San Bernardino American Newspaper June 21-27

Vol. 49 No. 9

June 21, 2018 - June 27, 2018

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Newly-Elected Mayor London Breed Makes History in San Francisco

His Lies, China And Putin: Solving The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross’ Missing Fortune

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

Dan Alexander , FORBES STAFF

London Breed made history to become the first African American woman mayor of San Francisco, Calif.

(Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA) London Breed has made history, becoming the first African American woman elected mayor in San Francisco after her opponent conceded in what had been a razor-close race.

Breed, who had been appointed mayor last December following the death of Mayor Ed Lee, was forced out of the post after officials cited a conflict with her position on the city’s Board of Supervisors.

She defeated former State Senator Mark Leno in a close race that came down to 14,000 provisional ballots counted, over the past week.

“I am London Breed, I am president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and soon to be mayor of the city and county of San Francisco,” she told a crowd gathered downtown after Leno conceded. “I am truly humbled, and I am truly honored.”

Born in San Francisco, Breed was raised by her grandmother in the city’s public housing.

Breed praised United States Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), among others, as being an influence. She said she wanted to emulate her grandmother, who took care of the community and looked after everyone.

“It’s really amazing, and it’s really an honor and I know it means so much to so many people,” she said, responding to a question about being the first African American female to earn election to the city’s mayor’s office. “This is my home and I grew up in some of the most challenging of circumstances.”

Breed continued: “I think the message that this sends to the next generation of young people growing up in this city, that no matter where you come from, you can do anything you want to do.”

In a January interview with NNPA Newswire, Breed said she

planned to remain the same outspoken, 43-year-old who was raised on the hard knock streets of the Fillmore District, just southwest of Nob Hill.

“People sometimes say about me, ‘I can’t believe, she said that.’

I remind them, I’m from Fillmore, but I say it in the way we say it in the streets—‘Fill-Mo,’” Breed said. “When you come from the kind of community that I come from and experience a lot of frustration, if you are not outspoken you can’t get the things done that you need to [get done].”

After first being appointed to take over for Lee after his death on December 12, local media noted that Breed has been criticized for being “headstrong” and “outspoken,” once even announcing to her peers that she “was no shrinking violet.”

“I am who I am, and I didn’t think I’d ever run for office, because I am who I am,” Breed said.

“I say what I feel like I need to say and that’s how I’ve always been, and I couldn’t live with myself, if I felt that I have to change to be an elected official.”

This article was originally published on BlackPressUSA.com.

Stacy Brown is an NNPA Newswire Contributor and co-author of “Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask: An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop.” Follow Stacy on Twitter @stacybrownmedia.

This article was originally published on BlackPressUSA.com.

San Bernardino Valley College Recognized for Increasing Graduate Earnings By Up to 551% Community News

San Bernardino Valley College graduates prepare to participate in the college’s 91st Commencement procession on May 25, 2018.

Graduates of San Bernardino Valley College’s Psychiatric Technology Class of 2017 attend a graduation celebration on campus.

SAN BERNARDINO, California?—In March 2018, San Bernardino Valley College was awarded 17 silver and bronze “Strong Workforce Stars” by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to recognize it for increasing graduate earnings by up to 551%, as well as for helping students to attain a regional living wage and find employment in their field of study.

“Strong Workforce Stars” is an annual recognition for career education programs within the California Community Colleges system whose graduates show sig-

nificant gains in factors important for advancing social mobility: a substantial increase in earnings, attainment of a living wage and a job closely matched with the field of study. The 2018 Strong Workforce Stars were given to programs throughout the state that met one or more of the following thresholds: An increase in earnings by 50 percent or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who earned a certificate or degree and were last enrolled in 2015-16.

Attainment of the regional living wage by 70 percent or more,

San Bernardino Valley College graduates prepare to participate in the college’s 91st Commencement procession on May 25, 2018. based on a match to the state wage file, for students who earned a certificate or degree and were last enrolled in 2015-16.

90 percent or more are employed in a job similar to their field of study, according to the Career Technical Education Outcomes Survey, for students who earned a certificate or degree and were last enrolled in 2014-15.

Among the stars awarded, SBVC’s psychiatric technology program was lauded for increasing student earnings by 551%, with 96% of graduates attaining the regional living wage. SBVC’s nursing program increased earnings by 53%, with 83% of graduates attaining the regional living wage.

Other SBVC programs recognized included: Electronics and Electric Technology: 54% increase in earnings.

Welding Technology: 53% increase in earnings.

Diesel Technology: 56% increase in earnings.

Automotive Technology: 137% increase in earnings.

Automotive Collision Repair: 162% increase in earnings.

Real Estate: 66% increase in

earnings.

Child Development (Early Care and Education): 58% increase in earnings.

Environmental Control Technology: 79% of students attained the regional living wage.

Construction Inspection: 73% of students attained the regional living wage.

Water and Wastewater Technology: 79% of students attained the regional living wage.

Pharmacy Technology: 207% increase in earnings.

Alcohol and Controlled Substances: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study.

Radio and Television: 84% increase in earnings.

Graphic Art and Design: 107% increase in earnings.

Administration of Justice: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study.

For more information on the Strong Workforce Program and the California community colleges that have been recognized statewide, visit http:// doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/ StrongWorkforce.aspx.

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross/

Amid President Trump’s headaches confirming cabinet secretaries, from neophyte Rex Tillerson to conflict-prone Scott Pruitt to unprepared Betsy DeVos, all of whom squeezed through, Wilbur Ross was a tonic.

With his blue power suit and decades of deal making, he had the look and the résumé of a commerce secretary. And unlike his boss, Ross promised to divest from almost all his holdings upon entering government, drawing bipartisan praise en route to an easy confirmation. “You have really made a very personal sacrifice,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut. “Your service has resulted in your divesting yourself of literally hundreds of millions of dollars.” In November 2017, Ross confirmed in writing to the federal Office of Government Ethics that he had divested everything he promised.

But that was not true. After weeks of investigation, Forbes found: ·For most of last year, Ross served as secretary of commerce while maintaining stakes in companies co-owned by the Chinese government, a shipping firm tied to Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, a Cypriot bank reportedly caught up in the Robert Mueller investigation and a huge player in an industry Ross is now investigating. It’s hard to imagine a more radioactive portfolio for a cabinet member.

To this day, Ross’ family apparently continues to have an interest in these toxic holdings. Rather than dump them all, the commerce secretary sold some of his interests to Goldman Sachs—and, according to Ross himself, put others in a trust for his family members. He continued to deal with China, Russia and others while evidently knowing that his family’s interests were tied to those countries.

In addition, five days before reports surfaced last fall that Ross was connected to cronies of Vladimir Putin through a shipping firm called Navigator Holdings, the secretary of commerce, who likely knew about the reporting, shorted stock in the Kremlinlinked company, positioning him-

self to make money on the investment when share prices dropped.

Absurdly, maintaining all those conflicts of interest appears to be entirely legal—a reflection of ethics laws woefully unprepared for governing tycoons like Donald Trump and Wilbur Ross.

Ross appears to have broken one law, however: submitting a sworn statement to federal officials in November saying he divested of everything he had promised he would—even though he still held more than $10 million worth of stock in financial firm Invesco, his former employer.

He also continued to hold a short position in a bank called Sun Bancorp, a company he had promised to divest. The next month, Ross got rid of interests in both.

What does Ross say about all of this now? Not much. When Forbes asked, a month ago, what became of his holdings, he passed the message to his spokesman, who said he hoped to have an answer the next day.

Five days later, he sent a one-sentence statement, promising Ross’ current assets would be reflected on an annual financial disclosure, which he had not yet filed. Given two weeks to respond to a list of detailed questions, the spokesperson declined to answer most of them but underscored that Ross eventually divested of his holdings. The spokesperson also issued a statement about whether Ross had broken the law by lying to federal officials. “The secretary did not lie,” he said, adding that Ross filed amended paperwork, which is currently under review by the Office of Government Ethics.

Wilbur Ross is not known for telling the truth. On a Sunday afternoon last fall, just back from a trip to Asia, Ross called Forbes to lie about his personal fortune.

Forbes had listed the commerce secretary on its billionaires’ rankings for years, but his financial disclosure report revealed less than $700 million in assets.

When pressed about the discrepancy, Ross calmly cited more than $2 billion in undisclosed assets, saying he had shifted a chunk of his fortune to a trust for his family.

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COMMUNITY/EDUCATION/ADVERTISING

Parental Engagement Secret to Educators Applaud State Budget Vote that Delivers Historic $9 Billion Academic Success

By Dr. Elizabeth V. Primas (Program Manager for NNPA ESSA Public Awareness Campaign)

Surplus Funds Neighborhood Public Schools Making Good on Long-Standing Commitment to California’s Students Community/Education News

BURLINGAME – Eric Heins, president of the 325,000-member California Teachers Association (CTA), issued this statement today about the adoption of the 2018-19 state budget:

Dr. Elizabeth Primas says that ESSA places increased priority on parental engagement and requires states to provide innovative strategies to incorporate parental and family engagement into a school’s decision-making.

The National Family Engagement Summit of 2018 was held in Richmond, Va. Throughout the summit, multiple opportunities were provided for attendees to interact with some of the nation’s leading experts in parent and family engagement. Participants came from near and far. Over 300 teachers, parents, administrators, and community activists participated, presented, networked, taught and learned strategies to increase family engagement. One presenter described the difference between involvement and engagement as the level of commitment, stating, “It’s like you’ve got a ring on it! You’re not just passively attending a few parentteacher meetings, but you’re planning, making decisions, running for the school board and more.”

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), speaks specifically to parent and family engagement.

Data highlighted examples of the successful impact parents can have when they are present in their child’s school. One presenter pointed out that, “Parents tend to be extremely involved with students in the early elementary grades. They bring them to school, speak with the teacher frequently, and are more likely to volunteer for field trips, classroom activities, and attend parent-teacher meetings.” However, around the third grade, parents

start to reduce their involvement.

They attend fewer meetings, volunteer for field-trips and other events less, and seldom spend time in the building. In some cases, they may have only met the teacher just once.

When students reach third grade and began to socialize more independently with friends, parent engagement often wanes. It’s not surprising that after requiring almost, constant supervision that parents breathe a sigh of relief when their children gain newfound independence. However, these are the times when our children require increased attention, specifically our young Black males. There is significant data to show a correlation between K-12 completion, literacy, and adulthood incarceration. The NAACP reported that African Americans are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of Whites and, nationwide, African American children represent 32 percent of children who are arrested. Blacks make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population. Patterns, such as, absenteeism, delinquent behavior, and academic apathy, correlate with high suspension rates and subsequent incarceration.

ESSA places increased priority on parental engagement and requires states to provide innova-

By Manny Otiko | California Black Media

K-14 education received $78.4 billion in Proposition 56 funding.

Higher education also received a share of the budget. The Universit of California system received an additional $210 million, while the California State University System received an additional

$260 million. $15.9 billion was set aside to protect against an economic downturn. $500 million has been allocated for emergency aid to deal with the homelessness crisis The budget allocated $5 billion in Proposition 1 transportation funds to repair and maintain highways.

State Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) was pleased with the areas the budget addressed. "With this budget, we continue our efforts to strengthen the state’s commitment to human infrastructure, with much needed additional resources for childcare, targeted resources for higher education and financial aid, additional funds for the courts and diversion and rehabilitative services, and significant ongoing increases to K-14 education,” she said. In a Facebook post-Mitchell wrote, "Happiness is: (1) when the budget bill has your name on it (2) includes major investments for California’s children and (3) it's done!"

Assembly Budget Committee Member Melissa Melendez (RLake Elsinore) criticized the budget, which was passed by a Democratic majority. She questioned if taxpayers were getting their money’s worth. "California has the highest poverty rate in the nation, is ranked lowest for quality of life out of all 50 states, and has become so unaffordable that one million more residents have left the state than have moved here in the last decade,” said Melendez. “At some point, you have to wonder what taxpayers have gotten for the money they send to government. It doesn't appear to be much.” She added the budget didn't address pressing issues such as rental costs and rising utility bills.

grow. In fact, AP Readiness Director James Keipp said the program nearly doubled its enrollment in its second year, ending the 2017-18 season with an average of 800 students (and 75 educators) participating in each session. In 2018-19, meanwhile, the program is projected to reach an additional 350 students and more than 35 teachers from San Bernardino County.

Keipp described the program’s expansion as the culmination of “a big-picture effort to improve the future of youth in the two counties.” The Growing Inland Achievement grant, he explained, will allow UCR to invest in more classrooms, instructional support, and course offerings, although students from both counties will attend the same monthly seminar sessions.

“One of the biggest benefits of expanding our program into San Bernardino County, aside from increasing the number of interactions between teachers and students, is that we’ll also be able to diversify our instructional op-

tions,” Keipp said.

As a result, the program will maintain its roster of eight traditional course offerings — including biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, and physics — while adding two new seminars in world history and human geography.

According to Gil Compton, director of College and Career Readiness at RCOE, participation in college-level AP courses, which are among the most rigorous courses offered to high schoolers in the United States, can often be an indicator of laterin-life success. In particular, studies have shown that when a student completes one AP course during high school, he or she has a 40 percent higher chance of obtaining a four-year degree.

In Los Angeles County, where the AP Readiness program was piloted, meanwhile, data indicates that students who attended AP Readiness seminars had a 20 percent higher passage rate on their end-of-year examinations than students who didn’t attend.

AP World History course is dropping thousands of years of human events and critics are furious

By The Washington Post/NNPA/ESSA

AP Readiness Program Expands to San Bernardino County A proven success, the program will broaden its reach to serve even more Inland Empire high schoolers and their teachers beginning in fall 2018

By Tess Eyrich On June 14, 2018

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Democrats Approve $200B Budget That Sets Aside Money for LowAchieving Students And More

The California Senate has approved an almost $200 billion budget which set asides money for several issues that progressive groups deem important such as education, homelessness and transportation. The budget also approves $300 million for schools to boost the academic performance of underachieving students. Thiswas an issue that black voters and legislators had lobbied for.

However, it is a compromise with Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) who had requested ongoing funding for this project. The $300 million is a one-time funding allocation. "We cannot look the other way anymore.

African-American kids in California persistently fall behind academically,” said Weber when she was lobbying for the funding.

"And this problem is not limited to low-income students either.

Parents have been patiently waiting for something to change, but it has not.

Providing additional resources for the lowest-performing students is now no longer an option, but a necessity.” Other takeaways from the budget include:

“The legislature’s vote on the state budget today puts an exclamation point on California’s mandate to fund neighborhood public schools and makes good on a long-standing commitment to California’s students.

“Today, the state is looking at a $9 billion surplus by the end of the fiscal year, fully funding the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) two years ahead of schedule, millions more in funding for higher education and muchneeded funding for health and human services, which begins to address the homelessness crisis impacting our students and our communities. Also significant is the certification of the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee and the continuous appropriation of the LCFF, including cost of living adjustment. This ensures certainty for educators and students in future years.

“We appreciate the one-time funding for much-needed begin-

ning teacher induction during this critical teacher shortage. We must do everything possible to attract and retain the most qualified to our profession, and then support them as they begin their career. The increases in funding for Special Education, school safety, the state preschool program, childcare, and healthcare for low-income families are also critically important.

“Governor Jerry Brown has been the right leader in a difficult time for our state. He stepped in and turned things around for California when we were experiencing an epic recession. His leadership and collaboration with educators, working families, students, parents and community partners led to passage of Proposition 30 in 2012 followed by the work we all did to pass Prop. 55 in 2016. This effort laid the groundwork for the increased revenues leading to the surplus we have today.

“Even with these increases, California ranks 44th in the nation in per pupil funding. It’s clear we still have more work to do to increase per-pupil funding, but we are now moving in the right direction.”

AP Readiness Program Expands to San Bernardino County...continued

James Keipp, director of UCR AP Readiness; Beth Higbee, assistant superintendent at San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools; Thomas Smith, dean of the UCR Graduate School of Education; Ann Marie Allen, senior director at Growing Inland Achievement; and UCR Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox celebrate the expansion of the AP Readiness program into San Bernardino County.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A $150,000 grant will enable the University of California, Riverside’s Graduate School of Education to strengthen and grow one of its most successful regional partnerships.

Launched in 2016, the UCR AP Readiness program is the product of a collaboration between the university’s Graduate School of Education, or GSOE, and the Riverside County Office of Education, or RCOE. It provides academic and instructional support to high school students and teachers who participate in and lead Advanced Placement courses in all 23 RCOE districts.

The premise is simple: AP teachers attend monthly seminars alongside their students, with both parties benefiting from various levels of supplemental instruction, lesson modeling, and peer-to-peer networking. Held on Saturdays at UCR, all seminars are taught by vetted master instructors — usually current or retired AP teachers with records of previously high-performing classes.

Beginning in fall 2018, AP Readiness will grow in scale to also incorporate students and teachers from the districts within neighboring San Bernardino County. The program’s expansion comes courtesy of a two-year Innovation Award presented to UCR in May by the bicounty collaborative Growing Inland Achievement.

Composed of various leaders in Riverside and San Bernardino counties’ education, business, and civic sectors, Growing Inland Achievement is geared toward improving educational attainment rates throughout the larger Inland Empire region as a means of furthering economic progress.

GSOE Dean Thomas Smith praised the expansion as a critical signifier of UCR’s commitment to the surrounding community and its goal of promoting college and career readiness.

“To some, it might seem like our university’s work focuses only on Riverside County, but we want to ensure we’re also serving students in San Bernardino County and the surrounding areas,” Smith added. “There’s just as much need in San Bernardino County as there is in Riverside County.”

Smith emphasized the AP Readiness program’s potential to empower teachers, especially when it comes to building support networks across schools and districts. By encouraging educators to discuss teaching strategies and share materials, he said, the AP Readiness program will have a significant impact on the quality of AP education in the two counties.

Johnny Coogan, a veteran educator who teaches AP English language at Elsinore High School in Wildomar, said he has appreciated the opportunity to learn from other teachers during the past two years of AP Readiness sessions.

“When I’m in a session, the teachers are teaching exactly what I teach, so I can take their points and maybe add some of my own flavor to the mix when I teach (the same material),” said Coogan, who has participated in AP Readiness sessions since the program’s inception and also served as one of its master instructors over the past year.

“I’m always telling other AP teachers to send their students,” he added.

Such word-of-mouth promotion has only helped the program (continued in next 2 columns)

Since 2002, the AP World History course has covered thousands of years of human activity around the planet, starting 10,000 years back. But now the College Board, which owns the Advanced Placement program, wants to cut out most of that history and start the course at the year 1450 — and some teachers and students are appalled.

The College Board, which is a nonprofit organization, an-

nounced recently that it was making big changes in the course, and said it would publish an updated course and exam description next year for the 2019-20 school year.

The more than 9,000 years that will no longer be covered in AP World History will instead be put into a new series of courses the College Board is creating for high schools that can afford to purchase it, called Pre-AP World History and Geography.

Parental Engagement Secret to Academic Success...continued tive strategies to incorporate parental and family engagement into a school’s decision-making, and planning. ESSA stresses twoway communication. This requires teachers, and administrators to reach out to parents in clear, concise, relatable ways that encourage feed-back and input at every level of implementation.

Some non-traditional communication strategies include social media use, e-newsletters, and short surveys. Administrators and teachers are encouraged to schedule meetings that accommodate parents with different hours of availability.

ESSA does not dictate the ways in which schools are required to engage parents. However, educators should recognize the crucial role parental partnerships play in preparing students for college and careers.

This summer, the National Newspaper Publishers Association will host its second National Black Parents’ Town Hall Meeting on Educational Excellence.

The conversation on parent engagement will continue at the Gethsemane Community Fellowship Church on Tuesday, June 26th, from 6pm – 9pm ETS. This event will be livestreamed and for the first time, NNPA ESSA will host two viewing rooms in California—one in Los Angeles, and the other in San Francisco. If you are not able to join us in Norfolk, Va., you should certainly make your way to the viewing rooms in California or join the livestream online.

Participants who pre-register and are present in either location are eligible to win grand prizes.

Register today by visiting www.nnpa.org/essa/events.

Dr. Elizabeth Primas is an educator, who spent more than 40 years working towards improving education for children of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds. Dr. Primas is the program manager for the NNPA’s Every Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness Campaign. Follow Dr. Primas on Twitter @elizabethprimas.

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June 21, 2018

GOVERNMENT/BUSINESS/ADVERTISING

John Legend to Paul Ryan: Ford’s Red, Hot Expedition Tops Government Crash ‘Seriously, F*** You’ Test Ratings with Five Stars, Making It Best Among The father of two had no time for Ryan's Father's Day wishes while parents are torn from their children at the border.

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Singer John Legend had a simple but powerful message for House Speaker Paul Ryan after his attempt to send a happy Father's Day message despite Republicans tearing fathers and mothers away from their children at the border.

John Legend @johnlegend Seriously, f*** you. Reunite the families at the border and we can talk about father's day.

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Ryan is not the first among the Republican camp to receive criticism for taking his family for granted while those at the border are told their families mean less because they are not American citizens.

Latino Kids Torn from Mothers' Arms While Ivanka Trump's Tweet Boasts of White Privilege The administration of "family values" has created a narrative that immigrants are not moms or dads, only criminals.

Ivanka Trump, daughter of and senior adviser to President Donald Trump, received backlash on social media when she shared a photo of her and her son, Theodore, on Twitter.

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@SpeakerRyan My life changed the day I became a father. Liza, Charlie, and Sam are my highest priority. Wishing all of the dads out there a happy early #FathersDay 2:26 PM - Jun 16, 2018 386K 127K people are talking about this

Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, have both been very outspoken against Trump and his policies. Last week, in light of Trump's 72nd birthday, the couple and each of their two children donated $72,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union — totaling $288,000.

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Legend, a father of two, later retweeted another message regarding the Trump administration's border policies: Saladin Ahmed @saladinahmed if you think stealing someone’s baby is a reasonable response to them crossing an imaginary line on the ground you are either brainwashed or a horrible person 9:23 AM - Jun 16, 2018 85.1K 25.3K people are talking about this Just ahead of Father's Day, the Department of Homeland Security announced that about 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the border since the new "zero-tolerance" policy went into effect in April.

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California Legislative Black Caucus Declares Victory for 2018-19 Budget State/Government News Sacramento – The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), led by its Chairman, Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), declared victory in securing funds related to the Caucus’ budget priorities. The CLBC was able to negotiate constructively with legislative colleagues in both the Senate and Assembly, as well as Governor Jerry Brown, to pass California’s remarkable $199.3 billion budget.

“The Caucus is very pleased with this year’s budget as it reflects the great work to be accomplished in the upcoming years,” said Chair Holden.

The 2018 funded CLBC budget requests included: Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF): $300 million (one-time, Prop. 98 funding), ·UCLA/Ralph Bunche Center for African-American Studies: $1.8 million (one-time funding), · California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH): $1 million (one-time funding), and · California African American Museum (CAAM): $2.6 million (one-time funding), and $350,000 (ongoing funding).

The Caucus also requested $9.9 Million for the creation of an in-

dependent police shooting review board in the Department of Justice (DOJ), but that request went unanswered, and ultimately unfunded in this year’s budget.

The three pillars of educational, economic, and social justice were reflected in each of the budget asks.

Education CLBC Vice-Chair Assemblymember Dr. Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego), who championed the LCFF budget proposal, stated, “We cannot look the other way anymore. African American kids in California persistently fall behind academically.

Providing additional resources for the lowest-performing students is now no longer an option, but a necessity," she said.

Under this new proposal, an additional $300 million dollars will be available to schools for assisting those students who need additional help but do not receive it under the current Local Control Funding Formula. Schools will receive funding through a grant making program that requires a detailed plan describing how the funds will be used for evidencebased programs to improve student achievement. A final report on student progress under each plan will be required by 2021. The (continued in next 2 columns)

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awards allnew 2018 Ford Expedition a fivestar rating in its New Car Assessment Program – the highest possible score – making this full-size SUV a leader in safety • Expedition is the only vehicle in its segment to earn an Overall Vehicle Score of five stars • Passenger safety starts with Expedition’s all-new fully boxed steel frame and high-strength, military-grade, aluminum-alloy body DEARBORN, Mich./ NNPANewswirePR/June 18, 2018—The all-new 2018 Ford Expedition has earned the government’s highest possible crash test rating of five stars from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, making this full-size SUV a leader in safety.

Expedition’s improved performance is powered by an average weight savings of up to 325 pounds through the use of highstrength, military-grade, aluminum alloy in the body, which lowers the vehicle’s center of gravity for enhanced stability and driving dynamics.

Expedition is equipped with dual seat belt pyrotechnic pretensioners in the anchor and retractor, which contributes to safety, helping to keep occupants in place in the event of a crash.

“As a father of four and long-

The Ford Expedition is the only vehicle in its segment to earn an Overall Vehicle Score of five stars.

(Ford) time Expedition owner, safety was a top priority when engineering the entirely new Expedition,” said Andrew Kernahan, Ford Expedition chief program engineer. “We are proud of the many features Expedition offers today that help keep our customers safe on the road.”

Improvements to the 2018 Expedition go beyond body and frame – the all-new SUV sets a new level of technology offer-

California Legislative Black Caucus Declares Victory for 2018-19 Budge...continued impetus for the funding was Assemblymember Weber’s CLBC-sponsored legislation, AB 2635, which also directed specific funding to those subgroups of students not succeeding under LCFF. The success of this CLBCsponsored effort ensures that underperforming students statewide will receive additional monies to improve academic performance.

The UCLA/Ralph Bunche Center for African American studies will see a record $1.8 million of one-time funding. This funding will be used to develop new research projects, including technology industry diversity, and their existing research endeavors.

Among those current projects are Million Dollar Hoods, the Black Male Institute, and the recentlyestablished Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice, and Health. The research conducted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American studies is essential to creating policies that improve the Black experience in California.

The budget also grants CSUDH $1 million for the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute. The mission of the Institute is to “influence public policy debates through on-going academic and community research dealing with African American political and economic development concerns in California; explore and document the professional lives and achievements of African American public-elected officials, business leaders, and policy makers as well as the impact of their efforts on the political, social, and economic development in the African American communities and other disadvantaged communities; and provide training programs for current and future lead-

ers and local businesses.”

Supporting the Arts and Protecting Our History Additionally, the CLBC successfully supported $2.6 million of one-time funding for deferred maintenance for the popularly attended California African American Museum (CAAM), located in the heart of Southern California as well as $350,000 of ongoing funding for staffing the facility.

Over the past two (2) years, CAAM’s attendance, notoriety and visibility have dramatically increased due to a radical change in exhibition and education programming, outreach efforts and re-branding.

Criminal Justice Reform Spearheaded by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), the CLBC advocated for the establishment of an independent review unit within the DOJ to investigate police involved shootings and requested an annual allocation of $9.9 million to do so. The Caucus is disappointed that the request was not granted despite the mass public scrutiny regarding police brutality and killing of innocent Black Californians at the hands of those who took an oath to protect and serve. “California, and quite frankly America in general, is long overdue in creating an independent review unit within the DOJ. It would allow Californians to trust our justice department by creating a transparent system for investigating officers, especially those involved in widely publicized cases where innocent African Americans are killed in their own backyards. Something must be done to gain public trust,” expressed the Caucus Chair Holden.

DNC on Ivanka Trump Fundraising While Democrats Fight Against Family Separations GovernmentNews

Ivanka Trump travels to California to headline fundraisers for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Devin Nunes, in response DNC Deputy Communications Director Sabrina Singh released the following statement: "Children are being detained and separated from their families while senior administration official Ivanka Trump attends glamourous fundraisers for congressional Republicans today. On the

other side of the state, Leader Nancy Pelosi and congressional Democrats traveled to the U.S.Mexico border in San Diego to tour a facility housing immigrant children who have been separated from their families. Never has there been a clearer demonstration of this administration’s misplaced priorities and heartless disregard for the families suffering at the hands of their own shameful policies that rip children from their mothers and fathers. (continued in next 2 columns)

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About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars,

trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions.

Ford employs approximately 202,000 people worldwide. For more information regarding Ford, its products and Ford Motor Credit Company, please visit www.corporate.ford.com.

DNC on Ivanka Trump Fundraising While Democrats Fight Against Family Separations...continued “Democrats are speaking out against the Trump administration’s inhumane policy of separating children and are working to solve our broken immigration system. The same cannot be said about Ivanka Trump or her family. Ivanka Trump claims

to be an advocate for families in the Trump administration, yet she’s nowhere to be found while men, women, and children are suffering on the American border from this administration’s inhumane family-separation policy.”

Has Your School’s Drinking Water Been Tested for Lead?

New Online Maps Show Results for Lead Testing at Public Schools State/Government News

SACRAMENTO -- The State Water Resources Control Board has released a new map-based web tool that shows which public schools in California have had their drinking water tested for lead.

“Our newly developed website allows the public to search the status of lead testing of drinking water at schools in their area,” said Darrin Polhemus, State Water Board’s Division of Drinking Water deputy director. “This tool allows the public to stay informed as we continue to receive more results from the mandatory testing of public schools.”

Under Assembly Bill 746, which took effect Jan. 1, community water systems statewide are now required to complete lead sampling on the drinking water supplies of K-12 public schools and day care and preschools on public school properties built before 2010. Water systems must complete this mandatory sampling by July 1, 2019.

With about 12 months to go before the deadline, approximately 30 percent of California’s 10,000 public schools have been sampled for lead. Water systems that do not complete this mandatory sampling could face enforcement action from the State Water Board’s Division of Drinking Water.

Most public, K-12 schools in California are served by the more than 1,200 community water systems in the state. While these community water systems extensively and regularly test their drinking water for lead, lead could get into clean water at a school campus if there were corroded pipes or old fixtures at the school.

Lead sampling is done at drinking fountains and faucets used for consumption and preparing food. A water system must report the testing results within two

business days if any samples show lead levels above 15 parts per billion (ppb). Water systems have 10 business days to report results if samples show lead levels less than, or equal to, 15 ppb.

If a school’s lead level exceeds 15 ppb, then the water system is required to sample water entering the school to help determine the possible source of lead. The school must also take several actions, including shutting down all fountains and faucets with high lead levels, providing potable drinking water until the situation is resolved, and notifying parents and guardians of students. Additional testing may be required to determine if all or just some of the school’s fountains and faucets are required to be shut down.

Private schools are not required to be sampled under AB 746 but may request free sampling under the State Water Board’s voluntary Lead Sampling in Schools Program, which remains in effect until Nov. 1, 2019.

Because California has newer infrastructure and less corrosive water than other parts of the country, less than 1 percent of all samples collected so far have detected elevated levels of lead.

However, national events have highlighted the importance of ongoing water quality monitoring and in 2015 Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. directed the State Water Board to incorporate schools into the regular water quality testing that community water systems conduct at customer’s taps.

For more information on the Lead Sampling in Schools Program and information on AB 746, visit the State Water Board’s webpage here.https:// w w w. w a t e r b o a r d s . c a . g o v / drinking_water/certlic/ d r i n k i n g w a t e r / leadsamplinginschools.html

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OP-ED: Black Mamas Are Dying. We Can Stop It.

By Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) Black mothers are dying and it’s time to do something about it.

Every year, more than 700 American mothers lose their lives to pregnancy or birth-related complications. Some medical professionals estimate that at least half, if not more, of these deaths are entirely preventable.

While the deaths of 700-plus American mothers should shock us all, the statistics are much worse for African American mothers. We are three-to-four times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than our White counterparts. A 2010-2011 survey of maternal deaths in Philadelphia found that threequarters of those deaths were Black mothers.

These shocking statistics cut across class, education level, and socio-economic status. Earlier this year, Serena Williams shared her own story of nearly losing her life.

She, like too many other women, was ignored when she raised concerns about her own health and body. If this tragedy can befall a wealthy, world-class athlete who’s deeply in tuned with her own body, it could, and does, happen to anyone.

Sadly, the situation is getting worse, not better. American mothers are dying at higher rates every year.

Globally, we’ve had real success in pushing down the rates of mothers needlessly dying, especially in Africa and the Caribbean.

Yet at the same time, the U.S. is one of a handful of nations where the number of mothers dying is increasing.

We can and must do better. All

Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) says that the MOMMA Act would improve access to culturally competent care throughout the care continuum. (Official Photo) mamas deserve the chance to be mamas.

That’s why I’ve introduced the “Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act” or the MOMMA Act, for short. This comprehensive legislation takes a multi-pronged approach to ending maternal mortality through increased access to care, expanded culturally-competent training and standardized data collection.

Currently, one of our greatest challenges in addressing the rising rate of maternal mortality is a lack of good data. We need to standardize data to find trends and protocols that work to save lives.

The MOMMA Act also establishes and enforces national emergency obstetric protocols and ensures the sharing of best practices between practitioners and

From Research to Treatments Scientist Reveals How Technology is Uncovering Cures for Lyme Disease Health/Fitness News

More than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, are diagnosed each year. In a new interview with CMRubinWorld, Dr. Brian Fallon, Director of the Lyme and TickBorne Diseases Research Center at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center reveals that despite the challenges to find a cure for this complex, debilitating disease, precision medicine and biotechnology are accelerating the discovery of new tools with which doctors will be able to diagnose it and treat patients.

In an authoritative new book, Columbia University Medical Center physicians Brian Fallon and Jennifer Sotsky explain why there is much cause for optimism.

“Through rapid genetic sequencing, scientists can identify many different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi (causative agent of Lyme disease) as well as new tickborne microbial infections, such as Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia mayonii, and the Heartland virus,” says Fallon. The discovery of these new microbes inside ticks has significantly helped researchers since it “provides a starting

point for the study of pathogenesis, vaccine development, and treatment.” Fallon notes that researchers have also been able to screen thousands of drugs to determine which have the ability to destroy Borrelia.

Brian Fallon, MD, MPH is the Director of the Lyme and TickBorne Diseases Research Center at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the author with Jennifer Sotsky of Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide, published in 2018 by Columbia University Press.

CMRubinWorld’s award-winning series, The Global Search for Education, brings together distinguished thought leaders in education and innovation from around the world to explore the key learning issues faced by most nations. The series has become a highly visible platform for global discourse on 21st century learning, offering a diverse range of innovative ideas which are presented by the series founder, C. M. Rubin, together with the world’s leading thinkers.

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Older Americans Who Neglect Oral Care Put Overall Health At Risk Dr. Harold Katz, a dentist, bacteriologist and developer of TheraBreath Healthy Gums Oral Rinse (www.therabreath.com).

“Not only do poor dental habits affect what’s going on in your mouth, they also affect your overall health.”

Some of the CDC’s findings that Katz says are troubling include: Tooth loss. Nearly one in five adults aged 65 or older have lost all of their teeth. Complete tooth loss is twice as prevalent among adults aged 75 and older (26 percent) compared with adults aged 65 to 74 (13 percent). The CDC points out that having missing teeth, or wearing dentures, can have a detrimental effect on nutrition. “It’s not surprising that people who have lost teeth, or wear denture, often are going to choose soft food they chew easily,” Katz says. “They will pass (continued in next 2 columns)

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The suicide rate among black children under 13 was approximately double that of white children, a finding observed in both boys and girls. https://trib.al/ liH7exY Study: Young Black Children Have Higher Suicide Rates Than Whites A new study found racial disparities in suicide rates between black children and white children vary by age.

The black suicide rate was 0.53 per million among children ages 5 to 9; the white suicide rate was 0.19 per million. Suicide rates were also higher among black children 10, 11 and 12 years old.

When it comes to the suicide rate among Black teens as compared to children, there is a major contrast. The number of Black adolescents who take their own lives is half that of white children, researchers, who analyzed the data from 2001-2015 for children ages 5-12 and adolescents ages 13-17, said. Doctors Jeffrey Bridge and Lisa Horowitz —researchers from the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and the National Institutes of Mental Health’s Intramural Research Program respectively — worked with coauthors on analyzing data from the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS.) There were 1,661 suicide deaths of Black children ages 5 to 17 from 2001 to 2015, researchers recorded. There were 13,341 suicide deaths in white children.

An earlier 2016 study, published in the Pediatrics journal and cited

by CNN, found that that suicide is on the rise among elementary school-age African-American children. This horrifying study said that Black boys were most likely to die of self-inflicted hanging and suffocation.

There are some big questions that will have to be explored after these two studies, including what are all the factors contributing to suicide rates among Black children that outpace that of whites in the 5-12 age group. Yes, more research and understanding of this racial disparity is surely needed. Black communities can deeper examine what is going on in their schools, health facilities and neighborhoods to further understand the particular toxic stresses that impact Black children. An understanding of the messages being sent at these places to children and the warning signs of suicide must are also important to strengthening intervention and prevention efforts.

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Older Americans Who Neglect Oral Care Put Overall Health At Risk...continued up fresh fruits and vegetables that are more nutritious, but are more difficult for them to eat.”

Oral cancer. Cancers of the mouth (oral and pharyngeal cancers) are primarily diagnosed in older adults; median age at diagnosis is 62 years. “That’s another reason it’s important for older people to have regular checkups,” Katz says. “Your dentist can check for signs of oral cancer during those visits.”

Dry mouth caused by medications. Most older Americans take both prescription and over-thecounter drugs, many of which can cause dry mouth. Reduced saliva flow increases the risk of cavities.

Saliva helps prevent tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath, and also lubricates the mouth, making it easier to eat, swallow, speak and taste food. “Sometimes dry mouth might just cause mild discomfort,” Katz says. “At other times it can lead to significant oral disease that can compromise the person’s health, dietary intake and quality of life.”

“As you age, proper oral care is just as important as ever,” Katz

says. “It’s not something you want to ignore because your overall health is at stake.”

About Dr. Harold Katz Dr. Harold Katz (www.therabreath.com), developer of TheraBreath Healthy Gums Oral Rinse, received his degree in bacteriology from UCLA and is the founder of The California Breath Clinics and author of The Bad Breath Bible. He has been featured on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” CBS’s “Early Show” and “The View” with Barbara Walters and countless other TV shows. Dr. Katz has developed oxygenating compounds that have been used by millions around the world to eliminate bad breath. He is also the bearer of the now famous “Halimeter,” which tests the sulfur compounds in the mouth that cause bad breath. Dr. Katz’ website offers a free online bad breath test – as well as a sneaky way to tell someone they have halitosis.

Here’s Everything We Know About The Alarming Suicide Rate For Black Children Research shows Black children ages 5-12 have a suicide rate that is roughly two times higher than white children.

Written By Clarissa Hamlin

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Conscientious parents constantly remind their children to brush and floss, and routinely schedule dental checkups to make sure their teeth and gums are healthy – and staying that way.

But youngsters aren’t the only ones who who can use such reminders. Older Americans need to put a priority on their oral health as well, and research shows that as a group they aren’t doing so.

In fact, the statistics are grim.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that almost every single American over age 65 (96 percent) has had a cavity, and 20 percent have untreated tooth decay. Another 65 percent suffer from gum disease, an ailment that has been linked to a host of other problems, such as strokes, heart disease and diabetes.

“Anyone who thinks they can ease up on dental care as they age is making a big mistake,” says

hospital systems because, if it’s working, we want every doctor to know about it.

Additionally, the MOMMA Act would expand access to care by ensuring that mothers retain their Medicaid coverage for one year after giving birth, the entire postpartum period. Right now, mothers lose their coverage just two months after giving birth.

However, many women face significant health challenges, often weeks and months, after giving birth. One mom who spoke at my press conference unveiling the bill suffered a childbirth-related stroke 20 days after giving birth.

Furthermore, we know that postpartum depression and other health challenges face new mothers; expanding access to care will ensure that moms remain healthy as they raise their families.

Finally, the MOMMA Act

would improve access to culturally-competent care throughout the care continuum. For decades, we’ve known that culturally-incompetent care has had massive and negative impacts on our community and our health. In 2018, it’s time to train health professionals to give appropriate care to all patients, regardless of their race.

I could not be prouder to have introduced the MOMMA Act or to have worked with the amazing women and men who helped us craft this important legislation to save mothers’ lives.

It’s the product of months of work with families, mothers, doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas and policy advocates. I’m deeply humbled to have the support of Black Women’s Health Imperative, the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the National Urban League, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and many others.

As a mother, I was lucky enough to experience two happy, healthy pregnancies. I want the same thing for every mother and family: a healthy, happy pregnancy and child.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly represents Illinois’ Second Congressional District. She is the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and the Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. She also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Follow Congresswoman Kelly on Twitter @RepRobinKelly.

Here’s Everything We Know About The Alarming Suicide Rate For Black Children...continued

As more and more activists shout that Black lives matter nationwide, the more awareness is raised about the painful struggles of people of color including suicide. An alarming pattern has grown into a crisis when it comes to Black youth who commit suicide.

The rate at which AfricanAmerican children ages 5-12 are taking their own lives has become roughly double that of their white counterparts, according to a new study funded by the National In-

stitute of Mental Health (NIMH) that was published online Monday (May 21) in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatrics.

The study is a shocking reminder that Black children are suffering and feeling that there is no way out but to hurt themselves. Suicide, though rarer among children, is still a horrible tragedy that can leave a family brokenhearted for years.

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“Grey’s Anatomy” star Chandra Wilson (left) and actor Lamman Rucker pose for a photo right after Wilson accepted her award for “Excellence in Media,” during WomenHeart’s18th Annual Wenger Awards in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

In the battle to save the lives of our mothers, daughters and sisters, “WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease,” is one of the greatest allies that families have against the deadly disease, the leading cause of death among women in the United States.

WomenHeart, “the nation’s only patient-centered organization solely serving millions of American women living with or at risk for heart disease,” according to the group’s website, recently celebrated the people and organizations that are on the frontlines of that battle, during the 18th Annual Wenger Awards in Washington, D.C. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an astounding one in four women die from heart disease every year.

Nearly 8 percent of Black women have coronary heart disease—the highest rate among all women; about 6 percent of White women have coronary heart disease.

As an actress and a natural advocate for healthy living, Chandra Wilson, who plays Dr. Miranda Bailey on the hit ABC television show “Grey’s Anatomy,” highlighted the importance of regular heart screenings and the need for better healthcare access for women, during the awards ceremony. Wilson was honored with the “Excellence in Media” award during the event.

“Nobody knows your battle better than you do…there are things that you need a physician to specifically listen for,” Wilson said. “You need to know your statistics, specifically women of color.”

Wilson also talked about the impact of heart disease on her own family.

“Even though, women face challenges with heart disease that are somewhat different from men, my father passed away from heart disease at age 55,” Wilson said.

“And while he was aware of heart disease, he was never taught ‘Okay, this is what you do. Here are the things that can help,’ which is so important.”

During the Wenger Awards ceremony, Dr. Roxana Mehran (“Excellence in Medical Leadership,” Dr. Clyde W. Yancy (“Excellence in Medical Research”) and Rep. Debbie Dingel (D-Mich.) (“Excel-

lence in Public Service”) were also recognized for their efforts in fighting heart disease. Actor and activist Lamman Rucker served as the master of ceremonies for the event.

Evan McGabe, the chair of the board of directors for WomenHeart, rallied attendees to get active and involved in learning more about their own heart statistics and overall health status.

“We really can’t believe that so many women still don’t know their risk of heart disease in this country,” McGabe said. “In our organization, we teach women how to be proactive about their health.

We want to help women, not to dismiss their symptoms.”

McGabe added that WomenHeart works to empower women so that they can empower others.

According to the CDC, the most common symptoms of heart disease include chest discomfort, upper back pain, indigestion, heartburn, nausea/vomiting, extreme fatigue, upper body discomfort, shortness of breath, sudden weakness, paralysis in the limbs, blurred vision and impaired speech.

The risk factors for heart disease include high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, obesity, poor diet and physical inactivity.

To reduce the chances of getting heart disease, the CDC recommends that people monitor their blood pressure on a regular basis, receive regular screenings for diabetes, limit smoking, eat healthy, lower stress and limit alcohol consumption.

Closing out the event, Rucker gushed over the opportunity to be able to be a part of such a powerful movement.

“I’ve had a relationship with the Association of Black Cardiologist for a number of years and have done heart health work with the American Heart Association,” Rucker said. “As an artist, a big part of our purpose behind the work that we are doing is to not just live out our dreams and be stars, but to inform, uplift and inspire people through the work that we do.

Rucker continued: “Just being able to be a part of [WomenHeart and the Wenger Awards] is tremendous.”

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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

LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS 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 June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180006336 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 5/30/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 5/30/2023 Business is Conducted By: A General Partnership Fictitious Business Name(s): CALZONA ENTERPRISES Business Address: 15689 VALLEY BL. FONTANA, CA 92335 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: SCOTT M. SMITH 7378 SVL BOX VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 ANTHONY SAVARESE 7378 SVL BOX VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Signature/Officer Title: Scott M. Smith/General Partner

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180006217 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 5/25/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 5/25/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): CALZONA HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICES1 Business Address: 15689 VALLEY BLVD. FONTANA, CA 92335 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: SCOTT M. SMITH 15689 VALLEY BLVD. FONTANA, CA 92335 Signature/Officer Title: Scott M. Smith

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 May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180006594 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 6/06/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 6/06/2023 Business is Conducted By: A General Partnership Fictitious Business Name(s): WEST MOBILE REPAIR AND TOW SERVICES Business Address: 17316 EL MOLINO RD. BLOOMINGTON, CA 92316 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 2725 SANTIAGO RD. #B FULLERTON, CA 92835 Registrant(s)Address: JACAVO MUNOZ 2725 SANTIAGO RD. #B FULLERTON, CA 92835 RENE MADRID 4026 KATSURA WAY SAN BERNARDINO, CA 00000 Signature/Officer Title: Jacavo Munoz, General Partner

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180005850 Date Filed: 5/17/2018 Filing Expires On: 5/17/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): AAA INDUSTRIES LLC County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 15320 FAIRFIELD RANCH RD. STE. C CHINO HILLS, CA 91709 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: AAA INDUSTRIES LLC State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: 201707910031 Residence Street Address: 3486 YELLOWSTONE CT. PERRIS, CA 92570 This business is/was conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/01/17 Signature/Title of Person Signing: Jack Shelton, Managing Member

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 the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

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 May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1814020 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: EDDIE CALDERA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. EDDIE CALDERA to Proposed name: EDDIE EDMUNDO CALDERA 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: 07/19/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:S17 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino 247 W. 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino District A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: June 7, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1814620 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: RACHAEL NICOLE SPADY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a.

RACHAEL NICOLE SPADY to Proposed name: NICOLE SPADY ROBERTS 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: 07/24/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:S17 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino 247 W. 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 newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: June 14, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVVS 1800308 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: SUMMER MARIE ROACH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a.

SUMMER MARIE ROACH to Proposed name: SUMMER MARIE ZEREF 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: 7/27/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: V15 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino 14455 Civic Dr. Victorville, CA 92392 Victorville Branch A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: May 30, 2018 Judge Lisa Rogan Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1812755 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: NIKOL GIDEON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a SIAGE SHIREE WELCOME to SIAGE SHIREE GIDEON Proposed name: SIANNA JOYCE WELCOME b. to SIANNA JOYCE GIDEON 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: 07/05/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 W. 3RD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: May 24, 2018 Michael A.Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1813602 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: AMANDA PIERSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. FAITH PICHARDO to Proposed name: FAITH PENTZ 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: 7/11/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,

COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 W. THIRD ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTERCIVIL DIVISION A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: May 30, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1814972 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MEHDI ETEHADIEH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. MEHDI ETEHADIEH to Proposed name: CYRUS TAFT 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: 07/30/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino East Gilbert St. 860 East Gilbert St. San Bernardino, CA 92415 Juvenile A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: June 15, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2018.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): JEFFREY M. WHARTON YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 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 SelfHelp 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 1801015 (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): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers, 272640, James E. Delaney, 292600.

3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No.553513) Date: January 11, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Daisy Mondragon, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2018.

PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: LOYAL LEIVER MEFFERD

aka LOYAL LEIVER MEFFERD, JR. Case Number: PROPS 1800554 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may

otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LOYAL LEIVER

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MEFFERD aka LOYAL LEIVER MEFFERD, JR. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ERIKA MUNGUIA in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that: ERIKA MUNGUIA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: July 23, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept:: S36 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0212 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Candice A. Garcia-Rodrigo 3350 Shelby Street, Suite 345 Ontario, CA 91764 Telephone: (909) 212-0320 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper June 14, 21, 28, 2018.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TINA

BROOKANN HARTE Case Number: PROPS 1800525 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of : TINA BROOKANN

HARTE aka TINA HARTE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KYLE HARTE & CORINA HARTE in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that KYLE HARTE & ROBERT KELLY HARTE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 07/16/2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:: S36 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County Of San Bernardino, 247 West 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 Central Branch If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Matthew Donahue 3890 11th Street, Ste. 219 Riverside, CA 92501 ( 909) 979.9728 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper June 21, 28, July 5, 2018.

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LIFESTYLE NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/RELIGION

Film Review: Fans of the Franchise Will Love “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”

By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic)

FALLENKINGDOM_001 Bryce Dallas Howard (left) and Chris Pratt star in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” (Universal Pictures) Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Tyrannosaurus, velociraptors and brachiosaurus—run for your lives. The cloned dinosaurs from the theme park Jurassic World are in trouble on the volcanic isle of Isla Nublar, which is erupting, spewing hot lava and emitting a deadly ash cloud. If they aren’t rescued, they will die. That’s the premise in this sequel to “Jurassic World” ($1.7B at the box office).

The question is this: Will this follow-up to the wildly successful “Jurassic World” be enough to hook action/adventure/sci-fi fans and reel them into the theaters?

Colin Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World, passes on direction duties to Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona (“Orphanage,” “The Impossible”), and the difference in style is negligible.

Trevorrow writes the script with Derek Connolly (“Jurassic World,” “Kong: Skull Island”).

Editor Bernat Vilaplana worked with Bayona on “The Impossible,” as did cinematographer Oscar Faura. Composer Michael Giacchino won an Oscar for his original score for the animated feature “Up”. Add in creature sculptor Wayne Anderson (“Underworld: Blood Wars”) and it’s no wonder that the footage rips along at a breakneck pace, with wondrous views of a paradise island being ravaged by 700-de-

gree orange liquid rock and ancient beast clones running rampant. Everything is neatly coordinated—right down to the last scream for help.

Three years have passed. Isla Nublar, an isle 120 miles west of Costa Rica that housed the now abandoned reptile theme park, is desolate except for lush green vegetation and gigantic beasts. The Dinosaur Protection Group, run by former theme park manager Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard, “Jurassic World,” “The Help”), is out to save the gigantic animals.

They aren’t as aggressive as PETA, but they’re dedicated.

Claire is approached by the duplicitous Eli Mills (“Rafe Spall,”” Life of Pi,” “The Big Short”), who has a plan to relocate the behemoths to a sanctuary, but not out of the kindness of his heart. Dearing is pulled into the mission. She enlists her ex-boyfriend Owen (Chris Pratt), who trained some of the less hostile and very intelligent velociraptors. A techy/ hacker, Franklin Webb (“Justice Smith,” “The Get Down”), and an equally young paleo/veterinarian, Zia Rodriguez (Danielle Pineda, TV’s “The Detour”), become part of the Ateam. Of course, nothing goes as planned.

The simple premise hovers around animal rescue. Working within that blueprint, the film moves quickly to add in a chain

Poor People's Campaign advocates rally in D.C. around 'right to live' Written by Connie Larkman

Everyone has a right to live. That statement, the focus of this week's Poor People's Campaign rally in Washington, D.C., on June 11, prompted powerful speeches, drew signs with a number of different calls to action around jobs, income, the right to organize and housing, resulted in more 100 arrests in the streets in front of the U.S. Capitol and spurred several clergy members to put their bodies on the line on the steps of the Supreme Court.

The Rev. Damaris Whittaker, senior minister of Fort Washington Collegiate Church in New York City, drew attention to the thousands of American citizens in Puerto Rico still in crisis following Hurricane Maria. New data shows the death toll from the storm is much higher than originally indicated.

"Everybody has a right to live, including the American citizens in Puerto Rico," Whittaker said. "Following the storm 179,000 people left because there were not enough jobs, housing, clean water. We are now in an education crisis as well. More than 266 schools have been closed. I have been there walking the streets and going to the schools and it's the most vulnerable children - those who are hearing impaired, those who have physical needs, those who are physically challenged - they are the ones left without a contingency plan for their education.

I am here standing, saying everyone has a right to live including the people in Puerto Rico."

Cheryl Leanza, policy advisor for Office of Communication Inc., the UCC's media justice arm, wanted to call attention to the need for a free and open internet. "On June 11 the repeal

of Net Neutrality took effect," she said, noting that O.C., Inc, and the members of its Faithful Internet campaign continue to protest the repeal and were attending Poor People's Campaign events around the country. "Net Neutrality is essential for social justice efforts like the Poor People's Campaign, and Net Neutrality is necessary to be sure everyone is treated fairly online-no matter the color of their skin or money in their pocket."

Staffers of the UCC Washington, D.C. office, accompanied by a group of advocates from First Congregational Church of Rockford UCC in Rockford, Mich., joined the witness to hold lawmakers accountable for changing government policies that impact vulnerable people.

"Every day, it seems, there is another wave of attacks on the poor and vulnerable in our country. Recently proposed restrictions on food stamps, public housing and health care are the tip of the iceberg. Enough is enough," said Sandy Sorensen, director of the UCC D.C. Office. "In this 50th anniversary year of the Poor Peoples Campaign, we must once again stand in the breach and push back against inhumane policy decisions."

More than 100 people were arrested for blocking traffic in front of the Capitol during the rally. The Rev. Graylan Hagler, senior pastor of Plymouth Congregational, in Washington, D.C., and two clergy from Fort Washington Collegiate Church, the Rev. Rob Stephens, Minister for Congregational Life, and Rev. Hershey Stephens, were among nine faith leaders arrested while praying on the steps of the Supreme Court, calling attention to how Court rulings impact 'the right to live.'

They were protesting to draw attention to the Court’s Husted decision, which upholds voter suppression, and the looming Janus decision, which (continued in next 2 columns)

FALLENKINGDOM_002 Justice Smith (“The Get Down”) stars as Franklin Webb in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.”

(Universal Pictures) of action scenes, daring escapes, fist fights, dinosaur wrestling matches and some graphic violence (a man gets torn apart, so be wary of bringing really young kids to this movie) as it builds into several crescendos. Just as you think there can’t possibly be more mayhem or another challenge, there is; not ad nauseum, but it’s enough to make you shellshocked.

The bad guys want to use the behemoths for an evil purpose that involves weapons of destruction. All of the subterfuge, angst and cause célèbre animal rights activism is a ploy to whip the audience’s emotions into a frenzy. On some levels it works. But most astute viewers will understand that there is no moral theme of any consequence in this reptiles gone wild orgy.

The relationship between Claire and Owen is fun, until they do stupid things like kissing in the middle of an action scene. The two leads have charisma and you like them regardless. Spall as Mills gives you a fitting antagonist to hate, and you hope he gets his just rewards. Ditto for Toby Jones who plays Mr. Eversol, a trafficker, and Ted Levine, as Ken Wheatley, the vile man who heads the rescue and misleads Claire. Smith provides some comic relief as Webb the nerd who hates to get his feet dirty.

And, Pineada shows spunk as the brainy and fearless Rodriguez.

It’s obvious the dinosaurs aren’t real, but thanks to the special effects and photography, with a gigantic assist from the sound effects department (Marti Albert sound effects editor), your nerves will get frayed.

You’ll jump out of your seat or sit with dread as you watch gnashing teeth bear down on human flesh. Also, a shout out to the vivid images of the volcano and the gorgeous shots of the island which perfectly set up the atmosphere for a verdant paradise gone wrong.

The 128 minutes roll by and you’ll feel like you just got back from a tour of duty in the wartorn jungles of some tropical island nation. Your adrenalin will be high. Your thoughts will race. You will not feel like you just watched the most innovative action/adventure/sci-fi film in the world (“Avatar”), but you’ll have to admit that “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” worked its magic in its own way, even if its aura doesn’t have a longlasting effect.

Dwight Brown is a film critic and travel writer. As a film critic, he regularly attends international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto and the American Black Film Festival. Read more movie reviews by Dwight Brown here and at DwightBrownInk.com.

Poor People's Campaign advocates rally in D.C. around 'right to live'...continued would be an attack on the poor.

Linda Goossen, one of the five advocates from First Congregational, said her group was working in visits to Michigan lawmakers to speak out about the disparities of health care access.

"You need to take care of people's health. It's more costly to not have access to health care," she said. "Our laws govern how we treat people, so if you want to impact social justice you have to impact the root cause."

The focus on equity for those who have less than other Americans will

continue next week, and on June 23, when the Poor People's Campaign culminates with a Global Day of Solidarity and Sending Forth Call to Action Mass in Washington, D.C. "Joining together in solidarity across the intersections of issues, we can become that "new and unsettling force" for change that Dr. King envisioned," Sorensen said. "Let's stand together in Washington on June 23 and send the message that we won't step back.

Forward together!"

“You Been In Church ALL Your Life...!”

By: Lou Yeboah

Lou Yeboah

And yet, still, you are in need of milk. Shame on you! “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God...” [Hebrew 5:12-14]. I tell you, you got to grow up!

Over and over we are told that God wants us to grow up. [Ephesians 4:14-16] “For we can no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up

in all things into Him who is the head - Christ-...”

You know the author in Hebrews was desperately concerned about those who were lagging behind in their spiritual growth: The Hebrew Christians were lazy. The writer of Hebrews expected them to grow up, learn the foundational truths, and be well on their way to maturity. But by their own choices, they’d quit.

They were stymied, moving backwards on their spiritual journeys.

Paul was both brokenhearted and angry at the many Corinthian Christians who had decided to remain spiritual babies: “Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly— mere infants in Christ. I (continued in next 2 columns)

“You Been In Church ALL Your Life...!”...continued gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly...[1 Corinthians 3:13].

I tell you, there is a clear and present danger in not growing up. You see, Satan never bothers with halfhearted people who are content with a ho-hum spiritual existence. As long as you live with one foot in the world, living according to the world’s values and for the world’s goals, Satan won’t trouble you. You can go to church and even pray and read your Bible, and he won’t mind. But the minute you wake up from your spiri-

tual lethargy, shake off the worldly mindset, and commit yourself to radical obedience to Jesus Christ, you will not only encounter spiritual opposition, but you will know that you have chewed meat.

I tell you, as a believer you must move beyond the basics of the Christian faith and grow up in Christ. God’s plan is birth, growth, and maturity. The Word of God: It corrects, it convicts, it cleanses, it equips, and it confirms to us what the Lord has said. The days of coming to church and not understanding the Word is over.

Why sit in church just to die on the vine? Grow up!

Witness For Justice #898

Making a Difference in Small But Significant Ways Deenabandhu Manchala Global Ministries Area Executive for Southern Asia In April I attended the Global Ministries’ gathering of anti-human trafficking activists in Kupang, Indonesia. A group of us went to the airport to join a community as they received the body of a man named Mingus as it was returned from Malaysia.

The 40-year old was trafficked some ten years ago and worked in a palm oil plantation there. We were told that, on an average, six coffins of migrant workers or trafficked people arrive every day at different Indonesian airports. The same is true at many Asian airports from which hundreds leave every day in hope of better life.

At the meeting we heard similar stories from many parts of Indonesia and Asia; stories of people who were trafficked for labor, prostitution, begging, even organs. These stories had some common features – the workers had no contracts, no clue about where they were, long working hours, wages less than promised or unpaid wages, inhumane living conditions, and experienced rape, torture, detention, deportation and death.

According to a recent International Labour Organisation report, an estimated 24.9 million victims are trapped in modern-day slavery. Seventy-one percent of these are women and girls. This ghastly business earns billions of dollars in profit for traffickers as it thrives on the desperation of vulnerable people, made and kept poor and powerless. Furthermore, the UNHCR 2017 report alerts that an unprecedented 65.6 million people around the world have been forced from home, and that nearly 20 people are forcibly displaced every minute as a result of conflict, persecution and poverty.

With wars and war-mongers active as ever, unabated labor-sav-

ing industrial development, and global warming making many places unliveable, this trend of millions being pushed into dehumanisation will perhaps continue for decades.

During our time in Kupang, we also visited some community farms initiated by the Protestant Church in West Timor (GMIT), a Global Ministries’ partner.

Recognising that many from poor rural communities are migrating or falling prey to traffickers because their livelihoods are destroyed by industrial development, the church, through these community farms, offers them alternatives to migration. These farmlands, either donated by or leased from congregation members, are cultivated by the community, and 90 percent of the profits are made available for those in the congregation to borrow to start small income generation projects. We heard many stories of their impact.

These small and local initiatives of churches might seem ineffective in challenging large scale human trafficking. But they have the capacity to make a difference by stopping at least a few from falling prey to traffickers.

Through such initiatives the church, despite its minority status in a multi-religious context, is also making a statement that it has a distinct mandate, and that it can offer alternatives to ruthless, profit-obsessed, anti-people industrial development by returning to the vocation of nurturing the earth and staying in sync with its life-sustaining capacities. We are not called not only to denounce injustice and its manifestations, but also to announce alternatives to the dominant trends and discourse. And these begin small, as the mustard seed.

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Cancer Survivor Celebrates 30 Years as a Blood and Platelet Donor Local News

LOS ANGELES — June 18, 2018 — Cedars-Sinai Blood Donor Services is awarding a lifetime achievement award to longtime blood and platelet donor Haskell Anderson III. "I’m honored to be able to do this for people in need," says Anderson, who has donated platelets 200 times in the last 30 years.

Anderson still remembers the first time he donated blood in the late 1980s. He was in a waiting room at Cedars-Sinai when an employee came by to recruit blood donors. "I had the time, so I did it," says Anderson. "When

I was there, I saw people donating platelets and from then on it became my thing."

Platelets are tiny blood cells that help form clots and control bleeding. They are in constant demand because many patients, especially those receiving treatment for cancer, often need platelet transfusions several times a week.

And while donating platelets is a time-consuming activity—up to 90 minutes per donation—a single donation can help three patients.

In 2013, Anderson became a patient when he was diagnosed with a stage 1 meningioma brain tumor.

Rep. Bass Joins More Than 100 Members In Introducing The Keep Families Together Act of 2018 Local/National News

WASHINGTON, DC — (June 19, 2018)Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) joined more than 100 of her colleagues in introducing the Keep Families Together Act of 2018 in response to the Trump administration’s insidious practice of family separation. This bill has also been introduced in the Senate by Senator Diane Feinstein of California.

“The separation of immigrant families is a violation of human rights,” said Rep. Bass, top Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights. “A civilized country should never levy lifelong trauma as a deterrent to immigrants seeking asylum, let alone defenseless children. Now, as the President of the United States uses these traumatized children and parents as collateral for his border wall, it is absolutely imperative that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle stand up to this inhumane practice and pass this piece of legislation.”

Rep. Bass further addressed this issue in a piece in the New York Times. To read it, click here.https:/ /www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/ opinion/immigrationchildren.html The Keep Families Together Act of 2018 would prohibit border officials from separating children from their parents, except in extraordinary circumstances, restrict the prosecution of parents who are asylum seekers by adopting the recommendation of the DHS Office of Inspector General, and require all CBP officers and agents to complete child welfare training on an annual basis.

More information about the Keep Families Together Act of 2018: Keep Families Together: The bill promotes family unity by prohibiting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials from separating children from their parents, except in extraordinary circumstances. In these limited circumstances, separation could not occur unless parental rights have been terminated, a child welfare agency has issued a best interest determination, or the Port Director or the Chief Border Patrol agent of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have approved separation due to trafficking in-

dicators or other concerns of risk to the child. It requires an independent child welfare official to review any such separation and return the child if no harm to the child is present. It imposes financial penalties on officials who violate the prohibition on family separation.

Limit Criminal Prosecutions for Asylum Seekers: The majority of the parents separated at the border are being criminally prosecuted for illegal entry or re-entry. This bill restricts the prosecution of parents who are asylum seekers by adopting the recommendation of the DHS Office of Inspector General. The bill delays prosecutions for asylum seekers and creates an affirmative defense for asylum seekers. It also codifies our commitment to the Refugee protocol prohibiting the criminal punishment of those seeking protection from persecution.

Increase Child Welfare Training: The bill requires all CBP officers and agents to complete child welfare training on an annual basis. Port Directors and Chief Border Agents, those who are authorized to make decisions on family separations, must complete an additional 90 minutes of annual child-welfare training.

Establish Public Policy Preference for Family Reunification: The bill establishes a preference for family unity, discourages the separation of siblings, and creates a presumption that detention is not in the best interests of families and children.

Add Procedures for Separated Families: The bill requires DHS to develop policies and procedures allowing parents and children to locate each other and reunite if they have been separated. Such procedures must be public and made available in a language that parents can understand. In cases of separation, it requires DHS to provide parents with a weekly report containing information about a child, and weekly phone communication.

Establish Other Required Measures: In order to inform Congressional oversight and promote public understanding of the use family separation, the bill requires a report on the separation of families every six months.

He had to undergo surgery at Cedars-Sinai to remove the tumor.

In gratitude for his return to good health, Anderson decided to give back even more. In addition to being a lifesaving blood donor, Anderson also volunteers at A Place Called Home, a nonprofit youth center in South L.A., where he was recently named Mentor of the Year.

Anderson will receive the Blood Donor Lifetime Achievement Award during a celebratory dinner on Wednesday, June 20, at Cedars-Sinai.

Coalition of National Civil Rights Leaders Condemn NFL’s Censorship of Peaceful Protest During the National Anthem Local/National News WASHINGTON -- Today, a broad coalition of leaders of national civil rights organizations released a letter to the National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell objecting to the NFL’s new rule censoring players’ peaceful protests during the national anthem of police violence against unarmed African Americans and other people of color. When players take a knee during the national anthem, they seek to raise awareness of police brutality and violence routinely perpetrated upon unarmed and nonviolent people of color. 63% of unarmed people killed by the police are people of color; police are twice as likely to kill unarmed African Americans as white Americans. Racially biased policing undermines our criminal justice system.

Protesters striving to create a more inclusive democracy define the history of this country; there is no better way to honor our national symbols than to fight for equal justice for all. Racial disparities within the NFL’s leadership make this recent decision even more appalling. 70% of NFL players are black, yet 75% of head coaches and 100% of team CEOs and Presidents are white men. No team has a majority owner that is African American or Hispanic.

Compelling players to stand during the national anthem erodes the values the flag represents and tells the world that the NFL does not care about racial justice.

MALDEF Decries ‘Zero Tolerance’ Travesty and Separation of Families, Calls for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Resign Local News

(LOS ANGELES) – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today on the Trump administration's “zero tolerance” immigration stance that has led to forced separation of families and horrific accounts of children being taken from their parents:

wrongdoing because the scope and shape of the inhumanity is so unprecedented and unanticipated. Nonetheless, the law is far better than this administration would have us all believe. At MALDEF, we are working to challenge this unprecedented assault on families through the legal system. But the legal system is slowmoving, and the situation is dire.

In the meantime, there is much else to be done.

“Our nation’s soul is at stake.

These are not words taken lightly or invoked easily. However, the simple truth is that the Trump administration is, on a daily basis and on a scale that is horrific to grasp, terrorizing toddlers, traumatizing children, debasing family values, and assaulting the love of parents, all in the name of a grotesque ‘zero tolerance’ that demeans every person involved. Routinely separating parents and children is not – and cannot ever be – legitimate public policy. It is immorality. It is cruelty. It is illegality. It is perhaps one of the starkest modern embodiments of inhumanity.

And it is all being done in the name of the United States.

MALDEF is a legal organization; as such, MALDEF values the rule of humane law and respects its power in our American democracy. To have the implementation of wickedness cravenly defended as an imperative under the law is despicable and repugnant.

The purported justification is also a lie.

Sometimes our legal precedents do not fit comfortably with extant

Leaders must be held accountable.

MALDEF calls upon Jeff Sessions to resign. His implementation of a ‘zero tolerance’ policy to convict and punish parents for taking risk to avoid unimaginable violence being visited upon their children is mindless, lawless, and insupportable. Sessions does not know the law or care what it is.

He is incompetent and inhumane, and has no place leading the Justice Department.

MALDEF also calls upon Congress to restrain the Trump administration from continuing its atrocious policy. With the feckless Donald Trump unable to demonstrate leadership because of his insatiable fetish for white nationalism and its adherents, the Congress must act swiftly to lead.

Leadership means a clean termination of the inhumane policy.

Inhumanity is not a political bargaining chip, or a horse to be traded for a wall or increased enforcement by a corrupt law enforcement agency. Inhumanity is a cancer to be excised cleanly and completely.

These steps are needed to save our national soul.”

Trump Administration Clears Way for Sale of Junk Insurance, Reverting to Old Insurance Tricks that Can Financially Devastate Families Local/National News Washington, D.C.—Today, the Trump administration released a final rule that clears the way for an unprecedented expansion of so-called “Association Health Plans,” which are exempt from critical insurance safeguards. Moreover, many association health plans likely will pursue strategies that are carefully designed to keep

people with preexisting conditions from buying policies. The sale of these substandard plans is also expected to cause a rise in health care premiums for people buying standard coverage through the individual marketplace.

View Families USA’s analysis of the rule when it was proposed here: http:/ (continued in next 2 columns)

“In no uncertain terms, the NFL is standing on the wrong side of history with its repressive and racially-charged anthem rule. Just like generations of nonviolent civil rights activists before them, these players may be shuttered into a locker room but they will not be silenced,” said Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “There is a long history of athletes—from Jesse Owens to Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick—using the field or the arena to challenge barriers to racial justice. The NFL claims to be built on grit and competition but lacks the constitution to stomach a call for basic equality and fairness. We urge Commissioner Goodell to repeal this policy immediately.”

“Protest is an American tradition. In a free, democratic society, the protest is a legitimate and necessary way for aggrieved communities to hold our country accountable to its highest ideals and to urge those in power to take action,” said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP. “The day we cede control of this noble right is the day we weaken our collective power to effect change. We call on the NFL to abandon its unfair anthem rule now.”

“The NFL continues to conflate kneeling during the national anthem with disrespecting our flag,” said Angela Rye, Principal and

CEO of IMPACT Strategies.

“This false narrative is heavily influenced by the Trump Administration, which has openly led the charge in attacking players protesting the injustices of the criminal justice system. We demand the League not only reverse this order, but also acknowledge and honor the fact that players are protesting systemic police violence. We continue to stand in solidarity with those courageous players and encourage ALL players to continue to take a knee or even better: sit out this season if the NFL fails to realize that no game can be played without the players.”

The letter was signed by leaders from Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Advancement Project, American Civil Liberties Union, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, Arab American Institute, Center for Constitutional Rights, Color of Change, Hip Hop Caucus, IMPACT Strategies, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, MomsRising, Muslim Advocates, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Action Network, National African American Clergy Network, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, National Council of Negro Women, Inc., National Women’s Law Center, Pod Save the People, and South Asian Americans Leading Together.

Trump Administration Clears Way for Sale of Junk Insurance, Reverting to Old Insurance Tricks that Can Financially Devastate Families...continued /info.familiesusa.org/e/72112/-iteasier-sell-junk-insurance/5vv3wr/ 510352080.

Following is the statement of Families USA’s Executive Director Frederick Isasi: “With the announcement of today’s final rule, the Trump administration continues to undercut financial protections for families. The president was elected on a promise to provide higher quality and more affordable coverage.

This new change in federal regulation unleashes on families the games that insurance companies used to play. It will allow insurers to discriminate against people who have been sick or are sick—driving up their costs and exposing them to terrible financial expenses. Do we really want to return the nation to a time when over half of all bankruptcies of hard-working families was from medical debt?

“Because association health plans might appear like regular insurance but typically offer narrow coverage, many consumers who buy them will discover that they have astronomically high medical bills for charges they assumed would be covered by their health insurance. For example, what will happen when parents realize their daughter needs to go to the hospital and their health insurance offers no coverage for life-saving care? They lose everything they have worked for to save their daughter’s life. That’s not the promise that the president made during the campaign.

“We expect this new federal law will spark a rise in both insurers refusing to pay medical bills and medical bankruptcies, both of which have fallen since 2010 when the health law went into effect. When the people who are tricked into buying these cheap, junk plans need their health insurance to cover their medical care, they’ll realize they’ve been swindled out of their money with no comprehensive health coverage to show for it.

“Association health plans are also difficult for regulators to oversee and protect consumers against. As a result, this final rule also is likely to pave the way for unscrupulous insurance companies to target small businesses, the self-employed, and freelancers by selling them very low-cost health plans that actually will not cover their medical claims. Moreover, even legitimate association plans, who follow the letter of these new rules, will weaken important consumer protections by offering junk plans that don’t cover many essential health benefits or charge discriminatory prices.

“We are disappointed that the Trump administration is once again attacking the very consumer protections that ensure the availability of comprehensive, affordable insurance for every family in our nation. Rather than making it easier for insurance companies to again prey on consumers and charge more to people with chronic health conditions, the administration should focus on keeping its promises to lower costs and improve the quality of health care.”

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Social Lites Promote Healthy Living at Juneteenth 2018 Community Festival

Starbucks to close 150 locations in 2019

By Daniel Uria

Community News

Starbucks announced Tuesday it will close 150 underperforming stores as part of an effort to streamline the company. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

Social Lites Members L/R: Tina Darling (Chair), Zina Bates and Lisa Davis On June 16, 2018, women of the Social Lites, Inc. were in the community at San Bernardino Juneteenth Annual Festival at Anne Shirrells Park to promote and educate community on Healthy Living. The weather was great! It was great to see community come together

for a wonderful event.

There was music, dancing, food and many vendors.

The Social Lites Scholarship Foundation is a 501© 3 non-profit organization that has provided services to the local community for the Inland Empire since 1956. Efforts are to perform community service

and encourage and support college bound youths as they succeed in college, with the hopes of paying it forward in their communities as professionals and entrepreneurs.

Tina Darling, Chair of the Healthy Living Social Lites, Inc. sub-committee stated, “The Social Lites

Scholarship Foundation is promoting healthy living because our bodies are the temple that God has granted us. Our bodies need nutrients by eating a variety of nutrient-packed foods such as whole grains, lean protein, fruits and vegetables for the soul.” We look forward to next year!

June 19 (UPI) -- Starbucks announced Tuesday it plans to close 150 underperforming stores in the 2019 fiscal year.

The company will triple its traditional annual average of closing about 50 stores as part of a streamlining effort including rapidly optimizing its U.S. store portfolio.

"While certain demand headwinds are transitory, and some of our cost increases are appropriate investments for the future, our recent performance does not reflect the potential of our exceptional brand and is not acceptable," Starbucks President and CEO Kevin Johnson said.

In July 2017, Starbucks closed all 379 Teavana locations after the tea shop showed poor sales and little hope of improving.

"Over the past year we have taken several actions to streamline the company, positioning us to increase our innovation agility as an organization and enhance focus on our core value drivers which serve as the foundation to re-accelerate growth and create longterm shareholder value," Johnson said.

Starbucks also told investors it expects same-store sales to grow 1 percent globally in the third quarter of 2018.

Redlands Juneteenth Celebration & Unveiling of Memorial Honoring Israel Beal By John Coleman

Monumemt honoring Redlands' early resident & builder, Israel Beal.

Curt Lewis presented a 'Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition' to the granddaughter of Israel Beal.

Redlands area officials, sponsors, & others includes: Curt Lewis, Representing Congress Member, Pete Aguilar; two members, Redlands City Council; James Ramos, Member San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, & candidate for election to Congress; Redlands Chief of Police; & Juneteenth Celebration Co-Chairs; Mario Saucedo, & Pastor Anthony Green.

County Supervisor, James Ramos awarded the County Board of Supervisors 'Certificate of Recognition' to the Second Baptist Church of Redlands. Pastor, Anthony Green received the 'Award' on behalf of the church.

Members of the Israel Beal family gathered around the Israel Beal Memorial.

John Coleman909 894-3070 Community Photography X (C P Time/s) REDLANDS, CA- A Juneteenth Celebration and unveiling of a Memorial honoring Israel Beal, a former slave, who came to California and bought twenty acres of land in Lugonia; next he purchased seventeen and one- half acres adjoining this, and then ten acres in Redlands. The Redlands property has since been traded for twenty acres adjoining the

original purchase. Mr. Beal was a builder and improved his land and was one of the leading horticulturists. Mr. Beal was honored this year at a Juneteenth celebration.

Juneteenth also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the

abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved blacks throughout the former Confederacy of the southern United States. Its name is a portmanteau of "June" and "nineteenth", the date of its celebration. Juneteenth is recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in forty-five states.