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Riverside Brush Fire Burns Over 50 Acres Last Thursday
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San Bernardino Woman Falsely Detained Plascencia, of Ontario, was mocked when she told agents she was a U.S. citizen
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A brush fire that erupted near downtown Riverside last Thursday burned about 50 acres, threatening structures and prompting mandatory evacuations, according to authorities. The fire started at the Santa Ana River bottom near Mission Inn Avenue and Red-
wood Drive, the Riverside Fire Department said in a tweet. The fire was burning near the popular hiking area around Mount Rubidoux, a city park. It has scorched 50 acres between Indian Hill Drive and the Santa Ana River trail, the Fire Department said.
No structures have been destroyed. It began around 11:15 a.m. and was spreading at a "dangerous rate," Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott told KTLA. Mandatory evacuations were issued for residents on Indian Hill Road, Glenwood Drive, Miramonte Place, Lor-
ing Drive and Mt. Rubidioux Drive, according to the Fire Department. Riverside County Department Animal Services responded to the area to assist people who have animals, he said.
Get in the holiday spirit with a self-guided tour of some of the best decorations and light displays in Anaheim. Anaheim Beautiful announced the winners of its annual holiday lights contest. The group selected winners from dozens of nominees. Winning categories include everything from most community spirit
and most unique to best use of LED lights and best vintage display. You can see an interactive map of all winners and honorable mentions by visiting our AnaheimBeautiful. org. The life-sized elves, twinkling lights and singing Santas you’ll find at these
After an extensive search, San Gabriel officials announced today that Mark Lazzaretto will be appointed as the next City Manager by the City Council. Lazzaretto topped the field of 36 candidates recruited from across the west. Lazzaretto, 47, comes to San Gabriel from the City of Pomona, where he served as the Development
Services Director for over a decade. With an extensive background in public administration and community development, Lazzaretto oversaw the adoption of the City of Pomona’s first general plan since 1976 as well as a major redevelopment plan to revitalize the city’s major commercial
Tour Anaheim’s Most Festive Holiday Light Displays
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SAN GABRIEL APPOINTS MARK LAZZARETTO CITY MANAGER
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The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm Sidley Austin LLP today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Guadalupe Plascencia, 60, a U.S. citizen unlawfully detained by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in March. Despite her protests that she had been a citizen for nearly 20 years, SBSD deputies notified ICE that Plascencia was in their custody and held her until ICE could arrive to further detain her. It was a nightmarish situation, with ICE agents mocking her claim that she had been a citizen since 1998. Both the deputies from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department and ICE agents disregarded Plascencia’s pleas for an opportunity to prove her citizenship, until she was finally permitted to speak on the phone to her daughter who quickly arrived with her passport. Plascencia’s wrongful arrest and detention likely stemmed from faulty information in electronic records that ICE agents use, but those records are widely known to be incomplete and full of er-
rors. Still, they are used to target people, especially Latinos. “Plascencia’s case shows why collaboration between ICE and local law enforcement is especially dangerous: San Bernardino Sheriff’s Deputies should know better than to trust ICE, as the agency relies on outdated and error-ridden databases to justify its arrests,” said Eva Bitran, a staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California. “Especially in light of Plascencia’s constant assertions that she is a U.S. citizen, neither the county nor ICE had probable cause to detain her. This collaboration resulted in violations of a U.S. citizen’s constitutional rights.” Plascencia, who works as a hair stylist, went to the Ontario Police Department on March 29 to collect property recovered from her car after an accident. She presented her driver’s license as proof of identity and was told to wait in a small room. But instead of producing her property, two police officers told her she was being held there because of a ten-year-old warrant. They refused to answer her repeated questions about the
United States Veterans Initiative, will be the provider for the 2017-2018 Winter Shelter Program for Service Planning Area (SPA) 8. They were selected by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the administrative authority responsible for selecting the winter shelter operator. The Winter Shelter, located at the North Neighborhood
Library, are opened now and will operate through March 31, 2018. Other local year-round shelters include the Long Beach Rescue Mission, Project Achieve, Catholic Charities and Lydia House. “The Winter Shelter Program provides much needed temporary shelter
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Non Profit Organization To Operate Winter Shelter In Long Beach
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