By Dianne Anderson Career pathways, self-care and mental wellness resources, cultural awareness and human relations are a few topics local teens will ponder, along with other grown-up questions on their to-do list, like how to get a good job with the city. The new Teen Academy is set to launch at each of the Long ...

By Dianne Anderson Somehow, 15-year-old Michael Bolton seems well beyond his years.  He’s pulling good grades, finds time to volunteer in the community, and already has worked out his 10-year goals. Bolton, a longtime volunteer at the Delmann Heights Community Center, wants to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps, a Vietnam veteran who served in transportation ...

By Dianne Anderson Scant philanthropic dollars that trickled down to minority-led nonprofits statewide before the 2008 economic downturn seems to look better in hindsight. If foundation dollars were tight back then in San Bernardino County, it’s worse now. “Statistics in foundation funding specifically for the Inland Empire is three percent now in the region, not ...