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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.  …

Every 10 years, the City of San Bernardino, like other local and state governments, must go through a redistricting process using the new census data to redraw their district lines to reflect how local populations have changed. San Bernardino started the process earlier this year with the Council voting on …

Interstate 10 commuters will pleased to know that Mountain View Avenue North of the freeway has been officially reopened and completely improved for commuters and commercial traffic. The $14 million second phase of Mountain View Avenue was funded by the Inland Valley Development Agency marking the completion of significant infrastructure …

According to multiple sources and public records as well as various news accounts and the complaints of citizens, the Seccombe Lake Park is a hot mess.  The park is overrun with vagrants, petty criminals and drug users, (as many as 50 to 100 at any given time are living in …

The City of San Bernardino is seeking citizen input during the process of hiring a new Chief of Police.  The firm hired by the City Manager Rob Field to conduct the search, Koff & Associates has scheduled an online event from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday September 21 via …

One of the fastest growing employers in the City of San Bernardino is being targeted for harassment by the State of California. Claiming Amazon has a higher injury rate than other similar warehouse operators and then drawing a non-existent nexus to Amazon’s policies, has led California’s state senate to pass …