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by Malcolm Maclachlan -- State Sen. Richard Roth was a driving force behind the effort to fund 50 judgeships first approved in the Schwarzenegger era. Now, entering his final two years in office, the Riverside based Democrat has introduced a bill to create 26 new judgeships. But SB 75 faces long odds in light of the shrinking state budget.

PERRIS, Calif. (KABC) -- At the Perris Fairgrounds, popular events from high-speed racing to live Latin music concerts keep drawing thousands of fans to the grounds annually. But a construction project on the nearby Perris Dam, located directly behind the venues, has pitted the businesses on the fairgrounds against the Department of Water Resources, the agency is in charge of the multi-year retrofitting project.

" Since UC Riverside’s medical school debuted in 2013 with the dream of expanding healthcare access in the underserved Inland Empire region, the university has relied on partnerships with area hospitals to provide hands-on training.

“They call it locally a hospital without walls,” state Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, said. But that arrangement, Roth said, isn’t going to work much longer.

"Jurupa Valley officials are insisting that a state agency remove a half dozen containers of lead-contaminated soil they say are stored in violation of state law on a parking lot at the Stringfellow acid pits, one of Southern California’s most notorious toxic waste dumps.

..... On Wednesday, June 22, state Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, and Assembly Member Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, sent a letter in support of the city’s request to California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Jared Blumenfeld. The Department of Toxic Substances Control is a division of Cal EPA.