Business Owners!! 📣💼 Colton PD invites you to an informational meeting for discussion and insight with various groups within the department. 📍 - Council Chambers | 650 N. La Cadena Dr. ⏰ - 5pm

🏡🚫⚖️ Colton has been out of compliance with California housing law since October 2022, failing to meet a state-mandated rezoning deadline under AB 1398. Read the full Op-Ed here: https://t.co/p67mMLXGuT

🎄🎁🎅 Our Inland community rallied to support 70+ local vendors at YMCA of the East Valley’s 46th Annual Holiday Boutique on Dec 6th and 7th! We’re proud to see more dollars spent locally this holiday season. 💰 Read more IE news at https://t.co/BybmP3GDox. 🔗

We reached out to Axon Enterprise Inc. and the Ontario Police Department — one of the first in the region to use drones this way — but did not receive a response by publication. Read the full story now at https://t.co/BybmP3GDox. 🔗

Civil rights advocates, including the ACLU, and CSUSB policing scholar Dr. Zachary Powell caution that AI-assisted policing raises significant concerns, from bias and reliability to legal and evidentiary risks.

Rialto Police Captain Lamont Quarker told us these tools will enhance investigations and response times, but emphasized that public privacy and transparency remain priorities, noting that all access to video and intelligence systems will be logged and audited.

The deal includes upgraded body and in-car cameras, automated video analysis, license plate readers, and Rialto’s first Drone-as-First-Responder program — a system designed to deploy drones to incident scenes in under 90 seconds.

🚁👮‍♂️The Rialto City Council approved a $14.3 million, nine-year contract with Axon, expanding the police department’s surveillance, AI, and drone technology under the Officer Safety Plan 10.

But the data also revealed a deep well of pride, resilience, and a desire to reimagine the IE — not as a place to escape, but a place to fight for. Learn more about the movement’s fight to change how we see and shape our region. Read the full story here:

Canvassing and polling showed that 90,000 residents across the 49-city region feel their voices don’t matter in elections and that their communities are overlooked for funding.

🗣️🗳️🤝 Tired of the Inland Empire being reduced to crime and warehouses, COPE, Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, and Starting Over Inc. launched the Our IE campaign to shift the narrative.

CSAC Turkey Giveaway 🦃 We are incredibly grateful to @_CSAC for choosing #CJUSD as the recipient of the 3rd Annual Turkey Giveaway. CJUSD families received @HeartlandMeat Christmas dinner meal kits for the holidays. Your kindness helps make this season special for our community.

Washington HS is going all in on #Wellness! Recently, the school’s Wellness Coordinators partnered with the #CJUSD Mental Health Department to host a campus-wide Wellness Fair, giving students access to valuable resources, activities, and support. #ServingWithPurpose

Cannon Management stated it is the property manager, not the landlord; the landlord has been contacted for comment. Full story at https://t.co/BybmP3GDox. 🔗

City Attorney Eric Vail advised that an emergency declaration would not directly provide relief & that funding is the immediate need; City Manager Tanya Williams said the incident doesn’t meet the City’s emergency criteria but Rialto can allocate resources without a declaration.

CCAEJ & HCSB are paying for temporary shelter but warn funds are nearly exhausted; CCAEJ Exec Director Ana Gonzalez said the apartment owner returned deposits, prorated rent & told residents the matter was over, while advocates contend state law may impose re-housing obligations.

🚨🔥Rialto City Council approved a $100K Vista View Apartment Fire Relief Fund at last week’s meeting—financed by the City’s general fund and GoFundMe donations—w/ a distribution policy slated for the next session, to aid 70 displaced residents, from the 16 uninhabitable units.

🍽️🍔🍕🌯Eight years after developers Jerry and Ed Tessier first toured a vandalized, red-tagged 1890s packing house, a roughly $11 million restoration has reopened it as Redlands Public Market. Read the full story here: https://t.co/s2TyRMcMrH

Maarango read books written by Native American authors, offering students an engaging opportunity to connect with Native American culture and heritage that originates in southern California. #education #books #history #nativepride #NAHM

📚🪶 In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Tribal Council Member Joe Maarango visited San Bernardino’s Anton Elementary, where he read to first and second grade students on Nov. 21st.