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BLU Educational Foundation Awards More Than $100,000 In Scholarships To California Students

BLU Scholarship Reciepients

College Bound Black and Latino Young Men Among Recipients Groomed for Academic Excellence (Fontana, California) BLU Educational Foundation’s College Exodus Project (CEP) is pleased to announce the recipients of more than $100,000 in renewable scholarships.  The awards were presented to 17 students graduating this summer from high schools in Southern California’s Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties).  The students are preparing to enter colleges and universities this fall.  The scholarships are made possible by a grant from the College Access Foundation, a national leader in the fight to ensure that deserving students with financial need are able to...

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Angel Santiago Running For Re-Election For Inland Empire Utilities Agency Division 4

Angel Santiago Running For Re-Election For Inland Empire Utilities Agency Division 4

As a two-term elected official, it has been my pleasure and honor to serve as Vice President of the Board at the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). I have worked on projects bringing recycled water to our communities, finding renewable sources of energy, like solar and wind power, and supported and worked toward legislation that would insure continued safe and reliable water supplies to our region. I have had the opportunity to work and build strong partnerships with other elected officials throughout...

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Peace, ice cream and civic engagement debuts in Fontana Bi-partisan Youth PROMISE Act highlight of event

Peace & ice cream will be the stars in a headline event to promote community civic engagement in Fontana Tuesday. The Inland Empire Do Peace & Nonviolence Alliance (IEDOPNA) is hosting “Peacebuilding with Ice Cream: The Solutions are Everywhere,” an event to highlight the Youth PROMISE (Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education) Act, a bi-partisan initiative before congress that promises solutions to juvenile delinquency, incarceration and recidivism. “The Center for Disease Control reports that homicide is the second leading cause of death for youth between the ages of 10 and 24 years-old,” said Bobbi Jo Chavarria,...

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AD CLUB, AMA to host speedway event

(FONTANA, CA)  The local chapters of the Ad Club and the American Marketing Association will hold a joint networking and recruiting mixer from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 22 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. John McCarthy, President of the Inland Empire chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) saw the Speedway as an excellent venue for the joint mixer and the goal of recruiting new members for both organizations. “We are very excited to co-host this event at the Presidential Suite in the Skybox, at the very top of the Speedway.  It’s a spectacular view and we could...

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