News headline from the Riverside Police Department:
The Riverside Police Department conducted a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Friday, July 30.  This checkpoint was one of many that have been or will be conducted throughout the year in Riverside.
Friday’s checkpoint was on Van Buren Boulevard at Garfield Street.  The goal was to remove impaired drivers and increase […]

Actress Susan Sarandon joins forces with a victim of child sex trafficking to launch a campaign to stop the exploitation of the young.

A hole has opened up in the street at La Sierra Avenue, and the intersection of Hole Avenue. It’s described as roughly 8 feet in size, according to the Riverside Fire Department.
La Sierra Avenue is being shut down along with other streets in the area. The opening appears to have been caused by […]

Riverside’s top news for July 31, 2010: Click below to watch video report.

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A small earthquake happened Saturday. It was 2.4 in magnitude, according to the USGS. The epicenter was Anza, according to the USGS.
Riverside’s Alvarez Lincoln Mercury is selling the first all-electric […]

Ken McTaggert died in a skydiving accident on July 18 in Perris.  The Riverside County Coroner reports that McTaggert suffered injuries from a hard landing.  The accident happened at 2:47 p.m., he was airlifted to a hospital in Lake Elsinore, where he died at 7:55 p.m. the same day.
McTaggert, 44, of Canyon Lake, was […]

A small earthquake happened Saturday, July 31, at 8:14 a.m..  It was 2.4 in magnitude, according to the USGS.  The epicenter was Anza, in the Riverside County desert.  It was preceded by a smaller 1.8 magnitude quake at 8:05 a.m.
There have been no reports of damage.
Anza is 25 miles from Palm Springs.
–InstantRiverside.com at 8:43 a.m. […]

Sea No Evil event in Riverside from 2009: Click below to watch video.

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By Cathy Maestri
InstantRiverside.com
This year’s Sea No Evil art show at the Riverside Art Museum will feature Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, along with artist Shepard Fairey, and […]

Jim Stark
InstantRiverside.com
The 2nd Annual Ultimate Jazz Festival will be held on August 7 and 8 at Fairmount Park in downtown Riverside. The two-day festival brings some of the most popular talents in jazz, soul, and R&B to Riverside.
This year’s lineup includes:
Saturday, August 7
*Jazz pianist Marcus Johnson
*Saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa *Guitarist/vocalist Joyce Cooling *Saxophonist […]

Jim Stark
InstantRiverside.com 
The Redlands Police Department has scheduled a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on Saturday, July 31, from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., in the eastbound lane of San Timoteo Canyon Road, between Fern Avenue and Refuse Road, in Redlands.
Anyone found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs will be arrested.
Those driving […]

During a visit to Detroit, the President argued that had the government not invested more than $60 billion into GM and Chrysler, more than a million jobs would have been lost.
The following statement has been issued by The White House:
The American Auto Industry: A Comeback Story
A little more than one year ago, the entire […]