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.

Garages remain closed until trucks arrive at a Bloomington warehouse on August 26, 2022. This facility sits directly across the street from Zimmerman Elementary School which will be demolished and relocated due to the construction of the Bloomington Business Park Specific Plan which was approved by San Bernardino County in late 2022. Environmental groups are suing the county for violating the California Environmental Quality Act.

Lawsuit Challenges San Bernardino County’s Approval of Business Park Warehouse Development in Bloomington

by Aryana Noroozi January 9, 2023January 10, 2023

Community Comes Together for Holiday Giving Event

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi December 24, 2022December 24, 2022

A resident displays a “Bloomington is not for sale” sign in their front yard on August 24, 2022. The sign boasts a rallying cry for those protesting warehousing and was created by community members pooling their resources, including a local business that printed the signs. Shortly before the San Bernardino County Planning meeting, some community members reported that their signs had been stolen.

San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Unanimously Approves Bloomington Warehouse Project

by Aryana Noroozi and Prince James Story December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

(From left): Savana Villanueva, Aimee Durante and Bobbie Butts protest along with fellow parents and community activists against San Bernardino County Child Protective Services (CPS) and the Juvenile Court System outside of the San Bernardino Juvenile Justice Court on November 16, 2022.

Parents Demonstrate for Change to Child Protective Services (CPS) System in San Bernardino County

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Benoit Malphettes poses for a portrait in his home studio on November 9, 2022, beside the technical camera, a camera that gives the photographer the ability to move the position of the lens and sensor separate of each other, he used to shoot the photographs for his “Open To Your Interpretation” exhibition featured at the San Bernardino County Museum. For this series, Malphettes photographed odd objects he collected over the years. “The viewer will discover explicit or diffuse associations that may or may not have anything to do with my personal views,” says Malphettes. “The symbols are all there for the audience’s choosing,”

Open to Interpretation: Visiting Benoit Malphettes’ Exhibition at the San Bernardino County Museum

by Aryana Noroozi November 20, 2022November 20, 2022

Voters exit Bethel AME Church in Fontana after voting on November 8, 2022. Voters in Fontana are voting to decide whether to re-elect mayor Acquanetta Warren who has served since 2010.

Flash Flood Warnings Across the Region as Election Day Draws to a Close

by Aryana Noroozi and Breanna Reeves November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

Staff at the San Bernardino Registrar of Voters extract ballots from original envelopes in preparation to scan and organize them by precinct.

The Journey of An Election Ballot….Where Does Your Ballot Go Once It’s Cast?

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi November 6, 2022November 6, 2022

Sign expresses sentiments of Amazon workers who walked off the job and picketed the KSBD Amazon Airhub in San Bernardino on October 14, 2022 in protest of unfair and unsafe working conditions and to demand living wages.

San Bernardino Amazon Workers Picket for Safer Working Conditions and Fair Wages

by Aryana Noroozi October 23, 2022October 23, 2022

VIP guests arrive at the invitation-only sneak preview of the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California on Thursday evening October 20, 2022.

Sneak Preview and Grand Opening: Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California

by Breanna Reeves and Aryana Noroozi October 22, 2022October 22, 2022

The Amazon warehouse on Slover Avenue stands directly beside homes in Bloomington. Community members say the warehouse is rumored to be shutting down and laying off workers.

Concerned Neighbors of Bloomington Fight Warehouse Proposal

by Prince James Story and Aryana Noroozi October 13, 2022October 22, 2022