By Dianne Anderson At her home away from home, when Joyce Payne looks at the Home of Neighborly Services building, she sees Westside’s majestic structure, perhaps more beautiful today than the day it was built nearly 100 years ago. To her, it is San Bernardino’s “Gray Lady” of historic proportions, one that simply can’t be ...

By Dianne Anderson San Bernardino city residents have high hopes and even higher energy around what they can collectively do to improve their community. So much so, in fact, that many volunteers had to be placed on a waiting list to participate in the program this time around next year. Last month, the Neighborhood Services ...

By Dianne Anderson Everything community residents need to take charge of their health is now ready for the Westside of San Bernardino. All they have to do is show up and sign up. Local community health advocates are mapping out strategies for the biggest time of their year starting October 15, when open enrollment for ...

By Dianne Anderson With $140,000 down and only $50, 000 to go, Akoma Unity Center is getting closer to its new Anne Shirrells Park makeover, complete with basketball, volleyball courts, an inspired mural, and all-around facelift to make any community proud. Now, the ball is in the city’s court, so to speak. Jennifer Xicara, Akoma ...

By Rikke Van Johnson On Wednesday, September 18, at the age of 107 years old the Lord called Emma Shaw home. She’s had her bags packed since she was 90, so 17 years later the matriarch of the Shaw family has moved to her eternal address. Emma was the 2nd born to James and Gertrude ...

The California Dental Association Foundation will be hosting a CDA Cares free dental clinic Sept. 27-28 at the National Orange Show Events Center. Doors open at 5:30 a.m. both days and patients are seen on a first-come, first-served basis with a goal of providing care to about 1,900 people during the two-day clinic. The services ...

The San Bernardino City Unified School District is will offer a free, nutritious breakfast and lunch to every student every school day for the 2019–2020 school year. Multiple studies have shown that when children experience hunger, it can have serious and lasting impacts on their physical and intellectual growth. According to Feeding America, children from ...

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 ...