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

: A Nation Dangerously

COMMENTARY By Ron Edwards

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This former cop wants to build trust between communities and police Fulbright Scholar Roberto Rivera looks to Jamaica as a model of restorative justice By Tess Eyrich

Too many on both sides of the political aisle and at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue feel we are beyond the ability to honesty work for national healing. God help us to keep it from becoming part of this ongoing American tragedy. As of the writing of this column, a series of hate-driven, murderous events have taken place, either racially or religiously motivated, from October 24 – 27, across the country. Among them are the following hate crimes: Two African Americans were murdered in Kentucky by a White man who had tried to enter a predominantly Black church nearby just minutes before. Eleven Jewish worshipers were murdered at a synagogue in the historic Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, also by a White man. At least 14 pipe bombs (not detonated) were mailed to various Democratic leaders and supporters by a man of Filipino and Italian parentage. The two African Americans were murdered at a supermarket in Jeffersontown, Kentucky on Oct. 24. One, a man, was shot in the back of the head inside the store and killed instantly, and the other, a woman, was shot multiple times in the store’s parking lot.

A brave citizen, with a permit to carry, exchanged gunfire with the gunman in the parking lot. If not for his bravery, more might have died. But little was said about the death of these two African Americans until after the murders of the 11 people in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27 and after the undetonated mail bombs were reported. Those crimes took priority — Pittsburgh was the largest mass murder of Jewish citizens in America’s long history. And, let’s not forget the Minnesota connection with the sender of the package bombs. The bomber, of Filipino and Italian descent, and not American Indian, as incorrectly reported at first by the media, had a criminal history in Minnesota and has been a rather mysterious figure with regards to his activity here in the 1980s and 1990s. We do, however, know that the bomber had a significant history of terroristic activities, predating what some celebrate, and others condemn, as the Trump era. Let us be crystal clear: African Americans are being killed and executed

at locations and under circumstances of which many have no knowledge. The mail bomber sent package bombs to assassinate two former presidents of the United States, a Black senator, a Black congresswoman, a Black former attorney general of the United States, with another package bomb targeted for the Black senator from New Jersey. He mailed a total of 14 package bombs throughout the country, coast to coast. Who knows what other individuals he had in mind? The deaths of those two African Americans in Jeffersontown were just as significant. Yet, it was difficult for the current administration in Washington to classify these murders as acts of terror. In fact, there are strong feelings that if it were not for the Jews murdered in Pittsburgh, the Jeffersontown murders would not have even been considered newsworthy. This is both tragic and dangerous to the so-called healing process the president and others called for on the days following

these killing scenes. We talk about healing, but at first, the two African American lives lost in Jeffersontown were viewed as being insignificant deaths of no importance. That is not healing. Sometimes, in a column, it is important to repeat certain factual information so that the reader clearly understands and can connect the events and the tragedy of the loss of life. Too many on both sides of the political aisle and at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue feel we are beyond the ability to honesty work for national healing. God help us to keep it from becoming part of this ongoing American tragedy. I continue to hold a prayer for the United States of America and for the families of these three circles of murder. Is this nation ready to heal? I believe so. Stay tuned. Ron Edwards is an author and hosts radio and TV shows. This article originally appeared in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

Police Fatally Shoot Black Security Guard Who Detained Shooting Suspect The Associated Press.

When police arrived after reports of a shooting over the weekend at a bar outside Chicago, witnesses say Jemel Roberson, a 26year-old security guard who worked there, had already subdued the alleged assailant, pinning him to the ground. Adam Harris, who was at Manny’s Blue Bar in Robbins at the time of the incident on Sunday, told WGN-TV that Roberson was holding “somebody on the ground with his knee in his back, with his gun in his back” when officers from neighboring Midlothian got there early Sunday. Midlothian Police Chief Daniel Delaney said that’s when one of his officers “encountered a subject with a gun” and shot him, according to a statement given to the media. But the “subject” was Roberson, not the suspect in the bar shooting. Witnesses say Roberson was wearing his uniform, including a

Jemel Roberson and his 9-month-old son. Avontea Boose via AP

hat emblazoned with the word “security,” and was holding a firearm he was licensed to carry. Midlothian police confirmed that two officers responded to the scene at the bar on Sunday and that one of them opened fire. “Everybody was screaming out ‘Security!’ “ Harris told WGN. “And they still did their job, and saw a black man with a gun, and basically killed him.”

Roberson was declared dead shortly after arriving at a hospital. Four others at the bar, including the shooting suspect, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Delaney said that the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Robbins Police Department were investigating the shooting. Roberson was the father of a 9month-old son. “This was going

to be my baby’s first Christmas with his dad and now he’s going to miss out on everything,” Avontea Boose, the child’s mother, told The Associated Press. Roberson was also a musician for churches in his community. “Every artist he’s ever played for, every musician he’s ever sat beside, we’re all just broken because we have no answers,” the Rev. Patricia Hill told WGN. She added that Roberson had dreamed of being a police officer. “He was getting ready to train and do all that stuff, so the very people he wanted to be family with, took his life,” Hill said. Roberson’s family filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Midlothian police department and the officer who shot him, seeking damages of $1 million. A GoFundMe page has been established to raise money for funeral costs. Family and friends held a vigil Monday evening at the nightclub where he was killed.

Roberto “Bobby” Rivera spent 20 years as a police officer in Southern California before a medical injury prompted his early retirement in 2011. What he couldn’t have predicted at the time was that the injury that ended one career would also open a door to global research. Now a doctoral candidate in the sociology department at the University of California, Riverside, Rivera channeled his prior experience in law enforcement into studying criminology. Through his research, he seeks to build a framework for more holistic approaches to policing that consider the larger environments in which crimes occur rather than just the crimes themselves. “I had numerous Ph.D. offers around the country,” Rivera said of his academic journey. “As a scholar, I wanted to move away from traditional theories of criminology, such as the broken windows theory. I had read Alfredo Mirandé’s book ‘Gringo Justice’ and was influenced by his critical examination of criminology. He, along with other professors from the Department of Sociology, made it quite easy for me to choose UCR to pursue researching alternative policing methods.” Rivera described holistic policing as a process in which law enforcement perceives and engages those policed with respect and understanding, noting that such a model is an ideal method to focus on human potential and achievement rather than social disorder. In January 2019, he'll begin a 10month term as the Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Jamaica. With the University of the West Indies at Mona as his base, Rivera will conduct in-depth ethnographic research geared toward better understanding Jamaica’s success as a model of restorative justice.

retributive justice in that it views crime as a violation of relationships between individuals rather than as a violation of the law or the state. Communal in nature, it emphasizes rehabilitation through personal accountability and encourages offenders to take responsibility for their actions by seeking reconciliation with both victims and communities, usually in mediated discussion sessions. Rivera said that although criminal justice practices in the U.S. traditionally have skewed toward retributive, police departments are increasingly starting to examine and incorporate alternative methods used around the world. In Jamaica, restorative justice techniques have been in practice since 1994. The country has historically had high levels of violence, resulting in a “traumatized population with lower levels of trust in the criminal justice system,” Rivera said. In response, the country’s Ministry of Justice piloted its National Restorative Justice Programme in 2012 and formally passed the Restorative Justice Act in 2016. As of this year, the ministry announced that more than 200 restorative justice sessions had taken place across the island, with 1,662 people benefiting from the sessions and plans in place to expand the system to schools, among other environments. “Restorative justice, for me, is a system where everyone has an equal opportunity to access a criminal justice system that’s fair and impartial,” Rivera said. “To go to Jamaica gives me the opportunity to research and advance areas that I’m concerned with, and to see if we can bring back any of Jamaica’s more successful methods to the U.S.” During his time in the country, Rivera plans to interview at least 30 Jamaican criminal justice practitioners as well as 30 community members, including local representatives from social services and mental health, alcohol, and

Rivera spent 20 years as a police officer in Southern California before attending UCR. (Jimmy Lai)

Roberto "Bobby" Rivera will spend 10 months in Jamaica studying the country's restorative justice system. (Jimmy Lai)

Roberto Rivera Restorative justice differs from

substance abuse programs. His main aim is to return to the U.S. with the foundation for a new methodology of holistic policing that prioritizes improving trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve. (continued on page 2)

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Slavery At Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox Of Liberty “If I reach back far enough I can touch my own family slavery in a very personal way.” – Bishop T.D. Jakes By Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service

Michael Cottman and Bishop T.D. Jakes DALLAS – Inside a provocative exhibit about Thomas Jefferson and slavery, Bishop T.D. Jakes was reminded of his own enslaved ancestors. Jakes, who has visited Africa many times, proudly talked about his Nigerian roots. He said Dr. Henry Louis Gates, a professor of African and African American research at Harvard University, arranged a DNA test which confirmed that Jakes’ ancestors were from Nigeria. “Going back there recently, I went into an area that was predominantly Ibo and it was kind of emotional to me,” Jakes said. “Because they made presentations to me – my house is decorated with a lot of African art – and they were telling me this is what your language sounds like.” Jakes said he has a vivid recollection of his great-grandmother who was once enslaved. He was just 10 years old but said he remembers listening to his greatgrandmother talk about slavery and his family’s history “And I think of how so many people look at Africa and they talk about poverty but when I looked at it I thought they are so rich in ways that we are poor.” Jakes said. “They know who they are, they know whose they are, they know where they came from, they proudly understand their languages, and in that way we are very poor and so there needs to be a greater exchange between us

as people because for me it was like regaining a part of myself that was lost.” Jakes is the honorary co-chair of a new traveling exhibit, “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,” which will run from Sept. 22 to Dec. 31 at Dallas’ African American Museum. The exhibit, which premiered at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, breaks new ground by focusing in more detail on the life of Sally Hemings who was enslaved with an estimated 400 other men, women and children on Jefferson’s 5000-acre Monticello plantation. The exhibit showcases more than 300 artifacts. Some of the artifacts that appear in the exhibit include, nails made at the nailery, which was run by the enslaved families an became an extremely profitable industry for Jefferson; a tombstone of Priscilla Hemmings that was hand-carved by her husband, Michael Hemmings; (NOTE: spelling with two m’s is correct; and china and pottery purchased by the enslaved families at the market. · Some of Jefferson’s items on display include a finely carved chess set, his eyeglasses and bookstand. Also, a medicine bottle from Paris that may have been brought back by Sally Hemings during her time in France; a portion of a black pot (Jefferson encouraged his slaves

Inland Empire Student Film Festival Now Accepting Submissions Community Education News

The International Student Film Festival will be held on the San Bernardino Valley College campus (photo: Ashley Pacheco). SAN BERNARDINO, California—Submissions are now open for the 8th Annual SBVC International Student Film Festival. All student filmmakers at SBVC and worldwide are invited to submit films at www.filmfreeway.com/ iema. Categories include narrative and documentary short, animation, and experimental. The deadline to submit is March 31. Works in progress will be considered. The Inland Empire Media Academy, housed at San Bernardino Valley College, has celebrated the region’s student filmmakers since 2011. The 8th annual film festival will open Thursday, April 25 with a gala, media expo, panel discus-

sions on media topics, and a screening of Inland Empire filmmaker Nick Nevada’s feature film debut, “Say You Will.” The festival will continue Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, with screenings of student films from San Bernardino, Serbia, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and other regions that enter the festival. The festival will close with an awards luncheon on April 27. Prizes will include cash, filmmaker technology, and much more. For more information, contact Festival Director Lucas Cuny at (909) 384-8546 or lcuny@valleycollege.edu.

ARTIFACTS – Photo credit © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

ARTIFACTS – Photo credit © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello to marry and gave them a black pot as a wedding gift) and an arm chair used in the house that is believed to have been made by John Hemings, (correct spelling) a gifted furniture maker. Meanwhile, Jakes reflected on the artifacts, which conjured images of enslaved Africans aboard slave ships heading from West Africa to the Americas. “All of the people who got on the boat were not the same people but they had to unify in order to survive under stress.” Jakes said. “It’s an amazing story when you think about it. They didn’t even speak any other’s language so well that was a certain amount of distrust under the planks of the ship there was a huge enemy above and so in that sandwich dimension of history we survive

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nonetheless.” “We learn how to communicate with each other,” Jakes said. “We learned how to become a people. We struggle with what to call ourselves – ‘darkies’ and ‘coloreds’ and ‘niggers’ and negroes’ and all of these names that were thrust upon us is a reflection of trying to identify who am I,” Jakes added. Dallas is the first city to host the exhibit that will feature additional objects that have never left Monticello. Other stops for the exhibit include Detroit, Richmond and the West Coast in 2019. Jakes said slavery was also about survival, people who were forced into a violent life and stripped of everything, including their names. He added that sla-

USDLA Recognizes Continued Quality Certification Status for B-CU...continued of B-CU Global Online Dr. Arletha McSwain, USDLA is confident the University and the B-CU Global Online College will be successful with continued implementation of the self-study recommendations. The breadth and scope of the Distance Education Policy and Procedures Manual, Online Faculty Certification Program, Orientation for Online Adjunct Faculty and the Open Education Resources initiative were noted. The University’s commitment to collaboration and excellence was highlighted by the instructional technology professional development for faculty as well as comprehensive training for online students. Additionally, Bethune -Cookman University’s becoming a member of Florida -

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Bishop T.D. Jakes; Gary Sandling, Gary Sandling, vice president of visitor services and programs, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Dallas City Councilmember Kevin Felder; Dr. Wright Lassiter, Jr., chairman of the board, African American Museum, Dallas; author Vinita Moch Ricks; Dr. Harry Robinson, Jr.; Texas State Representative Helen Giddings; Gayle Jessup White; Calvin Jefferson

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ARTIFACTS – Photo credit © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello very and contemporary issues of race are forever intertwined, and he stressed the significance of the Dallas exhibition. After Jakes completed a tour of the exhibit, he sat inside one of the museum’s upstairs galleries, glanced at a panel about enslaved African people, and spoke philosophically about slavery’s 300year impact on the world. “I think that no matter what the

color of the people are anytime we allow one group of people to have that much power, abuse perpetuates itself,” Jakes said, “whether you are talking about some of the atrocities that have happened in the history of the Jews or whether you’re talking about the apartheid in South Africa, or whether you’re talking about slavery and Jim Crow in America.”

This former cop wants to build trust between communities and police...continued from page 1 In the future, he hopes to use his Fulbright research to influence policymaking that could see restorative justice practices become more common stateside. Underscoring his research is a belief that current tensions between police officers and marginalized communities in the U.S. could be greatly improved by increasing trust between the two parties. “We now have issues of higher arrest rates, higher sentencing rates, and mass incarceration of people of color,” Rivera said. “We have the highest rate of incarceration of any other country in the world. How did we do that? Who benefits from it? "For many in law enforcement, the prototype of a good police officer is someone who goes out and makes a lot of arrests," he added. "But the reality is that mindset — and associated behav-

iors — isn’t working for communities of color, and profound changes are needed within police practice.” Rivera said fostering trust between police forces and racial minority communities, in particular, will help ensure the safety of those communities for years to come. “When people who live in communities of color lack trust, they become much less likely to report crimes or to come forward and communicate with law enforcement,” he said. “Maybe they’re afraid of being deported, maybe they have a loved one who’s incarcerated, or maybe they’ve experienced police brutality in their communities or against them personally. But once that trust is eroded it usually never comes back, and the effects become generational.”

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Judge Hooks works in Veterans Court helping those with felonies By Chinta Strausberg

Retired Lt. Col. Marines, Judge William Hooks The guest speaker at a Veterans Day recognition breakfast at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters held Saturday was Judge William Hooks, a retired Lt. Col. Marines, is assigned to the Criminal Division Circuit Court of Cook County, helps veterans who have committed felonies. Hooks said his first time being at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition was when the civil rights organization was named Operation Breadbasket when he was a high school student. Today, Judge Hooks is assigned to the Veterans Treatment Court presiding over their probations, which includes treatment with the VA. Some of the veterans’ cases are for murder and another 50-60 is sex-related cases. Most of the cases involve children. “I have a number of narcotic cases, white collar cases, racketeering cases, hatred crime cases and cases involving the torture of black suspects in connection with” the late Chicago Police Department Cmdr. Jon Burge. “I am one of the few judges who get those cases,” Hooks said. Explaining, Hooks said, “One of my specialties is to be the presiding judge of the Criminal Division’s Veteran Treatment Court which is those veterans being arrested for felony cases…. In most situations, they are the result of” poverty, lack of car and assistance and an “ungrateful nation, city and state.” For two-years, Hooks has them on a probation program with the help of full-services of the Veterans Administration agencies. “I try to make those veterans better with two-years with me than they were before they were arrested. If

they succeed, I have all branches of service in there even a few females.” Hooks said most go back to Vietnam. He even had some Korean veterans. “When the parades and holidays are over, they go back to where they are suffering because they served in the defense of this country.” Although most of the veteran’s cases are felonies, Hooks said most are shoplifting, DUI’s and small drug cases. Most of the cases are felonies. Most of them I call crimes of poverty.” Hooks, who works with schools, help to graduate and get the veteran back on the right track. Having served 20 years in the military, Hooks served during the Cold War. He worked in the signals electronic warfare. He was charged of those Marines who intercepted military communications from foreign services, interpret and analyze it and recommend military action. He also guarded U.S. communications. Having worked around the world, Hooks graduated from Army Intelligence School and went through Labor and Marine Intelligence Schools. When he was discharged, Hooks, who was born in Memphis, TN, joined the Marine reserves. He went back in as a Marine Court lawyer and when he left, he taught trial practice to soldiers around the U.S. Rev. Janette Wilson, national executive director of the PUSH Excel program, welcomed the veterans thanking them for “putting their lives on the line.” This article originally appeared in the Chicago Crusader.

Federal Court Extends a Lifeline to Stacey Abrams and Other Candidates in Georgia-The Vote Counting Will Continue State legislative contests are the most affected, but there are implications for the unsettled governor's race. By Steven Rosenfeld Two just-issued federal court rulings will mean potentially thousands of additional votes will be counted in Georgia's hotly contested elections, possibly affecting the outcomes of races ranging from the high-profile governor's race to seats for state legislature. Late Monday, a U.S. District Court ordered the state to count provisional ballots that were previously rejected-because the voters' names weren't in precinct pollbooks due to shoddy state record keeping-and to extend the vote counting period through this Friday afternoon. On Tuesday, another federal district court judge ordered the state to count absentee ballots that had been rejected because voters didn't fill in their date of birth when signing their mail-in ballot envelopes. "The rulings from last night and this morning were wins for Georgians' fundamental right-the right to cast a ballot," said Lauren Groh-Wargo, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams' campaign manager. As of midday Tuesday, it was not clear if the state would appeal the two federal court orders. On Monday, Georgia's new Sec-

retary of State, Robyn Crittenden, issued new instructions to counties on processing provisional and absentee ballots, but they do not include the court's latest directives. Vote Counting Extended and Expanded The 56-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg issued late on Monday means that vote counting by Georgia's 159 counties would not end Tuesday, when county election boards were slated to report totals to the state. "The Court grants modest relief," the District Court said, in response to a lawsuit filed by Common Cause Georgia against Brian Kemp, Georgia's Republican gubernatorial candidate, who last week resigned as Secretary of State after saying he won-despite thousands of pending uncounted votes. The ruling doesn't discuss the 2018 governor's race, where Abrams and the Democratic Party filed another federal suit Sunday, seeking Georgia's new Secretary of State to extend vote-counting through Wednesday (the order pushed that deadline to this Friday-beyond what Abrams (continued in next 2 columns)

Federal Court Extends a Lifeline to Stacey Abrams and Other Candidates in Georgia-The Vote Counting Will Continue...continued sought). The governor's race is a battle of vote count attrition. As of Sunday, Abrams needed 19,000 more votes to trigger a recount, and 21,000 votes to trigger a December runoff, Groh-Wargo said. (Groh-Wargo estimated there were 26,000 uncounted ballots: from polls; mail-in votes; and provisional ballots issued at polls to those not on precinct lists. That 26,000-ballot figure does not include 2,000-plus overseas and military votes still arriving.) What's most significant about Judge Totenberg's ruling is that it addresses a key contention made by Democrats in their Sunday suit-that, as the Court held, these voters' provisional ballots were rejected "through no fault of their own." The Common Cause suit cited voters who had updated their registration information while getting or renewing state driver's licenses. That updated information never migrated into the state's voter database (even though Georgia has had automatic voter registration for drivers since 2016, and has offered voter registration to drivers for more than 20 years). "It would be nonsensical to prioritize the state's self-imposed voter registration deadlines over the right to vote under circumstances where the aspiring voters, through no fault of their own, would be barred from registering to vote," the Court ruling said. In short, the Court told counties to help people who were given provisional ballots to take steps to recheck registrations and to count more votes. "The Court ORDERS the Secretary of State's Office to immediately establish and publicize on its website a secure and free-access hotline or website for provisional ballot voters to access to determine whether their provisional ballots were counted and if not, the reason why. The Court further ORDERS the Secretary of State to direct each of the 159 county election superintendents to similarly publicize the availability of the hotline or secure website on the county and county election websites," the ruling said, adding that it extends the vote counting period to Friday, and the official certification of 2018's winner to Tuesday, November 20. The 17-page ruling by U.S. District Court Leigh Martin May addressed the voiding of absentee ballots where voters did not fill in their date of birth when signing their ballot envelope. "The Court simply agrees with Plaintiffs that the burden of counting a set number of legally cast ballots is clearly outweighed by the harm eligible voters will suffer if their votes are not counted based on an incorrect or missing birth year," her ruling said. "As this Court has already explained, 'the public interest is best served by allowing qualified absentee voters to vote and have their votes counted.'" On Sunday, Groh-Wargo said there were slightly more than 5,000 rejected absentee ballots due to signature and signing issues, according to the state's website-which hasn't updated rejected absentee ballot figures for days.

An Opening, Not a New Governor's Race There will be many news reports that point out how these rulings, which may yet be appealed, are self-afflicted wounds to Kemp and Georgia's GOP for their many efforts to complicate voting and obstruct voters. Common Cause's suit cited lapses in the state's cybersecurity surrounding voter rolls that could have invited hacking, which the federal court noted by referring to how Secretary Kemp's "knowing maintenance of an unsecure, unreliable voter registration database increased the risk that eligible voters have been and will be unlawfully removed from the State's voter registration database or will have their voter registration information unlawfully manipulated or mismanaged in a manner that prevents them from casting a regular ballot." But what may be more relevant with the provisional ballot rejections-and has been seen in other states (and subject to federal court rulings in Arizona and Missouri)-is the state's motor vehicle agency did not, for whatever reasons, export the latest identifying information for voter registration purposes to statewide and county election agencies. Thus, when Georgians who believed they legally registered showed up to vote, they were not listed on precinct rolls and not given a regular ballot. Instead, they received a provisional ballot, which subsequently had to be validated-by local officials using incomplete and outdated state data. The District Court noted there were 21,190 provisional ballots issued in the state's November 6 election. That's several thousand more than the number issued in 2016 and 2014. Citing three races for the state's lower legislative chamber where the margins between candidates ranged from 145 to 246 votes, the Court said, "there is a reasonable likelihood that the provisional ballots yet to be counted could be outcomedeterminative in each of the races." (The absentee ballot ruling contained no vote count figures.) How these rulings will impact the governor's race remains to be seen. It appears the ruling will force hundreds, if not several thousands, of previously rejected ballots to be added to the vote totals. The counties cited in both rulings were in the metro Atlanta area, favoring Abrams. "Given the confusion sowed by the Secretary of State's office last week and the number of voters who experienced irregularities regarding their registration status, these victories were necessary steps in the fight to count every eligible vote in Georgia," GrohWargo said. "We remain grateful to groups like Common Cause who know this is about more than just one campaign-it is about committing to a fairer, more democratic system." Steven Rosenfeld is a senior writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent of Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute.

Tzu Chi USA Spreads Love After California Wildfires - Camp & Woolsey Fire...continued from page 2 Church of Chico to offer residents physical comfort as the flames continue. Some slept in their own vehicles and others were forced to sleep on the lawn. In Southern California, too, Tzu Chi volunteers assessed the situation at shelters across Los Angeles (including at the Palisades Charter High School, Taft High School, Pierce College, and Canoga Park High School) to see what they could do to help. There is still a concern for the region’s safety, as fierce winds lingering in the region are anticipated to start two major wildfires west of Los Angeles, including one that has already killed two in Malibu. Starting Tuesday, November 13, these winds may escalate to hurricane-like force. Residents of this region are still at risk of critical danger, and Tzu Chi

USA’s headquarters has already completed its first assessment and is ready for its next steps. Until further aid may be given, Tzu Chi volunteers from across the country will head a street fundraising campaign this weekend across the US to raise funds for those who’ve suffered severe losses through California’s fires. Volunteers from Tzu Chi’s Northwestern Regional office will also continue to distribute blankets to help residents stay warm. Still, our volunteers will need your help. Contributions can help provide someone with a warm blanket, a hot meal, or a cash card to let a family decide what they need most to move forward. Help us combat the California Wildfires and instead ignite compassion at www.tzuchi.us/donate/disasterrelief

USDA Partners with Communities to Bring High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity Infrastructure to Rural Areas More than 27,000 Businesses and Residents to Get Improved e-Connectivity Government News

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing in infrastructure projects in a dozen states (PDF, 132 KB) to improve e-Connectivity in rural communities. “In the modern economy, rural broadband is a lifeline to quality of life and economic opportunity,” Hazlett said. “With that impact, USDA is fiercely committed under the leadership of Agriculture Secretary Perdue on expanding access to e-Connectivity in rural America.” According to a 2018 report by the Federal Communications Commission, 80 percent of the 24 million American households who lack reliable, affordable, high-speed internet are in rural areas. USDA’s investments in broadband infrastructure are helping transform rural America, providing innovation and technology to increase economic competitiveness and opportunities. USDA is investing $91 million through the Telecommunications Programs. The 19 projects will benefit more than 27,000 businesses and households in Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia. Here are examples of the projects in which USDA is investing: The Arkansas Rural Internet Company is receiving a $19.9 million loan to deploy a fiber broadband system to more than 5,000 subscribers in Dallas, Calhoun and Ouchita counties in rural southern Arkansas. Approximately 25,000 people in the company’s service territory can benefit from broadband access. In New Mexico, the Tularosa Basin Telephone Company Inc. will use an $11.8 million loan to improve telecommunications for nearly 10,000 customers in the Carrizozo, Cloudcroft and Tularosa exchanges. Tularosa will build 176 miles of fiber-optic facilities, construct new fiber-to-

the-premises (FTTP) facilities, and upgrade digital subscriber line (DSL) and FTTP electronics. The improvements will enhance the company’s services and provide subscribers voice and higher broadband speeds. The Choctaw Nation is receiving a $2.9 million grant to construct a hybrid fiber and fixed wireless system on unserved portions of Le Flore County, Oklahoma. This project will increase access to economic development, health care, educational and public safety opportunities for 300 households and 15 businesses. It will include a community center in the Hodgen School where the public can access computer terminals and WiFi service free of charge. In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote agriculture and prosperity in rural communities. In January 2018, Secretary Perdue presented the Task Force’s findings to President Trump. These findings included 31 recommendations to align the federal government with state, local and tribal governments to take advantage of opportunities that exist in rural America. Increasing investments in rural infrastructure is a key recommendation of the task force. To view the report in its entirety, please view the Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In addition, to view the categories of the recommendations, please view the Rural Prosperity infographic (PDF, 190 KB). USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities and create jobs in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety and health care; and highspeed internet access in rural areas. For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov.

Largest VA union slams Trump administration move to silence workers' voices Agency moves to deny representation rights to health care workers Government News

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2018 / PRNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's announcement that it will be denying union representation rights to more than 100,000 health care workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs: The union representing Veterans Affairs workers nationwide says the VA is violating the law by attempting to deny representational rights to more than 100,000 health care workers who serve our nation's veterans. "Today, the Trump administration and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie have committed a grave disservice to our nation's veterans. Union leaders and members working at VA facilities across this country ensure that our veterans are treated properly and are provided the care they are owed. They have blown the whistle on waitlist scandals, fought back against the gender pay disparity, and brought to light the rampant understaffing throughout the VA. "They do all this work through a statutory process called official time, which Congress established 40 years ago to ensure all employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement are represented in the workplace. Joining the union is voluntary for workers, yet AFGE and other federal unions are required by law to represent everyone covered by the union contract – even if they choose not to join. For this rea-

son, Congress provided representational time so that the union can carry out its legal duty of fair representation to all those who are covered by the contract, including those who choose not to pay dues. "Removing access to this time is like asking the fire department to operate without firetrucks or a firehose – and the result will be just as disastrous for our veterans. Make no mistake, this is an attempt to silence the voices of VA employees at a time when such oversight is more critical than ever. Clinicians use official time to raise concerns about patient safety, access to care, and staffing shortages. Silencing their voices endangers our veterans. "The VA is the only fully integrated health care program in the country and serves as a 'one-stop shop' for veteran care. More than 86 percent of veterans say they want continued and uninterrupted care from their VA. Yet amid renewed concerns about privatizing veterans' health care, this administration is silencing the voice of the VA's largest workforce – medical staff. "The VA is touting how this move will return nearly 430 medical professionals to their health care jobs full-time, yet there are 45,000 vacant positions in the VA – including 35,000 vacant health care positions in the VA. The administration needs to stop playing politics with our veterans' care and fill the vacancies." For the latest AFGE news and information, visit the AFGE Media Center. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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HEALTH/FITNESS/SENIOR NEWS

NATIONAL CRISIS: 100 Million Americans Have High Blood Pressure Under New Guidelines Health/Fitness News

Does racism have health?...continued human development programs. “Our goal is to make Overtown a safe and healthy place to live,” said Gibson. ‘So Much Trauma’

Nearly half of Americans have high blood pressure under the guidelines issued late last year by heart organizations and the medical community. The threshold for high blood pressure has been lowered to 130/80 mm/HG from the previous 140/90. Medical experts hope this new, lower level will prompt doctors to suggest earlier intervention for their patients with lifestyle changes or medication. This new number accounts for nearly 46 percent, or more than 103 million Americans having

high blood pressure, Reuters reported. Under the previous guidelines, established in 2003, an estimated 72 million had high blood pressure. “I think this will encourage both patients to adhere to recommendations but also clinicians to be more vigorous in their attempts to prescribe lifestyle changes,” Dr. Pamela Morris, chair of the American College of Cardiology committee on prevention of cardiovascular disease, told Reuters. The new guidelines are based on the latest results by the Sys-

California Hospice Doctor Joins Compassion & Choices Board of Directors Physician Also Serves on Compassion & Choices African American Leadership Council Health News

(Los Angeles, Calif. - Nov. 13, 2018) To commemorate the first day of national hospice month, Compassion & Choices announced today it has appointed a leading expert in hospice and end-of-life care, Dr. Lucille Ridgill, to its board of directors. Dr. Ridgill also serves on Compassion and Choices’ African American Leadership Council and its Strategic Impact Committee. The African American Leadership Council works to increase awareness of end-of-life care options in the African American community by engaging with diverse organizations and sharing experiences African Americans face at the end of life. Dr. Ridgill is an integral member of the team. She has attended a lobby day, represents Compassion & Choices at medical conferences and works to advance end-of-life care education on the national level. She also served on Compassion and Choices’ Strategic Impact Committee, which helped create an innovative strategic plan that will help guide the organization over the next 5 years. Dr. Ridgill is a Site Medical Director at AltaMed, the nation’s largest network of communitybased primary care clinics and senior care programs, overseeing clinical patient care. AltaMed is headquartered in Commerce, California. Dr. Ridgill is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine. She is also a visiting physician at VITAS Healthcare in Coastal Cities, California. Dr. Ridgill completed her residency at UCLACharles Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from Creighton University and a medical degree from Creighton University Medical School, in Omaha, Nebraska. “Dr. Ridgill is an amazing asset to Compassion & Choices who has generously given her time and lent her medical expertise to

Compassion & Choices’ Strategic Impact Committee and African American Leadership Council,” said Kim Callinan, CEO of Compassion & Choices. “We look forward to Dr. Ridgill’s expanded role as a board member in advancing our mission of improving care and expanding options at the end of life.” “The California End of Life Option Act has spurred conversations with terminally ill adults about all their end-of-life options, including hospice and palliative care, to minimize suffering and maximize quality of life” said Dr. Ridgill, “Compassion & Choices is instrumental in ensuring that people across the country are aware of their options at the end of life and able to access them.” Medical aid in dying has been authorized in the District of Columbia and seven states: California, Colorado, Hawai‘i, Montana, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. Collectively, these eight jurisdictions represent nearly one out of five Americans (19%) and have 40 years of combined experience safely using this end-oflife care option. Between 80 and 90 percent of terminally ill adults who utilize medical aid in dying are enrolled in hospice, according to annual reports in California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. A 2016 Medscape online survey showed 7,500 doctors nationwide from 25 medical specialties support medical aid in dying by nearly a 2–1 margin (57% to 29%). National and state polls show a majority of Americans across the ethnic, political and religious spectrum support medical aid in dying. This majority includes African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, conservatives, Democrats/Democratic-leaning independents, liberals, moderates, Republicans/Republicanleaning independents, Catholics, Christians, Protestants, people of other faiths, and people living with disabilities.

Four Things to Know as Deadline Nears for Choosing Medicare Coverage By Rick Beavin, California Market President Humana The deadline is fast approaching! The Medicare Annual Election Period, during which people with Medicare can enroll in a Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug Plan, ends Dec. 7. It’s important to take this time to evaluate your health care choices. Even if you’re already enrolled in a plan, your insurance company’s drug formularies, provider networks and copays may change in 2019. Plus, your health care needs - such as the doctors you visit or the medications you

take - could be different than they were last year. Here are four simple steps to help you decide which kind of Medicare coverage is best for you: Review your current Medicare health plan. Look at what you’ve spent on health care in the past year, including hospital expenses and prescriptions. Evaluating what you spent in 2018 will help you decide whether your current health plan meets your needs, (continued in next 2 columns)

tolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, which evaluated the best ways to treat blood pressure in adults with hypertension, who are 50 years or older and are at high risk for heart disease.

The study was sponsored in part by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and included over 9,300 participants in more than 100 medical centers throughout the U.S.

Four Things to Know as Deadline Nears for Choosing Medicare Coverage...continued both financially and medically. Know your options for Medicare coverage: Original Medicare (Medicare Parts A and B): Provides basic coverage for medical services and supplies in hospitals, doctors’ offices and other health care settings. Original Medicare does not include coverage for most prescriptions and includes cost-sharing in the form of deductibles and coinsurance. Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C): Includes all the coverage offered under Original Medicare, and typically also includes prescription drug coverage. Medicare Advantage plans may include additional benefits as well, such as dental, hearing and vision coverage; a nurse advice line; and a fitness program. Medicare Advantage plans are offered through private insurers, like Humana, and are steadily gaining in popularity: The number of Americans choosing this option is expected to climb to 36 percent in 2019, up from 33 percent in 2017, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Medicare Part D): Offers coverage for prescription medications. Such a plan can be added to Original Medicare, a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plan or to

some Medicare Advantage plans (that do not include prescription drug coverage), some Medicare Cost Plans, and some Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) plans. Medicare Supplement (Medigap) Plans: Pays most costs not included under Original Medicare, such as deductibles and coinsurance. These plans do not have a set provider network, and enrollment is not limited to the Medicare Annual Election Period but they are often subject to underwriting. These plans are also sold by private insurance companies, like Humana. Medicare Supplement plans on the market today do not include prescription drug coverage. Comparison shop. Research a plan’s out-of-pocket costs, and its network of doctors and hospitals. Check to see if your prescriptions are on your plan’s formulary (list of covered drugs), as these can change each year. Compare plan benefits, such as dental, vision and hearing benefits; a fitness program; virtual doctors and behavioral health coverage. Ask an expert. You are not alone! There are resources if you have questions:

Does racism have an impact on health? “The reality is that because physicians have bias, they treat their patients differently,” said Dr. Armen Henderson, an internist working at the University of Miami Hospital. By K. Barrett Bilali, Miami Times kbbilali@miamitimesonline.com

Racism in the health care system continues to confound but a few researchers are taking a historic look and holistic approach to addressing racism’s effect on Black and poor communities. One researcher is using his foundation-funded fellowships to dive into the barriers to good health in the Black community, namely Overtown, Florida. While another joined an organization that looks for ways to keep historically racist practices out of today’s health care system. “Look at the health disparities in our communities,” said Daniel Gibson, regional vice president of the Allegheny Franciscan Ministries, a nonprofit Catholic organization, which works with partners to support life skills, training and economic development in urban neighborhoods. “Life expectancy of a resident of Overtown is 16 years less than a resident in Brickell, [Florida]”

said Gibson. “And they are less than a mile away from each other.” He said the average life expectancy in Brickell is 79, while Overtown residents die on average at 63 years of age. Gibson participates in a threeyear fellowship program, which addresses equity, diversity and inclusion in the health care industry. He is one of 40 leaders nationwide participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program called Leadership for Better Health. The foundation seeks to build a “Culture of Health” and draws participants from the medical professions, social scientists, urban planners, and others to develop leaders who will strive to make American communities healthier. Gibson’s work in Overtown was the reason he was chosen to participate in this expansive study of how health is impacted by a number of social and economic factors. His organization has been working and coordinating efforts to improve the lives of Overtown residents and has allocated $2.7 million for its Common Good Initiative to assist in community and (continued in next 2 columns)

Gibson said that many youth and families who are living in urban corridors experience a high rate of poverty. He said these environments lead to cases of depression, drug addiction and social malaise. “There is so much trauma,” said Gibson. “There is a toxic stress that happens when we are living in under-resourced, impoverished communities.” Gibson said they are looking at ways to address housing issues and educating people about quality of life, food, diet and work. They are also helping businesses to develop in Overtown and looking at the experience of the Black entrepreneur. “Health does not have to be a pill; it does not have to be a doctor,” said Gibson. The Common Good Initiative takes a holistic approach to curing the urban blight. Gibson believes that by addressing quality of life, the health of those affected by racism will improve. “I will stop short of calling it a racist system, but you can’t deny the fact that one’s race and one’s address has an impact on your health, your life expectancy and your life experience in this world,” Gibson said. Systemic Problem Dr. Armen Henderson, an internist working at the University of Miami Hospital, agrees that Blacks have suffered trauma, which has affected urban communities economically, socially and the overall health of its residents. But he sees a more historic and systemic source to the problem. “We should not be able to tell life expectancy by ZIP code,” said Henderson. “That should not be the case.” Henderson said America’s history of racism continues to have an impact on the health of Black and poor urban communities. “There is an argument that Black people are still suffering from the trauma of slavery today,” said Henderson. “We have never reconciled the effects of slavery on people’s mental health.” Henderson said that emotional and physical trauma for more than 400 years affect the well-being and outlook of Blacks every day. He said that day-to-day urban life, gentrification and uncertainty of the future causes stress, anxiety, depression and mental disorders, some of which never get treated. “The system of medicine in general was started on a racist premise,” said Henderson, who attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the three historically Black medical schools in the country. Morehouse in Atlanta, Georgia and Howard in Washington, D.C. have the other historically Black medical schools. Historic Medical Racism

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Marion Sims, who has long been considered the “father of modern gynecology,” performed experiments on slave women to perfect the procedure of sewing up a woman after childbirth, said Henderson. “If a woman had a baby naturally, he would constantly cut the women open in order to perfect the surgery,” said Henderson. Researchers have found that Sims even did unnecessary procedures on these women without anesthesia. Henderson also points to the Tuskegee Study wherein 400 Black men infected with Syphilis thought they were being treated for the sexually transmitted disease when in reality, they were only being given placebos in a U.S. government-funded project. “We knew the effect of Syphilis for hundreds of years. And we already had a cure and they let these men pass it on to their wives and they passed it on to their children,” Henderson said. “Finally, it was the Associated Press who revealed this disaster, not doctors.” Henderson says that the effects of racist history impact the urban setting of most American cities today. “Most of these neighborhoods are built on faulty land,” said Henderson. He said they were formed on landfills and chemical dumps. Over the past few decades, the federal government has funded multi-million dollar clean-up projects of contaminated soil due to lead and toxic waste, sometimes called brownfields. Henderson gave as an example a neighborhood he knows in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which once had a significant number of lead battery factories. “A lot of people from the neighborhood got lead poisoning,” said Henderson. “And it is not fair. And there has been no effort to undo things like that.” Henderson also knows of many cases where Black women were brought in to have their appendix removed and found later that their uterus was removed as well. Health care disparities include the fact that Black women are more likely to die in childbirth, said Henderson, who is an active member of Dream Defenders since 2014. The organization seeks to expose government policies, which lead to health care disparities while advocating for the poor. “If you are Black and poor people, you have a two or three times greater chance of having your leg amputated as a result of diabetes complications,” said Henderson. Henderson said that Blacks experience higher incidents of asthma, hypertension and high cholesterol as well. Henderson said the onus is on physicians to check their bias at the door before going in to see a patient. “The reality is that because physicians have bias, they treat their patients differently,” said Henderson. “Until we wrestle with this implicit bias, until we recognize this bias, then we are never going to get rid of our part in health care disparities.”

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NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180011802 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/17/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 10/17/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): BEAUTY & THE MIX Business Address: 154 SINCLAIR AVE. #3 UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: YAAJA J. SWAYZE 154 SINCLAIR AVE. #3 UPLAND, CA 91786 Signature/Officer Title: Yaaja J. Swayze, Owner BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180011847 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/17/2018 Began Transacting Business: 8/16/2018 Filing Expires On: 10/17/2023 Business is Conducted By: A Corporation Fictitious Business Name(s): 1. DORI’S LEGAL SERVICE 2. LANDSHARK PROCESS SERVICE Business Address:3262 NORTH ‘E’ STREET STE. B220 SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: FAST FROG, INC. 3262 N. ‘E’ STREET STE. A SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 A1#: C3385340 State: CA Signature/Officer Title: Deborah Harrison, Secretary BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180012381 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/31/2018 Began Transacting Business: 10/31/2018 Filing Expires On: 10/31/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): JUNIOR’S TIRES Business Address: 12261 CALIFORNIA ST. YUCAIPA, CA 92399 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: FERNANDO ARROYO 27840 LOCUST AVE. MORENO VALLEY, CA 92555 Signature/Officer Title: Fernando Arroyo BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180011946 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/22/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 10/22/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): ARISE MEDICAL TRAINING CENTER Business Address: 12403 CENTRAL AVE. SUITE #789 CHINO, CA 91710 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: VICKI M. CLARK 15212 MORENO BEACH DR. UNIT 924 MORENO VALLEY, CA 92555 Signature/Officer Title: Vicki M. Clark/Owner BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180011724 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/15/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 10/15/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): CACHANILLA THE BEST BURRITO Business Address: 14415 7TH ST. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Phone Number: 951-312-1374 Mailing Address: 14415 7TH ST. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Registrant(s)Address: ISALDA ZUNIGA 14415 7TH ST. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Signature/Officer Title: Isalda Zuniga/Owner BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180012005 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/23/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 10/23/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): GRAND THEFT AUTO MOTORS Business Address: 1680 SOUTH E ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: DARYL P. FULLER 6332 CRENSHAW BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90043 Signature/Officer Title: Daryl Fuller BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180011695 Date Filed: 10/12/2018 Filing Expires On: 10/12/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): ZENITH HOME CONSULTANTS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 17691 VALLEY BLVD., SUITE E BLOOMINGTON, CA 92337 Name of Individual Registrant: JESSE R. BERMUDEZ 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: 14269 HILLCREST DR. FONTANA, CA 92337 Name of Individual Registrant: SUSANA I. BERMUDEZ Residence Street Address: 14269 HILLCREST DR. FONTANA, CA 92337 This business is/was conducted by: A Married Couple Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature/Title of Person Signing: Jesse Bermudez, Partner BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180011917 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/19/2018 Began Transacting Business: 9/01/2013 Filing Expires On: 10/19/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): PRESTIGE PROPERTIES - DESERT CITIES Business Address: 56137 TWENTYNINE PALMS

HWY YUCCA VALLEY, CA 92284 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: ELENA D. PAULINO 56137 TWENTYNINE PALMS HWY YUCCA VALLEY, CA 92284 Signature/Officer Title: Elena D. Paulino BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180012524 Date Filed: 11/02/2018 Filing Expires On: 11/02/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): FAMILY HOME STYLE CAFE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 24735 REDLANDS BLVD. STE. F LOMA LINDA, CA 92354 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: GIANNY D. INC.State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C4199764 Residence Street Address: 24735 REDLANDS BLVD. LOMA LINDA, CA 92354 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/01/2018 Signature/Title of Person Signing: Griselda Moreno, CEO BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180012753 Date Filed: 11/08/2018 Filing Expires On: 11/08/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): LONG’S NAIL SPA County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 17222 BEAR VALLEY RD., A1 VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Name of Individual Registrant: MINH T. TRAN 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: 12866 HAWKS HILL ST. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Name of Individual Registrant: HANH TM DOAN Residence Street Address: 12866 HAWKS HILL ST. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 This business is/was conducted by: A Married Couple Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/27/2013 Signature/Title of Person Signing: Minh Tran, Owner BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1827520 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TAMMY ARTIS JOHNSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. AUGUST JULIAN TAYLOR JOHNSON to Proposed name: AUGUST TAMIR TAYLOR JOHNSON 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: 12/03/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S16 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino, San Bernardino DistrictCivil 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 22, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1826808 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: KARI KIMBROUGH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. JULIANNA CAROLINE SANDERS to Proposed name: JULIANNA CAROLINE KIMBROUGH b. BROOKLYN ADDISON SANDERS to BROOKLYN ADDISON KIMBROUGH 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: 11/26/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino, 247 W. 3RD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNARDINO BRANCH A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: October 15, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1825507 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: NORMAN JOHN LIM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. NORMAN JOHN LIM to Proposed name: NORMAN JOHN MALETSKY 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: November 5, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino, 247 W. 3RD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: August 23, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 25, Correction November 1, 8, 15, 2018.

PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) NOTICE OF ADMINISTER

PETITION TO ESTATE OF:

CHARLES BILLY LAKE aka CHARLES BILL LAKE aka CHARLES B. LAKE aka CHARLES LAKE Case Number: PROPS 1801001 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of : CHARLES

BILLY LAKE aka CHARLES BILL LAKE aka CHARLES B. LAKE aka CHARLES LAKE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: PHYLLIS M. TINER in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that PHYLLIS M. TINER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why, the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 11/26/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S35 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County Of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0212 San Bernardino Justice Center If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Bryan C. Hartnell, Esq. Hartnell Law Group, APC 25757 Redlands Boulevard Redlands, CA 92373-8453 (909)796-6881 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15 , 2018.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DALE

ROGER CURRY Case Number: PROPS 1800612 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,

November 15, 2018 contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of : DALE ROGER

CURRY aka DALE R. CURRY aka DALE CURRY A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BENJAMIN H. CURRY in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that BENJAMIN H. CURRY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why, the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: December 03, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S-35 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County Of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0212 San Bernardino Justice Center If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Bryan C. Hartnell, Esq. Hartnell Law Group, APC 25757 Redlands Boulevard Redlands, CA 92373-8453 (909)796-6881 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1,Correction 8, 15, 2018.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: HIRAM D. CHEEK Case Number: PROPS 1800994 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: HIRAM D.

CHEEK A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ROBERT G. CHEEK in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that ROBERT G. CHEEK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: December 06, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:: S-36P SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0212 SAN BERNARDINO PROBATE If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: JEFF GROTKE 22 NORTH 6TH STREET, SUITE C, REDLANDS, CA 92373 Telephone: (909)888-8418 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15, 2018.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): WILLIAM T. REDDIN YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1809726 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 WEST THIRD ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Golnaz Heidari, Esq., (Bar #317574) 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 554664) Date: April 24, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Michael Welch II, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): ROBERT REAMS YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su

respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1802451 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 WEST THIRD ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese (Bar #118226), Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, James E. Delaney, 292600, Dana N. Meyers, 272640 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No.553838) Date: January 29, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Regina Chanez, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): ROBERT E. BRONNER YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1811435 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 WEST THIRD ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Golnaz Heidari, Esq. (Bar #317574) 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No.554922) Date: May 07, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Jacqueline Harness, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 2018.

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Let us say #SheToo for women who can’t By Dr. E. Faye Williams

Since the World Bank is exempt from US laws and courts, women in the World Bank can be sexually harassed and assaulted without any legal recourse. Bank report (The Stern Report) attributed sexual harassment in the World Bank to “cultures with different standards for male-female relationships.” Women who challenge the status quo risk getting fired and losing their World Bank sponsored visa. This entails uprooting their family and leaving the US within 60 days. In 1999, a US Congressional report found the Bank’s internal justice system that is supposed to protect women from sexual harassment unfit to adjudicate sexual harassment claims. The World Bank pushed back, stating that “The report fails to capture the unique challenges of a large inter-governmental organization composed of 181 member countries.” Chief among the challenges was the Bank’s obligation to “take into account the institution’s multicultural needs.” A 2001 World Bank report gave further explanation. “While unwelcome behaviors are seen from the perspective of the person on the receiving end, the standard for judging whether a behavior is inappropriate is not purely subjective.” Situations which initially may appear to constitute sexual harassment may not rise to the level of legal offense when “the particular sensitivities required in the World Bank multicultural environment” are factored in. What “cultural sensitivities” are factored in? In 2016, a comprehensive World Bank study of 173 countries found that over 100 of them have three or more discriminatory laws against women. For example, take Iran where, according to the Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran, Article 209 of their constitution stipulates that “a woman’s life is valued only half as much as a man’s life. In Nigeria, the penal codes dictate that “unlawful assault of any male person is a felony.” By contrast, “Unlawful assault of a woman or girl is a misdemeanor!” In March 2016, the Nigerian Senate rejected a bill introduced to grant women equality under law. Sound familiar? When such “cultural sensitivities” are factored, coercive sexual harassment is merely regarded as a manifestation of the Bank’s multicultural environment. This is disclosed in the Stern Report that

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identifies a rampant culture of “General sexual harassment,” including “unwelcome touches, repeated requests for dates, and posters and jokes demeaning women.” Of those who were interviewed for the Stern Report, 325 revealed they were subjected to “unwelcome sexual advances” and 75 said they were victims of “coercive sexual harassment.” The Report concluded that its findings “may seem laughable, but they are a reality to many women at the World Bank.” The Report stated: “Women generally are not willing to complain about such behavior for fear of retribution. Most simply try to escape their situations as soon as possible. The lack of attention to the issue, the absence of secure and supportive channels to discuss problems, and the uncertainty that remedial action will be taken are seen as official tolerance of such behavior.” Little has changed since the Stern Report was released in 1992. In 2016, in DN v. World Bank, the Bank’s Administrative Tribunal reviewed a case involving a male staff member who was terminated for placing his iPhone “under the skirt of a female staff member to take inappropriate photographs and/or record a video of her, without her consent.” The Tribunal established that “the Applicant’s misconduct has been established” with sufficient evidence; yet, it ordered the World Bank to reinstate him because “the disciplinary sanction of termination was significantly disproportionate” to the offense he committed or the peculiar culture he manifested! The only protection his victim has is coming to the office wearing pants! I call upon you to say #SheToo for every woman everywhere when she can’t. The World Bank is one of those places. Dr. E. Faye Williams can be reached at: 202/678-6788; or at www.nationalcongressbw.org. This article originally appeared in The Afro.

CFPB Neglects Duty to Enforce Military Lending Act Vet Organizations, State AGs, and Consumers Sound the Alarm By Charlene Crowell

CFPB Neglects Duty to Enforce Military Lending Act...continued and morale, to even the revocation of security clearances essential to military operations. In part the report stated, “Most of the predatory business models take advantage of borrower’s inability to pay the loan in full when due and encourage extensions through refinancing and loan flipping. These refinances often include additional high fees and little or no payment of principal.” In reaction, to the DoD report, Congress enacted with bipartisan support the Military Lending Act (MLA). Drawing from the report’s recommendations, new military protections assured: a 36 percent interest cap for all costs associated with lending; included both military members and their families; and banned extensions of payday and auto title loans, or other types of predatory credit. By 2010 the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) gave the nation for the first time, a full-time consumer cop on the block, dedicated to financial fairness over a wide range of services and products. In 2012, the National Defense Authorization Act authorized the CFPB to enforce the MLA. That legislative move enabled CFPB to use its authority to protect servicemembers. Soon thereafter, veterans, military members, and their families took more than 72,000 lending complaints to the direct attention of the CFPB. Under the leadership of the Bureau’s first director, CFPB returned more than $130 million to the military community. For several years, the CFPB conducted proactive supervision to verify that financial companies were honoring their obligations under the MLA – to not rip off our troops. Furthermore, the MLA itself was strengthened by DoD policy, which closed loopholes that lenders had been exploiting to rip off our servicemembers. Despite this multi-year drumbeat of consumer concern at the federal level, this year the current Acting Director of the CFPB recoiled from Dodd-Frank’s statutory duty to veterans. Instead of continuing its inclusion of MLA in CFPB supervisory examinations, earlier this year Mick Mulvaney, CFPB’s Acting Director claimed that the agency has no such legal authority. In reaction, a bipartisan contingent of 33 state attorneys general (AGs) directly expressed their concerns regarding CFPB’s abdication of duty to the armed services. Representing coast-tocoast diversity in geography as well as economies were AGs who wrote on behalf of consumers from New England’s Vermont, to the mid-Atlantic’s North Carolina, the Midwest heartland of Illinois and Ohio, the Deep South’s Mississippi, westward to Colorado’s Rocky Mountain, and the most populous state, California. “[W]e are perplexed by reports indicating that the CFPB has determined that it needs further statutory authority in order to conduct examinations for MLA

violations,” wrote the AGs. “We are also disappointed to learn that CFPB did not consult the Defense Department in developing its new examination policy, even though Congress specified that the Defense Department – not the CFPB – is the primary federal agency responsible for interpreting the MLA.” “By eliminating the proactive examination of compliance to correct problems before they affect servicemembers, however, your proposal will limit the CFPB’s protection of servicemembers to reactive enforcement when servicemembers submit complaints,” added the AGs. Nor were governmental officials the only ones to speak up in defense of the MLA. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), an association of nonprofit interests that together have used a combination of education, research and advocacy to protect consumers since 1968, released a report that challenges CFPB to “Protect Those Who Protect America”. Written by Christopher L. Peterson, CFA’s Director of Financial Services, it rejects Mulvaney’s interpretation, and itemizes specific directives and requirements that together pose a legal argument that would be difficult to deny or disprove. “For some inexplicable reason, the Trump Administration is directing the CFPB to overlook illegal, usurious lending to our troops within supervisory exams,” said Peterson. “America’s military families deserve the protection from predatory lending offered by the Military Landing Act – not to be abandoned by the CFPB.” Veterans are also expressing their own heartfelt concerns about the unexpected reversal of consumer protection. In a recent blog, Melissa Bryant, a member of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans also spoke up. “We know that servicemembers are four times more likely to be targeted by predatory lenders and are in desperate need of stringent oversight and protection measures from fraud,” said Bryant. “If you need further proof, just look down the main drag of any street leading into a military post, full of payday lenders and car dealerships who prey upon young troops with little or no credit, but a steady paycheck to spend.” And in a recent town hall convened by CFPB in Baton Rouge, a Commander with the state’s branch of the American Legion faced off with Mulvaney. Speaking on behalf of veterans, Ricky Griffin told the Acting Director, “Both the Pentagon and the American Legion are extremely worried about your proposal to pull back on enforcing the Military Lending Act. . . With the military currently unable to make its recruitment numbers this year, I think it is wrong for your agents to back off of any enforcement of the Military Lending Act…Why single out military service members?” Mr. Griffin and all of America’s military deserves an answer.

White Nationalists Feel at Home Visiting the White House Identity Evropa leader, whose group believes in returning people of color back to native homelands, posts tour photos. Meanwhile, Trump calls Black reporter's white nationalism question "racist." By Jayme S. Ganey

Melissa Bryant

Ricky Griffin

Although predatory lending often conjures up images of an economically blighted Urban America, seldom does the image of an enlisted man or woman come to mind. But just as check cashing stores, along payday and auto title loan shops focus on communities of color, America’s military is also a frequent target. For years and near military installations across the country, a profusion of predatory lenders plied their wares, capturing our service men and women into the

same web of debt trap loans that ensnared Black and Latino civilians. By 2006, a Department of Defense (DoD) report that delved into predatory lending practices against the nation’s armed services shared how the financial stress wrought affected military readiness. The report shared how predatory lending resulted in multiple negative effects. From “undermining troop readiness” (continued in next 2 columns)

Patrick Casey, leader of alt-right white nationalist group, Identity Evropa, and Charlottesville marcher, posted a visit to the White House on social media this

week: Casey's group, aimed at recruiting young white college-age men, believes in returning people of (continued in next 2 columns)

White Nationalists Feel at Home Visiting the White House...continued color back to their "home" countries as part of a remigration effort so that people of European heritage "retain demographic supermajorities in our homelands." Trump has discussed and put into practice racist policies that target Black and Brown immigrants for deportation and had also instituted Muslim travel bans. Members of Evropa told the media after Trump was elected that Trump was "the closest to us that we've ever had in recent memory," and when a reporter said those statements could be viewed as racist, one replied: "I think those slurs like 'racist,' 'white supremacist,' 'Nazi,' these are anti-white slurs.'" White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said of Casey's visit, he "was one of more than twenty-five thousand people who came to the White House Fall Garden Tour, which is open to the public. Free tickets are made available to anyone who wants to attend." The same day as the social media post, Black journalist, Yamiche Alcindor of PBS, asked Trump about white nationalism: "On the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist. Some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. Now people are also saying…There are some people that say that now the Republican Party is seen as supporting white nationalism because of your rhetoric. What do you make of that?" "That's such a racist question,"

Trump told Alcindor. This from the man who said on the Charlottesville anniversary: "You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides…. I condemn all types of racism." Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center said, "White people think they're the ones being targeted for racism and a lot of these people are Trump supporters, so when the president makes a comment like this with 'all types,' it's hard to not be suspicious." Identity Evropa, led by Casey, was launched in March 2016 with 15 members, and grew tremendously after Trump was elected. They helped plan the Charlottesville rally, but rebranded themselves after it to disassociate from violence. "Trump supporters [can] realize that identity politics needn't involve genocide and hatred," Casey said. The hate group, identified by the SPLC as the welcoming face of white supremacy, may also have an ally in welcoming white men to the cause with the open White House doors. Several former staffers in Trump's administration have been connected to the white nationalist movement as well. Months ago, Lionel Lebron, a far-right activist who promotes that QAnon conspiracy theory, posted his visit where he was escorted to the Oval Office on Instagram.

NAACP Calls Mississippi Candidate Hyde-Smith’s Hanging Comments “Sick” National News

“If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row”- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says in Tupelo, MS after Colin Hutchinson, cattle rancher, praises her. U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy will head to a runoff against incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith on Nov. 27. BALTIMORE— The NAACP issued the following statement regarding Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith recent statement on being invited to a public hanging. “Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s shameful remarks prove once again how Trump has created a social and political climate that normalizes hateful and racist rhetoric. We’ve seen this in Florida from Ron DeSantis and others during this election season and denounce it. “Hyde-Smith’s decision to joke about ‘hanging,’ in a state known for its violent and terroristic history toward African Americans is sick. To envision this brutal and degenerate type of frame during

a time when Black people, Jewish People and immigrants are still being targeted for violence by White nationalists and racists is hateful and hurtful. Any politician seeking to serve as the national voice of the people of Mississippi should know better. Her choice of words serves as an indictment of not only her lack of judgement, but her lack of empathy, and most of all lack of character.” — Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities.

FAC and Local Community Group Sue San Jose Over Secret Negotiations With Google City improperly signed non-disclosure agreements in connection with tech giant’s proposed “mega-campus” National News

The First Amendment Coalition (FAC), joined by Working Partnerships USA (WPUSA), today sued the city of San Jose to force the disclosure of secret details of its negotiations to sell valuable public land to Google. The suit, filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court, seeks records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) relating to the planned development of a massive new Google campus on city-owned property, including records about the city's use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). More than a dozen city officials, including Mayor Sam Liccardo as well as councilmembers, signed NDAs at Google’s request. The

NDAs purport to require city officials to withhold a broad range of information required to be made public under California law. FAC and WPUSA, a San Josebased nonprofit, have submitted numerous public records requests to learn more about the development and the city’s use of NDA’s. The city largely rebuffed these requests, in clear violation of the CPRA. Today’s lawsuit seeks to force the city to disclose those records. “The public is entitled to know what elected leaders are doing and saying in negotiations with corporations doing business with the government—especially where those companies are as (continued on page 8)

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UMC - URBAN MOVIE CHANNEL TO PREMIERE NEW FAMILY DRAMEDY FILM, "NOTHING LIKE THANKSGIVING"

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Starring William L. Johnson (Blue Hill Avenue), Tiffany Addison (Chicago Med), Darrin Henson (Stomp the Yard), Dawn Halfkenny (Saints & Sinners) and Richard Gallion (The Ideal Husband) Film Premieres Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, November 22, 2018 Lifestyle/Entertainment News

Silver Spring, MD -- A heartwarming new release just in time for the upcoming holiday, UMC Urban Movie Channel, the go-to streaming service for the best in Black film and television, is excited to present the exclusive premiere of NOTHING LIKE THANKSGIVING on Thursday, November 22, 2018. A new family dramedy from director Mark Harris (Black Coffee, No Regrets), the film stars William L. Johnson (Blue Hill Avenue), Tiffany Addison (Chicago Med), Darrin Henson (Stomp the Yard), Dawn Halfkenny (Saints and Sinners) and Richard Gallion (The Ideal Husband). Addison also serves as the writer and producer of the project. In Nothing Like Thanksgiving, Clayton Rockwell (William L. Johnson) is a successful, selfmade businessman. Suddenly diagnosed with a terminal illness, he masterminds a plan to recruit someone he can groom to replace him upon his passing. But when his replacement seems to be working out a little too well, Clayton realizes he must decide what's truly important - preparing a longterm replacement or cherishing the short time he has left with the ones who matter most. "Media, entertainment, and other forms of popular culture play a significant role in shaping society's perception of different people," says Nothing Like

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Thanksgiving writer/producer, Tiffany Addison. "With this film, our aim is to contribute to the existence of positive content and positive images of African American culture. Nothing Like Thanksgiving is a family-based film about a well to do Black family who struggles with loving and truly connecting with each other. It will make you laugh, cry, smile, and scream. We are excited to see our vision for this film come to life on UMC." Nothing Like Thanksgiving is

produced by Road2Freedom Productions in association with 1555 Filmworks. About Urban Movie Channel (UMC) Created by Robert L. Johnson, Chairman of RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Urban Movie Channel (UMC) is the first and largest subscription streaming service for Black film and television in North America. UMC showcases fresh original series, feature films, docu-

mentaries, stand-up specials, stage plays and other popular Black entertainment with new and exclusive content added every week. Watch UMC on iOS, Apple TV, Android, Amazon Prime Video Channels, Comcast's Xfinity On Demand, Roku, Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick. At www.UMC.tv, UMC offers a free 7-day trial and thereafter is just $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Keep up with UMC on Facebook at Facebook.com/ UrbanMovieChannel and on Twitter/Instagram @WatchUMC.

Michelle Obama’s Memoir “Becoming” Already Toppled Best-Seller Lists Days Before Its Release Barnes & Noble announced the book has sold more pre-orders than any other adult book since 2015. Lifestyle News

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2015. “We’ve already seen tremendous demand for ‘Becoming’ before it has even hit the shelves,” Liz Harwell, senior director of merchandising at Barnes & Noble, told the Washington Post. “Our stores across the country are ready for huge demand tomorrow for what will likely be the biggest book of the season during what has been a blockbuster publishing calendar.” This week, Obama will make appearances on daytime shows for ABC, NBC and CBS to promote her book, an opportunity most authors and celebrities are rarely afforded. Written by BET Staff (Photo: Steven Ferdman/ WireImage/Getty Images)

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You best believe that! There will be an end! Going around talking ‘bout it’s your prerogative, do what you want to do.” Ain’t taking heed to nothing! I tell you, IF it was God’s character [which it is most DEFINITELY NOT] but IF it was, he would say to you what Alonzo Harris [Denzel Washington – Training Days] said to the residents of The Jungle: “Aww, you mofo. Okay. Alright! I’m putting cases on all you itches. Huh. You think you can do this crap…. You think you can do this to me? You mofo will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you. SHU program, nigga! 23 hours lockdown! I’m the man up in this piece. You’ll never see the light of day…. who da heck do you think you’re dealing with? I’m the police, I run -it around here. You just live here. Yeah, that’s right, you better walk away. Go on and walk away… cause I’m gonna burn this mofo down. King Kong ain’t got nothing on me. That’s right, that’s right... I’m winning anyway. I’m winning… I’m winning any mofo way. I can’t lose. You disloyal, fool-as itches made punk.” Now, I know some of you are floored right now. It’s as if I have tasered you with a taser gun and you have become motionless. I can just imagine some of you saying, “Oh, no she didn’t!” “What!” And then some saying, “I knew it! I knew she was not all that religious.” Always talking about repentance, well she need to repent! Whichever the case may be, all I want to know is, can you hear me now? You know in [Daniel 5:5-23] Belshazzar threw a party one day with his princes, wives, concubines and they were drinking from the sacred cups from Jerusalem temple while they praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone. In the same hour while the party was going on, a man’s hand appeared and begin to write on the wall of the king’s palace. This got the King Belshazzar’s attention because he was able to see the handwriting on the wall, but did not understand what it meant. The king was so afraid that his whole countenance changed, his mind was trouble, he became afraid, and his knees began to knock together. I tell you, God has to first get your attention before he can deliver His Word to you. You see the method is not as important as the message. But getting your attention is the key to getting your life in order. I tell you, God is trying to get your attention before the enemy comes in and takes over your

life. God loves us so much that He is willing to get your attention by any means necessary. He will do whatever it takes to get your attention. Let’s assume you had a carbon monoxide detector in your home. You have it because you want to detect poison, because you know that if you breathe in carbon monoxide, it will kill you. So you buy an alarm, and you want that alarm to go off very loudly with that shrieking noise if there is carbon monoxide anywhere near you. My job is to be your alarm today. And I want you to know that you have a soul that is of greater value than the whole world. And one of two things will happen to your soul: Your soul will be saved or your soul will be lost. I want your soul to be saved, and because of that, I will do everything and go to great length to try to win you to Christ. Because I know as [2 Peter 3:9] says, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Remember, neither time, nor death, nor judgment linger. Don’t overlook the obvious here. But understand that if you go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins. [Hebrews 10:26]. “The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness...” [Acts 17:3031] and no one, and I mean no one, is above God’s law. Each person will give account of himself to God [Romans 14:1012; 1 Peter 4:5-6]. A Day of Reckoning is coming. You may reject it, deny it, dispute it, but the Bible declares it as a fact. [2 Corinthians 5:10]. It will come as destruction from the Almighty [Isaiah13]. Such a matter as this, therefore, is not to be taken lightly. If it’s true that we are held accountable for what we do, that we face a day of reckoning, then we ought to know it and pattern our conduct accordingly. I make no apologies for teaching on judgment, even though some persons may find it discomforting. It won’t do to simply present God as a caring loving God. The gospel will not be the gospel against that backdrop. It only makes sense against the backdrop of truth. And that truth today is that God has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness. [Acts 17:31] and that day is looming on the horizon. “… As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live…”[Ezekiel 33:11]. “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool… [Isaiah 1:18].

Witness For Justice #918

How Long Lord...How Long? Velda Love Minister for Racial Justice Last week Maurice E. Stallard and Vicki Lee Jones were murdered while shopping at a Kroger grocery store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. They were minding their business, going about their day, and never anticipated that a white man filled with racist hatred would take their lives. Prior to murdering Stallard and Jones, Gregory Alan Bush had driven to a predominately African American church ten minutes away. If the doors of First Baptist Church had opened easily, there may have been more Black people murdered by Bush, a white man from Louisville, Kentucky. Bush was handcuffed, arrested and peacefully escorted to a police car. His body was not riddled with bullets fired by police officers. That peaceful escort to the squad car reminded me of how differently white men are treated when they maliciously and heinously murder Black people. He is a racist terrorist. Yet, there was not enough boldness and truth telling to say it. If a Black man or woman had executed two white people in Jeffersontown, Kentucky on October 24th they would have been placed in body bags and been unrecognizable by the city or county coroner. How long Lord is a passionate question from Psalm 13. How long must we endure the loss of another person of African descent because a segment of white America refuses to relinquish its misbegotten grip on the false narratives and myths of their white skin supremacy? White people, according to sociologist Robin DiAngelo, are generally terrified of being seen as racist. Yet, when a person of color tells a white colleague or friend they've done something

racially problematic, the white person in that exchange rarely reacts with gratitude. Instead, they lash out, shouting at the other person, or crying, or shifting the blame, or insisting (to paraphrase the current president) that they are "the least racist person" in the world. How long will this lack of accountability be the death of our society, and the ruin of creating safe space for every nonwhite people group in this country? Surely lament is in order as we move into the Advent season. How long will we ignore and treat our neighbors unjustly? How long will a segment of the Christian Church align itself with our government’s policies that exclude and eliminate our civil and human rights, separate and warehouse families, and traumatize another generation of children? How long will Christians profess faith in Christ yet continue to violate the command to love our neighbors? And perhaps therein lies the problem: those who love nation over people violate their own souls with false spirituality, false piety, and slanderous worship practices. How long will we allow hatred, racism, and white supremacy to kill Black bodies? How long will the Christian Church ignore its ethical and moral responsibilities to tell the leaders of this country that they are emboldening people like Gregory Alan Bush? How long, Lord? How long? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Velda Love is Minister for Racial Justice for the United Church of Christ.

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The President and the Press: Unhinged Attacks Are Repulsive CNN's Jim Acosta was the victim of Trump's ire. Because he was persistent in asking a question, he was falsely accused of putting his hands on someone, and his White House press pass was revoked. By Julianne Malveaux

A cursory look at the win-loss column after last week’s midterm elections suggests that nobody left the table emptyhanded. Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives, Republican’s expanded their control of the Senate, hundreds of state legislative seats flipped from Democratic to Republican, and Democrats gained gubernatorial, Attorney General, and other key positions. But both democracy and the truth took a hit during the midterms, when the President of the United States obfuscated, prevaricated, and just plain lied every chance he got. And then he had the nerve to say he tells the truth “when he can,” which really means he tells the truth only when it serves him. During the midterm campaign, 45 notably attacked Democratic opponents any way he could, often with the vilest of lies. African American political candidates, and especially Stacey Abrams (Georgia) and Andrew Gillum (Florida) were the focus of his ire. While 45 counts the midterm election as a victory, he was so testily obnoxious in the press conference the day after the election that it is clear that he felt the loss. And when a bully is beaten, he lashes out. CNN’s Jim Acosta was the victim of his ire. Because he was persistent in asking a question, he was falsely accused of putting his hands on someone,

and his White House press pass was revoked. At the same press conference, the socalled leader of the free world was rudely dismissive to American Urban Radio’s star reporter, April Ryan, repeatedly telling her to “sit down.” Then, on November 9, he attacked Ryan, calling her a “loser” and saying that she “doesn’t know what the hell she is doing.” He said he might consider yanking her press credentials. The president is on a roll when it comes to Black women in the press. He told CNN’s Abby Phillips that she “always asks stupid questions” when she

asked him whether he elevated Matt Whitaker to acting Attorney General because he will impede the Mueller investigation. Stupid is the perfect way to describe a president who does not even know how to use Google search to figure out that his pick to replace Jeff Sessions is biased against an investigation he is now charged with supervising. Phillips, a consummate and smooth professional, surely understands that she is in good company. Trump loves to attack Black women, especially those who oppose him (like Maxine Waters) for their intellectual acu-

ity. At the same press conference where he melted down on Jim Acosta, the president also attacked PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, describing a question she asked him about the term “nationalist” as a “racist question.” Alcindor, who says she has interviewed several white supremacists that are “excited” by their leader, asked a perfectly legitimate question of the president who has been stoking racial fires since he announced his candidacy. In attacking both the questioner and the question, 45 again

showed his biases and his hostility both to the press and to some of the individuals who cover him. No president enjoys intense press scrutiny, especially when things are not going his way. But no president has been more rude, dismissive and offensive toward the press. No press secretary has been more rude and obnoxious than Sarah Huckabee Sanders. And none has attempted to curtail press freedoms with the vitriol that Trump has. Mr. Trump says he will pull the press credential of any

member of the press who is not “respectful” to him. In his tiny mind, disrespect is the same as merely asking difficult or uncomfortable questions. He and Sanders would undoubtedly feel better if there were no press questions, just syncopated fawning. I don’t expect decency from the president, but I am concerned that the press corps has not been more strongly supportive of their colleagues like April Ryan and Jim Acosta. What if, for just one day, every member of the press began her question with, I’m asking this in the name of Jim Acosta? What if they started a question with, “Let me say that my colleague April Ryan is not a loser,” this administration would get some sense of press solidarity. Trump attacks because he can attack and because few are willing to stand up to him. The President’s hostility toward the press is bad enough. His particular antipathy toward African Americans is even worse. Who will stand up for April Ryan, Abby Phillips, and Yamiche Alcindor? Where, by the way, are the women of the #MeToo movement when Black women are being attacked? Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available via www.amazon.com for booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com

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large and powerful as Google,” said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. “NDAs do not and cannot override elected leaders’ obligations to produce records under public records laws.” WPUSA deputy executive director Maria Noel Fernandez said the public shouldn’t be left in the dark when it comes to plans for Google’s large campus—which will hold up to 20,000 employees—given what it might do to the city’s housing crisis, homelessness, eviction rates, and the cost of living. “The question we’re trying to get to the bottom of here is: what are they hiding? What details about this new tech campus would be so toxic for the project that the City and Google have gone to such great lengths to prevent them from coming out? Fernandez said. “The public has a right to know what’s going on and deserve better than a backroom deal.” In addition to the suit over public records, the groups today also sent the city a letter outlining the city’s violations of California’s open-meetings law, the Brown Act. The letter alleges that members of the San Jose City Council met more than 20 times behind closed doors to discuss a range of topics that the Brown Act requires to be discussed in public. Today’s letter demands that the city unconditionally commit to correcting these practices or potentially face further litigation. Furthermore, the letter demands that the City make these corrections before taking further action, including the proposed sale of public land to Google scheduled for a City Council vote on December 4th. For more information contact:

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HHS Secretary Azar declares Public Health Emergency in California due to Wildfires SB County News

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today declared a public health emergency in California due to wildfires. The declaration follows President Trump’s emergency declaration for the state and gives the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services beneficiaries and their healthcare providers and suppliers greater flexibility in meeting emergency health needs created by the wildfires. “We are working closely with state health authorities and monitoring the needs of healthcare facilities to provide whatever they may need to save lives and protect health,” Secretary Azar said. “This declaration will help ensure that Americans who are threatened by these dangerous wildfires and who rely on Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program have continuous access to the care they need.” So far, the wildfires have forced the evacuation of at least two hospitals and eight other healthcare facilities. A smoke advisory was issued for portions of Los Angeles County. Smoke can present a significant health threat for people with asthma and other lung conditions. HHS has deployed regional emergency coordinators (RECs) to coordinate with state and local health authorities and emergency response officials. RECs serve as HHS’ primary representatives for emergency response and recovery throughout the country at the

regional level and work with federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officials and healthcare representatives to plan for public health and medical emergencies. Staff from HHS’ National Disaster Medical System and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps are prepared to provide medical care and public health support if needed. In addition, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Disaster Distress Helpline is available to assist residents in the impacted areas in coping with the stress of the wildfires. The Disaster Distress Helpline provides immediate 24/7, 365-days-a-year crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or humancaused disasters. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions in disasters. Call 1-800-985-5990 toll free or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor. In declaring the public health emergency in California and authorizing flexibilities for CMS beneficiaries, Secretary Azar acted under his authority in the Public Health Service Act and Social Security Act. These actions and flexibilities are retroactive to Nov. 8, 2018.