Pride and hope in San Bernardino after an ugly year of bloodshed
Esmeralda Phillips, 11, left, hugs her grandmother Diane Hayes on Hayes’ front porch in San Bernardino. In 2012, a meth fire gutted the home next door and spread to Hayes’ home. Hayes rebuilt after the fire, and the burned out abandoned home next door has finally been torn down. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Former Cal State San Bernardino dean Ernie Garcia, 87, left, and San Bernardino Generation Now leader Miriam Nieto hug at the San Bernardino Garcia Center for the Arts, a bright spot in the city.
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Herb Sims, 80, sits beneath a tree on his property down the street from the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Jonathan Nieto works in an auto body shop in San Bernardino. He hopes to buy the shop and have his own business.
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Judith Montenegro, 13, left, waits at the fountain at the San Bernardino Garcia Center for the Arts while her older sister, Miriam Nieto, right, volunteers at the center. Judith dreams of being a writer one day.
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The six-story San Bernardino City Hall sits on the intersection of two fault lines. The city is talking about retrofitting.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
A view down West Baseline Street at dusk in San Bernardino.
