Category: Local & Community
From Africa’s Emerging Markets Come Emerging Designers
Marketplace Africa puts the emerging African fashion industry in reach for American style-setters Michelle Obama is well known for discovering and supporting up-and-coming designers from a variety of backgrounds and cultural influences and bringing them to prominence. From Taiwanese-Canadian Jason Wu to Finnish Teija Eilola to Nigerian Maki Oh, the former First Lady has placed…
Inland Empire Student Film Festival Now Accepting Submissions
SAN BERNARDINO, California—Submissions are now open for the 8th Annual SBVC International Student Film Festival. All student filmmakers at SBVC and worldwide are invited to submit films at http://www.filmfreeway.com/iema. Categories include narrative and documentary short, animation, and experimental. The deadline to submit is March 31. Works in progress will be considered. The Inland Empire Media…
Tzu Chi USA Spreads Love After California Wildfires – Camp & Woolsey Fire
Chico, CA, Nov. 13, 2018 – The Camp Fire, which began on November 8, is now the deadliest wildfire in California history with 44 fatalities.It razed through more than 117,000 acres in Northern California and destroyed over 7,000 buildings.The Woolsey Fire, too, has burned through more than 93,000 acres and destroyed at least 435 structures…
Free Bus Rides for Veterans on Veterans Day
(SAN BERNARDINO, CA) — To thank and honor the men and women who have served in our nation’s armed forces, Omnitrans again is offering free bus rides to US military veterans on Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11. Veterans just need to show a veteran-status ID when boarding any Omnitrans bus to get a free ride….
CDPH Encourages Consumers to Participate in Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that consumers who have prescription drugs that are no longer needed or are expired can safely dispose of them on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, October 27. Unused medications in homes create a public health and safety concern because they are highly susceptible to…
South Fontana Park Dedication Ceremony – Monday, October 22, 2018
Fontana, Calif.- The City of Fontana invites the public to attend the land dedication ceremony for the future South Fontana Sports Park on Monday, October 22, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at 10941 Cypress Avenue. The proposed 18-acre park will be located on Santa Ana Avenue between Cypress Avenue and Juniper Avenue. “The dedication ceremony…
Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Celebrates Their Founders
Gamma Omega Chapter’s Youth Group of San Bernardino, California attended the Grand Celebration of Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 76th Founder’s Day. The celebration was held on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the Doubletree by Hilton Ontario, Airport. All of the chapters in the Western Region participated in the celebration. It was a grand affair…
RUHS—Behavioral Health Leads Effort to Expand Mental Health Access for Kids 0-5
First 5 Riverside Will Fund the New Three-Year Countywide Project with $7.5 million grant RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Ca.—Riverside County children through age 5 will receive expanded access to early intervention and mental health services through a new program that aims to position them for emotional, social and academic success in school and life, mental health advocates…
Angels Opt-Out of Anaheim After more than half a century, Angels Baseball may leave
A Statement from Anaheim Council Member Kris Murray Today, Angels Baseball exercised their legal option to terminate their lease with the City of Anaheim. This is further evidence that Anaheim’s toxic political environment has very real consequences. First the city lost thousands of local jobs and millions in future tax revenue when Disney cancelled their…
Settlement Requires L.A. Superior Court to Consider Drivers’ Inability to Pay Traffic Fines
LOS ANGELES – Under a settlement signed, the Los Angeles County Superior Court has agreed to procedures to ensure that no motorists will be saddled with traffic fines they simply cannot afford to pay. The lawsuit Alvarado v. Los Angeles Superior Court, filed in 2016, alleged that courts throughout Los Angeles County illegally assumed that…
New Studies Affirm PTA’s Concerns About School Funding
SACRAMENTO – A decade ago, a research project called “Getting Down to Facts” presented evidence that California needed to simplify its school funding system and provide schools with significantly more funds. During the years since, passage of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) accomplished the simplification. However, a substantial infusion of additional funding did not…
Schools to Participate in the October 18 Great California ShakeOut
All San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) schools and offices will participate in the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, October 18. Beginning at 10:18 a.m., all SBCUSD students and staff will drop, cover, and hold on. Sites will also practice emergency response procedures, such as evacuations, accounting for all persons, and reporting and coordinating…
Volunteers needed for recycling classes and events
Are you interested in helping the environment? Do you like to compost or recycle? Become an outreach volunteer with the Riverside County Department of Waste Resources and help the earth by helping others become better recyclers and composters. Outreach volunteers are needed to assist with classes or events by interacting with the public, answering questions…
3 CEMEX USA Cement Plants Earn Repeat Honors from EPA ENERGY STAR®
HOUSTON—(Sept. 27, 2018)—CEMEX announced today three cement plants—Miami, Victorville and Brooksville South—achieved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Certification for 2018, recognizing their efforts in energy efficiency and sustainability. The three CEMEX plants have been repeatedly certified by the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program for their conservation efforts. This year’s recognition marks eight consecutive…
2020 Census holds recruitment kickoff event Thursday
Community invited to Riverside County Workforce Development Center RIVERSIDE – The U.S. Census is hiring hundreds of workers in Southern California and community members are invited to learn more at a kickoff event this Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Workforce Development Center in Riverside. Officials from the Census Bureau’s Los Angeles Regional Census Center along…
Aguilar Announces over $640,000 for Inland Empire Affordable Housing & Small Business Programs
San Bernardino, CA— Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) announced that the US Department of the Treasury awarded Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. in Rancho Cucamonga $500,000 and AmPac Tri-State CDC, Inc. in Grand Terrace $141,000 through the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). The funding will assist the Inland Empire nonprofits in their…
Rep. Bass Introduces Resolution Calling For A Respect Of Human Rights In Cameroon
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, introduced legislation calling on the government of Cameroon and all parties to the conflict, including armed separatist groups, to respect human rights and adopt nonviolent approaches to conflict resolution. “The ongoing crisis and violence taking place in Cameroon…
California Applebee’s Announce Extended Happy Hour for Football Season
Outside of the traditional happy hour that occurs daily at Applebee’s from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Applebee’s will be extending promotional hours to include NFL Football Games, as well as introducing new drink specials. From now through Sunday, February 3, all local Applebee’s restaurants will feature ½ price appetizers during all televised professional football…
Black youth continue to be sent to adult courts and jails at alarmingly high rates
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Juvenile arrest rates have fallen sharply in recent years, but black youth are disproportionately sent to adult court by judges at some of the highest percentages seen in 30 years, according to a joint report from the Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) and the National Association of Social Workers…
Live sheep shearing and yarn spinning on display
Event date: Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 Live sheep shearing and yarn spinning – how wool clothing gets made – has changed little over the centuries and will be on full display at Sheep to Shawl at the San Bernardino County Museum on Saturday, Sept. 29, from noon to 4 p.m. To make a piece of…
ISHS Introduces New Performing Arts Center To Community
The look of astonishment could be seen over and over on the faces of Indians Springs High School (ISHS) students walking through the new Performing Arts Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 18. Nearby, architect John Sergio Fisher had a similar look of delight on his face. “This venue is a beacon for the…
Local Libraries Offer Fun, Free Activities And Book Sales
Libraries are the backbone of many communities. They are safe, cool places where you can read and borrow books for free, wait out a summer heat wave, gain free access to computers and the internet, explore your creativity, and much more. And, the local libraries in San Bernardino, Muscoy, and Highland are no different. The…
National Teachers Union Sues for Los Angeles Superintendent’s Records
LOS ANGELES—The American Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court this week against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The suit was filed under the state’s Freedom of Information Act and requests LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner’s public schedules, which the union has sought formally since July. Beutner has ignored two…
Governor Brown Signs Assemblyman Steinorth’s Legislation to Modernize Secure County Investments
SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Marc Steinorth (R-Rancho Cucamonga) announced his bill, AB 1770, has been signed into law, which removes the requirement that the issuer be rated and continue limiting local agencies to purchasing highly-rated securities, preserving the safety of agencies’ portfolios. “We must empower our local agencies to safely invest in securities that see a…
