Deputy killed in collision praised as ‘personable,’ ‘passionate’ about work
San Bernardino County volunteers complete homelessness count
By Staff
Hundreds of volunteers, county employees and officials completed the annual San Bernardino County Point-in-Time count” Thursday to collect data that guides federal funding to assist the county’s residents experiencing homelessness.
The county’s PITC team consisted of members of the Board of Supervisors, Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk Josie Gonzales, employees from various county departments, community groups, homeless service providers, stakeholders and individuals. They canvassed cities, towns and unincorporated communities “to support the unhoused and collect data,” according to a county statement.
“Addressing homelessness is among our top priori-
service providers to send outreach workers to connect people who are unhoused with supportive services and shelter, officials said.
A Health and Safety Fair also took place Thursday.
The OHS and the city of Colton hosted the event that provided people experiencing homelessness with access to showers, health and dental exams, vaccinations, behavioral health services, information on animal care services and help enrolling in the Medi-Cal and CalFresh state assistance programs.
“The annual count is more than just about collecting data,” OHS Chief Marcus Dillard said in a statement.
“It’s also about connecting the homeless community to housing, healthcare, mental health support and other
ties,” Board of Supervisors Chair and 2rd District Supervisor Dawn Rowe said in a statement. “I am extremely grateful to have our county departments, community partners and volunteers come together to make the annual count a successful effort.”
A new aspect of this year’s homelessness census was the county Office of Homeless Services’ collaboration with county and community-based
services to help them get back on their feet.”
Data from the 2024 PITC showed county residents who were unhoused totaled 4,237, which grew 1% compared with the previous year. In 2023, the homeless population jumped 26% and grew 6.6% in 2022.
“Ultimately, last year’s results indicate progress in addressing this issue,” officials said.
The annual count is key to securing grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming unhoused.
Officials said results from the 2025 count will be released in the coming months.
Sheriff’s team refers 30 people to assistance programs in Victorville
The sheriff’s Homeless Outreach Proactive Enforcement, or Hope Team conducted Operation Shelter Me in Victorville on Jan. 17 from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., in an effort to connect county staff members with unhoused residents, the county announced.
Unhoused residents were offered housing and medical and mental health treatment.
“During this operation, the team focused on individuals with significant mental illnesses to link them to restorative mental health pathways,” according to a county statement.
Officials highlighted these results of the outreach effort: The HOPE Team located 41 individuals experiencing homelessness; 30 people got referrals to assis-
tance programs; 21 individuals received follow-up professional services; and 2 people were connected with housing placement.
In June 2023, San Bernardino County opted into Laura’s Law and its Assisted Outpatient Treatment program. The law “provides opportunities for court-ordered community treatment pathways for individuals with histories of hospitalization, incarceration or violence,” officials said.
During the sheriff’s department operation this month, three individuals were identified as candidates for assisted outpatient treatment.
The HOPE Team and other county outreach units will do similar operations throughout the next year, “thanks to Community Concerns funding,” officials said. “This special funding, approved by the Board of Supervisors, allows the Sheriff’s Department to address topics of concern to local communities, such as homelessness and mental illness.”
Officials asked the public to contact the HOPE Team at 909-387-0623 or hope@ sbcsd.org to report people experiencing homelessness who need services.
City crew clears another San Bernardino park encampment
Palm Springs mayor says city committed to being ‘welcoming city’ for all
By City News Service
Palm Springs Mayor Ron deHarte Thursday pledged that the city will continue to comply with California’s sanctuary state law in response to the Trump administration’s attempts to deport immigrants in the nation without legal permission.
“Palm Springs will continue to comply with California state law, SB 54, and exercise our local authority to determine how our city’s resources are best used to serve our community,” deHarte said in a video posted on the city’s Facebook page.
“We remain committed to being a welcoming city where all residents can live, work and thrive without fear.”
SB 54, signed into law by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, prevents state and local law enforcement agencies from using their resources on behalf of federal immigration enforcement agencies. However, it allows for cooperation between
Donald Trump’s No. 2 pick for the EPA represented companies accused of pollution harm
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The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution.
David Fotouhi, a partner in the global law firm Gibson Dunn, played a key part in rolling back climate regulations and water protections while serving as a lawyer in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.
Most recently, Fotouhi challenged the EPA’s recent ban of asbestos, which causes a deadly cancer called mesothelioma. In a brief filed in October on behalf of a group of car companies called the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, he argued that, for the specific uses that were banned, the “EPA failed to demonstrate that chrysotile asbestos presents an unreasonable risk of injury.”
The EPA banned the carcinogen in March, long after its dangers first became widely known. More than 50 other countries have outlawed use of the mineral. The agency
District 2 Supervisor Jesse Armendarez, at right, participates in the 2025 homeless count. | Photo courtesy of San Bernardino County
A San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy makes contact with an unhoused individual in the Victorville area. | Photo courtesy of San Bernardino County
Deputy killed in collision praised as ‘personable,’ ‘passionate’ about work
By Paul J. Young, City News Service
A40-year-old Riverside County sheriff’s deputy killed in a collision involving his patrol motorcycle on the Riverside (91) Freeway was remembered Thursday as an “inspiration” to those around him and a lawman “passionate” about his job.
“He had a bigger than life personality,” Joseph Corlew said of his older brother, Deputy Timothy Corlew. “His humor could lighten any situation. He was charismatic but could be mischievous. Tim would rather have us reflect on the wonderful times and experiences we had together.”
A remembrance service was held for the fallen motorcycle deputy Thursday morning at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, where hundreds of law enforcement officers from the Inland Empire and elsewhere gathered, along with Corlew’s friends and family.
He was fatally injured on the morning of Jan. 8 along the westbound 91 at La Sierra Avenue in Riverside.
“I’ll miss him being there at night in that big chair,” his teenage son, Riley, said during a tribute, standing beside his mother and Corlew’s wife, Mercedes.
“He was so excited to be a motor officer. He just loved riding his motorcycle, handing out tickets,” the teen said to laughs in the packed church. “My dad talked to everyone, all the time. He was a great guy. He just wanted the world to be calm. He wanted peace. And now he has that.”
An honor guard stood watch on either side of Corlew’s flag-draped casket
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local, state and federal law enforcement in cases of violent illegal immigrants.
Trump’s current and previous efforts at deporting immigrants in the nation without legal permission have prompted concerns that Latinos won’t cooperate with law enforcement.
just below the speaker’s podium, where a motor officer helmet from the sheriff’s Jurupa Valley station, where he was assigned, also sat on display.
“I was his supervisor for the last couple of months,” Sgt. Andrew Sullivan recalled. “He was passionate about traffic. But, I thought, it’s just traffic; it’s not like real police work.”
After the laughs receded, Sullivan continued, choking back tears, “Tim was my motor, No. 56. Tim, I thank you for being you and always having a smile on your face and being my friend.”
Sheriff Chad Bianco, who knew Corlew years before he was elected to lead the sheriff’s department in 2018, described the fallen lawman as “an inspiration to all of us, as he made the day a little brighter.”
“He was personable and truly had a love for life and the people around him ... and he gave more warnings than tickets,” the sheriff said, drawing chuckles. “Tim lived a lifetime in 40 years. We will miss him, but we must not forget him.”
Pastor Greg Laurie, Harvest’s founding minister, acknowledged “there is great sadness now.”
“We don’t know why Tim was taken so suddenly. We don’t know why the tragic accident happened,” Laurie said, relating the loss to that of his own son, Christopher, who was also killed in a collision on the 91 freeway, in 2008. “We know he’s in the presence of God, and we know we can see him again if we put our faith in Jesus Christ.”
Laurie recalled that
Corlew attended Harvest as a boy, joining Christopher in “taking candy from my desk.” The pastor also noted that Corlew led the funeral procession bearing the casket of his fellow motor patrolman and friend killed in the line of duty, 32-year-old Deputy Isaiah Albert Cordero, in January 2023.
“Those two partners are reunited again,” he said.
Around noon, the procession for Corlew departed Harvest for Olivewood Memorial Park, where a private burial service for the lawman was planned.
California Highway Patrol Inland Empire Division spokesman Officer Dan Olivas said that at 5:35 a.m. on Jan. 8, Corlew was traveling in the HOV lane at an unconfirmed speed when he encountered “traffic ahead ... stopped across all lanes.”
“For reasons still under investigation, the deputy collided with the rear of a Toyota (Lexus), and he was ejected from his motorcycle onto a Hyundai sedan,” Olivas said.
Riverside Fire Department paramedics reached the location within minutes and attempted life-saving measures, after which Corlew was taken to Riverside Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to Olivas.
He said the Lexus driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to the same hospital for treatment. The occupant of the Hyundai was not hurt.
The CHP’s Riverside office spokesman, Officer Javier Navarro, told City News Service it was “unlikely any criminal charges will
“Our police department’s primary responsibility is maintaining public safety and building trust with all members of our community,” deHarte said. “When residents fear interacting with local authorities, it becomes more difficult to solve crimes, protect victims and keep our neighborhoods safe.”
be coming out of this down the road, based on what we know.”
Sheriff’s officials said Corlew was hired in February 2016, and following his graduation from the sheriff’s public safety academy later that year, he was assigned bailiff duties in the court system. He was transferred to patrol operations at the Jurupa Valley station in August 2019. Corlew completed Motor School in June 2022 and deployed as a
motorcycle patrolman immediately afterward.
The department’s last line-of-duty death occurred in May 2023, when 27- year-old Deputy Brett Michael Harris was responding to a call for backup, going through a San Jacinto intersection, when his patrol SUV was side-impacted by a sedan, resulting in fatal injuries to the lawman. The other driver suffered minor injuries.
Harris was the third in
a string of on-duty deaths that occurred over a roughly four-month span. Preceding him was 30-year-old Deputy Darnell Calhoun, who was gunned down in January 2023 in an alleged ambush perpetrated by a felon involved in a domestic violence incident in Lakeland Village.
Prior to that, on Dec. 29, 2022, Deputy Cordero was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley by a felon who had been granted early release from jail.
Pair of horses perish in Lakeland Village barn fire
Afire that broke out Wednesday in a barn at a Lakeland Village property killed two horses before it was stopped.
The blaze was reported shortly before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Brechtel Street and Grand Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said multiple engine and ladder crews were sent to the location and encountered the barn in flames.
Firefighters established hose lays and prevented the fire from jumping into surrounding brush, despite stiff Santa Ana winds. The blaze was completely extinguished by 3:10 p.m.
Officials said two horses stabled at the property died as a result of exposure to the fire, though it was unclear whether they died from smoke inhalation or were burned.
A natural gas line was also damaged, and SoCal Gas Co. technicians were summoned to make repairs.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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TGLAAD nominees announced for March 27 awards show in LA
he Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, announced nominees Wednesday for the 36th GLAAD Media Awards, honoring “outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, publishing, stage productions, music, podcasting, journalism, and more.”
Wednesday’s announcement, made from New York, comprised 303 nominees across 33 categories. The awards ceremony will take place March 27 in Los Angeles.
“The GLAAD Media Awards were created nearly four decades ago to champion LGBTQ stories amid a deeply hostile and unsafe time for our community. Today, this mission holds true and ever-more important as attacks against LGBTQ people are not only growing, but finding new avenues,” GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said.
“Whether it’s rampant misinformation or defa-
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mation of transgender people, LGBTQ youth, or the shocking corporate rollback of policies and programs that keep LGBTQ people seen and safe in a workforce, what will always prevail is our truth and talent,” Ellis added.
“This year’s nominees for the 36th GLAAD Media Awards represent the best of our vibrant community, spanning across all media, genres and mediums, and send a loud and global
message to industry leaders that our stories are not only popular and entertaining, but necessary and culturechanging.”
The nominees reflect work published, released or broadcast between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024.
Each year, the organization also presents non-competitive honors to projects across entertainment and media that do not fit into existing or traditional GLAAD Media Awards categories.
Those Special Recognition honors were announced for the following recipients: “DRAG: The Musical,” “La Verdrag” (Canal Once), OUTLOUD, “Red Ink: A Tribute to Cecilia Gentili,” the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, “The Q Agenda” (LatiNation), and the 2024 WNBA champion New York Liberty. A full list of 2024’s nominees is online at glaad. org/releases.
December unemployment rate in LA County holds steady, drops in IE
os Angeles County’s seasonallyadjusted unemployment rate held steady at 6% in December, the same rate as November, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
The 6% rate was above the rate of 5.2% in December 2023.
The December unemployment rate in Orange County was 3.8%, down from a revised 4% in November and the same rate as December 2023.
Statewide, California’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.5% in December, up from 5.4% in November and up from 5.1% in December 2023. The comparable estimates for the nation were 4.1% in December, 4.2% in November and 3.8% in December 2023.
Total nonfarm employment in Los Angeles County increased by 11,400 jobs between November and
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December to reach nearly 4.66 million.
The trade, transportation and utilities sector showed the largest month-overmonth gain, adding 7,700 jobs.
Inland Empire
Payroll gains outweighed losses across the regional economy last month, pushing Riverside County’s unemployment lower, according to figures released Friday by the EDD.
The countywide jobless rate in December, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 5%, compared to 5.4% in November.
According to data, the December rate was onetenth of a percentage point below the year-ago level, when countywide unemployment stood at 5.1%.
The combined unemployment rate for Riverside and San Bernardino counties — the Inland Empire — was 4.9%, down from 5.3% in November, the EDD said.
Bi-county data indicated payrolls expanded by the widest margin in the trade and transportation sector, mainly in retailing and warehousing, which added 1,600 positions amid the holiday shopping season.
The financial services, information technology and manufacturing sectors grew by an aggregate 900 posi-
tions, according to figures. Payrolls shrank in the agricultural, construction, health services and professional business services sectors, which altogether shed an estimated 3,800 jobs. The hospitality, mining and public sectors were unchanged, along with miscellaneous unclassified industries, according to data.
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“ EmiliaPérez”made
Oscar history Thursday, capturing a leading 13 nominations as nods for the 97th Academy Awards were announced — with “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” picking up 10 nominations each, followed by “Conclave” and “A Complete Unknown” with eight apiece, “Anora” with six and “Dune: Part 2” with five.
Among the historic haul of nods for “Emilia Pérez” on Thursday was a nomination for best picture, joining “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Substance” and “Wicked.”
“Emilia Pérez” — the gender-bending Spanishlanguage, French- produced crime musical — also became the most-nominated nonEnglish-language film in Academy Awards history, topping 2000’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and 2018’s “Roma,” which each got 10 nods.
“Emilia Pérez” tells the story of a drug cartel leader played by Karla Sofía Gascón who hires a lawyer to help Gascón fake her death so she can transition to being a woman and live as her real self. The film also garnered Gascón a nomination for best actress, making her the first openly transgender woman nominated for an Academy Award.
Joining Gascón in the best actress category were Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked,” Mikey Madison in “Anora,” and Golden Globe winners Demi Moore in “The Substance” and Fernanda Torres in “I’m Still Here.”
Best actor nominations went to Globe winner Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist,” a 3 1/2-hour, post-World War II epic, Timothée Chalamet
‘Emilia Pérez’ makes Oscar history with 13 noms; ‘Brutalist,’ ‘Wicked’ grab 10
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in “A Complete Unknown,” Colman Domingo in “Sing Sing,” Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave” and Sebastian Stan in “The Apprentice.”
Zoe Saldaña picked up a best supporting actress nomination for her role in “Emilia Pérez” after capturing a Globe in that category earlier this month. Joining her for Oscar nods Thursday were Monica Barbaro in “A Complete Unknown,” Ariana Grande in “Wicked,” Felicity Jones in “The Brutalist” and Isabella Rossellini in “Conclave.”
Best supporting actor nominations went to Yura Borisov in “Anora,” Kieran Culkin in “A Real Pain,” Edward Norton in “A Complete Unknown,” Guy Pearce in “The Brutalist” and Jeremy Strong in “The Apprentice.”
The Oscars’ other
glamour category — best director — brought nominations to Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” Sean Baker for “Anora,” Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist,” James Mangold for “A Complete Unknown” and Coralie Fargeat for “The Substance.”
Among companies releasing films in 2024, Netflix garnered the most Oscar nominations with 16, followed by A24 with 14, Universal with 13, Focus Features with 12 and Searchlight with 10.
In addition to its nominations for best picture, actress, supporting actress and director, the Netflix-produced “Emilia Pérez” also took nominations for cinematography; film editing; international feature film; makeup and hairstyling; original score; original song both “El Mal” and “Mi Camino”; sound; and adapted screenplay.
Noteworthy snubs abounded in the best actress category, including for A-Listers Angelina Jolie in “Maria,” Nicole Kidman in “Babygirl,” Tilda Swinton in “The Room Next Door,” Kate Winslet in “Lee” and Pamela Anderson in “The Last Showgirl.”
Other snubs included Denzel Washington for his role in “Gladiator II,” along with Margaret Qualley, who played Moore’s younger body double in “The Substance,” about an aging actress who discovers a black-market drug that restores youth — but with all manner of side-effects and complications. Edward Berger, who directed the papal thriller “Conclave,” was also shut out in the director category.
Notable absences on the best picture nomination list were “A Real Pain,” the Jesse Eisenberg vehicle,
and “September 5,” about the murder of the Israeli Olympic team in Munich in 1972 — both pictures having been among the nominees for the Producers Guild of America Award, an honor that traditionally foretells success on Oscar night.
Each category got five nominees, except best picture, which got 10.
A total of 323 feature films were eligible for consideration, including 207 that met the criteria for consideration for best picture. More than 9,900 Academy voters were eligible to cast ballots for nominations across the 23 categories. Final voting for the Oscars will take place from Feb. 11-18.
The nominations for Hollywood’s biggest night were announced by actor/ writer/comedians Rachel
Sennott and Bowen Yang during a livestream event from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills.
The Oscar nominations ceremony, originally set for Jan. 17, was first postponed to Jan. 19 due to the Los Angeles-area wildfires, and later rescheduled again to Thursday. In addition, the nomination voting period was extended to Jan. 17.
Earlier this week, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang released a statement saying, “We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and the profound losses experienced by so many in our community. The Academy has always been a unifying force within the film industry, and we are committed to standing together in the face of hardship.”
The statement went on to say, “Our members always share how important it is for us to come together as a community, and we are determined to use this opportunity to celebrate our resilient and compassionate industry.
“We also look forward to honoring our frontline workers who have aided with the fires, recognizing those impacted, and encouraging people to join the Academy in supporting the relief efforts.”
The 97th Oscars are set for March 2 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live at 4 p.m. on ABC and streamed live on Hulu. Conan O’Brien is set to host the show, making his debut in the role.
For a complete list of the nominations visit oscars. org.
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Californians are leaving for these states
By Jaclyn DeJohn, SmartAsset via Stacker
Californiawelcomed 254,935 new residents from across the nation between 2021 and 2022. But, 399,138 Californians also moved out to other states during that same time. In total, the Golden State lost 143,554 households. Many people leaving California could have been incentivized by lower costs of living, lower taxes, less competitive housing markets and business opportunities elsewhere.
With this in mind, SmartAsset analyzed the latest IRS data to explore where Californians are headed, as well as from which states new transplants are entering.
Key findings
Texas is the most popular destination for Californian transplants California lost the most residents to Texas with 54,136 households leaving for the Lone Star State. These households had an average AGI of $146,000. The net loss was 30,820 households after accounting for the 23,316 Texan households that moved into California. However, these households coming into California had a substantially lower average AGI of $106,196. Less affluent Californians moved to Arizona. Arizona is the second-most popular destination for Californians leaving, with 32,864 households moving out, or a net loss of 16,749. Those moving to Arizona earned the lowest average AGI of the top 10 most popular destinations for Californian transplants at $100,399. Of the 16,115
States are ranked by the gross number of households that moved in from California between 2021 and 2022.
1. Texas
Households moving into California: 23,316
Individuals moving into California: 39,032
AGI, households moving into California: $106,197
Households leaving California for Texas: 54,136
Individuals leaving California for Texas: 106,882
AGI, households leaving California for Texas: $145,960
Net households moved into California: -30,820
Net individuals moved into California: -67,850
2. Arizona
Households moving into California: 16,115
Individuals moving into California: 25,677
AGI, households moving into California: $77,002
Households leaving California for Arizona: 32,864
Individuals leaving California for Arizona: 57,857
households moving in from Arizona, the average household AGI was just $77,002.
More than 30,000 Californian households cross the state border to Nevada. Like Texas, Nevada offers the benefit of no state income tax, potentially saving ex-Californians thousands of dollars per year. Nevada was the thirdmost popular destination for Californians, with those leaving taking an average AGI of $134,796 with them. At the same time, 14,518 households with $86,040 AGI moved to California.
New York transplants bring the most money to California. New York sent 19,708 households to California, made up of 26,821 individuals, with the highest average AGI among in-migrants at $171,829. However, migration between New York and California cancels each other out, with 19,656 households (25,453 individuals) with an AGI of $170,781 moving in. New York ranked as the sixthmost popular destination for Californians moving out.
The richest Californians are leaving for Wyoming. A popular destination for the ultra-wealthy, Wyoming attracted 1,368 Californian households that had an average AGI of $284,133. New Hampshire ($204,605) and Florida ($187,025) attracted the second- and third-highest earning Californian households, but only Florida ranked among the top 10 popular destinations for Californians.
Top 10 states where Californians are headed
Individuals leaving California for Florida: 42,412
AGI, households leaving California for Florida: $187,025
Net households moved into California: -10,947
Net individuals moved into California: -22,484
6. New York
Households moving into California: 19,708
Individuals moving into California: 26,821
AGI, households moving into California: $171,829
Households leaving California for New York: 19,656
Individuals leaving California for New York: 25,453
AGI, households leaving California for New York: $170,781
Net households moved into California: 52
Net individuals moved into California: 1,368
7. Oregon
Households moving into California: 10,550
Individuals moving into California: 15,806
AGI, households leaving California for Arizona: $100,399
Net households moved into California: -16,749
Net individuals moved into California: -32,180
3. Nevada
Households moving into California: 14,518
Individuals moving into California: 23,983
AGI, households moving into California: $86,040
Households leaving California for Nevada: 30,571
Individuals leaving California for Nevada: 52,332
AGI, households leaving California for Nevada: $134,796
Net households moved into California: -16,053
Net individuals moved into California: -28,349
4. Washington
Households moving into California: 18,275
Individuals moving into California: 29,096
AGI, households moving into California: $162,665
Households leaving California for Washington: 27,550
Individuals leaving California for Washington: 44,160
AGI, households leaving California for Washington: $139,927
Net households moved into California: -9,275
Net individuals moved into California: -15,064
5. Florida
Households moving into California: 13,064
Individuals moving into California: 19,928
AGI, households moving into California: $120,948
Households leaving California for Florida: 24,011
$104,753
Net households moved into California: -8,738
Net individuals moved into California: -14,615
8. Colorado
Households moving into California: 9,895
Individuals moving into California: 14,929
AGI, households moving into California: $105,770
Households leaving California for Colorado: 15,585
Individuals leaving California for Colorado: 24,864
AGI, households leaving California for Colorado: $129,118
Net households moved into California: -5,690
Net individuals moved into California: -9,935
9. Tennessee
Households moving into California: 3,450
Individuals moving into California: 5,598
AGI, households moving into California: $106,019
Households leaving California for Tennessee: 13,086
AGI, households moving into California: $93,067
Households leaving California for Oregon: 19,288
Individuals leaving California for Oregon: 30,421
AGI, households leaving California for Oregon:
Individuals leaving California for Tennessee: 27,295
AGI, households leaving California for Tennessee: $144,543
Net households moved into California: -9,636
Net individuals moved into California: -21,697
10. North Carolina
Households moving into California: 6,495
Individuals moving into California: 10,734
AGI, households moving into California: $82,228
Households leaving California for North Carolina: 11,482
Individuals leaving California for North Carolina: 21,983
AGI, households leaving California for North Carolina: $113,972
Net households moved into California: -4,987
Net individuals moved into California: -11,249
Data and methodology
SmartAsset examined the latest IRS data, which comes from the 2021 and 2022 tax years to determine the number of individuals and households moving out of and into California, where they are coming from and going to within the U.S., as well as the average adjusted gross income they bring with them.
This story was produced by SmartAsset and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. The article was copy edited and retitled from its original version. Republished with CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
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The second Trump White House could drastically reshape infectious disease research. Here’s what’s at stake.
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica
Lifesaving HIV treatments. Cures for hepatitis C. New tuberculosis regimens and a vaccine for RSV.
These and other major medical breakthroughs exist in large part thanks to a major division of the National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research on the planet.
For decades, researchers with funding from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have labored quietly in red and blue states across the country, conducting experiments, developing treatments and running clinical trials. With its $6.5 billion budget, NIAID has played a vital role in discoveries that have kept the nation at the forefront of infectious disease research and saved millions of lives.
Then came the COVID-19 pandemic.
NIAID helped lead the federal response, and its director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, drew fire amid school closures nationwide and recommendations to wear face masks. Lawmakers were outraged to learn that the agency had funded an institute in China that had engaged in controversial research bioengineering viruses, and questioned whether there was sufficient oversight. Republicans in Congress have led numerous hearings and investigations into NIAID’s work, flattened NIH’s budget and proposed a total overhaul of the agency.
More recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the NIH, has said he wants to fire and replace 600 of the agency’s 20,000 employees and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines, which are at the core of NIAID’s mission to understand, treat and prevent infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases. He has said that half of NIH’s budget should focus on “preventive, alternative and holistic approaches to health.” He has a particular interest in improving diets.
Even the most staunch defenders of NIH agree the agency could benefit from reforms. Some would like to see fewer institutes, while others believe there should
be term limits for directors. There are important debates over whether to fund and how to oversee controversial research methods, and concerns about the way the agency has handledtransparency. Scientists inside and outside of the institute agree that work needs to be done to restore public trust in the agency.
But experts and patient advocates worry that an overhaul or dismantling of NIAID without a clear understanding of the critical work performed there could imperil not only the development of future lifesaving treatments but also the nation’s place at the helm of biomedical innovation.
“The importance of NIAID cannot be overstated,” said Greg Millett, vice president and director of public policy at amfAR, a nonprofit dedicated to AIDS research and advocacy. “The amount of expertise, the research, the breakthroughs that have come out of NIAID — It’s just incredible.”
To understand how NIAID works and what’s at stake with the new administration, ProPublica spoke with people who have worked for NIAID, received funding from it, or served on boards or panels that advise the institute.
Decisions, Decisions
The director of NIAID is appointed by the head of the NIH, who must be approved by the Senate. Directors have broad discretion to determine what research to fund and where to award grants, although traditionally those decisions are informed by recommendations from panels of outside experts.
Fauci led NIAID for nearly 40 years. He’d navigated controversy in the past, particularly in the early years of the HIV epidemic when community activists criticized him for initially excluding them from the research agenda. But in general until the pandemic, he enjoyed relatively solid bipartisan support for his work, which included a strong focus on vaccine research and development. After he retired in 2022, he was replaced by Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, an HIV researcher who was formerly the director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham. She has spent much of her time in the halls of Congress working to restore bipartisan support for the institution.
NIH directors typically span presidential administrations. But Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH, and current director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli told staff this week that she would resign on Jan. 17. A Stanford professor, Bhattacharya has spent his career studying health policy issues like the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the efficacy of U.S. funding for HIV treatments internationally. He also researched the NIH, concluding that while the agency funds a lot of innovative or novel research, it should do even more.
In March 2020, Bhattacharya co-authored an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal arguing that the death toll from the pandemic would likely be far lower than predicted and called for lockdown policies to be reevaluated. That October, he helped write a declaration that recommended lifting COVID-19 restrictions for those “at minimal risk of death” until herd immunity could be reached. In an interview with the libertarian magazine Reason in June, he said he believes the COVID-19 epidemic most likely originated from a lab accident in China and that he can’t see Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, which led to the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines at unprecedented speed, as a total success because it was part of the same research agenda.
Bhattacharya declined an interview request from ProPublica about his priorities for the agency. A recent Wall Street Journal article said he is considering how to link “academic freedom” on college campuses to NIH grants, though it’s not clear how he would measure that or implement such a change. He’s also raised the idea of term limits for directors and said the pandemic “was just a disaster for American science and public health policy,” which is now in desperate need of reform. Where the Money Goes Grants from NIAID flow to nearly every state
and more than half of the congressional districts across the country, supporting thousands of jobs nationwide. Last year, nearly $5 billion of NIAID’s $6.5 billion budget went to U.S. organizations outside the institute, according to a ProPublica analysis of NIH’s RePORT, an online database of its expenditures.
In 2024, Duke University in North Carolina and Washington University in Missouri were NIAID’s largest grantees, receiving more than $190 and $173 million, respectively, to study, among other things, HIV, West Nile vaccines and biodefense.
Over the past five years, $10.6 billion, or about 40% of NIAID’s budget to external U.S. institutions, went to states that voted for Trump in the 2024 presidential election, the analysis found. Research suggests that every dollar spent by NIH generates from $2.50 to $8 in economic activity.
That money is key to advancing medicine as well as careers in science. Most students and postdoctoral researchers rely on the funding and prestige of NIH grants to launch into the profession.
New Drugs and Global Influence
The NIH pays for most of the basic research globally into new drugs. The private sector relies on this public funding; researchers at Bentley University found that NIH money was behind every new pharmaceutical
approved from 2010 through 2019.
That includes therapies for kids with RSV, COVID-19 vaccines and Ebola treatments, all of which have key patents based on NIAIDfunded research.
Research from NIAID has also improved treatment for chronic diseases. New understandings of inflammation from NIAID-funded research has led to cuttingedge research into cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and a growing body of evidence shows how viruses can have long-term impacts, from multiple sclerosis to long COVID. When private companies turn that research into blockbuster drugs, the public benefits from new treatments, as well as jobs and economic growth.
The weight of NIAID’s funding also allows it to play quieter roles that have been essential to advancing science and the United States’ role in biomedicine, several people said.
The institute brings together scientists who are normally competitors to share findings and tackle big research questions.
Having that neutral space is essential to pushing knowledge forward and ultimately spurring breakthroughs, said Matthew Rose of the Human Rights Campaign, who has served on multiple NIH advisory boards. “Academic bodies are very competitive with one another. Having NIH pull the grantees together
is helpful to make sure they talk to one another and share research.”
NIAID also funds researchers internationally, ensuring the U.S. continues to have an influential voice in global conversations about biosecurity. NIH has also been working to improve representation in clinical trials. Straight, white men are still overrepresented in clinical research, which has led to missed diagnoses for women and all people of color, as well as those in the LGBTQ+ community. Rose pointed to a long history of missing signs of heart conditions in women as an example.
“These are the type of things commercial companies don’t care about,” he said, noting that NIH helps to set the agenda on these issues.
Nancy Sullivan, a former senior investigator at NIAID, said that NIAID’s power is its ability to invest in a broad understanding of human health. “It’s the basic research that allows us to develop treatments,” she said. “You never know which part of fundamental research is going to be the lynchpin for curing a disease or defining a disease so you know how to treat it,” she said.
Sullivan should know: It was her work at NIAID that led four years ago to the first approved treatment for Ebola. Republished with Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
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Based on independent testing, Edmunds’ 6th annual Top Rated Awards honors the best electric- and gas-powered vehicles of 2025
By Jodi Tourkow, Edmunds via Stacker
Edmunds drives, tests, and evaluates more than 300 vehicles every year. Editors rack up tens of thousands of miles on racetracks, mountain roads, and highways alike, all in the quest to help you find that perfect ride. Some are great; some are disappointing, but only a few rise to the standard that earns them Edmunds’ highest honor: The Edmunds Top Rated Award. Our winners for 2025 are here, and each has risen to the top through a mix of quality, functionality, livability, and value.
1. Top rated car and best of the best 2025: Honda Civic Hybrid
The latest Civic may be the best Honda has ever produced. It’s available as a sedan or roomy hatchback, is fun to drive, and has a topnotch interior. It’s even more compelling with its new-for2025 hybrid powertrain, which returned an astounding 49 mpg in Edmunds’ real-world testing.
The Civic Hybrid is a perfectly balanced compact sedan and might be all the car you ever need. Frugal,
fun, and affordable, this is one of those rare instances where buyers get to have their cake and eat it, too.
2. Top rated SUV 2025: Toyota Grand Highlander
It’s in a class of one. The Grand Highlander Hybrid is a three-row SUV with impressive fuel economy. The base powertrain gets an EPAestimated 36 mpg combined driving.
But its biggest selling point is its third row, which is comfortable enough that adults can sit there without staring daggers into the back of the other passengers’ heads. Plus, it comes with Toyota’s latest comprehensive suite of advanced driver aids and Toyota’s voice recognition system — which is one of the best.
3. Top rated Truck 2025: Ford Ranger
The latest Ranger is so much more refined than the previous generation you would barely believe they shared a lineage. In the past, if you wanted a pickup with a nice interior, you needed to go shopping for a fullsize.
But the Ranger bucks
that trend by offering a quality interior, keeping plenty of physical buttons and knobs to go along with the Ranger’s easy-to-use touchscreen and adding driver aids that we longed for on the previous generation.
4. Top rated electric car 2024: Tesla Model 3
The Tesla Model 3 has always been a good but not great EV. But a major facelift in 2024 brought improvements everywhere, including more range, a better ride quality, sharper handling and a nicer interior with — finally — professional build quality.
Even better, none of this came with a price hike; the Model 3 is still one of the most affordable EVs out there.
5. Top rated electric SUV 2025: Kia EV9
The Kia EV9 is a repeat Edmunds Top Rated winner. Why? It’s a mix of utility, affordability, and plenty of space for, well, everything couldn’t be beaten over the last 12 months. The EV9 remains a seriously impressive SUV, fully electric or
otherwise.
There are other threerow fully electric SUVs for sale, but none are so thoroughly well designed inside and out, yet all of them cost thousands more. The EV9 achieves all of this without feeling sloppy or lazy on the road and while maintaining peak levels of comfort. For big families going electric, there simply isn’t a better car for the job right now.
6. Top Rated electric truck 2025: Rivian R1T Rivian has spent the last
few years refining its flagship with little software updates here and there, but the result of its major update for the 2025 model year was the most transformative by far. Though it doesn’t look like it from the outside, updated powertrains, improved software, new features, and more options at more price points mean the R1T is an honest-to-goodness allrounder.
There are now more trims to pick from, far more maximum range than before,
and an easier-to-use interface. The R1T’s inherent sharp handling and brisk acceleration from every trim, regardless of power output, make piloting this truck a joy. It isn’t just a more competitive offering; it is simply the best electric truck you can buy, bar none. This story was produced by Edmunds and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. The article was copy edited and retitled from its original version. Republished with CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Preliminary damage costs for LA fires at $385M, expected to rise
By Jose Herrera, City News Service
Damages and emergencyresponse costs related to the early days of the multiple wildfires that burned in Los Angeles are anticipated to reach $385M with that figure expected to grow, according to a preliminary report issued Wednesday.
During a discussion with City Council members, City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo said numerous facilities and public infrastructure were damaged as a result of the fires. He anticipated that the city will be eligible for at least partial reimbursement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The estimate covered damages incurred from the start of the fires on Jan. 7 to Jan. 10. Of that $385 million, $350 million is associated with damages to infrastructure and city properties.
Separately, Szabo estimated more costs are expected from the period of Jan. 7-17, which could reach at least $24
million just for staffing and overtime.
Some of the major costs include at least $75 million in damages at the Department and Water and Power related to distribution stations, equipment and wiring. Additionally, damages to DWP-owned streets and outdoor lighting are costing nearly $20 million.
The LA Public Library has reported at least $55 million in damages, partly due to the loss of the Pacific Palisades Library and its books. Significant smoke, ash and dust impacted HVAC filters at 73 city libraries, according to Szabo.
LA Sanitation reported nearly $50 million in damages with full replacement of stormwater structures and pumping plants accounting for the majority of that cost.
Street lightning reported about $16 million in damages, and the Department of Recreation and Parks estimates another $150 million.
The city is expected to
front 100% of the costs for damages and its emergency response. But under FEMA’s reimbursement model, officials anticipate recovering 75% of that money. Typically, the remaining 25% would be reimbursed by
the state, Szabo added. Former President Joe Biden previously announced that the federal government would cover certain costs for 180 days, which Szabo noted covers two categories — staffing and debris removal.
The city is expected to refine its damage assessments, apply for disaster relief and meet with FEMA officials in late February.
City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez highlighted the city’s financial challenges Wednesday and questioned how the costs would impact the reserve fund.
In response, Szabo noted his office is working to identify funds to protect the reserve fund, which is already below the city’s 5% policy. Particularly, the city is looking through special funds that could be used to front costs while money from FEMA comes in.
That process could drag out for a year or sometimes several years, Szabo added.
“We do the best that we can to have our applications ready to go, ready for reimbursement,” Szabo said.
With Los Angeles facing a budget deficit as a result of overspending, liability payouts and labor contracts,
Councilman John Lee emphasized that the city can “no longer be business as usual. We need to make sure that, starting with this budget, we really focus on the core services — what the city of Los Angeles expects from their tax dollars,” Lee said.
Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the 11th District, which encompasses the Pacific Palisades, urged the CAO to develop plans for adequate staffing and resources needed for burn areas.
“As we are beginning the repopulation efforts, there is a ton of opportunity to get more workers on the ground,” Park said. “We need to look at every potential resource of getting bodies on the ground to get this toxic waste mess off the ground.”
In the city’s jurisdiction, the Palisades Fire burned 23,448 acres, and was among multiple fires that erupted in Los Angeles in the week of Jan. 7.
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Will Rogers’ former ranch house was destroyed by the Palisades Fire. | Photo courtesy of California State Parks.
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EL Monte City Notices
URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 3044
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE AMENDING SECTION 2.04.010(A)(1) OF THE EL MONTE MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE DATE AND TIME OF REGULAR MEETINGS TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNES DAY OF EACH MONTH STARTING AT 6:00 PM
WHEREAS, the City of El Monte (“City”) is a municipal corpo ration and general law City; and
WHEREAS, the El Monte City Council (“City Council”), by ordi nance, set the official date and time for regular meetings of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, City Council meetings are currently set for the first and third Tuesday of each calendar month starting at 6:00 pm; and WHEREAS, with the expansion in the size of the City Council in recent years and change in membership with recent elections, a new date and time for meetings is warranted to ensure maximum participation by City Council members; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36937(b) authorizes the adoption of ordinances that take effect immediately for the pur pose of preserving the public peace, health or safety, provided such ordinances are approved by four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City Coun cil.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOL LOWS:
SECTION 1. The Recitals, above, are true and correct.
SECTION 2. In accordance with Government Code Section 36937, the El Monte City Council hereby approves this Urgency Or dinance by four-fifths vote. The immediate adoption of this Urgency Ordinance is necessary in light of the expansion of the City Council in recent years and the recent election of new members to ensure that all members of the City Council are able to fully participate in regular meetings and in turn represent the interests of the constitu encies they represent. There is also concern that given the current start time of regular meetings, such meetings are more likely to end later in the evening when certain members of the public – especially those who must wake up early to go to work the next day – and as such reduce the ability of the public to fully participate in such meet ings. An earlier start time will promote meetings that end earlier, thereby allowing more members of the public to participate.
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Probate Notices
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
terested 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 that includes the reason for the 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 a. Date: 02/10/2025 Time: 8:30AM Dept: V. Room: 620. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Arcadia Weekly DATED: December 27, 2024 Virginia Keeny JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2025 ARCADIA WEEKLY
SECTION 3. Paragraph (A)(1) of Section 2.04.010 (Regular meetings) of Chapter 2.04 (City Council Meetings) of Title 2 (Administration and Personnel of the El Monte Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to now state the following:
“Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each calendar month commencing at 6:00 p.m. If the day fixed for holding any such regular meeting falls upon (i) any legal holiday specified by Government Code Sections 6700 or 6701, (ii) upon any of those holidays specified in Section 2.68.010(B) of the El Monte Municipal Code, or (iii) the date of any general or special municipal election of the city, then said regular meeting shall be held on the next business day immediately following and such meeting shall be considered a regular meeting pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54954 for all intents and purposes to the extent permitted by law.”
SECTION 4. Any provision of the El Monte Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Urgency Ordinance are hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary to affect the provisions of this Urgency Ordinance but no further.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Urgency Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Urgency Ordinance. Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Urgency Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of this Urgency Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. The City Council finds that adoption of this Urgency Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3 Section 15060(c)(2) because the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; and Section 15060(c)(3) because the activity is not a project as defined in section 15378.
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SECTION 7. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall Published January 27,2025
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of San Gabriel, California Amending Title XV, Chapter 153 (Zoning) of the San Gabriel Municipal Code Relating to Definitions
Section 153.003 of the San Gabriel Municipal Code (SGMC) pro vides definitions for terms used throughout the Zoning Code to cre ate consistency in the application of those terms when consider ing development standards and permitted uses. Due to changes in housing trends, new businesses, and a lack of definitions for terms found in the Zoning Code, staff is proposing this text amendment to improve the understanding and interpretation of zoning regulations. New terms being defined for residential use include ‘bedroom’, ‘live-work’, ‘hedge,’ and ‘primary use’. Similarly, new commercial use classifications include ‘retail food establishment’, ‘small instructional services’, ‘large instructional services’, ‘office’, and ‘manufacturing’. Proposed terms and definitions that apply to development standards include ‘lot depth’ and ‘lot line’. Terms such as ‘greenhouse’ and ‘hoophouse,’ which are listed in Section 153.003 will also be revised for clarification purposes. A subsequent zone text amendment will be completed to amend other relevant sections within the SGMC where the new terms would apply.
Ordinance No. 717 was approved for introduction and first reading at the City Council Regular Meeting of January 21, 2025, by a vote of 5-0.
Ayes: Councilmember(s)- Ding, Chan, Herrera Avila, Menchaca, Wu Noes, Abstain, Absent: Councilmember(s)- None
The Ordinance will be considered for adoption by the City Council at its February 4, 2025, regular meeting held at 6:30 p.m. Anyone having questions may contact the City Clerk at (626) 308-2816 or cityclerk@sgch.org.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Daughter Eden Rose Banayan by & through her parents Nicole & Shahab Banayan FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 24VECP00613 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 6230 Sylmar Ave, Van Nuys, Ca 91401 Northwest Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
1. Petitioner (1. Daughter Eden Rose Banayan by & through her parents Nicole & Shahab Banayan, (2. Daughter Eden Rose Banayan by & through her parents Nicole & Shahab Banayan, (3. Daughter Eden Rose Banayan by & through her parents Nicole & Shahab Banayan, (4. Daughter Eden Rose Banayan by & through her parents Nicole & Shahab Banayan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Eden Rose Banayan to Proposed name Megan Rose Banayan 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons in-
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Dhiiraj Kumar Singhal FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 24STCP04024 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 111 North Hill Street, Room 118, Los Angeles, Ca 90012, Central Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Dhiiraj Kumar Singhal filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Dhiiraj Kumar Singhal to Proposed name Raa Rosho 2. 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 that includes the reason for the 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 a. Date: 03/17/2025 Time: 9:30AM Dept: 45. Room: 9 The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Duarte Dispatch DATED: December 11, 2024 Virginia Keeny JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2025 DUARTE DISPATCH
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Tran, Quang Hien; Tran, Quang Minh by and through Tran Vy Thao FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 24NNCP00830 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 300 East Olive, Burbank, Ca 91502, North Central Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Tran, Quang Hien; Tran, Quang Minh by and through Tran Vy Thao filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Tran, Quang Minh to Proposed name Tran, Max Minh ; b. OF Tran, Quang Hien to Proposed name Tran, Harry Hien 2. 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 that includes the reason for the 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 a. Date: 03/07/2025 Time: 9:00AM Dept: A. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the
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NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL APPEAL HEARING APPEAL OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD DECISION NO. PDR 002532-2023
LOCATION: 1000 Sandringham Drive, Glendale, CA 91207
APPELLANT: Christopher Smee
APPLICANT: Malekian and Associates
OWNER: Garnik Hovsepyan/GTS Investment Group LLC.
ZONE: R1R (Restricted Residential) Zone, Floor Area Ratio District III
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PM 144-4-5 Lot A Ex Land Description in document 2447914,051011, in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Appeal of the Design Review Board's April 25, 2024, approval of the construction of a new, two-story, 5,067 SF single-family residence with an attached three-car garage on a 31,290 SF lot.
REQUESTED ACTIONS: The appellant is requesting that the City Council overturn the Design Review Board’s decision to approve of Design Review Case No. PDR 0025322023.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 3 “New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures” exemption, pursuant to Section 15303 of the State CEQA Guidelines, because the project involves the construction of a single-family dwelling in a residential zone.
PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATION: The City Council will conduct a public hearing in the City Council Chambers, 613 East Broadway, Second Floor, Glendale, CA, on February 11, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible.
The hearing will be in accord with Glendale Municipal Code, Title 2, Chapter 2.88, related to the uniform appeal procedure. The purpose of the hearing is to hear comments from the public with respect to design review concerns.
CONTACT: If you desire more information on the proposal, please contact Roger Kiesel, AICP in the Community Development Department at (818) 937-8152 and (818) 548-2115 or rkiesel@glendaleca.gov, where the files are available.
Staff reports are accessible prior to the hearing through hyperlinks in the “Agendas” section. Website: www.glendaleca.gov/agendas.
Any person having any interest in the Project described above may appear at the public hearing listed above either in person or by counsel or both and may be heard in support of their opinion. Any person protesting may file a duly signed and acknowledged written protest with the City Clerk at, or prior to the public hearings. "Acknowledged" shall mean a declaration of property ownership (or occupant if not owner) under penalty of perjury. If you challenge the Project described above, per Government Code Section 65009, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Glendale at, or prior to, the public hearings. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, please notify the Community Development Department at least 48 hours (or two business days) for requests regarding sign language translation and Braille transcription services.
Dr. Suzie Abajian
City Clerk of City of Glendale
Publish January 27, 2025 GLENDALE INDEPENDENT
Probate Notices
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DENIS LEE BASTIAN CASE NO. 25STPB00282
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DENIS LEE BASTIAN
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CLEMENT A. BASTIAN JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CLEMENT A. BASTIAN JR. 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 with full authority . (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 on 02/11/2025 at 8:30AM in Dept. 44 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.
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.
LEGALS
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LINDA SZKLARSKI in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LINDA SZKLARSKI 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: 02/14/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 2D located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
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 mail-ing 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 JOHN L SHAW - SBN 58283
LAW OFFICE OF JOHN L SHAW 5816 TEMPLE CITY BLVD. TEMPLE CITY CA 91780
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 (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: BRITTANY BRITTON (SBN:303084) 2312 W. OLIVE AVENUE, SUITE D, BURBANK, CA 91506 (626)3905953, Telephone: 6263905953 1/16, 1/20, 1/27/25 CNS-3886811# BURBANK INDEPENDENT *10080
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SARAH ANN MATTHEWS CASE NO. 25STPB00406
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SARAH ANN MATTHEWS.
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: Kristine M. Borgia SB#276777
Kristine M. Borgia Law Corporation 3963 11th Street Suite 202 Riverside, Ca 92501
951.823.5138
January 20, 23, 27, 2025
SAN BERNARDINO PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARPI MATOSSIAN CASE NO. 25STPB00310
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ARPI MATOSSIAN.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by GREG GARABEDIAN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that GREG GARABEDIAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
Attorney for Petitioner
KALLE MIKKOLA - SBN 307203
GAVRILOV & BROOKS
2315 CAPITOL AVE
SACRAMENTO CA 95816
Telephone (916) 504-0529
1/20, 1/23, 1/27/25
CNS-3887723#
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GEORGE T. KELLY CASE NO. 25STPB00224
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GEORGE T. KELLY
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CAROLINE KELLY HARRIS & MARISA KELLY LUSSIER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CAROLINE KELLY HARRIS & MARISA KELLY LUSSIER 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 on FEBRUARY 11, 2025 at 8:30 A.M. in Dept.: “11” located at: 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Stanley Mosk Courthouse
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.
ity 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: 02/18/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
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 mail-ing 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
Telephone (626) 286-3710 1/20, 1/23, 1/27/25 CNS-3887463# PASADENA PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Jennie Martin Stewart aka Jennie Ann Martin-Stewart Case No. PROV2500034
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Jennie Martin Stewart aka Jennie Ann Martin-Stewart
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Lucrezia Underwood in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Lucrezia Underwood 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 on 02/24/2025 at 9:00 AM in Dept. F2. located at 17780 Arrow Boulevard, Fontana, Ca 92335.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your
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: 02/10/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
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.
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 formal 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.
ALISHA J. WALKER, SB# 283350
THE LAW OFFICE OF ALISHA J. WALKER 4326 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 92807
PNSB# 107444
Published in: Belmont Beacon
Dates Pub: January 20, 23, 27, 2025
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
JUANA AVALOS ALBANO
AKA JUANA AVALOS CASE NO. 25STPB00516
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JUANA AVALOS ALBANO AKA JUANA AVALOS.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ELIZABETH AVALOS ALBANO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ELIZABETH AVALOS ALBANO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests author-
JENNIFER A. NAKAMURA - SBN 337144 J NAKAMURA LAW, APC 18000 STUDEBAKER ROAD, STE. 700 CERRITOS CA 90703
Telephone (310) 853-0473 1/23, 1/27, 1/30/25 CNS-3888501# PASADENA PRESS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RUSSELL LUTMAN CASE NO. 30-2025-01453015-PR-LACMC
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RUSSELL LUTMAN
A Petition for Probate has been filed by NEIL LUTMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE. The Petition for Probate requests that NEIL LUTMAN 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 on February 27, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. in Dept. CM07 located at 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1554, Costa Mesa Justice Complex. The court is providing the convenience to appear for hearing by video using the court’s designated video platform. This is a no cost service to the public. Go to the Court’s website at The Superior Court of California - County of Orange (occourts.org) to appear remotely for Probate hearings and for remote
Social Worker Inc. (CA 5054678, 1317
W Foothill Boulevard 226, Upland, CA 91786; Elsa Matsumoto, CEO. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a corporation.
Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.
By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Elsa Matsumoto, Chief executive officer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on December 30, 2024 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) File#: FBN20240011805 Pub: 01/13/2025, 01/20/2025, 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025 San Bernardino Press
FILE NO. FBN20240011723 NEW FILING - this is a: FILING
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: COLTON DRY CLEANERS, 294 NORTH LA CADENA DRIVE COLTON CA 92324; MAILING ADDRESS: 294 NORTH LA CADENA DRIVE COLTON CA 92324 County of SAN BERNARDINO. The full name of registrant(s) is/ are: SUNG B KIM. This Business is conducted by a/an: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name/names listed above on: NOT APPLICABLE.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s/ SUNG B KIM, OWNER
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN BERNARDINO County on 12/26/2024 indicated by file stamp above. 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) ORD-3082543 SAN BERNARDINO PRESS 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3/2025
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240011701
The following persons are doing business as: Sushi Miguel Style VI, 15329 Palmdale Rd, Ste V, Victorville, CA 92392. Mailing Address, 15329 Palmdale Rd, Ste V, Victorville, CA 92392. ROA & KA LLC (CA, 15329 Palmdale Rd, Ste V, Victorville, CA 92392;
be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Larry H Johnson, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on December 23, 2024 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) File#: FBN20240011701 Pub: 01/13/2025, 01/20/2025, 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025 San Bernardino Press
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240011727
The following persons are doing business as: (1). Envirokleen USA (2). 411serviceprovider.com (3). Enviro Kleen USA , 2314 S Vineyard Ave Suite #A, Ontario, CA 91761. Mailing Address, 2910 S Archibald Ave #A228, Ontario, CA 91761. 411ServiceProvider Inc (CA, 2314 S Vineyard Ave Suite #A, Ontario, CA 91761; Joniece Johnson, CFO. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino
This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on October 5, 2012. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 62506277). /s/ Joniece Johnson, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on December 26, 2024 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) File#: FBN20240011727 Pub: 01/13/2025, 01/20/2025, 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025 San Bernardino Press
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20240011705
The following persons are doing business as: ELECTRONICS FOR LIFE, 302 Alabama St Suite 7, Redlands, CA 92373. Mailing Address, 33969 Telstar Rd, Yucaipa, CA 92399. Enoc HERNANDEZ ESCOBAR, 33969 Telstar Rd, Yucaipa, CA 92399. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on November 17, 2017. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Enoc HERNANDEZ ESCOBAR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on December 23, 2024 Notice- In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920. A
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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) File#: 20240011705 Pub: 01/13/2025, 01/20/2025, 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025 San Bernardino Press
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240011762
The following persons are doing business as: L BAR, 280 E. 8th St, Upland, CA 91786. Mailing Address, 280 E. 8th St, Upland, CA 91786. Elleanna N Freeman-Aguilera, 280 E. 8th St, Upland, CA 91786. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Elleanna N Freeman-Aguilera. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on December 26, 2024 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) File#: FBN20240011762 Pub: 01/13/2025, 01/20/2025, 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025 San Bernardino Press
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LHC REFERRALS 200 N Sunrise Way Suite B Palm Springs, CA 92262
Riverside County Mailing Address, 248 W Vereda Norte, Palm Springs, CA 92262. Riverside County LEASKOU HIGGINS CORPORATION (CA, 248 W Vereda Norte, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Riverside County This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)
s. Benjamin J Leaskou, President/CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on December 31, 2024 NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the
original statement on file in my office.
Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-202415946 Pub. 01/13/2025, 01/20/2025, 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025 Riverside Independent
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. FBN20240008238
The following persons are doing business as: CEGAA TAX SERVICES, 2553 S EUCLID AVE, ONTARIO, CA 91762. Mailing Address, 2553 S EUCLID AVE, ONTARIO, CA 91762. CLARA E GUTIERREZ, 2553 S EUCLID AVE, ONTARIO, CA 91762. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on September 1, 2019. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ CLARA E GUTIERREZ, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on September 13, 2024. 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) File#: FBN20240008238 Pub: 10/17/2024, 10/24/2024, 11/07/2024, 11/14/2024, 11/21/2024, 11/28/2024, 12/05/2024 San Bernardino Press
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20256707306. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Stellar Academy Irvine, 8 Rue Fontaine, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610. Full Name of Registrant(s) Bahram Seifi, 8 Rue Fontaine, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /S/ Bahram Seifi. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on January 17, 2025. Publish: Anaheim Press 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025, 02/10/2025, 02/17/2068
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Booked with Honey 960 Randall Ranch Rd Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County Agnes Hyunin Lee, 960 Randall Ranch Rd, Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 26, 2024. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)
s. Agnes Lee
Statement filed with the County of Riverside on January 7, 2025
NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the 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 changes 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 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). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R- 202500230 Pub. 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025, 02/10/2025, 02/17/2025 Riverside Independent
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240011716
The following persons are doing business as: Uranus27, 555 Foothill blvd unit 10, Upland, CA 91786. Mailing Address, 10722 Brookfield Dr, Riverside, Ca 92505. Synith Leav, 10722 Brookfield Dr, Riverside, CA 92505. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino
This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 18, 2024. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 62506277). /s/ Synith Leav, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on December 23, 2024 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) File#: FBN20240011716 Pub: 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025, 02/10/2025, 02/17/2025 San Bernardino Press
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250000488
The following persons are doing business as: Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary San Bernardino, 506 Inland Center Drive, San Bernardino, CA 92408. Mailing Address, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. Catalyst – San Bernardino LLC (CA, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802; Elliot Lewis, Managing Member. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Elliot Lewis, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on January 17, 2025 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) File#: FBN20250000488 Pub: 01/27/2025, 02/03/2025, 02/10/2025, 02/17/2025 San Bernardino Press
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Abandoned commercial project at major Menifee intersection due for demolition
By City News Service
The demolition of an unfinished commercial complex in Menifee that’s been in a state of abandonment for almost two years got started Friday, no longer held up by legal wrangling.
“We share in the community’s frustration that this project has not moved forward, and that the site does not represent the high standards we hold for the Menifee community,” City Manager Armando Villa said. “As this is a private project on personally owned property, it was necessary for us to follow the right legal process to be successful in having the structures removed and the site restored to its original condition to allow for future development opportunities that will benefit our residents.”
The Krikorian Entertainment Complex had been planned at the intersection
of Newport Road and Town Center Drive, across from the Menifee Town Center plaza. However, developer Showprop Menifee LLC suspended construction for unclear reasons, leaving only the skeletal structure in place in the first half of 2023.
According to the city, legal proceedings for removal of the unfinished building, which had been intended as a venue for a bowling alley, cinema and sports bar, got underway in October 2023 with abatement notices issued.
By April 2024, the Menifee Office of the City Attorney procured warrants allowing for on-site inspections by engineers to determine what hazards there might be at the location.
Two months later, the City Council approved a resolution declaring the existing
structure a public nuisance and ordered demolition at the property owner’s expense.
However, the developer challenged the order in court, obtaining temporary injunctions barring the city from taking further action pending a possible sale of the acreage, according to city officials.
After efforts to sell the property failed to gain traction, the injunctions were lifted, and the council approved a final resolution last month declaring the plot abandoned. AD Improvements, a contractor based in Downey in Los Angeles County, was hired to clear the site at a cost of $231,000, officials said.
“The city will seek to recover the full costs of abatement through a lien or assessment placed on the property, or through direct recovery efforts against the property owner,” according
Brush Fire in Santa Ana River Bottom Blackens 39 Acres
By City News Service
Crewswerework-
ing Thursday to fully encircle a brush fire that broke out in the Santa Ana River bottom amid offshore winds that propelled it in the direction of homes, burning roughly 39 acres before its progress was stopped.
The non-injury Clay Fire was reported at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Clay Street and Van Buren Boulevard, along the boundary separating Jurupa Valley and Riverside, according to the Riverside County Fire
Department. According to the agency, multiple engine and ladder crews from the Riverside County and Riverside fire departments were sent to the location, encountering flames fanned by weakening Santa Ana winds toward a residential area along Bradford Street.
A third alarm was declared as the fire moved closer to the Bradford homes a short time later, and the neighborhood was briefly placed under an
evacuation warning.
No Cal Fire aircraft were used due to the onset of darkness.
As of Thursday, the fire was 65% contained.
Dozer lines and hand crews worked overnight to build containment and conduct mop-up operations, fire officials said.
RCFD officials said five engines and two hand crews would continue their work at the location Thursday.
The cause of the fire wasn’t
known, but the river bottom is rife with homeless encampments, and cooking, warming and debris fires are a year-round occurrence.
Teen suspected of fatally shooting Lake Elsinore man arrested
By City News Service
A17-year-oldboy suspected of gunning down a man in Perris was behind bars Wednesday.
The teenager, identified only as a Perris resident, was arrested and booked into Riverside Juvenile Hall on Tuesday on suspicion of murder.
The suspect was identified following a nearly month-long Riverside County Sheriff’s Department inves-
tigation into the slaying of 42-year-old Rene Diaz of Lake Elsinore, according to agency spokesman Sgt. Jarred Bishop.
He said that just before midnight on Dec. 23, Diaz was at a property on Spectacular Bid Street, near Redlands Avenue, on the south end of Perris, when he was involved in an unspecified confrontation with the teen.
The victim was shot multiple times, and the suspect fled, Bishop said.
A possible motive was not disclosed.
Witnesses called 911, and patrol deputies arrived moments later, finding Diaz critically wounded but clinging to life. He lingered in a coma for a week at Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley before succumbing to his wounds.
Bishop said Central Homicide Unit detectives ultimately developed leads that pointed to the teen as the alleged perpetrator. A warrant was served on him at his residence in the 20500 block of Santa Rosa Mine Road in Perris, where he was taken into custody without incident Tuesday.
Background information on the juvenile was unavailable.
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| Photo courtesy of the Riverside County Fire Department
to a municipal statement. There was no word on how long the demolition and clearance may take.
The shell of a cancelled entertainment development in Menifee was scheduled for demolition Friday. | Photo courtesy of the city of Menifee
had worked toward the ban for decades, and workers died while lobbyists pushed to delay action, as a 2022 ProPublica investigation showed.
Less than a day after Trump’s inauguration last week, the White House webpage that celebrated the historic ban was gone.
Fotouhi’s nomination to be the EPA deputy administrator must yet be approved by the Senate.
The asbestos rule is just one of several environmental issues at the heart of the EPA’s regulatory mission on which Fotouhi has represented companies accused of polluting. The 39-year-old lawyer, who is expected to play a critical role running the agency, represented International Paper in lawsuits accusing the firm of contamination from PFAS, or “forever chemicals”; a tire company that allegedly released a chemical known to kill endangered salmon (the firm disputed the claim and is fighting the lawsuit); and a coalition of businesses in Washington state that sued the EPA over its water quality standards for legacy pollutants known as PCBs.
Environmentalists are calling on Fotouhi to recuse himself from decisions regarding asbestos and other issues he’s recently worked on at Gibson Dunn. “Here’s a guy who wrote a very biased and one-sided attack on the EPA rule on asbestos. I would not want him to come anywhere near EPA decisionmaking on the asbestos rule,” said Robert Sussman, an attorney who represents the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and served as EPA deputy administrator during the Clinton adminis-
tration.
“I recused myself from everything involving former clients,” said Sussman.
Fotouhi declined to comment for this story. An EPA spokesperson said in a statement, “Every person President Trump nominates for the US EPA will work with the career employees in the EPA Ethics Office to ensure that all applicable ethics obligations are addressed.”
Government ethics law calls for attorneys to recuse themselves for a year from matters on which they provided services in the previous year.
The issue may be a mere formality in an administration that in its first day took steps to roll back environmental and health protections put in place by the previous administration.
Within hours of his inauguration on Monday, Trump ordered the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris climate accords, halted the approval of leases for new offshore wind projects in federal waters and revoked several executive orders relating to climate change.
It is not unusual for political appointees to the EPA to have ties to industry, especially in Republican administrations. Among the people returning to the agency from Trump’s first term are Nancy Beck, a former lobbyist for the American Chemistry Council, the influential industry trade group; Aaron Szabo, a lobbyist who represented the American Petroleum Institute and contributed to the Project 2025 chapter on the EPA; and Lynn Dekleva, who also worked for the American Chemistry Council and DuPont.
In announcing his nomi-
Pollution harm
nation of Fotouhi on Truth Social earlier this month, Trump wrote that “David will work with our incredible EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin, to advance pro Growth policies, unleash America’s Energy Dominance, and prioritize Clean Air, Clean Water, and Clean Soil for ALL Americans.” His expertise could be essential for Zeldin, the former U.S. representative from Long Island whom Trump nominated to run the agency and who has little
had pushed for the requirements to protect taxpayers from being held responsible for costly environmental cleanups.
Fotouhi also advocated for landfills and ponds that contain coal ash to be deemed “clean” even though they didn’t meet the agency’s usual standards — a position favorable to the coal industry, according to one waste expert who worked with him during the Trump administration. “Dave was
experience with environmental issues.
While working at the EPA in the first Trump administration, Fotouhi served as deputy general counsel and acting general counsel. He played a central role in a revision of the Waters of the U.S. rule that removed federal protections from wetlands and streams. He later described it as some of his most important work. His Gibson Dunn online biography says he also “played a critical role in developing the litigation strategy to defend” the agency’s decision not to impose financial requirements on companies that extract minerals and ore from rock. Environmentalists
adamant about that issue,” said the former colleague, who asked not to be named to avoid public involvement in political discussions. The former colleague described Fotouhi as a brilliant lawyer who knows the environmental statutes but “doesn’t hesitate to get creative” to find a way to use them to take industry-friendly positions.
A Harvard-educated attorney, Fotouhi led an office of hundreds of lawyers at Gibson Dunn and has defended clients and provided legal counsel under every major environmental law, according to his bio on the firm’s website. He represented International
Paper in two suits over PFAS, persistent industrial chemicals that cause cancer and other diseases. The chemicals were at the heart of two cases in which the company was accused of spreading PFAS-containing biosolids in Maine. The biosolids, or sludge, have been found to contribute to PFAS contamination of food and water throughout the state. (Gibson Dunn is representing ProPublica pro bono in a case against the U.S. Navy.)
Nathan Saunders, a plaintiff in one of the suits, learned in 2021 that his well water in Fairfield, Maine, had extremely high levels of the chemicals. After he learned that PFAS were linked to kidney damage, the discovery made sense to the lifelong Maine resident, whose wife had developed kidney failure more than a decade earlier.
Fotouhi succeeded in getting his client dismissed from the Saunders suit by arguing that there wasn’t information to tie the company’s conduct to the water contamination. Saunders’ attorney, Elizabeth Bailey, described the legal strategy as common among companies facing PFAS contamination suits and difficult for plaintiffs to overcome without access to internal company information. “They say, ‘Yes, there’s contamination, but there’s no way for you to show whose contamination it was and — oh, by the way, if you can’t specifically identify how our contamination got from our location to your client’s location at the very beginning of the lawsuit, we shouldn’t be in this case at all,’” said Bailey.
Fotouhi also attempted
to overturn EPA’s water quality standards for toxic chemicals known as PCBs, which have been linked to cancer. In December 2023, he filed a suit against the agency on behalf of Washington state business groups that claimed that the standards are impossible to meet. If the EPA chooses not to continue fighting the case, those standards could be overturned. The loss would be devastating to waterways, according to Katelyn Scott, water protector at Spokane Riverkeeper, an advocacy organization devoted to protecting the river and its watershed. “Without the EPA at the helm fighting to protect them, our river would be vulnerable to higher levels of pollution that would really put our fish and our people at risk of harm,” she said.
Phillip Landrigan, a physician who has spent decades working to protect public health from environmental threats, said the potential consequences would be similarly dire should the EPA choose to overturn the asbestos ban.
“President Trump came into office saying that he was going to make life better for working Americans,” said Landrigan. Reversing the decades-in-the-making asbestos ban, he said, “would expose working American women and men to a known human carcinogen and fly in the face of that promise.”
Kirsten Berg contributed research.
Update, Jan. 22, 2025: This story was updated to include a statement that an EPA spokesperson provided after publication. Republished with Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
City crew clears another San Bernardino park encampment
By Staff
City staffers and contractors cleared a homeless encampment last week from Meadowbrook Park in San Bernardino, officials announced.
Staffers from the city’s Homelessness Division, Public Works Department workers, police officers, Salvation Army outreach staff and the city’s trash hauler Burrtec began the three-day operation at the 14-acre park on Jan. 16.
Meadowbrook Park was closed for about one week after the encampment removal to allow Public
Works staff to do a hazard assessment, irrigation repairs and other projects.
The encampment cleanup operation followed several days of engagement with unhoused people living in the park by city, county and nonprofit outreach workers who sought to connect them with supportive services and housing opportunities. Roughly 35 people accepted services from outreach workers.
In addition to the outreach efforts, advance notice of the removal was
provided to the encampment occupants of approximately 85 tents, officials said. The exact amount of advance time park residents received was unclear.
“During the cleanup, crews worked closely with the campers to identify items that could be disposed, items that they would take with them, and items that the City would temporarily store for up to 90 days,” according to a city statement.
The encampment removal was the fifth such
cleanup operation since a U.S. federal court in October lifted an injunction against San Bernardino prohibiting cleanups. Previous removals included Perris Hill Park, Wildwood Park, Bobby Vega Park and an alley near the intersection of Base Line and D Streets.
Meadowbrook Park is located near the intersection of Second Street and Sierra Way.
Officials said residents should call 909-384-7272 for general information or to submit a service request.
Workers complete asbestos removal. | Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy via Flickr
A municipal crew clears an encampment from Meadowbrook Park. | Photo courtesy of the city of San Bernardino