W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Vol 24, NO. 24
January 15, 2026
Fontana Protesters Condemn ICE, Trump After Death of Renee Nicole Good
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Governor Newsom’s $349B Budget Builds Reserves, Boosts Schools as IE Leaders Split on Housing Pg. 3
PHOTO CHRISTOPHER SALAZAR Concerned activists and residents rallying outside Fontana City Hall during a candlelight vigil organized to honor Renee Nicole Good and condemn political violence at home and abroad, Saturday, Jan. 10.
By Christopher Salazar
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crowd of roughly 50 residents and activists gathered in Fontana Saturday evening, Jan. 10, for a candlelight vigil protesting the killing of 37-year-old U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good, the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. actions
abroad. Organizers called on federal and local leaders to stop what they described as unlawful violations of the Constitution and international law.
according to Reuters. Speakers at the vigil described Maduro’s capture and the killing of Good as part of an escalation of state violence.
The vigil comes one week after Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro was captured and brought back to the United States to face charges of narco-terrorism, cocaine trafficking and weapons charges,
The Trump administration has defended the actions of ICE and Jonathan Ross, whom protesters blame for Good’s death, as lawful. While difficult to sue those with Rally cont. on next pg.
San Bernardino County Town Hall Unveils Creative Economy Plan, Pressing Arts as Jobs Amid Low Funding
As Third Spaces Disappear, East Valley YMCA Opens Doors Wider With Waived Joining Fees Pg. 4
Ella Film Fest Best Picture “Seen” Confronts Sexual Assault by a Partner and Aftermath Pg. 5 Inland Empire Community Newspapers Office: (909) 381-9898 Editorial: iecn1@mac.com Advertising: iecn1@mac.com Legals : iecnlegals@gmail.com
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL From Left: Inland Empire Labor Institute’s Executive Director Esmeralda Velazquez and Daisy Lopez listen to economic ideas for the arts.
By Manny Sandoval
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lejandro Gutierrez Chavez opened a San Bernardino County town hall on the creative economy with a challenge: treat arts and culture as essential infrastructure — and match celebration with responsibility. “As artists, culture bearers, educators, and community partners that are here today, we have a shared responsibility not to acknowledge it, but to work for accountability and support Indigenous sovereignty
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Alejandro Gutierrez Chavez, executive director of Arts Connection, listens as attendees share feedback during a breakout discussion at the Creative Economies in Action town hall.
and uplifting Native voices, artists and culture bearers,” said Gutierrez Chavez, executive director of Arts Connection, the Arts Council of San Bernardino County. The “Creative Economies in Action: Statewide Engagement Tour” stop was held Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the West End Educational Service Center in Rancho Cucamonga, bringing together the California Arts Council and California for the Arts with local partners including Arts Connection, the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and the Inland
Empire Community Foundation. Gutierrez Chavez told the room that creativity is not confined to galleries or stages in the Inland Empire, but shows up “in the classrooms, our neighborhoods, our public spaces like parks, trails, bus benches, and small businesses,” woven into how the region understands itself. At the same time, he described the daily strain he sees among artists and cultural workers who keep creating while working long hours in an economy shaped by logistics and warehousing. Town Hall, cont. next pg.