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Hundreds of goats put to work by San Manuel tribe for fire prevention
Firefighting goats have been deployed by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to protect tribal land and neighboring property from potentially devastating brush fires. The goats are unleashed by the San Manuel Fire Department to eat up dry brush and grass that would normally be ideal fuel for fires — a recent fire was […]
Sheriff’s Gang and Narcotics Division makes Yucca Valley arrest as part of Operation: Consequences
An arrest was made in Yucca Valley last week by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Gang/Narcotics Division. Between July 13 and July 19 the Sheriff’s Department served 13 search warrants related to gang members and felons believed to be in possession of weapons or narcotics as part of Operation: Consequences. One of those warrants was served in the 7700 Block of Victor Vista Ave in Yucca Valley.
Seizures of ghost guns on the rise in San Bernardino County
The San Bernardino County sheriff is sounding the alarm on the increasing prevalence of ghost guns, firearms that have no serial numbers and are difficult for law enforcement to track."They're being made en masse," Sheriff Shannon Dicus said. "Parts can be purchased on the internet and those parts can be put together to make an operable polymer handgun."We're also seeing folks who have the 3D printing capabilities to build some of these guns using 3D printers."According to an annual report released by California Department of Justice, San Bernardino County law enforcement seized more ghost guns than every other county with...
Missing Southern California girl, 15, found safe
Alison Chao, the 15-year-old Monterey Park girl who was missing since last Tuesday, has been found safe, her father’s attorney confirmed to KTLA. Chao went missing around 5:30 p.m. on July 16 after riding a blue mountain bike away from her father’s house in the 200 block of North Ynez Avenue. She was headed to […]
Matthew Stafford selling Hidden Hills home 2 years after buying it from Drake
Matthew Stafford has been busy in the real estate market since arriving in Los Angeles three years ago. In that short period of time, he’s purchased multiple homes in Southern California, including a $28 million mansion in Hidden Hills that he bought at the end of 2023. In 2022,...
Rural California ranch trains tribal nations
On a sunny afternoon in Southern California, a group gathered at Matthew Rantanen’s ranch in Aguanga. They were not there to relax but to tackle a pressing issue: the historic gap in internet access on US tribal lands. Rantanen and his business partner, Christopher Mitchell, founded the Tribal Broadband Bootcamp in 2021.
Despite minimum wage hike, fast-food hiring hits record high in SoCal: O.C. Register
Despite the dire warnings of the business community, the recent increase to fast-food workers’ minimum wage doesn’t seem to be impacting hiring. In April, minimum wage for fast-food workers jumped to $20 per hour, but despite that, “Employment Development Department numbers show [Southern California] had 361,500 fast food workers in June – an all-time staffing […]
Feeding America IE gets new facility; assists with Calfresh applications
Feeding America Riverside, San Bernardino, has expanded its regional footprint with a new facility geared toward support, community engagement and more. The organization also holds workshops this week aimed at training interested non-profit organizations in assisting residents in completing Calfresh applications.
CSUSB professor and director of the Institute of Applied Research receives prestigious award from Inland Empire ASPA
Barbara Sirotnik, a California State University, San Bernardino professor in the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, is the recipient of the Inland Empire ASPA 2024 Outstanding Educator Award from the Inland Empire chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. The award, formally presented to Sirotnik...
Farmworkers, residents press for precise locational detail in state pesticide notification plan
A years-old agricultural controversy returned to its Kern County roots Tuesday as environmental justice advocates attending a state hearing in Shafter called for changes to a public notification system proposed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Speakers insisted the agency provide information on the exact location where farmers plan...
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