Riverside was recently awarded a $20.1 million state grant to build housing meant for low-income seniors and the homeless. But, the city council voted 4-3 to refuse to accept that funding.
Thousands of researchers and student employees at the 10 University of California campuses have gone on strike in an effort to secure improved pay and working conditions.
UC Irvine's Student Housing Executive Director Tim Trevan said this fall they had more than 16,000 beds to offer students but they had more demand than space available.
As students across California get ready to return to college campuses, the coronavirus pandemic is not the only major health concern they now face. Several universities and colleges are now alerting students about the spread of monkeypox.
After being away from school for more than a year, students at UC Riverside and other colleges are excited to move back onto campus.
UC Riverside received more than $4 million in federal money to help save avocados in California.