FREE
Autopsy pending on senior found dead alongside I-15 Freeway
County to host 2024 Coachella Valley Business Conference in Indio
PG 02
PG 27
MONDAY, APRIL 15- APRIL 21, 2024
VISIT CORONANEWSPRESS.COM
VOL. 8,
NO. 167
Nearly 20 people displaced in 1 day by residential fires
Lawmaker to propose end of ‘sanctuary state’ shield for child sex offenders
By City News Service
By City News Service
A
n Inland Empire lawmaker Wednesday said he will submit legislation seeking to end California’s “sanctuary state” protections for any illegal immigrant offender who has committed sexual offenses against minors. Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Norco, said he was incensed by a recent announcement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that a Colombian national whom it had sought to take into custody from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department earlier this year was released without any notification provided to the federal agency. In response, Essayli said he will revamp proposed legislation he had submitted in February, Assembly Bill 2641, which originally related to reports on gubernatorial commutations, and insert provisions requiring local law enforcement agencies to comply with ICE detainers when they’re connected to illegal immigrant sex offenders. “It is completely unacceptable that California law currently requires local law enforcement to protect illegal immigrant pedophiles from deportation under our ‘sanctuary state’ policy,” Essayli said. “I am amending AB 2641 to correct this gross injustice.” The former federal prosecutor and second-generation American emphasized that he was “raised to love our country and respect the law,” and California’s provisions
| Photo courtesy of the city of Jurupa Valley
S
eparate fires in one day last week displaced 18 people and destroyed one unoccupied motor home countywide, fire officials reported. Four adults displaced by Jurupa Valley fire A fire that began in a detached garage in Jurupa Valley and spread into an adjacent building Tuesday evening displaced four adults but no injuries were reported. The fire was reported at 8:39 p.m. and Riverside County Fire Department firefighters responded to the 6000 block of Avenue Juan Diaz, the fire department reported. Firefighters were able to contain the fire at 9:51 p.m. and the American Red Cross was contacted to assist the adults displaced by the fire. Blaze destroys mobile home in Jurupa Valley A fire that erupted Tuesday in a mobile home on the west end of Jurupa Valley destroyed the structure, but no one was injured.
The blaze was reported at 3:45 p.m. at the intersection of Harrel Street and Wineville Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames raging in the unoccupied mobile home. Firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading to surrounding properties, fully containing it at 4 p.m., according to reports from the scene. The mop-up operation was expected to conclude by 5 p.m. The cause of the fire was under investigation. Five adults displaced in DHS Five adults were displaced by a fire that destroyed a Desert Hot Springs residence and damaged an adjoining structure Tuesday. According to the Riverside County Fire Department, the fire was reported around 1:30 p.m. in the 66300 block of Flora Avenue,
where firefighters found a fully-involved single-family residence with multiple exposures to other structures. The fire was contained around 2:45 p.m., according to firefighters. The residence was destroyed by the fire and one adjoining structure was damaged. No injuries were reported, but five adults were displaced and assisted by the Red Cross. Six displaced in Hemet Three adults and three children were displaced by a residential fire Tuesday in Hemet, the Riverside County Fire Department announced. The fire was reported at 8:55 a.m. in the 44100 block of D Street, where firefighters found a single-story home with heavy smoke. The fire was knocked down shortly after firefighters’ arrival, but the home sustained major smoke damage, according to the department. Three adults and three
children were displaced and were being assisted by the Southern California Red Cross. One person with a minor medical complaint was being evaluated by paramedics. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. La Quinta fire Three people were displaced by a fire in the garage of a residence in La Quinta Tuesday, the Riverside County Fire Department announced. The fire was reported around 12:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 52000 block of Avenida Herrera, where firefighters found the garage involved with heavy fire. The fire was contained to the garage around 1:35 p.m., but there was smoke and water damage to the home. The three displaced adults were being assisted by the Southern California Red Cross. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
See Lawmaker Page 28
UCLA: ‘Despair’-related deaths of Blacks, Native Americans overtake whites
M
By City News Service
ortality rates of middle-aged Blacks caused by so-called “deaths of despair” -- suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease -- surpassed the rate of whites in 2022, but Native Americans had more than double the rate of both Black and white deaths from the same causes, according to a UCLA Health survey released Wednesday. The results of the research, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, are the latest from UCLA Health to counter a nearly decade-old narrative that deaths of despair have primarily impacted whites in America, according to researchers. Study coauthor Dr. Joseph Friedman of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA said the current results highlight the sharply rising rates of premature mortality related to mental health issues and substance use disorders with large racial and ethnic inequalities. “The findings reinforce the notion that we need to invest See Deaths of despair Page 27