The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will open their 91st performance season September 14 under the baton of Maestro Anthony Parnther. The award-winning Maestro made his debut appearance with the San Bernardino Symphony in October 2017 to conduct Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony as the first of ten conductor candidates. The resulting performance evoked the most rousing and ...

By Dianne Anderson Young aspiring entertainers are getting the creative space they need to work on becoming all that they can imagine they can be. As important, they  discover themselves  in the process. Josiah Bruny said his nonprofit Music Changing Lives is expanding to serve more kids and youth over the past five years “one ...

Angie Denisse Otiniano Verissimo, an associate professor in the Department of Health Science and Human Ecology at Cal State San Bernardino, was selected for the Wilmer Amina Carter Award from Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes’ (D-San Bernardino) office for her continued service to the Inland Empire community. She received the award during Reyes’ 30 Under 30 Award Ceremony and ...

By Dianne Anderson Kids from Riverside and San Bernardino schools will converge on Bourns Inc. headquarters in Riverside for a conference sure to spark their young inventive minds around cutting-edge technology. If there is any doubt about how much they crave technology, last year about 5,000 students were put on the waiting list to attend ...

The Precinct Reporter recently observed 54 years of continuous publication. It is quite a milestone for a newspaper dedicated to telling the story of the Black community and keeping it informed about available resources and issues of the day. However, the Precinct Reporter may not exist much longer! The media landscape has changed dramatically, actually ...

By Tanu Henry  | California Black Media Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law one of the strongest measures in the country intended to deter police officers from killing civilians while pursuing criminal suspects. After a grueling yearlong process that survived bitter fights, tense negotiations and impassioned speeches, the Senate voted 29-1 to pass AB ...

By Dianne Anderson Vicki Lobo is up to her ears in furniture with donations that keep pouring in. It’s far more than she imagined she would receive, and that’s a good thing. Her phone has been ringing off the hook with an abundance of furniture, but now the big question is where to put it. ...

A visit to an orphanage in Soweto became the emotional highlight of a study abroad trip to South Africa this summer by a group of Cal State San Bernardino students and their faculty adviser. With funds donated by CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales and faculty and staff of the university’s Department of Psychology, students and ...

By Charlene Crowell For most people, life feels better when there is something to look forward to. Whether looking forward to graduation, the arrival of a new baby, or retirement that affords a few years to just enjoy life – these kinds of things make going through challenging times somehow more manageable. For payday loan ...

By Dianne Anderson Whatever John Futch started, he was compelled to finish, and there was no such thing as a quick fix. For decades, he chipped away to make an impact in areas that ​he ​believed counted the most in life – lifting the community and empowering the people. Futch was as comfortable in the boardroom navigating ...