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Wildland fires burned roughly 325,000 acres and damaged 70 buildings across the state last year, making the fire season one of the least destructive in the past decade and a significant departure from some terrible recent fire years.

A Riverside neighborhood flagged as a "blue zone" has been awarded a $1 million state grant to help residents develop programs ensuring they live longer, healthier lives.

A man accused of shooting to death a Riverside resident in October 2023 had slipped out of a hospital unnoticed 12 days before the killing after being detained following a crash at the end of a pursuit, the Riverside Police Department said.

Seven people filed lawsuits this week saying they're victims of the former Riverside County sheriff's deputy who admitted using his job to extort women for sexually graphic material.

SpaceX has reset the launch of another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to no sooner than Friday evening (March 29).