A deliberation that has spanned decades was pushed forward by a recent plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to remove one dam and much of another.
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City officials say the new shelter in Riverside, which will provide housing for up to 179 individual asylum seekers, will open up about 120 beds at the Homeless Services Center and hopefully get people out of encampments and off the streets.