On Saturday morning, Jan. 10, a Riverside Uber driver was stabbed by a passenger multiple times, according to police. Officers responded to the area of California and Adams streets around 8 a.m., where the driver was found, taken to a hospital and stabilized. The passenger, 24-year-old Riverside resident Martin Svoboda, fled on foot but was found and arrested shortly...
On Jan. 14, 2026, the Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) meeting began at 7:01 p.m. and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., with no new business announced.
The Senate approved previous ASUCR Finance Committee minutes 16-0-0. Due to a current vacancy in the Vice President of Finance position, individuals were encouraged to reach out to ASUCR professional staff...
Following the US military operation in Venezuela on Jan. 3, which spirited President Nicolas Maduro swiftly out of the country in order to bring him to court for narcoterrorism charges, President Donald Trump has called for an increase in the military’s budget to $1.5 trillion, a 66% increase. Trump defended his proposition by citing the “dangerous times” facing the...
On Jan. 8, the U.S. Senate advanced Senate Joint Resolution 98 (S.J.Res.98), a motion that would have required President Donald Trump to seek congressional authorization before ordering further military activity in Venezuela. The motion comes just five days after the Trump administration executed a military strike in Venezuela and captured its incumbent president, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia...
On Jan. 5, 2026, Habitat Health announced the opening of their new center in Compton. The center is designed to provide accessible health and social care for elders in South Los Angeles.
Launched in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, Habitat Health operates as a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) service, a Medicare and Medicaid program aimed at providing...
On Jan. 8, 2025, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his final State of Address, where he labeled California as being a leading state in manufacturing, agriculture, education and technology.
In his speech, he reported a 9% drop in the state’s unsheltered homeless people, a contrast to the 18.1% increase in homelessness seen nationwide, to which Newsom proclaimed these statistics are...
On Jan. 12, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for their alleged use of excessive force and dangerous tactics when conducting arrest. In the lawsuit, he claimed that the organization has "conducted militarized raids” and carried out “dangerous, illegal and unconstitutional stops and arrests” in the Twin Cities. Ellison alleges...
In 2025, the city of Los Angeles was struck with a devastating wildfire sprouting from the Eaton Canyon. Reconstruction has gone underway for two months, where the California community offers their aid in recovering, compensation and further rebuilding what had been lost.
Featured on the KTLA 5 news network, the CEO of Edison International Pedro Pizarro was interviewed for the...
With elections for councilmember positions coming up for Riverside’s wards two, four and six in June, 11 candidates began their campaigns during an open forum at the Orange Terrace Community Center on Jan. 9. Hosted by the Mission Grove Neighborhood Association (MGNA), candidates from the three electing wards were asked to deliver opening statements, respond to two pre-assigned questions...
The Riverside Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit arrested a third suspect involved in a parking lot shooting in 2025.
On Oct 5, 2025, 26-year-old Eduardo Vasquez III was found by law enforcement suffering from multiple gunshot wounds resulting from a shooting on the 3900 block of Main Street. While Vasquez was transported to a local hospital shortly after, he was reported...