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At Riverside Community Hospital — where officials said 214 COVID-19 patients are currently admitted — a former cafeteria was converted last weekend as alternative care space to handle the surge of patients who are waiting in the emergency department for a hospital bed.

A planned 10-day work stoppage by nurses at Riverside Community Hospital stemming from an impasse in negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement prompted Riverside County supervisors Tuesday to request that the union put off strike plans amid the coronavirus surge. “This is not the time for a strike,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Manuel Perez said. “Let’s figure this out, work...

Riverside County health officials Monday reported 6,741 newly diagnosed coronavirus cases and 13 virus-related deaths since Friday, as the number of available licensed intensive care unit beds countywide dwindled to zero.

As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise, and ICU availability decreases, there are concerning inconsistencies on how Governor Newsom’s stay-at-home policy is being enforced in neighboring Riverside and San Diego counties. Adam Evans owns indoor rock climbing businesses in both counties. In Riverside, Evans said he’s been allowed to operate as local authorities refuse to enforce the state order. But his business...

The Chabad Jewish Community Center of Riverside’s annual Hanukkah festival will be held Monday, but with a drive-in theme to adhere to coronavirus public health regulations.

NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda spoke to a man with businesses in both Riverside and San Diego counties, where enforcement policies are drastically different.

A 27-year-old Downey man faces criminal charges after being accused of stealing a ring from the hand of a deceased woman back in September.

Riverside County Monday reported a record number of coronavirus patients being treated in area hospitals.

An 8-year-old girl was rescued from a deep well in her backyard in Riverside County on Friday, Nov. 13, and her family is speaking about the frightening ordeal for the first time.

A probationer allegedly sexually assaulted a homeless 12-year-old boy in a Riverside park early Saturday morning and was immediately apprehended.

The famed “Festival of Lights” will go ahead as planned in downtown Riverside during the Christmas season, but with limited activity because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials confirmed Wednesday. “The Festival of Lights is a much-loved Riverside tradition,” Mayor Rusty Bailey said. “I look forward to a time when we can gather together again as a community to celebrate the…

An emergency room nurse in Riverside is struggling with COVID-19, and his wife is pleading with survivors of the virus to donate plasma because the antibodies could help save her husband’s life, along with the lives of others. “He comes home, locks himself in the garage while he takes all of his gear off,” Maria Fernandez, whose husband is...

A convicted felon who allegedly committed at least six sexual assaults in Corona and Riverside over an 11-year span, gaining control over victims with a knife or gun in extended attacks, is behind bars and facing multiple counts of forcible rape and other felony charges, authorities announced Wednesday. “These were extremely violent assaults,” Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said…

The driver of an SUV that plowed into three pedestrians and a horse in Mead Valley, killing an 18-year-old Riverside woman, was at large Monday, with the California Highway Patrol seeking the public’s help identifying the suspect. The hit-and-run occurred about 9:15 p.m. Sunday on Markham Street, just east of Alexander Street, according to the CHP. Officer Juan Quintero...

A 3-year-old Labrador retriever mix is slowly recovering Monday after he allegedly was shot by his inebriated owner in Riverside. Officers responded to the 4600 block of Gardena Drive, a few blocks west of Riverside Plaza, about 3 a.m. Sunday for a call of shots fired, according to John Welsh, public information officer for the Riverside County Department of Animal…

A man accused of trying to kidnap a teenage girl from Riverside in August was found dead in a Guatemalan jail cell on Tuesday, authorities announced. Henry “Oscar” Mazariegos-Gonzalez, of Riverside, was arrested on April 19 for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting two girls, one 5 years old and the other 12, and kidnapping a 9-year-old boy in the Guatemalan…

Riverside police are looking for a man who allegedly posed for a caricature portrait and then stole hundreds of dollars from the artist. On Dec. 5 at the Festival of Lights event in downtown Riverside, the victim — who has been drawing caricatures for more than 26 years — was approached by a man who asked the artist to draw…