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RivCo Supes Hear From Public Safety Agencies During 2026/27 Budget Discussions This Week
Amid a hiring freeze, the county employs over 26,000 people in more than 40 agencies on a regular or rotating temporary basis.

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Amid a hiring freeze, the county employs over 26,000 people in more than 40 agencies on a regular or rotating temporary basis.

The proposed budget is slated for tentative approval on June 23.
The defendant is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center.
The house was constructed in 1862, over a quarter century before the county was formed.
The urgency ordinance follows a large number of protests in nearby Coachella over a proposed data center.
Multiple engines and two air tankers responded to the blaze, officials said.
Officials considered a city-owned parking lot near the current fire station, but was "put on hold" after feedback from concerned citizens.
The program will run from Monday through July 18, with this year's theme set as "Plant A Seed, Read!"
The agreement was formalized during a hearing in San Bernardino County Superior Court last month.
According to the county Registrar of Voters, roughly 323,000 vote-by- mail and conditional use ballots had yet to be tabulated.
The two people injured were taken to a local hospital.
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The deputy was arrested last month following a nearly yearlong probe by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, authorities said.
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The woman posted an unspecified bond overnight and was let out of the downtown Riverside jail.
All events, with the exception of the pageant, will be free to attend, officials said.
Retrofitting work on the Ramon Road Bridge will upgrade this critical connection between Palm Springs and Cathedral City.
The woman was booked into Smith Correctional Facility on Friday, authorities said.
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