🌱 Meet the Riverside family turning a small farm into big opportunities
Riverside, California Patch AM: a 5 min readCheers Riverside! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Meet the Riverside family turning a small farm into big opportunities
- Why is a one-of-a-kind DC-3 simulator coming to Riverside’s Flabob Airport?
- How Riverside’s growth is reshaping construction, jobs, and infrastructure across the Inland Empire
Today's riddle: What kind of shoes does a frog wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 90 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Sunshine, temps: high: 87, low: 61.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. From Family Farm to Nonprofit: The Ungers Are Growing Opportunity in Riverside (raincrossgazette.com) — A Riverside family has turned Gable Farms in the Historic Citrus Preserve into a nonprofit where adults with cognitive disabilities can work, learn, and enjoy the outdoors. Self-taught farmer Erik Unger and his family now sell produce and flowers, supply local food banks, and welcome students from nearby schools to their Victoria Avenue property. 
2. World's Only Certified DC-3 Flight Simulator Finds New Home in California (vintageaviationnews.com) — Riverside’s historic Flabob Airport is becoming home to the world’s only certified Douglas DC-3 flight simulator, newly acquired by Flabob Aviation Associates. The device will bolster local DC-3 training programs, reduce wear on vintage aircraft, and support the Tom Wathen Center’s youth aviation education efforts. Aviation enthusiasts can expect expanded training opportunities rooted right here in Riverside.
3. Infrastructure Work on the Rise as People Head Inland (enr.com) — Rapid population growth in Riverside County and the wider Inland Empire is driving major investment in infrastructure, warehouses, and transportation projects, even as overall construction starts soften. Local contractors are wrestling with worker shortages, higher material costs, and competition from wildfire recovery work in Los Angeles, but say Riverside’s continued growth should keep water, power, and road projects moving.
4. Average Riverside County Gas Price Drops To Lowest Amount Since March 18 (nbcpalmsprings.com) — Drivers across Riverside County are finally seeing some relief at the pump, with average regular gas prices dropping for the 26th time in 27 days to their lowest level since March 18. Prices are still higher than a year ago, but the steady declines could help Riverside-area commuters heading into summer travel season.
5. All-Inland Boys Golf: Great Oak's Dominic Willson is the IE Varsity Golfer of the Year (pressenterprise.com) — Southwest Riverside County continues its strong run in high school golf, with Great Oak’s Dominic Willson named IE Varsity Boys Golfer of the Year after a standout under-par season. Riverside Poly’s Homer Thomas Invitational and senior Grady Emerson also feature in the all-Inland selections, highlighting local programs’ growing regional impact.
📸 Around Riverside
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Upcoming Events in
Riverside
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05:00 PM 7 on 7 - Stadium vs Moreno Valley Football (11 person) VR
Arlington High Riverside, CA 92501
5:00 pm -
Juneteenth - No Summer Program
Amelia Earhart Middle School Riverside, CA 92508
8:00 am -
RFC Sports Physical Clinic
Sierra Middle School First Congregational Church, 3504 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside\
5:00 pm
Thursday June 18
Friday June 19
Wednesday June 24
📣 Riverside Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Toddler Storytime In-Person
Riverside County Library System Canyon Lake Library, Canyon Lake
11:30 am -
Art Lab In-Person
Home Gardens Branch Library Home Gardens Library, Home Gardens
2:30 pm -
Brick Building In-Person
Home Gardens Branch Library Home Gardens Library, Home Gardens
3:30 pm -
Summer School | June 4th - July 1st
Joe Baca Bloomington, CA 92316 -
APPLICATION WORKSHOP: BECOMING AN IHSS CAREGIVER – JURUPA VALLEY →
Louis Rubidoux Library, 5840 Mission Blvd, Jurupa Valley
10:00 am -
Billy Bonkers →
Bloomington Branch Library, 18028 Valley Blvd, Bloomington
3:00 pm -
STEAM Club In-Person
Home Gardens Branch Library Home Gardens Library, Home Gardens
4:00 pm -
Board of Education Meeting
Bloomington High CJUSD Board Room/Professional Learning Center, 900 E. Washington
5:30 pm -
Regular Board Meeting
Alvord Unified Corona, CA 92879
6:00 pm
Wednesday June 17
Thursday June 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- SHORE, located about 2 miles west of Calimesa,...
SHORE, located about 2 miles west of Calimesa, California, was discovered on June 15, 2026. As of the most recent update on June 17, 2026, the fire… (Nextdoor ) - WILD BOARS ---The other night I was riding the bike trail headed toward Fairmont Park and as I started down the hill part near mission on the trail at the bottom I was greeted with a herd of wild boars.
At least 12-15 of them. At first even with my flashlight, I had no idea what the heck I was looking at because it was dark but then it clicked,… (Nextdoor Downtown)
- Capstone Logistics, LLC posted a job opening for Warehouse Unloader in Riverside. Apply here.
- Target Corporation posted a job opening for 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T0291) in Riverside. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Riverside here.
Ok Riverside! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open toed ! (toad) (Thank you Edgar W. for sending it in!)
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