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Government shutdown threatens food stamps, airport security "Let's get our deal done in Congress!" President Donald Trump tweeted Monday.

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Justices deny challenge to new police records law

By Nicholas Sakelaris

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The U.S. Capitol is seen behind caution tape on January 3. The ongoing shutdown will become the second-longest in U.S. history on Tuesday.

Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Millions of Americans could have their food stamps cut off if the partial government shutdown continues into February, as a key federal agency is running out of money.

The shutdown, in its third week, will be the second-longest in U.S. history by the time Congress meets again Tuesday. President Donald Trump said there have been productive meetings with Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the impasse to fund the government, which hinges on border security and a wall Trump wants built along the Mexico boundary.

In a tweet Sunday, the president said he's no longer looking for a concrete wall.

"We are now planning a Steel Barrier rather than concrete," he wrote. "It is stronger & less obtrusive. Good solution, and made in the U.S.A." The government agencies affected by the shutdown have either furloughed their workers or, if they are essential, have them working temporarily without pay.

The shutdown includes the De-

partment of Agriculture, which funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the U.S. food stamp program. Congress approved $3 billion in emergency funds for SNAP, but that won't cover all of February and would leave nothing for March.

In September, the most recent month for which data is available, SNAP disbursements totaled $4.7 billion.

In 2017, 42 million Americans received SNAP benefits -- with more than 68 percent of recipients feeding children.

"There's going to be rioting in the streets when they cut the stamps off," Oklahoma store owner Robert Powell told NBC News. "Get your timber ready."

Other programs that could be in danger include the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.

The shutdown is also reaching into other key areas of American life.

Transportation Security Administration workers are calling in sick in record numbers, rather

than work without pay. The socalled "blue flu" is leading to longer lines at airports because there fewer screeners.

"We are a paycheck-to-paycheck family," Brian Turner, a Philadelphia TSA officer, told NBC News. "We have a mortgage payment. We have credit card payments. We have car payments. Utilities. And we also have childcare. So with half of our income gone, it is very concerning."

On Friday, 5.5 percent of the TSA workers called out at Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport.

A typical day sees 3.5 percent. At John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, a TSA employee union official told CNN as many as 170 workers had called in sick.

TSA spokesman Michael Bilello said the sick calls are normal after the holidays, as are longer lines at airports.

Immigration courts are also down to a skeleton staff, postponing court dates and forcing judges to take on additional cases.

"You're shutting down the im-

migration court over the issue of immigration," said Judge Ashley Tabaddor, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. "It's going to be a huge disturbance to the orderly processing of the cases."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are still deporting immigrants but there's no clear communication about how cases are moving forward. ICE press officials have been furloughed and aren't responding to requests for information.

Monday, Trump said the country is "doing so well" and blamed Democrats and news media for making him "look as bad as possible." Trump posted the tweets amid reports that he is considering declaring an emergency to get the border wall built.

"Congressman Adam Smith, the new Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, just stated, 'Yes, there is a provision in law that says a president can declare an emergency. It's been done a number of times,'" he wrote. "No doubt, but let's get our deal done in Congress!"

Tony Thurmond Becomes State Superintendent of State Public Instruction, first Afro Latino and second African American to Hold Job By Louis Freedberg S A C R A M E N T O — To n y Thurmond, educator and public school parent, took his oath of office as California’s twentyeighth State Superintendent of Public Instruction Monday, saying that it is an honor to lead the state’s 6.2 million students and over 10,000 schools.

He said his own life story underscored the vital need for all students, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or immigration status, to have a first-class education.

“I grew up in poverty and without my parents,” he said. “But I was raised by a cousin, an amazing woman, who made certain that I got a great education. That’s what got me where I am today, and that’s what I want for my two daughters and all students. I

Immediately after being sworn in as state superintendent of public instruction, Tony Thurmond is congratulated by Rep. Barbara Lee, DOakland. To his right are UFW leader Dolores Huerta and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.

EDSOURCE/LOUIS FREEDBERG pledge to devote all my energy, talent, experience, and all the powers of my office to ensure all students get a great education.”

“But I need help. I’m asking ev-

eryone to join me. Help with your local schools. If you can, find a way to be a mentor, a volunteer, or contribute to a fundraiser.”

Thurmond, a former

Assemblymember, was a social worker who worked in nonprofits and in education and served on the West Contra Costa County school board and as a member of the Richmond City Council.

He said that schools face many difficult challenges.

“As I traveled the state this past year, I saw many good things happening in schools, and I saw that many educators and students are working very hard. But we must do better. We must reduce the achievement gap and supply social services to children whose needs outside of the classroom are not being met. We cannot rest when so many of our students are falling short of meeting our high academic standards. We have to work harder and smarter (continued on page 3)

SACRAMENTO — The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a last-minute challenge to a state law that opens police records to the public and eases what currently is one of the nation’s most secretive police privacy laws.

The high court denied a police union’s petition contending that the law should make public police records only for incidents that happen after the law took effect Tuesday. However, a Los Angeles County judge blocked the release of old records in the state’s largest city until a Feb. 5 court hearing.

Neither court ruled on the merits of the case in their brief orders.

The law was passed in response to national distress over a series of fatal police shootings of unarmed minority men, but applies only when officers are found to have improperly used force or discharged firearms, committed sexual assaults on the job, or have been dishonest in official duties.

The San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies union asked the Supreme Court to find that the law should only apply to incidents in 2019 or later because the law “contains no legislative direction for a retroactive application.”

It also cites a letter from Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore saying that applying the law to older incidents could cost his law enforcement department hundreds of thousands of work hours. The LAPD is expecting “a massive influx in historical records requests” and hiring extra employees and buying expensive hardware and software to comply, Moore wrote.

While the justices refused to block the law or issue a stay, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne O’Donnell ordered the LAPD not to release any retroactive records while she considers a challenge from the police union.

The law firm representing both

unions said in a statement that it expects similar court challenges in counties across California, with potentially conflicting rulings — something it said it was trying to forestall by going directly to the state’s high court.

Peter Bibring, the American Civil Liberties Union’s director of police practices for California, called the unions’ legal arguments “meritless.”

The bill’s author and advocates including some media organizations said legislators clearly intended the law to include any records, no matter how old.

David Snyder, executive director of the pro-transparency First Amendment Coalition, said the justices “saw through this improper effort to short-circuit an important expansion of public access to police misconduct records.”

Media organizations including the Los Angeles Times, radio station KQED and the California News Publishers Association joined the coalition in opposing the challenge.

By signing the bill, termed-out Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown partially reversed his approval 40 years ago of a law imposing some of the nation’s toughest law enforcement secrecy rules.

Organizations representing cities, counties, sheriffs and police chiefs had not taken a position on the union’s challenge. None were aware of other agencies following the lead of Inglewood, where city council members recently voted to destroy old police shooting and internal investigation records.

“It’s the first time in 40 years that California opened up the secrecy around police records,” said the new law’s author, Democratic state Sen. Nancy Skinner of Berkeley.

She added: “Good policing requires community trust, and one way to build that trust is transparency.”

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Black Students in Youngstown City School District Targeted for Failure by State NNPA News

“We often battle the misperception that poverty is the cause for low performance, but data has proven conclusively that race is a factor not understood or factored in the equation,” said Jimma McWilson, who chairs the State NAACP?Task Force on ESSA and Preventing School Takeovers and serves as the Secretary of the local chapter.

(Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) The State Department of Education published its goals for White students at 86.3 versus 63.4 for Black students, as reported by the Performance Index Subgroup Data. The NAACP Leadership made this presentation to the Roberts Deliberating Club (RDC), which is comprised of Black professionals and business leaders, last month, where data was rolled out that they found to be incredulous.

“If this is true, why is the community not more aware,” said Atty Charles Mickens, an RDC member.

“We are trying to make the community aware of this disparity which is why we are presenting it, said George Freeman, NAACP President. “It took a while to ferret out the details.”

“In March 2018, the State Superintendent didn’t even know that he could require teachers to teach the State standards,” said Freeman.

“When we pointed out to him that he had the power to order the teachers to comply and as of

August 2018, there was an official order to do so.”

It took time to dig into the details, but the Ohio Department of Education Superintendent DeMaria has ordered the teachers to adhere to standards for the first-time in history, said Freeman.

That might sound unbelievable, but in retrospect, it is hard to fathom, but thanks to the leadership of the local and state NAACP, there has been intense and focused attention on providing remedies long overlooked.

DeMaria responded to a series of questions posed by the NAACP Education Task Force, one of them being, “Are all Ohio Licensed classroom teachers required to teach the State Criterion Reference Standards?”

His answer in a written response in August 2018 “There is no legal requirement specifically directed to teachers relative to teaching the State’s standards”.

DeMaria followed with the statement “standards are what is tested, one might suggest a strong motivation to teach the

Building Power for California’s Kids

Eliza Brooks

By Eliza Brooks Whether you ask a parent, a teacher or even a college student like me, creating a better world for kids is the top priority. If that’s the case, then why aren’t Pro-Kid values reflected in California’s public policy? A recent study ranked California 36th out of 50 states in children’s wellbeing.

Being pro-kid means more than just not being anti-kid, it means embracing the idea that children need to be supported across all sectors to live a safe, happy and healthy childhood.

Yet in the state of California, the metrics for crucial indicators of child well-being are far lower than they should be, especially when broken down by race. Children of color face systemic barriers including inequitable school discipline policies like suspensions for willful defiance, a catch-all term used to justify disciplinary action for minor misconduct, and poor access to healthcare due a lack of coordination within the system.

For example, suspensions for willful defiance disproportionately impact students of color. In 2013, Black students were more than four times as likely to be suspended as White students, even when accused of similar behavior. These students then face ripple consequences: Students who have been expelled or suspended are six times more likely to repeat a grade, five times more likely to drop-out of high school, and three times more likely to have contact with the juvenile

justice system.

Earlier this year, The Children’s Movement came together to take a stand against disproportionate punishments and supported Senate Bill 607 (Skinner), which would limit suspensions for willful defiance. The letter outlined the ramifications of suspensions for willful defiance and was signed by over 120 organizations across the state of California, including Children Now, ABEN (A Black Education Network), the Children’s Defense Fund and Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action. This letter sent a powerful message to lawmakers, who quickly signed the bill into law in May 2018.

Why aren’t Pro-Kid values reflected in California’s public policy? A recent study ranked California 36th out of 50 states in children’s wellbeing.

On the health side, while almost 5.5 million children in California are covered by Medi-Cal, there are not enough doctors to ensure that everyone is getting quality preventive care. In 2015, there were only 39 doctors who accept Medi-Cal for every 100,000 patients, a number well below the state standard of 50 (Report Card).

In fact, California ranks among the bottom two states for Medicaid provider rates.

This lack of coordination means that while quality healthcare is attainable for some kids, it is not accessible to all kids. Research (continued in next 2 columns)

standards.”

The response came following months of digging into the data to prove that the fault of the failures falls squarely in the lap of the administration of both the State and the school District.

“If they don’t require it, strong motivation obviously has not had an impact” said Dr. McNair, president of the RDC. The 20 years of published report card failures prove a strong motivation does not make a requirement.”

“We often battle the misperception that poverty is the cause for low performance, but data has proven conclusively that race is a factor not understood or factored in the equation,” said Jimma McWilson, who chairs the State NAACP?Task Force on ESSA and Preventing School Takeovers and serves as the Secretary of the local chapter. indeed, Steubenville, which mirrors Youngstown with a 100% poverty student population, has targets much higher and performance much higher. The missing link is addressing the race factor specifically, said McWilson.

When the State audit of the District was released it validated this important flaw which is obviously a key to success for students.

“You’ve heard of students graduating with high GPA’s that struggle in college because of the lack of preparation. That preparation weakness is a signal that the grades were not standard, but subjective based on the classroom teacher,” said Freeman.

“We’ve been at this for several years and the consistent clear message is that many educators don’t know the legal ramifications of their positions,” said Freeman.

“The rhetoric around teaching to a test has been bandied about,

but the standards are what is required on college entrance exams” said Jerry Sutton, CPA and RDC member.

“Things like this have been happening for years and more people need to be aware of them. We could have kept them (NAACP) here for hours,” said Sutton.

Dr. McNair commended the NAACP leadership for keeping a keen focus on these details.

“We find it unbelievable that the standards have not been required, but rather suggested. And the fact that the State targets are so low for Black students only reinforces the fact, as earlier reported, the failure is not on the parents or poverty or even the teachers. It’s the leadership. If teaching the standards is not required or inspected, it can’t realistically be expected,” said McNair.

“What makes it so unfortunate is the Black community and the children’s future is in peril as a result. It is unconscionable,” said McNair.

“The big challenge is the R word,” said Dr. McNair. “When race is discussed as a problem White people often have a difficult time wrapping their heads around the problem. The data clearly indicates addressing race, and not poverty only, is a leadership, and a strategic planning issue that must be addressed head on.”

The Roberts Deliberating Club meeting was held at Mill Creek Community Center on Glenwood Ave, Youngstown, in December 15, 2018. The following link is to the State report card with the targets for improvement. ( h t t p s : / / reportcard.education.ohio.gov/ district/gap/045161)

Building Power for California’s Kids...continued shows that this lack of access leads to emergency room visits for chronic conditions, like asthma. These high rates of ER usage often fall along racial lines.

For example, Black children are eight times more likely than children who are Asian-Pacific Islander to visit the ER for asthma related complications.

As a result of Children Now advocacy efforts, the 2018-2019 state budget allotted $1 billion to practitioner reimbursement programs that will expand the availability of medical and dental services for children covered by Medi-cal.

Inadequate health and education resources have a destructive impact on child development and socioemotional well-being. And the result of slow-moving policy processes and fractured advocacy efforts is plain and simple: California’s kids of color are not receiving the resources they need to thrive.

So what can we do about it? The Children’s Movement has an answer: By connecting all of the different community groups, businesses, nonprofits, education and health groups that care so deeply about kids, we can create a power base that can be leveraged to promote pro-kid policies statewide.

The result of slow-moving policy processes and fractured advocacy efforts is plain and simple: California’s kids of color are not receiving the resources

they need to thrive.

The Children’s Movement currently connects 2,700 businesses, organizations and nonprofits to create an unprecedented pro-kid power base. These groups can opt to sign on to advocacy letters, such as the willful defiance letter, through The Children’s Movement that are sent directly to state senators and assembly members.

Members of the Movement range from local Boys & Girls Clubs, to LGBTQ groups, to NAACP chapters to immigrant rights centers. And while these diverse groups may have differing agendas, they can come together on one crucial issue: kids.

Every day we don’t engage in advocacy is a crucial day for a child lacking resources. We urge your groups to sign on to The Children’s Movement at https:// w w w. c h i l d r e n n o w. o r g / themovement/. Rather than losing hope, we must remember that our voices are the most powerful tool in the fight for the rights and the equitable distribution of resources for our children, our families and our communities.

Eliza Brooks, a political science major at UC Berkeley and a fellow for the Children’s Movement of California, can be reached at EBrooks@childrennow.org. She also works with the Black Recruitment and Retention Center at UC Berkeley, a Black student-run organization founded in 1983.

This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay View.

Honoring Charley & Evelyn Glasper For Their Years Of Public Service Community News

ADELANTO, CA. Charley and Evelyn Glasper will be honored for their years of public service to the City of Adelanto, and the High Desert. This couple has served, mentored, and dedicated their lives to advancing the interest of the local residents for many years.

Mr. Charley Glasper is retiring from the Adelanto City Council after serving off and on over 10 years. He was first elected in 2004 and has also been the Mayor of Adelanto.

Mrs. Evelyn Glasper has been

an educator for over 30 years in addition to being elected to the Victor Valley Union High School Board of Trustees and the Adelanto Elementary School Board. This Black-Tie celebration will take place on January 11, 2019 at the Adelanto Stadium, 12000 Stadium Way in Adelanto; from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Musical entertainment will be Saxophonist, Jimmie Smith and Company.

The event is being presented

by Pastor Harold Hines of Kingdom Life Christian Center and (continued in next 2 columns)

Honoring Charley & Evelyn Glasper For Their Years Of Public Service...continued Ammie Hines of Another Level For Women & AESD Board Trustee. Primary Sponsors are Jessie Flores, City Manager and the City of Adelanto. It will be a time to celebrate the achievements of this outstanding couple and honor their individual contributions to our community.

Tickets may be obtained at Eventbrite.com for “Honoring the Glaspers”. RSVP and tickets are required. *********************** If you would like more Information contact Harold or Ammie Hines at (760)475-9844 or email ammiehines@gmail.com.

How to block eavesdropping on wireless communications Confusing channel state information offers a first line of defense in full-duplex wireless

By Holly Ober

Yingbo Hua Eavesdropping on wireless communications depends on the ability to determine critical information about the basic properties of the communication link, known as channel state information, or CSI. A new study suggests ways to prevent eavesdroppers from obtaining the channel state information, offering a first line of defense for wireless security.

In a recently published paper, Yingbo Hua, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in UC Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering, describes a scenario involving a wireless network of legitimate users all equipped with full-duplex radio, which can transmit and receive on the same channel. Hua’s proposed fix allows two or more users to transmit a secret to each other without allowing eavesdroppers to discover the secret by preventing them from learning the network’s channel state information.

“Given the widespread applications of wireless communications and our virtual dependence on them, the technology for wireless security must stay ahead of all advances relevant to wireless communications, including robotics and artificial intelligence,” Hua said.

Encryption is industry’s standard for wireless security. Encryption uses public and private keys, which are random strings of 0’s and 1’s designed to scramble the content of the communication.

The public key is always known to everybody and it’s difficult to get a private key from the public key. As computing technology, especially quantum computing, advances, however, finding the private key from the public key will become much less difficult.

Another way, the symmetric key approach, avoids using a public key. Two users agree on a password to communicate securely.

However, the more the users deploy the secret key, the more vulnerable it becomes because eventually listeners will be able to decode it. Security thus depends on periodically changing the password. Users can meet privately and agree on the new password, which is inconvenient. It is a big challenge to transmit a secret key wirelessly, in a mobile environment.

Researchers have been looking for ways to improve wireless security that don’t depend on encryption. Hua’s proposed technique takes advantage of newly developed hardware known as full-duplex radio, which can trans-

mit and receive at the same time on the same frequency. By sending packets of information at the same time, Hua discovered that eavesdroppers are unable to ascertain the channel state information.

The CSI in wireless communications describes how a signal travels from transmitter to receiver, accounting for the cumulative effects of various types of interference and fading over distance. Channel state information constantly changes because of the mobility of the environment.

As people walk by, as cars move around, or even as trees move with wind, the channel state changes. When the channel state information is unknown it’s very difficult for the receiver to receive information transmitted from the other end.

In order to keep track of the CSI, every data packet transmitted must have pilot symbols embedded somewhere. Based on the pilots, the receiver estimates the channel state information and acquires the contents of the communication.

Existing standards and infrastructures, such as half-duplex radio, which must alternate sending and receiving, will always make it possible for eavesdroppers to get the channel state information because the pilot is public information and if eavesdroppers listen long enough they will eventually be able to get the channel state information.

But Hua discovered that two full-duplex wireless transmitters can send the same pilots at the same time. The two pilots mix in the eavesdropper’s receiver, obscuring the channel state information.

“With this way of doing it we can actually prevent the eavesdropper from getting the channel state information,” Hua said.

Hua’s method confuses the channel state information so that eavesdroppers can’t get a handle on the communications.

“That is the key idea,” said Hua. “That is something novel in this particular work. It’s very promising because it’s a first line defense, and onto that we can always add on more secretive layers. If you can do a first line of defense very well then everything else will be easier.”

Hua’s theoretical work is based on the known constraints and potential of the technologies we already have.

“These days industry can pick up ideas very quickly. An idea published today, maybe within a year they can have it in production,” Hua noted.

The paper, “Advanced Properties of Full-Duplex Radio for Securing Wireless Network,” is published in the January, 2019 issue of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. The work was funded by the Department of Defense.

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Emeralds, Rubies Score Big Profits For Foreign Firms As African Countries Go Broke

By Global Information Network Foreign mining companies extract more than a quarter of the world’s production of rare emeralds in Zambia yet declare losses to make themselves tax exempt.

So far, charges of tax evasion filed against Kagem mine, a subsidiary of the London-listed gemstone miner Gemfields, have been unsuccessful – dismissed by the Zambian Revenue Authority.

Gemfields owns 75% of the world’s largest emerald mine in Kagem, northern Zambia. Auctions of 30 Zambian emeralds and 11 Mozambican rubies have brought the company over $1 billion of combined auction revenue, according to the Creamer Media Mining Weekly.

The UK company stated this was a remarkable benchmark for the colored gemstone sector.

Yet Gemfields and the other foreign gem firms are fighting tooth and nail against Zambian efforts to curb corruption in ways that would cut into profits.

A proposed tax increase of 1.5 percent to reduce Zambia’s mounting public debt was met with threats by an industry lobbying group to cut $500 million in capital spending and lay off 21,000 workers, according to the Bloomberg news wire.

First Black, First Woman to Chair House Financial Services Committee

By Charlene Crowell

Zambian emerald Each year, the Zambian government is believed to lose billions in illicit financial flows mainly related to its mineral resources sector. The Kagem probe was part of a government effort to capture more benefits from the sector.

Zambia is also Africa’s second-biggest copper producer with ownership concentrated in a few foreign hands. In 2018 the revenue authority carried out an audit of all major mining companies and, according to Reuters, slapped the Indiabased Konkola Copper Mines

with an $18 million bill.

Suspicions about Konkola were raised when founder Anil Agarwal told a business forum that its Zambian mines made $500 million a year yet declared a loss at the end of the financial year.

In a separate development, Gemfields faces serious allegations of human rights abuses at the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique. Charges leveled at Gemfields and its management cite abuses allegedly carried out since 2012.

These included claims by 112

Mozambicans of alleged killings of family members, torture, abuse and humiliation at the hands of security employed by the mine and the state.

A statement by the Mozambique Bar Association’s human rights commission cites “acts of torture” seen in videos showing people bound to trees and beaten with thick wooden sticks, lined up in stress position – images they called “macabre, degrading and inhuman.

This article originally appeared in the Charleston Chronicle.

Opening Statements Begin Today in Federal Opening Statements Begin Today in Federal Trial Trial Challenging Trump Administration’s Challenging Trump Administration’s 2020 Census Citizenship Question...continued 2020 Census Citizenship Question Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Public Counsel, and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Claim Sec Ross Violated Administrative Procedure Act State/Government News

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Public Counsel, along with law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips will make opening statements today in a federal trial regarding a lawsuit that challenges the late addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census by the United States Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the City of San Jose and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, and trial is being held together with a similar claim brought by the State of California. The case will be heard in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: “Secretary Ross’s decision to add the citizenship question was based on a flawed process that was exacerbated by discriminatory motivations that were concealed from the public until this litigation. Ross compelled his staff to concoct a cover story to try to legitimize this misbegotten decision, and overruled his scientific staff to achieve his goal.

Through this litigation, we are fighting to preserve the integrity of the 2020 Census to help ensure a fair and accurate count of all people as required under the constitution.”

This lawsuit was filed on April 17, 2018, immediately after Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced that the 2020 decennial census will include a question asking the citizenship status of every respondent. The suit claims that the addition of the citizenship question will depress participation rates among immigrant communities and communities of color, resulting in a significant undercount. The lawsuit claims that the addition of the citizenship question was arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), and challenges the question’s constitutionality under the Enumeration Clause and Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

At trial, the lawsuit’s APA claim will focus on the scheme employed

by Secretary Ross to get the citizenship question added to the 2020 Census. According to Census Bureau documents, Secretary

California Congresswoman Maxine Waters Makes History:

Ross decided to add the citizenship question without justification, then subsequently pushed the Department of Justice to formally request the addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Additionally, Secretary Ross made his initial decision to add the question with full knowledge that it would impair the quality of Census data and that the addition of the question violated express legal requirements forbidding any new topics to be added to the Census after March 2017.

The lawsuit’s Enumeration Clause and Fourteenth Amendment claims are based on evidence that the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census will depress response rates among Black, Latinx, and immigrant communities. Areas such as San Jose, and other areas with large immigrant populations, will be directly affected because the Census count is used as the basis to distribute more than $675 billion annually in federal funding, as well as political representation in the House of Representatives and Electoral College.

Below are statements from: Sam Liccardo, Mayor of San Jose, CA: “In San Jose, everyone counts. Our values – and values held dear by millions of Americans – appear threatened by the Trump Administration’s political motives. Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census will stoke fears and depress participation in diverse cities like San Jose, threatening hundreds of millions in funding for health, education, and other critical services upon which our entire community depends.”

John Libby, Partner at Manatt Phelps & Phillips: “Manatt Phelps & Phillips is pleased to co-counsel with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in the trial of this important case on behalf of our clients the City of San Jose and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. This case challenges the arbitrary and capricious decision by Commerce Secretary Ross to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. We expect the evidence at trial to show – including evidence from the (continued in next 2 columns)

Census Bureau’s own analysis – that the addition of this question will depress the count of Hispanic and immigrant communities, will affect federal funding to the City of San Jose, and will spread fear among the immigrant community served by BAJI.” Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel: “This trial will tell the real story behind the Trump Administration’s conspiracy to corrupt the Census for political gain. The Census is what counts for our democracy and this trial is about keeping those counts honest. We will prove that the Administration treated the Census as if it were a numbers game.”

Opal Tometi, Executive Director of BAJI: “As we inch closer to the 2020 Census, the Trump Administration is pulling out all stops in their attempt to suppress the participation of people of color, specifically black immigrants. We are a critical part of the American fabric and we will not allow this administration’s lies and harmful tactics to deter us from participation. No matter

what, we must stand up and we must be counted.”

Trial in this matter is expected to conclude on Tuesday, January 15, 2019.

About the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. Now in its 55th year, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is continuing its quest to “Move America Toward Justice.” The principal mission of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice for all, particularly in the areas of criminal justice, fair housing and community development, economic justice, educational opportunities, and voting rights. Learn more at Lawyerscommittee.org.

Sprouts Farmers Market to Open Fontana Store January 16 Healthy grocer’s new location to benefit Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino through Food Rescue program Business/Consumer News

PHOENIX, Ariz. – January 3, 2019 – Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new store in Fontana, Calif. on Wednesday, January 16 to help meet the growing local demand for fresh, natural and organic foods at great prices.

Grand Opening Details Sprouts will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Fontana location at 16964 South Highland Avenue before doors open at 7 a.m. The public is invited to join the festivities and shop among thousands of healthy items offered throughout the 30,000square-foot store.

The first 200 shoppers will receive 20 percent off their initial total purchase and muffin and coffee samples will be served to everyone in line before the doors open. Every customer on grand opening day will receive one free reusable bag with purchase.

Weekend shoppers are invited to explore new natural and organic products during Taste of Sprouts on Saturday, January 19 when guest favorite and trending items, including a selection of exclusive

Sprouts Brand products, will be sampled throughout the store.

Local Selection and Zero Waste Sprouts has been a driving force for making healthy food affordable and accessible since its inception and has paved the way for numerous natural brands. The Fontana store will offer locally made products from brands including Broguiere’s Dairy, Cabo Chips, Groundwork Coffee and Pacific Pickle Works.

As part of Sprouts’ commitment to “zero waste,” the new Fontana store will donate unsold and edible groceries to Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino through the grocer’s Food Rescue program. In 2017, Sprouts stores and distribution centers donated 23 million pounds of product, equivalent to 19 million meals. Food that is not fit for donation is provided to local cattle farms and composting facilities.

Sprouts’ evolving “zero waste” initiatives help minimize food waste while reducing the impact of hunger and the company’s environmental footprint.

As 2019 begins, there is also a new Congress with leadership in the House of Representatives that makes history for people of color and women alike.

Long-time California Representative Nancy Pelosi returns as Speaker of the House – the first time in 50 years that a Member of Congress has achieved this feat.

On a gender note, Speaker Pelosi becomes the most powerful woman on Capitol Hill and the only female in the nation’s history to do so.

There’s also another key woman and legislator that is making history. Congresswoman Maxine Waters is now the first Black and the first woman to chair the powerful House Financial Services Committee. Having served on this committee since 1995, and its Ranking Member in the previous Congress, Waters will set the committee’s agenda in key areas affecting the economy, banking, housing, insurance and securities.

The House Financial Services Committee oversees the activities and responsibilities for major financial regulators, agencies, and the nation’s central bank, the Federal Reserve. These agencies include but are not limited to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – that insures monies in depository institutions, as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission that is charged with maintaining fair and efficient investment markets.

In other words, the fiery and bold Black lawmaker who earned a reputation for challenging Wall Street and major lenders during the housing crisis will now set the direction for a range of financial players, regulators, and institutions. From monetary policy to the production and distribution of currency, and expanding financial access to affordable housing options, a progressive and prin-

cipled committee chair is running the show. She is also expected to set standards of performance that level the financial playing field and hold lenders accountable when they take advantage of consumers or discriminate in their lending.

With the right kind of regulation and committee oversight, the nation may be able to change financial trends that have worsened both racial and gender wealth gaps.

For example, a December 2018 report by the Asset Funder’s Network analyzed racial and gender disparities in wealth and found that Black and Latina women have “lost substantial amounts of wealth in the last two decades”.

From 2007 to 2016, Black women ages 45-65 had a 74 percent drop in median wealth, compared to that of White women who experienced a 28 percent drop. Further, the Asset Funders Network concluded the median “quasi-liquid” savings for single Black and Latina women aged 45-50 was $0.

Earlier in 2017 the Federal Reserve found that nearly 1 in 5 black families have zero or negative net worth — twice the rate of white families. Additionally the median net worth of Black families was one-tenth of that held by White families.

These wealth disparities continue to plague communities of color in large part because of disparities in home ownership that enable consumers to build wealth. Year after year, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) report has consistently found that consumers of color are denied access to mortgages, especially private conventional loans that remain the most sustainable and affordable loans.

Last year, the Center for Investigative Reporting published its analysis of the most recent HMDA report. “It found a pattern of troubling denials for people of color across the country, including in major metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis and San Antonio,” states the report. “African Americans faced the most resistance in (continued on page 6)

Tony Thurmond Becomes State Superintendent of State Public Instruction, first Afro Latino and second African American to Hold Job...continued from page 1 for every student.”

Thurmond’s plan for improving schools includes lifting California from the bottom end of per-student spending to the top end.

“Providing more money to our schools helps our students, our communities, and our economy.

But most of all it helps create a bright future for our state,” he said.

Anthony Rendon with a keynote address from legendary farm worker/labor activist Dolores Huerta.

It also featured remarks from Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, and leaders of legislative caucuses that represent the diverse communities of California:

His plan also includes the following:

• Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus

• Keeping schools safe by reducing gun violence.

• Providing school-based mental and physical health services to ensure that students get the care they need and come to school healthy, alert, and ready to learn.

• Expanding access to early education and after school programs to help reduce the achievement gap.

• Making college and career pathways accessible to all students.

• Alleviating the teacher shortage so that all schools have highly trained and certified teachers.

• Improving the type of student data available to allow better research and analysis of student learning.

• Renewing our commitment to helping English learners acquire the language skills they need rapidly, while retaining their native language.

The swearing-in ceremony was headed by Assembly Speaker

• Senator Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, vice chair of the Latino Legislative Caucus • Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus • Assemblymember Evan Low, D-Cupertino, chair of the Legislative LGBT Caucus • Senator Connie M. Leyva, DChino, chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus Thurmond was sworn in by retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Gordon Baranco.

Reverend Theon Johnson III of the Downs Memorial United Methodist Church in Oakland gave the invocation. Rabbi Rebekah Stern of Congregation Beth El of Berkeley gave the benediction.

Thurmond’s two daughters, Jayden and Maya, led the Pledge of Allegiance, while Samantha Collier sang the national anthem.

Thurmond is the first Afro Latino and second African American to hold the position of State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

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HEALTH/FITNESS/SENIOR NEWS

Antibiotics won’t cure your colds and flu

By Dallas Post Tribune DALLAS — Your throat is scratchy, you’re achy and feverish, your cough is keeping you up at night, but you can’t afford to miss work. You tried over-thecounter remedies but you still feel lousy. Time for an antibiotic – right?

Not so fast, say doctors at Parkland Health & Hospital System.

“Colds, flu and most respiratory illnesses are caused by viruses that no antibiotic can treat. Antibiotics only combat infections caused by bacteria,” said Bonnie Prokesch, MD, Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Parkland and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

“Used appropriately, antibiotics save lives. But over-prescribing of antibiotics is a serious problem that has led to resistant strains of bacteria. Taking antibiotics to treat a viral infection will not clear up the condition and does more harm than good, lowering the effectiveness of antibiotics overall,” she said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 30 percent of all antibiotics prescribed in outpatient clinics are unnecessary. One reason, research shows, is that some patients pressure their physicians to prescribe antibiotics for conditions like colds and flu, which aren’t affected by these drugs.

Illnesses caused by viruses include:

Colds and flu Most sinus infections Most sore throats, especially with a cough, runny nose, hoarse voice or mouth sores Most chest colds (bronchitis) “An antibiotic may be needed for certain respiratory infections,” Dr. Prokesch said. “If a sinus infection doesn’t get better in a week, or gets better for a while and then suddenly gets worse, you probably have developed a bacterial infection and antibiotics may be needed.”

Respiratory illnesses that are caused by bacteria and should be treated with antibiotics include: Bacterial pneumonia Whooping cough Strep throat These can be diagnosed by physical exams and lab tests at your doctor’s office.

Although they save lives and cure many types of bacterial infections, widespread use of antibiotics comes with potentially serious risks.

“The over-use of antibiotics breeds ‘superbugs’ – bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.

Drug-resistant infections are becoming more common, making it more difficult to treat patients for many types of illnesses. In addition, side effects of taking antibiotics can include vomiting, severe

diarrhea, vaginal infections, nerve damage, torn tendons and allergic reactions,” Dr. Prokesch explained.

The best protection against the flu is the flu vaccine, said Carolee Estelle, MD, Associate Chief of Infection Prevention at Parkland and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The CDC recommends for all persons aged 6 months and older. She added that anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu generally are not given to prevent the flu.

“They’re used for treating flu.

What they do is shorten the duration of illness by at least 48 hours and they also reduce the severity of the infection,” Dr. Estelle said. “We use the anti-viral drugs to prevent influenza only in those individuals who cannot get the vaccine or are very immune compromised, and in those who have not been vaccinated and were exposed to someone with influenza.”

How can you avoid getting seasonal viruses like cold and flu?

Dr. Prokesch and Dr. Estelle say that the tried-and-true methods your mother taught you are still the best.

First, get the flu vaccination annually Clean your hands often using soap and water or an alcoholbased hand sanitizer Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve when

coughing or sneezing to help keep from spreading germs Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth Keep your distance from others who are sick Stay home when you are sick to avoid passing the virus to others Practice good health habits Drink plenty of fluids and eat nutritious food Get plenty of sleep and exercise Manage your stress And to relieve symptoms if you do come down with a cold or flu, she advised: Get plenty of rest and drink lots of clear fluids Use a humidifier and clean it daily Ease aches and pain and reduce fever with acetaminophen or ibuprofen Use saline (salt water) drops or spray for nasal discomfort To soothe a sore throat, gargle with salt water, drink warm beverages, or eat or drink something cool To ease a cough, breathe steam from a kettle or shower. For mild, short-term relief, try an over-thecounter cough medicine that has dextromethorphan.

For more information about services available at Parkland, visit www.parklandhospital.com This article originally appeared in the Dallas Post Tribune.

No More New Year’s — New You

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Morgan A. Owens, NNPA Newswire Contributor

we can’t pursue our own passions.

When I learned to start saying “no,” my life began to flourish.

You can’t build a career or business from an empty tank. You just can’t. Learn to balance your career duties and your personal time. Easier said than done, right?

Morgan A. Owens Let’s be really honest, how often do we neglect our New Year’s resolutions after January? Many times, we set resolutions but don’t know where to start. We get stuck and revert to old habits that aren’t helping us bloom into the best we can be.

Often, we are our own worst enemy, second guessing, self-doubt and self-sabotage can get in the way of our success. We can try to blame others for our failures but sometimes we need to take a good look in the mirror and realize it may be ourselves.

Here are some of my tips on how to get to a better New You, right now.

Break the Rules How many times have we looked at job descriptions for jobs we really wanted, seen one qualification that we weren’t wellversed at, and told ourselves, “why even bother applying? I won’t get an interview.”

How many times have we worked with a co-worker or manager and asked ourselves, “How did they get this job? They aren’t qualified at all.”

Many of our counterparts go after these positions without hesitation – maybe it’s a result of their sense of privilege, but it’s also fearlessness.

Go for it. Make a list of everything that you haven’t accomplished because you felt you weren’t qualified, or that it wasn’t the right time to pursue it. Once you see an actual written listing of the missed opportunities and chances you passed up, it really puts things in perspective. Use the same list and pick something on it to go after, right now.

Self-Worth is Key When you really think about it, why do we give OTHERS control or authority over our self-worth?

It’s ours. Being fully transparent, you won’t find your self-worth in a day, a week or even a year. The journey can be long and is often emotionally painful, but it is necessary! I didn’t get the opportunities I wanted until I became a person that is ready to receive them.

While we are building our careers, taking care of our families, let’s remember our why and our worth.

Self-care is Not Selfish.

Learn to say “no.” As women, we tend to think we have to do it all but really, we don’t. We tend to take on other’s responsibilities and use them as the reason why (continued in next 2 columns)

If you don’t have a schedule or a daily plan, create one now. Career without self-care is a recipe for disaster.

How can you expect to be your best if your mind, body and soul aren’t in alignment?

You’re Your Biggest Investment We’re quick to invest in material things that won’t help our personal growth, but not in the personal and/or professional development tools that will. Investments can take the form of both time and money.

When I started my weight loss journey I had to invest my time into getting healthy by working out. Carving out time in my week to dedicate to my personal fitness goals and health. That sometimes

meant saying no to other things such as hanging out with friends.

Try investing in a course to further your career, a workshop to help build your business or even time devoted to accomplishing a major goal. Your investment will pay off and more!

Let Your Haters Fuel Your Success There will always be someone who has something negative to say about every goal or move we make to better ourselves. That can be a huge deterrent on why we don’t pursue something. Often, that person isn’t ready to grow themselves, so they are afraid of you growing. Sometimes, it comes from those closest to us.

That can be very instrumental in making us give up on our dreams.

You have to stay committed and believe in your vision even when others can’t fully see it yet. Use that energy to prove them wrong.

Don’t wait until 2019 to be a better you. Start now. You’ll be glad you did.

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New Medicare drug policy is a step down for seniors By Peter J. Pitts Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued a shocking pronouncement. They've decided to prioritize insurers over patients.

The agency recently released new instructions to insurers that participate in Medicare Advantage, allowing them to require patients to take "the most preferred drug" on the market for their condition first, before trying any other treatments.

Unfortunately, "most preferred"

is often merely a euphemism for cheapest. So even if a doctor has concluded, for sound medical reasons, that a different treatment would be more effective, an insurer can demand that a patient first try -- and fail -- with the "most preferred" drug. This process, known as "step therapy," will delay treatments for cancer patients and other seriously ill seniors, putting their health -- and their lives -- at risk. (continued in next 2 columns)

New Medicare drug policy is a step down for seniors...continued Step therapy is a blemish on the otherwise popular Medicare Advantage program, which offers seniors who opt in privately administered health plans. Coverage options can include the majority of beneficiaries' health needs, including prescription drugs, physician, hospital, and outpatient services.

CMS' new guidance will impede access to care for Medicare Advantage patients receiving medications administered under a doctor's direct supervision, which fall into Medicare's "Part B" category. These include infusion treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Step therapy can be downright cruel for patients battling chronic and painful conditions. Imagine suffering in agony for weeks, months, or even years trying out different treatments that your physician knows are unlikely to help. With each new drug comes a new set of side-effects, but no noticeable health benefits.

Previously, a 2012 CMS directive banned step therapy for Part B treatments -- and for good reason. Part B drugs are highly specialized. Doctors must take into consideration a patient's diagnosis, lifestyle, medical history, and more to find the best treatment or combination of medications.

Lifting this ban puts some of Medicare's sickest beneficiaries in real danger.

Consider the cancer patients who rely on Part B for chemotherapy. Such treatment regimens are highly individualized -- with

some patients responding better to one drug rather than another.

To combat the disease effectively, doctors must find the most appropriate treatment as quickly as possible. That process can be challenging under the best circumstances. Step therapy requirements only add to those difficulties, compounding patient suffering.

In the time it takes to satisfy an insurer's "fail first" requirements, a patient's cancer could go from treatable to hopeless. That's especially true for patients with fastmoving cancers. Those diagnosed with esophageal cancer, for instance, have just a 46 percent chance of surviving six months.

For pancreatic cancer, it's 27 percent.

It's no surprise that the medical community is overwhelmingly opposed to step therapy. The American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and the American Society of Hematology have all condemned the CMS move as a threat to patient health.

Their denunciations are richly deserved. CMS' new policy guidance puts insurer profits above the best interests of patients. Introducing step-therapy into Medicare Part B will prolong the suffering of America's most vulnerable seniors.

Peter J. Pitts, a former Food and Drug Administration associate commissioner, is president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.

New Scholarship Supports American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Mission to Increase Diversity in Health Care Two medical students awarded for standout participation in the Academy’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program Health/Fitness News

SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 2, 2019 – The American Academy of Ophthalmology and National Medical Fellowships today announced the recipients of a new scholarship that supports the mission of both organizations to provide more opportunities to underrepresented minority students pursuing medical careers.

The inaugural National Medical Fellowships Scholarship in Ophthalmology is awarded to Ja’Qulane Scales of Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Joshua Chazaro of Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Ill. Both are second-year medical students participating in the Academy’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program, which was designed to attract underrepresented minorities to a career in ophthalmology and help prepare them to be competitive residency applicants.

National Medical Fellowships provides scholarships and support for underrepresented minority students in medicine and the health professions. Since 1946, the organization has awarded more than 30,000 scholarships totaling $40 million. In 2018, the organization generously offered to provide two $5,000 scholarships to students participating in the Academy’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program. Recipients are selected based on leadership qualities demonstrated through their research, academic performance and extracurricular activities. Funding for the scholarships are provided through a grant from Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation.

Both Scales and Chazaro are pursuing a medical education, not only to pave the way for minority students interested in becoming ophthalmologists, but also to provide better care to patients in underserved communities.

There is a critical need to diversify the medical workforce. African Americans make up 12.8 percent of the general population, but only 2 percent of ophthal-

mologists. Hispanics and Latinos make up 16.3 percent of the population, but only 4.6 percent of ophthalmologists.* Overall, the shortage of health care professionals in communities of color is estimated to be between 46,000 and 90,000 physicians by 2025.

Simply documenting the lack of diversity in the medical profession isn’t enough, action is required to create a change that can improve health outcomes. That’s why the Academy and the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology established the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program. It pairs juniors and seniors in college and first- and second-year medical students with seasoned ophthalmologists dedicated to supporting their career development and helping them become competitive residency applicants. Scales and Chazaro are among the first 22 students selected by the Academy to join the program for its inaugural year.

Medical student and scholarship recipient Ja'Qualane Scales.Scales is a native of Little Rock, Ark. and a member of the United States Navy. As a firstgeneration college graduate, she says the path to becoming an ophthalmologist can be challenging. She’s grateful for the opportunity to be mentored by an established ophthalmologist. She intends to practice ophthalmology in an underserved community, working to close the gap in health disparities.

Medical student and scholarship recipient Joshua Chazaro.Chazaro is a native of Upland, Calif. Having witnessed the discomfort marginalized populations experience in a medical setting, he is committed to becoming a physician dedicated to delivering a better care experience. “This scholarship will give me the opportunity to expand my goals as a medical student and further achieve my dreams,” Chazaro said. (continued on page 2)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180013792 Date Filed: 12/05/2018 Filing Expires On: 12/05/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): ST. MARY HIGH DESERT IMAGING CENTER County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 12602 AMARGOSA RD., SUITE F VICTORVILLE, CA 92392 Mailing Address: 3345 MICHELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100 IRVINE, CA 92612 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: ST. JOSEPH HERITAGE HEALTHCARE State of Inc./ Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: 1538558 Residence Street Address: 200 W. CENTER

STREET PROMENADE, SUITE #800 ANAHEIM, CA 92805 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 15, 2018 Jim Watson, Secretary, 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 January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180013771 Date Filed: 12/05/2018 Filing Expires On: 12/05/2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): HOT MESS HEAT PRESS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 15777 ROLLING RIDGE DRIVE CHINO HILLS, CA 91709 Name of Individual Registrant: KATIE M. MILETIC 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: 15777 ROLLING RIDGE DRIVE CHINO HILLS, CA 91709 Name of Individual Registrant: STEPHANIE GALINDO Residence Street Address; 3859 YELLOWSTONE CIRCLE CHINO HILLS, CA 91710 This business is/was conducted by: Copartners Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/05/2018 Katie Miletic, Co-owner/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 January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180013928 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 12/10/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 12/10/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): SIGNATURE AUTO TRANSPORT Business Address: 9023 JUNIPER AVE. #1 FONTANA, CA 92335 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: THOMAS V. GEISEL 9023 JUNIPER AVE. #1 FONTANA, CA 92335 Signature/Officer Title: Thomas V. Geisel

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 January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180013989 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 12/11/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 12/11/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): STYLISH SHOES Business Address: 166 W. BASELINE RD. RIALTO, CA 92376 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: AMIR MALIK 2065 W. COLLEGE AVE. #2157 SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 Amir Malik Signature/Officer Title:

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 January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1830644 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JEAN CHABARRIA TAYLOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. JEAN CHABARRIA TAYLOR to Proposed name: JEAN ASINATI TAYLOR 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: 2/11/19 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:S16 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino San Bernardino District CivilDivision 247 West Third St. 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

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newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: November 26, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS 1821284 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT(AVISO AL DEMANDADO):ISRAEL GARCIA JR YOU ARE BEING SUED BYPLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells FargoBank, 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 SelfHelp 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 lamar 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. 557536) DATE (Fecha): Aug 16, 2018 Clerk (Secretario), by Paula Rogers, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant.

1/3, 1/10, 1/17, 1/24/19 CNS-3207247# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUPPLEMENTAL SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): IVAN DERKACH, an individual; OLJA SENKOVETS aka VOLHA SENKOVETS, an individual; MDMANAGEMENT, INC., a California corporation; OLATOKUNBO MORENIKE AYOOLA-ARCHIE, an individual; DOCMED EVALUATION SERVICES, INC., a California corporation; NABIL BAIG, an individual; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): GINNY FERNANDEZ, on behalf of the Estate of HECTOR RENE FERNANDEZ, an individual; MEDICALEVAL CORP., a California corporation NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you 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 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion 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 telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas 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 remision 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 poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion 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.

CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1604624 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 WEST THIRD ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): William L. Buus; Schiffer & Buus, APC; 959 So. Coast Dr.; Ste. 385, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (949) 8256140 Date: August 1, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Samantha Neubauer, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper December 27, 2018, January 3, 10, 17, 2019.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): DAVID ZEPEDA (TRUSTEE OF THE KEENETH GILBERT, FRAN GILBERT, TOM MEYER, TOM CHASE, MICHAEL CHASE, JACK CADMAN, LYDIA CADMAN TRUST), and any and all persons known or unknown claiming an interest in the property Does 1-10, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: FRANCES D. LUNDY (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you 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 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion 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 telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas 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 remision 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 poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion 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.

CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1804268 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): In Pro Per: Frances D. Lundy 2657 Sunset Lane, San Bernardino, CA 92407 Date: February 22, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Ashlee Bayless, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019.

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State Water Board’s 2019 Citizen Monitoring Calendar Alerts Public to Key Clean Water Action Days SACRAMENTO -- Were you aware that 76 percent of nationwide boating deaths in 2017 were due to drowning, according to the latest statistics from the United States Coast Guard? That 84.5 percent of victims were not wearing a life jacket?

Did you know that only one percent of the earth’s water is useable, 99 percent of which is groundwater?

And what about those adorable turtles than in prior generations were purchased at pet stores and given names such as “Tippy” and “Tilly” and “Toby?” Not anymore. World Turtle Day reminds everyone that the sale of any turtle or tortoise smaller than four inches is illegal in the U.S. These are just a few examples of the events, activities and useful facts that can be found in the 2019 calendar compiled by the Clean Water Team – the citizen monitoring program - at the State Water Resources Control Board. The purpose of the annual undertaking is two-fold: To highlight the importance of California’s surface waters and celebrate the citizen volunteers who work to improve and protect water quality by monitoring the state’s waterways. Available now, it can be downloaded for free on the State Water Board’s website here.

The “something for everybody” approach offers a wealth of games, charts, activities and adventures directed at our youngest volunteers, as well as for citizens looking for a deeper dive. For those curious about the marriage of politics and water, the calendar includes the legislature’s full schedule of events.

Those eager to test their knowledge about groundwater can jump into National Trivia Day or National Groundwater Awareness Week. Those who like math and science can participate during Engineers Week and National Chemistry week, while those eager to learn more about the health of the state’s streams, rivers and lakes can experiment with maps and links on Love Your River Day, Lakes Month and The Secchi Dip-In. Additionally, this year’s calendar offers links to websites devoted to collecting water quality data, evaluating fish habitat, counting birds, or making visual observations of stream health, and a mapping tool that helps identify communities most vulnerable to pollution.

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Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency for Murder Conviction as Teen

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Cyntoia Brown Cyntoia Brown, a 30-year-old woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who solicited her for sex when she was 16, has been granted clemency and will be released from prison this year to parole supervision, the Tennessee governor’s office announced Monday.

Brown, who said she was forced into prostitution at a

young age, was convicted of the 2004 murder of Johnny Mitchell Allen, 43, whom she said she killed in self-defense.

She will be released Aug. 7 after serving 15 years in prison.

“This decision comes after careful consideration of what is a tragic and complex case,” Gov. Bill Haslam said in a statement. “Cyntoia Brown

Union Pacific Railroad Company to Pay $2.3 Million in Multi-Jurisdiction Hazardous Waste Settlement

committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16. Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life.

Transformation should be ac-

companied by hope.”

Brown’s case became a cause célèbre for several highprofile advocates, including comedian Amy Schumer, reality star Kim Kardashian West and actress Ashley Judd.

This article originally appeared in the Washington Informer.

Joshua Tree National Park to Temporarily Close for Cleanup and Repair Local/National News

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San Bernardino, CA - January 7, 2019 - San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson announced today that as part of a multi-jurisdiction prosecution, Placer County Superior Court Judge Alan Pineschi has ordered Union Pacific Railroad Company to pay over $2.3 million in the settlement of a civil environmental case. In addition to monetary penalties, Union Pacific will also implement a new environmental compliance assurance program at their respective yards in San Bernardino, Placer, Nevada, and San Joaquin Counties. This new program will designate a compliance officer to monitor and report on Union Pacific Railroad Company's training and compliance at these facilities.

This resolution was a direct result of the work of local regulatory agencies as well as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

According to the District Attorneys' complaint, Union Pacific Railroad Company mishandled hazardous wastes, mishandled materials stored in aboveground storage tanks, maintained inaccurate hazardous material business plans, and was responsible for spills of hazardous substances - including petroleum, over an eight-year period. This

settlement resolves the allegations made in the District Attorneys' complaint.

"This settlement with Union Pacific Railroad Company corrects prior deficiencies and also helps prevent similar issues in the future. I wish to emphasize that Union Pacific Railroad was cooperative and professional throughout our investigation and prosecution as we worked with them to achieve a fair resolution regarding these matters." said District Attorney Anderson.

"This settlement also requires Union Pacific to improve their staff training as well as management of their respective facilities."

Under the settlement, Union Pacific Railroad Company must pay $2,000,000.00 in civil penalties and $313,432.00 to reimburse the costs of the investigation. Union Pacific must also hire and pay for the environmental compliance officer to strengthen the companies' environmental protection programs.

This case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Rick C. Lal of the Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit of the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office in conjunction with other District Attorneys' Offices in California.

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California – Joshua Tree National Park will temporarily close effective 8 am on Thursday, January 10, to allow park staff to address sanitation, safety, and resource protection issues in the park that have arisen during the lapse in appropriations. Park officials plan to restore accessibility to the park in addition to limited basic services in the coming days.

Park officials are identifying the additional staff and resources needed to address immediate maintenance and sanitation issues and will utilize funds from the park fees to address those issues per the recently updated National Park Service contingency plan during

a lapse in appropriations.

While the vast majority of those who visit Joshua Tree National Park do so in a responsible manner, there have been incidents of new roads being created by motorists and the destruction of Joshua trees in recent days that have precipitated the closure. Law enforcement rangers will continue to patrol the park and enforce the closure until park staff completes the necessary cleanup and park protection measures.

The communities near Joshua Tree National Park have provided significant assistance and support to the park, and park officials hope to restore visitor access to the park as quickly as possible to mitigate any negative impact to the local economy.

CAU Football Fires Head Coach Ramsey

By The Atlanta Voice

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2019 / PRNewswire/ -TBWA\Worldwide today announced the launch of OneSandbox, a curated search platform built to showcase diverse makers and vendors in the creative space, and connect them with brands and agencies looking to develop a more inclusive supply chain.

The TBWA collective of U.S. ad agencies and creative companies have invested over $165 million with more than 200 women and multiculturalowned and operated creative businesses (MWBEs) in the past five years on behalf of its clients. Through OneSandbox, TBWA looks to connect these thriving creators with more agencies and brand partners in an effort to close the opportunity gap for minority suppliers across the advertising and marketing industry.

The platform seeks to make progress in helping diverse entrepreneurs achieve economic equity. Of the 30 million businesses in America, 52% are owned, operated and controlled by a woman or person of color.

Yet they get only 6% of domestic business revenues.1 "Today, almost 50% of the country is multicultural, and to say 'I don't know' or 'I can't help' is not acceptable," said Doug Melville, Chief Diversity Officer for TBWA North America. "We created OneSandbox to better inform and better equip our industry peers to do their part to shift the D&I conversation, and make real strides to overcome the disparities for diverse makers and creators. We hope that by making this information easily and readily available, we can eliminate some of the barriers and make some real change."

To date, no centralized, unified resource has existed to help producers and creatives locate and explore noteworthy diverse and women-owned creative vendors to bid on projects.

OneSandbox works to simplify this process by identifying, evaluating and listing qualified MWBEs. This includes businesses that are either classified or certified by one of several major diversity councils: Women (WBENC), Multicultural (NMSDC), Hispanic (USHCC), LGBT (NGLCC) and Veteran (NaVOBA).

"What's so powerful about OneSandbox is that brands and agencies will finally have one centralized resource to explore,

experience and hire fresh voices and fresh visions that can create work that truly reflects a more diverse and inclusive American audience," said Rob Schwartz, CEO of TBWA\Chiat\Day New York.

Beyond creative vendors, One Sandbox includes information on more than 40 Diversity & Inclusion themed conferences, 20 D&I award shows, and a real-time aggregated newsfeed highlighting must-read stories from around the web on Diversity & Inclusion, with over 5,000 articles at launch. All of these features are available for public consumption at no cost.

Access to vendor listings is available via subscription to member agencies. Current OneSandbox member agencies include TBWA\Chiat\Day, The Integer Group, GMR Marketing, Eventive, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, The Collective, TBWA\WorldHealth, Nissan United, 180LA, Designory and Engage. The system is also in beta testing across other agencies within the Omnicom People Engagement Network (OPEN), with plans to extend full membership offers across additional Omnicom agencies, followed by the industry at large in the coming year.

Omnicom SVP and Chief Diversity Officer Tiffany R. Warren commented: "As more and more agencies and clients are looking to increase their spend with women and diverse creative vendors, I'm excited that so many diversity champions within Omnicom could be part of OneSandbox upon launch.

It's important we continue to champion disruptive thinking in this space—and we are excited to have this resource available for our agencies."

"As a creative who has worked on Madison Avenue and brought that experience and entrepreneurship to start my own shop, Bravely, working alongside TBWA to create OneSandbox was an incredible project," said Shane Santiago, President and Chief Experience Officer at Bravely. "There is no shortage of incredibly talented and diverse partners out there who rely on partnerships with agencies to grow, yet at the same time, agencies can create really amazing work by partnering as well. So being able to create a community that thrives on that partnership was incredibly meaningful for me personally, having been on both sides of that relationship."

The San Bernardino County Homeless Count and Survey Local/National News The annual San Bernardino County unsheltered homeless Point-In-Time Count (PITC) count, coordinated by the San Bernardino Office of Homeless Services (OHS) in conjunction with the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership (SBCHP), will take place on January 24, 2019. It is designed to obtain an estimated number of homeless individuals and families in San Bernardino County on a given day and to discover their specific needs.

Individuals and organizations are invited to volunteer to participate in the count, which will be conducted from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. throughout San Bernardino County.

All 24 cities and towns as well as the unincorporated areas within San Bernardino County will be canvassed by field teams of volunteers, including members of the public, community groups, county employees, homeless service providers, and private-sector stakeholders. Volunteers who are able to engage with homeless individuals will ask specific questions, offer hygiene kits, and provide informa-

tion on who to contact for homeless services.

What's new this year? Volunteers will conduct the entire unsheltered Point-In-Time Count (PITC) by use of a web-based application designed specifically for the San Bernardino PITC. Volunteers will need to have their own IOS (Apple) or Android "smart" phone in order to conduct the survey.

For more information or to register as a volunteer, please visit www.sbcounty.gov/dbh/ sbchp. If you have questions regarding the count call the OHS at (909) 386-8297 or email Michele Bletcher at mkbletcher@dbh.sbcounty.gov.

The OHS works to develop countywide public and private partnerships and to coordinate services and resources to end homelessness in San Bernardino County. Through this, OHS is helping to achieve the Countywide Vision by working to create a sustainable system of community health, public safety, and housing. Information on the Countywide Vision and OHS can be found at www.sbcounty.gov.

Coach Kevin Ramsey. Photo by The Atlanta Voice.

Friday afternoon, Clark Atlanta University Athletics announced a round of staff changes for the Panthers Football Program, including the search for a new head coach.

A national search has begun for the successor to Kevin Ramsey, who has not been retained as head coach of the Clark Atlanta University football team. The Panthers finished 3-7 last season, and 13-26 during Ramsey’s tenure, which he started as interim head coach in 2015.

“I’d like to thank Coach Ramsey for his service to Clark Atlanta University Athletics and the CAU Football Program,” Dawson said. “We appreciate his work to develop student athletes during his time here and wish him well in his future endeavors.”

The assistant coaches will serve in their current capacity during the leadership transition and each will have an opportunity to interview with the next

leader of the football program.

The assistants will continue to comb the country for the most talented student-athletes until a new head football coach is chosen.

“The staff changes are part of the same spirit to continue raising the bar of excellence in Panther athletics,” Dawson said.

Over the past two years, Clark Atlanta University Athletics has seen a slew of upgrades and modernization projects. A new weight room has been completed at CAU Panther Stadium, men’s and women’s basketball locker rooms have been completely renovated, as has the CAU Tennis Courts and crucial equipment in L.S. Epps Gymnasium.

A state-of-the art video board and audio system has also been installed at Panther Stadium. In a few weeks, construction will commence for a new IAAF certified track.

This article originally appeared in the Atlanta Voice.

California Congresswoman Maxine Waters Makes History:...continued from page 3 Southern cities – Mobile, Alabama; Greenville, North Carolina; and Gainesville, Florida – and Latinos in Iowa City, Iowa.”

A second but equally harmful trend is predatory lending that targets these same consumers with high-cost credit that creates debt traps. When consumers find themselves short of cash before paydays, overdraft fees, payday and car title loans are among the most predatory due to their extremely high interest rates and failure to consider whether borrowers have the financial capacity to repay the loans without taking on additional debt.

For all of Black America, as well as consumer advocates and others who believe financial fairness should be the nation’s watchword, an expectation of a new era

of accountability, access and transparency is hoped to soon unfold.

"She is a tough and savvy defender of consumer protection and holds the feet of the banks and the Trump administration regulators to the fire," said Mike Calhoun, president of the Center for Responsible Lending in a recent interview.

Should anyone doubt the resolve of Congresswoman Waters, consider her reaction last fall when she and other prominent progressives faced a series of bomb threats and other violence.

“We have to keep doing what we’re doing in order to make this country right,” Waters told the Washington Post. “That’s what I intend to do. And as the young people say, ‘I ain’t scared.’”

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Dame Dash reveals what Aaliyah thought about R. Kelly By Terry Shropshire

Photo: YouTube screenshot/Hip Hop Motivator Following the release of the recent Lifetime docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly,” over the past few days, pop culture has been deluged with a multiplicity of testimonies of the alleged chronic sexual improprieties of superstar singer R. Kelly. But few people know how the late beloved singer Aaliyah, who was portrayed in the film, felt about the singer.

Music industry veteran Dame Dash does. Dash had been silent for nearly two decades about what his former girlfriend Aaliyah really thought about R. Kelly.

Now we are able to get an inkling based on an interview Dash did with Kenyatta “The Hip Hop Motivator.”

Dash, a former business partner with Jay-Z at Roc-a-fella, explained why he never supported Kelly and it’s because Aaliyah was emotionally devastated after she emerged from that relationship. In fact, Dash said it was so hard for Aaliyah that she shut down talking about him.

Dame added that much like the female witnesses and alleged survivors who spoke on “Surviving

R. Kelly,” it was hard for Aaliyah to talk, but she did say that Kelly was a “bad dude.”

“I watched some of it yesterday, and as a human I was tight. There was a girl and when she was trying to talk about it, she couldn’t,” Dash says during the interview.

“And I remember Aaliyah trying to talk about it and she couldn’t.

She would just leave it at ‘that dude was a bad man.’ I’ve been tight about this sh*t for years.”

Dame said he did not support his then-partner Jay-Z working with R. Kelly on the Best of Both Worlds collaborative tape after learning about Kelly’s child porn sex tape.

Dash also took his name off the project under Roc-a-fella at the time. Dash did, however, use his cut from the Jay-Z and R. Kelly project and poured into Aaliyah’s breast cancer organization.

Listen to what Dash has to say about Aaliyah and R. Kelly on the YouTube video interview below, beginning at about the 10-minute mark.

This article originally appeared in Rollingout.com.

Why Idris Elba’s daughter thinks he’s a cool dad

Idris Elba (Photo: BANG MEDIA)

By Rolling Out Idris Elba is finally a “cool dad” after booking a slot at Coachella.

The “Luther” star — who is also a DJ — has impressed his daughter Isan, 17, by being given the green light to perform a set at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April.

She said: “It was a cool dad moment. I was looking at the list and saw Virgil Abloh, because I love Off-White, and right under him I saw Idris Elba. I was in my bed and he was sleeping, so I couldn’t even say congratulations. I was like, ‘What?!’ I had no idea.”

And now Isan is hoping this will be a great excuse for her to go to the annual festival.

She added to “Entertainment Tonight”: “Coachella is so huge.

I’ve never been and I want to go.

Hopefully, he lets me come because I have to miss school, but

[we’ll see].”

It comes after Isan admitted she was left feeling “awkward” after her father was named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive earlier this month.

She said: “Actually, I was on Instagram. PEOPLE said, ‘Oh, we’re announcing the Sexiest Man Alive,’ and I was like, ‘Oh yes, can’t wait.’ I wake up in the morning and it’s my dad. I was like, ‘This isnot what I was expecting. This is not very fun.’ …

When I called him the day after, not even about it, he was like, ‘Do you have anything to say to me?’

And I said, ‘No, I don’t think so.’

Then he said, ‘I’m the Sexiest Man Alive.’ I was like, ‘Oh, yeah. That.

That thing. Uh, okay, cool. You’re welcome.’”

This article originally appeared in the rollingout.com.

Executive Producer Dream Hampton Talks “Surviving R. Kelly”

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia

Dream Hampton served as executive producer for the upcoming Lifetime series 'Surviving R. Kelly.'(Screen capture: Source YouTube) For Dream Hampton, who served as executive producer of the much-talked about “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary, the explosive revelations in the film were just the tip of the iceberg.

Hampton said there were many things she couldn’t talk about and will never discuss because it’s “so dark and sad and traumatic.”

That’s saying quite a bit as the three-part Lifetime Television series not only has social media and the general public aghast but has

celebrities like John Legend and Chance the Rapper expressing remorse for ever working with Kelly.

“Maybe he could’ve gotten help when he was 30, or you know, 29 when the Aaliyah stuff broke,” Hampton said in an extensive interview on The Karen Hunter Show on Sirius XM Radio.

Aaliyah was largely left out of the documentary, but Hampton said she didn’t want to devote an entire episode on the late songstress.

“For me, she’s actually his type,” Hampton told Hunter. “You know, what he targets are very regular, and you know, your audience understands this, like brown-skin black girls. You know, like he, we can talk about publicly, oh, that he targets black girls who aren’t famous. No, he has a very specific type, you know.”

Surviving R. Kelly — which (continued in next 2 columns)

Executive Producer Dream Hampton Talks “Surviving R. Kelly”...continued aired on Lifetime from Thursday, Jan. 3 to Saturday, Jan. 5 — featured wide-ranging interviews with Kelly’s family members, former friends and colleagues, but most notably, women who claim that for decades, the hit-making singer and producer used his power and influence to sexually and physically abuse women and young girls.

PEOPLE Magazine editors said they reached out to Kelly’s representatives who offered a “no comment” about the series.

In 2002, Kelly, a Chicago native, was indicted after a video surfaced allegedly showing a man engaged in sex acts with a woman who some witnesses testified was 14 at the time of the recording.

Both Kelly and the woman denied that the video was of them, and Kelly was never charged with assault. In 2008, Kelly was found not guilty on 21 counts of child pornography.

Several published reports said Kelly intends to counteract the documentary with lawsuits and

the creation of a Facebook page to “expose the lies.” However, Hampton said there was plenty of truth attached to the story and much more remains untold.

“When I went into this project, I was clear that he was a predator and that he targeted young and vulnerable girls. I don’t think I knew he was an abuser, and I don’t mean to sound naive, but I just didn’t think physical abuse was a part of his repertoire,” Hampton said.

“I certainly didn’t know I would have to listen to a woman after woman talking about being denied food and movement. I mean, we about to get into a couple of episodes where you’re going to hear testimony of girls talking about having, you know, they couldn’t leave the room unless he told them to and all of them didn’t have bathrooms in the room. So, they used slop buckets. His runners would put slop buckets in the room. So, I don’t think I was prepared for his sadism.”

MLK 2019 Honorees...continued On June 15, 2019, will be the “154th Anniversary of Juneteenth” which completes freedom for all people born on American soil, by way of the Emancipation Proclamation. Globally, Ganesha Park in Pomona, CA has the only historic Juneteenth enshrinement representing the National Juneteenth Holiday Bill Observance for California. Again, we will be celebrating the “29th Pomona Valley Juneteenth Freedom Day Jazz Festival. It will feature live entertainment, poetry, gospel, old school tributes, arts & crafts vendors, and fun for the kids.

We have a mission to keep the Juneteenth legacy alive, educating our youth, and our communi-

“I Tell You, If You Are Going to Start the New Year Off Right…!”

By: Lou Yeboah

FILM REVIEW: The Upside

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic On paper, a story about a lowincome black health-care aid who’s befriended by a rich white male quadriplegicsounds suspect. Patronizing films like <em>Driving Miss Daisy</ em>come to mind, and potential filmgoers upon hearing the plotline may feel anxious, angry and nauseous all at the same time.

On-screen, <em>The Upside</ em>, an American remake of the 2011 Cesar-winning French blockbuster called <em>Les Untouchables</em>, which launched the career Omar Sy (<em>Jurassic World</em>,<em>X-Men: Days of Future Past</em>), is iffy but still quite touching. Three-dimensional compelling performances

by Bryan Cranston (that’s to be expected) and Kevin Hart (a welcome surprise) are its saving grace.

Kevin Hart fans may think that this role of an underling is beneath their favorite comedy actor. Instead they should view it as an opportunity to see him show more than his class-clown approach to performing. Thrown into the deep-sea depths of a dramedy, Mr. Hart proves he can swim just fine.

Dell (Hart), a young man with a criminal past is behind on his child support payments; pity his wife (Aja Naomi King, <em>The Birth of a Nation</em>) and son (Jahi Di’Allo Winston, <em>The New Edition Story</em>). He needs a job and money in a bad way. Dell haphazardly gets a position as a caregiver for a wheelchair-bound millionaire, author Phillip (Cranston), a grief-stricken widower. Queue the violins! How rich is he? Only boxer Floyd Mayweather has more high-end cars in his garage.

Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart co-star in The Upside Dell’s budding relationship with Mr. Moneybags is heavily scrutinized by a snoopy secretary, Yvonne (Nicole Kidman). Yet, the two men learn a lot from each other (apparently opera music is not so bad,and Aretha’s Franklin’s voice can light up a room) and a friendship forms.

Screenwriter Jon Hartmere takes the real-life experience of Tunisian-born French businessman Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, who became a diabetic quadriplegic in 1993 after a paragliding accident and Americanizes it. The social and racial dynamics in the U.S. are different that those in France (more progressive), so the entire premise feels passé—boarding on offensive—even with a modern New York setting. That said, the nuts and bolts of the screenplay are short on sentimentality and long on the viable bromance.

If prospective moviegoers can’t get past the film’s premise, so be it. If they can, they’ll watch a shallow film become a touch deeper because Cranston and Hart create an authentic chemistry.

Visit NNPA News Wire Film Critic Dwight Brown at <a h r e f = ” h t t p : / / dwightbrownink.com/ ”>DwightBrownInk.com</a>and <a href=”https:// w w w. b l a c k p r e s s u s a . c o m / ”>BlackPressUSA.com</a>.

MLK 2019 Honorees Lifestyle News

Juneteenth Education Technology Mobile Arts Center, Inc., (J.E.T.M.A.C, Inc.,/MLK Unity Breakfast Committee, would like to congratulate our nominated Honorable Awardees of the Year.

Mrs. Kim Everett Anthony-Morrow, Urban Philanthropy, this award is for her outstanding contributions and hard work to create new Entrepreneurs in the community and abroad. Ms. Jeannetta Royston, President Pomona Valley NAACP, for her steadfast effort to fight for equality and justice for the community to exemplify their civil rights and human rights as citizens. Atty. Legrand Clegg II, Historian, Writer, and Lecturer, this award is for his 47 years of lifetime work commitment as a lawyer, educator, and making a difference in people’s lives, Mrs. Hilda Kennedy, Founder/President of AMPAC Tri State CDC as the Outstanding Community Service Awardee, who have helped with the financial expansion and growth of minority businesses.

We invite you, your family and friends to come out to the “18th Yr. Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Unity Breakfast and Tribute”, Monday, January 21st, 2019, “Themed – A Time to Reflect and

Forward the Torch”, at the Ontario Airport Doubletree Hotel, 222 Vineyard Ave. Ontario, CA. Doors open at 8:00am, Program starts at 8:30am to 10:30am. Following is the Breakout room Economic Education Panel speakers for ticket holders only, from 11:00AM to 1:00pm. Ticket donation is $38.00 General Admission, VIP $50.00 per person, or $340.00 for a table of (10). All donations are tax deductible.

Atty. Legrand Clegg, retired from 47 years of Civil Law, Historian and Writer, will be the Keynote speaker this year, speaking on “Understanding the Root of Racism.” A performance by new Gospel Song Artist Sherri Bryant, and the return of Directress/ Songtress Biddy Newborn, from Raleigh, North Carolina, director for the Reknowned, Shirley Ceasar’s church, and other Inland Empire Choirs will be participating, also.

Each year we strive to recognize the heroes of our community.

We recognize students who participate in the MLK Essay Contest and/or the Juneteenth Essay Contest and give the winners scholarship money. (continued in next 2 columns)

ties about its significance.

Projects consist of distribution of Juneteenth Literacy Books into schools & libraries, the mobile education technology museum and learning center, the student business training program, and scholarships for disadvantaged students. We thank you in advance for getting involved and participating in this spirit filled “M.L.K. - A Day of Service” event. For sponsorship opportunities, ads in program book, or vendor booth, for more information contact: Trudy Coleman, Juneteenth/MLK Committee Coordinator at (909) 418-8530 or (909) 681-3554, or (585) 653 - 8622 | (585) 6 JETMAC.

Lou Yeboah You need to resolve that you will have “No More Drama” in your life. You know Mary J. Blige had a hit record entitled, “No More Drama.” In this song, “No More Drama”, Mary J. Blige talks about how tired she was from having so much drama in her life. She talks about how tired she was from having a broken heart.

She talks about how tired she was from being burned by some so-called friends.

She talks about how tired she was from being hurt, being in pain, being in tears.

She talks about how tired she was from being in so much stress, being in bondage and that she wanted to be set free from all the drama, and from all the madness that was taking place in her life. And because Mary J. Blige said she was so tired of the drama that was taking place in her life, she decided, “No More! “No More Drama” in her life.

I tell you, if you are going to start the New Year off right, there are some things

that you need to let go of: Hatefulness, unforgiveness, bad relationships, bad attitudes, lying lips, malicious gossiping, disobedience, drugs, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, anger, and anything that come between you and the Lord. Anything or anybody that hinder your relationship with Christ, and it brings nothing but drama in your life, you need to let it go! I’m talking about the “New You in the New Year.”

You are committed to things you really don’t need, and you are not committed to the things that could change your life. Apostle Paul tells us to forget those things that are in our past, those things that hinder us and press forward to achieve the goal that Jesus Christ has won for us.

I tell you, we would do good to follow the examples of the people we see in scripture and throw off every pain that hinders us and get busy running our race with perseverance.

Jesus said in [Revelation.

21:5, “I am making everything new.” I don’t know about you, but I like that…. Everything new! It’s a New Day, It’s a New Season, and it’s a New Year…. Walk in it with Total Newness!

Witness For Justice #926

My New Year’s Wish List John C. Dorhauer General Minister and President Here is my wish list for the New Year.

As justice advocates inspired by the teachings of Jesus and the writings of our sacred texts, these are among the things I wish for in the New Year. I pray that together we can move the needle forward on all of these.

For all the refugees and asylum seekers, a new hope found in the remembrance of a nation that once said to the poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free come hither, I light my lamp beside the golden door.

For all children, new pathways to food, to schools free of gun violence, and to restful nights without worry.

For all creation, new commitments to clean water, clean air, clean forests, clean fields.

For the Church, new hope found in faith communities new and old who remember what their mission is and who are willing to do whatever it takes to complete it for the sake of a world hungering for the love and the hope you offer.

For our clergy, a new vision of what your toil makes possible and with that the loss of any fear or doubt that your ministry matters.

For our elected officials, new hearts of compassion for the poor, the oppressed, the immigrant, the children, and the Earth.

For our schools, new funding for all the tools necessary to raise up new generations of learned and curious minds.

For all men, a new and deeper awareness of the full impact of your privilege.

For all women, a newly found belief in your right and your ability to choose your own pathway through life free of the gaze or the grope of others whose interests do not align with yours.

For lovers, new reminders of what drove your heart to your beloved and a new commitment to help the world embrace fully your choices to love another.

For laborers, a renewed commitment to living wages and labor laws that protect your safety, your health, your wholeness.

For teachers, new students with curiosity and playfulness of spirit open to the pathways you can forge for them as they seek to make their way in the world.

For artists, new passion for seeing, hearing, expressing and articulating your truth in ways that expand our sometimes limited field of seeing what is possible.

For the poets and songwriters, new words to inspire new hopes and resolve old fears.

For all – new pathways to peace, to love, to friendship, to hope, to joy, and to harmony between all peoples.

May our swords be beaten into plowshares, our spears into pruning hooks.

May this be the year we learn no longer the ways of war.

May we all live peaceably, each under our own vine and fig where no one makes us afraid.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR John C. Dorhauer is General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.

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The Joint Center Applauds U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Senator Gary Peters for Today’s Appointments of Top Staff of Color By Sentinel News Service

Joi Chaney as chief of staff (pictured left),Zephranie Buetow to serve as legislative director (pictured right). (Courtesy photo) The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies commended U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) for their recent appointments of top staff of color. Senator Gillibrand hired Joi Chaney as chief of staff and Senator Peters promoted Zephranie Buetow to serve as legislative director.

“As a native of Michigan, I am particularly proud that Senator Peters has elevated Zephranie Buetow to a top policy position in his Washington, DC office–she joins just two other African Americans who serve as legislative directors in the Senate,” said Joint Center President Spencer Overton. “As Congress returns to work and continues to fill more than 300 top staff positions, I urge Members to continue making diversity and inclusion a priority.

Doing so sends the right message to all communities starting from day one.”

Gillibrand’s and Peters’s appointments are indicative of a wave of diversity hires of top staff

of color. According to the Joint Center’s live tracker, four new chiefs of color have been hired by returning Senators. Two (including Chaney) are Black women, one is Asian American/ Pacific Islander woman, and one is Latino.

“Black women play a vital role in our democracy. By appointing Joi Chaney to lead her Senate office, Senator Gillibrand is playing a leading role in the Senate by recognizing that the talent and experiences of people of color matter in policymaking,” said Joint Center Black Talent Initiative Director Don Bell. “Hiring top staff is integral to creating a culture of diversity and inclusion, and it is necessary to ensure that our democracy is truly representative and accountable to all.”

In 2015, the Joint Center issued a report, Racial Diversity Among Top Senate Staff, finding that African Americans accounted for 13 percent of the U.S. population and 22 percent of those who identified as Democratic voters, but less

Citizens Disability Takes a Personalized and Specialized Team Approach to the Social Security Disability Claims Process Consumer Advocacy Group Helping Disabled Workers Fight for and Receive the SSDI Benefits They Deserve Business/Consumer News

Waltham, Mass. – November 2018 – With almost two-thirds of Social Security Disability applicants being denied benefits, many who have been paying into the system for years and are truly deserving of such benefits give up the fight. Citizens Disability is picking up the battle axe on their behalf. An advocacy group for people who are struggling to obtain SSDI benefits, Citizens Disability is changing the benefits landscape by helping individuals navigate the large, impersonal and denial-heavy government system.

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) study showed that “claimants who had representatives, such as an attorney...were allowed benefits at a rate nearly 3 times higher than those without representatives.”

Additionally, according to the Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2016, “The final award rate for disabled-worker applicants has varied over time, averaging 34 percent for claims filed from 2006 through 2015. When only first-time applications are considered, the award rates become even worse. “The percentage of applicants awarded benefits at the initial claims level averaged only 23 percent.” Once denied, many individuals who take on the daunting application process drop out of the fray, and with good reason.

Operating under the slogan of “All we do is fight for you,” Citi-

zens Disability increases these dismal approval odds considerably. By dedicating a Citizens Disability advocate to each individual aspect of the claim procedure, the advocacy group simplifies the complicated application process. This personalized approach to filing a claim ensures a highly trained individual is dedicated to each aspect of the application.

“Unlike the traditional approach in which a caseworker is assigned dozens, even hundreds, of applicants and then handles all phases of the process, we take a phaseby-phase approach,” explains Andrew Youngman, Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Disability.

“In doing so, our clientele receive access to an initial filing specialist. They are then passed down the chain to another professional and then another who guides them through every aspect of the claim.”

What does this differentiated approach mean for Citizens Disability’s clients? Most importantly, it results in increased odds of disabled workers winning the Social Security benefits they have earned. In turn, deserving applicants can address their health concerns without the added fear of how they are going to survive and thus get on with their lives.

To learn more about Citizens Disability, please visit https:// www.citizensdisability.com/. Interested media may arrange a meeting with company management by calling 512-777-8602.

AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Swift Passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 Government News

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten released the following statement on the introduction of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019:

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than 1 percent of top Senate staffers. With these appointments, along with others announced over the past two weeks, Senators of the 116th Congress are well on their way toward changing these statistics.

The official bios for the new top staffers can be found below: Joi Chaney will join Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (NY) office as its Chief of Staff at the end of January after running Equal Pay Today, a project of Equal Rights Advocates that works in coalition to close the gender wage gap and engage new and diverse constituencies in the fight for equal pay. She is returning to government service after serving in the Obama Administration at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a political appointee in the Office of the Chair. This is her second tour in the Senate, where she was previously Policy Director and Counsel of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee

under then-Majority Leader Harry Reid. Joi is also an alumnus of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Joi is a graduate of Howard University and Harvard Law School.

According to the Office of Senator Peters, Zephranie Buetow is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a B.A. in Speech Communications. She also earned an M.S. in Communication from Illinois State University and a J.D. and M.A. in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies from Loyola University Chicago. She is currently Deputy Legislative Director and Counsel for Senator Peters. Prior to joining Peters’ office in 2015, she worked for former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). While attending law school, Buetow interned in the Chicago Offices of U.S. Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). She also served in the Illinois Army National Guard.

This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel.

AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Swift Passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019...continued or synagogue, families who never returned home from a concert, and shoppers who never return home from the store—all because of senseless shootings. Firearm deaths in the United States are at a 50-year high: On average, a shooting occurs at a U.S. school every eight days.

“Gun violence is a public health crisis in our country—an epidemic that we have failed to treat at its root because the desires of the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers trump the needs of children, parents, teachers and responsible gun owners, who all agree on the need for commonsense gun safety measures.

“But today—the eighth anniversary of the Tucson, Ariz., shootings in a supermarket parking lot that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including former Rep. Gabby Giffords— Rep. Mike Thompson and his colleagues on the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force have taken the first step toward bringing common sense back to our

gun laws. By introducing a universal background check bill that requires a background check for nearly every firearm purchase in the United States, the new House Democratic majority is making clear: We must combat gun violence and stop being terrorized by it.

“Background checks make it harder for guns to wind up in the hands of violent criminals, people with a history of domestic abuse, and other potentially dangerous buyers. Right now, there are far too many loopholes that make it too easy for guns to get into our communities, causing violence in our schools, our places of worship and other public places that should be safe sanctuaries. Gun violence has hardened our social fabric and sowed fear in an entire generation of school-age kids, but today, we join with Democrats and Republicans in Congress who are taking action to stop this crisis. We hope the entire Congress joins them to pass this bill immediately.”

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Reacts to Appellate Court’s Decision to Uphold the Conviction and 20-Year sentence of Michael Slager Government News WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement following an appellate court’s decision to uphold the conviction and 20-year sentence of a white former South Carolina policeman for the shooting death of Walter Scott.

“The 4th Circuit’s unanimous decision upholding the conviction and sentence of Michael Slager is a powerful reminder about the critical role that the federal government must play in holding officers accountable for unlawful and deadly conduct that violates the civil rights of Americans. The federal government obtained a conviction and sentence that sends a strong message to other law enforcement officers who have grown accustomed to acting with impunity.

While today’s decision rejecting Slager’s appeal won’t bring Walter Scott back, it provides some small measure of justice for communities and families that are too often impacted by the tragic and fatal shootings of unarmed African Americans.

“There are times when state action is not enough and this is a case in which the federal government needed to step in because of the egregiousness of the facts and the fatal outcome. At every stage, this case has been a powerful example of why federal prosecution is so critical in the context of police shootings. Moving forward, it is critical that the U.S. Justice Department use its strong muscle and substantial resources to confront our nation’s police shooting crisis, and seek significant jail time for convicted officers who use deadly force without basis.”

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California’s Open Enrollment for Individuals Ends Jan. 15; Consumers Have One Week to Sign Up for Health Care Coverage Consumers have through Jan. 15 to sign up and select a plan through Covered California or directly with health plans for coverage that will begin on Feb. 1.

The final week of open enrollment comes on the heels of Gov. Newsom’s announcing sweeping proposals, including a new requirement for having coverage and expanded subsidies.

While open enrollment ended for much of the nation in December, California’s final deadline is about two weeks earlier than it was in previous years, when open enrollment ran through the end of the month.

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New Scholarship Supports American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Mission to Increase Diversity in Health Care...continued from page 4 “National Medical Fellowships (NMF) is thrilled to have collaborated with the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program and grateful to the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation for its support,” said president and CEO Esther R. Dyer, MLS, DLS. “Through this scholarship, NMF can support the next generation of diverse leaders in the highly competitive field of ophthalmology.”

Past president of the Academy, Keith D. Carter, M.D., FACS, is also a past recipient of an NMF scholarship. “I have always been grateful for this generosity,” Dr. Carter said. “The scholarship was very important and inspirational because of the effort of an organization offering to assist me with my training expense.”

Visit the Academy at aao.org/ minority-mentoring-students to learn more about the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program. Visit National Medical Fellowships online at nmfonline.org.

About the American Academy of Ophthalmology The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world’s largest association of eye physicians and surgeons. A global

community of 32,000 medical doctors, we protect sight and empower lives by setting the standards for ophthalmic education and advocating for our patients and the public. We innovate to advance our profession and to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality eye care. Our EyeSmart® program provides the public with the most trusted information about eye health. For more information, visit aao.org.

About National Medical Fellowships (NMF) NMF is the only national organization solely dedicated to providing scholarships and support to medical and health professions students across all minority groups underrepresented in healthcare. NMF seeks to identify and nurture tomorrow’s diverse healthcare leaders today, who have the knowledge, skills, cultural competency and commitment to achieve excellence in healthcare for all. Today our mission is more important than ever.

For more information, visit nmfonline.org. * Source: AMA Physician MasterFile 2010 Data “Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US", 2012 Edition