On Dec. 10, the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) awarded a $107 million construction contract to Skanska USA Civil West California District Inc., the Riverside-based division of Skanska USA, one of the largest construction companies in the United States. The contract will cover widening of the corridor, the installation of a raised median and a new bridge over the...
In March of 2025, the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia first gained public traction after he was wrongfully deported and sentenced without a trial to the infamous Salvadorian prison CECOT, otherwise formally known as The Terrorism Confinement Center. CECOT is infamous for housing inmates in “inhumane conditions,” including a “lack of food, hygiene, sanitation, and health care.” Human Rights...
Following a 5-2 vote, the Riverside City Council approved a $16.8 million dollar animal services agreement on Nov. 18, 2025. The three-year service agreement will run through the 2025-26 fiscal year until 2027-28. It aims to improve the quality of shelter life, encourages adoption, reduces euthanasia rates, helps reunite owners with pets before they enter the shelter system and...
Dye is a simple table game built on fast throws, quick reactions and noise. It looks casual from the outside, but it has its own culture, rules and vocabulary. Over time, it has shifted from a simple outdoor game to a game that carries meaning inside friend groups, fraternities and entire college campuses.
At its core, dye is a four-player...
President Donald J. Trump signed off on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Nov. 19 following its nearly unanimous passing through the House of Representatives and Senate. The bill, authored by Calif. Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna, mandates that the Department of Justice (DOJ) release the Epstein Files in their entirety within 30 days of the bill’s passing.
The bill's passing...
On Nov. 19, 2025, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents voted 13-3 to approve the renewal of the modified Tuition Stability Plan, effectively continuing their annual tuition hike as well as implementing newly proposed changes starting in 2026-27 school year until further revision in seven years.
According to the UC, this plan, which was initially approved on July...
On Nov. 20, the Riverside University Health System reported the first flu death in Riverside County in this year’s flu season. According to their news release, the unidentified individual, who was over 65 and from Western Riverside County, had not been vaccinated.
Riverside County Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Chevinsky stated, “This death is a sad reminder of the dangers that...
As federal policymakers prepare to overhaul graduate student loan borrowing caps, a longstanding gap in federal education policy has resurfaced: nursing will no longer be classified as a professional degree under federal law.
Many individuals have been frustrated and confused, believing the federal government recently reclassified nursing as a non-professional degree or is newly excluding nursing students from accessing federal...
After New York’s (N.Y.) Rep. Jerry Nadler vacated his United States (U.S.) House seat, Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, recently announced his campaign for N.Y.’s Congressional seat, stirring up controversy amongst both Democrats and Republicans. Schlossberg first gained media traction in the weeks before the 2024 Presidential election after being declared Vogue's political correspondent.
During this...
On Nov. 12, 2025, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced that the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) had unlawfully issued 17,000 non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to immigrants, all of which are being revoked, according to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy.
The issue grabbed public attention in August when a tractor-trailer driver without authorized...