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Riverside Hopes to Encourage More Local Graduates to Live and Work in the City
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recent study ranked Riverside second in the nation for retaining graduates of four-year colleges and universities. Roughly 70 percent of graduates in the region elect to stay local after they graduate, which helps spur innovation and drive economic development in the local economy. Cities that keep their college graduates also have higher levels of wealth and affluence, studies show.
The City of Riverside partners with our four colleges and universities – UC Riverside, California Baptist University, La Sierra University and Riverside City College – and the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce to create mentorship programs, job fairs and other outreach efforts to attract local college students to the workforce. For example, the Mayor’s Office brings local higher education professionals together at
Man Sentenced for Killing Girlfriend in Monrovia
Man Sentenced for Killing Girlfriend in Monrovia A 52-year-old man was sentenced to 46 years to life in state prison for the domestic violence murder of his girlfriend, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. On May 12, a jury found Joel Velazquez of Valinda, guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter. Case GA094662 was prosecuted by Deputy District Attor-
ney Lisa Tanner. The victim, identified on the complaint as Alice Marie M., was strangled by Velasquez on Sept. 21, 2014. Her body was later discovered inside an SUV parked behind a house owned by her parents on the 200 block of Mauna Loa Drive in Monrovia, prosecutors said. The case was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Homicide Division.
the College Forum and brings college students downtown to compete in the Amazing College Race. Young professionals looking for an exciting place to start their careers will find an arts and entertainment district in historic downtown Riverside that includes the Mission Inn Hotel and Spa; and the refurbished Fox Performing Arts Center and Riverside Municipal Auditorium, both operated by
Long Beach Health Officer Re-Opens Colorado Lagoon, Marine Stadium Beaches and Bayshore After Sewage Spill
The City Health Officer, Dr. Anissa Davis, has lifted the closure order at Colorado Lagoon, Marine Stadium and Bayshore in Alamitos Bay. These areas were reopened after consecutive lab results were shown to be within state water quality standards. Mother’s Beach and
56th Place will remain closed until lab results indicate they are within state standards. Alamitos Bay was closed for recreational water contact after a sewage spill on Monday, June 26. The cause of the spill is still SEE PAGE 3
Live Nation. The city’s growing food culture soon will add two culinary destinations unique to Inland Southern California -- the Riverside Food Lab food hall and Chow Alley, an outdoor food/beer/craft cocktail spot built with refurbished shipping containers. Hundreds of people will soon be living in the core of downtown Riverside, starting with the Imperial Lofts project now under construction.
Feldheym Central Library to Host Writing & Drawing Workshop in San Bernardino
Author and artist Phil Yeh will present a “Design Your Own Story” workshop as part of the Summer Reading Game theme, “Reading by Design” This free workshop is open to ages 8 and up, and will be held in Kellogg Room B at the Feldheym Central Library on July 11, 2017 at 3:00 PM. This workshop will help you with creating
plots and characters to make your own book. Yeh is one of the pioneers of the graphic novel art form and published one of the first graphic novels in the U.S. Even Cazco Gets the Blues, in the spring of 1977. He has written over 80 books for all ages. In 1993, his wordless graphic novel SEE PAGE 3