It has been one year since the August 2021 suicide bombing at an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed thirteen servicemembers. Three of those service members were from the Inland Empire. Marine Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui was from Norco. Corporal Hunter Lopez was from Indio and Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola was from Rancho Cucamonga. Read More…
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Community Shows Support for Fallen Marine
There was a huge support across the Inland Empire Tuesday evening for fallen Marine Lance Corporal Dylan Merola. Merola’s body was flown into Ontario airport. A procession went from the airport through Ontario, up to Rancho Cucamonga past Los Osos High School and out the 210 freeway eventually ending in Covina at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Read More…
Vandalized Flags Replaced in Riverside
Thirteen flags hanging from a Riverside overpass were vandalized earlier this week
Three Marines From Inland Empire Killed in Afghanistan Attack
Two marines from Southern California were among those killed in a suicide bomber attack at the Kabul Airport