Steven Cuevas

Activists held a rally Friday outside Riverside police headquarters to protest excessive force officers allegedly used against Occupy demonstrators last weekend. Police arrested 11 people in that melee.

Thirty military veterans from Riverside County earned their high school diplomas this week, decades after they put aside their studies and went off to war. The annual Operation Recognition ceremony was held in Moreno Valley this week.

Riverside County supervisors approved a new fee on big solar farms Tuesday. Supporters say the annual fee will offset the effects of those projects on infrastructure and the environment, but solar developers say it will jeopardize projects already in the pipeline.

A Riverside County jury has found a Hemet man guilty of masterminding a string of violent attacks against police officers.

About two dozen protestors chanting anti-Wall Street slogans were back in place Monday morning after police broke up an anti-Wall Street encampment in Riverside on Sunday. Law enforcement arrested 11 members of Occupy Riverside after they refused to clear out of a downtown plaza near City Hall.

Solar energy farms may soon have to pay for the right to plant their reflective panels in the sands of Riverside County.

A new economic forecast says the Inland Empire is finally pulling out of its economic tailspin. Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics says a recovery is in effect and the region is rebounding — but not as fast as most other regions.

A Hollywood acting troupe known for its work with California prisoners takes its act to at-risk young people

Authorities have broken up an anti-Wall Street encampment in the Inland Empire. More than half a dozen members of Occupy Coachella Valley were taken into custody early Tuesday morning after defying orders to leave a public park in Palm Desert. At Occupy L.A., protesters prepare for a potential police raid.

Several new ordinances take effect tonight throughout the Inland Empire. They’re designed to block registered sex offenders from interacting with Halloween trick-or-treaters.

Under a previous policy, most archeological finds unearthed in Riverside were turned over to the San Bernardino County Museum; but now Riverside County will hold on to those prehistoric treasures.

A pair of creative video artists are using foreclosed homes in Riverside as the backdrops for their latest work.