Martin Luther King Jr. vigil planned at UC Riverside

By City News Service, on January 17, 2013, at 12:30 am
Martin Luther King, Jr. (AP file photo)

UC Riverside will host a candlelight vigil and tribute in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. next week. The [...] Read More

Villaraigosa calls For volunteering on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By City News Service, on January 16, 2012, at 5:00 am
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Credit: Wikimedia)

By STEVEN HERBERT Volunteer activities, including refurbishing schools, assisting veterans and planting trees, are planned for Monday in Los Angeles [...] Read More

Martin Luther King Unity Breakfast brings MSJC San Jacinto community together

By Yazmin Alvarez, on January 17, 2011, at 12:23 pm

The fifth annual event brought together the young and old, and people of various race, creed, color and political philosophy from all parts of the college district to celebrate what would have been the civil-rights leader’s 82nd birthday. Read More

Courts and most minicipal offices closed in Riverside County for MLK holiday

By Jose Arballo, on January 17, 2011, at 7:27 am

Law enforcement and fire department personnel will be on duty, but non-emergency local and state agencies will be closed. Read More

SW RivCo NAACP hosts Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast Monday in Lake Elsinore

By Yazmin Alvarez, on January 14, 2011, at 10:41 am

This year’s event will benefit the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Campaign, which will help build a monument in Washington D.C. honoring King. Read More

Southwest Riverside plans to mark MLK holiday

By Kerri S. Mabee, on January 12, 2010, at 6:35 pm

This year’s events will mark the nation’s 25th annual observance of the King holiday, honoring the civil rights leader who was assassinated April 4, 1968. Read More