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Riverside County to begin coronavirus antibody testing as part of prevalence study RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM | CONTRIBUTED

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housands of Riverside County residents will soon be contacted and asked to take part in a coronavirus antibody testing study being sponsored by county health officials.

About 3,500 randomly selected county residents will be asked if they are interested in taking part in the study, which could determine whether they have been exposed and developed COVID-19 antibodies. The study will help determine the Riverside County prevalence of COVID-19, which will be used to inform planning efforts. Potential participants will be contacted by telephone or email starting later this week.

“We are asking those who are contacted to strongly consider taking part in the study,” said Kim Saruwatari, director of Riverside County Public Health. “It’s important to know the extent of the spread of the virus have developed antibodies. That information is vital as we move forward.”

Residents cannot volunteer for the study, in part, because health officials want a more representative sampling of the community.

Antibodies are part of the body’s defense against infections, develop and stay in the blood even after the infection is over. Public Health is not creating the list of participants and will not collect the individual information from the study.

As a reminder, the medical community does not yet know the extent of the benefits of testing positive for coronavirus antibodies.

For example, it is not yet known if someone can contract the virus again after testing positive for antibodies. Conducting this study will

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Drug trafficking operation

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n Friday, June 19, 2020, personnel from the Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff ’s Department, Hemet Police Department, and Riverside County DA’s Office GIT Team served twenty-three search warrants related to illegal indoor residential marijuana grows, marijuana sales and conspiracy in the cities of San Jacinto, Hemet, Corona, Eastvale, Rialto, El Monte, South El Monte, West Covina, Rosemead, Lower Azusa and Calexico.

During the warrant service, a total of approximately 20,000 plants were eradicated from these residences along with 100 pounds of processed marijuana. A total combined weight of approximately two tons of marijuana was collected from these locations.

Deputies also collected 338 fans, large amounts of packaging, and 620 lights and ballasts.

California Edison responded and located an illegal electrical by-pass underneath the electrical meters at fifteen separate indoor grows, the estimated total theft of utilities is $1,705,066.00.

Approximately $1,000,000 in total US currency were collect-

ed for asset forfeiture from these locations. In addition to the search warrants Deputies froze 25 different bank accounts containing an undisclosed amount of US currency pending seizure.

These search warrants are the culmination of a four-month long investigation into a drug trafficking organization from China operating in our city and neighboring counties.

This investigation started when San Jacinto Sheriff ’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) began identifying and serving search warrants for illegal indoor residential marijuana grows within our city limits. While investigating each of these grows, San Jacinto SET determined they were all being financed and cared for by the same group of individuals originating out of the Los Angeles area.

San Jacinto SET authored additional warrants for financial records, property information, cell phones and tracker warrants. This information assisted San Jacinto SET in identifying target locations in the cities of San Jacinto, Hemet, Corona, Rialto, Rosemead, El Monte, South El Monte, Arcadia, West Covina, Eastvale and near the Mexico border in Calexico.

As this investigation continued San Jacinto SET identified

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MONEY: Approximately $1,000,000 in total US currency were collected for asset forfeiture from these locations. | Courtesy Photo of San Jacinto Sheriff’s Station.

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Dr. Ruiz advocates for constituents who haven’t received their stimulus checks Joins 77 Members of Congress Calling on the IRS to take immediate action to speed the delivery of these payments HERNAN QUINTAS | CONTRIBUTED

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ongressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) is calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide updates on the status of Economic Impact Payments (EIP) and urging the IRS to take immediate action to speed up the delivery of the remaining payments. In a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig sent Monday, Dr. Ruiz and 77 other members of Congress expressed concern about the quality and timeliness of IRS responses to constituent inquiries and urged the IRS to act with urgency in disbursing the remaining payments.

“Every day, our offices are fielding hundreds of calls and messages from constituents who, through no fault of their own, are in dire

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need of financial assistance to pay for essentials like rent, gas, and groceries,” Dr. Ruiz and the other members wrote in the letter.

“There are still too many taxpayers across the country who have waited for several weeks and without relief in sight. We share their concerns and urge you to take immediate action to speed the delivery of these payments.”

In March, Dr. Ruiz voted for H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which is now law and authorized $425 billion in funding to provide direct payments to individuals. Over 160 million Americans have received their stimulus payment while many are still waiting. Meanwhile, 36.5 million Americans filed unemployment claims in the last

On June 25, 2009

Michael Jackson, one of the most successful entertainers in history, dies at age 50 at his home in California. Jackson suffered cardiac arrest caused by a fatal combination of prescription drugs given to him by his personal doctor.

On June 26, 1959

The St. Lawrence Seaway is officially opened, creating a navigational channel from the Atlantic Ocean to Duluth, Minnesota. The system of canals, locks and dredged waterways extends for nearly 2,500 miles.

On June 27, 1939

One of the most famous scenes in movie history is filmed -- Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara

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You can read a copy of the letter below.

Dear Commissioner Rettig, We write to express concerns about the quality and timeliness of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s responses (or lack thereof) to questions from our constituents about the delivery status of Economic Impact Payments (EIP). We appreciate the significant operational challenges that the coronavirus poses to the agency and understand that there are legitimate reasons for processing and disbursement delays.

However, there are still too many taxpayers across the country who have waited for several weeks and without relief in sight. We share their concerns and urge you to take

parting in "Gone with the Wind." Director Victor Fleming also shot the scene using the alternate line, "Frankly, my dear, I just don't care," in case the film censors objected to the word "damn." The censors approved the movie but fined producer David O. Selznick $5,000 for including the curse.

On June 28, 1969

A police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay club in New York's Greenwich Village, turns violent as patrons and local sympathizers begin rioting against the police and throwing bottles. It's now remembered as one of history's first major protests for LGBT rights.

On June 29, 1995

The American space shuttle Atlantis docks

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CONGRESSMAN RAUL RUIZ | Courtesy Photo. immediate action to speed the delivery of these payments.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is the largest stimulus package in American history. The CARES Act authorized $425 billion in funding for the EIP program. That funding is distributed in $1,200 payments (sometimes referred to as “stimulus checks”) to each American making $75,000 per year or less. Congress worked quickly to draft this and other COVID-19-related relief bills

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with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. It marked the 100th human space mission in American history.

On June 30, 1974

Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from U.S.S.R. after four years of planning. While touring in Canada, Baryshnikov evaded his KGB handlers at the end of a performance, disappearing into the crowd outside. He hid until he was granted political asylum.

On July 1, 1984

The Motion Picture Association of America introduces a new movie rating, PG-13. The action film "Red Dawn" became the first-ever PG-13 movie.

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MSJC holds first Juneteenth celebration

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Statewide face covering requirement responds to increased cases, supports local reopening efforts

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Riverside County officials urge everyone to follow the state’s face covering requirement to curb the recent increase in coronavirus cases, as well as support local reopening efforts.

Cases of coronavirus have increased, which is an expected outcome resulting from people visiting more places in the community. Riverside County officials continue to urge all residents, employees and business operators to take necessary safety steps to slow the spread of the disease. “This pandemic has hit hard all of our communities. But in particular, people of color and vulnerable communities such as seniors, farm workers and those with compromised immune systems. We see a rise in positive cases and hospital bed usage in the county but more so in the Coachella Valley,� said Chair V. Manuel Perez, Fourth District Supervisor. “Social distancing, washing our hands and wearing facial coverings are all simple measures that we can all abide by to protect ourselves and our fellow neighbors. I am happy that our Governor has made this decision.�

Coronavirus spreads through droplets expelled while sneezing, coughing or talking. People who carry the disease and do not show symptoms can still spread the disease to others. Covering the nose and mouth with a cloth face covering, bandana or neck gaiter, keeps these droplets in.

Face coverings should be washed regularly to keep clean.

Public health officials also remind residents to keep six feet of distance between others while in public and to frequently wash their hands.

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ore than 150 people attended and participated in Mt. San Jacinto College’s inaugural Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 19.

MSJC was one of just a few colleges in Southern California that celebrated Juneteenth this year. The 2 ½-hour virtual event hosted its speakers and a DJ in a Zoom chat and then livestreamed on YouTube for attendees.

Observed every June 19, Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. While President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation officially ended slavery on Jan. 1, 1863, it took nearly two and half years for slaves in Galveston, Texas, to receive word that they were free. That occurred

on June 19, 1865.

MSJC Administration of Justice major DeAnthony Barney, the president of A2MEND (African American Male Education Network and Development) and Vice President of Umoja at MSJC, was among the event’s speakers. “This is the third time I’ve been to a Juneteenth event, but having a school I go to put one on and letting us be heard, it’s amazing,� the 20-year-old Hemet resi-

dent told the attendees.

The virtual celebration featured the history of Juneteenth, the Black National Anthem, and speeches and poetry readings from MSJC Superintendent/President Dr. Roger Schultz, students, faculty and staff, as well as guest speakers from other colleges and the community. In addition, the MSJC Foundation sponsored a Juneteenth competition that will provide students scholarships.

The MSJC Sankofa Task

Force of students, faculty and staff organized and led the event. Sankofa is an African word that essentially means one must return to the past to bring knowledge back to the present in order to make positive progress.

Mt. San Jacinto College serves about 27,000 students in a district covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula, with campuses in San Jacinto, Menifee, Banning and Temecula.

In May 2020, Mt. San Jacinto College awarded a record-breaking 3,554 degrees and certificates to 1,958 graduates. Find the Fall 2020 schedule at www. msjc.edu/schedule.

Have a wonderful day and please follow MSJC on social media – Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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2 killed, guard wounded in California nightclub shooting A man and woman were killed and a security guard was wounded in an exchange of gunfire after the two were asked to leave a Southern California nightclub early Monday, police said.

The shooting occurred shortly after midnight at a nightspot called El Calentano in Riverside.

The preliminary investigation found that club security asked the man and woman to leave and escorted them out to a vehicle, Riverside police Officer Ryan J. Railsback said.

The man got a gun, drove to the front of the nightclub and began shooting at the guards, he said.

One guard was hit but returned fire and struck the man and woman in the car. The vehicle sped out of the parking lot and crashed into a business across the street.

Paramedics pronounced the man and woman dead at the scene.

The wounded security guard was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive, Railsback said.

The names of those involved were not immediately released.

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GROUP: More than 150 people attended and participated in Mt. San Jacinto College’s inaugural Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 19. | Photo courtesy of Mt. San Jacinto College.

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This year’s Miramar Air Show in Southern California, billed as the world’s largest military air display, has been canceled over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced Monday.

The show, which usually draws more than 500,000 spectators, was scheduled for September at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

Col. Charles Dockery, the base’s commanding officer, made the decision as a safety measure because of “public health risks� in the midst of the continuing COVID-19 outbreak, a statement from the base said. “The Miramar Air Show brings in aviation enthusiasts from all across the United States and from every corner of the world,� Dockery said in the statement. “While we had initially hoped to host the show and help usher in a re-opened San Diego, there are still a great many risks posed with a mass gathering of this size and scale to do it in a way that ensures our guests’ absolute safety.� “It remains a prudent choice to look ahead to 2021 and make it better than ever,� he said.

The base said Miramar is the largest military air show in

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t. San Jacinto College (MSJC) has partnered with the Perris-based TODEC Legal Center to provide free legal support services to faculty, staff and undocumented students at the college.

The TODEC (Training Occupational Development Educating Communities) Legal Center provides assistance with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program renewals and immigration screenings and consultations. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the DACA program, which allows undocumented individuals who were brought here as infants or minors to attend colleges and universities and work in this country in order to contribute to their

communities. MSJC is fully committed to serving its DACA students and will continue to support their educational goals.

The TODEC partnership will provide students, their families, and the college community with information related to resources specifically for DACA, AB 540, and Dreamers. MSJC and TODEC Legal Center will not violate the HIPAA privacy rule, FERPA, or California State Regulations.

TODEC’s mission is to empower disenfranchised immigrant communities to become economically, socially, educationally, and civically self-sufficient while enhancing individual self-esteem and community health. The overall purpose of TODEC is to ensure equitable access to information, immigration legal services, community education, advocacy, and civic engagement for limited and non-English speaking people, including immigrants and migrant

workers throughout the Inland Empire, and Imperial and Inyo counties.

The collaboration between MSJC and TODEC is part of a pilot project led by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO), the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), and the Foundation for California Community Colleges.

Following a competitive process, MSJC was selected as one of 65 California community colleges to receive grant funding to host legal immigration services during this pilot phase.

While not every college is a host, students from nonhost colleges will be able to access services from host colleges such as MSJC. For more information, please visit www.msjc.edu/ dreamers

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provide valuable information as COVID-19 continues to be researched.

“Public health officials around the world continue to learn about coronavirus and this antibody study could enhance our local understanding of this disease,” said Riverside County Board Chair and Fourth District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez. “It is important that Riverside County residents get the regular test for coronavirus to protect their families, coworkers and communities, and, if contacted, to participate in an antibody study as well to help our research efforts.”

Those who are selected will complete a survey, then have blood drawn at one of nine sites located throughout the county. These sites are not the same locations where coronavirus testing for active infections is taking place.

For more information about the testing www. rivcoph.org/antibodystudy.

those suspects profiting and responsible for financing these illegal indoor residential marijuana grows.

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The following suspects were arrested for Maintaining a Drug House, Theft of Utilities, Marijuana Cultivation, Marijuana Sales, and Conspiracy: • 47-year old Hemet resident Min Xue • 27-year old San Jacinto resident Jiabin Zhao • 53-year old San Jacinto resident Tsen Kang • 25-year old San Jacinto resident Chen Cuizhen • 36-year old San Jacinto resident Dong Wong • 47-year old Rialto resident Chen Lianxiao • 50-year old Rialto resident Jingijan Zen • 34-year old San Jacinto resident Zihe Zhong • 55-year old San Jacinto resident Chenfung Ma • 50-year old San Jacinto resident Xuying Wang

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the world. It is one of many large events that have been canceled this year because of concerns over COVID-19, including county fairs, Comic-Con in San Diego and the annual Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals.

The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in California has inched up each of the past three days and now hovers above 3,700, the highest rate since mid-March.

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to address the severe economic hardships necessary to protect public health.

Last month, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. economy entered its first recession in over a decade. The unemployment rate in May was in the double digits—about 16 percent. Over the eight weeks ending on May 9th, 36.5 million Americans filed unemployment claims.

Across the country, people are hurting. Every day, our offices are fielding hundreds of calls and messages from constituents who, through no fault of their own, are in

• 57-year old Hemet resident Jimming Su • 46-year old Rosemead resident Yuling Rong • 45-year old Arcadia resident Yue Xiao • 21-year old Arcadia resident Weifeng Wu • 50-year old El Monte resident Riu Ju Tan • 34-year old El Monte resident Wen Chang Mai • 41-year old Calexico resident Yue Xiao • 41-year old El Monte resident Chong Huan Zhen • 53-year old El Monte resident Jiang Qing Huang The goal of the Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department is to keep all of our citizens safe while also improving the quality of life for those residing within the community.

Indoor marijuana cultivation negatively impacts the neighborhoods, property value and environment.

It diminishes and poisons the water table and pesticides adversely affecting the health of neighboring residents. The Riverside dire need of financial assistance to pay for essentials like rent, gas, and groceries.

We appreciate that the IRS has gone to great lengths to implement the EIP program and distribute funds to eligible individuals as quickly as possible, while also attempting to minimize fraud. The scope of these efforts is particularly notable given the IRS’s historic underfunding.

Congress has reduced the agency’s budget by 20 percent over the past decade. In that same period, the number of full-time IRS staff decreased by 22 percent.

Given the significant hurdles that the IRS faces in overseeing the implementation of the EIP program, we

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Male Labrador Retriever/Terrier Mix DOB: 12/17/15

Kova’s passion in life is chasing a tennis ball. He will play with you and run after a ball as many times as you want to throw one. He also absolutely loves water and gets along with other dogs. Kova can be unpredictable and wary around strangers, but after a proper introduction, Kova is friendly, playful, and incredibly sweet. He is also very smart and will learn new tricks easily.

Kova is looking for a loving home to build up his confidence. He will flourish with an experienced adopter that will take the time to establish trust and empower him to be the best dog that he can be.

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DSH Solid Grey Female DOB: 3/31/2017 Meet Adalynn! Adalynn is a beautiful and free-spirited girl.

While at the cattery, she enjoys back-scratches and lounging around in the sunniest spot she can find. She even enjoys burrowing under the blankets to enjoy a nice, warm nap. Adalynn would do well in a relaxed home environment with other cats.

Come meet Adalynn today!

All of our cats are spayed or neutered, microchipped, and up to date on vaccinations.

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. Call: 951-321-9982 or visit living-free.org/adopt.

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SAN JACINTO POLICE DEPARTMENT: Search warrants are the culmination of a four-month long investigation into a drug trafficking organization from China operating in our city and neighboring counties. | Photo courtesy of Riverside Police Department.

County Sheriff ’s Department has a zero-tolerance policy for these offenses. If you suspect drug activity in your area, please contact your local Sheriff ’s Station.

The Special Enforcement Team can be reached at the San Jacinto Sheriff ’s Station at (951) 654-2702.

Criminal activity can also be reported through the We-Tip Crime Reporting Hotline, (909) 987-5005 or wetip.com. request the following information so that we may better-assess the IRS’s capacity to carry out the directives contained in the CARES Act: 1. Weekly updates on the status of EIP program implementation. Those updates should include, to date: the number of payments that have been deposited by the recipient, the number of payments that have been mailed by the IRS, and the percentage and number of payments that were sent through each method of disbursement, including paper checks, direct deposit payments, and prepaid debit cards, 2. The number and associated percentage of IRS staff tasked solely with implementing the EIP program,

MARIJUANA CULTIVATION: A total of approximately 20,000 plants were eradicated from these residences along with 100 pounds of processed marijuana. Approximately two tons of marijuana was collected from these locations. | Photo courtesy of Riverside Police Department.

3. The number of calls received by IRS telephone operators on the topic of missing stimulus checks—along with the number and associated percentages of calls returned by the IRS, 4. Aside from underfunding and associated understaffing, any additional hurdles the IRS is facing that are contributing to the delay in EIP program implementation, and 5. The amount of additional funding needed by the IRS in order to process and deliver all remaining stimulus checks no later than July 15th.

As Members of the U.S. Congress, our responsibilities lie not only in creating

programs like EIP, but also in overseeing their implementation. For weeks, our constituents have used the appropriate channels to inquire as to the status of these payments. Those inquiries have been ignored.

The relief programs created in the CARES Act are time-sensitive, as indicated by the speed with which the legislature drafted and enacted this law—along with the historic funding levels that the law authorized.

We ask that the IRS provide updates to the American people with the same degree of urgency.

We look forward to your response, which we hope to receive no later than June 30th.

KEEPING VOLUNTEERS SAFE Nonprofits, food banks, and other organizations seeking to leverage volunteers in their COVID-19 response efforts can protect volunteers and operations by following this guide developed in accordance with Do not accept a volunteer if they have experienced symptoms related to COVID-19 such as fever, cough, or shortness of breath. Assure that volunteers are informed of risks associated with the volunteer opportunity.

Enact cleanliness protocols, sanitize volunteer areas or meal distribution sites regularly. Supply disinfectant wipes and hand-sanitizer. Remind volunteers to wash their hands before, during, and after volunteering.

Require healthy practices, cover coughing and sneezing with a tissue. Keep 6 ft physical distance rules in place during tasks and remind volunteers to avoid touching their face.

Screen volunteers before starting shifts. Ask volunteers if they’ve experienced COVID-19 symptoms and administer temperature checks, especially if handling food.

Follow guidliness from the California Department of Public Health.

Visit cdph.ca.gov/COVID19 for more information and to make sure we are all safe.

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall SUSAN BECKETT | COLUMNIST

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magine for just a minute you’re walking through a department store and you happen to pass by the cosmetic counter. There, covering the countertops, is an array of lipsticks, face powders, blushes, mascara, and, of course, an abundance of mirrors! Out of the corner of your eye, you notice a young lady standing in front of one of those mirrors — her hair is a mess, her lipstick is smeared and outside the guidelines of her lips, plus she has a big gob of mascara under one eye.

Since she has taken the time to check herself out in the mirror, you think she’ll now fix the tousled hair and mussed up face, but to your bewilderment, she smiles into the mirror and simply walks off.

Okay - kinda odd!

But this same script is played out every day by people who gather knowledge to themselves but walk away and do nothing with it. Think about it knowledge is useless without action!

It reminds me of a verse found in James 1. It describes an individual who is called “a hearer of the word and not a doer.” This person also looks into a mirror, and apparently also needs some ‘repair’

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The mirror here actually holds a two-fold purpose: we’re to fix the obvious problems plus “see” God’s purpose for our lives.

Look into the mirror of God’s word and discover your true character, gifts, and potential - and then act on them!

What qualities did God put into your life that get your inner motor running at high speed? A wise person once said, “A man may be equipped with tons of theory. He may have the best of skills, the most positive of attitudes and the strongest of beliefs. But if he just sits on his butt with all these attitudes, nothing is going to come out of it.

Action is the basis of all success.”

If you’ve watched any news at all the past couple of months, you must realize that things are a mess!

Name almost any area of our society and there is

controversy attached to it ~~ be it politics, the police, religion, historical statues, eating out, or beach-going.

It’s pretty crazy!

So what are you doing about it? Are you part of the solution or part of the problem? Life is way to short to ride through uninvolved, as some passenger screaming their way through a ride on a scary roller coaster. Where is the purpose in that?!

Listen - good intentions are great, but if that’s as far as you get, you don’t even have lift-off! Take those expensive Nike Air Max shoes out for a walk and get to work. Take your Samsung Galaxy S20 cell phone and dial in some numbers. Startup the engine in your Nissan Maxima and drive somewhere to help with something!!

Just do something!

The famous John Wesley once said, “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

Security is for cadavers rise and shine!

Bob and Susan Beckett pastor The Dwelling Place City Church at 27100 Girard Street in Hemet. For more information, you can contact them at DPCityChurch.com.

George Tichenor Passed away on June 19, 2020 George Tichenor 82, passed on June 19 2020. He was a great man, loving husband, father and grandfather. He was also a great businessman, co-owner at Valley Glass and owner of Mayers Glass and also served his country in the Airforce. He resided in Hemet for over 60 years. George is survived by 2 daughters (Vicki Flowers and Debbie Tichenor), 1 son (Charles “Chuck” Tichenor), 2 granddaughters and 7 great grandchildren and the many hearts George touched. He will be deeply missed by all!

Janet Ann Kusy-Hester December 6, 1944 - June 19, 2020 On June 19, 2020, Janet Ann Kusy-Hester passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 75.

Janet was born in Westfield Massachusetts on December 6, 1944. She lived there until she moved to Hemet with her first husband of over 40 years Chester Kusy in 1985. Janet volunteered many years for the Hemet Police Department, where she was also employed for over 10 years as a property and evidence officer. It was there she met her second husband Ralph “Lee” Hester. After retiring from the PD, she was employed at the Four Seasons in Hemet. Where she worked in the Lodge for the past 14 years.

Janet had many friends and will be greatly missed by all who were blessed to know her.

Janet is survived by her son Steven Kusy, daughter- in-law Christina Kusy, grandchildren Kaylee, Kyle, Karissa, great granddaughter Audree, brother Ed Krzinowek, and sister Sue Suphan.

A visitation will be held from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 02, 2020 at the Miller-Jones Mortuary Chapel, 1501 West Florida Avenue, Hemet, CA, and a graveside service will follow at the Riverside National Cemetery at 2 p.m.

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Lester Ora Lindow April 26, 1922 - June 11, 2020 Lester Ora Lindow passed away at the age of 98, on Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Hemet, California. He was born to his parents, Ora Lindow and Ida Sophia (née Goree) Polly, on Wednesday, April 26, 1922, in Bell Plain, Wisconsin. Lester served in the U.S. Navy for 6 years (1941-1947). He was a Pearl Harbor survivor and was assigned to the USS Maryland during the attack. He was an avid pilot. Lester held a pilots’ license into his 90s. He was a founding member of the Quiet Birdmen, Hemet Chapter. For many years Lester flew for Doctors Without Borders. He had the privilege of serving as Grand Marshall for the City of Hemet Veterans’ Day and Christmas Parades in past years. For 30+ years Lester owned Spellman’s Auto Repair in Wilmington, CA. In addition to flying, Lester enjoyed fishing and hunting but most of all he enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

He was blessed to spend 22 years with the love of his life, Mary Carroll, before her passing. Lester was predeceased by his parents, Ora Lindow and Ida Polly; his companion, Mary Carroll; his daughter, Crystal Peinado; his grandson, Robert Spaur; 3 siblings, Orie Lindow, James Lindow, Roger Lindow. He is survived by his daughters, Pamela Kressley and Diana Sparks; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 3 greatgreat grandchildren; siblings, Gerald (Mina) Lindow, Kenneth (Carol) Lindow, and Robert (Barb) Lindow; numerous nieces and nephews and his beloved dog, DeeDee. Lester will be laid to rest at Riverside National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Lester’s name to the Gary Sinise Foundation would be appreciated. https://www.garysinisefoundation.org/donate/. The foundation has a Four Star Charity rating and was near and dear to Lester’s heart.

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Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting fired AP NEWS | CONTRIBUTED

C. Calhoun at Marion Square in Charleston during a demonstration in Charleston, S.C. Mayor John Tecklenburg called for the relocation of the monument honoring Calhoun, a slavery advocate. He said he introduced a resolution to move it to a museum or other academic institution. | Josh Morgan/The Greenville News via AP

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Charleston votes to remove statue of slavery advocate MEG KINNARD | AP NEWS

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fficials in the historic South Carolina city of Charleston voted unanimously Tuesday to remove a statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun from a downtown square, the latest in a wave of actions arising from protests against racism and police brutality against African Americans.

Council members approved the measure 13-0 at a late-day meeting. The resolution authorizes the removal of the statue of the former U.S. vice president and senator from South Carolina from atop a 100-foot (30-meter) monument in downtown Marion Square.

City officials said eventually that the Calhoun statue will be placed permanently at “an appropriate site where it will be protected and preserved.”

The vote comes a week after the mayor, John Tecklenburg, announced he would send the resolution to the City Council. He also took part in the vote.

“I believe that we are setting a new chapter, a more equitable chapter, in our city’s history,” Tecklenburg said, just before the vote. “We are making the right step. It’s just simply the right thing for us to do.”

Council members heard from dozens of residents for and against the statue’s removal. Councilman Karl L. Brady Jr. said he knew his support may cost him votes but that he was voting his conscience in a move he said shows that, in Charleston, “we place white supremacy and white supremacist thought back where it belongs - on the ash heap of history.”

The move comes days after the fifth anniversary of the slaying of nine Black parishioners in a racist attack at a downtown Charleston church. It also comes as cities around the U.S. debate the removal of monuments to Confederate leaders and others after the policy custody death of a Black man, George Floyd, in Minnesota.

The ultimate resting place of the statue has yet to be determined,

a decision that will be left up to a special panel. The mayor has anticipated it would go to a local museum or educational institution.

Last Wednesday when Tecklenburg announced his plans to remove the statue, dozens of protesters linked arms around the monument, shouting, “Take it down!” Video posted on Twitter also showed signs and spray-painting on the monument. Police said they made several arrests for vandalism and ultimately closed off the area overnight.

In the heart of downtown Charleston, Calhoun towers over a sprawling square frequented by locals and tourists alike that is a frequent venue for festivals and large public events. Several organizers have said recently that they would no longer use the space while the statue remained.

About 40% of enslaved Africans brought to North America came through the port city of Charleston, which formally apologized in 2018 for its role in the slave trade.

In its resolution, the city says the statue, in place since 1898, “is seen by many people as something other than a memorial to the accomplishments of a South Carolina native, but rather a symbol glorifying slavery and as such, a painful reminder of the history of slavery in Charleston.”

Calhoun’s support of slavery never wavered. He said in several speeches on the U.S. Senate floor in the 1830s that slaves in the South were better off than free Blacks in the North while calling slavery a “positive good.”

Tecklenburg said the removal isn’t covered under South Carolina’s Heritage Act, which protects historical monuments and names of buildings, as the monument is not on public property or in commemoration of one of the historical events listed in the act.

According to the National Parks Service, the city technically leases the land where the monument sits, which “is to be kept open forever as a parade ground for the

OFFICER BRETT HANKISON | Photo Courtesy of Louisville Police Department.

Sam Aguiar, an attorney for Taylor’s family, previously said the move to fire Hankison was long overdue. “It’s about damn time,” he said, adding Hankison was an officer who “plagued our streets and made this city worse for over a dozen years.”

“Let’s hope that this is a start to some good, strong criminal proceedings against Officer Hankison, because he definitely

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VICTIM: In this June 9, 2020, file photo, Kevin Peterson, center, founder and executive director of the New Democracy Coalition, displays a placard showing Breonna Taylor as he addresses a rally in Boston. Louisville’s mayor says one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Taylor will be fired, Friday, June 19, 2020.

Taylor was gunned down by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a noknock warrant. She was shot eight times by officers conducting a narcotics investigation. No drugs were found at her home. | AP Photo/Steven Senne, File

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PROTESTERS: On June 17, 2020, photo protesters gather around the statue of John

he Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more than three months after the 26-year-old black woman was killed in her home.

A termination letter sent to Officer Brett Hankison released by the city’s police department Tuesday said Hankinson violated procedures by showing “extreme indifference to the value of human life” when he “wantonly and blindly” shot 10 rounds of gunfire into Taylor’s apartment in March.

The letter also said Hankison, who is white, violated the rule against using deadly force.

Taylor, who was Black, was shot eight times by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a no-knock warrant during a March 13 narcotics investigation.

The warrant to search her home was in connection with a suspect who did not live there, and no drugs were found inside.

The no-knock search warrant that allows police to enter without first announcing their presence was recently banned by Louisville’s Metro Council.

The letter said Hankison fired the rounds “without supporting facts” that the deadly force was directed at a person posing an immediate threat.

“I find your conduct a shock to the conscience,” interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder said in the letter. “Your actions have brought discredit upon yourself and the Department.”

The announcement comes after Mayor Greg Fischer said last week that Schroeder had started termination proceedings for Hankison while two other officers remain on administrative reassignment as the shooting is investigated.

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deserves to at least be charged,” Aguiar added.

Protesters calling for justice in Taylor’s shooting have taken their calls to the streets amid the international protests over racism and police violence after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for several minutes as he pleaded for air.

This month, Beyoncé also joined the call for charges against officers involved in Taylor’s death.

The singer sent a letter to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, saying the three Louisville police officers “must be held accountable for their actions.”

“Your office has both the power and the responsibility to bring justice to Breonna Taylor, and demonstrate the value of a Black woman’s life,” said the letter released on the singer’s website.

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Thursday | June 25 - July 1, 2020

THE POLITICAL NOTEBOOK From the Democrats of Hemet-San Jacinto

YOU HOLD THE KEY TO AMERICA’S FUTURE “Oh, say can you see” opens the Star Spangled banner”. The history of our current National Anthem started in 1814. Francis Scott Key, an attorney, slave owner and amateur poet was witness to the shelling of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland from a nearby ship. At dawn, he was thrilled to see our countries flag still flying above the fort and wrote the lyrics. It is unknown who set the lyrics to the current melody which was a popular English drinking song although there is some evidence that Key knew the song which celebrated wine, women and song. So essentially the “Star Spangled Banner” is a patriotic poem attached to an English drinking song.

The song was very hard to sing but when sung by those who had imbibed a little too much it probably sounded okay. Perhaps it difficulty to sing was why no one initially proposed making the “Star Spangled Banner” our national anthem. “Hail Columbia,” composed for George Washington’s inauguration in 1789, continued to be played at ceremonial events. (Today, it’s still used as the entrance march for the Vice President. In fact, throughout the 19th century, “The Star-Spangled Banner” was just one of several patriotic songs sung on public holidays. With no official national anthem, many different songs were used for ceremonial occasions. It became more popular within the military and in 1889, the Secretary of the Navy ordered the “The Star-Spangled Banner” played when the flag was raised for ceremonial events. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson accompanied his proclamation that June 14 be set aside as “Flag Day” with an order that “The Star-Spangled Banner” be performed at public events. And in 1931, Congress turned Wilson’s executive order into law, making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the United States’ national anthem. While the song may be old, it has only been the nation’s “official” anthem for less than 90 years.

Moreover, while the words may be gloriously American, the tune is English and this old drinking melody would hardly get approved today without major objections from MADD. In its early years as the official “National Anthem” anyone toying with the melody was met with immediate and usually strong disapproval. At least in terms of the national anthem, Americans have become much more tolerant and it is rare to hear it sung with the additional and changing of many notes. I cannot remember the last time I have heard it sung as originally written.

I have given this history of the “Star Spangled Banner” because both the anthem and the author of its lyrics have been in the news so much lately. In 2016, Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the playing of the anthem at the suggestion of a military veteran instead of remaining seated as he had done the previous game. His motivation was not related in any way to the anthem or patriotism. His motivation was to bring attention the plight of Black Americans. Recent events of death at the hands of police have brought to our attention that many previous non-violent, non-disruptive protested have not resulted in any progress in the way our black brethren are treated.

Racists have tried to imply such non-violent actions are unpatriotic when the exact opposite is true. Trying to improve the lives of all Americans is the most “American” thing we can do.

Just recently a statue of Francis Scott Key, who is known for writing “The Star-Spangled Banner” but was a slave owner, was toppled by protesters in San Francisco during demonstrations against racial injustice. While he wrote the words “land of the free”, our land was not free for his or any slaves in America. It might seem like Key is up past his historical bedtime. But the backstory and crosscurrents of the anthem are as unresolved as the NFL player challenges still likely to come on game days. Whatever side you’re on, we all need to know the roots of “The Star-Spangled Banner” run deep in slavery’s soil. How deep is seldom told.

Lawyer-poet Key, born to massive slaveholding wealth in Maryland, was one of the richest men in America. He liked it that way. As he grew older and darker, Key sought to buttress slavery, known as our own “peculiar institution.” He did just that, past his last breath.

The U.S. Supreme Court, which he helped shape, stood strongly for slavery. So beside the anthem, his political legacy as a critical political player in upholding slavery is devastating. In his 50s, Key became an adviser to President Andrew Jackson, who was also a wealthy self-made Southern slaveholder. At the same time, Key was named by Jackson as the U.S. district attorney for the nation’s capital, where he prosecuted race and slavery laws to the fullest extent, even to the death penalty. He also aggressively prosecuted early.

It bothers me that we judge our ancestors by today’s moral values.

Those were different times. So many of us reflect the values of our parents and only modify our values slowly but over many decades values do change. We are making progress. But what bothers me more is that we can and should be progressing faster. We have now had protests every day for over two weeks with no end in sight. Even conservative politicians are taking notice and hedging their comments. I hope the protests (peaceful) continue. We need to keep up the pressure. Your legacy will be determined by whether you support change or remain silent. A better America for EVERYONE could be coming soon with your help. Vote tolerance, vote compassion, vote blue.

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s my readers know, I’ve been off for the past two weeks. Upon my return, the paper received a call from a gentleman who seemed between anger and disgust. He requested that I come out to see the condition of his street. Usually, we would refer such calls to the city but stated the city was ignoring him and his neighbors’ complaints.

I arrived at 240 Linda Lane a couple of blocks south of Devonshire and was met by Mr. Charles Vineyard. He didn’t hesitate to let me know how he felt.

“I’ve come to the newspaper because I’m getting nowhere with the city. I started to complain to the city two years ago and have followed up since then. They simply do not respond.”

What, I asked, is your primary complainant. I couldn’t help not notice the gravelly condition of the street.

“As you can see, a city truck came by this week and supposedly patched a few holes. It was a sloppy job and it doesn’t do anything to improve the street’s condition.

They gave a few holes a lick and a promise and left, and even that was not properly done. We are sick of it.”

He continued. “My car is constantly out of alignment because of the street’s condition.

This is a street of families with young children who cannot ride their bikes or skate on the street

without being injured by the street’s gravelly condition. We do not have come and go traffic and since we are a cul-de-sac, we lookout for our children.

“I don’t expect the street to be re-paved every five years, but I’ve lived here for 15 years and nothing has been done. I notice that nearby Devonshire is re-paved regularly.

Mr. Vineyard then introduced me to his next-door neighbor at 230 Linda Lane, Mr. Francisco Perez who had similar complaints.

“When the kids are playing, they trip on the little potholes that are all up and down this block.

Pebbles that have come loose over the years that make the street very rough. They trip and end up with bruises on their elbows and knees.

It could be a lot worse. It has been that way for a long time.”

Down the street at 225, I met Mr. Robert Miner, a father of three, ages 10, 6 and 9 months.

He says that the two older ones have been out of school for three months and since he lives at the end of the street there is no traffic and even there it is too rough for his youngsters to skate or ride a bike because of the loose gravel and ruts.

“About three years ago, a young girl rode out of her driveway on a scooter and as soon as she hit the street, the scooter hit gravel and flipped her off. She lost several front teeth. That should never happen. I’ve been here for 15 years and it doesn’t do any good to complain to the city. You are

RUSTY STRAIT: Senior Writer for HSJC| File Photo. just ignored.”

Finally, I spoke to an elderly grandfather residing at 245, whose name is Ted Martin. He echoed the same complaints. “I bought this house in 1992 and not once has this street ever been paved again. I had to put new shocks on my van because of its condition.

Over the years, I’ve complained to the city several times and received no response. What they did here this week is nothing. A heavy car would sink into the tar easily. Already there are tire treads because the little they did wasn’t properly tamped down. They were in such a hurry to get out. My grandkids can’t skate or ride their bikes here.

There is no fear of cars, only the gutted street. We are taxpayers and we deserve better.”

I, also, have had trouble recently trying to contact the city.

Normally none of this would be the paper’s concern, but when an entire block is united in their complaints and receiving no response from the city, we have a duty to assist. Our job is to serve the community and this, in a way, is part of that job. Angry taxpayers are a force to be reckoned with. Just sayin’ rustystrait@gmail.com

STREET: Charles Vineyard & neighbors are outraged with road conditions that are on 240 Linda Lane. | Photos by Rusty Strait.

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Hemet - San Jacinto Republicans and Their Philosophy DALE DIELEMAN | COLUMNIST

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week ago in his column entitled “Erasing History,” Justin Collins quite rightly chided the local Republicans for not having a telephone number available for those who have questions. Let me say that we, as Hemet San Jacinto Republicans, agree with him and, at our last board meeting, took action on this. We apologize for any inconvenience that has been caused for those like Mr. Collins and we will be making that number available to the general public.

Next to Justin Collins’ well-written article was an article by local Democrat Dick Gale entitled “Enjoy The Coffee.” In his article he lists at least eight areas in need of improvement. His list includes hunger, homelessness, living wage, clean air and water, a protected environment, discrimination, quality education, and quality healthcare. He infers in his article that all of these areas could be improved starting in

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Sumter Guards and the Washington Light Infantry.”

Thus far, Tecklenburg’s interpretation has not been legally disputed. A two-thirds vote from the state General Assembly is required to make any changes under the Heritage Act, a tough task in a state where conservatives dominate the House and Senate, last used to re-

the next election cycle, if someone from his party takes over the White House. Would it be rude of me to point out that the current House Speaker, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, has been in congress since 1987. And, that the Democrat nominee for president, Joe Biden, has already served in the senate since 1973. Are we to believe that Mr. Biden will suddenly come up with solutions to problems that he has not been able to resolve over the past forty years that he has been in office?

Republicans are also concerned about all of the issues that Mr. Gale lists but let me take hunger from the list as an example of how Republican solutions differ from Democrat solutions.

Democrats would propose a federal government program to address hunger. Republicans equally oppose hunger and would join with the Democrats in charitable efforts aimed at taking care of the immediate need of any person. We agree, for example, that no child should go

to bed hungry. However, Republicans would be extremely cautious about starting another federal government program which will inevitably lead to more costly bureaucracy and the possibility for years of dependency by the recipients. They would instead try to create a business friendly environment leading to employment opportunities through which all able-bodied individuals can be gainfully employed thus allowing them to have selfpride and hope for the future as they provide for their own needs and those of their families.

None of us oppose charity and giving a helping hand to those in need, but, let us remember that there is a vast difference between a hand out and a hand up. A handout can create dependency while a hand up is true charity where individuals who are on their feet reach out to those in need and help them to also get on their feet.

This kind of action where neighbor helps neighbor leads to a better society for all of us.

move the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds in 2015.

During a news conference at the Statehouse on Tuesday, Gov. Henry McMaster described the Heritage Act as a “good state law” and a “deliberate process that is not influenced by passion and time.”

When asked about Tecklenburg’s assertion that the law doesn’t apply in this instance, McMaster - a former prosecutor - called it a “legal question,” adding, “It depends

on how you read the Heritage Act, and there are people who read it in different ways.”

Several Black lawmakers are urging local governments and colleges to act on their own and defy the monument protection law because it carries no stated penalties and hasn’t faced a court challenge, and several are planning to do so.

Meg Kinnard can be reached at https://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP.

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n June 15, the 200room hotel at the Soboba Casino Resort reopened at 50% capacity with some adjustments to its prior practices. Staff is developing a timeline to gradually increase the occupancy levels as things change in the guidance procedures they are closely following. A full reopening of the resort is highly anticipated in the nottoo-distant future.

The casino has seen a steady stream of guests since it reopened on May 27. Visitors seem happy to have a place to go to enjoy good fun and get a chance to go home with more money than they had when they arrived. Staff at the restaurants and Cabaret Bar have also welcomed back many familiar faces and some new ones as well.

“We started getting many requests from our guests to reopen our hotel to make

their time at the resort even more enjoyable,” Hotel Director Grant Hirata said.

“Some guests playing golf at our Soboba Springs Golf Course were especially interested in knowing when they could stay over to accommodate an early morning tee time.”

The golf course was given the go-ahead to reopen on April 25 and has experienced sold-out tee times every day since then. Michelle Woodfin, who has been the front office manager since the hotel was built, said there have been some necessary changes to the hotel experience but expects guests will still enjoy the lush accommodations and great customer service that is offered.

With a strong customer base coming from Orange and Los Angeles counties, some casino guests enjoy being able to avoid the drive

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runge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance months before his death sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction.

The 1959 Martin D-18E that Cobain played in the band’s rare acoustic performance and subsequent live album was sold to Australian Peter Freedman, owner of Røde Microphones, at the Music Icons event run

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Cobain used it to play tunes including “About a Girl” and “All Apologies” at the Nov. 18, 1993, show in New York that came less than five months before the singer and songwriter died at age 27.

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AUCTION: Kurt Cobain's guitar sold for 6 million dollars in Beverly Hills on 20 June, 2020. |Photo: © AFP in the 1980s and 1990s sold for $563,500, a small sum compared with the Cobain guitar but well over the $100,000 to $200,000 it was expected to fetch.

Prince played the blindingly blue guitar with the artist’s “love” symbol on its neck beginning on the 1984 Purple Rain Tour, as well as on the classic albums “Lovesexy” and “Sign O’ The Times.” He used it into the early 1990s.

Archivists going through Prince’s possessions at his

Paisley Park home and musical headquarters in Minnesota recently found the guitar that was thought to be lost during the four years since his death from an overdose at age 57.

Also Friday, a macrame belt that Elvis Presley wore about 30 times on stage brought in nearly 10 times its expected price, with a final bid of $298,000, and an ivory gown worn by Madonna in her 1990 “Vogue” video sold for $179,200.

4. Tremors (1990) Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.

5. Critters (1986) A group of small, furry aliens makes lunch out of the locals in a farming town.

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lack Creek Group, a Denver-based real estate investment management firm with a more than 25-year history, today announced a full-building lease with XPO Logistics, a leading third-party logistics provider. The 447,000 square foot lease is for a Class A, distribution facility at the firm’s Agua Mansa Commerce Center located in the epicenter of the Inland Empire, one of the country’s strongest industrial markets. The completion of the lease brings

the three-building project to 100 percent leased.

“We have seen an increase in demand for industrial space from e-commerce related tenants, like XPO, as businesses quickly adapt to the rapid shift in consumer behavior with people ordering more and more goods online to avoid public spaces due to the ongoing pandemic,” said Steve Young, Black Creek Group’s senior vice president of asset management for the Western region. “Additionally, we are pleased to expand our relationship with XPO, as they currently occupy an-

other one of our logistics buildings in the Inland Empire market, and we look forward to partnering with them again as they continue to expand and meet growing e-commerce demand.”

Black Creek Group was represented by Rick John, Ken Anderson and Gus Andros of Daum Commercial and XPO Logistics was represented by Mike Chavez of Lee & Associates and Steve Shields of TPC. To address the continued demand for modern industrial space in Southern California’s supply constrained market, the

firm is scheduled to commence construction on three Class A distribution warehouses totaling 694,000 square feet.

Perris Distribution Center III, a 251,000 square foot facility, is in the Inland Empire East and is expected to be completed in Q1 2021.

For leasing information contact either Ian & Chris DeVries of Colliers International or Don Kazanjian of Lee & Associates.

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Gateway Logistics Center LP, a 250,000 square foot facility, is in Torrance, CA and expected to be completed in Q2 2021.

For leasing information contact Greg Dyer and Tres Reid of CBRE. Black Creek owns approximately 5.9 million square feet of industrial real estate in Southern California with an additional 1.2 million square feet under development in the area.

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ment management firm that has bought or built over $21 billion of investments throughout its more than 25-year history. The firm manages diverse investment offerings across the spectrum of commercial real estate – including industrial, multifamily, office and retail – providing a range of investment solutions for both institutional and wealth management channels. Black Creek Group has seven offices across the United States with approximately 300 professionals. More information is available at blackcreekgroup.com.

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home after a long day of play.

SCR is popular among this group because it means not having to go all the way to the desert for fun. The added safety standards in effect at the hotel continue to offer them a little bit of luxury, closer to home.

“We have temporarily discontinued services that require our staff to enter a guest’s room after the guest has checked in; these include stayover/turndown services from housekeeping,” Woodfin said. “Maintenance will only do room repairs after guests have departed and inroom dining, and Bell Attendants will not be entering the rooms to make deliveries.”

Additional precautions being taken include the removal of certain amenities from the room and making them available upon request only, keeping rooms vacant for 24 hours after departure before disinfecting the rooms, and rooms being sealed after they have been disinfected to reassure the guest that no one has entered the room since the disinfection was completed.

“The arrival and departure process may take a little extra time than our guests are used to because our Bell Attendants are disinfecting luggage prior to handling,” Woodfin said. “Previously, a Bell Attendant would escort our guests to their room.

Now they will deliver the luggage once the guest calls for it from their room.”

Front Desk Attendants are disinfecting the counters and credit card readers between each guest. They also disinfect all returned keys. All guests are having

their temperature checked upon arrival, as is the case at the casino entrances. Anyone who exhibits a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher can cool off and try again but if their temperature does not fall within the allowed variance at that time, they will be asked to leave.

“We are currently working on a plan for reopening the pool; it is not open at this time,” Woodfin said.

In the weeks leading up to the hotel’s reopening, much was done to deep clean all the rooms and common areas of the resort. During the closure all rooms were treated with an electrostatic treatment, thoroughly sanitizing all rooms and public areas of the resort. All rooms had their amenities removed and either translated into a digital version or sanitized and individually bagged. Once sanitized, all rooms were sealed with a tamper evident seal showing the room has been sanitized and the date of sanitization.

The hotel employed approximately 250 workers prior to the shutdown and Woodfin said all employees have been contacted to return to their previous positions.

“We are looking to hire more team members as the COVID-19 changes we have made provide new opportunities for additional roles to be filled,” Woodfin said. “We are still hospitality focused, just with extra precautions to ensure the safety of our guests and our team.”

For more information or to make reservations to “Stay and Play,” please visit, www.soboba.com or call 951-665-1000 or 866-4762622. The Soboba Casino Resort is at 22777 Soboba Road in San Jacinto.

TEMPERATURES: Barry Cole uses a thermal camera to check the temperatures of all arrivals. He has worked for Soboba’s security department for about 15 years. | Photo Courtesy of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.

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he Trump administration is discussing another stimulus package with lawmakers that could be passed in July, the latest effort to revive the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

“It’s something we’re very seriously considering,” Mnuchin said Tuesday in an interview during the Bloomberg Invest Global virtual event. He said he expects the U.S. economy to exit recession by year’s end.

President Donald Trump has said he’s considering sending another round of economic stimulus payments in a rescue package that he expects will be released “over the next couple of weeks.” Stocks rose Tuesday on optimism for more stimulus.

The Trump administration has privately discussed a $1 trillion measure as a way to stimulate jobs growth after the Covid-19 pandemic.

MEETING WITH GOP SENATORS Mnuchin reiterated that he and the president are not inclined to shut down the economy a second time if there is a resurgence in coronavirus cases. He noted that in March when businesses were ordered to close, hospitals had been overwhelmed with patients and ventilators were running low.

STEVEN MNUCHIN: Treasury Secretary. | Source: Bloomberg.

“Right now we’re in a different situation,” Mnuchin said. The shutdown in March and April left more than 40 million people out of work.

Earlier Tuesday, Mnuchin met with Republican senators, who are considering whether the next stimulus measure should include another round of direct payments to individual households.

“We want to take our time and make sure we are thoughtful,” Mnuchin said after meeting with the lawmakers. “Whatever we do will be much more targeted and much more focused on jobs and bringing back jobs.”

Several Republican senators stood up in the meeting and urged Mnuchin to be cautious in doing more deficit spending and to nar-

row down any aid, lawmakers said.

At the center of the debate is whether to send a second round of payments to low- and middle- income individuals to help bolster household budgets that have suffered as the coronavirus has forced millions out of jobs and caused mortgage delinquencies to reach their highest levels in nearly a decade. Trump has signaled approval for the idea, but support is mixed among congressional Republicans about whether the cost is worth it.

Lawmakers included an initial round of $1,200 checks to individuals earning up to $75,000 and $500 for their children in the stimulus package passed in March. The payments phased out for those earning up to $99,000. The

Senate hasn’t yet begun serious negotiations on another stimulus bill, but those talks are expected to begin in mid-July.

Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus into law in late March that’s provided payroll support to small businesses, $1,200 direct payments to families and boosted unemployment checks for millions of people out of work. The small business program’s initial $350 billion was later retopped with $310 billion.

The stimulus came after stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures were put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The virus has killed more than 120,000 people in the U.S. and put millions of people out of work.

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resident Donald Trump is tweeting that an initial trade agreement with China is still on after a top White House adviser’s comments seemed to suggest it was over, spooking markets late Monday.

Trump tweeted: “The China Trade Deal is fully intact. Hopefully they will continue to live up to the terms of the Agreement!”

The Trump administration has been extremely critical of China’s efforts to contain the novel coronavirus early on and the president repeatedly blames China for the pandemic in his remarks, leading to questions about future co-

operation in areas such as trade.

Peter Navarro, director of trade and manufacturing policy at the White House, told Fox News “it’s over,” when asked a question that was focused on the China trade deal. “(Trump) obviously really wanted to hang onto this trade deal as much as possible. And he wanted them to make good on the promises, because there had been progress made on that trade deal, but given everything that’s happened and all the things you just listed, is that over?” Navarro was asked.

“It’s over, yes,” Navarro replied.

But when contacted by The Associated Press, Navarro said his comments

ARRIVING: President Donald Trump exits Air Force One as he arrives at Tulsa International Airport on Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Okla. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci

had been taken out of context and had nothing to do with the deal.

“I was simply speaking to the lack of trust we now

have of the Chinese Communist Party after they lied about the origins of the China virus and foisted a pandemic upon the world,” said Navarro, a longtime critic of the Asian country.

In January, the U.S. and China reached an interim trade deal to reduce tariff tensions. China agreed to buy massive amounts of U.S. products.

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified on Capitol Hill last week that he is confident China will live up to its purchase commitments even though its economy has been weakened by the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed to contain it.

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s every state now has reopened some element of society after full lockdowns became the norm in recent months, scientists and reporters are watching for a COVID-19 resurgence.

But how will we know?

There are several confounding factors to consider as you watch for and report on renewed spread of the disease.

The first thing you should do is remind your audience that the coronavirus is not dead. It may be obvious to you if you are reporting on the virus every day or tracking case counts, but some people appear to believe the virus will soon burn itself out. Some of that confusion has been created by — or at least amplified by — the media. So it’s worth noting

that there are nearly 9 million confirmed cases of people infected with the virus worldwide — more than 2.3 million in the U.S. alone — and likely many more who have never been diagnosed.

Unlike smallpox, which was wiped off the face of the earth with an intense eradication effort, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is till very much alive and will be until we develop and then distribute a vaccine.

That means as states reopen, people who are carrying the virus are now going to be in more regular contact with other people and infection numbers will go up.

Making matters worse, people are spreading the virus without showing symptoms of the disease themselves.

This is one of the most challenging aspects of this disease and one that cannot be underestimated as we gradually reopen stores, factories, and offices. You can be carrying

the disease, spreading the disease, and yet feeling no effects from it yourself. This makes it very different from many other infectious diseases, where people who are sick can isolate themselves but the healthy can go about their lives. If you have a cough, stay at home. Not so with COVID-19. “The substantial asymptomatic proportion for COVID-19 is quite alarming,” Dr. Gerardo Chowell, an epidemiologist at Georgia State University, told the New York Times. Asymptomatic spreaders are one reason wearing masks can help — it lessens the spread of respiratory droplets from those who don’t know they’re carrying the virus.

We know more now than we did two months ago, and there’s still a lot we don’t know. This is the most complex problem and the one that keeps tripping up reporters. We know, for ex-

COVID-19: People are spreading the virus without showing symptoms of the disease themselves. This is one of the most challenging aspects of this disease and one that cannot be underestimated as we gradually reopen stores, factories, and offices. | Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

ample, that even to date, relatively few people have been tested for the virus. People who had symptoms of the disease when the health care system was at its most stressed were never tested because tests were unavailable, or hospitals were forced to triage, or people feared venturing out. Thousands were never tested. Now tests are increasingly available.

(Tests are a complicated topic, too. Read Kellie Schmitt’s useful piece about testing as a great starting point.)

We also know that people who don’t have symptoms can spread the virus. Now people who need to be tested because they are sick are getting tests and people who need to be tested because they are returning to work are also being tested. That testing information is going to greatly improve our understanding of how the disease is spreading. And as we learn more about how the virus works, it causes government agencies and academics to reevaluate the evidence. That will change past case counts, death counts, and other measures related to the disease. We have already seen some of this happen throughout the pandemic with the big corrections in case and death counts coming in large population centers in New York and Italy.

We’ve also seen corrections in states that were lumping diagnostic tests and antibody tests into one number.

Learning more in the present changes our understanding of the past and our projec-

tions for the future. So when you start to see case counts go up in a state that has reopened, ask the question, How much was really known about case counts or death counts in that state to begin with? How much of the rise is due to better testing? How much is due to better surveys in the population?

The last thing to recall is that permanent lockdown is not an option. Maybe there is some (shudder) future where we all live in our own personal bubbles and do our jobs without talking to each other face to face and socialize only virtually. But that future is not sustainable right now.

A massive number of people are out of work or barely working. They have bills to pay and families to feed.

One of the reasons some people are so angry about the government response to COVID-19 is because they are under extreme financial pressure. More than 40 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits since the crisis began. If you had a choice between keeping a roof over your head or risking the chances of getting — or spreading — a disease that may or may not actually impact you personally, which would you choose? If you’re enjoying continuous employment, it might be hard for you to get yourself into that mindset, but it’s worth trying.

As a reporter, you can help society transition back to a world that is working again but doing so in a way that lessens — but cannot quite

WILLIAM HEISEL | Courtesy photo. eliminate — the possibilities for disease transmission. As you watch for a resurgence in the disease, keep these confounding factors top of mind. This virus requires a new level of sophistication to get the reporting right.

William Heisel is the Director of Global Services for IHME Client Services, leading a social enterprise to engage with the private sector to support innovation at IHME. Previously, as the Director of Global Engagement at IHME, he oversaw the Institute’s outreach and relationship building, including media relations, digital communications, data library services, events and marketing, publications, scientific communications, and external relations, including government engagements and policy translation. He also managed the organization’s fundraising efforts and helps lead internal community-building initiatives. He oversaw communications and coordination with the growing Global Burden of Disease collaborative network, growing the membership to more than 2,800 researchers in more than 130 countries. In addition, his team administered the Roux Prize, one of global health’s highest honors. Heisel, who joined IHME in 2009, has a BA in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Montana. Prior to joining the Institute, he was a reporter at the Los Angeles Times.

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l Congreso está estancándose en torno a un proyecto de ley para reestructurar los cuerpos policiales, luego de que algunos senadores demócratas se opusieron el martes a una propuesta republicana por considerarla inadecuada, dejando a los partidos la decisión de si asumirán la dura labor de alcanzar una solución negociada o se retirarán del debate a pesar de la indignación pública por los homicidios de afroestadounidenses.

Las protestas a nivel nacional por los asesinatos de George Floyd, Breonna Taylor y otros han sacudido profundamente al país. Sin embargo, si los legisladores no logran salir del impasse, será un ejemplo más de las parálisis que suelen afectar al Congreso ante diversas crisis.

Aun así, los congresistas pueden alcanzar terreno común. Una nueva encuesta de Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research muestra que casi todos los estadounidenses respaldan algún grado de modificaciones a la justicia penal.

“Este es un momento profundo, es un

l presidente Donald Trump visitó el martes la frontera de Estados Unidos con México e intentó atribuir a su nuevo muro la contención de la inmigración ilegal y el coronavirus. Sin embargo, su visita tenía lugar el mismo día en que funcionarios de salud pública testificaban en Washington sobre la actual amenaza del COVID-19 y señalaban a Arizona como uno de los estados con crecimiento en el número de casos.

Bajo el abrasador calor de verano, Trump hizo una breve escala para inspeccionar una nueva sección del muro —una estructura de concreto reforzado— donde él y otros funcionarios escribieron sus firmas.

momento moral”, dijo el senador demócrata Cory Booker, coautor de la propuesta de su partido. “El llamado es para que actuemos”.

Sin embargo, se prevé que el Congreso, al igual que en muchas otras ocasiones en las que se ha visto confrontado por una crisis — por ejemplo, en el tema del control de armas o en los cambios a la ley de inmigración respaldados por amplios segmentos de la población — quede totalmente estancado, por ahora. Los legisladores se muestran recelosos de tomar medidas que disgusten a los electores justo cuando están en campaña para las elecciones de fin de año. Y el presidente Donald Trump, ante la perspectiva de ser reelegido, es un socio desigual con posiciones cambiantes en torno al tipo de modificaciones que aceptaría del Capitolio.

Antes de una votación de prueba a efectuarse el miércoles, el líder de la mayoría en el Senado Mitch McConnell reconoció que podría no llegarse a ningún acuerdo. De ser así, se comprometió a volver a intentarlo, con la esperanza de que se apruebe el proyecto de ley antes de un receso por el feriado del 4 de julio.

El autor de la propuesta republicana, el senador Tim Scott, advirtió sobre el riesgo de caer en un debate político con tintes partidistas que socave la confianza en las instituciones de la nación.

“Esto no se trata de ellos o nosotros”, afirmó Scott, el único republicano de raza negra en la cámara alta. Se trata de los jóvenes y de otras personas, señaló, “que tienen miedo de salir a correr a la calle o subirse a su coche y conducir”.

La Ley de Justicia propuesta por los republicanos crearía una base de datos nacional de incidentes en los que la policía recurrió al uso de la fuerza, restringiría el uso de llaves en el cuello para someter a sospechosos y establecería nuevos procedimientos de capacitación y comisiones para estudiar la relación entre la raza y las labores policiales.

No es tan amplia como una propuesta de los demócratas, la cual ordena aplicar muchos de esos cambios pero también haría que la policía estuviese sujeta al pago de indemnizaciones en demandas.

Son similares en algunos aspectos, señalaron los legisladores, pero también tienen amplias diferencias.

Trump está tratando de recuperar impulso para su campaña tras su mitin en Tulsa, Oklahoma, del fin de semana, que debía ser una señal de la reapertura de la nación y una exhibición de fuerza política, pero en lugar de ello tuvo miles de asientos vacíos y suscitó numerosas dudas sobre el liderazgo de la campaña del presidente y sus argumentos para permanecer cuatro años más en la Casa Blanca.

Debido a la baja asistencia de simpatizantes en Tulsa, la atención se centró en la visita de Trump a Arizona, un estado donde las infecciones de coronavirus están aumentando y ningún partido tiene el triunfo asegurado en los comicios de noviembre.

Al visitar la frontera, Trump intentó cambiar el enfoque hacia un tema que cree ayudará a revitalizar a sus seguidores en noviembre.

“Nuestra frontera nunca ha estado más segura”, declaró Trump cuando se reunió con el gobernador republicano Doug Docey y funcionarios de la Patrulla Fronteriza.

La visita tuvo lugar un día después que el gobierno de Trump anunció que ampliaría hasta finales de año una suspensión a la emisión de tarjetas de residente fuera de Estados Unidos y que congelaría también muchas visas de trabajo temporal, incluidas aquellas muy utilizadas por las compañías tecnológicas y corporaciones multinacionales.

“En este momento queremos que los empleos sean para los estadounidenses”, afirmó Trump en referencia a la medida.

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visa los prototipos de muro de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos en la frontera en Otay Mesa, California.| Foto / Wikipedia un discurso ante un grupo de jóvenes republicanos en una iglesia de Phoenix, donde los organizadores han dicho que esperan a miles de asistentes La alcaldesa demócrata de Phoenix dejó claro que no cree que el evento pueda realizarse de manera segura en la ciudad y solicitó al presidente utilizar mascarilla.

Trump se ha negado a usar la mascarilla en público, convirtiendo el tema en un asunto cultural entre republicanos y demócratas.

Las encuestas indican que los republicanos usan las mascarillas mucho menos que los demócratas, pese a las advertencias de expertos de que hacerlo reduce drásticamente el riesgo de transmitir el virus.

Desde finales de mayo, Arizona ha surgido como uno de los lugares con más contagios del país.

El estado informó el martes casi 3.600 nuevos casos de coronavirus, para un total de al menos 58.179.

También reportó 42 nuevas muertes, para un acumulado de 1.384.

Funcionarios de campaña subrayaron que los actos políticos podrían continuar siendo básicos en la estrategia de reelección del mandatario, pero aceptaron que en algunos estados podría ser necesario que cambien ligeramente. Hay discusiones sobre efectuarlos en sedes más modestas o al aire libre, quizá en hangares y anfiteatros, o en ciudades más pequeñas lejos de los manifestantes.

Pero los funcionarios creen que la capacidad de Trump para atraer a miles de simpatizantes durante una pandemia le da una imagen favorable que contrasta con la del contrincante demócrata Joe Biden. Aun así, el equipo de campaña ha tenido dificultades para encontrar puntos de ataque efectivos contra Biden.

Biden, al igual que Trump, ha tenido problemas para atraer a los elec-

tores jóvenes, aunque el equipo de campaña del exvicepresidente ha expresado confianza en que las protestas contra la injusticia racial cambien eso.

La visita de Trump a la iglesia de Phoenix el mismo día que el vicepresidente Mike Pence comenzó una gira enfocada en la fe, pone de relieve la relevancia que los conservadores religiosos continúan teniendo entre la base de partidarios del mandatario. Sin embargo, aunque el equipo de campaña de Trump corteja abiertamente a los electores religiosos, hay indicios de menor apoyo entre ciertos bloques de votantes que el mandatario no puede permitirse perder.

Según una encuesta difundida a principios de mes por la organización no lucrativa Public Religion Research Institute, la proporción de católicos blancos que ven favorablemente a Trump ha caído en dos dígitos desde el año pasado, a 37% la última semana de mayo en comparación con 49% en todo 2019. De acuerdo con la misma encuesta, el favoritismo hacia Trump entre los evangélicos blancos se situó en 62% en mayo, un nivel comparable al de 2019, pero 15% menos que en marzo.

Que Trump se enfoque en la construcción de su muro como prometió hace tiempo también tiene como propósito reforzar el apoyo que tiene entre sus simpatizantes más leales.

El gobierno de Trump ha prometido construir 724 kilómetros (450 millas) para finales de año, pero eso parece improbable. El gobierno ha concedido más de 6.100 millones de dólares en contratos de construcción desde abril de 2019 para varios proyectos a lo largo de la frontera. También ha prescindido de las reglas de adquisiciones que según los detractores hacen que el proceso de adjudicación de contratos multimillonarios sea secreto y opaco.

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na serie de tiroteos en Estados Unidos tiene a la policía en ascuas. Algunos prevén que la mezcla explosiva de la pandemia, el malestar racial, el aumento histórico de la venta de armas y un rencoroso año electoral apunta a un verano excepcionalmente violento.

Aunque se ha registrado una fuerte disminución de las masacres en lo que va del año, las muertes no suicidas con armas van en camino de superar las del año pasado, según el Gun Violence Archive, que rastrea esa clase de incidentes.

El aumento fue anterior al inicio del verano boreal, cuando tradicionalmente se produce un pico durante los meses cálidos a medida que la gente sale más de sus casas, y antes del Día de la Independencia, el 4 de julio, históricamente uno de los días más violentos del año.

Los especialistas en armas dicen que las estadísticas reflejan el estrés de una población por el coronavirus que ha trastornado la economía y la ha encerrado en sus casas, las profundas divisiones en torno al accionar policial y la justicia y las divisiones políticas del año electoral.

Apenas en los últimos días, más de 100 personas resultaron heridas en tiroteos en Chicago, incluido un niño de 3 años que murió baleado en el asiento trasero del auto que conducía su padre. Según la policía, los asesinos buscaban matar al padre.

En Carolina del Norte, tres personas murieron y seis resultaron heridas el lunes por la madrugada cuando desconocidos abrieron fuego durante una fiesta vecinal en Charlotte. La violencia dejó nueve heridos en una fiesta de cumpleaños en Syracuse, Nueva York.

En Minneapolis, la gente huyó de un concurrido barrio de clubes nocturnos cuando un hombre armado mató a un hombre e hirió a otros 11 el domingo por la madrugada.

Y por segunda vez en menos de 48 horas hubo disparos en la zona de protestas de Seattle. La víctima, de 17 años, fue baleada el domingo por la noche en la zona conocida como CHOP, la sigla en inglés de “Capitol Hill Ocupada por Protes-

L TIROTEOS: Policías recorren la zona donde un chico de 3 años murió baleado en el auto en que viajaba con su padre en Chicago.| John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune via AP

ta”. El día anterior murió baleado un joven de 19 años y un hombre de 33 sufrió heridas graves.

Según James Densley, profesor de justicia penal en la universidad Metropolitan State, dijo que sucesos como éstos presagian un verano violento.

“Hay gente frustrada, furiosa, con problemas en la vida, que ha estado todo este tiempo en casa procesando estos hechos a solas o tal vez con ayuda del internet”, dijo. “Una vez que empieza a abrirse la puerta, bien podría haber un aumento del a violencia”.

Mientras tanto, la policía enfrenta una reacción adversa con las acusaciones de empleo de fuerza excesiva contra los negros y otras minorías y los llamados a reducir sus presupuestos y asignar esos fondos a los servicios sociales y otras inversiones comunitarias.

“Si se invierte en sanar y en restaurar la justicia y atraer a la gente al diálogo para sanar y resolver sus propios problemas, se verá cada vez más que no se necesita la intervención policial”, dijo Kofi Ademola un mentor de la organización contra la violencia Chicos Buenos Ciudad Furiosa en Chicago.

Sería más eficaz asignar los millones de dólares que ahora financian el departamento de policía de Chicago a programas de salud mental, vivienda, apoyo a las víctimas de la violencia y alentar la creación o ampliación de negocios en los barrios, aseguró.

as próximas semanas son fundamentales para controlar un preocupante aumento en los casos de coronavirus, declaró el martes el doctor Anthony Fauci ante el Congreso, y pidió a la gente que evite las multitudes y porte mascarillas unas horas antes de que el presidente Donald Trump acuda a un evento con jóvenes simpatizantes en Arizona.

Fauci y otros funcionarios de salud de alto rango dijeron que no les han pedido disminuir la cantidad de pruebas de coronavirus, en contraste con la afirmación de Trump la semana pasada de que había solicitado que se realizaran menos pruebas porque estaban revelando demasiadas infecciones. Horas antes, el mandatario dijo que no bromeaba cuando hizo ese comentario.

“Haremos más pruebas”, prometió Fauci, director de enfermedades infecciosas en los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, a una comisión de la Cámara de Representantes que supervisa la respuesta del gobierno a la pandemia.

Los funcionarios de salud pública de más alto rango pasaron más de cinco horas testificando ante la comisión en un momento complicado, en el que están aumentando los casos de coronavirus en aproximadamente la mitad de los estados y la polarización política compite con las recomendaciones de salud pública por la atención de los habitantes.

Fauci comentó a los legisladores que entiende el deseo contenido de regresar a la normalidad luego de que Estados Unidos ha comenzado a abrir la economía después de meses de confinamiento y negocios cerrados. Pero tiene que ser “un proceso gradual paso a paso y no desechar la cautela”, advirtió.

“Plan A: no vaya a una multitud. Plan B: si lo hace, asegúrese de portar una mascarilla”, afirmó Fauci.

Algunos repuntes inquietantes empeoraron el martes en varios estados. Arizona, Texas y Nevada registraron récords de casos nue-

CORONAVIRUS: El doctor Anthony Fauci, director de la unidad de

enfermedades infecciosas en los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (segundo desde la izquierda), comparece el martes 23 de junio de 2020 ante la comisión de Energía y Comercio de la Cámara de Representantes, en Washington.| Kevin Dietsch / Pool vía AP

vos de coronavirus en un día, y algunos gobernadores dijeron que sopesarán volver a implementar restricciones o postergar los planes para reducirlas con el fin de ayudar a frenar la propagación del virus.

Arizona, donde Trump iba a pronunciar un discurso el martes en una iglesia de Phoenix, reportó el martes un aumento récord de casi 3.600 casos nuevos en un sólo día. El estado se ha convertido en un foco de infecciones de COVID-19 luego de que el gobernador Doug Ducey retiró las órdenes de permanecer en casa a mediados de mayo. La semana pasada permitió que las ciudades y condados requieran el uso de mascarillas en espacios públicos y muchos lo han hecho.

Texas superó la marca de 5.000 casos nuevos en un solo día por primera ocasión, días después de que rebasó 4.000 casos nuevos por primera vez, y en Houston, el hospital pediátrico más grande de Estados Unidos comenzó a admitir a pacientes adultos para liberar camas.

La tasa de infecciones en Texas se ha duplicado desde finales de mayo. Y Nevada superó un aumento récord de un día por cuarta ocasión en los últimos ocho días.

Otros estados también están reg-

istrando repuntes inquietantes, incluyendo Luisiana, Utah y Carolina del Sur. Otra tendencia preocupante es el aumento de infecciones entre los jóvenes. Fauci dijo que si bien el COVID-19 tiende a ser menos grave en este sector de la población, algunos de ellos sí enferman de gravedad e incluso fallecen. Y los jóvenes podrían ser más propensos a no desarrollar síntomas y aún así propagar el virus.

Si la gente dice: “‘Soy joven, estoy saludable, a quién le importa’, debería preocuparse, no sólo por usted sino por el impacto que pudiera tener” en contagiar a alguien más vulnerable, señaló Fauci.

Unos 2,3 millones de estadounidenses se han infectado y aproximadamente 120.000 han fallecido, de acuerdo con datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins.

En tanto, Trump redobló sus comentarios sobre la cantidad de pruebas, los cuales han horrorizado a los expertos de salud pública, al tuitear: “Los casos están aumentando en Estados Unidos porque estamos realizando mucho más pruebas que cualquier otro país, y seguimos incrementándolas. ¡Con menos pruebas mostraríamos menos casos!”

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