COLTON COURIER Weekly
July 23, 2026
Vol 154, NO. 35
Cedar House Breaks Ground on 70-Bed Bloomington Addiction Treatment Expansion
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San Bernardino Unanimously Appoints Albert Maldonado as City Attorney Pg. 4
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Cedar House leaders, public officials and community partners gather in humid, 100-degree heat July 16 to break ground on a new 70-bed substance use treatment facility in Bloomington.
By Manny Sandoval
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edar House Life Change Center broke ground July 16 on a twostory, 70-bed residential treatment facility designed to expand access to substance use disorder care across San Bernardino County. The 32,000-square-foot facility will be
built at Cedar House’s campus at 18612 Santa Ana Ave. in Bloomington. It will include clinical group rooms, family visitation areas, counseling space and additional room for treatment planning and recovery services. The expansion was made possible through a California Department of Health Care Services Behavioral Health
Continuum Infrastructure Program Launch Ready grant and support from public agencies, funders and community partners. Cedar House CEO Jamie Lamb said the project marks a major step toward addressing one of the region’s most urgent behavioral health needs: timely access to substance use treatment and sustained recovCedar House, cont. next pg.
Sen. Eloise Gómez Reyes Honors Inland Empire Changemakers at ‘Summer Celebration of Service’ SBCUSD Police Arrest San Bernardino Man in $70,000 Copper Theft Spree Pg. 4
Rancho Cucamonga Deploys AI Wildfire Cameras, HeloPod and New Brush Engines Pg. 8
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PHOTO CHRISTOPHER SALAZAR Inland Empire changemakers gather for a group photo at the Ayala Park community center July 14.
By Christopher Salazar
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he evening was full of gratitude and embrace as nonprofit leaders, first responders, veterans and small business owners gathered at the Ayala Park community center in Bloomington July 14 as Sen. Eloise Gómez Reyes recognized residents whose work has strengthened communities across Senate District 29. The inaugural Summer Celebration of Service marked the beginning of what
PHOTO CHRISTOPHER SALAZAR Man of the Year, David Rabindranath, receives his award from Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes at the Ayala Park community center July 14.
many hope will become a tradition to honor exemplars of volunteerism, public service and civic leadership from across the region. “We call it ‘Summer Celebration of Service’ because service is one of the greatest gifts that we can give one another,” Reyes told attendees. “Communities are built by people . . . they’re built by all of you.” During her opening remarks, Reyes reflected on growing up in Colton and
said the district’s strength comes from neighbors investing in one another rather than seeking recognition. She noted that hundreds of nominations were submitted across multiple award categories before her office selected one honoree from each city represented in the district. “The best part of this is that they allow us to honor them,” Reyes told Inland Empire Community News (IECN). “When you do it with heart, when you do it with love, it makes all the difference.” Summer of Service, cont. next pg.