Government

With the primary election now just months away, incumbent Mayor John Valdivia took some time to speak with San Bernardino News Daily and looked back on wins and losses and his hopes for the future of the City of San Bernardino. Mayor Valdivia inherited a deeply troubled city.  The city …

The City of San Bernardino has a new Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. Lydie Gutfeld, has more than 30 years experience working in parks. Prior to joining San Bernardino, Gutfeld was the Community Services Manager for Mission Viejo. She also recently served as President of the California Park and …

Due to a surge in COVID cases, Southern California’s Frontier Crossroads at San Bernardino County Museum has been postponed. The two-day Old West Days event was scheduled to take place on Jan. 15 and 16, 2022. The San Bernardino Superior Court also has suspended all criminal jury trials that are …

The Inland Valley Development Agency has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to make improvements to supply chain and transportation infrastructure in San Bernardino. “The Biden Administration is committed to using every tool in our toolbox to alleviate supply chain …

In response to a 47 percent increase in coronavirus cases since Thanksgiving, California will be reinstating a month-long indoor mask mandate starting Wednesday. California residents, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to wear a mask in all indoor, public settings. In a press conference Monday, Health and Human Services …

The months long investigation resulted in massive seizures of cash, drugs, guns and dozens of arrests. The campaign also interrupted planned crimes and likely saved lives. Operation “Westside Jenga” began in earnest in June of 2021, when San Bernardino Police Department (SBPD) and California Department of Justice (DOJ), Southern Special …

It may seem arcane, but does somebody actually check to make sure that when you buy a pound of ground beef from the butcher or a half pound of sliced pepper jack or Havarti from the deli counter that it is actually a pound or a half pound respectively.  Well …

Far from defunding the police, the City of San Bernardino will be adding up to eight officers thanks to a Federal Grant. On November 18, 2021, the San Bernardino Police Department received notice of an award by the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) for …

Construction has begun on the Curtain of Courage Memorial on the east side of the County Government Center at 385 North Arrowhead Avenue in downtown San Bernardino. The Memorial is a tribute to the 14 people who lost their lives on December 2, 2015, in the terrorist attack at the Inland …

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on nursing homes and the care they provide.  A number of these facilities were hot spots of infection and although government edicts share a large part of the blame for the problems at nursing homes, many deaths at these facilities were sometimes suspect.  …