SB American Week Ending 9/11

Vol. 50 No. 20

September 5, 2019 - September 11, 2019

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)

Torres Launches Monthly Veteran Identification Card Assistance Program

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

INCIDENT: Strong Arm Robbery/ Suspicious Circumstances/Homicide Investigation SB County Sheriff News

Community News DATE/TIME: Friday, August 30, 2019/10:00 a.m.

LOCATION: 20000 block of Wisconsin Street, Apple Valley 19100 block Yucca Street, Hesperia SUSPECT: Phillip Williamson, 37 years old, resident of Hesperia VICTIMS: Brian St. John, 76 years old, resident of Apple Valley (Strong Arm Robbery) Brandi Jones, 35 years old, resident of Hesperia (Homicide)

Rep. Norma Torres’ staff help Inland Empire veterans obtain their Veteran ID Cards.

ONTARIO, CA – U.S. Representative Norma J. Torres (D-Pomona) recently launched a Veteran Identification Card (VIC) Assistance Program. The VIC allows veterans to access discounts at many restaurants, hotels, stores, and other businesses across the nation without having to carry sensitive documents to prove their veteran status. During the 30-minute appointments, Torres’ staff outline the required documents, eligibility

requirements, and the application process.

“Veterans have made countless sacrifices for our nation’s safety and well-being.

It’s a shame that red tape can sometimes make accessing their benefits confusing and daunting,” said Torres. “The Veteran ID Card Assistance Program seeks to simplify that process and make it easier for veterans to access the resources they’ve worked so hard to earn.”

Torres’ office helped Raul Arteaga, an Army veteran from Chino, to obtain his VIC. According to the Daily Bulletin, Arteaga had been trying to obtain his VIC for years before he finally reached out to Torres’ office. In less than two weeks, her staff secured Mr. Arteaga’s VIC. Since the launch of the VIC Assistance Program earlier this month, Torres’ office has served nearly 25 veterans.

Torres is the mother of an Air

Force veteran and a member of the House Appropriations and Rules Committees. Her office will host the VIC Assistance Program on a monthly basis at her office located at 3200 Inland Empire Blvd. Suite 200B, Ontario, CA 91764. For upcoming dates and to reserve an appointment, please click h e r e . h t t p s : / / www.eventbrite.com/o/officeof-congresswoman-norma-jtorres-15283270217

Celebrating the Life of John M. Futch, Jr. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” 2 Timothy 4:7 NIV

By John Coleman

John M Futch, Jr June 15, 1950 - August 11, 2019

Caption L-R: Terry Futch, Assemblymember James Ramos, Lois Ford, Marcus Futch, Mary Futch, Aaron Gleen, Sheila Umbaji Futch and Stan Amiri Futch SAN BERNARDINO, CAJohn M. Futch, Jr. was born in Merced, California on June 15, 1950.

He was the oldest of four children, born into an Air Force family with parents who lovingly instilled in him a sense of structure and a strong work ethic.

John was a natural leader as the big brother in a traveling family. He kept the siblings unified as they traveled around the world. - imparting in them an unbreakable alliance.

Through all the transitions John, Terry, Lois and Stan

relied on each other. They relied on the solid foundation of a loving family. And the kids relied on John’s innate leadership.

John was always in charge.

He was the oldest and carried the most responsibility. Mature, Articulate, Brilliant, Confident.

These are words that described John at an early age.

He was a peace keeper, a husband and a father who worked diligently to provide for his children; Marcus and Adrienne.

John worked as a trusted Chief of Staff to his close friend

Alise Clouser Protegee

John's

John McMahon, Sheriff of S B County

SUMMARY: On Friday, August 30, 2019, at approximately 10:00 am, deputies assigned to the Apple Valley Police Department investigated a strong robbery and suspicious circumstances call at a residence on Wisconsin Street. The victim, Brian St. John, reported that the suspect, Phillip Williamson, confronted him at his home and forced him to give him several hundred dollars and a handgun.

The victim advised deputies that the suspect told him to look inside the vehicle he was driving, a white Hyundai, as there was a deceased female inside. The victim believed there was a body partially hidden inside the vehicle. The suspect then fled the location in the Hyundai.

Through investigation, deputies determined Williamson lived at a home in Hesperia. Deputies from the Hesperia Police Department responded to Williamson’s residence in the 19100 block of Yucca Street and found evidence of a struggle and secured the location. Based on this

information, deputies obtained a search warrant for the residence and an arrest warrant for Phillip Williamson.

Sheriff ’s Specialized Investigators, Homicide Detail and the Specialized Enforcement Division (SED) responded to assist in the investigation.

At approximately 10:40 pm, the white Hyundai was located abandoned in a dirt field near Wisconsin Street in Apple Valley.

The victim, Brandi Jones, was found deceased inside the vehicle.

Through investigation, investigators have determined that the suspect was known to the victims prior to the incidents.

Phillip Williamson remains outstanding and is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to immediately call 911.

No additional information is being released at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Specialized Investigations Division, Detective James Tebbetts at (909)387-3589. Callers can remain anonymous and contact WeTip at 800-78-CRIME or www.wetip.com.

Bruce Baron, Chancellor, SBCCD

Norm Nunez, Program M/ C; Photos by John Coleman

and, then, Board of Supervisor James Ramos. Most recently, John was elected as the President of the San Bernardino Branch of the NAACP. He led the group with a focus on communication and service to the community.

John was dedicated to helping others and pursued various avenues of civic engagement, awareness and advocacy.

John M. Futch passed away on August 11, 2019.

He imparted on all of us a duty to participate, to advocate and to communicate. We honor his

legacy by serving others and being our brother’s keeper.

The celebration of John’s life was held, Saturday, August 24, 2019 at the Santos Manuel Student Union on the campus of CSUSB. The celebration included a video/slideshow of John Futch and his childhood, growing up and about family life; and stages of his adult growth into a quiet but effective advocate and leader within the Inland community.

John M. Futch, Jr., will be truly missed.

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COMMUNITY/EDUCATION/ADVERTISING

Do Black Kids Deserve This Treatment in School?

NNPA NEWSWIRE — After the incident Pearland ISD Board of Trustees member Mikael Floyd stated, “It’s no secret that racism, whether intentional or not, has crept into the code. The administration has made it clear that they are aware of the Board’s stance that provisions which are rooted in cultural or racial inequalities must be changed, and anything less will be unacceptable in my opinion.”

By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Contributor Three White Pearland ISD Employees Named in Federal Lawsuit after Humiliating 13-Year Old Black Student by Blackening His Scalp with a Sharpie

Photo of Juelz Trice’s scalp after Sharpie was used on his head by three White Pearland ISD employees Laughing at the humiliation and degradation of a young and impressionable Black boy is intolerable but having that type of behavior displayed by the people directly responsible for the education and development of that young Black child is even more despicable.

Better yet, what if it was your child?

Well, one family is having to deal with the aftermath of what allegedly happened to their 13year-old son, Juelz Trice, back on May 17th that has left the community up in arms.

The emotional, mental and physical scars that Juelz has had to overcome since the alleged incident involving three White Pearland Independent School District (ISD) employees, has left him feeling embarrassed, distraught and the subject of online bullying.

Juelz’s family recently filed a federal Civil Rights lawsuit against Pearland ISD, along with the School Discipline Clerk, Helen Day; the Assistant Principal at the time, Tony Barcelona; and a teacher, Jeanette Peterson, at the school that young Juelz attended.

According to the lawsuit, on April 16, 2019, Juelz, who is referred to as ‘J.T.’ in the federal lawsuit, was a 7th grader at Berry Miller Junior High School in Pearland, Texas. At the time of the alleged incident, Juelz had just gotten a “fade” haircut with a design line in his head. For those not familiar, a fade haircut is

common and popular amongst many African American youth.

Juelz’s fade haircut did not depict or represent anything violent, gang-related, obscene or otherwise offensive or inappropriate in any manner, as it relates to somehow violating the school policy that was on the books. The lawsuit continues by stating that on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, Juelz arrived at school by bus in a timely manner at about 8:20 am and immediately went to the cafeteria for breakfast. Tony Barcelona, who was the Assistant Principal at the time, and who is a White male, approached Juelz and told him to go to the office because he was allegedly “out of dress code” according to the school’s policy.

Juelz had never been informed that he had been “out of dress code” before, according to the lawsuit, so he did as he was told and went to the office. He waited for approximately twenty minutes before Assistant Principal Barcelona finally showed up.

According to the lawsuit, Assistant Principal Barcelona further instructed Juelz to go to the office of Discipline Clerk Helen Day, who is a White female.

For the record, a discipline clerk in Pearland ISD is, as the title suggests, is stated as a person who is supposedly knowledgeable about the discipline policies in Pearland ISD and who is charged with their enforcement, including hairstyles in the dress code.

The lawsuit continues to describe what happened next.

According to the lawsuit, Juelz walked into Discipline Clerk Day’s office, where she showed him a copy of the Pearland ISD dress code and told him that he was in violation of the dress code regarding hairstyles. After a short while, Assistant Principal Barcelona came to Discipline Clerk Day’s office to address the situation.

In the presence of Discipline Clerk Day, Assistant Principal Barcelona informed Juelz that he would receive In-School Suspension as a form of punishment for an indeterminate length of time. For the record, InSchool Suspension requires that a student stay in one room all school day, where they cannot go to classes, thereby, straining their academic success. In addition to that, any school discipline received by a student can affect their extracurricular activity participation, to which Juelz, who is an active track participant, would have been affected.

Assistant Principal Barcelona gave Juelz another option, however, which was to have the fade haircut line design he had on his scalp immediately colored with a permanent marker, otherwise known as a Sharpie pen.

According to the lawsuit, in Juelz’s mind, this was intended to somehow cover up the line design. The lawsuit claims that neither Assistant Principal Barcelona, nor Discipline Clerk Day, informed Juelz that he could appeal the proposed suspension, appeal the potential scalp coloring or have a meeting or hearing about the matter to resolve the issue. The lawsuit also states that Juelz was not informed that he could contact his parents for their advice on the matter.

According to Juelz’s parents – Ms. Washington and Mr. Trice – no one made any attempt to contact either of them, although their phone numbers were on file and readily accessible. The lawsuit also states that no hearings or meetings were ever proposed or set up by any Pearland ISD employee to address

the matter.

As Juelz had never been in trouble before, and because he did not want to be suspended or get in trouble with his parents by having a first-time suspension appear on his school record and possibly be removed from the track program, he made the decision, under great duress, to immediately choose coloring his scalp with the Sharpie as the best course of action to take.

After this forced decision, it was then, according to the lawsuit, that Discipline Clerk Day handed Juelz a jet-black Sharpie permanent marker in full view of Assistant Principal Barcelona.

Juelz claims in the lawsuit that after a few minutes, with Assistant Principal Barcelona overseeing, Discipline Clerk Day took the jet-black Sharpie from him and started coloring his scalp without his consent. The lawsuit goes on to say that as Discipline Clerk Day was blackening Juelz’s scalp, a schoolteacher, Jeanette Peterson, who is also White, just so happened to be passing by the office, and was asked to continue blackening Juelz’s scalp with the Sharpie without his consent.

Peterson agreed and continued on with the humiliation of young Juelz.

One of the most troubling parts of the lawsuit, is where it states at times during the coloring of Juelz’s scalp, that Assistant Principal Barcelona, Discipline Clerk Day and schoolteacher Peterson were laughing at what these White adults in positions of legal authority in Pearland ISD were doing to him. To conclude the details in the lawsuit, it states that after they finished with their humiliation and demeaning actions of blackening Juelz’s scalp, Discipline Clerk Day sent him to Miller Moment, which is study hall, because their actions caused him to miss the entirety of his Spanish class. As he continued throughout his day, the lawsuit claims that students noticed the jet-black coloring on Juelz’s scalp, which generated tons of talk around the school.

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Education in the Segregated South: A Determined African American Culture

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia During segregation, Black schools in the South focused on building an environment of success for community children.

Educator, activist and youth worker Derrick R. Brooms said black schools served multiple purposes – particularly during the Jim Crow era.

“There are ways in which some Black schools during that era served as both fugitive and liberation spaces and opportunities,” Brooms wrote on Twitter.

“It was in these spaces that many black communities saw, supported, and invested in multiple possibilities,” Brooms said.

The conversation started on social media last month when Imani Perry, a Hughes Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, urged her more than 60,000 Twitter followers to not believe the myth that the schools were terrible pre-desegregation.

“There’s an extraordinary body of black education history that tells otherwise,” Perry said. As examples, Perry provided James Anderson, Vanessa Siddle Walker, Michael Fultz, Heater Williams and Valinda Littlefield.

Anderson is the author of, “The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935” which received the Outstanding Book Award of the American Educational Research Association.

He is also co-editor of New Perspectives on Black Educational History and has published numerous articles and book chapters on the history of education.

“The long struggle over the

Washington DC, USA, 1951. Student traffic controllers are waiting to be deployment at an intersection in Washinton DC. (Photo iStockphoto / NNPA) development of education in the postbellum South occurred in large part because no dominant class could convince the freed people that its conception of education reflected a natural and proper social order,” Anderson wrote in “The Education of Blacks in the South.”

“There was nothing inevitable about the former slaves’ ability to resist these competing ideologies of education and society and pursue their own course. They had spent much time preparing themselves for the moment when they could act in ways more consonant with beliefs sacred to them that could not be expressed before emancipation. Blacks soon made it apparent that they were committed to training their young for futures that prefigured full equality and autonomy,” Anderson said.

Walker is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies.

For 25 years, she has explored the segregated schooling of African American children.

Walker considered the climate that permeated segregated schools, the network of professional collaborations that explains the similarity across schools, and the hidden systems of advocacy that demanded equality and justice for the children in the schools.

“Although Black schools were indeed commonly lacking in facilities and funding, some evidence suggests that the environment of the segregated school had affective traits, institutional policies, and community support that helped Black children learn in spite of the neglect their schools received from white school boards,” Walker wrote in her 1996 book, “Their Highest Potential.”

“Most notably, in one of the earliest accountings by Thomas Sowell, the schools are remembered as having atmospheres where support, encouragement, and rigid standards, combined to enhance students’ self-worth and increase their aspirations to achieve,”

Walker said.

Fultz is an emeritus professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies. He received his Ed.M. and Ed.D. at Harvard Graduate School of Education and taught there in the Administration, Planning and Social Policy program for three years before moving to the University of WisconsinMadison in 1990.

His teaching and research interests focus on the history of American Education, the history of African American education, and Urban Education.

“From the 1880s through the 1920s, the adage, ‘As is the teacher, so is the school,’ was commonplace in the rhetorical repertoire of African American educators in the South,” Fultz wrote in a 2008 article titled, “As is the Teacher, So is the School: Future Directions in the Historiography of African American Teachers.”

“The essence of its meaning lingered throughout de jure segregation. Its expression encompassed vital themes related to the need and demand for a ‘sound professionalism’ among the expanding number of African American teachers in the region,” he wrote.

“Its significance flowed from a self-evident logic, implicitly understood and fundamentally contested, by both black and white southerners: the ‘fate of the race’ depended on its schools; the quality of those schools depended on the quality of the teachers they had; and the quality of the teachers depended upon (continued in last 2 columns)

Education in the Segregated South: A Determined African American Culture...continued their character, dedication, and professional training,” Fultz wrote.

“Ambrose Caliver, the first African American research specialist, hired by the U.S. Office of Education, reduced the issues to a single sentence, ‘In the hands of the Negro teachers rests the destiny of the race.’”

In her book, “Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom,” Williams said she “moves across time to examine African Americans’ relationship to literacy during slavery, during the Civil War, and in the first decades of freedom.”

The book traces the historical antecedents to freed people’s intense desire to become literate.

It demonstrates how the visions of enslaved African Americans

emerged into plans and action once slavery ended.

Littlefield works at the University of South Carolina.

She’s a scholar of the history of women, African Americans, and education with an emphasis on southern African American women and African American history from 1877 to the present.

The University of Illinois Press will publish her book on southern African American women schoolteachers during the Jim Crow era.

“Read Black memoirs or talk to your grandparents,” Perry said.

“One of the reasons I’ve written about Black formalism is that even scholars circulate the myth that Black people had nothing and built nothing in the segregated South,” she said.

Tournament of Roses President Visits Southern University By Lauren Floyd When it comes to marching bands, there’s just something about the big bands at HBCUs that sets them apart from your average ensemble of snares, woodwinds and brass. For bands like the Southern University Marching Band, also known as the “Human Jukebox,” it’s all about soul – and of course it’s all about the big sound- but most of all, it’s about putting on an epic performance. Now, fans of the famous Human Jukebox marching band can see them represent Louisiana in the 131stRose Parade 2020.

The floral floats and equestrian units are the headliners at the Rose Parade each year, but it’s undeniable that the talented bands are what truly bring the inspirational New Year’s energy to Colorado Blvd. Every year, the Tournament of Roses music committee screens over 100 entries from bands all over the world. After a thorough judging process, 20 bands were selected including bands from Japan, Denmark, El Salvador and Puerto Rico. This year, Southern University was selected and will be marching in the Rose Parade on New Year’s morning with their famous dance troupe, “Fabulous Dancing Dolls” who are sure to be a show stopper.

“This opportunity allows us to highlight the presence of Southern University and doing so in a grand style, at an international level, where the essence of an HBCU is going to be highlighted through this band,” says Southern University President-Chancellor Dr. Ray L. Belton.

Tomas Lopez, Tournament of Roses President Laura Farber, Southern Univ. Director of Bands Kedric D. Taylor and Southern University President-Chancellor Dr. Ray L. Belton.

“For us, it was about excellence in terms of musicality and technical of course. That was a given. The quality of these bands is off the charts,” says 2019-2020 President of Tournament of Roses, Laura Farber. But Farber says what makes bands stand out amongst others is much more than their music.

“It was about the stories. What is it about these bands that makes them special? What can we share with the world?” she says.

This goal is something President Farber has instilled in the theme for the 2020 Rose Parade – The Power of Hope.

“Hope is joy and happiness, it’s dignity and respect, aspiration

Rose Parade 2020 President Laura Farber visits Southern University in Baton Rouge. (Courtesy of Tournament of Roses Org.) and achievement, and what’s beautiful about it is that no one can ever take it away from you. It never quits,” says Farber.

“For so many people, hope means so many things, everybody can relate to this theme in some way. Whether it’s finding a cure for some disease, whether it’s hope for future generations of our country, for students – for band members.”

President Farber recently took a trip down to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to pay a visit to Southern University’s Human Jukebox and Dancing Dolls, announcing that they would be participating in the Rose Parade.

The university’s faculty and music directors graciously welcomed President Farber and her husband Tomas Lopez to campus as she presented the Tournament of Roses banner to Southern University Director of Bands, Kedric D. Taylor.

For Farber, she says having an HBCU perform was a must for the committee.

“Oh my goodness. They are so unbelievably amazing in so many ways,” says Farber of Southern University’s marching band and Dancing Dolls. “The talent is undeniable, the energy, the style, all of that. But for me, it’s the connection and the passion and the hope that seeing them perform brings to the future.”

Know around the world as the “Human Jukebox,” Southern University’s marching band got their name for their ability to play any musical ensemble, but of course with their own unique Southern soul and big HBCU band flair, intricate choreography and the collaboration of their 9person dance unit, The Dancing Dolls. The band marched in the Rose Parade once before in 1980 and has gained notoriety overtime with a list of awards, accolades and appearances including their appearance at the Louisiana Superdome on Aug. 25, 2006, when the New Orleans Saints returned to the stadium for their first home game since Hurricane Katrina damaged the (continued on page 3)

The San Bernardino AMERICAN News Staff Samuel Martin Sr.-Founder Clifton Harris/Editor in Chief/Investigative Reporter Mary Martin-Harris/Editor Clifton B. Harris/Audio Engineering Editor Legal /Display Advertising & Sales (909) 889-7677 The San Bernardino American News was established May 8,1969. A legally adjudicated newspaper of general circulation on September 30, 1971, case number 153913 by the Superior Court, of San Bernardino County. The San Bernardino AMERICAN News, a division of Don Roberto Group, Inc. is published every Thursday by Mary Martin-Harris and Clifton Harris P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393, Telephone (909)889-7677, Emails: msbamericannews@gmail.com sbamericannews@gmail.com The San Bernardino AMERICAN News subscription rate is $58.00 per year.

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WORLD GOVERNMENT/BUSINESS/ADVERTISING

Slaughter Appointed to African American Mayors Association’s Business Council By Sentinel News Service

Kimberly Slaughter (Courtesy photo) Kimberly Slaughter, HNTB Corporation transit/rail practice leader and senior vice president, has been appointed by the African American Mayors Association to the group’s Business Council.

According to the AAMA website, the Business Council allows mayors and corporate representatives to share best practices to tackle problems, share research, policy analysis, market trends, create jobs and strengthen communities.

“I’m pleased to enhance my involvement with the African American Mayors Association in my new role on the Business Council,” Slaughter said. “I look forward to collaborating with my colleagues to help advise and empower local leaders for the benefit of their citizens.”

According to AAMA, Business Council partners may submit resolutions to be considered by the Board of Trustees. With all the challenges our communities face today, it’s up to mayors, working hand-inhand with the business community, to find solutions.

Business Council members provide unique insight and powerful solutions that the public sector could not develop alone.

In her national role with HNTB, Slaughter is responsible for collaborating with the firm’s regional, division and office leadership on strategic planning and implementation, industry representation, business development, service delivery and client satisfaction.

Throughout her three-decade career, Slaughter has been appointed to several professional association boards and committee leadership positions.

She currently serves as the

American Public Transportation Association’s chair of the Planning Policy and Program Development Committee and is on APTA’s board of directors.

She also is a graduate of the prestigious Leadership APTA program. In addition, she is the first vice president of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, Chicago chapter and serves on the national organizing committee for the annual Women Who Move the Nation breakfast. She is a member of WTS International and was named 2012 Woman of the Year by its Houston chapter. Most recently, Slaughter joined the March of Dimes board in Chicago to support prenatal care across Illinois.

Slaughter holds a Master of Science in community and regional planning and a Bachelor of Arts in government from the University of Texas at Austin.

HNTB is currently involved with many of the nation’s most highprofile transit programs, including Los Angeles METRO Sepulveda Pass Alternative Assessment; Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II; Sound Transit’s West Seattle-Ballard Link Extension; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Quality Assurance, Internal Compliance Oversight and Systems GPC; Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority GPC and Engineering On-call Contracts; Chicago Transit Authority’s Wilson Station; the Los Angeles Metro Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor; and the Charlotte Area Transit System’s LYNX Blue Line Light Rail Extension in North Carolina.

This article originally appeared in The Los Angeles Sentinel.

Working Moms Create A Safe Indoor Space For Parents and Children to Bond Over Fun and Creativity with Little Play Society By Saybin Roberson

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different environments, different people, a lof to different things as early as you feel comfortable because that’s how they learn,” Foster-Phillips expresses, adding, “our goal is to help offer a space that kids can come in and start to socialize with other babies and toddlers.”

In efforts to make the space open for all, parents can also attend programs designed for new mothers and more. LPS will also include childbirth education and postnatal support groups led by professional doulas “It’s more about getting the parents in and having them along with their kids have a space they can grow and commune in a safe and proactive environment,” Henderson explains.

The motto and mission, “cultivating creativity and community through play” aligns with the concept, grounding the founders as they progress each day. “It’s been a definite labor of love,” Foster-Phillips states.

As graduates of Howard University, Foster-Phillips from Detroit and Henderson from Washington, D.C. have made L.A. their home for both work and family. As mothers of toddlers, the working mothers have now added

Speakers at the Monday meeting, where council mem-bers Noel Gallo, District 5; and Loren Taylor, District 6, were in attendance, want the City Council to hear their concerns, not to be steamrolled by pow-erful interests into an agree-ment without a full discussion of the issues.

They are asking the coun-cil to hold a work session or a community summit rather than voting on the labor proposal at a council meeting, where speakers would only receive one minute to talk, and im-portant issues about persistent discrimination in the building trades might be buried.

The meeting was the third and final community engage-ment session called by the City Council to examine ways to mitigate inequities in a po-tential Project

entrepreneurs to the list of duties.

“Some days are harder than others,” Foster-Phillips says, continuing to say, “I think we’re kinda just happy to be able to do all three.”

Inspired by their boys, both Henderson and Foster-Phillips are excited to be able to manifest their dreams and continue to be mothers, backed by amazing support systems and joy for what they are creating.

Henderson adding, “This is just a testament that moms can do anything!”

Little Play Society is open Monday through Friday. Options to reserve private play for twohour blocks are available every day Monday through Thursday, with free play on Fridays. LPS also launched a crowdfunding campaign to expand and grow the mission to best benefit children and their parents.

To find out more about Little Play Society visit littleplaysociety.com and follow @LittlePlaySociety on Instagram.

For more information on the crowdfunding campaign please visit https://ifundwomen.com/ projects/little-play-society.

This article originally appeared in The Los Angeles Sentinel.

Assemblywoman Luz Rivas Holds The Share Our Values Film Tax Credit in Fiscal Committee State/Government News SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblywoman Luz Rivas (DArleta) author of Assembly Bill (AB) 1442, held her bill in the fiscal Senate Appropriations Committee to continue to work with stakeholders.

AB 1442 establishes the Share Our Values Film Tax Credit which allocates $50 million per year for five years, for the relocation of film production to California from states seeking to restrict women’s reproductive rights. This measure was introduced in response to a national outcry on the recent decisions by states like Georgia and Alabama seeking to outlaw abortions.

“As the nation grapples with callous policies to dismantle a woman’s access to reproductive health, AB 1442 confirms California stands with women,” said Assemblywoman Luz Rivas.

“This bill brought a necessary and important discussion on women’s rights back to the forefront. At the request of industry stakeholders, I have decided to hold AB 1442 to work on this proposal over the interim break in order to give stakeholders ample ability to have discussions and the chance to stand with women.”

“I want to thank the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Women’s Caucus, the co-authors, the labor unions and women’s organizations for their support on AB 1442,” said Assemblywoman Luz Rivas. “I especially like to express my gratitude to Alex Aguilar Jr. with Studio Utility Employees Local 724 for standing with women and supporting the equal protections that are afforded to the laborers of our flagship economy.”

This legislation is supported by Chair and Vice Chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, California Teamsters, California State Council of Laborers, IBEW Local 40, ICM Partners, National Women’s Political Caucus of California, Studio Transportation Teamsters Local 399, Studio Utility Employees Local 724, OP&CMIA Local 755.

Assemblywoman Rivas proudly represents the 39th Assembly District, which includes the communities of Arleta, Lake View Terrace, Granada Hills, Mission Hills, North Hollywood, Pacoima, Sun Valley, Sunland-Tujunga, Sylmar, and San Fernando.

Black Workers Call for City Council Summit on Discrimination in Hiring on City Projects By Ken Epstein

Latanya Foster-Phillips and Teree Henderson (Courtesy photo) Working Moms, Latanya Foster-Phillips and Teree Henderson have teamed up, bringing the love of their babies and motherhood to the forefront to welcome Little Play Society to Los Angeles.

One of first of its kind, Little Play Society (LPS) is a communitydriven indoor play, creative, and social space for mothers and their children. Created to provide a communal space for parents to play with their children beyond parks and the home, as well as providing a space for parents to find a safe space for parents of young children.

In November of 2018, the ladies attended an event focused on Black mothers in L.A., and felt that something was missing in the city focused on mother-baby interaction, from there they conceptualized LPS. “It was really in that moment we decided to do it ourselves,” Henderson says, adding, “We

knew that the need was there and we knew the need wasn’t being met.”

Their determination and perseverance have since brought to Mid-City the multipurpose space in just eight months.

Picking Mid-City as the location to provide a space for children, that too was missing from the area.

“We knew what we needed to do to get it done, so we just did it,” Henderson stated.

LPS will feature programmed classes including art, interactive story-time, dance, and music and movement classes for children.

As mothers, both feel inclusion and socialization are important for young children, another natural service provided by LPS. “I personally think it’s pretty important to expose your kids to

(continued in next 2 columns)

Community meeting at the San Antonio Senior Center in the Fruitvale District to dis¬cuss racial disparities in hiring African American workers and contractors on City of Oakland building projects, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019.

(Photo by: Ken Epstein) African American contrac-tors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that has been presented to the City Council requiring that all jobs on city projects be awarded to building trades unions that dis-criminate against Black work-ers.

“It’s a pure power play right now,” said one speaker, who is a member of four unions. “The (unions) are not designed to grow their membership. They are only designed to make the strong stronger. If anything, the unions are a detriment to anyone starting off (in con-struction).”

In response to charges that unions want to control the hir-ing on all city projects while

excluding African American members, the City Council had previously asked the building trades to submit reports on the race and gender of their mem-bership.

So far, only six of 28 union locals have submitted that in-formation, according to city staff.

Reports by construction workers on the job indicate that African Americans are de-nied membership in almost all of these unions, while Latinos only find work in the labor-ers’ and to some extent in the carpenters’ unions.

The higher paid trades, such as electri-cians, plumbers and heavy equipment operators are al-most all white. (continued in next 2 columns)

Labor Agree-ment, backed by local building trade unions and their support-ers, requiring developers on city projects to exclusively hire union workers for labor, while non-union contractors would be limited in their use of their non-union workers for projects that are built on city-owned land and or involve city funding.

Speakers also expressed concern that the building trades only sent people to the first community meeting sev-eral weeks ago at Castlemont High School but did not come back to second or third meet-ings, apparently not interested in engaging with Black Oak-landers about the issues they are raising.

This article originally appeared in Oakland Post.

New Website Helps Diners Find Black-Owned Restaurants

By Lisa Fitch, Our Weekly News Los Angeles Contributor

With the popularity and general necessity of food, one might wonder, why there aren’t many more black-owned restaurants? (Photo: iStockPhoto / NNPA) More than 2,000 Black-owned eateries are featured on the new internet-based restaurant locator eatblackowned.com, which launched June 21 intending to support Black-owned restaurants.

“There’s only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: we all love great tasting food,” creator Edward L. Dillard said. “We have soul food, vegan, BBQ, Caribbean, seafood and more listed on the site.”

“I believe that if people have a place where they can find all the minority-owned restaurants in this country, more of us will start to support these small businesses,” Dillard said.

Increasing Black dollar circulation “Ninety-three cents of every dollar spent by Black consumers produces no economic benefit for the Black community, as the dollar only circulates in the community for six hours,” he adds.

A professional truck driver for a company out of New Jersey, Dillard has been on the road for 15 years, and travels across the country four or five days of the week.

“I didn’t like the direction of the country,” he said in a recent phone interview. “I wanted to do more to support Black-owned businesses, but I was always gone. I don’t spend money on clothes, accessories or shoes.

The majority of my money was going to food.

“I decided to spend it in different restaurants,” he added, noting that the internet was of little help. “The problem was only the major cities and only real popular restaurants would come up in my search. The really small ones wouldn’t come up.” There already are some existing websites promoting Black-owned

businesses in general, but they don’t have a lot of restaurant listings.

Dillard was inspired.

Have a vision and go forward “I had a vision in mind but didn’t have the experience in designing a website,” he said.

“Luckily, there’s Google and You Tube. They pretty much teach you everything! I realized there was a small chance that I might be able to make this happen.”

Dillard spent nearly five months conducting research for his project, collecting the names and addresses of more than 2,000 restaurants in the U.S. Then, he completed the website design.

“It took me a long time to design a website,” Dillard said. “What surprised me is that I got the job done.”

Working as a one-man show, Dillard then collected the restaurant pictures and website links to complete the project for launch. So far, the site includes 94 restaurants in New York, but only 35 within a 25-mile radius of downtown LA. Fostering culinary inclusion “African-Americans make up only eight percent of restaurant owners and managers in the U.S.,” said Warren Luckett, co-founder of BRW in a recent Forbes feature. “Our mission is to provide a platform that calls for inclusion in the industry and exposes and elevates black-owned businesses.”

Visit https://labrw.com for a list of participating BRW restaurants.

With the popularity and general necessity of food, one might wonder, why there aren’t many more black-owned restaurants?

“Access to capital,” explained Veronica Hendrix, who participated in a panel discussion on food at a recent LA chapter (continued on page 8)

Tournament of Roses President Visits Southern University...continued from page 2 dome.

Despite what side of the infamous Grambling University and Southern University rivalry you may land on (SU and Grambling compete every year at the Bayou Classic), it’s undeniable that the Human Jukebox band is stunningly excellent and seeing them represent HBCUs while marching down Colorado Blvd. at the Rose Parade is sure to be a highlight.

“They know what it means. The discipline, the approach they take — and those Dancing Dolls,” Farber adds, “They are just so incredible.”

So much so, that President Farber selected the band to close out the Bandfest, a two-day event

showcasing all the bands that are participating in the parade. Farber says it was only right for them to close it out.

“People need to experience [Human Jukebox]. They need to be a part of it, they need to see it, they need to feel it. It’s tangible how transformative it is to be in their presence. I want the world to see that,” says Farber.

To learn more about the Rose Parade 2020 and Tournament of Roses and for tickets to Bandfest in December, visit tournamenotfroses.com. For all the latest on SU’s Human Jukebox, visit humanjukeboxonline.com.

This article originally appeared in The Los Angeles Sentinel.

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Coalition seeks ban on flavored tobacco products By Wire News Service

Testing urged for some Moreno Valley clinic patients after active tuberculosis exposure at Kaiser Permanente facility...continued emphasized the risk of transmission is low.

“While the risk of infection is low, it’s important those receiving the notification letter get tested,” Dr. Cameron Kaiser said. “The testing is quick and can provide peace of mind.”

Tuberculosis is a disease spread through the air during prolonged, repeated and close contact with an individual who is infected with active tuberculosis. People can

The L.A. Families Fighting Flavored Tobacco coalition (Photo by: wavenewspapers.com) LOS ANGELES — City and county officials have examined the idea of banning flavored tobacco products in recent months, and a coalition of health experts, educators and students gathered Aug. 14 to voice their support of such a prohibition.

The L.A. Families Fighting Flavored Tobacco coalition hosted a news conference in front of the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration after they spoke at a county Health and Mental Health Services cluster meeting.

Supporters held inflatable candy and signs to protest the ways in which flavored nicotine products are marketed to children.

“Products like e-cigarette flavors such as cotton candy, lemonade, bubble gum, they’re clearly marketed toward young people,” Annie Tegan of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids said. “Menthol cigarettes would also be banned because they’re a flavored product.”

Tegan said there have been reports of children as young as 10 using the flavored tobacco products.

“Flavored tobacco products have been around a long time, and e-cigarette companies have taken a leaf out of big tobacco’s book, and now they’re marketing it to young people,” Tegan said.

She said one of the biggest concerns is that the Food and Drug Administration has not yet stepped in to regulate electronic cigarettes nor its flavored products, and it’s also troubling that some of the long-term effects of “vaping” are not yet known.

The coalition members said they have given suggestions to county officials but are still waiting to see what the proposed laws to ban them would look like.

The county banned vaping nicotine products in public areas, along with cannabis, in March.

The Los Angeles City Council voted in April to investigate ways to curb the sale of flavored tobacco products to youth and young adults and study how other cities are tackling the issue.

“We need to tell these companies to get the candy out of these products,” said Jackie Goldberg, an LAUSD school board member. “We have not had, until recent years, a problem with smoking cigarettes and tobacco in our middle schools. It’s been a problem at the high school level for years, but not middle school.”

Goldberg said the school district is working with law enforcement and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, which announced similar plans last year, to increase enforcement against sales of flavored tobacco products to minors.

LAUSD received a two-year, $4

million grant to create a studentled campaign to try to educate pupils and families about the potential dangers of using flavored nicotine products. In California, the legal age to purchase flavored tobacco products is 21.

“Nicotine taken by youth has a serious health impact,” said Jessica Simms, a board member of the Los Angeles division of the American Heart Association. “[Children] can’t study well, they can’t concentrate when their brain is exposed to nicotine. Once they’re hooked, it’s likely to be a lifelong addiction.”

Simms said people who use nicotine products before the age of 25 are more likely to use the products longer into their lives, which makes that age group a target for the companies.

Two students from Animo Leadership Charter High School spoke about their experiences with flavored nicotine products and how peer pressure led one of them to try the devices, which got her into trouble. Today, they are part of organizations supporting the ban on the products.

“This is not a small issue,” Goldberg said. “This is a health crisis.”

According to a survey released Aug. 19, cigarette smoking has reached a historic low among Los Angeles County high school students, but vaping is on the rise, with more than 30 percent of students reporting that they have used e-cigarette products, The 2017-18 California Student Tobacco Survey and the California Healthy Kids Survey reported that 10% of Los Angeles County high school students regularly use e-cigarettes, up from 6.4% the previous year. Ecigarettes used for vaping were the most commonly used tobacco product among high school students, the survey found. Only about 1.7% of students expressed a preference for cigarette smoking.

“A new generation has become addicted to nicotine through flavored vape products like ecigarettes,” Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said in a statement. “The epidemic of our youth becoming addicted to nicotine by flavors and flavored tobacco is unacceptable, and we will work to reverse this trend as we partner with others to ensure a tobaccofree generation.”

According to the survey, 83% of high school students who use tobacco reported using a flavored product, with fruit or sweet flavors the most popular.

This article originally appeared in the Wave Newspapers.

Testing urged for some Moreno Valley clinic patients after active tuberculosis exposure at Kaiser Permanente facility Health News Riverside County health o Testing

urged for some Moreno Valley clinic patients after active tuberculosis exposure at Kaiser Permanente facilityfficials are notifying those who may have been exposed to active tuberculosis at the Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Oncology clinic. While the risk for contracting the disease is low, both Kaiser Permanente and the Health department urge those receiving notification to be tested.

About 440 letters have been sent by Riverside University Health System-Public Health to

patients urging them to be tested for tuberculosis at any Kaiser Permanente lab. The testing is being done at no charge.

Kaiser Permanente representatives worked in collaboration with county health officials to determine who may have been exposed to the illness and assisted in compiling the list of those individuals who would receive notification letters. Those who do not receive notification are considered not to be at risk for exposure, and TB testing is not recommended.

Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (continued in next 2 columns)

contract TB when breathing air exhaled by someone who is sick with the illness. When left untreated, TB can result in serious complications.

TB is not spread by shaking hands, sharing food or drink, or via bed linens or toilet seats. Not everyone infected with TB bacteria becomes sick. A person with inactive (latent) TB cannot spread it to others.

Haynes Tackles Mental Health at Macedonia Summer Revival...continued anxiety will attack you.

“We live in a time and culture today that creates anxiety and mental stress. Don’t depend on social media for ‘likes’ and validation. Depend on God to ‘like’ you. ‘For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son and whosoever believes in Him will have everlasting life.’”

Issuing a final charge to the audience, Haynes reminded

listeners of God’s love and care for troubled believers. “Our emancipator and sable-skinned Savior, Jesus, ministers to the have-nots and gives the blessing to those who are broken,” he stressed.

“He is able to heal people with pre-existing conditions and He did it before there was an Affordable Care Act!” This article originally appeared in The Los Angeles Sentinel.

Health officials confirm first two West Haynes Tackles Mental Health at Nile cases in Riverside County

Macedonia Summer Revival LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — As anxiety sweeps America, the Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes stopped by Macedonia Baptist Church to offer solutions to soothe stress-related tensions. Known as a prophetic international leader and passionate social activist, Haynes is the pastor of the Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, which boasts a membership exceeding 12,000.

By Cora Jackson-Fossett

From left are Rev. Shane Scott, Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes, Rev. Welton Pleasant and Rev. Dr. Melvin Wade Sr. at the Macedonia Baptist Church Summer Revival on Aug. 19. (Photo by: Cora J. Fossett | L.A. Sentinel As anxiety sweeps America, the Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes stopped

by Macedonia Baptist Church to offer solutions to soothe stressrelated tensions.

Known as a prophetic international leader and passionate social activist, Haynes is the pastor of the FriendshipWest Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, which boasts a membership exceeding 12,000.

He shared keys to calm during a three-day appearance at Macedonia’s Summer Revival, held August 18-20, in the Wattsarea edifice. Being a highly sought-after proclaimer of God’s Word, Haynes naturally pointed to the scriptures and spiritual revival to resolve angst and fear.

“Both in scripture and history, spiritual revival has always produced social revolution. So the fact that we are in such a time as this, a time of hate and division, a time where this empire is in a constitutional crisis and that has created a psychic attack and warfare on our people, we hope to have a message that ministers to our mental health,” said Haynes in a Sentinel interview prior to the worship service.

“We are in a different day as it relates to church life and this nation. The Black church was born as a protest movement and as that beloved alternative community to the outside world that was hating on us. Now, the Black church that has been that source of strength is under attack, even by our own people,” he explained.

“Politically, we are in a different day. I have never seen a presidency, in my lifetime, like the one we see right now. Lance Watson, my brother and friend, says we were raised to reach a world that doesn’t exist anymore.

So that is the kind of world we are in now. I am here to bring a message of hope.”

The message by Haynes was the reason that Macedonia pastor Shane Scott invited him. “We here on the ‘left’ coast need to hear from Frederick Douglass Haynes III,” said Scott. “He is this generation’s Martin Luther King in terms of social justice and the gospel and one of my preaching heroes.”

In addition to the capacity crowd, several local preachers came to hear Haynes including the Rev. Kelvin Sauls, L.A. Pastor George Hurtt of Mount Sinai Baptist Church, L.A. Pastor Terry Brown of Liberty Baptist Church and Long Beach Pastor Welton Pleasant II of Christ Second Baptist Church, who noted that Haynes’ timely sermon was needed.

Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III (Photo by: faithandleadership.com) “Dr. Freddie Haynes definitely resonates with the hip-hop community, which is so critical because it is a powerful community that is often overlooked and minimized. He has a message to reach that generation. He can bring the sanctuary to the streets,” insisted Pleasant.

The Rev. Dr. Melvin V. Wade, Sr., retired pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, was on hand as well and cited his long relationship with Haynes, who first preached in L.A. at the invitation of Wade. Also, their families have been friends for decades, going back to Wade’s father and Haynes’ grandfather who were close acquaintances.

In the midst of complimenting Haynes’ successful ministry, Wade digressed to voice with his dismay that the esteemed theologian was not elected to assume leadership of the national NAACP. “I’m disappointed,” declared Wade, “and my disappointment is based upon the fact that we have a preacher who is intellectually astute, knowledgeable about the affairs of the nation as well as scripturally sound and the NAACP passed over him.

“We have somebody who has an international platform that could have been a launching pad to give leadership at this particular time. He is attuned to both levels – those who are in front of him and the millennials who are behind him. We missed the mark,” said Wade, who is a lifetime NAACP member.

However, Haynes didn’t discuss the matter as he preached a powerful message from Matthew 6:25-34, which commands believers to seek God and not to worry about life’s challenges, entitled, “Mind Playing Tricks on Me.” “When you are miserable and in stress-filled situations so that you feel that the walls are closing in on you and you are wrestling with worry, the mind will play tricks on you,” proclaimed Haynes. “Some of you are wrecked by anxiety. You can walk by faith and every now and then, (continued in next 2 columns)

Health News

A 65-year-old Mecca woman and 71-year-old man from Coachella are the first two confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus in Riverside County this year, said Dr. Cameron Kaiser, county public health officer.

The illness was confirmed recently and Riverside County officials were notified this week.

The individuals are expected to recover.

The virus is transmitted to humans and animals through a mosquito bite. The mosquito becomes infected when they feed on infected birds. Health officials emphasized the risk of serious illness to humans is low and most individuals who are infected will not experience any illness. Elderly individuals and those with compromised immune systems are at greatest risk for serious illness.

“While West Nile is rarely lifethreatening, it can occasionally be serious,” Kaiser said. “Unlike the common cold which is easily transmitted, the West Nile virus can only be spread by mosquito bites, and there are easy steps to take to reduce your risk of getting bitten.”

Here are some ways to protect yourself:

Avoid spending time outside when mosquitoes are most active, especially at dawn and dusk, and wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts and other protective clothing outside.

Apply EPA-registered insect repellent that contains DEET. Make sure doors and windows have tight-fitting screens. Repair or replace screens that have tears or holes.

Eliminate all sources of standing water on your property, such as old tires, buckets, flowerpots and toys that can support mosquito breeding. Empty and scrub the water sources. Some mosquitoes can even breed in the amount of water that fits in a bottle cap.

There were 15 human cases reported during 2018 in Riverside County. In 2017, there were 33 confirmed human West Nile Virus cases in the county and there has not been a death from the illness since 2015.

Anyone who becomes ill after exposure to mosquitoes should contact their health care provider.

The Disease Control office can be reached at 951.358.5107 for more information on West Nile Virus.

For more about mosquito abatement, click www.rivcoeh.org/Programs/ vector

Forgetting is normal for most people as they age, but take precautions if memory loss persists and interferes with daily life, says AMAC Health/Fitness News WASHINGTON, DC, Aug 23 -- Dementia, in general, and Alzheimer’s disease, in particular, have emerged as a clear and present danger for America’s aging population. And, this has many seniors scaring themselves every time they forget someone’s name, according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC].

“One of our members recently told me that his wife of 54 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease five years ago and finally asked her neurologist to check him out because he was becoming increasingly forgetful, himself. He did and, to his relief, he was diagnosed with a simple case of growing old. Indeed, as we grow older it is normal for us to forget simple things such as where you parked your car or you might have trouble coming up with the right words. It is not necessarily the onset of dementia,” says Weber.

“Nonetheless, it is a good idea to have yourself checked out. Self-diagnosis is not safe. Forgetting where you put your glasses is normal. Forgetting that you wear glasses just might be dementia."

The Alzheimer ’s Association says the signs of abnormal memory loss include a new found inability to complete routine tasks such as paying bills, remembering appointments, making plans or solving problems. It’s time to see a doctor if you are experiencing these types of extreme forgetfulness on a regular basis.

Meanwhile, there are things that you can do to

help sharpen your memory, according to the Mayo Clinic. In an article published on its Web site the Clinic suggests getting more physical exercise, doing things to remain mentally active, getting a good night’s sleep and maintaining a healthy diet.

The folks at the Mayo Clinic also point out that it is important to adopt an engaging social life, something that AMAC’s Weber says may be a particularly effective way of dealing with memory loss.

He cites a recent study that shows social activity can reduce dementia risk by as much as 12% as we age.

The research was led by Andrew Sommerlad, Ph.D., at University College London in the U. K. And, its findings “suggest a protective effect of social contact against dementia and that more frequent contact confers higher cognitive reserve.”

Harvard Medical School says “cognitive reserve is developed by a lifetime of education and curiosity to help your brain better cope with any failures or declines it faces.” It’s a concept that was first identified in 1982.

Essentially, researchers studied individuals who had no apparent symptoms of dementia while they were alive. But, when they died and were autopsied, it was discovered that their brains showed “changes consistent with advanced Alzheimer's disease. Since then, research has shown that people with greater cognitive reserve are better able to stave off symptoms of degenerative brain changes associated with dementia or other brain diseases.”

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190008930 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 7/30/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 7/30/2024 Business is Conducted By: A Limited Liability Company Fictitious Business Name(s): CAMPUS GROWERS L.L.C. Business Address: 1420 CAMPUS AVENUE UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN

BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 807 MOUNTAIN LANE GLENDORA, CA 91741 Registrant(s)Address: CAMPUS GROWERS L.L.C. 1420 CAMPUS AVENUE UPLAND, CA 91786 Signature/Officer Title: Diego Mercado, 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 August 22, 29, September 5, 12, 2019.

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

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 29, September 5, 12, 19, 2019.

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

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20190009795 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 8/16/2019 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 8/16/2024 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): IANN’S CATERING AND BAKERY Business Address: 360 W. FOOTHILL BLVD. UPLAND, CA 91786 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 3243 PALOMA AVE. LA VERNE, CA 91750 Registrant(s)Address: AYESHA M. AINSWORTH 3243 PALOMA AVE. LA VERNE, CA 91750 Signature/Officer Title: Ayesha Ainsworth

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 29, September 5, 12, 19, 2019.

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

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as

true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 2019.

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

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

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

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 22, 29, September 5, 12, 2019.

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

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper August 22, 29, September 5, 12, 2019.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1922840 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner:THUY-VI GENEVIEVE LUU NGUYEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. THUY-VI GENEVIEVE LUU NGUYEN to Proposed name: GENEVIEVE THUY-VI NGUYEN LUU THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 9/12/19 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S16 Superior Court Of California County Of San

Bernardino 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino Justice Center A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: 8/01/19 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 2019 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1925362 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JORGE HUITZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. JORGE EMMANUEL HUITZ QUEVEDO to Proposed name: GEORGE MANNY HUITZ QUEVEDO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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

Dept:S16 Superior Court Of California County Of San Bernardino San Bernardino DistrictCivil Division 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: August 26, 2019 Lynn M. Poncin Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper August 29, September 5, 12, 19, 2019

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

BARNES A Petition for Probate has been filed by: RANDIE LEE FISTER in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that RANDIE LEE FISTER 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: September 18, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S35 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 WEST THIRD STREET SECOND FLOOR SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0212 SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER, PROBATE DIVISION If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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 August 29, September 5, 12, 2019.

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

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver

form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California

(www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

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

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

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

8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/19 CNS-3283871# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210

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

8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19/19 CNS-3288126# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1908775 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CELESTE ZARATE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third St, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, Esq., (Bar #118226), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 560843) DATE (Fecha): MAR 20 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by EDUARDO HERNANDEZ, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

9/5, 9/12, 9/19, 9/26/19 CNS-3290301# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVDS1905796 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): HALECCI GODOY YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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IMMIGRATIONDetained Immigrants Claim They Were Forced to Work Without Pay ICE says immigrant detainees are only obligated to make their beds and avoid clutter. But a for-profit prison company is accused of forcing them to do much more – and for no wages.

Robin Urevich Published on August 26, 2019 By Robin Urevich

Immigrant detainees at the Adelanto facility. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) In 2017, Raul Novoa, who had been detained at the Adelanto Detention Center in the Mojave Desert near San Bernardino between 2012 and 2015, filed a class action suit alleging that he’d been forced to work for $1 a day at the facility, which is operated by the GEO Group, the nation’s largest for-profit detention firm, whose 2018 revenues totaled $2.3 billion.

Watch: Orange Is the New Green for Prisons Now, Novoa’s attorneys are seeking to amend his complaint with new allegations that, as a part of company policy, GEO forces immigrants in its custody to work for no compensation at all in at least 14 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers under threat of serious harm. A victory for

Novoa, or for the plaintiffs in any of eight other similar lawsuits against GEO and its slightly smaller competitor, CoreCivic, could have far-reaching consequences for the companies’ profits — and for the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The alleged threats include the use of pepper spray, solitary confinement and the reporting of misbehavior to ICE or immigration courts. This forced work is separate from the $1 a day work program over which Novoa sued.

ICE rules say that detainees can only be obligated to make their beds, straighten their papers and keep their floors and beds free of clutter, but plaintiffs’ attorneys note that GEO believes its “Housing Unit Sanitation Policy” falls within the regulations.

When South Africans Declared ‘Liberation’ at Two Whites-Only Beaches LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — South Africa witnessed the beginning of the end of Whites-only beaches thirty years ago this week after an action launched by the Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

It was part of an escalating campaign to defy apartheid. Throngs of demonstrators were chased down Cape Town streets by police using whips, tear gas and water cannons spraying purple dye. More than 500 people, including 52 journalists, were arrested.

By Global Information Network

South African White Only Beach (Photo courtesy: Global Information Network) South Africa witnessed the beginning of the end of Whitesonly beaches thirty years ago this week after an action launched by the Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

It was part of an escalating campaign to defy apartheid.

Throngs of demonstrators were chased down Cape Town streets by police using whips, tear gas and water cannons spraying purple dye. More than 500 people, including 52 journalists, were arrested.

A march was planned that also included the Rev. Allan Boesak, anti-apartheid leaders and president of the World Alliance of Reform Churches. It was organized by the Mass Democratic Movement, that swelled into the most sustained anti-apartheid protest since the government suspended many civil rights in 1986 under emergency decrees.

Police gave the marchers 10 minutes to disperse, but the protesters sat down on the pavement and began clapping and singing.

Then police drove two water cannon trucks into the square and began spraying demonstrators with purple dye.

Shoppers and activists fled in panic, and some fell to the pavement.

Tutu, the 1984 Nobel Peace laureate, condemned the police action.

“All moral right is on our side,” he told about 2,000 people who gathered in his Anglican church nearby.

“We have committed ourselves to this struggle until it is won. We shall be free . . . despite this type of action from those who refuse to hand over power.”

This article originally appeared in The Los Angeles Sentinel.

Employment Training Panel Awards $11 million to Train 7,700 employees DreamWorks Animation LLC Awarded $258,000 to Train 870 employees State/Government News

SACRAMENTO – The State of California’s Employment Training Panel announced it approved 23 contracts worth nearly $11 million to train nearly 7,700 workers.

Included is a $258,000 contract to DreamWorks Animation LLC to

train 870 employees in entertainment multimedia.

“The entertainment industry has a high demand for skilled workers in the latest advanced technologies,” said Employment (continued in next 2 columns)

In an August 16 court filing, the attorneys point to the case of Abdiaziz Karim, a Somali asylum seeker who is currently detained at GEO’s 1,940-bed Adelanto facility. Karim said that about a year ago a GEO officer threatened him with solitary confinement for refusing to work cleaning windows, floors, showers and other areas for no pay. The same guard “tossed” Karim’s cell, “throwing his belongings and papers in disarray,” according to his complaint.

Novoa’s lawyers say Karim was also forced to work six-hour shifts in the Adelanto kitchen for a month in exchange for a total of $1. Under ICE’s Voluntary Work Program, detainees are paid about $1 a day, for which ICE reimburses GEO and other private firms that use detainee workers. ICE rules specify that detainees cannot be required to work, but Novoa’s lawsuit says his labor was not voluntary and seeks back pay and damages for both $1 a day workers like Novoa and another class of perhaps hundreds of thousands of detainees who, like Karim, were compelled to work for free.

Novoa, who worked as a barber and janitor, was allegedly threatened with solitary confinement if he didn’t work or encouraged others not to work or complained about his pay. His complaint contends that he was

served “rotten meat, moldy bread and inedible produce,” and got headaches from drinking the water at the detention center, which “sometimes ran black for days.” Thus his need for a $1 daily wage to buy food, water and hygiene supplies that GEO failed to provide, despite its contractual obligation to do so, the complaint says.

GEO faces three other lawsuits similar to Novoa’s, while five are pending against CoreCivic. In all of the cases so far, detainees allege they do virtually all the manual labor required to operate their own lock-ups.

All of the five lawsuits in which judges have ruled on motions to dismiss have survived the dismissal motions, and in the oldest case, filed in 2014, a Colorado judge ruled that the case could move forward as a class action on behalf of some 60,000 former detainees “For these class action lawsuits against GEO and CoreCivic to have gone this far, it’s pretty obvious the firms made some big mistakes and might now have to pay for them,” wrote Jacqueline Stevens, a Northwestern University political science professor in her States Without Nations blog. Stevens directs the university’s Deportation Research Clinic and has researched and written extensively on detainee labor.

Employment Training Panel Awards $11 million to Train 7,700 employees...continued Training Panel Assistant Executive Director Peter Cooper.

“The funds awarded today will mean more opportunities for employee advancement and a helping hand in growing jobs.”

DreamWorks Animation produces animated films, television programs, live entertainment, commercials and virtual games. The company also produces, distributes, and releases films and market licensed consumer merchandise.

“ETP funded training will help DreamWorks Animation further develop a high performance work environment and maintain a competitive edge in the animation marketplace,” said Ryan KuoAtkinson, Training Production Supervisor of DreamWorks Animation. “The funds will enable us to create successful films, TV shows, and other related entertainment products.

Achieving these goals allows DreamWorks Animations to attract new talent and create ‘jobs of the future’ right here in

California.”

DreamWorks will use the training contract to help it hire 150 new employees, enhance efficiencies and expand its employees’ skills to new technologies. DreamWorks artists, technologists and engineers will receive custom skills training to support the advancement of technical equipment, software, technology and processes associated with the animation and film industry.

The Employment Training Panel is the state’s premier program supporting job creation and retention through training. The Panel reimburses employers for the costs of training existing workers, funds training to unemployed workers to re-enter the workforce, and helps ensure California businesses have the skilled workers they need to remain competitive.

For more information about the program, please visit www.etp.ca.gov, or call (916) 3275578.

San Bernardino Valley College Diesel Instructor Wins Excellence in Teaching Award from IEDRC Community News

Berchman "Kenny" Melancon wins the Excellence in Teaching award SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. Berchman "Kenny" Melancon, instructor in the Heavy/Medium Duty Diesel Truck Technology (Diesel) program, was recently recognized by the Inland Empire/ Desert Regional Consortium with the Excellence in Teaching award for his dedication to expanding vehicle technology, and developing course curriculum to help students get career ready for the long haul.

Melancon has worked diligently to motivate student success by expanding course offerings and obtaining state-of-the-art equipment.

In the past four years, he's raised approximately $750,000 in donations and grants. Recently,

he and others met with representatives from Rio Hondo College, which teaches courses in hybrid and electric car, along with Volvo to talk about their next steps in electrification. SBVC and Rio Hondo received the Volvo Lights grants, part of the Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions, a project to create a zero-emission goods movement system from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

"We're getting $200,000 from Volvo this month to write the curriculum, and buy some components for training in the classroom," Melancon said.

"We're the only two colleges in the state that got part of the Volvo grant."

High Desert Survey Deadline Extended To September 15th Local/National News

The deadline to submit responses to the High Desert Survey has been extended to September 15th, according to Joseph W. Brady, CCIM, SIOR, initiator of the survey and one of its key sponsors. The extension is intended to allow a key regional public service entity, with nearly 10,000 clients, to include notification of the survey in its current billing cycle and to provide residents who have not yet completed it more time to do so.

The High Desert Survey seeks to identify the challenges and issues affecting the region that rank among the highest priorities of its residents. “Based upon the results of the survey residents of the area and their governmental representatives will be better equipped to address these issues with targeted strategies aimed at problem resolution”, stated Mr. Brady. By extending the deadline to September 15, survey organizers hope to increase the number of respondents well into the 13,000-15,000 range.

To date, over 10,300 residents have responded to the survey, which has received strong support from local business entities, the Hispanic/Latino Community Coalition and numerous elected officials representing various High Desert constituencies. The High Desert Survey has been endorsed by US Representative Paul Cook, State Senator Scott Wilk (21st District),California Assemblyman Jay Obernolte and San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Third District Representative Dawn Rowe. * Congressman Cook states that “I want to commend those who put together the High Desert Survey. This effort will help leaders chart a path forward for our community, and it will inform important decisions in the future. Your voice counts, and I strongly encourage everyone to take the survey to make sure your voice is heard.” *This survey is a unique opportunity to weigh in on where you think the High Desert is today and the direction it should go in the future. Since a survey is only as accurate as the number of people who participate, I strongly encourage all High Desert residents to take advantage of this opportunity and be part of crafting the future of the

region. Don’t waste a minutetake that survey today”, stated Senator Wilk in offering his endorsement of the High Desert Survey. *Assemblyman Obernolte also offered his support, stating that “The High Desert Survey is an innovative effort that will give leaders in our community insight into issues we face and potential solutions to those issues. That is why I support the High Desert Survey and encourage everyone to participate.” *“The High Desert Survey is a great opportunity for residents, business owners, and government officials to weigh in on what they see as challenges and opportunities for the High Desert Region”, according to Supervisor Rowe, who went on to say that “The responses generated from the survey will be used as a tool to guide community leaders who are interested in improving the lives of the residents and businesses they serve.”

“We decided to extend the survey because we have identified additional organizations and groups within the First District that initially had some concerns or confusion regarding the survey. To ensure as broadly representative a sample as possible we have reached out to the Hispanic, African-American and Korean communities and want to be sure that everyone has ample time to learn of and complete the survey,” stated Brady. He added that “There have also been publications that have added a free ad that has just arrived at local post office and we wanted to ensure those companies, such as Love Media, which covers Helendale and Silver Lakes, as well as The Breeze, which covers Spring Valley Lake, are able to help us get additional people to respond”.

To complete the survey readers are encouraged to visit highdesertsurvey.com.

For additional information please contact Mr. Joseph W. Brady, CCIM, SIOR, President of The Bradco Companies and Vice President of the Board of Trustees at Victor Valley Community College at (760) 954-4567 or via email to jbrady@thebradcocompanies.com.

Do Black Kids Deserve This Treatment in School?...continued from page 2 and made fun of him, according to the lawsuit, and social media posts with memes followed which caused Juelz tons of mental anguish.

After several attempts by the parents and their lawyer to resolve the issues with no response from Pearland ISD, the plaintiffs filed this federal lawsuit. According to the family’s lawyer, civil rights attorney Randall Kallinen, Pearland ISD changed their dress code hairstyle policy after the incident, and to make matters worse, Assistant Principal Barcelona has been promoted from assistant principal to head principal where Juelz is now a student in the eighth grade.

“Despite this extremely shameful behavior and history of racial discrimination, the Pearland ISD has doubled down and now installed Tony Barcelona as head principal of the Berry Miller Junior High School, kept Day and Peterson in their current positions, and refused to meet with Juelz’s parents to discuss their behavior or any training of Pearland ISD employees,” said Kallinen.

In a statement, Pearland ISD stated that the practice administered by the three White Pearland ISD employees was not one condoned by the district and stated that it did not align with appropriate measures for dealing with dress code violations.

After the incident Pearland ISD Board of Trustees member Mikael Floyd stated, “It’s no secret that racism, whether intentional or not, has crept into the code. The administration has made it clear that they are aware of the Board’s stance that provisions which are

rooted in cultural or racial inequalities must be changed, and anything less will be unacceptable in my opinion.”

This is a troubling pattern that has continued in Pearland ISD. According to a 2015 study by the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Civil Rights, they found that while there were more than twice as many White students (38.6%) than African American students (15.9%) enrolled in Pearland ISD, the two groups made up equal portions of students who received In-School Suspensions (30.4%). In other words, African American students were suspended 143% more often than White students.

Juelz seems to be one of those recurring Black victims in Pearland ISD, based on the details surrounding this incident and spelled out in this federal lawsuit.

The real question is, however, how many more Black students will become victims of these same Pearland ISD employees, who remain in positions to impact their lives and futures?

In the meantime, the lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount in compensatory damages. This case will be an interesting one to continue to follow.

Jeffrey Boney is a political analyst and frequent contributor for the NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com and the associate editor for the Houston Forward Times newspaper. Jeffrey is an award-winning journalist, dynamic, international speaker, experienced entrepreneur and business development strategist.

Follow Jeffrey on Twitter @realtalkjunkies.

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September 5, 2019

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Basketball Africa League Announces Seven Host Cities For Inaugural Season LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities where the inaugural BAL regular season will take place and Kigali (Rwanda) as the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four and BAL Final

By Sentinel News Service

Photo by: Markus Spiske | Pexels.com The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities where the inaugural BAL regular season will take place and Kigali (Rwanda) as the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four and BAL Final.

Additionally, the BAL announced NIKE and Jordan Brand will be the exclusive outfitter of the new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa and scheduled to begin play in March 2020.

The announcements were made

by BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall during a reception at the Musée des Civilisations Noires in Dakar in the presence of FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis, FIBA Africa Executive Director Alphonse Bilé, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, along with current and former NBA and WNBA players.

“Today’s announcements mark another important milestone as we head into what will be a historic first season for the Basketball Africa League,” said Fall. “We now have seven great host cities where we will play and our first partnership with a world-class outfitter. We thank our first partners NIKE and Jordan Brand for supporting us on this journey and ensuring our teams have the best uniforms and oncourt products.”

Beginning in March 2020, the six cities will host a regular season that will feature 12 teams divided

into two conferences, with each conference playing in three cities.

The regular season will see the 12 teams play five games each for a total of 30 games, with the top three teams in each conference qualifying for the playoffs. The six playoff teams – the “Super 6” – will play in a round-robin format to determine the four teams that will advance to the BAL Final Four and BAL Final in Kigali, Rwanda in late spring 2020. The BAL Final Four and BAL Final will be single-elimination games.

NIKE and Jordan Brand will outfit the league’s 12 teams with official game uniforms, warmup apparel, socks and practice gear, with six teams featured in NIKE and the other six teams in Jordan Brand. The collaboration with NIKE and Jordan Brand marks the BAL’s first partnership.

The announcement about the NBA and FIBA’s launch of the BAL, which would mark the NBA’s first collaboration to operate a league outside of North America, was made at the NBA All-Star 2019 Africa Luncheon in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 16.

The NBA and FIBA also plan to dedicate financial support and resources toward the continued development of Africa’s basketball ecosystem, including training for players, coaches and referees, and infrastructure investment.

Additional details about the BAL will be announced at a later date.

This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel.

San Bernardino Symphony to Open 91st Season September 14...continued producing an overwhelming effect, Orff ’s masterpiece combines classical Greek tragedy and Italian Baroque musical theatre to create what the composer described as a “scenic cantata.” Based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis (“Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images”), it was written between 1935 and 1936 for soloists, choruses and orchestra, it was originally conceived as a choreographed stage work.

Performing the challenging vocals will be soprano Holly Sedillos, counter tenor Darryl Taylor, and baritone Zachary Gordin. The superb Los Robles Master Chorale directed by Lesley Leighton will lend more than 60 voices to the production.

“The Symphony’s Artist Planning Committee scheduled this opening concert in anticipation of a ‘grand welcome’ to the new music director,” shared Symphony Board President Dean McVay. “Carmina Burana is not an easy piece to pull off, with a huge choir, orchestra, and soloists, and to hand it to our new conductor as his first piece in is a lot to ask, and yet Anthony has embraced this piece wholeheartedly, fearlessly, and will show the Southern California musical community a hint of great things to come under his leadership. What a glorious new beginning for the San Bernardino Symphony!”

Also on the playbill is Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture.

Written in 1947, this lively work was notably performed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. It was written in just three days at the behest of the conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre to open a concert marking the 37th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution.

In addition, a new piece of music has been prepared to welcome Maestro Parnther and will be premiered at this concert. Arise,

for Orchestra and Choir was composed by Michael Barry with lyrics by Katherine Liner as a gift to the San Bernardino Symphony and to the community.

“This inaugural concert is all about recognizing the great community we perform for and imagining possibilities,” said Maestro Parnther. “This concert will touch on many frequencies: Together we will acknowledge San Bernardino’s past, celebrate the present, and reach, hand in hand, for a harmonious future for our great city and orchestra.”

The September 14 concert is the first of six major performances scheduled for the Symphony’s upcoming season. November 16 will see a holiday concert featuring Tony and Grammy award-winning vocalist Jennifer Holliday and renowned cellist Lynn Harrell. January 18, 2020 brings American Legacy: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring soprano Lettrice Lawrence, bass-baritone Bradley Baker, and tenor Jacob Lusk, along with the powerful sounds of the Selah Gospel Choir.

February 22, the Symphony will perform Cirque de la Symphonie bringing awe-inspiring acrobatics choreographed to Classical music to the stage alongside orchestral musicians. A March 15 matinee will highlight works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Grieg, including a solo performance of Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto by Maestro Parnther. The season will close May 2 with From Stage to Screen a tribute to the golden age of Hollywood with movie scores from Bernard Hermann and a tribute to Judy Garland by Emmynominated vocalist Angela Ingersoll.

Concert tickets are currently on sale and may be purchased at www.sanbernardinosymphony.org or by calling (909) 381-5388.

Students and active military tickets are just $15. General admission tickets are $30, $45, $55, and $65. Season tickets are also available and offer substantial savings.

This article originally appeared in The Precinct Reporter News Group.

San Bernardino Symphony to Open 91st Season September 14

“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found call ye upon him while he is near.” [Isaiah 55:6]. Now is the time to be saved! Now is a time of mercy!

“We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says: ‘In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you.’ Behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation” [2 Corinthians 6:1, 2].

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death....” [Deuteronomy 30:1920].

Sarah Lund Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice

“Going Once, Going Twice, Gone!”

By: Lou Yeboah Maestro Anthony Parnther (Photo by: Tom Pease)

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time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”

“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved” [Jeremiah 8:20]. Listen, “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” [Hebrews 9:27]. Take full advantage of the opportunities God gives. Remember, Jesus’ first recorded sermon was simple: “ The time [kairos] has come. . . . The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” [Mark 1:15]. The call is....REDEEM THE TIME - NOW! Do not put it off until tomorrow. “Now is the acceptable time. Now is the day of salvation.” For, “Tomorrow is the fitting epitaph for many tombstones. Tomorrow is the barred and bolted door that has shut many people out of Heaven.” God has never promised us tomorrow. [Proverbs 27:1; 2 Corinthians 6:2]. So the best preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today. Don’t be like Governor Felix who was listening to Paul speak, and “as [Paul] reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, ‘Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity [kairos] I will summon you’” [Acts 24:25]. Fexlix fatal mistake!

Love Is Justice Embodied

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Theatre in years with Parnther remaining an audience favorite throughout the search process.

Now, with the Maestro firmly under contract, the Symphony’s opening concert hopes to eclipse previous records with one of the most challenging pieces of music in the neoclassical repertoire, Carl Orff ’s soaring and dramatic Carmina Burana.

Described as ‘total theatre’ where music, words and movement work together in

Israelites without any advance notice. But He compelled prophets to speak His Word that the covenant people might turn from evil [Amos 3:1–8]. Don’t take God’s grace for granted! His patience will run out eventually [Romans 2:4–5; 2 Peter 3:8–10].

Going Once, Going Twice, Gone!

Let’s learn from the people of Nineveh not to try God’s patience but to repent while the invitation to come back to Him is still available. Understanding as [Amos 7:8] says, “...that there does come a time when the God of great mercy might say of His own people, “I will spare them no longer.” Be very careful, then, how you live—not foolishly, but wisely, knowing how to make the most out of every opportunity, because what David said to his friend Jonathan in [1 Samuel 20:3] is true of all of us: “...as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between us and death. What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be!

Take advantage of the opportunities God’s grace provides. “Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.” [Hebrews 4:7]. For, “Behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation.” [2 Corinthians 6:].

Think a moment; “What is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” [James 4:14]. You are being offered mercy. What will you say? What will you do? And what shall I say to God when it comes to report the matter; must I bear my testimony that you would not hear? If you’ve never done so, I urge you to repent of your sins and by faith to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, and to do it NOW. If you’re a Christian, but have gotten offtrack in your daily walk, I urge you to confess your waywardness and make a new start this very hour. If you need to go to someone and ask that person’s forgiveness and renew your fellowship with that individual, I encourage you to do it right now while you still have an opportunity.

As [Ecclesiastes 3:1-8] says, “For there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a

Witness For Justice #958

PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will open their 91st performance season September 14 under the baton of Maestro Anthony Parnther. The award-winning Maestro made his debut appearance with the San Bernardino Symphony in October 2017 to conduct Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony as the first of ten conductor candidates. The resulting performance evoked the most rousing and lengthy standing ovation heard in the California Theatre in years with Parnther remaining an audience favorite throughout the search process.

The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will open their 91st performance season September 14 under the baton of Maestro Anthony Parnther.

The award-winning Maestro made his debut appearance with the San Bernardino Symphony in October 2017 to conduct Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony as the first of ten conductor candidates. The resulting performance evoked the most rousing and lengthy standing ovation heard in the California

“Going Once, Going Twice, Gone!”...continued

Lou Yeboah Oh, the limits of God’s patience! When God’s mercy ends, it’s all over [Amos 8-9]. Peter 3:9, says “ The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with us, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” God

is certainly gracious. He is rich in kindness, forbearance, and patience, which is why He does not bring an immediate end to all sinners [Romans 2:4]. In fact, He often gives us many chances to repent. During the old covenant, He even sent prophets to warn Israel of its impending doom and the discipline that was coming if the people continued in their sin. These oracles of judgment were words of grace, for the Lord could have brought His wrath to bear on the (continued in next 2 columns)

According to Omid Safi, “love is justice embodied.” When following Jesus’ teachings to love our neighbors, how do we embody this love? How does the love of God show up in our embodied selves? What if we were to measure our love for neighbor by how their bodies are doing?

For example, does our neighbor’s body have the nutrients needed for physical and mental well-being? Is there clean water to drink, fresh fruits to enjoy, and enough to nourish the growing children in the house?

Does our neighbor’s body have the medications they need for their chronic illnesses, such as depression, anxiety and high blood pressure?

Does our neighbor’s body have the housing they need for safety, rest, and relaxation? Is there a home where our neighbor can create a sense of belonging and community, a sanctuary from the world?

Is our neighbor’s body engaged in meaningful work that brings them a sense of worth, dignity, and pride?

Every body deserves to be loved. No matter if you have depression or cerebral palsy, dementia or fibromyalgia. Every body is part of Christ’s body.

For the United Church of Christ,

love is justice embodied when people with disabilities are included as part of the Body of Christ. Disabilities and mental health justice begins when we love our bodies and our neighbors’ body. This love is a form of action that has real results.

This means working together so that every kind of body has what we need to flourish: access to quality and affordable healthcare, education, housing, and employment opportunities.

To learn how you can love your neighbors with disabilities, check out the UCC Disabilities Ministries resources to be an Accessible-to-All (A2A) congregation (uccdm.org/a2a/) and the UCC Mental Health Network for researches on how to be a WISE (Welcoming, Inclusive, Supportive, and Engaged) for mental health congregation (http://mhnucc.blogspot.com/p/wisecongregations.html). Also, contact me to share stories of how your church is showing love embodied as justice for disabilities and mental health by emailing me at lunds@ucc.org.

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

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September 5, 2019

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Lead Found in Drinking Fountains at 17% of California Public Schools The state only requires schools to take action if lead levels exceed 15 ppb. But the CDC says there’s no safe blood lead level for children.

Photo: Getty Images Two years ago Assembly Bill 746 required all California K-12 public schools built before 2010 to test for lead in drinking fountains and faucets by July 1, 2019. So far, 1,256 of 7,188 schools tested by the California State Water Resources Control Board (17 percent) have reported levels of lead that exceed five parts per billion (ppb). The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that lead in school drinking fountains not exceed 1 ppb, whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no blood lead level for children that can be considered safe.

The state, however, only requires schools to take action – including notifying parents, shutting down dangerous fountains and conducting more testing – if lead levels exceed 15 ppb. Schools that do detect levels of lead above 15 ppb must take follow-up samples from the place at which the school’s plumbing connects to the community water supply to identify whether tainted water is reaching the school from the outside. As of mid June, 268 California schools reported lead levels above 15 ppb, according to the Water Resources Control Board.

AB 746 builds upon 2017 permit

amendments, issued by the state’s Division of Drinking Water, that give all California schools (public, private and charter) the right to request testing from their local water systems of up to five samples, and to receive repeat tests to confirm the effectiveness of any steps taken to lower lead levels.

The presence of lead at so many schools is particularly alarming because lead is especially toxic to children, even at low levels.

“Lower levels of lead have the potential to cause significant effects on children’s brain development, on their attention levels, on behavior and on their ability to learn,” said Susan Little of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization focused on health and the environment.

According to Little, “The older the school, the more apt it is to have leaded fixtures and possibly leaded plumbing.” Little also pointed out that levels of lead exposure once thought to be safe are now considered dangerous.

That is why schools built after 2010 are exempt from recent rounds of testing.

“In California in 2010, we changed the lead content

Lead Found in Drinking Fountains at 17% of California Public Schools...continued

SBCUSD Is Making Sure Students Can Concentrate On Learning Not Hunger...continued

enrollment of over 750 students would need more than five tests to determine the safety of each fountain and faucet. “If you’re not testing every faucet, you’re potentially missing additional sources of lead contamination,” said Little.

However, pending laws may shed light on the severity of the problem. Assembly Bill 48, which could appear on the March 2020 ballot, would authorize bonds for school site modernization projects, including testing for lead. Unlike AB 746, the bill’s current language states that all districts receiving funding would be required to test every faucet and fountain on campus, except those built or tested after 2010.

“There are efforts to try to close these gaps,” said Little.

consistent access to food are more likely to develop language, motor skill, and behavioral impairments.

The federal government established the National School Lunch Program in 1946 to provide students with a nutritious lunch to increase their potential to do well in school. The meal program has expanded over the years to provide more free- and reducedprice meals, including breakfast, to socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

For many years, SBCUSD has provided free meals to students who qualified for free or reducedprice meals. Generally, students’ families had to apply and prove that they qualified under income

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Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said the country is in the midst of a "historic tragedy" after Hurricane Dorian battered the Atlantic islands for most of Monday and killed several people.

Minnis said his office in downtown Grand Bahama is flooded, as is the first floor of the hospital. So far, there have been five confirmed deaths from the storm, which battered the islands for most of Monday with 145 mph winds and only began moving away early Tuesday.

"Our focus is search, rescue and recovery," the Bahamian leader said.

"I ask for your prayers for those in affected areas and for our first responders. Many homes, business and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed."

More than 62,000 people in the island chain don't have access to fresh, drinkable water, CBS News reported

standard for faucets and fixtures,” Little told Capital & Main. “Prior to 2010 faucets and fixtures could have as much as eight percent lead.” * * * There may also be more contamination than the testing reveals. “We’re concerned that this data shows us we don’t really know how big the problem is, because . . . they aren’t testing every single faucet,” said Little.

“There was no minimum, we only asked that the samples were representative of what students typically drink. On average, schools tested five fixtures,” said Beti Girma of the Water Resources Control Board in an email.

The California Department of Education requires one drinking fountain for every 150 students, meaning any school with an

guidelines. This year all students at every SBCUSD kindergarten– 12th-grade campus are eligible to receive free breakfast and free lunch.

“We are so proud to be able to offer this to our students and their families,” said Nutrition Services Director Adriane Robles. “We know that the majority of our students are socioeconomically disadvantaged, and their families may struggle on a daily basis with hunger. By providing two free meals each school day to all students, we not only help support students’ physical and academic development, we relieve some of the financial and emotional stress these families are under.”

Dorian cuts power to Bahamas; several SBCUSD Is Making Sure Students dead; 62K without clean water ByNicholas Sakelaris

North Park Elementary students enjoy lunch.

San Bernardino City Unified School District is pleased to offer a free, nutritious breakfast and lunch to every student every school day for the 2019–2020 school year.

Multiple studies have shown

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that when children experience hunger, it can have serious and lasting impacts on their physical and intellectual growth.

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Tuesday.

Power was cut to the entire island of New Providence, the most populous island in the commonwealth, utility officials said.

"We are working through the aftermath of flooding on the island, and remained determined to safely and securely return the entire island to service," Bahamas Power and Light said Monday night.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it's conducting rescue missions on Abaco Island, where many Haitian migrants live. Four MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters transported 19 people from the Marsh Harbor clinic to Nassau International Airport Monday.

With the storm still lingering, officials said the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency may not be able to reach the island until Wednesday.

New Website Helps Diners Find Black-Owned Restaurants...continued from page 3 meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists.

“It takes a lot to start a restaurant, in terms of finding a location; working with the leasing company agreement; and overhead costs.”

“I think that’s why so many of them are choosing alternative ways of creating a presence in the community,” Hendrix added.

“Food trucks, pop ups, becoming personal chefs, cooking for small groups—just looking for alternative ways of raising capital.”

Setting realistic goals “A lot of banks initially look at them as a risk until they’re proven,” Hendrix said.

Nearly 60 percent of restaurants fail within their first three years, according to recent studies of business start-ups. Restaurateurs have to set realistic goals; conduct market research and analysis; and have an original concept with good food. ‘“I love talking about food,” said Hendrix, who currently writes a blog called “Collard Greens and Caviar”— a take on her wide range of food tastes, from downsouth soul food to European delicacies.

“Social media has been huge for me,” Hendrix said. “Through social media, I’ve created a sense of food family.”

The panel — which also included Noelle Carter, who formerly worked in the LA Times test kitchen; and Mona Holmes, writer for Eater Los Angeles — agreed that food journalists are not taken very seriously, even though food is something we deal with every day, preparing it, or eating it, or both.

“Food is very personal,” Hendrix said. “It can create a lot of memories and evoke feelings.”

Attracting regular customers The panel agreed that almost nothing beats homemade, although many restaurants seek to replicate the looks, smells and tastes of family kitchens, creating an experience that creates a regular customer.

Hendrix admitted that whenever she smells nutmeg, she thinks about her mother’s homemade teacakes.

“That smell triggers comfort, love and safety,” she said. “For us, those teacakes were everything.”

The late Leah Chase, whose restaurant, Dooky Chase, served as an important New Orleans meeting spot during the Civil Rights movement, agreed: “Food builds big bridges,” she said. “If you can eat with someone, you can learn from them and when you learn from someone, you can make big changes.”

Dooky Chase was named one of the 40 most important restaurants of the past 40 years

by Food & Wine.

It takes a great deal of work to evoke such a place and create such feelings. To that end, restaurant owners work especially hard. Eatblackowned.com hopes to assist them on the advertising front.

Dillard has plans to include more Black-owned food businesses on the website. “There are Blackowned franchises,” Dillard said.

“I will list them, but I’m having a hard time finding those franchises. Rapper Rick Ross owns a lot of Wingstops in Florida—we’ve added them.

“Some Black-owned franchises don’t promote that they’re Blackowned,” he added. “They ‘keep it corporate.’ We do have some franchises listed: Tiger Woods, Shaquille and Michael Jordan have a few franchises.”

A vanishing industry African American culture has gone global with the exception of soul food. Across the United States, legendary soul food restaurants have closed. In big cities like Chicago, these oncepopular restaurants are no more: Army and Louis (1945-2010), Gladys Luncheonette (19462001), Izola’s (1950-2011). In New York City: Copelands (1962-2007), and in Los Angeles most of the popular M&M (Mississippi Mary) restaurants (1968 through early 2000s), as well as Aunt Kizzy’s Back Porch have been shuttered.

Lavell Jackson, a former coowner of The Candy Store, believes several factors like African American migration, African-Americans preparing their own dishes, more Blacks preferring fast food, internal turmoil among family-owned Black restaurants, healthier options and the economic slowdown have done harm to a “niche industry.”

“In regard to the economy, I made hundreds of thousands of

dollars during the crack cocaine era,” Jackson said. “My diner was filled with drug kingpins, as well as the local clergy, beautiful women, as well as professional athletes. Now places like Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles– one of the small numbers of diners — has survived and has been dependent on a small cult following. I believe gentrification will give the industry a boost, also.”

Rate restaurants on website A user’s login page will also be added this fall, with customer reviews and a star system to rate each restaurant.

“Within the next two to three months, I would like to have the members section set up,” Dillard said. “There, you will be able to login with a custom user name and pass code. Members will be able to rate restaurants, leave comments and add pictures for the restaurant.

“Eventually, I will have a page for recipes,” he added.

“Members will be able to post their recipes for visitors of the website to search and read.”

Businesses can post a eatblackowned.com listing by completing a form online, which asks for the name, location, contact information and other details of the establishment.

Company logos and images can also be added, along with a restaurant description.

“There are two options: basic listings and featured listings,” Dillard said. “Featured listings are paid for and they have several benefits over basic listings. If anybody searches, you’ll be ranked at the top of the first page.”

Dillard is also looking for companies to advertise on the site. “We have advertising space on the front page,” he said. “And we also have space available on our listings page.”

The full-time truck driver believes his website’s listings will help to make some difference in the nation’s Black community.

“I hope this website will get more people to support Blackowned businesses,“ Dillard said.

“There’s a huge racial wealth gap in this country. We need to do everything we can to build ourselves up.

Hopefully, someone will find a new eatery they never tried and go get some great tasting food.”