By Lou K. Coleman But it will not change the fact that what God says will come to fruition. You better know that you know! Jesus Himself talked of a future time so horrendous that no human lives would be spared, “unless those days were shortened.” [Matthew 24:22]. Daniel the prophet warned us of terrible…
A memorial tribute to Dr. Robert L. Fairley will be hosted at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church,1575 W. 17th Street, San Bernardino, CA on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 10:00 am. Dr. Micheal Andrew Owens, current pastor at New Hope and congregation will salute Dr. Fairley Pastor Emeritus’s legacy. The legendary, Inland Empire, Dr. Robert L….
By Gina Browne, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Educational Services and Support, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office SACRAMENTO, CA—This time of year when the fall semester is beginning, I often hear students and parents say, “It’s too late to enroll in college and get the money I need to pay for tuition, books, supplies, and living…
SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that, under the threat of litigation, the City of San Bernardino agreed to update their housing plan to meet their state-mandated goals, which include 8,123 additional housing units by 2029. California law requires every jurisdiction to adopt a multi-year housing plan and the…
By Lee Saunders, President, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) As we prepare to celebrate Labor Day, it’s as exciting a time as any in recent memory to be a part of a union. Working people are seeing what the union difference is all about, and they want to be a part…
Application Deadline: October 2, 2023 To Apply Click Here During times of war, thousands of young men and women across this country left high school and the comforts of home to serve gallantly in the armed forces. Their sacrifices ensured our freedom and shaped the course of history throughout the world. After the wars ended,…
In a Shooting Yesterday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Faculty Member was Also Shot and Killed During The Second Week of Classes NEW YORK — Students Demand Action and Mom Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, issued the following statements on gun violence-related incidents that…
25 Black women entrepreneurs from across the U.S. awarded $10K in funding and yearlong mentorship Nationwide — The BOSS Network, an online community of professional and entrepreneurial women who support each other through digital content, programs, and event-based networking, and Sage (FTSE: SGE), the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and…
As temperatures begin to rise again, health officials are urging residents to take precautions to protect themselves from triple-digit temperatures that are expected to hit the region today and tomorrow. There are 69 cool centers in locations throughout Riverside County offering residents a welcome retreat from the heat. This is a partnership coordinated by Community…
The following is a statement from Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Campaign Manager for Biden-Harris 2024: For decades, presidents have tried to take on Big Pharma on behalf of seniors, but President Biden finally got it done. Thanks to President Biden’s leadership, millions of seniors, including those taking life-saving medication to prevent heart failure or to manage…
By Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher Nearly 20 years ago, historian John William Templeton and engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr. declared August as National Black Business Month to “drive the policy agenda affecting the 2.6 million African American businesses.” Today, according to the latest data, there are more than three million Black-…
This latest accounting demonstrates in detail how Thomas supposedly has profited surreptitiously from a significantly larger and more influential network of wealthy and well-connected patrons. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – In what activist Sherrilyn Ifill called a crisis, more stunning revelations have surfaced over lavish gifts allegedly accepted…
McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Five percent of the 225,231 Californians who lost their Medi-Cal coverage in June were African American. According to numbers from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), around 14,000 Black Californians lost health insurance with the state’s safety net health care exchange because they didn’t turn in the…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond hosted a webinar featuring a variety of inspirational speakers who discussed the importance and journey of ethnic studies in California. The webinar provided an opportunity for local educational agencies (LEAs) to become acquainted with the benefits of ethnic studies and to be reacquainted with the Ethnic Studies Model…
“Seniors need to have an ongoing relationship with their healthcare provider,” says Dr. Albert Arteaga. SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the three leading causes of death for people 65 and older are heart disease, cancer and COVID-19. The CDC also notes that 23.3 percent of seniors are in…
By Lou K. Coleman The world can tell you to prepare for the storm that’s on the horizon and you immediately do whatever is necessary to make sure that you have prepared. But when Jesus sends warnings and tell you to prepare for what is about to come, you do nothing. Going about business as…
Brooks Berndt She started by herself. She started alone. She started with an action that many politically “astute” adults would readily dismiss as naïve and ineffectual. But on August 20, 2018, a 15-year-old named Greta Thunberg refused to attend the first day of school so that she could sit in front of the Swedish Parliament’s…
Antonio Ray Harvey| California Black Media The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of hip hop on Aug. 14, with a tribute to the West Coast pioneers, leaders and innovators who shaped the genre. The Bring the Peace Movement, a Sacramento-based non-profit, organized the…
Agency says defendants used “Biden Loan Forgiveness” to lure students and collect millions of dollars in illegal junk fees The Federal Trade Commission has stopped scammers who the agency says facilitated an operation to prey on students seeking debt relief. The agency charges that the defendants pretended to be affiliated with the U.S. Department of…
By Charlene Crowell While the 1963 March on Washington brought more than 200,000 Americans to the nation’s capital in a historic call for jobs and economic justice, an event billed as a ‘continuation’ – not a commemoration will take place August 26 at the Lincoln Memorial. Co-sponsored by the National Action Network and the…
By Selen Ozturk At an Aug. 18 EMS briefing, teachers and education officials discussed three challenges K-12 students face as they head back to school: teacher shortages, polarized curricula and pandemic-era learning gaps. K-12 students returning to school this month face teacher shortages, pitched battles over curricula, and pandemic-era learning gaps, teachers and education officials…
By Oliver Darcy, CNN CNN — Facebook is shunning the news business in the US. The Meta-owned company has quietly made changes in recent months that have dramatically reduced referral traffic to media outlets, more than half a dozen publishers told me. The move has put considerable dents in the daily traffic publishers see, with…
Leonard X. Hernandez resigned from the post of County Chief Executive Officer effective today. County Chief Operating Officer Luther Snoke has been filling in for Hernandez while Hernandez has been on leave and will continue to do so. The Board of Supervisors will act to appoint an interim or permanent CEO shortly. “The Board of…
RIVERSIDE – The County of Riverside today proclaimed a local emergency because of the impacts from Tropical Storm Hilary. The proclamation will go before the Board of Supervisors at its next regularly scheduled board meeting on Aug. 29 for ratification. This emergency proclamation could help make the county eligible for potential federal and state…
