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The County Update publishes once a week on Fridays and also as needed to share important news and resources. #SBCountyTogether In Today’s Update: • First 5 San Bernardino urges children’s safety around water this summer • New Public Defender building opens in downtown San Bernardino • Assessor-Recorder-Clerk mobile unit helps Morongo Basin…
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed interim Public Defender Thomas Sone to serve as the county’s new Public Defender. “We are very fortunate to have someone with Tom’s credentials, experience, and dedication on our team,” said Board of Supervisors Chairman Curt Hagman. Sone has served as interim Public Defender…
The Public Defender’s Office in conjunction with Abundant Living Family Church is holding a criminal record and traffic citation clearing clinic on Nov. 15. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Abundant Living Family Church, 17555 Mauna Loa Street in Hesperia. For more information about the…
The 5th Annual Charity Golf Tournament benefitting children and families will be held Oct. 24 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Tukwet Canyon Golf Club, 36211 Champions Drive, in Beaumont. CASA of San Bernardino, the San Bernardino County Public Defender and Enhancing Forward Action, Inc. are hosting the tournament in a collaborative effort to…
The San Bernardino County Public Defender’s office is issuing a warning about a sophisticated phone scam that may be targeting residents in the community. Scammers, impersonating loved ones, are calling residents informing them that they, a loved one, have found themselves in trouble and incarcerated in a San Bernardino County jail for driving…
Deputy Public Defender Sandra “Sandy” Wingfield from the Central Juvenile Unit received an award for her tireless work representing children at the 16th Annual “Shine A Light On Child Abuse” Awards Breakfast. Numerous individuals from many county departments such as Children and Family Services, and Department of Behavioral Health, and…
Making Attendance a Priority (MAP) is a collaborative, grant-funded program designed by the San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office to reduce truancy in the City of San Bernardino. MAP assigns a social services practitioner to visit families of truant students in their homes on a weekly basis to address issues…
The San Bernardino County Public Defender will be providing information for expungements, record sealing and certificates of rehabilitation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 27 at a Health and Wellness Expo being held at Sewell Park in Fontana. Some individuals who are not eligible to petition the court…
The Office of the Public Defender collected more than $500 in groceries for CASA, a nonprofit organization serving foster youth and juvenile offenders throughout San Bernardino County. Four 15-pound turkeys, two hams, Thanksgiving-themed plates, utensils and other fixings were collected for CASA’s Thanksgiving event which is expected to serve 35-45…
The Public Defender’s Office co-sponsored the fourth annual CASA golf tournament at the Tukwet Canyon Golf Course in Beaumont to help raise money for two local organizations, San Bernardino CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) and Enhancing Forward Action. Golfers and volunteers showed up to show their support, by way of paying for…