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This publication is a Certified DBE/ SBE / MBE in the State of California CUCP #43264 Metro File #7074 & State of Texas File #802505971 Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them and these will continue till they have resisted either with words or blows or words or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress. —Fredrick Douglass (1849)

NAACP Makes Public New Documents About 2020 Census Preparations NAACP Published: 04 March 2019

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Brother of Man Killed by Police Calls for Calif. to Prosecute JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Published: 03 March 2019

Stevante Clark, the brother of Stephon Clark who was killed by police last year, speaks during a news conference at the Genesis Church in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, March 3, 2019. Clark's comments followed Saturday's announcement by Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert that the two officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark will not be charged in the shooting. (AP Photo/ Randall Benton)

A census is a survey that records the population of an area, as well as certain information about that population, such as age, sex, or income. Photograph courtesy U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is making public previously withheld documents about the 2020 Census, revealing alarming deficiencies in the federal government’s preparations and budgeting for the decennial headcount. The NAACP, together with the NAACP Connecticut State Conference and the NAACP Boston Branch, obtained these records as part of a settlement agreement following a suit brought federal court against the U.S. Department of Commerce, which houses the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau had previously failed to disclose the records pursuant to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). “We remain committed to promoting full transparency in census preparations, particularly in light of the ways insufficient outreach can harm communities of color,” said NAACP General Counsel Brad Berry. The quality of census data is central to civil rights issues from voting rights to the distribution of federal fund-

ing. The newly-disclosed documents include briefings for senior members of the Department of Commerce and records presented to oversight and decision-making bodies within the Census Bureau. The documents also include information about the Bureau’s spending on advertising, its budgeting process, and its partnerships with outside groups to promote census participation. By releasing these records, we hope to make the public aware of how the Bureau’s current 2020 plans can possibly hurt our communities severely and hamper the census’s vital role in American democracy,” said Scot X. Esdaile, President of the NAACP Connecticut State Conference. The records confirm that the 2020 Census is at grave risk of going off course. For example: The count of currently deployed military servicemembers may be jeopardized as the Department of Defense will not report data on them to the Bureau under new guidance. This could affect roughly 15% of all overseas military personnel. The Bureau?is

thus “in jeopardy of not having the information necessary to count those who are deployed overseas in the communities in which they live, placing the 2020 Census at risk.” The Census Bureau intends to reduce its field staff drastically. The planned staff of enumerators—field employees who visit homes in person to count the residents—will be reduced to 400,000, down from the 600,000 the Bureau planned to hire for the 2010 Census. For address canvassing, which updates the Bureau’s indispensable address list, the Bureau plans to hire 43,500 employees, compared to 160,000 planned in 2010. Chronic underfunding over the course of the decade, including during the recent 35-day shutdown, has negatively affected preparations for the 2020 Census according to internal Census Bureau documents. “The understaffing and underfunding of the 2020 Census remain a source of serious concern,” said Casey Gilfoil, a law student intern in the Yale Law School Rule of Law Clinic, which

represents the plaintiffs. “The Bureau cannot continue to ignore the risks of relying on insufficiently-tested procedures for a once-in-a-decade event such as the census.” In June 2017, the NAACP and its affiliates filed a FOIA request seeking internal documents about plans for the 2020 Census. When the Bureau failed to disclose these records, the NAACP brought suit, NAACP v. U.S. Department of Commerce, No. 3:17cv-01682-WWE (D. Conn. filed Oct. 5, 2017). These documents were released as part of an agreement in partial settlement of the litigation, approved earlier this month by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren Eginton. The NAACP, Prince George’s County NAACP, Prince George’s County, and two individual plaintiffs also filed a lawsuit in March 2018 alleging that the federal government’s failure to prepare sufficiently for the 2020 Census violates its constitutional obligations. That lawsuit is separate from the FOIA litigation that led to the release of these documents.

Gwendolyn Lorraine Dowdy-Rodgers Honored by State Legislature as 2019 Woman of the Year State/Government News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The brother of a black man shot to death by police said Sunday he wants to see the officers who fired the fatal bullets held accountable Stevante Clark called on California's attorney general to prosecute them after the local district attorney declined to do so. He told reporters his family was devastated, first by his brother Stephon's killing last March as he held a cellphone, and again Saturday when Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced the officers would not be charged. "Our lives are suffering, our hearts are shattered, my family is in agony ever since the callous murder of my brother in my grandmother's backyard," the soft-spoken Clark told a news conference attended by his family and friends. "I would like for the attorney general to prosecute the officers," he added. "I want justice and accountability." Earlier Sunday the family's attorney, Ben Crump, said on the Rev. Al Sharpton's MSNBC program that state Attorney General Xavier Becerra is expected to release the findings of his own investigation into the shooting on March 18. That's the anniversary of Clark's death, and Crump said he anticipates a large protest at the state Capitol that day. There have been several in Sacramento since the shooting. In announcing that Officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet would not be charged, Schubert said prosecutors who reviewed video footage and other evidence determined they were telling the truth when they said they thought the cellphone Stephon Clark was holding was a gun. Schubert also said physical evidence revealed Clark was the vandalism suspect they were looking for who had just broken three vehicle windows and an elderly man's sliding glass patio door before climbing a fence to reach his grandparents' backyard. She said the 22-year-old had been going through a troubled

time in the days leading up to the shooting. The mother of his two children had recently filed a domestic abuse complaint against him that could have put him in jail, Schubert said, adding he'd been researching suicide websites. Among them, she said, were those that suggested using a tranquilizer that was found in his body. His brother complained that revealing that information was an attempt to blame his brother for getting killed. "No matter what he did on the 16th and the 17th doesn't determine what happened on the 18th," he said. "All of these things are irrelevant." "Stephon, it was like he was killed again," he continued. "Literally she ran his name through the dirt." Schubert, who called the shooting a tragedy, repeatedly apologized for raising the personal details during her hour-long presentation on Saturday. "I can't tell ultimately what was going on in his mind," she said. "He was in a state of despair and he was impaired, and that may have affected his judgment." Stevante Clark said his family plans to mark the upcoming anniversary of his brother's death with a weekend honoring his life that will begin on March 15 and conclude on March 18. He called on the community to remain peaceful. "Everything that's peaceful that's done, we support it," he said, adding the family's ultimate goal is to change laws to limit police shootings and to hold police departments more accountable. Police officials and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg have said that since the shooting the department has increased training, limited foot pursuits like those in the Clark case and committed to quickly releasing videos of officer-involved shootings. Clark said he appreciates all of that. "But at the end of the day Stephon is not here with us," he said.

Our Values, Mission, & Vision Statement Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes and Gwendolyn Lorraine Dowdy-Rodgers San Bernardino – On Tuesday, March 5th, Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes honored Gwendolyn Lorraine DowdyRodgers of San Bernardino as the 2019 Assembly District 47 Woman

of the Year. Organized by the Legislative Women’s Caucus, the Woman of the Year award recognizes women from all over the state for accomplishments in their respective fields and for their dedi-

Assemblymembers and Gwendolyn Lorraine Dowdy-Rodgers cation to improving the lives of others in conjunction with Women’s History Month. Gwendolyn Lorraine DowdyRodgers, a long-time noted speaker, assistant pastor, board

of education member, and founder of the Young Women’s Empowerment Foundation was selected to receive this years’ Woman of (continued on page 3)

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King Middle School Is District’s Newest School To Watch

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King Principal Maria Jauregui King Middle School is the District’s fourth and newest School to Watch. King joins just 15 other schools across California to earn the prestigious honor this year from the California Department of Education and the California League of Schools. Curtis, Golden Valley, and Serrano Middle Schools earned the Schools to Watch designation in previous years. Becoming a state and national model of school excellence is the result of years of hard work on the part of teachers, staff, students, and parents, said Principal Maria Jauregui. And, the focus of that work was not solely on improving academic achievement. Cultivating caring connections with students has been a major emphasis for every King Middle School staff member, from teachers to custodians. “We’re focusing on social-emotional learning along with academics,” said Jauregui, who has lead King for the past nine years. “If we don’t have a relationship with our students, we have nothing. That’s why every interaction is an opportunity to connect with our students and all stakeholders.” Teachers have undergone training in social and emotional learning, which emphasizes the ap-

proach of learning to be empathic and compassionate of others as a means to establishing relationships. Studies show that children who have been exposed to traumatic experiences cannot focus on learning. But when educators are given the tools to be aware of students’ emotional, social and behavioral needs they can help them address those issues so that learning is not interrupted, Jauregui said. Teachers are not the only ones who benefitted from training. King students also learn about positive ways to resolve conflict. The school’s new Wellness Center is a quiet place where students can meet with a counselor or student support specialist to receive extra support or to just selfsoothe by engaging in individual mindfulness activities. The emphasis on the whole child has resulted in students making academic gains, Jauregui stated. More than half of King’s 700 students have a grade-point average of 3.0 or above for the first semester reporting grades this academic school year. Halfway through the school year, only four King Middle School students have faced suspension. “Campus is calm, students are learning, we are a school on the move,” Jauregui said.

How secrecy is killing our HBCUs By J.L. Carter

More than 70 percent of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Pending a possible lawsuit, Bennett College for Women is no longer one of them. This is a difficult blow for the HBCU community, and not for the obvious reasons like losing a second campus in two years and being at the forefront of other closures which will be coming in the next few years. For more than a decade, we have seen this coming and pretended as if a combination of willpower and faith without good works would be enough to save our most vulnerable schools. Other options Bennett has many paths from which it can choose to survive as an accredited four-year campus. It can sue SACSCOC in order to maintain its accreditation through legal action. It can apply for accreditation through another organization, or it can merge with another institution. These are paths that could and should have been taken years ago. All of us who have long been paying attention to higher education as an industry knew that after spending the better part of a decade on SACSCOC warning or

probation for financial instability, Bennett’s survival would ultimately be tested and eventually succumb to the harsh reality of the changes. But seemingly, most of the families who care deeply for Bennett were not aware of her great struggle, mostly because campus leaders never fully disclosed the great scope of danger to the public. Millions secured over the course of a month were not enough to save Bennett in the eyes of SACSCOC – a reflection of the same judgment passed down over the years by students who chose other campuses for enrollment, donors who chose other charities for giving, and Bennett campus leaders who made choices beyond cutting budgets to meet enrollment challenges. Bennett is not and has not been able to survive under the power of its own mission; that is, as a four-year campus dedicated to the education of Black women. Bennett’s ranks of gloriously dedicated and accomplished alumnae simply do not have the wealth or the network to pull the college from the depth of its own debts and obligations. The city of Greensboro does not have a financial stake in the college surviving, as much as it has in being a college town with thriving cam(continued in next 2 columns)

In the weeks where it appeared national goodwill would empower Bennett to do the impossible, that goodwill built against the tragic irony that the one thing which gave this historic and important institution a fighting chance at life was the threat of imminent death. It was the only time that the public had any inclination that Bennett could very well cease to exist. This secret and silent suffering is what is killing our HBCUs. The unwillingness of leaders to be honest about enrollment and finance, the lack of instinct from most boards of trustees and the severe unawareness of students and alumni leaves many of our schools to live and die based upon the work of a few people with all of the information, who inevitably turn to the community when their ideas and luck inevitably run out. SACSCOC’s decision is not a cruel death blow to an undeserving school. This is the most severe symptom of the kind of struggle that with or without accreditation could lead Bennett and HBCUs like it to suddenly close their doors, and to displace em-

Bennett as an institution and an idea deserves to live, but it also deserved our best efforts in preserving both. Our leaders failed to inform us, and we as stakeholders failed to demand the information. Several HBCUs throughout the country will face a similar fate in short order. If we wish to save them, it is time to stop waiting on leaders to do what is best. We must demand that we see what the plan for the best looks like, along with details about finances and leadership decisions. A national campaign wasn’t enough to save Bennett. Heaven help every other school which will have to raise even more money from a goodwill-weary public which will wonder if it is still worth even trying to save these Black colleges if their leaders can’t be trusted to tell us that they need to be saved. Jarrett L. Carter, Sr. is publisher of HBCU Digest (www.hbcudigest.com). This article originally appeared in the Florida Courier.

New Interactive Website Featuring Henry Louis Gates, Tracks Slave Voyages By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

“The site now offers access to details of more than 36,000 slave trading voyages between Africa and the New World; 11,000 voyages from one part of the Americas to another part; and 92,000 Africans who were forced to take the voyage,” said Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. In his PBS series, “Finding Your Roots …” Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents guests whose roots cover the globe – from Samoa, Nigeria, Taiwan and Sicily to Iran, Ireland, India and Cuba – and almost everywhere in between. Each episode weaves together their stories, gleaned from cutting-edge DNA analysis and old school genealogical detective work. And, at the center of it all and guiding every discovery is Gates, the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Gates is also now featured on a newly updated website, slavevoyages.org, which contains databases of the Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave trade. The databases are the culmination of several decades of independent and collaborative research by scholars who draw upon information in libraries and archives around the world, according to a news release. The new slave voyages website counts as the product of three years of development by a multidisciplinary team of historians, librarians, curriculum specialists, cartographers, computer programmers, and web designers, in consultation with scholars of the slave trade from universities in Europe, Africa, South America, and North America. Among the many unique features are an African names database. The producers of the site note that during the last 60 years of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, courts around the Atlantic basins condemned over 2,000 vessels for engaging in slave trafficking and recorded the details of captives found on board those ships, including African names.

Links are provided to the ships in the Voyages Database from which the liberated Africans were rescued, as well as to the African Origins site where users can hear the names pronounced and help us identify the languages they think the names originated from or are used. The site also takes a deep look at the slave trade within the Americas, which, after the initial disembarkation of African captives in the New World, has received scant attention from historians, especially for the period prior to the abolition of transatlantic slave traffic. An article on the site examines similar types of intra-American trafficking as an introduction to the launching of the Intra-American Slave Trade Database, which aims to document evidence of slave voyages throughout the New World. “The site now offers access to details of more than 36,000 slave trading voyages between Africa and the New World; 11,000 voyages from one part of the Americas to another part; and 92,000 Africans who were forced to take the voyage,” Gates said. “Users can analyze data and view video and they can contribute corrections and add information on voyages the editors don’t even know about,” he said. The website allows viewers to explore the dispersal of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic world. According to the website, the digital memorial raises questions about the largest slave trades in history and offers access to the documentation available to answer them. It recounts how European colonizers turned to Africa for enslaved laborers to build the cities and extract the resources of the Americas. Also, how those colonizers forced millions of mostly (continued in next 2 columns)

New Interactive Website Featuring Henry Louis Gates, Tracks Slave Voyages...continued unnamed Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas, and from one part of the Americas to another. Those viewing the website can analyze these slave trades and view interactive maps, timelines, and animations to see the dispersal. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the

work on the site was done at the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, the University of California at Irvine, and the University of California at Santa Cruz with the Hutchins Center of Harvard University providing support. “I find it inspiring that our fellow Americans are so determined to explore their own ancestral heritage,” Gates noted.

Can Newsom’s Tap Water Tax Plan Stay Afloat? Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

William Paterson, EBMUD's Vice President of the Board of Directors, says that water is a huge issue in his ward in Oakland. About 2,300 of his constituents get assistance to pay for water.

Wade Crowfoot, the states' Secretary for Natural Resources, explained to members of the California Black Chamber of Commerce how the governor's proposed water tax would work

Photos by Antonio R. Harvey The shortage and contamination of water in California is hitting millions of people hard, particularly Blacks and Latinos. More than 300 communities across the state and one out of every four schools in the Central Valley lack access to safe drinking water, according to the state Water Board. The problem is so bad in some places, families end up spending about 10 percent of their income buying bottled water. Responding to the crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a new water tax. If the proposal passes, the levy will generate $110 million in annual revenue. But some Californians – many working directly with the state’s water authorities - oppose the plan. They say there are better ways to raise the money needed than taxing tap water. “We met with residents who cannot drink or bathe with the water in their homes — while paying more for it than those in Beverly Hills,” the governor tweeted in January. The “safe and affordable drinking water fund” Gov. Newsom is proposing in his 2019-2020 state budget, is slated to assist low-income or disadvantaged communities. One of the communities struggling with access to clean water is East Bay Municipal Utility District Ward 6 in Oakland. William “Bill” Patterson, the Vice President of the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Board of Directors, knows the water problem well. About 2,300 families in his ward receive “special assistance” to help pay their water bill, says Patterson who is African American. EBMUD also has to address the needs of homeless people who have limited access to clean water. Many schools in Ward 6 have old pipes, too, which expose students to lead and contamination. “They have to decide between medicine and paying their water bill,” said Patterson, talking about his district’s residents. “They need assistance.” Patterson spoke last month at the California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) annual Capi-

tal Policy Luncheon in Sacramento. The CCBC say it organized the event to engage Black business leaders on the complexity of clean and affordable water. Participants discussed how the problem affects Black and low-income residents in California. Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources, and Cindy Tuck, Deputy Executive Director of the Association of California Water Agencies, were the keynote speakers. They both heard Paterson’s concerns. One out of every 30 Californians, Crowfoot told the audience, “disproportionately low-income people and disproportionately people of color,” suffer from the ability to access clean water. “This isn’t some sort of estimate that’s disputed. This is fact validated by the government,” Crowfoot said. “I am inspired by Gavin Newsom actually stepping in to take on this problem.” Crowfoot runs an agency that has about 19,000 employees and an annual budget of $15 billion dollars. He is responsible for state resources that include water, parks, fish and wildlife, oil and gas production, and some parts of energy. Crowfoot said the water tax “breaks up into two parts,” one part agriculture and the other residential and business. On the agriculture side, imposing a fee on fertilizers, dairy, and livestock would generate about $30 million each year. Newsom’s suggestion to add a “surcharge” on residential and business’ water bills would generate $80 million each year. It would not, however, apply to lowincome residents earning 200 percent under the poverty level. “California is stepping up to ensure all residents have clean and safe water,’” Crowfoot said. “The notion is spreading the costs.” The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) wants to solve the water problems, too. But not by imposing fees on taxpayers. ACWA suggests that there are alternative ways of generating the $110 million needed for the fund.

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Newsrooms Still Lack Women and Individuals of Color By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

The report titled, “The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2019,” is comprised of 94 studies, including original research by WMC and aggregated research from academia, industry and professional groups, labor unions, media watchdogs, newsrooms and other sources. (Photo iStockphoto / NNPA) With observances planned throughout March to commemorate Women’s History Month, a new report revealed that women are still mostly absent from newsrooms. The Women’s Media Center’s 2019 report on the status of women in U.S. media shows that despite some gains, men still dominate in every part of news, entertainment and digital media. “The media is in a state of great disruption, but despite all of the change, one thing remains the same: the role of women is significantly smaller than that of men in every part of news, entertainment and digital media,” Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center (WMC), said in a news release. Burton said the data in the report paints a stark picture. “It is clear that a cultural, systemic shift is necessary if all parts of the U.S media are to achieve gender and racial parity and move toward a world where stories fully represent the voices and perspec-

tives of diverse women,” she said. “Research spotlighted in this report shows that diversity boosts corporate profits. When boardrooms, newsrooms, studios and tech companies fully reflect the faces, genders and myriad talents of our society, we’re all exceedingly better served,” Burton said. The 2018 Empowering women in Media, a networking and panel event that presented women of color in media sharing their stories with other women who are looking to break into the world of media/En la Escena/Kizzy Cox. The 2018 Empowering women in Media, a networking and panel event that presented women of color in media sharing their stories with other women who are looking to break into the world of media/En la Escena/Kizzy Cox. The report titled, “The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2019,” is comprised of 94 studies, including original research by WMC and aggregated research from academia, industry and pro-

These journalists have a list of criminal cops. California is trying to keep it secret Deanna Paul, The Washington Post

Photo: Rich Pedroncelli / AP 2018 Two California journalists requested and were given data on police officers' arrests and convictions over the past 10 years. What they found was surprising: domestic abuse, child molestation - even murder. They were given these documents through a public records request, something journalists exercise frequently. But California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says it was a mistake, and they never should have received it in the first place. Becerra - whose office was responsible for maintaining the information - said the center that distributed it was not authorized to do so. He wants the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, and its two journalists, to destroy the files and refrain from publishing them. Not doing so, Becerra claimed, would be against the law. But the Berkeley journalists believe they're on solid legal footing, and are standing their ground. A California accrediting body called the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training determines which officers are qualified to be hired or retained by state law enforcement. It receives criminal system data from the Department of Justice to as-

sist in setting eligibility standards maintains many agencies' records for police officers who have been convicted of a crime. On Dec. 6, UC Berkeley reporter Robert Lewis put in a public records request with the commission for a list of officers convicted of a crime. Lewis said his reporting partner, Jason Paladino, sent in a related request roughly around the same time, too. Soon thereafter, Lewis received an email acknowledging receipt of the request. A few weeks later a second message requested an extension to compile the relevant records. On Jan. 8, both men received two files containing a spreadsheet with 12,000 names. It included officers and applicants convicted of a crime, but as Lewis said, it also "included current and former peace officers and applicants, and individuals who applied and went through part of the process and then got rejected." It's unclear how or why Becerra's office became aware of the commission's accidental disclosure to the journalists. According to Lewis, he tried several times to reach an official from the Attorney General's Office with (continued on page 6)

The 2018 Empowering women in Media, a networking and panel event that presented women of color in media sharing their stories with other women who are looking to break into the world of media/En la Escena/Kizzy Cox.

fessional groups, labor unions, media watchdogs, newsrooms and other sources. It includes several original WMC studies, including “Divided 2019: The Media Gender Gap,” an assessment of where women stand as media writers, reporters, correspondents and anchors in the major news media platforms, including the primetime broadcast news programs, print publications, wire services and online news sites. The report noted that across all media platforms, men receive 63 percent of bylines and credits; women receive only 37 percent. “Women have been fighting for greater parity and equality in the news media for decades,” said one of WMC’s co-chairs Maya Harris. “This report shows that more work needs to be done to level the playing field. Women and our male allies will not rest until we see wholesale change,” Harris said. Further, “when we watch the

evening news, we’re not seeing an America that truly reflects all voices,” said Pat Mitchell, also a WMC co-chair. “Too often, the voices we hear and the images we see are men’s. Men largely are reporting and telling the story even though women represent more than half the U.S. population,” Mitchell said. The report is inclusive and also features WMC’s “The Status of Women of Color in the U.S. News Media 2019,” which offers a rare look at where women journalists of color are – and aren’t – in legacy print, radio, TV, and digital news. That report revealed that women of color represent just 7.95 percent of U.S. print newsroom staff, 12.6 percent of local TV news staff, and 6.2 percent of local radio staff. “Missing women of color in the newsrooms of this country is an injustice in itself, and an injustice to every American reader and viewer who is deprived of great stories and a full range of facts,”

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Allied Progress and American Oversight Go to Court Against CFPB on Heels of Troubling Report that CFPB Has Ceased Fair Lending Enforcement Actions Business News

the Year award based on her work with students and parents. The Young Women’s Empowerment Foundation empowers young women to reach their highest aspirations via mentoring and scholarship opportunities that support participants from middle school through their first year of college. Gwen also established an annual spring “Girl Talk” conference for young girls along with an annual fall “Healthy Me” wellness conference for women to address chronic health issues. “It is an honor to recognize Gwen for her commitment and dedication to the communities of the Inland Empire. Her leadership and sacrifice for others is a model we all should aspire to,” said Assemblymember Reyes. “Gwen is a champion for the region through her work to empower and uplift young women across the region. Gwen made a decision to give back to her community with her time, efforts and knowledge and we should look to her as an example of what we can do to help others.” In total, over 120 women were nominated from throughout the community for the Woman of the Year award which recognizes local women for accomplishments in their respective fields and for their dedication to improving the lives of others in conjunction with Women’s History Month. Nominees came from a variety of different backgrounds ranging from educators and community advocates to county employees, students, business owners and heads of local non-profits. After review, 30 finalist were selected before the final selection of Gwendolyn Lorraine DowdyRodgers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger’s appearance before the House Financial Services Committee this week, consumer advocacy group Allied Progress, represented by American Oversight, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the CFPB seeking information that would shed light on why Eric Blankenstein remains a Policy Associate Director at the CFPB despite the fireable revelations in September 2018 that Blankenstein authored numerous racist and sexist blog posts as early as 2004 and as recently as 2016. In early October, Allied Progress filed five FOIA requests with the CFPB requesting email correspondence from numerous bureau officials, including Eric Blankenstein, in the days following the Washington Post’sreport that Blankenstein had published a blog under a pen name where he expressed racist and sexist views. Allied Progress’ requests included emails related to an allstaff email sent by Patrice Ficklin, the Assistant Director of Fair Lending & Equal Opportunity, who publicly withdrew her initial statement of support for Blankenstein, requested on deadline by Blankenstein himself, and then voiced concerns about his ability to enforce fair lending after reading his troubling blog posts. Despite multiple attempts by Allied Progress to contact the CFPB by phone and email to discuss the five FOIA requests, the CFPB has failed to provide any of the requested documents. The lawsuit comes just days after the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion held a hearing on “Diversity Trends in the Financial Services Industry.” It also

said WMC co-founder Gloria Steinem. “Inclusiveness in the newsroom means inclusiveness in the news. Racism and sexism put blinders on everyone,” Steinem said. In an expanded section on tech, social media, gaming and engineering, “Status 2019” also spotlighted the growing threat online to women in media and the perils of failing to protect free and safe speech. “As part of their day-to-day work, women journalists often face a torrent of harassment, denigration, and threats … and the point of this hostility is to silence women, most frequently women of color,” said Soraya Chemaly, director of WMC’s Speech Project. “The onus continues to fall on women’s shoulders as individuals. Media companies have to develop institutional responses to these threats if they are serious about building inclusive organizations,” Chemaly said. Some of the findings in the re-

follows the CFPB’s Fall 2018 Semi-Annual Report to Congress that acknowledged the agency did not file a single fair lending public enforcement action from the time of former Director Richard Cordray’s departure in November 2017 through September 30, 2018 and that the Bureau chose to not initiate or refer any matters to the Department of Justice related to discrimination, despite the Bureau receiving approximately 329,000 complaints from April 1 -September 30, 2018. “The CFPB is tasked with protecting consumers from financial predators, not protecting officials from accountability for racism. The public has a right to know how much time and effort senior Trump administration officials, including Mick Mulvaney, spent shielding Blankenstein and keeping him in his job,” said Austin Evers, Executive Director of American Oversight. “This cannot be allowed to become just another Trump administration scandal,” said Kyle Herrig, senior advisor to Allied Progress. “There is simply too much at stake to accept that someone who holds racist views – views Blankenstein tellingly never apologized for – is currently overseeing, with cruel irony, the CFPB’s efforts enforce consumer protection laws for ALL Americans. Current Director Kathy Kraninger has never weighed in publicly about the controversy, but we hope this lawsuit will change that.” Eric Blankenstein should have been fired immediately last September. But then-Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney kept his handpicked lieutenant in place in the face of internal revolt from CFPB staff and demands for Blankenstein’s ouster from a cho-

port include: The American Society of News Editors’ latest tally found that women comprised 41.7 percent and people of color 22.6 percent of the overall workforce in those responding newsrooms. Sports desks at 75 of the nation’s newspapers and online news sites earned a “B+” for racial diversity, a “D+” for gender and racial diversity, combined, and a sixth consecutive “F” for lack of gender equity. Editors of the nation’s 135 most widely distributed newspapers are overwhelmingly male and White. 69 percent of news wire bylines are snagged by men, 31 percent by women; 63 percent of TV prime-time news broadcasts feature male anchors and correspondents; 37 percent feature women; 60 percent of online news is written by men, 40 percent by women; 59 percent of print news is written by men, 41 percent by women. (Women’s Media Center)

rus of consumer advocacy and civil rights groups and members of Congress. The public deserves to know how and why this decision was made. The man who was hired to oversee CFPB’s fair lending enforcement has lost all public trust that he can ensure that African Americans and other minorities will receive fair, non-discriminatory access to credit in light of his history of trafficking in hate as recently as a few years ago. This is especially concerning after Mulvaney gutted the CFPB’s enforcement powers and made it easier for lending discrimination to take place -- policies which Kraninger has carried on with a smile. Added Herrig: “As long as Blankenstein continues to draw a hefty taxpayer salary, consumers are left to assume that Kathy Kraninger either doesn’t care about his views, or worse, approves of a racist overseeing lending discrimination matters in her agency. But based on the recent CFPB report, it’s clear the Trump administration hasn’t cared about consumers being exploited for some time now.” Allied Progress is a consumer watchdog organization that uses hard-hitting research and creative campaigns to hold Wall Street special interests and their allies in Congress and the White House accountable. American Oversight is a nonpartisan, nonprofit ethics watchdog and is the top Freedom of Information Act litigator investigating the Trump administration. American Oversight has filed more than 60 public records lawsuits since March 2017, uncovering and publishing tens of thousands of documents including senior officials’ calendars, emails, and expense records.

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HEALTH/FITNESS/SENIOR NEWS

Hypertension Study Based in African-American Barbershops Honored The Clinical Research Forum Names Study Led by the Late Ronald G. Victor, MD, One of the Year’s Top Clinical Research Achievements Health/Fitness News

LOS ANGELES (March 4, 2019) -- The Clinical Research Forum recognized the Cedars-Sinai's Smidt Heart Institute with a 2019 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award today for its study aimed at developing a blood-pressure control program for African-American men in the comfortable and convenient environments of their barbershops. In just six short months, the study – first published in the New England Journal of Medicine and led by the late hypertension expert Ronald G. Victor, MD – improved the outcomes and control of high blood pressure in more than 60 percent of participants. The 12-month data published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Circulation backs up the results, proving that a pharmacistled, barbershop-based medical intervention can successfully lower blood pressure in African-American men who face a higher risk of disability and premature death due to uncontrolled high blood pressure. The collaboration between physicians, pharmacists and barbers showed that medical intervention in neighborhood settings can profoundly improve the health of hard-to-reach, underserved communities. Cedars-Sinai was nominated for the award by researchers at UCLA, the University of California, Los Angeles. “This esteemed award is a true honor for our institution and the medical team who was driven to change and improve outcomes for this at-risk community,” said Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, vice dean of Research and Education at Ce-

dars-Sinai, who accepted the award today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Thadhani also will join the Clinical Research Forum for its “Hill Day” on March 6th to meet with Senators and Congressional representatives to discuss the importance of federal funding for clinical research. The Barbershop study was funded in part by a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the

National Institutes of Health and a CTSI grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The barbershop study is one of 10 award-winning studies identified by the Clinical Research Forum. Winners must exemplify major advances, resulting from the nation’s investment in research, to benefit the health and welfare of its citizens, and reflect the influential work being conducted

by investigators at nearly 60 research institutions and hospitals across the United States, as well as at partner institutions from around the world. All nominated studies were published in peerreviewed journals between November 2017 and December 2018. Winners were selected based on the degree of innovation and novelty involved in the advancement of science; contribution to the understanding of human disease

and/or physiology; and potential impact upon the diagnosis, prevention, and/or treatment of disease. “It has been the privilege of a lifetime to work on this novel research and equally as rewarding to be part of an elite group of researchers recognized for their outstanding contributions to science,” said C. Adair Blyler, PharmD, an author on the study and one of two clinical pharma-

cists from the Smidt Heart Institute who traveled to AfricanAmerican barbershops throughout Los Angeles to treat patients. “With these positive results behind us, we will now shift our focus to identifying cost-effective ways to broaden barbershopbased care and implement this novel model to other high-risk communities outside of Los Angeles County.” Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, director of the Smidt Heart Institute, noted that Victor was the first to prove that if barbers offered blood pressure checks during men's haircuts and encouraged patrons with hypertension to follow up with physicians, hundreds of lives could be saved annually. “Not only do we miss Ron's smile and smarts, but science is all the much poorer for his loss,” said Marbán. “Our institution will forever attempt to carry on his scientific ingenuity, passion for serving his community and commitment to advancing the field of clinical research. Right now, plans are underway to expand the barbershop study.” Victor ’s barbershop-based study was supported by CedarsSinai, the Smidt Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health grants to Dr. Victor and NIH CTSI grant UL1TR001881. Read more on the Cedars-Sinai blog: Raising the Blood Pressure Bar: Are Your Numbers Low Enough? URL : http://www.cedarssinai.org/newsroom/hypertension-study-based-in-africanamerican-barbershops-honored/

Menthol Milestone - The anniversary no one is Doctors, Lawyers with Monetary Motives Cause Painful Decisions in Women’s Health Care celebrating By: Carol McGruder By Glenn Ellis, Research Bioethics Fellow at Harvard Medical School

Carol McGruder Coming of age in the 1970s, I can still vividly remember seeing Marvin Gaye at the Kool Jazz Festival at the Oakland Coliseum and thinking how wonderful it was that Kool cigarettes were supporting our artists. I was a teenager and didn’t connect that Big Tobacco’s sponsorships, product giveaways, and money were simply part of their master plan to get and keep Black people hooked to menthol cigarettes. It was predatory targeting and customer recruitment all dressed up as support for the Black community. Their ability to link this deadly product to the natural “coolness” of Black people was a true marketing triumph. Menthol has been the tobacco industry’s recruitment tool for far too long. It has been added to cigarettes for nearly a century, masking tobacco’s harsh flavor, making the smoke feel smoother and easier to inhale - but that ease comes with a price. The smoothness of menthol allows smokers to inhale more deeply, so harmful particles can settle lower in the lungs. Menthol cigarettes are also harder to stop - people who use menthol cigarettes have a lower rate of successfully quitting. 2019 marks 10 years since the passage of the Tobacco Control Act (ACT) - an historical piece of legislation that among other things, banned flavored cigarettes, all flavors except menthol. While the Act was intended to stop the tobacco industry from using the allure of sweet, enticing flavors to hook a new gen-

eration to cigarettes, it failed to do one important thing. Stop the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes. Yes, the Tobacco Control Act was a huge victory for all of us who had worked for decades to combat the tobacco industry, but exempting menthol cigarettes from the initial legislation was a heartbreaking setback and anyone who loved Black smokers knew it. Big Tobacco would like us to believe that this exemption was preserving smokers’ choice, particularly for communities of color, who have higher rates of using menthol cigarettes. For example, in California, 70 percent of African American adult cigarette smokers smoke menthols - the highest usage rate of any group. Big Tobacco is using choice as a smokescreen to hide the fact that menthols are one of their best tools to addict new customers, and they refused to let it, and Black people, go. Let’s look at what’s really going on. Since the Tobacco Control Act was signed, although cigarette use has declined in the U.S. in recent years, sales of menthol cigarettes have steadily increased, especially among young people and new smokers, essentially having the opposite effect the Tobacco Control Act intended! The milestone we should be celebrating are the more than the 320,000 deaths that would have been averted by 2050 had the menthol cigarette ban gone into effect in 2011. And though Black folks are only ten percent of the U.S. population, a third of those saved lives would have been African Americans. This huge disparity is a testament to the effectiveness of the decades of predatory tobacco industry targeting that we have endured. Menthol cigarettes are the main reason why African American communities experience the greatest burden of tobacco-related mortality of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. Smokingcaused illnesses continue to kill

more African Americans than AIDS, car crashes, murders, drug and alcohol abuse combined. It’s important to note that menthol sales bans do not criminalize individual people who smoke menthol cigarettes or punish smokers targeted by the tobacco industry for decades to use these deadly products - they are merely aimed to prevent their sale. The truth behind the smoke is that the tobacco industry is working hard to prevent sales bans - It’s estimated that the industry’s contributions to the African American community is as high as $25 million per year. I hope that our people have more information now than they did in the seventies and that they know what the tobacco industry is really trying to buy...our future. Make no mistake, this year we have an opportunity to take a major step forward in protecting our state’s health — one that’s 10 years in the making. Banning the sale of menthol cigarettes is a strong message from our elected officials that our cities will no longer participate in the sale and distribution of these deadly products. Let’s not miss this chance to get rid of menthol cigarettes for good. To learn more about menthol visit www.tobaccofreeca.com. Carol McGruder is Project Director of the African American Statewide Coordinating Center Ms. McGruder is a seasoned veteran of California’s tobacco control experience and has served as an advisor in many capacities, most recently as a founding member and Co-Chairperson of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (www.savingblacklives.org). In 2017, the San Francisco National Association for the Advancement of Colored People honored Ms. McGruder for her community activism. She is a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Award for community activism in tobacco control and in 2007 she was the American Legacy Foundation national honoree for “Community Activist of the Year.”

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Women, especially women of color and poor women, tend to suffer disproportionately in our healthcare system. The problem is growing worse now that there’s a group of trial lawyers eager to exploit female victims, under the guise of offering help. Take for instance that roughly one-quarter of U.S. women suffer from pelvic floor disorders, and according to the Washington Post, about 3-4 million of them have been treated with transvaginal mesh. The vast majority of these women receive repairs using transvaginal mesh without complications, but a significant minority experienced serious problems. After the publicity surrounding this issue hit the fan, the lawyers pounced. It has come to light that a collaboration involving some law firms, doctors, and finance companies are pressuring women into unnecessary surgeries to remove the mesh. Giving new meaning to the term “insult to injury,” this phenomenon, according to the New York Times, is leading unsuspecting women to the operating table – even in cases when the removal could worsen the symptoms. If that’s not enough, some unscrupulous hedge funds are financing companies connected with law firms specializing in suing manufacturers of the mesh. These law firms often use overseas telemarketing callers in countries such as India and the Philippines to contact women, known to have had the mesh surgery, with offers to join in lawsuits to sue the mesh manufacturers. The New York Times highlighted a growing problem that tends to target women: the industry grown out of medical device settlements. For example, a courtordered, charitable fund, the Common Benefit Trust, established out of the Dow Corning breast implant settlement fund, which also resulted from a faulty medical device. The Common Benefit Trust appears to have used some of this money to fund

Glenn Ellis is a Research Bioethics Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and a health columnist and radio commentator who lectures, nationally and internationally on health-related topics

policy centers, advocacy groups, and a conference on litigation. Pelvic organ prolapse, a medical issue sought to be treated by the transvaginal mesh, is one of the most common reasons for women to have surgery. It is ranked among the top three reasons that women have hysterectomies. Then there are racial disparities. Compared with African-American women, Latina and White women had four to five times higher risk of symptomatic prolapse, thought to be in large part due to the lower rates of African-American women reporting the condition as a problem to doctors. Researchers see this pattern as part of a culture where African-American and/or poor women will not typically see the condition as a problem requiring them to consider surgery. Issues like the transvaginal mesh that has revealed disparate treatment of women are not new. All patients – but especially women patients and minority patients that have traditionally been marginalized – deserve better than to be exploited in some of their most vulnerable times. Those vulnerable times include childbirth and other areas of maternal health. Dr. Niva LubinJohnson, president of the National Medical Association, which represents more than 50,000 African-American physicians on issues of health disparities and justice, says, “There is a crisis for African-American women that is related to maternal mortality – and that’s across any economic level and educational level for African-American

women. We are losing in that area,” she says. As for the transvaginal mesh, Lubin-Johnson says women must take extreme precaution when contacted by anyone about removals of that or any other device. “No, you go talk to your own physician about that and not to someone who is doing a cold call because of some possibility of joining a law suit…Talk to your own physician first; even if they were not the one who put the mesh in.” Since The New York Times began shining a light on these bad behaviors, federal prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York have begun investigating the allegations of unnecessary and unneeded vaginal mesh removal surgeries. According to reports, doctors, lawyers, financiers and others who may have been involved in the sham have been subpoenaed. So, if you’re considering medical treatment, be an informed consumer. Be sure to have your health care provider explain all of your options, as well as their possible risks and benefits. Though if these risks are not avoided, by all means, beware of financial lures to have surgeries that you do not need and that could leave you in a condition far worse than before. Glenn Ellis is a Research Bioethics Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and a health columnist and radio commentator who lectures, nationally and internationally on health-related topics. He is also the author of “Which Doctor?” and “Information is the Best Medicine.”

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SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190002361 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 2/25/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 2/25/2024 Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple Fictitious Business Name(s): URBAN MADE APPAREL Business Address: 14930 SALAMANDER LN. VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: EDUARDO A. GARCIA 14930 SALAMANDER LN. VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 BRENDA FIGUEROA 14930 SALAMANDER LN. VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 Signature/Officer Title: Eduardo A. Garcia, Husband BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) 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 FORTH 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 March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190002391 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 2/26/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 2/26/2024 Business is Conducted By: A Limited Liability Company Fictitious Business Name(s): GROCERY OUTLET OF UPLAND Business Address: 176 S. MOUNTAIN AVE. UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: TB2J LLC 1820 N. PLACENTIA AVE. SUITE B PLACENTIA, CA 92870 A1#: 201818710111 State: CA Signature/Officer Title: Tommy Lee, President BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) 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 FORTH 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 March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190001806 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 2/11/2019 Began Transacting Business: 1/01/2019 Filing Expires On: 2/11/2024 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): A & W RENTALS Business Address: 320 BARSTOW RD. BARSTOW, CA 92311 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 436 FENOAK DR. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Registrant(s)Address: LORETTA A. MALDONADO 436 FENOAK DR. BARSTOW, CA 92311 Signature/Officer Title: Loretta A. Maldonado BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) 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 FORTH 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 February 14, 21, 28, March 7, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Doc# 20190001841 Date Filed: 2/12/2019 Filing Expires On: 2/12/20/24 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): TERRY’S SMOG County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 333 S. WATERMAN AVE., STE. D SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408 Mailing Address: Same as above Name of Individual Registrant: TERRY L. TEAGUE 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: 720 MURCHSON ST. POMONA, CA 91768 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature/Title of Person Signing: Terry Teague, Owner BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). 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 FORTH 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 February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190002600 Date Filed: 3/01/2019 Filing Expires On: 3/01/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): KATHERINE FAY MILLER-BRUMFIELD OR KATHERINE FAY BRUMFIELD OR KATHERINE FAY MILLER County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1470 ORCHID DRIVE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92404 Name of Individual Registrant: MILLERBRUMFIELD KATHERINE-FAY 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: 1470 ORCHID DRIVE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92404 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 2/13/2019 Miller-Brumfield Katherine-Fay,General Excutor, 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 March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190001754 Date Filed: 2/08/2019 Filing Expires On: 2/08/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): FALLAS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 14598 7TH ST. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Mailing Address: 15001 S. FIGUEROA ST. GARDENA, CA 90248 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: PEGASUS TRUCKING, LLC State of Inc./Org./Reg.: DELAWARE Inc./Org./Reg. No.: 5819327 Residence Street Address: 15001 S. FIGUEROA ST. GARDENA, CA 90248 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: 10/19/2018 Michael Fallas, Manager, 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 February 28, March 7, 14, 21, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190001752 Date Filed: 2/08/2019 Filing Expires On: 2/08/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): FALLAS PAREDES County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 12480 AMARGOSA RD. #A VICTORVILLE, CA 92392 Mailing Address: 15001 S. FIGUEROA ST. GARDENA, CA 90248 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: PEGASUS TRUCKING, LLC State of Inc./Org./Reg.: DELAWARE Inc./Org./Reg. No.: 5819327 Residence Street Address: 15001 S. FIGUEROA ST. GARDENA, CA 90248 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: 10/19/2018 Michael Fallas,Manager, 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 February 28, March 7, 14, 21, 2019.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1901908 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: VERONICA CRUZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. ALYZIA MONZERRATT CRUZ to Proposed name: ALYZIA MONZERRATT CRUZ-AYON Present name: b. SOPHIA PRIZILA CRUZ to Proposed name: SOPHIA PRIZILA CRUZ-AYON 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: 3-05-19 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST 3RD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 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: January 22, 2019 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2019

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1903685 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ADELA ORTIZ MARTINEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. ANGEL SEBASTIAN LEON ORTIZ to Proposed name: EMILIANO DAVID ORTIZ 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: 3-18-19 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 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:February 04, 2019 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 14, 21, 28, March 7, 2019

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1818501 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JESUS C FONG YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de

servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Breanne L. Reese, Esq., (Bar #314663), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 555571) DATE (Fecha): JUL 16 2018 Clerk (Secretario), by Sabrina Duran, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant. 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14/19 CNS-3222359# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1823563 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ANGEL JAUREGUI, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Golnaz Heidari, Esq., (Bar #317574), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 557692) DATE (Fecha): SEP 06 2018 Clerk (Secretario), by Danielle Paris, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant. 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 CNS-3224880# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1821168 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): NARVOLEAN JACKSON YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be

paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida

mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St., San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Golnaz Heidari, Esq., (Bar #317574), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 5556885) DATE (Fecha): AUG 13 2018 Clerk (Secretario), by Nancy Liemsithisak, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant. 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7/19 CNS-3220839# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN

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Comments on draft OHV grants sought SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Officials with San Bernardino National Forest are seeking comments from the public on two preliminary grants submitted to the State of California to fund the forest’s off-highway vehicle (OHV) operations. The draft applications, based on public and staff feedback given in January and February, seek to enhance ground operations and law enforcement functions: · Ground operations requests funding for route monitoring and maintenance; facility operations and maintenance at five staging areas, six trailering sites and three campgrounds; habitat monitoring; soil conservation; archaeology site steward program; and new equipment to monitor trails. · Law enforcement requests funding for staffing and equipment to enforce regulations.

The full proposals can be read at California State Parks’ OHV website at http://www.ohv.parks.ca.gov. Public review instructions are available at http:/ /ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29826. Hard and digital copies are additionally available by contacting Linda Stamer at lstamer@fs.fed.us or 909-382-2738. Comments are required to be submitted to California State Parks via their website under the “Grants” tab or by email to Linda Stamer. Comments will be accepted between Tuesday, March 5, 2019, and 5 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2019. The forest will review and consider the public comments and then submit their final grant applications by June 3, 2019.

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Brown Questions Deployment of Troops to Mexican Border By Mark F. Gray

Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD), along with five other Congressional Representatives, are continuing to hold the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security accountable for deploying active duty service members to the Mexican border. (Courtesy Photo) Maryland Congressman Anthony Brown (D) continues hold The Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security accountable for combating extremism in the military and demanding a strategy and justification for the active duty service member deployments to the Mexican border- ahead of the House vote on a resolution to terminate the President’s national emergency. The state’s former lieutenant governor is a 30-year combat veteran who is now the vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee. He and five other Congressional Representatives, including Baltimore’s Elijah Cummings, took the lead in drafting letters directed to the Department of Defense (DOD) Acting

Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on the recent arrest of Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Hasson. In their letter, the diverse group of elected officials applauded the swift action taken by federal agencies to stop the threat to America’s national security posed by military personnel such as Lt. Hasson. However, they formerly expressed concern that, “an individual that espouses these views could repeatedly serve in the military across multiple services.” Their letter also asserts that, “United States law clearly prohibits discrimination and extremist behavior amongst military service members…[and] while the vast majority of our service members

continue to serve honorably…it appears that some service members are still able to actively associate with extremist organizations.” The Members also requested more information from the DOD and the DHS on what policies are in place in each branch of service that would “prohibit the participation or association with extremist organizations.” They continue to probe for information on what departments use reporting mechanisms to enforce the policies and programs in place, to access information on Hasson’s history with multiple branches of the Armed Services that would have indicated he was unfit for military service. Prosecutors allege for at least two years, Hasson visited White supremacist and neo-Nazi websites, and studied the 1,500page manifesto written by Anders Behring Breivik, a far-right Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in 2011 at his Coast Guard work desk. He also reportedly abused the synthetic opioid Tramadol while at work, that he had obtained illegally. In their letter to Shanahan the group of committee leaders demand a strategy and justification for the active duty service member deployments to the border, and the use of DOD resources to build the wall through the President’s national emergency declaration.

The Members want Shanahan to understand that over the past 18 years, “no administration – Republican or Democratic – has found it necessary to deploy active duty personnel to secure our borders,” read portions of another letter. “Troop deployment levels appear to have been chosen not based on an assessment of an actual threat, but instead based on the status of negotiations for a border wall,” the letter reads. “This haphazard use of active duty military personnel leaves one guessing what the true motives behind this deployment are, and what mission our men and women in uniform are actually being asked to perform.” President Donald J. Trump wants to send another 1,000 troops to the border after declaring a national emergency, bringing the number of DOD personnel on the border to about 6,000, with no clear objective or longterm strategy. The Members of Congress also state that the President is declaring a national emergency, despite ample evidence that, “there is clearly no national emergency on the southern border.” They also point to recent reporting that even senior officials in the Department of Defense believe the deployment is, “an expensive waste of time and resources.” This article originally appeared in The Afro.

Bureau Of Cannabis Control Announces Drew League Basketball Clinic Volunteer Enforcement On Unlicensed Cannabis Featured In Award-Winning Social Media Campaign...continued Businesses State Government News SACRAMENTO – The Bureau of Cannabis Control (Bureau) and the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Division of InvestigationCannabis Enforcement Unit (DOICEU) today announced enforcement actions against two unlicensed cannabis businesses operating out of multiple locations in Sacramento, Davis and Los Angeles. On Wednesday, February 27, 2019, DOI-CEU and the Davis Police Department served search warrants on “Mary Jane Finder,” an unlicensed cannabis delivery service located in Sacramento and Davis. The search warrants covered two locations: 204 F St., Ste. A1 in Davis, and 1779 Tribute Rd, Ste. 6 in Sacramento. The operation resulted in the seizure of $854,812 in cannabis products. DOI-CEU also assisted the Los

Angeles County Sherriff’s Department in serving a separate search warrant on Tuesday, February 27, 2019, on “Space Lounge,” an unlicensed cannabis retailer located at 1710 N. Eastern Ave. in Los Angeles. This operation resulted in the seizure of $439,776 in cannabis products. The combined value of cannabis seized from these unlicensed operators totaled $1,294,588. All commercial cannabis activity in California requires a stateissued license from one of the state’s three cannabis licensing authorities. Selling cannabis goods without a state license is a violation of state law. To file a complaint regarding illegal activity, click here – Enforcement Online Services.

Drew League Basketball Clinic Volunteer Featured In AwardWinning Social Media Campaign By Sentinel News Service

Rudy Washington (Courtesy photo) Rudy Washington, a Cal State LA adjunct professor in the Charter College of Education at Cal State LA, has dedicated more than 250 hours of service at free basketball clinics for youth with the Drew League in South Los Angeles. “I don’t think that you’re happy unless you’re giving,” said Washington, a former National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball coach who grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. He is also a Cal State LA alumnus. I Serve LA is a Cal State LA service-learning initiative that provides thousands of student, faculty and staff volunteers who serve with community-based organizations across the Greater Los Angeles area. Washington was featured in an I Serve LA video as part of a so-

cial media campaign encouraging the Cal State LA community to track their service hours. I Serve LA is a university-wide servicelearning initiative, which provides thousands of volunteers to serve with community-based organizations across the Greater Los Angeles area. Cal State LA recently received a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Silver Award of Excellence in the social media category for its digital communication campaign promoting the university’s I Serve LA initiative. Cal State LA also received silver awards in the social media category for its digital communication campaigns promoting the university’s Mind Matters initiative and in the invitations category for the design of its 2018 (continued in next 2 columns)

Alumni Awards Gala Invitation. “These initiatives reflect key values of our University community,” said Cal State LA President William A. Covino. “I’m pleased to see CASE honoring our work to promote the importance of wellbeing and service.” The awards were presented during a reception on Feb. 21 at the Connect West 2019, the CASE District VII Conference, in Anaheim, CA. CASE District VII represents

professionals and institutions in the western region of the United States (Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, and Utah). The District VII annual awards program showcases best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, public relations, advancement services, special events, communications, and more. This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel.

Employment Training Panel Awards Butte-Glenn Community College District $600,000 to Train 600 Workers for Camp Fire Cleanup and Emergency Response State/Government News

SACRAMENTO – The State of California’s Employment Training Panel announced that it approved a nearly $600,000 contract to the Butte-Glenn Community College District to train 608 workers through Butte College for hazardous debris cleanup and emergency response in the aftermath of the Camp Fire. “With the massive efforts underway to clean up the debris and contamination from the Camp Fire, the Employment Training Panel is pleased to support the training and certification required of debris maintenance workers,” said Employment Training Panel Executive Director Stewart Knox. “More than 18,000 structures were burned and 50,000 residents were displaced by the wildfire, and this training can help workers secure jobs on current and future fire recovery projects.” The Training Place, Butte College’s workforce development center in Chico, will provide Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training and certification for cleanup and debris maintenance workers. Many of the cleanup sites require certified personnel to handle disposal of toxic materials. With nearly half of the workforce in Butte County affected by the Camp Fire, certified HAZWOPER companies will face a short supply of workers for the cleanup and recovery efforts. The Training Place plans to certify approximately 350 of the trainees in hazardous waste operations to address current workforce needs and long-term

disaster recovery efforts. “The partnership between the Employment Training Panel and Butte College, The Training Place will provide the ability to rapidly respond to the immediate Camp Fire recovery training needs,” said Annie Rafferty, Director of Butte College, The Training Place. “Clients shared the critical need to focus training on retaining key talent and upskilling employees to replace those who were forced to leave Butte County due to the loss of their homes. Local contractors expressed commitment to further develop the skills of newly certified HAZWOPER workers hired for the massive debris clean up and community rebuild effort. Together, Butte College and ETP will meet the recovery needs by providing advanced technical equipment training, new supervisor training and continuous improvement training. On behalf of our clients, Butte College, The Training Place appreciates ETP’s immediate support during this critical time.” The Employment Training Panel is the state’s premier program supporting job creation and retention through training. The panel reimburses employers for the costs of training existing workers, funds training for unemployed workers to re-enter the workforce and helps to ensure California businesses have the skilled workers they need to remain competitive. For more information about the program, please visit www.etp.ca.gov, or call (916) 3275578.

Top 5 Black-owned Banks You Should Consider Moving Your Money To By Jasmine Ferguson

Photo by: Pexels.com When looking for a bank to entrust with your money, it is important to do your research. There are many factors to take into consideration when choosing a bank, such as interest rates, location and convenience, amount of minority borrowers and monthly fees. Historically Black-owned banks have been the pillar of the Black community by providing African Americans an opportunity to gain access to financial services and capital for minority-owned businesses. According to BankBlackUSA.org, less than 1 percent of other (non-Black) community bank loans are made to Black borrowers. Black banks help to circulate the Black dollar. With movements such as #BankBlack, social media has brought awareness to the importance of banking Black and moving your money to Black-owned banks. Here are five Black banks that you should consider when deciding on your banking institution: One United – oneunited.com Established: 1982 Headquarters: Boston Branches in: Boston, Los Angeles, Miami CEO: Kevin Cohee $661M in assets

Liberty Bank – libertybank.net Established: 1972 Headquarters: New Orleans Branches in: New Orleans, Detroit, among other places CEO: Alden J. McDonald Jr. More than $594M in assets Citizens Trust Bank – ctbconnect.com Established: 1921 Headquarters: Atlanta Branches in: Atlanta, Alabama, Georgia CEO: Cynthia N. Day $399M in assets Industrial Bank – industrialbank.com Established: 1934 Headquarters: Washington, D.C. Branches in: Washington, Maryland CEO: Doyle Mitchell $423M in assets The Harbor Bank – Theharborbank.com Established: 1982 Headquarters: Maryland Branches in: Baltimore CEO: Joseph Haskins Harbor $266M in assets This article originally appeared in Rollingout.com.

These journalists have a list of criminal cops. California is trying to keep it secret...continued from page 3 questions about the data but was met only with silence. Three weeks later, when the office had learned what had happened, it sent a letter to Lewis and Paladino, putting them on notice: They had "inadvertently" been given confidential criminal history information and were breaking the law by "possessing" the spreadsheet. The attorney general requested they not publish the data and destroy the document, and said the office could pursue legal action if they chose not to do so. Lewis told The Post that letter was the "first contact of any substance with DOJ." "I was stunned, shocked - all the range of emotions you might have imagined - and continue to be," he said of receiving a record via a public record request and then feeling threatened with criminal prosecution. In a news conference Friday, Becerra - who is a Democrat called the rumors of veiled threats against journalists a "false narrative." "I respect the importance of a free press and the need to have transparency and the need to give the American public the right to know," Becerra said, calling the commission's Jan. 8 action a "mistake." "If innocent people get caught up in this, that's not right." The First Amendment protects the right to publish truthful information that was obtained legally by the publisher. The Supreme Court has affirmed that right against countervailing state interests, including protecting the names of rape victims and government officials going through disciplinary proceedings, and even where there has been an inadvertent disclosure by the government, according to Caroline DeCell, staff attorney with the Knight First Amendment Foundation. The caveat, though, is that the

published information must be about a matter of public concern. "If the information meets that standard, they can't criminalize its publication," she said, adding that there's an interest in keeping certain information private. "There could be a narrow way for the state to argue that it must protect information that doesn't rise to the level of public concern," said DeCell. These events follow what Lewis called a Californian "impenetrable wall of secrecy" surrounding police officer records or misconduct. "We're talking about a police officer who was arrested, accused of a crime by another law enforcement agency, formally in a court of law, went through adjudication and at the end of it either took a plea to a crime or was found guilty and convicted," he said, calling it "baffling." Within the spreadsheet Lewis cited "important information to be asked." For example, he mentioned a San Francisco officer was accused and convicted of accessing confidential records and to help his girlfriend dig up dirt on a tenant. Another was convicted of unauthorized access of information. Lewis said that neither appeared to have been reported in the local media or disclosed in any kind of way. "San Francisco citizens missed the opportunity to know that there might be a problem and ask for oversight of confidential information," he explained. For now, it seems, both sides are at an impasse. At Friday's news conference, Becerra made clear that the scenario is "a difficult one." "I'm all for investigative journalism, especially in this day and age, in this country, but you can't play fast and loose with private, confidential information," he said. The Berkeley Center did nothing wrong in securing the information. "What they do next is something different."

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LIFESTYLE NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/RELIGION

FILM REVIEW: Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral

“Vanity, Vanity, Vanity… It’s All Vanity!” By: Lou Yeboah

By Dwight Brown NNPA, Newswire Film Critic

Madea’s loyal fans have two choices. They can say goodbye to their eccentric Aunty by attending her touring play or wish her adieu at a movie theater. Judging by what’s on screen in this anemic family comedy, the live performance is a better bet. It’s more thoughtful and a hell of a lot funnier. Before the grande dame makes her final entrance, her folks are gathered at a posh Atlanta house to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of a matriarch Vianne (Jen Harper) and her husband Anthony (Derek Morgan). The home is aflutter with relatives: Vianne’s daughter Sylvia (Ciera Payton) and her husband Will (David Otunga) are the hosts. Sylvia’s handsome little brother Jessie (Rome Flynn), who has just announced his engagement to his fiancée Gina (Aeriél Miranda), is there. Sylvia’s other bro AJ (Courtney Burrell) is on his way, though his wife Carol (KJ Smith) is already on premises. The odd person out is a family friend named Renee (Quin Walters) who is also late. Madea’s crew (Greek chorus) is about to make the three-hour trek to the festivities. At the wheel of the car is the very academic and debonair Brian (Perry). The backseats are filled with her frisky older brother Joe (Perry), Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis) and the very wacky Hattie (Patrice Lovely, Boo! A Madea Halloween). That’s a whole lot of characters to keep track of, but over time differentiating them becomes easier. Perry’s script relies on infidelity, rivalries, bawdy language, lust and the usual dollop of betrayal. In other circumstances, the turmoil would be funny and engaging. Not so much here. Too many scenes (especially in the house) are long-winded and stagnant. It’s as if the script didn’t know what to do with the bevy of characters and the director didn’t know how to choregraph their placements or movements. This is a movie, not a play, yet Perry is relying on boring theater staging,

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Cast of A Madea Family Funeral and it doesn’t work. The lack of exterior shots adds to the visual boredom. Sometimes the sheer amount of humor enlivens the pace of Perry’s movies. But, considering that this is a comedy, the dearth of physical pranks is puzzling and a huge misstep. The one interesting running joke is about a dead man and his appendage that still reaches for the sky, even though he’s in a casket. It’s the editor’s duty to cut scenes to the nub and move things along, even if he has to override the director to get the job done. Either editor Larry Sexton was asleep at the wheel or someone didn’t let him do his job effectively. What’s on-screen never has the makings of a great comedy, but finetuning the pacing and shortening sequences would have helped. The production design (Paul Wonsek) and costumes (Crystal Hayslett) are decent and don’t get in the way, which is the kindest thing that can be said for a film that looks like a TV show. Philip White’s musical score is played very delicately in all the wrong places and sounds cheap. None of the new actors stand out. It’s as if they answered a cast-

ing call for extras for a film’s Atlanta crowd scene. Even though this is a feeble movie, an ambitious and talented thespian would take this opportunity to steal scenes. None do. Davis and Lovely are up to the same banter and antics that worked much better for them in Boo! A Madea Halloween. Perry plays four characters (add in an amputee named Heathrow), which spreads his talent way too thin. He looks like he’s having fun, but that doesn’t translate into any real belly laughs or solid comic acting. There are a lot of people who think Perry’s characters, like Bam and Hattie, are nothing more than buffoons or minstrels. They get that reputation because they spend so much time trying to make big laughs out of little shallow scripts. Their failings are more acute and obvious on TV and movie screens. But somehow onstage the over-the-top antics and broad humor play much better. The actors get a chance to connect with the audience and play off of them. It’s a better experience. Boo! A Madea Halloween is hands down the best film in the Madea filmography. It was funny, kinetic and had lots of action and

exterior shots that made it feel more like a well-developed horror/comedy; something in the realm of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Though A Madea Family Funeral delves into the culture surrounding black funerals and the sometimes overwrought mechanics, the jesting is not biting enough to be hilarious satire. The jokes and shtick are overly repetitive. The constant stream of infidelities and upheavals grows old fast. Perry is a very rich and successful entrepreneur and filmmaker. If you had a wish for him, it might be to slow down, maybe partner with a co-writer and spend more time on each project until they are well-developed entities. Too much of this film looks like a 15-minute SNL sketch stretched into a 1hr 49min movie — warts and all. This had the potential of being the best Madea outing ever. Instead it’s just another middling entry. The best way to say goodbye to Madea is to go see her and her family live—on a stage. Visit NNPA News Wire Film Critic Dwight Brown at DwightBrownInk.com and BlackPressUSA.com.

Talking ‘bout you chasing that paper…. Fool, don’t you know that Jesus warned, “A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” [Luke 12:15]. If you going to chase anything….. You best chase God…. For He alone can only satisfy. Everything here on earth is vain. If you don’t believe me believe the wisest man endowed by God: King Solomon. Not only was he given wisdom, but wealth beyond measure. The combination along with the experiments of life, lead to his conclusion; All is vanity [Ecclesiastes 1:1-2; 13-17]. He tells us, “I tried everything. I sought ever pleasure. I gained great knowledge. I possessed unsurpassed wealth and power. I had the power and resources to do anything I wanted to do.” Yet, in spite of all that, he declares, “Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher [King Solomon] all is vanity! What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun goes down and hastens to the place where it rises. The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits, the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there

they flow again. All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. What has been is what will be and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. King Solomon was fabulously wealthy. And yet, he says in Ecclesiastes 5: 10-12…. All his riches and all his possessions nothing withstanding. It’s a chasing after the wind. A life lived under the sun, seeking satisfaction when this is all there is, is such an empty thing.” Paul puts it similarly in 1 Timothy 6:10… the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. “But those who chase riches are constantly falling into temptation and snares. They are regularly caught by their own stupid and harmful desires, dragged down and pulled under into ruin and destruction. For the love of money – and what it can buy – is the root of all sorts of evil. Some already have wandered away from the true faith because they craved what it had to offer; but when reaching the prize, they found their hands and hearts pierced with many sorrows. Don’t let this happen to you – run away from these things! Let your quest be for justice, godliness, faithfulness, love, perseverance, and gentleness…. [1 Timothy 6:911] The Take Away – Don’t put money before God. God is your Father, and He will always provide for you. Money is just a tool. Chasing after money will only result in disappointment. Chasing after God will result in blessing and increase. Chasing God, Not Money! Why God had me to go this route, I don’t know…. but as the spirit gives utterance so shall it be!

Witness For Justice #934

St. Anthony’s Church, San Bernardino, hosts Blood of the Martyrs blood drive Sunday, March 10 Lifestyle News

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. – LifeStream Blood Bank and the Blood of the Martyrs Committee collaborate for a life-saving blood drive Sunday, March 10 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Church, 1640 Western Ave., San Bernardino. Walk-ins are welcome; appointments may be made by calling 800-879-4484 or visiting LStream.org All blood donors receive a

handy, reusable bag that includes an inspirational quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, and $17 worth of Fandango movie tickets. Blood donors must be at least 15 years of age (15and 16-year-olds must present a signed parental consent form; forms are available at the drive); be in good health, weigh at least 110 pounds, and present current photo ID.

Blood of the Martyrs’ participating community-based organizations include Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Ecclesia Community Church; Knights of Peter Claver- Ladies Auxiliary; Inland Empire Black Nurses; National Council of Negro Women; New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, San Bernardino; Sunrise Church. Banning; St. Anthony Catholic Church,

San Bernardino and the Roberts Foundation, Riverside. Community blood supplies remain perilously low, especially group O blood, which is most common in the African American community. LifeStream is an independent, nonprofit, local blood center that provides blood products and services to more than 80 Southern California hospitals.

Building Relationships Not Walls Zach Wolgemuth Executive, UCC Disaster Ministries

Recently I had a political conversation with a friend in which we discussed the border wall. We’ve always held differing political views but have maintained our friendship by ‘agreeing to disagree.’ At one point, I asked, “What are you afraid of?” to which he struggled to respond, except to recite unfounded information about how undocumented immigrants were causing a multitude of problems. Setting aside my frustration and anger, I realized that in many ways he didn’t know what he didn’t know. For so long he’d been fed a false narrative laced with fear. My friend has never known an undocumented person, spent time with someone who is undocumented, listened to their story or needed to personally seek employment in a foreign land. The bottom line is that he’s not had a personal relationship or experience that revealed to him the humanity in the political discussion. Thinking more deeply about the root causes of injustice, I believe that fear is the most powerful and destructive. Fear manipulates and divides. It sets the stage for power and greed to take root. It builds a wall preventing truth from reaching the ears of the listener and polarizes relationships by planting seeds of mistrust. While policies and laws are critical to reshaping inequality and addressing injustices in our communities, they are easily manipulated and circumvented and never fully address the root

cause which is fear. Therefore, as Christians we are called to take an additional step, seeking to build true loving relationships with all humanity. It is only through relationships that we will be able to eradicate fear, balance power, and eliminate greed. Through the Church, we have vehicles for building these relationships and personal experiences that dispel fear. I have been blessed to serve with UCC Disaster Ministries where we’ve created immersive experiences for faith-formation and relationship-building that deconstruct the barriers of mistrust, misunderstanding, and fear. When individuals serve at one of our recovery sites they often find themselves serving outside of their comfort zone in marginalized communities where they are able to build relationships with those impacted by greed and prejudice. This type of first-hand encounter is often life-changing and invites us to experience the impact of injustice, our common humanity and Christ’s love for all. As Christians we have been charged with living a life without fear. My prayer is that as believers, in a world full of fear, we can be the fearless relationship-builders we’ve been called to be. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Zach Wolgemuth is Executive for UCC Disaster Ministries of the United Church of Christ.

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Stephon Clark’s Family: A “Shameful Legacy” of Cops Killing Black Men and Getting Off Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

Salena Manni gives a tearful statement in response to the DA’s announcement of not charging police officers in the shooting of the father of her children Stephon Clark. SACRAMENTO - Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert took a little over an hour to announce that her office will not file charges against police officers who shot and killed Stephon Alonzo Clark. Two cops, Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet, shot and killed Clark, 22, in the backyard of his grandmother’s home in Sacramento on March 18, 2018. Seven out of about 20 bullets the policemen fired hit the former Sacramento High athlete from the back, according to an independent autopsy report conducted by the family. The official police report says Clark was facing and approaching officers when they killed him. He was a vandalism suspect. Schubert spoke during a press conference on March 2. Her presentation on the killing, resembled a courtroom trial without the judge and jury, Clark’s family members say. It included a number of details unrelated to the shooting almost a year ago. Community members were outraged by the DA’s report on the victim’s alleged emotional state when the shooting occurred. They felt his past run-ins with the law and her attempt to paint the picture of a troubled and volatile young man should not have been the focus of her statement. “Many things were weighing heavily” on Clark’s mind, Schubert said. "We must recognize that [police officers] are often forced to make split-second decisions and we must recognize that they are under tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving circum-

stances.” Nearly five hours after the DA’s report, Clark’s fiancée and the mother of his two children, Salena Manni, 24, spoke to the press and supporters in his defense. Her father Raj Manni and mother Rothigian Mohammed accompanied her. “The D.A. announced that the officers who shot my unarmed fiancé won’t face any charges, continuing the shameful legacy of officers killing Black men without consequences, and breaking my family’s hearts again, ” said Manni, reading a written statement at the news conference held at Harmony Church in Sacramento. Manni laid out her case to the public, saying her family’s world has been” turned upside down.” “My boys Aiden and Cairo have to grow up without their father and I have to continue on as a single parent.” Now living in Los Angeles, Manni and her children arrived in Sacramento to the painful reality that the cops who killed Clark would not face charges. Meanwhile, the DA’s office had all but officially declared her deceased fiancé guilty with a stream of what she sees as irrelevant details. Betty Williams, President of the Sacramento Branch of the NAACP, said Manni had previously expressed her thoughts to her after the long-awaited decision. “She’s been going through this horrific grieving process that continues to go with everything that the D.A. put out there today,” Williams said.

Luke Perry, of '90210,' 'Riverdale' fame, dead at 52 ByAnnie Martin and Danielle Haynes

Luke Perry died Monday after having a "massive" stroke last week. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo March 4 (UPI) -- Beverly Hills, 90210 alum and Riverdale star Luke Perry is dead at age 52. Entertainment Tonight confirmed the actor died Monday after having a "massive" stroke last week. Perry's representative, Arnold Robinson, told USA Today Perry's fiancée, Wendy Madison Bauer, children, 21-year-old son Jack and 18-year-old daughter Sophie, and other family members were by the star's side when he died. "He was surrounded by his children Jack and Sophie, fianceé Wendy Madison Bauer, ex-wife Minnie Sharp, mother Ann Bennett, step-father Steve Bennett, brother Tom Perry, sister Amy Coder, and other close family and friends," Robinson said in a statement. "The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke from around the world, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning," he added. "No further details will be released at this time." Perry was rushed to the hospital last week after having a stroke Wednesday at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Perry's Riverdale co-stars Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse and former Beverly Hills, 90210 cast mates Shannen Doherty and Ian Ziering were among those to send well-

wishes to the actor online. Doherty, who played Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210, said in an interview Sunday with Entertainment Tonight she'd been in contact with Perry. "I can't talk about it 'cause I will literally start crying, but I love him and he knows I love him," she said. Perry portrayed Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Fred Andrews on Riverdale. Perry, a native of Fredericktown, Ohio, moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school and studying acting. He continued his training in New York, performing in various stage productions and television commercials. Perry's first break in television was the role of Ned Bates in the ABC soap opera Loving. He also played the recurring role of Kenny on Another World, an NBC soap opera. He secured his role as a teen heartthrob, though, in 1990 when he won the 90210 role. He left the show in 1995 to avoid being typecast, but returned for the final two seasons of the show. In a 2008 interview with Sweden's Aftonbladet, Perry said he didn't mind being so closely associated with the iconic role. He was in Sweden at the time shooting the romantic comedy Midsummer Party. "I'm going to be linked with him until I die, but that's actually just fine. I created Dylan McKay. He's mine," he said. Later television roles included HBO dramas Oz and John from Cincinnati, Showtime action/ drama Jeremiah, in which he played the titular role, and NBC primetime series Windfall. Perry's first big movie roles came during his 90210 years: a supporting role opposite Kristy (continued in next 2 columns)

Grandfather Raj Manni holds the children of Stephon Clark during the press conference. Photos by Russell Stiger/CBM Clark’s name joins an all-too-familiar list of Black men and boys, killed unarmed by police officers across the country. And after their deaths, their struggles or shortcomings become public, the centerpiece of investigations designed more to incriminate the victims than bring the officers’ who shot them to justice. Rev. Shane Harris, president of the People’s Alliance for Justice traveled with Manni to Sacramento on the day of the announcement. He shared his perspective. “What we saw was a kind of way to try to criminalize victims who cannot defend themselves,” Harris said. Officers shot Clark while responding to 911 calls about a person breaking car windows in the Meadowview neighborhood where his grandmother lived. According to video of the incident, Clark was holding a cellphone when he was shot. Officers initially thought it was a gun. The DA went as far as mentioning Clark’s toxicology report – claiming blood samples tested positive for Xanax, codeine, hydrocodone, marijuana, cocaine metabolite and alcohol. The district attorney, who was re-elected to the position last summer, also alluded to Clark viewing websites about suicide. Schubert added Manni to her equation, too, mentioning that she had called authorities about a domestic issue she and Clark may have had on March 16, two days before he died. She even shared information from private text messages exchanged be-

tween the couple. Schubert described the young couple’s disputes, which she claims was the “central theme between the two.” “I’m not going to entertain that,” Clark’s mother Se’Quette Clark told California Black Media outside of Harmony Church. “What was going on with them was between them. It’s nobody’s business. It had nothing to do with what happened to my son. This is about the officers who killed my son. This is about them.” Concluding her presentation, Schubert said, “when we look at all of these facts and circumstances, we look at all of it. Everything.” Clark’s family disagrees with the D.A.’s decision. “There was clear evidence of police misconduct,” Clark’s older brother Stevante Clark said the day after the DA’s announcement. “No evidence presented yesterday could justify the way my brother was killed. There is no way I should be proving why my brother was innocent when the police officers should be proving theirs.” In January, the lawyers for the Clark family filed a $20 million wrongful-death lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. On Saturday, Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg also apologized for the DA’s decision. “How do I as your Mayor give voice to the pain that is so real and so raw in our community?” he said. “How do I as a relatively privileged white man let my suf(continued in next 2 columns)

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Luke Perry, of '90210,' 'Riverdale' fame, dead at 52...continued Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as rodeo legend Lane Frost in 8 Seconds. He also had roles in The Fifth Element, Attention Shoppers and Redemption Road. On the stage, Perry played Brad Majors in a Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show and Harry in When Harry Met Sally in London in 2004. During the latter production, theater-goers recounted how Perry jumped into the audience to help after a chandelier at the West End's Theatre Royal, Haymarket fell from the ceiling. "I saw Luke standing about three or four rows from the front," one witness said. "He was obviously quite concerned to get members of the audience out, as were the rest of the cast. He was very gallant. It was a great performance and it's a shame it had to end this way." At the time of his death, Perry was in the middle of shooting Season 3 of Riverdale, a CW series based on the Archie comics. He played Archie Andrews' father, Fred Andrews, who owns a construction company. He's also set to appear in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming mystery

flick Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Riverdale executive producers described Perry as a "beloved member" of the series and CW network. "Luke was everything you would hope he would be: an incredibly caring, consummate professional with a giant heart, and a true friend to all," they said. "A father figure and mentor to the show's young cast, Luke was incredibly generous, and he infused the set with love and kindness." Fox announced plans last week for a 90210 reboot featuring several original stars, although Perry wasn't attached to the project. He's shown reluctance in past years to revisit his role in the series. In 2015, he said he wasn't looking forward to Lifetime's 90210 tell-all movie. "I don't think about it," Perry said when a reporter asked him about his thoughts on the movie. When another reporter asked why the unauthorized film doesn't matter to him, Perry replied, "Third grade -- how much does that matter to you? Exactly. It's just not relevant to anything I'm doing. Next question?"

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Stephon Clark’s Family: A “Shameful Legacy” of Cops Killing Black Men and Getting Off...continued fering community members know they do not suffer alone — that their elected leaders are genuinely committed to change? How do I step into your shoes?” On Monday, Harris and a group of African-American ministers from around the state organized a rally in support of Manni, her sons and the Clark family. Earlier in the day, they delivered a letter to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra expressing their

disappointment with Schubert’s announcement. “We are here to fight for what is morally right,” Harris told a gathering of Clark’s supporters at the state Capitol. “We are tired of seeing the Department of Justice and the State of California, and the Legislature in California not take moral leadership. Prosecute the two officers who killed Stephon Clark.”

OIG Report Raises Concerns About Overcrowded Jails, Lack of Care By Elizabeth Marcellino The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors postponed discussion of a report by the Office of Inspector General that raises concerns about overcrowded jails, poor quality of medical and mental health care for inmates and the persistence of dangerous social cliques in the Sheriff’s Department. While none of those issues are new, the OIG report released this month highlights uncertainty about how effective Sheriff Alex Villanueva will be in tackling the problems. One question is how cooperative the new sheriff plans to be in sharing information with the watchdog agency. “Upon the new sheriff being elected, this office made a formal request to be notified of any action on ‘truth and reconciliation,’ the term the sheriff has used to describe his planned desire to rehire some deputies who have been fired for dishonesty or other misconduct, so that we could monitor the process. As of December 31, 2018, the Office of Inspector General has received no response,” according to the report. The sheriff has already reinstated one deputy — a man who helped Villanueva win his post — who was terminated because of allegations of domestic violence and stalking and then lost an appeal to the Civil Service Commission. Villanueva’s unilateral move drew harsh criticism last month from the Board of Supervisors, which asked county lawyers to figure out what recourse was available. The sheriff, uncowed, said at the time there were a half-dozen similar cases that he planned to pursue, assuring board members they would agree with him once they heard the details. As for secret cliques within the department, the OIG’s report took a more optimistic tack, saying Villanueva could be a catalyst for solving a decadeslong problem. “This failure has been going on for fifty years and is not the fault of any one sheriff or of the employees of the department. However, because we have a new administration, we have an opportunity to resolve the problem permanently now,” the report states. “The department should consult with deputy unions and the (Civilian Oversight Commission) and implement a policy prohibiting membership in organizations which advocate violation of laws, policy and civil rights or which conceal their nature and membership.” Under former sheriff Jim McDonnell, the department took steps to shut down clubs in the custody division but stopped short of department-wide action, according to the OIG, which described a “centrally organized code of silence” among deputies. As evidence, it notes that despite multiple ongoing internal investigations, “this office believes that the number of deputies who have been asked to date about the

membership of these groups or their nature is zero.” The OIG report covers the period from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, so many of its findings about use-of-force data and in-custody deaths predate Villanueva’s term, which began Dec. 3. It offers a stark assessment of jail overcrowding. “Our jails contain too many prisoners to be properly run by the number of staff, custody and medical, assigned to them,” the report states. That results in an increasing use of force — though the OIG also says department data on use-of-force incidents is unreliable – inadequate inmate welfare, and breakdowns in medical and mental health care. Examples cited include chaining mentally ill individuals to benches in the Inmate Reception Center for prolonged periods of time and women inmates being forced to wear paper underwear for two months because of a mix-up in ordering supplies. There were six inmate deaths during the three months under review. Three involved inmates of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, most of whom had some medical or mental health issues, and one of those three was described as a suicide. None were related to a use-of-force incident, according to the OIG, which said it was concerned about the quality of care and poor coordination between jail guards and health care personnel. There was some good news. Deputies involved in multiple shootings have been under increased scrutiny and some have been removed from the field. In 2016, 34 percent of deputies involved in shootings had been involved in one or more previous shootings. In 2017, that ratio dropped to 19 percent and in 2018 to 3 percent. There were four deputy-involved shootings during the three months in question, three of which involved armed suspects and none of which appeared to result in a fatality. The report also provided use-offorce data, but with so many caveats that it is hard to draw conclusions beyond the report’s statement that incidents are on the rise. However, the OIG and court monitors have previously said that the kind of bone-breaking violence seen during Sheriff Lee Baca’s tenure and leading to lawsuits and federal oversight is now a very rare occurrence. Villanueva has reported dramatic increases in the use of force as well as inmate attacks on deputies to challenge the success of reforms instituted by McDonnell. The OIG and others have challenged the accuracy of that data and raised concerns that the numbers will be used to justify rolling back changes. This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel.

$10 million in State Funding to address Homelessness in Riverside County Riverside County News

For the first time, just over $10 million dollars in state funding has been awarded to agencies and cities that help the homeless individuals and families in Riverside County. In issuing the funding, the state required the county to use the existing Continuum of Care structure created by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to manage federal grants for homeless programs. March 4, the Riverside County Continuum of Care Board of Governance issued final awards for 18 different projects county-wide, including homeless housing projects, rental assistance, shelter repairs and youth outreach. “This new investment from the state is very exciting,” said Natalie Komuro, Riverside County’s Deputy County Executive Officer – Homelessness Solutions. “It gives us the opportunity to accelerate the response to homelessness, particularly in areas that have historically had no homeless programs.

The funds come from the state’s Homeless Emergency and Aid Program (HEAP) ($9,302,215) and California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) ($727,119). There were 42 proposals received and 36 proposals met baseline criteria for funding. Here are a few examples of how the money will be put to use: $588,497 will help Martha’s Village and Kitchen in Indio provide recuperative care and employment services $370,900 will help Coachella Valley Rescue Mission in Indio expand its shelter by 50 beds ·$489,590 will allow Operation Safe House in Riverside to expand youth outreach and repair the roof on its emergency youth shelter. $1,796,411 will allow the Social Work Action Group to acquire, rehab 18 housing units in Perris. You’ll find details on the funding allocations here. The funds will be distributed starting in the spring.