Tuesday , April 16 2024

Community

New housing for chronically homeless seniors opens in San Bernardino

New housing for chronically homeless seniors opens in San Bernardino

San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran joined Shangri-La Industries and service provider Step Up to celebrate the opening of Step Up in San Bernardino, the City’s newest permanent supportive housing for chronically unhoused seniors at the repurposed former All Star Lodge. The hotel-turned-apartment complex provides 76 fully-furnished, single occupancy 250-square-foot efficiency apartments …

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Mena to lead Inland Economic Growth & Opportunity Initiative

Mena to lead Inland Economic Growth & Opportunity Initiative

Matthew Mena has been named the new executive director for Inland Economic Growth & Opportunity Initiative (IEGO). IEGO is a regional network of leaders from businesses, nonprofits, higher education, and state and local government working to grow sectors that can create promising jobs for Inland Empire workers and students. “We’re …

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Curbing Hunger Event Raises Awareness about Food Insecurity

Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino (FARSB) hosted their annual Curbing Hunger event last month. The lunch was held for community partners, volunteers, board members, and sponsored by Molina Healthcare, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Hodgdon Group, Cardenas Market Foundation, Wild Goose Coffee Roasters, and Norms Restaurant. Carolyn Solar, FARSB CEO said, “These …

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Exhibition Series about Seeds, Pollinators, and Mushrooms starts in Spring

San Bernardino County Museum

The San Bernardino County Museum has announced a three-part exhibition series for spring. This traveling series that celebrates seeds, pollinators, and mushrooms was developed by Jennifer Jewell and John Whittlesey and runs from Mar. 12 through Sept. 24, 2023. Nature’s Artful Engineering, an exhibit that aims to increase awareness and …

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Next community dump day set for March 25

Residents dump your unwanted item this Saturday at San Manuel Stadium

San Bernardino’s next monthly Community Dump Day is coming up, Saturday, March 25 at Perris Hill Park from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Residents can discard their bulky items such as appliances, mattresses, tires, broken furniture, tree limbs and electronic waste including printers and TVs. Construction and Hazardous materials will …

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City partners with In-n-Out Burger for Cover to Cover reading program

The San Bernardino Public Library is once again partnering with In-N-Out Burger to promote reading with its annual “Cover to Cover” program. The popular reading program runs through Saturday, April 15 for children ages 4 to 12. For every 5 books a child reads (or is read to),  he or …

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Community event promotes importance of organ donations

Community event promotes importance of organ donations

OneLegacy, the local organ procurement organization that serves seven counties in Southern California, joined The California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino College’s Nursing School to host a special event to promote the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation with local students and community members. The event took place last …

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Dr. Margaret Hill Book Collection Donated to Inghram Library

Annual reading program with In-N-Out starts Saturday

More than one hundred books from the library of Dr. Margaret Hill were recently donated to the Dorothy Inghram Branch Library in San Bernardino to continue her lifelong legacy of supporting literacy. An educator for more than 50 years as well as a First 5 San Bernardino Commissioner before her passing …

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California Tribes Unite to Solve MMIP Crisis

California Tribes Unite to Solve MMIP Crisis

California Native American Tribal leaders, affected families and tribal community members gathered at the Capitol in Sacramento for the first Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Day of Action. Tribal representatives from across the state called on legislators for a historic investment of $200 million to build programs and services …

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Fifty-five hour directional freeway closures begin this weekend

Transportation Authority to conduct full-freeway closures on the 210

Beginning this weekend, construction crews will begin a series of six directional, 55-hour freeway closures on SR 210 as part of the SR 210 Lane Addition and Base Line Interchange Project. These closures will be taken one direction at a time over select weekends. The closures will allow crews to …

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