For four years, the Disneyland Resort has supported the American Indian Chamber of Commerce scholarship program. This year, the Resort made a $10,000 donation during the chamber’s Native American Heritage Month commemorative luncheon at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, where seven students were awarded scholarships.

“The Disneyland Resort has made a real impact on our community, and truly embraces us,” said Tracy Stanhoff, president of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Raymond Fort Cooper was born on February 25, 1943. He was called home on November 24, 2017. His services were held on Tuesday, December 5 at Harrison and Ross Mortuary in San Bernardino. The following passage is from the family of Raymond Cooper.

“We the families of Cooper, Young and Connelly greatly acknowledge with sincere appreciation, all of your acts of kindness, and expressions of love shown to us in our time of bereavement.

Through your prayers, visits, calls, flowers, candy, monetary gifts and all other acts of love has helped us to find strength and comfort in our time of sorrow.

Special thanks to Pastor Raymond Turner and church family for your prayers. Special thanks also to Shirley Cooper for those many years of marriage after the marriage, Pastor Reginal & Lisa Young acts of kindness, Pastor Henry & Vickie Barnes prayers of conform, the Westside Story Newspaper staff, Set Free Ministry Pastor and Friends, and all of our family and friends. “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ”. Philippians 1:2.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. Revelation 21:3

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4.”

By Lue Dowdy

Looking for TALENT is WHAT IT DO! Keep Calm Its Competition Time!

LUE Productions is hosting three $500 competitions next year. No experience needed! If you have what it takes and would like exposure please sign up.

For more information on how to register email us at Lue.info@yahoo.com or text us at (909) 567-1000. Updates can be found on our Twitter and Facebook under LUE Productions.

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Our goal is to provide platforms for aspiring artists to display their talents and to provide quality events within the Inland Empire and beyond.  Please support our efforts by attending, volunteering, and telling a friend. Until next week L’z!

Our list of events are as follows: “2nd Show It Off Youth Talent Show, bringing awareness to child abuse and trafficking; Comedy Standoff, bringing awareness to our Vets and homelessness; and our 2nd Plus Size B.B.W. Model Competition, bringing awareness to domestic violence.

Reported via The Los Angeles Times

Southern California wildfires raged into an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood on Wednesday, forcing evacuations, threatening multibillion-dollar homes and temporarily shutting a major highway.

The new fire also threatened the hilltop campus of one of the world’s richest museums, even as more than 1,000 firefighters in nearby Ventura County battled the biggest of the wind-fed blazes, which threatened more than 12,000 homes.

A brush fire erupted overnight and quickly spread, creating an alarming spectacle for pre-dawn commuters on the hillsides east of Interstate 405 before the California Highway Patrol closed the heavily traveled freeway.

The Skirball Fire, the newest of several uncontained brush fires that have sprung up in Southern California since Monday, prompted officials to order residents of the hilly, wooded area west of the Bel Air neighborhood out of their homes.

It was not immediately clear how many people were affected by the evacuation order in the area south of scenic Mulholland Drive and north of Sunset Boulevard.

“It would be safe to say there are hundreds of homes in the area,” said Brian Humphrey, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. Fire crews in the area were starting to see some structural damage, he added.

The nearby Getty Center museum said it shut down for the day to protect its art collection from smoke damage.

The largest of the fires, known as the Thomas Fire, raged in and around the city of Ventura, some 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Los Angeles, fire officials said. The blaze has charred more than 65,000 acres in Ventura and its foothills, they said.

The entirely uncontained blaze was whipped by intensifying, dry Santa Ana winds blowing westward from the California desert. Gusts were forecast to top out at 70 miles per hour (115 km per hour) on Wednesday and remain strong through the week.

California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, freeing state funds and resources to assist firefighters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it approved grants to help cover the cost of emergency work for the Thomas Fire and two others.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his thoughts and prayers were with everyone in the path of the wildfires.

“I encourage everyone to heed the advice and orders of local and state officials,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “THANK YOU to all First Responders for your incredible work!”

Although no casualties have been reported, the fires have destroyed at least 150 homes, forced mass evacuations, cancellation of classes of dozens of schools and resulted in the loss of power at more than 250,000 homes in Ventura County.

In the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, the Creek Fire destroyed at least 30 homes, blackened more than 11,000 acres and forced the evacuation of 2,500 homes and a convalescent center north of Interstate 210 on Tuesday.

Three firefighters were injured and hospitalized in stable condition, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA-     During the weekend of December 2, and 3, 2017, the Social Lites, Inc., Beautillion Knights enjoyed seeing “Port Chicago 50” play at Rialto High School in Rialto, California.  Participants learned or relearned in 1944, segregation in the United Sates was prevalent and World War II was in full swing.  The event takes place in San Francisco, CA.

African American soldiers were being pushed by their commanders to load ammunition and other explosives onto two large ships.” Not one of these men were properly trained to handle dangerous cargo. 

“Explosion after explosion! So, fierce, it shook the ground with the force of an earthquake.  Knocking out windows and shaking buildings as far east as Boulder City, Nevada.  That night Port Chicago was changed forever, as 320 seamen lost their lives.  Not one officer in the higher rank was willing to take responsibility for this tragedy.”

Community leader, Mrs. Marlene Davis, Executive Director of the Bethune Center for the National Council for Negro Women educated Knights and their court on resume writing and interviewing techniques for future employment opportunities. 

Weekly meetings are held on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of San Bernardino.  The 51st Beautillion program will commence on March 24, 2018 at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino.

For more information, please telephone chairperson, Mrs. Donna Little-James at 909-528-9793 or co-chairperson, Mrs. Bridgette Shaw at 909-648-6165 or publicity chairperson, Mrs. Twillea Evans-Carthen at tevanscarthen@yahoo.com.

Lou Coleman-Yeboah

By Lou Coleman-Yeboah

For those who are so busy living from day to day who forget how completely fragile and uncertain life is.  Wisdom is calling aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the opening of the gates in the city, she speaks her words, “How long, you simple one, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?  Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.” [Proverbs 1:20-23] … For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. [James 4:14]. Think about that for a moment. Your life, here one minute and gone the next.

Listen, there are two choices in life presented by Jesus [Matthew 7:13-14]. One grounded in human understanding, and one grounded in heavenly understanding – [Romans. 14:12] [2 Corinthians 5:10]. If this message is anything, it is a challenge to begin the process of moving your life closer to the way God wants you to live it. You see when God gave the 10 Commandments at Mount Sinai, He thundered these words: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me” [Exodus 20:2-3]. God does not want us to place anything before Him. His desire is that we worship Him and Him alone. He must come first in our life. This is the same message that the Book of Haggai, communicates: Put first things first. It was written to people like us, who live with misplaced priorities. Jesus said the same thing: “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness…. [Matthew 6:33].

I tell you, it’s time for you to do some serious self-examination before the Lord. Consider your ways [Haggai 1:5, 7]. Stop long enough in your busy schedule and evaluate your life in light of God’s Word. Measure the consequences of your actions. Because when death nears, [here one minute, gone the next] priorities change. What used to seem significant may dim in comparison to one’s ultimate fate…. Check yourself before you wreck yourself!

Principles of Priorities…  [Matthew 5:6]… [Matthew 6:33] … [Matthew 25:14-25] … [Hebrews 10:24-25]…

[1 Peter 2:2]… [1 Corinthians 3:16]… [1 Corinthians 6:19-20]… [2 Corinthians 5:7]… [2 Corinthians 6:16]… [Romans 10:17]… [Ephesians 5:22-29]… [Ephesians 6:1-4]… [Haggai 1:2-11]… [Proverbs 15:13-15] [Proverbs 17:22]… [Proverbs 12:25]

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent ye, and believe the gospel.” [Mark 1:15]

Then I saw another angel flying in mid-air, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth – to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”’ [Revelation 14:6].

Assemblymember Reyes

SAN BERNARDINO, CA- On Tuesday, December 5, Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes will host the State of the 47th event to commemorate her first year as the Assemblymember of the 47th Assembly District. The event will give constituents a glance at the policies and community initiatives Team Reyes has implemented in the 47th District.

“2017 has been a productive year, but there is so much more work to do! We have accomplished many things, such as, securing funding for a new fire engine for the Colton Fire Department, the Mt. Vernon Viaduct and a Rosa Parks Statue (which will be unveiled next year in Downtown San Bernardino),” said Reyes.

“I am also especially proud of our community outreach. By December 31st my Team will have hosted an average of an event a week in the District. These events include our 30 under 30 Awards, Citizenship Workshops, Grant Workshops and the Youth Empowerment event – to name a few.”

In her first term, Assemblymember Reyes sought to focus her work in the State Capitol on improving the communities of the 47th Assembly District. Of the 19 bills she introduced, 8 bills were signed by Governor Brown. Reyes has emphasized the need to bring resources and opportunity to the 47th District and has worked on building relationships with decision-makers and stakeholders.

The event will be held at San Bernardino Valley College from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The college is located at 701 S. Mt Vernon Avenue in San Bernardino. For more information or to RSVP, please contact District Representative Darrell Frye at Darrell.Frye@asm.ca.gov

LOMA LINDA, CA– Patients at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital (LLUCH) received another joyful visit from reigning Miss Los Angeles County on Monday, November 20.

Katie Bozner, 22, a Corona native, delivered toys to the hospital and handed them out to patients in the Stater Bros. Activity Center. She then delivered toys to patients on the units who were not able to leave their rooms.

“It’s exciting to make these kids feel like princes and princesses,” said Bozner, who brought crowns, hand-decorated tiaras, sashes and capes for patients.

Patients were able to choose two toys from a variety of items to keep. The toys were donated by Imperial Toy, a Los Angeles-based toy company that specializes in bubbles and novelty toys.

This was Bozner’s fourth visit the hospital.

Bozner won the Miss L.A. County 2017 title in October 2016. Although she will give up her title in December, she is looking forward to competing in the Miss California pageant soon after.

RIALTO, CA- The New Beginnings VBJ Rialto Toastmasters Club event with Senator Leyva was well received. The club is thrilled that the event was well attended and brought Toastmasters to a brand-new audience in the City of Rialto. If you are interested in sprucing up your communication and public speaking skills, then come join the Toastmasters. They meet every on the 2^nd and 4^th Thursday of every month from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Rialto Johnson Center.

The viewing for Margie Bailey will be held on Sunday, December 3 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Tillman Riverside Mortuary located at 2874 10^th Street in Riverside. The Homegoing service will be held on Monday, December 4 at 12 p.m. at St. Timothy Community Church in Riverside. The Interment will be at Riverside National Cemetery.