By Sierra Marrero |Assistant Community Editor| During an investigation exploring the adversaries of San Bernardino's homeless population, questions have been raised as to why vacant San Bernardino buildings are not renovated into homeless shelters. “There are so many unused buildings in downtown San Bernardino, I just don’t know why they can’t use them,” says Sierra, a homeless woman who often resides near Seccombe Park. “If it were up to me, I’d put them to use, like, the Carousel Mall, ain’t nobody using it.” Sierra explains that it is often hard to get into shelters because there is often a waiting list for people to be approved. While certain qualifications do exist, there … [Read more...] about Converting San Bernardino’s vacant buildings for shelter use
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by Essence Dennis |Staff Writer| Mexico legalizes Vigilantism (Jan. 27) Mexico has legalized vigilantes after they captured a cartel leader. The self-appointed group of citizens captured “four top leaders” from the drug cartel known as “Knights Templar.” The government allowed the group to become part of a civilian group referred to as “Rural Defense Corps.” “I believe this is a really positive thing that’s happening in Mexico, the cartels are a big problem and the police (that aren’t corrupt) need help,” said student Miguel Rincon Jr. Incredible findings in sloth fur (Jan. 28) Sloth fur has been found to have a type of fungi that carries anti-parasitic, anti-cancer and … [Read more...] about Chronicle news briefs
I will take your grampa’s style
By Mary Moreno |Staff Writer| Thrift shopping is an affordable way to spruce up your wardrobe while on a students budget. For this article I invested $20 to see if I could build an entire outfit from thrifted items. The location I choose was ECO Thrift on E. st. in San Bernardino. ECO Thrift was packed to the brim with shoppers which was unexpected on a Wednesday at noon. I examined each rack of clothing carefully, first the dresses, then the skirts. Amongst the shirts there was an awesome vintage patterned gathered skirt for only $2.98, score. A beige chiffon shirt from Forever 21 listed at $1.98 and a New York & Company cardigan for $2.98. The piece de … [Read more...] about I will take your grampa’s style