W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Vol 24, NO. 39
May 07, 2026
Officials Celebrate Completion of $25.6 Million University Parkway Interchange at CSUSB
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PHOTO CHRISTOPHER SALAZAR San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran and Rick Denison, president of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, celebrate the completion of the I-215 University Parkway diverging diamond interchange project at Cal State University San Bernardino, Friday, May 1.
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long-anticipated overhaul of the University Parkway I-215 interchange was formally dedicated Friday, May 1, with officials celebrating the milestone at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the John M. Pfau Library lawn at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB). The $25.6 million venture, spearheaded by the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA), Caltrans District 8 and
the city of San Bernardino, will now ease congestion flowing to and from the campus and the surrounding area. The newly completed project, which began in November 2024 and sits roughly one mile from CSUSB, reconfigured the interchange into a diverging diamond design, becoming the first of its kind in Southern California. For residents, students and professionals, the improvement marks the end of a familiar sight: drivers snarled
up along the busy University Parkway corridor. As the morning overcast cleared, university leaders joined city, county and state officials in celebrating the project’s conclusion, highlighting regional partnerships and the importance of Measure I — San Bernardino County’s half-cent sales tax allocated for transportation upgrades — which provided $16.4 million in funding for the undertaking. University Interchange cont. on next pg.
Inland Empire May Day March Draws 1,000, Spotlights Labor Rights, Immigration, Environmental Justice
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PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Members of SEIU Local 721 march through downtown San Bernardino on May 1, carrying signs calling for public sector jobs and quality working conditions during the May Day demonstration.
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early 1,000 people marched through downtown San Bernardino on May 1, bringing labor, immigrant rights and environmental justice groups together for a May Day demonstration that shut down a major city intersection and amplified calls for worker
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL A marcher holds a sign reading “Trump: Hands Off Our Unions!” as a crowd of participants rallies behind them during the May Day protest.
protections, community investment and an end to immigration raids.
Justice, began at 1:30 p.m. at Feldheym Public Library.
The march, organized by the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice with support from the Warehouse Workers Resource Center, Inland Empire Labor Institute, Inland Empire Labor Council and Inland Coalition for Immigrant
Participants moved through downtown San Bernardino, stopping at City Hall and the San Bernardino Immigration Field Office before gathering at E Street and Rialto Avenue, where demonstrators halted May Day March cont. next pg.