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 …
Read More »California sets month long mask mandate to combat COVID-19 variants
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 …
Read More »Law enforcement Operation Reminiscent of the Acclaimed Television Show “The Wire”
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 …
Read More »County wins award for protecting residents from card skimmers at gas stations
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 …
Read More »SBPD receives federal grant to hire more officers
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 …
Read More »County begins construction on December 2 Memorial
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 …
Read More »New Law Protects the Rights of Nursing Home Residents
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. …
Read More »San Bernardino to hold workshops this month for redistricting
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 …
Read More »Mountain View Avenue Officially Reopened from I-10 to SB Airport
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 …
Read More »San Bernardino approves fencing Seccombe Lake Park and Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
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 …
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