SB American News Week Ending 10/17

Vol. 49 No. 25

October 11, 2018 - October 17, 2018

This publication is a Certified DBE/ SBE / MBE in the State of California CUCP #43264 Metro File #7074 & State of Texas File #802505971 Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them and these will continue till they have resisted either with words or blows or words or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress.

—Fredrick Douglass (1849)

White Nationalists and Republicans Feel Dissed by Taylor Swift Swift's alignment with human rights, LGBTQ rights, and the fight against systemic racism brings backlash.

Editor in Chief’s Corner Email: sbamericannews@gmail.com Clifton Harris Publisher of The San Bernardino AMERICAN News

Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Hired by a Police Department in Ohio "It put me in a state of shock," said Rice's mother, Samaria.

By Sheryl Estrada

By Jayme S. Ganey

Somehow, white nationalists and Republicans missed, or ignored, the message that Taylor Swift has been promoting for the past 10 years — it's the opposite of their propaganda. Yet, she's even been referred to by white nationalists as their Aryan queen.

This week Swift tweeted her support for Democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee, clearing the air and sending the alt-right into shock, anger, and condemnation mode.

President Trump said Monday that he likes Swift's music "about 25 percent less now, OK?" National Republican Senate

Committee's statement said "multimillionaire pop star Taylor Swift came down from her ivory tower to tell hardworking Tennesseans to vote for Phil Bredesen."

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative group, said, "I don't want to accuse her of this, but I don't think she's the only one who wrote that post on Instagram," Kirk said.

"She probably got some very bad information."

The white nationalist web community, 4chan, that called her their Aryan queen, contained user remarks that also questioned the authenticity of Swift's tweet, claimed

she just didn't want to be labeled a white nationalist, and blamed liberals for turning her into their "brain dead zombies."

In the last decade, Swift has alluded to her political philosophies, but has never announce her political affiliation, until now.

Rolling Stone reports Swift commenting on the country "so happy" about the election of Barack Obama in 2008. In 2013, when a teen put Adolph Hitler quotes over Swift images on Pinterest, her lawyer went after Pinterest citing the images as being "harmful, abusive, ethnically offensive, humiliating to other

people, libelous, and otherwise objectionable."

In 2016, she publicly supported gun control, in 2017, she was a "silence breaker" for fighting sexual harassment on TIME's Person of the Year cover.

In her Instagram post this week, she criticized the Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn for her objection to equal pay, the Violence Against Women Act, and equal business services and rights to marry for gay couples.

She stated in part, "I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent."

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee tweeted, "So @taylorswift13 has every right to be political but it won't impact election unless we allow 13-yearold girls to vote. Still with #MarshaBlackburn."

And, conservative personality Candace Owens wrote that Swift was using "Black people and minorities as pawns to brainwash people into doing their bidding."

Many reactions were fired up on both sides of the aisle, and some had humor, but others called attention to the power of her decision: "She has over 100 million followers on Instagram and many of them are, I'd guess, first-time voters," said Lynnette Hull, president of the Nevada Young Democrats and a student at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Nashville political analyst Kent Syler said of Swift's massive following on Instagram, "Compare that to Donald Trump who has 55 million Twitter followers."

Several celebrities "liked" her tweet, including Chrissy Teigen and Katy Perry, and Alyssa Milano, a leading #MeToo voice, thanked Swift for speaking out.

Survey Shows Black Voters Support Newsom, But Not All Democratic Policies

By Manny Otiko | California Black Media

African Americans usually vote overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party, but that doesn't mean they are always in line with Democratic state issues. Findings from a recent poll of 1,200 African American voters conducted by Evitarus, a public opinion research firm released new data that shares insight into black voters in California.

The California African American Policy Priorities Survey (CAPPS) poll was commissioned by the African American Voter Registration, Education and Participation (AAVREP) Project. The group's mission is to increase Af-

rican American and urban voter registration, education, and civic participation.

The survey questioned people via cell phone, landline, and the Internet. However, 82 percent of the responders completed their answers online.

According to the survey, 65 percent of African Americans are in favor of Proposition 10, a measure that supports affordable housing. However, almost a third of black voters were in favor of repealing the gas tax. This law was passed by Gov. Jerry Brown and opposed by Republicans.

Republicans also support Proposition 6, which would repeal the gas tax.

In the gubernatorial race, African Americans favored Democrat Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Newsom has made affordable housing one of the central issues of his campaign.

"We're experiencing a housing

affordability crisis, driven by a simple economic argument," said Newsom, according to his campaign website. "California is leading the national recovery, but it's producing far more jobs than homes. Providing adequate housing is fundamental to growing the state's economy."

The survey showed that 34 percent of black voters had a very favorable view of Newsom, while only 5 percent of them had a very favorable view of Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox. Cox is in favor of repealing the gas tax. He also says that California's many taxes make the state unaffordable for working families.

"California's sky-high sales taxes, vehicle license fees, and the highest gasoline taxes in the nation are a major reason so many families just can't make ends meet anymore. These high fees are a major reason California now has

the highest poverty rate in the nation. The most urgent need right now is to repeal the new vehicle license and gas tax increases," said Cox, according to his campaign website.

According to the poll, African Americans followed a familiar pattern on national issues. The survey showed that about 84 percent of black voters had an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump. This is not surprising since he criticized former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and other players who knelt in protest of police violence. Trump also called African nations "sh*thole countries."

The survey showed that 53 percent of black voters said opposing the Trump administration's agenda was a high priority. African-American voters listed public education, eliminating racial (continued on page 3)

Apparently, killing a 12-year-old Black holding a toy gun doesn't disqualify Timothy Loehmann from getting another police badge. The former Cleveland cop is again on a police force.

Loehmann is now a part-time officer with the Bellaire Police Department in rural Ohio, according to The Intelligencer. The Police Chief Richard "Dick" Flanagan said he believed Loehmann deserved a second chance.

"He was cleared of any and all wrongdoing," said Flanagan. "He was never charged. It's over and done with."

The Rice family attorney, Subodh Chandra, said in a statement: "Ms. Rice believes that Timothy Loehmann does not belong on any police force, anywhere, period. Someone with his record should not be subjected upon the citizenry. But she does hope that this means that he will not ever return to Cleveland."

On Monday, Rice's mother, Samaria, told The Daily Beast she fell to her knees when she received the news of Loehmann's hiring.

"It put me in a state of shock," she said. "It was just a feeling of numbness through my whole body."

Rice said she is launching a callin and letter-writing campaign, asking people to contact the town of Bellaire to get Loehmann's job offer taken away.

In November of 2014, Loehmann was one of the responding officers to a 911 call about a boy with a gun at a rec center. The caller identified that the gun was "probably a fake."

But when the officers arrived on the scene, Loehmann, who was a rookie at the time, waited less than four seconds before exiting his police cruiser and gunning Rice down.

Neither Loehmann nor his partner, Officer Frank Garmback, attempted to give Rice any medical assistance for four minutes following the shooting. Rice died the following day.

Loehmann was not indicted for the shooting. A Cuyahoga County grand jury and Cleveland's Critical Incident Review Commission cleared him. In 2016, the city of Cleveland was ordered to pay the Rice family $6 million in a wrongful death suit.

Loehmann was fired from the force in 2017 for lying about his previous job history

San Bernardino County Grand Jury Receives Excellence in Reporting Award for its 2016-2017 SB County News The California Grand Jurors’ Association has presented the Grand Jury Reporting Award to the San Bernardino County Grand Jury for its 2016-2017 report titled “Apple Valley Unified School District Police Department.”

The California Grand Jurors’ Association is a statewide nonprofit organization of former grand jurors with the mission “to promote, preserve and support the grand jury system through training, education and outreach.” The annual Grand Jury Reporting Award recognizes reports of high quality, have had a positive impact on the community, and increased awareness of the California grand jury system.

From January 2014 through December 2016, the Apple Valley Unified School District Police Department (AVUSD-PD) ordered an inordinate number of vehicles towed from public roadways during a 2-year period of time. In most cases the violations were outside of the department’s au-

thority. All were towed by a single tow company. During the same period, there was a decline in student-related interactions and oncampus activity by the police. The investigation led to corrections in policy.

The award was presented on October 1st at the association’s 37th annual conference held in South Lake Tahoe. Norma Grosjean, San Bernardino County Grand Jury Assistant, Sharon Bragg, San Bernardino Superior Court Administrative Services Supervisor, and Ron Zurek, member of the 2016-2017 Grand Jury, attended the conference and accepted the award on behalf of the San Bernardino County Grand Jury.

For additional information regarding Grand Jury Reports, please go to the San Bernardino County Grand Jury Website at h t t p : / / w p . s b c o u n t y. g o v / grandjury/ or contact the Grand Jury Assistant at (909) 387-9120.

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Marie Jenkins Jones Incentive Award Announces 2018 Scholarship Winners The Charleston Chronicle, NNPA/ESSA

From left to right: Ajani Brooks, Zataya Rivenbark, Kayla Bennett, Quinara Lawson, Jamesia St. Louis, and Eldrina Jones Marking 26 years of scholarship support for high school students, the Marie Jenkins Jones Incentive Award (MJJIA) announces five award recipients for 2018. Re-

ceiving scholarships of $500 each are Kayla Bennett, Ajani Brooks, Quinara Lawson, Zataya Rivenbark and Jamesia St. Louis, all recent graduates of Baptist Hill

Middle High School. These outstanding young ladies have excelled in their high school studies and will be pursuing higher education this fall semester.

“My siblings and I are thrilled about this year’s scholarship recipients,” says Andrea C.J. Casey, MJJIA Board Chairperson and daughter of the late Mrs. Marie Jenkins Jones. “Because of matching gift donations and increased support from local businesses, former students, and the community, we were able to help even more students this year,” explains Casey.

MJJIA is a federally recognized 501(c)3 organization that helps deserving graduating seniors at (continued in next column)

Marie Jenkins Jones Incentive Award Announces 2018 Scholarship Winners...continued Baptist Hill Middle High School advance their education at a vocational school, trade school, college or university of their choice.

Over the years, this scholarship has awarded tens of thousands of dollars to students assisting with books, school supplies or any other needs they may have toward their educational goals.

Mrs. Marie Jenkins Jones educated students of Charleston County for over forty years. She had a passion for teaching, love for her students and a devotion to the community. In 1992, she retired from Baptist Hill High School after decades of teaching in District 23. Her children established the scholarship to honor their mother’s legacy and to support students in furthering their education. “MJJIA wants to grant more scholarships in 2019, so we ask churches, organizations and the community to spread the word and encourage students to apply,” said Casey.

For more information about the MJJIA, to make a tax deductible donation, or to apply for the 2019 scholarship, please visit www.MJJIncentiveAward.org or contact the organization at mjjia@itsjustperfect.com

CRL Calls for Firing of CFPB Fair Lending Official Who Used N-Word

By Charlene Crowell

Recent and stunning disclosures of racially-offensive writings by a high-ranking official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has unleashed an escalating barrage of criticisms, including calls for the official to be fired and more probing questions regarding the agency’s commitment to fair lending.

Since a September 28 Washington Post article first reported how Eric Blankenstein, CFPB’s Policy Director for Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending, used a pen name in blogs dating as far back as 2004, a spate of fury has been unleashed. Disguising his authorship, Blankenstein claimed that the use of the N-word was not racist, and further alleged that most hate crimes were hoaxes.

A subsequent New York Times article alleged that people who perpetuated the Obama birther conspiracy are not racist either, and noted that as late as 2016, Blankenstein’s personal Twitter account posted racially charged

comments.

Keep in mind that Blankenstein was hand-picked by CFPB head Mick Mulvaney. Patrice A. Ficklin, a CFPB career staff member and Director of its Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity reports to Blankenstein and is quoted in the Post article.

Ficklin said, “And while he has been collegial, thoughtful and meticulous, I have had experiences that have raised concerns that are now quite alarming in light of the content of his blog posts — experiences that call into question Eric’s ability and intent to carry out his and his Acting Director’s repeated yet unsubstantiated commitment to a continued strong fair lending program under governing legal precedent.”

By October 1, Anthony Reardon, National President of the National Treasury Employees Union, advised CFPB of its dissatisfaction with the Blankenstein blogs.

“There should be zero tolerance for comments that Blankenstein has admitted authoring and nothing less than swift and decisive action is called for,” said Reardon. “That someone with a history of racially derogatory and (continued on page 7 )

A Five Hundred Year-Old Shared History...continued

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A Five Hundred Year-Old Shared History

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia “It started with slave ships… There are more records of slave ships than one would dream. It seems inconceivable until you reflect that for 200 years ships sailed carrying cargo of slaves.

How can man be nonviolent… in the face of the… violence that we’ve been experiencing for the past (500) years is actually doing our people a disservice in fact, it’s a crime, it’s a crime.” — Public Enemy- “Can’t Truss It.” The transatlantic slave trade is often regarded as the first system of globalization and lasted from the 16th century through much of the 19th century.

Slavery, and the global political, socioeconomic and banking systems that supported it, constitutes one of the greatest tragedies in the history of humanity both in terms of scale and duration.

The transatlantic slave trade was the largest mass deportation of humans in history and a determining factor in the world economy of the 18th century where millions of Africans were torn from their homes, deported to the American continent and sold as slaves, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – or UNESCO. The transatlantic slave trade that began about 500 years ago connected the economies of three continents with Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England and France acting as the primary trading countries.

“The transatlantic slave trade transformed the Americas,” wrote Dr. Alan Rice, a Reader in American Cultural Studies at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston in the United Kingdom.

“Three factors combined to cause this transformation. Large amounts of land had been seized from Native Americans and were not being used,” Rice said. “Europeans were looking for somewhere to invest their money and very cheap labor was available in the form of enslaved Africans [thus] the Americas became a booming new economy.”

The transatlantic slave trade also formed an essential bridge between

(Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities and implications of the transatlantic slave trade. This is the third report in the series.

Europe’s New World and its Asia trade and, as such, it was a crucial element in the development of the global economy in the 18th century, Professor Robert Harms wrote for Yale University’s “Global Yale.”

Harms, a professor of History at Yale and chair of the Council on African Studies continued: “There was one basic economic fact – little noticed by historians – that provides the key to the relationship between the direct trade and the circuit trade.

“When a French ship arrived in the New World with a load of slaves to be bartered for sugar, the value of the slaves equaled about twice as much sugar as the ship could carry back to France. For that reason, the most common form of slave contract called for fifty percent of the sugar to be delivered immediately and the remainder to be delivered a year later.

“The second delivery carried no interest penalty, and so the slave sellers were in effect giving the buyers an interest-free loan.”

In total, UNESCO estimates that between 25 to 30 million people — men,

women and children — were deported from their homes and sold as slaves in the different slave trading systems.

More than half – 17 million – were deported and sold during the transatlantic slave trade, a figure that UNESCO historians said doesn’t include those who died aboard the ships and during the course of wars and raids connected to the slave.

The trade proceeded in three steps.

The ships left Western Europe for Africa loaded with goods which were to be exchanged for slaves.

Upon their arrival in Africa, the captains traded their merchandise for captive slaves. Weapons and gun powder were the most important commodities but textiles, pearls and other manufactured goods, as well as rum, were also in high demand.

The exchange could last from one week to several months.

The second step was the crossing of the Atlantic. Africans were transported to America to be sold throughout the continent.

The third step connected America to Europe.

The slave traders brought back

mostly agricultural products, produced by the slaves. The main product was sugar, followed by cotton, coffee, tobacco and rice.

The circuit lasted approximately eighteen months and, in order to be able to transport the maximum number of slaves, the ship’s steerage was frequently removed, historians said.

Many researchers are convinced that the slave trade had more to do with economics than racism. “Slavery was not born of racism, rather racism was the consequence of slavery,” historian Eric Williams wrote in his study, “Capitalism & Slavery.”

“Unfree labor in the New World was brown, white, black, and yellow; Catholic, Protestant, and pagan. The origin of Negro slavery? The reason was economic, not racial, it had to do not with the color of the laborer, but the cheapness of the labor,” Williams said.

Also, contrary to “the popular portrayal of African slaves as primitive, ignorant and stupid, the reality is that not only were Africans skilled laborers, they were also experts in tropical (continued in next 2 columns)

agriculture,” said editor and social media and communications expert, Michael Roberts.

In a dissertation for op-ed news earlier this year, Roberts said, Africans were well-suited for plantation agriculture in the Caribbean and South America.

Also, the high immunity of Africans to malaria and yellow fever, compared to white Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and South America, meant Africans were more suitable for tropical labor.

“While Native Americans’ labor were initially used, Africans were the final solution to the acute labor problem in the New World,” Roberts said.

“The slave trade was one of the most important business enterprises of the 17th century. The undisputed fact is that the nation states of Europe stabilized themselves and developed their economies mainly at the expense of millions of Black African people,” he said.

During the 16th Century, when Europeans first made regular contact, West Africa had highly developed civilizations and Africans were keen to trade their gold, silver, copper, Ivory and spices for European pots, pans, cloth and guns.

However, Europeans soon became more interested in exploiting the people of Africa and forcing them into slave labor.

Most of the slaves were taken from the West coast, but some were kidnapped further inland from the interior.

“The biggest lesson to be learned from this dark and evil chapter in human history is that exploiting fellow humans for cheap labor never pays off in the long run,” said Pablo Solomon, an internationally recognized artist and designer who’s been featured in 29 books and in newspapers, magazines, television, radio and film.

“The acts of using fellow humans as beasts of burden to save a few bucks always ends up costing more in the long run both in real money and in societal decay,” Solomon said.

“Any rationalization of misusing fellow humans is both evil and ignorant,” he said.

One aspect of the transatlantic slave trade that would greatly enhance its

understanding is that the English began to enslave and export Irish persons to the Caribbean in the time of Oliver Cromwell, said Heather Miller, an educator and writer with expertise in the teaching of reading and writing, who holds graduate degrees from Harvard and MIT. Cromwell was known for his campaign in Ireland that centered on ethnic cleansing and the transportation of slave labor to the Barbados.

“Irish enslaved persons worked alongside African enslaved persons in the Caribbean,” Miller said.

However, historians generally agree that the most cruel and exploitative people have been the African.

“From the moment when Europeans took their slaves from a race different from their own, which many of them considered inferior to other human races, and assimilation with whom they all regarded with horror, they assumed that slavery would be eternal,” historian Winthrop D. Jordan wrote in his dissertation, “White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro.”

While tribal leaders assisted in the capturing of some African slaves, its without any doubt that foreigners were overwhelming the most egregious in their pursuit of men, women and children who would be placed in the horrors of forced labor and inhumane treatment.

The transatlantic slave trade would become the largest forced migration in history.

It started at the beginning of the sixteenth century and, until the mid-17th century, Spanish America and Portuguese Brazil were the major slave markets for European slave traders.

The Dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade started in the 1630s and ended at the beginning of the nineteenth century, according to Henk den Heijer, professor emeritus in Maritime History at the Leiden University in Germany.

During that period, the Dutch shipped 600,000 Africans to the colonies in the New World.

To be continued nextweek 10/18/18

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No Matter What?

By Rev. Stephen Tillett

California State Parks Seeks Public Comment on Guidelines for $254.9 Million in Statewide Park Grants...continued Tuesday, October 23 I 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Community Center - 375 S. 1st Street (92243) Ontario (San Bernardino County) Thursday, October 18 I 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Rev. Stephen Tillett I am compelled to express my disgust at the determination of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the White House to ramrod through a Supreme Court (SCOTUS) nomination no matter what. While Brett Kavanaugh might meet some standards for a Justice, as far as his legal training and experience, there are other factors which weigh heavily with this nomination. I am well aware that "elections have consequences," so whomever the president is when a SCOTUS vacancy occurs has earned the right, by virtue of the votes of his/her fellow citizens, to nominate a person to fill the vacancy (unless you are President Barack Obama in the winter of 2016).

There are so many things that are being done out of order now that undermine any façade of comity or cooperation, that we find ourselves in a constant state of toxic politics. I am concerned that our democracy is being sacrificed on the altar of political expediency and ideological purity. I am especially troubled that some women would dismiss, out-ofhand, a complaint about sexual assault or harassment from other women just because it is ideologically inconvenient.

While I expect, but don't excuse, that cognitive dissonance from men in positions of power, I expect better from women.

For some senators to earnestly assert their "sympathy" that Dr. Ford was assaulted, but to also claim that she has mis-remembered who assaulted her is insulting and laughable.

This is not about ideology nor the usual bloviations about "right" and "left." This is fundamentally about human decency and respecting the claims of women about the abuses they have faced, whether there were eye witnesses to it or not (such as with the accusers of jailed comedian Bill Cosby. I'm just sayin'...) One has to wonder what the daughters and granddaughters of some US Senators think about their father/grandfather's politically dismissive attitudes toward sexual assault.

This obsession over abortion overlooks a few realities. First, less than two percent of all the

cases the SCOTUS hears will involve abortion. Second, even with the White House, both houses of Congress and a conservative majority on the SCOTUS, they will probably never end all access to legal abortion, because that would deprive some candidates of their go-to campaign issue every election season.

I know and believe that all life is precious, but not just preborn life! Some of the same people who are obsessed to end abortion are also the people who oppose programs that would enhance the standard of living for the children once they have been born. How can one insist a child be born but then oppose AFDC and SNAP benefits, Head Start programs, health care for said children and free or affordable college or vocational education? If we made the world more child (and parent) friendly, there would likely be a lot less abortions.

Third, most of the political leadership, while manipulating the abortion issue to their own advantage are really more concerned with the other 98 to 99 percent of rulings the SCOTUS makes. And many of those rulings from a "conservative" (i.e., corporate and pro-business) court will lead to negative outcomes for most Americans, such as, rulings made asserting that corporations deserve the same rights as people.

The court makes many more rulings that damage our nation concerning the burgeoning security and police state in America, the environment, worker's rights, voter suppression and gerrymandering and any number of other matters that affect the daily lives of many Americans.

This is about a lifetime appointment to our highest court.

Irrespective of how long it may take, we have to get this right - no matter what!

Rev. Stephen A. Tillett is pastor of Asbury Broadneck UMC, Annapolis, MD, president of the Anne Arundel County, Maryland Branch NAACP and author of Stop Falling for the Okeydoke: How the Lie of "Race" Continues to Undermine Our Country (www.StopFalling ForTheOkeydoke.com).

California State Parks Seeks Public Comment onGuidelines for $254.9 Million in Statewide Park Grants Funding will create new recreational opportunities in underserved communities State/Government News

SACRAMENTO. - California State Parks this week released for public review the “Draft Application Guide” for a statewide program that offers $254.9 million to create new parks and recreational opportunities in underserved communities across California.

Parks are unique places where children play, people exercise, families and friends bond, seniors socialize, cultures share and celebrate their differences, and everyone connects with nature. The Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Grant Program helps communities invest in these parks, increasing recreational opportunities. Examples include aquatic centers, athletic fields, community gardens, outdoor gym equipment, public art, amphitheaters, etc. The competitive grant program was made possible through the passage of Proposition 68: California

Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018, the state’s largest investment in grant funding history targeted for underserved communities in California. The bond also provides funds for aging infrastructure, amenities and improvements to parks that will help attract new and diverse visitors.

Public comments on the draft program application guide are due by 5 p.m. November 9, and public opportunities will be held across California as follows: Draft Application Guide Review Session with Q&A Session Public will have the opportunity to review the draft application guide and ask questions via a question and answer format.

El Centro (Imperial County) (continued in next 2 columns)

De Anza Community and Teen Center - 1405 S. Fern Avenue (91762)

ments about the draft application guide.

Fresno Wednesday, November 7 I 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (Art Hill Room) – 2425 Fresno Street (93721) Paramount (Los Angeles County)

Redding (Shasta County)

Friday, November 2 I 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 10 I 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Progress Park Plaza – 1550 Downey Avenue (90723)

Redding City Hall Community Room - 777 Cypress Avenue (96001)

Orangevale (Sacramento County)

San Diego Wednesday, October 24 I 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Balboa Park Recital Hall - 2130 Pan American Plaza (92101) San Pablo (Bay Area) Tuesday, October 9 I 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Davis Park Multi-Purpose Room - 665 Folsom Avenue (94806) Public Hearing Schedule Public will have the opportunity to provide in-person formal com-

Monday, November 5 I 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Orangevale Park (Activity Building) – 6818 Hazel Avenue (95662) Following the public participation opportunities, California State Parks Office of Grants and Local Services (OGALS) will finalize the Application Guide and announce an application workshop schedule. More than 15 application workshops will be offered statewide in early 2019.

For more information on the Draft Application Guide and how to RSVP for the Review Sessions and Public Hearings, please visit www.parks.ca.gov/spp.

Survey Shows Black Voters Support Newsom, But Not All Democratic Policies...continued from page 1 profiling and holding law enforcement agencies accountable and expanding access to mental health as more important issues.

According to Shakari Byerly, managing partner, and lead researcher, the survey findings will prove useful to politicians vying for the African American vote.

"One of the strongest findings from the survey is the high level of support for Proposition 10, which is aimed at increasing the amount of affordable housing, by giving cities and counties the authority to expand rent control.

Affordable housing is a top priority for black voters, so it is not

surprising to see such high levels of support. However, recent research conducted by PPIC suggests that support for the measure is lagging among voters overall," she said.

Byerly also said, "Black voters will likely determine the margin of victory in key ballot measure propositions and congressional campaigns throughout California.

It is therefore imperative that we understand the policy priorities and preferences of this important constituency. Candidates and ballot measure campaigns seeking to win this November ignore the black vote at their own peril."

USDA Partners to Improve Community Infrastructure for 1.1 Million Rural Americans County Government News GILLETTE, Wyo., Oct. 8, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $181 million in 88 projects (PDF, 173 KB) that will build community infrastructure and facilities in 27 states.

“Infrastructure is a foundation for quality of life and economic opportunity in small towns across our country,” Hazlett said. “Under the leadership of Secretary Sonny Perdue, USDA is committed to being a strong partner to building prosperity in rural America through modern infrastructure.”

Hazlett announced the funding during a forum co-sponsored by the National Association of Counties and the National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation. USDA is making the investments through the Community Facilities Direct Loan Program. The funding helps rural areas make infrastructure improvements and provide essential facilities such as schools, libraries and day care centers. For example: In Kansas, the city of Neodesha will use a $1.8 million loan to upgrade a city-owned natural gas system. All cast iron gas lines will be replaced, and gas meters will be relocated. The system improvement will serve about 2,500 residents.

In North Carolina, the Thomas Jefferson Community Education Foundation will use a $27 million loan to construct a new high school and pay off existing debt.

The new school will include a gymnasium and 29 classrooms to accommodate up to 440 students.

In Ohio, the Monroe County Commissioners will use a $117,000 loan to purchase equipment to maintain 370 miles of rural roadways. The county will buy three trucks with snow plows, a backhoe, a tractor ditching head and a brush/tree chipper. This equipment will provide safer roads for the county’s 14,642 residents.

The projects announced today will help improve the quality of life for 1.1 million rural residents in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

More than 100 types of projects are eligible for Community Facilities funding. Eligible applicants include municipalities, public bodies, nonprofit organizations and federally and state-recognized Native American tribes.

Applicants and projects must be in rural areas with a population of 20,000 or less. Loan amounts have ranged from $10,000 to $165 million.

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Omnibus spending bill increased the budget for the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant program to $2.8 billion, up $200 million from FY 2017. (continued in next 2 columns)

USDA Partners to Improve Community Infrastructure for 1.1 Million Rural Americans...continued In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote agriculture and prosperity in rural communities. In January 2018, Secretary Perdue presented the Task Force’s findings to President Trump. These findings included 31 recommendations to align the federal government with state, local and tribal governments to take advantage of opportunities that exist in rural America. Increasing investments in rural infrastructure is a key recommendation of the task force.

To view the report in its entirety,

please view the Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In addition, to view the categories of the recommendations, please view the Rural Prosperity infographic (PDF, 190 KB).

USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities and create jobs in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety and health care; and highspeed internet access in rural areas. For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov.

Four Powerful Black Women in Politics Share Story Friendship and How It Has Changed Politics in America.

By Post Staff

The lives of Black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries.

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over 30 years — Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore, a group of women who call themselves “The Colored Girls.”

Like many people who have spent their careers in public service, they view their lives in fouryear waves where presidential campaigns and elections have been common threads. For most of the Colored Girls, their story starts with Jesse Jackson’s first campaign for president. From there, they went on to work on the presidential campaigns of Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Over the years, they’ve filled

many roles: in the corporate world, on campaigns, in unions, in churches, in their own businesses and in the White House.

Through all of this, they’ve worked with those who have shaped our country’s history-U.S. presidents such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, well-known political figures such as Terry McAuliffe and Howard Dean, and legendary activists and historical figures such as Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and Betty Shabazz.

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” is filled with personal stories that bring to life heroic figures we all know and introduce us to some of those who’ve worked behind the scenes but are still hidden. Whatever their perch, the Colored Girls are always focused on the larger goal of “hurrying history” so that every American -regardless of race, gender or religious backgroundcan have a seat at the table. This is their story.

This article originally appeared in the Oakland Post.

District Police Arrest Three Men Suspected in String of Robberies Targeting Students SBCUSD News

Sgt. John Guttierez, San Bernardino City Unified School District Police Department Dogged investigative work and a swift response by San Bernardino City Unified School District Police officers led to the arrest of three men suspected of robbing high school students of their jewelry.

The robbery spree began in September and ended Friday, September 28 when District Police arrested Demontrion Butler, David Black, and Aaron Keith across the street from Cajon High School, said District Police Sgt. John Guttierez. The men were in an SUV that matched the description of the getaway car used in the robberies.

The trio is suspected of targeting several high school students from San Andreas and Sierra High Schools, who were robbed of gold chains as they walked home from school. Two of the robberies involved San Andreas High students and four robberies targeted

Sierra High students. The students were not injured during the incidents. At least two of the robberies involved a handgun, Guttierez said. District Police recovered a handgun, along with property believed to have been stolen during the robberies.

“I commend our officers for doing a great job of investigating these robberies,” Guttierez said.

“Because of their work, led by Sgt. Alex Raya, we were able to take three men into custody and stop a dangerous robbery spree in our community.”

Anyone with information about the crimes or who may have been the victim of an unreported robbery is urged to call the District’s See Something, Say Something Hotline at (909) 388-6043 or the independent WE TIP Hotline at (800) 7827463.

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October 11, 2018

HEALTH/FITNESS/SENIOR NEWS

Popular Socal Band To Perform At Race For The Cure Cougrzz Rock Donates Free Show to Komen IE’s Signature Fundraiser Health/Fitness News

By Holly Ober A bioengineer and neuroscientist at the University of California, Riverside, have received a $390,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a device to improve outcomes for patients suffering a severe stroke that requires a craniectomy to circumvent debilitative tissue swelling.

The device aims to relieve swelling in brain tissue and administer therapeutic amounts of neuregulin-1 (NRG-1), a molecule produced naturally by the body to regulate communication between cells in the brain and heart and promote their growth. The researchers expect the work will eventually lead to a new Food and Drug Administration-approved device for the treatment of is-

chemic stroke in humans.

Victor Rodgers, the Jacques S. Yeager, Sr. Professor of Bioengineering at UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, developed a similar device with Dr. Devin K. Binder, a neurosurgeon and associate professor in residence at the UCR School of Medicine, to reduce swelling in brain tissue or spinal cord.

The device they invented consists of hollow fibers embedded in a flexible gel, which are attached to larger tubes on either end. After a portion of the skull is removed, the gel is placed on it, conforming to its shape. A solution is pumped into the tubes to encourage water molecules to

Proceeds Raised At Pink On Parade Impact Women Throughout The Riverside Community Battling Cancer Register Today!

Health/Fitness News

(Riverside, CA) October 9, 2018 – “Through The Pink Ribbon Place, I’ve bonded with amazing women and have had the opportunity to benefit from counseling, prosthesis and support groups,” shared Jennifer Potter, Pink Ribbon Place Client.

Pink on Parade, Riverside’s breast cancer awareness walk is held annually to support the programs and services provided by The Pink Ribbon Place, Riverside Community Health Foundation’s breast cancer resource center.

From breast prosthesis, wigs, bras, support groups, counseling services, to nutrition and stress management, The Pink Ribbon Place aims to improve the quality of life for those impacted by cancer before, during and after treatment.

“It is a safe and caring environment. Not only will you be helped with physical needs [prosthesis and wigs], you will also meet others who are in this journey with you, who will fight with you,” said

Donna Stumpf, Pink Ribbon Place Client.

All proceeds raised at Pink on Parade will go towards the programs at The Pink Ribbon Place and throughout the Riverside community.

“Honestly, if it was not for the support of The Pink Ribbon Place, I would not have had bras last year—I walked away from the resource center feeling whole,” said Precious Taylor, Pink Ribbon Place Client.

Riverside’s breast cancer awareness walk will take place Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Ryan Bonaminio Park (5000 Tequesquite Ave., Riverside, CA 92506). There will be a 5K up Riverside’s iconic Mt. Rubidoux and a 1.8K family fun walk around Ryan Bonaminio Park. Register for the walk by visiting, pinkonparade.org/register.

For more information contact: Anna Holbrook, Director of Special Events and Fundraising (951) 788-3471 | anna@rchf.org

What You Need to Know This Medicare Enrollment Season

By Rick Beavin, California Market President Humana It’s that time of year when people with Medicare review their health insurance choices and enroll in a Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug plan for the coming year.

People typically have a lot of questions as they research their Medicare options, which primarily include Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, before finding the plan that best fits their needs.

Here are some of the most commonly asked questions Humana licensed health insurance agents get from consumers during the Medicare Annual Election Period:

during the annual enrollment period, you’ll typically automatically be re-enrolled in your same medical or prescription plan for 2019.

When is the annual enrollment period to choose a Medicare plan for 2019?

How are health insurers like Humana able to offer Medicare Advantage plans with no monthly premium?

The Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Annual Election Period takes place from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, 2018, for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.

Do I have to re-enroll in Medicare every year?

You don’t need to sign up for Original Medicare each year.

However, you should review your Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug Plan coverage annually, since Medicare plans and personal circumstances can change every year. If you take no action

Does Medicare include coverage for my prescription drugs?

Original Medicare does not cover most prescription drugs.

Many Medicare Advantage plans include prescription drug coverage, or you can sign up for a Part D Prescription Drug Plan separately. A licensed agent can look up your medications and tell you what the cost of each drug would be on a plan.

Private insurers keep premiums low through programs like disease and chronic care management, which help people better manage health conditions and, in turn, reduce health care costs.

Keep in mind that you still need to pay your Medicare Part B premium, which covers medical services and preventive care. You might want to use the additional premium dollars you save for outof-pocket medical costs, such as co-pays.

How do I find out if my doc(continued in next 2 columns)

move through the membranes of the tubes and the opening at the other end, a process known as osmosis. The osmotic therapy device reduces swelling quickly and has a patent pending.

Previous research by Byron Ford, a professor of biomedical sciences at UCR’s School of Medicine, showed that NRG-1 can protect brain cells from stroke damage in rats and mice. A single dose of NRG-1 was enough to prevent acute brain injury, most likely by blocking the ability of cells to become inflamed past the stroke site. The FDA has already approved clinical trials using NRG1 to treat heart failure. The new research could hasten FDA approval of NRG-1 for treatment of

stroke.

Rodgers and Ford will use the new grant to modify the existing osmotic therapy device to both draw out water and deliver NRG1 into brain tissue. NRG-1 will flow through the device’s hollow tubes and diffuse through their membranes directly into the brain tissue without the need for needles or any other method of delivery. The researchers think that combining rapid swelling reduction with the neuroprotective effects of NRG-1 can improve outcomes for victims of the most severe ischemic strokes.

Read the full story here: https:/ /news.ucr.edu/articles/2018/10/ 09/federal-grant-will-help-develop-new-stroke-treatment

What You Need to Know This Medicare Enrollment Season...continued tors, hospitals and specialists are in my Medicare Advantage provider network?

Most Medicare Advantage plans offer easy-to-use online tools to help you find doctors and hospitals that are in the plan’s network. A licensed agent can also help you look up hospitals and doctors to see if they’re accepting a plan and taking new patients.

If I select a Medicare plan for the coming year, and then find I don’t like it, can I drop it and choose another plan?

The plan you select by Dec. 7 will be your Medicare plan for all of 2019, with few exceptions, so it’s wise to research your options carefully. If you sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan for 2019, and then find it’s not the right fit, between Jan. 1 and March 31, there will be an Open Enrollment Period during which

you can switch from a Medicare Advantage or a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plan to another Medicare Advantage plan with or without prescription drug coverage, or choose Original Medicare with or without a stand-alone Prescription Drug Plan. Full information on 2019 Medicare health and prescription drug plans is available on www.medicare.gov, and for Humana plans at www.humana.com/Medicare. You can also call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) (or TTY: 1-877486-2048) 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or call Humana at 1877-877-0714 (TTY use 711) 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time seven days a week.

Humana is a Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organization, and stand-alone prescription drug plan, with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in any Humana plan depends on plan renewal.

How A Child’s Breathing Problem Can Be Misdiagnosed As ADHD Health News

They are two conditions that might seem to have nothing in common: mouth breathing and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Yet children who breathe through their mouths because of a dental issue may be easily misdiagnosed with ADHD, resulting in a lifetime of being given powerful drugs unnecessarily.

“Mouth breathing is often caused by an obstruction in the nasal airway,” says Dr. Ami Barakat, author of Perfecting Smiles, Changing Lives (www.villanovadental.com).

“More than half of the people diagnosed with ADHD are mouth breathers. That is too significant a statistic to be a coincidence.”

In the United States, anxiety disorders such as ADHD are the most common mental illness, affecting 40 million adults, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Meanwhile, ADHD is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in children in Canada, according to the Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada.

Conservative estimates suggest that 5 percent of Canadian children are affected, and the number of diagnoses has risen dramatically over the decades along with the number of children being medicated.

Mouth breathing can result in a lack of oxygen saturation in the brain, Barakat says. Mouth breathers are more likely to have cerebral hypoxia or a reduced supply of oxygen to the brain.

Mouth breathing children get a low quality of sleep, which af-

fects their mood, ability to focus, and behavior at school.

Barakat says this can easily be confused for ADHD. Other impacts on children who are mouth breathers include: Snoring Teeth Grinding Nightmares Bedwetting School Issues (due to lack of sleep and possible low oxygen to the brain, they may appear lazy, have troubling focusing, etc.)

“Every diagnosed case of ADHD can’t be eradicated with solving mouth breathing issues,” Dr. Barakat says. “But the parents of children who are mouth breathers and have been diagnosed with ADHD should get a second opinion from a dentist or orthodontist before accepting the ADHD label that means their children will take powerful drugs such as Ritalin or Adderall for the rest of their lives.”

About Dr. Ami Barakat Dr. Ami Barakat , author of Perfecting Smileas, Changing Lives, is a general dentist who has trained extensively in orthodontics. He has received several prestigious awards in recognition of his talent, achievements and passion for dentistry.

He graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry with honors and served a one year residency at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal.

MURRIETA—Cougrzz Rock, a popular all-female Southern California band, will perform at the Sunday, Oct. 14 Race for the Cure in a show of support for Susan G. Komen IE’s signature fundraiser.

The award-winning band’s high-energy show will be on full display at the event in Murrieta’s Town Square Park, where supporters will gather to raise money for breast cancer patients throughout the Inland area.

Cougrzz Rock will play as the walkers and runners kick off and return from their three-mile route or one-mile fun run through the picturesque downtown Murrieta.

“Performing means supporting women in their time of need, raising them up and carrying them on our shoulders,” said Chrissy Marquez, who plays drums and manages the band. “We’re all sisters, we’re all connected, and we all need each other at some point in our lifetime. This is one of those moments.”

Marquez said she has lost a number of close friends to breast cancer, including one friend who died in January after battling the disease for less than two years.

Marquez also supported another friend’s annual Race for the Cure team during her decade-long battle before the friend ultimately passed away a couple years ago.

Cougrzz Rock specializes on Top 40 dance music, Latin, R&B, hip hop, classic rock and wide range of popular music. Based in Corona, they were recognized in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 as the Inland Empire Magazine Band of the Year. They also were honored as the Best Cover Band at the Wine Country Music Awards in 2017 and named the Best Cover Band at the Temecula Valley Music Awards in 2016.

The band will join Susan G. Komen IE as it marks its second year holding the race in Murrieta’s Town Square Park. Seventy-five percent of the money raised will stay in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to fund vital breast cancer health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs. The remaining 25 percent will go to support Komen’s national research and training grants program.

“We are so excited that Cougrzz Rock will be at the Race for the Cure,” said Jill Eaton, executive

director for Susan G. Komen IE. “This is an invaluable show of support for our event and for breast cancer survivors in the Inland area, and we hope the community turns out to see this great group and to join our runners and walkers.”

Susan G. Komen IE hopes to raise $400,000 at this year’s Race for the Cure, and continues to accept sponsorships for the event. Organizations interested in sponsoring the race are encouraged to contact the affiliate office to learn more about opportunities. Additional information is available on the sponsorship brochure: http:// inlandempire.info-komen.org/ s i t e / D o c S e r v e r / SGKIE_2018_Spons orship_Brochure.pdf.

Volunteers also are needed and are encouraged to sign up online: https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/volunteer-susan-gkomen-inland-empire-race-forthe-cure-murrieta-october-742392 Sign ups for race registrants and teams are under way online at www.komenie.org, where donors also can make contributions. Registrants can call 951-676-7465 for help signing up. Registration fees cover the event costs, so supporters are encouraged to raise additional dollars to go to the charity.

Follow the Susan G. Komen Inland Empire affiliate on Facebook Susan G. Komen Inland Empire and or Twitter. Follow Cougrzz Rock at www.cougrzzrock.com and @cougrzz or on Facebook.

Komen Inland Empire was founded in 1998 by a group of individuals committed to the Komen vision of a world without breast cancer. The affiliate has invested more than $6.5 million toward community health grants and more than $2.5 million in breakthrough research. The affiliate keeps 75 percent of the funds raised to invest in local breast health needs and services. The remaining 25 percent is dedicated to the Komen Award and Research Grant Program to fund groundbreaking breast cancer research.

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2018 SCAM ALERTS Senior News

Technology has made it easy to build relationships with friends and family who live far away, as well as to start new romantic relationships with people met online. Many scammers will make fake online dating profiles to get close to victims, build a relationship with them online, and then ask for money to finally meet their love interest, start a new business idea, or claim they are in financial trouble and need help.

While many people on dating sites are legitimately looking for love and friendship, please remember that there are many

scammers out there looking to capitalize on the good will of loving and caring people. If you haven’t met someone in person, it is never a good idea to send them money, no matter what your perceived relationship with them might be. Exercise caution when dating online, as it is easy for someone to pretend to be someone else while sitting behind a computer instead of meeting face-to-face.

Be a fraud fighter! If you can spot a scam, you can stop a scam.

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PAGE 5 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180010176 Date Filed: 9/05/2018 Filing Expires On: 9/05/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): AMERICA PACIFIC RELOCATION DIVISION County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 19528 VENTURA BLVD. STE. 531 TARZANA, CA 91356 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: AMERICAN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION State of Inc./Org./ Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C3695370 Residence Street Address: 19528 VENTURA BLVD. STE. 531 TARZANA, CA 91356 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature/Title of Person Signing: Mike Sargisszadeh, CEO

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of 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 October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180010937 Date Filed: 9/24/2018 Filing Expires On: 9/24/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): CALIBRE SYSTEMS, INC. County of Principal Place of Business: FAIRFAX Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 6354 WALKER LANE ALEXANDRIA, VA 22310 Mailing Address: 6354 WALKER LANE ALEXANDRIA, VA 22310 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: CALIBRE SYSTEMS, INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: VA Inc./ Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 6354 WALKER LANE ALEXANDRIA, VA 22310 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature/Title of Person Signing: Craig E. College, Executive Vice President

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 October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010475 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/12/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 9/12/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): FEI ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS Business Address: 6372 CHIPOLA CT. CHINO, CA 91710 Phone Number: 909-636-9538 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: FRANCIS E. IWEKAOGWU 6372 CHIPOLA CT. CHINO, CA 91710 Signature/Officer Title: Francis E. Iwekaogwu, President

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 September 20, Correction 27, October 4, 11, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180010159 Date Filed: 9/05/2018 Filing Expires On: 9/05/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): CJ’S TEST ONLY SMOG County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 297 E. 5TH ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.:CJ’S TEST ONLY SMOG, INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C4184259 Residence Street Address: 297 E. 5TH ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature/Title of Person Signing: Amal Fakitoury, CEO

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of 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 September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010758 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/19/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 9/19/2023 Business is Conducted By: A Corporation Fictitious Business Name(s): 1. RIALTO CAR REGISTRATION SERVICES 2. RIALTO CAR SALES 3. M&R NOTARY PUBLIC Business Address: 785 W. RIALTO AVE. RIALTO, CA 92376 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: RIALTO MOTOR GROUP INC. 785 W. RIALTO AVE. RIALTO, CA 92376 A1#: C4180110 State:CA Signature/Officer Title: Marwa Beshara, President

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 September 27, Correction October 4, 11, 18, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010282 Filing Type: FBN Abandonment Date Filed: 9/07/2018 Related FBN Number: 20170006946 County Where Filed: SAN BERNARDINO Date Filed: 6/13/2017 Began Transacting Business: 6/13/2017 Filing Expires On: 9/07/2023 Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple Fictitious Business Name(s): DURO CAR WASH & CLEANING SERVICES Business Address: 13533 LAFAYETTE CT. FONTANA, CA 92336 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: EIRINI NTOURO 13533 LAFAYETTE CT. FONTANA, CA 92336 JOHNNY M. SHALLOP 13533 LAFAYETTE CT. FONTANA, CA 92336 Signature/Officer Title: Eirini Ntouro

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 September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20180010522 Date Filed: 9/13/2018 Filing Expires On: 9/13/2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): MADRIGAL TOWING County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1053 W. 25TH ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 Mailing Address: 1053 W. 25TH ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 Name of Individual Registrant: MARTIN M. MADRIGAL Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.:State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 1053 W. 25TH ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 7/01/2011 Signature/Title of Person Signing: Martin M. Madrigal, Owner

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of 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 September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010959 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/25/2018 Began Transacting Business: 9/18/2018 Filing Expires On: 9/25/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): MARTHA CHAVEZ TRUCKING Business Address: 16734 JOSHUA STREET VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: MARTHA P. CHAVEZ 16734 JOSHUA STREET VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Signature/Officer Title: Martha P. Chavez, Owner

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010283 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/07/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 9/07/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): DURO CONSULTING GROUP Business Address: 7620 CHERIMOYA CT. FONTANA, CA 92336 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: EIRINI NTOURO 7620 CHERIMOYA CT. FONTANA, CA 92336 Signature/Officer Title: Eirini Ntouro

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 September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010768 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/19/2018 Began Transacting Business: 1/23/2013 Filing Expires On: 9/19/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): IOL TRANSPORT Business Address: 13932 LEMONWOOD CT. FONTANA, CA 92337 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: ISRAEL L. ORTIZ 13932 LEMONWOOD CT. FONTANA, CA 92337 Signature/Officer Title: Israel L. Ortiz

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 September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010121 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/04/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 9/04/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): RELAX & HEALING Business Address: 77 E. SEVENTH ST. #B UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 6861 RIVERTRAILS DR. EASTVALE, CA 91752 Registrant(s)Address: SIMIE FANG 6861 RIVERTRAILS DR. EASTVALE, CA 91752 Signature/Officer Title: Simie Fang, Owner

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180010929 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 9/24/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 9/24/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): SMART CLEANING Business Address: 15264 BOYLE AVE. STE. A FONTANA, CA 92337 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 15264 BOYLE AVE. STE. A FONTANA, CA 92337 Registrant(s)Address: ROCKY S. DAVILA 15264 BOYLE AVE. STE. A FONTANA, CA 92337 Signature/Officer Title: Rocky S. Davila

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 October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1824522 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CORRELL THOMPSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a.

CORRELL GRIFFIN to Proposed name: CORRELL THOMPSON 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:November 05, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: S16 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: September 19, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1823995 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: LUCILLE MONTANO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a.

LUCILLE MONTANO to Proposed name: LUCILLE ZUNIGA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 10/24/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino Justice Center-Civil 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: September 12, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVVS 1800549 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: LEWIS GLENDALE TAYLOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a.

LEWIS GLENDALE TAYLOR to Proposed name: GLENNDALE LEWIS TAYLOR THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 11/14/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:V15 Superior Court Victorville District, 14455 Civic Drive Ste. 100 Victorville, CA 92392 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: September 21, 2018 Judge Lisa Rogan Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2018.

PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: PETER JOHN COLUNGA Case Number: PROPS 1800885 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PETER JOHN

COLUNGA A Petition for Probate has been filed by: FREDDIE COLUNGA in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that FREDDIE COLUNGA 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: October 16, 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 SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER-PROBATE DIVISION MAIN/CENTRAL 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: Guay P. Wilson 14 N. Eighth Street (P.O. Box 166) Redlands, CA 92373

Telephone: (909)793-2044 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper September 27, October 4, 11, 2018.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: MARIA G. CARRASCO Case Number: PROPS 1800422 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MARIA G.

CARRASCO A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BERTHA SOTELO in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that BERTHA SOTELO 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: October 16, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept:: S-35p SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER-PROBATE DEPT. 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.

Petitioner: Bertha Sotelo 2917 Fremontia Drive San Bernardino, CA 92404 Telephone: (909)882-2907 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper September 27, October 4, 11, 2018.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): PENNIE R. ENGELHORN 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 Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas.

Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol) ‘o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por

October 11, 2018 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 1810053 (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 W. Third Street San Bernardino, CA 924150210 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, Golnaz Heidari, Esq.(Bar #317574) 3168 Lionshead Ave. Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 554671) Date(Fecha): April 24, 2018 (Secretario)Clerk, by Anita Johnson, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.

SUMMONS Cross-Complaint (CITACION JUDICIALCONTRADEMANDA) NOTICE TO CROSS- DEFENDANT (AVISO AL CONTRA-DEMANDADO): JONAH LOVE, an individual, FRESHWORKS, INC., a suspended California corporation, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY CROSS-COMPLAINANT: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL CONTRADEMANDANTE): DINO VLAHOPOULOS, an individual 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 cross- complainant. 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.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por esqrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al contrademandante.

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.sucorte.ca.gov), 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 oniendose 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 1621107 (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): Gavril T. Gabriel, 8255 Firestone Blvd., Suite 201, Downey, CA 90241 Date: (Fecha) February 28, 2018 (Secretario)Clerk, by Ashley Mulcahy, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2018.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): DAVID BISHOP, SYLVIA BISHOP AND DOES 1 TO 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY 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 1807468 (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, Jenny R. Louro, Esq., Bar #306535 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 283324) Date: March 27, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Sabrina Jamison Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): TANDRA MURPHY;and Does 1 through 25, Inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): ROSA TRUJILLO NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1811955 (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): Law Offices Of Blomberg, Benson & Garrett, Inc. 10300 Fourth St. #150, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (909) 945-5000 Date: May 14, 2018 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Michael Welch II, Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER ROSA TRUJILLO, Petitioner, vs.

TANDRA MURPHY; and Does 1 through 25, Inclusive Respondent CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1811955 STATEMENT OF DAMAGES OF PLAINTIFF ROSA TRUJILLO Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, Section 425.11. Plaintiff, ROSA TRUJILLO hereby sets forth her Statement of Damages as follows: 1. Plaintiff’s medical expenses: $2,392.00 2. Plaintiff’s future medical expenses: According to proof up to $2,000.00 3. General Damages: $5,600.00 It is anticipated that further medical expenses will accrue pending the trial of this action, Plaintiff reserves the right to amend or supplement this statement of Damages and/or provide this information in Plaintiff’s pre-trial statement.

Date: 04/26/18 Law Offices Of Blomberg, Benson & Garrett, Inc. John L. Benson Attorney for Plaintiff Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2018.

REQUEST FOR ORDER REQUEST FOR ORDER PETITIONER: DAVID ERIC VIRGEN RESPONDENT: VERONICA STELLA VIRGEN CASE NUMBER: FAMSS 1704409 REQUEST FOR ORDER: CHANGE in the alternative of “Other” Child Custody/ Visitation (Parenting Time) Other: Set Aside Default and Set Aside Judgment Entered on April 26, 2018 Pursuant to CCP 473; Respondent Be Permitted to File Response in Furtherance of Justice NOTICE OF HEARING 1. TO: David Eric Virgen and all concerned parties herein(Petitioner) 2. A COURT HEARING WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: a. Date: October 17, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept. S-54 b. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 351 N. ARROWHEAD AVENUE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415 CENTRAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT WARNING to the person served with the Request for Order: The court may make the requested orders without you if you do not file a Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL-320), serve a copy on the other parties at least nine court days before the hearing (unless the court has ordered a shorter period of time), and appear at the hearing. (See form FL-320INFO for more information.)

(Forms FL-300-INFO and DV-400-INFO provide information about completing this form.)

REQUEST FOR ORDER 2. CHILD CUSTODY/VISITATION (PARENTING TIME) a. I request that the court make orders about the following children: Child’s Name: Cerenitie Marie Virgen Date of Birth: 8/17/09 Legal Custody to(person who decides: health, education, etc.): Veronica Stella Virgen Physical Custody to (person with whom child lives): Veronica Virgen Child’s Name: Shiann Tigerlily Virgen Date of Birth: 1/2/10 Legal Custody to (person who decides: health, education, etc.) Veronica Stella Virgen Physical Custody to (person with whom child lives): Veronica Virgen b. The orders I request for child custody/ visitation (parenting time) are: (1) Form FL-311 8. OTHER ORDERS REQUESTED: Set Aside Default and Set Aside Judgment Entered on April 26, 2018 Pursuant to CCP 473; Respondent Be Permitted to File Response in Furtherance of Justice 10.FACTS TO SUPPORT the orders I request are listed below. The facts that I write in support and attach to this request cannot be longer than 10 pages, unless the court gives me permission.

SEE ATTACHED I,declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information provided in this form and all attachments is true and correct.

Date: 6/11/18 Veronica Virgen Signature of Applicant Requests for Accommodations Assistive listening systems, computer-assisted real-time captioning, or sign language interpreter services are available if you ask at least five days before the proceeding.

Contact the clerk’s office or go to www.courts.ca.gov/forms for Request for Accommodations by Persons With Disabilities and Response (form MC-410). (Civ. Code, § 54.8.)

Attorney for Petitioner: Joyce M. Holcomb, Esq. (244163) Certified Family Law Specialist 215. N. D Street, Suite 305 San Bernardino, CA 92401 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

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Pottery Court, a 113-unit community located in Lake Elsinore, is closing its waitlist on October 19, 2018. This property offers 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments with rents from $331-$751 per month. Preapplications for the waitlist will be accepted until Fri. Oct. 19, 2018 at 5PM. After that time, new pre-applications will not be accepted.

The office is located at 295 W. Sumner Ave in Lake Elsinore.

Office hours are Mon-Fri 9AM5PM. Amenities include a children’s play area, BBQ and picnic area, laundry facilities, and a community room with kitchen. For more info, call us at 951-471-8899. Income and other restrictions apply. Section 8 welcome. EHO. Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper 10/11/18 & 10/18/18.

Visit Us Online: www.SB-American.com

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LIFESTYLE NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/RELIGION

Obama Issues Second Round of Midterm Endorsements

“The Songwriter Said….!”

By: Lou Yeboah

NNPA Newswire Staff

Yadira Caraveo (State House, District 31) Matt Gray (State House, District 33) Kyle Mullica (State House, District 34) Tom Sullivan (State House, District 37) Barbara McLachlan (State House, District 59) President Barack Obama WASHINGTON –President Barack Obama issued a second round of midterm endorsements, lending his name in support of 260 Democratic candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, and state legislature.

“The Democratic Party has always made the biggest difference in the lives of the American people when we lead with conviction, principle, and bold, new ideas. Our incredible array of candidates up and down the ticket, all across the country, make up a movement of citizens who are younger, more diverse, more female than ever before,” said President Obama. “They’re Americans who aren’t just running against something, but for something.

They’re running to expand opportunity and restore the honor and compassion that should be the essence of public service. I’m proud to endorse so many of them today, and I’m eager to continue making the case for why they deserve our votes this November.”

In this round of endorsements, President Obama focused on close races in which his support would make a meaningful difference; state legislative and/or statewide races that are redistricting priorities; Obama campaign and administration alumni who have been inspired to run for office; and building a pipeline of diverse talent and elevating the next generation of leaders within the Democratic party.

President Obama is committed to using his unique standing to support Democrats up and down the ballot in 2018. Today’s endorsements build on an initial round of 81 midterm endorsements that he issued in August and several campaign appearances over the last month. President Obama has campaigned for candidates in California, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania so far and has held fundraisers this year for campaign committees, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and individual candidates.

Alaska Andi Story (State House, District 34) John Lincoln (State House, District 40) Arizona David Garcia (Governor) Kyrsten Sinema (U.S. Senate) January Contreras (Attorney General) Colorado Dave Young (Treasurer) Joe Neguse (U.S. House, CO-02) Jason Crow (U.S. House, CO-06) Jeff Bridges (State House, District 03) Tony Exum (State House, District 17) Marc Snyder (State House, District 18) Lisa Cutter (State House, District 25)

Settlement Requires L.A. Superior Court to Consider Drivers’ Inability to Pay Traffic Fines Local/National News LOS ANGELES – Under a settlement signed, the Los Angeles County Superior Court has agreed to procedures to ensure that no motorists will be saddled with traffic fines they simply cannot afford to pay.

The lawsuit Alvarado v. Los Angeles Superior Court, filed in 2016, alleged that courts throughout Los Angeles County illegally assumed that failure to pay fines for littering, jaywalking, and minor traffic tickets, which typically amounted to $500 or more, was always “willful” behavior, regardless of the actual ability of the drivers to make the payment. Without examining the person’s ability to pay and offering reduced payment plans or other options, courts would then notify the Department of Motor Vehicles, which automatically suspended the driver’s license.

The plaintiffs in the case, Gloria Mata Alvarado and Toneshawa Jones, had their licenses suspended simply because the court never asked whether they were too poor to pay the fine.

“Courts are required by law to look at a person’s ability to pay a fine before ordering the suspension of a driver’s license,” said lead counsel Antionette Dozier, a Western Center on Law and Poverty senior attorney. “In Los Angeles, they didn’t follow the law.”

“This settlement is a victory for low-income Los Angeles residents, who have been facing skyrocketing costs of living in recent years,” said Devon Porter, Liman fellow and attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.

“Now, courts are required to provide an accessible process for people to get traffic tickets reduced based on financial hardship.”

“Tens of thousands of people, primarily poor African American and Latino residents, illegally lost their right to drive,” said Lisa James, an organizer with the community organization All of Us or None. “That meant they were prevented from fully living their lives, leading to lost jobs, missed doctor’s appointments, and other personal and family difficulties.”

During the course of the litigation, thanks in part to advocacy by some of the organizations representing the plaintiffs, the governor signed legislation prohibiting license suspensions based on failure to pay traffic fines.

The settlement agreement provides that the Los Angeles Superior Court will: Allow all traffic/infraction defendants to demonstrate an inability to pay a fine Notify in writing all traffic/infraction defendants of their right to demonstrate their inability to pay a fine Train court personnel on the new rules Provide a sampling of rulings on ability-to-pay petitions that will permit’ plaintiffs’ counsel to effectively monitor compliance?

In addition to the Western Center, plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, USC’s Gould School of Law’s Access to Justice Practicum, Rapkin & Associates LLP, and Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP. Read the settlement: https:// www.aclusocal.org/sites/def a u l t / f i l e s / aclu_socal_mata_2018 0914_joint_request_co nditional_dismissal.pdf

Connecticut Ned Lamont (Governor) Susan Bysiewicz (Lt. Governor) Jahana Hayes (U.S. House, CT05) Christine Cohen (State Senate, District 12) Mary Abrams (State Senate, District 13) James Maroney (State Senate, District 14) Jorge Cabrera (State Senate, District 17) Martha Marx (State Senate, District 20) Julie Kushner (State Senate, District 24) Will Haskell (State Senate, District 26) Jason Doucette (State House, District 13) Christine Palm (State House, District 36) Maria Horn (State House, District 64) John-Michael Parker (State House, District 101) Kara Rochelle (State House, District 104) Matt Blumenthal (State House, District 147) Florida Andrew Gillum (Governor) Chris King (Lt. Governor) Bill Nelson (U.S. Senate) Nancy Soderberg (U.S. House, FL-06) Stephanie Murphy (U.S. House, FL-07) Chris Hunter (U.S. House, FL-12) Lauren Baer (U.S. House, FL-18) Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (U.S.

House, FL-26) Kayser Enneking (State Senate, District 08) Janet Cruz (State Senate, District 18) Bob Doyel (State Senate, District 22) Lindsay Cross (State Senate, District 24) David Perez (State Senate, District 36) Annette Taddeo (State Senate, District 40) Anna Eskamani (State House, District 47) Fentrice Driskell (State House, District 63) Margaret Good (State House, District 72) Emma Collum (State House, District 93) Nick Duran (State House, District 112) Javier Fernández (State House, District 114) Georgia Lucy McBath (U.S. House, GA06) Carolyn Bourdeaux (U.S. House, GA-07) Sally Harrell (State Senate, District 40) Zahra Karinshak (State Senate, District 48) Donna McLeod (State House, District 105) Illinois Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (U.S. House, IL-13) Iowa Fred Hubbell (Governor) Rita Hart (Lt. Governor) Abby Finkenauer (U.S. House, IA-01) Cindy Axne (U.S. House, IA-03) Jackie Smith (State Senate, District 07) Vicky Brenner (State Senate, District 13) Amber Gustafson (State Senate, (continued on page 7)

Citizens Business Bank Arena invites the community to celebrate 10 Years!

No ticket required OPEN HOUSE to provide fun for everyone

Lou Yeboah I Give Myself Away, so You can use me ….Here I am, here I stand... Lord, my life is in Your hands… Lord, I’m longing to see Your desires revealed in me…

Take my heart; take my life, as a living sacrifice. All my dreams, all my plans… Lord, I place them in your hands. I give myself away… Here I am to worship, here I am to bow down, Here I am to say that, You’re my God, You’re altogether lovely, altogether worthy, altogether wonderful to me. I Give Myself Away...” [William McDowell] When we recognize what God has done for us through his Son Jesus Christ, THE ONLY RESPONSE is to give ourselves completely to Him. Where would we be without God’s love and forgiveness? Where would we be without God’s presence in our lives? We have all sinned and deserve God’s judgment.

God, the Father, sent His only Son to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in Him. Jesus, the creator and eternal Son of God, who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that He died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve... I ask you; What shall we render to the LORD for all His benefits towards us?

I urge you; Paul said, in view of God’s mercy, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove, what is good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” [Romans 12:1].

What shall we render to the LORD for all His goodness toward us?

We should lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord. We should fulfill our vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. We should sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to Him…. [Psalms 116:12-19].

This is Today’s Word! Apply it and Prosper.

“For thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all

Closing Confession: Father, I thank You for Your Great Grace towards me. You love me with an everlasting love. You look beyond my faults, failures and flaws, and you choose to use me anyway; by Your grace, for Your glory. So I give myself over to You. I hold NOTHING BACK! I give You all of me. Everything I give to You. There is no area of my life that is off-limits to You. I refuse to keep things from you any longer. I refuse to hold back certain things, like I used to.

There was a time when I was not completely committed to You, but that time is over. I die to me. I decrease that You may increase in me. I minimize me, that You may maximize Yourself IN and THROUGH ME. I withhold nothing from you and I declare You will withhold nothing from me! I give myself completely to You and You give yourself completely to me. I draw near to You and You draw near to me.

I humble myself and You exalt me. I lay before Your feet and You lift me up! I offer myself as a living sacrifice before You, and You open doors for me in this season that no man can shut.

You also shut doors for me that no man can open. I give myself to you on a greater level and You pour out Your grace on me on a greater level. In this season I will experience Your Grace like never before, because You want to bless me and I WITHHOLD NOTHING from You! I declare this by faith. In Jesus name. Amen.

“All to Jesus I surrender, All to Him I freely give; I will ever love and trust Him, In His presence daily live. I surrender all, I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender, Humbly at His feet I bow, Worldly pleasures all forsaken; Take me, Jesus, take me now. All to Jesus I surrender, Make me, Savior, wholly Thine; Let me feel Thy Holy Spirit, Truly know that Thou art mine. All to Jesus I surrender, Lord, I give myself to Thee; Fill me with Thy love and power, Let Thy blessing fall on me. All to Jesus I surrender, now I feel the sacred flame. Oh, the joy of full salvation! Glory, glory to His name!” [I Surrender All – Israel Houghton].

“I Surrender All to You, Everything I Give to You… W ithholding Nothing, W ithholding Nothing…”

[W illiam McDowell]

Witness For Justice #914

Entertainment News

Thursday, October 4, 2018 (Ontario, California) Citizens Business Bank Arena is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the venue on October 24, 2018. From 5pm to 7:30pm the community is invited to explore the venue, enjoy a “Taste of the Arena” at the new concession stands, explore the new concourse patio, and enter to win tickets for upcoming events. “We wanted to find a way to let everyone enjoy exploring the new improvements at the Arena so we’re hosting a party to celebrate our 10th Anniversary” said Michael Krouse, President & CEO. “Our open house will be the exact date, ten years ago, when the very first ticketed event took place. We are celebrating with the Grand Opening of our new outdoor patio on the main concourse plus everyone will enjoy the new design and taste of our concession stands.”

The first 100 people to enter the doors on October 24th at 5:00pm will receive a swag bag. Each attendee can pick up a tour card for the opportunity to visit all five concession stands for a taste of the new menu items plus a visit to the San Manuel Club, a private space reserved for Premium Seating guests only. In addition to the music, contests, and tasty treats the home teams and partners of the Arena have been invited to join the fun with activation stations.

Known as the Entertainment Icon of the Inland Empire, Citizens Business Bank Arena has been the community’s home for sporting competitions, family shows, and concerts for 10 years. Be sure to stop by and have your complimentary photo taken for the scoreboard - a selfie opportunity!

The ice will be down so wear

thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.” [Mark 12:30].

your jackets and enjoy touring the arena with your family, friends, and business associates. Ticket giveaways plus 10 Full Sports Package Club Seats for 2 will be awarded. Parking is free, please use the main entrance. For more information on the event and all upcoming shows at Citizens Business Bank Arena please visit our website at CBBankArena.com

About Citizens Business Bank Arena Citizens Business Bank Arena, built and owned by the City of Ontario, includes 9,500 fixed seats with additional “portable” seating risers to accommodate capacities of 11,089 for concerts, 9,736 for ice hockey or arena football and 10,832 for basketball. The 225,000 square foot venue features 36 luxury suites located on two levels and a continuous concourse hosting a variety of refreshment stands, merchandise kiosks, a VIP club and other fan amenities. Citizens Business Bank Arena hosts ice hockey, soccer, and a variety of other sporting competitions, concerts, family shows, special events, conventions, school and community activities as well as private events.

The Arena is home to Ontario Reign, an AHL Hockey Team, and Ontario Fury, a MASL Soccer Team. Citizens Business Bank Arena is the biggest and most modern arena within the Inland Empire, an area with over 4.2 million people. It is located in the City of Ontario, California, on a 37-acre parcel located between Haven Avenue and Milliken Avenue, Fourth Street and the I-10 Freeway. For more information visit CBBankArena.com

Blessed are the Storytellers Michael Neuroth Policy Advocate, International Issue

In Washington D.C., there is no shortage of issues to focus on these days. No lack of political and moral crises to keep one up at night. In my work, I have been reminded of just how closely intertwined our policy work is with personal stories and struggles— the connection between the prophetic and the pastoral. What happens in D.C. has a ripple effect across our nation, impacting the lives of many around the world.

This reminder has come, in part, from last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Brett Kavanaugh. His nomination, along with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s courageous testimony, has brought to light stories of sexual assault survivors across the country, highlighting just how prevalent misogyny and the silencing of women are in our communities.

Whatever the outcome, the sharing of these stories has forever impacted our society for the better.

The ripple effect of U.S. actions and policy is also felt internationally. Last week, I had an opportunity to travel to Cuba, and I listened to stories of how the U.S. embargo has strangled the Cuban economy and how a travel ban continues to keeps families apart.

Currently, it is nearly impossible for Cubans to get to the U.S. As we met with church leaders and pastors, we heard story after story of those unable to visit sick family members or receive needed medicine. U.S. policy toward Cuba is a minor issue to many in

the U.S., but a matter of life and death for Cubans.

These are just two of the many ways in which decisions in D.C. ripple across the nation and world.

Consider other policy decisions that have been made just in the past month. What impact will cuts to our refugee admissions goals have on those fleeing violence from Central America? How many lives will be lost from the U.S. ending support to the UN’s Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) for Palestinians? How will brutal dictators be emboldened now that the U.S. has rejected the International Criminal Court (ICC)? In the coming years the impact will be felt and stories will emerge.

I believe we are called to share such stories and to bear one another’s stories of hope and pain, however difficult that may be. At times, bearing such stories can be overwhelming or numbing. Yet I believe that our power comes from our stories both individually and collectively. On Capitol Hill, stories shared from those directly impacted by policies can change the hearts and minds of policymakers. Stories give us hope and remind us of our humanity—we are not alone. As we listen, bear, and give witness to each other’s stories, I believe we live more fully into our calling as a ‘priesthood of all believers.’ Today, let us give thanks for the courage of the storyteller, and take courage from them to tell our own.

Blessed are the storytellers, for they can change the world.

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New Studies Affirm PTA’s Concerns About School Funding

LOCAL/NATIONAL NEWS/ADVERTISING California’s Net Neutrality Legislation Hit with Obama Issues Second Round of Midterm Lawsuit...continued Endorsements...continued Mari Manoogian (State House, District 40) Padma Kuppa (State House, District 41) Alberta Griffin (State House, District 61) Jim Haadsma (State House, District 62) Kara Hope (State House, District 67) Angela Witwer (State House, District 71) Rachel Hood (State House, District 76) Tanya Cabala (State House, District 91)

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SACRAMENTO – A decade ago, a research project called "Getting Down to Facts" presented evidence that California needed to simplify its school funding system and provide schools with significantly more funds. During the years since, passage of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) accomplished the simplification. However, a substantial infusion of additional funding did not materialize. First, state leaders made dramatic cuts in education funding during the Great Recession and then, in the years since, they have consistently just met the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee.

On September 17, 2018, a decade after that first research project, 100 educational researchers released "Getting Down to Facts II." This project examined the changes that have occurred in the state’s preK-12 education system over the past 10 years. The summary report says that the studies taken as a whole show that California is generally moving in the right direction, but needs to build capacity in order to support reforms implemented over the last decade. The 36 research studies and 19 briefs in the project cover a wealth of issues in four major categories that include student success, personnel, governance and policy implementation and school finance.

"The breadth and depth of the "Getting Down to Facts II" research is impressive," said California State PTA President Dianna MacDonald. "The studies provide valuable information regarding many of the issues of greatest importance to our organization, including equity of opportunity for all students, the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula and the importance of early childhood education. Most notably, however, it provides evidence of how far California still has to go in order to

adequately fund its schools."

California State PTA has called for adequate funding for schools as an advocacy goal for years.

Affirming that position, the research finds that schools need to be better funded if they are to meet the state’s goals for its 6 million students. In fact, one study estimates that funding for California schools would have to increase by about a third; that was $22 billion in 2016-17. Of equal concern, critical funding issues such as pensions, special education, and facilities have the potential to worsen inequities and destabilize the system if not addressed.

"With the November elections just around the corner, the timing of these studies is important," said MacDonald. "Parents and community members can use the information to help them ask good questions of all candidates and to inform their voting not only for the Governor and State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but for their legislators and local school boards."

Read the full set of studies and briefs for "Getting Down to Facts II" at www.gettingdowntofacts.com.

EdSource has also published an overview that summarizes all the studies, available here.

About California State PTA: California State PTA connects families, schools and communities. We are part of the foundation of our public-education system and a trusted messenger to millions of members, parents, families, educators and allied agencies throughout the state.

PTA is the nation’s largest volunteer-led child-advocacy association working to drive improvements in the education, health and well-being of all children and families. For more information: www.capta.org.

Obama Issues Second Round of Midterm Endorsements...continued from page 6 District 19) Mary Stewart (State Senate, District 41) Heather Matson (State House, District 38) Kansas Sharice Davids (U.S. House, KS03) Maine Jared Golden (U.S. House, ME02) Karen Kusiak (State Senate, District 16) Tom Wright (State Senate, District 34) Tiffany Roberts-Lovell (State House, District 06) Diane Denk (State House, District 09) Kelcy McNamara (State House, District 21) Chris Caiazzo (State House, District 28) Steve Ball (State House, District 80) Jennifer Day (State House, District 86) Chloe Maxmin (State House, District 88) Holly Stover (State House, District 89) Vicki Doudera (State House, District 94) Maryland Ben Jealous (Governor) Susie Turnbull (Lt. Governor) Courtney Watson (State House, District 09B)

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Mike Busch (State House, District 30A) Massachusetts Jay Gonzalez (Governor) Quentin Palfrey (Lt. Governor) Ayanna Pressley (U.S. House, MA-07) Julian Cyr (State Senate, Cape and Islands District) Katie McBrine (State Senate, Plymouth and Norfolk District) Tram Nguyen (State House, 18th Essex District) Michigan Gretchen Whitmer (Governor) Garlin Gilchrist II (Lt. Governor) Elissa Slotkin (U.S. House, MI-08) Haley Stevens (U.S. House, MI11) Dayna Polehanki (State Senate, District 07) Rosemary Bayer (State Senate, District 12) Mallory McMorrow (State Senate, District 13) Julia Pulver (State Senate, District 15) Sean McCann (State Senate, District 20) Winnie Brinks (State Senate, District 29) Poppy Sias-Hernandez (State Senate, District 34) Matt Koleszar (State House, District 20) Kelly Breen (State House, District 38) (continued in next 2 columns)

Minnesota Tim Walz (Governor) Peggy Flanagan (Lt. Governor) Tina Smith (U.S. Senate) Dan Feehan (U.S. House, MN-01) Angie Craig (U.S. House, MN-02) Dean Phillips (U.S. House, MN03) Joe Radinovich (U.S. House, MN08) Zack Stephenson (State House, District 36A) Amir Malik (State House, District 37B) Shelly Christensen (State House, District 39B) Kelly Moller (State House, District 42A) Ginny Klevorn (State House, District 44A) Heather Edelson (State House, District 49A) Ruth Richardson (State House, District 52B) Anne Claflin (State House, District 54A) Alice Mann (State House, District 56B) John Huot (State House, District 57B) Nebraska Kara Eastman (U.S. House, NE02) Nevada Kate Marshall (Lt. Governor) Aaron Ford (Attorney General) Nelson Araujo (Secretary of State) Clint Koble (U.S. House, NV-02) Melanie Scheible (State Senate, District 09) Brittney Miller (State Assembly, District 05) Jason Frierson (State Assembly, District 08) Steve Yeager (State Assembly, District 09) Ozzie Fumo (State Assembly, District 21) Lesley Cohen (State Assembly, District 29) Michelle Gorelow (State Assembly, District 35) Sandra Jauregui (State Assembly, District 41) New Hampshire Molly Kelly (Governor) Chris Pappas (U.S. House, NH01) Annie Kuster (U.S. House, NH-

02) Bill Bolton (State Senate, District 02) Mason Donovan (State Senate, District 07) Jenn Alford-Teaster (State Senate, District 08) Jeanne Dietsch (State Senate, District 09) Shannon Chandley (State Senate, District 11) Melanie Levesque (State Senate, District 12) Kevin Cavanaugh (State Senate, District 16) Jon Morgan (State Senate, District 23) Tom Sherman (State Senate, District 24) Harrison Kanzler (State House, District Carroll 2) Edie DesMarais (State House, District Carroll 6) Cathleen Fountain (State House, District Coos 7) Susan Ford (State House, District Grafton 3) Erika Connors (State House, District Hillsborough 15) Joshua Query (State House, District Hillsborough 16) Willis Griffith (State House, District Hillsborough 18) Joelle Martin (State House, District Hillsborough 23) Dan Toomey (State House, District Hillsborough 32) Mark Vallone (State House, District Rockingham 9) Gerri Cannon (State House, District Strafford 18) Wendy Chase (State House, District Strafford 18) John Streeter (State House, District Sullivan 8) New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham (Governor) Howie Morales (Lt. Governor) Day Hochman-Vigil (State House, District 15) Abbas Akhil (State House, District 20) Melanie Stansbury (State House, District 28) Karen Bash (State House, District 68) New York Max Rose (U.S. House, NY-11) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (U.S. House, NY-14) Dana Balter (U.S. House, NY-24) Louis D’Amaro (State Senate, District 04) Jim Gaughran (State Senate, District 05) John Brooks (State Senate, District 08) James Skoufis (State Senate, District 39) Karen Smythe (State Senate, District 41) Jen Metzger (State Senate, District 42) John Mannion (State Senate, (To Be Continued 10/18/18)

California’s Net Neutrality Legislation Hit with Lawsuit

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

Mignon Clyburn is the daughter of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Clyburn began her service at the FCC in August 2009 after 11 years in the sixth district of the Public Service Commission of South Carolina.

Before she left her position earlier this year as commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, Mignon Clyburn vigorously fought to keep Obamaera broadband and Internet protections and net neutrality laws.

Clyburn surmised that, if left unchecked, companies would exploit consumers and siphon every dollar they could.

Last week, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of California over its new net neutrality protections just hours after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law on Sunday.

According to CNN, the California law would be the strictest net neutrality protections in the country, and could serve as a blueprint for other states. Under the law,

Internet service providers will not be allowed to block or slow specific types of content or applications, or charge apps or companies fees for faster access to customers.

The Department of Justice claims that the California law is illegal and that the state is “attempting to subvert the Federal Government’s deregulatory approach” to the Internet. “Under the Constitution, states do not regulate interstate commerce – the federal government does,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.

“Once again the California legislature has enacted an extreme and illegal state law attempting to frustrate federal policy. The Justice Department should not have to spend valuable time and resources to file this suit today, but we have a duty to defend the prerogatives of the federal government and protect our Constitutional order,” Sessions said.

The FCC voted last December to repeal Obama-era protections and the net neutrality rules, approved by the same organization two years earlier, prohibited Internet service providers – such (continued in next 2 columns)

Comcast and Verizon – from speeding up or slowing down traffic from specific websites and apps.

Democrats, like Clyburn, argued the new FCC rules give too much power to Internet service providers, which they fear will throttle down speeds for some websites and services while ramping it up for others who pay more.

“We are supposed to be here protecting the consumer’s experience and interests when it comes to communications and other services,” Clyburn told NNPA Newswire.

“We are supposed to be enablers of opportunities, both for businesses and individuals.”

A strong advocate for enhanced accessibility in communications for disabled citizens who also works closely with representative groups for the deaf and hard of hearing, Clyburn said she’s fought to promote strong competition across all communications platforms with a belief that the more robust and competitive the marketplace, the less need there is for regulation.

The daughter of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Clyburn began her service at the FCC in August 2009 after 11 years in the sixth district of the Public Service Commission of South Carolina.

The protections she championed in 2015 prohibited broadband providers from blocking or slowing traffic. The rules also banned them from charging companies such as Netflix to reach their customers faster than their competitors.

“The FCC is one of the most significant federal agencies and most people don’t think about it or never heard of it unless there’s a wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl or a four-letter word used during family hour,” Clyburn said.

“We are enablers of technology. We can ensure that more Americans can be connected.

What we do can both make programs like Lifeline more ubiquitous and answer today’s needs when it comes to telecommunications or we can close the books where they don’t work ideally,” she said.

Clyburn said when one thinks about telecommunications, it’s impossible to effectively communicate in the 21st century without communicating with broadband.

“I say to people that when they [ask] what does the FCC does. If you hear or see a signal transmitted over the air, the FCC had something to do with that,” she said.

Technology also counts as big business and California stands as the largest economy in the United States and the fifth largest in the world. The state has significant influence over how other states regulate businesses and even federal laws and regulations, according to CNN. Trump is testing that power.

“It’s critically important for states to step in,” State Sen. Scott Wiener, who co-authored the bill, told CNN. “What California does definitely impacts the national conversation. I do believe that this bill … will move us in a positive direction nationally on net neutrality,” Wiener said.

CRL Calls for Firing of CFPB Fair Lending Official Who Used N-Word...continued from page 2 offensive comments has a leadership position at CFPB reflects poorly on CFPB management and your commitment to fulfilling the mandate of the agency to ensure that discriminatory and predatory lending practices are stopped.”

Two days later, on October 3, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) publicly called for Blankenstein to be fired.

“Mr. Blankenstein must be removed from his post and this must be combined with a demonstrable commitment by CFPB head Mick Mulvaney to fair lending,” said Yana Miles, CRL’s Senior Legislative Counsel. “Thus far, the Mulvaney approach has been worse than inaction – it has been an appalling retreat from enforcing anti-discrimination laws…. The enduring legacy and present-day experience of financial discrimination is the key driver of the racial wealth gap. Vigorously addressing this is a legal and moral imperative.”

A second civil rights organization agreed with CRL’s call for Blankenstein’s termination.

“Eric Blankenstein’s racist and sexist remarks show that he is not fit to lead the CFPB Office of Fair Lending,” said Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “Our nation’s history of financial discrimination is the key factor in the growing racial wealth gap.”

“Entrusting Blankenstein given his history of racially derogatory remarks will undermine progress for fair lending efforts to close the gap,” continued Gupta. “If the CFPB is serious about eradicating discrimination, it must immediately remove Blankenstein, and must ensure that it is led by a person with a demonstrated commitment to civil rights enforcement.

His writings make clear that Mr. Blankenstein is not that person.”

The same day, another pivotal development occurred. A letter signed by 13 U.S. Senators representing 11 states wrote Mulvaney, demanding answers to a series of questions no later than October 22. The questions span Mulvaney’s personal awareness of the writings, the guidelines and procedures used to fill the position, whether a Member of Congress, or an executive branch employee recommended his hiring, what action he intends to take as Acting Director and more.

In part, the Senators’ letter states, “We are deeply concerned that you have placed a person with a history of racist writing at a senior position within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…Mr. Blankenstein was not hired through the competitive service process like most CFPB employers; he is one of your hand-selected political appointees. Further, you have specifically tasked him with overseeing the CFPB’s fair lending supervision and enforcement work at a time when you have decided to restructure the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity.”

The letter was signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-Washington State), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jack Reed (D-RI) Mark Warner (D-VA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).

Even before the Blankenstein scandal, Mulvaney’s actions and inactions at the CFPB have brought a series of concerns by civil rights and consumer advocates alike. Particularly noteworthy among their stated concerns under Mulvaney include: CFPB has yet to issue any violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act; The Bureau declared an intent to ignore the Disparate Impact standard, a long-standing legal test that holds the effects of discrimination, not the intent are legal violations; Personally praised the repeal of anti-discrimination auto lending guidance; Sided with payday lenders in their challenge of the Bureau’s payday rule promulgated under the previous director; Announced the Bureau’s fair lending office would be stripped of its supervisory and enforcement powers; and Relegated the development of regulation on fair lending for minority and women-owned businesses to a low-level concern.

It took decades of vigilant struggle for civil rights, fair lending, and consumer protection to be codified in federal laws. It is time to remind the CFPB and all federal agencies that they have a duty to uphold the nation’s fair lending laws – regardless of personal beliefs.

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