SOBOBA HONORED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT
The San Jacinto Unified School District recently honored the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, the Soboba Foundation and a Soboba Tribal Member. At its Jan. 19 school board meeting, Deputy Superintendent Sherry Smith, on behalf of the district’s American Indian School, Family and Community Liaison Delia Vazquez and the Board of Trustees, presented the recognition certificates.
The City of Hemet adds to its alternative fuel fleet and electric vehicle charging stations
The City continues to move towards its goal of becoming more sustainable by announcing the addition of three alternative vehicles and four electric vehicle charging stations. With the assistance of grant funding from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Review Committee (MSRC) and AB 2766 Subvention Funds, the City of Hemet purchased a CNG Dump Truck, two Nissan Leaf 100% electric vehicles, and four electric vehicle charging stations. The grant funds totaled $126,919.
SOBOBA YOUTH GO CROSS COUNTRY
With so many sports programs canceled because of the pandemic, having Inter Tribal Sports offer a Cross Country season this year was like a breath of fresh air – literally. About 25 Tribal Members from the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians signed up to be part of the team that will compete in upcoming meets at various local reservations.
Blue Shield of California tapped to speed up state vaccines
Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California will be the outside administrator tasked with ramping up coronavirus vaccinations, which to date has been slow, stilted and plagued by confusion, the state health agency said in a statement Wednesday.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco tests positive for coronavirus
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco announced that he, his wife, and children tested positive for COVID. It is unknown when Bianco tested positive but he wrote that his family has recovered after going through light symptoms.
