Braille Institute Riverside Neighborhood Center
With over 100 years in business, the Braille Institute helps blind and visually impaired persons of all ages seeking assistance with job preparation and life skills. The Braille Institute provides a broad range of free programs and services including: career counseling, training in adaptive technology, independent living skills, job readiness skills, sensory efficiency, social interaction skills, and college and career readiness. They offer in-home services, low vision rehabilitation, and programs such as the music program and telephone reader program.
California governor signs law making abortions cheaper
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Tuesday that will make abortions cheaper for people on private insurance plans, the first of more than a dozen bills the state’s Democratic leaders plan to pass this year to prepare for a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
California grocery workers vote on strike authorization
Thousands of southern and central California grocery workers started voting Monday on whether to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains.
2 Killed After Wrong-Way Driver Causes Head-On Collision On 215 Freeway In Riverside
A wrong-way driver was one of two people killed in a head-on crash on the 215 Freeway in Riverside early Tuesday morning.
The collision occurred at about 12:30 a.m. on the northbound 215 Freeway near Center Street.
First 2022 Riverside County Educators of the Year named in surprise visits
A community liaison who works to combat chronic student absences, and an alternative school principal working with students on probation, were surprised with the news on Thursday, March 3, that they had been named the first 2022 Riverside County Educators of the Year by Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Edwin Gomez.
