Author Archives: Aryana Noroozi

Black Voice News photojournalist Aryana Noroozi was born in San Diego, California and graduated with a master’s degree from The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her love for visual storytelling led her to document immigrant and deportee communities and those struggling with addiction. She was a 2020 Pulitzer Center Crisis Reporting Fellow and a GroundTruth Project Migration Fellow. She is currently a CatchLight/Report for America corps member employed by Black Voice News. You can learn more about her at aryananoroozi.com. You can email her at aryana@blackvoicenews.com.

Attendees of the San Bernardino Planning Commission meeting exit the chambers for lunch on September 21, 2022, The Bloomington Business Park Specific Plan was approved during the session and passed to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors who later that year voted to approve the project. The developer of the project, Howard Industrial Partners, is also developing the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan which was approved by Rialto City Council last month.

Rialto Community Members Protest New Warehouse Development Plan

by Aryana Noroozi May 15, 2023May 15, 2023

Snow Capped mountains tower over a field of blooming flowers in Perris, CA on April 20, 2023.On April 19, 2023, Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced the introduction of (SB) 337 which would establish a statewide goal to conserve at least 30% of California’s land and coastal waters by 2030. The legislation is also known as 30x30. According to the Sierra Club, a total of 42 endangered, threatened or otherwise imperiled species, 21 plant and 21 animal species, are present or potentially present in the San Bernardino Forest.

Proposed Legislation Will Protect California’s Lands and Coastal Waters

by Aryana Noroozi April 22, 2023April 22, 2023

Owner of Cellar Door Books, Linda Sherman-Nurick chats with longtime loyal customer, Steven Cason, Cason is an instrumental part of the store’s community of loyal customers, many of whom stepped up to support the store amid its upcoming move. With an abrupt lease termination, Riverside’s local bookstore Cellar Door Books looks forward to a new location and a continued fight against the assault on books and the history of diverse voices.

Forced Out! Owner of Cellar Door Books, Linda Sherman-Nurick, Shares Her Story

by Aryana Noroozi April 9, 2023April 11, 2023

Dr. Glenda Newell-Harris, regional medical director of YesCare and co-author of Focus on Your Best Health, shares a slide about effective communication with your doctor and maximizing limited time in order to best have your needs met during a visit. Her discussion, which focused on advocacy in the healthcare system, was hosted by Community Engagement & Outreach for the Center for Healthy Communities at the University of Riverside, California (UCR) on March 30, 2023.

Learning to Advocate for Yourself and Others When Dealing With Healthcare Professionals

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

Step Up Board Member Amie Quigley, Mayor Helen Tran, Councilwoman Kimberly Calvin and Congressman Pete Aguilar cut the ribbon to unveil San Bernardino’s most recent permanent supportive housing for 76 chronically unhoused seniors at the repurposed All Star Lounge on March 16, 2023. Funding for the facility was made possible through financing from Shangri-La Industries and the State’s Homekey program. Organizers say that this public-private partnership represents successful community collaboration in efforts to alleviate the homelessness crisis in the city.

Supportive Housing for Chronically Unhoused Seniors Unveiled in San Bernardino

by Prince James Story and Aryana Noroozi March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Michelle Burroughs, director of Community Engagement & Outreach for the Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) at the University of Riverside, California (UCR), poses with Dr. Marshare Penny, deputy director of Public Health at Riverside University Health System, at the fourth annual Health Disparities Research Symposium on Feb. 16, 2023 at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Southern California headquarters in Riverside, CA.

Meet Michelle Burroughs, Who is Helping Her Community Save Themselves

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi March 21, 2023April 27, 2023

Snow falls on West 11th Street in San Bernardino on February 25, 2023. San Bernardino County declared a local emergency on Feb. 27 after mountain community residents and tourists were trapped inside homes as a result of the snow.

Unprecedented Weather Pummels the Inland Region, Stranding Residents in Mountain Communities

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi March 2, 2023March 2, 2023

Musicians in Academia Maqueos, a Los Angeles-based music academy, alternate playing their instruments in their performance of traditional Oaxacan music on stage at CSUSB’s AfroOaxacan cultural celebration at the Garcia Center for the Arts on February 25, 2023. The group was led by co-director Yulissa Maqueos.

CSUSB’s Anthropology Museum Celebrates AfroOaxacan Culture as Black History Month Closes

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

Mark Tomich, the Director of Colton’s Planning Department presents updates in Colton’s warehouse moratorium ordinance to the Colton City Council on February 7, 2023. He included the recommendation regulations around warehousing to better protect the community that the Ad Hoc committee, a group formed to study the impact of warehouses, developed during the moratorium period.

Colton City Council Hears Community Concerns and Votes to Maintain the Triple-Extended Warehouse Moratorium Until It Expires in May 2023

by Aryana Noroozi February 25, 2023February 25, 2023

Mayor Helen Tran poses for a portrait in her office in San Bernardino.

Mayor Helen Tran, Leading San Bernardino into the Future

by Prince James Story and Aryana Noroozi February 18, 2023February 21, 2023