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Supervisors vote not to establish stand-alone coroner’s office

By City News Service

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday not to separate the coroner’s office from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, based on an Executive Office recommendation that was criticized by multiple members of the public.

“With trust needing to be really shored up and rebuilt, and community trust so vital to all county services, particularly with the largest department — the sheriff — the checks and balances that we assume take place with all our governmental functions should be put in place here,” former Supervisor Bob Buster told the board.

Buster, speaking publicly in the board chamber for the first time since leaving office in 2012, said it could only “redound to the board’s benefit” to make a change to coroner’s operations.

“Don’t allow the (sheriff’s) department to silo itself from the rest,” he said. “Everything can be dealt with all at once.”

He advocated a separation of the coroner’s office from the sheriff’s department by establishing a chief medical examiner position, through board appointment, and having that individual serve the county, with an independent staff, detached from the sheriff’s administration.

It was one of three

possible courses available to the board, according to an Executive Office report that was ordered by the supervisors in December.

Reacting to repeated public complaints that sheriff-coroner staff were unresponsive to loved ones of inmates who died in jail custody, the board requested that the EO examine the possibility of returning to the pre-1999 system of the county electing an independent coroner. The branch was consolidated with the sheriff’s department, along with the Office of the Public Administrator, following a mid-1990s committee report indicating that consolidation would improve efficiencies.

While Buster favored setting up an independent medical examiner’s office, other speakers favored a stand-alone coroner’s office, believing its personnel would not be influenced by internal sheriff’s politics or biases.

“The sheriff and coroner should be separated,” said Rabbi Suzanne Singer. “To send a law enforcement agency to do the job of the coroner seems to me to continue to keep this a closed process.”

Individuals who lost family members while they were jailed complained that the current system is riddled with shortcomings.

“You feel the sheriff’s integrity is under attack,” Lisa Matus — whose son, Richard, died at the Byrd Detention Center in 2022 — told the board.

“What integrity are you talking about? Over and over, we hear how we have a political agenda. When do deaths caused by people in custody become political? Families have waited well over a year for autopsy reports. We’re left with suspicions without the reports. We’re not going to settle for inaction regarding our loved ones.”

The Executive Office determined dividing the coroner’s office from the sheriff’s department would invite a string of complications, including likely opposition from the nearly 70 coroner’s employees — virtually the entire bureau — who are unionized and might choose to remain in the sheriff’s department, leaving major gaps in coroner’s operations that the county would have to rush to fill.

There was also the question of coroner’s staff having future access to the sheriff’s law enforcement databases and continuing to enjoy a seamless investigative work environment.

The same complica-

tions might await a countyappointed chief medical examiner and his or her new staff in the event of a separation, according to the EO.

The issue of costs was not paramount, though the report noted that coroner’s “overhead costs are spread across the sheriff’s department’s entire operation.”

“This results in an economy of scale for overhead costs,” the EO stated. “Creating a new department would result in a greater cost.”

The report emphasized there are established procedures that generally address many complaints, particularly those relating to in-custody deaths, citing the involvement of the District Attorney’s Office and the county Civil Grand Jury, as well as contract pathologists who aren’t under the direct supervision of sheriff’s personnel.

Whenever an unarmed civilian is killed by a sheriff’s deputy, the case is automatically referred to the California Department of Justice for review.

The report acknowledged that the process of post-mortems and completing death reports can run long, but the goal is to have them available for public review after three months.

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City of Riverside launches revolving loan fund for nonprofits

By Staff

The city of Riverside has launched a new $2.8 million loan program for local nonprofit organizations, officials announced Wednesday.

The Riverside Non-Profit Resilience Fund is a collaboration between the Inland Empire Community Foundation and the city with the mission to give organizations financial stability that otherwise can be a daunting challenge. According to the city’s announcement, leaders from over a dozen Riverside-based nonprofits said the opportunity to get loans through the new program “could mean the difference between thriving and not surviving in an organization’s early years.”

The federal American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, will fund the “self-sustaining” loan program, officials said. Municipalities must “encumber” the ARPA funds by this year’s end and spend them by the end of 2026 — otherwise cities and counties must give the money back to the federal government.

“The Riverside Non-Profit Resilience Fund can be a lifesaver for an organization that is doing great work,” Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said in a statement. “The beauty of this approach is that, as the loans are repaid and the fund refreshed, even more organizations will be helped.”

The loan program is geared toward aiding nonprofits that struggle to acquire capital needed to provide essential

Treasurer: Property tax payments due next month

By City News Service

Riverside County homeowners are being reminded Wednesday that the final installment on their property tax bills will be due no later than April 10 to avoid penalties.

The Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office last summer began sending out notices seeking payments on over 900,000 secured properties, including parcels, houses and condominiums, for the 2023-24 tax year.

The grace period to pay the second and final installment ends on April 10. Any payments received after that date will be considered delinquent and may incur a 10 percent late fee, according to county officials.

Treasurer-Tax Collector Matt Jennings encouraged property owners to make a payment anytime online via www.countytreasurer.org.

“I encourage those property owners to utilize the various options available, such as the secure online payment system,” Jennings said.

Residents can also make payments in person, without

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Tennessee teen allegedly targets SJ school with bogus bomb threats

Former Supervisor Bob Buster speaks to the board publicly for the first time since leaving office in 2012. Rabbi Suzanne Singer speaks in favor of having separate coroner and sheriff’s departments. | Photos courtesy of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors

Morongo tribe writes $5M check to help San Gorgonio Hospital

By City News Service

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians Thursday donated $5 million to San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning to establish a program geared specifically to women’s health.

“Morongo is delighted to be building on our partnership with the San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Foundation to advance health care in the Pass,” Morongo Tribal Chairman Charles Martin said. “It is crucial that we continue to support new advancements at our community hospital to ensure women, mothers and families have access to high-quality care that addresses their unique health care needs.”

The $5 million check is the second-largest single charitable gift to the foundation, following a $5.6 million check provided by the tribe in 2022, according to officials.

“Today’s gift by ... Morongo will bring profound and positive changes to local health care, allowing us to expand our services and improve the wellbeing of women of all ages in our community,” Dr. Karan Singh said. “Morongo is helping us set a new standard for health care excellence across the San Gorgonio Pass.”

The funds will go directly to the establishment of a “Women’s Health Program,” providing specialized services, like obstetrics, gynecology, breast exams, family planning and general wellness efforts, according to officials.

“The donation will also upgrade critical patient monitoring systems, with $1.4 million dedicated to enhancing technological capabilities and patient care efficiency,” Morongo said in a statement.

Hospital Board Chairwoman Susan DiBiasi expressed the medical campus’ gratitude to the tribe for the “incredible support you continue to offer to our foundation and our hospital.”

“This donation will improve the lives of women and children across the Pass communities and puts our hospital in a position to provide innovative new health care services to our patients,” she said.

According to the tribe, with the latest gift, the total amount of charitable donations made by Morongo exceeds $20 million over the past decade in support of “local and regional nonprofit organizations that help seniors, families, veterans, youth and those in need.”

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Former treasurer for Canyon Lake nonprofit admits stealing funds

The former treasurer for a nonprofit organization in Canyon Lake from which he stole almost $25,000 over a nearly three-year span is slated to be sentenced next month.

Robert Miller Templeton, 81, of Canyon Lake, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of embezzlement by a fiduciary under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admission, prosecutors agreed to drop a related felony charge.

Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Zimel scheduled a sentencing hearing for April 23 at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.

Templeton remains free on his own recognizance.

According to an arrest warrant declaration filed by sheriff’s Investigator Charlie Alkire in March 2021, evidence of Templeton’s theft of funds from the Canyon Lake Travel Club surfaced during an audit by the man who replaced him as treasurer after the defendant resigned in December 2019.

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By City News Service

officer, Travis Montgomery, began scrutinizing the flow of money during Templeton’s tenure, from January 2017 to the end of 2019, the declaration stated.

“There were 56 club checks written out as pay to the order of Templeton or his personal business, MRT Consulting,” Alkire wrote.

The withdrawals totaled $24,061, according to the sheriff’s affidavit.

“None of the checks were recorded as withdrawals on the club’s monthly financial statements completed by Robert during the years he was

treasurer,” Alkire said.

He said the funds were ultimately confirmed deposited into Templeton’s Wells Fargo bank account.

“Robert Templeton accomplished the thefts through access to the club’s checkbooks and also through covert efforts to mask the thefts by manipulating the treasurer’s monthly financial reports,” according to the declaration.

Templeton has a prior misdemeanor conviction for reckless driving, but no felonies, according to court records.

Tennessee teen allegedly targets SJ school with bogus bomb threats

By City News Service

Aof bogus bomb threats targeting San Jacinto High School originated from a teenager in Tennessee, who is now under investigation, authorities said Thursday. Beginning March 5 and continuing to Wednesday, the school “received multiple bomb threats,” resulting in responses by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Hazardous Devices Team, according to the agency.

“On every incident ... the team conducted thorough searches of the premises for any suspicious devices, but no threats were found,” sheriff’s Sgt. Orlando Castaneda said.

He said that during the investigation, deputies determined a 16-year- old boy in Dyer, Tennessee, whose identity was not disclosed, was the main individual calling in the fake bomb threats, though two calls were apparently made by other, as-yet unidentified parties.

“A report was taken and forwarded to the proper authorities in Tennessee for prosecution,” Castaneda said.

There was no explanation for why the teen allegedly targeted San Jacinto High School.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the sheriff’s San Jacinto station at 951-654-2702.

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ADOlivia Munn reveals breast cancer diagnosis, double mastectomy

ctress Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, saying she wanted to tell her story to encourage women to have their cancer risk assessed so they can identify potential problems early.

“I’m lucky. We caught it with enough time that I had options,” Munn, 43, wrote in a post on Instagram.

“I want the same for any woman who might have to face this one day. Ask your doctor to calculate your Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score.”

Munn — who appeared in HBO’s “The Newsroom” and in films including “Date Night,” “Iron Man 2,” “Office Christmas Party” and “X-Men: Apocalypse” — said she and her sister last year decided to be proactive about their health and took a genetic test that detects cancer genes.

“I tested negative for all, including BRCA (the most well-known breast cancer gene),” Munn wrote in her post. “My sister Sara had just tested negative as well. We called each other and high-fived over the phone. That same winter I also had

a normal mammogram.”

But she added: “Two months later I was diagnosed with breast cancer.”

“In the past 10 months I have had four surgeries, so many days spent in bed I can’t even count and have learned more about cancer, cancer treatment and hormones than I ever could have imagined,” she wrote. “Surprisingly, I’ve only cried twice. I guess I haven’t felt like there was time to cry. My focus narrowed and I tabled any emotions that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay clearheaded.

“I’ve tended to let people see me when I have energy, when I can get dressed and get out of the house, when I can take my baby boy to the park. I’ve kept the diagnosis and the worry and the recovery and the pain medicine and the paper gowns private. I needed to catch my breath and get through some of the hardest parts before sharing.”

She said the cancer may have gone undetected for another year if her obstetrician had not calculated her Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score, which came back elevated.

“Because of that score

I was sent to get an MRI, which led to an ultrasound, which then led to a biopsy,” she wrote. “The biopsy showed I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts. Luminal B is an aggressive, fast moving cancer. Thirty days after that biopsy I had a double mastectomy. I went from feeling completely fine one day to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next.”

Her message thanked the doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and at Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica.

She also thanked her boyfriend, comedian John Mulaney, with whom she shares a 2-year-old son, for his support.

“I’m so thankful to John for the nights he spent researching what every operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery I could expect,” she wrote. “For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.”

California healthcare advocates unveil package of bills to lower costs

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

On Tuesday, Care4All California, a coalition fighting for affordable health care, unveiled a package of bills its members say they would like state lawmakers to pass.

Assembly Bill 3129 would give the California Attorney General the power to accept, reject or modify health care transactions involving private equity or hedge funds.

Asm. Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg, Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore and author of the bill, said mergers often improve the corporate bottom line but lead to higher prices for patients.

“We’re often led to believe these consolidations will save money, that it’s good for consumers,” Wood observed. “But what we’re actually seeing in health care is just the opposite, and it reduces competition.”

Opponents said the bill would give government officials too much power.

Care4All California also endorsed bills to help the state enforce requirements around implicit bias training for women’s health providers in an attempt to make sure patient complaints are taken seriously and to reduce the number of people of color who die from pregnancy complications.

Asm. Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, is behind Assembly Bill 2297, which she said aims to make sure people do not lose their homes due to medical debt.

“A loophole allows debt collectors to place liens on patients’ homes to collect unpaid medical debt,” Friedman pointed out. “AB

2297 closes that loophole, and prohibits liens on property when collecting medical debt from financially qualified patients.”

Another bill in the package would allow a 12-month grace period to cover people who qualify for Medi-Cal but were kicked off due to an administrative issue.

Olivia Munn. | Photo courtesy of Carolina Dog Crate Co./ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Care4All California, a coalition of more than 70 healthcare advocacy groups, is pressing for a package of bills this legislative session to rein in healthcare costs and improve equity. | Photo by Kit Bear/HealthAccess CA

How can California solve its water woes? By flooding its best farmland

By Jake Bittle for Grist

Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration

The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United States, almost every square inch of land has been razed, planted, and shaped to support large-scale agriculture. The valley produces almonds, walnuts, pistachios, olives, cherries, beans, eggs, milk, beef, melons, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and garlic.

This economic mandate is clear to the naked eye: Trucks laden with fertilizer or diesel trundle down arrow-straight roads past square field after square field, each one dense with tomato shrubs or nut trees. Canals slice between orchards and acres of silage, pushing allimportant irrigation water through a network of laterals from farm to farm. Cows jostle for space beneath metal awnings on crowded patches of dirt, emitting a stench that wafts over nearby towns.

There is one exception to this law of productivity. In the midst of the valley, at the confluence of two rivers that have been dammed and

diverted almost to the point of disappearance, there is a wilderness. The ground is covered in water that seeps slowly across what used to be walnut orchards, the surface buzzing with mosquitoes and songbirds. Trees climb over each other above thick knots of reedy grass, consuming what used to be levees and culverts. Beavers, quail, and deer, which haven’t been seen in the area in decades, tiptoe through swampy ponds early in the morning, while migratory birds alight overnight on knolls before flying south.

Austin Stevenot, who is in charge of maintaining this restored jungle of water and wild vegetation, says this is how the Central Valley is supposed to look. Indeed, it’s how the land did look for thousands of years until white settlers arrived in the 19th century and remade it for industrial-scale agriculture. In the era before colonization, Stevenot’s ancestors in the California Miwok tribe used the region’s native plants for cooking, basket weaving, and making herbal medicines. Now those plants have returned.

“I could walk around this landscape and go, ‘I can use that, I can use this to do that, I can eat that, I can eat that, I can do this with that,’” he told me as we drove through the flooded land in his pickup truck. “I have a different way of looking at the ground.”

You wouldn’t know it without Stevenot there to point out the signs, but this untamed floodplain used to be a workhorse parcel, just like the land around it. The fertile site at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers once hosted a dairy operation and a cluster of crop fields owned by one of the county’s most prominent farmers. Around a decade ago, a conservation nonprofit worked out a deal to buy the 2,100-acre tract from the farmer, rip up the fields, and restore the ancient vegetation that once existed there. The conservationists’ goal with this $40 million project was not just to restore a natural habitat, but also to pilot a solution to the massive water management crisis that has bedeviled California and the West for decades.

Like many other parts of

the West, the Central Valley always seems to have either too little water or too much. During dry years, when mountain reservoirs dry up, farmers mine groundwater from aquifers, draining them so fast that the land around them starts to sink. During wet years, when the reser-

voirs fill up, water comes streaming down rivers and bursts through aging levees, flooding farmland and inundating valley towns.

The restored floodplain solves both problems at once. During wet years like

this one, it absorbs excess water from the San Joaquin River, slowing down the waterway before it can rush downstream toward large cities like Stockton. As the water moves through the site, it seeps into the ground,

Water flows through part of Dos Rios Ranch Preserve. The former farmland now acts as a storage area for floodwaters during wet years. | Photo by Cameron Nielsen/Grist

recharging groundwater aquifers that farmers and dairy owners have drained over the past century. In addition to these two functions, the restored swamp also sequesters an amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that produced by thousands of gas-powered vehicles. It also provides a haven for migratory birds and other species that have faced the threat of extinction.

“It’s been amazing just getting to see nature take it back over,” Stevenot said. “When you go out to a commercially farmed orchard or field, and you stand there and listen, it’s sterile. You don’t hear anything. But you come out here on that same day, you hear insects, songbirds. It’s that lower part of the ecosystem starting up.”

Stevenot’s own career path mirrors that of the land he now tends. Before he worked for River Partners, the small conservation nonprofit that developed the site, he spent eight years working at a packing plant that processed cherries and onions for export across the country. He was a lifelong resident of the San Joaquin Valley, but had never been able to use the traditions he’d learned from his Miwok family until he started working routine maintenance at the floodplain project. Now he presides over the whole ecosystem.

This year, after a deluge of winter rain and snow, water rolled down the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers, filling up the site for the first time since it had been restored. As Stevenot guided me across the landscape, he showed me all the ways that land and water were working together. In one area, water had spread like a sheet across three former fields, erasing the divisions that had once separated acres on the property. Elsewhere, birds had scattered seeds throughout what was once an orderly orchard, so that new

trees soon obscured the old furrows.

The advent of the restoration project, known as Dos Rios, has worked wonders for this small section of the San Joaquin Valley, putting an end to frequent flooding in the area and altering longheld attitudes about environmental conservation. Even so, it represents just a chink in the armor of the Central Valley, where agricultural interests still control almost all the land and water. As climate change makes California’s weather whiplash more extreme, creating a cycle of drought and flooding, flood experts say replicating this work has become more urgent than ever.

But building another Dos Rios isn’t just about finding money to buy and reforest thousands of acres of land. To create a network of restored floodplains will also require reaching an accord with a powerful industry that has historically clashed with environmentalists — and that produces fruit and nuts for much of the country. Making good on the promise of Dos Rios will mean convincing the state’s farmers to occupy less land, irrigate with less water, and produce less food.

Cannon Michael, a sixthgeneration farmer who runs Bowles Farming Company in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, says such a shift is possible, but it won’t be easy.

“There’s a limited resource, there’s a warming climate, there’s a lot of constraints, and a lot of people are aging out, not always coming back to the farm,” Michael said. “There’s a lot of transition that’s happening anyway, and I think people are starting to understand that life is gonna change. And I think those of us who want to still be around the valley want to figure out how to make the outcome something we can live with.”

You can think of the last

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century of environmental manipulation in the Central Valley as one long attempt to create stability. Alfalfa fields and citrus orchards guzzle a lot of water, and nut trees have to be watered consistently for years to reach maturity, so farmers seeking to grow these crops can’t just rely on water to fall from the sky.

In the early 19th century, as white settlers first claimed land in the Central Valley, they found a turbulent ecosystem. The valley functioned as a drain for the mountains of the Sierra Nevada, sluicing trillions of gallons of water out to the ocean every spring. During the worst flood years, the valley would turn into what one 19th-century observer called an “inland sea.” It took a while, but the federal government and the powerful farmers who took over the valley got this water under control. They built dozens of dams in the Sierra Nevada, allowing them to store melting snow until they wanted to use it for irrigation, as well as hundreds of miles of levees that stopped rivers from flooding.

But by restricting the flow of the valley’s rivers, the government and the farmers also desiccated much of the valley’s land, depriving it of floodwaters that had nourished it for centuries.

“In the old days, all that floodwater would spread out over the riverbanks into adjacent areas and sit there for weeks,” said Helen Dahlke, a hydrologist at the University of California, Davis, who studies floodplain management. “That’s what fed the sediment, and how we replenish our groundwater reserves. The floodwater really needs to go on land, and the problem is that now the land is mainly used for other purposes.”

The development of the valley also allowed for the prosperity of families like

that of Bill Lyons, the rancher who used to own the land that became Dos Rios. Lyons is a third-generation family farmer, the heir to a farming dynasty that began when his great-uncle E.T. Mape came over from Ireland. With his shock of gray hair and his standard uniform of starched dress shirt and jeans, Lyons is the image of the modern California farmer, and indeed he once served as the state’s secretary of agriculture.

Lyons has expanded his family’s farming operation over the past several decades, stretching his nut orchards and dairy farms out across thousands of acres on the west side of the valley. But his territory straddles the San Joaquin River, and there was one farm property that always seemed to go underwater during wet years.

“It was an extremely productive ranch, and that was one of the reasons it attracted us,” said Lyons. But while the land’s low-elevation river frontage made its soil fertile, that same geography put its harvests at risk of flooding. “Over the 20 years that we owned it, I believe we got flooded out two or three times,” Lyons added.

In 2006, as he was repairing the farm after a flood, Lyons met a biologist named Julie Rentner, who had just joined River Partners. The conservation nonprofit’s mission was to restore natural ecosystems in river valleys across California, and it had completed a few humble projects over the previous decade, most of them on small chunks of not-too-valuable land in the north of the state. As Rentner examined the overdeveloped land of the San Joaquin Valley, she came to the conclusion that it was ready for a much larger restoration project than River Partners had ever attempted. And she thought Lyons’ land was the perfect place to start.

Most farmers would have bristled at such a proposition, especially those with deep roots in a region that depends on agriculture. But unlike many of his peers, Lyons already had some experience with conservation work: He had partnered with the U.S. Forest Service in the 1990s on a project that set aside some land for the Aleutian goose, an endangered species that just so happened to love roosting on his property. As Lyons started talking with Rentner, he found her practical and detail-oriented. Within a year, he and his family had made a handshake deal to sell her the floodprone land. If she could find the money to buy the land and turn it into a floodplain, it was hers.

For Rentner, the process wasn’t anywhere near so easy. Finding the $26 million she needed to buy the land from Lyons — and the additional $14 million she needed to restore it — required scraping together money from a rogues’ gallery of funders including three federal agencies, three state agencies, a local utility commission, a nonprofit foundation, the electric utility Pacific Gas & Electric, and the beer company New Belgium Brewing.

“I remember taking so many tours out there,” said Rentner, “and all the public funding agency partners would go, ‘OK, so you have a million dollars in hand, and you still need how many? How are you going to get there?’”

“I don’t know,” Rentner told them in response. “We’re just gonna keep writing proposals, I guess.”

Even once River Partners bought the land in 2012, Rentner found herself in a permitting nightmare: Each grant came with a separate

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set of conditions for what River Partners could and couldn’t do with the money, the deed to Lyons’ tract came with its own restrictions, and the government required the project to undergo several environmental reviews to ensure it wouldn’t harm sensitive species or other land. River Partners also had to hold dozens of listening sessions and community meetings to quell the fears and skepticism of nearby farmers and residents who worried about shutting down a farm to flood it on purpose.

It took more than a decade for River Partners to complete the project, but now that it’s done, it’s clear that all those fears were unfounded. The restored floodplain absorbed a deluge from the huge “atmospheric river” storms that drenched California last winter, trapping all the excess water without flooding any private land. The removal of a few thousand acres of farmland hasn’t put anyone out of work in nearby towns, nor has it hurt local government budgets. Indeed, the groundwater recharge from the project may soon help restore the unhealthy aquifers below nearby Grayson, where a community of around 1,300 Latino agricultural workers has long avoided drinking well water contaminated with nitrates.

As new plants take root, the floodplain has become a self-sustaining ecosystem: It will survive and regenerate even through future droughts, with a full hierarchy of pollinators and base flora and predators like bobcats. Except for Stevenot’s routine cleanup and road repair, River Partners doesn’t have to do anything to keep it working in perpetuity. Come next year, the organization will hand the site over to the state, which will keep it open

Cal State system wins $750K in Great Admissions Redesign challenge

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

In the next few years, big changes are coming to the Cal State University admissions process, thanks to a $750-thousand grant from Lumina Foundation’s Great Admissions Redesign challenge.

Phase One will upgrade the website California Colleges.edu so 9th, 10th and 11th graders can align their schedules with the Cal State and University of California ‘A through G’ requirements.

April Grommo, assistant vice chancellor for strategic enrollment management with Cal State, said

right now, nearly half of students don’t take the right classes to qualify.

“Only about 52% of students across the state are completing A through G. And in some counties, it’s only about 15% of students,” she said.

The grant will also allow Cal State to reach out to 12th graders let them know which of the 23 campuses they already qualify to attend; and invite them to apply for admission to the more selective schools such as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Diego State and Cal State Long Beach.

Melanie Heath, strategy director for participation with Lumina Foundation, noted the grant will also allow Cal State to automate the process of getting students’ final high school transcripts - so kids will no longer have to request and pay for them to be sent.

“For the Cal State system, at that scale, to be able to have the transcripts sent for free, automatically sent through this portal that students have been accessing since ninth grade is an incredible innovation,” Heath explained.

Cal State hopes to have the changes in place by the

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as California’s first new state park in more than a decade and let visitors wander on new trails.

“After three years of intensive cultivation, we walk away,” said Rentner. “We literally stopped doing any restoration work. The vegetation figures itself out, and what we’ve seen is, it’s resilient. You get a big deep flood like we have this year, and after the floodwaters recede what comes back is the native stuff.”

Dos Rios has managed to change the ecology of one small corner of the Central Valley, but the region’s water problems are gargantuan in scale. A recent NASA study found that water users in the valley are overtapping aquifers by about 7 million acre-feet every year, sucking half a Colorado River’s worth of water out of the ground without putting any back. This overdraft has created zones of extreme land subsidence all over the valley, causing highways to crack and buildings to sink dozens of feet into the ground.

At the same time, floods are also getting harder to manage. The “atmospheric river” storms that drench California every few years are becoming more intense as the earth warms, pushing more water through the valley’s twisting rivers. The region escaped a catastrophic flood this year only thanks to a slow spring melt, but the future risks were clear. Two levees burst in the eastern valley town of Wilton, along the Cosumnes River, killing three people, and the historically Black town of Allensworth flooded as the once-dry Tulare Lake

reappeared for the first time since 1997.

Fixing the state’s distorted water system for an era of climate change will be the work of many decades. In order to comply with California’s landmark law for regulating groundwater, which will take full effect by 2040, farmers will have to retire as much as a million acres of productive farmland, wiping out billions of dollars of revenue.

Protecting the region’s cities from flooding, meanwhile, will require spending billions more dollars to bolster aging dirt levees and channels.

In theory, this dual mandate would make floodplain restoration an ideal way to deal with the state’s water problems. But the scale of the need is enormous, equivalent to dozens of projects on the same scale as Dos Rios.

“Dos Rios is good, but we need 50 more of it,” said Jane Dolan, the chair of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, a state agency that regulates flood control in the region. “Do I think that will happen in my lifetime? No, but we have to keep working toward it.” Fifty more projects of the same size as Dos Rios would span more than 150 square miles, an area larger than the city of Detroit, Michigan. It would cost billions of dollars to purchase that much valuable farmland, saw away old levees, and plant new vegetation.

As successful as Rentner was in finding the money for Dos Rios, the nonprofit’s piecemeal approach could never fund restoration work at this scale. The

only viable sources for that much funding are the state and federal governments. Neither has ever devoted significant public dollars to floodplain restoration, in large part because farmers in the Central Valley haven’t supported it. But that has started to change. Earlier this year, state lawmakers set aside $40 million to fund new restoration projects. Governor Gavin Newsom, fearing a budget crunch, tried to slash the funding at the start of the year, but reinserted it after furious protests from local officials along the San Joaquin. Most of this new money went straight to River Partners, and the organization has already started to clear the land on a site next to Dos Rios. It’s also in the process of closing on another 500-acre site nearby.

But even if nonprofits like River Partners get billions more dollars to buy agricultural land, creating the ribbon of natural floodplains that Dolan describes will still be difficult. That’s because river land in the Central Valley is also some of the most productive agricultural land in the world, and the people who own it have no incentive to forgo future profits by selling.

“Maybe we could do it some time down the road, but we’re farming in a pretty water-secure area,” said Cannon Michael, the sixthgeneration farmer from Bowles Farm whose land sits on the upper San Joaquin River. The aquifers beneath his property are substantial, fed by seepage from the river, and he also has the rights to use water from the state’s canal system. “It’s

a hard calculation because we’re employing a lot of people, and we’re doing stuff with the land, we’re producing.”

Even farmers who are running out of groundwater may not need to sell off their land in order to restore their aquifers. Don Cameron, who grows grapes in the eastern valley near the Kings River, has pioneered a technique that involves the intentional flooding of crop fields to recharge groundwater. Earlier this year, when a torrent of melting snow came roaring along the Kings, he used a series of pumps to pull it off the river and onto his vineyards. The water sank into the ground, where it refilled Cameron’s underground water bank, and the grapes survived just fine.

This kind of recharge project allows farmers to keep their land, so it’s much more palatable to big agricultural interests. The California Farm Bureau supports taking agricultural land out of commission only as a last resort, but it has thrown its weight behind recharge projects like Cameron’s, since they allow farmers to keep farming. The state government has also been trying to subsidize this kind of water capture, and other farmers have bought in: According to a state estimate, valley landowners may have caught and stored almost 4 million acre-feet of water this year.

“I’m familiar with Dos Rios, and I think it has a very good purpose when you’re trying to provide benefits to the river, but ours is more farm-centric,”

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said Cameron.

But Joshua Viers, a watershed scientist at the University of California, Merced, says these on-farm recharge projects may cannibalize demand for projects like Dos Rios. Not only does a project like Cameron’s not provide any flood control or ecological benefit, but it also provides a much narrower benefit to the aquifer, focusing water in a small square of land rather than allowing it to seep across a wide area.

“If you can build this string of beads down the river, with all these restored floodplains, where you can slow the water down and let it stay in for long periods of time, you’re getting recharge that otherwise wouldn’t happen,” he said.

As long as landowners see floodwater as a tool to support their farms rather than a force that needs to be respected, it will be difficult to replicate the success of Dos Rios. It’s this entrenched philosophy about the natural world, rather than financial constraints, that will be River Partners’ biggest barrier in the coming decades. In order to create Viers’ “string of beads,” Rentner and her colleagues would have to convert farmland all across the state.

It’s one thing to do that in a northern area like Sacramento, where officials designed flood bypasses on agricultural land a century ago. It’s quite another to do it farther south in the Tulare Basin, where the powerful farm company J.G. Boswell has been accused of channeling floodwater toward nearby towns in an effort to

save its own tomato crops. River Partners is funneling some of the new state money toward restoration projects in this area, but these are small conservation efforts, and they don’t alter the landscape of the valley like Dos Rios does.

To export the Dos Rios model, River Partners will have to convince hundreds of farmers that it’s worth it to give up some of their land for the sake of other farmers, flood-prone cities, climate resilience, and endangered species. Rentner was able to build that consensus at Dos Rios through patience and open dialogue, but the path toward restoration in the rest of the state will likely be more painful. California farmers will need to retire thousands of acres of productive land over the coming decades as they respond to rising costs and water restrictions, and more acres will face the constant threat of flooding as storms intensify in a warming world and levees break. As landowners sell their parcels to solar companies or let fallow fields turn to dust, Rentner is hoping that she can catch some of them as they head for the exits.

“It’s going to be a challenge,” said Rentner. “We’re hopeful that some will think twice and say, ‘Wait, maybe we should take the time to sit down with the people in the conservation community and think about our legacy, think about what we’re leaving behind when we make this transaction.’

And maybe it’s not as simple as just the highest bidder.”

Jake Bittle wrote this article for Grist.

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Rams defense leader Aaron Donald announces retirement

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

Aaron Donald, the Los Angeles Rams’ longtime defensive leader and 2022 Super Bowl champion, announced his retirement Friday.

“Cheers to what’s next. Extending a big thank you to the Rams and all of the fans for your support over these last 10 years. Much love,” Donald posted on Twitter. com.

“For 10 years I have been fortunate to play the game of football at the highest level,” Donald, 32, said on social media. “I’m thankful for the people I’ve met along the way, the relationships I’ve built and the things I’ve accomplished with my teammates and individually.”

The Rams picked Donald, 32, in the first-round of the 2014 NFL draft. His accomplishments include Pro Bowl appearances in all 10 seasons of his career, eight All-Pro first-team selections and NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2020.

“Throughout my career, I have given my everything to

football both mentally and physically — 365 days a year was dedicated to becoming the best possible player I could be,” Donald posted on social media. “I respected this game like no other, and I’m blessed to be able to conclude my NFL career with the same franchise that drafted me. Not many people get drafted to a team, win a world championship with that team and retire with that team. I do not, and will not, take that for granted.

“As I turn my focus to a new chapter, I don’t know what the future holds, but I am excited about the offthe-field possibilities,” he said. “I’m looking forward to spending more time with my wife, Erica, and my kids, Jaeda, A.J., Aaric and Aali. The greatest reward was being able to play this game with them by my side, and I can’t wait to watch them live out their dreams just as they watched me live out mine.”

A key shining moment in Donald’s luminous career came at the climax

of Super Bowl LVI, when he exploded into the backfield and forced Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow to throw an incompletion on the final play of the game, sealing the Rams the victory.

“It is a privilege to have witnessed one of the greatest players of all time and we are proud that Aaron Donald will forever be part of NFL history as a member of the Rams,” Rams owner Stan Kroenke said in a statement.

“The great players in our league elevate the people around them and Aaron has modeled the way for our team as long as I’ve been with the Rams,” head coach Sean McVay said in an article on the Rams’ official website.

McVay described Donald as “an elite competitor ... who leads by example in a way that’s authentic to him, and an exceptional teammate who inspires everyone around him. ...

“As great of a player he is, he’s an even better person,” MacVay continued. “He is truly one of one

and epitomizes everything that’s right about sports.

I will forever cherish the memories we’ve made and will always be grateful for how he poured everything into this game and into our team. He’s meant a lot to me personally and to my

family.” Rams veteran wide receiver Cooper Kupp posted, “Thankful to have been able to watch, learn from and play alongside one of the best to ever do it.”

The team’s General Manager Les Snead said in

a statement, “There will never be another Aaron Donald.”

In what turned out to be Donald’s final season, the Rams were 10-7 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Detroit Lions on Jan. 14.

Ex-attorney at Monterey Park law office representing foster kids charged with distributing, possessing child porn

By Staff

Aformersupervising attorney at a nonprofit that provides legal representation to foster children in juvenile dependency court was arraigned last week on federal criminal charges alleging he possessed and distributed child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Charles Aghoian, 61, of Camarillo, is charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. He voluntarily surrendered to federal law enforcement. He pleaded not guilty at

his arraignment in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. A federal magistrate judge set his bond at $1 million and a May 6 trial date has been scheduled in this matter.

According to an indictment that a federal grand jury returned on March 1, Aghoian in December 2020 and January 2021 knowingly distributed sexually explicit videos featuring children. In April 2021, Aghoian also allegedly possessed on his smartphone images of child sexual abuse material

including children under the age of 12 years.

At the time of the alleged conduct, Aghoian was a supervising attorney at the Children’s Law Center of California, which maintains offices in Monterey Park, Sacramento, and Lancaster. The organization provides legal representation for abused, neglected, or abandoned children who fall under the jurisdiction of the state’s juvenile dependency court system. Its attorneys serve Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Placer counties.

If convicted, Aghoian

would face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison on each child pornography distribution charge and a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for each child pornography possession and distribution charges.

The FBI is investigating this matter.

Assistant United States Attorneys Nisha Chandran of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section and Alexandra Kelley of the General Crimes Section are prosecuting this case.

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Temple City City Notices

TEMPLE CITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL

The City Council is holding a public hearing on the project described below. You are receiving this notice because your property is located near the project, the project may directly, or indirectly affect you, or because you have requested to be notified.

Project Citywide, City of Temple City, County of Los Angeles

Location:

Project: File PL 24-4478. Adoption of thresholds of significance for projects and plans reviewed under the California Environmental Quality Act

Applicant: City of Temple City, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780

Environmental The adoption of thresholds of significance is exempt from CEQA review. Section

Review: 15064.7 of the CEQA Guidelines establish the process for adopting thresholds and CEQA review is not part of this procedure. Additionally, adoption of thresholds is not a “project” because environmental changes that might result from their adoption are too speculative to be considered “reasonably foreseeable” under CEQA.

The City Council Public Hearing will be held:

Meeting Date & Time: Tuesday, April 2 at 7:30 P.M.

Meeting Location: City Council Chambers, 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City, CA 91780

For questions or concerns regarding this project, or if you wish to review the project file, please contact:

Project Planner: Scott Reimers, Community Development Director (626) 656-7316 sreimers@templecity.us

The decision of the City Council is final. If you challenge any of the foregoing actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the hearing body at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Date: 03/14/2024

Publish March 18, 2024

TEMPLE CITY TRIBUNE

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

JACK LEE JACKSON

CASE NO. 24STPB02351

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JACK LEE JACKSON.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by REBECCA GOMEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that REBECCA GOMEZ 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: 04/02/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

Signature: Scott Reimers, Community Development

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

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOAN E. McFADDEN aka JOAN ELAINE McFADDEN aka JOAN McFADDEN

Case No. 24STPB02439

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOAN E. McFADDEN aka JOAN ELAINE McFADDEN aka JOAN McFADDEN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Ellen Lozar in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Ellen Lozar be ap-pointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the dece-dent.

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

terested in the will or estate, or both, of CYNTHIA D. THOMPSON

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Andrea S. Moss in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Andrea S. Moss be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 44 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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 ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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 EDWARD C. IP, ESQ. - SBN 233048

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have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 11, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 62 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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 ap-pearance 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 issu-ance 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 knowl-edgeable 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: PATRICK L BARNES ESQ SBN 39511

PATRICK L BARNES

A LAW CORPORATION PO BOX 660267

ARCADIA CA 91066

CN104922 MCFADDEN Mar 11,14,18, 2024 SAN GABRIEL SUN

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CYNTHIA D. THOMPSON

Case No. 24STPB02375

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be in-

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 issu-ance 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 knowl-edgeable 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: NEAL B JANNOL ESQ SBN 180713 LAW OFFICES OF NEAL B JANNOL 10850 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 825 LOS ANGELES CA 90024 CN104924 THOMPSON Mar 11,14,18, 2024 SAN GABRIEL SUN

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

CHIEN CHUNG LU

CASE NO. 24STPB02665

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CHIEN CHUNG LU.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TZU-CHIEH LIU LU in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TZU-CHIEH LIU LU be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/09/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 44 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at

LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD C. IP & ASSOCIATES, APC 4424 SANTA ANITA AVENUE, STE. 201 EL MONTE CA 91731

Telephone (626) 228-0638 3/14, 3/18, 3/21/24

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

RONALD EDGAR STOWE

CASE NO. 23STPB07100

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of RONALD EDGAR STOWE.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KENNETH W. STOWE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KENNETH W. STOWE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (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: 05/09/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner OF Qiang Zhu and Yi Shi filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Shirou Zhu to Proposed name Alice Zhu 2. 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 that includes the reason for the 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 a. Date: 05/10/2024 Time: 8:30AM Dept: X. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Arcadia Weekly DATED: February 22, 2024 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR

COURT Pub. February 26, March 4, 11, 18, 2024 ARCADIA WEEKLY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Gisselle Leon FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:24AHCP00053 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 150 W. Commonwealth Ave, Alhambra, Ca 91801, Northeast Judicial District TO

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Gisselle Leon filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Gisselle Leon to Proposed name Gisselle Madrigal de Leon 2. 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 that includes the reason for the 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 a.

Date: 04/05/2024 Time: 8:30AM Dept: V. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Rosemead

Reader DATED: February 22, 2024 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024

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CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 23STCV05601 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): YIN HANG, and DOES 1-25

Plaintiff’s Title Thereto. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): NEXT GEN DEVELOPMENTS I

LLC

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site

Monterey Park City Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 26, 2024, a public hearing as required by Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) will be held with respect to a proposed plan of financing providing for the issuance by the California Municipal Finance Authority (the “Authority”) of exempt facility bonds for a qualified residential rental project pursuant to Section 142(a)(7) of the Code in one or more series issued from time to time, including bonds issued to refund such exempt facility bonds in one or more series from time to time, in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 (the “Bonds”). The proceeds of the Bonds will be used to: (1) finance or refinance the acquisition, rehabilitation, improvement and equipping of Monterey Park Senior Village, a senior multifamily rental housing project located at 1935 Potrero Grande Drive, Monterey Park, California; and (2) pay certain expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Bonds. The facilities are to be owned by Monterey Park Senior Village Phase II, LP (the “Borrower”) or a partnership of which AMG & Associates, LLC (the “Developer”) or a related person to the Developer is the general partner.

The Bonds and the obligation to pay principal of and interest thereon and any redemption premium with respect thereto do not constitute indebtedness or an obligation of the Authority, the State of California or any political subdivision thereof, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation, or a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of any of them. The Bonds shall be a limited obligation of the Authority, payable solely from certain revenues duly pledged therefor and generally representing amounts paid by the Borrower.

The hearing will commence at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, and will be held in the City Hall Council Chamber, 320 West Newmark Avenue, Monterey Park, California. Interested persons wishing to express their views on the issuance of the Bonds or on the nature and location of the facilities proposed to be financed or refinanced may attend the public hearing or, prior to the time of the hearing, submit written comments.

Additional information concerning the above matter may be obtained from, and written comments should be addressed to, City Clerk, City of Monterey Park, 320 West Newmark Avenue, Monterey Park, California 91754.

Published on March 18,2024 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

on Charter Cable Channel 6 or streamed online at: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/office-of-the-city-manager/glendaletv/live-video-stream

For public comments and questions during the Hearing call 818-937-8100. City staff will be submitting these questions and comments in real time to the appropriate person during the City Council meeting.

You may contact City of Glendale, Public Works Department Engineering Division, at 818548-3945 if you have any questions.

For public comments and questions during the Hearing call 818-937-8100. City staff will be submitting these questions and comments in real time to the appropriate person during the City Council meeting.

You may contact City of Glendale, Public Works Department Engineering Division, at 818548-3945 if you have any questions.

Legal Description for Alley Vacation Case No. 190V

All that certain real property situated in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows:

THAT ALLEY NORTHEASTERLY OF VICTORY BLVD., ADJACENT TO LOTS 14-21 OF TRACT NO. 8620 AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 105 PAGES 87-88 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF LOT 15 OF SAID TRACT 8620;

THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ALLEN AVENUE AS SHOWN ON SAID TRACT, NORTH 41°13’10” EAST 20.00 FEET TO THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 14 OF SAID TRACT;

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINES OF LOTS 14 & 21 OF SAID TRACT, SOUTH 48°45’50” EAST 334.08 FEET TO THE NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF IRVING AVENUE AS SHOWN ON SAID TRACT;

THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE SOUTH 41°13’00” WEST 20.00 FEET TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 20 OF SAID TRACT;

THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINES OF LOTS 15

THROUGH 20 OF SAID TRACT, NORTH 48°45’50” WEST 334.08 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING 6,682 SQUARE FEET±

PUBLISH MARCH 14 & 18, 2024 GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

PUBLIC NOTICE

VACATION OF A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST CORNER OF JACKSON STREET AND CALIFORNIA AVENUE AT 246 N JACKSON STREET IN GLENDALE, CA STREET VACATION CASE NO. 191V

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:

The Glendale City Council will hold a Public Hearing on March 26, 2024 at or soon after 6 P.M. in the Council Chamber of the Glendale City Hall located at 613 East Broadway to consider the vacation of a portion of Southeast Corner of Jackson Street and California Avenue at 246 N Jackson Street, for Glendale Street Vacation Case No. 191V, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 12.24 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995, and the California Streets and Highways Code Sections 8300 et seq. and as subsequently amended:

The proposed vacation of said Public Street is more fully described in the following Legal Description. Plan No. 12-246 that shows the proposed street vacation area is on file in the office of Public Works Department Engineering Division, City of Glendale, 633 E. Broadway, Room 205, Glendale, CA 91206.

Persons having any interest in and to any property that may be affected by the proposed Street Vacation may appear at the above Hearing either in person or by counsel or both and may be heard in support of their opinion. And the Hearing can also be viewed on Charter Cable Channel 6 or streamed online at:

https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/office-of-the-city-manager/glendaletv/live-video-stream

For public comments and questions during the Hearing call 818-937-8100. City staff will be submitting these questions and comments in real time to the appropriate person during the City Council meeting.

You may contact City of Glendale, Public Works Department Engineering Division, at 818548-3945 if you have any questions.

Legal Description for

Vacation

BEGINNING

thence, southerly along the westerly line of said Lot to a point of cusp with a tangent curve concave southeasterly having a

which curve is also tangent to the northerly line of said Lot;

thence, northerly and easterly along said curve to said last mentioned point of tangency;

thence, westerly along said northerly line to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

The above-described land being a part of California Avenue and North Jackson Street.

Publish March 14 & 18, 2024

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DEBORAH LYNN

BOUDREAU AKA DEBORAH LYNN JACKSON

CASE NO. PROVA2400179

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DEBORAH LYNN BOUDREAU AKA

DEBORAH LYNN JACKSON.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by BRENT ERNEST JACKSON, JR. AND PATRICK RAY JACKSON in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BRENT ERNEST JACKSON, JR. AND PATRICK RAY JACKSON 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: 04/11/24 at 9:00AM in Dept. F1 located at 17780 ARROW BLVD, FONTANA, CA 92335

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with

in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOEL JAY MASON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

05/09/24 at 1:30PM in Dept. CM06 located at 3390 HARBOR BLVD., COSTA MESA, CA 92626

NOTICE IN PROBATE CASES

The court is providing the convenience to appear for hearing by video using the court’s designated video platform. This is a no cost service to the public. Go to the Court’s website at The Superior Court of California - County of Orange (occourts.org) to appear remotely for Probate hearings and for remote hearing instructions. If you have difficulty connecting or are unable to connect to your remote hearing, call 657-622-8278 for assistance. If you prefer to appear in-person, you can appear in the department on the day/time set for your hearing.

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.

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:

05/08/24 at 1:30PM in Dept. CM05 located at 3390 HARBOR BLVD., COSTA MESA, CA 92626

NOTICE IN PROBATE CASES

The court is providing the convenience to appear for hearing by video using the court’s designated video platform. This is a no cost service to the public. Go to the Court’s website at The Superior Court of California - County of Orange (occourts.org) to appear remotely for Probate hearings and for remote hearing instructions. If you have difficulty connecting or are unable to connect to your remote hearing, call 657-622-8278 for assistance. If you prefer to appear in-person, you can appear in the department on the day/time set for your hearing.

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.

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 SUE C. SWISHER - SBN 243310

LAW OFFICE OF SUE C. SWISHER

20955 PATHFINDER RD., STE 100 DIAMOND BAR CA 91765

Telephone (909) 843-6490 3/11, 3/14, 3/18/24 CNS-3790901#

ONTARIO NEWS PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

LYNNE MARIE MASON AKA

LYNNE M. MASON

CASE NO.

30-2024-01382818-PR-LACMC

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of LYNNE MARIE MASON AKA LYNNE M. MASON. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOEL JAY MASON

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

ROBERT L. COHEN, ESQ. - SBN 150913, LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT L. COHEN, INC. 8081 ORANGETHORPE AVE.

BUENA PARK CA 90621

Telephone (714) 522-8880

3/11, 3/14, 3/18/24

CNS-3790963#

ANAHEIM PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

LOI VAN NGUYEN AKA TRAM TU THIENG CASE NO. 30-2024-01382137-PR-LACMC

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of LOI VAN NGUYEN AKA TRAM TU THIENG.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HUNG ANH TRUONG in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that HUNG ANH TRUONG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however,

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

ANH VIET PHAM - SBN 189030

LAW OFFICE OF ANH VIET PHAM

14602 SHEFFIELD ST. WESTMINSTER CA 92683

Telephone (714) 713-5953

3/11, 3/14, 3/18/24

CNS-3791274#

ANAHEIM PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO

ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DOMINADOR BALLESTEROS

CASE NO. 23STPB10832

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DOMI-

NADOR BALLESTEROS.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PERPETUA BALLESTROS PRESTO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that PERPETUA BALLESTROS PRESTO be appointed as Special Administrator to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/04/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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 DEBBY S. DOITCH, ESQ. - SBN 266731, ANDREW D. NUTBROWN, ESQ. - SBN 343702, KJMLAW Partners, PLC 301 EAST COLORADO BLVD., SUITE 600 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 568-9300 3/11, 3/14, 3/18/24 CNS-3791571# BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DAVID E. STECYK

CASE NO. 24STPB02577

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DAVID E. STECYK.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ROSINA D. STECYK in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ROSINA D. STECYK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/05/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

ADAM D. BECKER - SBN 240723

CALLISTER, BROBERG & BECKER, A LAW CORPORATION

700 N. BRAND BLVD., SUITE 560 GLENDALE CA 91203

Telephone (818) 500-1890

3/11, 3/14, 3/18/24

CNS-3791737#

BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

WINDA MAPILI

CASE NO. 24STPB02613

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WINDA MAPILI. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TERI JOAN SABALBURO MAPILI in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TERI JOAN SABALBURO MAPILI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

04/11/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

JEFFREY MARVAN - SBN 203686 ANDRE ZAKARI - SBN 284129, MARVANLAW, A.P.C. 500 S. GRAND AVE., SUITE 1490 LOS ANGELES CA 90071

Telephone (213) 386-5988 3/14, 3/18, 3/21/24 CNS-3792226#

BALDWIN PARK PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

GEORGE MCCLURE AKA

MAC MCCLURE AKA JUDGE MCCLURE

CASE NO. PROVA2400203

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of GEORGE MCCLURE AKA MAC MCCLURE AKA JUDGE MCCLURE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CHERYL MEISTER in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CHERYL MEISTER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/17/24 at 9:00AM in Dept. F2 located at 17780 ARROW BLVD., FONTANA, CA 92335

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

DANIEL B. BURBOTT - SBN

279759 - GAUDY LAW, INC. 267 D STREET UPLAND CA 91786

Telephone (909) 982-3199 3/18, 3/21, 3/25/24 CNS-3793160# ONTARIO NEWS PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERT E. POSTAWKO

CASE NO. 24STPB02720

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ROBERT E. POSTAWKO.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by EDMUND POSTAWKO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that EDMUND POSTAWKO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/12/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 62 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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 issu-

ance 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

JILL HUNT - SBN 200083 HUNT & DOBROTT

2901 W. COAST HWY., SUITE 200 NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663

Telephone (949) 270-2785 BSC 224847

3/18, 3/21, 3/25/24

CNS-3793792#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DANIEL M. HART

CASE NO. 24STPB02807

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DANIEL M. HART.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PETER A. HART in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that PETER A. HART be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (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: 04/19/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

E. THOMAS CHAVEZ, ESQ. - SBN 123017

LAW OFFICE OF E. THOMAS CHAVEZ 301 E COLORADO BLVD., STE. 611 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 796-4611 3/18, 3/21, 3/25/24 CNS-3794088#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

Public Notices

Alhambra CA, 91801 Northeast Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Curtis Sumpter filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Curtis Sumpter to Proposed name George Sumpter 2. 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 that includes the reason for the 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 a.

Date: 05/08/2024 Time: 8:30AM Dept: 3. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Alhambra

Press DATED: February 21, 2024 Robin

Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR

COURT Pub. February 29, March 7, 14, 21, 2024 ALHAMBRA PRESS

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Madelyn Faith Song FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER:24AHCP00072

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, Ca 91766, East Judicial District

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Madelyn Faith Song filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Madelyn Faith Songto Proposed name Abriella Faith Song 2. 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 that includes the reason for the 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

a. Date: 04/19/2024 Time: 8:30AM Dept: G. Room:302 The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: West Covina Press DATED: February 22, 2024 Salvatore Sirna JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 West Covina Press

CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 23STCV18665 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): OTIS WHITE, an individual; DAVID WHITE, an individual; ROBERT FIELDER, an individual; DANNY RAY WHITE, an individual; BONITA BARNES, an individual; TEVIS BARNES, an individual; VERONICA WHITE JENKINS, as successor trustee of the Doris White Trust; KIMBERLY WHITE, as successor trustee of the Vertis White Trust; CHERAYA JOHNSON, an individual; TRENICA MUNERLYN, an individual; JOE WHITE, an individual, JASMINE WHITE, an individual, LAUREN BARNES, an individual; FREDDIE BARNES III, an individual; BRIANNA BARNES, an individual; DEJUAN BARNES, an individual; KAHLIL BARNES, JEREMIAH BARNES, an individual; and DOES 1-100, inclusive, AND ALL PERSONS

UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT, WHICH IS ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S TITLE OR ANY CLOUD PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO

Plaintiff’s Title Thereto.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DE-MANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ALAN K. WHITE, an individual, and trustee of the Ellen Vica White Family Trust

This case affects the real property commonly known as 2936

to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo ouna concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill, Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90012

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):

ERVIN COHEN & JESSUP LLP, 9401 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th floor, Beverly Hills, California 90212; Tel: (310) 273-6323

Date: (Fecha) 08/07/2023

David W. Slayton, Clerk (Secretario)

By: G. Robinson, Deputy (Adjunto)

You are served MARCH 11, 18, 25, APRIL 1, 2024

WEST COVINA PRESS

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Gayane Anapiosyan/Sergey Darbinyan parents of Artur Darbinyan FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER:24GDCP00022

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 600 E. Broadway, Glendale, Ca 91206, North Central Judicial District

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond

Petitioner Gayane Anapiosyan & Sergey Darbinyan parents of Artur Darbinyan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. Artur Darbinyan to Proposed name Arthur Darbinyan 2. 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 that includes the reason for the 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 a. Date: 05/02/2024 Time: 8:30AM Dept: E. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county:

Independent DATED: February 22, 2024 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE

1, 2024

should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. 943906 / 86120, Glendale - Glendale Independent, 0311-2024,03-18-2024,03-25-2024

T.S. No. 104135-CA APN: 5643-015-113

There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www.clearreconcorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 104135-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 758-8052

CLEAR RECON CORP 8880 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 725 San Diego, California 92108. 943859 / 104135-CA, STOXGlendale - Glendale Independent, 0318-2024,03-25-2024,04-01-2024

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). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ VIVIAN XU. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on March 12, 2024 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) File#: FBN20240002457

Pub: 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024, 04/08/2024 San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE BIN STORE 1183 Magnolia Ave Corona, CA 92879

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Dr. Rockets Volvo Diagnostics Specialist 9505 Arlington Ave, Apt 68 Riverside, CA 92503 Riverside County Dr. Rockets Volvo Diagnostics Specialist LLC (CA), 9505 Arlington Ave Apt 68, Riverside, CA 92503 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.Roque F Sanchez, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on November 9, 2023

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-202316442

Pub. 12/14/2023, 12/21/2023, 12/28/2023, 01/04/2024 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240002457

The following persons are doing business as: JofeiX, 8336 LA SENDA RD, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701. Mailing Address, 8336 LA SENDA RD, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701. VIVIAN XU, (Owner). County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino

s.SAYYID

Statement

NOTICE:

clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# R-202403348

Pub. 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024, 04/08/2024

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Besmani

40800 Sunflower Rd

Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County

Mehdi Besharatloo, 40800 Sunflower Rd. B2, Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County

Riverside County DAILY DEALS LIQUIDATION INC (CA, 1183 Magnolia Ave, Corona, CA 92879

Riverside County This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 29, 2024. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.DAVID LABIB, PRESIDENT Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 13, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# R-202403336

Pub. 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024, 04/08/2024

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SA BUY WHOLESALE

2021 3rd St Suite C Riverside, CA 92507

Riverside County Mailing Address, 2021 3rd St Suite

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.Mehdi Besharatloo Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 12, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-202403315

Pub. 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024, 04/08/2024

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Hapaly 40800 Sunflower Rd Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County Mehdi Besharatloo, 40800 Sunflower Rd. B2, Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.Mehdi Besharatloo Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 12, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the coun -

ty clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# R-202403316

Pub. 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024, 04/08/2024

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are)

doing business as FARMACIA RIVERSIDE

1778 Columbia Ave Suite C Riverside, CA 92507

Riverside County

FARMACIA RIVERISDE LLC (CA, 13168 Stanton Dr, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.Mohannad Rashid, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on February 21, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# 202402193 Pub. 02/26/2024, 03/04/2024, 03/11/2024, 03/18/2024 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are)

doing business as Dos Lagos Smog Shop 19965 Temescal Canyon Rd Unit B Corona, CA 92881

Riverside County Guillermo Antonio Araujo, 19965 Temescal Canyon Rd Unit B, Corona, CA 92881

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.Guillermo Antonio Araujo Statement filed with the County of Riverside on February 16, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes in

02/26/2024, 03/04/2024, 03/11/2024, 03/18/2024

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Fresh Kabobs

625 Sky Ridge Dr Corona, CA 92882

Riverside County

KP & Son’s Foods Inc. (CA, 3698747

625 Sky Ridge Dr, Corona, CA 92882

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 1, 2020. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.Mohammed Peerbhoy, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on February 22, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-202402263

Pub. 02/26/2024, 03/04/2024, 03/11/2024, 03/18/2024 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240001871

The following persons are doing business as: Yummy’s Donuts, 11275 Sierra Avenue Ste 3A, Fontana, CA 92337. Suntheary Kong, 11275 Sierra Avenue Ste 3A, Fontana, CA 92337. County of Principal Place of Business:

San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on February 27, 2024. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and 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). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Suntheary Kong. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on February 27, 2024 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

Fictitious

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) File#: FBN20240002093

Pub: 03/11/2024, 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024

San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CarStock Wholesalers

598 Calhoun Circle Corona, CA 92879

Riverside County Ramiz Ahmed Khan, 598 Calhoun Circle, Corona, CA 92879

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Ramiz Ahmed Khan Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 6, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-202403011

Pub. 03/11/2024, 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Isabella Transport, Inc. 16852 Katie Dr Riverside, CA 92504

Mailing Address, 17130 Van Buren Blvd, 419, Riverside, CA 92504.

Riverside County Isabella Transportation, Inc. (CA, 16852 Katie Dr, Riverside, CA 92504

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on October 1, 2023. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. David R Alvarez, Vice President Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 6, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a

correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County,

FICTITIOUS

The

misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Po Chang, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on March 1, 2024 NoticeIn 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) File#: FBN20240002006

Pub: 03/11/2024, 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240002457

The following persons are doing business as: JofeiX, 8336 LA SENDA RD, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701. Mailing Address, 8336 LA SENDA RD, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701.

Pub: 03/18/2024, 03/25/2024, 04/01/2024, 04/08/2024

San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE BIN STORE 1183 Magnolia Ave Corona, CA 92879

Riverside County DAILY DEALS LIQUIDATION INC (CA, 1183 Magnolia Ave, Corona, CA 92879

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 29, 2024. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. DAVID LABIB, PRESIDENT Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 13, 2024 NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

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Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SA BUY WHOLESALE

2021 3rd St Suite C Riverside, CA 92507

Riverside County Mailing Address, 2021 3rd St Suite C, Riverside, CA 92507.

Riverside County

SH DISTRIBUTING CO LLC (CA, 2021 3rd St Suite C, Riverside, CA 92507

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc).

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 1, 2024. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. SAYYID AHMED JAWWAD

HASANI, CEO /PRESIDENT

Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 13, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# R-202403348

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Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as

Besmani 40800 Sunflower Rd Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County Mehdi Besharatloo, 40800 Sunflower Rd. B2, Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Mehdi Besharatloo Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 12, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# R-202403315

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Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Hapaly 40800 Sunflower Rd Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County

Mehdi Besharatloo, 40800 Sunflower Rd. B2, Murrieta, CA 92562

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the 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 thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Mehdi Besharatloo Statement filed with the County of Riverside on March 12, 2024

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

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Man who killed Palm Desert woman determined to be insane at time of crime

By City News Service

A25-year-old man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend at her Palm Desert apartment, where her young son was present, was determined by jurors to be insane at the time of the crime.

The same Banning jury that convicted Richard Colin Holbrook of first-degree murder for the slaying of 33-year-old Nicole Henderson returned Tuesday afternoon with a finding that he was not mentally competent and therefore couldn’t grasp the consequences of his actions.

The jury on March 5 found Holbrook guilty of the murder count, as well as child endangerment and a sentence-enhancing

allegation of using a deadly weapon — a knife — in the commission of a felony.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Rene Navarro gave the panel a day off before proceeding with the sanity phase of the defendant’s trial, which concluded with closing arguments Tuesday morning. Jurors came back a few hours later with the insanity determination.

The judge scheduled a placement hearing for May 6 at the Banning Justice Center. Holbrook is slated to be placed in a state mental hospital for an indeterminate period.

He’s being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside.

According to trial testimony, the defendant and Henderson were in the early stages of a relationship when he visited her apartment in the 45-200 block of Panorama Drive, south of Highway 111, on the afternoon of Oct. 27, 2019.

Holbrook had cut his arm, and Henderson was treating the wound when the defendant abruptly walked away and went into the kitchen, grabbing a knife from the counter.

The victim had her back turned to him when he came back, at which point he stabbed her, causing Henderson to turn and fall onto her back, according to the prosecution.

Holbrook proceeded to

stab the woman 20 times in the chest — for reasons investigators could never establish, prosecutors said.

Witnesses called 911, and patrol deputies converged on the apartment minutes later, discovering Henderson’s lifeless body.

Her 4-year-old son was in the apartment at the time of the attack. However, the boy, whose name was not disclosed, was not injured.

Holbrook was identified as the assailant at the scene. He was located a short time later less than a quarter mile from the apartment building and taken into custody without incident.

He had no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.

Police identify 2 of 3 who died in Cathedral City fire

By City News Service

Police Thursday identifieda37-year-old woman and 51-yearold man who died earlier this month when flames engulfed a commercial building in Cathedral City that once housed the Elks Club.

The woman was identified as Josee Vanbuskirk of Wasilla, Alaska/Cathedral City, and the man was identified as 51-year-old Danial Burr of Palm Springs/Cathedral City, according to the

Cathedral City Police Department.

“Over the past several days the Riverside County Coroner’s Office has worked diligently in identifying the victims lost in the fire, as well as locating and notifying their families,” police wrote in a statement. “As of the time of this release, all but one of the families affected have been notified. The police department continues with efforts to locate the family of

Danial Burr but has not been successful.”

Phillip Pape, 46, of Cathedral City was previously identified by the Riverside County coroner’s office.

The fire was reported at 7:05 a.m. Saturday, at 67491 E. Palm Canyon Drive, at or near the Canyon Plaza Shopping Center, according to Cathedral City police Sgt. Jose Nunez. Arriving officers found the structure engulfed in flames.

“As officers moved around the building, they could hear people inside,” he wrote. “Officers attempted to enter the building, but due to the heavy smoke and flames were unable to enter the building.”

Cathedral City firefighters arrived and entered the building, where they located and removed two people and provided emergency medical aid, according to Nunez. One was taken to Eisenhower Medical Center in critical

Property tax

an appointment, at the tax collector’s main office at 4080 Lemon St. in downtown Riverside, in the Palm Desert satellite

office at 38-686 El Cerrito Road, and at the Temecula branch, 40935 County Center Drive.

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services to members of the community that are not offered by any other agency, city officials said. Often banks or other financial institutions may be apprehensive about issuing loans to nonprofit organizations, which at times get funding from county, state or federal governments many months after funding agreements are approved.

In actuality, the slow delivery of government funds can make it impossible for a nonprofit to acquire

or renovate a workspace, buy or upgrade equipment or acquire necessary supplies, officials said.

“Without those critical early steps, nonprofits can struggle to obtain larger grants needed to ensure self-sufficiency,” according to the city.

“These funds will play a key role in supporting nonprofit organizations as they serve and assist some of the most vulnerable members of our Riverside community,” Mayor Pro Tem Steve

payments are accepted via the internet, or by calling 951-955-3900. Credit card transactions include a 2% “convenience fee.”

Checks are always welcome. However, county officials said that if they’re mailed, the envelopes must be postmarked

Nonprofits

Hemenway said in a statement. “We look forward to the positive benefits this program will have for many years to come.”

Loans issued through the new Non-Profit Resilience Fund would vary according to the needs of individual applicants, but officials said loans likely will range between $150,000 and $200,000. The Community Foundation will seek additional funding from noncity sources to combine with the seed funding from

the city of Riverside to grow the fund and make it more impactful.

During the next 90-120 days, the city and the foundation are tasked with teaming to develop a legally binding agreement between the two entities that will outline how the loan program will fulfill its goals, officials said. Expected completion for that effort was this fall, with the first loans distributed near the end of this year or in early 2025.

condition, but the other succumbed to his injuries on the scene.

The injured person was identified by police as 37-year-old Jonathan Ochoa of Palm Springs/Cathedral City. No information was immediately available on his condition.

Firefighters searched the building again after the flames were out and found that two other people had died inside the building,

Nunez said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

A listing on Zillow indicated the nearly 18,000-squarefoot building was up for sale, listed at more than $3.5 million.

Anyone with additional information on the fire was asked to email CCPD Arson Investigator Rick Osbourne at rosbourne@cathedralcity. gov or call the department at 760-770-0300.

on or before April 10, or they’ll be considered overdue.

Officials said residents who don’t pay their taxes

risk having a lien placed on their property.

Additional information is available at www. countytreasurer.org.

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Nicole Henderson. | Photo courtesy of Nicole Henderson/ Facebook

Pair convicted of killing man and woman at San Jacinto intersection

By City News Service

Two men who gunned down a woman and her boyfriend at a San Jacinto intersection during a drive-by attack stemming from a family quarrel were both found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.

A Riverside jury deliberated only a few hours Monday before convicting Martel Patrick McBride and Kenneth Hahn Wilson, both 24 and of Hemet, of the 2018 slayings of 19-year-old Lauren Lopez of San Jacinto and 22-year-old Patrick Powell of Hemet.

Along with the murder counts, Wilson was additionally convicted of special circumstance allegations of taking multiple lives, as well as sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jason Armand scheduled the defendants’ sentencing hearing for May 3 at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

Wilson is expected to receive life in state prison without the possibility of parole, while McBride is facing

50 years to life in prison.

Each man is being held without bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.

Co-defendants Alexis Mary Garcia and Ariel Irene Savoie — both 25 and of Hemet — pleaded guilty last year to two counts of voluntary manslaughter. The women are scheduled to be sentenced later this month. They’re also being held at the Smith jail — Garcia without bail, and Savoie in lieu of $2 million bail.

According to a trial brief filed by the District Attorney’s Office, the conflict leading to the attack originated with Savoie and Powell, who had been romantically involved until breaking off their relationship shortly after she gave birth to his only child.

On the morning of Jan. 3, 2018, the two met at her Hemet residence to discuss a loan he needed for car repairs. The talk about money turned heated, and Powell became physical with Savoie, snatching her mobile phone and

driving away in his black 2016 Chevrolet Spark, according to the prosecution.

Savoie conveyed to her new boyfriend, Wilson, what had happened, as well as her friends, McBride and Garcia, who were dating. Prosecutors said Savoie was incensed over her phone being taken, and her friends encouraged her to go after Powell.

They all piled into Garcia’s Nissan Sentra and soon spotted the Chevy hatchback on the Ramona Expressway. However, Powell was in the front passenger seat, and Lopez, his new love interest and Savoie’s cousin, was in the driver’s seat, according to court documents.

A chase ensued, during which Garcia sped after the other car, going around multiple vehicles until all parties came to a stop at the four-way intersection of Ramona Expressway and Warren Road.

The brief said that Wilson was in possession of a Luger 9mm semiautomatic handgun, and when Garcia

stopped her car alongside the Chevy, the defendant jumped out of the Nissan and fired multiple rounds through the driver’s side of Powell’s vehicle, as well as the rear window.

Garcia and Savoie later told sheriff’s investigators they were in shock, never intending for the victims to be shot. Wilson quickly returned to Garcia’s vehicle, climbing into the backseat

with McBride, after which the defendants sped away.

The Chevy hatchback rolled into a ditch, and several motorists called 911 to report what they had witnessed. Powell had stumbled out of the car after taking several bullets to the back and chest. He died before the ambulance arrived.

Lopez was shot in the head but survived until reaching Riverside University Medical

RCenter in Moreno Valley, where she died less than an hour later.

Based on security surveillance videotape obtained from area businesses and witnesses’ statements, detectives were able to piece together the chain of events, culminating in the defendants’ arrests over the ensuing weeks.

None of the them had prior documented felony or misdemeanor convictions.

California Volunteers, Riverside mayor launch IE recruitment drive

iverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson and state officials announced Thursday an effort to recruit hundreds of Inland Empire residents into the California Service Corps, where members gain work experience and earn wages while providing community service.

Throughout this year, California Service Corps programs over 10,000 Service Corps members will work nearly 5 million hours implementing programs pertaining to climate change, education, disaster recovery, anti-hunger efforts and “connecting vulnerable people to vital resources and services,” according to California Volunteers.

“As Californians, the spirit of service and giving back is in our DNA — it’s why we

have the largest service corps in the nation, bigger than the Peace Corps and a model for other states,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “In the coming year, … service corps members will devote nearly five million hours to our communities as we work to build a California for all.”

Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said the city has benefited significantly from work done by Youth Job Corps members.

“Their success is a model for how effective state funding can be for our communities when invested directly into building career pathways for the next generation of our workforce,” Lock Dawson said in a statement.

“These are California’s future leaders, and we need their passion, energy and

However, complainants to the board have pointed to reports taking as much as 18 months to reach family of in-custody decedents.

“Barring some major exception, no one should be waiting a year to find out how

a loved one died,” Supervisor Kevin Jeffries said. “That’s being antagonistic to the person who suffered the loss. When somebody is waiting that long, someone in the department needs to be fired.”

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enthusiasm to address our greatest challenges,” California Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday, who attended the recruitment launch event Thursday in Riverside, said in a statement. “These programs pave pathways for prosperity, propel progress on our most pressing issues, and promote unity to help unravel the crisis of social isolation and division.”

The governor’s California Volunteers agency administers the Service Corps, which consists of four paid service programs: Californians For All College Corps, California Climate Action Corps, Californians For All Youth Jobs Corps and AmeriCorps California.

“Combined, it is a force larger than the Peace Corps and will be mobilized at a time when California is address-

ing the climate crisis, postpandemic academic recovery and shaping the future of the state’s workforce,” officials said.

The California Service Corps provides the opportunity to learn and develop a variety of professional skills while gaining work and connecting with others to help make a positive difference in one’s local community, officials said.

“Service experiences also foster a positive sense of connection and belonging, an answer to the loneliness crisis — as defined by the U.S. Surgeon General,” according to California Volunteers.

“I am thrilled that California Volunteers is providing opportunities to engage our next generation of leaders in service so that they can

Supervisors

The board voted in favor of the EO recommendation for setting up a “Family Liaison Program,” staffed by sheriff’s officials whose focus will be facilitating family members’ needs following an in-custody

make a direct impact in our Inland Empire communities, while earning money and helping our state tackle some of its biggest challenges,” Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes said in a statement.

“The California Service Corps

death.

The supervisors also signaled support for the sheriff’s plan, still in the works, to enter into contracts with the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office and the San Bernardino

County Coroner’s Office to handle all autopsies tied to in-custody deaths, in order to mitigate the appearance of a conflict of interest by having them done in-house.

“We’re trying to create a better system for all of

will no doubt be instrumental in creating a brighter future for all Californians.”

More information on finding a paid service opportunity and membership applications are online at CAServiceCorps.com.

us,” Supervisor Manuel Perez said. “I look forward to future efforts at refining this.”

Forty-eight of California’s 58 counties have consolidated sheriffcoroner operations.

Martel Patrick McBride. Kenneth Hahn Wilson. | Photos courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

The state’s Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday, Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson and honoree Alexandra Diaz attend a California Service Corps event in Riverside. | Photo courtesy of California Volunteers