Jan Young
InstantRiverside.com
Officials at Citizens Business Bank Arena and Hispanic Business Alliance have announced the dates for a two-day food truck event at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on May 5 and 6 from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
“The success of the Food Truck Fests last year has resulted in the planning of not only […]

Jan Young
InstantRiverside.com
Riverside Lunar Fest 2012 will be held on Saturday, January 28 from 10:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. in downtown Riverside.
Introducing the sights, sounds, and flavors of the Far East, the event will celebrate the diverse cultures of the Asian-Pacific Americans of the region and create enduring community partnerships.
Lunar Fest leads off with a […]

Jan Young
InstantRiverside.com
Opportunity With Education (O.W.E.), formerly Project PRIDE, is currently accepting applications for their upcoming 16-week program for at-risk youth.
The program is a voluntary, non-custody, intensive program that stresses choices and consequences, aids in building self-esteem, and aims to break the cycle of negative behavior.
Opportunity With Education is designed to positively redirect children between the […]

Authorities reportedly blow up a pair of suspicious packages.

The “Race is On” in Downtown Riverside as local college students compete in the College Council of Riverside’s (CCOR) first ever “Amazing College Race: Riverside Edition” on Sunday, January 22 from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 pm.
The Amazing College Race will allow students to experience some of Riverside’s treasures while they interact with students from the […]

Jan Young
InstantRiverside.com
The Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center will host the 20th annual ‘Walk With The Animals’ fundraiser at Fairmount Park on Saturday, March 17, now dubbed ‘St. Paw-tricks Day’ in honor of this event.
Put on your walking shoes and grab your pets and leashes for a leisurely 1.3-mile walk around beautiful Lake Evans […]

Jan Young
InstantRiverside.com
The 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival opened on January 5 and will run through January 16, 2012.
One of the featured films, A Thousand Cuts, has local connections, being directed by UCR theatre professor Charles Evered.  Starring Michael O’Keefe, it is described as a psychological thriller about a stranger with a haunted […]

Jan Young
InstantRiverside.com
Effective December 12, 2011, Jane Street will be permanently closed to through traffic at the railroad crossing south of Indiana Avenue near the 91 freeway.
The closure is part of the City’s Quiet Zone project to silence train horns along this rail corridor, as well as to allow Jane Street to remain as a residential […]

Headline news from the Riverside County District Attorney:
Dayle William Long, 42, has been charged with murder, by the Riverside County District Attorney.  The decision was announced on December 23.
One count of murder with a special allegation of discharging a firearm causing death is alleged against Dayle William Long, a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who […]

Rich Linton
InstantRiverside.com
For one family in need of holiday joy, Christmas arrived early Tuesday morning when the Riverside Police Department delivered a carload of holiday gifts to an Arlington area home.
School resource office, Rick McDonald, was originally approached by the faculty at Jefferson Elementary School, asking if something could be done to help a particular family […]