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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says he will not enforce any type of COVID-19 vaccination mandate on employees of the sheriff's department.

Twenty local medical clinics will receive free UpScale accessible exam tables to better support people with disabilities in the Inland Empire (I.E.). After applying and participating in the California Department of Health Care Services Physical Accessibility Review Survey (PARS), providers were selected by Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) and scheduled for table distribution by the fall.

The last week or two, the public health numbers have started to rejoin the broader economic numbers with some signs of gradual progress. In addition, interest rates remain favorable and new listings resumed their uptrend last week. Rising mortgage applications and home sales have yet to materialize, but California consumers have gotten slightly less pessimistic about buying over the past month, so the rest of the year is expected to remain at or around the 400,000 unit benchmark through December.

It’s official! The results of the Press Enterprise Annual Readers’ Choice poll have finally been released. In a surprising upset, the Historic Hemet Theatre has risen to the top as the Best Local Music Venue in the Inland Empire!

Mt. San Jacinto College's Nursing Program has been named No. 1 in the Best of the Inland Empire 2021. The MSJC program earned the top spot in the Best Community College/Nursing category in the Press-Enterprise's 26th annual readers' choice awards.