Vol. 50 No. 30
November 14, 2019 - November 20, 2019
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them and these will continue till they have resisted either with words or blows or words or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress. —Fredrick Douglass (1849)
The Sad, Sudden Death of Bernard J. Tyson, the First Black CEO of Kaiser Permanente By Tanu Henry | California Black Media
Bernard Tyson (Photo: Courtesy Kaiser Permanente) On Saturday, Nov. 9, Bernard J. Tyson, the first Black chairman and CEO of California-Based Kaiser Permanente, spoke at AfroTech, a convention organized by the Los Angelesbased digital media company Blavity. “I’ll be discussing technology and equity in healthcare,” Tyson tweeted not long before sitting on a panel at the annual gathering of Black techies that he and more than 5,000 other guests attended at the Oakland Convention Center. The next morning, just about 24 hours later on Sunday, Nov. 10, Kaiser Permanente, the health insurance and hospital system Tyson led as CEO since 2013 – and Chairman since 2014 – announced the 60-year-old executive’s sudden death. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that Bernard J. Tyson unexpectedly passed away early today in his sleep,” Kaiser Permanente wrote in a statement published on the organization’s website. Tyson’s family has not yet announced the cause of his death.
“On behalf of our Board of Directors, employees and physicians,” Kaiser’s statement continued, “we extend our deepest sympathies to Bernard’s family during this very difficult time. An outstanding leader, visionary and champion for highquality, affordable health care for all Americans.” Tyson is survived by his wife, Denise Bradley-Tyson, and three sons: Bernard J. Tyson, Jr., Alexander and Charles. Later on Sunday, Americans across the country - and Californians across the state joined Tyson’s shocked family members, colleagues and loved ones to remember the Bay Area native’s many contributions to his home state and country. “Our nation has lost a powerful, brilliant, and inspiring leader and voice for health equity and health justice,” Robert K. Ross, president and CEO of the California Endowment (TCE), told California Black Media in an email. “Peace, blessings, and the Lord’s loving embrace to my friend Bernard, and to his family.” TCE is the largest private health foundation in the state.
U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) said Tyson helped to expand health care coverage among African Americans in California. “I am heartbroken upon learning of the passing of Bernard Tyson,” Lee said. “Bernard dedicated his life to making health care more accessible for our communities. My prayers and condolences are with is family and loved ones during this time.” Gov. Gavin Newsom also issued a statement shortly after finding out about Tyson’s death Sunday. “Jennifer and I are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of health care pioneer and our dear friend Bernard Tyson,” the governor wrote. “Bernard’s vision and influence made an impact at home and abroad, and he led with excellence on behalf of millions of Kaiser patients and thousands of employees.” Tyson, known across the country as one of the leading experts on U.S. health policy, was the only Black CEO of a billiondollar corporation of a similar size in California. If Kaiser were publicly traded and were not a non-profit corporation, it would
have been the 42nd largest Fortune 500 company in the United States. Tyson was also one of only five Black CEOS in the United States leading a major corporation. Kaiser Permanente administered 12.2 million health plans in 2018 and reported a net income of $2.5 billion. The corporation’s operating budget hovers just under $80 billion and it runs more than 700 medical facilities, including hospitals, across the United States. People who knew Tyson also remember him as a champion of racial justice and an advocate for diversity and equality in the work place. “I’m devastated,” Magic Johnson tweeted. The ex-NBA star and businessman was Tyson’s close friend. “He was a visionary and championed for best quality and affordable healthcare, especially in underserved communities,” Johnson wrote in another tweet. “Bernard spent over 30 years at Kaiser and as an AfricanAmerican man, I was so proud when he was named CEO.” In 2017, Time Magazine included Tyson on its list of the world’s 100 Most Influential people. The Golden Gate University alum (undergrad and graduate degrees) also served on a number of boards, including the American Heart Association and the San Francisco-based technology company Salesforce. “A light unto this world has gone out,” tweeted SalesForce CEO Marc Benioff. “He always did so much for others and the world. One of the world’s greatest CEOs.” Kaiser has appointed Gregory Adams, a former executive vice president, to replace Tyson as interim chief executive and chairman.
Shop Black Week Launches To Boost Sales Of Black Businesses Local/National News
When it comes to the financial health of businesses, black is beautiful for the economic wellbeing of an establishment. Now that idea has generated a campaign in hopes of boosting more green backs toward Black companies. Coined Shop Black Week (SBW) encourages all consumers across the country to conduct business with at least one African American-owned establishment from November 22 through November 29 (the actual Black Friday date). The following video explains all about it.
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Convicted and suspected dirty cops, hundreds of tainted cases and hundreds of police officers with tarnished reputations signal trouble for Baltimore crime fighting and efforts to obtain justice NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many learned about the Baltimore City Police through the case of Freddie Gray, who died in April 2015 following his arrest after running away from cops patrolling his neighborhood. Cell phone video of his arrest show an obviously injured Gray being dragged between two bicycle cops to a paddy wagon. Officers handcuffed and shackled the young Black man but left him unbuckled in the back of a police van. He suffered fatal injuries from an almost severed spine.
Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore City State's Attorney at the Baltimore Women's March Gathering Rally at War Memorial Plaza at 101 North Gay Street in Baltimore MD. Photo: Elvert Barnes Protest Photography/Wikimedia Commons By Nisa Islam Muhammad, Staff Writer, The Final Call @nisaislam Crooked cops are what Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby has come fact-toface with. She recently asked courts to throw out nearly 800 criminal cases handled by 25 city police officers, saying she had reason to distrust more than a dozen cops in addition to the eight convicted in the infamous Gun Trace Task Force scandal that rocked the city police department. Then the states attorney said her office has “hundreds” of police officers whose reputations are suspect, and a list of names was given to the police department. The information came to light during a forum about policing. “Video clips of her remarks spread online and captured the attention of defense lawyers in Baltimore. According to the states attorney, her office ‘created an internal sort of notification system. We notify the police department whenever there is a sustained allegation of credibility issues or even an allegation that isn’t sustained. So, we will summarize whatever the issue may be, and then we provide that list to the police department for them to determine what they’re going to do with their employee. … There are hundreds of officers on that list,’” she said, according to a Baltimore Sun report Oct. 18. She hasn’t gone into further detail, nor responded to requests from defense lawyers for access to the names of officers on the list. There were 183 officers flagged by Ms. Mosby’s office, Matt Jablow, a police spokesman told the Sun. “‘We are aware of the list and the officers who are on it,’ Jablow wrote in an email. ‘Some
of the issues involve current Internal Affairs investigations that could result in discipline, though there are many officers who are on the list despite allegations of wrongdoing that were not sustained,’” according to the Sun. “Prosecutors are held to an ethical standard of pursuing justice over convictions, and when you have sworn police officers involved in egregious and long-standing criminal activity, such as planting guns and drugs, stealing drugs and money, selling drugs, making illegal arrests and bringing false charges, our legal and ethical obligation in the pursuit of justice leaves us no other recourse but to ‘right the wrongs’ of unjust convictions associated with corrupt police officers. Police corruption is a hindrance to public safety, puts the lives of hard-working and dedicated officers at risk, and limits our ability as prosecutors to deliver justice on behalf of the citizens of Baltimore,” Ms. Mosby said in early October. Many learned about the Baltimore City Police through the case of Freddie Gray, who died in April 2015 following his arrest after running away from cops patrolling his neighborhood. Cell phone video of his arrest show an obviously injured Gray being dragged between two bicycle cops to a paddy wagon. Officers handcuffed and shackled the young Black man but left him unbuckled in the back of a police van. He suffered fatal injuries from an almost severed spine. City officials were slow in releasing details of the circumstances surrounding his death, but many believe Mr. (continued on page 6)
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Video https://youtu.be/ IkjBHINAix4 Why have a single Black Friday to launch the holiday season buying power? The week-long event allows more opportunities for people to purchase goods, products, or services from African American vendors or retailers. The campaign has the potential to garner hundreds of thousands of participants due to the
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outreach extends from coast to coast, with more than 100 organizations and Black press serving as springboards for SBW with their followers and subscribers on social media. Over the weekend SBW had a phenomenal sweep.
As a show of solidarity in this movement, participants are requested to register on the shopblackweek.org Website. The hashtag marking this historical moment, #ShopBlackWeek and #SBW2019 and let everyone know about your purchase.
For businesses, organizations and individual supporters who want to participate or want more information visit shopblackweek.org to view the organizations participating in this historic campaign.
Our Values: Treat all people with care, respect, honor, and dignity. Tell it as it is with love, truth and integrity. Promote the interests of advertisers and sponsors along their strategic interest for the betterment of the community and beyond. Speak truth to power. Our Mission: To continuously improve communication between all people of the world. Our Vision: To be the best community newspaper in our region and the nation. Provider of: A voice for the poor, the underserved, those that are marginalized, Positive and edifying news about people, places and businesses. Keep San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles Counties informed about global trends while retaining the consciousness of local events and processes. Memberships and Associations: The San Bernardino American Newspaper is a member of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspaper Association and addociated with California Black Media.
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California’s Criminal Cops: Who they are, what they did, why some are still working
Los Angeles Executives Sleep Out On The Streets This National Youth Homelessness Awareness Month
A six-month investigation found more than 80 law enforcement officers with rap sheets still employed today
‘Covenant House California’s Executive Sleep Out, Presented by Delta Air Lines Raises Funds and Awareness for Youth Experiencing Homelessness on November 21, 2019 LA County News
By Robert Lewis, David DeBolt | ddebolt@bayareanewsgroup.com, Jason Paladino, Katey Rusch | rusch.katey@gmail.com, Laurence Du Sault and Ali DeFazio | Investigative Reporting Program, UC Berkeley. More than 80 law enforcement officers working today in California are convicted criminals, with rap sheets that include everything from animal cruelty to manslaughter. They drove drunk, cheated on time cards, brutalized family members, even killed others with their recklessness on the road. But thanks to some of the weakest laws in the country for punishing police misconduct, the Golden State does nothing to stop these officers from enforcing the law. Those are among the findings of an unprecedented collaboration of newsrooms, including the Bay Area News Group, which spent six months examining how California deals with cops who break the law. Today, we’re unveiling that review, along with a unique searchable database of hundreds of current and former officers convicted of a crime in the past decade — the largest record of criminal activity among police in California ever compiled. The review found 630 officers convicted of a crime in the last decade — an average of more than one a week. After DUI and other serious driving offenses, domestic violence was the most common charge. More than a quarter of the cases appear never to have been reported in the media until now. And nearly one out of five officers in the review are still working or kept their jobs for more than a year after sentencing. It’s a small percentage of the 79,000 sworn officers across the state. But given the quality of the state’s record-keeping, it’s also incomplete, and exactly how many police officers with convictions are still on the beat today — or even the number of officers convicted over the last decade — is far from clear.
Hindered by some of the strictest secrecy laws in the country, California residents don’t really know who is carrying a gun and patrolling their streets. Reporters found at least a dozen deputies with prior convictions are still on the roster at the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department. And the five officers with convictions working for the Riverside police include the acting chief — Larry Gonzalez was a lieutenant in 2013 when he pleaded guilty to DUI after reportedly crashing a city-owned SUV with a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit. Riverside Police Department’s acting Chief Larry Gonzalez is vying for the permanent post despite a drunken driving conviction. He was a lieutenant in 2013 when he pleaded guilty after reportedly crashing a cityowned SUV with a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit. (Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) There’s a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy still working despite a conviction for manslaughter after running over two people while recklessly speeding to a call. And a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy is back on the force after dozing off at the wheel and killing a pair of elite cyclists on a training ride. “Was justice served? Absolutely not,” said Jon Orban, whose friends Kristy Gough, 30, and Matt Peterson, 29, were killed when Santa Clara County Deputy James “Tommy” Council crossed a double yellow line and plowed into a group of cyclists on a Sunday morning in 2008. A roadside memorial marks the spot where Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy James “Tommy” Council dozed off at the wheel and plowed into a group of cyclists,
Pai/Bay Area News Group and Getty Images A list of the officers and convictions that are featured in this illustration is at the end of this story. killing Kristy Gough and Matt Peterson. “When someone holds a badge they should be held to a higher standard; in this case he wasn’t held to any standard at all,” said Orban, an Army veteran who considers himself a supporter of law enforcement. “I don’t know of an organization where if you kill two people you get to keep your job after millions of dollars are paid out because of your
mistake.” Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy James “Tommy” Council, center, was convicted of two counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for the deaths of two elite cyclists after plowing his patrol car into the group on a training ride in 2008. He’s still on the force, currently working in Santa Clara County’s jail. (continued on page 3)
14-year-old solved the problem of blind spots with award-winning science fair project HTV National Desk Published 7:28 am PST, Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Over 840,000 of the car crashes that occur on U.S. roadways each year can be traced back to a problem area with which all drivers have experience: the blind spots caused by the A-frame of a car's structure. Despite over a century of constant improvements to automobile, there's still no perfect fix for blind spots that the auto industry has uniformly accepted. But that might be about to change thanks to an ingenious solution from an unlikely engineering hero who can't even drive. Alaina Gassler, 14, of West Grove, Pennsylvania, has designed a technology that makes the A-frame pillars of a car "seethrough" by using projectors that cast images of what's really behind them onto their surfaces. You can watch a video of the technology here.https:// w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / e m b e d / HxlNkIwqGb4 It's not just a fix for the rear blind spots, but also a solution for the front. If a pedestrian is crossing the street in front of your vehicle, for example, Gassler's invention
makes it so that you can see live footage of the person crossing the street through the A-frame with cameras, making them sort of like "ghost pillars," she told Popular Mechanics. Gassler, who engineered the projector-based technology as part of the Society for Science and the Public’s Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars) science and engineering competition, took home a grand prize of $25,000 for her invention, which she completed while in eighth grade. Gassler says it usually takes her a while to find an inspiration for science fair projects each year, but this idea came to her organically when her grandmother scraped the paint from the side of her car after hitting a pole that was in her blind spot. “I wanted to find a way to get rid of them," Gassler said. "And my older brother, Carter, just started to drive, so it was a big safety concern." Newer vehicles do have blind
spot monitors that show a yellow or orange blip in the side mirrors when a car enters that no-man'sland, but drivers can still miss objects in their blind spots up front if the A-frame pillars that support the windshield are especially thick. Since Gassler couldn't just get rid of those pillars, as they're key to the structural integrity of the car and provide protection in the event of a rollover accident, she decided to make them "invisible," in a sense, by using an internal roof-mounted projector that can show live images of what's being blocked by the pillars. "The camera is mounted on the outside of the A-pillar, records what’s behind it, sends that video feed to a projector that's over the driver’s head and projects it onto the pillar," Gassler explained. The projector is just part of her initial prototype to prove her concept, says Gassler. The next iteration of her blind spot invention will utilize liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors that are the same quality used in some televisions. Gassler says this will
allow the brightness to change according to the weather and time of day. Gassler said she couldn't use those right away because it's costly to create LCD screens that are bent to fit the curved A-frames in cars. Now, with her winnings, she can make that improvement. To protect her idea, Gassler and her father did an initial patent search and found a few other inventions similar to hers that mention in-car displays. However, they're all nearly a decade old, she says, and have never been used. She hopes to acquire those patents or find a unique enough angle for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to issue her a patent. The Broadcom MASTERS competition that Gassler won is a middle school competition put on by the Society for Science & the Public. Maya Ajmera, that organization's president and CEO, tells Popular Mechanics 80,000 middle school students across the U.S. start out in the competition across 300 affiliated science fairs. Just 10% of the participants are nominated by judges to compete in Washington, D.C., and 2,500 end up participating, on average. This year, all major awards in the competition went to girls, including Gassler. "I’m really happy I got to be a part of that," she said. "I saw that a bunch of little kids from my school came up to me and said congratulations, and a bunch were little girls that looked happy about it." Gassler hopes to eventually sell her idea rather than start her own company. “Tesla is always looking for the future in their cars, and I feel like my project would be something they’d be interested in," she said.
WHAT: On November 21, over 200 Los Angeles executives will sleep on the streets during Covenant House California’s Los Angeles Sleep Out: Executive Edition, with Delta Air Lines leading the way as the presenting sponsor. This National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, Covenant House California’s annual event and fundraiser aims to raise awareness while making an immediate and lasting impact on the lives of the homeless youth who are supported by Covenant House California. Onethird of all youth experiencing homelessness in the United States are in California - 6,000 of which are in Los Angeles County. Over 50% of the youth living at Covenant House have aged out of the foster system and found themselves without a system of support. This year’s Sleep Out: Executive Edition will not only shed light on youth homelessness in the greater Los Angeles area, but it will also raise essential funds needed to ensure the safety for the thousands of youth who will seek shelter, food, clothing, education, and, most importantly, love from Covenant House California. By participating in this year’s Sleep Out, executives will leave their comfort zones to learn more about the issue and be uncomfortable as an act of love and advocacy. Covenant House California serves over 4,700 youth each year. The Los Angeles non-profit works year-round to ensure that each young person who comes through their doors is provided
with a safe environment and the opportunity to achieve their dreams. As a result of the work being done at Covenant House California, over 92% of youth exit the Covenant House California transitional programs and live independently, permanently. For more information, visit Sleep Out: Executive Edition. WHEN: November 21, 2019 7:00 pm – 7:00 am WHERE: Covenant House California 1325 N. Western Avenue Hollywood, California 90027 Event Coordinator: Amanda Sattler Email: asattler@covca.org Phone: 323-461-3131 EXT 268 Coverage Opportunities: 11/21/19 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Check-in, dinner, tours, and photo opportunities of Sleep Out space 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM: CHC Youth Performances, Testimonials & Awards Ceremony 10:30 PM – 12:00 AM: Bed Set Up, Photo Opportunities of Sleep Out space 11/22/19 5:00 AM – 6:30 AM: Breakfast and reflections
School Board Honored October Outstanding Students Community/Education News The San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education honored 11 students with Outstanding Student Awards at the October 15, 2019, Board meeting. Students were also recognized by the San Bernardino Symphony, which provided them and their families with free symphony tickets, and Assembly member James Ramos, who provided each student with a certificate of recognition. Outstanding Student Award winners are recognized for achievement in academics, athletics, fine arts, citizenship, or for showing significant improvement in these areas. Students are awarded and inspired to have hope for their future by thinking about longterm educational and career goals. Davidson Elementary School Outstanding Students Sixth-grader Mileyon Edwards models the behavior that Davidson hopes for in all students. She is responsible and respectful in class and across the campus. Mileyon wants to become a nurse or a hair stylist in the future. Third-grader Alfonso Del Toro Vasquez has made the greatest improvement in his reading skills. He has mastered more than 200 new sight words in one year. Alfonso is considering a career as a truck driver. Fifth-grader Natan Mejia is
courteous and thoughtful. He is always concerned about others and takes time to make sure his classmates and teachers are having a good day. He wants to become a pilot.
Del Rosa Elementary School Outstanding Students Third-grader Grayson Lewis has excellent behavior and character. He is on an upward trajectory in academics and athletics. He strives to be #1 by learning from his mistakes. Grayson plans to graduate from UCLA. Fifth-grader Breanna Martinez is respectful, responsible, and helpful. She loves playing basketball and models good sportsmanship. She can brag that she was the only girl on the school’s basketball and flag football teams. Breanna wants to join the WNBA someday. Fifth-grader Raymond Montes works hard and always goes above and beyond, excelling in both math and language arts. He demonstrates great citizenship and is willing to help others. Raymond loves working with computers and wants to have his own YouTube channel someday. (continued on page 8)
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How to build an emergency fund Business/Financial News NNPA NEWSWIRE — Setting aside hundreds or thousands of dollars for an emergency – and not using it – can seem like a challenge when you have bills and other responsibilities. But building an emergency fund can be done in phases over time, and you can make small changes now to get start growing your fund. Every dollar you save now can help cushion when the next emergency happens.
Have you received a tax refund, gift, bonus, or raise recently? Consider putting that extra cash into your savings account. Remember – keeping it out of reach of your checking account means it’s harder to spend and there’s a higher chance of saving it. Why an emergency fund is worth it — and how to start growing yours.
cancel any memberships and subscriptions you use infrequently or don’t need. Reviewing and cutting your expenses doesn’t have to be a sacrifice, but rather a chance to adjust your spending and saving in line with your priorities.
The Federal Reserve Board reported recently that 40% of people in the U.S. said they would have trouble covering a $400 emergency. Now think back to the last time you had an emergency or unexpected expense. Maybe it was a car repair or medical bill or even paying all your bills until you found a new job. Were you confident you had enough money to cover it? Setting aside hundreds or thousands of dollars for an emergency – and not using it – can seem like a challenge when you have bills and other responsibilities. But building an emergency fund can be done in phases over time, and you can make small changes now to get start growing your fund. Every dollar you save now can help cushion when the next emergency happens.
There may be opportunities for easy income in your garage, closet, or old storage areas: consider selling old – and unwanted – stuff for a quick stack of cash that you can put in your emergency fund savings account. Online auction sites and marketplaces can help sell your stuff or just use the traditional yard sale. Other work opportunities, whether extra hours or one-off projects, can help bring in extra money to build your emergency fund plus support other financial goals.
Open and set up automatic deposits to a savings account.
Find ways to make extra cash.
Save “extra” money. Have you received a tax refund, gift, bonus, or raise recently? Consider putting that extra cash into your savings account. Remember – keeping it out of reach of your checking account means it’s harder to spend and there’s a higher chance of saving it. Create a savings challenge
First come up with an amount you can afford to save and put toward an emergency fund every month. Consider saving this money in a separate account to help you stay focused on building those savings and avoid spending it. Automatic deposits can make saving easy. For help figuring out what to pay first, check out resources from the Hands on Banking® financial education program. Reduce your spending. If you need to change your spending so you have enough money to put aside, start by reviewing your expenses – large and small. For example, the total cost of dining out may be larger than you think. With the average household spending $3,365 a year on eating out, cutting just two meals out a month (meals on average cost $12), saves around $288 a year.1 Another quick way to cut spending is to
You might have started with a smaller savings goal so your fund could grow little by little. Challenge yourself to make a bigger deposit like $50 next month instead of the $25 you deposit on a monthly basis. Then make the same goal again in a few months or even increase it a little. Any amount you contribute is a step in the right direction. By their nature, emergencies happen when you don’t expect them, but planning for them just in case can help you handle them. That’s why an emergency fund is there. If you do have to tap into your emergency savings, that’s what it’s for, but get back on track by committing to building it right back up. h t t p s : / / w w w. b l s . g o v / news.release/pdf/cesan.pdf © 2019 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A All rights reserved.
Notice Of Legal Changes To California Mattress Recycling Program Program Expanding, Futons Subject to Recycling Fee as of Jan. 1, 2020 Government News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – As of Jan. 1, 2020, futons will be added to the mattress recycling program in California and will be subject to recycling fees. The $10.50 fee and recycling obligations apply only to the futon mattress, not to the futon frame or base. This change is a result of Assembly Bill 187 (AB 187) signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 10, amending California’s Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act (SB 254). AB 187
expands the definition of “mattress” to include futons. As a result: Manufacturers and retailers of futons that are registered with the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) must update their company profiles at MRCreporting.org if they manufacture or sell futons to any California end user. Manufacturers of futons that are not registered with MRC but (continued in next 2 columns)
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that manufacture or sell futons to California end users must register their brands and Uniform Registry Numbers (URNs) at MRCreporting.org. Retailers that are not registered with MRC but sell futons to California end users must register at MRCreporting.org. Retailers must collect a recycling fee of $10.50 on each futon sold on or after Jan. 1, 2020 to any end user in California. Retailers must remit collected fees to MRC monthly. Futons will be accepted at MRC recyclers as part of the California program beginning Jan. 1, 2020. In addition, AB 187 requires that distributors of mattresses (including futons) to retailers or other sellers that will ultimately be sold to California end users must register with MRCreporting.org as a “distributor” or update their existing profile to include this information by Mar. 1, 2020. AB 187 will also require that
cigarettes in 2009, but exempted menthol. Last November, the agency proposed a ban on menthol-flavored combustible cigarettes, calling their use among youths “especially troubling,” but it has not yet taken action. Then the Trump administration said in September it would soon ban all flavored e-cigarette products, but it may now be backing away from banning mint and menthol. Menthol, which was first added to cigarettes in the 1920s, is as old-school as it gets when it comes to flavored tobacco, yet it hasn’t prompted action in the way that vape flavors such as cotton candy and strawberrymelon have. That’s because vaping was embraced by a specific population: affluent white teens, Yerger said. Big Tobacco aggressively pushed menthol cigarettes on Black youths in the 1950s and 60s, and now some people consider Kools and Newports part of Black culture, McGruder said. McGruder and others point out that the tobacco industry has supported and funded civil rights groups and causes, forming relationships with prominent Black leaders such as Sharpton. Big Tobacco acknowledged that it has contributed to Sharpton’s organization, the National Action Network, and similar groups. McGruder said it’s difficult for the African American community to contradict respected male civil rights and religious leaders, so when they argue that menthol bans will lead to criminalization,
effective Jan. 1, 2021, any party that sells mattresses (including futons) to end users in California and delivers them by common carrier must offer to pick up a used mattress for recycling from that consumer at no additional charge within 30 days of the delivery of the new mattress (unless the used mattress is contaminated and poses a risk to personnel, new products, or equipment). To register or update your registration, visit MRCreporting.org. For more information, contact MRC at info@mattressrecyclingcouncil.org or 1-855-229-1691. The Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) is a non-profit organization formed by the mattress industry to operate recycling programs (known as Bye Bye Mattress) in states that have enacted mattress recycling laws – California, Connecticut and Rhode Island. To learn more, go towww.mattressrecyclingcouncil.org.
Tobacco Flavor Bans Multiply, But for Some Blacks, Menthol Continues to Divide By Ana B. Ibarra | Special to California Black Media Partners As states and communities rush to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products linked to vaping, Carol McGruder races from town to town, urging officials to include what she calls “the mother lode of all flavors”: menthol. McGruder, co-chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, has tried for years to warn lawmakers that menthol attracts new smokers, especially African Americans. Now that more officials are willing to listen, she wants them to prohibit menthol cigarettes and cigarillos, not just e-cigarette flavors, to reduce smoking among Blacks. McGruder and other tobacco control researchers are using the youth vaping epidemic — and the vaping-related illnesses sweeping the country — as an opportunity to take on menthol cigarettes, even though they are not related to the illnesses. “We started to see that vaping is something that we could leverage in order to deal with this whole menthol issue,” said Valerie Yerger, an associate professor of health policy at the University of California-San Francisco. Menthol is a substance found in mint plants that creates a cooling sensation and masks tobacco flavor in both ecigarettes and cigarettes. Those properties make menthol more appealing to first-time smokers and vapers, even as they pose the same health threats as nonmenthol products and may be harder to quit. Nearly nine out of 10 African American smokers prefer mentholated cigarettes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But even as tobacco control activists see opportunity, some African Americans, including smokers, fear discrimination. They predict that banning menthol will lead to a surge in illicit sales of cigarettes and result in additional policing in communities that already face tension with law enforcement. Joseph Paul, director of political and civic affairs at City of Refuge Los Angeles, a church with about 17,000 members in Gardena, Calif., spoke at a board of supervisors meeting in September against a proposed flavor ban in Los Angeles County that was adopted a week later. If officials truly wanted to end youth vaping, he later told California Healthline, the ordinance should have targeted only vape flavors and exempted adult smokers and their menthol cigarettes. “Menthol cigarettes are very popular in the Black community, my people smoke menthol cigarettes,” he said. The Los Angeles County ban prohibits sales but not
possession of flavored e-cigarette products, menthol cigarettes and chewing tobacco in the unincorporated area of the county, inhabited by about 1 million people. Shops have until April to clear their shelves of flavored tobacco products. Paul warned that people will start selling menthol cigarettes illegally: “It’s supply and demand.” That will make the community more vulnerable to police harassment, he said. In New York City, when officials proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes earlier this year, which has yet to be acted upon, the Rev. Al Sharpton made a similar argument against the measure: Banning menthol would lead to greater tensions with police in Black communities. “I think there is an Eric Garner concern here,” the civil right rights activist told The New York Times in July, referring to the wellknown case of a 43-year old Black man who died in a chokehold in 2014 while being arrested by New York City police on suspicion of selling single cigarettes. The flavor bans that are currently sweeping the country have more to do with e-cigarettes than menthol cigarettes. That’s because a mysterious vaping-related illness has sickened more than 1,880 people nationwide and led to at least 37 deaths. In California, at least 150 residents have fallen ill and at least three have died, according to the California Department of Public Health. Most of those illnesses have been associated with vaping cannabis products, and yet politicians’ urge to adopt flavored tobacco bans continues. In July 2016, Chicago became the first major U.S. city to ban menthol cigarette sales, but it limited the prohibition to within 500 feet of schools. Of the more than 200 communities in the country that restrict or ban the sale of flavored tobacco, fewer than 60 include restrictions on menthol cigarettes, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Aspen, Colo., will ban all flavored nicotine products, including menthol cigarettes, effective Jan. 1. A few communities in Minnesota already have such bans in place. In California, close to 50 communities restrict or ban flavored tobacco products; of those, more than 30 include restrictions on menthol cigarettes. Notably, San Francisco banned menthol cigarettes along with all flavored tobacco products in 2018, before banning all vapes and e-cigarettes earlier this year. At the national level, the Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of flavors in combustible (continued in next 2 columns)
the community listens. But Bobby Sheffield, a pastor and vice president of the Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce, said the criminalization argument is a scare tactic. “We’re not trying to have anyone incarcerated because they have this product in their possession,” Sheffield said. His organization, which represents local businesses, started campaigning this year for menthol bans in California’s Inland Empire, including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino and Perris. Some smokers understand the need to keep tobacco out of the hands of children, but they don’t think it’s fair to include menthol cigarettes. “It’s stupid. Now they’re trying to act like menthol cigarettes are the problem. These have been around for a long time,” said April Macklin of Sacramento, who smokes Benson & Hedges menthols. She smoked when she was younger, quit, and started again three years ago. The city of Sacramento will ban the sale of flavored tobacco, including menthol cigarettes, effective Jan. 1. Macklin, 53, said she might just quit because she won’t smoke anything other than menthol. But even with a ban in place, she doubts menthol cigarettes will be gone for good. “I’m sure people will figure something out,” she said. This story was produced by Kaiser Health News and first published on the website California Healthline.
California’s Criminal Cops: Who they are, what they did, why some are still working...continued from page 2 All of the criminal cops who are still on the job were convicted of misdemeanors. Convicted felons can’t be police officers in California — or in most other states. However, the review found a third of the convicted officers still working were originally charged with a felony or violent misdemeanor that could have cost them their right to carry a gun. Most managed to plead down to a lesser crime to stay on the job. The review also found convictions for about half of the officers still working appear never to have been covered in the media. That includes an L.A.-area school officer convicted of child endangerment, a San Francisco Sheriff ’s deputy with two convictions in two years, and a California Highway Patrol officer who investigated a possible domestic homicide despite his own conviction after a domestic dispute years before. “Given the power that police have — if you have cops with those kinds of records, it’s sort of a betrayal of the public trust,” said Roger Goldman, a law professor at Saint Louis University who studies law enforcement licensing and standards across the country. The reason so many of these officers are still working — and the public doesn’t know about their pasts — has everything to do with the way California oversees its police. Piercing the veil The Golden State is one of only five in the country that doesn’t “decertify” officers for misconduct — or effectively strip them of a license to work in law enforcement. That means virtually all hiring and firing decisions are up to local chiefs and sheriffs. “It seems to me nonsensical that the organization responsible for setting the standards and training for the selection of police officers … has no ability to act in a case of a breach of that responsibility,” said Mike DiMiceli, who spent more than 30 years at California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training — called POST — which accredits the state’s law enforcement departments.
Even when an officer is found guilty of something egregious, the public — which can easily go online to learn the misdeeds of doctors, lawyers or real estate agents — would have to hear about an officers’ run-in with the law and then dig through the local courthouse for details. When it comes to police misconduct that doesn’t result in criminal charges, California shields most records from disclosure. But the wall of secrecy started to crack — a little — this year. That’s when a new law, SB 1421, required police to release internal records about officer shootings, deadly force, sexual misconduct and dishonesty — a mandate many departments are still fighting. Shortly after that new law took effect, reporters from the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley got a rare glimpse into officers who didn’t just violate department policies but committed crimes. Through a public records request, they received a list of the criminal convictions of nearly 12,000 people who have been law enforcement officers in California or applied to be one. The list was a stunning disclosure — and state Attorney General Xavier Becerra wanted it back. Attorney General Xavier Becerra threatened to prosecute reporters who obtained the state’s list of convicted officers. (Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) The AG’s office had created the list so POST could update a database to flag when police officers are ineligible to work in the state. But Becerra’s office refused to answer any questions about the list, or clarify vital information that’s missing, such as which names belong to officers as opposed to merely applicants, and where they work. The attorney general has only said the list was inadvertently released and that the reporters were breaking the law by simply possessing it. He even threatened legal action unless they gave it back. Instead, the reporting program at Berkeley joined with nearly three dozen news outlets across (continued on page 8)
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Will Smith’s Doctor Removes Dangerous PreCancerous Polyp From His Colon
Sean “Diddy” Combs Turns 50, Life After Death Health/Fitness News
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(Photo by Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images) After turning 50 this year, Will Smith set out to do a lot of things that he’s never done before. Some things like driving in NASCAR, going around the world and conquering his fears by skydiving over the Grand Canyon. Sounds crazy right? Well, another thing that Will did this year actually could have potentially saved his life. Will’s doctor, Dr. Ala Stanford, advised that he take a colonoscopy after turning 50. So Smith not only agreed but also documented the whole thing on video.
“How’d you do? You did alright?” a nurse asks as Smith wakes up from the anesthesia, to which Smith jokingly responds, “The question is, did you guys do alright?” Days after the procedure, he received a call from Stanford informing him that a precancerous polyp had been removed from his colon. Lab testing found that the polyp was a tubular adenoma. “95 percent of colon cancers arise from that type of polyp that was in your colon,” she said.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm as the 2019–2020 flu season is Escalating FAST
“Had you not known, it continues to grow and grow and grow and in African-American men in particular, the right colon is where cancer is high because it’s the biggest part,” Stanford explained. “Yours was on a side that would’ve been more advanced, you would’ve had fewer typical symptoms and by the time you presented it could’ve been full-blown and spread throughout your body.” And she’s right. AfricanAmericans are more likely to develop colorectal cancer at a younger age and to be at a more advanced stage when diagnosed. According to the National Cancer Institute, even when AfricanAmericans are diagnosed with early stage disease, they have significantly worse survival rates. And, although the overall colorectal cancer incidence among people 50 and older has declined over the past decade, in large part because of screening, the NCI says incidence and mortality are highest among African-Americans. “What that means is,” Stanford continued. “Thank you for being a compliant patient and listening
when I said, ‘Will, you need to… get a colonoscopy.’ We know that screening and early detection saves lives.” Will is one of the few who actually listen to their doctor when it comes to colon cancer. Only about 50 percent of people follow their doctor’s orders to get a colonoscopy. But not getting tested can have deadly consequences. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is second only to lung and bronchial cancers in cancer-related deaths, claiming about 50,000 lives each year. Smith was told he would need another colonoscopy in the next two to three years. His doctor noted that he has a healthy lifestyle of eating well and exercising, citing that as further evidence why people need to get screened as these types of developments are outside of human control. After ending the video chat with his doctor, he reflected a bit, still seeming a little bit overwhelmed by the revelation: “Health is wealth,” he said. “I’m gonna go sit with that for a minute.”
4 Natural Flu “Shots” For Sinus Problems Health/Fitness News
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Local employers are scrambling to keep their offices flu-free. Unfortunately, many workers who come to work sick pass along germs at the office, which becomes a breeding ground for disease. Studies indicate the average adult brings their fingers to the nose, mouth or eyes about 16 times per hour, and germs thrive on human touch. The flu can cost the United States up to $167 billion per year in healthcare costs and lost productivity. Local cleaning pros with Stratus Building Solutions, the nation’s leading commercial cleaning and janitorial company, recently conducted a study that sheds a light on why the flu may be running rampant in office spaces across the country: More than half of the survey participants use a paper towel or handkerchief to open doors because they think the office is dirty. Over half of the employees surveyed had seen bugs or rodents in the office, and almost a third had seen mold or mildew. More than 61 percent of those surveyed said they have coworkers who never wash their hands after using the bathroom. That’s why Stratus created “Fight the Office Flu” kits to help businesses stay as flu-free as possible. This flu season, our local cleaning experts are heading out to offices to drop off flu kits and help employees clean up Office Germ Hot Spots! Top Office Germ Hot Spots:
Women’s offices contain more than 2x the germs as their male colleagues. Makeup cases, phones and purses have the most bacteria. Doorknob or handle – Use a paper towel to open and close the bathroom door (bathroom faucets too). Elevator button – Try not to touch the button, use a tissue or a piece of your clothing instead Office kitchen – microwave, refrigerator, vending machine, water cooler, sink sponges, food/ food container handled by others. Another person’s keyboard or phone. Office materials – Copier machine, shared books, pens, staplers, etc. Key Prevention Tips: Prevention is key – Get a flu shot!!! It’s not too late! (Studies show getting the flu shot in the morning is most effective). Many
offices provide flu-shots inhouse. It takes approximately two weeks for protection provided by the vaccination to begin. If you feel run-down and sick, stay home from work! People are most contagious during the first 2–3 days of contracting a cold and about 5 days after being infected with the flu – even before symptoms develop. Wash your hands with hot water for 20 seconds with soap, several times a day, especially following contact with the top office hot spots. Avoid touching your face, eyes, or rubbing our nose. Relax — stress can decrease immunity. Drink more water! Decrease sugar intake. Get more sleep. Take Vitamin C and D.
Flight the Flu Kits Include:
New pens to replace old, germinfested pens employees use each day. Cleaning wipes to help employees keep germs away between professional cleanings. Hand sanitizer to battle back against sharing germs when shaking hands, sharing documents, eating together at company lunches, etc. Color-coded “green-clean” disinfectant sprays and microfiber cleaning wipes – highlighting the importance of hiring a commercial a cleaning partner that uses different, colorcoded sprays and wipes for each surface in the office. You don’t want to use the same spray/wipe in the kitchen and bathroom!
Breathe freely again by clearing blocked passageways and easing sinus pressure. Try any one of these shot drinks to ease the symptoms and fight the virus: 1. Apple Cider Slammer Apple cider vinegar is just that, a type of vinegar made from apple cider. This ‘Slammer’ contains betacarotene, which according to the Mayo Clinic possesses antioxidant properties that counteract the damage done by free radicals and in return helps boost your immune system. Find organic, raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar for maximum health benefits. Shot Recipe -1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar -2 tablespoons of filtered water.
Can’t stomach it? I personally suggest mixing a tablespoon with aall 8oz glass of cold water to dilute it. I also add a touch of raw honey to sweeten it. This source suggests drinking this apple cider daily. 2. Blueberry Blast
Flu recap: Each year, on average, 5 percent to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu, tens of thousands are hospitalized and thousands die from flu-related illness. This costs an estimated $10.4 billion a year in direct medical expenses and an additional $16.3 billion in lost earnings annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Remember when you catch the flu you can easily spread it to the most susceptible groups — young children and seniors. So think of yourself, and others, please. You cannot get the flu from the flu shot! Let’s work together to fight the flu and help keep employees
Blueberries are very high in antioxidants compared to other fruits and vegetables and contain powerful phytochemicals that give the fruit their deep blue color. A recent study done by the University of Oregon shared that the pterostilbene found in blueberries, when combined with vitamin D, could boost the body’s ability to fend off illness. Shot Recipe -1 handful of blueberriesblueberries if you do not own a juicer or don’t wish to juice them. 3. Lemon & Ginger Drop Lemon and Ginger are a powerhouse duo. This couple not only supports a strong immune
system by the lemon’s Vitamin C content, but together they help fight off an oncoming illness. Lemon juice’s anti-inflammatory qualities soothe sore throats and irritated membranes while the ginger helps cleanse your system.
Shot Recipe -1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice -3 tablespoons of water -1 pinch of gingeralso enjoy a glass of homemade lemonade and simply add ginger. 4. Pineapple Punch
Shot recipe -8 Lemons -2 oranges -2 cups pineapple juice -2 tablespoons of ground ginger -1/2 teaspoon Turmeric -1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper -2 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar -1 bulb of garlic
(Photo by Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images) Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy…whatever you want to call him, you have to call him successful. Love him or hate him, Diddy is an incredible example of how a persistent, obsession-like approach to business growth can create amazing results. At age 50, he often offers advice and motivation to the masses. And, he provides a seemingly never-ending source of inspiration to his social media followers, many of which are today’s generation of entrepreneurs. For Combs, it all started when he was young. At age five, Sean Combs’ father was murdered and he was raised in Mt. Vernon, New York by his mother. Fast forward past high school, Combs attended Howard University. While attending classes, he produced dance parties and operated an airport shuttle service. He pursued an internship with Uptown Records that led to a position as talent director. Combs rapidly rose to vice president and enjoyed great success producing a number of Uptown’s key artists, ultimately leaving the company in the early 90s. In 1993, Combs founded Bad Boy Entertainment, his own production company. No doubt as the result of connections he made while working at Uptown Records, he worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and pop music. A short four years later, after $100 million in sales, he inked a multi-million dollar deal with Arista Records to manage the label. Later, he recorded several albums, launched his own clothing line and launched a reality TV series titled: I Want to Work for Diddy and created an entire cable TV music network, REVOLT. In an incredible and lucrative move, Diddy entered into a partnership with Diageo to create and manage all marketing processes for Diddy’s brainchild, Ciroc Vodka. The deal dictated that Diddy and Sean Combs Enterprises make all brand related decisions and share future profits
and growth with Diageo. This unique collaboration for a USA based spirits company, is set to last several years and will be worth an estimated $100 Million for Diddy. In the early part of last year, Diddy ignited another partnership with Diageo in order to kick-start a joint venture to purchase DeLeon, a luxury Tequila brand. DeLeon is currently selling for $1000 per bottle in Los Angeles bars. It is currently selling around 10,000 cases per year in only 18 states so Diddy’s famous ability for business growth is destined to take effect for the brand. Now, Combs has even opened a school, Capital Prep in New York, to help the next generation be successful as well. “My mother taught me the importance of education at an early age,” says Combs. “I was able to gain tools, secrets and knowledge about what it takes to be a leader, what it takes to win and what it takes to make your dreams come true!! That’s what we’re doing with #CapitalPrepHarlem!! We’re empowering our inner city youth with the knowledge they need to be great.” “I was able to be successful because of education,” he said. Located in Harlem, New York, Capital Prep has enrolled 160 sixth and seventh graders, this school year. The charter school currently has plans to expand to high school grades in the future. Now, Sean “Diddy” Combs holds hip-hop’s 2013 top spot for the industry’s wealthiest player and his net worth is estimated by Forbes at $580 million. “But how did he go from intern to CEO?” is one of the most asked questions the mogul receives. He describes three key steps below: Passion – Do What You Love Clearly, Sean “Diddy” Combs is a talented individual and music lover. He built his fortune on a love of music and an eye for fashion, which he likely acquired from his mother through her work as a model in the fashion industry. Both…
More Heart Valve Patients May Choose Minimally Invasive Procedure Health/Fitness News
Blend all ingredients together then drink one cup three times a day. According to research, the following self-care steps may help you find some Add your lemon juice to the water. Grate or juice a pinch of ginger and enjoy. Instead of taking this as a shooter you canrelief and fight off infection: What You Need To Know: 1. Wipe Out irritants Keep your environment free of irritants and allergens that can trigger sinus congestion, such as dust, mold, smoke, chemical fumes, and animal dander 2. Steam Clean With Aromatic Oils Use steam inhalation with eucalyptus oil or products containing menthol to reduce nasal stuffiness 3. Try Nasal Irrigation
Raj Makkar, MD, vice president of Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention at Cedars-Sinai, says more patients are opting for a minimally invasive procedure instead of open heart surgery. Photo by Cedars-Sinai.
Since August, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a minimally invasive heart valve procedure for an expanded group of patients with aortic stenosis, Raj Makkar, MD, vice president of Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention at Cedars-Sinai, says many more patients are opting for the procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). With this latest approval, the procedure can now be performed on a wide spectrum of patients, from patients too sick to undergo open-heart surgery to those who would be considered low risk for open-heart surgery. "The TAVR procedure allows us to replace a patient's aortic valve without undergoing open-heart surgery," said Makkar, the Stephen R. Corday, MD, Chair in Interventional Cardiology at
Cedars-Sinai. "Now that low-risk patients can have TAVR, we are adding years to the lives of more and more people—and we are adding life to those years." Each year, more than 200,000 Americans are diagnosed with aortic valve stenosis—a stiffness of the heart valve's leaflets that reduces the ability to fully open and close and causes the heart's aortic valve to narrow and the heart muscle to become thicker and sometimes weaker. To treat the condition, cardiac surgeons and interventionalists like Makkar use TAVR, a minimally invasive procedure during which an interventional cardiologist repairs the valve by using a catheter to insert a new valve into the aorta. Makkar's team has performed TAVR on close to 3,500 patients, and he has taught his technique to interventionalists around the world.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190012197 Date Filed: 10/16/2019 Filing Expires On: 10/16/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): JRL MAINTENANCE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 32798 RICHMOND DR. ARROWBEAR, CA 92382 Mailing Address: PO BOX 1132 RUNNING SPRINGS, CA 92382 Name of Individual Registrant: JAMES R. LONGLEY 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: 32798 RICHMOND DR. RUNNING SPRINGS, CA 92382 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: October 16, 2019 James Longley, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 31, Correction November 7, 14, 21, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190012117 Date Filed: 10/15/2019 Filing Expires On: 10/15/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): POLUX USA County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1728 S. GROVE AVE., UNIT B234 ONTARIO, CA 91761 Mailing Address: PO BOX 1921 WEST COVINA, CA 91793 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: OQUALTIX
INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C3043584 Residence Street Address: 1728 S. GROVE AVENUE, UNIT B234 ONTARIO, CA 91761 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: October 14, 2019 Maribel Diaz, CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 24,31, November 7, 14, 2019.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1932458 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: IVEK RODRIGO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. ANUTHMI MITHARA PELAWASIGE to Proposed name: ANUTHMI MITHARA WAAS 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:12/19/19 Time:8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 Superior Court Of California County Of San Bernardino San Bernardino District-Civil Division 247 W. 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino District 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: October 31, 2019 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 2019 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1931019 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. ILCE ITZHEL CAMPERO-MENA to Proposed name: ILCE ITZHEL CAMPERO 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: 11/27/19 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 Superior Court Of California County Of San Bernardino San Bernardino District-Civil Division 247 W. 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino District 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: October 16, 2019 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 2019 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1931051 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: PEDRO ALEJANDRO VAZQUEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: PEDRO ALEJANDRO VAZQUEZ a. to Proposed name: ALEX VAZQUEZ 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: 12/02/19 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S16 Superior Court Of California County Of San Bernardino San Bernardino District-Civil Division 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: October 17, 2019 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 2019
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SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1911189 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CHRISTINA G RUIZ YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third 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 dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Shiv Samtani, Esq., (Bar #320822), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 560943) DATE (Fecha): APR 05 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Elisabeth Martinez, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant. 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/19 CNS-3309988# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1905667 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): LEAH SANDERS YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a
nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Shiv Samtani., (Bar #320822), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 560312) DATE (Fecha): FEB 25 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Daniela Vargas, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21/19 CNS-3308437# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1914350 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ROY TRIPLETT YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.
Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third 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 dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Shiv Samtani, (Bar #320822), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 554836) DATE (Fecha): MAY 07 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Daniela Vargas, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant. 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21/19 CNS-3308424# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN
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Don’t Miscount Us: Black Leaders Rev Up Push for 2020 Census By Charlene Muhammad | California Black Media African-American leaders across the country – and around California - are pulling out all the stops this time. They say Blacks cannot afford to be undercounted in the US 2020 Census. During the last census in 2010, field reps undercounted African Americans across the United States by more than an estimated 800,000 people. The data census workers collect is used to determine how over $800 billion in federal, state and local money for programs like Medicaid, Head Start, WIC, SNAP, Community Block Grants, Title 1, and more, is distributed among communities throughout the nation. The federal government also uses that information to decide how many United States representatives each state is allotted in Congress. “There are certain zip codes and certain populations that are hard to count,” said Cassandra Jennings, president and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Urban League. “Those groups include Blacks, Latinos, Asians, the youth, elderly and renters.” Jennings also serves as a subcommittee chair for California’s Census 2020 Hard to Count Campaign, tasked with making sure there is full participation among Californians. In Sacramento County where Jennings lives, she is working with 50 partners to develop culturally sensitive outreach methods for targeting Blacks. Trusted messengers in the community, Jennings says, like community based groups and African-American media, including Black-owned radio stations, newspapers and magazines, will help the Urban League get the word out. Last month, African-American leaders around the country convened a ‘Tele-Townhall’ titled “Make Black Count.” Civil rights leaders, activists, journalists, members of the clergy and concerned citizens joined the conversation via teleconference to get a better sense of ways they can encourage people of African descent living in the United States to participate in the upcoming census. The National Urban League (NUL), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCR) and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) hosted the town hall, held on Oct. 22. Stacey Abrams, who ran for governor of Georgia last November, joined Marc H. Morial, president of NUL, the Rev. Al Sharpton, president of NAN, and Melanie Campbell, president of NCBCP, among others, to lead the discussion. “The Census is important because it is the foundation for all reapportionment - drawing of lines for council seats in cities, county commissions, juries, state legislatures, certainly for members of Congress, and in those communities which elect judges from districts, it also impacts that,” said Morial. Morial challenged the ‘Tele-townhall’ participants to do all that they can to make sure everyone is fully counted and to hold the US Census Bureau accountable to conduct a full and complete count. In California, African Americans, in large numbers, mainly live in about ten of the state’s 58 counties. In those regions, the majority of Blacks reside in tracts that the United States Census Bureau has designated hard to count, according to California Black Media’s “Counting Black California” report. So, in Los Angeles, Alameda, San Bernardino and Sacramento counties, for example, local governments are funneling California census money to support the work Jennings and others are doing to mobilize participation among Blacks and other hard-to-count groups. So far, California has invested about $187.3 million into achieving an accurate account of state residents in the 2020 Census. From March 20-22 next year, Sacramento County census outreach groups, for instance, will hold a “Black Count” public awareness weekend. It will feature a blitz of activities targeting more than 14,000 Blacks in the county, including “pop-ups” at approximately 20 churches in the capital city area to provide volunteer training. There will also be special programs aimed at getting the information to young people. Similar efforts are being planned in counties across California. To effectively reach African-American communities in California, Jennings said, census outreach workers will have to focus on educating people about why the census is important to them. They will also have to explain that every member of each household must be counted, including all children and grandchildren - even if they are not listed on the lease. During the 2010 census, 10 percent of the estimated 4 million children in the United States that census workers did not count lived in California, according to the California Complete Count Office. Last week, the California-Hawaii NAACP Conference announced a plan to sign up African Americans across California for census jobs. The effort called “Black Recruitment Week” will be led by the civil rights group’s local branches and will be held from Nov. 24-26. The state NAACP will announce the dates, times and locations of the hiring events on its website. Special attention would have to be given to aging adults, too, Jennings said, because some of them are isolated from social networks and lack access to computers, smartphones, radios and even television. For some African Americans, it’s a matter of trust, Jennings added. “It’s important for people to know their information won’t be ‘out there’ or compromised, and if they are concerned about information being reported to landlords, for instance, rest easy, it won’t.” The U.S. constitution mandates the federal government to count every resident of the United States every 10 years. Next year’s census will officially kickoff in April. “The way the count will work is: Beginning March 12, Census 2020 will mail a unique user ID to most U.S. households,” Morial told participants of the ‘Tele-townhall.’ “This will allow heads of households to complete the form online, or by mail, or by phone, ahead of Census Day, which is April ,1 2020.
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America's largest milk producer files for bankruptcy By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business
New York (CNN Business)Dean Foods, America's largest milk producer, is filing for bankruptcy. The 94-year-old company has struggled in recent years because Americans are drinking less cows milk. 2019 has been particularly brutal: the company's sales tumbled 7% in the first half of the year, and profit fell 14%. Dean Foods (DF) stock has lost 80% this year The company, which produces some of the country's most recognizable milk and dairy
products, including Dairy Pure, Organic Valley and Land O'Lakes milks, has blamed its struggles on the "accelerated decline in the conventional white milk category." Dean Foods owns a number of recognizable brands, including Dairy Pure. Dean Foods owns a number of recognizable brands, including Dairy Pure. The company is saddled with debt and has been unable to fund all of its workers' pensions. So on
Tuesday, Dean Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to keep the business operating, reorganize its debt and help fund the pensions while it looks to sell the company. Dean Foods said in a statement that it is working with the Dairy Farmers of America cooperative on a potential deal, in which the cooperative would buy almost all of the company. As part of the bankruptcy process, the company secured $850 million in financing from its
existing lenders, including Rabobank (RSWLDD), to keep the company running. Once a staple of the American refrigerator, milk has slowly fallen out of favor with consumers as they seek less-sugary or plantbased alternatives. The global market for milk alternatives is expected to top $18 billion this year, up 3.5% from 2018, according to Euromonitor. That's still a fraction of the traditional milk market which will come in at just under $120 billion globally this year. Sales for cow's milk has been declining for the past four years. Sales for the past 52 weeks, ending on October 26, was around $12 billion, according to data Nielsen provided to CNN Business. That's a decline from $15 billion during a similar time period in 2015. All types of cow's milk, such as 1%, 2%, skim and fat-free milk sales have all declined. In contrast, and while still much smaller, sales of oat milk has jumped 636% to $53 million over the past year. That's not the only problem Dean Foods has faced. Walmart (WMT), which was one of Dean Food's biggest customers, dropped them last year after building its own dairy plant.
As Bill Cosby Awaits Appeal, Statement from CTA President E. Toby Boyd on Educators Among Support for His Release Grows NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now, as he awaits an appellate court’s ruling that could grant him a new trial or freedom, Cosby’s support base appears more significant than at any point since charges were filed against him nearly four years ago.
Dreamers Impacted by SCOTUS DACA Case CTA and NEA Amicus Brief Being Heard in SCOTUS Local/National News
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
More than a year has passed since Bill Cosby began a threeto-10-year sentence at a maximumsecurity prison near Philadelphia following his conviction on charges of aggravated indecent assault. Throughout two trials – the first ending in a hung jury in 2017 and the second in 2018 that resulted in his conviction – Cosby had very few supporters. Now, as he awaits an appellate court’s ruling that could grant him a new trial or freedom, Cosby’s support base appears more significant than at any point since charges were filed against him nearly four years ago. Much of that support is on social media, particularly fan pages that were established to help keep his legacy alive. On Facebook, the “Bill Cosby is Innocent Movement,” is followed or liked by more than sexual harassment, and gender discrimination but, based on what we have researched of the allegations against Dr. Cosby, we believe he is innocent of the charges leveled against him,” Raskin states. The administrators stated that the purpose of their site is to expose the truth regarding Cosby’s innocence. “We will also share information on how the media and legal system has been complicit in the lynching of yet another Black man – which is part of the American historical pattern,” the administrators wrote. Nicole Lewis, one of the administrators of the “We Believe Bill Cosby” page, recently produced and released a 47minute film about the Cosby case, titled “The Commonwealth Vs. Bill Cosby.” The film appeared on her “Nicole’s View” YouTube page, and outlines Cosby’s career, his controversial “Pound Cake”
speech, the allegations by Andrea Constand that ultimately sent Cosby to prison, and the role she said the judge and media played in “bringing Cosby down.” Cosby responded to Lewis’ documentary by tweeting his approval and thanking her. “Nicole, I thank you for being fearless. Finally, America will have a front-row seat to witness the facts of my unjust conviction,” Cosby wrote on Twitter. “Thank you and thank you. #TruthWillWinOut, #FarFromFinished, #BillCosbyIsInnocent, #FreeBillCosby.” Many of his supporters have likened Cosby’s plight to those of the infamous McMartin Preschool Trial, and the Salem Witch Hunt. “Indeed, the McMartin Preschool Trial, the Salem Witch Hunt was mob action based on falsehood; the destruction of prosperous Black towns by White mobs was based on lies, particularly of Black men raping White women and carried out through the collective and unified efforts of law enforcement, the Courts, a complicit media, and a prejudiced citizenry predisposed to believe guilt,” Raskin and his colleagues said. “So whether it’s one accuser or one hundred, decisions must be made on the veracity of each person’s case and if you only know one perspective (mass media), then you cannot adequately and truthfully come to an informed and enlightened evaluation of the circumstances of the Bill Cosby case.? We believe he’s innocent of the charges of rape, molestation, and drugging. You may not agree with a particular angle of some of the presenters but focus on the facts and decide for yourself.”
BURLINGAME – CTA President E. Toby Boyd released the following statement in response to hundreds of thousands of educators and students, including CTA members, who would be impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on DACA “Stripping away DACA from our nation’s most hardworking contributors to education is a disgrace to our democracy. It will rob our school districts of qualified educators, who have taught and trained every generation of trailblazers. DACA is essential to keep our classrooms afloat. This program gives our students a reason to
thrive, and robbing them of this crucial program will deter them from succeeding in life. “CTA stands with all DACA recipients, including our very own Vicente Rodriguez, teacher and DACA recipient from San Bernardino, California, who is protesting in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as part of the #HomeIsHere rally.” The California Teachers Association, which is affiliated with the 3 million-member National Education Association, argued in a legal brief filed on October 4 with the Court that the action the Trump administration took to end DACA was unlawful, arbitrary and capricious, and therefore should be set aside.
Meet the First Black Woman to Ever Win the Miss Mississippi USA Pageant in 67 Years Local/National News
Nationwide — Asya Branch (@AsyaDanielle), the winner of Miss Mississippi 2018, has most recently won the Miss Mississippi USA pageant to become the first Black woman to ever win the crown in the organization’s 67-year history. She is set to represent Mississippi in the Miss USA 2020 pageant.
Aside from the beauty, Asya, a native of Booneville, MS, has got the brains too. She graduated from the University of Mississipi and also began taking courses at Harvard University when she was just 17 years old. Asya hopes that with her new platform as the Miss Mississippi USA, she could inspire children of incarcerated parents. She had a firsthand experience of how challenging it was as she shared her father has been incarcerated for almost half of her life. “I am a daughter, a sister, a scholar, a community and campus leader, a nanny for a special needs child and my dad is in jail. Talk about getting the
attention of a classroom full of rowdy children,” Asya said, according to her biography on the Miss America website. “The Miss America organization has empowered me to embrace my past while helping others achieve their brightest futures. I am grateful to have the opportunity to help others realize they are not defined or doomed by the actions of others but instead can achieve successes beyond their wildest imaginations,” she stated. “Our country cannot afford to ignore the aftermath of a family’s shared sentence.” Asya will represent Mississippi in the Miss USA pageant. The winner of Miss USA will then represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant. This year has been a successful year for Black women in major beauty pageants. For the first time ever, all Black women won the Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA titles. Miss Tennessee also crowned its first Black winner.
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Convicted and suspected dirty cops, hundreds of tainted cases and hundreds of police officers with tarnished reputations signal trouble for Baltimore crime fighting and efforts to obtain justice...continued from page 1 Gray’s injuries came after he was given a “rough ride” where those in police custody are left unrestrained and violently tossed around in a fast-moving police van. Anger and riots exploded in the city following his death and how he was handled by police made national news. No officer was convicted of wrongdoing in connection with his demise. The U.S. Justice Department found in 2016 that the Baltimore City Police Department “engages in a pattern and practice that violates the U.S. Constitution,” and the “BPD disproportionately stops, searches, and arrests African Americans in violation of Title VI and the Safe Streets Act, and this disparate impact, along with evidence suggesting intentional discrimination against African Americans, exacerbates community distrust of the police.” Abdul Salaam was driving home with his son when he was pulled over by the Baltimore City Police in 2013. In front of his son strapped in his car seat and a crowd of 30 neighbors, officers snatched him out of the car, he stated. “They terrorized and beat me badly,” Mr. Salaam told The Final Call. “They went through my van, claimed to be looking for guns and drugs. These were plainclothes officers in unmarked cars. They were drug and gun enforcement officers. They said they pulled me over for a seat belt violation. As they got out of their cars, they had guns drawn. That’s not the routine approach for a traffic
violation,” he continued. “They pulled me out, slammed me down, handcuffed me, picked me up, hogtied me, gave me the ‘Baltimore knee drop’ in the back of my neck area while I was hogtied and carted me off to the hospital and then central booking. This is their common pattern and practice, not what they do when they stop you for a seat belt violation. It was not so commonly known back then.” Mr. Salaam spent two nights in jail and upon his release immediately found a lawyer to file suit against the Baltimore Police Department. Many of Baltimore’s Black residents look at the police with distrust and the problems have continued. “It’s unfortunate that she has to take this step,” said Farajii Muhammad about Atty. Mosby. He is host of Morgan State University’s WEAA Radio Daily Show, “For The Culture.” “You want to make sure that you have clean, good cases but considering the impact the Gun Trace Task Force made on the department, a lot of those cases forced her to take this route,” he explained. The Gun Trace Task Force was a police street unit that was involved in robbery, drug selling, stealing police overtime, planting evidence and other wrongdoing. According to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, the tainted cases involve additional officers convicted in a different federal case, six implicated in Gun Trace Task Force testimony, two in unrelated other cases and seven officers who remain
unidentified. “You don’t want to continue to perpetuate wrongful actions and unfortunately that happens a lot in Baltimore City. It’s a step that many people don’t want to take but at the end of the day I think it’s the right step and a necessary step to rectify the wrongs for the people who were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. It may be necessary,” said Mr. Muhammad. “The Gun Trace Task Force was a very reckless unit. They were reckless for many, many years. It will be important that we look at that. The states attorney of Baltimore realizes that we are still grappling with what happened to Freddie Gray, now we’re grappling with the Gun Trace Task Force.” Mr. Salaam took his case to court to fight the crooked cops that illegally stopped, searched and beat him. “It cost $10,000 just to get a good lawyer. Two weeks after my situation another young man died at the hands of the police, Tyrone West. I met that family three days later. They explained what happened to him was the same thing that happened to me. When I went to court, I felt these were the same cops that were involved with Tyrone West. My lawyer investigated and found that the officers were the same,” said Mr. Salaam. “Since that time, we have been very prominent in the city bringing to light the Baltimore Police Department’s wicked ways, as well as their pattern and practice of terrorizing communities. My criminal charges
were dropped, I filed a civil suit against the Baltimore Police Department and won.” Even after the Justice Department’s report that condemned the police department for racism, unreasonable force, violating the rights of Baltimore residents by using force or otherwise retaliating against individuals exercising constitutionally protected activity, such as public speech and filming police activity, excessive force against individuals with mental health disabilities or experiencing a crisis, many are still waiting for major improvements. To counter the growing divide between the community and the police, the state created Maryland’s Commission to Restore Trust in Policing in December 2018, and Governor Larry Hogan signed the bill into law giving the commission subpoena power for investigations. Their first report is expected in December 2019. “It’s going to take us to stop and look back and see how far does this corruption go? In this case the corruption goes far. Even though those members of the task force have been convicted, the impact of their misdeeds are still being revealed,” said Mr. Muhammad. The city also faces lawsuits from those who say they were victimized by corrupt cops. It was not immediately clear if anyone connected with the tainted cases is still incarcerated. (Final Call staff contributed to this report.)
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Kevin Hart makes 1st major appearance since car wreck ROLLING OUT — The 40-year-old star suffered three fractures in his spine in the incident in Malibu, but he took to the stage at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday night, Nov. 10, to collect his Comedy Act of 2019 prize and admitted he appreciates life more since the accident.
The Paley Center For Media Presents An Evening with Tyler Perry’s The Oval Final Selection to the PaleyLive Fall Season Features the Cast and Creative Team from Tyler Perry’s The Oval
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Kevin Hart at the premier for "the Secret Life of Pets," June 2019. (Photo: Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Life Music Photographer / Wikimedia Commons Kevin Hart made his first major public appearance at the E! People’s Choice Awards since he was involved in a serious car wreck in September. iThe 40-year-old star suffered three fractures in his spine in the incident in Malibu, but he took to the stage at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday night, Nov. 10, to collect his Comedy Act of 2019 prize and admitted he appreciates life more since the accident. Hart — who is married to Eniko
Parrish and has kids, Heaven, 14, Hendrix, 12, and 2-year-old Kenzo — told the crowd: “First and foremost, thank God because I definitely don’t have to be here. “Being that I am, it makes me appreciate life even more — appreciate the things that really matter, family. “I want to thank my wife and my kids … I want to thank you all for being there for me during my difficult time.” He beat off competition from the
likes of Trevor Noah, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Ken Jeong for the prize. He was also nominated for the Animated Movie Star of 2019 accolade for his role in The Secret Life of Pets 2, but he lost out to The Lion King’s Beyoncé. And The Perfect Date actor Noah Centineo beat out Hart for the Comedy Movie Star of 2019 accolade. The star was up for the gong for his performance in The Upside
but lost out to Centineo, as did Rebel Wilson, Adam Sandler, Dwayne Johnson and Liam Hemsworth, among others. Other big winners on the night included Pink, who took home the People’s Champion Award, and Jennifer Aniston and Gwen Stefani, who won the People’s Icon of 2019 and Fashion Icon of 2019 prizes, respectively. The post Kevin Hart makes 1st major appearance since car wreck appeared first on Rolling Out.
Redemption: Cyntoia Brown Finds “The School of Hard-knocks!”...continued Her Voice naively think that everyreason with us. Know that By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor
To say Cyntoia Brown’s life has been complicated is an understatement. Brown is a young, black woman sentenced as an adult to life in prison when as a teenager, she killed Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old man, who had solicited her for sex. Brown maintained she killed Allen in self-defense after he purchased her from a pimp and later appeared to be reaching for a gun to kill her. Prosecutors insisted Brown robbed and murdered Allen in cold blood. Brown was supposed to spend 51 years in prison before she could even be considered for parole but her precarious case caught the attention of criminal justice reform activists, A-List celebrities and eventually Bill Haslam, the Governor of Tennessee. Upon learning of the details surrounding Brown’s case and calling on a higher power, the former governor granted Cyntoia
Brown full clemency August 7, 2019, releasing the 31-year-old from the Tennessee Women’s prison. Brown who once had given up hope after losing all of her appeals, had been granted “mercy” in a socio-political climate that readily demonstrates anything but mercy or empathy towards black women. Brown, who strengthened her relationship with Jesus, found a God-fearing husband and the importance of education while in prison, set about to making her new lease on life count by continuing to do what she calls “God’s work” and share her story in order to help others. One of the many ways Brown is sharing her story is through her book, Cyntoia Brown: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System (Simon and Schuster). Brown’s book offers a detailed (continued on page 8)
“The School of Hard-knocks!” By: Lou Yeboah
Lou Yeboah Listen, nobody told you to go do what you did. You knew better but you wanted to prove to your homeboys that you were down. Now you crying woof? Well ain’t no need of crying now. You should have cried before
you did what you did. Stop your crying! You know my mama used to tell me that I was a hard headed kid. That was her way of telling me that I was stubborn. And she was right, I’ve learned a number of hard lessons in life because I did things my way. When we are young, we see ourselves as masters of our own future. We tend to be impatient with advice from others older and more experienced than us. We (continued in next 2 columns)
thing will go smoothly and easily. But one of the realities of life is that sooner or later we will run into things that are neither of our choosing nor to our liking. Many times, we learn lessons the hard way. So many lessons come from mistakes, poor choices and, dare I say it, sin. The problem I earnestly believe is that we do not know how powerful sin is. We do not know, we have no idea, it’s a term we toss around and we talk about it in a gleeful tone. But let me say something to you, we have under estimated its power, its grip, and its hold on us. I submit to you, that we have been bamboozled, fooled, brain washed, and beguiled. Sin is a cruel taskmaster. It robs one of much and provides him with nothing. And like the old saying says, “Sin always takes you farther than you want to go, keeps you longer than you want to stay, and costs you more than you are willing to pay.” It is extremely important that we understand sin and its all-consuming power. You know, the Bible - God’s Word always deals with realities. Among these is the fact that we get things wrong and do stupid things. Another is the fact that troubles will often come into our lives whether we go looking for them or not. I tell you, life is hard, but GOD IS GOOD! He doesn’t give us what we deserve because of our stubborness, or our pride. I want you to know that just like God tried ever so gently to reason with Cain, He is ever so gently trying to
there is no substitute for self-control and alertness when it comes to sin. God says, sin is standing at the door desiring to come in as master. Because sin is not satisfied with living in one room in your heart. It wants full run of the house. It wants in the closets, attics and basements and the whole nine yards. Sin is not satisfied until it completely masters the whole of your life. You better know that you know. Some of the hardest life lessons repeat themselves over and over again, and it’s on each and every one of us to be reflective enough to witness them happening in the moment — so that this time around, a different decision can be made. Making the same mistakes over and over can be costly in more ways than one. Grasp the lessons life is trying to teach you. And know that God is reaching out to you again to give you another chance to repent. God will forgive you and restore you again. But if you continue to disobey and live in sin, God’s anger will descend on you like king Manasseh. That could be fatal. Don’t take God’s grace for granted. Galatians 6:7-8 tells us: Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Listen, as the quote says, “Life is a school, learn your lesson quicklyso that you would not have to repeat it!”
Beverly Hills, CA, November 12, 2019 – The Paley Center for Media today announced the final selection to its PaleyLive LA fall season: An Evening with Tyler Perry’s The Oval. This exciting program will take place on Tuesday, December 10 at 7:00 pm at the Paley Center’s Beverly Hills location. “Tyler Perry is one of the most creative and prolific minds in entertainment and we’re thrilled to host his new BET series,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center’s President and CEO. “I can’t think of a better program to conclude our PaleyLive fall season.” Tyler Perry’s The Oval, BET’s addictive and popular drama series from acclaimed creator Tyler Perry, has quickly become one of the most talked about series on television, claiming the #1 spot as the new scripted series for general market P18-49, P2+ for ALL of cable TV.* Tyler Perry’s The Oval traces the story of a newly elected President and First Lady, Hunter and Victoria Franklin, placed in the White House by people of influence. Filled with compelling doses of secrets, power and revenge, the series also highlights the personal side and everyday lives of the First Family, and staff who run the inner workings of the nation’s most iconic residence. The Paley Center will screen an episode from Tyler Perry’s The Oval, followed by conversation with series stars Ed Quinn (Hunter Franklin), Kron Moore (Victoria Franklin), and other members of the cast and creative team.
PaleyLive programs offer audiences the rare opportunity to engage in lively discussions in intimate settings held at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, to not only expand society’s understanding of the cultural, creative, and social significance of media, but also to educate and entertain the public. Tickets for An Evening with Tyler Perry’s The Oval are now on sale to Paley Center Patron, Fellow, and Supporting Members. Tickets go on sale for Paley Center Individual Members on November 13 at 9:00 am; and to the general public on November 14 at 9:00 am. PaleyLive events often sell out to Paley Center Members before tickets go on sale to the general public. Paley Members enjoy presale access and ticket discounts. Become a Member today, and get tickets to this event before the general public. For more information on the many benefits of Paley Center Membership including early access to purchase tickets, please visit paley.me/join. For more information on this event please visit paleycenter.org. Media Contact: Teresa Brady, The Paley Center for Media, tbrady@paleycenter.org, 212621-6697 *Source: Nielsen (Npower)|LSD, Premieres airing M-Sun 7p-12a, 9/23/19-11/1/19, Cable Only excludes Kids, Sports, News and Spanish Programming and Sneak Peaks.
Witness For Justice #968
Truth-Seeking Leads to TruthTelling Velda Love Minister of Racial Justice A few weeks ago the phone rang. “This is Velda, with whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?” On the other end of the phone was a member of a UCC church in the Southern region of the country. She was interested in racial justice due to some recent incidents in her church and community. The UCC caller wanted to “dive into dialogues and have sacred conversations to end racism.” I was excited—that’s my role at the UCC national office. I am the Minister for Racial Justice. We talked for more than forty-minutes, because embarking on a lifelong journey towards dismantling racism means doing the internal work along with uncovering the history of, our contemporary conditions. Her most pressing questions had to do with how the Christian Church, is so stubbornly entangled in upholding racism. Her recent visit to the Equal Justice Initiative’s Peace and Justice Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama stirred feelings she’s not been able to release since her return home. I began with history older than humans, pre-human existence. We discussed the age of the earth, first humans, and the Cradle of Civilization which is Africa. Our species is an African one: Africa is where we first evolved, and where we have spent the majority of our time on Earth. We discussed at length the years of research that went into uncovering truths in Africa’s Great Civilizations, a video resource narrated by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In episode one, Gates travels
to the center of Christianity’s beginnings and the people who built churches to honor Christ on the continent of Africa. Our conversation circled back to her initial question— the entanglement of the European Protestant and Catholic Church and its ties to racism, including the 1493 papal edict, The Doctrine of Discovery, that defined persons outside the realm of European blood to be inferior humans. Those beliefs shape modern theology and racists structures in the United States. “Why didn’t I learn this history?” the UCC caller asked. “I never learned this history in my church, at home, or in any of the schools I attended.” I assured her that these few lessons and more were available to her through the study guide, Sacred Conversations to End Racism. I encouraged her to go back to the webpage, and be part of a dynamic online learning community of pastors and lay persons across the county. We ended our call with a commitment that she would be part of the 2020 cohort. A few hours later I received her application. At the end of the day I am reminded that I too am a drum major for justice, and justice is for all God’s people. God desires all people to be treated with dignity and respect, to live free because there are enough resources for all. God desires we move about the earth without borders, walls, and threats of separation and annihilation. We who believe in freedom cannot rest because God is still speaking.
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Artist Bernard Hoyes works open at the County Museum SB County News
San Bernardino County Museum is pleased to present a show of works by artist Bernard Hoyes. “Spirit of the Land Through Climate Change,” an exhibition of large scale watercolors, speaks to the artist’s experience with the ecological life of the desert. The show opens Sunday, Nov. 17 and runs through March 8, 2020. The exhibit opens with a reception on Nov. 17, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Hoyes, an artist working in multiple disciplines including performance, painting, watercolor and murals, is a Coachella Valley resident, Jamaican born, African-
American, and is primarily recognized as a contemporary painter. His work evolves from a highly intuitive space, capturing spiritual realms on canvas in radiant and brilliant essence. He inspires the viewer to transcend into new dimensions, and regardless of the genre, all of his work has an undercurrent of spirituality. The works in this show reveal a controlled recession of details, plane after plane, allowing the observer to wander into the picture space for a vicarious experience of nature. Raised into a family rooted in Jamaica's revivalist church, Hoyes memories of religion
School Board Honored October Outstanding Students...continued from page 2 Newmark Elementary School Outstanding Students Fifth-grader Rene Cervantes has demonstrated exceptional growth in both English-language arts and math. He continues to show progress both academically and socially, and his dedication has paid off. Rene wants to be an inventor and a YouTuber when he gets older. First-grader Kristy Sullivan has shown what hard work and dedication can do. She has been working with the speech and language pathologist, and in one year she met all of her goals. Kristy plans to take that can-do spirit and apply it to becoming a firefighter. Sixth-grader Alexia Uribe is a model student and a member of the student council. She is very outgoing, has excellent
communication skills, and does well in both language arts and math. Alexia wants to attend college, but she hasn’t decided on her major yet. Sierra High School Outstanding Students Twelfth-grader Francisco Curiel has demonstrated great improvement. He has gone from passing one class per block to passing all of his classes this block. His new sense of dedication will take him far. Eleventh-grader Rick DuqueKham is attentive and respectful. He has nearly perfect attendance and is usually the first Sierra scholar to complete an assigned task. Rick plans to attend Valley College before transferring to UTI and becoming an auto mechanic.
and rituals have influenced his artistic productivity throughout his life. His celebration of traditional African religion and spirituality continues to find universal appeal. His work has exhibited at the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles, Riverside Art Museum, Mission Inn Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, and others. His mural projects include a large-scale work on the exterior wall Church of St. Paul’s in downtown Palm Springs, and most recently a mural in Kingston, Jamaica as part of the Kingston Creative’s #PaintTheCity project, to
revitalize the downtown. His works are in the private collections of Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Cole, Steve Harvey, Helene Galen, Keenan Ivory Wayans and the National Urban League, amongst others. The San Bernardino County Museum’s exhibits of regional cultural and natural history and the Museum’s other exciting events and programs reflect the effort by the Board of Supervisors to achieve the Countywide Vision by celebrating arts, culture, and education in the county, creating quality of life for residents and visitors. The San Bernardino County Museum is at 2024 Orange Tree Lane, at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. The exhibit and the exhibit opening reception are included with general admission. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is $10 (adult), $8 (military or senior), $7 (student), and $5 (child aged 5 to 12). Children under five and Museum Association members are admitted free. Parking is free. For more information, visit www.sbcounty.gov/museum. The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities.
Redemption: Cyntoia Brown Finds Her Voice...continued Brown kept praying and asking for what she wanted and was not getting it, which was difficult to understand. Brown credits relinquishing control of her life to God with the freedom that would eventually come. “After I realized I had to give God complete control over my life, that’s when things started changing,” including her ability to write her book. “I was at a church service and the minister had come around and was anointing everyone and she said God said write the book. I went back to the cell and I called my husband and I said what do you think? He said write the book,” she shares. “I started writing the book and it started flowing out of me. Within three months I had a manuscript.” Brown’s story has been covered all over the news, social media outlets, criminal justice reform
spaces, college campuses – you name it and #FreeCyntoiaBrown has been a topic of discussion. When asked, what will people get from her book they haven’t already gotten from the media and she responds, “The full truth.” “For one, everything in the interview is very surface level, cleaned up and it’s not entirely correct,” she states. “You’re going to get the full truth. It goes a lot deeper than anything you’ve seen in an article. So many people have told me after reading the book, they got to experience it,” says the first-time author. It refers to the traumatic life she lived up until being sentenced to life after fighting for her life. “So many things affected me from the time in school, to the time in the facilities and you really get to walk
Redemption: Cyntoia Brown Finds Her Voice...continued through that journey with me.” Readers will be able to fully step into the shoes of Brown and understand all of the things that had to happen for society to lock up and throw away the key on the life of a 16-year-old black girl who had seen the worst life has to offer from her beginning in the womb. Despite the horrific acts that transpired in Brown’s young life, she is aware that some people think she should still be in jail and should not be forgiven. Brown who believes everyone is “entitled to their opinion,” knows she has to focus on telling her story to help the girls who are currently in the same position as she was as a teenager. When asked what advice she would give to girls mired in the same dire circumstances she faced, she simply states, “I want them to know there is another side of life.” The criminal prison reform advocate adds, “There were so many times when I felt there was nothing and nobody out here to help me. But, you have to allow
yourself to be helped to get to the point to see there’s better for you and it’s possible. Know who you are in God. Know that he’s looking out for you even when you can’t see it,” says Brown, a free woman who has clearly found her voice. Although she speaks energetically about God, change and submission to God’s will, Brown shies away from questions about movies or what movie star should play her in a movie about her extraordinary life. Brown grows quiet, and says she has no idea. “I haven’t even thought about that,” she says, giving voice to the fact freedom is still new for her. The here and now appears to be her safe place and criminal justice reform is where her attention resides. Brown’s sense of urgency is wrapped in her obedience to God, the need to help save others from the painful path she took as a child, the desire for redemption and the recognition that time waits for no one.
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Redemption: Cyntoia Brown Finds California’s Criminal Cops: Who they are, what they did, why some are still working...continued from page 3 Her Voice...continued from page 7 And the Compton Unified decertified nearly 1,000 officers in But in California, where local the state to learn more about look at Brown’s life behind bars and her traumatic childhood, which Brown attributes to the unfortunate direction of her early life. When speaking with Brown, it is clear she is getting used to her newfound freedom and has not had the privilege of thinking too far into the future. Her answers to the questions are short and to the point and focused on the past and the here and now. When asked what motivated her to write a book, Brown states matter-of-factly, “God.” “I prayed and felt that it [writing the book] was necessary. God gives us testimony so we can share them and not so we can sit on them,” Brown offers. The discussion of time is a constant in Brown’s answers. She is a young woman who has gone from having nothing but time with a life sentence, to a new world where everyone wants some of her time. Brown has a clear understanding that time is of the essence and she has to capitalize on new-found fame and empathy if she is going to help young girls struggling in their young lives just as she had when turned out as a child. How might her life have been different if she knew at a young age there was more for her? “I know that a lot of people have been through what I’ve been through, so I felt it was necessary for people to see representations of their own experiences,” Brown says. “They need to know there is help out there for them.”
Help that evaded Brown at every stage of her early life. Brown, whose birth mother drank during her pregnancy, giving up for adoption at age 2. Her adoptive mother provided a stable home, but Brown didn’t get the treatment or help she needed to address her issues with fetal alcohol syndrome and abandonment, leading to her life as a runaway. As a runaway, Brown was drugged, beaten and sex trafficked by a pimp named, “Kutthroat.” Brown, who received therapy and treatment to help cope with her traumatic childhood while in prison, found writing the book took her to some “dark places.” “I thought I had done a lot of processing of my childhood, but once I was working with (coauthor Bethany Mauger) and she was asking me questions, I had to go back into those moments and that was kind of tough some times,” Brown says quietly. “This is Bethany’s first book too,” she adds letting me know they both underestimated the effect going into those dark corners would have on their lives. Brown had endeavored to write this book many times while in prison but couldn’t do it. She would start and stop. Start and stop again. The disappointment of losing all of her appeals and not having the judges find any mercy or compassion for her and all she endured as a child wreaked havoc upon her mind. Always a believer [in Christ], (continued in next 2 columns)
California’s criminal cops. After trying to narrow down the convictions list to officers who have worked in the last decade, the reporters focused on nearly 1,000 cases, hunting down court files from nearly every county in California. They routinely encountered roadblocks, from uncooperative government workers to missing case files to sloppy record keeping. They also pored over 10 years of news clips to identify hundreds of additional law enforcement officers missing from the state’s secret list who had been convicted of a crime in the past decade. Ultimately, the reporters identified 630 current or former officers with criminal convictions in the past decade in California. But given the state’s persistent secrecy, the results are only a snapshot of officers with a prior conviction. If California’s top law enforcement official knows the real number, he’s not saying. Becerra has declined numerous interview requests for this story. Oversight in other states One thing that is clear: Many of the officers on the state’s secret convictions list who are still working today likely wouldn’t be cops in other states. About two-thirds of the states with the power to decertify an officer do not even require a criminal conviction to boot someone from the profession, according to Goldman, the St. Louis professor. Misconduct findings by an administrative body can be enough.
departments decide the fates of problem officers, it’s nearly impossible for the public to get answers when police break the law. Local law enforcement officials routinely dismissed questions for this story about why they continued to employ officers with criminal convictions, citing the state’s strict confidentiality rules on police personnel matters. The Los Angeles Sheriff ’s office wouldn’t explain why it keeps a dozen convicted cops on the force, including cases involving allegations of domestic abuse, trespassing, perjury and drunken driving. In San Francisco, reporters found Officer Warrick Whitfield still working despite two prior criminal convictions. He got a DUI in 2012, then was criminally charged two years later for using his law enforcement access to dig up confidential information about a domestic dispute. He was convicted in that case too but again kept his job. And the San Francisco Police Department refused to explain why. San Diego police wouldn’t explain their decision to keep four convicted officers, including Roel Tungcab, who was charged with domestic violence in 2011 on suspicion of knocking his wife unconscious. He pleaded down to a single misdemeanor charge of damaging her phone. Records show authorities have responded to multiple domestic incidents at Tungcab’s home in recent years. And yet, records show, Tungcab — who declined to comment —is still working today.
School District wouldn’t respond to questions about keeping school officer Donte Green on the force after a jury convicted him of child endangerment. In 2014, Green left his 7-year-old daughter alone in a car with his loaded gun. She grabbed it and fired it in the direction of a school, records show. No one was hurt. Prosecutors insisted Green should be held accountable. “Look, I appreciate what he does for a living,” Deputy District Attorney Craig Rouviere told the jury during closing arguments at Green’s trial. “But you know what? If I fall over dead tomorrow, they are going to bring in another D.A. to finish this case, because the system is bigger than one person. … We can’t look at him and go, ‘Yeah, man, he’s a cop, man. Give him a break.’ That’s not how the law works.” A judge sentenced Green to three years probation and he had to take a National Rifle Association gun safety course. It’s possible none of those officers would be working in Florida or Georgia. The two states have agencies with some of the broadest power to decertify officers over not just convictions but a range of misconduct, including dishonesty, unethical conduct and “moral turpitude.” In Georgia, officers can be booted from law enforcement for offenses such as sexual harassment, drunken driving and undue force. Florida can revoke a cop’s license for possession of cannabis and perjury. Together the two states
2015 — roughly half the decertifications nationwide, according to a 2016 study. Glen Hopkins, an official at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said even when local prosecutors let an officer off on lesser charges, his state can aggressively pursue discipline. “If they plead it down to a lesser misdemeanor — if we’ve got the facts — we’re not bound by that,” Hopkins said. While most other states don’t take as hard a stance, they do have stricter rules than the Golden State. Time to get tougher? With police transparency efforts on the rise in Sacramento, the debate is heating up on whether the state should do more to prevent problem police officers from working in California. “Should there be statewide standards for police officers and deputy sheriffs? If you ask me, the clear answer is yes,” said Janet Davis, interim police chief in the Central Valley city of McFarland, a 14-member department that has had a dubious record of hiring castaway cops. Association of California represents more than 75,000 officers. Former POST director Paul Cappitelli agrees that bad cops shouldn’t be working in California, but he also worries that if the state has the power to decertify police, good officers might lose their jobs.