Riverside County

Health officials and restauranteurs are cautiously optimistic after the state announced that outdoor dining will be allowed in California.

Riverside County has opened six new COVID-19 vaccination clinics and plans to update its website after thousands of residents were met with problems when booking appointments on Thursday. 

Riverside has approved plans to remodel its main library to display Cheech Marin’s art collection and commit about $1 million of city money a year to help pay operational costs.

Riverside County residents on Thursday can sign up to receive one of 3,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccine earmarked for a series of county-run clinics scheduled to get underway in the coming days.

Riverside County has received only a fraction of the COVID-19 vaccines needed to inoculate those who are currently eligible to receive the vaccination, officials said.

Firefighters made progress of a brush fire that erupted Friday morning nearly 30 miles east of Hemet.

Laura Walker, 35, of Temecula, always knew her kidneys were compromised, but it wasn’t until the end of 2019 that this mother of two and wife of a Marine ended up in the hospital, diagnosed with kidney disease.

A beloved grandmother was killed last weekend in a "random act of cowardice to one of our more vulnerable community members," Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez said in a statement Thursday.

Starting Jan. 14, people aged 65 and older can begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in Riverside County.

A Riverside County nurse who cares directly for COVID-19 patients tested positive for the virus though she received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and wants people to follow all safety protocols to prevent infections.

Hospitals throughout Riverside County are contending with bed shortages, and some have reached their limit, but others are continuing to open up space wherever they can find it amid the current coronavirus surge, Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

Riverside County health officials Monday reported 8,434 newly confirmed coronavirus cases from over the weekend, along with 32 additional COVID-19 deaths and an overall reduction in active cases.

A collection of furniture and other items from the Palm Springs estate where Elvis and Priscilla Presley spent their honeymoon will be auctioned off on Jan. 16.

The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Riverside County during the pandemic surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, with the county reporting another 1,820 infections and completing a doubling of overall case numbers in the past month.  

A 77-year-old woman with underlying medical issues was found safe Tuesday evening after going missing in Thousand Palms, authorities said.  

Riverside County was ranked ninth riskiest, followed by San Bernardino County. Los Angeles County was No. 1 on the list.

Firefighters knocked down a three-alarm structure fire that caused a partial collapse of a two-story Moreno Valley strip mall.