Government

The San Bernardino Police Department has received a $567,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The department will use the funding for their ongoing enforcement and education programs aimed at reducing the number of serious injuries and deaths on city roads. “This funding will strengthen our commitment …

The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority has shut down the frontage road next to the Mt. Vernon Bridge between 2nd and 3rd streets in San Bernardino. The closure, which is permanent, will allow Southern California Edison to move utility poles and create space for construction of the new Mt. Vernon …

The San Bernardino City Council accepted a $5 million ceremonial check from Assembly Member James Ramos during the council meeting on October 18 to develop a new 12.5-acre park. The funding, requested by Assembly Member Ramos, was approved by the legislature and signed by the Governor as a part of …

San Bernardino has offered the position of city manager to Charles A Montoya. The Council will vote on the employment agreement tomorrow. According to the city, Mr. Montoya was selected after “thoroughly vetting his background and qualifications.” “Charles Montoya will be joining the Council and me to accomplish the strategic …

The City of San Bernardino has awarded $2,575,000 in grants to 105 local small businesses and non-profits as part of a grant program to support organizations impacted by the pandemic. Individual grant amounts ranged from $10,000 to as much as $35,000. A total of 87 local small businesses and 18 …

County Chief Executive Officer Luther Snoke has appointed Pete Mendoza as the permanent director of Purchasing following a competitive recruitment process. Mendoza is a 32-year County employee who has served as interim director of County Purchasing since 2021. “Under Pete’s leadership, the Purchasing Department has not only received the Excellence …

Homelessness remains an ongoing challenge in San Bernardino and throughout California. The San Bernardino Board of Supervisors voted last week to award $3 million to the City of San Bernardino to develop projects to assist homeless residents. The funding comes from the $15 million San Bernardino County Housing Development Grant Fund …

The City of San Bernardino must go back to the drawing board in its search for a new city manager. In an announcement last week, the city said it was “notified that due to personal and professional reasons, the city manager candidate to whom the City Council made an offer …

The city of San Bernardino has joined four other Southern California cities as partners in the second annual Sunstone Economic Development Challenge @ USC Price, a charitable program designed to help local governments develop and implement inclusive strategies to support and grow early-stage technology startups and high-tech jobs in their …

Work is now underway on a new firehouse in San Bernardino. Local dignitaries joined San Bernardino County Fire, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, and the City of San Bernardino for a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday marking the start of construction on the first new fire station in San Bernardino in …