The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Dwayne Charles Hammer (Age 25 of Hesperia) CASE SYNOPSIS On Thursday, July 23, 2020, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a motel in the 15700 block of Mojave Drive in Victorville, regarding a disturbance. During their investigation, Dwayne Charles Hammer…
Roberto Ponciano Charged With Colton Murder August 6, 2020 CASE SYNOPSIS On Saturday, July 25, 2020, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, California Highway Patrol, and Colton Police Department responded to a traffic collision in the area of Grand and Valley in the city of Colton. An investigation was completed by the sheriff’s department. On…
The San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) is eager to enroll the Class of 2033. Online registration for kindergarten and transitional kindergarten in SBCUSD is underway. Classes started August 3, but space is still available and students can begin distance learning as soon as the enrollment process is complete. Children who will be 5…
A survey of employees at Veterans Affairs has revealed that nearly 80 percent of them believe that racism is a serious and widespread problem within the government agency. The nationwide survey of 1,500 workers at the VA was conducted by the American Federation of Government Employees last month, reports the Washington Post. An example of…
Performances By Roe, Amy Wadge And EZI WHAT: This Thursday, ASCAP will present the 2nd day of their first ever ASCAP Presents SPF (Summer Performance Festival). The summer festival-inspired playlists of new, never-before-seen performances premiered on August 6th with additional release dates slated for August 13th and 20th. Each week, ASCAP will release exclusive performances…
Rachel Hackenberg Managing Editor, Faith-Forming Publications & Pilgrim Press and Team Leader In advanced swimming lessons and in lifeguard training, many years ago, treading water was my favorite part of the final tests. Far from being a challenge to exert as much energy and strength as possible, treading water was a challenge to conserve energy…
By: Lou Yeboah “And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, Woe, Woe, to the inhabitants of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! [Revelation 8:13]. One more trumpet blast will…
Antonio Ray Harvey| California Black Media The civil lawsuit Vanessa Bryant filed in February has yet to be litigated in a courtroom to determine who was at fault when her husband, NBA-hall-of-famer Kobe Bryant, and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter, died in a helicopter crash last January. But just as the questioning of potential jurors…
UPDATED 8/14/2020 Two of these billboards (pictured below) have been spotted on Highway 18 and Highway 395 in San Bernardino county recently. Feel free to utilize the information provided if you are interested in seeking justice for these three young men. Below, you will find the stories behind all three of these young men and…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Fauci has at times found himself at odds with President Donald Trump. For example, earlier this year, the president announced that he would withdraw U.S. funding and support for the World Health Organization (WHO). However, Dr. Fauci told Black Press USA that he…
by Pilar Marrero | Jul 28, 2020 | Census 2020 All communities, regardless of citizenship status, need to respond to the U.S. Census inspite of President Trump’s July 21 policy memo on reapportionment, civil rights advocates and census experts urged in an ethnic media conference call on July 24. The memo, issued July 21, instructs…
Meals Now Available for Pickup from 8 to 11 a.m. San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) will continue to provide free Grab and Go Meals to students on Mondays and Wednesdays. All SBCUSD students, regardless of family income, are eligible for free Grab and Go Meals. Both breakfast and lunch to-go meals are available…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Stacy Brown Media Following a disastrous re-opening by Major League Baseball, where as many as 17 Miami Marlins players and personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 forcing the postponement of several games, the National Football League remains cautiously optimistic as training camps open. “It’s about education and…
By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. “Sometimes Always Never” is a poignant story of joy amidst loss. The film will be available from Blue Fox Entertainment and the Music Box Theatre as a Virtual Cinema presentation, beginning Friday, June 12, 2020. “Sometimes Always Never” stars Alan (Bill Nighy) a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as…
By Mikhail Zinshteyn IN SUMMARY Two key members of the UC Board of Regents are in favor of a model that would reduce top salaries to help offset pandemic expenses. Also, next year’s UC budget has more money for policing and the stage has been set for a likely September vote about a telescope in…
Research features concerns of low-propensity voters LOS ANGELES – August 4, 2020. California Common Cause and the Center for Social Innovation at University of California Riverside released a report today on how to reach first-time and limited-English speaking voters when conveying COVID-related changes in the upcoming November 2020 general election. The report, “Reaching Low-Propensity Voters…
BY LAURENCE DU SAULT For generations, order and cleanliness had been Christina Lastra’s family’s way of fighting off poverty. But the day in July 1991 when her mother’s mysterious death was ruled an accident marked the end of the orderly life Lastra had been leading in Humboldt County. “We didn’t get peace. No one ever…
Madison Mayhew Justice and Peace Policy Fellow Earlier this month, in the middle of a pandemic, I found myself preparing to move into a new apartment with my partner. As we both prepared our homes to be combined into one and hired movers to load our belongings into our new residence, I was reminded of…
By: Lou Yeboah Talk to me, so you can see, Oh, what’s going on? Yeah, what’s going on? Tell me, what’s going on?” [Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin On]. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue hath murmured iniquity. No man calleth…
In response to yesterday’s unanticipated announcement that the 2020 United States Census (Census) data collection deadline will now be shortened by more than a month, to September 30, 2020, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas introduced an urgency motion at the Board of Supervisors meeting for immediate action to be taken to elevate the concerns of LA County…
AMAC News It took 50 years or so and a global pandemic but long-lost sisters, 53-year-old Bev Boro and 73-year-old Doris Crippen, finally found each other. According to the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC], they were separated when Boro was about six months old. Both had been searching in vain for each other all…
Officials believe they have found the cause of the recent salmonella outbreak sweeping the nation and Canada. They have tracked the source to a shipment of contaminated onions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a Salmonella outbreak linked to onions from Thomson International in Bakersfield, California. The recall includes both bulk and bagged…
Singer-Songwriter Amoré The Songstress released her debut single Whisper on July 31st on all major platforms. Whisper was produced and written by EndQuote who is also a San Bernardino born producer. Amoré was the 2010 R&B Artist of the Year and is taking 2020 by storm with a host of projects underway that you should…
