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Friday, May 16 at the House of Blues Sunset Strip located at 8430 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood at 8 p.m. For more information call (323) 848-5100 or visit www.hob.com/LA.

Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m. at CSU San Bernardino (Santos Manuel Student Union), 5500 University Parkway in San Bernardino. Registration is $5 and is limited to the first 300 students. Registration is required for participation.  For more information or to register, contact Keynasia Buffong at (909) 915-1714 or by email at KBuffong@youthactionproject.org.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA- The community is invited to come out to Open Mic Night at the American Legion Post #14 located at 863 North “D” Street in San Bernardino (92401). The show begins at 8:10 p.m. There are still FREE tickets available through Eventbrite. Chef Johnson will be preparing a chicken wing basket special and dessert. The first ten ladies will receive a glass of wine. Early arrival is suggested.

Come on down and forget about the long lines at the overbooked restaurants, crowded freeways, and other Mother’s Day trappings, and do something original, creative, personal, thoughtful and most of all fun! Be the first to celebrate the special women in your life– your mom, sister, wife, bestie, In-law, auntie for a special, classic, unforgettable night. Make it your own tribute. Sign up for open mic and serenade her, read her a poem, play her a song, give her a personal tribute, or just sit back and enoy the sounds of the “Fabulous Four” Leon Hawley, James Groves, Reuben Brewington, Joseph Hernandez, and featuring special guest spokenart artist Derrick Dzine.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA- The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors celebrated the launch of Give BIG San Bernardino County, a 24-hour online day of giving to local nonprofits. Give Big will be our county’s first ever dedicated give day and this philanthropic effort is meant to build a culture of philanthropy and giving in our community. The idea of Give Big is to make giving 1) easy, by bringing information about the county’s wonderful nonprofits to you, right to your fingertips on your smartphone or laptop at home where you can donate as little as $10 or as much as $10,000 in less than 2 minutes, and 2) fun, there will be several events hosted throughout each city on May 8th to bring people together to promote this philanthropic campaign. There are currently 400 community leaders volunteering for Give Big, 256 participating nonprofits and we have raised $35,000 in sponsorship dollars for the giving day. Such sponsorship dollars will be used for prize money for NPO’s to compete for on May 8th.

ONTARIO, CA- Enjoy Mother’s Day Brunch for your entire family or party. Convention Center staff can accommodate any size group so your Mom is surrounded by the entire family she loves. For this special day, the Ontario Convention Center has designed the ballroom to provide an intimate setting filled with the sounds of live latin jazz for your entertainment. Enjoy a champagne brunch featuring a Prime Rib carving station, fresh seafood and delicious made-to-order omelets and waffles, and end your meal with unique desserts. Prices for adults are $35 and children 11 and under are $15. The Ontario Convention Center is located at 2000 E. Convention Center Way in Ontario (91764).

SafeCare Financial Services delivers on its pledge of $5000.00 and extends a challenge to other IE businesses to do the same. (L to R) Leilani Palmer, Excutive Director of YouthPower Solutions I E Youth Build Program; Wallace J. Allen, Host ETB; Reverend Jim Peterson, SafeCare Director; and Andrew Valles, SafeCare CEO and ETB Co-host.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA- The CEO of SAFECARE Financial Services recently delivered a $5000 check to the YouthPower Solutions IE Youth Build Program. The Monday afternoon presentation resulted from a pledge made during a conversation on the EMPIRE TALKS BACK (ETB) radio talk show.  Leilani Palmer, YPS Youth Build Executive Director,  and Felix Marchany, Development Director,  were there discussing the program’s goals and policy.  Andrew Valles, ETB Co-host, became so enthused with them and their program that he pledged $5000.00 and challenged other IE entities to match him in an effort to raise $30,000 for the program.

Valles had this to say about his donation,

“Some have asked ‘why has SafeCare of San Francisco chosen to financially sponsor YouthPower Solutions Youth Build (in San Bernardino)?’ Though I am the chief executive officer of the company, I could answer, ‘Why not?!’  However, the Youth Build organization commands an answer which is complete and respectful. So here is my answer, I was invited to come see so-called at risk youth and young adults express their desire to achieve more for themselves. I was skeptical.”

He continues,

“What I observed were young people poised to defy the odds of a decaying inner city, but all they needed were a few resources. Resources denied to them by their own families and their communities. In short, there was a need and a want. I merely used the power of my office to commit a small amount of money, which I thought and felt with this organization would shift lives and perspectives. If there is a disappointment which I have then it would be that no other individual, company, group or band of community members have taken me, an outsider, up on my matching funds challenge. That says plenty to me about a community. A community where the political leadership years ago was content with eroding education funding, which is the same ilk which insults the children they failed prior be depriving them of opportunities and resources in adulthood.”

You can find more about the YouthPower Solutions Youth Build Program at their website www.Youthbuildinlandempire.webs.com. The ETB radio talk show,  hosted by WSSNews Publisher Wallace J. Allen is broadcast each Sunday morning at 10 a.m. on KCAA 1050-AM radio with video streamed live from www.kcaaradio.com. The new hi-tech way to hear the show is to simply dial up the program on your phone at (832) 999-1050!

SAN BERNARDINO, CA- San Bernardino radio station KCAA 1050-AM is now available to listeners via telephone.  No internet connection is necessary. You can listen to the station’s broadcast by simply dialing (832) 999-1050 on your phone! Fred Lundgren, KCCA owner, used this announcement to push his station’s slogan saying, “This is another tool that helps KCAA’s goal to “Leave No Listener Behind”!

KCAA is an affiliate of NBC featuring a Talk Format that includes national as well as local programming.  Westside Story News produces a weekly program on KCAA titled “EMPIRE TALKS BACK” (ETB) that is hosted by Westside Story Publisher, Wallace J. Allen.

“This is great news,” said Allen. “Being able to listen to ‘ETB’ directly by calling on the phone will make hearing the program easy for people who are outside of the broadcast signal. That is good for the listeners and for advertisers!”

ETB is broadcast on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. You can now hear the program several ways: on the radio at 1050-AM on the dial, on your phone, and on the internet via www.kcaaradio.com where the program streams live video and where pod-casts are archived.

UPLAND, CA- Mother’s Day is a few days away, and you don’t yet have plans? Treat that special woman in your life, or better yet, treat yourself (if you are a mother), to a special Mother’s Day Champagne and Jazz Brunch. In addition to the brunch you will also be able to indulge in some clean comedy. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. and last until 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 11 at Imagine That located at 1318 West Ninth Street in Upland (91788). Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door and $30 for mothers and seniors. There will also be special entertainment and a lunch for youth in the Imagine Zone at a cost of $15 for youth 15 and under. For more information call (909) 931-1044. To purchase tickets visit PhatX.com.

Dr. Misee Haris

Interview and write-up by Naomi K. Bonman

Mother’s Day is not just about celebrating women who are biological mothers, but it is also about celebrating those women who possess motherly traits. You do not have to be a mother to be recognized on Mother’s Day. There are several women out there who are role models for youth and other young women that do not have any biological children of their own, but they care about leading others in the right direction and making their lives better through their careers and passions.

Dr. Misee Harris is one of those women who can be classified as phenomenal.  She is a model, philanthropist and nationally recognized leader in the realm of pediatric and sports dentistry, as well as in the advocacy for children with developmental disabilities. Dr. Harris graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2006. She then went on to attend the University Of Kentucky College Of Dentistry where she earned a Doctorate of Dental Medicine Degree. Upon receiving that degree, she became the first African American woman to be accepted into the University of Kentucky Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program.

The successful demist has definitely been making power moves in her medical career. In addition to medicine, she is also an aspiring actress who has sought out to change the perception of how minorities are viewed in entertainment. In 2013, Dr. Harris launched a social media

Dr. Harris is a dentist, philanthropist, model and aspiring actress who is changing the game in entertainment

campaign to become America’s first African American Bachelorette after she opted out of season 9 of The Bachelor upon realizing that she was only cast on the show to fill a quota for the African American woman who would get voted out in the first round. Her social media campaign received great feedback, “I had no idea that it would go viral. It showed that America wanted to see minorities on the show and for thing to be mixed up, especially with interracial dating being popular. It would bring in a new audience,” Harris stated.

Since then Harris has been busy taping anew reality show called “On The Rise” that features three professional Black women as they go about their everyday lives and chronicles events that take place on a daily basis. The stars are Misee Harris, a pediatric dentist, model and actress from Columbia, Tn.; Fawn Stone, an inspiring actress from Los Angeles, Ca.; and Lakesha Yvette Walker, a screenwriter from Graceville, Fl. “On The Rise” will be a “down to earth” reality show that will allow viewers an inside peek into what these three busy women deal with in their professional careers and private lives during their downtime at home. It is not your ordinary reality television show. “On The Rise” is currently filming and set to debut sometime this year.

“African American woman are showed in a negative light,” Harris explains. “We want to show the ones who have goals. Since the early 2000’s and the hit show ‘Girlfriends’, there haven’t been as many shows that portray [us] in a positive light.”

In addition to her reality series, Dr. Harris has made it through several rounds of casting for ABC‘s reality show “Shark Tank” and is now waiting to see if she will make the final cut. If so, she will be presenting her newly designed and customized ProFit Athletic Mouth Guards.

For more information on Misee Harris, please visit www.miseeharris.com.

REDLANDS, CA- GMO’s have not been proven safe, and the long-term health risks on humans of genetically modified foods have not been adequately investigated. Come out with your family and children learn more about what we should and should not be putting into our bodies as intake in our daily meals. On Saturday, May 10, Label GMOs Redlands will be hosting a Grove School Farm Tour. The tour will take place at the Grove School located at 11126 Iowa Street in Redlands. There is a suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family. For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.labelgmos.org/events.