Community Corner
🌱 How you can help launch this year’s Red Kettle campaign
And check out Twanguero: Backroads of the Americas — Live in Riverside on the San Bernardino Patch calendar
Greetings San Bernardino! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How you can help launch this year's Red Kettle campaign
- How a new documentary helps San Bernardino remember December 2, 2015.
- How Operation Consequences is reshaping crime enforcement around San Bernardino.
Also on today's calendar: Twanguero: Backroads of the Americas — Live in Riverside and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Nice with plenty of sunlight, with a high of 88 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 88, low: 62.
- Saturday: Chance of a p.m. shower, with a high of 90 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Assemblymember Ramos Launches County's Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign (citynewsgroup.com) — San Bernardino County residents are invited to the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Kickoff on October 20 in Highland, where Assemblymember James Ramos will launch this year's holiday fundraising drive. Proceeds support shelters, meals, job training, and other services across San Bernardino, mountain communities, and nearby cities, and volunteers are needed to ring bells and help reach a $150,000 goal. 
2. San Bernardino County Documentary Reframes Dec. 2 Terror Attack Through Victims, Survivors (iecn.com) — San Bernardino County filmmakers have released a documentary, "We Remember | December 2, 2015," focusing on victims, survivors and community healing after the Inland Regional Center attack. The film also explains the Curtain of Courage memorial outside the county Government Center, helping newer residents and employees understand its meaning and the stories behind the 14 people honored there.
3. Operation Consequences Nets 11 Felony Arrests and Eight Firearms Across San Bernardino County (crimevoice.com) — Recent crime-suppression sweeps in San Bernardino and nearby cities led to 11 felony arrests and the seizure of eight firearms, including three ghost guns, over one week. The county-funded Operation Consequences targets gangs and people barred from owning guns, and will continue focusing on San Bernardino-area communities in coming months.
4. Strawberry Canyon restoration effort gains support (thealpinemountaineer.com) — A local conservation group has secured new grant funding to keep fighting commercial water diversions from Strawberry Canyon in the San Bernardino National Forest. The Save Our Forest Association's lawsuit aims to restore Strawberry Creek, protect wildlife habitat, and reduce wildfire risk for nearby mountain communities while state regulators pursue a parallel case over BlueTriton's water rights.
5. Metrolink Announces $10 Labor Day Weekend Day Passes (mynewsla.com) — San Bernardino riders can take advantage of Metrolink's $10 day pass for unlimited travel over Labor Day weekend, with trains running on a weekend schedule Monday. Service will operate on the San Bernardino Line and Arrow between San Bernardino and Redlands, though the Riverside Line will be shut down for the holiday.
📸 Around San Bernardino
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🗓 Upcoming Events in San Bernardino
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★ Featured events ★
- Twanguero: Backroads of the Americas — Live in Riverside →
The Avenue Church, 8223 California Ave, Riverside
7:30 pm
Thursday September 3
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Other local events
- District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) Meeting
San Bernardino City Unified 777 North F Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410
9:30 am - District Advisory Council Meeting
San Bernardino City Unified 777 North F Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410
5:00 pm - 2026 Nocturnal Wonderland Festival - Sunday →
Glen Helen Regional Park, 2555 Glen Helen Pkwy, San Bernardino
10:00 am
Friday September 4
Thursday September 10
Sunday September 20
📣 San Bernardino Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Hour of Code with VVHS
Palm Middle School, 11900 Slawson Ave, Moreno Valley, CA 92557, USA
8:30 am - #6 Beg Watercolor w/Debra
Redlands Art Association 215 E State St, Redlands, CA 92373
10:00 am - Smith Tech: Family Shakey's Night
Colton Joint Unified School District Shakey's Pizza Parlor, 16920 Slover Ave, Fontana
5:00 pm - African American Parent Advisory Committee (AAPAC) Meeting
San Bernardino City Unified 746 North E Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410
5:00 pm - Girls JV Volleyball vs Diamond Ranch - Home
Bloomington High School, 10750 Laurel Ave, Bloomington, CA 9231
5:00 pm - Board of Education Meeting
Bloomington High CJUSD Board Room/Professional Learning Center, 900 E. Washington
5:30 pm - Girls VAR Volleyball vs Diamond Ranch - Home
Bloomington High School, 10750 Laurel Ave, Bloomington, CA 9231
6:00 pm - Back to School Night (community fair from 5pm-5:30pm)
Redlands Unified Redlands, CA 92374
6:00 pm - VAR Football vs Pacific - Away
Bloomington High Pacific High School, 1020 Pacific St, San Bernardino, CA 92404\
7:00 pm
Thursday September 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Update: Pet Reunited
Gizzie, a dog who went missing in Redlands, CA, has been safely reunited with their family after 1 hours, 3 minutes. Message from Owner: "Half Shih… (Nextdoor Center Norton/Highland) - So everyone knows I have a tenant that I'm evicting because he has not paid rent since June so I had to go the eviction route and all my family seen me taking a place of spaghetti to him and asked me why in the hell with the H are you feeding him
and he owes you all that money I said because God shows me grace every day and just because I have to put him off the property I have no choice in… (Nextdoor Mayfield Point)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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