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Soboba Elders stay active KYLE HEADLEE | STAFF WRITER

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oboba Elders started playing chair volleyball about a year ago and attend tournaments at other reservations on a regular basis. Weekly practices find about 15 players from two teams spending a couple of hours at the Soboba Sports Complex.

“We have a great time at practices with lots of fun and laughter,” said player Raina Maciel, who is the Elders Board Secretary/Treasurer.

“We get a little more serious when we go to tournaments.”

The elders began learning the game after hearing about other tribes playing the sport and attended their first tournament last year at Quechan Casino Resort in Yuma, Arizona.

“At the tournaments, it’s great to see and visit with friends from other reservations who we don’t see often enough,” said Maciel, who has

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SOBOBA TEAM 1: At Barona Tournament with participation medals. From

left, Carlene Masiel, Gary Placencia, Sandy Boniface, Joyce Placencia, Charles Resvaloso and John “Duke” Briones. Not pictured, Freda Miranda. | Photo courtesy of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.

a background playing tennis and softball.

Soboba’s two teams were among the ten tribes that participated in a

recent tournament at Barona Resort and Casino near San Diego.

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our students were arrested, and one required medical treatment after a near-riot broke out at Rancho Viejo Middle School Friday afternoon, Aug. 23, according to Hemet PD officials.

The students arrested, who range in age from 13 to 15-years-old, now face charges including felony assault on a police officer, resisting arrest,

inciting a riot, participating in a riot, and multiple other charges.

According to officials, yesterday’s violent incident began shortly before 4 p.m., when a 15-year-old Tahquitz High School student walked onto the campus of Rancho Viejo Middle School and became involved in an argument with a school employee, Hemet Police Lt. Eric Dickson said after the arrests.

After a school resource officer arrested the teen for causing the

disturbance, several other students became involved and allegedly attacked the officer – causing him to issue an emergency radio broadcast for help.

Although Dickson did not specify the nature of the initial confrontation or why the high school student had gone to the middle school, Dickson explained, "The Tahquitz student threatened to harm the

AT THE EXPO: Chamber Director, Cyndi Lemke with HSJC Publisher, Pati Galarza. | Photo by HSJC staff

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SJUSD

SJ High School’s Annual Patriot Day Ceremony on Sept. 11

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an Jacinto High School’s Air Force Jr. ROTC is holding their annual remembrance event known as the Patriot Day Ceremony, as follows: Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Time: 9:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.

Location: San Jacinto High School – Campus Quad

500 Idyllwild Drive San Jacinto, CA 92582 The annual event involves performances by the school’s marching band and concert choir, a flag presentation by the AFJROTC cadets who will also host a reception room for guests with support by SJHS Culinary Arts students. Susan Jordan, SJHS teacher since 2006 who currently teaches Civics/ Government and is the Social

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Science Department Co-Chair, will give this year’s keynote address. She will be retiring at the end of this school year and has been a strong promoter of civic engagement for students. Mrs. Jordan will be sharing about her high school classmate that was in the World Trade Center on the fateful day of 9-11.

All community members

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Family Morning Swim- Beat the crowds and join us for a morning swim. Come enjoy family time at the

On August 30, 1776

Gen. George Washington rejects British Gen. William Howe's second letter of reconciliation.

Howe had failed to use Washington's title of "general" when addressing the letter.

On August 31, 1955

William Cobb of General Motors demonstrates his 15-inch-long "Sunmobile," the world's first solar-powered automobile, at an auto show in Chicago.

On September 1, 1864

Renowned Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow drowns off the North Carolina coast when

at the business expo that was hosted by the Hemet Valley Mall on Wednesday, 28th 2019. With over 90 business exhibitors; this was an excellent evening to meet your local business community, network and participate in fun family activities. | Photo by HSJVC

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Drum Circle at Valley Wide Park (901 W. Esplanade Ave) - Every first Sunday, EVERYONE is welcome (All Ages/Experience) bring a drum or we got one you can borrow! Great way to learn the foundations of music (Rhythm) de-stress and meet new people in the community! Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 4:30 pm. More info: 951 925 6200 The Super Saturday Music Show!!! Tellies Talk Album Release! - Get ready for another special and fun SUPER SATURDAY MUSIC SHOW!!! We got some local favorites and some new guest bands coming from Riverside and San Dimas. Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 6:45 pm to 10 pm.

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AT THE BUSINESS EXPO & CHAMBER MIXER: There was a great turnout

pool, waterslide, and tot spot. Saturday, August 31st. All ages. For more information call (951) 654-1505.

Drop- in Pickle Ball - Bring your paddle out and enjoy a day on the courts . This is a drop in program.

Wednesdays: Beginners. Fridays: Advanced. 8am 12pm at Diamond valley lake community park - behind the aquatic center. Will not play in the rain or over 100 degrees.

Come Swim With Me- " Family's with Special Needs." Saturday, September 7. For more information call (951) 654-1505.

THE WESTERN SCIENCE CENTER

The Western Science Center is proud to host two individual lecture series at the museum: MSJC Lecture Series – produced in collaboration with Mt. San Jacinto College during the spring and fall semesters, this lecture series features professors

her craft capsizes while fleeing a Union gunboat.

Greenhow was carrying Confederate dispatches and $2,000 in gold sewn into her underclothes. The weight of the gold pulled her under.

On September 2, 1969

America's first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York.

On September 3, 1777

The American flag is flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish in Delaware. Patriot Gen. William Maxwell ordered the stars and stripes raised as a detachment of his in-

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from MSJC speaking on a wide rage of topics, including history, literature, the social sciences, and more. Held the 1st Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM during the Spring and Fall semesters.

Monthly Science Lectures – featuring some of the most respected names in science, this monthly lecture series covers topics such as paleontology, anthropology, anatomy and more. Held the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM, subject to change.

Volunteer Orientation - Want to share your love of science and nature at Riverside County’s largest natural history museum? Join us at the Western Science Center as a volunteer! Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM. 2345 Searl ParkwayHemet, CA.

See COMMUNITY BRIEFS on page A7 fantry and cavalry met an advance guard of British and Hessian troops.

On September 4, 1951

President Harry Truman's speech before a conference in San Francisco becomes the first television program to be broadcast from coast to coast.

It was picked up by 87 stations in 47 cities.

On September 5, 1970

U.S. forces launch the last major American operation of the war in Vietnam when the 101st Airborne Division, in coordination with the South Vietnamese army, initiates Operation Jefferson Glenn in Thua Thien Province west of Hue.

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A SOBOBA TEAM 2: Barona tournament with participation medals. From left, Kenneth “Pogo�

Hurtado, Raina Maciel, Poncho Maciel, Lucille Briones, Francine Miranda, Francie Diaz and Glen Placencia. Not pictured, Frances Arviso. | Photo courtesy of the Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians.

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They also attended a threeday tournament at Ft. Mojave Reservation in Arizona where 56 teams competed.

Soboba Team 1 has seven members and is captained by John “Duke� Briones. “I played baseball and football before and what I learned from both of those sports helped me with this one,� said Briones, 57. “It’s fun to play and it has improved my health.�

Glen Placencia, captain of Soboba Team 2, has an extensive sports background in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball and track and field. He said the skills needed to play basketball and baseball have helped him the most. “Flexibility is key,� said Placencia, 63. “After our practices, we all feel we had a good workout.�

Competition is friendly and Soboba elders have played practice games with Pala and Torres Martinez tribal members. Rincon and Pechanga have also invited Soboba to practice with them.

Being involved in a sport with fellow tribal members is what Elders Board President Francie Diaz enjoys most about being on a team. She played basketball, hockey, softball and volleyball in high school and said she is using skills needed for each of them when playing this sport. “What is most important is to be motivated,� said Diaz, 70. “I don’t have a favorite position – I enjoy playing them all.�

Joyce Placencia said quick reaction is crucial to being good at chair volleyball and she said playing has provided great exercise, too. “Going to the gym has helped me play this sport,� said Placencia, 60. “Movement is important to everyone, despite your age.�

Francine Miranda, 58, has played basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball before and said the most important things to remember in chair volleyball are to keep arms and legs strong. Gary Placencia, 64, said his past basketball skills have been most helpful with this sport

GAME: Soboba Elders practice chair volleyball at the Soboba Sports Complex on Aug. 6. | Photo courtesy of the Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians.

PLAYER: Raina Maciel reaches

for the ball during a practice session of the Soboba Elders’ chair volleyball teams at the Soboba Sports Complex on Aug. 6. | Photo courtesy of the Soboba Band of Luiseùo Indians.

although playing baseball, football and softball offered some good experience, too.

He said, being able to have a quick reaction is fundamental to this game.

Freda Miranda agrees that fast reflexes are vital. She encourages other elders to attend practice and join a team if they like it. “And if they don’t like it, they can still come out and support the teams,� said Miranda, 57.

Lucille Briones enjoys the time spent with family and friends and her favorite position is the server. Good coordination she has learned from bowling and playing basketball, softball and volleyball has helped her. “It is fun, and you meet new people and get to travel to different reservations – plus you are getting your exercise,� said Briones, 55.

Linda Resvaloso, 55, likes the continuous movement of the sport and likes getting some healthy exercise

in while having a good time.

And Elders Board Vice President Carlene Arres Masiel, 70, said reading the rules from different tournaments has helped her improve her game.

Six players per side are allowed on the court with clockwise rotation of other team members, up to nine.

The court is 16-ft. by 20-ft. with a net height of six feet.

Only three men on a team are allowed on the court at a time. All players must remain seated during play. Feet can come off the floor as long as the player’s bottom stays on the chair. “We allow non-tribal spouses to participate in our program and also non-tribal spouses of deceased tribal elders as long as they are 55 or older,� said Maciel, 72.

She said any of the 130 Soboba Elders who aren’t on the teams are invited to travel with the players when they go to tournaments, which can last from one to three days. “Those who aren’t playing just hang out at the hotel and enjoy their R&R, others will come and watch us play,� Maciel said. “We all have a good time.�

Her husband, Frank “Poncho� Maciel, said the most important quality any player can possess is good sportsmanship. Erica Schenk is the coordinator for the Elders group and serves as coach and scorekeeper during practices. “At tournaments, the Elders have a fun time cheering on each other,� said Schenk, who hopes Soboba will host a chair volleyball tournament someday.

s the summer heat scorches Southern California, many residents may be cooling off by enjoying a swim in their backyard or community pool, a run through the sprinklers or a refreshing drink of water.

Most of us take our easy and uninterrupted access to water for granted without realizing how water agencies here and across the nation work tirelessly to provide their customers with a reliable supply of safe and clean water each and every day.

August is National Water Quality Month, which is a good time to stop and think about how we are provided safe, clean water whenever we need it, and how we can help protect our water sources.

At Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), we work hard to ensure our customers always receive high- quality water.

Our water comes from several sources, including the Colorado River, the State Water Project and local groundwater. EMWD has state-of-the-art water

filtration plants that clean and deliver water to homes and businesses across our 555-square mile service area.

Over the course of the year, our water is rigorously tested and monitored for over 200 potential contaminants or impurities. In 2018 alone, EMWD’s laboratory personnel collected 8,307 water samples and performed 54,124 tests to monitor and ensure water quality.

EMWD provides every one of our customers with an annual Consumer Confidence Report detailing our water sources and showing how we consistently meet or surpass the safe drinking water standards set by the California State Water Resources Board and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The latest report can also be found at EMWD.org/waterquality.

As part of our continuing commitment to water quality and to increasing local water supplies, EMWD is committed to our multi-faceted Groundwater Reliability Plus initiative. This initiative includes recycling

100 percent of wastewater for landscape and agricultural irrigation as well as commercial uses; a healthy sewers program that helps reduce contaminants in wastewater collections systems; and a desalination program to reduce the salinity in local groundwater basins. EMWD is also evaluating a future water purification project to supplement our local drinking water supply.

You can help us protect our water sources by taking a few easy steps such as disposing of fats, oil and grease by mixing them with absorbent waste materials, throwing personal hygiene products in the trash instead of flushing them, and disposing of medications by putting them in a pharmaceutical or homemade pouch or returning them to a pharmacy. You can find more information at EMWD. org/SewerSmart.

All of these programs and projects help EMWD live up to its mission of delivering value to customers and continuing to foster trust within our commu-

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employee, and the school resource officer was called."

When the school resource officer arrived and attempted to make contact the Tahquitz student who was causing the disturbance, she refused to speak with him and attempted to leave the campus, according to Dickson.

Based on information gathered from the school staff, the officer arrested the girl for making threats against a public employee.

As the officer was walking the teen to his vehicle, a crowd of students began to form around them and became aggressive with the officer; demanding that he release the arrested girl.

"As the officer attempted to place the student into his vehicle, one of the surrounding students blocked the car door from closing, and another student moved in closer to the officer," Dickson continued.

As the situation escalated, one of the students allegedly attacked and then began trying to punch the arresting officer, at which time he put out an emergency radio broadcast that he was under attack and he requested priority assistance.

While the officer pushed back against the aggressive

STUDENTS ARRESTED: Officers ultimately arrested four students, ages 13 to 15, after a near-riot broke out while a school resource officer was attempting to arrest a high school student who had threatened to assault a staff member at Rancho Viejo Middle School. | Photo: Will Whelan/Hemet Valley Incidents students and fended off the 13-year-old male student who was physically attacking him, officers who heard his radio call for help converged onto the middle school campus from around the city.

"Ultimately, with the assistance of school staff and additional officers, the crowd was dispersed, and three more students were arrested," Dickson continued. "Thankfully, neither the officer nor any of the students were injured."

Although nobody was injured during the melee, medical aid was requested to the campus to treat one of the students “for a preexisting condition,� according to Dickson.

All four of the arrested students were transported to Riverside County Juvenile Hall where they were booked on a variety of charges related to the incident. None of the student's names were released due to their ages.

Those arrested included: 15-year-old female Hemet resident for threatening a public employee and resisting arrest.

13-year-old male Hemet resident for felony assault on a police officer, inciting a riot and participating in a riot.

14-year-old male Hemet resident for inciting a riot and participating in a riot.

13-year-old male Hemet resident for inciting a riot and participating in a riot.

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CRIME WATCH All arrests and arrest warrants are public record. Posts regarding either are based on information obtained from complaint affidavits, arrest affidavits, and police reports. All persons wanted or arrested are innocent until proven guilty.

Crime report throughout the San Jacinto Valley July 27 to August 2

PERRIS

1 ARRESTED DURING DUI SATURATION PATROL The Riverside County Sheriff's Department, serving the City of Perris, arrested Jerry Barba Jr., 19, a resident of Riverside, on suspicion of DUI while conducting a DUI Saturation Patrol on August 23rd, 2019.

Besides, Perris Station Deputies made 15 vehicle enforcement stops, cited 15 drivers for vehicle code violations and towed one vehicle.

Drivers caught driving impaired and charged with DUI can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to be approximately $13,500. This includes fines, fees, DUI classes, license sus-

pension, and other expenses, not to mention possible jail time.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Perris Station wants to remind drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.”

Prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating machinery warning on the label, can impair and result in a DUI. Marijuana can also be impairing, especially in combination with alcohol or other drugs.

The Perris Station Deputies will be conducting another DUI saturation Patrol soon.

Funding for this DUI Saturation Patrol was provided by a

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JURUPA VALLEY

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION On August 27, 2019, at 11:25 a.m. Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies assigned to the city of Eastvale responded to a report of a shooting near the 6500 blocks of Gladiola Street in the city Eastvale. Several reporting parties called to report the shooting and that two males were hiding in a front yard. Deputies responded, and the suspects fled on foot into several backyards. A Riverside County Sheriff's police service dog was utilized to find the suspects who were taken into custody. Numerous items of stolen property were recov-

ered in the area of the suspects to include a handgun. Deputies investigating the scene located several vehicles that were struck by gunfire and numerous spent shell casings were recovered in the street, sidewalks, and yards.

At this point in the investigation, there are no outstanding victims or suspects, and there is no threat to the public.

Bryce Anthony Mcdonald, a Black male adult, 18 years old, a resident of Corona, was arrested at the scene for possession of the stolen property, obstructing a peace officer and burglary.

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The 15-year-old black male, a resident of Corona, was booked into Juvenile Hall.

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LAKE ELSINORE - GRAND THEFT On Monday, August 26, 2019, at approximately 3:06 AM, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s the station responded to the area of Dawson Canyon Road X Temescal Canyon, in the area of Temescal Valley, to reference a grand theft at the landfill.

Upon arrival, deputies located a red Chevrolet Camaro leaving the location at a high rate of speed without its headlights turned on. The Camaro collided into a light pole on the north-

bound entrance of Interstate 15 at Temescal Canyon. The driver of the Camaro, Dakota Shoup, age 31, a resident of El Cerrito, who was on felony probation for burglary, fled from the Camaro and was located at a nearby gas station. Deputies located stolen items inside the Camaro that were positively identified as having been taken from the landfill.

Dakota Shoup was arrested and booked into Cois Byrd Detention Center.

Sat. July 27 Rape by Force, 700 Block E. Florida Ave. Unattended Death, 1300 Block W. Florida Ave. Burglary, 200 Block W. Mayberry Ave. Narcotics Violation, 800 Block W. Florida Ave. Truck Stolen, 300 Block N. State St. Theft, 200 Block N. Sanderson Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 500 Block N. Santa Fe St. Vandalism, 700 Block E. Florida Ave. Theft from Vehicle, 600 Block Calhoun Pl. Sun. July 28 Assault, 200 Block S. Elk St. Burglary of Vehicle, 500 Block E. Acacia Ave. Assault, 300 Block N. Buena Vista St. Grand Theft Auto, 2500 Block E. Florida Ave. Unattended Death, 400 Block N. Palm Ave. Burglary, 2700 Block W. Devonshire Ave. Theft from Vehicle, 500 Block N. Santa Fe St. Grand Theft Auto, 700 Block Cori Dr. Mon. July 29 Alcohol Violation, 800 Block W. Florida Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 2600 Block W. Florida Ave. Theft, 500 Block Brookshire Theft from Building, 3300 Block Wentworth Dr. Theft from Vehicle, 2700 Block Rafferty Rd. Grand Theft Auto, 800 Block S. State St. Tues. July 30 Assault, 900 Block W. Kimball Ave. Theft, 1100 Block E. Devonshire Ave. Burglary of Vehicle, 100 Block N. Hamilton Ave.

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Fri. August 2 Narcotics Violation, 4200 Block Trevor Ln. Assault, 1900 Block E. Florida Ave. Theft, 200 Block N. Sanderson Ave. Theft, 500 Block Presidents Ave. Truck Stolen, 500 Block N. Gilbert St. Theft, 1300 Block E. Florida Ave.

SAN JACINTO

Sat. July 27 *No Crime Report for this Day Sun. July 28 Prostitution, E. Esplanade Ave. & San Jacinto Ave. Theft, 900 Block Waterleaf Way Breaking & Entering, 200 Block S. Vernon Ave. Robbery, 700 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Mon. July 29 Breaking & Entering, 600 Block Harbor St. Breaking & Entering, 300 Block N. Brinton St. Theft, 200 Block S. Victoria Ave. Theft, 1200 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Theft, 1400 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Theft, 1800 Block S. San Jacinto Ave.

Wed. July 31 Theft, 700 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Assault, S. Estudillo Ave. & S. Ramona Blvd.

Theft from Vehicle, 1500 Block E. Esplanade Ave. Thurs. August 1 Breaking & Entering, 900 Block Marcy Way Theft of Vehicle, 600 Block De Anza Dr. Fri. August 2 Theft, 1400 Block Senator Way Theft of Vehicle, E. 6th St. & S. Jordan Ave.

VALLE VISTA

Sat. July 27 Theft of Vehicle, 42900 Block Victorian Dr. Disorder, 43400 Block Castile Canyon Rd. Assault, 44700 Block E. CA 74 Prostitution, 40800 Block Lela May Ave. Sun. July 28 Theft, 41100 Block Johnston Ave. Mon. July 29 Breaking & Entering, 27600 Block Hemet St. Assault w/Deadly Weapon, 24900 Block Lake St. Tues. July 30 Theft from Vehicle, 41600 Block Fulton Ave. Breaking & Entering, 25800 Block Valle Vue Pl. Theft, 26800 Block Girard St. Assault, 27000 Block Val Deane Way

CRIME BRIEFS

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON a gang member to a local criminal street gang. Lopez had just been released from state prison a few weeks prior and was on active parole.

On Friday, August 23, 2019, approximately 3:30 PM Task Force Officers located and arrested Lopez for assault with a deadly weapon, parole violation, and for committing a violent crime as an active gang member. Lopez was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center.

The Region 7 Gang Task Force is one of five teams composing the Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force, which is a collaborative effort of 25 law enforcement agencies

Thurs. August 1 Vandalism, 3300 Block E. Florida Ave. Burglary, 400 Block N. Buena Vista St. Theft from Vehicle, 2700 Block W. Devonshire Ave. Theft, 3000 Block W. Florida Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 300 Block S. Sanderson Ave. Vandalism, 2100 Block W. Florida Ave. Theft, 800 Block S. Alessandro St. Theft, 1200 Block Valencia Ave.

Tues. July 30 Theft of Vehicle, E. 7th St. & Minor St. Theft from Vehicle, 600 Block Porterfield Dr. Theft, 1800 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Theft, 1600 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Theft, 1300 Block Camino Rosaleen Theft, 100 Block S. Sheriff Ave.

In the process of developing the weekly Crime Report for Hemet, we utilize the CommunityCrimeMap.com webpage and for Valle Vista and San Jacinto, we employ the CrimeReports.com webpage to source our information. The City of Hemet Police Department and the San Jacinto Police/Riverside County Sheriff Department’s report their respective incidents of crime to these webpages from which we select the most serious crimes and attempt to reflect proportionality between cities as provided in FBI/UCR statistics. Occasionally however, these police agencies do not immediately report their crime incidents, at which time TVC weekly crime report lacks updated information for a given city for the period in question. We always try to be accurate with available crime information but rely on these sources that sometimes may be incomplete or nonexistent.

JURUPA VALLEY

On Tuesday, August 20, 2019, approximately 10:00 PM, Jurupa Valley Deputies were dispatched to a stabbing that occurred in the area of Mission Blvd and Mintern in Jurupa Valley. The victim, who suffered a life-threatening injury, was taken to a local area hospital to be treated. Before deputies arriving, the suspect fled the scene.

Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force Opens in New Window Officers from Region-7, assigned to the Jurupa Valley Patrol station, assumed the investigation. During their investigation, Taskforce Officers were able to identify the suspect as 28-year-old Reynaldo Lopez,

Wed. July 31 Truck Stolen, 2700 Block W. Florida Ave. Burglary of Vehicle, 1400 Block W. Florida Ave. Theft, 100 Block W. Florida Ave.

RIVERSIDE

Fugitive Who Allegedly Snatched Son Apprehended in Mexico

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to combat criminal street gangs throughout Riverside County.

The Region 7 Gang Task Force is composed of members from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, and Riverside County Probation.

A Perris man who allegedly abducted his young son 18 months ago and fled the country was apprehended in Mexico and extradited to Riverside County, the District Attorney's Office announced today.

Yasar Bader Aqel, 42, was captured in Baja California Monday, in transit with his son, who was not injured, officials said. According to District Attorney's Office Public Information Officer John Hall, the defendant, and child were immediately returned to the U.S., at which point county Child Protective Services staff took custody of the boy, and Aqel was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta, where he's being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Aqel is slated to be arraigned Wednesday in Riverside for alleged probation violations and child concealing. Hall said that in February 2018, Angel was on visitation with his son when he allegedly fled overseas with the boy, possibly going to the Middle East before ending up in Mexico.

Aqel did not have custody rights, and was on probation for misdemeanor child concealment after taking his daughter without his ex-spouse's permission, according to prosecutors.

Investigators with the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force, which includes law enforcement personnel from Riverside County, picked up Aqel's trail and, after learning he was in Mexico, notified the state police there, culminating in his apprehension, the District Attorney's Office said.

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GAME REVIEW

Pumas Take Over Dog Pound Chaparral Starts Fast On Opening Day KYLE HEADLEE| CONTRIBUTED

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riday night lights are upon us and the smell of the turf is as refreshing as a cold glass of ice tea on one of these hot days. Chaparral High School made the trip down to Hemet to take on the Bulldogs in their house on August 23rd.

The game started off with both teams getting defensive stops and forcing punts. Hemet tried to get tricky with their punt formation and converted the first down by allowing the punter to scramble to the outside of the field; however, the play was quickly called back because one too many players were on the line of scrimmage, this time Chaparral was prepared for the trickery and shut it down.

This is when the momentum on the field shifted in Chaparrals' favor, they started to run the ball hard and beat down Hemet's defensive front. Chaparral was the first to score in this matchup and wouldn't let off the gas. By half time the score was 0-14 in favor of

the visiting team from Temecula.

Chaparral scored another two touchdowns in the second half and pulled all of their starters out of the game, the score was 0-28 and Chaparral decided it was a good time to put in their second and third-string players. As the game started to come down to the end Hemet's Max Moore pulled off a couple of great runs and was able to cash in a touchdown breaking multiple tackles on his way to the end zone.

Asaiah Aguilar (a four-year varsity soccer player who is kicking for the football team in his senior year) converted the PAT (point after touchdown) allowing Hemet to put seven points on the board. The game finished with a score of 7-28.

Coach Gregovich encouraged his team after the game telling them that this is only the beginning and that they will be alright.

Hemet graduated a lot of players last year and had to convert a wide receiver to play quarterback this season. As well as that their offensive

line is a brand new unit full of underclassmen and their leading rusher graduated last year too, so the offense needs to be fine-tuned before that are clicking on all cylinders.

Player of the Game goes to Chaparrals Running Back Matthew Majel (#15.) Matthew started the game with three runs in a row and answered the bell every time his coach called his name. He has an old school style of running the football even though he is a smaller back. He runs hard downhill and bounces through contact. He reminded me of a young LaDainian Tomlinson the way he bounced off of contact and kept running.

After the game, Matthew Majel said, (I'm just glad I could come in and help my team win in a role that I'm not used to playing, I couldn't have asked for a better first game as a starting running back. My team did a great job of blocking for me, and without them, I wouldn't have been able to play the way I did.)

Matthew Majel put over 100 yards and two touchdowns in the

OPENING DAY: Hemet Came Out Ready For A Fight | Photo by Kyle

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back to start his season.

It's rumored that Chaparral has a transfer running back who is set to start once his waiting period is over, but if Matthew keeps playing like that he will put up a fight for the full-time starting position.

In other Mountain Pass League

games, San Jacinto dominated Great Oak's 30-6, Tahquitz lost to Vista Del Lago 31-17, West-Valley beat Shadow Hills 40-37, Beaumont beat Palm Desert 14-37 and Citrus Hills didn't play this week. For pictures of the game follow Author Kyle Rae Headlee on Facebook.

MATTHEW MAJEL: Majel Earned Player Of The Game This Week| Photo by Kyle Headlee

THE END ZONE: Max Moore Doing Everything He Can To Keep His Team In The Game| Photo by Kyle Headlee

BOXING

GAME OF THE WEEK

KYLE HEADLEE| CONTRIBUTED

Mustangs off to a Hot Start

Herrera Boys taking over the boxing scene

Mustangs host Desert Mirage Rams

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hey are known as "The Herrera Boys" all around the country. Adrian (5th grade) & Andrew (4th grade) attend Fruitvale elementary school. They both love to play basketball, soccer and ride their skateboards for fun, but that's not why they are best known in town. They are famous amongst the boxing community. Both of them started boxing just two years ago, which when you put in perspective what they have accomplished as an amazing feat. Adrian is the number one ranked boxer in the country (9-10-year-old 60lb division) he is a four-time National Champion, SoCal state champ, and a Junior Olympic Gold Medalist. His list of accolades is impressive, and he continues to dominate his competition.

His younger brother Andrew has his impressive resume. He is a Silver Gloves boxer, Jr Olympic Champ, and So-Cal state champ. Andrew is ranked number three in the nation in the 9-10-year-old 55-pound division. Andrew is adamant that he wants to be a professional boxer when he grows up, he already has a "There isn't another option" mindset. The boys run three miles every day to stay in shape and keep their conditioning up. Other than that they spend two hours each day at Fight To Perfection boxing club in Riverside Ca. The furthest they have traveled for a boxing competition in Missouri, but have an event coming up in Louisiana soon. Their parents are proud of what the boys have accomplished, but are very adamant that they have to finish High School and attend College before becoming professional boxers. Their father said this,

KYLE HEADLEE| CONTRIBUTED

I TRAINING: Andrew Herrera Working Mits| Photo by Kyle Headlee "no matter what happens in your boxing career, boxing is only for a limited time, but your education will be with you for your whole life."

Adrian and Andrew are proud of their Mexican heritage and want their names to go down in the record books along with other Mexican Boxing Legends like Julio Cesar Chavez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar De La Hoya, and Canelo, However they both dream of representing the United States of America in the Olympics and win gold medals for their country.

Both boys are thankful to their parents for pushing them to be great and supporting everything they do.

"Dad pushes us to keep working hard, he never lets us slack or not try hard, and Mom does everything from taking pictures, driving us to practice, and makes sure we are eating healthy so we can make weight," said Andrew.

The Herrera Brothers represent Hemet & San Jacinto at every boxing tournament they attend.

They have space on their trunks for sponsors to help them get to their fights; If you own a business and

want to help these two young boys represent their city all around the nation you can sponsor them by reaching out to Herreraboys951@ gmail.com The Hemet and San Jacinto Chronicle applauds the Herrera Boys for all their accomplishments and is looking forward to covering more of their fights as they continue their careers.

THE RING: Adrian Herrera Training In The Ring| Photo by Kyle

Headlee

n this "Game of the week" brought to you by The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle, we will take you to West Valley as they welcome Desert Mirage into their house and maintain the momentum they have after their big victory in the first game of the season.

Last week West Valley put on an impressive onslaught against Shadow Hills High School. The Mustangs put 40 points on the board with a huge 28 point third quarter. West Valleys' defense was key in this game coming up with four interceptions during the game. West Valley came out on top of the game with a score of 40-34 and started the season equal with San Jacinto, Hemet, & Beaumont who all earn victories in the first week of the season.

Right now West Valley is ranked 458 in the state of California. Their Opponent Desert Mirage comes into West Valley ranked 938, which on paper means that West Valley should leave this game victorious, but Friday Night Lights are a beautiful thing as you never know what's going to happen on the football field. Desert Mirage brings in a new starting Quarterback to the team and a new Head Coach, which means the system could be completely different than what West Valley saw last year when they beat Desert Mirage 30-16.

West Valley should leave the

game with two "W's" in the win column and help build positive momentum before league play starts in a few weeks. Other Mountain Pass League matchups this week include San Jacinto High(94) @ Woodrow Wilson High School (185), Beaumont (265) vs Pacific (802), Citrus Hill (95) vs Palm Springs (260), Tahquitz (710) @ Indio (965), Hemet (509) @ Vista Del Lago (629). Keep an eye on the Citrus Hill game this will be the first time they have played this season.

It will be the first opportunity for the other schools in the league to get a scouting report on them as San Jacinto & Citrus Hills appear to be the top of the division. West Valley, Hemet, Beaumont, & Tahquitz are looking to dethrone the two powerhouses in the division and need to gather as much information as possible to do that.

I would expect that San Jacinto & Citrus Hill aren't even running the same offense and defense they will be when league play begins, to maintain dominance in the division.

Show some support for the Valley and show up to the game at West Valley High School at 7 o'clock tonight. A recap of the game will be available in next week's paper. It's important to show up to these games and buy tickets; it helps the high schools fund sports programs for the kids to participate in all year long.

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Monterey Bay, and its Cannery Row, California ARLENE LEHTONE| CONTRIBUTED

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s a schoolgirl, one boy always followed me around.

Before leaving for school, my mother always used a curler (how many of you remember them?) on my hair, and he liked watching my curls bounce up and down as I walked. Another boy, when I wore Pigtails, would tip their ends in his inkwell. I never could get interested in history, not understanding why I had to memorize the spelling of so many names and when people were born and died.

When I matured and started traveling around the world, I became very interested in the culture and history of wherever I went, and studied up on everywhere before going there, sometimes knowing more than my travel agent or my guide. The more I saw and learned, the more I wanted to see and learn. Therefore, my articles have lots of history. I want to bring back memories to those that have been there, and make those that might never get to these places, feel like they have been there.

One of the most historic places my husband Lloyd and I visited was Monterey Bay and Cannery Row. The first European to Monterey Bay was Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1542, and high seas prevented his landing. In 1602, Spanish explorers charted the Monterey Peninsula, settled in 1770, when Franciscan Priest Junipero Serra, and Spanish Governor Gaspar de Portola, appeared, constructing a mission.

The ships, "La Argentina" and "Santa Rosa," claimed Monterey (down to Dana Point) for Argentina in November 1818. Refilling their larders, they sailed south, plundering and burning. Because Argentina did not pursue its claims, this was California's only active interaction with outside revolutionists throughout the Spanish-American Wars of Independence.

Just about anything significant in California from 1770 to 1848 was in Alta California's capital, Monterey, and under the Spanish, Mexican, and American flags. Seven-acre Monterey State Historic Park has about nine adobes, and other buildings, conserving Monterey's historical and architectural heritage. The Royal Presidio Chapel, erected by the Spanish in 1794, is the oldest structure.

Lloyd and I strolled around the historic old Fisherman's Wharf, once the heart of Monterey's fishing trade. Constructed in 1845 for trading vessels transporting provisions around Cape Horn, Monterey was the key port on the Pacific Coast. The thriving whale industry took over the Wharf, but the diminutive sardine made Monterey an industry front-runner. Besides sardines, were albacore, mackerel, rock cod, salmon, squid, and tuna, and we delighted in the best of fresh seafood.

Fisherman's Wharf had many transformations, and we visualized trading ships, fishing boats, and whalers. The Whaling Station once was a boarding-house for Portuguese whalers and has a diamond-patterned sidewalk crafted from whalebone. We saw the original 1602 landing place of Sebastian Vizcaino, and Father Junipero Serra (over 150 years later).

Throughout the 1850s, Chinese fishermen gathered and dried out salmon and squid. In 1906, their

ARLENE LEHTONE: Monterey Bay

and Cannery Row | Photo by Arlene Lehtone.

China Point community burned under strange conditions, and they moved to McAbee Beach, where there are exhibitions about Portuguese whalers laboring here in the 1860s.

The rapid expansion of the Monterey fishing trade began the fish canning industry and Cannery Row. In February 1908, the first major cannery on Ocean View Avenue was the Pacific Fish Company. The huge Hovden Food Products Corporation was established in July 1916 by Knut Hovden, a Norwegian immigrant, and Hovden was the king of Cannery Row's sardine-canning establishments.

Fishing and canning knowhow prepared Monterey for canned sardines, around the time of World War I. The canneries increased, and Cannery Row canneries lined the seashore. (Cannery Row's wartime production went from 75,000 cases in 1915, to 1,400,000 in 1918). Slowing throughout the Great Depression, World War II saw another increase in the canning industry.

Cannery workers, primarily immigrants, were called to work by cannery whistles, each having a distinctive sound. The workday began with the night catch, continuing until the day's catch was canned. There were no rules for hours and shifts, and cannery employment was long, chilly, malodorous, and hazardous.

The original canneries obtained fish from a pier. Laborers cut fish separately by hand, detaching heads and tails, then scattering them to dry on wooden slats. Big metal baskets of fish then went through boiling peanut oil, drained, put into cans, and were soldered by hand. Labeling and boxing was the final step.

Crossovers, linking the bay-side of the street, we saw remnants of the conveyor belts that conveyed cans.

From the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, up-to-date fishing practices and canning and processing plants, took their toll, and the sardine abundance collapsed in the late-1940. When former Hovden Food Products Cannery packed the Portola brand of sardines, Cannery Row had 17 to 19 working fish canneries. By canning squid, Hovden Cannery outlasted its neighbors, closing its doors in 1973, being the last cannery to shut down. Along the waterfront, Cannery Row now has outdated sardine canning factories.

Hovden Way Promenade allowed us access to the bay, where we watched seals barking and lazing on the rocks, seagulls wheeling and feeding (consuming up to 20 percent of their weight daily, seeking food in kelp beds), and playful otters.

Until 1911, otters were pursued for their pelts. Thought to be ap-

AQUARIUM: As seen from the sea| Photo by Arlene Lehtone.

proaching extinction, a raft of otters was spotted around Big Sur in the 1930s.

In April and May, sea lions swim to Southern California, to breed in the Channel Islands.

Male elephant seals fight and breed for months, then get fatigued (I should think so), a foremost male feasibly having 100 females in his harem. Female elephant seals dive deeper (1,250 meters) than other recorded creatures. Mature bulls weigh between 3,000 to 5,000 pounds each, and the newborns weigh 70 pounds.

We strolled around John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, where sardine harvesting generated Monterey's Cannery Row through the 1920s. In 1935, Cannery Row was Steinbeck's stimulation for his earliest popular novel, "Tortilla Flats," featuring Cannery Row individuals. The street name, formerly a nickname for "Ocean View Avenue," became approved in January 1958 to honor John Steinbeck and his renowned novel "Cannery Row." The sardine canneries were replaced by galleries, shops and restaurants, and we went to the Cannery Row Edgewater Family Fun Center, to see the colorful carousel, with lovely paintings on its top.

Monterey Bay is a microcosm of the open ocean, and several foremost marine research facilities surround the bay. The book, "Between Pacific Tides," written

by Edward F. Ricketts, helped present the understanding of ecology to marine biology. Ricketts was the stimulus for several characters in Steinbeck novels, memorialized as the specimen-collecting Doctor in John Steinbeck's 1945 novel, "Cannery Row." Rickett's biological supply house, a ramshackle laboratory, was at 800 Ocean View Avenue (now Cannery Row), from 1928 to 1948. In a weather-beaten clapboard bay-view building, his Pacific Biological Laboratories is now the Monterey Men's Club.

After World War II, the overfished sardines collapsed, from adverse oceanic circumstances, over-fishing, and rivalry from other species, bringing misfortune to Cannery Row. The locale nearly went into devastation, but Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" transported readers to experience the atmosphere of the renowned street, where we saw beautiful fence murals, which not one person even glanced at, as they walked by.

Before the downfall, Monterey's fishing business was one of the most prolific in the world, with the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, channeled to the surface by the massive underwater Monterey Canyon. On the scale of the Grand Canyon, Monterey Canyon is the largest submarine chasm along the continental U.S. The 70-mile-long trench, including Carmel Canyon, drops to over 10,000 feet.

Sculpted from granite, shale, and sandstone, Monterey Canyon was born 25 to 30 million years ago. Pressed along the San Andreas Fault, as part of the Pacific Plate, much of its magnitude is because of constant seismic movement.

The bay's ecological importance encouraged David Packard, co-founder of electronics goliath Hewlett Packard and his wife, to begin construction of the aquar-

MURAL 1: Monterrey boat works | Photo by Arlene Lehtone.

MURAL 2: Mural along Cannery Row | Photo by Arlene Lehtone.

COLORFUL CAROUSEL: Cannery Row | Photo by Arlene Lehtone.

BUBBA GUMP: Restaurant| Photo by Arlene Lehtone. ium devoted to a single ecosystem. They invested $55-million, and in 1987, they gave another $20-million to launch a related research institute.

In 1984, the cannery reopened as the magnificent Monterey Bay Aquarium, with the inhabitants and varied environments of Monterey Bay. We noticed a Portola sardine trademark painted onto the outside of the aquarium.

One of the world's loftiest aquarium exhibits, the 28-foothigh Kelp Forest, is open to the sky. Fed by pumped-in bay water, having fresh nutrients, sushi lovers welcome the rubbery kelp fronds. We watched kelp climbing over twenty feet from the

bottom, swaying with the rhythm of the ocean.

For dinner, Lloyd and I went to the ocean-side Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant and Market. We enjoyed a huge char-broiled salmon, brushed with herbs, served with sour cream mashed potatoes, followed by an old-fashioned ice cream sundae.

After an enjoyable evening at Bubba Gump's, with their great seafood and memorabilia from the movie, "Forrest Gump," Lloyd and I retired for the night at the Monterey Plaza, a world-class bay resort, with two award-winning restaurants, centrally located on Cannery Row.

MONTERREY BAY: Seaside buildings| Photo by Arlene Lehtone.

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FAITH & RELIGION

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COLUMN OF THE WEEK

My Great-Great-Great-Great Ancestor Was Not a Tadpole!

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BIBLE TRIVIA 1. Is the book of Labor in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Ecclesiastes 4, how many are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor? Two, Three, Five, Seven

he story is told of a former chaplain at Harvard who had students drop by his office every so often for casual chats. Often the conversation would turn to God and before long, the student would come clean with the real reason for the visit. “I don’t believe in God,” they would announce firmly. The seasoned chaplain would give this disarming response: “Stay a minute and tell me what kind of God you don’t believe in. I probably don’t believe in that God either.”

The trouble with God is that He’s not us! Not trying to be funny here, but the Bible says that God is a spirit - a Holy Spirit actually.

Persons who have seen Him are rare, but those fortunate enough to live in the New Testament times did “see” God. The first chapter of John tells us that the Word was God and the Word was made flesh and lived among us and people literally saw His glory. So there was actually a time in history when God was both seeable and touchable. They called Him Jesus, by the way.

SUSAN BECKETT: Pastor The

Dwelling Place City Church | Photo by Susan Beckett

There are, of course, those who contend that there is no God; but any sincere person, pursuing truth, can absolutely come to the solid and positive conclusion that God is indeed very real. Jeremiah 29:13 tells us that when we seek Him, we will find Him when we search for Him with our whole hearts!

So what’s the problem here? Why aren’t more people searching for God? It seems to me that most would rather spend time searching for the best new Nike tennis shoes for their sports-minded kid, or dish out their time searching out the perfect new color for their kitchen

remodel, or even squander 20+ hours each week playing video games, than spend even one hour confirming the existence of Almighty God. As someone once said, “The atheist can’t find God for the same reason that a thief can’t find a policeman!”

Pretty true!!

It’s pretty easy these days to get on-line and check out reasons to believe. You can find amazing scientific arguments for the existence of God, and you don’t have to be a literary genius to do so, just a seeker of truth.

So let’s check out just a few points I found on-line concerning the reality of God that are pretty much no-brainers: Matter Demands a Maker, Life Demands a Life-Giver, Design Demands a Designer, and my favorite - Intelligence Demands an Intelligent Creator! Listen - my ancient ancestor was not a tadpole - my ‘eyeball design’ alone attests to that fact.

Back to Jesus: how exactly does He fit into this picture?

When checking into world religions, one finds that neither Buddha nor Confucius nor Muhammad claimed to be God or even equal to God

- they all identified themselves as teachers or prophets. Only Jesus claimed to be part of the Godhead.

Only Jesus led a sinless life, so only Jesus could go to the cross of Calvary and lay down His life as a true sacrifice for ours! Therefore, only Jesus can offer you and I eternal life because only Jesus paid the price for the gift of eternal salvation, so only Jesus can offer that gift to us!!

As Acts 4:12 puts it: “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Lee Strobel has a fabulous message from Romans 6:23 that he likes to call, “God’s Best One-Liner.” That one-liner verse, in a nutshell, perfectly describes the God that the Harvard chaplain explained to those skeptical students: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Yes, He really loves us that much!

Bob and Susan Beckett Pastor The Dwelling Place City Church at 27100 Girard Street in Hemet. For more information, visit them at: www.dpcitychurch.com.

3. In 1 Kings 5, how many thousand men comprised the labor force that King Solomon raised? 1, 5, 10, 30 4. What son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor in David's kingdom? Baal, Adoniram, Cyrenius, Phaneul 5. From Exodus 20, how many days shalt thou labor and do all thy work? Two, Four, Six, Seven 6. Proverbs 14:23 states, "In all labor there is ..."? Love, Hope, Light, Profit

FAITH IN BRIEFS

BIBLE WORLD ANSWERS

CROSS ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH Anniversary Sunday - Join us Sunday, September 15 as we celebrate 21 years of Pastor Beard’s ministry. 10:30 am - 12:00 pm.

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY Millions have changed their futures with FPU by learning to create a budget, get out of debt, and make a plan for their money. Join us for this 10 week class (9 Regular Classes – Plus a special Financial Workshop). $109 fee for materials. Sunday, Sept 15 thru Sunday, Nov 17, Call (951) 658-7133.

BIBLE TRIVIA ANSWERS 1) Neither 2) Two 3) 30

4) Adoniram 5) Six 6) Profit

CALVARY CHAPEL HEMET Ladies’ “Restoration” Support Group – beginning September 7th, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. “Restoration” is an 8-week support group for ladies of our church who have experienced the hardship of a loss. The loss of a spouse, child, BFF, even a divorce. The course will be divided into two 4-week sessions, with a two week break in-between. It will concentrate on the 23rd Psalm, focusing in on topics like Rest, the Lord’s Healing, Guidance and Hope. There will be a new topic each week, beginning with Relationship and ending with Blessing. We will be meeting in the Koinonia Cafe on Saturdays, beginning September 7th, from 9-11 a.m..

Please see Vivian in the courtyard after service for more information and to signup. Restoration and confidence begins with you taking the first step!

Ladies’ Prayer Meeting – Saturday, September 14th On the 2nd Saturday of each month, we gather together in the Koinonia Cafe from 8am-9am for a women’s prayer group. Come join together for this sweet time in prayer!

Agape Hands Ministry – Saturday, September 14th Agape Hands is a ministry using sewing and quilting to minister to our local community. Some of the projects include baby bibs, blankets, and quilts for our veterans. If you sew, quilt, or would like to learn how, come and join us! We even have ideas on how you can participate from home. We meet in the Fellow-

ship Hall on the second Saturday of each month from 9:30am-12pm.

UNITY VALLEY CHURCH IN HEMET “A Taste of Conscious Aging.” This fun and interactive workshop will guide participants to reflect on their own assumptions and stereotypes about aging, retire the inner critic, and connect with each other to consider new possibilities for aging with grace and more self-compassion. Date: Sunday, September 1. Time: 12.00 – 1:45. Location: 140 N Buena Vista Street in Hemet. Cost: $20 (no one turned away for lack of funds). Lead by IONS Conscious Aging Facilitator, Robyn Plante. For more about the Conscious Aging program: https://noetic.org/experience/ conscious-aging/. For further information about the workshop, please visit: http:// unitychapel-hemet.com/ or Unity Valley Church Phone: (951) 658-4290.

World Day of Prayer Unity Worldwide Ministries celebrates World Day of Prayer, with a seven hour prayer vigil. Thursday, September 12 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The public is welcome to drop in to pray during that time. A prayer service featuring individuals from several faith traditions in our community will be held at 6:00-7:00 pm. All are welcome. For further information, (951) 658-4290.

ZOE Water Day - ZOE KIDS Join Us September Water Day. Big Mama Slide Little Pools, Water Balloons 11:30am-1pm.

Date: September 1st @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT Zóé, defined is: LIFE, both physical & spiritual. Life that has been given to us by God & sustained by God. Services - Sunday services begin at 10:00 am and Wednesday evenings start at 7:00 pm.

Zóé IE, 145 N. Tahquitz, Hemet, CA. 92543 HEMET CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Gathering together - Sunday 9am, 11am and 6pm. Thursday 7pm.

Come as you are. You Belong! Regardless of where you are on your spiritual

journey, you Belong! We are a fellowship that does not tolerate people, we celebrate them. We are completely invested in what Jesus laid his love down for — YOU!!!!

When you walk through the doors of your new community here at HCA you will know immediately that you are home!

602 E. St. John Place, Hemet, CA 92543 4|12 CHURCH SAN JACINTO Family Camping Trip - September 20-22. Get the RV or pack your tent and come with your 412 Church family on a weekend campout at beautiful Silent Valley Club! This is going to be fun for the whole family!

Men's & Women's Bible Study Sign Ups - (Study begins September 10th). Join us for our Fall Semester of Men's & Women's Bible Study as we walk through the Book of Esther & Nehemiah!

LifeGoup Fall Semester Sign Ups - (Semester begins September 9th).

LifeGroups are Small Groups of our Church family that meet in homes all over the valley and are made of all different types of people! This is how we live at The Church! Building relationships! Praying with and for one another and building up our relationship with God together! Sign up today by click the link below!

Married Couples Sign Ups - (Starts September 9th). Come and be a part of the 412 Church Community! We gather monthly on the 2nd Monday of each month in the Fellowship Hall at 7 PM. Childcare Provided. Sign up below!

Contact us: Phone: 951-654-1401 Address:1450 W. 7th St. San Jacinto, CA 92582 HOPE IN THE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH Labor of Love - An annual opportunity for the people of Hope in the Valley Baptist Church to come and labor together in our church or the community to show God's love. This year we will focus on beautifying our church buildings and grounds. Activities appropriate for all ages/skill levels.

Saturday, August 31, 2019 from 7:00 am - 10:00 am. Lunch to follow. 1480 North Kirby Street, Hemet, CA.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS

INTER VALLEY VITALITY CENTER

Reduce Stress When Caring for a Loved One, RSVP to 800 886-4471. September 4, 2019 at 10 am.

COMPULSIVE EATERS ANONYMOUS

September 3, 2019, 10:15 am at San Jacinto, 951537-8797

HEMET PUBLIC LIBRARY

Celebration of Poetry - Saturday, August 31 from 9:30 am – 11:30 am Book Clubs - Director's Book Shelf meets the third Thursday of every month at 1pm in the Director's Office.

Diamond Valley Writers Guild - DVWG meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 9:30-11:30 Do You Hoopla? - Download the app or go to Hoopladigital.com. Log in with your library card. Borrow free digital movies, music, and more with no late fees!

Historical Hemet News - You can now search the Hemet News from Home! View the Historical Hemet News from 1899-1958, and the Riverside Press Enterprise from 1992 to today. These resources are available with your Hemet Library card.

Hemet Self-Help Group - September 4, 2019 at 10am - 12pm. Contact Sarah Baldwin · Baldwin.sarah@ ymail.com · 760-580-0658 Preschool Storytime - Every Thursday. September 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 11-11:45 am First Friday Lecture - First Friday of every month.

September 6, 2019 at 10 am

VALLEY-WIDE RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT

Oldlympics - The 35th Annual Oldlympics are coming! This popular senior event competition takes place from September 20 thru October 8. Oldlympics was created for the community's men and women, ages 50 years and older, to provide an opportunity to compete against their peers in regulated events that are traditional, relaxed, and informal. Events are bench press, billiards, bingo, bowling, chair volleyball, cribbage, Fun-tathlon, golf, horseshoes, lawn bowling, pickleball, pinochle, Scrabble, shuffleboard, swimming, table tennis, tennis, Texas Hold ’em, tournament blackjack and track and field. For information, call 951-927-6673.

CHARLOT GYMNASTICS

Extra Practice Session - For children 6 years old up to 18 years old and is open to the public. The kids have full access to the gym and the equipment. Coaches will be on the floor to make sure they are using the equipment safely, but it is not a normal structured gymnastics class. August 30, September 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2019 from 7pm to 9pm.

Pop N Play - Open to the public for children 5 and under every Wednesday and Friday. The kids have full access to the gym in a safe and fun environment. A coach will be on the floor to make sure the kids are using the equipment safely and for younger kids, the parents can go out on the floor with them. August 28, 2019 and September 4, 11, 12 & 25, 2019, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM. 1102 S. State St. Suite 5, San Jacinto, CA. More info: (951) 487-1200. http://charlotgym.com

ESSENTIAL OILS

Essential Oils for Fitness - Whether you exercise for fun, to lose weight, to build strength or muscle, to stay active with your friends and family, or just because you want to be healthy—essential oils can be a helpful part of any workout routine. We will have fun trying the oils together. There will be a door prize drawing and a sampling of food/drink with essential oils. August 31, 2019. 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

North San Jacinto Street, Hemet, CA.

ESTUDILLO HERITAGE GARDEN

Valley Beautiful Work Morning - Interested Gardeners are invited to join Valley Beautiful members for a morning of gardening at the Estudillo Heritage Park Water Conservation Garden on the grounds of the San Jacinto Museum and the Estudillo Mansion in San Jacinto.

Tuesday, September 17. Call Estudillo Garden Captain Nancy Austin (951) 658-7319.

FIRST FRIDAY AT SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (SRCAR)

Come on out to our First Friday Event at Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors, SRCAR. Come out to hear our awesome speakers and to network with other business owners in the community.

Bring a raffle prize and promote your business. Don't forget your business cards.

September 6, 2019 from 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM. At: Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors. 2355 East Florida Avenue, Hemet, CA 92543. Call: 951-658-3211.

HISPANIC NETWORK MEETING

This is a great opportunity to show care your knowledge and introduce your business to the community.

If you have a topic you would like to present to our group, please email esmeraldasanchez.ca@gmail.com with you name, contact information, business, and proposed topic.

September 10, 2019 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM. Call: 951-652-3211.

District staff from the office of State Senator Mike Morrell (R-Inland Empire) will hold office hours at the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Chamber of Commerce the first week of September. Constituents can stop by to discuss statewide or community issues as well as seek help with problems they may be having with state agencies. Appointments are encouraged and can be made by contacting the District Office at (909) 919-7731.

September 3, 2019 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

LORI RAUPE TRAINING

Lori Raupe Training " Understanding The Buyers Journey."

September 12, 2019 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. At: 615 N. San Jacinto St.. Hemet, CA 92543 Call: 951-658-3211.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS NETWORK

THEMED ROBOTICS WORKSHOP

HEMET CITY COUNCIL MEETING

SAN JACINTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING

September 3 & 17, 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. San Jacinto Unified School District Board Room, 2045, South San Jacinto Ave.

JOSTENS RENAISSANCE LEADERSHIP TOUR

INSPIRE THE HOPELESS. EMPOWER THE DREAMERS. Culture. Climate. Leadership. Come and join us to meet with Dr. Phil Campbell (PC) as we discuss ways to positively impact your school’s culture and climate through the tools and resources available through Jostens Renaissance.

Monday, September 16, 2019, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Tahquitz High School at 4425 Titan Trail, Hemet, CA.

DIA DE LA FAMILIA

Please join us for a DIA DE LA FAMILIA/ FAMILY DAY Event to learn more about college resources, college success, and how to transfer. We encourage you to bring your families so they too can learn about how to help you be a successful MSJC Student. THERE WILL BE FREE FOOD, WORKSHOPS, AND GIVEAWAYS! Dia de la Familia will be held at the San Jacinto Campus.

Saturday, August 31, from 8:00 am - 1:30 pm. At 1499 N. State Street, San Jacinto, CA. For more information contact: Diana Serrano at dserrano@msjc.edu.

SAN JACINTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Crowdfunding | Workshops for Nonprofits - The Valley Nonprofit Network of the Hemet San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce presents Workshops for Nonprofits: Crowdfunding - Launching a Fundraising Campaign Using Social Media.

Wed, September 11, 2019, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Hemet San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce at 615

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Launching a Fundraising Campaign Using Social Media. Crowdfunding is the effective use of Social Media to raise funds for your organization. Learn how you can create a campaign that will “go viral” across the internet, drawing donors using the power of social connections.

This workshop will discuss specific techniques for creating a crowd-funding campaign, including the use of Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social media tools.

September 11, 2019 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. At: Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors at 2355 East Florida Avenue, Hemet. Call: (951) 658-3211.

RIBBON CUTTING AT STAPLES

Scheduled meetings Second & Fourth Tuesday of Each Month. September 10 & 24 2019. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Hemet City Council Chambers 450 E. Latham.

William (Bill) Bailey Mitchell, age 70, of Hemet, CA, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019. He was born on January 8, 1949 in Hemet, CA to Bailey and Ruth Mitchell. He attended San Jacinto Elementary School, San Jacinto High School and Mt. San Jacinto Community College. He served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971. Upon his discharge, he worked on the Mitchell Dairy for several years before beginning his 45-year career as a jeweler. He owned and operated Parkhurst Jewelers for 15 years. Bill married Rebecca (Becky) Mercer Nelson in 1989. Bill is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Becky; daughters Noelle Hendry of Hemet, Heather Forst (Andy) of Hemet, Christina Mitchell (David) of Oregon, OH, and sons Bailey Mitchell (Mark) of London, England, Cody Nelson (Tiffany) of Hemet and Sky Nelson (Tiffany) of Hemet. He is especially proud of his 11 grandchildren, Bella and Haven Hendry, Jensen, Daize and Kane Forst, Dexter and Jack Brown, Amamamamelie Mitchell, Abby Nelson, Hunter and Emory Nelson. Bill is also survived by his identical twin brother Tom Mitchell of Hemet and his sister Kay McKnight of Ramona.

THE VALLEY NON-PROFIT WORK SHOP

Assemblyman Chad Mayes' district staff will offer mobile district office hours to answer constituent questions or to assist them with issues they may have with government. September 23, 2019. 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. At Hemet City Hall, 445 East Florida Avenue, Hemet, CA 92543. Call Rosilicie 760-346-6342 for more information.

September 11, 2019. 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. At: 3381 W Florida Ave, Hemet, CA 92545. Call: 951-658-3211.

January 8, 1949 - August 23, 2019

MORRELL STAFF TO HOLD MOBILE OFFICE HOURS IN HEMET

Come join us at our Women In Business Network Meeting and not only be inspired, but be an inspiration to women in our Valley. We present a Teachable Moment with great speakers and also present a Business in Focus each month. It's not just about Women, Men are encouraged to attend. Bring your business cards and meet other business owners in the area.

Attendees are eligible to promote their business at the meeting with a 30 second commercial for providing a door prize for the monthly drawing.

Speaker to be announced.

September 17, 2019 from 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM. At: Assistance League, 180 North Girard Street, Hemet, CA 92544. Contact Yolanda Saenz, Business Development 951-658-3211 for more info.

ASSEMBLYMAN CHAD MAYES TO HOLD MOBILE DISTRICT OFFICE HOURS

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Themed Robotics Workshops, every 3rd Saturday.

Cool, hands-on activities for grades 1-6!

Experience with programming to animate their robotic creations, creative exercises that develop critical thinking skills and encourage an early love for stem.

September 21, 2019 from 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM. At: 1505 W. Florida Ave., Suite A, Hemet, CA 92543. Call: Jodi True (951) 765-1171 for more information.

CHAMBER MIXER - V.I.P TOTS

Hemet San Jacinto Chamber Mixer - Let's network, get to know each other, and have fun! - The More the Merrier!

Let's get together to develop relationships with each other. Take time to learn about what other members are offering and share what's going on with your business.

September 25, 2019 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM. At: 41915 Acacia Ave, Hemet, CA 92544. Call: 951-6583211 for more information.

CHAMBER 101

Member & New Member Orientation - It is our honor to invite you to join our Chamber 101. This is a beneficial meeting to introduce your business to the Chamber. We will be introducing the membership rewards and benefits, plus it’s another great opportunity to network and get to know other business owners in our community. Our meeting topics will be as follows: •Using our website to your advantage •Finding out about all our services within the Chamber for your use.

•Locating and attending the various network meetings and organizations within the Chamber.

September 26, 2019 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM. At: 615 N. San Jacinto St., Hemet, CA 92543. Call: 951-6583211 for more info.

BLOOD DRIVE

September 21, 2019 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. At: Sierra Dawn Estates ( Rec Room ). 1050 San Marcos Drive, Hemet, CA.

BUSINESS EXPO

September 4, 2019 from 4 pm – 7 pm at Hemet Valley Mall, Call: 951-658-3211

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Ronald W. Sullivan, Board President Eastern

Municipal Water District Eastern Municipal Water District is the water, wastewater service and recycled water provider to approximately 827,000 people living and working within a 555-square mile service area in western Riverside County. It is California’s

sixth-largest retail water agency and its mission is “To deliver value to our customers and the communities we serve by providing safe, reliable, economical and environmentally sustainable water, wastewater and recycled water services.”

More information can be found at www.emwd.org.

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including media representatives interested in attending the event are asked to contact Dawn Lawrence, SJUSD’s public information officer at (951) 929- 7700 x4411; she will provide directions for campus access and/or escorting to the event location.

PATRIOT DAY: During SJHS’s Patriot Day Ceremony last year, cadets in the AFJROTC raise the American flag in the school’s courtyard.| Courtesy Photo

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ogs are important and adored members of their families, however, millions go missing every year. The reasons are varied and probably not all that surprising. A curious dog might jump over a fence or dig a hole under one.

A pup might sneak out a door or gate inadvertently left open. Worn or broken leashes or collars could also allow a dog to escape your control.

Regardless of how a dog is lost, what matters most is getting your pup back home. Here are three important steps to take before and after a dog goes missing: 1. Before your dog ever goes missing, you can help protect your pup. Leverage innovative technology designed to reunite dogs with the people who love them, like the recently launched Wag! Tag, a smarter dog tag from the dog walking and sitting app Wag! Pet parents can use their smartphones to scan the unique code found on the tag to create a profile for their dog with important information, such as emergency and veterinary contacts, vaccination history, food and medicine allergies, and other relevant notes.

If your dog ever goes ​ ho missing, the person w finds your pup can scan the Wag! Tag with their smartphone to access the dog’s profile and contact you. The additional information on the profile can help that person contact someone else if you’re not

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Travis is such a cutie, standing out from the crowd with his adorable scruffy fur. His sweet face will draw you in and beg you to give him a good home. Travis came in as a stray, is about five years old and weighs 20 pounds, and loves to make cute giggle noises when he gets excited during playtime. Travis is up to date on his vaccines, de-wormed, neutered, and is available now.

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available, as well as ensure your dog receives good care until you’re reunited.

“Our love for dogs is what led us to launch the Wag! Tag,” says Wag! CEO, Hilary Schneider. “A smarter dog tag will help a lost pup return home more quickly by allowing a pet parent to share a lot more information than is possible with a traditional dog tag.”

Wag! is launching the tags by first providing them free to animal shelters and rescue organizations to help ensure that once rescue dogs find forever homes, they can be quickly reunited with their families if they ever go missing. The company has a long commitment to helping shelter dogs, donating a portion of its dog-walking proceeds to GreaterGood.org’s Rescue Bank.

To-date, Wag! has provided more than 8 million

meals to shelter dogs in the U.S. For more information,visit tag.wagwalking.com/shelter.

2. Use social media to get out the word. Post to your own feed, asking friends and neighbors to share your post. Reach a wider audience by sharing your post on the pages of local community groups.

3. Of course, don’t neglect the traditional tactic of pounding the pavement, asking your neighbors if they’ve seen your pup, as well as posting fliers in highly-trafficked areas in your community.

Be sure to include a recent high-resolution picture of your pet. And of course, keep your eyes open!

You can imagine the heartbreak that a lost pup brings. Luckily, new technology as well as old-fashioned neighborly networking, can help ensure a happy reunion.

Comet is waiting to meet her forever family. Comet came in as a timid, scared kitty because her owner was no longer able to care for her. Comet has been an indoor cat who prefers some quiet time with the ones she loves. She loves to cuddle up and purr when you hold her, but you can tell this little girl is stressed out in a shelter environment.

Comet is about three years old and weighs six pounds, is up to date on her vaccines, de-wormed, and will be spayed before her adoption. Comet is available now.

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Ramona Humane Society, 690 Humane Way, San Jacinto, CA., 92582 Open 7 days a week, 951-654-8002.

Barnaby

DOB: 8/23/11 Chihuahua Mix - Male Barnaby is one proud pup that struts out on a walk and thinks he is bigger than he is. He is happiest when he can roll around on the grass and scratch his back.

He also absolutely loves belly rubs and being with people. Barnaby will probably be cool with older children. He does get along with his kennel mates but can be a little bossy at times.

Barnaby will be best in a home that will provide leadership along with daily walks and an abundance of love.

Romee

DOB 6/14/18 DSH Solid Black Female Meet Romee! Romee is a beautiful gem in hiding! Not only does she enjoy the attention, but she is also the perfect greeter! While at the cattery, Romee loves to nap in her favorite Kitty Casa and enjoys her crunchies! This mellow sweetie is patiently waiting for her forever home! All of our cats are spayed or neutered, microchipped, and up to date on all vaccinations.

Our two main requirements for adopting a cat are: —must be indoors only, cannot go outside — declawing is NOT allowed

Living Free, is a donor-supported, nonprofit, no-kill animal sanctuary. Located at 54250 Keen Camp Road in Mountain Center off Highway 74, 15 Minutes from Idyllwild.

For more information, call: 951-321-9982 or visit living-free.org/adopt.

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San Jacinto tracks down the history of the city seal JACOB DOANE | STAFF WRITER

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n August 20 the San Jacinto city council had a discussion about choosing the new city seal, but more on that in a bit. Before they got to the point of choosing, we were given a very interesting history lesson on the origins of the San Jacinto seal that dated back to 1870. Symbolism is a powerful tool. It can be used to tell a story, warn or remind. Affixing a symbol to seal a document is an ancient custom used to legitimize or validate a document and its purpose. Most official seals, depending on the age or when they were created, depict various patriotic, civic, regional, or symbolic meanings that are connected to the organization/location.

The current San Jacinto seal is in fact, not the official seal. According to City Manager Rob Johnson,

SEAL 1: Seal/Icon currently in use by police and government employees. | City of San Jacinto

“The currently used seal is an unofficial one created as a symbol for the Police Department to use” and it spread organically through the con-

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iverside County supervisors signed off today on an Executive Office response to a grand jury report critical of the way the Department of Animal Services handles payments collected by its officers in the field, citing safety and efficiency concerns.

On a 5-0 vote without comment, the Board of Supervisors certified the county’s answer to the civil grand jury, which is near the end of the last fiscal year issued findings that focused on alleged deficiencies regarding how payments are collected and processed by animal control officers.

The county’s three-page answer to the panel stated that the issues which jurors found concerning have either been resolved or are close to resolution.

The 19-member grand jury, which has Superior Court authority to investigate almost any matter of concern in county government, said it could not identify a specific written policy establishing how animal control officers are supposed to manage receipt of payments for various services while in the field, including pet surrender fees, owner redemption fees, and euthanasia fees, all of which can run anywhere between $40 and $150.

The main concern pertained to cash handling and how officers secure cash to ensure it isn’t lost or stolen. According to Executive Office staff, a policy does exist,

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Little Change to Average Riverside County Gas Price ANIMAL SERVICES: Grand Jury is investigating the possible deficiencies regarding how payments are collected and processed by animal control officers . | File photo from Riverside Animal Services. and it instructs officers to lock money inside a box bolted inside each animal control patrol vehicle. Accepting credit card payments in the field, which would likely eliminate cash transactions, remains a challenge because most of the county’s three-dozen animal control officers are not trained to use Internet-based software that can be loaded onto their tablet devices to process charge card payments.

Officials said the Department of Animal Services is working to have all officers trained in the mobile Converge credit processing system by Dec. 31.

The grand jury concluded that the cash-based system was “cumbersome and unsafe,” with many

officers and supervisory personnel unhappy with managing and keeping track of dollar bills.

Jurors also found how receipts are recorded in the department’s database to be “time-consuming and inefficient.”

Executive Office staff said that, even with full implementation of the mobile processing system in the field, all types of transactions will still need to be entered into the agency database.

“Without this information, no official record will exist of the transaction,” the staff wrote.

“These records are vital to know the status of animals, such as if they are licensed, have bitten anyone in the past, or have violations of law pending against them.”

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The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped one-tenth of a cent today to $3.494, one day after a run of 21 decreases in 22 days totaling 9.2 cents ended with the price unchanged.

The average price is at its lowest amount since March 26, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average price is 1.8 cents less than one week ago, 11.2 cents lower than one month ago and 2.1 cents less than one year ago. It has risen 22.6 cents since the start of the year.

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Senator Gillibrand says she’s Woman cleared of murder ending 2020 presidential bid after 35 years in prison gets $3M RENO, NEV.

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emocrat Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER’sten JIHL’-uhbrand) is dropping out of the presidential race.

The 52-year-old New York senator announced her decision Wednesday on Twitter as her campaign, which once looked to ride strong #MeToo credentials, was plagued by low polling and fundraising struggles. She had failed to meet thresholds for re-

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woman who spent 35 years in prison for a Nevada murder she didn’t commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence on a crime-scene cigarette butt will get $3 million in a partial settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Cathy Woods, 68, will continue to seek additional damages from the city of Reno and former detectives she accuses of coercing a fabricated confession from her while she was a patient at a Louisiana mental hospital in 1979, according to her lawyer, Elizabeth Wang.

Woods was released from prison in 2015 when new evidence linked the 1976 killing of a Reno college student to an Oregon inmate, Rodney Halbower, who has since has been convicted of two San Francisco Bay Area slayings that happened during the same period.

Woods, who now lives with relatives near the city of Anacortes, Washington, was the longest-ever wrongfully incarcerated woman in U.S. history, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.

“Although no amount of money will compensate Ms. Woods for what she endured, this will go at least some way toward providing care for her,” Wang said.

Woods was extremely psychotic and never should have been interrogated by detectives investigating the 1976 killing of 19-year-old

MICHELLE MITCHELL: The nursing student at UNR who was found with her hands bound and her throat slashed at garage near campus in 1976. | Photo: RGJ file

CATHY WOODS: After 35 years in jail, Woods was exonerated in the 1976 murder of student Michelle Mitchell. She is now suing the City of Reno and Washoe County, along with two Reno police law enforcement officers and former Washoe County district attorney. | File Photo

Michelle Mitchell, Wang said.

The Washoe County Commission voted 4-0 on Tuesday to pay $3 million to settle a portion of the federal lawsuit that had named former county District Attorney Cal Dunlap as a defendant.

Wang said she will ask a federal judge to drop him as a defendant after the partial settlement is finalized.

A separate lawsuit filed against the state earlier this month also will continue, Wang said, under a new Nevada law that went into effect this year allowing those wrongfully convicted to seek up to $3.5 million in civil damages. The federal lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages.

Woods’ initial conviction in 1980 was overturned by Nevada’s Supreme Court. She was convicted again in 1984, and the high court upheld that conviction in 1988.

A judge vacated it for good in 2014 after DNA technology not previously available linked evidence to Halbower.

Detectives in Reno and Northern California subsequently identified him as the “Gypsy Hills Killer,” named for an area in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Pacifica where one body was found.

Authorities believe Halbower raped and killed six women and girls — including Mitchell in Reno in 1976. But he only was charged with two killings and last year was sentenced to life in prison for the killings of

17-year-old Paula Baxter and 18-year-old Veronica Cascio.

The county said in a statement it remains confident there was no wrongdoing by any county employees but that the settlement brings an end to costly litigation.

“The conviction and subsequent incarceration of Woods for murder is a tragic situation that Washoe County hopes is never repeated,” the county said. “While money can rarely compensate an individual for loss of freedom, Washoe County sincerely hopes that this monetary settlement will be utilized for the best possible care of Woods.”

Woods’ federal lawsuit filed in 2016 says she was a poorly educated woman with severe mental illness who was “intentionally framed” by authorities.

She was bartending in Reno when Mitchell was killed. She later moved to Louisiana, and her mother committed her to the psychiatric hospital where Woods told a counselor about “a girl named Michelle being murdered in Reno.”

Washoe County public defender Maizie Pusich told The Associated Press in 2014 Woods didn’t remember confessing while at the hospital.

“I’m told it was a product of wanting to get a private room,” Pusich said. “She was being told she wasn’t sufficiently dangerous to qualify, and within a short period she was claiming she had killed a woman in Reno.”

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Houston.

Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. She was vocal on curbing sexual harassment and promoting equal pay for women and family leave, making those and defending abortion rights the core of her presidential bid.

But Gillibrand also was the first Senate Democrat to call for Minnesota Sen. Al Franken’s resignation and says that alienated donors and some voters.

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he gunman accused of killing 22 people in El Paso, Texas, told police that the AK-style rifle used in the attack came from Romania and that he ordered his ammunition online from Russia.

The claims raised a series of questions about how the suspect acquired his weapons and what the laws are that govern firearms from overseas manufacturers.

HOW MANY FIREARMS ARE IMPORTED EACH YEAR INTO THE UNITED STATES? In 2017, nearly 5 million firearms were imported into the United States, according to the most recent report available on the issue from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Of those, 3.2 million were handguns, 572,309 were rifles and 632,105 were shotguns.

Most of those firearms originated in Austria, while Russia and Romania were near the bottom. Romania exported 16,316 firearms to the U.S. that year, the bulk of them handguns. Russia exported 15,857 to the U.S., with most of them being rifles and shotguns.

CAN INDIVIDUALS BUY FIREARMS FROM OVERSEAS? No. Most foreign-based firearms companies have either manufacturing plants in the United States or their products are purchased in bulk by importers in the United States. Those importers are then required to ensure that each firearm is in compliance with American laws before they can sell them to a federally licensed dealer for retail.

For example, some foreign-made long guns will need to have a different stock put on or to have the flash suppressor replaced to ensure that they meet American requirements, said Alan Rice, a spokesman for Gun Owners of America.

“They just don’t get shipped to the States,” he said. “They have to go through a lot of rules, then can go from an importer to a dealer. It’s very rare that only one firearm will be imported.”

David Chipman, a retired ATF agent who is now an adviser with Giffords, the gun-control advocacy group, agreed that it was unlikely the El Paso gunman purchased his firearm directly from Romania.

He likened it to buying a car from a foreign-based manufacturer such as BMW or Volkswagen.

“You can go into a gun store and you can buy one — just like a car dealership — a gun that’s not manufactured in the United States,” he said.

WHAT’S THE ALLURE OF FOREIGN-MADE FIREARMS? It mainly comes down to money, as they tend to be cheaper than American-made firearms. For example, a Romanian WASR10 sells for around $700, whereas some American made AR-15-style guns can run well over $1,000.

“America’s gun market has been heavily influenced for the past several decades by these cheap weapons of war that became popular because they’re so much less expensive,” Chipman said.

CAN AN INDIVIDUAL BUY AMMUNITION ONLINE? Yes and no. It’s not legal to purchase ammunition from overseas online unless the person has a permit to do so.

To purchase ammunition in the U.S., the person must be 18 to buy ammunition for a long gun and at least 21 to purchase ammunition used in a handgun.

There are no restrictions on the amount of ammunition that can be purchased in each transaction. The person does have to attest that he or she is not prohibited from possessing the ammunition but, just like purchasing ammunition in a store, it is not subject to a background check.

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ging deeper Johnson revealed to us that we do in fact have an official city seal. Under the San Jacinto Municipal Code Chapter – City Seal 1.08, the chapter referring to the City Seal, it states that the official seal depicts a cornucopia spilling fruits to the valley, a mountain range in the background and an encircling border that reads “City of San Jacinto, Founded 1870.” So technically this seal that may predate incorporation is the official seal. In the search to uncover the origins of the official seal, the city discovered there was another tucked away in the records. One that depicts grapes on a vine and states, “City of San Jacinto, Incorporated April AD 1888.”

It was unclear whether or not that seal had ever been used in any official capacity.

That’s all for the history lesson, now onto the contest.

The city received two entries, one from Richard Gaviria, and one from Edie Gaviria.

Both submissions had their merit, and the council liked aspects of both, so they decided to accept Edie’s with

SEAL 2: The official city seal of San Jacinto. This seal may predate incorporation. | City of San Jacinto

SEAL 3: One of the seals found in the search, unable to determine if it was ever an official seal. | City of San Jacinto

a caveat. They would accept Edie’s artwork, with Richard’s border, but would also consult with the Soboba band as well as internally to decide on the inclusion of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indian tribe’s depiction. So I may have deceived you a little, there is no

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solid official seal as of yet, but in the coming weeks the art

will be finalized and its incorporation will follow after.

submitted this entry that depicts the Estudillo Mansion at the foot of North Mountain with the “S” illuminated. A California Brown Bear is in the forefront with feathers acknowledging the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indian Tribe on the outside band of the seal. | City of San Jacinto

mitted this entry that depicts the Estudillo Mansion, North Mountain with the “S” illuminated, an agriculture field, and a representation of Native Americans to honor the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indian Tribe. | City of San Jacinto

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Amazon rainforest and global warming

Regarding fires in the Amazon jungle (Letters published in The L.A. Times Newspaper on August 27, 2019)

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mental groups might have set fires to draw criticism of his government.

He has deployed Brazilian armed forces to help combat and prevent fires, while smoke can be seen thousands of miles away in Sao Paulo and is visible from space. “The forest in Amazonia and those including countries outside of Brazil constitutes about 25 percent of the carbon sink globally. And that’s why losing this carbon to the atmosphere has such enormous consequences for global warming.” According to the World Wildlife Foundation, the Amazon region contains one in 10 known species on earth.

Scientist says the Amazon

could irreversibly degrade into a dry savannah. “Currently the level of deforestation in the Amazon is about 15% that’s already been destroyed if that level reaches 20 to 25%, there’s some concern that this could create conditions that will make it difficult for forest to continue to function. And so the ecosystems are going to change.

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n e w s , people tend to forget about it. But this is going to have a lasting impact and one that will reverberate not only through Brazil, but also globally. The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru, and other South American countries, is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity. It’s crisscrossed by thousands of rivers, including the powerful Amazon River towns, with l9th-century architecture from rubber-boom days, include Brazil’s Manaus

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Every breath you take

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he Global Economy is headed into a slowdown and I, like many, believe a recession is in progress but unconfirmed. Over the last few months, I have discussed data that points to this and provide recommendations. True, that some but not all data have not confirmed this yet. Recently, in addition to the inverted treasury yield curve, is the U.S. PMI has dropped below 50 this month from 50.4 in July to below 50. This is low since 2012. Despite this and the volatility whipsaw of the markets, there are reasons to be optimistic.

First, don’t panic, and here are a few things not to do. It is during these cycles that clients and humans, in general, will find themselves checking their accounts more often. A lot more often. Also, there will be an urge to become emotional and to start making decisions on when to sell or to second guess a portfolio’s strategy.

Here is some advice. Do not check your account unless planned for by a strategy. You do not need the stress and, in the scheme of life, this volatility is for the short term. Do not be the culprit sung about by the Police in “Every Breath You Take” and let this market consume your thoughts.

Over 2019 and 2020, more news and data points will confirm the slowdown and a small Recession for the United States and the larger global recession. This news will be lagging and will come out after it occurred and confirmed, with data released month(s) after it occurred. The good news here is that historically a recession has been overdue and to check it off the list would allow the economy, corporations and our portfolios to continue to grow. In other words, the system needs one to be healthy. Typically, history has dictated one recession every decade. Since the last recession in 2008, the U.S. economy has expanded very, very slowly. Inflation seems not to have grown at all.

With what strengths the U.S. economy has, such as a shortage in housing, all-time unemployment lows, and global strength, it is poised to remain and strengthen as the world economic leader. This bodes well for the U.S. economy, corporations and of course you.

Remaining cautious during this time frame, keep your powder dry, and do not let the news consume “Every Breath You Take.” Prepare your portfolio to weather the volatility and position to add to your portfolio at a discounted price. I always say, have a plan on what to buy and at what cost if it were on sale. If you have identified these ingredients, then you will have a recipe for success.

Stay the course with your plan, review how you have performed, and make adjustments as necessary.

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henever I read or hear statements like “estimates show nearly 20% of oxygen produced by the Earth’s land comes from the Amazon rain forests, often being called the ‘planet’s lungs’, and that Brazil has had more than 75,000 fires so far this year, with more than half in the Amazon Region, Robin Chazdon, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut has stated that “what’s happening in the Amazon has actually been happening for several years, but it’s reaching a critical point.” Environmentalists blame the fires on Brazilian President Bolsonaro; they say he’s encouraging cattle ranchers and loggers to build on the land. “What we’re seeing is an unprecedented deliberate setting of fires to clear land for agricultural use,” Bolsonaro said nongovern-

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To the Editor: The thousands of fires burning in the Amazon rainforest constitute the scariest climate emergency yet. This is happening right now, it is irreversible, and what is lost is not replaceable.

In the blink of an eye, we are turning one of the Earth’s greatest hopes for survival into one of Earth’s greatest contributions to our demise. We are destroying the planet’s bountiful ecological diversity to create more land for cattle grazing so we can eat meat.

We are all travelers on a lifeboat sailing through space and time, and some of us are poking holes in our fragile boat. What do the rest of us do? Accept the immense, irreversible stupidity of our species, or step forward to protect our irreplaceable planet?

This moment will not come again. There is no time left.

Phil Beauchamp Chino Hills

To the Editor: If Brazil had found vast deposits of oil within its borders, it would reap billions of dollars. However, when it is responsible for much of the world’s oxygen by way of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is told by other industrialized countries, which have squandered their own land to improve their people’s standard of living, not to exploit its resources.

How about a global carbon tax with the proceeds going to countries that preserve and expand forests? This will monetize the preservation of these life-sustaining lands.

If Alaska can pay an oil dividend to its residents, Brazil ought to be compensated by the rest of the world and pay its people a forest dividend.

Rene Kaprielian San Diego

To the Editor: “Your money or your life” was a Jack Benny joke from his radio show when the miserly character was held up in a comedy skit. Benny’s punchline: “I’m thinking it over.”

It was so obvious to the audience which option was more precious, but right now humanity does not see the obvious.

The Amazon and other great forests around the world are burning, and we must choose between short-term profit and the ability to live on Earth.

All of us must support measures to rein in the greenhouse gases that cause climate disruption and to promote preservation and restoration of the forests.

Mary Clumeck Santa Ana

To the Editor: I cannot imagine an uglier, more insane scene than trees being bulldozed and summarily torched -- the very trees that create the oxygen we breathe and suck up the carbon dioxide we increasingly create.

It is not an overstatement to say that our entire planet is in crisis from what might be called the tragedy of our lifetimes. You cannot expect to turn irreplaceable rainforest into farmland without suffering irrevocable, global consequences while deforestation is accelerating toward a tipping point.

Humanity fails to appreciate the work that the rainforest does at its own peril.

Linda Nicholes Huntington Beach

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A Cure for Hepatitis C FREDDY GROVES | CONTRIBUTED

Hepatitis C is one of those illnesses you can have for years and not know it -- until it starts damaging your body.

Untreated hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, brain damage, liver disease and liver cancer, and it can take decades to show up. Until recently it has been nearly impossible to cure.

The Department of Veterans Affairs now says in a press release that it has cured 100,000 veterans with hepatitis C. In the past, treatment involved daily pills and weekly shots for a year, and even that had a low cure rate with bad side effects. Now the new treatment is a pill a day, with fewer side effects, and it takes just weeks. But that’s only if you know you have it. The VA said recently that it has tested 85 percent of veterans who either have hepatitis or are at risk.

Hepatitis is a blood-borne disease with

a long list of possible routes of transmission: sharing drug needles, getting a tattoo, sharing a toothbrush, blood-contaminated wounds, blood transfusions before 1992, contact with blood if you’re in the medical field ... and those injector guns they used to give vaccines back when we went into the service.

Those injector guns have been a big bone of contention, one they’ve known about for a very long time. Miniscule drops of blood splatter back into the injector, waiting for injection into the next patient. Now the VA has to admit that the injector guns are “biologically possible� as a means of transmission.

Even if you’ve never shared drug needles or gotten a tattoo, you could have hepatitis C and not know it. The rate of veterans who have it is five times the civilian rate.

To learn more, go online to www.hepatitis.va.gov. And contact the VA and ask for the test. Don’t wait.

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ice President Mike Pence has touted the achievements of President Donald Trump in building up the military and improving veterans’ benefits to the American Legion’s national convention.

Speaking to meeting Wednesday in Indianapolis, Pence said Trump has signed into law the largest increase in defense spending since the Ronald Reagan administration and this month signed a budget deal that secured $738 billion for the military and service members their biggest pay raise in 10 years.

Pence said Trump also signed into law the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act to ensure that veterans receive the highest levels of service in the VA

Denied Payment for Non-VA Medical Care FREDDY GROVES | CONTRIBUTED

You can’t always be in a convenient place when a medical emergency occurs. When you need care immediately, you get it at the closest place, and that might not be a Department of Veterans Affairs emergency room. The VA, however, is supposed to pay the provider for that care or reimburse you if you’ve already paid. The problem -- as the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General discovered -- is that payment of those medical bills doesn’t always happen.

The VAOIG investigated (at the request of a member of Congress) and discovered that claims often were denied or rejected to meet production goals, which were tied to bonuses and performance reviews. Nearly one-third of non-VA emergency claims were denied or rejected. (Denied means the VA won’t pay; rejected means it wants more information.) Yet veterans weren’t given good information about why their claims

weren’t paid, and therefore couldn’t respond.

The VAOIG discovered that: * During a six-month period in 2017, the VA rejected or denied $716 million in claims. * The emphasis was on the number of claims processed, not accuracy. Clerks got credit for rejecting or denying a claim, or marking it for payment, but not for researching the claim. * Clerks were told to deny non-VA emergency claims or were at least encouraged to do so in the name of speed, which meant processing 13-15 claims per hour. Incentives for working quickly included overtime and working from home. * Some rejection/denial decision letters weren’t mailed and might sit for months, making it too late for the veteran to appeal.

If you ever need non-VA emergency care, be sure the VA is notified quickly, within 72 hours. Not doing so is an excuse for it to deny your claim.

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The Amazon Rainforest contains over 3,000 fruits, 200 of which are consumed in the western world. Environmentalists are concerned about the loss of biodiversity that will result from the destruction of the forest, and also about the release of the carbon contained within the vegetation, which could accelerate global warming.

As indigenous territories continue to be destroyed by deforestation and ecocide, such as the Peruvian Amazon, indigenous peo-

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VETERANS BENEFITS |American Legion system. He also said the administration has fired more than 7,000 VA employees

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ple’s rainforest communities continue to disappear, while others, like the Urarina, continue to struggle to fight for their cultural survival and the fate of their forested territories. In April 2019, the Ecuadorian court stopped oil exploration activities in 1,800 square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest, and on July 2019, the Ecuadorian court forbade the government to sell territory with forests to oil companies.

In 2005, parts of the Amazon Basin experienced the worst drought in one hundred years, and there were indications that 2006 may have been a second successive year of drought. A 23

July 2006 article in the UK newspaper The Independent reported the Woods Hole Research Center results, showing that the forest in its present form could survive only three years of drought. Scientists at the Brazilian Institute of Amazonian Research argued in the article that this drought response, coupled with the effects of deforestation on regional climate, are pushing the rainforest towards a “tipping point� where it would irreversibly start to die. It concluded that the forest is on the brink of being turned into savanna or desert, with catastrophic consequences for the world’s climate.

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HISTORIC HEMET THEATRE

Country tribute draws fans to HHT SUSAN CARRIER | CONTRIBUTED

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n Friday, August 23rd, the Historic Hemet Theatre hosted country rock band, YOUNG GUNS with a tribute to the superstars of country music. The group played music from every era of country music from Charlie Daniels’ “Devil Went Down to Georgia” through the years of Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Florida Georgia Line and more.

Lead Singer Eric Sage did a masterful job of pulling the crowd to their feet, filling the dance floor with two-stepping, boot-scootin’ fans across the generations.

The fiddle playing of Melissa Barrison stunned t h e

crowd as she worked her way down to the dance floor, spinning in circles while playing at a dizzying pace.

The Friday night crowd was lighter than HHT fans have come to expect, but the enthusiasm was loud all night, with band members and fans alike screaming for an encore. For a close-up look at the action, check out the photos and videos on the Facebook page of the Historic Hemet Theatre.

The concert was the latest in the “Friday Nite Live” concert series that focuses on country music tributes. The series continues next month with tributes to Brooks & Dunn (9/20), Roy Orbison (10/4), Reba McEntire (11/8) and Keith Urban (12/13).

Meanwhile, Season Three of the Tribute Mania Concert Series continues with tributes to The Beach Boys (9/14), The Eagles (9/28), The Beatles (10/12), Buddy Holly & the Legends of Rock & Roll (10/26), Huey Lewis & the News (11/2), The Blues Brothers (11/23), and Styx (12/7).

Show tickets $22 presale / $25 day of show.

Showtime is 7:00 pm, with doors open at 6:15 pm. Information on all theatre events is available at www.Hist or i c He m e t T h e at re . com or by calling the Ticket Office, (951) 6585950.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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INTERNATIONAL EAT OUTSIDE DAY

8 am - 1 pm: Hemet Farmers Market, Harvard St. 10 am - 5 pm: Western Science Center - Life in the Ancient Seas. Tuesday to Saturday, Traverse the strange history of marine paleontology at the Western Science Center’s exhibit. Call: (951) 791-0033. At 2345 Searl Parkway, Hemet, CA. 7 pm: Historic Hemet Theatre Tribute to Madonna, The ultimate tribute to the Queen of Pop, Blonde Ambition perfectly captures the look, sound and distinctive style of Madonna in a fun, energetic, and highly entertaining show. Call: 951-658-5950 9 pm: Dinner & Karaoke w/Brian Bell, San Jacinto American Legion Post 848, 312 E, Main St., SJ 9 pm: Derby’s Bar & Grill - Punky Reggae with Higher Heights. 2860 West Florida Avenue Suite B, Hemet, CA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

NATIONAL NO RHYME NOR REASON DAY

YOUNG GUNS: Tribute to the superstars of country music.| Photo by Contributed

MELISSA BARRISON: Stunned the crowd playing at a dizzying pace. | Photo by Contributed

10 am - 5 pm: Stepping out of the Past, Western Science Center, 951-7910033 10 am - 11 pm: El Patron Mexican Grill - Sunday Happy Hour ALL-DAY. All Sports games available on different screens MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

LABOR DAY

5 - 9 pm: Tacos & Karaoke w/Steve Brooks, SJ American Legion, 312 E. Main St., SJ 7 pm: HHT Classic Films, 951-6585950 8 pm - 1 am: El Patron Mexican Grill - Monday Karaoke. Margaritas ALLDAY $3.50. Happy Hour 2pm – 7pm.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

NATIONAL ANOTHER LOOK UNLIMITED DAY

3 pm - 9 pm: El Patron Mexican Grill - Taco Tuesdays 5:30 – 9:30 pm: American Legion Post 53 - Bingo! Buy in is 10 dollars for first pack and 4 for second pack and 1 dollar for each additional pack. Free coffee and ice tea during the sessions

ERIC SAGE: Masterful job pulling the crowd to the dance floor.| Photo by Contributed

with free donuts at half time, 951-6582436 7 pm: HHT Classic Films, 951-6585950 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

NATIONAL WILD LIFE DAY

5 pm - 8 pm: Maze Stone Bar & Grill - Wednesdays with Rocky. Happy Hour and Daily Specials. 1020 Soboba Road, San Jacinto, CA check: www.sobobaspringscc.com.

6:30 - 9:30 pm: Senior Dance, Rhonda & Showdown, Hemet West Clubhouse, $6.00. Kathy Perry, 951-6920891* 7 pm: Los Vaqueros Restaurant Wednesdays Live Music. At 3909 W Florida Ave., Hemet, Call: 951-7661192 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

BE LATE FOR SOMETHING DAY

8 am - 1 pm: SJ Farmer’s Market, Farmer’s Corner FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

NATIONAL FOOD BANK DAY

6 pm - 8:30 pm: Destination Coffee

Bar & Bistro - Gio and Friends. 1st and 3rd Friday of every month. Join Gio as she serenades you with her friends!

Live music from local talent in a cabaret setting. Serving Beer, wine and food. 100 W. Florida Ave. Hemet, CA. More Info: 951-652-0040 8:30 pm: Los Vaqueros Restaurant - Fridays Karaoke. At 3909 W Florida Ave., Hemet, Call: 951-766-1192 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

NATIONAL TAILGATING DAY

4 pm - 6 pm: DVAC - Art at the Center “Rigo Rivas” with his art exhibit Return to the Garden. DVAC is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the art gallery, ART AT THE CENTER, is always FREE and appropriate for children. More info available online at www.theDVAC.org.

5:30 pm: Derby’s Bar & Grill - Season 15 ASO. Season 15 ACO Cornhole Classic - Hemet (Bring your own bags!)

9 pm: Dinner & Karaoke w/Brian Bell, SJ American Legion Post 848, 312

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Restaurants are taking over The Valley CALENDAR from C1 From Traditional Mexican Food to Crazy Craft Beer KYLE HEADLEE| CONTRIBUTED

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n the past, Hemet and San Jacinto could not stop franchised restaurants from hoarding the consumer base and causing Mom & Pop restaurants to be forced to shut their doors for good. Well, these local eateries are fighting back, and this time they are coming with some heat. None of the restaurants are the same, but there is something for everyone out there. In this article, we will talk about some of the top local spots to eat that you might not know. If you try them, tell them you discovered their restaurant in the Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle Newspaper. #1 Fatty Boy Tacos (1821 S San Jacinto Ave, San Jacinto, CA 92583).

Right next door to Gamestop in the San Jacinto Wal*Mart parking lot. Fatty Boy Tacos offers authentic food truck style Mexican food at a fair price. Their meals are filling and leave you wanting to come back for more. When you walk in, it feels like home, with a large TV that will usually have some sports events. They offer a salsa bar with a wide variety of flavors, fresh homemade tortillas, and have done a fantastic job with their employees in training them on how to treat customers. #2 Kickback Grill (2551 S San Jacinto Ave, San Jacinto, CA 92583) Kickback Grill is located inside the old San Jacinto mall building. It is a very comfortable vibe in there and welcome. The name describes it best. It’s a “Kick It” spot with fantastic food. The servings aren’t only delicious but large and filling. It’s a great place to go if you want some time away from television, cell phones, and would like to have a conversation with the person you are out for dinner.

The decor is very intimate and calming.

#3 Daylight Munchies (1031 W Florida Ave, Hemet, CA 92543) This restaurant is the place to go if you are feeling adventurous and want to try something new. The menu is balanced between traditional food and crazy experiments that hit the spot.

Right now they have a family burger meal that includes; five burgers, five fries, and five sodas for less than $20.00, the crazy thing about Daylight Munchies is they also have a full Keto menu to help people who are on a Keto diet have more options when they are on the go. #4 Los Mareados Ceviche Bar. Right now, they have two locations: one at San Jacinto and the other at Hemet. They offer ice-cold beer and a menu full of different ceviche options. Even though Ceviche is the main dish here, they have other traditional Mexican food options as well as chicken tenders for the more picky eaters in the group. #5 Mason Jar Ranch (2241 W Esplanade Ave, San Jacinto, CA 92582) Mason Jar Ranch offers a delicate balance of exciting food options and experimental beer, it may take you a couple of times to find the brew and meal that is right for you, but once you do, you will be talking about how much you can wait to go back. Their decorator did a fantastic job with the restaurant. When you walk in, you feel like you have been taken away to a farm somewhere else. There is a rotating menu of specialty beer that is offered as well as sample platters to help you discover that taste you are bound to love.

Go out and support locally-owned restaurants, frequently you’ll find that the food is better, servings are bigger, and a more welcoming atmosphere that is located at the same franchise restaurant you eat at every Friday night.

Do you know of some more local spots that need to be tried? Email me at VCsportsKyle@ gmail.com and tell me about them.

Lakeside dixieland and swing jazz club The Lakeside Dixieland and Swing Jazz Club will have its next session on September 1st at the Elsinore Woman’s Club, 710 West Graham Avenue, Lake Elsinore. Musicians, dancers, strutters, foot-stompers, and listeners are invited to enjoy an afternoon of great jazz and swing music from 1:30 to 4:30 pm. There will be mixed sets, in which attending musicians may join in to play impromptu selections from a wide repertoire. Admission is $10 at the door, and musicians who participate in a set are free. There is street parking, and parking behind the church across the street on North Lowell Street. For more information, call Arlene at Lake Sound Studios at 951-245-9504.

– Friday Night Live!. Doors open at 6:15 pm 7:30 pm: Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre - RAMONA HILLSIDE PLAYHOUSE: OUTWARD BOUND. Reservations (951) 658-5300.

E, Main St., San Jacinto SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS DAY

10 am - 5 pm: Stepping out of the Past, Western Science Center, 951-791-0033

LOOK FOR COMING EVENTS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 2 pm: SAGE presents Tom Wheatly from CERT, Community Emergency Response Team, (behind Miller Jones Mortuary) 1501 W. Florida Ave. 5:30 – 9:30 pm: American Legion Post 53 - Bingo! Buy in is 10 dollars for first pack and 4 for second pack and 1 dollar for each additional pack. Free coffee and ice tea during the sessions with free donuts at half time, 951-658-2436 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 9 am – 12 pm: Workshops for Nonprofits/Crowdfunding, SRCAR Conference Rm., 2335 E., Florida Ave. 5 pm - 8 pm: Maze Stone Bar & Grill Wednesdays with Rocky. Happy Hour and Daily Specials. 1020 Soboba Road, San Jacinto, CA check: www.sobobaspringscc. com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 7pm: DVAC - Auditions: Cabaret at the Center.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 8 am: Valley Wide Soapbox Derby, 951672-6744 5 pm: Western Science Center - Science Under the Stars - Join us for Science of the Sea. Enjoy fine food, wine and beverages outside on our piazza; watch a dazzling aeronautics display and live Polynesian dancing. We will also have both live and silent auctions with exclusive items and experiences up for bid.

7 pm: Historic Hemet Theatre - Tribute to the Beach Boys featuring Surf ’s Up – Live Concert. Doors open at 6:15 pm 8:30 pm: Chappies Bar - VFatal Productions “VFMS”. Mosh Potatoes, Gentroside, Andrew & The Cockblockers FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 7 pm: Historic Hemet Theatre - Tribute to Brooks and Dunn featuring Neon Circus

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 23rd Annual Soboba Inter-tribal PowWow - One Day Only! The Oaks at Soboba. 45750 Castile Canyon Rd. 92581 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 10 am – 11:30 am: Hemet Valley Art Gallery - Kids Art Jam, Every 4th Saturday of the month. Ages 6-12 $5 All supplies included. Harvard Street. Space limited.

Must reserve a seat. Call: Leonie 951-5533572.

12pm - 4pm: Valley-Wide Aquatic Center - THE GREAT PUMPKIN PLUNGE. The 13th annual event will feature swimming and games as the aquatic center closes for the season. (951) 929-0047.

8 pm - 10 pm: DVAC: Jimmy & Enrique, acoustic duo, 951-652-3822 7 pm: Historic Hemet Theatre - Tribute to the Eagles featuring Desperado. Doors open at 6:15 pm Golden Era Productions - 2nd ANNUAL CRUISE FUNDRAISER FOR VALLEY RESTART. Star of California Clipper Ship: Fine food & beverages, live entertainment, silent and live auctions. Watch for details: (951) 544-9573.

EVENTS NEAR OF HEMET AND SAN JACINTO FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 10 am: Highland Springs Ranch & Inn - 2nd Annual Chili Festival. Visit our chili farm and learn everything about chili. Try chili infused foods, drinks, beer and ice cream! Several chili pepper vendors, live music and activities for kids. 10600 Highland Springs Avenue, Cherry Valley, CA. https://123-farm.myshopify.com 8 pm: Pechanga Resort & Casino - Chris Isaak. At 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula, CA. 9 pm - 1 am: Whiskey Babes - Dj Laizon.

33040 Simpson Rd. 92596 Winchester, CA. Call: 951-599-0506 9:30 pm: The Canyon Cowboy - Rod Stewart tribute featuring Gregory Wolfe.

Call: 951-723-2201

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Big Wreck - But for the sun

On Theatres

Bonnie - When We Are Inhuman

Friday, August 30, 2019

Don’t Let Go

Black Belt Eagle Scout - At The Party With My Brown Friends

Detective Jack Radcliff (Oyelowo) receives a shocking phone call from his recently-murdered niece Ashley (Reid). Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen.

Lana Del Rey - Norman Rockwell

Jacob Aaron Estes, Storm Reid, Brian Tyree Henry, David Oyelowo, Mykelti Williamson, Alfred Molina, Shinelle Azoroh, Byron Mann.

Sheryl Crow - Threads

The Fanatic A rabid movie fan stalks his favorite celebrity action hero. His obsession takes a dark turn and the movie star finds himself in danger.

Olivia Jean - Night Owl

Ana Golja, John Travolta, Fred Durst, Daniel Grodnik, Dave Bekerman, Devon Sawa, Oscar Generale, Jacob Grodnik.

The Futureheads - Powers Jesse Malin - Sunset Kids

Playmobil: The Movie When her younger brother Charlie unexpectedly disappears

into the magical, animated universe of PLAYMOBIL, unprepared Marla must go on a quest of a lifetime to bring him home.

As she sets off on a fantastic journey across stunning new worlds.

Trisha Yearwood - Every Girl

Anya Taylor Joy, Aton Soumache, Moritz Borman, Jim Gaffigan, Bob Persichetti, Adam Lambert, Alexis Vonarb, Clay Senechal.

The Alchemist - Yacht Rock 2

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Carnival Row (Season 1) Amazon Prime Original

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Can You Ever Forgive Me?, 2018

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Four of a Kind: Season 1

The A List — Netflix Original

Lifeline

Gintama: Season 1

September 01

Gameface: Season 2

Carole & Tuesday — Netflix Anime

Single by 30

Computer Chess

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, 2019

S.W.A.T.: Season 2

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Impulse

Failure to Launch

127 Hours, 2010

La Grande Classe

Kedi

Far From Home

Alfie, 2004

Locked Up: Season 3

Mind Field

Firstborn

Anastasia, 1997

Godzilla

Boys and Girls, 2000

Mighty Little Bheem: Season 2

I, Frankenstein

Cabin Fever, 2003

Jack Frost

Catfish, 2010

A Cadaver Christmas

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Styling Hollywood True and the Rainbow Kingdom

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Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday,

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Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick, Madison Lintz.

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Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne, Gillian Anderson.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 10 am: Highland Springs Ranch & Inn - 2nd Annual Chili Festival. Visit our chili farm and learn everything about chili. Try chili infused foods, drinks, beer and ice cream! Several chili pepper vendors, live music and activities for kids. 10600 Highland Springs Avenue, Cherry Valley, CA. https://123-farm.myshopify.com 12 pm - 10 pm: 2019 Dino Music Festival - Bringing you the 1st Annual Dino Music Festival featuring Performances, Special Guests, Car Show, Vendors and more. Daz Dillinger, Layzie Bone and 2x plus many more to be announced. 4400 N Varsity Ave., San Bernardino, CA. 2 pm - PDT: Wild Horse Village Wildhorse Music Festival. Performers: HONEY RIVER Shannon Rae, Callison Nash, Sara Niemietz, Dulaney and Company. At 38801 Los Corralitos Rd., Temecula, CA. 2 pm: Arrowhead Country Club 2nd Annual I.E. Jazz & Wine Experience. Featuring 2 days of a great line-up

Chernobyl

Stellan Skarsgård, Jared Harris, Emily Watson, Jessie Buckley, Paul Ritter.

Gentleman Jack

Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Joe Armstrong , Amelia Bullmore, Rosie Cavaliero.

Euphoria

Zendaya, Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Eric Dane, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi.

Twin Peaks

Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Michael Horse.

Legion

Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin, Jeremie Harris.

Sons of Anarchy

Charlie Hunnam, Katey Saga, Mark Boone Junior, Ron Perlman.

of smooth jazz, straight ahead jazz, Latin jazz, fusion, a great lineup of comedians and much more! 3433 Parkside Drive, San Bernardino, CA. 7 pm: Perris Auto Speedway - Craziest Show on Dirt - Night of Destruction!

The show will feature Figure 8 Racing, a Figure 8 Trailer Race, Demo Cross, Double Deckers, Mini Stocks and Formula X Autocross and CrossKarts. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM 8pm - 12 am: The Office Bar & Grill - Blueline band is back! At 2801 Mountain Rd., Pasadena. Phone: 410-2556540 9pm - 1 am: Whiskey Babes - Dj Gibby. 33040 Simpson Rd. 92596 Winchester, CA. Call: 951-599-0506 9:30 pm: The Canyon Cowboy - DJ Nights. Call: 951-723-2201 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 ALL-DAY: The Canyon Cowboy Sunday Funday! Call: 951-723-2201 10 am: Highland Springs Ranch & Inn - 2nd Annual Chili Festival. Visit our chili farm and learn everything about chili. Try chili infused foods, drinks, beer and ice cream! Several chili pepper vendors, live music and activities for kids. 10600 Highland Springs Avenue,

The Haunting of Hill House

Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Victoria Pedretti, Michiel Huisman.

Mindhunter

Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv.

Peaky Blinders

Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Sophie Rundle.

Cherry Valley, CA. https://123-farm. myshopify.com 2 pm: Arrowhead Country Club - 2nd Annual I.E. Jazz & Wine Experience.

Featuring 2 days of a great line-up of smooth jazz, straight ahead jazz, Latin jazz, fusion, a great lineup of comedians and much more! 3433 Parkside Drive, San Bernardino, CA. 8 pm: South Coast Winery Resort & Spa - Desserts & Coffee Competition Expo. 34843 Rancho California Road, Temecula, CA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 8:30 pm: The Canyon Cowboy - Karaoke Mondays. Call: 951-723-2201 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 8:30 pm - 11:30: The Canyon Cowboy - Open Mic. Call: 951-723-2201 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 8:30 pm: The Canyon Cowboy - Comedy Night. Call: 951-723-2201 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 8 pm: Pechanga Resort - Deep Purple Tour. At 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula, CA. 9:30 pm: The Canyon Cowboy - Chris

Wayne

Mark McKenna, Ciara Bravo, Jon Champagne

Step Up High Water Eric Graise, Jade Chynoweth, Terrence Green

Cobra Kai

Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler.

Lozano and the Dixie Playboys. Call: 951-723-2201 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 7 pm: Glen Helen Amphitheater - The Art Labor Show LIVE in San Bernardino. 2575 Glen Helen Parkway, San Bernardino, CA. 7 pm: Fox Performing Arts Center Robert Cray. 3801 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA. 8pm - 12 am: The Office Bar & Grill - Kaleidoscope. You love the horns, the setup and the band and you always ask when they are coming back! At 2801 Mountain Rd., Pasadena. Phone: 410255-6540 9:30 pm: The Canyon Cowboy - Cougarzz Rock. Call: 951-723-2201 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 ALL-DAY: The Canyon Cowboy Sunday Funday! Call: 951-723-2201 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 8:30 pm: The Canyon Cowboy - Karaoke Mondays. Call: 951-723-2201 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 8:30 pm - 11:30: The Canyon Cowboy - Open Mic. Call: 951-723-2201

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5 Basic things everyone should know about their car STATEPOINT| CONTRIBUTED

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riving can be expensive if you lack basic car-care knowledge or proper insurance. Regular maintenance can prevent costly breakdowns and extend your car’s life, and the right coverage can protect your wallet in the event of an accident.

Here are five need-toknow basics: 1. Know car insurance basics. Before getting behind the wheel, know these terms: • Liability. Every state requires you to carry liability insurance, which covers injuries to others or damage to others’ property. You may hear it referred to as Property Damage (PD for short) or Bodily Injury (BI for short).

• Collision vs. comprehensive. Collision pays for repairs to your car if you hit another vehicle or crash into an object. Comprehensive covers other incidents.

For example, hitting a deer, hailstorm damage, vandalization or theft.

• Deductible. This is the amount you’ll pay out-ofpocket for repairs before insurance kicks in.

• Endorsement. Sometimes referred to as a “rider,” an endorsement refers to a change or addition to existing coverage. For example, Erie Insurance has an endorsement called ERIE Rate Lock which customers can add to policies so their rates will increase only if they change their policy, drivers, vehicles or their address, even if they file a claim.

“Car insurance can be complicated, so we don’t

BASIC THINGS TO KNOW: Driving can be expensive if you lack basic car-care knowledge or proper insurance.| (c) mimagephotos expect drivers to know everything, but we do recommend understanding a few basics,” says Jon Bloom, vice president, personal auto, Erie Insurance. “Working with an insurance agent can help you get the right coverage for you, based on your car and budget.”

2. Read the owner’s manual. Learn the car’s bells and whistles and how often to rotate tires, check belts and hoses and change the oil.

Check dashboard warning lights. Red typically indicates your car may be unsafe to drive. Yellow or orange usually means you should get it checked but it’s not urgent. Green generally indicates a feature is working.

3. Check tires monthly.

Proper tire pressure promotes good gas mileage and can extend tire life.

Reference the sticker found inside the driver’s door for the recommended pressure.

Don’t over inflate. Consider learning how to change a tire, a handy skill when assistance isn’t available.

4. Get regular oil changes. Some companies, like GM and Ford, equip vehicles with oil monitors so owners know when to change oil. If you don’t have this feature, reference your owner’s manual. Most manufacturers recommend changing oil between 5,000 and 7,500 miles, while syn-

thetic oils are likely good for 10,000 to 15,000 miles.

5. Master the jump-start.

Usually a car battery needs to be replaced every five years. While a dead battery is never convenient, it’s easy to jump start a car.

Attach one red clamp to the positive terminal of the dead battery. The other red clamp goes on the positive terminal of the live battery.

The black clamp attaches to the negative terminal of the

live battery. The final clamp goes onto an unpainted metal surface on the dead car’s engine block to prevent hazardous sparking.

Turn on the live car. Allow the dead car to run for at least a half hour to charge.

Always double-check your owner’s manual to be sure your vehicle doesn’t require special jump-starting procedures.

By knowing the basics, you can hit the road with confidence.

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s housing prices soar nationwide, a growing number of Americans are unable to find affordable housing. Experts say that the problem has reached a crisis point, and is harming the welfare not only of individuals and families, but of communities and the economy atlarge.

Since 2012, housing prices have increased by 53 percent, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Unfortunately, salaries have not kept pace. The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University reports that 18 million

Americans commit more than 50 percent of their income toward a safe place to live.

America needs 7 million units of affordable housing, according to a March 2019 National Low Income Housing Coalition report, which also found that no state has enough affordable rental inventory. “America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t restricted to cities on the East and West coasts. Families in rural, suburban and urban areas in all 50 states are sacrificing necessities like food, healthcare and education in order to make rent or mortgage payments,� says Brandee McHale, pres-

ident of the Wells Fargo Foundation. “Only when people can afford to live in their neighborhoods can communities thrive.�

Recognizing the extent of the problem, non-profits, think tanks and corporations are stepping in to find solutions that will unlock housing options for more Americans and reduce the cost burden of housing.

One large-scale effort underway is being spearheaded by Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation.

Drawing on its resources and expertise, the company is working in collaboration with public- and pri-

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HOUSING: America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t restricted to cities on the East and West coasts| Photo by State Point

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The history of Labor Day is filled with violence and death RUSTY STRAIT | COLUMNIST

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abor Day is celebrated in the United States as a time to honor America’s labor force. We take long week-ends off and enjoy our few hours away from work as though it were something guaranteed under the Constitution. Folks take it for granted today, not unlike the rights of Blacks, Women and Gays. It is often assumed to be a constitutional right. Ever heard that freedom does not come free?

Labor Day Weekend is also celebrated as the semi-official end of summer.

Everything comes at a cost. All too often that cost is paid for in brutal confrontations, beatings and murder.

Matthew Maguire, according to modern day historians, is considered the Father of Labor Day, although for years a man named Peter McGuire took credit for the establishment of Labor Day. The confusion did not come about due to similarity of names. Not even close. As in so many cases, Matthew’s political bent kept him in the background. Matthew was a genuine labor activist, steeped in socialist politics at a time when socialism did not share the same popularity that it does today in the United States. He even ran for Vice-President in 1896 on the National Socialist Labor Party ticket. According to Ted Watts, a writer from Silver Springs, Maryland, “Maguire’s radical politics were unacceptable to the mainstream of American Labor and in particular to Samuel Gompers and his American Federation of Labor.”

The more moderate Peter McGuire was active in the formation of New York’s Central Labor Council and in 1887 took claim to fatherhood of the labor holiday.

Also in 1887 five states enacted measures to establish Labor Day. In June 1894 several more states passed legislation to create a day dedicated to labor, but it wasn’t until June 28, 1894 that Congress passed a bill designating the first Monday in September as both a national Labor Day, but also as a national holiday.

After President Grover Cleveland signed the bill into law, the Patterson, New Jersey Morning Call, in an editorial stated that “the souvenir pen should go to Alderman Matthew Maguire of this city, who is the undisputed author of Labor Day as a holiday.”

Cleveland, a man who had never done anything for the working man, had dedicated his presidency toward the welfare of industrialists.

Factually, the same month he signed the Labor Day bill, at the request of George Pullman and his railroad tycoon buddies, he sent 12,000 U.S. Army troops in to smash the historic Pullman Strike as though the workers were mere parasites infecting a many dog. Thirty workers died at the hands of his troops Eugene Debs the labor leader who led the striking employees was jailed on false charges of conspiracy and all workers participating in the strike were fired and blacklisted.

George Pullman, in 1880, founded what has come to be known as “a company town” on the outskirts of Chicago.

He named it “Pullman City.”

Most folks think of company towns being predominantly a tool of the coal mine owners.

Not true. They were spread throughout the country.

Company towns were titled “Slavery by Another Name,” by those who lived in and survived them. Labor historians have defined them as “A model of capitalist feudalism, with workers offered housing in line with their position in the company. Where the residents were practically owned by the company owned by the company owners. According to a PBS Television Documentary they were located in remote locations: Railroad construction sites, lumber camps, coal mines and turpentine camps that existed great distances from organized cities or

1888: Four of the Chicago anarchists being hanged in Cook County Jail. | Wikipedia (File Photo) towns. The employer usually constructed t the towns and owned all the land and buildings, including the businesses. Churches, schools and libraries were constructed to encourage healthy communities. Saloons or other establishments that might deter production were forbidden although bootleg joints and brothels existed under cover of darkness.

Transportation was restricted to the localities themselves. Consequently employees and their families were forced to shop at company stories. They were paid in scrip that had no value except in company stores that charged exorbitant prices for their goods.

Pullman’s town was notorious for such shenanigans.

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which began to take the nation by storm in

the early 1850’s, even into the 1930’s, workers were t the mercy of their employers. Even white collar workers, along with hands on blue collar workers were often held to their employment as much as 60 and 70 hours a week. The rich got richer and the poor were kept in their place by means of economic slavery. $2 to $3 dollars a day was commonplace. Vacations among the working classes did not become a popular trend until after World War II. Although Cleveland signed the bill sent to him from congress establishing Labor Day as a national holiday honoring the working men and women - and even children, it was the coming together of laboring folks who, having long been held in occupation slavery, that forced the issue to a conclu-

walk off the job.” By June 29th, fifty thousand men had quit their jobs.

Before the melee ended the railroad workers at Blue Island yards went on an angry rampage and burned anything that was flammable. Thus, for the first time, a federal injunction was used to break up strike.

Pullman, so insulted that his lowly paid workers would dare try to “steal what is mine,” that shortly before his death in 1897 he requested that his grave be lined in concrete, “to keep looters from robbing me.”

Folks, it might be well to remember, as you spend this Labor Day weekend, golfing, swimming and barbequing in the backyard that your celebration honoring the laboring masses didn’t fallout of heaven or from the Declaration of Independence, nor even The United States Constitution. It was blood, sweat and violent deaths that gives you this glorious, end of summer short vacation.

Our first minimum wage law was not enacted until June 1938. Today $15 an hour seems reasonable. On June 24, 1938 it was $0.25 an hour. Federal minimum wage today is $72.5 an hour.

I guess it still pays not to be too expect too much for the giants of industry unless you are willing to fight for it, one way or the other.

Just sayin’. rustystrait@gmail.com

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Pullman‘s employees were required to live in Pullman City, expected to silently accept cuts in pay and to not criticize workloads. Pullman was paid for use of the library and the congregants of churches paid rent to him for use of the church building.

In 1893 the country was in a deep depression. Pullman factory wages were cut twenty-five percent. However the company housing costs remained high. Before long his long suffering workers were in debt to Pullman beyond their means to pay.

All such financial obligations were deducted for paychecks.

Finally the workers were sick and tired of such treatment and on May 11, 1894, almost four thousand Pullman workers went out on a “wildcat” strike - a strike unauthorized by the American Railroad Union (founded by Labor Unionist Eugene V. Debs). On June 26 of that same year ARU members refused to allow trains with Pullman Cars to move with the exception of mail cars.

Pullman fought back through the railroad owners’ General Managers Association by announcing that “any switchman who refuses to move rail cars will be fired.”

Debs countered. “If any switchman is fired because he refuses to move Pullman cars, all union members will

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chool days, school days, good old golden rule days. I was always curious about learning, but I never considered myself studious. Having fun and experiencing the natural phenomena in the West Virginia Mountains and streams interested me more than anything. However, history and geography always fascinated me. I wanted to know about other people and other cultures. I quit high school after two months in tenth grade. I lusted for other things. It was after I got out of the Air Force that I began to dedicate myself to some formal education, attending colleges, business schools and even the stenotype institute. One might consider it self-education.

Maybe, but travel had a great deal more to do with becoming educated. I don’t consider myself brilliant, but I can hold a journeyman’s conversation at a party or IN any social situation.

Even when I lived with my grandmother, my mother’s residence was always my home address. Fortunately, it didn’t matter much when both lived in the Lincoln grade and Junior High School districts. Most of my good (and sometimes bad) experiences in school took place in the Lincoln classrooms.

My homeroom teacher at Lincoln Junior was a very proud, sophisticated and vain lady in her late fifties. She would sit at her solid oak desk, in front of the blackboard, and spend the entire homeroom time powdering and painting her face to the point that she appeared almost clownish. She relished attention. I made a point

of giving her all of mine during my hours in homeroom. She took a liking to me and sometimes invited me to her home for snacks after school. My flattery kept me away from her mean side. If she felt a student had offended her in any way, they would have hell to pay.

Through her kindness, I met her son, whom I grew to almost idolize. There’s an old saying that teachers and preachers have the most ornery kids on the planet.

Bobby was the perfect example of a bad boy. I was the moth, and he became my flame. Older than me and a drop out in 8th grade, he always found the wrong way to do things which, to me, were the right way. We became great friends, and I spent a lot of time with him in his mother’s elegant home. We were both rebels, and since he was the older rebel, I absolutely worshiped him. If he broke tradition, I wanted to break tradition. He was my first inspiration to buck the system, and it got me into a lot of trouble at school, and sometimes elsewhere.

His father, a practicing family law attorney and equally practicing alcoholic sometimes took us fishing. Although Bobby’s parents were divorced, they didn’t seem to hate each other or anything like that. She tolerated a lot more from her errant son and ex-husband than she ever did in the classroom.

On a Saturday afternoon sometime during the month of June in 1939, we decided to hike up the railroad tracks that ran parallel to Elk River. Neither of us had any idea where the tracks were going except we knew there were a lot of coal mines up Elk River because every day we saw trains coming

into Charleston from that direction, pulling dozens of coal cars behind the big steam engines.

When we approached a trestle over a creek, we’d go under and hand walk our way to the other side, then climb back up on the tracks and start all over again. After about two miles of hiking, we came to a trestle over a small creek emptying into the river. Under the tracks, we began to hand walk.

The train whistle in the distance seemed to be far away and had nothing to do with us - or so we thought.

About half-way across, with the creek a good twenty feet below us, the large smoke-belching steam engine hit the trestle, shaking the structure so violently I thought it was all over. The trestle would either collapse or shake us both into the shallow water below. I didn’t move, merely hung on for dear life expecting my extinction at any second.

Bobby made the mistake of letting one hand go ahead of the other instead of holding on the railroad tie. When he did, unable to hang on with one hand, he plummeted down into the creek. Afraid to look down, I held on until the train passed and then went like a bat out of hell, one hand over the other, to the north side of the tracks and literally slid down the bank to the creek, certain that it was all over for Bobby and wondering what would I tell his mother.

He had landed feet first and sank up to his knees in creek muck, which I am sure saved his life. To him, the episode was just a lark. As for myself, it was the last time I ever went anywhere with Bobby unless it was in downtown Charleston with sidewalks to get me from one place to another.

Bobby was responsible, in a way, for causing me to narrowly evade being kicked out of school forever.

I had a commercial class right after lunch in 8th or 9th grade. The commercial is known today as Business Math.

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DVAC is located at 123 N. Harvard St., in Hemet’s historic downtown.

Rigo Rivas’s interest in drawings and paintings began at a very young age and was inspired by his oldest brother. “Though he never took any art classes, my brother would draw, paint, and give artistic advice. I admired his artwork, and he gave me my first tips about art.”

Mr. Rivas was born in a small town, surrounded by forest, near “fincas” (coffee plantations) and a beautiful lake called Coatepeque in El Salvador where he lived until the age of twenty.

Growing up in a large family, he enjoyed many trips to visit relatives. Going to the beach, walking along the countryside, and roasting corn in the hills, all provided him with countless memories.

Although the artist has taken art classes that utilized pastels and oil painting at the L.A. Community College, his preferred medium is the fast-drying acrylic paint. Presently he exhibits his paintings regularly at the Latino Art Museum in Pomona.

DVAC is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ART AT THE CENTER is always FREE and appropriate for children. For more information on DVAC and its’ programs go to www.thedvac.org and for sponsorship opportunities, contact dvacinfo@gmail.com.

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logue between artists and audiences). Also a strong advocate for arts education, Deborah is the founding director of Brockus Conservatory of Dance and Musical Theater, is the former Chair of the Dance Department at Idyllwild Arts Academy, former chair of dance at the California Conservatory of the Arts, former head of the Dance division of LAUSD’s Saturday’s Gifted and Talented Conservatory.

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4.Gravity (2013) Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.

5. Moon (2009) Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY.

3. The Martian An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey find a way to signal to Earth that he (1968) is alive.

After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer.

1. Interstellar (2014)

SPACE MOVIES

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival.

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etflix will give “The Irishman” an exclusive theatrical release for about four weeks, providing theaters most of November to play Martin Scorsese’s big-budget crime epic before it lands on the streaming service.

“The Irishman” will open theatrically Nov. 1 and begin streaming on Nov. 27, Netflix said Tuesday.

The release plans for one of Netflix’s most expensive films yet had been a subject of much conjecture ever since the steaming service greenlit Scorsese’s film. The director is one of the most ardent proponents of cinema preservation, but Scorsese earlier told The Associated Press that he signed up with Netflix without any condition of a theatrical release.

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sort of misfit who didn’t speak. She whined and annoyed everyone in the class except guys on the football team. She would throw weekend swim parties at her house and invite most of them. It was more or less reliably rumored that she did more than swim with them.

She particularly didn’t like me and often went out of her way to say something to embarrass me. I complained to Bobby about it because he always said, “If somebody gives you trouble, give it right back to them.”

“She’s a whore,” he said.

“Call it what it is. What do you care? She ain’t doin’ you any favors.”

So, when she called me

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“The Irishman,” which includes extensive de-aging visual effects to make its star-studded cast — including Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci — appear decades younger in some scenes, cost Netflix $160 million to make.

The film, about hitman and Jimmy Hoffa associate Frank Sheeran, will open the New York Film Festival on Sept. 27.

Late Tuesday, the festival disclosed the film’s lengthy runtime on its website: 210 minutes.

Because of the film’s pedigree, theater owners had lobbied Netflix to give “The Irishman” a traditional, wide release. But the major theater chains, including AMC and Cinemark, have refused to play movies that don’t adhere to the standard 90-day exclusivity window.

Netflix instead has said the

film will be released in select theaters.

Netflix last fall first began releasing certain titles in theaters first, beginning with Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” the Coen brothers’ “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and the Sandra Bullock thriller “Bird Box.” This fall, they will expand that strategy to more films and, in some cases, elongate theatrical runs to about four weeks.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences earlier this year contemplated a new rule stipulating a four-week exclusive run in theaters before ultimately deciding not to amend their rules for next year’s Oscars.

On its way to several Academy Award wins, “Roma” played solely in theaters for just over three weeks.

Steven Soderbergh’s Panama Papers satire “The Laundromat,” with Meryl

Streep, will open Sept. 27 in U.S. theaters and premiere Oct. 18 on Netflix. The Eddie Murphy-led “Dolemite Is My Name” will hit theaters Oct. 4 and begin streaming three weeks later.

David Michod’s Shakespeare adaptation “The King,” with Timothee Chalamet as Henry V, will play theatrically Oct. 11 and debut on Netflix Nov. 1.

Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story,” starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, will open Nov. 6 and land on Netflix Dec. 6. “The Two Popes,” with Jonathan Pryce playing Pope Francis and Anthony Hopkins as his predecessor, Pope Benedict, will open Nov. 27 before a Dec. 20 Netflix premiere.

All of the above titles will make their premieres at the fall’s top film festivals in the coming weeks.

out one day with one of her smart-assed remarks, not only did my face redden with embarrassment, I paid heed to Bobby’s advice.

“You’re a whore,” I blurted out. The entire class went silent, and her face blistered with anger.

“Go to the office. Right now.”

I knew that meant swats, but not how many. She sent along one of her sniveling rat-faces to explain my language. The little snit didn’t stop with my words. Oh no, she added her own dose of poison. E. C. Richardson was a tough customer and loved to swing the paddle. He later made a name for himself as Principal of Charleston High School.

On that particular day, he immediately considered sus-

pending me. I never begged so hard in my life. Nothing he could do to me would be worse than what my mother would if I got suspended from school. I whimpered and cried, like I always did when I got caught doing something bad.

The outcome told me that he had no intention to suspend me. What he wanted was an opportunity to blister my ass with his leather-covered paddle.

“Tell you what, Mr. Strait.

I’ll give you a chance. I can kick you out for the rest of the year or, if you like, you can trade suspension for swats.”

Of course, I opted for swats. I expected maybe three or four. He had other ideas. My punishment was three swats a day for a week.

That was fifteen swats to begin the following Monday. I took my punishment like a man — not one whimper. I was so happy not to be suspended.

On the last day, a Friday, when I went into his office, he relented. He suspended my last three swats. Needless to say, there was one redeeming factor. I never attended that teacher’s class again.

I would later learn that Bobby begged to intervene through his mother, saving me more swats and possible expulsion from the school.

Last time I heard of Bobby, he had joined the Coast Guard in 1943. By then, I was doing other things, like singing with bands and scooting from town to town discovering America.

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HOROSCOPES August 30, 2019 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Changing your mind doesn’t come easily for Lambs, who place a high value on commitment. But new facts could emerge that might persuade you to rethink your situation.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a good time to put that fine Bovine’s eye for beauty to work in redecorating your home or workplace.

And don’t forget to indulge yourself in some personal time as well.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your sense of loyalty to someone who asks for your help is commendable.

But make sure there are no information gaps that should be filled in before you move too far too quickly.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Don’t let difficult people raise the Crab’s ire levels this week. Avoid them if you can. If not, resist telling them off, even if you think they deserve it.

Things improve by week’s end.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your suspicions about a colleague might be on the mark. But you also could be misreading the signals you believe you’re getting. Do some discreet checking before jumping to conclusions.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Take some time out from your many tasks and see if someone might be trying to reach out to you. You could be surprised to learn who it is and why you might want to reciprocate.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You still might want to do more investigating before taking on a new commitment. Later would not be the

time to try to fill in any crucial gaps in what you need to know about it.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A new opportunity should be carefully studied. It might offer some of the things you’ve been looking for. Or it could contain new possibilities you never considered. Check it out.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You might have to work harder this week to get people to listen to what you have to say. But if you stay with it, you could start to get your message out to many by week’s end.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Although family matters again take up a big chunk of the Goat’s time, the week also offers a chance to explore a new career move you’d been contemplating for a while.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Applying your practicality (what does it offer me?) and your creativity (how can I improve on it?) could provide sound reasons for seriously considering that new offer.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) The single set will find that keeping their romantic aspirations on high gives Cupid a better target to aim at.

Paired Pisces will find that this week helps reinforce their relationships.

BORN THIS WEEK: You believe in encouraging others to demand the best from themselves.

You would be a fine sports coach, as well as an enlightened teacher.

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n surfista en una playa de Florida logró brincar sobre una ola y cayó sobre un tiburón que, a su vez, lo mordió en la mano y la pantorrilla.

Donald Walsh llevaba varias horas practicando surf el martes en New Smyrna Beach cuando decidió intentar una maniobra aérea antes de irse, reportó el periódico The Daytona Beach News-Journal. El rescatista,

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n hombre blanco que odia a los mexicanos abre fuego en un Walmart en El Paso, Texas, y mata a 22 personas. Otro hombre mata a 11 feligreses judíos en una sinagoga en Pittsburgh.

Las dos matanzas y un tuit presidencial enfocaron los reflectores sobre la idea del “terrorismo interior”, dando impulso a un debate sobre si semejantes ataques se deben clasificar y juzgar de la misma manera que los crímenes contra Estados Unidos perpetrados por grupos extremistas extranjeros y sus seguidores. Un senador republicano y un representante demócrata están elaborando proyectos con ese fin, y algunos republicanos piden que se designe a un grupo de izquierda organización terrorista.

“El terrorismo interior está en nuestro patio trasero y debemos llamarlo y tratarlo bajo la ley de la misma manera que otras formas de terrorismo”, dijo la senadora Martha McSally, republicana de Arizona que piensa presentar su proyecto al comenzar las sesiones en septiembre.

El proyecto de McSally permitiría a las agencias federales acusar a los sospechosos de actos de terrorismo interior y agregar penalidades por esos crímenes, incluso la pena de muerte.

El representante demócrata Adam Schiff, de California, presentó un proyecto el 16 de agosto que rotuló “de muy alta prioridad”.

“El objetivo es colocar el terrorismo interior en el mismo nivel de prioridad que el terrorismo inspirado por ISIS o Al Qaeda, ya que estadounidenses en territorio estadounidense tienen la misma o incluso mayor probabilidad de morir a manos de un terrorista interior motivado por alguna ideología de odio como la supremacía blanca”, dijo Schiff en entrevista telefónica.

Por su parte, dos senadores republicanos piden que se designe organización terrorista interior al movimiento antifascista conocido como antifa. Un choque reciente entre supremacistas blancos y antifa en Portland, Oregón, provocó un tuit del presidente Donald Trump en el que sugiere designar terrorista a antifa, pero no a los supremacistas blancos.

Esa designación no existe en la actualidad.

Ahora que la iniciativa de repensar a quién se debería designar terrorista adquiere cierto impulso, también ha provocado inquietud sobre la violación de los derechos constitucionales.

Además no está claro si se encarará el debate de manera bipar-

capitán Tamra Malphurs, dijo que en ese momento fue que Walsh, originario de Mims, cayó sobre el tiburón de 1,9 metros (6,5 pies) de largo que nadaba en aguas poco profundas y sufrió heridas que no pusieron en riesgo su vida.

Walsh, de 40 años, dijo que no vio el tiburón bajo él cuando cayó al agua, pero que la mordida del animal lo hizo notar. Walsh dijo que regresará al agua en cuanto curen sus heridas.

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Hernández abraza a Ezra Magallanes mientras hablan con la prensa en un monumento improvisado a las víctimas de una matanza en un centro comercial en El Paso, Texas. | AP Foto/John Locher, Archivo

tidista, aunque McSally dijo días atrás que su proyecto ha recibido “muchas reacciones positivas... de ambos bloques”.

Schiff expresó la esperanza de “apoyo bipartidista a un esfuerzo que permita empeñar todo el peso del gobierno federal en el juzgamiento de personas que cometen estos actos odiosos de terrorismo interior masivo”.

En tanto, el senador republicano Ted Cruz está elaborando “mecanismos legales” que permitirían tratar a las organizaciones terroristas del país como a las que integran la lista de grupos extremistas extranjeros del Departamento de Estado, dijo su vocera Maria Jeffrey en un correo electrónico.

Cruz y su correligionario Bill Cassidy presentaron un proyecto de resolución el 18 de julio para condenar antifa y que se la designe organización terrorista interior.

El 17 de agosto, cuando los activistas de antifa se aprestaban a enfrentar a manifestantes de ultraderecha en Portland, Oregón, Trump tuiteó que se estudiaba “nombrar a ANTIFA una ‘ORGANIZACIÓN de TERROR’”.

En la actualidad solo se puede calificar de organizaciones terroristas a grupos extranjeros. La lista del Departamento de Estado, incluye en la actualidad 68 grupos, ninguno de los cuales es supremacista blanco. Es un delito en Estados Unidos proporcionar conscientemente “apoyo material o recursos” a una organización terrorista extranjera.

El senador demócrata Jeff Merkley, de Oregón, opinó que el Congreso no debería autorizar al poder ejecutivo a designar grupos como terroristas interiores.

“No confío en que este gobierno sea capaz de ejercer semejante poder en forma imparcial y juiciosa”, dijo Merkley.

El grupo de defensa judío Liga Antidifamación (ADL por sus siglas en inglés) dice que antifa no ha sido acusado de homicidio y que no se puede comparar ese movimiento escasamente organizado con los grupos supremacistas blancos con los que suele chocar. Antifa emplea “tácticas inaceptables”, pero rechaza el racismo, mientras que los supremacistas blancos usan violencia más extrema para intimidar a las minorías, dijo la ADL. Schiff dijo que el tuit de Trump “perjudica nuestros esfuerzos para combatir el terror masivo interior”.

“Lo considero parte de esos gestos políticos destructivos que cabe esperar del presidente, quien argumenta que el odio de los supremacistas blancos no es el problema, antifa es el problema”, dijo Schiff.

Mary McCord, exjefa de la División de Seguridad Nacional del Departamento de Justicia, dijo que calificar de terroristas a los grupos del país violaría derechos constitucionales como la libertad de expresión. Ella optaría por declarar el terrorismo interior un crimen federal, lo que permitiría juzgar a quienes le brinden apoyo material, sea en fondos, refugio o armas, entre otros.

La acusación de terrorismo internacional más común es la de dar apoyo material, y abarca casi la mitad de los juicios federales relacionados con el terrorismo desde los ataques del 11 de septiembre de 2001, dijo McCord.

Schiff dijo que su proyecto permitiría juzgar el acto de dar apoyo material a un terrorista interior.

Jeanne Theoharis, profesora de ciencias políticas en el Brooklyn College y autora de varios libros sobre derechos civiles, teme las consecuencias de semejante

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na comisión de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos protestó contra la decisión del gobierno de Donald Trump de impedir que sus miembros realicen visitas adicionales a 11 centros de detención en la frontera con México, después de que las visitas de la semana pasada revelaran que tenían problemas graves.

El presidente de la Comisión para la Supervisión y Reforma del Gobierno de la cámara baja, el representante demócrata Elijah Cummings, dijo que la negativa contradice el discurso del secretario interino del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), Kevin McAleenan, quien alentó las visitas de los legisladores a las instalaciones.

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Cummings dijo en una carta dirigida a McAleenan que parece que el gobierno “espera que el Congreso esté satisfecho con recibir giras de la agencia a las instalaciones”, sin cuestionar las políticas o decisiones del Departamento. “Esa no es la forma en que funciona la supervisión efectiva”, agregó.

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n brote de paperas azota 57 centros de detención de inmigrantes en 19 estados desde septiembre, de acuerdo con el primer reporte del gobierno federal estadounidense sobre el problema.

El virus enfermó a 898 inmigrantes adultos y 33 empleados de los centros de detención, dijeron en su reporte el jueves los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades.

Nuevos casos continúan mientras migrantes son detenidos o transferidos entre instalaciones, dice el reporte. Hasta la semana pasada, había brotes en 15 instalaciones en siete estados.

En respuesta al reporte, el portavoz del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) Bryan Cox dijo que los profesionales médicos en los centros de detenciones examinan a todos los reclusos en las 24 horas tras su arribo para asegurarse de que la enfermedad no se disemina.

Cox dijo que algunos detenidos provienen de países en los que las enfermedades transmisibles están menos controladas que en Estados Unidos y traen con ellos los riesgos de infección.

El reporte de los CDC dijo que más de 80% de los pacientes fueron expuestos al virus cuando estaban detenidos. Las paperas causan inflamación glandular, fiebre, dolores de cabeza y, en casos severos, pérdida de oído y meningitis.

MEDICINA: Vial de la vacuna de paperas, rubeola y sarampión en Mount Vernon, Ohio. Un brote de paperas azota 57 centros de detención de inmigrantes en 19 estados desde septiembre, de acuerdo con el primer reporte del gobierno federal estadounidense sobre el problema. | AP Foto/Paul Vernon

En Estados Unidos, la vacunación ha reducido drásticamente el número de casos de paperas. Solamente unos pocos centenares de casos son reportados cada año, con brotes ocasionales en universidades u otros lugares donde las personas están en contacto cercano.

En los brotes en los centros de detenciones, 13 personas fueron hospitalizadas, dijeron los CDC. Una gran porción de los casos ha ocurrido en Texas. El Departamento de Salud de Texas hizo un alerta en diciembre, seguido en enero por los departamentos de salud de otros seis estados,

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“El apoyo material permite perseguir a gente cuyas convicciones y asociaciones están en los márgenes”, dijo Theoharis. “Crea un medio para que el gobierno persiga gente cuya política no le gusta”.

El periodista de AP Jonathan J. Cooper en Phoenix contribuyó a este despacho

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lo que motivó lo que los CDC llaman “una respuesta nacional coordinada al brote”.

ICE ha dado más de 25.000 dosis de la vacuna contra las paperas, el sarampión y la rubeola en las instalaciones afectadas.

Los CDC no identificaron los centros involucrados, pero dijo que 34 de ellos son operados por compañías privadas.

Un abogado de inmigración basado en Nashville, R. Andrew Free, dice que el problema “tiene todas las características de una crisis de salud pública. ICE ha demostrado que es incapaz de garantizar la salud y la seguridad de las personas en sus instalaciones”.

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Brasil prohíbe quemas en Amazonía durante 60 días ANNA JEAN KAISER | AP

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rasil prohibió durante 60 días las quemas controladas para despejar maleza en la Amazonía, a fin de tratar de contrarrestar los devastadores incendios que han afectado la región.

El decreto oficial sobre la prohibición fue publicado el jueves, luego de intensas críticas al presidente Jair Bolsonaro por su manejo de la crisis.

La prohibición coincide con la temporada seca de la zona, cuando son comunes los incendios controlados a fin de despejar vegetación y contar con terrenos listos para la siembra. El decreto permite incendios en algunos casos, como los considerados beneficiosos para la vida silvestre y los realizados por indígenas para su subsistencia agrícola.

“Esto debería de haber ocurrido hace mucho tiempo”, dijo Waldeglace Sousa Mota, trabajadora de un aeropuerto en la ciudad amazónica de Porto Velho. “Esto ayudará por este momento”.

Más gente, especialmente niños y ancianos, han estado padeciendo de males respiratorios

PROTESTA: Manifestación contra la política ambiental del gobierno de Bolsonaro y la protección de la Amazonia, durante los incendios de la selva de 2019, en Porto Alegre. | Wikipedia en Porto Velho, donde el humo de los incendios opacó el cielo de la ciudad.

La medida prohibitiva ayudará a frenar los incendios pero su efecto podría ser “muy limitado” si la gente la ignora ahora que comienza la temporada alta de incendios, dijo Xiangming Xiao, botanista en la Universidad de Oklahoma, quien estudia la deforestación en la Amazonía. La mayoría de incendios en Brasil ocurren a fines de agosto, septiembre y principios de oc-

tubre, dijo.

“En Brasil ocurrieron incendios legales e ilegales. Va a ser muy difícil identificarlos y separarlos”, dijo Xiao en un mensaje electrónico enviado a The Associated Press.

Las leyes forestales brasileñas permiten ese tipo de quemas controladas siempre y cuando se tenga la licencia correspondiente de las autoridades ambientales.

Este año aumentaron pronunciadamente los incendios controlados, sus-

citando sospechas de que los agricultores se vieron animados a quemar más ante le retórica de Bolsonaro en contra de las protecciones ambientales.

Bolsonaro ha insinuado que las ONGs están provocando los incendios a fin de desestabilizar su gobierno.

Además, se peleó con el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron y otros líderes europeos que cuestionaron su compromiso para proteger el ecosistema amazónico.

El lío ha puesto en peligro una promesa de 20 millones de dólares de los países del G7 para proteger la selva tropical.

Gran parte de los terrenos quemados ya habían sido deforestados, pero la ubicación de muchos incendios - al lado de regiones selváticas intactas - refleja el gran peligro de la deforestación.

La selva amazónica es vital para la salud del planeta en parte porque absorbe el dióxido de carbono de la atmósfera.

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l presidente Donald Trump dijo el jueves que Estados Unidos retirará más de 5.000 soldados estadounidenses de Afganistán y luego decidirá sobre nuevas reducciones en la guerra más larga en la historia de Estados Unidos.

Los comentarios de

Trump ocurren a la vez que el enviado estadounidense está en su novena ronda de negociaciones con el Talibán para hallar una solución al conflicto de casi 18 años. El presidente dijo que Estados Unidos “estaba acercándose” a un acuerdo, pero que el resultado seguía incierto.

“Quién sabe si se va a

concretar”, dijo Trump al programa “The Brian Kilmeade Show”, de Fox News Radio.

Trump no dio detalles de los planes de retiro.

El Pentágono ha estado haciendo planes para retirar hasta la mitad de los 14.000 soldados estadounidenses en ese país, pero el Talibán quiere el retiro de todas las fuerzas

estadounidenses y de la OTAN. “Nos quedaremos con 8.600 (efectivos) y luego tomaremos una determinación más adelante”, dijo Trump agregando que Estados Unidos va a tener una “fuerte presencia de espionaje” en Afganistán en lo sucesivo.

La reducción del total de soldados a 8.600 sería

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equivalente más o menos al total de efectivos que allí había cuando Trump asumió la presidencia en enero del 2017. De acuerdo con la misión OTAN/ Apoyo Firme, Estados Unidos tuvo 9.000 soldados en Afganistán en el 2016, durante el gobierno del presidente Barack Obama, y 8.000 en el 2017.

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