Archives: 2003-2014

RaincrossSquare.com v1.0: Archives from November 2003 to June 2014.

Region’s retail market still expanding

Since 2004, Inland Southern California has seen an influx of large-scale retail developments, redevelopments and expansions. From new malls in Rancho Cucamonga (Victoria Gardens) and Corona (The Promenade Shops at Dos Lagos), expansions (Galleria at Tyler) and revivals (Riverside Plaza) in Riverside, continuing growth within the periphery of Ontario Mills, to a number of “power…

Councilmember reverses stance on pedestrian mall idea

After only a few weeks in office, we’re glad to report Riverside City Councilmember, Mike Gardner, has reversed course on his stance regarding the Main Street Pedestrian Mall in downtown Riverside. Gardner, who defeated Ward 1 incumbent Dom Betro by 7 votes in the November election, had voiced his opinion against the upcoming renovation of…

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‘North Village’ opens at Galleria

After several years without a multiplex theater, Riverside’s Galleria at Tyler mall is once again lighting up the big screen following last weekend’s opening of the AMC Tyler 16. As part of the mall’s “North Village” expansion, the AMC theater replaces the center’s original UA Theater that was cleared to make way for a free-standing…

Interchange flyovers set to open

After many years of planning and 3+ years of construction, Caltrans is adding the finishing touches to the newly-built flyovers for the 60/91/215 interchange project in downtown Riverside. Although construction will continue on other aspects of the freeway project until about mid-2008, the flyovers are scheduled to open for traffic the last week of December….

GMA does FOL

Last Friday, weatherman Sam Champion of ABC-TV’s Good Morning America paid a visit to downtown Riverside for a special broadcast highlighting the Mission Inn’s “Festival of Lights.” The live broadcast was part of GMA’s weeklong, “Light up the Holidays” special, wherein 5 different holiday displays from across the U.S. were featured during the program’s weather…

Kudos to KNBC

Los Angeles-based KNBC-TV wrapped up a week-long “Road Trip” this past Friday in downtown Riverside. The NBC-owned station spent the entire week broadcasting a large portion of its 5 p.m. newscast from 4 different locales within Inland Southern California. Paul Moyer and Colleen WilliamsKNBC-TV LA/Ontario Int’l AirportKNBC-TV Live from the Mission InnKNBC-TV The week kicked…

UCR moves up in rankings

Rising seven spots from last year, the University of California at Riverside continues its upward climb in the latest rankings of the nation’s top higher-learning institutions as compiled by Washington Monthly. The #15 ranking is another indication that UCR — and the UC system in general — remains one of the top public educational institutions…