U.S. Census Bureau Resources, Data Tools Help Mom and Pop Businesses, Highlight Their Business Impact

ADAM GRUNDY AND SHANNAN ALSTON In 1939, Rick and Margie Segel created Mom and Pop Business Owners Day in honor of their parents’ hat shop that opened that year. Eighty-three years later, it’s still celebrated and continues to highlight the valuable contributions small businesses make to the U.S. economy. The Small Business Administration defines a…

Fibroids: When Your Pudge Just Won’t Budge!

You’re eating all the right things and you’ve even joined that new Zoom fitness class.  You’re giving it your all to get “summer-time fine,” but no matter how many planks you do, your belly fat just won’t budge!  What’s going on?! Maybe you’re thinking your metabolism is malfunctioning or maybe you’re just too old to…

How  COVID-19  Can  Change  the  Brain

Scientists have discovered that even a mild case of COVID-19 might inflict damage on your brain. On average, middle-aged and older adults who’d been sick with COVID showed signs of tissue shrinkage in brain areas related to the sense of smell, the researchers reported. They also tended to have more trouble completing complex mental tasks,…

White Professor/Psychiatrist Condemned For Racist Tweet After Calling Dark-Skinned Model “A Freak Of Nature”

Group says racism in mental health industry is rife and needs accountability BlackNews.com Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Rev. Frederick Shaw, founder of CCHR’s Task Force Against Racism and Modern-Day Eugenics and President of the NAACP Inglewood/South Bay Branch, has called for stronger actions to be taken in response to racism in the mental health system. This…

Padilla Demands Justice Clarence Thomas Explain Failure to Recuse Himself from Key Supreme Court Decisions and Seeks Future Recusal

Lawmakers Call on Chief Justice Roberts to Create Binding Ethics Rules for Supreme Court WASHINGTON, D.C. –— U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) along with 21 of their colleagues in a bicameral letter to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas…

U.S. House of Representatives to Vote on Cannabis Legalization Bill

Washington, D.C. — This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, a comprehensive federal cannabis legalization bill that contains strong social equity provisions with an emphasis on restorative justice for communities most impacted by cannabis prohibition. Statement from Toi Hutchinson, President and CEO…

55th Social Lites, Inc. Beautillion Ball Set for April 2, 2022 Young Men Striving For Excellence

Four distinguished young men will be presented to society on Saturday, April 2nd 2021 at the beautiful campus of California State University, in the new Santos Manuel Student Union North building. This year marks the 54th Beautillion Ball featuring the theme “Young Men Striving For Excellence”.  The Beautillion Program was started in the Inland Empire…

Help Deserving, Local Students Receive College Scholarships

You can help local high school graduates earn college scholarships by volunteering with the San Bernardino Community Scholarship Association. Every year, individuals and community groups donate thousands of dollars in scholarships to deserving high school seniors. Federal tax law requires that someone outside the donor group help select the scholarship recipients. In order to comply…

The First Cohort of Community Schools in San Diego Unified School District to be Designated

SAN DIEGO – Tomorrow, on Tuesday, March 22, the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education will be voting on which schools will be designated as the first five community schools in the district. This is a critical moment for educational transformation of the public education system in San Diego. Students in the San…

Bradley Gates is SB County’s new Director of Workforce Development

Bradley Gates has been appointed Director of the San Bernardino County Workforce Development Department (WDD), bringing more than 15 years of experience in workforce and economic development. Gates has served as Interim Director of the Department since October. Prior roles at WDD include Assistant Director, Deputy Director of Administration and Deputy Director of Business Services….

In Biden v. Texas Amicus Brief, CILP Asks Supreme Court to Limit National Injunctions

‘Texas and Missouri alone should not be allowed to set federal immigration policy.’  Los Angeles, CA -– The Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law today filed an amicus brief in Biden v. Texas arguing that injunctions obtained by individual states should rarely be applied nationwide, and instead should generally…

Padilla Introduces Legislation to Grant Student Loan Forgiveness to Frontline Health Workers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in introducing the Student Debt Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act. This bill would forgive the student and professional training loan debt of frontline health care workers, and honor their resilience and sacrifice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the…

2021 ROUTE 66 CRUISIN’ REUNION® Registration for Classic Cars is now open with VIP upgrade! 

ONTARIO, California (Tuesday, March 22, 2022) – Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion®, powered by the Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau, has announced ON LINE classic car registration has opened.  New in 2022, is additional benefits to the VIP Package.  “We listened to our guests that registered for the VIP Package last year and with their…

Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel Introduces Legislation to Combat Barriers to Access for Affordable Housing

SACRAMENTO, CA — Against the backdrop of California’s ongoing housing crisis, Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D – Woodland Hills) has introduced legislation to create an online database of affordable housing listings. The measure, Assembly Bill (AB) 1961, will speed the state’s policy efforts to improve access to affordable housing and allow low-income residents to broaden their…