By Dianne Anderson Entrepreneurs and established business owners will converge in Orange County soon to learn new tricks of the trade from some of the best in the business. The upcoming three-day 2018 Ron Brown Business/Economic Summit and Women’s Symposium promises to bring rising business stars up to par for opportunities that are plentiful, provided ...

By Dianne Anderson No more trying to get blood from a stone. For whatever reason, if a parent can’t afford to meet their court-ordered support for their kids, San Bernardino County Department of Child Support Services can work with them, and help with services for both children and the parents. In the old days, trying ...

A USC trustee and alumna, she is internationally recognized for her work in aeronautics and leadership development.   The USC Board of Trustees on Tuesday appointed Dr. Wanda M. Austin as interim president of USC. Austin is an American businesswoman who is internationally recognized for her work in aeronautics and systems engineering. She is co-founder ...

By Jordan Rau “Oh my God, we dropped her!” Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing home aides yell as she fell to the floor. She landed on her right side where her hip had recently been replaced. She cried out in pain. A hospital clinician later discovered her hip was dislocated. That was not the ...

By Tyvan Burns, Diamond Durant, Denver Lark (#TeamOptimistic, NNPA DTU Journalism Fellowship)   Hip-hop pioneer MC Lyte is the national spokesperson for the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Discover The Unexpected (DTU) Journalism Fellowship program. Her passion about education and her desire to create opportunities for HBCU students are two of the many reasons she ...

By Dianne Anderson Through years working her street ministry, Rev. Bronica Martindale Taylor has seen how women dealing with substance abuse are at greater risk of sexual assault and domestic violence. On the other side of sexual violence, she said there are the date rape drugs, or young men who fail to see the situation ...

By Dianne Anderson Job seekers will put some extra spring in their step and brush off their dusty resumes ahead of the 50 big name employers ready to hire at next week’s job fair. Hiring is getting better — albeit for some more than others. Unemployment continues running about double for African Americans than for ...

It’s been a busy summer for the GEAR UP program at Cal State San Bernardino. It began when nearly 100 high school students from the San Bernardino City Unified School District, who will enter their junior year in August, met at CSUSB to embark on “Explore 23,” a two-week tour of all 23 California State ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Ron Dellums, the firebrand former Oakland mayor and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, who vigorously fought on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised, died on Monday, July 30. Dellums, who helped shaped politics in the Bay Area for decades, reportedly died after a long battle with prostate ...

As Crafton Hills College continues its search for a new president, longtime educator Dr. Audre Levy will step into the role on an interim basis starting Aug. 10. Levy, who will hold the position through the college’s fall semester, is coming out of retirement to help the college during this transition period, San Bernardino Community College ...