San Bernardino American Newspaper May 3-9

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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 “If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one.” Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

Lynching Memorial and Museum Opening Highlights America's Racist Past, Parallels Today's Killings of African Americans "We're dealing with police violence. We deal with these huge disparities in our criminal justice system. You know, if everything was wonderful you could ask the question, 'Why would you talk about the difficult past?' But everything is not wonderful." Jayme S. Ganey April 27, 2018

Hundreds of people lined up in the rain to experience a long overdue piece of American history and honor the lives lost to lynching at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum in Montgomery Alabama on Thursday. The Equal Justice Initiative, sponsor of this project, has documented more than 4,000 "racial

terror" lynchings in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The first memorial honoring the victims includes sculptures and art depicting the terror Blacks faced; 800 six-foot steel, engraved monuments to symbolize the victims; writings and words of Toni Morrison and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and a final artwork by Hank Willis Thomas capturing the

modern-day racial bias and violence embedded in the criminal justice system and law enforcement. Among memorial visitors were civil right activist Rev. Jesse Jackson and film director Ava Duvernay. According to the Chi-

cago Tribune, Jackson said it would help dispel the American silence on lynchings, highlighting that whites wouldn't talk about it because of shame and Blacks wouldn't talk about it because of fear. The "60 Minutes Overtime" on the memorial just

three weeks earlier was reported by Oprah Winfrey, who stated during her viewing of the slavery sculpture, "This is searingly powerful." Duvernay, quoted by the Chicago Tribune, said: "This place has scratched a scab." The Montgomery Downtown business association's President, Clay McInnis, who is white, offered his thoughts to NPR in reference to his own family connection to the history that included a grandfather who supported segregation and a friend who dismantled it. "How do you reconcile that on the third generation?" he asked. "You have conversations about it." A place to start: The Montgomery Advertiser, the local newspaper, apologized for its racist history of coverage between the 1870s and 1950s by publishing the names of over 300 lynching victims on Thursday, the same day as the memorial opening. "Our Shame: the sins of our past laid bare for all to see. We were wrong," the paper wrote. The innumerable killings of unarmed Black men and the robbing of Black families of fathers, moth-

ers, and children today not only strongly resemble the history of lynchings, but also bring up the discomfort and visceral reactions that many have not reckoned with. Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the man who spearheaded this project, told NPR: "There's a lot of conflict. There's a lot of tension. We're dealing with police violence. We deal with these huge disparities in our criminal justice system. You know, if everything was wonderful you could ask the question, 'Why would you talk about the difficult past?' But everything is not wonderful." WFSA, a local news station, interviewed a white man who had gone to see the Legacy Museum downtown, also part of the EJI project, located at the place of a former slave warehouse. He talked about how he was overwhelmed by the experience and that "Slavery is alive in a new way today." Reactions on social media were reflective of the memorial's power and the work that is continuing toward progress.During a launch event, the Peace and Justice Summit, Marian Wright Edelman, activist and founder of the Children's Defense Fund, urged the audience to continue their activism beyond the day's events on issues like ending child poverty and gun violence, according to the Chicago Tribune: "Don't come here and celebrate the museum ... when we're letting things happen on an even greater scale." Perhaps the reason to honor and witness the horrific experiences of our ancestors is to seal in our minds the unacceptable killings of Blacks today, and the work we ALL have to do now to stop repeating the past.

173rd Airborne Brigade prepares to check in its first female infantrymen By: Meghann Myers

Cadet Taylor England fires her M4 carbine at a target during the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at West Point, New York, April 14, 2018. England was the topranked infantry-bound cadet in the class of 2018. (U.S. Army photo) When the Army opened a second round of divisions to women in newly integrated direct combat specialties this year, an overseas option in Vicenza, Italy, opened as well, the Army’s personnel boss told Army Times on Thursday. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is also now available for women making their way into infantry, armor and artillery, Lt. Gen. Thomas Seamands said.

“We have about 700 females who’ve gone into infantry armor and artillery,” he said, starting with 1st Cavalry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division in 2017, expanding to the 101st Airborne Division, 4th Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division this year.At least one female officer is committed to the 173rd, according to an April 19 Army release. Cadet Taylor England, a regimental sergeant major at the U.S. Mili-

Cadet Taylor England plans to serve with the 173rd Airborne Brigade when she completes post-graduation training. (Army) tary Academy, has committed to the unit following her May graduation. “Our intent with Leaders First is, she’ll get there, she’ll be on the ground, and probably be on the ground there for a couple months,” Seamands said of the integration pilot program, which assigns officers to newly opened units first, then follows them with female noncommissioned officers and then junior enlisted. England is the top-ranked of 230 cadets heading to the infantry

branch in the class of 2018, according to the release. “In her most recent PT test, she maxed out at 360 points on a 300point scale,” the release said. “Her 2-mile run was clocked in at 13:09, just nine seconds shy from the men’s fastest standard.” After graduation, she will head to Fort Benning, Georgia, for a series of schools, including the Infantry Officer Basic Leader Course and airborne school. She will likely report to Vicenza next spring, Seamands said, with female NCOs and junior soldiers to follow. The Leaders First program is in the second of its three-year pilot, with plans to further open posts up to women next year, Seamands said. Currently, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions are still closed to women in infantry, armor and artillery. “Sooner rather than later, “ Seamands said of when he expects that the Army will be fully integrated.

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The Bane Act and beyond California’s civil rights statutes, especially The Tom Bane Act, are an untapped resource that extends far beyond the usual police misconduct cases Matthew S. McNicholas /Holly Boyer California’s civil rights statutes represent an untapped resource for plaintiffs whose rights have been interfered with as a result of the intentional tortious conduct of public and private actors in a variety of contexts and circumstances. In addition to broad statutory language that can encompass a multitude of tortious conduct, including conduct of employers and others who have “aided” another in the deprivation of one’s statutory and common-law rights, these statutes contain significant remedies such as punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Exploring just three of California’s civil rights statutes provides a glimpse of what is possible and will hopefully spark an interest in pursuing these virtuous claims. California Civil Code § 52.1 (The Bane Act) Civil Code Section 52.1, the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, authorizes suit against anyone who by threats, intimidation, or coercion interferes with the exercise or enjoyment of rights secured by the state or federal Constitutions or laws without regard to whether the victim is a member of a protected class. (Civ. Code § 52.1.) To obtain relief under Section 52.1, a plaintiff does not need to allege that a defendant acted with discriminatory animus or intent; liability only requires interference or attempted interference with the plaintiff’s legal rights by the requisite threats, intimidation, or coercion. (Venegas v. County of Los Angeles (2004) 32 Cal.4th 820, 841-843 (“Venegas I”).) “The essence of a Bane Act claim is that the defendant, by the specified improper means (i.e., ‘threats, intimidation or coercion’), tried to or did prevent the plaintiff from doing something he or she had the right to do under the law or to force the plaintiff to do something that he or she was not required to do under the law.” (Austin B. v. Escondido Union Sch. Dist. (2007) 149 Cal.App.4th 860, 883.) While Bane Act violations most often accompany section 1983 and Monell claims in federal court, the reach of the Bane Act extends far beyond police misconduct cases. Indeed, while one might assume that a constitutional right must be at issue, the statute does not require interference with only those rights secured by the constitution. Rather, as described in Section 52.1, a plaintiff’s legal rights include “rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or of the rights secured by the Constitution or laws of this state.” (Civ. Code, § 52.1, subd. (a) (emphasis added).) Although in Venegas I, the California Supreme Court repeatedly referred to “laws of this state” as “statutory rights” (see Venegas I, supra, 32 Cal.4th at pp. 841-43), in construing the exact same term in the context of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), the Supreme Court found that the phrase “laws of this state” includes both

statutes and common law (Rojo v. Kliger (1990) 52 Cal.3d 65, 75-76). Thus, the reach appears to extend beyond the interference of constitutional and statutory rights and includes rights secured by common law. Furthermore, and as explicitly stated in Section 52.1, liability does not require actual interference with a plaintiff’s legal rights. Rather, even an attempted interference is enough to give rise to a Bane Act claim. (Civ. Code, § 52.1, subds. (a), (b); Ramirez v. County of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal. 2005) 397 F. Supp. 2d 1208.) The Act provides for liability for interference or attempted interference with an individual’s rights “by threats, intimidation, or coercion.” While the terms “threat,” “intimidation” or “coercion” are not defined in Section 52.1, courts have applied their ordinary and common meaning. (See, e.g., Zamora v. Sacramento Rendering Co. (E.D. Cal. 2007) No. Civ. S-05-00789 DFL KJM, 2007 WL 137239, *8, n. 6 [defining intimidation according to its ordinary meaning as “to make timid or fearful”]; McCue v. S. Fork Union Elem. Sch. (E.D. Cal. 2011) 766 F. Supp. 2d 1003, 1011 [explaining “[f]or the purposes of the Bane Act, the term ‘threat’ means ‘an “expression of an intent to inflict evil, injury, or damage to another.”]; see also Kahn and Links, Cal. Civ. Practice: Civil Rights Litigation (2016) § 3:19.) But with the lack of attention litigants have devoted to the Bane Act, there is little to no authority discussing the meaning of these terms. A federal district court case, Cole v. Doe 1 thru 2 Officers of City of Emeryville Police Dept., 387 F. Supp. 2d 1084, 1102-04 (N.D. Cal. 2005), addressed the meaning and found that even in the absence of any excessive force, “[u]se of law enforcement authority to effectuate a stop, detention (including use of handcuffs), and search can constitute” a threat, intimidation or coercion. (Cole, 387 F.Supp.2d at p. 1103.) In reaching this conclusion, Cole relied on the “persuasive reasoning” of the unpublished California court of appeal decision in Whitworth v. City of Sonoma, 2004 WL 2106606 (Cal.App.1st Dist. 2004), which held that the conduct of a police officer physically barring a person from entering a meeting is a form of “coercion” under the Bane Act, even if there was no actual use of force. (See also O’Toole v. Superior Court (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 488, 502 [assuming without deciding that police officers’ conduct in demanding that protesters leave a college campus and then arresting one of them after he refused to discontinue his activities constituted “coercion” for purposes of Civ. Code, § 52.1].) By its terms, Section 52.1 does not require a showing of violence or threat of violence. (Cole, at p. 1103; but see Judicial Council of California Advisory Committee on Civil (continued on page 3)

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HBCU Students to Apply for NNPA DTU Journalism Fellowship on Facebook

Verizon Foundation awards $300K grant renewal to CSUSB to bring STEM education to minority middle school boys...continued

Multi-state mentorship program asks students, ‘Why You?’

attract employers to bring business and industry here.” The program also complements the shared efforts of K-12 educators, colleges and universities, and the business community in the inland region to help students be prepared for college by the time they graduate high school. Minority males are severely underrepresented in STEM fields and are less likely than Caucasian peers to graduate from high school on time and pursue college, according to a report “Black Lives Matter: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males.” The Verizon Innovative Learning program helps to address this issue by providing the access to technology and educational resources to put them on a path to a brighter future in a tech-dependent economy. National results from the 2016-2017 school year show that 91 percent of student participants demonstrated and increased ability in

By Charles Johnson

Several years ago, Dr. Renaldo Blocker was reflecting on the importance of mentors in his life. “We realized that we were fortunate to have a support system throughout our academic and professional career.” Blocker is a Mayo Clinic healthcare systems engineering assistant professor. “We were fortunate to have these people in our lives… Many of our peers did not.” Blocker wanted to help other students benefit from such support – and more. From this emerged “Why You?” The support system Blocker envisioned back in 2003 included mentoring, but, he explained, it was “way more than that.” In 2011, he and Dr. Antonio Daniels co-founded the “Why You?” Initiative, Inc. (YU?), a Minnesotabased nonprofit organization. The program was about more than providing resources: It’s about “connecting with other people who can help me move forward in my life.” Blocker added, “We still have those same mentors [and the] same support system today that continually challenges us to move forward and become even better and brighter.” Asked about the group’s title, Blocker recalled, “We were trying to come up with a good name. We said we should be asking a rhetorical question and we came up with ‘Why You?’ We are questioning the students on why me [to] help them understand that they are needed, [they] are unique, they are valued, and they have a sense of purpose for the greater community. They don’t realize that.” Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Blocker is a first-generation college graduate with degrees in computer science and industrial and systems engineering. “We provide a support system for students either younger than us [or] older than us,” he said. “As we become more educated, we provide a theoretical and conceptual framework in how we approach it.” He said that of the estimated 180 students participating in the program, nearly half are males. All are from low-income backgrounds. “We have students in 17 states. We don’t have branches. Ages range from 15-year-olds to the oldest person in the organization, who is 47 years old. “Eighty percent of our budget comes from me and the co-

founder; the other [20] percent comes from our friends,” Blocker said of the group’s funding. Last year, his organization received several grants, including one from the St. Paul Foundation “that helped with our programming,” he reported. Blocker said there are monthly webinars, which usually begin in May and run through September. He added there is also an on-line ConFab being planned for this September. “We have students across the board,” he continued. “A lot of our students are STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] majors — about 40 percent. We have students who are in the arts and humanities, pre-law [and] medical school. “We are more of a long-term engagement that includes not just high school and undergraduate students – we do the gamut. We try to tackle high school students and post-high school students, the ones that maybe graduate from high school but need someone in their life to show them and support them through a higher pace. “Former U.S. President Barack Obama’s ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ initiative does fall in line in what we do,” he said. Why You? held its first in-person ConFab last month in Minneapolis expecting about 180 people, but nearly 200 persons showed up, said Blocker. “I thought the numbers would be real low because it was our first time. We were surprisingly pleased with the turnout. “They [the conference participants] thought it was an excellent event and said they would like to come again. People came away feeling empowered. The purpose was for all those students that we serve [to have] an opportunity to come to Minnesota and actually meet some of their mentors face-to-face for the first time.” There is no formal requirement to participate in Why You? “We have an on-line application process that we open up in June and November,” Blocker concluded. “The only requirement is that we want students to want to be helped. If those students don’t want to be helped, we can’t reach out to help them.” For further information, email admin@whyyou.org or go to www.confab.whyyou.org.

Verizon Foundation awards $300K grant renewal to CSUSB to bring STEM education to minority middle school boys Educational News

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Verizon Innovative Learning, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, has awarded a twoyear grant renewal of $300,000 to Cal State San Bernardino to extend its partnership in a program that offers minority males from middle schools across the San Bernardino City Unified School District summer intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Since 2016, 297 San Bernardino middle school male students have participated in the program, and the additional funding will enable the university to continue the program through 2020. Launched in 2015, the Verizon Innovative Learning program works with 24 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions across the country to prepare minority male students in middle school for the tech careers of the future.

Students participating in the program are invited to university and college campuses for summer courses that provide entrepreneurship training, hands-on learning experiences in next-gen technologies such as robotics, augmented reality, and 3D printing, and access to college-aged mentors. Following the summer courses, students are invited back to the universities, monthly, for continued STEM education courses and mentoring. “We’re grateful to the Verizon Foundation for their foresight, dedication and generosity into helping to inspire young people in our community about the importance of STEM programs,” said Jay Fiene, dean of the CSUSB College of Education. “It also increases the prospect that these students will stay in the inland region as a well-educated and well-qualified workforce that will (continued in next 2 columns)

science and 90 percent had an increased ability in math. Verizon Innovative Learning, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, brings technology and hands-on learning opportunities to middle and high school students in underserved schools and communities. We not only fund the programs, but we also create and administer them in partnership with leading nonprofits. We diligently measure the impact of our work and refine our programs to ensure we’re making a difference. We’ve reached more than 1 million students so far – and we’re just getting started. For more information about Verizon’s philanthropic work, visit www.verizon.com/about/responsibility; or for regular updates, visit Facebook (www.facebook.com/ verizonfoundation) and Twitter ( h t t p s : / / t w i t t e r. c o m / VZFoundation).

NNPA ESSA Educator Spotlight: Dr. Tiffany G. Tyler and CIS Helps Students Succeed...continued as an allowable intervention for funding and noted as a strategy that districts and states can employ or use to turn around underperforming schools. ESSA recognizes that family and student support play a key role in improving academic outcomes for students. Dr. Tyler encourages educators to uphold principles like equity, social justice, and community that transcend any one administration. Principles such as these are at the core of legislation like ESSA. Furthermore, parent engagement is a crucial part in ensuring student success. Parents should see themselves as partners. Parents should show up and share their vision for their children; what they see as their child’s strengths and how they

would like to partner in assisting with their challenges. Parents should advocate for what they perceive are their needs. Dr. Tyler charges parents to get informed about the policies that directly impact their household and remain consistent in their engagement to ensure staff accountability. Learn more about the Every Student Succeeds Act at www.nnpa.org/essa. Lynette Monroe is the program assistant for the NNPA’s Every Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness Campaign and a master’s student at Howard University. Her research areas are public policy and national development. Follow Lynette on Twitter @_monroedoctrine.

San Bernardino Valley College to Host 7th Annual Inland Empire Student Film Festival Educational News

NOVA Wonders Episode to Feature UCR Expert on Dark Matter UC Riverside’s Flip Tanedo is featured in the NOVA Wonders episode “What’s the Universe Made of?” airing May 30 on PBS; will participate in Harvey Mudd College panel to discuss the episode on May 2 By Iqbal Pittalwala On APRIL 30, 2018

Flip Tanedo Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, Flip Tanedo watched PBS, especially documentaries like NOVA, all the time. Now an expert on dark matter and an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Riverside, Tanedo will be featured on the May 30 NOVA Wonders episode “What’s the Universe Made of?” to discuss his scholarship

on dark matter. The show will include interviews with him to offer viewers the fresh perspective of a relatively young researcher in the field. NOVA Wonders is a sixpart documentary series that began April 25. On Wednesday, May 2, Tanedo will take part in what is expected to be a lively panel at Harvey Mudd College, 301 Platt Boulevard, Claremont, California, to discuss the episode in detail and take questions from the audience. The two-hour event, which begins at 6 p.m. in the Shanahan Center for Teaching and Learning Auditorium, is aimed at making science more inclusive. It is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit: https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/ 53202

NNPA ESSA Educator Spotlight: Dr. Tiffany G. Tyler and CIS Helps Students Succeed By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA ESSA Public Awareness Campaign)

Dr. Tiffany G. Tyler, the president and CEO of Communities in Schools, strives to provide children with the resources and support they need to not only graduate, but to lead a successful life. (Communities in Schools)

Dr. Tiffany G. Tyler is the president and CEO of Communities in Schools (CIS) Nevada. CIS creates school-based strategies for improving the academic outcomes of students by addressing their basic needs. This work centers on helping school leaders understand the needs of their school populations apart from over-simplified ethnic and income categories. As a former high school dropout, Dr. Tyler used the motivation from the birth of her first son (she said she didn’t want her son to “have a dropout as a mom.”) to propel her to the highest levels of academia, as an education psychologist. While studying for her dissertation, she happened upon a report detailing circumstances that contribute to student dropouts, as well as preventative practices that retain enrollment. She uses her experiences as a former beneficiary of many of the services she now provides to inform her role as chief Advocate. “Having the benefit of people, over the course of my return to school, who not only encouraged me to continue my education, but helped in many ways, I now have

the opportunity to pay it forward every day,” Dr. Tyler said, speaking of her daily motivation to make a difference. Dr. Tyler said that her primary responsibility is to shepherd the vision and mission of the organization: to provide children with the resources and support they need to not only graduate, but to lead a successful life. Communities in Schools operates in South Nevada, encompassing 50 schools in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Marshall County, and Elko County. An impressive 66,720 K-12 students benefit from the integrated services provided by CIS, yet the need still outweighs access to resources. Dr. Tyler believes in the power of the work, but also in the power of action. In order to really move the needle on reducing dropout rates she believes we need everyone at the table; not only to discuss the challenges faced, but to also develop a course of action for moving forward. Dr. Tyler is consistently looking to partner with stakeholders and other likeminded organizations to bring more assets to schools. She serves as the co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Services Citizens Advisory Committee in Clark County and maintains board memberships on a number of organizations in the community. The Every Student Succeeds Act, memorializes integrated support services as a successful practice and allows federal use of resources to be leveraged to provide more resources to communities. For the first time in federal education policy, integrated support services are explicitly noted (continued in next 2 columns)

Students walk in front of the Business Conference Center, where the 7th Annual IEMA Student Film Festival will kick off on May 4.

SBVC staff, students and community members participate in a film screening on campus in October 2015. SAN BERNARDINO, California— San Bernardino Valley College will host the 7th Annual Inland Empire Media Academy (IEMA) Student Film Festival from May 4-6, 2018. This weekend-long event is an opportunity for high school, community college, and university students to present their films and videos to a wider audience. Members of the campus and community are invited to enjoy the film screenings, guest speakers, and food vendors at this free event. The event kicks off this Friday at 6pm with a special discussion featuring Lalo Alcaraz, an acclaimed cartoonist who contributed to the Disney-Pixar hit “Coco.” This lecture will be followed by a screening of the film “Coco,” which will also be free and open to the public. Saturday’s activities include a university transfer fair, a media vendor fair, and more industry guest speakers, including H. Lee Peterson, whose credits include being an assistant editor for “The Little Mermaid” and lead film editor for “Aladdin,” “Pocahontas,” and more. Throughout the weekend, screenings of student-created films will take place in the Library Viewing Room on the SBVC campus. These films were submitted by local high school, community college, and university students, and were selected from numerous submissions by a film festival committee. From horror and suspense to action and drama, these films vary in genre and provide a

rich pallet of unique concepts and perspectives. The goal of the film screening is to bring together a community of filmmakers who share the common goal of education and artistic expression. The event culminates on Sunday with the awarding of prizes to participating filmmakers, including awards for best direction, actor and actress, cinematography, writing, editing, and more. Awards will be decided by a jury of industry professionals, and will be given to enhance student films by supplying added financial backing to their projects. These prizes, which vary from camera equipment to a cash award, are intended to decrease the financial burdens for students who are creating films while going to school. The IEMA Student Film Festival will give talented students a sound board from which to be heard and motivate them to further delve into their creative craft. Entry is open to the public and free of charge. For more information on the event, participants, and films, visit www.valleycollege.edu/iema. WHAT: 7th Annual Inland Empire Media Academy (IEMA) Student Film Festival WHERE: San Bernardino Valley College, 701 S. Mount Vernon Ave., San Bernardino, CA., 92410. Free parking on campus. WHEN: May 4-6, 2018

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GAO Report on Federal Ad Spending in Black Newspapers Coming in July New GAO report on federal ad spending will offer insight into how much the federal government spends on advertising with minorityowned media. By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

During an interview with the NNPA Newswire, Charles Young, the managing director of public affairs for the GAO, said that the new report detailing federal government ad spending, will be released in July. NNPA President Benjamin Chavis speaks outside of the U.S. Capitol during a joint press conference between NNPA and NAHP in March 2016. The press conference was attended by Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (far left). (Freddie Allen/ AMG/NNPA) A long-awaited report that details what federal agencies spend on advertising in African American-owned newspapers is finally near completion, according to officials in the General Accounting Office (GAO). The report comes as the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade organization made up of more than 200 Black-owned media companies, that reach more than 20 million people each week, celebrates 191 years of the Black Press. It also comes ahead of critical midterm election season in which the NNPA announced a historic voter registration drive that has a goal of registering 5 million new, Black voters. “We now have July as the projected completion and issuance time frame for the report,” said Charles Young, the managing director of public affairs for the GAO, which acts as the authoritative audit unit for the federal government. Democratic D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has been at the forefront of a multi-year effort pushing for a new report. CBC members and others have since joined her call. “The Black Press allow us to reach people who need to hear the real story and the power of the African American print press is validation and people appreciate the real story,” said CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond (DLa.). “When you advertise in the Black Press, you get a sense of credibility.” The federal government serves as the largest advertiser in the country and a 2007 GAO report on advertising spending revealed that just five percent of the $4.3 billion available for advertising campaigns went to minorityowned businesses. Five agencies—the Department of Defense, Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration —were singled out in the 2007 report, the most recent audit available. “It’s important that news outlets and media companies owned or published by individuals of color, with a primary mission to serve communities of color, have the same opportunities as other

media outlets—especially as African Americans and Hispanic Americans continue to grow in number in the United States,” Norton said. “We believe that this request for a new report is particularly timely, because GAO will be conducting an audit of spending by federal agencies on public relations and advertising.” In a historic announcement during NNPA’s Black Press Week in Washington, D.C., NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., said the organization and several others, including Rainbow Push, National Action Network, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, the NAACP, the National Urban League, CBC, and the AME Church had partnered for an unprecedented voter registration drive. Chavis called the drive a coordinated effort to combat hate and dissention and to spread love and unity. “Come November, we’re going to have the largest Black voter turnout in American history. This is a payback year,” Chavis said. “The most important election of our lifetime will be the 2018 midterm elections.” It’s become apparent for those who tabulate votes and for those who analyze elections, that the Black vote can be the defining factor, said NNPA Chair Dorothy R. Leavell. “The Black vote can determine who wins and who loses and it’s important that people don’t take the Black vote for granted,” Leavell said. She said it was crucial that the GAO issue a new report so that it’s apparent which agencies are giving Black-owned newspapers a fair share in advertising spending. Young acknowledged that the report has taken quite some time—Norton and a host of U.S. Congress and Senate members formally called for the audit in March 2016. “Things can sometimes take longer than planned,” Young said. “But [July] is the expectation.” This article was originally published at BlackPressUSA.com.

California State Senate Votes to Progress Suicide Prevention Legislation State Government News

Sacramento, California – The California State Senate voted to pass SB 972 with bi-partisan support. The bill authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) would require public, charter, and private schools to print a suicide prevention hotline number and/or text crisis lines on student identification cards for grades seven through all college institutions. “I am so glad that my colleagues have supported this important legislation. As a father and a legislator, the safety of our youth has always been a priority for me. My hopes for this bill is to open a dialogue about suicide and help prevent these horrific tragedies. If we can save one life through this bill, our efforts will matter to that family more than anyone can measure,” com-

mented Senator Portantino. Senator Portantino has a distinguished record supporting the well-being of kids at all levels. He is a strong advocate for suicide prevention and mental health policy. This bill is close to Senator Portantino as his family has been closely affected by suicide. SB 972 is coauthored by Senator Atkins, D-San Diego, Senator Beall, D- San Jose, Senator Lara, D-Bell Gardens, Senator Leyva, D - Chino, Senator Newman, D-Fullerton, Senator Wiener, D- San Francisco, Assemblymember Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr., D–South Los Angeles, and Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, D- Pomona. Adolescent suicide and self-inflicted injury are a serious social and public health concern. Ac(continued in next 2 columns)

California State Senate Votes to Progress Suicide Prevention Legislation...continued cording to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 15-24. SB 972 is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics California, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, California Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, California Catholic Conference, California Junior Leagues’ State Public Affairs Committee, Pal Alto Mid-Peninsula Junior League, California

School Boards Association, California School Nurses Organization, California State PTA, County Behavioral Health Directors Association, Disability Rights California (DRC), Hathaway –Sycamores, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, High School Parent Engagement Group, Mental Health America of California (MHAC), Pacific Clinics, and Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Administrators of California.

San Bernardino Superior Court Celebrates Juror Appreciation Week May 14-18, 2018 SB County News

SAN BERNARDINO, CA— The Superior Court of San Bernardino County will celebrate Juror Appreciation Week, May 1418, 2018, to recognize the service and participation of jurors from our community. Recognition for jurors during the second week in May was established by a special resolution passed by the California Legislature in 1998 to acknowledge the important contributions of citizens who devote their time and effort in making the cherished right of trial by jury a reality. Juror Appreciation week is now an annual event in courts throughout the state. Juror participation guarantees that everyone has the right to a trial where they can be heard and judged by their peers. The Superior Court of San Bernardino County appreciates the sacrifices and essential contribution of jurors to our justice system. In celebration of Juror Appreciation week, bookmarks, gavel-shaped pencils, and light refreshments

will be available to all jurors at the San Bernardino Justice Center, Rancho Cucamonga, Victorville, and Joshua Tree Jury Assembly rooms. The Superior Court of San Bernardino County recently improved technology in Jury Services. The technological improvements include the implementation of kiosks to streamline the checkin process, website improvements and a revision of the jury summons. Prospective jurors can now defer jury services up to 90 days, complete the juror questionnaire, receive status updates via phone, text and/or e-mail, check juror status, and obtain juror verification online. Nationwide, approximately 8 million people are summoned for jury service, over 3 million prospective jurors are eligible and available to serve; and approximately 80 percent of prospective jurors complete service in one day. For any additional questions, please contact the Court Executive Office at 909-708-8747.

The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened Released 50 years ago, the infamous report found that poverty and institutional racism were driving inner-city violence GovernmentNews

President Lyndon Johnson constituted the Kerner Commission to identify the genesis of the violent 1967 riots that killed 43 in Detroit and 26 in Newark (above, soldiers in a Newark storefront), while causing fewer casualties in 23 other cities. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture) By Alice George smithsonian.com April 30, 2018 Pent-up frustrations boiled over in many poor African-American neighborhoods during the mid- to late-1960s, setting off riots that rampaged out of control from block to block. Burning, battering and ransacking property, raging crowds created chaos in which some neighborhood residents and law enforcement operatives endured shockingly random injuries or deaths. Many Americans blamed the riots on outside agitators or young black men, who represented the largest and most visible group of rioters. But, in March 1968, the Kerner Commission turned those assumptions upside-down, declaring white racism—not black anger— turned the key that unlocked urban American turmoil. Bad policing practices, a flawed justice system, unscrupulous consumer credit practices, poor or inadequate housing, high unemployment, voter suppression, and other culturally embedded forms of racial discrimination all converged to propel violent upheaval on the streets of AfricanAmerican neighborhoods in American cities, north and south, east and west. And as black unrest arose, inadequately trained police officers and National Guard troops entered affected neighborhoods, often worsening the violence. “White society,” the presidentially appointed panel reported, “is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.” The nation, the Kerner Commission warned, was so divided that the United States was poised to fracture into two radically unequal

societies—one black, one white. The riots represented a different kind of political activism, says William S. Pretzer, the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s senior curator. “Commonly sparked by repressive and violent police actions, urban uprisings were political acts of self-defense and racial liberation on a mass, public scale. Legislative successes at the federal level with the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts were not reflected in the daily lives of African-Americans facing police misconduct, economic inequality, segregated housing, and inferior educations.” Black racial violence was not unique in 1960s American culture, Pretzer says: White Southerners set a precedent by viciously attacking Freedom Riders and other civil rights protesters. The Kerner commission confirmed that nervous police and National Guardsmen sometimes fired their weapons recklessly after hearing gunshots. Above, police patrol the streets during the 1967 Newark Riots. (© Bud Lee, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture) President Lyndon Johnson constituted the Kerner Commission to identify the genesis of the violent 1967 riots that killed 43 in Detroit and 26 in Newark, while causing fewer casualties in 23 other cities. The most recent investigation of rioting had been the McCone Commission, which explored the roots of the 1965 Watts riot and accused “riffraff” of spurring unrest. Relying on the work of social scientists and indepth studies of the nation’s impoverished black urban areas, or ghettoes as they were often called, the Kerner Commission reached a quite different interpretation about the riots’ cause. In moments of strife, the commission determined, fear drove violence through riot-torn neighborhoods. During the Detroit mayhem, “the city at this time was saturated with fear. The National Guardsmen were afraid, the citizens were afraid, and the police (continued in next 2 columns)

The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened...continued were afraid,” the report stated. The commission confirmed that nervous police and National Guardsmen sometimes fired their weapons recklessly after hearing gunshots. Intermittently, they targeted elusive or non-existent snipers, and as National Guardsmen sought the source of gunfire in one incident, they shot five innocent occupants of a station wagon, killing one of them. Contrary to some fear-driven beliefs in the white community, the overwhelming number of people killed in Detroit and Newark were African-American, and only about 10 percent of the dead were government employees. Finding the truth behind America’s race riots was a quest undertaken not just by the Kerner Commission: in late 1967 Newsweek produced a large special section reporting on the disturbances and offering possible solutions to racial inequality. A copy of that issue resides in the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The magazine’s graphically powerful cover depicts two raised AfricanAmerican hands. One forms the fist of black power; the other has slightly curled fingers. Perhaps, Pretzer says, that hand is reaching for the American dream—or on its way to closing another fist. “It was deliberately ambiguous,” he states. In addition, the cover bears this headline: “The Negro in America: What Must Be Done.” This seems to characterize African-Americans as nothing more

than “a subject to be analyzed and decisions made about and for,” Pretzer believes. In late 1967, Newsweek produced a large special section reporting on the disturbances and offering possible solutions to racial inequality. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Newsweek, Inc. 1967) The magazine interviewed a city planner who believed the answer lay in regimented integration. Under his plan, only a certain number of blacks would be re-located in each suburb so that whites would never feel threatened by their black neighbors. This would a create an integrated society, but would integration be right if it was achieved by once again limiting black options? As Pretzer suggests, the magazine’s exploration of radical change somehow still managed to treat African-Americans more like chess pieces than human beings, who might want to choose where they lived. The magazine’s editor, Osborn Elliott, believed the package represented a move away from the objective reporting revered in this era and a rush toward a new type of advocacy journalism. Rather than merely reciting the numbers of people dead, buildings damaged, and store windows shattered, Newsweek sought to shape a future without these statistics. “The problem is urgent—as the exploding cities and the incendi(continued on page 7)

The Bane Act and beyond...continued from page 1 Jury Instructions (“CACI”) 3066 [incorporating an element of violence within the prescription for threats, coercion or intimidation for a Bane Act violation].) The only express exception, and it is, arguably, the exception that proves the rule, is that liability may not be based on “speech alone” unless “the speech itself threatens violence against a specific person or group of persons; and the person or group of persons against whom the threat is directed reasonably fears that, because of the speech, violence will be committed against them or their property and that the person threatening violence had the apparent ability to carry out the threat.” (Civ. Code, § 52.1, subd. (j).) Thus, the only place where section 52.1 specifically requires the threat of violence is where the threats, intimidation or coercion are being accomplished by speech alone. The test for whether a defendant violates Section 52.1 for interference with a legal right by threats, intimidation or coercion is whether a reasonable person, standing in the shoes of the plaintiff, would have been intimidated, threatened or coerced by the actions of the defendants. (Richardson v. City of Antioch (2010) 722 F.Supp.2d 1133, 1147; Winarto v. Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (9th Cir. 2001) 274 F.3d 1276, 1289-90.) A defense gains traction One issue that is gaining some traction among those defending Bane Act violation claims is the notion that the showing of “threats, intimidation or coercion” must be separate and independent from the wrongful conduct constituting the rights violation. Defendants often argue that in order to maintain a claim under the Bane Act, the threatening, intimidating or coercive conduct at issue must be separate from the interference with constitutional or statutory rights. But such an interpretation conflicts with plain language of the statute and is premised upon a flawed understanding of Shoyoye v. County of Los Angeles (2012) 203 Cal.App.4th 947. Shoyoye, a wrongful-detention case where the plaintiff had been over-detained by approximately 16 days as a result of unintentional clerical error, merely held that a Bane Act claim cannot be premised upon a constitutional violation – occurring as a result of “mere negligence rather than a volitional act intended to interfere with the exercise or enjoyment of the constitutional right” – where the element of coercion is implicit in the constitutional violation. (Id. at pp. 957-959.) As noted by the Court, Section 52.1 was not intended to redress harms “brought about by human error rather than intentional conduct.” (Id. at p. 959.) Neither Shoyoye, nor the statutory language of Section 52.1, requires that the conduct amounting to a threat, intimidation or coercion cannot also be the conduct alleged to be a violation of civil rights. With respect to who a Bane Act

claim may be brought against, Section 52.1 allows claims to be brought against “a person or persons, whether or not acting under color of state law ….” (Civ. Code § 51, subd. (a).) The scope of this is as broad as it seems. The word “person” includes the panoply of non-biological legal persons, including corporations and public agencies. (See Civ. Code, § 14 [defining “person” to include a corporation]; see, e.g., Jones v. Kmart Corp. (1998) 17 Cal.4th 329 [reversing liability against a corporation under the Bane Act on unrelated substantive grounds, but never disputing the liability of a corporation under the Bane Act]; Gatto v. County of Sonoma (2002) 98 Cal.App.4th 744 [affirming Bane Act liability against a county].) Further, “[g]overnment entities have respondent superior liability for their employees’ Bane Act violations.” (Gant v. County of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal. 2011) 765 F. Supp. 2d 1238, 1249-50.) Relief includes attorney’s fees For violation of the Bane Act, Section 52.1, subdivision (b) states that any individual whose rights have been interfered with by threats, intimidation or coercion, “may institute and prosecute in his or her own name and on his or her own behalf a civil action for damages, including, but not limited to, damages under Section 52, injunctive relief, and other appropriate equitable relief to protect the peaceable exercise or enjoyment of the right or rights secured.” (Civ. Code § 52.1.) Section 52 permits such relief as actual damages, statutory damages (including civil penalties), exemplary damages, and attorney’s fees. (Civ. Code § 52.) In light of these significant remedies, and the broad scope of liability, it is surprising that more Bane Act violations are not pursued. In his concurrence opinion in Venegas v. County of Los Angeles, Justice Baxter highlighted the breadth of Bane Act liability as the statute is currently worded. (Venegas, 32 Cal.4th at pp. 844-45.) According to Justice Baxter, the Legislature “might have inadvertently transformed section 52.1 from its originally intended purpose as a weapon…to combat the rising incidence of hate crimes, to a generally applicable catchall provision that will encourage claimants to seek section 52.1’s sweeping remedies…in commonplace tort actions to which those special statutory remedies were never intended to apply.” (Ibid.) He further noted that “it should not prove difficult to frame many, if not most, asserted violations [of federal and state rights] …as incorporating a threatening, coercive, or intimidating verbal or written component.” (Id. at pp. 850-51.) Notably, in the more than 10 years that have passed since Venegas, the Legislature has taken no action to narrow the scope of the Bane Act’s language.

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Why Losing Weight Is So Difficult After You Turn 40 Health/Fitness News

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter

Actress Charlize Theron in her new movie, "Tully." Even well-toned actresses like Charlize Theron have discovered that losing weight is tougher as you get older. Here’s the science and what you can do about it. It’s going to be harder to lose weight as you get older. That’s just a fact of life. But what if you’re over the age of 40 and you really do need to drop some pounds? Perhaps you have a weight-related health problem. Maybe you were laid up recovering from a procedure for a number of weeks or months. Maybe your exercise routine was interrupted by an injury. Or perhaps you’re Charlize Theron, a 42-year-old Academy Award-winning actress who ate In-N-Out for breakfast and macaroni and cheese at 2 a.m. to put on 50 pounds for a role and suddenly found it a lot harder to lose that weight than it had been 15 years earlier. The reasons why it’s so hard can vary from person to person, particularly due to the role of genetics in weight gain. But reduced metabolism in older age is a major factor, as are changes in hormones, particularly in women going through menopause. And lifestyle-related factors play a role as well. Older men and women may be more stressed and less physically able to exercise the way they used to when they were younger. However, if you keep those underlying causes in mind, it’s not totally impossible. “It’s often not imagined that our weight has changed — or even the proportions of weight distribution — even if the scale number stays the same,” Susan Weiner, a registered dietitian and nutritionist and certified diabetes educator, told Healthline. “It’s a real thing. You’re not imagining it.” Some things to watch The first step to weight loss may be identifying whether there’s something that’s an easy fix. “Has something happened — a change in relationship or job? Has that affected the times that you’re eating, how and what you’re eating, and who you’re eating with? Those changes in eating nutritionally can affect your weight,” Weiner said. “If you used to eat with other people, you maybe had

Mid-Life Stresses May Be Tied to Late-Life Dementia Risk

more vegetables. Alone, you may be eating less healthy foods.” Changes in sleep patterns have also been associated with weight gain. While you might have stayed up late in your 20s and not seen any weight issues, less sleep after 40 — by then, more likely due to parenting or a demanding job than partying all night — is more of a problem. Moreover, said Weiner, “people tend to eat when they’re tired.” What you eat matters a lot. Experts recommended eating more protein, more plants, and less saturated fats. A big reason for that age-related weight gain may be that your joints can no longer handle those long bike rides, daily jogs, or weekly pick-up basketball games. That’s disappointing in itself, but there are other options. Swimming, in particular. Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle tissue that occurs as a natural part of the aging process, starts around age 40. Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD, a licensed, registered dietitian who is wellness manager at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, says 40 percent of muscle mass will disappear between 40 and 80. That process contributes to slower metabolism since muscle burns more calories than fat. She recommends resistance or strength training to maintain muscle as an alternative to jointjarring runs. A couple of these problems could be addressed with a single solution. “Get a workout buddy,” said Weiner, ideally one around your age. That will likely keep you more accountable as you try to stick with your new exercise routine — and it may keep you from developing depression and poor eating habits. And there’s the benefit of seeing you’re not the only one working through these problems in this new stage of life. This can lead to your expectations changing as well as leading to less worry about weight loss and more body acceptance, Weiner said. “If it’s not something that’s causing a health problem, it may be fine to gain a couple pounds,” she said. “That’s part of what happens in the life cycle.”

MONDAY, April 30, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety during middle age might signal impending dementia, a new analysis suggests. Although millions of Americans suffer from moderate to severe anxiety, it's not clear how it is linked to dementia or if treatment could nullify the risk, British researchers say. "We investigated anxiety levels that are significant enough to warrant being clinically diagnosed with anxiety, rather than just exhibiting some symptoms of anxiety," said senior researcher Natalie Marchant. She's an assistant professor at the University College London's division of psychiatry. To look for a possible connection between anxiety and dementia, Marchant's team pooled data from four previously published studies that included a total of nearly 30,000 people. The weakness of this type of study, called a meta-analysis, is that it can't account for the quality of the studies included, or the strength of common threads the researchers find. Although the reason for the potential association between anxiety and dementia isn't known, and this study did not prove that one causes the other, Marchant thinks a biological explanation is possible. "Anxiety is linked to an abnormal response to stress on a biological level," she said. "And there is increasing interest in the influence of stress and inflammation on brain cells in the development of dementia." An abnormal stress response

may speed brain cell aging and breakdowns in the central nervous system, thereby increasing vulnerability to dementia, the study authors suggested. Although it might be that anxiety leads people to engage in unhealthy behaviors, the studies the researchers examined accounted for lifestyle factors, such as smoking and alcohol use, so these factors are unlikely to explain the relationship, Merchant added. "Given the long time interval between the assessment of anxiety and the diagnosis of dementia -on average greater than 10 years -- the findings from our review indicate that moderate to severe anxiety may be a potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia," she explained. If anxiety is a risk factor for dementia, this has implications for being able to better identify people at risk and to intervene early to reduce the risk, Marchant said. But it's not clear if treatment could curb this risk or whether non-drug therapies -- such as mindfulness and meditation -which are known to reduce anxiety, might help. "Therapies already exist to reduce anxiety, for example talking therapies and mindfulness interventions, so the next step is to study whether these therapies could also reduce risk for dementia," Merchant said. A lot remains unknown about the relationship between anxiety and depression and dementia, said Keith Fargo, director of scientific programs and outreach at (continued in next 2 columns)

able to slow the progression, helping maintain quality of life. “MS is a smoldering fire. Flareups and relapses cause new fires, but the damage has been done,” explained Dr. Jaime Imitola, director of the Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Multidisciplinary Clinic at The Ohio State University, at the 2018 AAN annual meeting. “There is a need to educate patients,” Imitola said. “These guidelines provide a general update, but no two patients are the same.” Starting, switching, stopping Overall, the panel made 17 recommendations for starting DMTs, 10 on switching DMTs, and 3 on stopping DMTs. Using the Academy of Neurology development process, the guidelines include plans for future updates. These recommendations were derived from a variety of earlier completed clinical studies. “But what we need is to see them in action with a variety of patients,” explained Rae-Grant, “We need to compare the effects and use of these medicines actually in the clinic. Monitor the population and find important additional information.” “There is lots of research and [the MS scene] looks very promising,” he added. Editor’s note: Caroline Craven is a patient expert living with MS. Her award-winning blog is GirlwithMS.com, and she can be found on Twitter.

Mid-Life Stresses May Be Tied to Late-Life Dementia Risk...continued the Alzheimer's Association. "There is a well-known link between depression as a risk factor for dementia," Fargo said. While depression might be a cause of dementia, he noted, it's just as likely that it is an early sign of dementia. Fargo agreed that it's not known if treating anxiety or depression with drugs or non-drug therapies could slow or prevent dementia.

But treating depression or anxiety is still a good idea, he said. "Certainly, there is very little downside to having your anxiety and depression treated, and there may be potential upsides," he said. The report was published online April 30 in the journal BMJ Open. WebMD News from HealthDay

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter

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The panel looked at DMT recommendations for all types of MS: clinically isolated syndromes (CIS), relapsing MS (RMS), and progressive MS (PMS). Only one of these FDA-approved DMTs is for people with PMS. The rest are designed for RMS. Personalizing treatments A multidisciplinary panel created the new guidelines. Using findings from a systematic review and following an Institute of Medicine-compliant process, the panel developed modified recommendations for all

practical guidelines that address many specifics of the nuances of prescribing DMTs for persons with MS. I especially am enthusiastic about the recommendations that promote shared responsibility for both patients and healthcare providers in terms of education, adherence, and decision making.” Looking at the risks The panel also studied the risks of many DMTs. They took a close look at the JC virus and its resulting and often deadly brain disorder, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). People with MS may carry a certain biomarker that makes them vulnerable to this brain disorder, so it’s imperative to test for it. The panel looked specifically at consulting those who are vulnerable and defined who should take certain therapies and who should not. The guidelines “strongly recommend early treatment in people where we know they have relapsing disease and more risk of spinal cord injury, even those with a single episode.” said Rae-Grant. “Our new guideline pushes us to treat people earlier and to monitor them more carefully for change in their condition so that we can change medicines as they need them,” he said. Damage to the central nervous system caused by MS can’t be undone. But by starting treatment early in disease detection, RaeGrant said, some people may be

Speed of Heart Attack Treatment Can Vary by State

New Guidelines Released on Multiple Sclerosis Treatments Multiple Sclerosis Treatments At its annual meeting, the American Academy of Neurology unveiled recommendations for starting, switching, and stopping disease-modifying treatments. People living with multiple sclerosis (MS) currently can choose from 17 disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recommendations for starting, switching, and stopping these DMTs were announced at the 2018 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting this week in Los Angeles. This is the first update in 16 years. Much has changed during that time. “The previous guideline we had was in 2002, and at that time we only had a small array of medicine for people with MS,” explained Dr. Alex Rae-Grant, fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and lead author of the new guidelines. “We now have 17 FDA-approved medicines and it’s much more complicated, but much more exciting, in terms of what we can do for people with MS.”

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phases of DMTs. Sixteen years ago, there were only injectable forms of treatments. Today, DMTs are available in oral form, and some more aggressive treatments are delivered via transfusion. With this variety also comes a new level of side effects and risks. “We need to be smarter about managing side effects and risks and all these problems. It’s exciting but complicated,” Rae-Grant told Healthline. “The new guidelines are going to help personalize the decision-making.”

He further explained that it’s important to work with patients to understand their readiness for treatment as well as their concerns, their risks, and other medical conditions. Rae-Grant said this is part of the growing movement toward shared decision-making. “MS medications are taken long-term, are expensive, and potentially come with side effects. We need to all be in this together to figure it out,” he said. “Some patients will want more control over their treatment decisions,” Rae-Grant added. “Others want to be told what to do.” These guidelines are designed to help both patient and doctor make a more informed decision. Rae-Grant said the best result will be up to the patient’s personalized needs and “not a one size fits all” approach. Dr. Barbara Giesser, professor of clinical neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and clinical director of the UCLA MS program, told Healthline, “I think these are very thoughtful, comprehensive and

TUESDAY, May 1, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Heart attack patients get their blocked heart arteries opened faster if they live in states where they can be taken directly to hospitals that perform the specialized procedure, a new study shows. Not all hospitals can provide the treatment, called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). So some states permit emergency medical responders to take heart attack patients directly to a hospital that offers PCI, even if that means bypassing hospitals that are closer. In this study, researchers looked at more than 19,000 heart attack patients treated at 379 hospitals in 12 states between 2013 and 2014. Six of the states had hospital bypass policies. In states with bypass policies, nearly 58 percent of patients re-

ceived PCI within 90 minutes or less, and 82 percent underwent PCI within 120 minutes or less. In states without bypass policies, the rates were 45 percent and 77 percent, respectively, according to the study published May 1 in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. "Our findings provide a compelling case for state-level policies that allow emergency medical services to take patients directly to the PCI-capable centers," study author Dr. Jacqueline Green, a cardiologist at Piedmont Heart Institute in Fayetteville, Ga., said in a journal news release. "A policy that improves access to timely care for even an additional 10 percent of patients could have a significant impact on a population level," she added. WebMD News from HealthDay

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180004899 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 4/26/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 4/26/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): JF MOTOR ACCESS Business Address: 4795 HOLT BLVD. SUITE 106 MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 9991 FEON BLVD. UNIT A RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 Registrant(s)Address: JUAN E. FIGUEROA 9991 FERON BLVD. UNIT A RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 Signature/Officer Title: Juan E. Figueroa, 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 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 May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180000142 Date Filed: 01/04/2018 Filing Expires On: 01/04/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): KP LOGISTICS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1305 WEST PRINCETON STREET ONTARIO, CA 91762 Name of Individual Registrant: KENNETH T. PARKS 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: 1305 WEST PRINCETON STREET ONTARIO, CA 91762 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: Kenneth T. Parks 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 April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180004291 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 4/11/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 4/11/2023 Business is Conducted By: A Limited Liability Company Fictitious Business Name(s): ESSENCE DELUDED LLC Business Address: 13966 COLT CT. VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: ESSENCE DELUDED LLC 13966 COLT CT. VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 A1#: 201807310658 State: CA Signature/Officer Title: Kimber S. Jackson/Vice 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 April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180004027 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 4/06/2018 Began Transacting Business: 1/01/2018 Filing Expires On: 4/06/2023 Business is Conducted By: Joint Venture Fictitious Business Name(s): FOREVER 8 REAL ESTATE & NOTARY Business Address: 8221 GREEN RD. PINON

LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS HILLS, CA 92372 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 720212 PINON HILLS, CA 92372 Registrant(s)Address: CRISTY G. HOAGLAND 8221 GREEN RD. PINON HILLS, CA 92372 TORREY W. WOODRUFF 8221 GREEN RD. PINON HILLS, CA 92372 Signature/Officer Title: Cristy G. Hoagland, General Partner 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 April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180003235 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 3/21/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 3/21/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): LADYLIGHTSHIPPERS Business Address: 13335 FALENA CT. VICTORVILLE, CA 92392 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: JENNIFER M. BARRY 13335 FALENA CT. VICTORVILLE, CA 92392 Signature/Officer Title: Jennifer M. Barry 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 April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180004595 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 4/19/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 4/19/2023 Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple Fictitious Business Name(s): IMPACT COACHING Business Address: 1707 JUSTINE WAY UPLAND, CA 91784 Phone Number: 909-303-3299 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: GILBERT A. HOLMES 1707 JUSTINE WAY UPLAND, CA 91784 JOY A. CLARKE-HOLMES 1707 JUSTINE WAY UPLAND, CA 91784 Signature/Officer Title: Gilbert A. Holmes, 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 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 April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180000142 Date Filed: 01/04/2018 Filing Expires On: 01/04/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): KP LOGISTICS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1305 WEST PRINCETON STREET ONTARIO, CA 91762 Name of Individual Registrant: KENNETH T. PARKS 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: 1305 WEST PRINCETON STREET ONTARIO, CA 91762 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: Kenneth T. Parks 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 April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180004595 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 4/19/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 4/19/2023 Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple Fictitious Business Name(s): IMPACT COACHING Business Address: 1707 JUSTINE WAY UPLAND, CA 91784 Phone Number: 909-303-3299 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: GILBERT A. HOLMES 1707 JUSTINE WAY UPLAND, CA 91784 JOY A. CLARKE-HOLMES 1707 JUSTINE WAY

UPLAND, CA 91784 Signature/Officer Title: Gilbert A. Holmes, 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 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 April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1803023 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: EDWARD NICK MESA JR. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. EDWARD NICK MESA JR. to Proposed name: NICHOLAS OLIVER LIEN 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: 6/04/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 W. THIRD ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT-CIVIL DIVISION 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: Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper April 12, Correction 19, 26, May 3, 2018. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVVS 1800212 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ANGIE CHA KIM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a ANGIE CHA KIM to Proposed name: LYNN KIM 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: 6/06/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: V15 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 14455 Civic Drive Victorville, CA 92392 Desert Branch 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: April 18, 2018 Judge Lisa Rogan Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2018. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1809633 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CHERYL LYNN GOTTENBOS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a CHERYL LYNN GOTTENBOS to Proposed name:CHERYL LYNN ORCUTT b. ADALYNN ALEXANDRA PAINTON to ADALYNN ALEXANDRA ORCUTT c. DARYL BLAINE PAINTON to DARYL BLAINE ORCUTT 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: 06/05/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:S17 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West 3rd St. San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: April 20, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2018.

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SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): ROBBIE CLARK AKA RONEKA BLACK, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you 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 SelfHelp 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 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion 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 telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas 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 remision 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 poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion 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. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1701476 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese (Bar# 118226), Joseph M. Pleasant, (Bar #179571), Dana N. Meyers, (Bar #272640) James E. Delaney, (Bar #292600,) Jenny R. Louro #306535 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No.551903) Date: June 12, 2017 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Eden Staricka, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2018. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): MELODIE A. PHILLIPS YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you 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 SelfHelp 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 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion 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 telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso

por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas 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 remision 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 poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion 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. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1717938 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, James E. Delaney, 292600, Dana N. Meyers, 272640 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 552829) Date: September 14, 2017 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Nancy Liemsithisak, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2018.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): JOSE M. CORTES, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you 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 SelfHelp 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 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion 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 telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas 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 remision 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 poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion 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. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1717212 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, James E. Delaney, 292600, Dana N. Meyers, 272640 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 552830) Date: September 5, 2017(Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Mayela Martinez, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 2018. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): BLANCA ESTELA PENA PEREZ AND DOES 1 TO 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you 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 SelfHelp 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 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion 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 telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas 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 remision 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 poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion 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. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1721441 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers, 272640 James E. Delaney, 292600, Jenny R. Louro, 306535, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/8425850 (File No.282554) Date: November 01, 2017(Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Patrick Shushereba, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper April 19,Correction 26, May 3, 10, 2018.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: DERRICK JUSTIN MCCRAY; and DOES 1 through 25, Inclusive, (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: OSCAR ROLANDO HERRERA (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you 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 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion 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 telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas 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 remision 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.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibido mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbiraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1720076 (Numero del Caso):

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The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, ca 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): JOHN L. BENSON, ESQ. SBN 115440 BLOMBERG, BENSON & GARRETT, I NC. 10300 FOURTH ST. #150 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 (909)945-5000 Date: October 10, 2017 (Secretario)Clerk, by Ashlee Bayless, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018.

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Plaintiff(s) vs. DERRICK JUSTIN MCCRAY Defendant(s) No.: CIVDS 1720076 STATEMENT OF DAMAGES OF PLAINTIFF OSCAR ROLANDO HERRERA Pursuant Code of Civil Procedure §425.11, Plaintiff, OSCAR ROLANDO HERRERA hereby sets forth her Statement of Damages as follows: 1.Plaintiff’s medical expenses: $12,217.76 2.Plaintiff’s future medical expenses: According to proof up to $10,000.00 3. General Damages: $125,000.00 It is anticipated that further medical expenses will accrue pending the trial of this action, Plaintiff reserves the right to amend or supplement this Statement of Damages and/ or provide this information in Plaintiff’s pretrial statement. Dated: 09/22/17 LAW OFFICES OF BLOMBERG, BENSON & GARRETT, INC. John L. Benson Attorney for Plaintiff Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018.

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PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: WILLARD H. REMAI Case Number: PROPS 1800367 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: WILLARD H.

REMAI aka WILLARD HENRY REMAI aka WILLARD H. RAMIE aka WILLARD HENRY RAMIE aka WILLIE H. REMAI aka WILLIE H. RAMIE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: WILLIAM REMAI in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that WILLIAM REMAI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 06, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:: S37 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0212 SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner:Roger von Kaesborg Law Office of Roger von Kaesborg, 8460 Nuevo Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335 Telephone: (909)822-4445 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper April 26, May 3, 10, 2018.

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Howard University Graduate Chadwick Boseman to Speak at the School’s 150th Commencement Ceremony on May 12 By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

“Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman will deliver the keynote address during Howard University’s 150th commencement ceremony. In this photo, Boseman speaks during the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons) Howard alumni Chadwick Boseman, 40, will give the keynote address at Howard University’s 150th commencement ceremony on May 12. The star of the movie “Black Panther” will also be presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. “I’m excited to return to the Mecca in celebration of the achievements of our illustrious students,” Boseman said in a statement announcing the keynote address. “Let’s listen, learn and build with one another.” The movie “Black Panther” has become a worldwide phenomenon. It has now grossed more money than the hit movie “Titanic.” “Black Panther” has now grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide and is the highest-grossing film of 2018. The movie is also now the third-highest-grossing film ever in the United States and the10th-highest-grossing film of all time. Boseman graduated from Howard University and attended the British American Dramatic Academy at Oxford. Boseman can currently be seen starring as T’Challa/Black Panther in Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” He made his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the African superhero in Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: Civil War,” in May 2016. Boseman’s breakout performance came in 2013 when he received rave reviews for his portrayal of the legendary Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros’ “42” opposite Harrison Ford. He also portrayed James Brown in Universal Pictures’ “Get on Up.” “We are extremely pleased that Chadwick Boseman has accepted

our invitation to address the class of 2018,” said Howard University Board of Trustees Chair Stacey Mobley. “His words as one who has walked the same halls as our graduates will truly resonate and inspire them to reach for the stars.” Mobley continued: “It is an incredible honor and privilege for the Howard University community to welcome back home one of its native sons, Chadwick Boseman, to deliver the 2018 commencement address. He has played some of the most iconic African Americans that have transformed history, including Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Howard’s own Thurgood Marshall.” In a statement about Howard University’s 150th commencement ceremony, Howard President Wayne Frederick said that Boseman’s role in the blockbuster film “Black Panther” reminds us of the excellence found in the African diaspora. “Howard continues to be a gem that produces the next generation of artist-scholars, humanitarians, scientists, engineers and doctors,” said Frederick. “Mr. Boseman exemplifies the monumental heights and levels Howard graduates can achieve by using the skills and knowledge they acquired at the university.” This story was originally posted at BlackPressUSA.com. Lauren Victoria Burke is a congressional correspondent for the NNPA Newswire. Lauren also works independently as a political analyst and communications strategist. You can reach Lauren by email at LBurke007@gmail.com and on Twitter at @LVBurke.

Multi-Platinum Recording Artists Ne-Yo And Jermaine Dupri Join 2018 Ascap “I Create Music” Expo Lineup Full Schedule Unveiled For 13th Annual Expo (May 7-9 In Hollywood): Meghan Trainor, St. Vincent, Jason Mraz, JoJo, Desmond Child, Jkash & Many More Entertainment News

NEW YORK, April 30, 2018 -ASCAP has added multi-platinum songwriter and artist Ne-Yo and Grammy-winning artist-producer Jermaine Dupri to the 2018 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO lineup, joining an illustrious roster of Hall of Famers and charttopping music creators set to appear. The country’s largest conference for music creators, May 7-9 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, has also released its full schedule of programming at https:// 2018ascapexpo.sched.com/. The 13th annual event will feature three days of panels, workshops, master classes, keynotes and oneon-one sessions with the industry’s top hitmakers. Dupri will appear in an “Under The Hood” production discussion on Day One and Ne-Yo will participate in a master session on Day Two. Panel topics and times have also been set for Meghan Trainor, St. Vincent, Jason Mraz, JoJo, Marcus Miller, Desmond Child, Billie Eilish and many more. This year's discussions will range from “Emo’s Impact on Pop” to “The Publisher-Songwriter Relationship” to “Building a Career in Gospel Music.”

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS – MONDAY, MAY 7 The 2018 ASCAP EXPO kicks off with the Billboard-sponsored “We Create Music” panel, an event that has become a staple of EXPO’s opening day over the years. “We Create Music” brings together hitmakers from across genres for a conversation on the sacrifices, challenges and triumphs that bind all music creators together. This year’s panelists include multi-platinum recording artist Jason Mraz, ASCAP Latin Songwriter of the Year Claudia Brant, noted film composer Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, Batman v. Superman) and ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter of the Year and multitime #1 country songwriter/producer David Garcia. St. Vincent also stops by on Day One of ASCAP EXPO on the heels of her fifth studio album MASSEDUCTION. The latest release from the ASCAP Vanguard Award honoree earned her first Top 10 debut on the Billboard 200 and "Best of 2017" designations from the New York Times, LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, (continued in next 2 columns)

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By: Lou Yeboah TIME, Variety and many more. The Grammy winner appears in conversation with 19-year-old Mark Ronson-signee King Princess, whose debut single “1950” has topped 40 million streams on Spotify. Jermaine Dupri will walk EXPO attendees through his storied career in music, including 20 #1 hits on the Billboard charts as a producer and artist. Dupri will detail his iconic work with Usher (the Diamond-certified Confessions), Mariah Carey ("We Belong Together," Billboard's highest-charting single of the 2000s), Jay-Z, Destiny's Child and Ludacris. Additionally, a collection of Nashville power players will break down “Making it in Music City” with the help of multi-time #1 songwriter Adam Sanders. Sanders will map out his journey from performing in dive bars to collaborating with country’s biggest names: Cole Swindell, Luke Bryan and Dustin Lynch among them. Onstage with his early supporters at ASCAP and from the worlds of publishing, management and more, Sanders and team will unmask the seemingly daunting challenge of breaking into today’s Nashville. In an era in which recording artists are writing hit Broadway musicals, legendary hip-hop producers are scoring acclaimed TV shows and pop songwriters spend half their time in Nashville, “Writing Between the Lines” will reveal the benefits and drawbacks of a cross-genre career. With songwriter, producer and Broadway composer/lyricist Stephen Bray and singer-songwriters and TV composers Leland, Michelle Lewis and Kay Hanley. Monday evening features “I Create Music” Center Stage with some of music’s biggest songwriters performing their best-loved songs in an intimate, in-the-round setting. This year, Johnta Austin (“We Belong Together”) joins Claudia Brandt, Marc Cohn (“Walking in Memphis”), Edwin McCain (“I’ll Be”) and Jason Mraz (“I Won’t Give Up,” “I’m Yours”). Later, EXPO's ultimate new artist showcase EXPO Factor - is back for a second a second year, moving up in venue size and featuring a wider field of performers. A star-studded panel of judges including Brandt, Mraz, A&R executive Lee Dannay and “American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent” producer Lindsay Rush will select their favorites until one winner remains. The EXPO Factor champion will receive a grand prize valued at $5,000 from RSPE Audio Solu-

tions and a 1:1 session with YouTube on developing a YouTube channel. DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS – TUESDAY, MAY 8 ASCAP EXPO’s second day will continue with insights and inspiration from some of the most influential women in songwriting. “Renaissance Women in Music” will see chart-topping artist Betty Who, multi-genre standout songwriter Priscilla Renea (Rihanna, Miranda Lambert, Madonna), Forbes 30 Under 30 selection Lindsey Stirling and Kanye West collaborator Gizzle share stories of busting through boundaries to become some of the most successful music creators in the world today. DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 9

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A keynote conversation between pop icon Meghan Trainor and Spotify’s reigning Secret Genius Songwriter of the Year J Kash will highlight ASCAP EXPO’s final day. The Diamond-selling Trainor will detail her journey from first attending EXPO as an unsigned teenager in 2010 to writing seven multi-Platinum singles for herself (including #1 mega-hit “All About That Bass”) and what’s next for a 24-year-old seemingly at the height of her powers. J Kash will add insights from his rise to penning some of 2017's biggest hits, including Charlie Puth’s “We Don’t Talk Anymore,” Maroon 5’s “Don’t Wanna Know” and the Jason Derulo, Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign collaboration “Swalla.” Two-time Album of the Year Grammy-winner Dan Wilson (Adele, Dixie Chicks, Taylor Swift) will bring his popular tour and Instagram series “Words & Music” to life at EXPO, sharing personal advice, tips on songwriting and performances of the modern day classics he’s penned, including Adele’s Grammy-winning “Someone Like You,” the Dixie Chicks’ “Not Ready to Make Nice,” and more. Finally, as is tradition, Day Three will wrap up with the Writer's Jam, featuring some of EXPO's most beloved music creators performing and collaborating in a loose, celebratory environment. Recording artists JoJo and Betty Who - who both have reached #1 on the Billboard charts - will be joined by Grammy-winning producer Prince Charlez and multi-time chart-topping songwriter Andrea Martin.

Temple Missionary Baptist Church Announcement Church News Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux, an internationally acclaimed, award-winning gospel songwriter, will be the guest speaker at Temple MB Church for our Mother’s Day Service. Dr. Douroux’s songs include “Give Me a Clean Heart” and “If It Has Not Been for the Lord on My

Side.” Our service will begin at 10:30am, Sunday May 13, 2018. Come out and be blessed! Please invite your family and friends. Temple’s address is 1583 W. Union St. San Bernardino, CA. The church office number is (909) 888-2038. Raymond W. Turner, Senior Pastor

Lou Yeboah Why want you, “First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye [Matthew 7:5]. That’s right, deal with your own sin, and then you can help someone else. Otherwise, don’t judge others because they sin differently than you do. For as [Romans 2] states, “Thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest does the same things.” YOU ARE A SINNER YOURSELF! How you going to call the kettle black? The next time you’re tempted to run down someone, remember James’ pointed question, “But who are you who judge your neighbor?” Judge yourself instead! [James 4:11-12] I tell you, you remind me of the group of Pharisees and teachers of law, who brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus. They use her as a test case to trap Jesus. It was a clever trap. Yet Jesus did not step into it. Instead, He turned the trap on them. He said to them, “If anyone of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” [John 8:1-11]. He makes them judge themselves. Imagine that! “If anyone of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone…” Can I tell you that after what Jesus said penetrated, one by one they drop their stones and walked away until Jesus was left alone with the frightened and disheveled woman. That’s right. They were gone, “poof” nowhere to be

found… And when they were all gone, Jesus straighten up from writing in the sand, looked at her and said, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she says. Then He went on to say, well there is one who is without sin. There is one who has the right and authority to judge and condemn you. And then He pronounced His judgment: “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. ‘“Go and leave your life of sin,” he concluded. Understood rather than condemned. Saved rather than stoned. Sin exposed yet covered in His love. This story does not condemn the sinner, but calls the sinner to change, to be saved. Grace ushered in forgiveness. So what’s the point? Jesus was above reproach in a way none of us could ever be, and yet He showed only compassion, not accepting sinful behavior but never rejecting the person who sinned. Maybe if we showed that same kind of love toward other sinners, we’d have more power and influence for good in the world and appear less like the hypocritical Pharisees. It’s His kindness that led us to repentance after all [Romans 2:4]. So, the next time you hear of someone struggling with sin, try resisting the urge to “pile on” and think to yourself, “There but for the grace of God go I.” Ask the Lord to forgive him or her as [1 John 5:16] instructs us to do, and if you get a chance, offer a word of encouragement. You don’t have to condemn the believer to prove that you don’t condone the behavior. God’s grace, receive it and then go and sin no more. Frame these words and hang them on the wall. Read them. Ponder them. Bathe in them. Drink them. Stand below them and let them wash over your soul. “Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he falls” [1 Cor. 10:12].

Witness For Justice #891

Graceful Engagement Andy Lang Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ I'm sometimes asked why there are 1,500 Open and Affirming (ONA) congregations in the United Church of Christ. How did a project that started with 15 churches in 1987 grow in 31 years to become the largest LGBTQwelcoming church movement in the world? I can reply in two words: "graceful engagement." When our movement was born in the 1980s, some of the early experiences of churches on their way towards an ONA covenant were bitter and divisive. It was by no means certain in those days that more than a handful of congregations would make a commitment to welcome their lesbian and gay (and, later, bisexual and transgender) neighbors into Christian community. Riverside Church in New York City was so divided that their pastor, William Sloane Coffin, intervened with a sermon that still stands out as one of the most powerful testimonies in the history of the ONA movement. In time, wounds were healed, and the Coalition certified Riverside as ONA church #1. We learned from our mistakes, and together with our ecumenical partners developed new models to help churches design an ONA process that would build consensus and reduce the danger of conflict. We knew that a healthy ONA experience would unify, not divide a congregation, and revive its vision and passion for the Gospel. Those models were based on a foundational principle that the Coalition and its partners called "Graceful Engagement." “Grace” in Reformed tradition is the self-giving of God. God’s grace is radical and liberating, and calls us into community where we can be gracious to others. “Engagement,” of course, means that we choose to stay in relationship even when conflict threatens to separate us. "Graceful Engagement" as the foundation for an

ONA experience means that we accept each other as God accepts us, forgive each other as God forgives us, and remain relentlessly faithful to each other as God is faithful to us. "Graceful Engagement" seeks to create safe space for everyone in an ONA conversation. It requires listening with patience and respect, but also the courage to speak the truth in love. No congregation, in my experience, has ever been successfully pressured or shamed into an ONA commitment. There are 1,500 ONA congregations today because faithful people in church after church refused to give up on each other, especially when their path became difficult or even painful. Graceful Engagement is not easy for those of us in the LGBTQ community who have been hurt by the misuse of the Bible to condemn our capacity to love and seek love, or to live with integrity in the gender identity God gave us. It will always be difficult to remain patient and faithful in conversations where we may hear the same arguments that drove us out of other churches. In the past, my temptation was to run away from these conversations, or to strike back in anger. But I believe it was and continues to be the vocation of the LGBTQ community in the UCC to take the risk of engaging gracefully those who are still struggling to accept us in our full humanity. And that applies to our allies, too. We can be gracious, not because we are better or wiser, but because, as Paul wrote to the bitterly divided church at Corinth, no member of the Body of Christ can say to another "I don't need you!" When members of a congregation know they need each other because God has called not some but all of us into one Body, the journey towards an Open and Affirming covenant can open hearts, deepen love, liberate energy, and reveal new ways to proclaim the Gospel in our divided and angry world.

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Organizations Rally Outside District Kanye West’s Embrace of the MAGA Crowd Is Doomed to Fail...continued Attorney Offices as Precursor to Community Town Hall Kanye says he loves Trump and against West isn’t about group Collective embarks on public education campaign about the role of District Attorneys By: Tara Copp

San Bernardino, CA - The ACLU of Southern California and Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE) as part of the Hey, Meet Your DA! Campaign, are collaborating with groups across San Bernardino County to educate community on the critical role of the District Attorney. The collective of organizations are hosting a town hall to educate the public about the impact that District Attorneys have on a range of justice issues. The town hall comes after a similar event was convened with residents in Riverside County less than a month ago. However the collective group of San Bernardino organizations was troubled and disappointed that their local District Attorney would be so hesitant to meet with community even after being offered alternative dates and declined an offer to participate even for a short time on the April 30th town hall. “We need a District Attorney who will represent the community, not avoid them” says Rev. Samuel Casey, Executive Director of COPE. The press conference and rally that came as a result of the

dismissal of the District Attorney drew a crowd of 30 organizational leaders and community members who discussed existing justice issues in San Bernardino. The recurring chant heard from the crowd, led by Casey “It’s time to ReThink Public Safety!” an initiative led by COPE to promote responsible, restorative, and redemptive approaches to justice reform in schools and communities throughout the Inland Valley Region. “We must transform what public safety looks like to our community. We need the DA to prosecute killer cops especially when they are killing our young sons just as police murdered Dante Yarber in a Barstow Walmart.” stated Lanae Norwood from Institute Developing Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership (IDEAL.) The collective now is focused on their town hall set for April 30th in the City of Fontana. Their man goal is to discuss with community members solutions needed to reform the San Bernardino County criminal justice system and inform them about the role and duties of District Attorneys.

Kanye West’s Embrace of the MAGA Crowd Is Doomed to Fail By Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko I hate to admit it, but I have been sucked into the Kanye WestDonald Trump media storm. At first, I didn’t want to play a role in this manufactured event, but there are some important marketing, media and political lessons here. West has always been a controversial figure. He’s a talented musician, who has won multiple grammys. I bought two of his first CDs, back in the days when people bought CDs, and I enjoyed that his songs were different from the usual guns and blunts fare produced by other rappers. But in recent years, controversy has overwhelmed his talent. There was the thing with Taylor Swift, the outrageous boasts and then the marriage to reality star Kim Kardashian. Several people in the industry have whispered that Kardashian’s reality TV antics are overshadowing West’s career and he has now been absorbed by the Kardashian clan. And more recently, West was hospitalized for “exhaustion” and rumored to be treated for a mental health condition. Now there is the sudden alliance with the Trump-MAGA crowd. This MAGA love happened just when West is promoting his new album. West comes from the showbiz world, where there’s no such thing as bad publicity. (Rapper 50 Cent once said that he didn’t mind some of the black gossip sites running stories about him being gay, because at least they were writing about him.) West’s alleged alliance with Trump has newsjacked social media and made him trend on Twitter, which is all great publicity for his album.

This kind of publicity would cost you millions of dollars, and West just got it for free. There is a history of people using outrageous antics to market their product. Madonna practically perfected it. I’ve never heard a song by rapper Azealia Banks, but her history of making crazy statements landed her in Playboy. But there is a danger that West’s antics will alienate his base. And that’s already happening. He’s already lost millions of Twitter followers. And West has been hit by abuse on Twitter as fans are horrified by his comments. He might be embraced by MAGA lords, but they’re not going to buy his album or go to his concerts. Part of the problem is because he’s allying himself with the Trump administration, which is one of the most white supremacist presidencies in several decades. As ESPN’s Jemele Hill said, Trump has surrounded himself with open racists. He’s also implemented anti-immigrant, and anti-Muslim policies and referred to African countries as “sh*thole countries.” Even the phrase Make America Great Again (MAGA) is racist, because Trump supporters think America was great in the 1950s, when white males ran everything and people of color had no representation. Is this what West wants to ally himself with? If so, it’s no wonder his fans and management team have bailed on him. It’s also ironic that West is getting praised by FOX News, a network that hates hip hop. FOX often tells entertainers that they shouldn’t talk about politics, but loves to embrace Hollywood types if they have conservative views. One of FOX’s arguments against Hollywood political commentators is they don’t know what they’re talking about. Well, that’s exactly the case with Kanye West! Just look at some of his statements:

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he is his brother, but he’s not political. He also once said that he doesn’t see the need to read books and bragged about not reading contracts. He also praised black conservative commentator Candace Owens, who said that police violence wasn’t a problem with the black community. She also called Black Lives Matter whiny. Owens appears on Alex Jones’ conspiracy show, InfoWars, which should be enough to kill her credibility. Jones has spent years denying that the Sandy Hook school shooting existed until he was sued by the parents of the children killed at the school. African-Americans turning

think. People are not rejecting him because he’s dallying with Republicans. They’re turning against him because he’s allying with racists and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It’s not about left or right, it’s about right or wrong. But good luck to Republicans with their embrace of Kanye. He’s a loose cannon and when he explodes again, it’s going to be your problem. Manny Otiko is a media professional who is based in Southern California. Follow him @mannyotiko on Twitter. This column represents the views of the author, not California Black Media.

Two sentenced for fake crash insurance fraud Local/National News

The damage intentionally inflicted to the vehicle (seen above) to make it appear as though a hit-and-run accident occurred was so strong the side air bag inside the vehicle deployed.

US service member killed, another wounded in Afghanistan Local/National News

One service member was killed and another wounded Monday during combat operations in Afghanistan. (Paul J.Richards/AFP) One U.S. service member was killed and another wounded Monday during a combat operation in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. Forces-Afghanistan said several Afghan troops were also killed or wounded in the attack. No further details about the location or circumstances of the incident were immediately available. The incident came on a deadly day in Afghanistan. Also on Monday, a car bomb in Kandahar province, in southern Afghanistan, wounded eight Romanian troops and wounded or killed several Afghan Uniform Police officers and Afghan

civilians. A separate bomb also struck Kabul, the country’s capital, on Monday. “My thoughts and those of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan are with the families and friends of our fallen and wounded service members,” said Gen. John Nicholson, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan commander. “Their valiancy in battle, and that of the brave Afghan partners they fought alongside, will endure in our hearts and history.” The wounded U.S. service member was taken to the hospital at Bagram Airfield for treatment.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A Fontana man and woman were sentenced Friday for their role in a scheme to rip off insurance companies by staging a hit-and-run accident involving a 2015 Maserati. Roger Mendoza, 50, was sentenced to 240 days in county jail, three years felony probation, and ordered to pay $12,937 in restitution to the Automobile Club of Southern California, after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud. Violeta Alcaraz, 38, was sentenced to 120 days in county jail and three years felony probation, after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud and misdemeanor filing a false police report. Statement of Facts In May 2016, RM Capital-a used car dealership owned by Mendoza-purchased a damaged 2015 Maserati Ghibli for $39,750. An August 4, 2016 sales contract showed the Maserati being sold to Violeta Alcaraz for $63,000. On August 24, 2016, Ms. Alcaraz filed an insurance claim with the Automobile Club of Southern Cali-

fornia reporting that another car struck the Maserati in an intersection and fled. Insurance investigators suspected fraud after examining the Maserati and referred the matter to the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Automobile Insurance Fraud Unit. District Attorney Investigators discovered that the Maserati was parked at the time of the damage, not at an intersection as claimed, and was repeatedly struck with a heavy object that transferred house paint onto the Maserati. Investigators concluded that Mendoza, who lived in the same home as Alcaraz, purchased the damaged Maserati. According to Deputy District Attorney Tom Colclough, who prosecuted the case, the defendant then made cosmetic repairs to hide the damage without repairing it, created a fictitious sale to Alcaraz, deliberately damaged the Maserati, and falsely claimed the damage occurred in a hit-and-run event. Contact: Christopher Lee, Public Affairs Officer (909) 382-3665 or via email at clee@sbcda.org or via text at (909) 782-5559

The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened...continued from page 3 ary rhetoric make inescapably plain,” the magazine argued. Instead of whispering in its readers’ ears, Newsweek was screaming in their faces. The magazine published its issue about three months before the March final report of the Kerner Commission. This special project won a 1968 National Magazine Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors. Newsweek’s findings did not go unnoticed, but the Kerner report created considerably more controversy. It rebutted a common critique contrasting the mass of primarily European immigrants who crowded into slums in the early 20th-century and AfricanAmericans who moved from the rural South to urban centers in the middle of the century. Because most immigrants gradually moved up America’s social ladder, some have suggested that harder work would lead African-Americans out of poverty and into the middle class. The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, chaired by Governor Otto Kerner, Jr of Illinois (center, at head of table) released its report in March 1968. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clarence, Mary, and Robert Bryant) To the contrary, the commission argued that the crush of immigrants occurred when the boom of industrialization was creating unskilled jobs more quickly than they could be filled. AfricanAmericans, on the other hand, arrived as industrialization wound down and the supply of unskilled jobs plummeted. Also, racial discrimination limited African-Americans’ ability to escape from poverty. Moreover, the report deplored

a common reaction to riots: arming police officers with more deadly weapons to use in heavily populated urban neighborhoods. Its primary recommendation was “a policy which combines ghetto enrichment with programs designed to encourage integration of substantial numbers of Negroes into the society outside the ghetto.” Both the Kerner Commission and Newsweek proposed aggressive government spending to provide equal opportunities to African-Americans, and each won praise from African-American leaders and white liberals. Even so, the president of the United States was not a fan. Johnson faced no pressure to respond to Newsweek, but it is rare for a president to offer no public endorsement of a report produced by his own handpicked commission. Still, that’s what LBJ did. The president had chosen moderate commission members because he believed they would support his programs, seek evidence of outside agitation, and avoid assigning guilt to the very people who make or break national politicians—the white middle class. The report blindsided him. He had suggested that Communist agitation fired up the riots and to his dismay, the report disagreed, asserting that the riots “were not caused by, nor were they the consequences of, any organized plan or ‘conspiracy.’” And the commission rejected another common allegation: the charge that irresponsible journalists inflamed ghetto neighborhoods. Despite Johnson’s feelings, or perhaps because of them, the report became big news. “Johnson Unit Assails Whites in Negro Ri-

ots,” read a headline in the New York Times. Rushed into print by Bantam Books, the 708-page report became a best-seller, with 740,000 copies sold in a few weeks. The Times featured frontpage articles about the report every day in the first week following its release. Within a few days, both CBS and NBC aired documentaries about the ties between race and poverty. Backlash was immediate. Polls showed that 53 percent of white Americans condemned the claim that racism had caused the riots, while 58 percent of black Americans agreed with the findings. Even before the report, white support for civil rights was waning. In 1964, most Northern whites had backed Johnson’s civil rights initiatives, but just two years later, polls showed that most Northern whites believed Johnson was pushing too aggressively. White response to the Kerner Commission helped to lay the foundation for the law-and-order campaign that elected Richard Nixon to the presidency later that year. Instead of considering the full weight of white prejudice, Americans endorsed rhetoric that called for arming police officers like soldiers and cracking down on crime in inner cities. Both the Kerner Commission Report and the Newsweek package called for massive government spending. When John F. Kennedy declared that an American would reach the moon by the end of the 1960s, even Republicans lined up behind him. In 1968, as they proposed an ambitious cure for racial inequality, Kerner Commission members probably heard echoes of JFK’s words: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,

not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” Indeed, the United States was prosperous enough to reach for the moon; nevertheless, Pretzer says, “The Johnson administration would not shift resources from the war in Vietnam to social reform, and Congress would not agree to tax increases. Further, state legislatures routinely blunted the local impact of federal actions.” Ultimately, going to the moon was far easier than solving the nation’s racial issues. Politically, spending billions on space travel was more saleable than striving to correct racial inequality. Since the arrival of the first African slaves in North America early in the 17th-century, prejudice, often supported by law, has circumscribed the experiences of African-Americans. Even when the first black president sat in the White House, lethal police attacks on young black men created racial turmoil. African-American poverty remains an issue today. In 1969, about onethird of blacks lived below the poverty line. By 2016, that number had dropped to 22 percent as a significant number of AfricanAmericans moved into the middle class with a boost from 1960s legislation, but the percentage of blacks living in poverty is still more than twice as high as the percentage of whites. Blacks now have a louder voice in government, and yet, poverty and disenfranchisement remain. Notwithstanding the Kerner Commission’s optimism about potential change, there have been only scattered efforts over the last 50 years to end America’s racial divide or to address the racial component of poverty in the United States.

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First Black Female CEO of the NBA Honored At State Capitol By Antonio R. Harvey| California Black Media

Cynthia Marshall SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While residing in the Easter Hill Village public-housing project in Richmond, Calif., during her younger days, Cynthia Marshall’s mother put two books in her hands — a publication of mathematics and the Bible to guide her through her life’s journey to success. For a young person living less than 18 miles east of San Francisco, those two books became the important focal point of Marshall’s life and career in telecommunications. They lifted her out of despair and a constant element of crime. Now that she is the Chief Executive Officer of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, the professional sports team is discovering how the books still play an integral role in the task she has acquired. Marshall is an effective problem solver and has a strong Christian faith. “She put those two books in my hands at an early age and said, ‘If you keep your head in these books they will get you out of poverty,’” Marshall said of the advice given by her mother. “That’s what I did. When people ask me what is the secret to your success, I tell them it’s those two books. I kept my head and eyes in both of them because that is what I was told to do.” Today, Marshall, who retired from AT&T as its senior vice president of Human Resources and chief Diversity Officer, is not only the first Black female CEO of an NBA franchise, she is the first woman ever to hold the position. At a time when the “Me Too” movement has rapidly picked up the pace, Marshall was specifically brought in to address and subdue an alleged culture of sexual violations against women within the Mavericks’ organization. The Mavericks’ owner, Mark

Cuban, announced that there would be in-house investigations, and then introduced Marshall as the interim CEO who would lead the independent review as well as provide solutions to ensure women work in a respectful environment. “The CEO interim tag has since been removed,” Marshall said. Cuban’s decision to introduce Marshall into the corporate world of sports also brings hope to other African Americans and women who would like to follow her path. “I think for our community it means that we have opportunities, it means somebody like Mark Cuban saw the value and didn’t care if I was a man, woman, Black, White, or Asian. He didn’t care,” Marshall said. “He wanted somebody equipped to do a job and it just so happens he called upon a Black woman to do it. He made the call. It says a lot about our society. Hopefully, we’ll have more people like him that will follow suit and get beyond gender and race.” Thanks to her mother providing her a math book and Bible, Marshall's climb to leadership roles has been one of determination. She earned every position she attained since graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was the first Black cheerleader on the campus and earned degrees in Business Administration and Human Resources Management. Marshall started at AT&T in 1981, holding positions in operations, human resources, networking, engineering, planning, and regulatory and external affairs. She was named senior vice president of Human Resources in 2012, and then was appointed Chief Diversity Officer as a dual role in 2015. Black Enterprise listed Marshall as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in corporate America the same year. She retired from AT&T in 2017 to start her own consulting firm. Marshall was honored on the California Senate and Assembly floors at the State Capitol on April 19, 2018 in Sacramento, a place where she spent time advocating “good public policy” for AT&T, she said. Loretta Walker, who worked alongside Marshall at AT&T be-

fore retiring as vice president of Employment Engagement Communication, said the Mavericks' hiring of Marshall “makes sense.” “From the standpoint of looking at an established institution in AT&T that has gotten a lot of recognition for diversity, they (the Mavericks) have gained a lot by allowing her to bring in her expertise,” Walker said. “I know I’ve been blessed. I know I’ve never experienced anything like (sexual harassment) in my lifetime working for a company like At&T.” Cynthia Marshall extended the interview with California Black Media to touch on her duties and vision as an executive for the Dallas Mavericks. CBM: “After you took the CEO position for the Mavericks, you said that the ‘system failed’ under the previous leadership. What parameters have you put in place and have you made any progress?” Marshall: “Yes, we have made progress. We put together a 100day plan and we had to start with telling people that we are about zero tolerance. We put together a ‘respect-in-the-workplace’ training, harassment training, updated our code of conduct, and I started sitting down with the employees one by one. One of the first things that I did was roll out a set of values and hashtags. The hashtags are #RespectAtWork and #PerfectOurCRAFTS. The C.R.A.F.T.S. are our values — character, respect, authenticity, fairness, teamwork, and safety. When I say safety, it’s physical and emotional safety.” “Those are the things we are trying to model in the workplace. And of course, we’re rolling out new policies, and we have brought in a new senior vice president of human resources, who is also a Black woman. We added a new position, a compliance officer, who can focus on investigations, misconducts, and setting the right tone.” “Our leadership team has gone from no women to at least five women and three people of color. We’re making progress and that matters only because diversity matters. All the research says you make better decisions when you have a diverse group at the table.” CBM: “You said that you first

declined the offer to work for the Mavericks. But then changed your mind after talking to a couple people within the organization. What changed?” Marshall: “First of all, they were asking ‘are you the new woman who is our new boss and Mark Cuban’s new boss?’ I was like wow, for him to tell people that he’s already excited about me coming in. The smart man that he is, obviously, he already did his homework and felt that I could help with this issue. Then they told me that this was not a workplace that’s really inclusive of women the way it should be. We were addressing everything, including pay disparities, which I am happy that we don’t have a big gender disparity around pay. Some things were done right, but clearly, some things were not done right. So we’re changing that culture. Those women said, ‘We need you. We absolutely need you. This place needs to focus more on women.’ We’re doing that.” CBM: “Do you know that what you are doing could be a blueprint for the NBA, the entire league itself? How do you feel about that?” Marshall: “Exactly. When NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called me to welcome me to the NBA, and he was so welcoming, to have him call me and send me a huge message that the whole league is watching and dedicated to getting this right, yes, hopefully, we can lay out a blueprint. So, if any other organization has an issue we can lay out the template on how to address it.” CBM: “This is a great opportunity for you. Do you know what this could do for your career and others who want to follow your path from where you started to where you are now?” Marshall: “You know, I worked for AT&T for 36 years. So now I am committed to this. But my ultimate dream is to lead a small college. Whether it be a rural college, Christian college or historic Black college. I want to lead an institution that needs a lot of help, where I can call upon all my friends to help for free, and that we can give those students a good education for free. That’s my vision. Those are the kind of calls that I want to get.”

Young Men Speak On “Life Thru The Eyes Of Youth” Community News

On Sunday, April 29th, two young men participated in the 10th Annual Oratorical Contest of SHAD Club # 62. The contest was held at the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, pastored by Dr. Michael Andrew Owens. The club sponsors a contest each year designed to help young men hone their skills in research, writing and public speaking. This year students spoke on the theme "Life Thru the Eyes of Youth". The contestants must research, write and deliver their own essay on that theme. The contest was open to young males ages 14 - 18 and attending a school in our area. Mr. Jumanni Chess took home the first place trophy and prize money of $500.00. Mr. Malachi Davis won the 2nd place prize of $250.00. This year the club also invited students under the age of 14 to present a speech supplied by the club. Two students, nine year old Mr. Lamont Haynes and nine year

old Mr. Jaylin Miles delivered excerpts of a speech by President Barack Obama. President Obama had delivered this speech to students in Virginia encouraging them to take responsibility for their own education by staying in school and doing their best. Two past winners were also featured on the program. Mr. Jayon Dumas who won the contest in 2016 acted as Master of Ceremony. Jayon is a student at Valley College. Mr. Moses Carter who won the contest in 2017 presented the trophy to this year's winner and also played a violin solo during the contest. Mr. Carter is a senior at Kaiser High School SHAD Club #62's motto is "To Be Positive Role Models To Young Men In Our Area". The Oratorical/Essay Contest is a way of fulfilling that motto. SHAD Club # 62 continues to sponsor numerous programs for young males in our community.

More Than 1,500 Tax-Defaulted Properties Up For Auction SB County News San Bernardino, CA — San Bernardino County Tax Collector Oscar Valdez announced today that his office will hold its annual online auction of tax-defaulted properties beginning May 12, 2018, with staggered closing times from May 14 through May 18. “The benefit of a tax sale is getting tax-defaulted properties back into tax paying status to fund key public services, including education, police and fire protection, and social and public health services,” Valdez said. “Winning bidders have the opportunity to buy real estate at potentially reduced prices.” This tax sale auction consists of more than 1,500 properties that have been tax-defaulted for five or more years, and will include both newly-offered and re-offered properties. Opening bids start as low as $900, and the highest bid wins. Each bidder alone bears the responsibility of due diligence to

inspect, research, and investigate the properties offered for sale. Limited tax information including parcel number, Assessor’s parcel map, and Google Map are available for viewing online at www.MyTaxCollector.com. Property is sold “as is”, and purchasers are encouraged to complete a thorough due diligence review prior to bidding. Auction properties include singlefamily residences, multi-unit apartments, duplexes, triplexes, commercial buildings, vacant land, and over 140 timeshares. To participate in this auction, an advance deposit of $5,000 plus a $35 non-refundable bid deposit processing fee is due by May 4, 2018, at 5 p.m. Participants must pre-register to bid. For more information regarding this tax sale, please visit https:// sbcounty.mytaxsale.com – it’s easy, secure and Simply A Better Way To Do Business®.

Leyva Bill Banning Secret Settlements in Sexual Assault and Harassment Cases Clears Key Committee SB 820 Ensures Victims Are No Longer Silenced State/Government News

SACRAMENTO – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed Senate Bill 820—which will ban the inclusion of secret settlements related to specified sexual misconduct, including sexual assault and sexual harassment—by a vote of 5-1. Authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino), SB 820 will specifically ban secret settlements (non-disclosure agreements) in cases of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination. The measure will apply to both private and public employers in California, including the California State Legislature. “SB 820 will help to protect women and others from being victimized since it will ban the use of a legal tool that rich and powerful perpetrators have used countless times to silence victims: secret settlements,” Senator Leyva said. “It is long overdue for California to lift the curtain of secrecy so that we can finally unmask the sexual predators who endanger the safety and well-being of primarily women across our state. Workplaces in California can and must be safe, so I am grateful that my colleagues today approved SB 820 as it brings us one step closer to ending secret settlements that allow aggressors to evade justice and able to target and hurt other victims.” Serving as the Vice Chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, Senator Leyva believes that nondisclosure agreements continue to silence victims of sexual harassment and similar offenses. Claims about film producer Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual harassment and assaults over many years bring into question reports that Weinstein may have secretly

settled previous claims, thus keeping the issue out of the public spotlight and free of law enforcement scrutiny. Additionally, 21st Century Fox issued a public apology and reportedly settled confidentially with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson after she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the late Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. The company also confidentially settled with several other women who similarly accused Mr. Ailes of workplace harassment. Since the start of the #MeToo movement, other troubling instances of secret settlements enabling ongoing sexual harassment and assault have further confirmed the need for this legislation. Senator Leyva previously authored legislation signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown to eliminate the statute of limitations on rape (Senate Bill 813) in 2016 and to criminalize sextortion (Senate Bill 500) in 2017. Known as the STAND (Stand Together Against Non-Disclosures) Act, SB 820 is co-sponsored by the Consumer Attorneys of California and the California Women’s Law Center and supported by the American Association of University Women, Congress of California Seniors, Crime Victims United of California and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The legislation is also coauthored by Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) and Senator Jim Beall (DSan Jose). Following approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the STAND Act will next be voted on by the full State Senate in the coming weeks.