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By Ashley Maready for Freedom Debt Relief via Stacker
The holidays are a time to celebrate. It’s a great idea to go into the festive season with a plan to save and spend your money wisely, avoiding the need for debt relief next year.
There are plenty of ways to start saving for Christmas this year that don’t bring on financial stress, and there’s no time like the present to start, Freedom Debt Relief explains.
Key Takeaways:
- Decide how much you want to spend on holiday expenses and open a Christmas savings account.
- Try a savings challenge to find extra money.
- Think outside the box to earn more cash and start your shopping early.
1. Open a High-Yield Savings Account
If you don’t already have a high-yield savings account, consider this your sign that it’s time to open one. The highest rates are often offered by online-only banks. You’ll get the benefit of top-notch mobile apps and technology to monitor and grow your savings.
Many of these accounts also offer the chance to create multiple sub-
accounts, so you could designate one of them your official Christmas Savings. While you’re at it, create one for your emergency fund, too—an emergency fund is the gift you give yourself that helps you all year long.
Having a set place to keep your Christmas cash separate from your checking account and the rest of your savings makes it easier to see how much you have, and avoid accidentally spending the money on something else.
Automate contributions to your holiday account (it’s good to aim for a set amount on a weekly or monthly basis). If saving becomes automatic, you don’t have to think about it, and can’t forget to add money.
2. Create a Holiday Savings Budget
Do you know how much you typically spend on the holidays? Now is the time to determine how much you spend on gifts, food, travel, holiday activities, and decor. Take a look at your credit card and checking account statements from last year, and try to create a ballpark estimate of how much you’ll need to save to be ready for Christmas this year. Divide
that amount by the number of weeks or months you have to save, to give yourself smaller and more manageable goals to reach.
Also consider the state of your finances in the wake of last year’s holiday hoopla— did you wind up with credit card debt? If so, dial down the plan this year. If that’s not possible, or you just don’t want to (and that’s fair), the rest of these tips could help you increase the dollar figure in your Christmas savings account before the time comes to spend it.
3. Trim Your Spending to Free Up Cash
Is that your budget collecting dust over there?
If you want to change your spending habits to help you start saving for Christmas, you need a budget. Take a look at your existing budget, or sit down to create one if you’re currently going without.
Once you know how much comes in and where your money goes every month, you can look for places to trim your spending. Here are a few ideas to start:
If you eat out three times
a week, try cutting back to once or twice. It’s cliche to say “cook at home,” but doing so really can save you money—plus it’s fun to experiment with new recipes.
Got a streaming subscription you use very lightly or not at all? Cancel it—you probably won’t even miss it. (And if you do, you can resubscribe.)
Instead of buying new clothes, dig into your closet in search of pieces you may have forgotten about. If you need some fresh looks, organize a clothing swap with friends.
4. Try a Savings Challenge Savings challenges are all over social media. Turning your Christmas savings into a game can make the process more fun. Here are a few ideas to consider—and you can route the cash you save directly into your holiday funds bank account. Round-up savings
Every time you spend money, round up to the next whole dollar and transfer the difference to your Christmas savings account.
If your grocery tab comes to $90.12, send $0.88 to your savings. Some banks offer round-up savings. When you research high-yield savings accounts, maybe you’ll find one that offers this perk.
Just a dollar a day
Saving $1 per day sounds deceptively simple, but if you do it for a full year, you’ll end up with $365. You can customize this to meet your needs, too. Say you have six months to reach your Christmas savings target of $800. If you can manage to put aside about $4.50 per day (or about $31 per week) over those six months, you’ll reach your goal.
No-spend challenge
It’s probably unsustainable to cut out all your discretionary spending in service of saving for Christmas, but you can customize this idea. Try designating one or two weekends per month as “no-spend weekends,” and vow not to spend on anything but essential purchases. Instead of spending money on dinner out and a movie with friends, host a potluck where everyone brings a dish, and then pick a movie from a free streaming service like Tubi.
5. Take on a Side Hustle
The best way to make extra money is through opportunities that you can fit easily into your schedule. There are a few ways to do this.
Apply for seasonal jobs
There are plenty of retailers who look for extra staff members during busy seasons. You could spend just a few hours working each weekend to build up your holiday savings funds. Are you qualified to be a lifeguard at a pool? Could you stack boxes into a delivery truck? Look for seasonal jobs that are close to home, and that you would enjoy doing for a few hours at a time.
Consider the gig economy
If you want more flexibility, a gig job could work better for you. Consider driving for a ride-hailing or food delivery app for a few hours every week, or hire yourself out to clean houses or assemble furniture on TaskRabbit. You can also freelance using an existing skill. Writers, graphic designers, and even pet sitters have the opportunity to make extra cash— advertise your services on LinkedIn, Upwork, or, in the case of pet sitting, check out the Rover app.
Sell your stuff
Get rid of unwanted items in your home and turn them into cash if you can. This can work especially well if you sell old holiday decor right before the holiday. People love to score a good deal, and you double up by also decluttering your place.
If you’re getting started early (say, in the summer), hold a yard sale. Some of your neighbors might also be looking to downsize, and if you can organize a multiyard sale on your street, you’ll likely draw in more shoppers.
6. Get Creative Life’s too short for boring plans. Here are a few creative and fun ideas that could put extra cash in your pocket for the holidays.
Be a decorator for hire
Love hanging lights and setting up indoor and outdoor displays? Advertise yourself in your local area as a Christmas decorator for hire. If you’re comfortable working on a ladder and enjoy striking the balance between festive and eye-catching, this could be the gig for you. You could stockpile some cash starting right after Halloween, leading right up to Christmas.
Rent out your land or your pool
If you live out in the country and have a few acres of land, consider listing it on Hipcamp. Hipcamp is sort of like Airbnb for unique spots on private land where visitors could camp out. If you don’t have a big property but do have a swimming pool, you could earn some green by renting it out by the hour on Swimply. Your own neighbors might be looking for a convenient place for their kids’ swim lessons right now.
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7. Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute
In addition to starting to save for Christmas early, you can also start your shopping early. There is no better time than the present for presents!
Start by making a list of prospective gifts for loved ones, and scout out sales and coupons that could save you money. Compare prices between retailers to find the best deal on the items you want. Create online
wish lists with Amazon or Etsy so you can keep an eye on prices over time. In addition to saving money on the gifts themselves, shopping well ahead of the holidays could also help you save money on shipping costs if you’re ordering items online. You can opt for the cheapest (and slowest) shipping option if you still have plenty of time before the holiday. By planning ahead and getting your shopping out of the way early, you can breathe easier as we head into the holiday season. You can’t put a price on that benefit.
Ready to start saving for Christmas? Pick a place for your cash (a high-yield savings account really is the best place), trim spending, increase your income, and have a jolly time with it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do people spend on Christmas expenses?
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), 2024 winter holiday expenses were projected to reach $902 per person on average. You can certainly spend less than this, especially if your holiday celebrations don’t involve travel and you’re willing to set a strict budget for gifts, entertainment expenses, and holiday food. Should I use a credit card for my Christmas shopping?
Only use a credit card for holiday expenses if you’re confident that you can pay them off in short order (and preferably before interest charges kick in). Using a credit card for holiday purchases could help you earn rewards like travel points or cash back, but interest charges could quickly cost more than the value of those benefits. If you’re developing the habit of sticking to your budget or just want to keep things simple, shop with cash or your debit card.
How can I spend less on gifts for friends and family?
Try organizing a Secret Santa gift exchange. Everyone participating draws a name out of a hat, and only buys a gift for that person. You can set limits for how much money can be spent, and if everyone offers a few gift ideas for themselves ahead of time, this can be an easy way to spread joy and save money.
This story was produced by Freedom Debt Relief and reviewed and distributed by Stacker.
After a train carrying chemicalsderailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, residents were exposed to carcinogens such as vinyl chloride, acrolein and dioxin. Since tumors are typically slow to develop, it could take decades to know what that did to the locals’ cancer risk, but there may be a quicker route to an answer: The residents’ dogs were also exposed, and dogs develop cancer more quickly.
Studying dogs and their cancers turns out to be an excellent way to learn more about cancer in people. And it’s not just that dogs and owners share exposures to many of the same environmental carcinogens. Knowable Magazine reports researchers are also learning that cancers develop along remarkably similar pathways in the two species.
The faster pace at which canine cancers progress also means that researchers testing new therapies can get quicker results than they can in human clinical trials. This benefits scientists, dogs and their owners, proponents say.
“Man’s best friend is man’s best biomedical friend,” said Matthew Breen, a geneticist at North Carolina State University. “It’s like having a mobile biosentinel organism that can help inform us about our own medical prospects over the next 25 years.”
Dogs in the vanguard
The biomedical bond between people and dogs is not new; veterinarians have long treated their canine patients with drugs developed for use in people, and doctors have relied on dogs to test therapies and procedures before deploying them in the clinic. Techniques to treat the bone cancer osteo-
By Bob Holmes for Knowable Magazine via Stacker
sarcoma without amputating the patient’s limb, for example, were first developed in dogs.
Yet today this crossfertilization is no longer an occasional, sporadic benefit.
Researchers are realizing that canine tumors parallel those in people so closely that dogs may be the best reference point for understanding many of our own cancers.
One of the most important similarities between canine and human cancers is that they arise spontaneously, as the end result of a protracted struggle at the cellular level: Over the course of years, cells accumulate genetic damage that disables normal controls on cell division, and emerging tumors evolve ways to evade the immune system. That complexity means there can be many different pathways to cancer that differ from tumor to tumor — and, it turns out, even from cell to cell within a single tumor.
Traditional lab-mouse approaches to studying cancer miss much of that heterogeneity, because the system is more artificial: Researchers typically have to implant tumors into inbred strains of mice whose immune systems have been suppressed.
New genetic research underscores how similar the accumulating damage is in dogs and people. In a yet-tobe-published study, Elinor Karlsson, a genomicist at the UMass Chan Medical School, and her colleagues looked at gene sequences from more than 15,000 human tumors of 32 different types and more than 400 canine tumors of seven different types.
The aim was to identify genetic mutations that were
present in the cancers but not in normal cells of the same individual. Such mutations were presumably not inherited but instead were likely to represent genetic damage accumulated over a lifetime, some of which can result in cancer.
That damage looked remarkably similar in the two species, said Karlsson. “Genetically, in terms of what’s driving cancers, it’s basically the same genes in dogs and humans.”
Many of the dog tumors, for example, had mutations in genes already known to drive human cancers, such as the tumor suppressor gene PTEN often mutated in breast and prostate cancers, among others, and the cell-division regulator NRAS that is involved in melanoma and other cancers. Notably, mutations often occurred in or near the same locations in the genes
investigating how tumors with specific genetic mutations respond to human therapies.
The team reviewed records of 1,108 dogs with cancer, finding that dogs whose tumors carried particular mutations had higher survival rates if they were treated with a human drug specific to that mutation. This implies that the underlying biology of the cancers may be similar in the two species, and if so, researchers ought to be able to work in the other direction, too — using dogs as a test bed to develop new therapies for people.
in both species, suggesting that they may cause similar dysfunctions.
A similar recent finding came from researchers at FidoCure, a California-based company working on canine cancer. Scientists there are
A faster path to answers Cancers progress faster in dogs, which means that clinical trials yield results more quickly. For example, tumors often produce an unusual abundance of malformed RNA molecules. Researchers have shown, in mice, that targeting these molecules with a vaccine can delay or prevent the onset of cancers. But testing a preventive vaccine in people wouldn’t yield results for many years, even decades — and funding agencies aren’t likely to support such a long and expensive study based solely on data from mice.
“It would be an enormous leap to go from the mouse studies to some kind of gigantic, 15- or 20-year human cancer prevention study,” said Douglas Thamm, a veterinary oncologist at Colorado State University. Instead, Thamm and his
That has already paid off in a few cancer therapies first developed in dogs that are now in clinical trials or approved for use in people, said Amy LeBlanc, a veterinary oncologist and director of the comparative oncology program at the National Cancer Institute. Examples include immunotherapies for brain cancers; viral therapy that targets lymphoma; and drug therapies against multiple myeloma, lymphoma and brain tumors. Results like FidoCure’s suggest that these therapies could be just the vanguard of many more such drugs.
colleagues tested the vaccine in dogs, which shrinks the timeline to just five years. All the data — from 804 dogs — have now been collected, and the researchers are analyzing them, with an answer on the vaccine’s effectiveness expected by the end of 2025.
Cancer detection techniques, too, can benefit from testing in dogs. Many golden retrievers, for example, will eventually develop a cancer of the blood vessels called hemangiosarcoma. Drugs can usually forestall the cancer’s progression, but many dogs will eventually relapse. Karlsson and her colleagues are studying whether they can detect that relapse in blood samples drawn from affected dogs, a technique known as liquid biopsy.
The technique is still under development, but the hope is that spotting early signs of relapse will allow veterinarians to abandon failing therapies and try something else more quickly, said project coleader Cheryl London, a veterinary medical oncologist and immunologist at Tufts University, who coauthored a 2016 overview of the similarities between dog and human cancers. In contrast, she noted, doctors can’t ethically try experimental treatments on people until standard treatments have clearly failed.
Eventually, liquid biopsy might be used to screen for previously undetected cancers in both dogs and people, Karlsson said. Here, too, golden retrievers are likely to prove invaluable: Because so many of the dogs will eventually develop cancer, researchers don’t need to screen many animals to find enough tumors to study.
Environmental watchdogs
There’s another important way that dogs can benefit the study of cancer — as environmental sentinels.
“Dogs live in our environment,” said Breen. “They breathe the same air, they drink the same water. The dog runs across the same herbicide-treated grass that
our grandkids run over.”
If those exposures increase the risk of cancer in dogs, they’re likely to do so in people, too, since the genomic pathways leading to cancer are so similar.
In people, exposures to various environmental carcinogens might take 25 years to produce full-blown cancers, Breen said. “But the accelerated lifespan of a dog means they may only need to be exposed to it for two or
cancer.
Earlier research had suggested environmental chemicals were linked to the cancer — but which ones?
To find out, the team identified 25 dogs with the BRAF V595E mutation using urine samples. Then they sent out specially designed silicone tags for the dogs. They also sent tags to 76 dogs matched for breed, sex and age that lacked the mutation. Each wore the silicone for
three years,” he added. That makes dogs a quicker way to spot the chemicals that potentially pose the greatest danger to people.
Breen and his colleagues recently put this sentinel idea to the test. They were interested in environmental toxins that might contribute to bladder cancer. The team knew that in dogs, genetic damage that accumulates in cells of the bladder wall often includes a specific mutation called BRAF V595E that is an early marker for bladder
five days, during which time it absorbed chemicals from the home environment. The owners then returned the tags to the researchers, who extracted and analyzed the chemicals.
The analysis identified 25 chemicals that were more abundant in the dogs with the mutation, and therefore carcinogen candidates. These included flame retardants, plasticizers and combustion byproducts from smoking, fires and vehicle emissions.
“They’re the classic kinds of chemicals that are in everybody’s house,” said Breen.
An earlier study by Breen and his team noted similar exposure patterns recorded by silicone tags on dogs and silicone wristbands worn by their owners.
A similar approach may help to measure the cancer risk from other environmental exposures, such as the train derailment in East Palestine. To that end, Karlsson and her colleagues recently mailed silicone tags to about 75 dog owners who live near the site. The researchers are
now measuring chemicals in the tags and screening blood samples from the dogs to detect genetic changes linked to cancer.
If dogs exposed to chemicals in that train derailment are showing a higher rate of these mutations in their blood, they and their owners might need to be monitored for an increased risk of cancer, Karlsson said.
As researchers continue to study the links between cancers in dogs and people, they often reiterate the benefits that accrue not just to science, but to dog owners and their sick pets. The pets
receive highly sophisticated cancer care that their owners might not have access to otherwise, and the owners may get a little more time with their companions.
“We’re not experimenting on these animals to their detriment,” said Thamm. “We’re trying to help those individuals.” That, he and others say, is a source of great satisfaction.
This story was produced by Knowable Magazine and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. The article was copy edited from its original version. Republished with CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
By City News Service
As Steven Tyler awaits a judge’s ruling on his bid to dismiss the remaining claims in a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleges the Aerosmith frontman had an illicit relationship with her when she was 16-years-old and he was 25, he also is challenging the plaintiff’s attempt to obtain pretrial discovery of the musician’s financial condition.
In court papers previously filed with Inglewood Superior Court Judge Tamara Hall in advance of an Aug. 20 hearing, the 67-year-old woman’s attorneys maintain that it is “very likely” Tyler, 77, will be found liable to the plaintiff by a jury for punitive damages by a finding he engaged in malice, oppression of fraud.
“He engaged in a continuous course of criminal conduct for multiple years that included sex, drugs and lies with a child under his custody which spanned from Oregon to Washington, Washington to Massachusetts, Massachusetts to California and many other states in between,” the plaintiff’s lawyers state in their pleadings.
Tyler also moved the woman “across the country from her family, had sex with her, provided her cocaine, provided her
heroin, impregnated her, coerced her into an abortion later in pregnancy, forced her to have public sex and coerced her mother to turn over guardianship,” the plaintiff’s attorneys further contend in their court papers.
But in court papers filed Thursday in response to the woman’s motion, Tyler’s attorneys say the evidence undermines her claims.
“The record is replete with facts that contradict plaintiff’s claims, including that plaintiff was already using cocaine prior to meeting Tyler, (that) Tyler did not prevent plaintiff from attending school or receiving medical care and that plaintiff made the decision to have an abortion while Tyler was out of town and by the time he returned, plaintiff had already gone through with the procedure,” Tyler’s lawyers counter in their pleadings.
The plaintiff’s attorneys’ court papers also include portions of her deposition testimony offered in support of her motion. In the transcript, she touches on multiple subjects, including her recollection that Tyler allegedly told her that using cocaine was safe.
“That’s what he told me,” the woman said. “He told me it wasn’t heroin. It
was a safe stimulant, like coffee.”
The woman further testified that she knew little about drugs in 1975 and wasn’t exposed to them until she met Tyler, who she further contends told her that cocaine would help her stay awake if she
became sleepy. She also said that Tyler only once proffered her cocaine in a large quantity.
The plaintiff additionally testified that Tyler gave her heroin once, saying, “This is heroin. I want you to snort a little of this,” the woman said. When she resisted,
Tyler pressured her to take the heroin and she finally relented and used a straw, she said.
“I did eventually take a little bit and lied down on the bed and felt (a) sense of despair come over me,” she further said. “It was a horrible feeling. It didn’t make me feel better I never took it again.”
Regarding Tyler’s establishment of a guardianship over her, the woman testified that the musician told her that her mother signed the appropriate papers.
When the plaintiff asked Tyler how he convinced her mother to give her formal consent to the guardianship, the singer told the plaintiff, “I told her I needed them for you to go to school and to get medical care and she signed them,” the woman testified.
The plaintiff “made a conscious decision to leave and escape the music and drug-addled world seeking to be free from the sexualized culture created by Tyler and the industry,” according to her suit filed in December 2022, which additionally states that she went on to have a family and become active in her faith.
But in their court papers, Tyler’s lawyers say there is no evidence of any guardianship.
The 77th Emmy Awards ceremony won’t take place until Sept. 14, but winners in nine juried categories — including animation, costume, emerging media programming and motion design — were announced Tuesday by The Television Academy.
Tuesday’s winners will be presented with their trophies during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards that will be held over two nights at the Peacock Theater on Sept. 6 and 7, when bulk of this year’s Emmys will be handed out.
The Creative Arts Emmys are mainly in technical categories such as picture editing, costuming, hairstyling, makeup and sound, but also include awards for guest acting. An edited broadcast of the Creative Arts Emmys will air Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. PT
on FXX.
The main event — the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards — will take place Sept. 14, also at the Peacock Theater, and be hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze. The show will air at 5 p.m. PT on CBS and stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
“Severance,” with 27 nods, led the way when the Emmy nominations were announced last month, followed by “The Penguin” with 24 and “The Studio” and “The White Lotus” with 23 each.
The juried category winners announced Tuesday emerged from screenings by panels of professionals in each particular area in a one-step evaluation and voting procedure.
Winners that will presented Sept. 6 are:
By City News Service
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
Background design — “Arcane” / “The Dirt Under Your Nails” episode, Netflix, Bruno Couchinho, background designer
Color — “Arcane” / “The Message Hidden Within the Pattern” episode, Netflix, Faustine Dumontier, colorscript and color keys artist
Character animation — “Love, Death + Robots” / “400 Boys” episode, Netflix, Daryl Graham, 2D animation supervisor
Character design — “Love, Death + Robots” / “400 Boys” episode, Netflix, Robert Valley, character design
Production design — “Love, Death + Robots” / “How Zeke Got Religion” episode, Netflix, Gigi Cavenago, art director
“Additionally, although plaintiff claims that Tyler was her legal guardian, she testified that she never went through any guardianship proceeding with Tyler, she was never in a court and there was no hearing where Tyler was awarded guardianship over her, she never spoke to her mother about the alleged guardianship and she never saw papers appointing Tyler as her guardian,” according to Tyler’s attorneys’ pleadings. In their motion to dismiss what remains of Tyler’s accuser’s case set for hearing Aug. 28, his attorneys maintain that only one of her claims have a California connection, while others allegedly occurred in Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington, where her causes of action would be time-barred.
The part of Tyler’s case previously dismissed by Judge Ronald Frank in an anti-SLAPP motion involved the woman’s intentional infliction of emotional distress claim that pertained to statements made in Tyler’s published memoirs. The state’s anti-SLAPP, or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation law is intended to prevent people from using courts, and potential threats of a lawsuit, to intimidate those who are exercising their First Amendment rights.
Storyboard — “Love, Death + Robots” / “How Zeke Got Religion” episode, Edgar Martins, storyboard artist
Outstanding motion design — “Octopus!” / Prime Video / Amazon MGM Studios / Jigsaw Productions / Wells Street Films; Minkyung Chung, designer; Michaela Olsen, creative director; Hayley Morris, art director; Julie Gratz, art director; Anthony Galante, cinematographer; Sabrina Chaney, compositor
Winners to be presented Sept. 7 are:
Outstanding innovation in emerging media programming “White Rabbit” / Shibuya. Film / Shibuya; Maciej Kuciara, director/writer/ production designer; Emily Yang, director/writer Outstanding costumes
for variety, nonfiction or reality programming “Beyoncé Bowl” / Netflix / Jesse Collins Entertainment and Parkwood Entertainment for Netflix; Beyoncé KnowlesCarter, costume designer;
Zoning Code Amendments related to: 1) Predevelopment Plan Reviews; 2) Design Review; 3) Signs and Awnings; 4) Outdoor and Temporary Uses; 5) Special Purpose Zoning Districts; 6) Accessory Dwelling Units; 7) Implementation of new State Legislation; and 8) Other Miscellaneous Updates
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Proposed are Amendments to various sections of Title 17 (the Zoning Code) of the Pasadena Municipal Code (PMC). This includes changes to the following: 1) Predevelopment Plan Reviews - Chapter 17.60; 2) Design Review - Chapter 17.61; 3) Signs and Awnings - Chapters 17.48 and 17.50; 4) Outdoor and Temporary Uses - Chapter 17.50; 5) Special Purpose Zoning Districts - Chapter 17.26; 6) Accessory Dwelling UnitsChapter 17.50; 7) Implementation of new State Legislation including off-street parking requirements, retail sales with donation drop off, notices for public hearings and employee/farmworker housing; and 8) Other Miscellaneous Updates including parking for changes of use, meeting continuances and glossary definitions.
PROJECT LOCATION: Citywide.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The Planning Commission will consider whether adoption of the proposed Zoning Code Amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) (3), under the “Common Sense” exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. The Amendments focus on procedural changes to the review process and provide additional clarity on terms and standards used. They also revise sections to comply with recent state legislation and implement programs of the 2021-2029 Housing Element. None increase development levels or intensity or add new uses that would generate impacts.
APPROVALS NEEDED: The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed Zoning Code Amendments and environmental determination. The Planning Commission recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council, who will make a final decision at a separately noticed public hearing.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed Zoning Code Amendments and proposed environmental determination. The hearing is scheduled for:
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Time: 6:30 p.m.
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To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of GARY L. OMOTOY.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DENISE GONZALES in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DENISE GONZALES 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: 09/10/25 at 9:00AM in Dept. F3 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 undera 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
PRISCILLA C. SOLARIO, ESQ.SBN 259607
LAW OFFICES OF PRISCILLA C. SOLARIO 9431 HAVEN AVE., #108
RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Telephone (909) 529-1011 8/11, 8/14, 8/18/25 CNS-3955775# ONTARIO NEWS PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
MARY CATHERINE CRAIG CASE NO. 25STPB08862
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of MARY CATHERINE CRAIG.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID CRAIG in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID CRAIG 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: 09/12/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 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
DONALD E. BOSS - SBN 145551, LAW OFFICE OF DONALD E. BOSS
908 S VILLAGE OAKS DR COVINA CA 91721, Telephone (626) 966-9231
8/11, 8/14, 8/18/25 CNS-3955786# BALDWIN PARK PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
DONALD E. EHRLICH
CASE NO. 25STPB09008
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DONALD E. EHRLICH.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CLAUDIA E. EHRLICH in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CLAUDIA E. EHRLICH 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: 09/15/25 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
ASHLEY M. ZAVALA, ESQ. - SBN 333561
HAHN & HAHN LLP
301 E. COLORADO BLVD., 9TH FLOOR PASADENA CA 91101
Telephone (626) 796-9123
8/14, 8/18, 8/21/25 CNS-3957283# PASADENA PRESS
NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER
ESTATE OF: ROGER ELLIOTT COHEN CASE NO. 25STPB07802
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ROGER ELLIOTT COHEN. AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LISA ANDERSON in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LISA ANDERSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/22/25 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 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 L. CONDON - SBN 132774
CONDON & CONDON, APC 3435 OCEAN PARK BLVD., STE. 108 SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Telephone (310) 393-0701 8/18, 8/21, 8/25/25 CNS-3957675# BURBANK INDEPENDENT
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SUPON SIMONE CASE NO. 30-2025-01502334-PR-PLCMC
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contin-gent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SUPON SIMONE.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PONGTEP DANSIRIMITRI in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that PONGTEP DANSIRIMITRI be appoint-ed 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 authori-ty will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very im-portant 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 interest-ed 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: 10/02/25 at 1:30PM in Dept. CM07 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 ser-
vice 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.
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
LAUREN R. COSGROVE - SBN 334897
ZUBIATE BEAUCHAMP, PC
P.O. BOX 663 SAN DIMAS CA 91773
Telephone (909) 305-5544
8/18, 8/21, 8/25/25 CNS-3958065# ANAHEIM PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WALTER ELLIS HERRINGTON
CASE NO. 25STPB09089
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WALTER ELLIS HERRINGTON.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MICHELLE ANDRADE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MICHELLE ANDRADE 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: 09/12/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 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
C. TRACY KAYER - SBN 230022
KAYSER LAW GROUP, APC 1407 N. BATAVIA ST., SUITE 103 ORANGE CA 92867
Telephone (714) 984-2004 BSC 227297 8/18, 8/21, 8/25/25 CNS-3958098# PASADENA PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERT A. DOTY
CASE NO. PROVA2500640
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ROBERT A. DOTY.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by EMILY DOTY in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that EMILY DOTY 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: 09/23/25 at 9:00AM in Dept. F1 located at 17780 ARROW BOULEVARD, 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
DANIELLE A. GEYE - SBN 239304
WIEZOREK & GEYE, APC 3450 E. SPRING STREET, SUITE 212 LONG BEACH CA 90806
Telephone (562) 396-5529 8/18, 8/21, 8/25/25 CNS-3958448# ONTARIO NEWS PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RICHARD RYAN RADEMACHER CASE NO. PROVA2500636
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of RICHARD RYAN RADEMACHER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has
been filed by VICTORIA RADEMACHER EAGLESON in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that VICTORIA RADEMACHER EAGLESON 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: 09/24/25 at 9:00AM in Dept. F3 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
DEBORAH COEL - SBN 262306 AND PEILIN NGO - SBN 303829
33 BROOKLINE ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Telephone (949) 682-8019
BSC 227302
8/18, 8/21, 8/25/25
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Order To Show Cause For Change of
Name Case No.30-2025-01500270 To All
Interested Persons: Aarav Pranav Rawal filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT
NAME Aarav Pranav Rawal PROPOSED
NAME Aarav Rawal . 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 reasons 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 Date: 10/07/2025 Time: 1:30pm Dept. D-100 REMOTE HEARING The address of the court is Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center, Santa ANA CA 92701-4045. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anaheim Press Date: July 30, 2025 Gassia Apkarian Judge of the Superior Court Pub Dates: August 4, 11, 18, 25, 2025 ANAHEIM PRESS
Notice of Self Storage Sale
Please take notice
SecureSpace Self Storage Rialto located at 2850 Foothill Blvd Rialto CA 92376 intends to hold a public sale to the highest bidder of the property stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 8/27/2025 at 1:30 PM. Robert Subero; Richard Duron; Jordan Siganoff; Maximina Morales; Elizabeth Perez-Franco; Dorcey Greenwood; Elisia Hernandez; Edgar Arriaga; Robert Zamora; Robert Hernandez;
Patricia Mejia; Nancy A. Copeland. This sale may be with-drawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.
Publish on August 11, 2025 & August 18, 2025 IN THE SAN BERNARDINO PRESS
Notice of Self Storage Sale
Please take notice SecureSpace Self Storage San Bernardino located at 1320 E Highland Ave San Bernardino CA 92404 intends to hold a public sale to the highest bidder of the property stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www. storagetreasures.com on 8/27/2025 at 11:00 AM. Autumn Olvera; Arteleia Pugh; David Anthony Lyttle; Lori Ann Trujillo; Richard Joseph Gortarez; Freddie Garcia; Conrad Estrada; Ophelia Duarte; Guadalupe Martinez. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.
Publish on August 11, 2025 & August 18, 2025 SAN BERNARDINO PRESS
CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 25NNCV02206 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): SHUANG LI, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND QIAN SUN, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND DOES 1-20, INCLUSIVE
Plaintiff’s Title Thereto. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): QIAN HE, AN INDIVIDUAL
NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.
The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Alhambra courthouse, 150 commonwealth avenue, Alhambra, Ca 91801
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): Virginia Liu, 660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 600, Newport
Beach, Ca 92660, (949) 627-6886
Date: (Fecha) April 2, 2025
David W Slayton, Clerk (Secretario) By: D. Gallegos, Deputy (Adjunto)
NOTICE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE TO THE PLAINTIFF(S)/ATTORNEY(S) FOR PLAINTIFF(S) OF RECORD:
You are ordered to serve this notice of hearing on all parties/attorneys of record forthwith, and meet and confer with all parties/attorneys of record about the matters to be discussed no later than 30 days before the Case Management Conference.
Your Case Management Conference has been scheduled at the courthouse address shown above on:
Date: 08/14/2025 Time: 8:30 AM
Dept.: V
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: THE SETTING OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DOES NOT EXEMPT THE DEFENDANT FROM FILING A RESPONSIVE PLEADING AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 3.720-3.730, a completed Case Management Statement (Judicial Council form # CM-110) must be filed at least 15 calendar days prior to the Case Management Conference. The Case Management Statement may be filed jointly by all parties/attorneys of record or individually by each party/attorney of record. You must be familiar with the case and be fully prepared to participate effectively in the Case Management Conference.
At the Case Management Conference, the Court may make pretrial orders including the following, but not limited to, an order establishing a discovery schedule; an order referring the case to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR); an order reclassifying the case; an order setting subsequent conference and the trial date; or other orders to achieve the goals of the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act (Gov. Code, § 68600 et seq.)
Notice is hereby given that if you do not file the Case Management Statement or appear and effectively participate at the Case Management Conference, the Court may impose sanctions, pursuant to LASC Local Rule 3.37, Code of Civil Procedure sections 177.5, 575.2, 583.150, 583.360 and 583.410, Government Code section 68608, subdivision (b), and California Rules of Court, rule 2.2 et seq.
Dated: 04/02/2025
Sarah J. Heidel Judicial Officer
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, the below named Executive Officer/ Clerk of Court of the above-entitled court, do hereby certify that I am not a party to the cause here-in, and that on this date I served the Notice of Case Management Conference upon each party or counsel named below: by depositing in the United States mail at the courthouse in Alhambra, California, one copy of the original filed herein in a separate sealed envelope to each address as shown below with the postage thereon fully prepaid.
Dated: 04/02/2025
David W. Slayton, Executive Officer / Clerk of Court By: K. Carrillo Deputy Clerk
NOTICE RE: CONTINUANCE OF HEARING AND ORDER CASE NUMBER 25NNCV02206
You are hereby notified that the Order to Show Cause Re: Failure to File Proof of Service previously set for hearing on 07/08/2025 in Department V, has been reset for hearing in the same department on 08/14/2025 8:30 AM ORDER
You are ordered to give notice by mail forth-with of such fact to all parties and to file proof of service of such notice forthwith in the assigned department, located at: Alhambra Courthouse 150 West Commonwealth Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801
06/18/2025 Sarah J. Heidel
Dated: Judicial Officer
Virginia Liu 660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 600 Newport Beach, Ca 92660 (949) 627-6886
Publish August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2025 ONTARIO NEWS PRESS
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Jordan Richard-Anthony Maldonado FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 25NNCP00613 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 300 E. Olive, Burbank, Ca 91502, Northeast Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Jordan Richard-Anthony Maldonado filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Jordan Richard-Anthony Maldonado to Proposed name Jordan Richard-Anthony Pierce 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: 09/19/2025 Time: 8:30AM Dept: B. 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: Burbank Independent DATED: August 6, 2025. Roberto Longoria JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2025 BURBANK INDEPENDENT
To All Creditors and Claimants Against Fontario Land, Inc. and All Other Persons Concerned: Take notice that a Certificate of Dissolution for Fontario Land, Inc., a California corporation, having a principal address at PO Box 740, Turlock, CA, 95381, will be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, on or about December 1, 2025, pursuant to the provisions of California Corporations Code 8610-8618, and that all creditors of and all claimants against the corporation are hereby required to present their respective claims, accounts and demands against the corporation in writing and in detail to the directors thereof at the office of the corporation at PO Box 740, Turlock, CA, 95381, on or before December 9, 2025. All claims, accounts and demands which shall not be presented in accordance herewith shall be forever barred against the property and assets of the corporation and its directors and shareholders.
Dated: August 11, 2025
Publish August 11, 18, 25, 2025 in THE SAN BERNARDINO PRESS
To All Creditors and Claimants Against Lime Road, Inc. and All Other Persons Concerned:
Take notice that a Certificate of Dissolution for Lime Road, Inc., a California corporation, having a principal address at PO Box 740, Turlock, CA, 95381, will be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, on December 1, 2025, pursuant to the provisions of California Corporations Code 8610-8618, and that all creditors of and all claimants against the corporation are hereby required to present their respective claims, accounts and demands against the corporation in writing and in detail to the directors thereof at the office of the corporation at PO Box 740, Turlock, CA 95381, on or before December 9, 2025. All claims, accounts and demands which shall not be presented in accordance herewith shall be forever barred against the property and assets of the corporation and its directors and shareholders.
Dated: August 11, 2025
Publish August 11, 18, 25, 2025 in THE SAN BERNARDINO PRESS
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Jasmin Martin, Joseph Martin filed on behalf of their daughter Jet Avery Martin FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 25PSCP00419 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 400 Civic Center Plaza Pomona, CA 91766, , East Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Jasmin Martin, Joseph Martin filed on behalf of their daughter Jet Avery Martin filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Jet Avery Martin to Proposed name Avery Jet Martin 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
affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, 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.
Date: August 11,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.
FBN20250005813
The following persons are doing business as: CMM Advantage, 14427 Huntridge Drive, Victorville, CA 92394. Mailing Address, 14427 Huntridge Drive, Victorville, CA 92394. # pf Employees 1. Monique jennings. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. 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/ Monique R. Jennings, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on June 18, 2025 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#: FBN20250005813 Pub: 06/23/2025, 06/30/2025, 07/07/2025, 07/14/2025, 07/21/2025, 07/28/2025, 08/04/2025, 08/11/2025 San Bernardino Press
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Solorzano Trucking 2521 2nd St Norco, CA 92860 Riverside County Pedro Muniz Solorzano, 2521 2nd St, Norco, CA 92860 Riverside County
This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on May 5, 2007. I de-
clare 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. Pedro Muniz Solorzano Statement filed with the County of Riverside on June 4, 2025 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-202507088 Pub. 06/26/2025, 07/03/2025, 07/10/2025, 07/17/2025 Riverside Independent
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Liberty Real Estate Services 43950 Margarita Road, Suite E Temecula, CA 92592 Riverside County Corporation Styner Enterprises, Inc (CALIFORNIA 43950 Margarita Road, Suite E, Temecula, CA 92592 Riverside County
This business is conducted by: a corporation. 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. Deborah A. Styner, Chief executive officer
Statement filed with the County of Riverside on July 22, 2025 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-202509006 Pub. 07/28/2025, 08/04/2025,
08/11/2025, 08/18/2025
Riverside Independent
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Turning Toward Therapy 32605 Temecula Parkway Suite 303 Temecula, CA 92592
Riverside County Tonya marie Pan-Weisz, 32605 Temecula Parkway Suite 303, Temecula, CA 92592
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. Tonya marie Pan-Weisz
Statement filed with the County of Riverside on July 22, 2025
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-202508978 Pub. 07/28/2025, 08/04/2025, 08/11/2025, 08/18/2025 Riverside Independent
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. FBN20250007021
The following persons are doing business as: Good Water Source, 1721 S Vineyard Ave #J, Ontario, CA 91761. Mailing Address, 4918 South Avocado Trail, ONTARIO, CA 91762-7291. Arashinder
Singh. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino
This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. 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/ arashinder Singh, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on July 25, 2025 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#: FBN20250007021 Pub: 08/04/2025, 08/11/2025, 08/18/2025, 08/25/2025 San Bernardino Press
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20256721792. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: (1). America’s Best Property Management (2). Escrow 1 (3). Escrow One (4). National Realty Group (5). National Realty Group – Riverside (6). NRG Commercial Brokerage , 6700 Indiana Ave STE 130, Riverside, CA 92506. Full Name of Registrant(s) National One Mortgage Corp (CA, 6700 Indiana Ave STE 130, Riverside, CA 92506. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on October 31, 1991. (1). America’s Best Property Management (2). Escrow 1 (3). Escrow One (4). National Realty Group (5). National Realty Group – Riverside (6). NRG Commercial Brokerage . /S/ Jeff Maas, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on July 31, 2025. Publish: Anaheim Press 08/11/2025, 08/18/2025, 08/25/2025, 09/01/2025
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Servlegacy Cooling and Heating 6686 Van Buren Blvd Riverside, CA 92503 Riverside County Servlegacy Inc (CA, 6686 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside, CA 92503 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a corporation. 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. Jose Pinedo, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on July 24, 2025 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-202509223 Pub. 08/11/2025, 08/18/2025, 08/25/2025, 09/01/2025 Riverside Independent
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Bridal & Bridesmaid Alterations 3931 Chestnut St Riverside, CA 92501 Riverside County Elvira Esparza, 3931 Chestnut St, Riverside, CA 92501 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. Elvira Esparza Statement filed with the County of Riverside on August 6, 2025 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-202509715 Pub. 08/11/2025, 08/18/2025, 08/25/2025, 09/01/2025 Riverside Independent
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250007569
The following persons are doing business as: BAD DOG TRUCKING, 1531 Latham St, Colton, CA 92324. Mailing Address, 1531 Latham St, Colton, CA 92324. THE DIAZ ACQUISITION GROUP LLC (CA201812110333, 1531 Latham St, Colton, CA 92324; SEBASTIAN THOMAS DIAZ, MANAGER. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino 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. 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
federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code) File#: FBN20250007569 Pub: 08/18/2025, 08/25/2025, 09/01/2025, 09/08/2025 San Bernardino
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 62506277). /s/ Connie Gallego, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on August 11, 2025 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#: FBN20250007606 Pub: 08/18/2025, 08/25/2025, 09/01/2025, 09/08/2025 San Bernardino Press
By Staff
San Bernardino County Regional Parks will once again host the catfish derby at CucamongaGuasti Regional Park on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 6 p.m. to midnight. Check-in and registration begins at 4 p.m. and prepaid derby fees are encouraged. Fees are $20 per person and $15 per vehicle. A fishing license is required for all participants ages 16 years and older. A food truck will be on-site for those wanting to purchase food.
Participants will receive
a wristband and packet with derby entry forms and rules. The derby is rain or shine and no refunds will be given.
Regional Parks will have a weigh-in station available and encourages participants to allow plenty of time to weigh and enter their fish prior to the 12 a.m. cutoff time.
Derby cash prizes will be awarded for:
- First place: $1,000
- Second place: $500
- Third place: $250
Winners do not need to be present to claim their prize(s).
Winners will be announced at approximately 12:15 a.m. at the Regional Parks weigh-in station at the snack bar near the lake.
To pre-pay, visit sbcountyparks.com/ reservations/Dimproduct. asp?CategoryID=1577269.
Cucamonga-Guasti
Regional Park is located at 800 N. Archibald Ave. in Ontario (next to Top Golf). Park summer hours are 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
For the derby, 1,050 pounds of catfish will be
stocked on Friday, Aug. 22. Due to the derby, the lakes will be closed on stocking day. There will be no public fishing while the lakes are closed for the derby from Friday, Aug. 22, at 7:30 a.m. through Sunday morning, Aug. 24, at 7:30 a.m.
For stocking dates and fishing license information, visit Regional Parks fishing information at parks. sbcounty.gov/park-fishing/. For more about the catfish derby, visit Guasti Night Catfish Derby at parks. sbcounty.gov/fishing-derby/.
By City News Service
AThermal couple who oversawatrafficking operation that entailed illegally transporting pesticides and other prohibited products across the U.S.Mexico border and selling the unregulated substances throughout California and elsewhere were sentenced Wednesday in federal court.
Otilio Rodriguez Toledo and his wife Alicia Aispuro Hernandez pleaded guilty in 2023 to conspiracy to smuggle and distribute unlicensed pesticides and veterinary drugs.
During a sentencing
hearing Wednesday at U.S. District Court in San Diego, Judge John Houston imposed a term of five months in federal prison and three years of supervised release, or probation, for Toledo. Hernandez avoided prison as a result of time served in jail awaiting disposition of the case, but she was ordered to serve 18 months’ supervised release.
Both defendants were also ordered to pay the government $2.19 million in penalties, which will be recouped through asset forfeiture.
“There is a reason customs laws exist, particularly when pesticides and chemicals are attempting to make their way into our country to potentially wreak havoc on our environment and potentially make people seriously ill,” Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Shawn Gibson said.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, while the couple resided in Riverside County, they maintained storage facilities near the Calexico Port of Entry in Imperial County.
Coordinating with unnamed smugglers, the defendants arranged for loads of unregulated substances to be covertly brought into the United States via Mexico. The smugglers would send the defendants camera phone pictures of the products to verify they had been dropped at the storage lockers, prosecutors said. Toledo and Hernandez would then go to the units and retrieve the contraband.
“The pesticides involved were primarily Taktic and Bovitraz, which are not registered with the Environmental
Protection Agency for use in the United States,” according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office statement. “The smuggled veterinary drugs included Tetragent Aves, Metabolase, Terramicina, Cipio Vet, Baytril Max, Tylovet, Caterrol, Penicilina and Tylosma, which are not approved by the Food & Drug Administration for use in the United States.”
The agency said Taktic and Bovitraz contain amitraz, “which is toxic to bees if released into hives, and then ultimately to humans when it ends up in honey, honeycomb and beeswax.”
“Misuse of amitrazcontaining products in beehives can result in exposures that could cause neurological effects and possibly reproductive effects in humans from the consumption of contaminated honey,” according to the statement.
The smuggling operation was uncovered in 2022, culminating in a federal grand jury indictment against the pair, about whom there was little background information.
Along with HSI, personnel from the FDA and EPA handled the investigation.
in addition to burn-scar areas and emergency access routes.
“This region plays a vital role in our nation’s supply chain and disaster response framework,” Rouzer said in a statement. “This visit provided insight into the challenges and opportunities San Bernardino County faces in protecting lives and supporting the movement of goods across the country. As we work on the next surface transportation bill, I will take these priorities back to Washington to ensure areas like this are considered in legislative conversations.”
At the County Government Center, board members met with Rouzer and expressed support for federal policies that streamline funding and speed up project completion.
“We were proud to welcome Congressman Rouzer and show him firsthand the importance of
building resilient roads and bridges,” Rowe said in a statement. “We’re especially grateful to our congressional delegation, who consistently champion our area’s infrastructure needs in Washington, and to Congressman Rouzer for taking the time to see why this region must
remain a priority in federal transportation policy.”
Public safety officials also noted the importance of federal funds.
Sheriff Shannon Dicus said his department was “excited to collaborate with our federal partners for the sake of performance, safety,
and long-term growth” and pledged to work “closely with the Board of Supervisors to grow our region responsibly — because strong transportation networks aren’t just critical for commuters and commerce, they’re essential for public safety and protecting lives in high-risk fire
zones.”
Fire Chief Dan Munsey led the public safety portion of the aerial tour, and emphasized the importance of maintaining incoming and outgoing access to high-risk fire zones.
“When wildfires strike, seconds matter. The roads we
showed Congressman Rouzer today are lifelines,” Munsey said in a statement. “Federal investments in infrastructure that strengthen emergency access will save lives, not just here, but in any community that depends on safe evacuation routes and fast response times.”
Rouzer’s tour was part of the county’s “broader federal engagement strategy to ensure upcoming surface transportation legislation reflects the needs of inland communities and goods movement corridors,” according to a county statement. As the transportation bill develops, the county has its sights set on future federal funding formulas, grant programs and policy reforms, such as streamlining the National Environmental Policy Act and statutory exemptions for emergency infrastructure to support high-priority projects regionwide.
to ensure a fair, thorough and impartial investigation, the department requested an independent criminal investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.”
Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Peters said MPD Internal Affairs detectives informed the Special Victims Unit that “Pesina was accused of sexually assaulting a victim during an on-duty investigation.”
“During the course of our investigation, additional victims were identified in incidents that had occurred between 2023 and 2024,” Peters said. “Investigators determined Pesina encountered these victims while on duty and off duty.”
According to the criminal complaint, the victims, identified only as “C.R.” and “J.H.,” were allegedly assaulted in February 2023 and January 2024.
J.H., a teenager, was Pesina’s first alleged target, court papers stated. The defendant allegedly accessed her property illegally and perpetrated multiple sexual
offenses over an unspecified period, according to the prosecution.
C.R. was allegedly victimized 11 months later, suffering similar abuse, according to the complaint.
The document didn’t specify which person, but it alleged that “after returning the victim of domestic violence to her home ...
the defendant entered her home and forcibly sexually assaulted her.”
The police department did not disclose when Pesina was hired, or in specifically what capacities he has worked, other than patrol. If convicted, he could face life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Five people, including at least two with felony convictions, suspected in a series of burglaries and solar combiner box thefts in Perris and Moreno Valley were taken into custody Wednesday.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Perris Station responded to the 2000 block of Blue Elm Road in Perris on July 28 to reports regarding multiple solar combiner boxes stolen from a new residential development, according to sheriff’s officials.
Additional solar charging batteries were taken from another new housing development in the 24000 block of Sirius Avenue in Moreno Valley on Wednesday,
prompting Perris Sheriff’s Station Robbery and Burglary Suppression Team personnel to investigate the matter.
Several search warrants were executed by RBST personnel with assistance from Special Enforcement Team and Homeless Outreach Team investigators in the 21000 block of John Street and the 21000 block of Nance Street in Mead Valley, where evidential items related to the thefts were recovered, such as an unregistered rifle and ammunition, sheriff’s officials said. Investigators identified Ignacio Barraza of Mead Valley, 32, as a person of interest in connection with the theft and took him
By City News Service
A41-year-old Riverside County deputy accused of accessing unauthorized and confidential information from government databases for personal use was out on bail Friday.
Michael Gene Schmidt was arrested and booked into the Presley Detention Center in Riverside on Thursday on suspicion
of unauthorized computer access.
He was released the same day on $40,000 bail.
On May 8, investigators started to look into Schmidt’s computer access, according to Lt. Albert Martinez.
He was arrested in Murrieta without incident on Thursday, Martinez said. Schmidt has worked
with the department since Oct. 2008, and was most recently assigned to the Lake Elsinore station. He was placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. No further details will be released, and anyone with additional information was urged to contact Investigator Andrew at 951-2725600.
By City News Service
into custody, where he was booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center.
Four other suspects were identified and taken into custody:
-- Katy Medina of Mead Valley, 32, who was booked on suspicion of being in possession of methamphetamine and paraphernalia;
-- Angel Rubio of Mead Valley, 33, who was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of ammunition, probation violation, and an outstanding warrant;
-- Nelson Covarrubias of Mead Valley, 37, who was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm; and
Constitution and trample over democracy -- running a cynical, self-serving playbook where Californians are an afterthought and power is the only priority.”
Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, called Newsom’s plan “corrupt.”
“California politicians are using Trump as the window
dressing to advance a corrupt and dishonest scheme to end fair elections in our state by eliminating the non-partisan Independent Citizens’ Redistricting Commission process to draw election districts,” DeMaio said. “This is a blatant attempt to rig elections by allowing politicians to choose voters rather than letting
-- Jacob Rubio of Mead Valley, 31, who was booked on suspicion of resisting arrest.
voters choose politicians -and if this measure passes, the independent Citizens’ Redistricting process will be dead forever.”
It was unclear how many people were detained in the ICE raid that occurred in Little Tokyo just as Newsom’s news conference was beginning. Mayor Karen Bass showed
All suspects were also taken to the Cois Byrd
Detention Center for processing, according to sheriff’s officials. Anyone with informa-
tion regarding the thefts was urged to call Perris Sheriff’s Station Deputy Hartert at 951-210-1000.
up at the scene after the ICE agents had departed.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem addressed the raid during an appearance on Fox News as video of the operation was shown.
“Every single one of our ICE and Border Patrol operations is built on informa-
tion, on investigative work,” Noem said.
She said an operation is planned “because of who they think could be in that area and what they have for information that shows there are illegal criminals there. Remember we’re focusing on the worst of the worst.”
Noem said she didn’t know specifics about the Los Angeles raid outside Newsom’s event, “but it was based on the investigative work that all law enforcement officers do for every single operation they conduct to make sure they’re getting dangerous criminals off our streets.”