Vol. 49 No. 27
October 25, 2018 - October 31, 2018
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)
Trump Threatens Violence To Migrants Who Are Trying To Escape Violence
Editor in Chief’s Corner Email: sbamericannews@gmail.com Clifton Harris Publisher of The San Bernardino AMERICAN News
Black Women Voters Seek to Shake up Midterms By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
Where's the humanity? By Keka Araujo
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On Twitter, President Trump threatened to engage the military to guard the southern border of the Unites States. The warning came in light of over 3,000 migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala heading toward the U.S. border. Trump also threatened to cut all aid payments to the three countries over the illegal immigration issue. Those countries, commonly referred to as the Northern Triangle, were rocked by civil wars in the 1980s, leaving a of
trail of broken families and murdered civilians. The region has remained entangled in corruption, drug trafficking, and gang violence, despite tough police and judicial reforms. The U.S. has given the countries government billions of dollars in aid over the past decade. But, it is believed that current U.S. immigration policies have exacerbated threats to regional security. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras consistently rank
among the most violent countries in the world. Gangs in those countries extort the poor, small business owners, and even government officials, and those who refuse to participate, often, pay a hefty price. The citizens of this region deserve to live in peace. They deserve asylum and protection especially if U.S. could assist. Trump went off on Democrats and the leaders of Latin American nations, seeking to deflect
blame and mitigate political damage by riling up his loyal followers just weeks before the midterm elections. Ironically, even with all of his posturing, legally the president may not even be able to act on the threats without Congressional approval. In recent campaign rallies, Trump has riled up to rally conservatives by falsely insinuating that Democrats are in favor of "open borders" and that they favor increased crime.
Eta Phi Beta Joint Founders Day Community News
National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., heralded 2018 as “payback year” for African Americans and other minorities who have suffered on the new presidential administration policies and it that seems Black women are in lock-step with Chavis. Two years into the presidency of Donald Trump – which has seen an onslaught of attacks on health care, reproductive and other rights – the stakes for Black women could not be higher this midterm cycle, according to many observers. Statistics reveal that Black women face disproportionate barriers to reproductive health care and are more likely to die after childbirth than their white or Latinx counterparts. Also, women of color are disproportionately impacted by bans on insurance coverage for abortion and at risk for criminalization should abortion be made illegal once again. “Black women in America face significant barriers to health care, including abortion. We are also three times more likely to die after childbirth than white women,” said La’Tasha D. Mayes, founder and executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice, a nonprofit that promotes the complete health and well-being of Black women and girls. “The Trump presidency has repeatedly undermined the Affordable Care Act and other health programs that benefit the health of Black women. Black women will step up and vote for those who will work together with us to create health equity so that our families and communities can thrive,” Mayes said. The pain of Black women and their rising up as one has also been heard in the LGBTQ community, said Candace BondTheriault, a reproductive health, rights and justice policy counsel and democracy project director at the National LGBTQ Task Force. “We too are a part of the Ameri-
can body politic and though the system is broken, we demand a seat at the table so we can center our own experiences and stories and vote for candidates who are dedicated to our collective liberation,” Bond-Theriault said. “All of the issues that we care about – living in neighborhoods with safe drinking water, nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQIA folks, and access to safe, legal abortion – are always on the ballot because the legislators we elect will make decisions that affect our everyday lives.” In a series examining the role of women in the 2018 midterm elections, NPR noted that more than a year and a half ago, the day after Trump was inaugurated, millions of women worldwide took to the streets in fury over his election. It was a massive show of resistance. One of the biggest questions that loomed over the demonstrations that day: Could the energy last? Amy Chomsky, an ophthalmologist from Nashville, attended the demonstration in Washington, D.C., and she wanted to make it clear that she and her fellow marchers were serious in their anger. “We’re not just crazy protesters,” she said the day of the march. “It’s a shame that we have to still be fighting for women’s rights or saying that we have a right to decide on our own reproductive health. We have a right to equal pay. It’s a shame that we’re still doing this.” Already, a record number of women have run and won primaries for the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and governorships this year, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, and a record number of women have also won nominations for state legislatures; the vast majority are Democrats. In particular, according to the (continued on page 7)
Our Values, Mission, & Vision Statement
Pictured are the leadership and members of Eta Phi Beta Sorority (Pictured right to left) Loureatha Davis, Dr. D. Marie Battle, Natlieth Smith, WR Director, Collette McCurdy-Jackson, National President, Betty Collins, Helen Shepherd, Marward Sullivan-Taylor, Lorretta Chatman). The Warmhearted Western Region of Eta Phi Beta Inc. celebrated their 76th Founders Day with a program and luncheon at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Ontario CA, October 13, 2018. The Celebration was a joint effort and included five Chapters of the Western Region. Gama
Omega (San Bernardino), Epsilon Delta (Palmdale), Delta Epsilon (Las Vegas), Kappa (Los Angeles) and Gama Alpha (Lake Elsinore). The Gama Omega Chapter and their youth group along with the other Western Region Chapters welcomed the
Sorority’s 18th National President. Collette McCurdy-Jackson of Florida who was the Keynote speaker. On Sunday, October 14th the combined chapters of the Western Region came together for worship and New Hope Mission-
ary Baptist Church in San Bernardino and after the spiritual uplifting service, the group dined at Pomona Mining Company. It was certainly a joyous and memorial weekend Journalist Beverly Haynes, Soror
Our Values: Treat all people with care, respect, honor, and dignity. Tell it as it is with love, truth and integrity. Promote the interests of advertisers and sponsors along their strategic interest for the betterment of the community and beyond. Speak truth to power. Our Mission: To continuously improve communication between all people of the world. Our Vision: To be the best community newspaper in our region and the nation. Provider of: A voice for the poor, the underserved, those that are marginalized, Positive and edifying news about people, places and businesses. Keep San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles Counties informed about global trends while retaining the consciousness of local events and processes. Memberships and Associations: The San Bernardino American Newspaper is a member of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspaper Association and addociated with California Black Media.
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COMMUNITY/EDUCATION/ADVERTISING
Do children all need to succeed the same way? By: Dr. Elizabeth Primas, Program Manager, NNPA ESSA Public Awareness Campaign
Dr. Elizabeth Primas is the program manager for the NNPA’s Every Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness Campaign. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines standards as, “something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example. For example,” the Egyptians established the 365-day calendar, recording 4236 BC as the first year in recorded history. Around 1100 AD in England, it was determined that the length of King Henry Beauclerc’s foot would be used for the standard measurement of a linear foot. These standards of time and linear measurement are still widely used and accepted today. During the Civil War, America recognized a need for standardized gauges for the railroads so that parts were easily inter-changeable. Standards continue to remain essential aspects of organization as societies increase in size and complexity. The same concept applies to academic standards in education. In the mid-twentieth century, educators adopted academic standards. Those standards were designed to ensure that all students progressed at relatively the same pace while acquiring the skills necessary to become contributing members of society. One example of this is the adoption of a Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) by the District of Columbia in the 1980s. CBC consisted of a series of skill sets within a hierarchy. Students were required to demonstrate mastery of the skills at one level before progressing to the next. Teach-
ers were required to teach/test/ reteach (if necessary) and then retest. Once students demonstrated mastery, they received a score that reflected such. The score did not entail how many times the teacher had to reteach and retest before the students acquired the intended skillset. A more recent example of academic standards is the 2009 states-focused effort to create clear, consistent, and competitive learning goals, resulting in the Common Core State Standards. Common Core State Standards were adopted by 48 states, two territories and the District of Columbia. The federal government supported the validity of Common Core Standards by providing financial incentives for state adoption. Proponents of Common Core Standards argue that the standards provide students with the necessary knowledge to succeed in college and career regardless of geographical location. However, many critics have argued against this, emphasizing resulting ambiguity, lack of training, and lowered student expectations as the key points the identify a policy in need of revision. In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act, a re-authorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA), offered a resolution. Under ESSA, states have the option of keeping Common Core State Standards or creating their
own state standards. The financial incentive to adopt Common Core by the federal government no longer exists and the option to work with a consortium of states to develop standards is also available to state educational leadership. Guidelines set by ESSA for state-developed academic standards is a step in the right direction. ESSA allows for states to decide how to best set goals and meet the needs of students. It is obvious from the widespread criticisms of Common Core that uniform education standards have not worked. As states continue to develop academic standards they must keep this in mind, understanding that every child does not learn and/or demonstrate knowledge in the same way. Unlike widgets, children will never fit perfectly into standardized molds. They learn to walk at different ages. They learn to talk at different ages. And each child has a different set of interests and learning style. Students’ ability to demonstrate mastery in one area over another has a lot to do with their previous knowledge and exposure to out-of-the-classroom experiences. As a mother to many children, I have observed that some of my children are good in math, while others are musically inclined. A select few demonstrate the ability to make fantastic meals out of simple ingredients, while others have a hard time boiling water. We must understand that every child is capable of achievement at high levels as long as we encourage their strengths. Whatever their gifts and talents, we need them all. Dr. Elizabeth Primas is an educator, who spent more than 40 years working towards improving education for children of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds. Dr. Primas is the program manager for the NNPA’s Every Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness Campaign. Follow Dr. Primas on Twitter @elizabethprimas.
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CSUSB ahead of its own projections to increase students graduating in a timely basis Educational News Cal State San Bernardino is exceeding most of its own projections in helping students get their degrees in a timely basis as part of the California State University System’s Graduation Initiative 2025 to expedite its students’ path to a high-quality college degree. The CSUSB results echo a system-wide preliminary initiative report issued on Wednesday, Oct. 17, indicating that the CSU is making strides in improving student achievement as graduation rates for first-time freshmen and transfer students reached all-time highs and equity gaps between students from historically underserved communities and other students narrowed. The CSU launched the initiative in September 2016 with a clear goal: to increase graduation rates for the CSU’s 475,000 students across all 23 campuses. “Our commitment is to help our students graduate with an exceptional education in a timely basis,” said CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales. “The fact that we are ahead of our own projections two years into the program reflects on the dedication of our faculty, staff and administrators and their efforts to help our students graduate sooner without losing any of the quality of the cutting-edge educational programs we offer.” In a glimpse of where CSUSB is midway toward its 2025 goals, according to preliminary reports, the university is making good progress in exceeding those goals – in some instances, registering among the highest graduation rates in the university’s history, and making moderate progress toward another goal. The categories include: fulltime, first-time freshmen four-year graduation rates; new transfer students two-year graduation rates; full-time, first-time freshmen six-year graduation rates; new
transfer students four-year graduation rates; and eliminating the gap between the percentage of Pell Grant full-time, first-time freshmen recipients and non-Pell Grant full-time, first-time freshmen recipients; and eliminating the gap between the percentage of underrepresented minority fulltime, first-time freshmen and nonunderrepresented full-time, firsttime freshmen. Some of the benchmarks include: ·In the 2025 goal to have 30 percent of all full-time, first-time freshmen graduate within four years, the 2014-18 cohort graduation rate is 18.5 percent compared to the 2013-17 cohort graduation rate of 13.9 percent.
CSUSB ahead of its own projections to increase students graduating in a timely basis...continued points compared to the 2011-17 rate of 3.7 percentage points. · In the 2025 goal to eliminate the gap between the percentage of underrepresented full-time, first-time freshmen minorities and non-underrepresented full-time, first-time freshmen, the 2012-18 rate is 3.7 percentage points compared to the 2011-17 rate of 5.1 percentage points. To meet the workforce demands of California’s innovation
economy in the years and decades to come, Graduation Initiative 2025 will add 100,000 more baccalaureate degree-educated citizens to California over the next 10 years. This would bring the total number of expected CSU graduates between 2015 and 2025 alone to more than one million. For more information, visit CSUSB’s Graduation Initiative 2025 website and the California State University Graduation Initiative 2025 website.
Elementary Director Named To State Literacy Panel Educational News
·In the 2025 goal to have 62 percent of all full-time, first-time freshmen graduate within 6 years, the 2012-18 cohort six-year graduation rate is 56.8 percent compared to the 2011-17 cohort sixyear graduation rate of 54.2 percent. ·In the 2025 goal to have 45 percent of all new transfer students graduate within two years, the 2016-18 graduation rate is 39.8 percent compared to the 2015-17 graduation rate of 36.8 percent. ·In the 2025 goal to have 83 percent of all new transfer students graduate within four years, the 2014-18 graduation rate was 78.6 percent compared to the 2013-17 goal of 76.6 percent. ·In the 2025 goal to eliminate the gap between the percentage of Pell Grant freshmen recipient graduation rates and non-Pell Grant freshmen graduation rates, the 2012-18 rate is 3.3 percentage (continued in next 2 columns)
Elementary Instruction Director Tasha Lindsay-Doizan at the Helpful Honda book giveaway at Hunt Elementary. As a little girl growing up, Tasha Lindsay-Doizan remembers staying up past her bedtime to read just one more chapter from her favorite book. “From a young age, I’ve always been very passionate about reading,” said Lindsay-Doizan, the San Bernardino City Unified School District’s director of Elementary Instruction and a former principal. “I used to get in trouble for reading with a flashlight under the covers.” Her lifelong love for reading and passion for early literacy will serve Lindsay-Doizan well as she prepares to serve on the California
Department of Education’s state literacy assessment team. The group is tasked with providing input on the state literacy needs assessment, analyzing assessment results, and helping guide literacy instruction across California public schools. She hopes to bring back successful strategies used by other school districts and share the District’s successes with colleagues on the state team. “We’re a really large school district, and I’m very hopeful our voice will be heard at the state level,” Lindsay-Doizan said. (continued in next 2 columns)
Elementary Director Named To State Literacy Panel...continued Although reading for fun has taken a backseat these days while she works on her doctoral dissertation, Lindsay-Doizan still encourages her two young sons to grow their own love for reading. Both boys are reading well above their grade level.
“Reading is the core of every subject in school,” said LindsayDoizan, who recently helped distribute free books to every student at Hunt Elementary School. “Reading is an indicator of so many things, including future student success.”
CDPH Encourages Consumers to Participate in Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Community Education News
SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that consumers who have prescription drugs that are no longer needed or are expired can safely dispose of them on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, October 27. Unused medications in homes create a public health and safety concern because they are highly susceptible to accidental ingestion, theft or misuse. The proper disposal of unused drugs protects the environment and helps save lives. “Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands leading to tragedy,” said CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith. “We know that the majority of abused prescription drugs are from the home medicine cabinets of family and friends. The Take-Back event is a valuable opportunity for everyone to help keep their loved ones safe.” Visit the Drug Enforcement Administration website for locations through-
out California or by calling, toll-free, (800) 882-9539. Events throughout the state run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no charge. Consumers can anonymously drop off pills and other solids, such as patches and well-sealed liquids. There will be no collection of sharps waste, such as needles and syringes at these sites. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet. During the National Prescription Drug Take-Back event in April, federal, state and local law enforcement partners across the country collected 474.5 tons of unwanted prescription drugs: Californians disposed of more than 34 tons of unwanted drugs, second only to Texas. Please go to the CDPH YouTube channel to view the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Video.
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WORLD GOVERNMENT/BUSINESS/ADVERTISING
OP-ED: The only Democrat who can beat Trump
California’s 5 Statewide Teachers of the Year for 2018 Endorse Tony Thurmond for State Superintendent...continued
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Earl Ofari Hutchinson Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the only Democrat who can beat President Donald Trump. I like Joe Biden. I mean anyone who publicly boasts that he would beat the hell out of Trump you have to like. Yes, he later apologized for getting in the street with Trump on that, but he still said it and you must give him props for that. But beating Trump in a headto-head match up is another matter. Though some polls show him as the Democrat’s favorite, Biden simply has too much baggage. He is too strongly identified with former President Barack Obama. Trump would Obama bait him to death. One of the big reasons that Trump’s base is ape crazy fanatic over him is because of their visceral loathing of Obama. Biden also would be trying to compete in the four or five must win states that put Trump over the top for essentially the same voters; namely white, non-college educated, blue collar and rural males. For now, Trump has an iron grip on them. Biden’s forays into the presidential arena have been utter disasters. He has not translated his earthy appeal into any substantial support from a broad segment of voters. He quickly dropped out of the presidential race each time. The other intangible is age. Biden will turn 78 two weeks after Election Day 2020. That would make him by far the oldest in-com-
Elizabeth Warren ing president in U.S. history. As for the rest of the dozen or so Democrats that hunger for a run, their starting line liabilities are too hobbling. They are too unknown, too freshly minted in a national office, too typecast liberal, and too West Coast/East Coast regional. There is no real indication that they could wage the in-the-trenches, gut-level campaign it would take to beat Trump. That is not the case with Warren. Outside of non-2020 candidate Hillary Clinton, she is the one candidate Trump fears most. His fiendish delight in his Pocahontas taunts at her thinly mask the danger that he perceives she poses to his re-election bid. The reasons for that are simple. Warren can energize frustrated liberals and progressives as no other Democrat can. She will have a massive army of progressives ringing doorbells, pounding the pavement, peopling the telephone lines and pouring massive amounts of small donor donations into her campaign. Her relentless pounding of Wall Street for being greedy and manipulative, will be flashpoints of rage and disgust for many other Democratic and independent voters. Polls consistently show that a majority of Americans agree that the financial system is rigged for the rich, and that Wall Street and
San Bernardino County Grand Jury Receives Excellence in Reporting Award SB County News
SAN BERNARDINO, CA-The California Grand Jurors’ Association has presented the Grand Jury Reporting Award to the San Bernardino County Grand Jury for its 2016-2017 report titled “Apple Valley Unified School District Police Department.” The California Grand Jurors’ Association is a statewide nonprofit organization of former grand jurors with the mission “to promote, preserve and support the grand jury system through training, education and outreach.” The annual Grand Jury Reporting Award recognizes reports of high quality, have had a positive impact on the community, and increased awareness of the California grand jury system. From January 2014 through December 2016, the Apple Valley Unified School District Police Department (AVUSD-PD) ordered an inordinate number of vehicles towed from public roadways during a 2-year period of time. In most cases the violations were outside of the department’s au-
thority. All were towed by a single tow company. During the same period, there was a decline in student-related interactions and oncampus activity by the police. The investigation led to corrections in policy. The award was presented on October 1, at the association’s 37th annual conference held in South Lake Tahoe. Norma Grosjean, San Bernardino County Grand Jury Assistant; Sharon Bragg, San Bernardino Superior Court Administrative Services Supervisor; and Ron Zurek, member of the 2016-2017 Grand Jury, attended the conference and accepted the award on behalf of the San Bernardino County Grand Jury. For additional information regarding Grand Jury Reports, please go to the San Bernardino County Grand Jury Website at h t t p : / / w p . s b c o u n t y. g o v / grandjury/ or contact the 20182019 Grand Jury Foreperson at (909) 387-9120.
11th Annual Homeless Summit taking place in Ontario SB County News The San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership in collaboration with the Office of Homeless Services will host its 11th Annual Homeless Summit in Ontario on Nov. 14. All county departments, community- and faith-based organizations, and community members interested in ending homelessness in the county are welcome to attend. Registration is required, and can be completed by visiting the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership website at http:// wp.sbcounty.gov/dbh/sbchp/ 11th-annual-homeless-summit/. The San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership in collaboration with the Office of Homeless Services will inform stakeholders and community members of the efforts and successes that have been made over the past year, share best practices, and
present future program planning for the next 12 months to address the issue of homelessness in the county. Guest speakers will include: Tom Hernandez, Homeless Services Manager, Office of Homeless Services; Sharon Green, Chair of San Bernardino County Homeless Provider Network; Fifth District Supervisor Josie Gonzales; Third District Supervisor James Ramos; Kim Carter, Founder/Ambassador of Time for Change Foundation; Heather Beidler and Deputy Mike Jones, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department; Andre Bossieux, Transitional Age Youth Program Manager II, Department of Behavioral Health, San Bernardino County; Brenda Dowdy, Homeless Education Project Manager, Alliance for Education Branch, San Bernar(continued in next 2 columns)
major corporations play and massage the system with impunity. Warren has firmly staked out her position as the one politician who is willing to confront Wall Street. During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton was mindful of the loathing that legions of Democrats have for her Wall Street connections. In the general election, big bankers, financial executives and top corporate donors were expected to be generous bankrollers of her campaign. That was the reason that Clinton at a Democratic gubernatorial campaign rally in Massachusetts during the campaign was effusive in her praise of Warren and in the process took a big shot at Wall Street and the corporations minimizing their role in job creation. Later she walked it back, claiming she had “short-handed” her comments. The point was Clinton looked to Warren to give her some cover for her shaky position on combatting corporate greed. But Warren is also a Democratic team player. That means she will have the firm backing of centrist Democrats, the super delegates and major Democratic corporate donors. Sanders never did and never would have them on board. Warren’s campaign would not be the divisive, accusation-swapping slugfest that marred the Sanders-Clinton dogfight for the
Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. The one stumbling block in the past might have been that Warren is a woman. The #metoo movement, the record numbers of women in races, both as Democrats and Republicans, and who have won offices, or have fighting chances to win offices have blown the potential gender liability to bits. The polls consistently show that white college educated women will back any Democrat over a Republican. Being a woman then is an even greater asset for Warren. The Democrat that goes head to head with Trump will have to do something that no other Democratic presidential candidate has ever really had to do in a presidential race. That is be willing to swap every dig, putdown and insult that Trump will hurl at his opponent back at him, expose his lies, phoniness and shallowness, and steal some of his media thunder. Trump’s Democratic challenger will not only have to get down in the gutter with Trump, the or she will have to put forth in simple terms a vision of change that’s radically different than Trump’s and, at the same time, touch a nerve with a broad segment of working-class voters in the heartland states. Warren is the only Democrat who can do that and beat Trump. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is the author of “Make a Democratic Blue Wave More than Talk” (Amazon). He also is a weekly cohost of the Al Sharpton Show on Radio One and the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles and the Pacifica Network. This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Wave.
11th Annual Homeless Summit taking place in Ontario...continued dino County Superintendent of Schools; Darryl Evey, Director, and Levi Deatherage, Street Outreach Lead, Family Assistance Program; Amanda Tower, Housing Services Supervisor, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino; Karyn Young-Lowe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LightHouse Social Service Centers; and Marisela Manzo, Housing Coordination Supervisor, United Way 211. The summit will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Ontario Airport Hotel, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario. For additional information, contact Deanna Luttrell at (909) 386-
8225 or 7-1-1 for TTY users. The SBCHP works to develop countywide public and private partnerships and to coordinate services and resources to end homelessness in San Bernardino County. Through this, SBCHP is helping to achieve the Countywide Vision by working to create a sustainable system of community health, public safety, and housing. Information on the Countywide Vision, the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership and the Community Development and Housing Agency can be found at www.sbcounty.gov.
California’s 5 Statewide Teachers of the Year for 2018 Endorse Tony Thurmond for State Superintendent State/Government News BURLINGAME – Saying he is a “genuine leader” and the best candidate by far for students, educators and the future of our public schools, the five statewide 2018 California Teachers of the Year are endorsing Assembly Member Tony Thurmond for the state’s top education office – superintendent of public instruction. The five innovative K-12 educators and CTA members announced that they will vote for Thurmond in the vital Nov. 6 election because of his deep experience in education and his plan to improve schools, his support for students as a two-term member of the Assembly, and the vision he shows by vowing to prepare students for 21st-century jobs with more focus on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) classes, among many other reasons. “These endorsements of Tony Thurmond by the Teachers of the Year are a reminder about why classroom teachers statewide are endorsing him for state superintendent,” said Eric C. Heins, president of the 325,000-member California Teachers Association. “He’s the only candidate with the proven experience to do the job,
the record of advocacy for all students, and the wisdom to listen to educators about what works in our classrooms.” “Tony Thurmond is a genuine leader who seeks to elevate ALL students and teachers,” said Brian McDaniel, who teaches band and choir at Painted Hills Middle School in Palm Springs Unified School District. “As a child, he overcame incredible adversity, some of the same hardships our students face today, becoming a voice for our most vulnerable students. He is a champion of public education who has passed legislation to ensure ALL students have an opportunity to a quality education. I am proud to endorse Tony Thurmond for superintendent of public instruction.” Thurmond understands why teaching critical thinking skills matters, said Erin Oxhorn-Gilpin, a second- and third-grade teacher at Northlake Hills Elementary School in the Castaic Union School District in Castaic, Los Angeles County. “Tony Thurmond is an ambassador for public education with an emphasis on supporting all students and teachers,” Oxhorn(continued in next 2 columns)
Gilpin said. “As a public school teacher working with elementaryaged students, I value his support in understanding the importance of teaching critical thinking skills and creativity. Tony Thurmond prioritizes the learning process for all children while valuing the importance of hands-on STEM education in preparing our students for today's world. He looks at the whole child with a profound understanding of their needs that extend beyond their education and school day. I am proud to support Tony Thurmond as our next California state superintendent of public instruction.” “Tony Thurmond is a leader who will support all aspects of public education for ALL students and teachers,” said Gregory Gardiner, who teaches Special Abilities Cluster environmental science and biology, plus a biology and sustainable agriculture class, at Edison High School in Huntington Beach Union High School District. “Tony’s vision for making California public schools #1 in the country is simply a great plan to move public education in a positive direction. I support his vision for increasing STEM education in our classrooms, empowering teachers to instill critical thinking and creativity in students, and renewing our commitment to special education. Tony Thurmond's plan is focused on the whole student – he wants every student to succeed. I proudly support Tony Thurmond.” Thurmond’s experience with school-based mental health services is key, said Jaime Brown, who teaches International Baccalaureate English and Film Studies at San Diego High School of International Studies in San Diego Unified School District. “Tony Thurmond has my vote for state superintendent of public instruction because he doesn’t just talk the talk – he walks the walk,” Brown said. “His history as a public servant has left no doubt about his deep commitment to provide a world-class
education for ALL students. As a public high school teacher, I especially appreciate his experience with running school-based mental health services. He understands that mental health wellbeing is an important consideration when making sure kids have the support they need to navigate the ups and downs of social development and the rigors of academic life. Tony Thurmond has consistently shown that he puts the well-being of students at the center of his decisions, appreciates and supports public educators, and has high expectations for California’s educational system. I am proud to endorse him.” Thurmond believes in the potential of all students, said Kirsten Farrell, who teaches sports medicine at Venice High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. “Tony Thurmond believes in the potential of EVERY child and understands that education is the greatest equalizer,” Farrell said. “No matter how humble a student's beginning, public education opens doors for success. He also understands the importance of college preparedness and career readiness. Students need to see themselves in leadership positions, to realize anything is possible, and Tony Thurmond sees the potential of the students in our classrooms. As a high school teacher, I have always understood that every student deserves to have someone in their corner to believe in them and guide the way. Many of my students rely on teachers to be that adult and Tony truly understands the importance of the fact that great educators make great schools.” These exceptional 2018 Teachers of the Year serve terms that end Jan. 1, 2019. Learn more about them here. For more background about why Tony Thurmond is supported by California’s classroom teachers for the state superintendent’s office, instead of his flawed opponent Marshall Tuck, go to www.cta.org/spi.
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HEALTH/FITNESS/SENIOR NEWS
Women twice as likely as men to have depression Health News
RUHS—Behavioral Health Leads Effort to Expand Mental Health Access for Kids 0-5 First 5 Riverside Will Fund the New Three-Year Countywide Project with $7.5 million grant Health/Fitness News
Depression involves more than just feeling bad. “About 80 percent of adults with depression reported at least some difficulty with work, home, and social activities because of their depression,” the researchers wrote. The least likely to report depression? High-income men. Just 2.3 percent of well-off men reported depression, compared to nearly 20 percent of women living below the poverty level. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the symptoms of depression can include: Persistent sad, anxious, or “empty” mood Feelings of hopelessness, or pessimism Irritability Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities Decreased energy or fatigue Moving or talking more slowly Feeling restless or having trouble sitting still Difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions Difficulty sleeping, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping Appetite and/or weight changes Thoughts of death or suicide, or suicide attempts Aches or pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems without a clear physical cause and/or that do not ease even with treatment
“Not everyone who is depressed experiences every symptom,” NIMH says. “Some people experience only a few symptoms while others may experience many.” Treatments can include several different types of medication, therapy and brain stimulation. Often, there’s no clear cause of depression. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, early childhood trauma, genetics, major life changes, medical conditions and substance abuse can all cause or worsen depression. Separately, a team at Kaiser Permanente found that only just over a third pf patients started some kind of treatment within three months of having been diagnosed with depression. The team looked at more than 240,000 patients treated between 2010 and 2013. “Overall, 35.7 percent of patients with newly diagnosed depression initiated treatment,” they wrote in their report, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Older people and ethnic minorities were less likely to get treatment, the team found. It’s not clear why so few get treatment, but Beth Waitzfelder of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Honolulu, who led the study, thinks stigma is a factor. “Our study shows there is a lot more work to do to understand why many depressed patients do not begin treatment,” Waitzfelder added.
Americans Urged to Get Flu Shots Following Record-Breaking Flu Season Despite potentially-fatal outcomes, studies find perceptions of flu vaccination efficacy vary depending on racial, ethnic background Health/Fitness News
Philadelphia, Pa. — The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that can develop into mild to severe illnesses or even death. Last year’s flu season was one of the worst in more than a decade, resulting in a “high-severity” classification that saw 172 reported child deaths and 19 consecutive weeks of record-breaking flu hospitalizations nationwide. To avoid another hard-hitting season, healthcare professionals are encouraging people to get flu shots, yet there is a concern that some groups might not take heed to the warning. According to a 2017 report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African Americans nationwide were less likely to get a flu shot than white Americans amid concerns of side effects and efficacy. The CDC study, which included 800 white and 800 African Americans participants, found that only 41 percent of African American adults received the flu shot compared with 47 percent of white adults. A separate CDC report shows that the rate of Hispanic adults is even lower – just 39 percent. “It’s clear that there is a need for healthcare professionals to make every effort to create environments where patients feel valued, believe they are getting access to the best treatment possible and have faith in the advice of their providers, especially when it comes to preventing the flu,” said Dr. Andrea Gelzer, senior vice president of medical affairs with AmeriHealth Caritas, a national leader in Medicaid managed care and other health care solutions for those most in need. “When groups of people choose to forgo getting vaccinated, there is an increased likelihood of
health disparities that can cause serious and even fatal consequences.” Dr. Gelzer believes health care professionals must help patients understand the benefits of getting a flu vaccination and work to ensure that any concerns and misperceptions are addressed. She stressed that having a primary care physician who can provide accurate and helpful information is essential. Flu season generally starts as early as October and can run through May. Flu activity most commonly peaks in the United States between December and February. According to the CDC, influenza kills between 12,000 and 49,000 people every year and can send more than 700,000 people to the hospital. About AmeriHealth Caritas AmeriHealth Caritas is part of the Independence Health Group in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. AmeriHealth Caritas is one of the nation’s leaders in health care solutions for those most in need. Operating in 15 states and the District of Columbia, AmeriHealth Caritas serves approximately 5.3 million Medicaid, Medicare and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) members through its integrated managed care products, pharmaceutical benefit management and specialty pharmacy services, behavioral health services, and other administrative services. Headquartered in Philadelphia, AmeriHealth Caritas is a mission-driven organization with more than 35 years of experience serving low-income and chronically ill populations. For more information, visit www.amerihealthcaritas.com.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Ca.— Riverside County children through age 5 will receive expanded access to early intervention and mental health services through a new program that aims to position them for emotional, social and academic success in school and life, mental health advocates announced this week. One out of seven children between the ages of 2 and 8 have a diagnosed mental, behavioral or developmental disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The first five years are a period of incredible growth and development in a child’s life—the brain and emotional health are developing,” said Anna Loza, a licensed clinical social worker and supervisor with RUHS—Behavioral Health. “We want to make it easier for families and children to participate in a range of prevention, early intervention, and mental health programs.” RUHS—Behavioral Health SET4-School program will spearhead a new, three-year project with a $7.5 million grant from First 5 Riverside. First 5 Riverside is funded by tobacco taxes generated though Proposition 10, a statewide voter approved act created to support and improve the early development of children from the prenatal stage to five years of age. SET-4-School partners with school districts in Riverside, Jurupa, Nuview, Lake Elsinore and Perris. The program provides behavioral health screening for children and connects them with follow-up services including parent education, classroom support for teachers, child social skills groups, and mental health treatment. “This is an important piece of a child wellness model. Our hope is that it becomes a model in all our communities,” said Loza. Nonprofit organizations Catho-
lic Charities, Family Service Association and Victor Community Support Services will work with RUHS—Behavioral Health to deploy additional support and intervention programs. RUHS— Public Health also will provide support. The project will offer specialized training for mentors and professionals who work with young children in school, community-based, and behavioral health settings, Loza said. Mother of six, Lorie LaceyPayne, knows firsthand the challenges of recognizing the signs of mental health disorders in very young children and accessing the resources to address them. Decades ago, Lacey-Payne’s third child, a toddler, began showing signs of serious mental illness. “At that time it was very frustrating. We did not know where to turn for help. Child mental health and support for families was not at the forefront of our thinking back then,” said LaceyPayne, who now works as a parent partner and manager of RUHS’s Parent Support and Training Program, where she offers personal support and helps families navigate the mental health system. Child psychiatrist, Dr. Matthew Chang, director of RUHS—Behavioral Health, said recognizing and managing behavioral, emotional and mental health issues early on can change the trajectory of a child’s life from misunderstanding and struggle to success and achievement. “We all benefit by coming together as a community to make sure our youngest members are receiving the emotional and mental wellness support and tools they need to succeed as children into adulthood,” Chang said. To learn more visit www.ruhealth.org and www.rccfc.org
Campaign to increase awareness of childhood lead poisoning Health/Fitness News
The County of San Bernardino Department of Public Health announced plans today to commemorate Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 21 to 27. The theme this year is, “Dust and dirt with lead can hurt. Keep kids away from lead where they play.” The week-long campaign will educate families and community members about ways to prevent lead poisoning and the importance of testing children for lead. Lead poisoning can seriously affect a child’s brain and nervous system. It can cause learning and behavioral problems. A blood lead test is the only way to identify and confirm lead poisoning in children. “The purpose of this campaign is to remind parents that lead poisoning can be detrimental to young children’s health and development,” said Dr. Ohikhuare, Health Officer of the County of San Bernardino Department of Public Health. “It is important for parents to ask their child’s doctor about lead testing.” In California, children can be exposed to lead by ingesting lead-
contaminated dust, paint chips from deteriorating lead-based paint, and lead-contaminated soil. Other sources of lead poisoning include lead dust brought home on parents’ or guardians’ work clothes, certain imported ceramic pottery, painted objects, traditional home remedies, and imported spices, candies, and other food products. Additionally, activities that involve lead products such as soldering, making stained glass, and handling bullets or fishing sinkers can put children at risk. If you would like to schedule a free lead inspection of your home, please call 909-383-3052. If leadbased paint hazards are identified in your home during the inspection, the inspector will review abatement options with you and provide available resources for lead hazard control services. All parents and caregivers of young children are invited to visit www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ clppb for more information and ways to protect children from this silent and serious environmental disease.
Riverside University Health System Education and Conference Center Renamed for Retiring Supervisor Marion Ashley and Wife Mary The three-story complex on RUHS Medical Center campus provides training to thousands of healthcare professionals annually Health News
MORENO VALLEY, Ca.—A health education and conference center on Wednesday was formally named for retiring Riverside County Supervisor Marion Ashley and his wife, Mary, in recognition of their lifelong commitment to public service. The Ashleys, both in their 80s, were surrounded by friends, family and colleagues who came to
celebrate the couple’s many contributions to Riverside County and Riverside University Health System—Medical Center. The campus of the 439-bed public teaching hospital in Moreno Valley is home to the newly named Marion and Mary Ashley Health Education and Conference Center, where thousands of doctors, (continued in next 2 columns)
Riverside University Health System Education and Conference Center Renamed for Retiring Supervisor Marion Ashley and Wife Mary...continued nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals train annually. Mary Ashley is a founding member of the nonprofit RUHS Foundation. Since launching 29 years ago, the Foundation has raised millions of dollars to support pediatric and other programs at the Medical Center through signature events like the Festival of Trees…for the love of a child, which takes place each November in downtown Riverside. Marion Ashley has overseen the growth and expansion of the Medical Center since 2002 when he was first elected Fifth District supervisor. He will retire from his longtime post at the end of this year. Dr. Arnold Tabuenca, chief medical officer at RUHS Medical Center credited the supervisor’s leadership for helping RUHS Medical Center successfully navigate one of the rockiest periods in its 125-year history. Just five years ago, Tabuenca said the Medical Center was losing $1 million a week. “There were many voices in the community
saying ‘close the doors’, ‘sell the hospital’, ‘let it go,” Tabuenca recalled. “I honestly believe we might not be here today if it weren’t for Supervisor Ashley’s leadership, his vision and determination to improve healthcare and access to services.” The Ashleys, closely knit and sitting side by side as they have done throughout more than 50 years of marriage, smiled and sometimes teared up during a tribute video and the recollections of colleagues and friends. Marion Ashley called his and Mary’s decades in public life together “the journey of a lifetime”. “It has been a journey filled with peaks and valleys,” Marion Ashley said. “One of the greatest peaks is the love and connection we have found with this Medical Center. That’s why having a building here that bears both our names means so much to us, our children and our grandchildren. We are so proud to have played a small part in the enduring legacy of this great institution.”
2018 SCAM ALERTS Senior News
In a recent cyber security scam, smartphone users receive a text from an unknown number with a message claiming a friend has written a compliment about them in a new app. The text message contains a link that prompts them to download the specific app on their phone. Online there may even be hundreds of glowing reviews for the app. But beware! In the fine print, downloading the app automatically grants it access to your contacts and all of your saved numbers. The app then perpetuates its number trolling activity by sending all of your contacts the same invitation. While this scam itself poses mini-
mal immediate danger, it allows fraudsters to access your phone to steal your contacts and build a list of phone numbers that the scammer can later sell on the black market for future scam targets. If you receive a text message prompting you to download an app like this, it’s best to delete the message and avoid any potential issues. Be a fraud fighter! If you can spot a scam, you can stop a scam. Report scams to local law enforcement. For help from AARP, call 1-877-908-3360 or visit the AARP Fraud Watch Network at w w w . a a r p . o r g / fraudwatchnetwork.
Get your FREE flu shot at your local community POD site Health News
29 Palms Senior Center 6539 Adobe Rd., Twentynine Palms Saturday, November 10, 2018 10:00 am- 1:00 pm
The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health Preparedness and Response Program will be testing emergency response plans at local Point of Dispensing (POD) sites during the influenza (flu) vaccination season. A POD site is a location where the community would go to receive lifesaving medication and/or vaccinations during a public health emergency. Public Health will be providing FREE flu vaccinations to the community at select POD sites. “Flu shots are the first step in protecting against influenza virus and its potentially serious complications,” said Dr. Maxwell Ohikhuare, San Bernardino County Health Officer, “I encourage residents to get their flu shot every year.” Be prepared for the flu season by receiving your free flu shot. Public Health will be providing free flu shots at the following locations: The Ontario Center School 835 North Center Ave., Ontario Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:00 pm -5 :00 pm
Hook Community Center 14973 Joshua St., Victorville Saturday, November 17, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Flu shots will be provided to men, women (including those that are pregnant), senior citizens, and children who are three (3) years and older. A parent or guardian must accompany children under 18 years old. Children under nine (9) years old may require two (2) doses of flu vaccine (4 weeks apart) based on prior vaccination history. These free flu shot clinics provide a test environment for Public Health to exercise plans and procedures for a local pandemic influenza response. The goal of the exercise is to test Public Health’s mass distribution of vaccinations to County residents as a response to an outbreak or pandemic influenza, such as the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. For more information on public health emergencies visit the County of San Bernardino, Department of Public Health, Preparedness and Response Program website at www.sbcounty.gov/prp or call (909) 252-4406.
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PAGE 5 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 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: 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: 20180011961 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): ROLLING TINT Business Address: 10763 WAKEFIELD ST. ADELANTO, CA 92301 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: JESUS A. VALENZUELA 10763 WAKEFIELD ADELANTO, CA 92301 Signature/Officer Title: Jesus A. Valenzuela 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: 20180011433 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 10/09/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 10/09/2023 Business is Conducted By: A General Partnership Fictitious Business Name(s): LV LASHES CALI Business Address: 365 SOUTH MOUNTAIN AVE. STE. 5 UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business:SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: HUONG T. HUA 3864 ROSEMEAD BLVD. ROSEMEAD, CA 91770 MY LINH T. NGUYEN 13752 PINE ST. APT. 4 WESTMINTER, CA 92683 Signature/Officer Title: Huong T. Hua, General Partner BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 18, 25, November 1, 8, 2018.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180011503 Date Filed: 10/10/2018 Filing Expires On: 10/10/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): SB ORGANICS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 4804 BROOKS ST. MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: W K DISTRIBUTION INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 4804 BROOKS ST. MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation
October 25, 2018
LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/10/2018 Signature/Title of Person Signing: Robert Lo, COO 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 October 18, 25, November 1, 8, 2018.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180010176 Date Filed: 9/05/2018 Filing Expires On: 9/05/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): 1. AMERICA PACIFIC RELOCATION DIVISION 2. AMERICAN PACIFIC RD County of Principal Place of Business: LOS ANGELES Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 19528 VENTURA BLVD. STE. 531 TARZANA, CA 91356 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: AMERICAN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION State of Inc./Org./ Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C3695370 Residence Street Address: 19528 VENTURA BLVD. STE. 531 TARZANA, CA 91356 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature/Title of Person Signing: Mike Sargisszadeh, 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 October 11, Correction18, 25, November 1, 2018.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010929 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/24/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 9/24/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): SMART CLEANING Business Address: 15264 BOYLE AVE. STE. A FONTANA, CA 92337 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 15264 BOYLE AVE. STE. A FONTANA, CA 92337 Registrant(s)Address: ROCKY S. DAVILA 15264 BOYLE AVE. STE. A FONTANA, CA 92337 Signature/Officer Title: Rocky S. Davila 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 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010121 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/04/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 9/04/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): RELAX & HEALING Business Address: 77 E. SEVENTH ST. #B UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 6861 RIVERTRAILS DR. EASTVALE, CA 91752 Registrant(s)Address: SIMIE FANG 6861 RIVERTRAILS DR. EASTVALE, CA 91752 Signature/Officer Title: Simie Fang, 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 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVVS 1800885 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: BRANDIE MARIE RIVAS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. JAYDEN AXEL MARRERO to Proposed name: JAYDEN AXEL RAMIREZ 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: 11/14/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: V15 SUPERIOR COURT VICTORVILLE DISTRICT 14455 Civic Drive Ste. 100 Victorville, CA 92392 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: September 25, 2018 Judge Lisa Rogan Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 18, 25, November 1, 8, 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 MALATSKY 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, November 1, 8, 15, 2018.
PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: SHARON WILLIAMS SKRIT Case Number: PROPS 1800981 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SHARON
WILLIAMS SKRIT A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JODI MARSHALL aka JODI LEE CONLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that JODI MARSHALL aka JODI LEE CONLEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 11/27/2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:: S35 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST 3RD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0210 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: CANDICE A. GARCIA-RODRIGO 3350 Shelby Street, 345 Ontario, CA 91764 Telephone: (909)212-0320 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 18, 25, November 1, 2018.
SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): PENNIE R. ENGELHORN 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 Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol) ‘o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor 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 1810053 (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 W. Third Street San Bernardino, CA 924150210 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 Ave. Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 554671) Date(Fecha): April 24, 2018 (Secretario)Clerk, by Anita Johnson, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): DAVID BISHOP, SYLVIA BISHOP AND DOES 1 TO 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los
costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1807468 (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, Jenny R. Louro, Esq., Bar #306535 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 283324) Date: March 27, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Sabrina Jamison Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): TANDRA MURPHY;and Does 1 through 25, Inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): ROSA TRUJILLO NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.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 1811955 (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): Law Offices Of Blomberg, Benson & Garrett, Inc. 10300 Fourth St. #150, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (909) 945-5000 Date: May 14, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Michael Welch II, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.
Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.
REQUEST FOR ORDER REQUEST FOR ORDER PETITIONER: DAVID ERIC VIRGEN RESPONDENT: VERONICA STELLA VIRGEN CASE NUMBER: FAMSS 1704409 REQUEST FOR ORDER: CHANGE in the alternative of “Other” Child Custody/ Visitation (Parenting Time) Other: Set Aside Default and Set Aside Judgment Entered on April 26, 2018 Pursuant to CCP 473; Respondent Be Permitted to File Response in Furtherance of Justice NOTICE OF HEARING 1. TO: David Eric Virgen and all concerned parties herein(Petitioner) 2. A COURT HEARING WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: a. Date: October 17, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept. S-54 b. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 351 N. ARROWHEAD AVENUE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 CENTRAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT WARNING to the person served with the Request for Order: The court may make the requested orders without you if you do not file a Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL-320), serve a copy on the other parties at least nine court days before the hearing (unless the court has ordered a shorter period of time), and appear at the hearing. (See form FL-320INFO for more information.) (Forms FL-300-INFO and DV-400-INFO provide information about completing this form.) REQUEST FOR ORDER 2. CHILD CUSTODY/VISITATION (PARENTING TIME) a. I request that the court make orders about the following children: Child’s Name: Cerenitie Marie Virgen Date of Birth: 8/17/09 Legal Custody to(person who decides: health, education, etc.): Veronica Stella Virgen Physical Custody to (person with whom child lives): Veronica Virgen Child’s Name: Shiann Tigerlily Virgen Date of Birth: 1/2/10 Legal Custody to (person who decides: health, education, etc.) Veronica Stella Virgen Physical Custody to (person with whom child lives): Veronica Virgen b. The orders I request for child custody/ visitation (parenting time) are: (1) Form FL-311 8. OTHER ORDERS REQUESTED: Set Aside Default and Set Aside Judgment Entered on April 26, 2018 Pursuant to CCP 473; Respondent Be Permitted to File Response in Furtherance of Justice 10.FACTS TO SUPPORT the orders I request are listed below. The facts that I write in support and attach to this request cannot be longer than 10 pages, unless the court gives me permission. SEE ATTACHED I,declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information provided in this form and all attachments is true and correct. Date: 6/11/18 Veronica Virgen Signature of Applicant Requests for Accommodations Assistive listening systems, computer-assisted real-time captioning, or sign language interpreter services are available if you ask at least five days before the proceeding. Contact the clerk’s office or go to www.courts.ca.gov/forms for Request for Accommodations by Persons With Disabilities and Response (form MC-410). (Civ. Code, § 54.8.) Attorney for Petitioner: Joyce M. Holcomb, Esq. (244163) Certified Family Law Specialist 215. N. D Street, Suite 305 San Bernardino, CA 92401 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.
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STATEMENT OF DAMAGES SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER ROSA TRUJILLO, Petitioner, vs. TANDRA MURPHY; and Does 1 through 25, Inclusive Respondent
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Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, Section 425.11. Plaintiff, ROSA TRUJILLO hereby sets forth her Statement of Damages as follows:
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A Santa Clara Superior Court judge has awarded nearly $100,000 in attorneys fees to lawyers representing the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) in its successful California Public Records Act lawsuit against the city of Milpitas. Recognizing that FAC’s suit promoted a “significant public interest...in understanding whether high-ranking city officials were acting improperly,” Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni ordered Milpitas to pay the organization’s lawyers over $92,000 in attorneys fees and $1,260 in court costs. Former city manager Tom Williams, who was at the center of the lawsuit, also must pay FAC’s attorneys $7,750 in attorneys fees and costs, for a total of $99,760. The order comes after over a year of litigation against both Milpitas and Williams. FAC prevailed in its lawsuit on May 25, when Judge Kulkarni ordered the city to release documents relating to allegations of serious misconduct by Williams. The city originally withheld the documents in part based on a “reverse California Public Record Act” lawsuit filed by Williams in 2017. In that lawsuit, Williams obtained a court order temporarily preventing the city from releasing records about himself. “Judge Kulkarni’s order awarding FAC’s attorneys fees is further confirmation that the city should never have withheld these important records—and that Mr. Williams’ effort to prevent their release was misguided,” said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. “We are grateful the court got it right here, and that the lawyers who so capably represented FAC’s—and the public’s—interest will be compensated for bringing to light records about misconduct at the highest level of city government.” FAC was represented in the litigation by James Chadwick and Julie Bauman of the Sheppard Mullin law firm. Under the California Public Records Act, when government agencies refuse to release records but are later forced to do so as a result of a lawsuit, the agency must pay the records requesters’ “reasonable attorneys fees.” This “feeshifting provision” reverses the ordinary rule of litigation, which is that each party must pay its own attorneys. It provides important incentives and protections for the public and publicinterest organizations like FAC to bring lawsuits to enforce the state’s open-records law. FAC originally sued on June 2, 2017 to challenge Williams’ “reverse CPRA” lawsuit and force Milpitas to release the records. The previous month, FAC had requested records relating to accusations of poor performance and misconduct by Williams, including allegations that he used a city credit card to pay personal legal bills. (Williams has denied these charges.)
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L.A Sentinel’s Taste of Soul Food, Fun, Voter Registration, Job Opportunities
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
Thousands again are expected at the Los Angeles Sentinel’s Taste of Soul where this year the newspaper is holding a massive voter registration drive.
For the past 12 years, National Newspaper Publishers Association member, the Los Angeles Sentinel’s, Taste of Soul (TOS) has been an economic driver in the Black community by empowering Blackowned businesses through the festivals’ vendor and sponsorship opportunities. And, while this year’s TOS offers attendees the opportunity to try amazing food, and enjoy live entertainment, organizers plan to use the event to also make it easier for folks to get hired and register to vote. TOS is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. The deadline to register to vote in California is Monday, Oct. 22. “Yes, this is new to Taste of Soul,” said Pamela A. Bakewell, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of The Bakewell Company, the Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Watts Times and Taste of Soul. “LeadersUp is the sponsor of this new activation at Taste of Soul. It is a non-profit run by Jeffery Brown, who is president,” Bakewell said. “It is a phenomenal organization that works with employers that commit to the training and employment of young people. He will have at least 25 employers in his activation committed to hiring at least 300
people at Taste of Soul,” she said. Each year, an annual job fair is held a few weeks after TOS at a local community college. However, Bakewell said everyone realized that it’s hard to get individuals out and decided to take the jobs to the people – the 350,000 Taste of Soul loyal attendees. On Tuesday, Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., the founder and creator of Taste of Soul and NNPA Chairman Emeritus, received acknowledgement from the Los Angeles City Council for the kickoff of Taste of Soul week. They also honored Jeffery Wallace and LeadersUp for expanding Taste of Soul’s reach deep into the community and bringing jobs to the community. “Taste of Soul is a party with a purpose,” Bakewell, Sr. said. “Folks can now come to Taste of Soul, get a piece of fried chicken and leave with a job.” They can also sign up to vote. In a recent Tweet picked up by numerous Twitter users, the 85-year-old Sentinel announced that they “are serious about voter registration. Tell a friend they can register to vote at Taste of Soul Headquarters at the Los Angeles Sentinel.” “We started doing this by having a big banner in front of our building at the Los Angeles Sentinel and put it in our newspaper every week so that
Shonda Rhimes Reveals She’s TV’s Highest-Paid Showrunner Entertainment News
(Photo Credit: PR Photos) Shonda Rhimes was recently honored at Elle magazine’s 25th annual Women In Hollywood celebration where she made a surprising announcement during her acceptance speech. The “Grey’s Anatomy” creator revealed that she’s the highest paid showrunner in television after inking a lucrative deal with Netflix. “I am the highest-paid showrunner in television,” the 48-year-old told the audience. It was previously announced that Ryan Murphy, who was in the audience, signed a five-year Netflix deal worth as much as $300 million, The YBF reports. Rhimes dropped the bomb about her #BlackGirlMagic to point out the differences between men and women. TIME'S UP @TIMESUPNOW Read every word of this. Own your brilliance. And show up for the women in your life. Because "lifting someone
else is what lifts you." https:// www.shondaland.com/inspire/byshonda/a23843445/shonda-rhimes-iam-awesome/ … “Over the course of the seasons, Ellen and I went from believing that we were employees of a network to understand that we were the network. In a world in which women of all colors are constantly forced to battle with men for equity and inclusion, we have the good fortune to work in an environment that we had nurtured and built with enough of our sweat and tears over enough years that we no longer needed to battle men to get to the top of a mountain,” Shonda said. “We just built our own mountains, and then we realized that all we had to do was equalize and include one another.”
people can register at the Sentinel, which is the headquarters for Taste of Soul,” Pamela Bakewell said. And, with the NNPA already aligned with the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus and others for a voter registration drive that aims to register 5 million new voters in time for the all-important November midterm elections, Sentinel officials determined the TOS would represent an ideal venue for a voter registration drive. “We figured with all the promotion and our social media and digital elements reached 30 million last year, we can hit that this year,” Bakewell said. “We needed to tell people in Los Angeles where they can go to register should they not know. We started to push this through the Los Angeles Sentinel and through the Black Press and the adjunct place where it all culminates is Taste of Soul because it is on the Saturday before registration cuts off,” Bakewell said. Earlier this year, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA, began championing the voter registration initiative. The campaign has focused on an aggressive voter registration drive, community-level education on important issues, and a mobilization effort, which are all designed to reach young, Black eligible voters,
particularly in battleground states, like Texas and North Carolina. “It’s a payback year. This coming November, the 2018 midterm elections will be one of the most important elections for African Americans in our lifetime,” Dr. Chavis said. “This is about voting rights and the enormous suffering and bloodshed that our people have experienced to make American democracy real and fair. Yet, this is also about responsibility.” Meanwhile, Bakewell noted that the Sentinel has realized a steady increase in visitors to its website and social media properties, a fact that could only help with the registration effort. “We are trying to become a daily newspaper, not just weekly and, on the social media side, we’ve tried to develop an internal digital team and that has really increased our views,” Bakewell said. “We used to reach 30,000 to 33,000 people weekly digitally. Now, we are at about 55,000 on average and we’ve seen our digital views go up 20,000 over the last three months. Our digital and social media news is catching on… so why not use all of these eyes to get people to register to vote? “So, we turned this into a voter register campaign while we have all of these people coming to the Taste of Soul.”
Shonda Rhimes Reveals She’s TV’s Highest-Paid Showrunner...continued been. I have seen a thousand articles like that from men, but she’s a woman and she shouldn’t say things like that.” “When I made a deal with Netflix, I let them report my salary wrong in the press, and then I did as few interviews as possible and I put my head down and worked. In other words, I hid. I’m getting this award for inspiring other women — how can I inspire anyone if I’m hiding?”
“My point is that we need to set an example because I am awesome and we are awesome, which is another way of saying we have power. We are powerful women and when we say we have power, what we are really saying is that we deserve to have power. We deserve whatever good thing it is that we are getting. Demanding what you deserve can feel like a radical act.”
Continuing, she added: “The other day I came to this conclusion that men brag and women hide. Even when they don’t deserve to brag, men brag — [Donald] Trump, [Brett] Kavanaugh — and when men do deserve to brag, they are good at it. They do it so well. Men brag about everything, even things that aren’t things. A little while ago in an inspiring article, Ellen told the world she was the highest-paid women in dramatic television. She did not hide. She bragged. She said she was powerful and she said deserved it, and there was some blowback. There should not have (continued in next 2 columns)
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Lou Yeboah God says… Don’t do it!! … Don’t do it!! … Don’t do it!!... But naw, what do we do? Not only do we do what the Lord tells us not to do, we do it thinking no one will never know…. Oh, how wrong we are! For [Numbers 32:23 and Isaiah 59:12] say, “Be sure your sins will find you out.” [Luke 12:2] says, “For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.” [Proverb 15:3] proclaims, “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” I ask you, if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense, how shall we escape? Consider scriptural illustrations of sin finding out men. Cain tried to hide the murder of Abel in a field and deceive God about it [Genesis 4:3-15]. Lot compromised with sin in order to “provide for his family” [Genesis 13:10-13; 19:14, 30-38]. Abraham took Hagar as a second wife, which caused much trouble [Genesis 16:1-6; 21:9-14]. Isaac and Rebekah let Esau marry worldly girls, which caused grief [Genesis 26:34-35; 28:1-9]. Dinah went to play with the world’s girls and lost her virginity and boyfriend [Genesis 34:1-31]. Joseph’s brethren deceived their father about Joseph’s plight [Genesis 37:1835; 42:21-22]. Judah considered the use of an apparent prostitute an innocent thing [Genesis 38:1226]. Korah criticized Moses for his office, but God heard and
buried him alive. [Numbers 16:1-35] Achan hid his stolen goods of Jericho from the sight of everyone and Israel stoned him [Joshua 7]. Adoni-Bezek mutilated prisoners, so Israel mutilated him before his death [Judges 1:4-8]. Eli’s sons abused God’s worship, but they died young together [I Samuel 2:1217; 4:17]… and the illustrations go on, and on, and on. Look, be not deceived, what’s done in the dark shall come to the light! You cannot cheat or compromise on God’s religion and His commandments and get away with it. God will not be mocked … neither in this life nor in eternity. As Paul wrote to the Ephesians; “I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking... For I have not shunned declaring unto you all the counsel of God...” [Acts 20:27, 31] Repent and begin to live Godly lives in the light of the scriptures and to begin to seek God with great intensity, honesty, sincerity and urgency. The Bible says, “If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” [2 Chronicles 7:14]. “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” [Isaiah 1:18]. “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteousness man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon”. [Isaiah 55:7].
Witness For Justice #915
Making Room for Lament Rachel Hackenberg Managing Editor, Faith-Forming Publications & Pilgrim Press “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?” - Psalm 22:1 NRSV Lament is an ancient practice, as hold as humanity itself. We shake our fists at the heavens and wonder where God is. We cry and wail when death breaks our hearts. We take to the streets to grieve injustice. We pour tears into our pillows and ask for a sign of life’s (or God’s) purpose. We do a disservice to ourselves when we refuse to admit the pain of our lives and spirits. Lament is a necessary expression of the soul. And listening to lament—showing up in love to recognize lament’s heartache—is a necessary practice of community. If one person’s lament is not heard and acknowledged by another, it festers. If a community’s lament is met only by silence from the wider community, the sorrow swells. If the raging of the heart never experiences God’s grace whispering, “I hear you,” the lament builds. In Psalm 22, the poet is desperate for recognition—for community—in order to not feel alone in grief. “God has left me. Others despise me. Those who hear me, mock me.” We injure one another when we refuse to acknowledge, to receive, to sit uncomfortably with the lament of others. Those who wanted Colin Kaepernick to stand so they didn’t have to pay attention to the lament represented in his kneeling not only strove to silence the pro football player but also to silence the lament of communities impacted by racialized police violence.
Those who required Serena Williams to lower her voice when injustice unfairly applied its own rules were, in effect, insisting that Black women collectively keep silent their protests against misogynoir. Those who preferred Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford not to describe the pain caused by men’s violence against them made a mockery of their trauma. The rejection of public lament, the policing of protest, the preference that pain keep quiet, the refusal to hear dissent and to take seriously its grief: these are acts of community that undermine our collective well-being. But to witness pain and to grieve for one another’s heartache: this is how community fosters grace and compassion. To show up with love, not with judgment, when lament takes to the streets or the sports arena or the halls of Congress or perhaps just the kitchen table: this is how communities begin to imagine hope together. “Where two or three are gathered,” Christians often remind one another. We are called to gather, to show up, to be witnesses to and for one another— even when the grief is uncomfortable, even when the lament makes us nervous, even when the rage of protest feels like it could tear us apart. Sharing our pain is precisely the experience that calls us together. Let us not abandon one another, even as we trust that God does not abandon us. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rachel Hackenberg is Managing Editor, Faith-Forming Publications & Pilgrim Press.
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Probe Into Corrupt Cops in Kern County Deepens Three Bakersfield-area law enforcement officers were drinking beers and grilling one summer day in 2014 when the conversation turned to a rural marijuana growing operation they’d busted. A senior Kern County sheriff’s deputy marveled at the “huge-ass freaking buds” they’d taken, that were just sitting in a storage unit at the sheriff’s office. That was the start of one of the biggest law enforcement corruption scandals in modern Central Valley history. Within hours, the senior deputy, Derrick Penney, and another deputy on the Kern County Sheriff’s narcotics squad, Logan August, were letting themselves into a secure storage facility and walking out with thousands of dollars in marijuana. Those are some of the details revealed in hundreds of pages of grand jury transcripts recently obtained by the California Corruption Project, a collaboration between the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley and KQED. The documents are a window into a corruption scandal that has riveted the Central Valley for nearly three years, embarrassed two prominent law enforcement agencies and caused local officials to rethink how to address the pernicious influence of the drug trade in a state with a shifting attitude toward narcotics enforcement. 'Over my career I've seen an officer alone do some pretty stupid things and sometimes illegal things but never a group of narcotics officers.' Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood “Over my career I've seen an officer alone do some pretty stupid things and sometimes illegal things but never a group of narcotics officers,” said Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood in a recent interview. “Usually your cream of the crop, your best of the best, go into those units. And so there was somewhat disbelief in the beginning. But shortly after the investigation started I was briefed by the FBI on some of the case. And we became a believer, quite frankly, very quickly.” And the Kern County saga isn’t over. In May last year, the deputies pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing about 30 pounds of marijuana. But local authorities recently uncovered evidence the crime was much bigger. They now allege the theft was closer to 400 pounds, and the local District Attorney’s Office recently took the almost unheard-of step of re-prosecuting August and Penney in state court. A Kern County grand jury last month indicted the former deputies on multiple felonies, including burglary and conspiracy. August and Penney pleaded not guilty to the new charges. “This is vindictive prosecution mixed with sour grapes,” said David A. Torres, August’s attorney. Crooked Cops The corruption scandal broke in November 2015 when federal agents arrested Bakersfield Police Detective Damacio Diaz for helping traffic methamphetamines. Diaz was a local celebrity at the time. His life story had been portrayed in the Disney movie "McFarland, USA". But the Police Department put Diaz on administrative leave — just nine days after the film’s Bakersfield premiere. His partner in the department, Detective Patrick Mara, was charged six
A Kern Couny Sheriff's Office patrol car. (Richard Bauer/flickr) months later for his role in the drug conspiracy. Diaz and Mara ultimately pleaded guilty to crimes dating back to 2012, including lying on tax returns, taking bribes and selling meth. Both are in federal prison, serving five-year sentences. Page 25 of grand jury transcripts obtained by the California Corruption Project. (Kern County Superior Court) A local businessman, Noel Carter, recently agreed to plead guilty to selling drugs for Diaz and Mara out of a Bank of America building in downtown Bakersfield, across the street from the courthouse. He’s due in federal court Monday to enter his plea. While investigators were looking into the Bakersfield police detectives, they stumbled onto Penney and August. An investigator in 2016 noticed that Mara frequently called a friend at the sheriff’s office, Derrick Penney. That’s according to the grand jury testimony of Bakersfield Police Detective Paul Yoon, who helped investigate his department’s corrupt officers. Yoon told the grand jury he interviewed Penney on Feb. 12, 2016, to see if the deputy knew anything about the crimes. Penney claimed ignorance. But just two weeks later Penney showed up suddenly at the local FBI office, along with Logan August — and the two started confessing while they were still standing in the lobby. The deputies said they had stolen 20 to 30 pounds of marijuana. Federal prosecutors charged them with that theft and they pleaded guilty in May 2017. Authorities believe they sold the drugs through the same middleman as the two disgraced Bakersfield police detectives. August and Penney no longer work for the department. Days after pleading guilty, August posted an apology video on YouTube. Sitting next to his wife, August blamed the decision to steal the pot on “Satan playing games with me.” The two men faced up to five years in prison but instead U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence O'Neill sentenced both to three years probation, telling August he saw "the depth of [August's] remorse" and was convinced he was sorry for what he did. But for some in local law enforcement, the confession didn’t smell right. More to the Story In May 2017, after news of the charges against Penney and August broke, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood formally launched an internal affairs investigation. His department has faced intense scrutiny in recent years over officer-involved shootings and questionable policing
practices. Youngblood said the purpose of the investigation was to look at department policies that might need to be changed. But, according to the grand jury transcripts, his investigators made some troubling discoveries. They found evidence that August had checked out marijuana from a county facility on multiple occasions. They also found he filed suspicious reports indicating he had destroyed the drugs. Authorities now believe August took nearly 400 pounds of marijuana — taking it out in large green, militarystyle duffle bags. And they allege he falsified forms to make it look as if he had gotten rid of the drugs. Page 38 from the grand jury transcript obtained by the California Corruption Project. (Kern County Superior Court) “We could have just let it die and no one would have ever known,” Youngblood said. “But I had to make sure that we have cleaned out what we know of in our organization because it impacts every other case. It impacts officer safety.” Youngblood said his department called the FBI to let them know they “didn’t finish the job” and to ask them to come back. But the feds declined. He wasn’t the only one to suggest there was a bigger case. Yoon, the Bakersfield police detective who helped investigate the case for federal prosecutors, told the grand jury he thought the detectives were minimizing their role and that the pre-emptive confession might have been a ruse to avoid a broader probe. “Call it a cop’s hunch; something was not right,” Yoon told the grand jury. He said that the U.S. Attorney’s Office ultimately decided not to dig deeper. “We were going to take what they admitted to, and we were going to prosecute them and then make sure they get a felony conviction and they can no longer be a cop in this country ever again,” Yoon said, explaining the directive from the federal prosecutors. He added that he was “very upset” with the decision to limit the investigation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment. Sheriff Youngblood ultimately took the new evidence to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, which continued the investigation. The DA brought the case to the grand jury two months ago. Sentences Would Have Been Stiffer for Civilians The corruption scandal has been a very public black eye for local law
enforcement. “We’ve seen across the country that citizens are not trusting our law enforcement agencies,” said Patricia Smith, a criminal justice professor at Bakersfield College. “And when these kinds of cases comes up, it just kind of makes those feelings stronger and it’s harder to break through to the community.” She added: “the distrust — it grows even larger.” Attorneys for August and Penney say the decision to retry the former deputies is inappropriate. They suggest local officials are piling on because the scandal was an embarrassment. “The case was properly investigated by the government and aggressively prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. At the time of sentencing, all parties were heard,” according to August’s attorney, David A. Torres. “An experienced and respected federal judge listened to the sentencing arguments of both parties and decided to impose the sentence he did, much to the dismay and disappointment of Sheriff Youngblood.” Indeed, Youngblood has repeatedly said he was upset with the federal court’s decision to let the ex-deputies off without prison time. The scandal hit close to home for the sheriff, who faced questions about it during his recent successful bid for a fourth term. “If those had been civilians they would have gotten more than straight probation,” Youngblood said. Still, he said, the current case involves different crimes and deserves to be prosecuted. August was indicted on 15 counts, while Penney is facing seven counts in state court. Supervising Deputy District Attorney Michael Yraceburn said the new charges have nothing to do with the the outcome of the federal case. “There is no desire to correct the way the federal people handled their prosecution. That’s their choice,” said Yraceburn. “Our choice is that when we discover crimes, when the individual has not been held accountable, it’s our job to hold those individuals accountable.” Sheriff Youngblood said the investigation is ongoing although he doesn’t think any other deputies will be charged criminally. He wouldn’t rule out internal discipline. August and Penney’s supervisor, a lieutenant, has been on administrative leave since May 2017. Youngblood said he has made a number of changes to the department in the wake of the corruption scandal, including new policies for how deputies can check out evidence from storage facilities. If you have a tip, please email reporter Robert Lewis at lewis@investigativestudios.org or call 510-643-1386. This story is part of the California Corruption Project, a collaboration between KQED and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley reporters who contributed research to this story include Amy Mostafa, Daniel Lempres, Casey Smith, Ali DeFazio, Edward Booth, Meg Shutzer, Ravleen Kaur, Betty Marquez Rosales, Brian Perlman, Josh Slowiczek, Susie Neilson, Aksaule Alzhan, Alyson Stamos, Eric Murphy, Andrew Beale and Sarah Trent.
Convicted Felon Postmus funnels money for Hesperia races...continued As reported by the Los Angeles Times in 2016 former California State Senator Tony Strickland, a Senior Consultant of MJ Real Estate Investors, was accused of 16 violations of campaign finance law, including political money laundering and the filing of false statements. In May 2016, Strickland agreed to pay a $40,000 fine. Additionally, Rebekah Swanson found herself the target of an FPPC enforcement action when it was revealed in an October 18, press release that Rebekah Swanson, the treasurer for her husband’s campaign for Hesperia School Board, neglected to timely file five semi-annual campaign statements. Swanson reached a “streamline settlement” with the FPPC agreeing to pay a fine of $1,045. Turning back to Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC, Mountain States Consulting Group, an entity located in the State of Wyoming, reported their address as Mall Blvd, Ste 188, Victorville, CA 92392-7665, a post office box at a UPS store at the Victorville Mall. FPPC Communications Director Jay Wierenga explained, under California Government Code Section 84211(f)(2), “a committee must report an actual street address for a contribution (not a PO box).” When San Bernardino American News presented the situation of these campaign contributions from Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC to California Common Cause, Policy and Legal Director for the organization Nicolas Heidorn speculated, “If it’s true that a donor is secretly sending money to a candidate through a sham third party, that would be highly illegal.” Heidorn explained that California “requires transparency in campaign donations so that the voters know who is supporting candidates” and that transparency is crucial “to promote accountability, should donors later seek special favors from the candidates they helped elect.” The channeling in of campaign funds from an entity with convicted felon Postmus as a member to campaigns in the City of Hesperia where its city council is tasked with approval of a number of large development projects in particular, the controversial Tapestry Project in Summit Valley, find Hesperia Resident Al Vogler believing the developers are trying to stack the deck at the Hesperia City Council, the Hesperia Recreation and Park District and the Hesperia Unified School District in order to gain waivers of customary development requirements. Vogler is suspicious of the sources of the substantial amount of campaign money flowing into the campaigns for City Council, the appointment of
Jeremiah Brosowski under suspicious circumstances, the deceptive responses of city council members when asked about Jeremiah Brosowski’s appointment, the alleged recent bullying of City of Hesperia employees, and the close relationships some of the city council members have with local development and marijuana interests. When attending the July 11, Hesperia City Council Meeting where Brosowski was appointed, Vogler recalled developer Dino DeFazio, Ghulam Farooq with ties to the marijuana industry and possibly also former Hesperia City Council Member Bill Jenson absent from the meeting. Vogler confirmed he heard from witnesses in the lobby who observed DeFazio, Farooq and possibly Jenson speaking with Brosowski prior to questions being posed to Brosowski and other applicants by the City Council in consideration of his appointment. Vogler suspects DeFazio, Farooq and possibly Jenson provided the questions and advice to Brosowski giving him with an advantage over other applicants. After hearing from the applicants to fill the vacant city council position left open by the passing of Russ Blewett, Council Member Paul Russ then nominated Brosowski with Rebekah Swanson seconding the nomination. Vogler then requested the July 11 video footage from the security cameras located in the lobby to confirm the statements provided to him by his sources. The City of Hesperia claimed the security footage is set as an endless loop and recorded over within 48-hours causing the footage from July 11, unattainable. Then Vogler attended three subsequent meetings of the Hesperia City Council posing questions about the suspect appointment of Brosowski to council members and according to Vogler receiving no answers at two meetings and receiving one generalized answer from Holland at one meeting leaving remaining questions unanswered. Additionally, Vogler wonders whether Postmus’ campaign contributions/loans made through Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC and violating California Government Code would be considered a violation of the terms of Postmus’ plea agreement, which includes requirements that Postmus to violate no laws. San Bernardino American News emailed questions and requested comment from Hesperia City Council Members Paul Russ, Rebekah Swanson and Jeremiah Brosowski receiving no response by the deadline given to them.
Convicted Felon Postmus funnels money for Hesperia races Gail Fry Contributor San Bernardino American News has uncovered the fact that convicted Felon William J. Postmus, former San Bernardino County Supervisor and Assessor, was tied to substantial campaign contributions to Hesperia City Council Member Paul Russ and loans to Hesperia City Council Member Rebekah Swanson, the source of the contributions and loans was Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC. The campaign contributions from Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC came under scrutiny by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) when a complaint was filed by two Hesperia residents and the FPPC initiated an investigation on February 7, 2017, known as #201700082. Additionally, two Hesperia Council Members came under scrutiny from the FPPC when complaints were filed by the same two Hesperia Residents and the FPPC opened investigations on September 2, 2016 into the campaign reporting of Hesperia City Council Member Paul Russ’s campaign for San Bernardino County Supervisor in 2016 referenced as File no. 16/
Black Women Voters Seek Midterms...continued from page 1 374 and Bill Holland’s campaign for San Bernardino County Supervisor in 2016 referenced as File no. 16/ 375. In an interview with San Bernardino American News, FPPC Communications Director Jay Wierenga responded that the three investigations are all “still open cases.” San Bernardino American News was unable to confirm the legal filing for Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC with the California, Nevada or Delaware Secretary of States and the address listed by the campaign of Hesperia City Council Member Rebekah Swanson was discovered to be a UPS Store at the Victorville Mall, led to a hunch that these contributions/loans could be alleged campaign money laundering. Campaign money laundering is where a campaign contribution is made “in a name other than the name by which such person is identified for legal purposes,” a violation of California Government Code Section 84301, a misdemeanor. When a national search of limited liability companies was conducted,
Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC was discovered to be a Wyoming limited liability company with William J. Postmus as a member. William J. Postmus was disgraced when he pleaded guilty through the signing of a plea agreement admitting guilt to numerous felonies including conspiracy to commit crime, public official receiving a bribe, conflicts of interest, and embezzlement in what is known as the “Colonies Scandal.” Postmus has been awaiting sentencing after his cooperation and testifying in the criminal trial of developer Jeffrey Burum, former San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane, former assistant county assessor and sheriff’s labor union president James Erwin and the former top aide for former San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt, Mark Kirk. Burum, Biane, James Erwin and Kirk were found not guilty by two juries on Monday, August 28, 2017, after the juries reviewed evidence and heard testimony, including the testimony of Postmus. Now Burum, his business Colonies Partners, LP, Erwin and Kirk are suing San Bernardino
County and the San Bernardino County District Attorney for millions of dollars and Postmus is asking the court to withdraw his plea at a November 2, hearing asserting according to news reports that he was addicted to drugs, under duress and coerced by investigators. William J. Postmus, disgraced former San Bernardino County Supervisor and Assessor, using his membership position in Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC channeled $3,300 in loans to Rebekah Swanson for Hesperia City Council 2016 Committee and $5,000 in contributions to Russ for Supervisor 2016 Committee. Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC also has ties to Hesperia City Council’s newest member Jeremiah Brosowski, appointed to the Hesperia City Council on July 11, 2018, in that Brosowski reported receiving over $10,000 up to $100,000 from Mountain States Consulting Group, LLC listed on Brosowski’s Economic Interest Statement as a source of income along with Tony Strickland Consulting, Inc.
NPR series, Black women have relatively high turnout rates, and they vote heavily Democratic. For instance, Black women in Alabama propelled Democrat Doug Jones to a Senate seat – a remarkable political upset – in a December special election, and they also helped push Ralph Northam to a win that was larger than predicted in most polls in his 2017 election for the Virginia governorship. In a feature on ‘How 2018 became the year of the Black Progressive,” Politico noted that 2018 may well be remembered as the political “Year of the Black Progressive,” much as 1992 was the “Year of the Woman.” The online publication noted that Black women are taking office as mayors in major cities such as San Francisco and New Orleans. Record-breaking numbers of black candidates are running for office at the state level. No fewer than three black candidates are being seriously dis-
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