Story by Rory O’Sullivan • Photos by Carlos Puma Joseph Williams Reflects on Youth Action Project’s Decade of Service Joseph Williams has spent most of his life working in some of San Bernardino Counties roughest neighborhoods. He has seen what the cycle of poverty, violence, drugs and poor education can do to communities and the […]
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Annual Student and Community Fall Career & Job Fair at Norco College
Students and community members can meet potential employers at the Norco College annual Fall Career & Job Fair on Wednesday, October 8, from 10 am to 1 pm in the Student Services walkway. More than 30 employers are expected to participate, representing a range of industries including construction, logistics, health care, real estate, and insurance. […]
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TEDxRiverside Coming to Fox Performing Arts Center
Self-organized, non-profit event to bring the “Technology, Entertainment, Design” discussion to the community A wide-array of speakers, including a Nobel, Pulitzer, Grammy winner; and many local entrepreneurs are scheduled to speak at TEDxRiverside on October 16, 2014 at the Fox Performing Arts Center in downtown Riverside. Nobel Laureate chemist Richard Schrock (’67) and Pulitzer Prize […]
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Keri Then Announces Candidacy for Riverside Community College District, Trustee Area 5
Receives endorsement from Moreno Valley’s first Mayor Dr. Keri Then, D.B.A., a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, professor and telecommunications engineer, has announced her candidacy for Riverside Community College District, Trustee Area 5. This election marks the first time voters will select community college trustees by district and Then says she is stepping […]
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The Power of One
This week I’ve been contemplating the power of one to make a difference in the lives of many. Monday I attended a lecture by UCR Associate Professor Reza Aslan, author of the New York Times bestselling book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Professor Aslan’s presentation focused on Jesus the historical figure […]
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More Effort in the Do-Over?
By James Carter As Covered California looks to reboot its African-American outreach, questions remain about its efforts to get more blacks enrolled in health coverage. In the six months following the end of the first Affordable Care Act enrollment period, officials with the Covered California insurance exchange analyzed data to revise strategies aimed at removing […]
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Birth Weight and Diabetes
Dear Dr. Levister: My son weighed 4.5 pounds at birth. What are his chances for developing diabetes? L.W. Dear L.W: African-Americans born at low birth weight are at an increased risk for Type 2 diabetes later in life. Birth weight is the first weight of your baby, taken just after he or she is born. […]
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Poly Takes Game Back From King
By Gary Montgomery It seemed to be a curious move when Martin Luther King school officials decided to turn Friday night lights into Saturday night lights by foregoing the opportunity to play a road game at their home stadium. How would they do that you ask? Poly plays its home games at King’s on campus […]
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Local Office Recommendations For November 4th
Last week, I provided my recommendations for candidates running for state elected office. This week, I will focus on local elected school board seats and also elected positions for the city of Colton and Fontana.
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NAACP Blurred Lines Community Forum Works To Offer Solutions on Violence
Several years ago I received a call from Davion, a 19 year old, one of the several young men that performed in my husband’s production Buckworld One. For several years, Davion and a number of other teenage African-American boys were a significant part of our lives. When they had problems, which as you can imagine […]