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August 06, 2025
— Today, Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced the reintroduction of the Pedestrian Hazard, Awareness and Safety Expansion (PHASE) Act, aimed at curbing the alarming rise in pedestrian accidents and fatalities in regions like the Inland Empire. The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area is the 12th most dangerous metropolitan area in the United States for pedestrians. “People get around in different ways, whether it's walking, biking, or using a sc… Continue Reading
August 05, 2025Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) reintroduced a bipartisan resolution to designate August 5, 2025, as National Night Out. This annual event, now in its fourth decade, has become a valuable tradition for promoting police-community relationships and public safety awareness across the country. National Night Out brings together residents, local law enforcement, and first responders to build trust, strengthen neighborhood ties, and foster a share… Continue Reading
July 30, 2025A dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sued the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight that the members have sought to conduct at federal immigration detention facilities, in which both citizens and noncitizens have been detained without due process. The administration has implemented a new, unlawful policy that blocks these Members of Congress from obtaining the information necessary to perform their constituti… Continue Reading
August 19, 2019
Building a shelter in the Inland Empire to house up to 430 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border doesn't make sense and raises "serious concerns," four House Democrats who represent the region wrote in a letter Monday, Aug. 19.The two-page letter addressed to the head of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement comes as the office seeks to lease space for a shelter for "Unaccompanied Alien Children." Officials are searching an area encompassing much of western Riverside Count… Continue Reading
August 16, 2019Congressional representatives and immigrant advocates are criticizing the federal government's proposal to open a new shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in the Inland Empire.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement is looking to lease a site of up to 91,000 square feet to house approximately 430 children, according to a solicitation posted Aug. 5 by the General Services Administration on the Federal Business Opportunities website.The shelter is sla… Continue Reading
August 15, 2019The National Science Foundation awarded a $475,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to Cal Poly Pomona, it was announced Monday.The funding will enable Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate researchers to expand research into the "metal-nitrogen oxide interactions and enable the recruitment of a diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workforce," according to a statement released by the office of U.S. Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-Pomona."Cal Poly Pomona is shaping the next gene… Continue Reading