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Murder Plot Reveals a Deadly Mix: White Supremacists and Law Enforcement
Opinion Stop the Recall Hardy Brown Sr. | Publisher Emeritus, Black Voice News election offices will begin mailing ballots by August 16, 2021.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The lack of a federal database that tracks this type of misconduct or membership in White supremacist or far-right militant groups makes discovering evidence of intent more difficult. The FBI only began collecting data on law enforcement use of force in 2018, after Black Lives Matter and other police accountability groups pushed for more federal oversight of police violence against people of color.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
The infiltration of Klan members and other White supremacists in law enforcement has rattled much of America. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) The FBI recently unearthed a deadly secret: top Ku Klux Klan members work in America’s prisons, holding unlimited power over inmates, including recent revelations in Florida where authorities thwarted a plot to kill a Black prisoner. “I have long asked (Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch), to no avail, to investigate this problem because so many of these individuals hide in plain sight,” Florida Democratic State Rep. Dianne Hart said in a statement. “Due to the reported interest in this issue by the federal government, I will now be asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a thorough investigation into this matter and give recommendations to the Florida Legislature,” stated Hart, the Tampa native who’s affectionately k now n as “Miss Dee.” Rep. Hart reacted to the revelation of a deadly plot by Klanaffiliated corrections officers to kill an African American inmate. The would-be murder failed because the FBI had a confidential informant inside a Ku Klux Klan operation that planned the killing. I t i n v o l v e d Wa r r e n Williams, a Black man serving a one-year sentence for assaulting a police officer. The court ordered Williams to receive mental health treatment. When confronted by White prison guard Thomas Driver, who degraded Williams by repeatedly blowing smoke in his face, the inmate and the officer began fighting.
As other guards responded, they pummeled Williams, who required hospitalization. Angered, Driver met with fellow Klansmen and determined that Williams should die upon his release from prison. An informant recorded all of the conversations between the Klansmen – three were involved in the plot – and made arrests. Driver received four years in prison for his role in the plot, while his co-conspirators Charles Newcomb and David Moran got 12 years for the 2015 plot. This year, Driver will complete his four-year sentence. The infiltration of Klan members and other White supremacists in law enforcement has rattled much of America, particularly in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. During the January 6 domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol, the FBI found that many of those involved were law enforcement or ex-militar y members. But, the concerns about racists patrolling America’s streets and prisons aren’t new. An October 2006 FBI Intelligence Assessment titled “White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement” was declassified and unearthed in 2020. According to the 10-page document, White supremacist groups have historically engaged in strategic efforts to infiltrate and recruit members from law enforcement communities. Current reporting on attempts reflects self-initiated efforts by individuals, particularly
among those already within law enforcement ranks, to volunteer their professional resources to White supremacist causes with which they sympathize. “White supremacist presence among law enforcement personnel is a concern due to the access they may possess to restricted areas vulnerable to sabotage and to elected officials or protected persons, whom they could see as potential targets for violence,” the document continued. “In addition, White supremacist infiltration of law enforcement can result in other abuses of authority, and passive tolerance of racism within communities served.” Reports of White supremacist groups recruiting corrections officers have emanated from Alabama and Mississippi in the South, New York and New Jersey in the North, and Arizona and California in the West. A 2020 report by the nonprofit Brennan Center noted that the Justice Department has been delinquent in gathering data about overtly racist police conduct. The lack of a federal database that tracks this type of misconduct or membership in White supremacist or far-right militant groups makes discovering evidence of intent more difficult. The FBI only began collecting data on law enforcement use of force in 2018, after Black Lives Matter and other police accountability groups pushed for more federal oversight of police violence against people of color. The Brennan report also revealed that “since 2000, law
enforcement officials with alleged connections to White supremacist groups or farright militant activities have been exposed in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and elsewhere.” The continued presence of even a small number of far-right militants, White supremacists, and other overt racists in law enforcement has an outsized impact on public safety and public trust in the criminal justice system, the report’s authors wrote. They concluded that the Department of Justice should establish clear policies regarding participation in White supremacist organizations and other far-right militant groups and on overt and explicit expressions of racism — with specificity regarding tattoos, patches, and insignia as well as social media postings. “These policies should be properly vetted by legal counsel to ensure compliance with constitutional rights, state and local laws, and collective bargaining agreements, and they must be clearly explained to staff,” the researchers determined. They concluded that a diverse workforce should help because it would reflect the demographic makeup of the communities the agency serves. Law enforcement leaders also should establish mitigation plans when detecting bias officers, including referrals to internal affairs, local prosecutors, or the DOJ for investigation and prosecution. Further, the researchers suggested establishing reporting mechanisms to ensure evidence of overtly racist behavior, the employment of Brady lists or similar reporting mechanisms, and encourage whistleblowing and protect whistleblowers. “I have heard from correctional officers, inmates, and families about how deep this problem goes,” Rep. Hart remarked. “There are officers who are part of gangs and White supremacy groups with positions of leadership within prisons around the state. So, unfortunately, I can’t say that I am surprised by this reporting.”
California will hold a recall election on September 14th to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom. The effort is being funded by the right-wing White supremacist leadership of the Donald Trump Republican Party. This effort is happening on our watch and it is up to us to prevent it from happening by VOTING No in response to the recall effort. In other states they are passing laws to deny Blacks and other ethnic groups access to the ballot because of what Black voters did in South Carolina by electing President Joe Biden. Then, Blacks turned around and showed out “sho’ nuff” in Georgia and not only elected a Black man, Rev. Raphael Warnock but also, a Jewish man, Jon Ossoff, to the United States Senate. These kinds of people are not supposed to be elected to represent the White people in Georgia—it sends the wrong signal to the Ku Klux Klan. So, make no mistake, this election is important in California because it will show those who would out right deny our Black brothers and sisters in Republican controlled states the right to vote, “We stand in solidarity with the rights of all citizens to vote and elect our political representatives.” Here are important dates related to the Newsom recall: All active registered voters in California will receive a voteby-mail ballot for the September 14, 2021recall election. County
The recall ballot will ask two questions: 1. Do you want to recall Governor Newsom? I am asking you to join me by voting NO! (If 50 percent or more vote NO, the governor will remain in office.) 2. The second will ask who should succeed Newsom if he is recalled. This question is also important. Even when we vote NO, we should respond to this question on the outside change the recall is successful as this will be the only chance, we will have to select a Democrat to replace him. Beware, however, when selecting a candidate in response to question #2 of Republicans in Black face like the notorious Larry Elder, a ringer in the recall election, seeking to draw support from Black voters. We are smarter than this and will not be fooled by the color of his skin—we know a Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, or Tim Scott when we see them. If you return your vote-by-mail ballot with prepaid postage, it must be postmarked by September 14, 2021. Or you can return it in person by dropping it in a secure ballot drop box, to a voting location, or to your county elections office by 8:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021. Follow this link for Early Voting and Vote-by-Mail DropOff Locations. Follow this link to locate your polling place for in-person voting on Election Day. In-person voting locations will offer voter registration, replacement ballots, accessible voting machines, and language assistance to those who need it. Please do this for me and vote NO in response to this senseless recall election.
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New Research Finds Widening Educational Inequality in Year of COVID By BlackPressUSA
NWEA is not alone in this advocacy. Like minded, equity-focused organizations and voices are speaking up even louder now to support our educational community in the long path ahead. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) Experts call for action to support educators in fostering growth for all students, particularly those who have been traditionally underserved Portland, Ore., July 28, 2021 — NWEA — a not-for-profit, research and educational services provider serving K-12 students — released today new research that highlights a challenging year in education with most students making lower-thantypical learning gains in math and reading. The research examined MAP Growth assessment scores from 5.5 million U.S. public school students in grades 3-8 between fall 2020 and spring 2021 and found: On average, students across most grades and subject areas made learning gains in 2020-21, but at a lower rate compared to pre-pandemic trends.
2020-21 outcomes were lower relative to historic trends. Gains across 2020-21 were at a lower rate and students ended the year with lower levels of achievement compared to a typical year, with larger declines in math (8 to 12 percentile points) than in reading (3 to 6 percentile points). Achievement was lower for all student groups in 2020-21; historically underserved students (e.g., American Indian and Alaskan Native, Black, and Latino and/or students in high poverty schools) were disproportionately impacted, particularly in the elementary grades that NWEA studied. “As our nation continues to grapple with COVID-19 and its impact on every facet of our lives, this new research from NWEA illuminates just how devastating the academic consequences have
been for our nation’s children. While all students have suffered from interrupted instruction, students of color and students from low-income families — who are more likely to receive virtual instruction but less likely to have access to sufficient broadband and devices necessary to access virtual learning — have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s academic burden. It is vital that policymakers, school leaders, and educators act on this crucial research to ensure that students who need the most support receive it,” said Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, in response to the new research. NWEA’s research highlights national trends from this past year, but local context matters. Thus, NWEA encourages communities to dive deeper into their own
data and insights to understand the ongoing impact of the pandemic on their students. The experiences of individuals will differ from the national average, and communities must look beyond just academic indicators to understand the impacts. Attendance, school engagement, social-emotional well-being, family environment, community support, unemployment rates, evictions and other factors should all be looked at holistically to inform actionable plans that are specific to the needs of their own communities as we start the long road to recovery. “It’s important to remember that academic achievement is only one dimension of students’ education and these data alone cannot paint a complete picture of how young people fared this past year. For instance, our results cannot speak to the many ways students, families, and teachers have shown incredible resilience and adaptability in the face of immense challenges that completely upended normal life,” said Dr. Karyn Lewis, senior research scientist at NWEA and lead author of the study. One thing is clear from the national data: students of color and/or those experiencing poverty were impacted at greater levels, exacerbating pre-existing inequities and calling for urgency in focusing resources. “The data sets from the NWEA continued on page 6
CDPH Launches New Campaign to Combat Teen Vaping “Tell Your Story” Campaign to Build Awareness, Keep Momentum Moving as Data Shows Progress in California Teens Trying to Quit Community /Education News
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) launched a new advertising campaign called “Tell Your Story,” in response to the latest high school vaping data from its 2019-20 California Student Tobacco Sur vey. California has made progress in combating the youth vaping epidemic, but with kids going back to in-person learning, it is crucial we continue making progress. The survey, which includes data from September 2019 to March 2020, revealed that California’s high school vaping rate is at its lowest in four years (8.2%) while the number of California teens trying to quit vaping more than doubled since 2018. During the same time, numerous youth and young adults were hospitalized due to the e-cigarette, or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) outbreak, sending a warning to young people across the state. California was the first state in the nation to respond to the deadly EVALI outbreak with a large-scale public awareness advertising campaign to protect young people, launched by Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order on September 16, 2019. As California was responding to the EVALI epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic created another public health crisis that
attacks the lungs, reinforcing lung health as a top priority. Smoking and vaping harms the lungs, putting Californians who vape at greater risk from COVID-19. Research has shown teens who have tried vaping are five times more likely to test positive for COVID-19. “By addressing the dangers of vaping as part of our preparation for schools reopening, California is taking an even more proactive approach in protecting youth health,” said Dr. Tomás J. Aragón, CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer. “Returning to in-person learning could mean a spike in teen vaping use at exactly the wrong time. It’s critical young people know the facts about the dangers of vaping and have the support and resources they need to avoid use or quit.” The “Tell Your Story” campaign features real stories from young people and highlights their journey to quit vaping. The campaign educates youth and young adults about the harmful health effects of vapes and connects them with evidenced-based resources to quit, especially as they’re exposed to increased social pressure in school environments. “Seeing the impact vaping had on my health and my family, after I got out of the hospital, I knew I had to focus on living a continued on page 3
Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Pause Until January 31, 2022 Community/ Education News
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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced a final extension of the pause on student loan repayment, interest, and collections until January 31, 2022. The Department believes this additional time and a definitive end date will allow borrowers to plan for the resumption of payments and reduce the risk of delinquency and defaults after restart. The Department will continue its work to transition borrowers smoothly back into repayment, including by improving student loan servicing. “The payment pause has been a lifeline that allowed millions of Americans to focus on their families, health, and finances instead of student loans during
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As Schools Reopen, Gov. Newsom Invests $123.9 Billion A Day In The Life Of A Vaccinator Outreach Worker-20 to Address Financial and Safety Concerns Somethings Lead The Charge Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media
Photo by: Aldon Stiles Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke at a press conference on Friday, Aug. 6th, at the San Bernardino City School District office. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurman and other state and local representatives were in attendance.
On Aug. 3 in Perris, California – a Riverside County city located about 70 miles east of Los Angeles -- Lincoln Cooper and Fortunate Hove Cooper handed out free backpacks full of school supplies and hand sanitizers to struggling families during a triple-digit heat wave. They were joined by a handful of volunteers that included representatives from the Moreno Valley School District. "This is the biggest back to school event we've ever had," said Lincoln Cooper, president and founder of the community outreach organization the Concerned Family (TCF). "We've had a lot of support and we're really thankful and grateful that we were able to help the community." The faith-based, Black-lead community outreach organization, founded in 1993 and run out of an old fire station in Perris, has organized back-to school events in the past; but none quite on this scale, the group’s leaders say. According to Lincoln, they received over 750 backpacks filled to the brim with useful supplies. "What we had planned, initially, was not the backpacks. The plan was to remember those who lost their relatives in the COVID-19 pandemic and have a memorial for them and then assure the kids that they're still being heard, and we are not just passing them by while they are grieving," said TCF CoFounder Fortunate Hove Cooper. The Coopers are not alone in their concern for struggling Black families with children returning to school this fall as
uncertainty about the coronavirus and its new variants lingers. For many Black California families, especially lower-income ones, having their children resume in-person classes amidst an ongoing pandemic remains both a financial and public health challenge. But during a visit to Juanita B. Jones Elementary School in San Bernardino on Aug. 6, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out a roadmap for the state's safe return to in-person instruction. During the press conference, Newsom spoke about the California Comeback Plan, a COVID-19 recovery budget that includes $123.9 billion in investments in education. He was joined by Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gomez Reyes (D-San Bernardino), Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland), Superintendent of Education Tony Thurmond, Gwendolyn Dowdy-Rodgers, a San Bernardino County education advocate and school board member, among others. "Our school year started Monday and we've had a great week," Dr. Gwen DowdyRogers, the San Bernardino City Unified School District school board president, said at the beginning of the press conference. "Families sent 95% of all students back to our campuses for the first time in over a year for inperson instruction," she continued. Newsom addressed some of the pandemic related financial issues students and families like those at the Concerned
Family back to school event face. "By the way, $650 million went into this unprecedented first of the nation effort to provide free nutritious meals for our kids," Newsom said. "Supervisor Baca would be upset with me if I didn't remind everybody about all the support that we're providing these kids," he continued. The governor also reassured that this "full reopening of schools" during a pandemic will be safe. However, Lincoln and Fortunate are still concerned about COVID-19 safety for Pre-K and K-12 students. "There's so much going on with the pandemic and even young kids are dying. Initially it was older people." Lincoln said. "So, I'd advise them to make sure they're wearing their face masks and be cautious," he continued. Newsom claimed that many of the problems surrounding pandemic safety in schools could be solved by following safety protocols and getting vaccinated. He also addressed the inequities in education and healthcare in the state and what he plans to do to tackle that issue. " We continue to disproportionately focus on partnerships with communitybased organizations in the African American community and in the Latino community to do more, to get more people vaccinated and address the concerns and anxieties that persist in terms of vaccine hesitancy," Newsom said. "And that's profoundly important, the health of our diverse communities. And I want folks to know that we have doubled down 480 community-based organizations working with barber shops, faith-based communities, the Black press, ethnic media, crossing the spectrum to provide additional outreach," he continued. Newsom says that the California Comeback Plan is a comprehensive one that took healthcare into consideration. "A big part of our community school strategy is to integrate and to reimagine a whole person care framework as it relates to not only quality public education but to address the health needs as well as the nutrition needs of our public kids," Newsom said. California Black Media’s coverage of COVID-19 is supported by the California Health Care Foundation.
BY ARACELI MARTINEZ, ETHNIC MEDIA SERVICES/LA OPINON | Araceli Martinez is a veteran reporter for La Opinion where this piece also appears.
Jocelyn Zambrano A young community worker reveals what a day in her life is like, while campaigning to raise awareness about immunization Jocelyn Zambrano, 20, drives up to an hour and a half a day through Los Angeles County, from the Wilmington neighborhood to the San Fernando Valley, thinking about how to get more Latinx people vaccinated against COVID-19. “I get up at 5:40 a.m. and at 7 in the morning, I leave for San Fernando,” Zambrano said. “I start at 8:30 am at the office of Pueblo y Salud, a nonprofit organization in San Fernando. I spend the morning planning and starting at 3 p.m., my team and I are going to knock on doors.” Zambrano is studying at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) to become an elementary teacher. Since
the end of June when her classes ended, she has been working 40 hours a week on Pueblo y Salud’s outreach campaign for the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’m in charge of a team of five community outreach workers, including myself,” Zambrano said. “We go out almost every day to educate the Latino community about vaccination and go house to house, knocking on doors.” This job has become a mission for Zambrano’s team, most of whom are in their early twenties. “Only one of us is in her 30s,” Zambrano said. “We want to see more people vaccinated. I (am) vaccinated and my family are already.” This is more than a summer
CDPH Launches New Campaign to Combat Teen Vaping...continued from page 2 healthier lifestyle, and that started with quitting vaping,” said Blake Grey, a 20-year-old content creator and “Tell Your Story” campaign ambassador from Los Angeles. Grey underwent emergency surgery in 2019 when he was diagnosed with pneumomediastinum, caused by a vaping injury that burned a hole in his esophagus. “I'd tried quitting before, and it was easy to fall back into old habits. But with the support of friends and family, I was able to get into the best shape of my life and found myself in a much better place mentally as well without needing to vape.” Recognizing the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, the new campaign uses empathy and understanding for the difficult journey young people face when they quit vaping, rather than emphasizing the negative health impacts of using tobacco.
The “Tell Your Story” campaign promotes the “I Can Quit” text message program, an evidenced-based quit vaping effort that helps support the quitting process and emphasizes how to develop and successfully practice coping strategies. The program is centered on a desired quit date and then adjusts the content and timing of the texts, so they are relevant to the users’ phase of quitting. The text program covers topics including motivation, planning, goal setting, seeking support, self-talk, withdrawal ma nagement, recover i ng from slips and much more. The annual student tobacco survey conducted by CDPH, in partnership with University of California, San Diego, assessed the use of and attitudes toward tobacco products among middle and high school students along with social and environmental exposure to various tobacco products and
advertisements. Additional key findings from the report include: Overall tobacco use (9.7%) among high school students was mainly driven by the rate of vape use (8.2%). Vape products were the most used tobacco product among students across gender, race/ethnicity, and grade. In 2020, 11.6% of LGBTQ+ identifying high school students in California vaped, compared to the overall California high school vaping rate of 8.2%. High school students who rated their mental health as poor had higher current tobacco use prevalence (16.1%) compared to those who rated their mental health as good to excellent (7.9%). The vast majority of teens who vape use flavored vapes (96.2%). Californians looking to quit can text “I Can Quit” to 66819 or visit NoVapes.org to join the free, confidential text message program. www.cdph.ca.gov
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job for the outreach workers, Zambrano said. It is for the entire year. They will continue working part time on vaccine canvassing when they return to classes. “A lot of people speculate on whether or not they should get vaccinated,” Zambrano said of the people she speaks with in the community. “Some of them think there is a chip in the vaccine. Others say they are going to be injected with the same virus; or they ask why they have to feel bad after getting vaccinated when the vaccine is supposed to prevent us from getting sick. There are others who think that it is not free and they have to pay.” When neighbors open their door to Zambrano and ask her these questions, she offers them information to raise awareness about the options of where to get vaccinated. She gives them masks and tries to make them commit to receiving the vaccine, helping them with the appointment to receive the vaccination. She says that she has found that many people do not want to get vaccinated because they are scared. “One person told us that one of her co-workers had a heart attack after getting vaccinated,” she said. “And because of that, she thinks the vaccine caused it. We explained continued on page 6
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LIFESTYLE/SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT/RELIGION
The Genius and Foresight of Prince Revealed Again in ‘Welcome 2 America’ By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
It’s one of Prince’s more collaborative albums, constructed in discrete stages with different cohorts of musicians. It is rare when a posthumous CD receives the rave reviews as Prince’s “Welcome 2 America.” It is even rarer when the previously unreleased music was hidden in plain sight for more than a decade. Yes, Prince played many of the same songs during his 2010 tour of the same name. But the Purple One never released “Welcome 2 America” music – perhaps with the remarkable foresight he had always possessed, Prince had his eyes on 2021, Black Lives Matter, and the pandemic. “I swear that he’s speaking from the grave,” Elisa Fiorillo, a member of Prince’s New Power Generation, told the New York Post. “Now I listen to it, and I get it more than I did when I sang it, which is crazy. It’s like he read into the future,” exclaimed Fiorillo, who sang background vocals for the album. Prince died in 2016 of an accidental prescription drug overdose. He was 57. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Oscar and multi-Grammy and American Music Awardwinner, reportedly has a treasure trove of unreleased hits inside his vault at Paisley Park, his famous home that’s now a huge tourist attraction outside of Minneapolis.
But it’s “Welcome 2 America” that has music aficionados, journalists, and fans fawning over the superstar all over again. “Prince Made ‘Welcome 2 America’ in 2010. It Speaks to 2021,” The New York Times raved in its headline this week. “Funkier, Sexier, Superflyier Than Most of His Latter-Day Music,” Rolling Stone headline writers asserted. “A Prismatic Prince Shines Again on Welcome 2 America,” NPR added. “‘Welcome 2 America’ was made two years into the Obama administration, and Prince didn’t see much progress. In the title track, women sing, ‘Hope and change’; then Prince dryly observes, ‘Everything takes forever/The truth is a new minority,’” mused the famed music critic John Pareles. Pareles notes that the songs take on racism, exploitation, disinformation, celebrity, faith, and capitalism. “21st century, it’s still about greed and fame,” Prince sings in “Running Game (Son of a Slave Master).” “Eleven years after the album was recorded — as the 2020s have brought bitter divisiveness, blatant racism, battles over history and a digital hellscape of hyped continued on page 7
New Tito Jackson CD Features a Host of Superstars, Targets Civil Unrest BlackPressUSA News
New Tito Jackson CD Features a Host of Superstars, Targets Civil Unrest...continued songwriter, guitarist, producer, and arranger shine through brilliantly, creating a spectacular record destined for airplay and rave reviews in many formats,” label officials wrote in a news release. Renowned songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff came out of retirement to write “All in The Family Blues” for Jackson, featuring Eddie Levert. Jackson honors his friend BB
King on the CD, covering King’s 1964 classic, “Rock Me Baby.” King’s daughter, Claudette King, joins Jackson on the track. Primarily, Jackson highlights the need for world peace. “It’s a thing with the Jacksons that we’ve always tried to go for harmony, peace, and love throughout the world,” Jackson asserts. “This is just another limb on that tree.”
9 Natural Remedies To Get Rid Of Acid Reflux And Heartburn…Fast! Lifestyle News If you’re one of the millions of Americans that suffer from acid reflux, eating a big meal sometimes can be scary. While you may know some, many of us never know all the ingredients that may trigger your feelings of pain from acid ref lux. A circular muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) joins your esophagus and stomach. This muscle is in charge of tightening your esophagus after food passes to the stomach. If this muscle is weak or doesn’t tighten properly, the acid from your stomach can move backward into your esophagus. This is known as acid reflux. Heartburn actually has nothing to do with the heart. Heartburn occurs in your digestive system. Specifically, in your esophagus. Heartburn involves mild to severe pain in the chest. It’s sometimes mistaken for heart attack pain. How to get rid of acid reflux When that happens, here are a few things you can do to make the pain go away–fast. Chewing gum – Chew a piece of sugar-free gum 30 minutes after eating can help wash away acid. Licorice – Experts say licorice has stomach-healing properties that can get to the root of the problem rather than just calming symptoms. But be careful – eating too much could have serious side effects. Baking soda– Mixing a half teaspoon into a glass of water can help neutralize stomach acid. But it shouldn’t be used for chronic heartburn because it’s high in salt. Slippery elm – Research
suggests that adding a couple of tablespoons of this herb to a glass of water can help coat and protect the stomach. Aloe – This plant can reduce inflammation in the stomach. Some experts suggest drinking aloe juice, but use caution because it can also be a laxative. Use only 1/4 to 1/2 cup. Mustard – Mustard is an alkalizing food. Because of its alkaline properties, it will help neutralize the acid that may come creeping up your throat. This can neutralize the pain of acid reflux. It seems to be the most helpful if you’re feeling a bout of heartburn creeping up, or if you’re in the midst of one. Just take one teaspoon of good quality yellow mustard straight to the head. Ginger – Ginger root powder can be more effective for acid reflux problems than many overthe-counter medications. For optimal acid reflux treatment, use a teaspoon of the freshly grated root each day. You can put it in your smoothie or drink it every morning. Probiotics – Hundreds of clinical studies have shown that probiotics can prevent and treat hundreds of common ailments, including acid reflux problems. Take one probiotic a day to really remedy your acid problem. Bananas and Apples – Bananas contain natural antacids that can act as a buffer against acid reflux. If you want to try out the simplest home remedies for heartburn first, try letting a few bananas ripen up nicely and eating one every day.
“Jesus is Passing By Don’t Let the Opportunity Go to Naught!” By: Lou Yeboah
Tito Jackson honors his friend BB King on the CD, covering King’s 1964 classic, “Rock Me Baby.” Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Bobby Rush, Kim Fields, Magic Johnson, UB40, and Smokey Robinson are just some of the names featured on Jackson 5 legend Tito Jackson’s latest CD, “Under Your Spell.” In addition to an army of superstars, Jackson also enlisted members of his famous family. The blues-infused record streaming on all download platforms from the SRG ILS label imprint contains the hit single, “Love One Another.” The song features George Benson, Eddie Levert, Bobby Rush, Marlon Jackson, and Stevie Wonder. The accompanying video contains cameos featuring Brian McKnight, Deborah Cox, Kim Kardashian, Kim Fields, and Chris Tucker.
Family members including matriarch Katherine Jackson, sisters Janet and Latoya, brothers Jermaine and Jackie, and a host of nieces and nephews. “It was me it was a no brainer, because at the time there was a lot of unrest in the world, especially in America with [Black Lives Matter] and the storming of the capital,” Tito Jackson mused. “My partner and I felt that it was a good time to write something to tell the people to come in peace and love each other. We are better than this. That was the basic principle of that song,” Jackson insisted. “Under Your Spell” counts as Jackson’s sophomore blues album. The Jackson Five lead guitarist’s “innate abilities as a singer, continued in next 2 columns
Lou Yeboah “For when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and said, ‘Call him.’ And they called the blind man [Bartimaeus], saying to him, ‘Take heart! Get up! He is calling you.’ And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ And the blind man said to Him, ‘Rabbi, let me recover my sight!’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your faith has made you well.’ And immediately he recovered his sight and followed Him on the way.” [Luke 18:35-43]. My friend, Jesus is passing
by today. You have the chance to receive a miracle. You can be delivered from your sins. Follow Bartimaeus' example and cry out unto the Lord! For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. [Romans 10:13]. Don’t wait until too late! "Behold, NOW is the accepted time, behold, NOW is the day of salvation." [2 Corinthians 6:2]. Bartimaeus realized that that moment was the only opportunity, alone, that he had. Jesus was passing by. And in his calling and in his need, the Lord healed him [Luke 18:35-43]. Cry out unto the Lord! Cry out NOW - because one woe is past. [Revelation 8:13]. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. (Revelation 9:15-16; Revelation 16]. Don’t let the opportunity go to naught! Jesus is passing by. And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar, which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river continued in next 2 columns
“Jesus is Passing By Don’t Let the Opportunity Go to Naught!”...continued Euphrates." So, the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, day, month, and year, were released to kill a third of humanity. Now the number of the army of the riders was two hundred million and those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. By these a third of humanity was killed. [Revelation 9:12-21] Then came the opening of the bottomless pit. Out came demon locusts led by their destroyer king. These demons sought out the unsaved and stung them and tortured them for five months. So much so, that people will try to kill themselves because of the misery, but they cannot die. [Revelation 9:6]. Here is the ultimate reality that every one of us must face: “It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment…” [Hebrews 9:27]. Cry out unto the Lord NOW, don’t wait until it’s too late! “Oh God, have mercy upon me, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightiest be justified when thou speak, and be clear when thou judge. Behold, I was shape in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me… Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow…Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee...” [Psalms 51: 7-12]. “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses “and they are a stiff-necked people” [Exodus 32:9]. This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has grown callous, they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ [Matthew 13:14-15]. L ord Have Me r cy!
Witness For Justice#1059
It All Starts at Home Essence Ellis Fellow, CHHSM The national eviction ban ended on July 31st. While tens of thousands of people attended a music festival, millions worried how close they are to being unhoused. As new mutations of the coronavirus spread across the country, only select states have made accommodations for those at risk of being evicted. The issue of affordable housing isn’t a new crisis, but much like other aspects of American life, it has been brought into the light in the last 17 months. While I’m grateful that I have been housed throughout the entirety of this ongoing pandemic, it has not been easy to maintain the status of being housed. I’ve had the privilege of being able to reach out to family for financial help; many people have not. Countless folx across this country have picked up essential jobs to make ends meet, working tirelessly to ensure that they have a roof over their heads – just so they can eat, sleep, shower, and go back to work again. Like other public health concerns, affordable housing is not the only concern to ensure that people have secure housing. To quote Lauryn Hill, “everything is everything”; it is all interconnected. What happens when teenagers on the South Side of Chicago are unable to get a comfortable, good night’s rest before having to take on the next day? Who suffers when Housing Authorities across the country neglect and villainize the tenants of government projects? When low-income families must pay rent that equates to more than 30 percent of their income to provide their children with homes in safer neighborhoods, how can anyone expect them to afford reliable
healthcare? These questions aren’t rhetorical, and the answers are uncomfortable. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, poor quality housing can impact both the physical and mental wellbeing of the people living in those inadequate conditions. I often wonder what my own life would have been like if I grew up in a different neighborhood. My mother was a single parent who moved my brother and I to Charlottesville so we could have access to better public education; in retrospect I see now that it was not an easy choice – it was a sacrifice. When conversations of being unhoused are had in Christian communities, I tend to reflect on how our own friend Jesus was voluntarily unhoused; being a nomad was a critical aspect to his call (Matthew 8:20). Jesus found shelter in the home of whoever would welcome him. In the year 2021, being systemically and forcibly unhoused is no one’s calling. In a time when mental health is declining (and even if our collective mental health was not declining), everyone should have access to a home, a place where they can safely and comfortably decompress. We must ask ourselves the common question: how do we enact change? How do we help provide shelter for our neighbor in a time when it is a health risk to open our homes to the stranger? I like to start by seeing who’s already doing work and/ or organizing around housing in my community, searching social media or looking up organizations on the CHHSM website or googling local churches that center this work. Whatever it might be, we all must do something.
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LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007650 Date Filed: 07/27/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/27/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): DAHRLING PHOTOGRAPHY County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 8202 ARGOS RD. APT. A TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA 92277 Name of Individual Registrant: TRACY L. DAHR Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./ Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./ Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 8202 ARGOS RD. APT. A TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA 92277 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jul 18, 2021 Tracy L. Dahr, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCO RDA NCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007119 Date Filed: 07/12/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/12/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): LOVE YOUR BROWS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 6076 NOTRE DAME AVE. UNIT 1134 CHINO, CA 91710 Name of Individual Registrant: JASMINE C. WILSON Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 6076 NOTRE DAME AVE. UNIT 1134 CHINO, CA 91710 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Jasmine C. Wilson, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007276 Date Filed: 07/15/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/15/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): BLAZERS SMOKE SHOP County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1336 E. MAIN ST. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: HANTASH GROUP State of Inc./Org./Reg.: California Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Inc. Residence Street Address: 19689 CHICORY CT. APPLE VALLEY, CA 92308 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Eyad Abuhantash, CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210008077 Date Filed: 08/05/2021 Filing Expires On: 08/05/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): SUPERMOUNT CONSULTING SERVICES County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 3783 WHITE ASH ROAD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 Mailing Address: 3783 WHITE ASH ROAD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 Number of Employees: 2 Name of Individual Registrant: AHMAD CHAUDHRY Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 3783 WHITE ASH ROAD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jul 29, 2021 Ahmad Chauhdry, CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007655 Date Filed: 07/27/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/27/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): DOUBLE EAGLE TRANSPORTATION County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 12135 SCARBROUGH CT. HESPERIA, CA 92344 Mailing Address: 15333 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD., GATEWAY II, SUITE 800 HOUSTON, TX 77032 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: TRIMAC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (WESTERN) INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: DE Inc./Org./Reg. No.:C1268918 Residence Street Address:15333 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD., SUITE 800 GATEWAY II, HOUSTON, TX 77032 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jul 12, 2021 Scott Calver, CFO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 5, 12, 19, 26 , 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007123 Date Filed: 07/12/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/12/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): BEEP’S BOUTIQUE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 2333 N. PALM AVE. RIALTO, CA 92377 Name of Individual Registrant: MARQUIETTA Q. NICOLIS Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 2333 N. PALM AVE. RIALTO, CA 92377 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Sep 24, 2018 Marquietta Nicolis, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007906 Date Filed: 08/02/2021 Filing Expires On: 08/02/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): HIGH CLOUD VAPE AND SMOKE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 540 EAST VIRGINIA WAY, SUITE 102 BARSTOW, CA 92311 Mailing Address: 10449 VIA APOLINA MORENO VALLEY, CA 92557 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: FLY HIGH 14TH LLC State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: 202120810495 Residence Street Address: 540 EAST VIRGINIA WAY SUITE 102 BARSTOW, CA 92311 This business is/was conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Massab Abbas, Managing Member, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210006959 Date Filed: 07/06/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/06/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): ROSARIA MARATIA INTERIOR DESIGNS County of Principal Place of Business: RIVERSIDE Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 3410 GRAND VISTA PARKWAY UNIT 239 RIVERSIDE, CA 92503 Name of Individual Registrant: ROSARIA M. ALVAREZ Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 3410 GRAND VISTA PARKWAY UNIT 239 RIVERSIDE, CA 92503 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jun 27, 2021 Rosaria M. Alvarez, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 29, August 5, 12, 19, 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007319 Date Filed: 07/16/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/16/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): HOLY SPIRIT HEALINGS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 5375 SUNNYSLOPE RD. PHELAN, CA 92371 Mailing Address: PO BOX 294755 PHELAN, CA 92329 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: HOLY SPIRIT HEALINGS State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C4671365 Residence Street Address: 5375 SUNNYSLOPE RD. PHELAN, CA 92371 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 01, 2021 Gwen Bykonen, Managing Member /Owner/ CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007293 Date Filed: 07/15/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/15/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): RAMIREZ LANDSCAPE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 10972 IOWA STREET REDLANDS, CA 92373 Mailing Address: PO BOX 1525 LOMA LINDA, CA 92354 Name of Individual Registrant: LAURA A. RAMIREZ Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 10972 IOWA STREET REDLANDS, CA 92373 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Laura A. Ramirez, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007559 Date Filed: 07/23/2021 Filing Expires On:07/23/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): MAJESTIC RED PAWS County of Principal Place of Business: LOS ANGELES Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 2417 WARWICK RD. ALHAMBRA, CA 91803 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: E & M CAPITAL LLC State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.:202119411237 Residence Street Address: 2417 WARWICK RD. ALHAMBRA, CA 91803 This business is/was conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Edwin Amaya, Managing Member, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 29, August 5, 12, 19 , 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007902 Date Filed: 08/02/2021 Filing Expires On: 08/02/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): 1. I.E. YOUTH ADVOCATES 2. I.E.Y.A. County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 29531 SOUTHLAND LANE HIGHLAND, CA 92346 Mailing Address: PO BOX 1512 HIGHLAND, CA 92346 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: REVOLUTION YOUTH ADVOCATES State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C3434849 Residence Street Address: 29531 SOUTHLAND LANE HIGHLAND, CA 92346 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Gregg Breed, CFO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210007544 Date Filed: 07/22/2021 Filing Expires On: 07/22/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): A-1 TIRES AND AUTO REPAIR County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 117 E. 5TH ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410 Mailing Address: 148 E. BASELINE ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410 Name of Individual Registrant: MICHAEL MCFADDIN Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 148 E. BASELINE ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Michael McFaddin, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 29, August 5, 12, 19, 2021.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2120183 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ROBIN LEE HERNANDEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. ROBIN LEE HERNANDEZ Proposed name: to: ROBYN LEE HERNANDEZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Sept 09, 2021 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.: S16 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino Justice Center 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 29, August 5, 12, 19, 2021.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2115118 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: OSCAR CASTILLO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. OSCAR CASTILLO to Proposed name: OSCAR ALDAZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 04, 2021 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.: S17 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino District-Civil Division 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: June 14, 2021 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2021.
Date: July 27, 2021 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2118447 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: STEPHEN JING SHEA and YAN FENG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. YI XIE Proposed name: to: AUSTIN YI SHEA b. YU XIE to OLIVER YU SHEA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 9/09/21 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.: S17 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino District-Civil Division 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: June 28, 2021 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court
Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper July 29, August 5, 12, 19, 2021.
Redlands, CA 92373 (909)793-2044
PETITION/PROBATE
Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper July 29, August Correction 5, 12, 2021.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LISA JOELLE SULLIVAN CASE NO : PROSB 2100264
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEFFREY T. MACEY CASE NO : PROSB 2100252
SULLIVAN
T. MACEY
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: LISA JOELLE
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: JEFFREY
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JESSICA JOELLE ZAPATA in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: CHARLES N. SULLIVAN II be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: August 31, 2021 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: S36 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0212 Family Law And Probate Division IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: STEPHEN S. MACEY in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: STEPHEN S. MACEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Aug 25, 2021 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: S35P SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street, Second Floor San Bernardino, CA 92415-0212 Central/Main IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: GUAY P. WILSON 14 N. EIGHTH STREET REDLANDS, CA 92373 (909)793-2044
Petitioner: Jessica Joelle Zapata 7161 East Ave. #85 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 (909)758-1705 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 5, 12, 19, 2021.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERT GRACIA CASE NO :PROSB 2100228
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: ROBERT
GRACIA
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: DOMINIC GRACIA in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: DOMINIC GRACIA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 9/02/21 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept:S37 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0212 Central/Main IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Guay P. Wilson 14 N. Eighth Street
Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 5, 12, 19, 2021.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHAELEEN L. BURTON CASE NO : PROSB 2100380
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MICHAELEEN
L. BURTON
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: DONALD BURTON in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: DONALD BURTON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 9/22/21 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: S36 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0212 Probate IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: William M. Nassar 1461 Ford Street, Suite 203 Redlands, CA 92373 (909)307-2000 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 12, 19, 26, 2021.
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Applications Open for Startups to Lead the Charge with Global Energy Leader NextEra Energy’s Incubator – Deadline to apply is August 23rd Meet Altrese Hawkins, the Director of Business Operations for Purivy, a startup in the 35 Mules program, and an Operations Program Manager at Microsoft Local News (Black PR Wire) Energy, tech and energy-related startups can now apply to receive $100,000.00 in grant funding to bring their game-changing ideas to life and help solve some of the world’s most critical problems, including climate change. The program, 35 Mules, is the first in-house innovation hub powered by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a NextEra Energy company. The program provides entrepreneurs with funding and access to financial and marketing mentors, Fortune 200 executive coaching, advanced technology solutions, business services and worldclass facilities. Recently, 35 Mules opened applications for its next class of innovators to join the 12-18 month accelerator program in Juno Beach, Florida. Applications are currently available at 35Mules.com/ apply, and close on Monday, August 23. Last year, six startups received a combined $8.53 million in grants propelling their businesses forward to develop energy technologies that support sustainability efforts across the U.S. One of those startups is Purivy, a UV sanitation system, who credits their involvement in the 35 Mules program for their success. WHAT: 35 Mules, an innovation hub powered by FPL, is opening applications for its next class to help entrepreneurs bring their game-changing ideas to life faster, smarter and at scale. This program includes: • Access to leading subject-matter experts across FPL in renewables, solar, smart grid and more • Leadership coaching from FPL and NextEra Energy Fortune 200 executives • A non-dilutive cash grant of up to $100,000 • Dedicated, rent-free workspace with access to world-class facilities on campus for 12 to 18 months WHEN: Applications are open now through Monday, August 23 WHERE: Apply online at 35mules.com/apply WHY: By joining the program, startups will have the opportunity to develop their big ideas with access to hands-on training from subject matter experts, mentorship and more. Last year, 35 Mules provided participants with: • $8.53 Million in grants since joining the program • More than 60 one-on-one executive and leadership engagements • More than 160 subject-matter expert learning opportunities with 20+ FPL/NEE business units • Six awards won and nominations received since joining the program • More than 200 hours of formal training, including legal, marketing, learn startup and customer discovery, HR, intellectual property WHO: The hub is looking for energy, water and energy-adjacent startups but values diversity of ideas and encourages unsure prospective applicants to apply. Selected startups will work from the FPL and NextEra Energy campus in Juno Beach, Florida, which is 90 minutes north of Miami and three minutes from the beach. For more information, contact Black PR Wire at 877-BLACKPR.
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There Is Cash in California’s Comeback Plan for Your Small Business Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
Just in case Black businesses in the state are not aware, the California legislature recently passed the $100 billion California Comeback Plan. It is the biggest economic recovery package in California history. A nd in it, there are billions of dollars in cash relief for small businesses. State Treasurer Fiona Ma and Small Business Majority, an advocacy organization founded by and for small business owners, are hosting a webinar to share information about the new entrepreneurship programs included in the California Comeback Plan. It will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 25. “As California businesses emerge from survival mode and embark on various stages of re-opening, now is the time to
develop strategies that can help companies get the jumpstart they need and grow in innovative ways,” said Ma when she first announced the webinar series. During the upcoming briefing, the leaders will also share information about how CalSavers, a free individual retirement account (IRA) for small business employers, can help small business owners rehire employees laid off due to the pandemic. They will also talk about the Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant’s reopening. That program, valued at more than $2 billion, has been providing grants of up to $25,000 to small businesses sand non-profits across the state. California is home to 4.1 million small businesses, representing over 99% of all businesses in the state and employing
A Day In The Life Of A Vaccinator Outreach Worker-20 Somethings Lead The Charge...continued necessarily be the one at high risk of getting sick, but you have other members of your household who can get infected,” he said. “So, think of the other people in your community, not yourself.” And through talking to Angelenos door after door he said he has learned that the public is not well-informed. “This program is very necessary to raise awareness; and there may be some people who do not go out much to find this information,” he said. Rafael believes that a lot of misinformation about the vaccine has spread, creating fear; and that is why they need to have the appropriate information available. Jocelyn Salazar, 21, a Los Angeles Mission College student, is also a COVID vaccine outreach worker for Pueblo y Salud. “It is important to me because I want everyone to be healthy and protected from the virus,” Salazar said. “Many people from my family and friends have died. We want everyone to protect themselves by wearing masks, with social distance and the vaccine.” When visiting families in their homes, Salazar said she is surprised how many people are afraid of the vaccine because of what they hear from friends and relatives instead of paying attention to what medical professionals and scientists say. When asked what she would tell someone who doesn’t want to get vaccinated, Salazar said: “I would tell you that I want you to know the resources that exist to obtain the vaccine. I do not want to pressure
you. I just want you to know.” Ruben Rodríguez, director of Pueblo y Salud, says that the message has been constant for the community to be vaccinated, especially Latinx people and African Americans. “Education is there, and many people want to go, but not to struggle to get it,” Rodríguez said. “They don’t want to line up, wait, or use the phone to check in or miss work.” He said there are other barriers as well: “For example, the Latino community uses common sense a lot and says, ‘Why am I going to get vaccinated, if I have to wear the mask anyway?’” Rodríguez said that direct contact works. “Sometimes, there are people who say that they have not been vaccinated because they have not had time,” he said. “We tell them, ‘I will make the appointment right now,’ and the pop-up vaccination clinics help a lot in this.” He concludes by saying that it is challenging to get people vaccinated when they have preconceptions and don’t give it importance. “Going from door to door does work, because I believe people are no longer paying attention to the radio or TV ads,” Rodríguez said. “They are tired of always listening the same. And although out of 100 people we talked to, it is possible to convince one, it is worth it.” Along with raising awareness about COVID-19 vaccines, Pueblo y Salud also provides alcohol, drug and tobacco prevention programs, Zambrano said.
New Research Finds Widening Educational Inequality in Year of COVID...continued make progress in bridging the achievement gap.” “There is a lot of work for us to do going forward,” said Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy. “NWEA’s research confirms how deeply students of color and students from lowincome communities have been affected by the pandemic. The road ahead is an opportunity to focus on personalized, masterybased learning — and to give every student everywhere the chance to fill in gaps.” “Our purpose in sharing this research was not to tell teachers how challenging this last year was. They understand better than anyone what it was like for students and what they need to do when they enter those classrooms this fall,” said Chris Minnich, CEO of NWEA. “Our call for radical collaboration is directed at those who work in support of educators. We must remove any barriers in the way of effective instruction, apply resources where teachers need them the most (and that means truly listening to what they need) and ensure there is support beyond this next year because that unprecedented federal funding will run out long before we’ve reached that education transformation.” To learn more about the new
research, Read the full research brief: https://www.nwea.org/research/ publication/learning-duringcovid-19-reading-and-mathachievement-in-the-2020-2021school-year/ View the technical report on the research: https://www. nwea.org/research/publication/ technical-appendix-for-learningduring-covid-19-reading-andmath-achievement-in-the-20202021-school-year Read t he f ull policy recommendations: https://www. nwea.org /resou rce- center/ resource/informing-covid-19recovery-insights-from-nweasmap-growth-assessment-andpolicy-recommendations View an overview video of the research with Dr. Karyn Lewis: h t t p s : / / v i m e o . com/576949098/80589cd612 View an over view video of Dr. Karyn Lewis explai ni ng the research key findings: https://vimeo. com/576954596/83fb55a455 State-level data dashboard developed to provide statelevel insights into how students performed on MAP Growth in the 2020–2021 school year. https://www.nwea.org/research/ publication /explor ing-theeducational-impacts-of-covid-19/
A Day In The Life Of A Vaccinator Outreach Worker-20 Somethings Lead The Charge... New Research Finds Widening Educational Inequality continued from page 3 to her that she probably suffered that incident because she already had some health problems.” There are other individuals who think they must have health insurance to get vaccinated. “The vaccine is free, and they just have to say no when asked if they have insurance,” she explained. Zambrano has knocked on doors in communities such as Canoga Park, Pacoima, San Fernando and Sun Valley. She said she is starting to see some success, little by little. “On July 22, we managed to get 10 people vaccinated,” Zambrano said. “It was very good, because normally the average that we convince to get vaccinated per day is zero to four.” Sometimes Zambrano and her team arrange to vaccinate people in their own family homes. “We just make one call and they come to vaccinate them at their homes,” she said. “Other times, we manage to encourage them to go to the nearest vaccination clinic that will be set up in the following days”. Pueblo y Salud works with various hospitals to give vaccines at home. For pop-up clinics, they work with the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians and Pacoima Beautiful, a nonprofit organization focused on environmental justice in Pacoima. In keeping with the State of California’s equity strategies to vaccinate hard-to-reach communities and address vaccine questions, the Pueblo y Salud team decides which neighborhoods to visit in a weekly meeting they have with the San Fernando Valley COVID Rapid Response Table. “We have an internal website where we can see the areas where people have been vaccinated the least, and we go to those places to raise awareness of the covid vaccine,” Zambrano says.
Outreach workers do run into people who are completely reluctant to get vaccinated. “We try not to put too much pressure on them because we want our team to be safe,” she said. “We never know how they can react.” In those cases, Zambrano said she and her team thank them and leave. “We really can’t keep trying to persuade them when they’ve already made a decision,” she said. “It’s something we have to get over and move on.” Zambrano reveals that Pueblo y Salud hopes to grow the virus vaccination outreach team to a total of eight people. “We are still looking for people because we entered the vaccination program quite late,” she said. Even with her current staffing level, she says knocking on doors and talking to people about the vaccine is worth it. “Especially at this time with the Delta variant, reaching people who are not vaccinated is even more important, because this can get worse,” she said. “So far it has worked because we have managed to get people out of their home to get vaccinated.” Rafael Rincón, 21, another community outreach worker and CSUN student, said he became passionate about the issue because his mother was diagnosed with COVID. Since then, he set out to raise awareness about the pandemic and work to get more people vaccinated. “Even though my mother had mild symptoms, I don’t want anyone to catch it.” Rincón said. “So as soon as I could, I (got) vaccinated.” When someone opens the door and does not want to be vaccinated, Rafael said he asks them to think about their family. “You may not continued in next 2 columns
in Year of COVID...continued from page 2 study confirm the profound impact COVID-19 had on families and students. They also highlight the stark inequities that existed before March 13, 2020 — the pandemic grossly exacerbated the disparities we see in the education sector,” said Dr. Michael Conner, Superintendent of Middletown Public Schools in Middletown, CT. “However, the data sets also call for the holistic redesign and transformation of an operating model that can finally ground the principles of innovation, creativity, and equity in every fabric of our schools. At this juncture, we have permission to be bold, creative, innovative, and experimentative for acceleration and recovery. There has not been a time in our industry where we can reimagine the traditional industrial model that historically marginalized students. This is the opportunity where systemic change in the context of policy, investments, and organizational practice can shift the trajectory of every student we encounter.” While these inequities are not new, the level of funding now available to help address the need is, providing a critical moment to support those communities most impacted. Along with the new research, NWEA released a series of policy recommendations to advocate for deploying the unprecedented federal funding to communities and student populations most impacted by the pandemic, including investing in school counselors and nurses to address mental health and social-emotional well-being of students, tutoring and extending instructional time, professional development geared at meeting the needs of diverse learners and redesigning state accountability
systems to better align with recovery plans. NWEA is not alone in this advocacy. Like minded, equityfocused organizations and voices are speaking up even louder now to support our educational community in the long path ahead. “These data show in very stark terms just how much the pandemic took a toll on learning for all students, especially for students of color and those living in poverty,” said Deborah Delisle, CEO of the Alliance for Excellent Education. “Congress is making an historic investment in education with COVID relief funding. It’s time for states, districts, and schools to use that money to create systemic changes that impact students now — and for generations to come — and make our education system more just for every student who walks through our doors.” “It comes as no surprise that the shift to distance learning proved challenging for many students, parents, and teachers, but the eye-opening numbers from the NWEA study show the true extent of the impact on student learning, particularly on underserved students,” said Janet Murguía, President and CEO of UnidosUS. “While many Latino households continue the struggle to recover from the effects of the pandemic, a particular focus must be on ensuring that students can succeed regardless of their racial/ ethnic and economic background. As we prepare for the upcoming school year, it is critical that our leaders prioritize investments in our schools so that our students are equipped with the support and resources they need to succeed. Only then can we continue to continued in next 2 columns
There Is Cash in California’s Comeback Plan for Your Small Business...continued nearly half of the state’s total workforce. About 1.2 million of them (29%) are minority-owned. In June, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited two Black-owned small businesses in Oakland to spread the gospel about the California Comeback Plan, which Ma intends to also do during the webinar. “This isn’t all about dollars and cents. This is about magical moments. This is about communities,” Newsom said, speaking of supporting Black businesses while he was standing in front of Graffiti Pizza in Oakland. “Small businesses are about communities.” According to the June 2020 report by ZIPPIA, titled the “Most Supportive States for Black Businesses,” California ranked No. 4 before the onset of the pandemic. But those numbers fell in the first half 2020 after being impacted by a sluggish economy that is now looking to rebound more than a year later. Topics up for discussion during the webinar will include the Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program and when to apply; the Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program and the California
Venues Grant Program (both new); and CalSavers, a free workplacebased retirement program. A question-and-answer session will follow the discussions. The California Comeback Plan was designed to provide support for small businesses to recover from the pandemic. The plan invests an additional $1.5 billion in COVID-19 relief grants – bringing the total to $4 billion. That amount represents the largest small business grant program in the country. Earlier this year, Gov.Newsom delivered immediate relief to small businesses, including a historic $6.2 billion tax cut for businesses -- the largest state small business tax cut in the history of the United States, according to the governor’s office. “When you talk about California roaring back you can’t come roaring about unless small businesses are fully back,” Newsom said during his Oakland visit. For information and the webinar hosted by Small Business Majority, visit https:// smallbusinessmajority.org/events
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One Religion Says Its Bridging the Racial Divide by Overcoming the Challenges of an Interracial Marriage By BlackPressUSA
Shared religious faith, along with a community of fellow believers, can be invaluable in navigating the cultural complexities. SPE C I A L TO N N PA NEWSWIRE — When Greg Watson began dating the woman of his dreams 30 years ago, he barely noticed the contrast in their skin colors. “It wasn’t an issue,” he recalls after three decades with his wife, Jody. “We weren’t brought up to see people that way.” Not everyone in his rural community agreed, however. Greg remembers the first times he noticed heads shaking in disapproval as a Black man with a White woman. Suddenly, he couldn’t get the issue off his mind. “When we would go out, Jody would caution me, ‘Why do you keep looking over your shoulder?’” said Greg. “I would say, ‘You just never know.’” According to the Pew Research Center, one in six new marriages is now interracial. However, while
statistics suggest that interracial marriages in America have gained greater acceptance, not all couples have that experience. Still, they have found ways to cope. Shared religious faith, along with a community of fellow believers, has been invaluable in navigating the cultural complexities. Greg and Jody grew up worshipping and associating with a diverse group of people in their congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. So, neither their families nor their fellow congregants were surprised when they began to date and later married. The experience was similar for Monifa and Isaac Homza’s multiracial, multi-generational clan. Monifa’s Nigerian-Caribbean father and Korean mother were often a curiosity in their New
York City neighborhood. But at home, the children could see their peaceful and loving relationship, Monifa said. “They took care of each other despite what was happening around them.” Meanwhile, Isaac grew up in rural Virginia, where he observed the racial divide daily on his bus ride to school. As he passed two churches that shared a parking lot, he noticed that the lot divided attendees by race. “It seemed strange to me because, at our congregation, we all met together,” Isaac said. The couple eventually met through a mutual friend when Isaac moved to New York to work at the headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses with volunteers worldwide. Monifa was immediately drawn to Isaac’s piercing blue eyes. As for Isaac, there was no question: “I thought she was beautiful.” A similar sense of humor and willingness to expand their cultural horizons helped too. The couple might never have come to be if the prior generation hadn’t overcome their own cultural biases. Monifa’s father made significant changes once he started studying the Bible and saw that all races are equal in God’s sight. He widened his circle of friends, met Monifa’s mother, and later welcomed his White son-in-law into the family.
“It was heartwarming to me because I knew the background my dad had and the prejudices he held,” said Monifa. “It’s not the way you look. It’s what you are on the inside.” Now living in Maui, the Homzas are working to impart the same qualities to their three children as part of a Hawaiianlanguage congregation. “One of the Bible principles we try to teach them is a love of neighbor,” Monifa added. “We don’t categorize people. We love people of all races.” According to a study conducted by the University of Utah, married couples who had shared values reported higher levels of marital happiness and individual wellbeing than those who did not. The Watsons agree that love, loyalty, and faith are among the shared values on which they base their marriage and family life. They credit daily Bible reading and prayer with helping them to communicate on a deeper level with one another, especially when differences of opinion come into play. “When you have differences,” said Jody. “You have a base to go back to—God’s standards.” Greg agreed: “Our cohesiveness has been our faith and applying principles. In the Bible, it said that God made the two one, and we take that very seriously.” continued in last 2 columns
One Religion Says Its Bridging the Racial Divide by Overcoming the Challenges of an Interracial Marriage... continued Now retired and with no children at home, the Watsons hike, bike, and spend time in a volunteer ministry with each other. “We spend all of our time together,” Greg said. “Things just seem to be getting
better and better.” More information on the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses, including resources for happy family life, can be found on their official website, http://www. jw.org.
The Genius and Foresight of Prince Revealed Again in ‘Welcome 2 America’...continued from page 4 consumption and algorithmically boosted lies — Prince doesn’t sound pessimistic, just matterof-fact,” Pareles relayed. “Welcome 2 America” wasn’t made casually, he concluded. “It’s one of Prince’s more collaborative albums, constructed in discrete stages with different cohorts of musicians.” “With the album coming out
now, it’s almost like what everyone needs to hear,” Tal Wilkenfeld, who played bass during the March and April 2010 recording sessions, told the Post. “He was very focused on the socio-political climate… He really cared to have a voice in what was happening in the world at large and make change.”
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BIG TOBACCO’S RACIST USE OF THE M WORD
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Big Tobacco has flooded communities of color with menthol and even floated rumors that it somehow makes cigarettes less deadly. This manipulation caused massive death.
So enough with the death of our people. Death to the racist ways of the tobacco industry. Death to the lies and deceit that they’ve spread. And finally, death to the use of the M-word.
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