The Joe Baca Foundation will host the 13th annual Baseball & Softball Fitness Clinic and Health Fair for kids 7-13 years old on Saturday, January 12. It will be held from 9am to 12 noon at San Manuel Stadium located at 280 S. ‘E’ Street in San Bernardino. Special appearances by Derrell Thomas, Josh Morgan, ...

The Joseph C. Rodriguez VFW Post 8737 will host its first fundraiser for the year on Friday, January 18 at 8pm. They will host a comedy show provided by Hollywood Comedy Machine. The evening entertainment will raise funds to assist local military veterans. The donation is $12 per person. The Post is named for Joseph ...

Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D- San Bernardino) has been named chair of the Assembly Committee on Human Services.  The Human Services Committee has jurisdiction over such vital issues as child care, homelessness, CalFRESH, CalWORKs, community care licensing, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), foster care and developmental services. “I am honored that Speaker Rendon appointed me to chair ...

The bipartisan and bicameral California Legislative Women’s Caucus elected Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) as its Chair and Assemblywoman Monique Limón (DSanta Barbara) as Vice Chair. “I am truly honored to have earned the trust of my colleagues in the Caucus and look forward to continuing to work with them and other stakeholders to further ...

Sharon Caples McDougle is somewhat of a “hidden figure.”  Everyone knows that Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to travel into space – but many don’t know that an African American woman from Moss Point, MS “suited her up” and has several firsts of her own. McDougle was Jemison’s suit tech for the historic ...

By Chiagoziem “Sylvester” Agu Albany State University  Of the more than 330,000 U.S. students studying abroad, only 6.1 percent are African American and 10 percent are Latino. This is one in a series of articles by students of color who are breaking down barriers by studying abroad thanks to the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship, which ...

The Eli and Edy the Broad Stage presents the return of four-time GRAMMY® Award-winning bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke and his band on Saturday, January 19 at 7:30pm. Clarke performs with electric and acoustic ferocity, backed by a stellar troupe of exciting young musicians. Rolling Stone’s first Jazzman of the Year, Clarke’s creativity has been recognized ...

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez The two-day old baby needed a home. And foster parents. Soon after she was born, Children and Family Services took Brandy Renee Taylor and her 2-year-old sister away from her drug-addicted mother. Her grandmother stepped in, along with the man she had just married six months earlier. Bill and Dorothy Lockridge, ...

By Dianne Anderson Neighborhood and community leaders in San Bernardino are tweaking their to-do list and getting ready for the new year with the changing of the guard. No one expects post-bankruptcy miracles, but community leaders are mildly optimistic that what’s coming up can be better than what’s behind. Curtis Stout, vice-chair of the The ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire One day after saying she wants President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to testify before her committee about his work overhauling the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA 43) was elevated to another position where she will undoubtedly continue to hold President Trump ...