permanente on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. Organized alongside the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), workers gathered at the picket lines to demand safe staffing levels, timely access to quality care, fair wages and a...
On Jan. 30, an estimated 900 people gathered at the Riverside Historic Courthouse before marching to the Cheech Marin Center in downtown Riverside to engage in the nationwide “No business as usual” general strike.
Student groups at the University of Minnesota, including the Somali, Black, Liberian and Ethiopian Student Associations, issued the initial call for a strike following an increased...
Riverside’s State of the City event, held on Jan. 28, 2026, honored award recipients with recognitions like the cultural preservation, the Mayor’s Award and the Riverside Hero Award. Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson took the stage to the upbeat song “Level Up” by the artist known as Ciara, setting a positive foundation for her update on the state of the...