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San Jacinto Approves 2021-2029 Housing Element RUSTY STRAIT | SENIOR REPORTER

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s usual, the San Jacinto City Council meeting opened this week in an orderly fashion and after the usual preliminaries - got right down to the business at hand.

Councilman Hawkins spoke out in honor of Black History Month and suggested that since Mistletoe Park’s improvements will bring more young people there, that there should either be a fence put up around the park or street bumps installed to slow down traffic. Councilman Heath

and Mayor Ruiz echoed Hawkins sentiments about Black History Month.

Councilman Ayala suggested that citizens should pay a visit to the Riverside National Cemetery to honor the veterans interred there, including many from our valley.

One citizen complained about a new development next to a gated community which would interfere with their privacy and other problems. The mayor assured her that someone would get back to her.

The primary item on the agen-

da was the 2021-2029 6th Cycle Housing Element which was discussed at great length. City Manager Rob Johnson said he was always amazed at the demands made by the state on the city, which, being a small city, was often not capable of fulfilling.

A spokeswoman from Voices for Children, requested $10,000 from CGBD funds to assist with children from bad homes who were taken into protective custody by the courts and “yanked” here and thereby the courts without anyone knowing or caring about them.

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Noli Indian School 4h Program Welcomes Donation SOBOBA BAND OF LUISEÑO INDIANS | CONTRIBUTED

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he now-defunct Soboba Livestock Association has found a way to continue its original mission of education by donating funds to Noli Indian School’s 4H program. Formed on July 28, 1977 with about 30 members, the Association’s founding officers were President Marion Silvas Sr., Vice President Norbit Arres, Secretary Donna Silvas and Treasurer Marian Chacon.

The Association was authorized and sanctioned at a duly called Soboba Tribal Meeting on August 4, 1977 and certified by the Soboba Tribal Council consisting of Robert Salgado Sr., Lupe Boniface, Martina Boniface, Marion Silvas Sr. and Ernest Salgado Sr. at that time.

An active organization for about 15 years, the Soboba Livestock Association had as many as 50 members at its height. Each member had several cows which were kept in Indian Canyon. They each had their own brand and earmark and could easily identify which were their cows.

“My mom, Tillie Valdez, would say that is my cow and that belongs to so and so; to me they all looked alike,” Marian Chacon recalled.

She explained that about once

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The Council authorized staff to make additional non-substantive changes to the San Jacinto 6th Cycle (2021-2029) Housing Element based on new California Department of Housing and Community Development comments. And Adopted Resolution No. 38895, thereby adopting the San Jacinto 6th Cycle (2021-2029) Housing Element.

Finally, approved and authorized the City Manager to submit a CBDG appellation for the Voices for Children Riverside County Court Appointed Special Advocate Project for the request-

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Noli Indian School welcomed a donation to its 4H program from members of the now-dissolved Soboba Livestock Association. From left, 4H program advisor and Noli teacher Jay Dagostino, Noli School board members Michael Placencia and Antonia Briones-Venegas, Noli Principal Donovan Post and members of the former Association Marian Chacon, Caroline Post, Carlene Masiel, Scott Cozart and Terry Post.

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Members of the now-defunct Soboba Livestock Association present a check to Noli Indian School to use for its 4H program. From left, Noli’s Principal Donovan Post, Marian Chacon, Caroline Post, Carlene Masiel, Scott Cozart and Terry Post. | Photos courtesy of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.

ed amount of $10,000, subject to the conditions of the CBDG program as provided by the Riverside County Department of Housing Homelessness Prevention & Workforce Solutions Program.

As usual, the Council ended was sweet, accomplished and gavel led over before the 9:30 previously determined time. This Council comes to work to get the job done and serves the citizens of San Jacinto well, by doing just that.

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hree schools: two in San Jacinto, and one in Hemet, were subjected to lockdowns and additional law-enforcement deployment on January 20th at 7:14 AM. Threats of an explosive device from an unknown number were directed at North Mountain Middle School – San Jacinto, Mt View High School – San Jacinto, and Rancho Viejo Middle School – Hemet.

Comparison of the calls determined that the threats came from the same person, making similar threats to each school. Additional presence ensured the safety of students and staff.

Once a security search took

place at each school to guarantee the safety of everyone, the lockdowns were lifted. An immediate investigation was launched by The Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department Hemet Investigations Bureau.

Follow-up measures revealed digital evidence, which was traced to a juvenile subject residing in San Jacinto. Once the location was pinpointed, a search determined that there were no firearms, nor bombmaking materials.

“The Sheriff ’s Department is confident this investigation revealed that this was an isolated incident and there are no pending threats to public safety,” said Sergeant Anthony Pelato. “This case was forwarded to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office for filing consideration.”

San Jacinto, Rancho Viejo Middle School and other two schools had to lock down due to threats. | Courtesy Photo.

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San Jacinto Valley students honored in January DIANE A. RHODES | CONTRIBUTED

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he Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month program held its most recent recognition event at the Maze Stone restaurant at Soboba Springs Golf Course, Jan. 27.

Seven local high school seniors were recognized and honored for their character, love of learning and commitment to academics in addition to their involvement in school and community activities and their ability to overcome difficult life challenges. And they do this all in a setting that honors God, America, family, community and free enterprise. Students are nominated by teachers or other school personnel for making a difference in their homes, schools and communities.

Program founder and event hostess Karena Zermeno also represents one of the sponsors, Altura Credit Union. Backpacks

filled with gifts, a Student of the Month plaque, certificates of recognition and much more were donated by the program’s sponsors to the award recipients. Each student was invited to the podium to share their personal story, past challenges and future goals with a room full of supporters that included principals, teachers, peers, family members and community and school district dignitaries.

Prayer sponsor Pastor Jeff Johnson of the San Jacinto Assembly of God said that as the newness of the new year is starting to wear off, it’s important to realize that the students are just getting started on a new path which is life after high school.

Zermeno reminded them that this program also awards scholarships to those who have been honored throughout the school year.

January’s students of the month from Hemet Unified

STUDENTS: Recipients of the Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month award for January are, from left, Christian Gutierrez, Cloe Cadenhead, Kaylie Cox and Paris Robinson. Not pictured, Emily Guerrero, Jasmine McKenna and Karina McQueen. | Photo by Diane A. Rhodes

School District schools are Cloe Cadenhead, Kaylie Cox, Emily Guerrero, Christian Gutierrez and Karina McQueen. San Jacinto Unified honorees are Jasmine McKenna and Paris Robinson.

Hemet High School’s Cloe Cadenhead was recognized for all of her hard work and passion. Principal Kimberly Romeril said she

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FATAL CRASH NEAR KING OF HAMMERS A San Jacinto man was fatally injured in an off-highway vehicle crash Saturday (January 29) near the King of the Hammers area. According to a CHP press release, on January 29, shortly before 3 p.m., Christian Karnes, 27 of San Jacinto, was driving a black and red 2022 Polaris Razor westbound up a steep sand dune with a passenger, identified as Maribel Gonzalez, 27 also of San Jacinto. Karnes turned the Polaris to begin descending the sand dune when Polaris began to roll. Karnes and Gonzalez were not wearing the installed 5-point harnesses or properly wearing their helmets and were ejected during the rollover.

Christian Karnes sustained fatal injuries. Maribel Gonzalez sustained suspected minor injuries and declined medical transport. Alcohol or drugs do not seem to be a factor in the crash at this time. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

The California Highway Patrol would like to remind motorists of the dangers during Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use. Use caution while traversing the open desert as desert foliage, dirt and rocks could cause damage to vehicles. Use seatbelts and helmets properly. Also, adjust seatbelts to rider height and wear properly fitting helmets.

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Enjoy the Super Bowl Responsibly: Choose a Sober Way to Go The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, San Jacinto Station is reminding football fans to stick to the “go safely” game plan and designate a sober driver if you plan on drinking at a Super Bowl LVI watch party.

“If you plan to have a drink or two, choose a sober way to get to and from wherever you are watching the game,” Deputy Ray Cortez said. “Have a ride-hailing service or a family member who hasn’t been drinking take you home.”

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reminds the public that alcohol is not the only substance that impairs. Marijuana, prescription drugs, and over-the-counter medications can all affect your ability to drive safely. Do your research and understand the potential side effects of certain drugs.

“When it comes to getting to and from places safely, we’re all on the same team,” Deputy Ray Cortez. “The choice is simple: Don’t drive impaired.”

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Deputy Involved Shooting On Friday, January 28, 2022, about 6:35 P.M., deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station conducted a traffic enforcement stop of a vehicle in the area of Cesar Chavez Street and Avenue 52 in the city of Coachella. A male passenger in the vehicle fled from deputies and a deputy gave chase. After a foot pursuit into a residential neighborhood, a physical altercation occurred between the deputy and the suspect in the 85000 block of Cairo Street. During the altercation, the suspect shot the deputy causing injury. Although the deputy was injured, the deputy was able to return fire. The suspect was struck by gunfire and pronounced deceased on scene. The identity of the suspect will not be released at this time, pending next of kin notification.

The deputy was transported to a local hospital and is receiving medical treatment for multiple gunshot wounds. One of the suspect’s rounds struck the deputy in the chest and the ballistic vest absorbed the impact of that projectile and prevented the deputy from sustaining any major injury. The deputy is expected to be released from the hospital and his injuries are considered non-life threatening. The involved deputy will be placed on paid leave according to Department policy and the name of the involved deputy will not be released at this time.

The driver of the involved vehicle was detained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. There are no outstanding suspects. The gun used by the suspect was recovered at the scene.

An investigator from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office will lead this investigation, aided by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Force Investigations Detail. This is an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Riverside County District Attorney Investigator Mario Moreno at 951955-9470 or Riverside County Sheriff’s Investigator Dan Moody at 760-393-3525.

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Maps show dramatic change snowpack after dry January TRACY BLOOM | CONTRIBUTED

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alifornia’s snowpack is now below average for this time of the year following a dry January, a dramatic turn from the previous month when the Sierra Nevada was inundated with record amounts of snow.

As of Tuesday, the snow water content measured 90 to 95% of normal across the Sierra range, with the statewide average hovering around 92%, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

The new figures reveal a staggering reversal from the end of December, when the state’s ever-dwindling snowpack was replenished

These maps show the difference in California’s snowpack measurements from Dec. 30, 2021, left, and Feb. 1, 2022, right. | Image by the California Department of Water Resources.

by a barrage of storms that brought record-setting snow to parts of the Sierra.

During the season’s first

snowpack survey, conducted at Phillips Station on Dec. 30, the snow water equivalent was found to be

roughly 160% of normal for the end of the year — the

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California to delete Mayan, Ifá affirmations from ethnic studies to settle lawsuit ALEJANDRA MOLINA | CONTRIBUTED

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he California Department of Education is removing the Mayan principle called “In Lak’Ech” from its model ethnic studies curriculum to settle a lawsuit from three San Diego parents and a nonprofit claiming the affirmation promotes Aztec gods.

Also to be removed from the curriculum is the “Ashe” affirmation, used by practitioners of Ifá, a Yoruba religion originating in West Africa but now practiced throughout the Americas. Ashe means “the power to make things happen.”

Under the curriculum, which is not mandated, the affirmations were included as suggestions for educators to use “to bring the class together, build unity around ethnic studies principles and values.”

But, according to the lawsuit, these concepts represent a “governmental endorsement of religion that is not permissible.”

The state model curriculum was finalized in March as a guide for local high schools developing ethnic studies courses, which students, beginning in 2026, will be required to take in order to graduate from high school.

The San Diego-based group Californians for Equal Rights Foundation argues in the September lawsuit that the state’s new

DRAW: From the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, an Aztec cosmological drawing with the god Xiuhtecuhtli, the lord of fire, and the calendar in the center with the other important gods around him, each in front of a sacred tree. | Image courtesy of Creative Commons. ethnic studies curriculum violates the religious clauses of California’s constitution that require “even greater separation of church and state.”

The group, which was created to push back on what it says are “legislative attempts that would reinstitute racial and gender preferences in government programs,” has also advocated against critical race theory. In April it filed a complaint against the San Diego Unified School District, claiming that training materials “force teachers to adopt CRT practices in their own classrooms.”

Deleting the affirmations, state officials said in the agreement, affirms their “long-standing commitment to ensuring ap-

propriate treatment of religion in a secular public education context.”

Even so, state officials make clear in the agreement they are denying and disputing the lawsuit’s allegations and settling to “avoid the costs, expense and uncertainty” of prolonged litigation.

State education officials will have to issue a public notice of the deletions to all California school districts, charter schools and county education offices.

The California Department of Education will pay $100,000 for the plaintiff ’s attorney fees.

Frank Xu, president of the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, said his organization found the settlement agreement en-

couraging.

“Our state has simply gone too far in attempts to promote fringe ideologies and racial grievance policies, even those that disregard established constitutional principles. Endorsing religious chants in the state curriculum is one glaring example,” Xu said in a statement.

But to Nolan L. Cabrera, associate professor of education at the University of Arizona, it is “asinine to think that they’re trying to establish the Aztec religion” as part of the curriculum.

“In the bigger picture, it seems more like an extension of the concerted attacks on ethnic studies.

This is just a new way of going about it,” Cabrera told Religion News Service in September.

Cabrera said a big part of Chicano studies is “trying to disrupt the myth that Chicano students are in some way foreign to this land.” This includes learning about different Indigenous traditions, he said.

He pointed to In Lak’Ech as an example, noting it translates into “you are my other me,” and as the curriculum detailed, embodies “love, unity, mutual respect.”

“This is about a culturally affirming, culturally restoring education practice that also has the impact of being incredibly effective,

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veteran central California firefighter was fatally shot Monday when he and others responded to a report of a dumpster fire and authorities arrested a suspect, officials said.

Fire Capt. Vidal “Max” Fortuna was shot before dawn in the city of Stockton and died at a hospital, Stockton Fire Chief Rick Edwards told reporters.

Edwards said the death is his “worst nightmare” as a fire chief.

“My message to my firefighters is to be strong. My heart breaks with you but we will get through this," he said.

A 67-year-old man was detained at the scene and officers recovered a firearm, said interim Police Chief Jim Chraska. Homicide detectives are trying to determine what led up to the shooting, he said.

“This highlights the dangers public safety faces every day, and again, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Fortuna family,” Chraska said.

Fortuna, 47, had been a firefighter for more than two decades and is survived by his wife and two adult children, Edwards said.

Dozens of police and fire department vehicles accompanied Fortuna's body from the hospital to a funeral home.

The flag a t Stockton City Hall was lowered to halfstaff in honor of Fortuna.

Although Stockton firefighters have died doing their job, officials said it was likely the first time one was shot while on duty.

“This is something that I’ve never heard of here in the city of Stockton, firefighter being shot and killed,” police Officer Joe Silva told the Stockton Record.

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ROMOLAND HOMICIDE / MISSING PERSON INCIDENT DATE: July 26, 2019

In December of 2019, family members of Katherine Mary Neitzke, a 33-year old from Hemet, reported her missing after not being able to contact her.

Investigators from the Perris Station began to investigate the disappearance of Neitzke. During the course of their investigation, they uncovered evidence that led them to believe Neitzke was the victim of a homicide and identified a possible suspect.

In June of 2021, the Central

Homicide Unit assumed the investigation. Central Homicide Unit investigators determined Neitzke’s boyfriend, Hugo Leonel Hernandez, age 44, murdered Nietzke and disposed of her body at an unknown location near Highway 74 (Ortega Hwy).

In January of 2022, investigator’s located Hernandez in Oceanside, San Diego. He was arrested and booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center for murder. This is an active investigation and

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anyone with information is encouraged to contact Investigator

Gilbert of the Central Homicide Unit at (951) 955-2777.

LAKE ELSINORE / FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION INCIDENT DATE: January 31, 2022

On January 28, 2022, around 10:33 P.M., deputies assigned to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Lake Elsinore Station, responded to a major injury traffic collision on Summerhill Dr. and Corte Seriui, in Lake Elsinore. Deputies and Cal Fire arrived within minutes and located a single vehicle that had collided into a light pole and overturned on the right side of Summerhill Dr. Two occupants were in the vehicle and had to be extricated by Cal Fire.

The driver was transported to the hospital by AMR with minor injuries. The passenger was pronounced deceased at the scene by Cal Fire paramedics.

Preliminary investigation indicates the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed south on Summerhill Dr., lost control of the vehicle, collided with a cement light pole, ultimately coming to rest on its roof in a drainage ditch on the right side of Summerhill Dr. Alcohol and drugs were de-

termined to be a factor in the collision. The Lake Elsinore Traffic Collision Reconstruction Team is investigating the collision. The driver, Austin McClusky of Escondido, was arrested and booked on felony drunk driving and gross vehicular manslaughter charges.

The passengers was identified as Julian Munoz, a 24 year old resident Murrieta CA. Anyone who may have witnessed this collision is encouraged to contact Deputy Holland

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at 951-245-3000, or the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dispatch at 951-776-1099.

MORENO VALLEY HIT AND RUN/DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE(DUI) INCIDENT DATE: January 28, 2022

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On Friday, January 28, 2022 shortly after 12:30 a.m., a Riverside Sheriff’s prisoner transport van was struck by a white Honda CR-V at 14th Street and Lime Street in downtown Riverside, causing it to overturn. The van was occupied by a Riverside Sheriff’s Community Service Officer and three arrestees, all who were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

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bumper with license plate, along with a fluid trail that went east on 14th Street from the collision scene. Riverside Police Officers followed that trail and located the suspect vehicle and driver at 12th Street and Bermuda Avenue where he was safely detained.

The preliminary investigation revealed the Riverside Sheriff’s van was traveling west on 14th Street when it entered the intersection at Lime Street

on a green light. The Honda CR-V was driving south on Lime Street when the driver failed to stop for the red light at 14th Street and collided into the Sheriff’s van, causing the van to roll over one time.

27-year-old Miguel Gamboa Fragoza of San Bernardino was arrested by the Riverside Police Department and later booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center for suspicion of driving under the influence of

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hile working at a grocery store, former San Bernardino resident Dinora Rojas provided shoppers with a greeting and pandemic safety reminders. One day, Rojas encountered a particularly unhappy customer waiting in line to enter the store. The shopper angrily expressed their opinions about the pandemic. Despite Rojas' pleasant demeanor and kind tone, the shopper’s agitated state quickly escalated.

Rather than retaliate, Rojas chose peace and walked away.

“It was challenging because we are already going through our own problems,” Rojas said. Early in the pandemic, several of her own family members contracted COVID-19 and struggled to recover. In addition, she worried constantly about the potential risk of exposure at her job. The possibility of transmitting the virus to her family at home was a cause for anxiety every day.

In fact, a Gallup poll found higher levels of stress, sadness, anger and worry in 2020 than ever before at any point in the organization’s global tracking.

Whether victim or observer, an encounter with aggressive or angry behavior can catch anyone off guard.

Experts say remaining calm is key to ensuring that a precarious situation does not escalate. Anger management expert Ryan Martin’s advice in Psychology Today was,

“Stay calm, stay safe and don’t make it worse.”

“I didn’t want to treat her the way she was treating me because I did not know what she was going through,” Rojas said. She credits the Bible-based advice she learns as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses for her ability to maintain composure.

Frontline workers, airline personnel, educators and others can attest to a trend of increased aggression, even becoming targets.

Grocery store worker Isaac Virgil of Palmdale, California, recalls customers aggressively snatching low-stock items from shelves and yanking packages of toilet paper away from fellow shoppers.

“People have just gotten more anxious and less patient,” Virgil said. “They seem to only care about themselves and what they need.”

He defuses such situations by remembering the Bible principles his parents have instilled in him. “I’m always polite,” Virgil said. “I try and remember that sometimes the customer can just be having a bad day.”

For fire inspector Roy La Grone of Grand Rapids, Michigan, such volatile situations have posed a particular challenge. “I’ve had a hard time controlling my anger since I was a kid,” he said.

After a four-month medical leave that ended in early 2021, he was anxious to return to work. On his first day back, he made a simple suggestion to the owner of the factory he was inspecting. In a split second, the man erupt-

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ed into a verbal rant riddled with profanities.

To La Grone, the 150-foot walk to reach the exit door felt like an eternity. The business owner followed him, yelling the entire way, while the office staff stared in stunned disbelief.

“I did everything that I could to try to calm him down,” La Grone said. “I didn’t overreact because I’ve learned that that type of behavior does not help the situation.”

Over the years, La Grone said he has worked hard to minimize his temper. He said that resources from jw.org, the official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses, were particularly useful in dealing with stress, controlling his anger and remaining calm rather than becoming provoked.

“Imitating the good examples of others and applying Bible principles has helped me to remain calm when under pressure,” he said.

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especially for Chicano students who are exposed to it,” Cabrera said.

The lawsuit was filed by attorneys from the Thomas More Society and LiMandri & Jonna LLP, who in July sued the San Diego Unified School District for removing the Rev. Junípero Serra’s name from one of its high schools.

Take Easy Eddie for Example was talking to a young mom the other day about kids, and the subject of children mimicking their parents’ behavior came up. Parents are so often blueprints for their kids - like it or not. I remember an old TV commercial years ago where a father was washing his car with a cigarette in his mouth. His young son was following right behind, doing everything his father did — the dad wiped the hubcap, the son wiped the hubcap. The dad polished the headlight; the son polished the headlight, etc. Then the father took his cigarette out of his mouth, dropped it on the ground, and moved on. The son, following behind him, picked it right up. Commercial over.

Being a good example, having a solid reputation, and a good name is often easier said than done. In 1982 Colgate (toothpaste) decided to try their hand at frozen dinners. Apparently, Colgate Lasagna just didn’t sit well in peoples’ minds and the product was a flop. Then there was the diet candy called AYDS did great until the AID’s epidemic hit. Like it or not, names matter.

And when was the last time you heard someone naming their child Adolph?

There’s a reputation that goes along with that name.

As a matter of fact, many members of the Hitler family have changed their names to distance themselves from that tainted image. As Proverbs 22:1 reminds us: “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.” When you

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highest figure measured for that time in over a decade.

You can see the difference between the northern, central and southern Sierra between the end of December and today in the figure 1.1.

The shrinking amount of water was due to an exceptionally dry January, a month that is traditionally among the wettest in California.

“Amid record-dry Jan across portions of Sierra Nevada, California snowpack has now fallen below avg for date–remarkable given it was ~160% of avg for date in late Dec!” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, tweeted Monday .

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have a good name, you have something of immense value. There’s an old Japanese proverb that says, “Life is for one generation. A good name is forever.”

I recently happened upon a fascinating story told by Bruce Cecil, about a World War II hero - Butch O’Hare.

As Bruce tells it, Butch was a fighter pilot on an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. One day, while out on a mission, he noticed his fuel was running low. Unable to complete his mission that day, he turned around and headed back to the aircraft carrier. As he did so, he saw a squadron of Japanese Zeros headed straight for the American fleet. He noted that the fighters were out, leaving the fleet virtually defenseless.

He dove into the formation of the Japanese planes in a desperate move to divert them away from the fleet. Finally, after a frightening air battle, the Japanese airplanes called off their assault. Butch O’Hare’s tattered fighter limped back to the carrier. He was recognized as a hero and given one of the nation’s highest military honors. O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is named after him.

Some years earlier, there was a man in Chicago called Easy Eddie. In those days, Al Capone virtually owned the city. Capone’s mob was involved in bootlegging booze, murder, and prostitution. Easy Eddie was Al Capone’s lawyer and kept Big Al out of the crowbar hotel. In return, Easy Eddie earned big money and lived like a king on an estate so large it filled an entire city block.

But Easy Eddie had one soft spot — a son whom he loved dearly. Eddie saw that pected to persist over the next two weeks, Swain said the percentages will continue their precipitous decline.

Swain also noted that it’s not just the lack of rain and snow alone that is causing the snow water content to deplete: “It has also been much warmer and sunnier than usual at high elevations in Jan–leading to substantial mid-winter snowmelt (so there is active loss of snowpack, not just stalling of growth),” he tweeted .

The snowpack provides about a third of California’s water supply once it melts and runs into reservoirs, which is why the numbers are so critical.

The latest federal drought monitor map continues to show California

SUSAN BECKETT | Courtesy Photo. his son had the best of everything: clothes, cars, and a good education. Despite Eddie’s involvement with the mob, he tried to teach his son right from wrong.

Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was.

But there were two things Eddie couldn’t give his son - a good name and a good example. Deciding that giving his son these two things was more important than lavishing him with riches, Eddie had to rectify the wrong he had done and he went to the authorities and told them the truth about Al Capone.

Easy Eddie testified in court against Al Capone and the mob. He knew the cost would be great, but he wanted to be an example to his son and leave him with a good name. Within a year of testifying against the mob, Easy Eddie’s life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago street. He had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer at the greatest price he would ever pay.

What do these stories have to do with one another? Butch O’Hare was Easy Eddie’s son.

For a pocket wrap-up, here’s how Albert Einstein phrased it: “Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.”

Bob and Susan Beckett pastor The Dwelling Place City Church at 27100 Girard Street in Hemet, CA. For more information, you may contact them at DPCityChurch.org. is mired in drought, with almost two-thirds of the state experiencing severe drought. Still, that represents a vast improvement from about six weeks ago, when about 80% of the state was in one of the two worst drought categories — exceptional or extreme.

“We are definitely still in a drought. A completely dry January shows how quickly surpluses can disappear,” DWR Director Karla Nemeth said in a statement after the department conducted its second snowpack survey of this winter. “The variability of California weather proves that nothing is guaranteed and further emphasizes the need to conserve and continue preparing for a possible third dry year.”

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bill for single-payer health care in California didn’t even get a vote in the state Assembly after its author couldn’t round up enough support before Monday’s deadline. Advocates are incensed.

Despite, or perhaps because of, an aggressive last-minute push by progressive activists ahead of a crucial deadline, legislation to create a government-run universal health care system in California died Monday without coming up for a vote.

The single-payer measure, Assembly Bill 1400, was the latest attempt to deliver on a longtime priority of Democratic Party faithful to get private insurers and profit margins out of health care. Because it was introduced last year, when it stalled without receiving a single hearing, it needed to pass the Assembly by Monday to continue through the legislative process.

But even the threat of losing the party’s endorsement in the upcoming election cycle was not enough to persuade the Assembly’s Democratic supermajority to advance the bill for further consideration, effectively killing the effort for another year.

After several tense hours Monday afternoon, during which a scramble of meetings took place just off the Assembly floor, Assemblymember Ash Kalra, the San Jose Democrat carrying AB 1400, announced that he would not bring up the measure for a vote.

Kalra declined multiple requests to discuss his decision and whether he would seek another path forward for his proposal. Following the floor session, he waited on a members-only balcony outside the chamber until a group of reporters

was told to leave by a sergeant-atarms.

“I don’t believe it would have served the cause of getting single payer done by having the vote and having it go down in flames and further alienating members,” Kalra said on a Zoom call with disappointed supporters later in the evening, in which he shared that he believed the bill, which needed 41 votes to pass, was short by “double digits.”

STUCK BETWEEN POWERFUL INTERESTS The political obstacles to such a radical restructuring of the health care system remain enormous, even in a state as putatively liberal as California.

The influential California Chamber of Commerce, which represents business interests in the state, labeled AB 1400 a “job killer” shortly after it was reintroduced in January, indicating it would be a top priority to defeat. Its lobbying campaign — joined by dozens of insurers , industry groups and the associations representing doctors and hospitals — included social media advertisements and a letter to members denouncing the “crippling tax increases” that would be needed to pay for the system. After the bill stalled Monday, the chamber declared it would be ready if ideas from the “dangerous proposal” resurfaced.

RELATED: Republicans were eager to make it into an election issue this year.

Though Kalra’s bill was largely conceptual , with a separate measure introduced to address the financing, they attacked it as a massive tax hike on Californians. (Kalra proposed a series of taxes on business-

vote yes on this bill.”

Assemblymember Ash Kalra discusses his bill that would pay for the universal health care at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 6, 2022. | Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo.

es and high-earning households to fund the single-payer system, estimated by legislative analysts to cost between $314 billion and $391 billion annually.) A 4,000-page petition signed by voters who opposed AB 1400 sat in the back of the chamber on Monday for Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron of Escondido to use as a prop in a floor debate that never happened.

Democrats also faced a squeeze from the left flank of their party.

Activists with the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus said last week they would push to withhold endorsements from members who did not vote for the bill. That ultimatum generated fierce anger in the Assembly caucus from members who felt cornered, though many refused to speak publicly about their frustration.

BACKLASH FROM ACTIVISTS The decision not to bring up AB 1400 for a vote on Monday may have been about protecting members from having to take a position

one way or the other on the bill, as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon did with the last single-payer measure in 2017.

Legislation to move the state toward a government-run health care system passed the state Senate that year, but was held by Rendon without a hearing because the bill included no plan to pay for it. That put him in the crosshairs of single-payer supporters, who blasted him on billboards.

This time, Rendon said he supported the effort, but he was not closely involved in rounding up votes for AB 1400. He declined to answer questions after the floor session on Monday and, in a statement, he pushed the blame onto Kalra.

“The shortage of votes needed to pass this bill out of the Assembly indicates the immense difficulty of implementing single-payer healthcare in California,” he said. “Nevertheless, I’m deeply disappointed that the author did not bring this bill up for a vote today. I support single-payer and fully intended to

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alifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the nation’s largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years.

The goal is to turn the section at San Quentin State Prison into a “positive, healing environment.”

“We are starting the process of closing death row to repurpose and transform the current housing units into something innovative and anchored in rehabilitation,” corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters told The Associated Press.

California, which last carried out an execution in 2006, is one of 28 states that maintain death

The goal is to turn the section at San Quentin State Prison into a “positive, healing environment.” | Screenshot by ABC7.

rows, along with the U.S. government, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

While other states like Illinois have abolished executions, California is merging its condemned inmates into the general prison

population with no expectation that any will face execution anytime in the near future.

Oregon similarly transferred its much smaller condemned

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WHERE WAS NEWSOM? One prominent Democrat who did not express support for AB 1400 was Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ran for office in 2018 on a platform to create a single-payer system in California but has since distanced himself from that pledge.

During a press conference in January to unveil his budget proposal , Newsom reiterated that he believed “the ideal system is a single-payer system,” but dismissed questions about Kalra’s approach.

“I have not had the opportunity to review that plan, and no one has presented it to me,” Newsom said at the time.

As AB 1400 marched toward defeat, the governor remained mum. His public remarks in recent weeks focused instead on several of his own budget proposals that he said would bring universal health access to California, including an expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for the poor, to all residents regardless of their immigration status.

Kalra said Newsom’s stance undermined the bill. He told the Mercury News on Tuesday that “it hurts when you’re trying to garner votes for a policy that the governor is brushing aside despite a prior commitment to it.”

The distinction Newsom has drawn between universal access to health insurance and an actual universal health care system has also infuriated the nurses’ union, one of his earliest endorsers during the 2018 campaign, who accused him of flip-flopping on single payer. It seems unlikely to cause him much trouble in his upcoming re-election campaign, however, where he has yet to draw a significant challenger.

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Bianco Beware—Other Media Outlets Are Highlighting Your Failures S.E. WILLIAMS | COLUMNIST

It’s Time for America to Leave NATO and for Europe to Resolve Their Internal Disputes STEVE MCCANN | COLUMNIST

Since 1916 and the First World War, United States foreign policy has been dominated by Eurocentrism. Following the Second World War, America has been the military protector of Western Europe for 73 years through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO. Now the time has come to disband NATO and tell the countries of Europe, in particular Germany, that they are on their own, as this nation must focus on its ever-growing domestic problems and the global threat of Communist China.

The United States should have begun the process of severing military commitments with Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. After all, protecting Europe and thus the United States against Soviet aggression was the primary purpose of NATO. But an irrational fear of a non-existent nation and its former satellites still persists and has been conferred on its much smaller and less formidable successor, Russia. Together with the compulsive need to defend a prosperous continent these two pillars still form the basis of American military planning and international policy.

The divorce process should have been accelerated in 1993 when the anti-democratic European Union comprising 27 European countries and unified economic, social, and security policies came into being. The combined population of these nations is 33% larger and their overall annual Gross National Product is second only to the United States. Since 1993 Europe has been more than capable of defending itself.

The primary accomplishment of the European Union has been to pave the way for Germany to once again assume the dominant role in Europe. Under the guise and false pretense of an all-powerful administrative European Union, the German ideas of collectivism, protectionism, and corporatism have been successfully established throughout much of Europe.

Through a single currency, a single market, a European Central Bank which controls monetary policy and sets interest rates, strict industry protocols, an overbearing bureaucracy, and an endless array of regulations, German influence saturates all of Europe. German economic might has placed many of the poorer southern European states in a vice grip of indebtedness from which they cannot escape unless the Euro fails.

In which case the entire continent is thrust into uncontrolled financial chaos which ultimately benefits Germany and Russia.

German determination to dominate Europe did not end in 1945; it continues to the present day. With the

exception of Great Britain, Germany is Western Europe and Western Europe is Germany.

Thanks to their determination to “go green,” Germany has shuttered its nuclear power plants, is closing its coal plants, and is failing miserably in its attempt to rely on alternative electricity sources such as wind and solar. Germany has made a commitment to natural gas. With no supply of their own, Germans are dependent on imports.

And those imports come from Russia. Further, the new socialist government in Germany is further left of center than ever before and philosophically closer to Russia than the United States.

If the European Union as presently constituted continues to exist, the economic power of Germany and the fossil fuel reserves and military of Russia will, in due course, give birth to Germany and Russia being in a de facto alliance in full control of the European continent, achieving a centuries-old goal for both nations.

Yet, the United States through NATO not only continues to defend Germany and much of Europe against the theoretical enemy Germany is in bed with, but Germany and 19 other countries refuse to meet their financial and military obligations to the alliance. The imbalance in the alliance is not just the funding but the obligation of the United States to get involved in virtually any and all internal and external conflicts involving the countries of Europe.

The ongoing threat by Russia to invade Ukraine is the latest debacle in Europe involving NATO. It has revealed not only the folly of keeping that alliance alive but the mindset of the German ruling class.

Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Even if it were, it is a European problem requiring a European solution. Nonetheless, Germany, a huge beneficiary of NATO’s defense and protection for generations, is refusing to participate in either a NATO or a European solution.

They will not defend Ukraine, agree to sanctions, send armaments or support, and have banned other countries from using German air space or transportation to do so. Germany has turned its back insisting on an obsequious pro-Russia approach. It is not just a matter of dependence on Russian gas, but realpolitik at play for both countries, as Germany in 2014 didn’t lift a finger or protest Russia’s proxy war in Eastern Ukraine or the annexation of Crimea.

Instead of having an addled American president creating chaos and stumbling into a military conflict under the umbrella of

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ince 2020 the editorial team at Black Voice News and the IE Voice has waived a red flag about the dysfunctional leadership of Riverside County’s Constitutional Sheriff, Chad Bianco.

At the same time, many local organizations coalesced and called for the state attorney general to intervene and investigate Bianco. Also, on Tuesday , January 25, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the California Department of Justice is investigating and will independently review an officer-involved shooting (OIS) that occurred in Hemet on Tuesday, January 18.

Now, other publications including the Orange County Register and the San Bernardino Sun, have published op eds by the

ACLU calling for Bianco to be investigated for his rogue leadership and the failures of the sheriff ’s department entrusted to his care by Riverside County voters following reports of unprecedented police shootings in the county last year.

Readers who follow this column have read about his antics, ad nauseum.

Commentaries include an ever-growing list of unbelievable but true actions that makes any reasonable person wonder whether Bianco is really that obtuse or just blatantly doesn’t give “two cents” about what many constituents in Riverside County think about his leadership. Does he really believe he is untouchable or has he wrapped himself so tightly in a shield of right-wing ideology that he thinks his position is impenetrable.

“A ‘Voice in the Wilder-

When Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco took a knee during a demonstration for police reform in downtown Riverside in 2020, was it just a folly? | Screenshot source: YouTube.

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ness’ is an English idiom for someone or a small group of people who expresses an idea, opinion, or warning of danger that is not popular or that most people do not pay any attention to.”

For some in the community it was not enough that he apparently ascribed to what appeared to be a quid pro quo having stood as a bulwark against most reasonable efforts aimed at local police reform even though he disingenuously took a knee during a demonstration in downtown Riverside during the Uprising of 2020. Local residents participated in the movement sincerely, demanding reform in the wake of George Floyd’s unconscionable murder at the hands of Minnesota police.

Was taking a knee that day just a folly on his part?

His lack of support for local change by the sheriff ’s department in the

wake of those demonstrations begged the question of whether his resistance to change was his way of maintaining fiscal support from his campaign benefactors—police unions, who also resist most–but not all change–in the status quo.

Many have held their tongues regarding Bianco’s failure to protect local jail inmates from the ravages of COVID-19 until the federal government stepped in and demanded change. Although many reported on the issue, few, if any offered an opinion.

While many also reported on his railings against state mandates designed to keep residents safe and curb the spread of COVID-19 during the worse periods of the virus’s spread, few editorial pages raised concerns over what such actions could mean for the vulnerable, the aged and

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Democrats Have No Reason to Worry About Biden’s SCOTUS Pick For all the liberal panic about the court’s future, Democratic presidents are rarely disappointed by their Supreme Court nominees RICH LOWRY | COLUMNIST

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tephen Breyer replaced a liberal justice, and a liberal justice will replace him.

That much is assured.

There’s no underestimating President Joe Biden’s ability to foul things up for Democrats. It’s easy to imagine him picking someone for Breyer’s seat whose nomination somehow blows up, or at least proves more contentious than expected. And there’s not much cushion in the 50-50 Senate.

But there’s no way Biden will pick a nominee who, assuming confirmation, disappoints him by drifting to the center, let alone by allying with the conservative bloc of the court. This is a mistake Democrats simply don’t make — a trend that speaks to their often-political approach to the court.

The left is envious of the judicial machinery the right has built up over recent decades, training and promoting conservative legal talent and making it all but mandatory that Republican presidents commit to nominating originalist judges. But the left hasn’t suffered through the kind of flubs that still haunt conservatives, and the reason, in large part, is that progressivism has a vision of jurisprudence that’s nearly identical to its politics.

Across the decades, Republican presidents have appointed members of the liberal bloc, whether William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens or, most recently, David Souter.

Others, namely Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting at the White House. | Photo

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Kennedy, have been swing justices who voted with the progressives on big cases.

Many of these nominations were made prior to the flowering of the conservative legal movement. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brennan), Richard Nixon (Blackmun) and Gerald Ford (Stevens) didn’t have a fine-honed sense of what a Republican president should look for in a justice. Ronald Reagan was committed to the idea of originalism but wanted to make history with the first female justice, so he went with O’Connor even though she wasn’t a good fit for his ideal vision of a justice. And Kennedy emerged from the wreckage of Reagan’s failed nomination of Robert Bork.

Advisers around George H. W. Bush thought they were being clever, sneaking through Souter as a “stealth nominee” — a legal conservative with little paper trail to target — but they ended up fooling only themselves.

As conservatives have jettisoned the “stealth” strategy and insisted on originalists with the record to prove it, Republican nominations

have become less erratic over the past several years.

Yet, once they are on the court, Republican nominees have at times felt the pull of the media and legal culture, which celebrates apostates on the right as courageous and statesman-like, but not dissenters of the left. To put it in political terms, it’s the difference between how the late Republican John McCain and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have been treated for giving a thumbs down to the priorities of their own parties — repealing Obamacare and changing the filibuster, respectively. In much of the coverage, McCain was treated as a giant, whereas Sinema largely has been deemed deserving of whatever grief she gets. In the legal realm, Kennedy was the subject of fawning press and high praise for his majority opinion on samesex marriage in Obergefell v.

Hodges.

Chief Justice John Roberts, a highly credentialed legal conservative, has clearly been responsive to these sorts of pressures at some level. His goal of maintain-

ing the legitimacy of the court looks, at least in practice, a whole lot like an effort to preserve its reputation among elite opinion-makers.

This has caused him to twist himself into legal pretzels to get to what he imagines is the most broadly acceptable opinion, most notoriously in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the 2012 decision in which the court upheld the core of the Affordable Care Act. It helps the liberal cause that their judges all tend to believe in a so-called living Constitution, allowing them to be more malleable in their legal opinions, updated for the times or the latest political preferences. This has been a 100-year project, with President Woodrow Wilson once explaining, “All that progressives ask or desire is permission — in an era when ‘development,’ ‘evolution,’ is the scientific word — to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle.” And so they have.

At the end of the day, this approach doesn’t require much else of liberal justices than voting the right way — which is why Democratic picks tend to be largely interchangeable.

To sure, the court’s sitting liberal justices aren’t completely indistinguishable.

Justice Elana Kagan is an excellent legal mind capable of forging coalitions to advance her goals. And, of course, every justice brings a different style to the bench. But, whether they are somewhat more moderate or obvious partisans practically giving

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population to other inmate housing two years ago.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is halting the execution of more than 700 condemned inmates on California’s death row for at least as long as he’s governor.

Newsom, a Democrat, imposed a moratorium on executions in 2019 and shut down the state’s execution chamber at San Quentin, north of San Francisco. Now his administration is turning on its head a 2016 voter-approved initiative intended to speed up executions by capitalizing on one provision that allowed inmates to be moved off death row.

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NATO, the United States should use the Ukrainian-Russian confrontation as the perfect opportunity to tell Germany and the rest of Europe:

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others who suffered and died in this county from the virus while Bianco remained cavalier about such protections. Wasn’t he elected to keep the community safe?

The same can be said regarding his publicly expressed and dismissive attitude related to masks and the COVID-19 vaccine.

For many it was not important enough to offer commentary on Bianco’s overt penchant for nepotism as if hiring his daughter and promoting his brother—twice— over others who were purportedly more qualified and in the process taking the idea of nepotism to

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political speeches during oral arguments, like Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Democratic nominees by and large have come down the same way on the big questions in recent years.

The progressive critique of originalism is that it is just as results-oriented and political in nature as their own legal philosophy, no matter how much conservatives want to argue that it is uniquely

Corrections officials began a voluntary two-year pilot program in January 2020 that as of Friday had moved 116 of the state’s 673 condemned male inmates to one of seven other prisons that have maximum security facilities and are surrounded by lethal electrified fences.

They intend to submit permanent proposed regulations within weeks that would make the transfers mandatory and “allow for the repurposing of all death row housing units,” Waters said.

The ballot measure approved six years ago also required condemned inmates to participate in prison jobs, with 70% of the money going for restitution to their victims, and corrections of-

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ficials said that’s their goal with the transfers. By the end of last year, more than $49,000 in resti-

tution had been collected under the pilot program.

Newsom’s proposed budget

for the fiscal year starting July 1 seeks $1.5 million to find new uses for the vacant condemned housing.

It notes that death row and its supporting activities are in the same area as facilities used for rehabilitation programs for medium-security San Quentin inmates. The money would be used to hire a consultant to “develop options for (the) space focused on creating a positive, healing environment to provide increased rehabilitative, educational and health care opportunities.”

San Quentin’s never-used $853,000 execution chamber is in a separate area of the prison, and there are no plans to “repurpose” that area, Waters said.

This is your problem; find a solution as we are finished with NATO and being dragged into conflicts that are not in our national interest.

The time has come to focus on the home front and the global hegemony Communist China is determined to

achieve. This country does not have the wealth or resources to protect Europe from itself, solve myriad domestic and societal issues, and confront China. Due to its size, ideology, implacable nationalism, economy, and centuries-old belief in manifest destiny,

China is the greatest long-term threat to the United States in its history.

I am from Europe. While I no longer have any familial ties to Europe, I have many emotional ties to the continent where I was born and later maintained an office. America leaving NATO will

force Europe to confront the long-term viability of a German-dominated European Union and Russia’s ambitions.

As well as come to the realization that Communist China is a far greater threat to Europe than their present-day internal squabbles.

a new level, barely warranted a mention even though it is a clear violation of the county charter as well as state and federal guidelines.

Many also remained silent as Bianco, again, in clear violation of local, state and federal regulations, pranced around the county, speaking at Republican political gatherings while dressed in full uniform as if he were on official sheriff department business.

Although many reported on revelations late last year pertaining to his membership in the right-wing extremist group the Oath Keeper as well as his marble-mouthed explanation surrounding it. The Oath Keepers are being investigated for its role in

attempting to overthrow the U.S. government in January 2020. Yet, few, if any, local publications have offered editorial commentary on how such a membership could be reflective of Bianco’s personal ideology or its racist implications.

Now, data reveals the Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department under Bianco’s stewardship ended the year 2021 with the highest number of citizens killed by Riverside County deputies in recorded history. I know we will hear the usual defense about rising crime, but rising crime is no excuse for Riverside deputies who purportedly shot about 30, apparently, unarmed citizens.

Poor leadership is one way to

define Bianco’s work since he took office, incompetent could be another. If however what we have witnessed is the result of neither, I shudder to think that what we are experiencing under his leadership of the sheriff ’s department might be intentional.

As noted, organizations across the county have cried out for an investigation into Chad Bianco and the Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department. The Black Voice News and IE Voice editorial team has remained critical of Bianco and called out his failures at nearly every opportunity.

We celebrate other publications for not only reporting on Bianco’s failures but for also being willing

to publish the voices of those those calling for an official investigation.

Of course, this is just my opinion. I’m keeping it real.

grounded in the Constitution. But that argument doesn’t hold up.

The exemplar of originalism, the late Antonin Scalia, so often issued opinions unwelcome to him as a policy matter that an entire book has been written about them. Last June, most of the court’s conservatives joined the progressives in concluding that Texas and other states lacked the standing to challenge Obamacare’s individual mandate, even though Democrats had been screaming from the rooftops that President Donald Trump wanted

Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the court to overturn Obamacare. Barrett voted with the majority.

It’s true that originalists often come down the same way, but not always — there are different flavors of originalism and, of course, inevitably many close, knotty problems of legal interpretation presented to the court. Regardless, these justices almost always are trying to apply a reading of the Constitution that holds it as the final, foundational law of the nation that can’t be remade on the fly.

If a justice considers herself or himself mostly free of that obligation because the document is fundamentally malleable, it opens the way for imposing political and policy preferences as a matter of course. The pool of judges Biden will be picking from all hold a version of this view. It’s why, no matter how badly Biden has stumbled his first year, when it comes to putting a reliable progressive on the court for decades, it’s almost impossible for even him to mess it up.

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Welcome to our top 5 TV Shows!

Stay home safe and enjoy some of our Movie suggestions!

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ur former Mayor and current Mayor pro-tem of Hemet, Karlee Meyer, is one of the most remarkable women you will ever meet. She is undaunted - she never met a challenge she wasn’t up for. Fought off trespassers, stood up to anyone with bad intentions toward her city, and recently took her most dangerous opponent to the mat.

As most of my readers know, Karlee was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. She did not hide it from anyone; she laid it all out on Facebook so that everyone got it from the mare’s mouth, not the gossip mill.

The diagnosis did not in any way interrupt her daily routine, whether it was her duties as wife and mother or City Council duties - until about ten days ago when she requested to be excused from the Hemet City Council Meeting.

Her original diagnosis was four small tumors and one large one. She underwent treatment immediately but never missed a single obligation. The four small tumors responded to treatment and were erased.

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1. The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Anna, a heartbroken woman for whom every day is the same, starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder - Or did she?

2. Behind Her Eyes It follows Louise, a single mom with a son and a part-time job in a psychiatrist's office. She begins an affair with her boss and strikes up an unlikely friendship with his wife.

KARLEE MEYER: After surgery. | Courtesy photo of Rusty Strait.

However, further examination revealed that the larger one in the right frontal lobe of her brain had grown.

With that being the case, her doctors felt that surgery to remove the tumor was the proper course of action at this time. After consultation with her family, she agreed and Wednesday, a week ago, she underwent brain surgery to remove the large tumor. Folks, let’s not kid ourselves. Any surgery is serious, but messing around with a scalpel in the brain is more than serious - it is a life-threatening sit-

uation.

At about 8 in the morning, she entered surgery.

In the early afternoon, she woke up and at 2:30 P.M. she decided to take a walk out into the hall, got out of bed and at the door met a bevy of medics who asked, in astonishment, “Are you the patient?”

Karlee replied with a broad smile, “Depends on who you are looking for.”

The following day, she left the hospital and attended the Annual Alumni Baseball Game at CalState Fullerton College and

watched her Freshman son Gavin pitch.

When I went to her house to interview, I expected to see a shaved head with big stitches and a wrap-around head bandage. Not so. Not one hair shaved. The surgeon opened the lobe with a thin slit, removed the entire tumor and glued the opening shut. Please note the photo I took - if we didn’t know she had the surgery.....Karlee - you have just been certified as patient of the year.

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3. Sharp Objects A reporter confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to cover a violent murder.

4. Clickbait When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why.

5. Stay Close The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past.

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he New York Times said on Monday that it has bought Wordle, the free online word game that has exploded in popularity and, for some, become a daily obsession.

It listed the purchase price as being in the “low-seven figures,” but did not disclose specifics.

The Times, which has popular word games like Spelling Bee and its crossword puzzle, said “at the time it moves to The New York Times, Wordle will be free to play for new and

existing players, and no changes will be made to its gameplay.”

Wordle was created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn software engineer. He originally made it for his partner, but released it to the public in October.

On Nov. 1, only 90 people had played it. Within two months, that number had grown to 300,000 after people began sharing their scores on social media.

Now, the simple puzzle that lets players guess a five-letter word in six tries with no hints, has millions

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earing wildfire, Jack Dillender has been doing everything within his budget to harden his three-bedroom house, which is nestled between the windswept, boulder-strewn hillsides of Dulzura. The rural hamlet, within 10 miles of the Mexico border, is among several nearby communities along state Route 94 routinely blasted by flames and dangerously intrusive embers.

The 42-year-old, who lives with his fiancée and her two children, said he's been slowly installing double-paned windows, as well as relentlessly chopping back vegetation on the 47-acre property.

The process has proven tremendously expensive and time consuming. However, he said, he's better off than many of his neighbors.

"A lot of the people are lower income; the houses are older, and the properties are large," said Dillender, who somewhat ironically, works as a technician for Seamans servicing fire alarms and sprinkler systems in office buildings.

Now help could be on the way. California recently launched a novel $100 million pilot program in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to pay for home retrofits in high-fire areas.

San Diego County has been chosen by state officials to spearhead the new initiative — doling out up to $40,000 per home across 500 backcountry residences from

Dulzura to Campo. Firefighting officials have only just started taking applications for the three-year endeavor, which aims to tackle everything from installing ember-resistant screens on home vents to replacing windows, siding and roofs.

County Fire Deputy Chief Dave Nissen, who has worked in the region's bucolic eastern communities for 30 years, said he hopes that folks will take advantage of the free upgrades.

"We're not here to push this down anybody's throat, but at the same time, we think it's a high-value program," he said.

"We just want to take the time to make sure people are making a well-informed decision, whether they want to be a part of this or not."

EMBER STORMS The financial-assistance program, mandated under Assembly Bill 38 in 2019, came in the wake of the devastating Camp Fire, which laid waste to the town of Paradise a year earlier.

The blaze, which jumped from home to home, often leaving surrounding trees intact, showcased a disturbing trend long familiar to those living in Southern California.

Suburban subdivisions and even entire towns that abut wildland areas can catch fire in ember storms that travel far ahead of a flame front.

In short, homes become the fuel — especially those structures built before California rolled out a series of fire-resistant building codes starting in the 1990s.

"Houses are accelerants,

In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, a home burns as a wildfire called the Camp fire rages through Paradise, Calif. | AP Photo/Noah Berger, File

but if you do the work — defensible space, building codes — you can minimize the acceleration that a subdivision can generate when a wildfire comes screaming over the ridgeline," said Char Miller, a professor of environmental analysis at Pomona College who has written extensively about wildfires.

Wildfire prevention in California has largely focused on using heavy equipment to thin densely packed, firestarved forests, such as in the Sierra Nevada. Hundreds of millions of dollars are currently slated for such work under spending approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom as well as the $1 trillion federal infra-

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However, in recent years, a growing chorus of researchers and environmental advocates have pointed out that much of the state's structure loss from uncontrolled conflagrations happens not in heavily forested areas, but in communities surrounded by brush and grasslands.

While chainsaws do little to tamp down the threat of wildfire in Southern California's chaparral-covered hillsides, for example, hardening structures against ember storms can offer significant protection, according to experts.

A recent study from UC San Diego found that homes

built after the state's wildfire building codes went into effect were significantly less likely to be destroyed in a large blaze. By comparison, states without such construction requirements, such as Colorado and Oregon, have seen rates of destruction remain relatively unchanged for decades.

"I am surprised at how clear it is in the data," said Judson Boomhower, co-author of the report and environmental economist at UC San Diego.

"It's not often in social science that the answer just falls out like it did here."

FIRE-PRONE HOMES Dillender moved to Dulzura about seven years ago, pur-

chasing an older home that had survived the deadly 2007 Harris fire. A trailer park right down the road was devastated by the 90,440-acre blaze, which destroyed 548 structures and killed eight people.

The San Diego native believes strongly in the value of upgrading his home. He said nearby conflagrations regularly pepper the community with potentially dangerous ash and embers. While double-paned windows can keep flames and radiant heat from bursting into a home, sealing off eaves and vents reduce the likelihood that a barrage of firebrands will sneak in and

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Even so, for investors there are always opportunities; it’s simply a case of knowing where to make your money work hardest for you, and how to go about it.

With that in mind, let’s look at a few juicy investment strategies and tips for those who want to get a foothold in Californian real estate.

FINDING THE RIGHT NEW CONSTRUCTION LOAN FOR YOU The first point to make is that you don’t need to necessarily start your property portfolio with nothing but your own money. Whether you plan to buy, renovate and sell an existing property, or alternatively to build one from scratch on land you own, then you could get a hard money loan to make this achievable.

A quick look at this list of hard money lenders will reveal that there are a multitude of organizations in California set up specifically to help out ambitious investors who don’t have a huge chunk of capital to their names right now. Just be aware of the added risks involved, as well as the higher interest rates on these types of loans compared with traditional mortgages.

LOOKING FOR THE BEST RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES One common mistake

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which real estate investors make is to assume that if they buy in the most expensive parts of the state, they will get a better rental return on their investment.

In reality, it is better to closely consider the relationship between average home prices and average rents in a given area. This is worse in San Francisco than it is in Modesto, for example.

The greater the disparity, the harder it will be to find renters that can afford to become tenants in any property you purchase. So rather than aiming for the highest possible rental income, seek out the locations that will leave you with lots of prospective tenants to pick between, thus more stability and reliability.

ANALYZING PRICE INCREASES Another statistic that should shape your California real estate investment plans is that of the yearon-year change in property prices.

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Once again, it is the more affordable parts of the state that are enjoying the largest increases at the moment; in aforementioned Modesto, home prices were up by 6 percent in 2020, while they actually fell by almost the same amount in San Francisco that year.

You should not necessarily expect to see such strong annual surges in property prices indefinitely, and market volatility is to be expected. However, if you pay attention to trends in the long term, you should get a better sense of where a safe place to park your cash is.

EMBRACING MID-TIER INVESTMENTS The last point to keep in mind is that whether you want to buy a house to flip or purchase it to rent out, it is trickier to do this at either extreme of the price spectrum.

There are problems which come with both bargain properties and high end homes alike, so don’t be put off by the prospect of aiming for the middle of the market. At a time of significant economic uncertainty, this is the best bet.

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Toni Luecht, 74, said she'll likely participate in the retrofit program. She and her husband lost a previous home in the Harris fire.

"We have the defensible space that's required, but the vents in the attic are not good," said the Dulzura resident. "It's scary because we've been through this before."

Such upgrades are all the more pressing because it can be hard to evacuate these communities. State Route 94 is the only way in or out and notifying residents of an oncoming wildfire can be tricky.

Heavy smoke often obscures satellite internet connections, while fire can damage cell phone towers in an area with already spotty service.

During the hot, windy summer months, Dillender said he monitors local firefighting activity using a scanner. He said the ham radio crackles over outdoor speakers, while he and his 10 hungry goats tend to the never-ending chore of maintaining the large property.

"It sounds crazy, but I have Cal Fire playing all day so I can hear the dispatch as it happens," he said. "I would get out immediately at the first sign of fire."

Heightening concerns, he said, people illegally crossing the border into the United States regularly make their way through his property.

The U.S. Border Patrol has a strong presence in the area, operating a checkpoint along the highway and patrolling communities in their signature green and white SUVs. "They make little fires up in those hills, day and night," he said of those crossing the border illegally, pointing to the steep, rocky terrain southeast of his property. "All night long, the dogs bark."

under the new rules.

Researchers at UC San Diego looked at about 46,000 single-family homes in California exposed to large blazes between 2003 and 2020 to assess the impact of these stricter building codes.

About 70 percent of the roughly 7,900 houses built after 1997 that were included in the study survived. That compares with just 58 percent of the 38,000 dwellings built before 1998 that withstood wildfire.

Researchers also looked at homes exposed to wildfire during that timeframe in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, states that have yet to mandate wildfire-resistant construction. The share of homes that survived intense conflagration was about 50 percent, regardless of when they were built.

"We don't see the same kind of survival benefits for the homes in states outside of California," said Boomhower of UC San Diego. "That's what really convinced us that this is building codes."

Perhaps surprisingly, it's slightly less expensive to build a wildfire-resistant home, according to 2018 report by the research nonprofit Headwaters Economics. That's largely because the cost of fire-resistant fiber-cement siding is cheaper than standard cedar-plank exteriors.

However, the equation becomes more complicated when talking about the value of retrofitting older homes.

The report found that a full overhaul including roofing, vents, siding, doors and windows can cost upwards of $60,000.

That's given Boomhower and other researchers pause about the best way to protect these older structures.

"I think there's a lot of interesting questions about how much retrofitting is cost effective," he said. "How can we get a really good bang for the buck?"

Alexandra Syphard, a highly regarded wildfire scientists based in San Diego, expressed similar concerns.

She said it's important that government officials triage projects based on their cost effectiveness.

For example, her research has shown that installing ember-resistant screen vents is often the single best thing one can do to project a home.

After that, she recommends upgrading windows.

"Most homes are destroyed because of embers or radian heat causing spontaneous combustion," Syphard said. "A single-pane window is likely to shatter in that heat."

Cal Fire officials said they will be conducting individual home assessments to determine the most appropriate upgrades for each structure.

Priority upgrades will start with vegetation management and proper vent screens.

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explode the structure from the inside out.

"We've been doing the windows one at a time as we can afford it, and there's like 20 in the house," he said. "It's rough."

That's why he volunteered to be California's first participant in the new home-hardening pilot program. Beyond his drafty single-pane windows, woodpeckers have drilled sizable holes into an exterior wall, and the structure's gapping ventilation system needs a major overhaul.

"It's really going to help the people," said Dillender, who now leads the Dulzura Fire Safe Council, a community-led group that educates residents and organizes defensible-space projects. "A lot of these people inherited these houses and don't have the resources to take care of them."

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, chose the communities of Dulzura, Potrero and Campo based largely on their concentration of low-income residents living in older, fire-prone homes. The state is also starting to roll out the pilot in Shasta County. Residents with higher incomes can still qualify for the retrofits as long as they pay for a percentage of the work on a sliding scale.

The idea is to simultaneously revamp entire communities or subdivisions.

Researchers have found that if even just one home catches fire, it can put the whole neighborhood at risk. Cal Fire has started taking applications at wildfiremititgation. caloes.ca.gov.

"Some people are onboard with free money," said Cal Fire Assistant Deputy Director Daniel Berlant. "Others don't want the government's help. That's going to be a challenge we're working to overcome."

One of those skeptical residents is Susan Gallegos, 65, who moved to Dulzura in the mid-1990s. The Harris fire wiped out three of her neighbors' homes, but somehow her 500-square-foot, single-story ranch house was spared.

"I don't have the money for it," she said of upgrading her home, which lacks a concrete foundation.

"Everything's wood."

Still, Gallegos said she's concerned the program could hike her property taxes or trigger other code-compliance issues.

"My fixed income is very low," she said. "I figure if my house burns down, I probably just sell the land and move on."

TAX QUESTIONS Firefighting officials have said the process will not require the county to reassess

TOUGHER BUILDING CODES The most recent evidence that California's extensive building codes prevent significant home loss during wildfire came from a UC San Diego study released in December through the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The research sought to assess the impact of rules put in place following the 1991 Oakland firestorm, which destroyed 2,900 structures and killed 25 people. As a result, lawmakers passed series of regulations requiring that construction in high-fire areas include ignition-resistant roofing.

The state bolstered its wildfire building codes again in 2008, mandating that new homes in highrisk areas use ignition-resistant materials for windows, doors, decks, eaves and siding. Ember-resistant vent screens were also required,

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Some cows were taken to the local auction in San Jacinto and sold. During hard times these funds came in handy and helped families to survive.

Always at the heart of the Association was its dedication to education. It had been determined at the start that if the group was ever dissolved, any assets would be distributed to a nonprofit or group which operated for education. After being inactive for many years, and with most of the members having passed on, the remaining members met on Oct. 28, 2021 to vote on where to donate the remaining funds. This resulted in a decision to donate $2,464 to the Noli Indian School 4H program.

Participating members at that meeting were Scott Cozart, Terry Post, Carlene Masiel, Maurice “Buster” Mojado and Marian Chacon. Vice Chairwoman Geneva Mojado represented the Soboba Tribal Council. Donovan Post, Noli’s principal, graciously

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Noli science teacher Jay Dagostino, who has been at the school for 10 years, oversees the agriculture and 4H programs. The last couple of years the 4H program has been inactive due to COVID-19 pandemic closures but students still work with animals at the campus, currently raising pigs.

The shed and enclosure used for the pigs is constructed of reclaimed materials from the old stadium at The Oaks as the school is always looking for ways to fund their projects, which is why this donation was especially welcomed.

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for now we are just doing things here and not taking any field trips or anything,” Dagostino said. “Just to be cautious we are going to wait until things are more normalized.”

Principal Post recalled the fun of all the families getting together for the roundups when he was a young boy. He was grateful that the Soboba Livestock Association reached out with this donation to the school.

“The idea of being able to add cattle is something the program has been looking forward to for the last six or seven years,” he said. “This donation will help us make that happen.”

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micron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall’s delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for days or even weeks.

The seven-day rolling average for daily new COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has been climbing since mid-November, reaching 2,267 on Thursday and surpassing a September peak of 2,100 when delta was the dominant variant.

Now omicron is estimated to account for nearly all the virus circulating in the nation. And even though it causes less severe disease for most people, the fact that it is more transmissible means more people are falling ill and dying.

“Omicron will push us over a million deaths,” said Andrew Noymer, a public

health professor at the University of California, Irvine.

“That will cause a lot of soul searching. There will be a lot of discussion about what we could have done differently, how many of the deaths were preventable.”

The average daily death toll is now at the same level as last February, when the country was slowly coming off its alltime high of 3,300 a day.

More Americans are taking precautionary measures against the virus than before the omicron surge, according to a AP-NORC poll this week. But many people, fatigued by crisis, are returning to some level of normality with hopes that vaccinations or prior infections will protect them.

Omicron symptoms are often milder, and some infected people show none, researchers agree. But like the flu, it can be deadly, especially for people who are older, have other health problems or who are unvaccinated.

“Importantly, ‘milder’

does not mean ‘mild,’” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said this week during a White House briefing.

Until recently, Chuck Culotta was a healthy middle-aged man who ran a power-washing business in Milford, Delaware. As the omicron wave was ravaging the Northeast, he felt the first symptoms before Christmas and tested positive on Christmas Day. He died less than a week later, on Dec. 31, nine days short of his 51st birthday.

He was unvaccinated, said his brother, Todd, because he had questions about the longterm effects of the vaccine.

“He just wasn’t sure it was the right thing to do — yet,” said Todd Culotta, who got his shots during the summer.

At one urban hospital in Kansas, 50 COVID-19 patients have died this month and more than 200 are being treated. University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City,

Kansas, posted a video from its morgue showing bagged bodies in a refrigeration unit and a worker marking one white body bag with the word “COVID.” “This is real,” said Ciara Wright, the hospital’s decedent affairs coordinator.

“Our concerns are, ‘Are the funeral homes going to come fast enough?’ We do have access to a refrigerated truck.

We don’t want to use it if we don’t have to.”

Dr. Katie Dennis, a pathologist who does autopsies for the health system, said the morgue has been at or above capacity almost every day in January, “which is definitely unusual.”

With more than 878,000 deaths, the United States has the largest COVID-19 toll of any nation.

During the coming week, almost every U.S. state will see a faster increase in deaths, although deaths have peaked in a few states, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Maryland, Alaska and

Georgia, according to the COVID-19 Forecast Hub. New hospital admissions have started to fall for all age groups, according to CDC data, and a drop in deaths is expected to follow.

“In a pre-pandemic world, during some flu seasons, we see 10,000 or 15,000 deaths.

We see that in the course of a week sometimes with COVID,” said Nicholas Reich, who aggregates coronavirus projections for the hub in collaboration with the CDC. “The toll and the sadness and suffering is staggering and very humbling,” said Reich, a professor of biostatistics at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

In other developments: — The White House said Friday that about 60 million households ordered 240 million home-test kits under a new government program to expand testing opportunities. The government also said it has shipped tens of

millions of masks to convenient locations around the country, including deliveries Friday to community centers in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

— The national drugstore chain Walgreens is among pharmacies receiving the government-provided masks. The chain has started offering N95 masks for free at several stores, as long as supplies last. The company’s website lists locations in the Midwest for the initial wave of stores offering masks, but Walgreens said more stores will offer them soon.

— The leading organization for state and local public health officials has called on governments to stop conducting widespread contact tracing, saying it’s no longer necessary. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials urged governments to focus contact tracing efforts on high-risk, vulnerable populations such as people in homeless shelters and nursing homes.

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alifornia will require health care workers to get a Covid-19 booster in order to be fully vaccinated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday.

“Omicron is spreading rapidly and we must do all we can to keep staff at hospitals and medical facilities healthy and safe to protect Californians during a potential winter surge,” Newsom tweeted late Tuesday afternoon.

The announcement came as federal officials revealed Monday that the high-

ly transmissible Omicron variant accounted for 73 percent of all new infections last week. Infections and deaths among unvaccinated people continue to vastly outpace those of vaccinated people.

Meanwhile, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced Tuesday a plan to mandate the Covid-19 booster for those who work for the city or enter city-owned facilities.

San Jose would be the first city in California to require boosters.

“We lack the benefit of time, and we need to move quickly,” Liccardo said in a

press briefing Tuesday .

Newsom is planning to reveal more details about the health care worker requirement at a press event Wednesday in Alameda County. Liccardo’s proposal will be heard by the city of San Jose’s rules committee Jan. 5.

Liccardo has directed the city manager to work with employees’ bargaining units to enact the booster requirement in January by redefining fully vaccinated to include the booster shot. San Jose already requires proof of full vaccination to enter all city-owned facilities, so the

updated mandate would require people to show proof of a booster shot or third dose of vaccine.

A growing number of state and local officials are requiring boosters. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) earlier this month amended the state’s vaccine order to require workers covered by the state’s existing mandate to receive a booster shot by Jan. 17, or within four weeks of becoming eligible for it.

University of California officials on Tuesday said eligible staff and students will have to get the booster shot

Clinicians work while caring for Covid-19 patients at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles, Calif. | Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.

before the beginning of the winter quarter or spring se-

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he California Department of Education is reviewing its hire of a top official who lives in Philadelphia and runs a separate business there.

The department’s evaluation comes after a POLITICO report that Daniel Lee’s appointment last year as superintendent of equity may run afoul of a state policy that only allows outof-state hires in rare circumstances. Lee’s position pays between $161,400 and $179,832, according to a salary range provided by CDE. Lee, 51, is a psychologist, life coach and selfhelp author who owns his own Pennsylvania-based psychology firm and has known state schools chief Tony Thurmond for more than two decades, during

which he participated in Thurmond’s wedding. The superintendent of equity job was never posted publicly, according to the Department of Education, and Lee had no apparent experience in California before taking the job.

Maria Clayton, CDE director of communications, said in an email that the “first time [the agency] heard that this may not be permissible within state policy” was from POLITICO. She added that officials “are speaking with CalHR and will be making a determination,” referring to the state’s human resources agency.

School equity advocates last week questioned Lee’s hire and said that California needed someone familiar with districts and communities in the state to effectively enforce policies that protect students of color. Department of Educa-

tion officials pointed to Lee training staff on implicit bias after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd as part of his work and noted that Lee has participated in virtual events hosted by CDE on mental health and equity issues.

On Tuesday, the top Republican on the Assembly’s education committee prodded state leaders about the legality of Lee’s hire.

“I respectfully request that you determine if Mr. Lee’s current employment is allowable under state law or procedure and report your findings to the Legislature,” Assemblymember Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) wrote Tuesday to Yolanda Richardson, secretary of the California Government Operations Agency, which oversees CalHR. Kiley referred to a statement by Amy Palmer, the Government Operations spokesperson, who told

School equity advocates last week questioned Lee’s hire and said that California needed someone familiar with districts and communities in the state to effectively enforce policies that protect students of color. | Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images.

POLITICO that state positions as a rule go to residents “unless the job requires a different location.”

Palmer said Tuesday that Government Operations had received Kiley’s letter and was reviewing it but

did not have further comment.

Clayton said the Department of Education sought input from the state’s human resources department before hiring Lee. “During the hiring pro-

cess, the CDE received advice from CalHR that nothing prohibited bringing Dr. Lee on as a state employee,” Clayton said. “The appointments office also processed his hiring packet and never raised any flags.”

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istrant(s): YESENIA ELIZABETH CASTELAN 3059 JACINTA DRIVE PERRIS CA 92571 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on 01/06/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant signature/ YESENIA ELIZABETH CASTELAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/11/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022. AFF#S00787

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200436 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MELODY THAI CUISINE LLC, 26846 CHERRY HILL BLVD., MENIFEE, CA 92586 Mailing address: 29918 BUENA TIERRA STREET, MENIFEE, CA 92586. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): MELODY THAI CUISINE LLC 29918 BUENA TIERRA STREET MENIFEE CA 92586 This business is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant signature/ PRAMUAN VOECKS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/11/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/13/2022, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022. AFF#S00777

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200966 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DCH SUBARU OF RIVERSIDE, 8069 INDIANA AVE., RIVERSIDE, CA 92504 Mailing address: 150 N. BARTLETT ST., MEDFORD, OR 97501. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): DCH RIVERSIDE-S, INC 150 N. BARTLETT ST. MEDFORD OR 97501 This business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ EDWARD IMPERT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/24/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022. AFF#S00797

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200487 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COLE EXPRESS, 6851 SWEET CLOVER CT, CORONA, CA 92880. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): E&OSARLEA CORPORATION 6851 SWEET CLOVER CT CORONA CA 92880 This business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on 2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ OVIDIU SARLEA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/12/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/13/2022, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022. AFF#S00785

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200563 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DEL MAR HIBACHI & CEVICHE, 21285 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, PERRIS, CA 92570. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): AIDEE - ALVAREZ 21285 MOUNTAIN AVENUE PERRIS CA 92570 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ AIDEE ALVAREZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/13/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022. AFF#S00780

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200496 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OFF ROAD JEWELERS, 3850 ENGLISH DR., HEMET, CA 92544. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): JOSHUA JAMES O’NEAL 3850 ENGLISH DR HEMET CA 92544, LINDSAY PATRICIA O’NEAL 3850 ENGLISH DR HEMET CA 92544 This business is conducted by: MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on 1/12/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ JOSHUA JAMES O’NEAL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/12/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022. AFF#S00790

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202117513 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STELLA MARIS QUILTS, 42493 VIA SERRANO, MURRIETA, CA 92562. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): HOLLIE -- HORNING 42493 VIA SERRANO MURRIETA CA 92562 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant signature/ HOLLIE HORNING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/30/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/13/2022, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022. AFF#S00783

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200801 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AQUA DRY, 42370 THORNTON AVE., HEMET, CA 92544. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): MICHAEL RENE PRIETO 27104 VAL DEANE WAY HEMET CA 92544 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ MICHAEL RENE PRIETO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/19/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022, 02/24/2022. AFF#S00759 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE TIRED TOTE CORPORATION, 42726 SETTLER’S RIDGE, MURRIETA , CA 92562. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): TEACHER TIRED TOTE CORPORATION 42726 SETTLER’S RIDGE MURRIETA CA 92562 This business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on 12/28/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant signature/ OMAR M IBRAHIM This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/03/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/13/2022, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022. AFF#S00775 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200401 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MYKV DESIGN, 3059 JACINTA DRIVE, PERRIS, CA 92571. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Reg-

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200217 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BUGOUT BRIGADE, 34941 DOGWOOD CT, WINCHESTER, CA 92596.

Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): BRIAN MARK BURKHOLDER 34941 DOGWOOD CT WINCHESTER CA 92596 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ BRIAN BURKHOLDER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/05/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/13/2022, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022. AFF#S00776 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200762 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RUFFALICIOUS BAKERY, 26966 MOSS LANDING DR, MENIFEE, CA 92585.

Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): YADIRA MEZA WHITE 26966 MOSS LANDING DR MENIFEE CA 92585, ANTHONY ALLEN WHITE 26966 MOSS LANDING DR MENIFEE CA 92585 This business is conducted by: MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ YADIRA MEZA WHITE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/19/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022. AFF#S00791

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200437 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STARKWOOD HARDWOOD FLOOR, 41670 ACACIA AVE., HEMET, CA 92544. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): JOHN JAY JR STARK 41670 ACACIA AVENUE HEMET CA 92544 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on 2010. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ JOHN JAY JR STARK This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/11/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022, 02/24/2022. AFF#S00804 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200859 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DENTAL DREAMS DENTAL PRACTICE, 1001 E LATHAM AVE SUITE C & D, HEMET, CA 92543. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): MALOO – CHICAS PROFESSIONAL DENTAL CORP 1001 E LATHAM AVE STE D HEMET CA 92543 This business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on 01/14/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ HUZAIFA HATIMALI MALOO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/20/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022. AFF#S00795

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200771 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GAME ON TRAFFIC SCHOOL, 27715 E TRAIL RIDGE WAY,1034, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92555. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): KAREN -- JACKSON 27715 E TRAIL RIDGE WAY 1034 MORENO VALLEY CA 92555 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ KAREN-JACKSON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/19/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022. AFF#S00798 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202201088 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FIESTA JEWELRY, 14930 PERRIS BLVD, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553 Mailing address: 13975 GAYE ST, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): ROGELIO VALENZUELA SANCHEZ 13975 GAYLE ST MORENO VALLEY CA 92553 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on 2001. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ ROGELIO VALENZUELA SANCHEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/26/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202200479 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COLE CONTRUCTION, 6851 SWEET CLOVER CT, CORONA, CA 92880.

Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): E&OSARLEA CORPORATION 6851 SWEET CLOVER CT CORONA CA 92880 This business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ OVIDIU SARLEA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/12/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 01/13/2022, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022. AFF#S00784

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202201087 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GENTLE SOUL GUEST HOME, 699 WINNER’S CIRCLE, SAN JACINTO, CA 92582. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): GENTLE SOUL GUEST HOME LLC 29831 MOONDANCE WAY SUN CITY CA 92586 This business is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above on JAN 18,2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ JULITA RODRIGUEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/26/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022, 02/24/2022. AFF#S00805

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-20220100122 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LOTUSALLUREBODYSCULPTING&SPA, 1005 SOUTH GILBERT ST APT 35, HEMET, CA 92543. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): DARRYCKA COLLETTE PIERCE 1005 SOUTH GILBERT ST APT 35 HEMET CA 92543 This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant signature/ DARRYCKA COLLETTE PIERCE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/04/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022, 02/24/2022. AFF#S00808

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/27/2022 NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. Published in The Hemet Chronicle: 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022, 02/24/2022. AFF#S00809

THO SAPHANETHONG. Proposed Name: AARON THO SIVONGXAY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING Date:03/03/2022.

Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101. The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, SOUTHWEST JUSTICE CENTER 30755D AULD RD. SUITE 1226 MURRIETA, CA 92563. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Hemet Chronicle. Dated: JAN- 07 2022. JONI I. SINCLAIR, Judge of the Superior Court. Published in The HEMET Chronicle: 01/13/2021, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022 AFF#S00779

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PHYLLIS FERN STEWART CASE NO. PRMC2200083 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PHYLLIS FERN STEWART A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by WILLIAM MARLOWE in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. The petition requests that WILLIAM MARLOWE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on MARCH 11, 2022 at 09:00 A.M. in Dept. T1 located at 41002 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE, #100 TEMECULA, CA 92591. PER COVID-19 APPEARANCES MAY BE HEARD TELEPHONICALLY. TO ATTEND DIAL 1-844-6213956 OR 1-213-306-3065 AND ENTER MEETING NUMBER 288212024. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. R. SAM PRICE, ESQ. (SBN 208603) 300 EAST STATE STREET, SUITE 620 REDLANDS, CA 92373 Telephone: (909) 328-7000 Published in the Hemet Chronicle 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022 AFF #S00806

CASE NO. PRMC2200052 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ROSE ANN ELKINS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LEE ERVIN ELKINS in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. The petition requests LEE ERVIN ELKINS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on MAR 01 2022 at 08:30A.M. in Dept: T-1 located at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, TEMECULA 41002 COUNTY CENTER DR., STE 100, TEMECULA, CA 92591. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner (name) Lee Ervin Elkins 25300 AVENIDA CHAGRES, Hemet, CA 92544 Telephone: (951) 351-3255 Published in the Hemet Chronicle 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022 AFF #S00792

filed by CARLY MILES AND KYLE MILES in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. The petition requests that CARLY MILES AND KYLE MILES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on 03/10/2022 at 08:30 A.M. in Dept.

T1 located at 41002 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE, #100 TEMECULA, CA 92591.

PER COVID-19 APPEARANCES MAY BE HEARD TELEPHONICALLY. TO ATTEND DIAL 1-844-621-3956 OR 1-213-306-3065 AND ENTER MEETING NUMBER 288212024. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. KEVIN R. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW 41555 EAST FLORIDA AVENUE, SUITE H HEMET, CA 92544 Telephone: 951 658 4492 Published in the Hemet Chronicle 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022 AFF #S00793

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PETER ALDANA ASSESSOR-COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER R-202201146 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SITE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS, 175 N CAWSTON AVE STE 170, HEMET, CA 92545. Name of County where business is located: RIVERSIDE Registrant(s): AL GROUP ENTERPRISES, CORP 175 N CAWSTON AVE STE 170 HEMET CA 92545 This business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name (s) listed above. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 or the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant signature/ ARMANDO LOVERA

NAME CHANGE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE # CVSW2200390 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner, JAMIE LEIGH KNOTT CASE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: KENNEDY BLYTHE KNOTT. Proposed Name: KENNEDY BLYTHE RAVENWAY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING Date:03/17/22.

Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101. The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, SOUTHWEST JUSTICE CENTER 30755D AULD RD. MURRIETA, CA 92563. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The SAN JACINTO CHRONICLE. Dated: JAN 26 2022.

JONI I. SINCLAIR, Judge of the Superior Court. Published in The HEMET Chronicle: 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022, 02/24/2022 AFF#S00803 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE # CVSW2200031 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner, AARON THO SAPHANETHONG CASE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: AARON

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE # CVSW2200032 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner, TIARAE ASHLYN SAPHANETHONG CASE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: TIARAE ASHLYN SAPHANETHONG. Proposed Name: TIARAE ASHLYN SIVONGXAY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING Date:03/03/2022. Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101. The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, SOUTHWEST JUSTICE CENTER 30755-D AULD RD. SUITE 1226 MURRIETA, CA 92563. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Hemet Chronicle. Dated: JAN 07 2022. JONI I. SINCLAIR, Judge of the Superior Court.

Published in The HEMET Chronicle: 01/13/2021, 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022 AFF#S00782

PET. TO ADMIN. ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROSE ANN ELKINS.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LILLI A. MILES CASE NO. PRMC2200076 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LILLI A. MILES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been

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has a natural gift of having this bright light about her and has very positive energy. Theater teacher Bret Cherland nominated her for stepping up in many different ways throughout her four years with the theater program.

He said during the many months of online learning, he was able to see how strongly Cloe felt about theater; she participated in literally everything made available to her online. When restrictions began to lift and students were headed back to campus, Cloe aspired to become Thespian Club President, which she has achieved. She spends about four hours of her day inside the theater building with her many activities.

“She sets the bar for professionalism,” Cherland said.

“One of the things that we lost to COVID was a momentum and a sense of institutional memory that is handed down student to student over the years. In the theater, we have a lot of things going on all the time and some of that information just gets translated from student to student.”

He said Cloe came in this year knowing exactly what needed to be done, especially for students who had not yet had an opportunity to be inside a theater because of the closures. Cherland said she set the bar high and brought everyone else up with her.

“As a child, my parents struggled with addiction and that brought up feelings that were more than I could cope with as a child so I didn’t convey them with normal words,” Cloe said. She turned to writing and performing songs.

“I’m older now and my mom has recovered but my love for performance has stayed,” she said. “When I get on stage it is cathartic. When I perform, I try my hardest to do it with a little girl who wanted nothing more than to be on stage.”

Cloe will be the first in her family to attend college where she intends to major in theater to continue to spread the joy it has brought to her and others.

Kaylie Cox from Tahquitz High School was nominated

by her counselor who was not able to attend the breakfast but sent a speech for Principal Kari McGowan to read on her behalf. It began with a quote by Melissa Hughes that she felt described Kylie perfectly, “When you’re passionate about doing something, you become unstoppable, even in the face of resistance.”

With her love for animals and volunteer work at animal shelters providing day-to-day care, Kaylie found her calling to become a veterinarian. After much research, she applied to the top veterinary colleges and said the challenges of all the hard work she put in to be successful in her AP and dual enrollment classes, especially during the pandemic, was worth it as she knows what she wants to do in the future.

The Academy of Innovation recognized Emily Guerrero who was not able to attend the event. John Bradshaw is principal of the independent study school and said Emily exemplifies why there is a need for this type of school. She became a student there in ninth grade due to health issues and has been able to thrive. Her plans are to attend Northern Arizona State to pursue a degree in nursing. He said Emily’s inspiration to become a pediatric nurse stems from the great medical attention she received as a young child.

Despite her lifelong struggle with Type 1 diabetes she has been able to stay focused on her studies and is known by her teachers as a hard worker with a kind heart and great work ethic who is a “master at prioritizing and organization.”

Christian Gutierrez was Hamilton High School’s choice for January. The outstanding wrestler qualified for CIF in his first year on the team. As a team player who supports those around him, he credits a mentor teacher he met in his sophomore year for giving him confidence to work harder. Although the teacher has since passed away, Christian said he continues to always put his best foot forward because of this teacher’s guidance and support.

“I think the most important thing I will take forward

with me is that when things get difficult, just keep going,” he said. “Determination and perseverance are two traits that will carry you through.”

Christian said he will use these traits when he attends college to major in biology with an ultimate career goal of being a zoologist.

West Valley selected Karina McQueen but she was unable to attend the breakfast. Principal Shannyn Cahoon shared a bit about Karina’s future plans and goals.

She was nominated by her performing arts department teacher and hopes to be at next month’s breakfast. Jasmine McKenna from Mountain View High School was singled out for this month’s honor but also was unable to attend.

San Jacinto High School’s Paris Robinson turned her life around with the support of office secretary Samantha Martinez who helped her rebuild her confidence and surround herself with the right people.

“Four years ago, I never would have thought I would be here today receiving Student of the Month because I didn’t care about my future and I had no plans for myself,” Paris wrote in a speech read by her mother. “I surrounded myself with people who also didn’t care about me or themselves. I had no desire of going to class and I didn’t care about the affect that it had on me, my education or even my parents.”

Paris plans to attend cosmetology school. She is maintaining a 3.6 grade point average while working a fulltime job and being a student mentor on campus.

Zermeno asked all the students to stand and be applauded for their accomplishments. “All of you have the desire to help others. I wish I could stand here and say the challenges you have faced are over but unfortunately there will be more to come. But remember, have more love for success than you have fear for failure,” she said. “Failure is going to teach all of us to be the better version of ourselves than we can possibly be.”

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