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Ice Arrests Over 100 In Los Angeles U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Fugitive Operations teams arrested 498 individuals from 42 countries for federal immigration violations in multiple cities across the U.S. during a four-day operation that ended Wednesday. Operation ‘Safe City’ focused on cities and regions where ICE deportation officers are denied access to jails and prisons to interview suspected immigration violators or jurisdictions where ICE detainers are not honored. The operation targeted individuals who have violated U.S. immigration laws, prioritizing aliens with criminal convictions, pending criminal charges, known gang members and affiliates, immigration fugitives and those who
re-entered the U.S. after deportation. Individuals with active DACA were not targeted for arrest. “Sanctuary jurisdictions that do not honor detainers or allow us access to jails and prisons are shielding criminal aliens from immigration enforcement and creating a magnet for illegal immigration,” said ICE Acting Director Tom Homan. “As a result, ICE is forced to dedicate more resources to conduct at-large arrests in these communities.” “ICE’s goal is to build cooperative, respectful relationships with our law enforcement partners to help prevent dangerous criminal aliens from being released back onto the streets. Non-cooperation policies severely undermine that effort at the expense of public safety,” he said.
UCR ARTSblock Presents ‘Mundos Alternos,’ a Provocative View of Arts in the Americas UCR ARTSblock’s new exhibition, Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas, represents the culmination of a worldwide exploration that included 18 months of travel throughout six countries. Exhibition curators Robb Hernández, Tyler Stallings, and Joanna Szupinska-Myers visited more than 400 artists, curators, and scholars and selected more than 30 contemporary artists working within the science fiction genre to imagine new realities and alternate worlds. Mundos Alternos debuted on Sept. 16 and runs through Feb. 4, 2018. Its curators sought to identify
established and emergent voices in the field – many showing in Southern California for the first time. “Mundos Alternos is the first project that considers the convergence of visual art, science fiction, and Latin American studies – a convergence that has the potential to generate further inquiries in all of these fields,” said Joanna Szupinska-Myers, senior curator of exhibitions at the California Museum of Photography and co-curator of the exhibition. Visitors can expect large-scale installations, photographs, sculptures,
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San Bernardino Manufacturing Day 2017 is October 6 On Wednesday, September 20, the Manufacturers’ Council of the Inland Empire was honored to have Cott Beverages’ representatives Sam Taylor and Rhonda Rata, and Ms. Molly Burgess, executive director of the Manufacturers’ Council of the Inland Empire (MCIE) join the Mayor and City Council in proclaiming October 6 as Manufacturing Day. National Manufacturing Day is a nationwide celebration of modern manufacturing meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers. In San Bernardino, the manufacturing industry is a vital contributor to the economy with
over 170 manufacturing organizations in the city that employ more than 3,400 people. Innovative manufacturers that call San Bernardino home range from internationally known brands such as Mars Petcare US and animatronics leader Garner Holt Productions, to nationally known products such as dairy producer Farmdale Creamery and carbonated drink maker Cott Beverages. Cott is one of the world’s largest producers of beverages on behalf of retailers, brand owners and distributors and their San Bernardino plant employs over 140
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Long Beach Junior Beach Runners Program Wins League of California Cities Helen Putnam Award for Excellence The City of Long Beach’s Junior Beach Runners (JBR) program has received a 2017 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence from the League of California Cities. The award was announced at the League’s annual conference in Sacramento. The League’s annual awards program honors cities that deliver the highest quality and level of service in the most effective manner possible. JBR was recognized in the category of Health and Wellness with an emphasis on “innovative planning efforts that encourage healthy lifestyles.” “Junior Beach Runners is a great partnership between our Parks, Recreation and Marine, and Health and Human
Services Departments that furthers the City’s healthy active lifestyle goals,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. With the goal of helping to reduce obesity and improve physical fitness among children in the city, the Long Beach Departments of Parks, Recreation and Marine and Health and Human Services (LBDHHS) along with Run Racing, the operators of the annual JetBlue Marathon in Long Beach, designed the Junior Beach Runners (JBR) program in 2007 to be administered in Long Beach school WRAP (Winners Reaching Amazing Potential) sites, and city parks. SEE PAGE 5