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Vol. 50 No. 19

August 29, 2019 - September 4, 2019

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San Bernardino Valley College Family of man killed inside Corona Costco said he was "a Foundation Board Member Strives to peaceful and loving soul" Eliminate Student Food Insecurities ABC News

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SBVC Foundation Board Member Patricia Nickols Butler strives to eliminate student food insecurities SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. Since joining the San Bernardino Valley College Foundation three years ago, board member Patricia Nickols Butler has made it her mission to ensure that no SBVC student goes hungry or without hygiene products.

She is president and CEO of the Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County, and during two recent poverty symposiums, Nickols Butler learned that a lot of local college students were experiencing food insecurity, which can lead

to lower grades and dropping out.

Her organization now donates food and supplies to SBVC and Crafton Hills College, which operate resource centers for students in need of assistance.

"My heart is really serving

the low-income population and creating opportunities for them to achieve economic self-sufficiency," she told The Precinct Reporter.

"It's giving everyone an opportunity to achieve their dream."

Assembly Member Eloise Gomez Reyes' 3rd Annual '30 Under 30' Award Ceremony & Art Showcase, Court St Plaza, Downtown San Bernardino John Coleman Community Photography X (C P Time/s)

CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- The family of a man who was shot and killed by an off-duty officer inside a Corona Costco spoke publicly for the first time at a press conference Monday.

Russell and Paola French said their son Kenneth French, 32, had schizophrenia and that he was unable to communicate with Officer Salvador Sanchez.

"Our first-born son was a peaceful and loving soul throughout all 32 years of his life.

He was caring, helpful and gentle, never aggressive...to anybody at anytime," said French's mother's through tears. The family was shopping in preparation for the upcoming Father's Day holiday the day French was killed.

The family of a man who was shot and killed by an off-duty officer inside a Corona Costco spoke publicly for the first time.

"I told Officer Sanchez not to shoot twice. I even said please," Paola French said.

The attorney for the family is asking that surveillance footage from Costco be released. "Should it really take a year to investigate whether this shooting was excessive or not? What are they possibly investigating?" the

family's attorney Dale K. Galipo asked. The Riverside County District Attorney's office had obtained a court order to prevent the release of the video for up to a year.

Galipo has filed a claim against the City of Los Angeles stating that Sanchez presented himself as an officer at the time of the incident. "If I was prosecuting this case...I could prove to jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that this was murder or manslaughter," he said.

Sanchez's attorney said his client was in fear for his and his 18-month-old son's safety after French violently attacked him from behind. "My client was assaulted from behind without warning, not shoved or pushed.

Hit from behind, fell to ground, lost consciousness, suffered concussion," Ira Salzman French's mother Paola was shot in the back during the altercation on June 14 and remained in a coma for an extended period of time and had seven surgeries, according to Galipo. French's father Russell was shot in his abdomen and lost a kidney.

The family scheduled a funeral for Kenneth French Friday.

Reported Shooting of Sheriff’s Deputy in Lancaster Was Hoax: LASD Brian Day, Carlos Saucedo and Megan Telles

Group photo of HONOREES.

In coordination with Assembly Member Reyes, Dr Mahbuba N Hammad, Educator, (with family The Honorable Wilmer 'Amina' Carter presented members after the event) listed as among 'under the Award for '30 Under 30' Continuing Service. 30' international literacy leaders. to Dr Verissiano.

Mariana Lopez, (between) Assembly Member Eloise Gomez Reyes & Frank Reyes represents San Bernardino Community College District as lead coordinator of a new binational partnership, with the Mexican Consulate in San Bernardino to increase college attainment rates.

On Saturday, August 17th in downtown San Bernardino, it looked like 'party time' at Court Street Square. Bright lights were strung thru the trees; banquet tables, chairs and lots of people standing about; some in lines of giant 'food trucks', others eating; and well dressed, taking photos of each other. Everyone was having a good time!

THIS in downtown SB? A flashback of the past? Or a vision of the 'future'??

Assembly Member Eloise Gomez Reyes' "3rd Annual '30 Under 30' Award Ceremony & Art Showcase", presented at dusk, in

Scene: Court St Park, San Bernardino.

downtown, City of San Bernardino was an outstanding success.

It was real, it was creative, and it focused on local youth and their roles in advancing the quality of life HERE in 'the Inland Empire'.

Opening the event, Assembly Member, Reyes did what is almost 'unheard of' in the world of 'practical politics'; she gave credit to an earlier political leader for the model of this event, AND sharing the platform with that person.

The '30 Under 30' program recognizes the special services and other contributions young people from different

Wesley Koher, RN, Nurse Case Manager, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center provides for follow-up patient care services.

Photo credit: John Coleman

backgrounds, for years, have been providing here in the Inland 'Empire'. THEY are our future !

A well-designed printed brochure containing the photo of each honoree was distributed; music chosen by each honoree was broadcast as the honoree's contributions were read, and he or she ..... received a plaque; The honorees, their families, and friends, as well as people from the community were there to see them honored ! A warm, sultry evening; A great party.

Royal Johnson, with family help designed a product for kids who

also lost a family-member to gun violence.

The Honorable Amina Carter, retired/former Assembly Member originated the '30 Under 30' recognition program.

Angie Denisse Otiniano Verissiano, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Heath Science, CSUSB, co-author of a study; "The Cost of Racism for People of Color", was a "30 Under 30' Awardee in 2008. On August 18, 2019, Dr Verissiano was presented the "Inaugural Wilmer 'Amina' Carter Award for Continued Service."

The reported shooting of a sheriff's deputy in Lancaster this week in what authorities previously described as a "targeted attack" that triggered a massive manhunt was a hoax, sheriff's officials said Saturday night.

SWAT teams responded to Lancaster after a shooting left a deputy injured in Lancaster on Aug. 21, 2019. (Credit: KTLA) Authorities first described Wednesday's 2:45 p.m. incident outside the the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lancaster station as a shooting, then said the following day that the involved weapon may have been a pellet gun, rather than a firearm.

But sheriff's officials announced late Saturday that Deputy Angel Reinosa, a rookie

SWAT teams responded to Lancaster after a shooting left a deputy injured in Lancaster on Aug. 21, 2019. (Credit: KTLA) deputy with the department, made the whole thing up.

Detectives met with Reinosa on Saturday for a follow-up interview about the incident, Capt. Kent Wegener of the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said.

"Deputy Reinosa admitted that he was not shot at from the apartment complex area, as he (continued on page 6)

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August 29, 2019

COMMUNITY/EDUCATION/ADVERTISING

Some Californians Say Moving From Natural Gas to Electricity Will Cost Too Much By Manny Otiko | California Black Media

Some labor and business leaders – as well as residents of different communities around the state - are pushing back against green energy policies that Sacramento has taken on to fight climate change.

About a month ago, business and political representatives from more than 20 cities across the Inland Empire - a metropolitan area east of Los Angeles that covers parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties - held a press conference in the city of Riverside. At the meeting, they sounded off against new California Energy Commission and California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) rules designed to move energy users away from natural gas, toward electric power.

“Affordability is a key factor for the Inland Empire. More than 120 people move to the Inland Empire a day – and for a good reason,” said Paul Granillo, CEO of the Inland Empire Economic Partnership. “California is known for its high housing market, but our Inland Empire residents enjoy the area’s inexpensive costs of living, in comparison to neighboring cities. If natural gas is eliminated as an affordable fuel option, our homeowners and businesses would be in jeopardy.”

About 90 percent of California residents still use natural gas as the main energy source in their homes.

Last Tuesday in Sacramento, the California Business Roundtable also held a press conference, bringing together labor leaders, businesspeople and citizens to call on Gov. Newsom to consider sources of energy other than electricity.

“California regulators should not be in the business of picking

and choosing energy winners,” said Rob Lapsley, President of the California Business Roundtable.

“We need diversity in energy supplies. Manufacturing and biotech will not survive without natural gas. Nor will many other industries and jobs.”

Last September, former Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 100 into law, requiring that the state takes steps to achieve its goal of completely moving to carbon-free electricity and renewable sources of energy like wind and solar by 2045.

“No matter what the naysayers may say, it is a real, present danger to California and to the people of the world,” the former governor said, referring to climate change when he made the announcement about a year ago.

Shortly before Gov. Brown’s announcement, the California Energy Commission released a report pointing out that using natural gas in buildings can emit carbon dioxide and methane, causing levels of pollution in many parts of California that rank only below emissions from transportation.

Now, the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is in the process of implementing SB 1477 authored by Sen. Henry Stern (D-Malibu). The legislation instructs the PUC to provide incentives to developers to reduce their use of natural-gas dependent technologies in new construction. One effort is called the Building Initiative for Low Emissions Development (BUILD) program. The initiative offers up to $20 million per year for four years if developers meet green energy requirements. Another program, Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH), offers developers $30 million a year for up to four years

Wells Fargo Announces $1 Billion Affordable Housing Commitment NNPA NEWSWIRE — Candy Moore, the senior vice president and manager of Wells Fargo’s Community Relations and Southeast Community Development, told NNPA Newswire that the company will invest $1 billion over the next five years from its business and foundation to help make housing more affordable.

Cynthia Eaglin and Rufaro Jenkins in front of their former home at Parkway Overlook Apartments in Washington, D.C

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The lack of affordable housing has caught the attention of Wells Fargo and the banking giant isn’t taking it lightly and has unveiled an ambitious plan to tackle the problem.

Candy Moore, the senior vice president and manager of Wells Fargo’s Community Relations and Southeast Community Development, told NNPA Newswire that the company will invest $1 billion over the next five years from its business and foundation to help make housing more affordable.

“We will address three key issues in underserved communities that have been plagued by the lack of affordable

housing – housing affordability, financial health and small business growth,” said Moore.

“Charitable giving has always been a part of our history,” Moore said.

“And, we feel we should be doing even more to address the systematic changes in affordable housing and uncover new ways to increase the availability and sustainability of affordable housing,” she said.

Moore noted that if one took the available affordable housing units in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Atlanta, it (continued in next 2 columns)

for using low-emissions heating sources or technologies.

In terms of policy, California remains ahead of most of the country on greening its economy and laws. Berkeley for, example, has already banned natural gas in new low-rise buildings. And about 60 more cities and towns across the state are considering measures to ban natural gas or programs that would give developers incentives to install electric appliances only.

But many Inland Empire residents warn that these policies would put more of a financial burden on businesses, homeowners and renters if new regulations require them to retrofit existing buildings to accommodate electric power only.

As the cost of living skyrockets in California’s coastal cities, many people are choosing to move to the Inland Empire cities like San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and Riverside, where the cost of housing is considerably less.

Between 2000 and 2011 alone, more than 300,000 people made the move from Los Angeles County to Riverside and San Bernardino counties which accounted for the largest countyto-county migration in United States during that period, according to the United States Census Bureau.

Between 2011 and 2016, the number of businesses in the Inland Empire also grew by 11 percent, outpacing the state rate at about 8 percent, according to the University of California – Riverside.

However, the economic boom in the IE doesn’t tell the full story when it comes to affording a switch to cleaner energy.

In some large coastal regions like the San Francisco Bay area,

where estimates put its GDP to about $535 billion, and the median family income in larger cities like Berkeley to around $90,000, people may be able to afford to more quickly adopt the state’s new energy polices.

While many families in the Inland Empire, where the GDP for the region is estimated at about $157 billion, and the median income for a family in the city of San Bernardino, for example, is about $40,000, many residents are still struggling to make ends meet.

“I was stunned to learn that the California Public Utilities Commission has decided that to meet emissions reductions goals they want to switch all homes and businesses in California to electricity only and eliminate natural gas as an energy source.

Knowing costs are a concern,” said Andy Melendrez, Riverside Mayor Pro Tem. Even as some Californians like Melendrez begin to voice concerns about the cost of moving to electric energy, the majority of Californians remain overwhelmingly supportive of green energy policies. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, about 54 percent of state residents like the fact that California is a leader on climate change. About 80 percent consider global warming a serious threat to California, the country and the world.

Protesters holding up signs that read, “CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is greenwashing” interrupted the Inland Empire press conference.

(Greenwashing is defined as deceptive practices that are designed to look like environmentally-friendly policies.)

They chanted, “Natural gas has got to go.”

Cengage, UNCF Provide Students Free Textbooks By Briana Thomas Earlier this month, digital learning company Cengage and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced a free online textbook program to help Black students shoulder the financial strain of purchasing college materials.

This upcoming school year, Cengage Unlimited will offer 1,000 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) free, semester-long subscriptions to their all-access digital college textbook and course material platform.

According to a press release, UNCF will administer the program and select the recipients on behalf of Cengage Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage, said in a press release that his company is proud to partner with UNCF to assist minority students in paying for educational resources.

“Every student should have an equal opportunity to succeed, and having the right learning materials can have a critical impact on performance,” Hansen said. “The high [costs] of textbooks have prohibited this for many students…”

The free subscription to Cengage Unlimited grants Black students access to more than 22,000 Cengage eBooks, online homework access codes and study guides. The subscription price usually costs $119.99 a semester.

According to a 2018 study by Morning Consult, 60 percent of African American students chose not to buy required textbooks and course materials, and 52 percent expressed that buying course materials has a big impact on their finances while in school.

The same study listed the cost of textbooks as the highest financial stressor for students after paying for tuition. This was in comparison to the responsibilities of student

housing, healthcare and food.

Dr. Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO of UNCF, said in the press release that it is important to support the education of the next generation of leaders.

“For 75 years, our motto ‘A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but a wonderful thing to invest in,’ has remained at the forefront of everything we do,” Lomax said.

“We must continue to invest our time and money in better futures for young people around the country.”

In recent years, student enrollment across the nation’s 102 HBCUs has decreased.

According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of HBCU students increased 47 percent between 1976 and 2010. That number decreased between 2010 and 2017 to a HBCU student population of 298,000 students.

UNCF is the largest minority education organization in the country. The company uses scholarships and programs, like the Cengage subscriptions, to strengthen its member colleges and advocate for minority learning and college readiness, according to the UNCF website.

The recipients will be awarded based on financial need, a minimum GPA of 2.5, a one-page essay and letter of recommendation.

Five hundred subscriptions will be granted for the Fall 2019 semester and another five hundred for Spring 2020 semester.

Applicants have until Aug. 29 to apply for the Fall semester. You can visit the UNCF website for more information.

This article originally appeared in The Afro.

Wells Fargo Announces $1 Billion Affordable Housing Commitment...continued would still fall far short of meeting current housing demands.

“We want to continue to help the underserved reach their full potential with the support we’re offering through our philanthropic efforts,” Moore said.

The $1 billion pledge is part of a larger effort for the bank to overhaul its philanthropic strategy, Moore said.

As part of their commitment, Wells Fargo aims to donate two percent of its after-tax profits to corporate philanthropy concentrating on housing affordability, small business growth and financial health, she said.

During a June presentation to the NNPA’s member publishers, Moore shared a video that underscored the importance of Wells Fargo’s new initiative and why it’s vital to people of color and others in underserved communities.

The video presentation highlighted the Parkway Overlook Apartments in Washington, D.C. whose residents were unexpectedly forced to relocate when the development closed in 2008.

As a result of the efforts of two former residents who fought hard for the community, working together with Wells Fargo and the District of Columbia, the apartments are being redeveloped a decade later.

“I feel like a mother who watched her troubled child in school finally graduate from high school,” said Rufaro Jenkins, one

of the residents who is now a homeowner.

“I used to tell them in meetings that Parkway Overlook was one of my children. Mothers protect their children, and I was going to protect Parkway Overlook,” Jenkins said in the video presentation.

After a 10-year process to secure approval and funding to rebuild the community, the renovations to Parkway Overlook are currently underway, and construction is expected to be completed this year, providing 220 apartments of affordable housing for families in Ward 8, which is considered one of DC’s poorest areas.

While Jenkins and former resident and fellow Parkway Overlook Tenants Association member Cynthia Eaglin are happy about the redevelopment, it’s been a long journey, they said in the video.

The two have worked with Washington Interfaith Network – or WIN, a grassroots organization that brings citizens and residents together to develop solutions for communities — in this case, coming up with a strategy, bringing former residents together, and meeting with local leaders, according to the video.

The biggest hurdle, though, was getting funding to redevelop Parkway Overlook, said Jennifer Knox, lead organizer for WIN. In 2014, Mayor Muriel Bowser, then chairwoman of the city (continued on page 3)

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WORLD GOVERNMENT/BUSINESS/ADVERTISING

AARP Contest Celebrates Sisterhood; Readers Can Win Trip, Makeover from Sam Fine NNPA NEWSWIRE — Subscribers can submit stories that describe the moment that transformed a friend into a cherished sister-friend. Claire McIntosh, the editor in chief of Sisters from AARP, told NNPA Newswire about the newsletter.

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

California Fire Safe Council announces receipt of a $500,000 Edison International Wildfire Assistance Fund grant...continued pare is vitally important,” said Caroline Choi, Edison International and Southern California Edison senior vice president of Corporate Affairs. “At Edison, we continue our work to mitigate the risk of wildfire through operations and community involvement.

Education is key, and the partnership with the California Fire Safe Council will help keep our underserved communities more resilient.”

“We are excited to launch this new corporate funding model and hope to replicate it with other California-based companies,” said Amber Gardner, CFSC Clearinghouse Manager.

(Photo: www.sistersletter.com KKGAS/KKGAS / STOCKSY UNITED) AARP is celebrating sisterhood with new energy.

Sisters from AARP, a free digital newsletter that celebrates Generation X and Baby Boomer African American women, has announced its “Sisterhood is Beautiful” essay contest.

Subscribers can submit stories that describe the moment that transformed a friend into a cherished sister-friend. Claire McIntosh, the editor in chief of Sisters from AARP, told NNPA Newswire about the newsletter.

Asked whether the year-old publication turned out like she’d envisioned before launch, McIntosh said that she isn’t motivated by a vision so much as by an energy. “There is an energy of affirmation and affinity among Black women. That vibe of sisterhood emanates so beautifully, and Sisters from AARP is a place to plug into that and connect with one another.

Where that energy takes us is an adventure,” McIntosh said.

That energy is going to take two lucky winners to New York City.

The top essay entered in the contest will win a girls’ trip to New York City inspired by the beauty of their friendship.

The weekend trip begins on Friday, Nov. 15.

The winner and her sister-friend will receive a makeover by celebrity artist Sam Fine, who has worked with several A-list African American actresses and vocalists.

Essays of up to 350 words are welcomed from contestants starting on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The last day to enter is Friday, Sept. 6.

“Black women value and celebrate the essential friend who becomes family and is there for us through life’s highs and lows,” McIntosh said.

“Over the past year, our readers have come to know our site as a place for African American women to share real talk and tips – on style, health, sex, money, and more. We’re celebrating our first anniversary by showcasing the friendships that sustain our community,” she said.

With over 100,000 readers, the Sisters from AARP newsletter is

sent to subscribers every Tuesday and features entertaining, informative and inspirational content created for black women by black women.

“We knew this publication would connect women in a real way because it has a sister publication called ‘The Girlfriend,’ which has done so,” McIntosh said.

“We’re very proud of it, and we thought Sisters from AARP would be equally well-received.

We put a lot of heart into it,” she said.

The contest allows the publication to celebrate black women and their friendships further, McIntosh said.

“If you ask anybody who’s your best friend, who’s your sister-friend, they know immediately who that person is because there’s a heart connection,” McIntosh said.

“The special one-on-one connection that we have with our very dear friend is wonderful. So, Sisters from AARP wants to be that kind of friend to our readers, and this is an opportunity to celebrate together,” she said.

“The women can enter to win a fabulous girls trip to New York.

They love our beauty content.

They love our style content. This is just one more way of providing something extra special and to celebrate their beauty and to celebrate their connection.”

After the newsletter’s successful first year, McIntosh said readers of the Sisters for AARP could expect even more over the next 12 months.

“More style, more beauty, finance, and career success. More relationships, love, sex, marriage and health,” McIntosh said.

“You know, us black women like to stay informed, and we love to stay connected, and we love anything that speaks to our culture, our ambitions, our passion. Sisters will continue to explore those interests in every weekly issue, creating a real place to share,” she said.

For more information, visit www.sistersletter.com, and https:/ / w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / thesistersletter/.

California Fire Safe Council announces receipt of a $500,000 Edison International Wildfire Assistance Fund grant State/Government News SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27, 2019 — California Fire Safe Council is pleased to announce the award of $500,000 from Edison International, parent company of Southern California Edison (SCE).

The grant is in addition to an earlier 2018 Edison International $250,000 grant that provided small grants for community fire prevention and preparedness projects to 12 fire safe community organizations throughout SCE’s service area.

“In addition to our Edison Wildfire Assistance Fund efforts to start and strengthen Fire Safe Councils, this generous and timely donation will enable CFSC to provide eight more Edison International Fire-Safe Community Grants, bringing the total to twenty grants to Southern California communities in SCE’s service area. These grants will help these communities prepare for

catastrophic wildfire while exemplifying efforts to create fire safe communities,” said CFSC Executive Director Tracy Katelman.

The Edison International Wildfire Assistance Fund grant will also facilitate: · Starting seven new Fire Safe Councils in communities throughout SCE’s service area, including at least one in a Spanishspeaking community, · Production and distribution of CFSC’s new hardened homes and defensible space brochures in at least five languages, · Facilitating messaging statewide for CFSC and promoting the voices of local FSCs, · Creating a handbook for ‘How to Start a Fire Safe Council.’

“The threat of catastrophic wildfires is a reality for all Californians and helping our communities pre(continued in last 2 columns)

The following eight grants were recently awarded, totaling $140,794.

Grantee, Project Award Fire Safe Council of East Orange County Canyons, Chipper Days $ 4,200 Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District, All Hazards Interactive Risk Assessment Score $ 14,000 Foothill Ranch Maintenance Corporation, Foothill Ranch Haz-

ardous Fuel Modification $ 25,000 Trailseekers of Moreno Valley, Trailseekers Equine Emergency Evacuation Center $ 23,258 Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Communications Hardening $ 20,000 Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council, Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council Capacity Building Grant $ 23,500 Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council, Wildfire Prevention Outreach $ 23,500 La Habra Heights Fire Watch, Inc., La Habra Heights Fire Watch $ 7,336 The California Fire Safe Council has been mobilizing Californians to protect their homes, communities and environments from wildfires for over 25 years.

Along with our 15 years of successful grant-making, we have a deep history of providing capacity building and technical assistance for local Fire Safe Councils and in facilitating cross-sectoral investments in wildfire resilience.

V i s i t www.californiafiresafecouncil.org

Wells Fargo Announces $1 Billion Affordable Housing Commitment...continued from page 2 council’s Committee on Economic Development, brokered a deal with the D.C. Housing Finance Agency and District of Columbia Housing Authority to take control of the property and finish the renovations, said Merrick Malone, director of the Office of Capital Programs for the District of Columbia Housing Authority.

Ultimately, Wells Fargo provided the construction loan and equity for the project development, D.C. Department of Housing and Community

Development provided $20.1 million in financing toward the project, and the D.C. Housing Finance Agency provided bond financing in the amount of about $38 million and low-income housing tax credits.

“We will need to work with you,” Moore told NNPA publishers. “We will need to work with civic leaders, local governments, and residents to address the full spectrum of housing affordability,” she said.

Butterfield Introduces ‘BRIDGE Act’ to Push STEM Education, Employment

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

The United States will need an estimated 1 million more STEM professionals by 2022 to keep up with workforce demands, according to U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.).

To help meet that need Butterfield has introduced HR 1586, which would amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act. “This Act may be cited as the ‘Building Resources Into Digital Growth and Education Act of 2019,’or the BRIDGE Act of 2019,” said Butterfield. “My bill will expand the opportunities available to HBCUs to ensure the students they serve are prepared for tomorrow’s innovation economy.” The representative is using the Twitter hashtag, #UnBoxingTheBill, to help promote his legislation.

Butterfield’s proposal mandates the establishment of a digital network technology program.

Through the program, grants are awarded, and cooperative agreements and contracts are provided to eligible institutions to assist in acquiring and augmenting broadband internet access.

Institutions would develop and provide training, education, and professional development programs, including faculty development, to increase the use of broadband internet access service.

Butterfield’s legislation would provide teacher education, including the provision of preservice teacher training and inservice professional development at eligible institutions, library, and media specialist training sites.

It would provide preschool and teacher aid certification to individuals who seek to acquire

or enhance technology skills to use broadband internet access service in the classroom.

Certifications would include instruction in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology subjects.

Further, the BRIDGE Act would allow participating institutions to obtain capacity-building technical assistance, including through remote technical support, technical assistance workshops, and distance learning services.

Butterfield said that would help to foster the use of broadband internet access service to improve research and education, including STEM instruction.

The bill would also create or support centers at eligible institutions that are designed to spur innovation, opportunity, and advancement for entrepreneurs and start-ups.

“There are more than 100 HBCUs throughout the country, and unfortunately, many are in desperate need of improved technology and instructional resources,” Butterfield said.

“The BRIDGE Act is a solution to solve that,” he said.

Butterfield and members of the Congressional Black Caucus have long championed STEM education for African Americans and other minority students.

During the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference, Butterfield and others have sat in on or hosted panels to discuss the importance of STEM. “The STEM field is important to our country, it’s critical to jobs in the 21st century—jobs that make the big bucks,” Butterfield told students from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and Carver Technology Early College High School, who participated in a 2017 CBCF conference. “To succeed, we need to draw from the best in our community.”

Butterfield continued: “The lack of African-Americans in STEM means that many of our best minds are not included.”

We need to Revitalize the Great 8a Business Development Program NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 8(a) Business Development program was the brainchild of the late, great Parren J. Mitchell while he was the Chair of the House Small Business Committee and his staff – led by NBCC Board Member Anthony W. Robinson. It is, without debate, the most successful minority business program in the history of federal procurement. No formal program has made more Black millionaires than this program. Despite this, it needs to be updated and reinforced.

Mr. Alford is the Co-Founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce ®. Ms. DeBow is the Co-Founder, Executive Vice President of the Chamber

Beyond the Rhetoric

By Harry C. Alford & Kay DeBow According to the Small Business Administration (SBA): “The federal government’s goal is to award at least five percent of all federal contracting dollars to small disadvantaged businesses each year.” Here are the Program benefits: “To help provide a level playing field for small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged people or entities, the government limits competition for certain contracts to businesses that participate in the 8(a) Business Development program.”

“Disadvantaged businesses in the 8(a) Program can: Compete for set-aside and sole-source contracts in the program. Form joint ventures with established businesses through the SBA’s mentor-protégé program. Receive management and technical assistance, including business training, counseling, market assistance, and high-level executive development programs, as they apply.”

The above program was the brainchild of the late, great Parren J. Mitchell while he was the Chair of the House Small Business Committee and his staff – led by NBCC Board Member Anthony W. Robinson. It is, without debate, the most successful minority business program in the history of federal procurement.

No formal program has made more Black millionaires than this program. Despite this, it needs to be updated and reinforced.

Having a 5% minority business goal for the federal government is pittance. The Black population percentage of our nation is over 14.6% alone. Hispanics have a percentage of 17.0%. That amounts to 31.6% without other ethnicities. Racism and passive discrimination in this nation still exists and per the U.S. Supreme Court and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 discrimination needs to be addressed according to the disparate impact placed on identified groups. President Bill Clinton had the answer to this after being encouraged or intimidated from the Million Man March of 1996. His plan to “Mend” affirmative action rather

than “end” it included formal Disparity Studies for each of the 10 Federal Regions. Following that adjusted goals could be implemented. One big problem – he never did it. The Congressional Black Caucus should wake up and take the lead from its greatest Founder, Congressman Mitchell, and proceed with the above idea.

The great HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson applied this logic and took Black procurement at HUD to new heights – approaching 32%. President George W. Bush watched his “back” as democratic congressmen tried to have him indicted for whatever reason they could find. He eventually resigned to spend time protecting his name and future during various hearings and investigations. HUD does about 4% in Black procurement today.

Updating the goals and returning to a serious aura can bring this program back to the effectiveness it once had.

The greatest challenge to the 8a Program came under the Barack Obama Administration. It is so ironic! This president had a mission to “repay” white construction unions for raising over $600 million dollars in his first presidential campaign. His pay back to them was to require federal construction contracting over $1 million to become union only projects. As Blacks and Hispanics are terribly underutilized by construction unions, this would cripple the 8a program. We went to the White House and pleaded on the effect this would have over our constituency (should have been his too). They ignored our efforts and quickly became adversarial towards us.

What quickly happened was devastating. The Obama Administration went “dark” over the 8a Program. Black procurement levels at the time George W. Bush left office were over 8%. When Obama finished his two terms it had been reduced (continued on page 6)

Riverside County receives top awards in budget and procurement practices Outside agencies recognize county’s fiscal responsibility Riverside County News

The County of Riverside received two recent awards recognizing the county’s commitment to the highest principles in budget and purchasing practices.

“Being recognized by outside leading agencies in the fields of public finance and procurement validates the county’s tireless work towards being fiscally responsible stewards of taxpayer’s money,” said County Executive Officer George Johnson.

Last month, the county was honored with the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Adopted Budget. Evaluated by the Government Finance Officers Association, the county’s budget documents received either a proficient or outstanding evaluation in 25 key areas –

including policy, financial planning, operations guidance and communications.

This is the fourth year in a row the county received the award.

New this year, the county received extra acclaim for including special performance measures in the budget documents. These special performance measures were incorporated into the budget as part of the county’s performance project with consultant KPMG. Earlier this month, the county was awarded with an Achievement of Excellence in Procurement for demonstrating innovation, productivity and leadership in purchasing practices. The County of Riverside was one of 42 counties nationwide to receive the award by the National Procurement Institute.

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August 29, 2019

HEALTH/FITNESS/SENIOR NEWS

Mental Health Awareness Matters

By Cierra Mayes, Texas Metro News Writer

Ending HIV Only Happens if Black America Leads

By Raniyah Copeland

Raven Fairley, a post graduate student at the University of Missouri, with a focus in sports management, has created a platform that focuses on the mental health issues of professional athletes

Cierra’s Interlude With so much going on in the world today, there are many realworld issues that are in need of our focus. One of these issues happens in our everyday lives: mental health. There is so much awareness that needs to be brought to mental health that goes unnoticed. Many of these issues began from trauma caused in one’s life.

If we took the time to address these problems, we would be able to avoid many wrong doings of others in our community and around the world. Everyone has that one friend they don’t see eye to eye with sometime. For many people, I know that friend can be anxiety. Anxiety happens to everyone whether you realize it or not.

It can become a bigger issue when it’s affecting your everyday life and you believe what you’re feeling is true. Anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, eating disorders, PTSD, and more, are all things that can be controlled.

Depression is another issue that is triggered from one’s trauma. It is important that if you face one of the many issues, you seek help.

There are many who are willing to help those that are affected.

Raven Fairley, a graduate student from the University of Missouri, with a focus in sports management, has created a platform that focuses on the mental health issues of professional athletes. Even

though she focuses on professional athletes, she is willing to help anyone in need.

“The Silent Injury” is an organization Ms. Fairley created to share with others the importance of mental health.

Growing up in a sport household where her grandfather, father, and uncle had always been involved in sports, sports was something that she knew about and kept her focus towards. She says the reason she wants to focus on professional athletes is because they are the ones that have issues that go unnoticed. “Injury depression is real. I’ve experienced up close with a lot of my guy friends in football and basketball.

“When they get injured, they wonder if they’re going to be back on the field, or while they’re out, who’s going to take their spot, and ‘when I get heeled, am I going to have my spot back?’ For them, they’re not only in physical pain, but mental pain as well,” she said. Mental health awareness in athletes is definitely an issue that should be addressed.

High profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial and Aaron Hernandez case are prime examples. Many players have their mind focused on playing sports professionally, and if it doesn’t happen some began to think negative thoughts about what they are doing and other options for their future. The environment you are raised in

The Wisepause Lifestyle Tour Empowers Women With Real Talk About Perimenopause And Menopause September is Menopause Awareness Month Health News

LOS ANGELES - (August 27, 2019) – Far too many women ages 40 to 55 are taken by surprise by perimenopause and menopause.

One day they’re feeling fine; the next day they’re experiencing night sweats, hot flashes, belly fat, mood swings, insomnia, low libido, and other perplexing symptoms. Since September is National Menopause Awareness Month, Denise Pines, president of the Medical Board of California, is commemorating the occasion by leading the ways women can work with the physical changes caused by menopause with the kickoff of the WisePause Lifestyle tour in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Skirball Cultural Center.

“Our grandmothers and mothers never talked about menopause,” says Pines, founder of the WisePause Lifestyle Tour, “and this has resulted in half-truths, allout myths, unnecessary anxiety, and generations of women who have been unprepared for this inevitable and manageable

transition in a normal life cycle.”

Menopause is defined as when a woman has not had a menstrual period for at least 12 months.

Perimenopause represents the years leading up to menopause, when many women experience symptoms related to hormonal imbalances.

While the needs associated with pregnancy and motherhood are being woven into the fabric of our modern working world, very few employers recognize the needs of women going through perimenopause and menopause.

This “change of life” remains stigmatized, and many women suffer unnecessarily in silence.

The WisePause Lifestyle Tour is going to break that silence.

Through innovative and informative programming, the tour’s full-day summit is designed to demystify the perimenopause and menopause experience. “The WisePause Lifestyle Tour is an empowered community experience that connects women to the best midlife health information, trusted healthcare professionals, innovative hormonal healing therapies, products, and services, and to other women on similar journeys,” says Pines, who is also the founder of WisePause Lifestyle. In workshops and small group “Table Talks”, experts in the fields of medicine, alternative medicine, and healing arts will discuss topics including hormonal fluctuations, incontinence, nutrition, and agedefying skin and beauty (continued in next 2 columns)

Cierra Mayes plays a big role in anyone’s mental health.

For athletes, if you have your family depending on you to make it, it can hurt that player mentally if a pro career doesn’t materialize, Ms. Fairley said. “Just seeing in the Black community that we don’t necessarily acknowledge mental health issues, we just kind of push them off to the side, really caught my interest.

We always hear “just pray about it” and just kind of brush it under the rug. Even though mental health issues are becoming a problem in the media, it has always been an issue.” Besides athletes, our favorite celebrities, and those we aspire to be [like], go through rough times also.

More people are open to talk about their mental health now more than ever because many have created that space for one to talk about their problems.

Raven Fairley’s organization is set to launch at the end of 2019.

Cierra Mayes is an intern at I Messenger Media LLC. She is a graduate of North Texas University.

In 2011, Science Magazine’s “Breakthrough of the Year” was the discovery that antiretroviral drugs were a game changer in HIV prevention. The development of treatment as Prevention and PreExposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) ushered in the concept of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. By combining effective treatment for people living with HIV with simple and easy biomedical prevention for people at risk of HIV infection we can eliminate HIV transmission and HIV acquisition, thereby breaking the back of the epidemic.

During the 2018 State of the Union address, Trump announced a goal to end the AIDS epidemic in the United States by 2030. While HIV/AIDS activists and communities most impacted by the HIV epidemic— Black, Latino, LGBTQI, and women of color, have plenty of reasons to confront any announcement from the administration with skepticism setting a goal to end the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in eleven (11) years should be celebrated. But like all efforts to accomplish a goal, the success of this one is dependent on the design and execution. As they say, the devil is in the details.

The underpinning of the administration’s plan is the recent surveillance data that shows 50 percent of the US epidemic is in 48 counties, Washington D.C., and San Juan, Puerto Ricco, and seven states that have a substantial rural population living with HIV. And 60 percent of the Black HIV epidemic lies within these jurisdictions. There is no question that focusing on the jurisdictions with the highest HIV burden makes sense. The question is will focusing on geography alone— the where— unlock the mystery of ending the HIV epidemic. Can we end the HIV/AIDS epidemic without also focusing on the other W’s— Who, what, and when.

Who:

The Wisepause Lifestyle Tour Empowers Women With Real Talk About Perimenopause And Menopause...continued treatments. Exhibitors at the Wellness Experiential Tent will be on hand to provide information and samples of massage, cryotherapies, nutritional supplements, organic foods, yoga, and non-invasive skin and beauty treatments. The multi-city tour, sponsored by AARP and Tea Botanics, kicks off on Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 8:00AM to 6:00PM, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

At the Los Angeles summit, Pines will be joined by over twenty experts, including keynote speaker Karen Giblin, President of Red Hot Mamas, Dr. Karyn Grossman, MD (cosmetic dermatologist), Julie E (dietitian and functional medical practitioner), Kathryn Kassai (physical therapist and co-author of The Bathroom Keys), Dr. Pei Vuong (nutrition and integrated medicine specialist), Dr. Shiroko Sokitch (Eastern medicines and acupuncture authority), Erich Nall (celebrity fitness trainer), Dr. Gail Jackson, MD (obstetrician and gynecologist specializing in bioidentical hormones), Dr. Susan Sklar, MD (functional medicine practitioner), Dr. Gail Wyatt, PhD (clinical psychologist and sex therapist), Deborah Garlick (menopause and the workplace trainer) and Susan Carlson (esthetician). “There is no substitute for intimate in-thetrenches conversations among women,” says Pines. “WisePause is bringing the best experts together under one roof so that women can ask real questions, get informed answers, and get on the path to living their best lives.”

The tour begins in the heart of Menopause Month (September), and Pines feels strongly that the timing is right for these conversations to take place. “Like

many women, I was unprepared when my body was changing physically, psychologically, and emotionally,” she says. “I want women to know menopause is not a condition or a disease, it’s just another stage in a woman’s life.”

The WisePause Lifestyle Tour is committed to helping women enjoy high-quality, productive lives through menopause and beyond.

Following the summit in Los Angeles, the tour will host summits in Atlanta on October 12, 2019 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, and in Chicago and Washington, DC, in 2020. For more information and to register for the WisePause Lifestyle Tour, please visit https:/ /wisepausetour.com.

The WisePause Lifestyle tour is sponsored by AARP and Tea Botanics.

Says Karen Chong, Director of Audience & Influencer Engagement at AARP, “Disrupt Aging fosters open, honest conversation about how we want to live and age. Breaking the silence around a historically taboo topic like menopause is essential to empowering women to lead the lives they choose without stigma or shame.”

Menopause Facts*: 6,000 women in the U.S. reach menopause daily (2.2M annually) 80% of women will experience hot flashes or night sweats Less than 7% will receive treatment for menopause symptoms Postmenopausal women in the world will reach 1.1bn by 2025 *Sources: Persistence Monitor Research (Jan. 2017); American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reports.

43 percent of new HIV cases are among Black people. Black men who have sex with men represent 80 percent of the Black epidemic, and we don’t even have accurate data on the impact for trans people, but it’s estimated that more than half of Black transwomen are living with HIV. Women, particularly women of color represent one of the fastest growing HIV populations in the country. If the plan does not explicitly address the unique needs these populations, it will fail.

What: HIV is virus. We finally have the biomedical tools to defeat the virus. That is easy and simple.

But the American HIV epidemic is anything but easy and simple.

Social determinants of health— poverty, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, racism, fear and mistrust— drive our epidemic.

Insufficiently addressing the who and the what of the HIV epidemic has led to the HIV health disparities we see today.

Only 46 percent of Black people who know they are living with HIV remain in regular care. Black men have lifetime HIV risk of 1 in 20, and for Black gay men, the risk is 1 out of 2. The lifetime risk for Black women is 1/48, and more than half of trans people living with HIV are Black. People living in the South (where the majority of Black Americans live) are more likely to be diagnosed with HIV over the course of their lifetime than other Americans.

In the haste to get this program off the ground, the input of community organizations who

serve the Black community has been overlooked and ignored.

While there is a dire need for urgency, if the most impacted communities and individuals are not intentionally centered in the planning and execution of the plan, this opportunity will be squandered.

Among others, Black community leadership, HIV/AIDS activists and advocates, health departments, and other stakeholders must be convened across and within the targeted jurisdictions to develop the plan and assure that the administration understands the implications of this plan. Leaders and stake holders representing those bearing the greatest HIV burden need to mobilize, engage, We are mobilizing and engaging Black leaders communities across the country to build our power to ensure that we not only have a seat at the table, but that it’s OUR table. Our plan includes working with entities that shape the health of Black communities: health departments, federally qualified health centers, and the Centers for AIDS Research. This is an issue of equity and racial justice, and we are going to hold the Trump Administration accountable. We are here to end the epidemic in the only way possible: by recognizing and addressing the structures that drive the epidemic, uniquely and unapologetically.

Copeland is the President and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute (BAI). BAI is the only national HIV/AIDS think tank focused exclusively on Black people. Their mission is to stop the AIDS epidemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV. To stay connected with their work go to www.BlackAIDS.org and follow them on social media.

This article originally appeared in The Los Angeles Sentinel.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is coming - September! Health News Men’s Health Network is kicking off Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September and we’re inviting you to take part in spreading awareness about prostate health.

Prostate cancer remains the leading cancer in American men: about 3 million men are living with prostate cancer with almost 30,000 men dying each year. The American Cancer Society reports that approximately 174,650 men are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019.

Learn more at the Prostate Cancer Awareness Month web site: h t t p : / / w w w. P r o s t a t e C a ncerAwarenessMonth.com MHN and partners will continue awareness efforts during September with health screenings, partnerships, Twitter Chats, and media engagement.

Want to get involved? Here's how: Visit the Prostate Cancer Awareness Month web site for free downloads, a social media kit, videos, and more: http://www.ProstateCancerA warenessMonth.com Help family, friends, and coworkers celebrate prostate cancer awareness with Blue Ribbon pins on informational cards, prostate cancer awareness wristbands, brochures, posters, pens, and squeezie prostate stress balls. h t t p s : / / w w w. m h n s h o p . s h oppingcartsplus.com/prostatehealth.html Better yet, get many of these in the Prostate Cancer Awareness Kit: h t t p s : / / w w w. m h n s h o p . s hoppingcartsplus.com/ awareness-kits.html http://www.mhnstore.com

To learn more about prostate cancer at: www.menshealthnetwork.org/ healthfacts Search Prostate cancer at: h t t p : / / www.menshealthlibrary.com And distribute these at your workplace or health fairs: How Will Treating My EarlyStage Prostate Cancer Affect My Quality of Life? - for Patients from PCORI h t t p : / / www.menshealthnetwork.org/ library/PCORI-Prostate-Cancerpatient.pdf Treatments for Localized Prostate Cancer and SymptomRelated Quality of Life for Clinicians - from PCORI h t t p : / / www.menshealthnetwork.org/ library/PCORI-Prostate-Cancerclinician.pdf Prostate Cancer - Diagnosis, Stages, Treatment: h t t p : / / www.menshealthnetwork.org/ library/prostate-canceradvanced.pdf Facts About Prostate Cancer: h t t p : / / www.menshealthnetwork.org/ library/pdfs/PCa.pdf More Facts About Prostate Cancer: h t t p : / / www.menshealthnetwork.org/ library/pcaaa.pdf Información sobre el cáncer de próstata: h t t p : / / www.menshealthnetwork.org/ library/PCaSpanish.pdf Mas Información sobre el cáncer de próstata h t t p : / / www.menshealthnetwork.org/ library/prostate-cancer-spanishblack.pdf

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190010132 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 8/26/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 8/26/2024 Business is Conducted By: A General Partnership Fictitious Business Name(s): ALL POWER ELECTRICAL HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING Business Address: 1631 WEST NORWOOD STREET RIALTO, CA 92377 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: ARTUSH STEPANIAN 1631 WEST NORWOOD STREET RIALTO, CA 92377 WENDY L. WILKIE 1631 NORWOOD ST. RIALTO, CA 92377 Signature/Officer Title: Artush Stepanian, Partner

BY SIGNING, 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 of 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).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 29, September 5, 12, 19, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190008949 Date Filed: 7/31/2019 Filing Expires On: 7/31/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): ISAIAH SAXTON FAMILY OF DOUGLAS ESTATE DBA ISAIAH SAXTON DOUGLAS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 172 W. THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 Name of Individual Registrant: ISAIAH DOUGLAS Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 12403 CENTRAL AVENUE STE 768 CHINO, CA 91710 Name of Individual Registrant: ISAIAH IMAGO DEI Residence Street Address: 12403 CENTRAL AVENUE STE. 768 CHINO, CA 91710 This business is/was conducted by: A General Partnership Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/01/2018 Douglas , Isaiah Saxton, General Partner declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 29, September 5, 12, 19, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190009167 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 8/05/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 8/05/2024 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): 1. QHR REAL ESTATE SCHOOL 2. QHR ESCROW Business Address: 222 N. MOUNTAIN AVE. SUITE 202 UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Phone Number: 626-664-8204 Registrant(s)Address: ANNETTE P. SEGURA 6154 SARD ST. ALTA LOMA, CA 91701 Signature/Officer Title: Annette Segura, Owner

BY SIGNING, 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 of 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).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190008392 Date Filed: 7/17/2019 Filing Expires On: 7/17/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): HUIYE LAW FIRM County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 400 N. MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SUITE 212 UPLAND, CA 91786 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: MATRIX LAW FIRM, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C3870726 Residence Street Address: 400 N. MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SUITE 212 UPLAND, CA 91786 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Fei Zhong, President, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE

COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190009422 Filing Type: FBN Abandonment Date Filed: 8/09/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 8/09/2024 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Related FBN Number: 20140009676 County Where Filed: SAN BERNARDINO Date Filed: 9/02/2014 Fictitious Business Name(s): HEALTHYVILLES Business Address: 5542 N. PINNACLE LN. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: ESTHER CHUANG 5542 N. PINNACLE LN. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 Signature/Officer Title: Esther Chuang

BY SIGNING, 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 of 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).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20190009404 Date Filed: 8/09/2019 Filing Expires On: 8/09/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): TIMCORP County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 10017 LIVE OAK AVE. FONTANA, CA 92335 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: TITAN INDUSTRIAL METAL CORPORATION State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C2684334 Residence Street Address: 10017 LIVE OAK AVE. FONTANA, CA 92335 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2014 Grant Tuttle, CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190009758 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 8/15/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 8/15/2024 Business is Conducted By: An Unincorporated Association Fictitious Business Name(s): HOUSE OF MU-RA HOLISTIC LIVING Business Address: 8982 JOSHUA AVE. LUCERNE VALLEY, CA 92356 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 2450 LUCERNE VALLEY, CA 92356 Registrant(s)Address: MUSTAFAA B. BEY 8982 JOSHUA AVE. LUCERNE VALLEY, CA 92356 RASHEEDAH BEY 8982 JOSHUA AVE. LUCERNE VALLEY, CA 92356 Signature/Officer Title: Mustafaa B. Bey, General Partner

BY SIGNING, 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 of 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).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 22, 29, September 5, 12, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190008766 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 7/25/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 7/25/2024 Business is Conducted By: A Corporation Fictitious Business Name(s): HIGH DESERT SAFETY SOLUTIONS Business Address: 16333 GREEN TREE BLVD. STE 1146 VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: HIGH DESERT CPR & FIRST AID INC. 16333 GREEN TREE BLVD. STE. 114 6 VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 A1#: C4296916 State: CA Signature/Officer Title: Tommieselle Thompson, CEO

BY SIGNING, 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 of 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).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE

SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 22, 29, September 5, 12, 2019.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1925362 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JORGE HUITZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. JORGE EMMANUEL HUITZ QUEVEDO to Proposed name: GEORGE MANNY HUITZ QUEVEDO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 10/07/2019 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept:S16 Superior Court Of California County Of San Bernardino San Bernardino DistrictCivil Division 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 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 Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: August 26, 2019 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 29, September 5, 12, 19, 2019 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1922840 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner:THUY-VI GENEVIEVE LUU NGUYEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. THUY-VI GENEVIEVE LUU NGUYEN to Proposed name: GENEVIEVE THUY-VI NGUYEN LUU THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection 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: 9/12/19 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S16 Superior Court Of California County Of San Bernardino 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino Justice Center 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 Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: 8/01/19 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 2019

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1904518 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JEFF STALIANS AKA JEFFREY STALIANS YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios

legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Shiv Samtani, Esq., (Bar #320822), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 560121) DATE (Fecha): FEB 07 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Sabrina Jamison, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19 CNS-3281183# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1810117 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): FRANK F CARSON IV YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Diego, CA 924150210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is(El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Golnaz Heidari, Esq., (Bar #317574), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 554679) DATE (Fecha): APR 24 2018 Clerk (Secretario), by Amanda Vice, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19 CNS-3280346# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN

August 29, 2019 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1902134 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DERALD L WEEKS YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Golnaz Heidari, Esq., (Bar #317574), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 559693) DATE (Fecha): JAN 17 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Samantha Neubauer, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 9/5/19 CNS-3282190# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1909526 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ADILENE VILLA YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the

California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, , Esq., (Bar #118226), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 560846) DATE (Fecha): MAR 29 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Paula Rogers, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/19 CNS-3283871# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS 1905666 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CATHERINE G BUNAG YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla

con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, Esq., ( #118226), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 560377) DATE (Fecha): FEB 25 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Daniela Vargas, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19/19 CNS-3288126# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1905796 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): HALECCI GODOY YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St., San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, Esq., (#118226), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 560348) DATE (Fecha): FEB 25 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Samantha Neubauer, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

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PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: JOHN DALE BARNES Case Number: PROPS 1901002 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN DALE

BARNES Bids shall be received electronically only on the City of Moreno Valley Vendor Portal through PlanetBids. Bid deadline is prior to 2:00 p.m., September 12, 2019. The link to register to become a prospective bidder and submit bid electronically can be found at the address: http://www.planetbids.com/portal/ portal.cfm?CompanyID=24660.

Contract Documents and Plans must be purchased online from the City of Moreno Valley Vendor Portal through the PlanetBids link listed above. Cost per set is $75.00. All fees listed are non-refundable. They cannot be purchased or mailed from City Hall. For additional information regarding the purchase of Contract Documents, please call the Department of Public Works, Capital Projects Division at 951.413.3130.

All RFI’s must be submitted via the City of Moreno Valley Vendor Portal through PlanetBids. RFI deadline is prior to 2:00 p.m., September 5, 2019. Any RFI received after the date and time specified herein will not be considered.

This project provides pavement preservation treatment with slurry seal application for a number of local streets. The work includes, but is not limited to, access ramps reconstruction, pavement removal and replacement, crack sealing/filling, removal of existing pavement striping and markings/ markers, localized repairs of various pavement areas, application of slurry seal, and re-establishment of striping and pavement markings/ markers.

All work must be completed within Sixty (60) working days for Base Bid and up to One Hundred Five (105) working days for Base Bid plus Alternate Additive Bids (if awarded) after the date of authorization specified in the Notice to Proceed to Fulfill Preconstruction Requirements, except as adjusted by subsequent Contract Change Orders.

This is a federally assisted construction project and Federal Labor Standards, including Davis-Bacon Act requirements, will be enforced. A contractor working on a federally assisted project must be eligible to participate in the award of that contract. Code of Federal Regulations Title 40 Part 31.36(e), “Procurement,” requires the Contractor (and Subcontractors) to take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that minority-owned and women-owned businesses are used when possible.

This is a HUD Section 3 contract and all bidders must commit to meeting the Section 3 employment and contracting requirements. The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance covered by Section 3, shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 18, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S35 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SECOND FLOOR SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0212 SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER, PROBATE DIVISION 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.

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to a little over 1%. People, we are talking billions of dollars extracted from our communities.

SBA Regional Administrator Ashley Bell spoke at our recent Annual Conference and emphasized the reduction in Black procurement due to the reduction in active Black 8a firms. The same can be said for SBA business loans. It was just devastating and most of the Black community does not know what “hit” them.

What was particularly “salt in the wounds” was that the SBA under the Obama Administration became very hostile towards Black business. At one point, the SBA would reject our emails to them. They took their budgets for funding development grants away from Black associations and tossed them around to non-Black groups. There was pure hatred over there during those eight dark years. How could Blacks do this to other Blacks in the 21st century?

Let’s get busy with turning this atrocity around. We must encourage the White House and federal agencies to quickly “pick up the pieces” and bring the 8a Program back to life and with vigor and updated goals. If Black firms could attain at least 5% in procurement contracting with the federal government that would mean $25 billion dollars annually infused into our economic base.

There is a federal election coming in 2020 and we must make significant improvement while that environment exists. It is time for Blacks to address each political candidate with that great quote from Chaka Khan – “What Cha’ Going to do for Me”.

Mr. Alford is the Co-Founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce ®.

Ms. DeBow is the Co-Founder, Executive Vice President of the Chamber.

America’s Racial Wealth Gap Could Cost Economy $1.5 Trillion By Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire Columnist redlining”. This term refers to where a consumer lives to be the central determining factor in whether to approve credit, rather than the actual credit profile.

Among the MGI report’s other key findings are that:

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Black families are underserved and overcharged by institutions that can provide the best channels for saving,” states the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, The economic impact of closing the racial wealth gap. “For instance, banks in predominantly black neighborhoods require higher minimum balances ($871) than banks in white neighborhoods do ($626).

Unsurprisingly, 30% of Black families are underserved by their banks, and 17% are completely disconnected from the mainstream banking system because of a lack of assets and a lack of trust in financial institutions.”

America’s nagging racial wealth gap has been the focus of many research reports and economic policy debates. Now new research analyzes the strong connection between disproportionate wealth and financial services and products that are either shared or denied with consumers of color.

Authored by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), The economic impact of closing the racial wealth gap, identifies key sources of the nation’s socioeconomic inequity with its accompanying racial and gender dynamics along with family savings, incomes, and community context.

“Black families are underserved and overcharged by institutions that can provide the best channels for saving,” states the report. “For instance, banks in predominantly black neighborhoods require higher minimum balances ($871) than banks in white neighborhoods do ($626). Unsurprisingly, 30% of Black families are underserved by their banks, and 17% are completely disconnected from the

mainstream banking system because of a lack of assets and a lack of trust in financial institutions.”

Additionally, according to the MGI report, the nation’s overall economy is affected by racial wealth gaps, estimating that between 2019 and 2028, the cost of economic losses to the general economy will be in the range of $1.0-$1.5 trillion.

Black America’s “racialized disadvantage” was created through historical forces – including private business practices and public policies that together advantaged white consumers while often excluding or relegating Black Americans. For example, the National Housing Act of 1934 limited housing options for Black Americans by assigning a D-rating to neighborhoods in general decline and occupied by lower-income residents.

Fast forward to more recent times, the Federal Reserve in 2017 found that Black consumers are 73% more likely than whites to lack a credit score due to “credit

Black Americans can expect to earn up to $1 million less than white Americans over their lifetimes; Black men with no criminal records are less likely to receive job interviews than are white men with criminal records; The median wealth of a single Black women is $200, while that of a single white man is $28,900; and Black families are up to 4.6 times more likely to live in areas of concentrated poverty, than are white and Latino families; Geographically, 65% of Black Americans reside in one of only 16 states. The states are also areas that score below the nation’s national average of 77 state performance metrics spanning economy, education, economic opportunity, fiscal stability, infrastructure and more: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

“This study represents a critical look at the key components of wealth-building: access to community and family assets, ability to save, access to homeownership and availability of good jobs,” said Tom Feltner, Director of Research with the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL). “At every step it points to a widening racial wealth gap between Black families and white families.”

“With

today’s

Black

homeownership rate hovering around 40%, while 73% of similarly situated whites own their homes, access to responsible mortgages remains more of a dream than a reality,” added Keith Corbett, a CRL EVP. When student loan debts and criminal incarcerations are factored into the racial wealth divide, an even more bleak scenario is disclosed.

“Incarceration is estimated to reduce annual wages by 40% — not including the lost wages during the time served – for the formerly incarcerated,” states the MGI report, “reduces their economic mobility, and even increases the risk of school expulsion six times for their children….[B]lack men without criminal records are actually less likely to receive job interviews than are white men who have criminal records.”

For Black women, gender brings a dual “wage penalty”, according to the report. Median earnings for Black women are only 65% as much as those earned by white men, and 89% of median earnings for Black men. Black women typically borrow more in student loans, so their lower earnings bring stronger financial challenges in repayment years. As a result of these and other factors, the median wealth of a single Black woman is only $200, while that of a single white man is $28,900.

Both male and female Black college graduates are prone to support their families more so than their white college classmates. The financial assistance shared with older family members reduces the amount of disposable dollars that (continued in next 2 columns)

America’s Racial Wealth Gap Could Cost Economy $1.5 Trillion...continued might have contributed more to paying down student debt or beginning financial investments like mutual funds or certificates of deposit.

“Education, while quite beneficial to those who attain it, is not an equalizer,” said Aracely Panamen~o, CRL’s Director of Latino Affairs. “And financial innovation and debt, even if well underwritten, can never undo historical racial discrimination that results in financial marginalization. Moving forward this situation can only be addressed through bold federal and state laws and policies that create equity of opportunity for

all.”

Authors of the MGI report would likely agree.

“A number of simultaneous and mutually reinforcing initiatives will likely be necessary,” states the report. “This work will be neither simple nor easy, but targeted, productive efforts will likely strengthen the economy, increase economic and social equity, and improve the quality of life for families.”

Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s communications deputy director.

She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

Legislators Release Statement on Proposal to Establish a Child Detention Facility in the Inland Empire Local/National News SACRAMENTO, CA— Assembly members Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Sabrina Cervantes (D-Corona), Eduardo Garcia (DCoachella), Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino), Freddie Rodriguez (D-Pomona), and Senators Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) and Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside) released the following statement in response to the announcement that the General Services Administration (GSA) is looking to lease space in the Inland Empire to detain unaccompanied children.

“As representatives of the Inland Empire, we condemn the use of space in any location, but especially in our community, to detain unaccompanied children.

Together, we have sent a letter

urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency to end its search for a location in the Inland Empire that would assist the Trump Administration in its efforts to expand detention centers, allow families to be separated and detained, or weaken the safeguards that currently exist to protect children in government custody.

Child Detention Centers for unaccompanied minors are a violation of human rights.

Unaccompanied child detention is harmful, costly, and completely unnecessary. United, we oppose any and all exploration for the establishment of any detention center here in the Inland Empire.”

Villains hits the big screen exclusively at Regal Regal Crown Club members will receive ticket discounts and additional concession deals on the Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe dark, comedic thriller Local/National News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., August 26, 2019 – On Friday, September 20, Villains, which debuted to rave reviews at South by Southwest, will open exclusively in Regal theatres.

Moviegoers can purchase their tickets to this starstudded film in advance beginning Friday, August 30.

Regal Crown Club members can enjoy a $2 ticket discount and a $5 soft drink and popcorn combo with each ticket purchased.

Additionally, Regal Unlimited subscribers can now enjoy as many movies as they want, whenever they want, including watching this dark, comedic thriller.

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Regal will feature Villains

screenings at participating locations beginning September 20. Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, and starring Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe, Jeffrey Donovan and Kyra Sedgewick, the dark, comedic thriller’s trailer can be viewed here. For more information or to purchase tickets, please download the Regal mobile app or visit www.REGmovies.com.

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Reported Shooting of Sheriff’s Deputy in Lancaster Was Hoax: LASD...continued from page 1 had initially claimed," Wegener said.

"There was no sniper, no shots fired and no gunshot injuries sustained to his shoulder.

Completely fabricated," Wegener said.

Sheriff's officials said in previous days that the deputy was walking to his personal car when he was shot in the shoulder.

The shot was believed to have been fired from a nearby apartment building, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said.

The deputy suffered what was described as a superficial, "very minor" injury.

The following day, authorities announced that they had recovered a pellet rifle in connection with the investigation. The deputy's uniform, which contained damage "consistent with a gunshot," sheriff's officials said in a written statement.

Deputies, including a SWAT team, conducted a search that lasted until the following morning before the effort was called off.

No suspect was found.

The pellet gun initially seized in connection with the investigation has since been determined to have been uninvolved, Wegener

said.

Reinosa admitted cutting two holes, which he had claimed were caused by gunfire, in his own uniform with a knife, the lieutenant said.

The reason for the alleged hoax was unclear.

"Reinosa failed to provide information regarding his motivation for this act," according to Wegener.

A criminal investigation into the deputy's conduct has been initiated, Undersheriff Robin Limon said.

"It's extremely disappointing," Limon said. "We expect our deputy sheriff's are held to a higher standard, and unfortunately, in this case, he did not act to that standard."

Limon said she regretted the commotion caused by what officials now believe was a concocted story by the deputy.

"I apologize for the inconvenience that was imposed on you,"she said.

Investigators planned to turn over their findings to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for consideration of charges, officials added.

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The Athletic Brilliance, Biometrics and Unbounded Success of Simone Biles By S.E. Williams

“I Tell You ...

There’s Just Some People You Can’t Tell Anything!” By: Lou Yeboah

of force for a relatively small investment,” Sands explained.

During such maneuvers, forces can be as much as 17 times the gymnast’s body weight.

Sands further explained how Biles successfully maximizes the elastic motion of her muscles as well as their ability to contract in a very efficient fashion. “She gets there by very skillfully maximizing the elastic and contractile motion of her muscles in a very efficient fashion.”

Simone Biles (Photo by: Fernando Frazão | Agência Brasil | Wiki Commons)

Fans believe she can fly!

Simone Biles thrilled gymnastic enthusiasts on Friday, August 15 as she secured her sixth national gymnastics title with a near flawless routine and “doubledouble” dismount on the uneven bars during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Missouri.

With this sixth championship, Biles became the first woman in nearly seventy years to accomplish such success in this regard.

Much has been written, published and shown regarding the sacrifices required of young women like Biles to attain the pinnacle of success as a competitive gymnast. Yet, there is so much more to the story. Beyond the demands of a rigorous training schedule, disciplined lifestyle and focused mind, there is also the power of science and how biometrics plays an important role in the success of athletes.

A four-time Olympic gold medalist, Biles winning the national title for the sixth time this year was certainly cause for celebration. However, it was the “triple-double” Biles landed perfectly during her floor exercise routine the

Sunday before that once again etched her name in sports history.

Sports scientist and lead author of “Scientific Aspects of Women’s Gymnastics,” Bill Sands, recently described the science behind Biles amazing “triple double” accomplishment to the Science and Technology Magazine, Wired.

The “triple double” began with Biles moving across the floor exercise mat at an exceptional high rate of speed and transitioning to a cartwheel turned handspring while maintaining most of her velocity. The momentum propelled her into the air in what was described as, “ mobius loop of motion 10 feet off the ground at the apex.”

Once in the air Biles twisted around her vertical (head to toe) axis three times before flipping over her side axis, twice before she landed securely on her feet.

Biles is the first woman to accomplish this move. As a result, in the future rather than being referred to as a “triple double,” the move become known as the Biles II. This would make it the second women’s gymnastics move to

be named for Biles.

Twenty-two year old Biles is only four feet and eight inches tall yet she demonstrates awe inspiring athletic ability and prowess that enables her to maximize the application of biomechanics—a term used to describe what happens when as Sands described, “strength and speed meet the precise control of a body moving through space.”

According to Sands the first quality that made Biles’ execution of the “triple double” possible was her speed. For example, if you start jogging and then plant both feet firmly you will continue into a somersault even if you did not intend to. This is because of something called the—trip effect.

Speed amplifies the trip effect. As a result, Biles is already taking to the air almost before she leaves the ground.

In Biles case, her feet are in front of her stomach not beneath or behind. Using this approach facilitates Biles’ ability to ricochet off the spring floor used for gymnastics floor exercises.

“It’s perfect physiology, because the elastic nature of muscles means she’s going to get back an enormous amount

Biles also makes adept and subtle adjustments in how she approaches her floor and beam exercises. Sands noted how Biles does not take off evenly at the beginning of her routines. For example, she starts her floor exercise program with both her hips and knees bent and twisted about an eighth way around.

This, according to Sands allows her to begin twists and somersaults before leaving the ground.

Biles has two other advantages in gymnastics including her small stature and tremendous strength. Smaller people flip faster when in a tucked position because physics tells us they have a smaller “moment of inertia.”

Biles begins her “triple double” movement with her arms wide open before bringing them in as she is also straightening out her body this slight shift in her angle prepares her body for the triple-triple action.

It is momentum coupled with her ability to bounce so high in the air which allows Biles the time needed to complete the heralded Biles II (triple double) gymnastics move.

This article originally appeared in Black Voice News.

NBA All-Star Steph Curry Kick Starts New Division I Golf Program at Howard University NPA NEWSWIRE — “Golf is a sport that has changed my life in ways that are less tangible but just as impactful,” Curry said. “It’s a discipline that challenges your mental wherewithal from patience to focus and is impossible to truly master. So, when you hear about these passionate student athletes who have the talent but don’t have a fair shot at the game, it’s tough. I feel really honored to play a small role in the rich history of Howard University and look forward to building their first men’s and women’s golf teams with them.”

By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent The world of golf will never be the same now that the historic Black institution, Howard University, has officially launched its first ever NCAA Division I golf programs.

Announced on Monday, Aug. 19, at the G C Langston & Driving Range in Northeast D.C. three-time NBA Champion, Stephen Curry — Point Guard for the Golden State Warriors — joined HU President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick and HU Athletic Director Kery Davis to pledge his commitment and heavy financial support to the new sports program over the next six years.

“Golf is a sport that has changed my life in ways that are less tangible but just as impactful,” Curry said. “It’s a discipline that challenges your mental wherewithal from patience to focus and is impossible to truly master. So, when you hear about these passionate student athletes who have the talent but don’t have a fair shot at the game, it’s tough.

I feel really honored to play a small role in the rich history of Howard University and look forward to building their first men’s and women’s golf teams

with them.”

Curry was ignited by Howard senior Otis Ferguson IV, who approached him back in January, after a special HU screening of the documentary “Emanuel.”

The film documents the 2015 massacre of nine innocent Black people while worshipping at Charleston, South Carolina’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Curry is the executive producer on the project, and the two-time NBA MVP and avid golfer felt compelled to help Ferguson, after he admitted that he had attempted to start a golf team at the school, but sadly fell short.

“No matter where you come from or what socioeconomic background you had, we all were that kid once upon a time that was just excited about finding out who they were as a person through athletics,” Curry said.

“I was blessed at a young age that we could afford to play,” Curry continued. “I just think about how many kids, especially from underserved communities, have the talent to

Lou Yeboah They have their mind made up and they’re not going to change for you, or me… or even God. They are just like the people in [Jeremiah 44]. Although, Jeremiah warned the people that God was upset with their behavior, it didn’t make a difference at all. They responded: “We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD!” They had made up their minds. They like what they were doing, and they had no intention of stopping for Jeremiah or God… or anyone. I want you to know as [Deuteronmy 32:35] says, such behavior shall cause, “Your foot to slide in due time.” I beseech you, therefore, to recognize the nature of such foolishness and fear the consequences.

As [Proverbs 14:12] says, “There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but in the end thereof it leads to death.” Don’t be a fool! Haggai message was simple. It was a message of priority: “Put first things first!” His message was blunt. He pulled no punches and wasted no words.

Haggai said stop making excuses, cease being selfish! God sought to warn the people to heed His words. Twice Haggai instructed the people, ‘Consider your ways [Haggai 1:5-7]. Which they did not. Therefore they were rebuked of the Lord because they were selfish and self-centered...

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to get rebuked by the Lord. I don’t want God to call for a drought for me as he did for the Jews. He called for a drought upon the land, the mountains, the corn, the new wine, the oil, and upon that which the ground would bring forth. Upon men, upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands. The Lord did that. Why? Because of a stiffnecked, selfish, self-centered people. He caused the heaven to be stayed from dew and the earth to be stayed from her fruit [Haggai 1:10]. All because they wanted to do things their way and not God’s way. I tell you, we must put aside the things we desire, put aside our self-centered ways, and put the work of the Lord first. The psalmist declared: “I thought about my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies” [Psalms 119:59].

Out of God’s love and mercy, He sends His prophets and preaches to remind us of His

faithfulness – and in turn, to remind us as His people to be faithful and obedient as well. He has given us His Word to sound the alarm. Not only did God warn them, but He also offered promises through His servant Haggai to motivate them to follow Him. We are not free to do as we please! We belong to God [Ezekiel 18:4]. Our lives belong to the Lord [Romans 14:7-8]. For the whole duty of man is to serve God [Ecclesiastes 12:13]. It’s not about you, but God… Oh, that you would consider it!

For He said to me; “I will not tolerate this stubborn, hardhead stiff-necked spirit any longer.” He wants us to be warned that there is an end to his patience. There is a resistance to the Holy Spirit that goes so long and so far. Rid yourself of self! Because I tell you, your life will be Hell before going to Hell!

Listen, I don’t make this stuff up. [Isaiah 30:1] says, “Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of Me.” “Woe unto you, scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites…”

[Matthew 23:14]. “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how shall ye escape the damnation of Hell?” [Matthew 23:33]…

Know that the end has come upon you, and I will send My anger against you saith the Lord; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will repay you for all your abominations. My eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity; but I will repay your ways, and your abominations will be in your midst, then you shall know that I am the LORD [Ezekiel 7:3-8]. Therefore, consider how far you have fallen and repent. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place [Revelation2:5].

“So, this I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God...”

[Ephesians 4: 17-21] “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” [Deuteronomy 30:19-20]

Witness For Justice #957 play but just don’t have the funds or the resources.”

The Division I men’s and women’s varsity golf teams are set to begin in 2020 and train and promote more Black players in the field of golf while harnessing key traits, like endurance, strength and strategy.

During the press conference, it was announced by Davis that there would be three scholarships for the inaugural year. Two on the women’s side and one for the men’s team, adding that Curry had already committed to working with the school to raise money for endowment for the program, which he believed would amount to between $6 to $8 million on—top of Curry’s own reported six-figure donation.

“I don’t like to talk about anybody else’s wallet, but let’s just say this, [Curry] is putting up enough that we will be able to, in the first year, hire a coach and spend the necessary resources to create and develop a team starting in 2021,” Davis said. “He is also putting up enough to pay the operating and scholarship expenses for that

team on both the men’s and women’s side for the next five years after that.”

According to Golf.com, there are an average of 25.7 million golfers throughout the United States. However Black Americans only account for 1.3 million of that population in comparison to their white counterparts, who make up over 20.3 million — something President Frederick said, he was looking forward to changing.

“Howard University is honored to partner with NBA Champion Stephen Curry to launch what is sure to become one of the best golf programs in the country,” President Frederick said.

“This program will expose the campus to a game with numerous benefits. Golf is unique because it can be played through various ages of life.

Grandfathers can play with granddaughters. Expanding the competitive opportunities for student athletes, especially in arenas where they are underrepresented, is consistent with the university’s strategic plan.”

Finding Freedom Among Wild Things Madison Mayhew, MSW Justice and Peace Policy Fellow, United Church of Christ | Justice and Witness Ministries A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of traveling with UCC National staff colleagues to the Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, North Carolina. Together, we hosted the UCC hospitality tent and met many incredible human beings who had traveled near and far to attend this eccentric gathering at the intersection of faith, art and social justice.

One of the key characteristics of the festival that I cherished throughout the entire weekend was the complete immersion in nature. The festival took place under the canopy of majestic Carolina trees in the valley of the Smoky Mountains right alongside the river. Cell service was extremely limited, so we were quite literally forced to remove ourselves from the outside world and social media and be present amongst the wild things around us.

Together, we learned from researchers, authors and activists all pursuing a more loving and just world. We made new friends effortlessly while sharing similar stories of pain and joy, and we found healing in belonging with one another. In his poem, “The Peace of Wild Things,” Wendell

Berry writes about the gifts the natural world offers us in finding peace, rest and freedom. The Wild Goose Festival curated a community along the river, under the trees, allowing us to free to be in our bodies, free of despair, free to feel deeply. I heard over and over again, people felt they were able to bring their fullest selves without shame. As we stood and danced amongst the peace of the wild things, we embodied their peaceful presence ourselves.

I returned to the Washington office feeling renewed and restored, incredibly grateful for an opportunity to have a few days away from the political chaos we witness here on a daily basis. The Wild Goose Festival was a humble reminder to me to seek moments of refuge when the despair of the world grows too heavy. As justice advocates, finding peace and restoration is incredibly valuable to sustain us in our work.

Wherever your place of peace may be, may we find freedom in what the natural world offers us.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Madison Mayhew is a Justice and Peace Policy Fellow with United Church of Christ | Justice and Witness Ministries.

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