Coachella Valley Weekly - July 23 to July 29, 2020 Vol. 9 No. 19

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The Jayhawks

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Cruz N Miles Salsa

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Vol.9 No.19

The Leaf T-Shirt Design Contest

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KAL DAVID AND LAURI BONO

lues Hall of Fame members Kal David and Lauri Bono have called the Coachella Valley home since the early 90’s. Originally from the Southside of Chicago, David has been referred to by the ‘Godfather of British Blues’ John Mayall as “one of the best”. While Bono, a former Harlette for Bette Midler and background vocalist for Etta James and Johnny Rivers, has become a dynamic Jazz/R&B/Blues vocalist that is the superlative counterpart to David’s wide range of musical styles. The duo travel the world when not in the desert and have become an unprecedented pair of musical and goodwill ambassadors. We are honored to present Kal David and Lauri Bono with the 2020 CVMA for Lifetime Achievement.

Coachella Valley Weekly spoke recently with Kal and Lauri to get their reactions to the news.

CVW: First of all, congratulations on receiving the 2020 CV Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. How do you feel about earning this accomplishment?

Bono: “We are too young for this honor!...

No seriously, we have spent nearly all our lives in the music business and it has been all about the music, not really thinking of awards or acknowledgment, but I must say this is really nice. To be honored for our life’s work is humbling and I feel very grateful.”

David: “While I don't feel like I have achieved all I expect to in my lifetime, it's an honor to be recognized in our community. I still feel like I have a lot more to give.”

CVW: You two are still actively performing and making music after such a long time in the music business. What has given each of you the incentive to keep going despite circumstances both within and beyond your control?

David: “I just really enjoy performing. I've found that even circumstances beyond my control can lead to the best performances. I recall one gig where I had to drive very far in the snow, and one of the vehicles broke down on the way. We had to put all the equipment and personnel in one vehicle, and because of the snow, we were late. The promoter said that since we were late he would only pay us half of our agreed price. I'm sure it was because of a light turn out because of the weather.

Certainly a dismal situation, however, when we did hit the stage, we played one of the best performances ever.”

Bono: “When you dedicate your life to music, you better be prepared to roll with the circumstances that present themselves… and how to make the best out of the worst situation or if it is in our control, to make it the best it can be…Needless to say, it is something we have learned in our long journey. Kal is right, sometimes the worst situation becomes the most rewarding musically.”

CVW: What does it mean to you that

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2018 CVMA Winners for Best Blues you are Coachella Valley musicians who are world-renowned?

Bono: “We made our home in Palm Springs in 1991 and have never regretted it.

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Fantasy Springs Upcoming Events............ 6 SunLine Transit Agency ........................... 6 Westfield Palm Desert.............................. 6 Consider This - The Jayhawks .................. 8 The Vino Voice .......................................... 9 Brewtality .................................................. 10 Good Grub - Cruz N Miles Salsa ............ 11 Screeners ............................................... 12 Haddon Libby ........................................ 13 Dale Gribow ........................................... 13 Pet Place .............................................. 14-15 Safety Tips .............................................. 15 Swag For The Soul ................................. 16 Free Will Astrology................................ 16 Cannabis Corner ..................................... 17 The Leaf T-Shirt Design Contest ............ 17

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Lauri with Phylis Duncan & Claire Ford ( Al Green's singers).

Johnny Rivers Session at Sun Studio, Memphis 1991

The Brunettes out in the world but when we were here we could still perform. Then in 1998 we opened our own club, Blue Guitar, which was a dream of ours. It was difficult but so very musically rewarding. After Blue Guitar closed we took some time off and mainly were performing in Europe and doing assorted gigs here and there at home. That has evolved into playing here in the season and traveling and performing elsewhere in the summer, it has worked out rather nicely. No matter where we go it is always nice to come home to Palm Springs and our friends in the Coachella Valley. I would also like to mention all the amazing people we get to work with here, our Real Deal band, Jeff Lantz, Nat Scott, Bob Gross, Andy Fraga, and Jimi "Fitz" Fitzgerald, Rose Mallet, Jessica Taylor and also the other venues besides Vicky’s of Santa Fe, Purple Room Supper Club and Oscar’s.”

David: “People here in our valley likely do not realize the reaction we get nationally and internationally. Here, we are kind of a local club band, and we understand that.

But when we travel it's different. We attract large audiences and can command high fees.

In recent years we've decided to not travel in the winter, so we are able to work locally and enjoy it. But when summer comes, we do hit the road. It is very rewarding to have

both careers, our local following here and our friends and fans across the states and around the world.”

CVW: The Blues is a genre of music that combines Jazz, Rhythm and Blues and Rock and Roll. What brought you to the Blues initially and what has kept you loyal to it?

David: “When I was coming up in Chicago, I chose to be a musician. Or maybe music chose me! Anyway, there was no choosing a genre. I was a guitar player and played all kinds of gigs and was expected to be able to play it all. Along the way, in my study of music, I realized the Blues was the basis for all these genres; ‘the blues is the roots and the music is the fruits’, Willie Dixon said that long ago. I got a gig with John Mayall, ‘The Godfather of British Blues’. He was the one who discovered Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, and many others considered Blues greats. I was honored to be counted among them. And looking back to when I met Lauri, I found that we had much music in common, and most of it R&B and Blues related. We have both loved the Blues all of our lives.”

Bono: “Blues is American…it is our history.

I grew up mostly listening to Rhythm and Blues. I think we got much more immersed in the Blues when Kal and I got the gig with Etta James..first of all, she was my idol from the time I was 11 years old and my friend gave me an album of hers. Working with Etta we did a lot of split bills with some of the greats of Blues, BB King, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins. It was an education in the

Blues and one of the highlights of our careers.

The seemingly simple music (it is not simple) stole our hearts and it became a focus for us, although we still maintain our R&B roots. We love the Blues and everything it stands for. You will not find more enthusiastic or appreciative fans. Being inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame a few years ago was quite an honor… one we treasure!”

CVW: What are Kal and Lauri up to now and what are your plans for the near future?

Bono: “Right now we are sitting at home with all gigs cancelled like all of our musician friends…but hopefully Vicky’s will reopen in the fall and it will be safe by then to get back to business. We are so looking forward to resuming our Saturday nights there with the fans/friends we love...Next spring we plan to rebook the tours that were interrupted by the pandemic. We are also working on a new album that we would like to record in 2021. I am also in the beginning stages of writing my long overdue cookbook, so we are very hopeful for the future. Kal and I have been so fortunate to be on most of this journey together and we love what we do and the friends that we've made along the way. It's a good life! And now, a Lifetime Achievement Award...Sweet!"

David: “We had some big plans for tours this summer and fall. Unfortunately, these are all cancelled or postponed. We are working on new songs for the album Lauri mentioned and also getting some newer material for our local shows. We'll take songs from our favorite

Kal with John Mayall

artists and arrange them for ourselves to perform. Receiving the honor of a Lifetime Achievement Award is a great incentive to bring more to the table. We look forward to seeing all of our friends that perform here in the Coachella Valley at the event on October 11th.”

You can purchase their music on the official website below. Also available is the excellent instructional video Kal David Blues Guitar Master Class Series and it’s offered at a special ‘lockdown’ sale price. The DVD offers instruction from basic to advanced players.

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FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO POSTPONES ALL SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER CONCERTS UNTIL 2021

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he Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (CBMI) has postponed all concerts at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino’s Special Events Center until 2021 as part of its ongoing effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The property — including the casino, hotel and restaurants — will remain open with previously instituted precautionary measures in place, such as mandatory facemasks, social distancing, temperature screenings, increased cleanings, and weekly COVID-19

testing for all employees.

“This was a very difficult decision, but ultimately we felt that it was in the best interest of our guests and employees, the performers, and the community at large,” said CBMI Chairman Doug Welmas. “By taking this additional proactive measure we can shift our focus to returning responsibly with exciting entertainment in 2021.”

New dates have been announced for the following shows: • Chaka Khan – Saturday, February 20th • Pitbull – Saturday, March 20th • George Lopez – Saturday, April 3rd Rescheduled dates for the following shows will be announced in the coming weeks: • Kenny G – Friday, September 11th • Chicago – Saturday, September 12th • Banda MS – Sunday, September 13th • Boz Scaggs – Friday, September 25th • Daryl Hall & John Oates – Saturday, October 17th

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• Pepe Aguilar – Friday, October 23rd • Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening – Friday, October 30th • Gladys Knight – Friday, December 19th Previously purchased tickets will be honored for all rescheduled shows.

CBMI and Fantasy Springs Resort Casino will continue to refine its health and safety precautions as medical experts and government entities provide updated information regarding COVID-19. For more information, visit www.FantasySpringsResort. com.

SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY COMMUNITY LOCAL BUSINESS INTRODUCES RIDE WITH CONFIDENCE CAMPAIGN, WESTFIELD PALM DESERT UPDATES ON CLOSURES FEATURING SANITIZER STATIONS ON ALL BUSES

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unLine Transit Agency has launched the Ride with Confidence campaign delivering clean transportation on the inside and outside. There are six components to the Agency’s continued efforts, including (1) the installation of hand sanitizing stations on each bus, (2) rigorous enhanced daily disinfecting procedures for all buses, (3) mandatory face covering requirements for all passengers and bus operators, (4) complimentary face coverings for passengers who have indicated a need, (5) the myStop® Mobile app that shows the number of riders on any given bus in real time, and (6) rides provided on cutting edge alternative fuel technology buses.

SunLine has completed the installation of hand sanitizing stations on each bus in service on the roadway. Critically, the hand sanitizer is Ethyl Alcohol anti-microbial based.

The sanitizing stations are available near the rear entrance/exit allowing passengers to use it when entering or exiting the bus. They were installed as part of SunLine’s ongoing commitment to keeping passengers healthy, and to promote safety on the bus.

Since March of 2020, SunLine has followed a meticulous two-step cleaning and disinfecting procedure that includes fogging with a hospital-grade disinfectant through each bus’s HVAC operating system. Every night, each bus undergoes this treatment.

Since early April of 2020, in an effort to promote social distancing, SunLine became one of the first transit agencies in the country to require rear-door boarding on all buses to eliminate contact for operators and passengers. SunLine also requires that each passenger on every vehicle have their

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face covered while waiting at SunLine bus stops and while they are riding the bus.

It is mandatory that all operators wear face coverings, as well, which can include bandanas, scarves, or other clothing that does not have visible holes. SunLine has been distributing face coverings to those who have indicated a need while onboard a bus.

SunLine has identified additional ways to help with social distancing on board the bus.

Utilizing the myStop® Mobile app, riders can view the number of passengers on board the bus at any time.

“I’m proud of the Ride with Confidence campaign that our team has developed and the dedication of all our SunLine employees.

Many of the Ride with Confidence elements have been implemented since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Lauren Skiver, CEO/General Manager of SunLine Transit Agency. “SunLine has long had a focus on clean air and this campaign provides an opportunity to showcase how the Agency is clean both inside and out.”

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ith the recent suspension of operations at indoor shopping centers in select counties in California, we wanted to share an update on the services offered at our center in Palm Desert.

Westfield Palm Desert has suspended indoor operations but its stores with exterior entrances, such as Macy’s, JCPenney, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Barnes & Noble and Stuft Pizza Bar & Grill continue to operate.

In addition, essential businesses like Lenscrafters remain open by appointment for eye exams.

Curbside pick-up remains available for guests to order merchandise from stores like See’s Candies, Torrid, Journeys, Zumiez, and Express.

More information on Westfield Palm Desert’s operating businesses as well as curbside offerings are available here: westfield.com/palmdesert/openstores.

Hours of Operation - Westfield Palm Desert will continue to operate Monday Saturday from 11AM-7PM, and Sunday 126PM. Please visit each center’s website for further information on individual retailer and restaurant operating hours, health and safety practices, and other programs and services.

Health & Safety - Updated Health and Safety Standards, available here, are currently in place at Westfield Palm Desert.

Guests can comfortably experience the centers safely with the availability of Sanitize on the Go stations, along with enforcement of social distancing measures, face covering requirements, and capacity limits.

We look forward to continuing to welcome the community and encourage everyone to stay safe as the journey to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions.

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he Jayhawks have been a going concern since 1985. The band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the time, the Twin Cities were in the midst of a musical renaissance. The scene was home to disparate artists like Prince, The Suburbs, Suicide Commandos, Husker Du, The Time, The Replacements and Soul Asylum.

The nucleus of the band, Gary Louris (vocals and electric guitar), Mark Olson (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Marc Perlman (bass), had each shuffled through a series of Rockabilly and Punk groups. The trio were drawn together through a shared love for the music of The Louvin Brothers, Gram Parsons, Tim Hardin and “Nashville Skyline” era Bob Dylan. Although they cycled through a series of drummers with almost “Spinal Tap” alacrity, they quickly began making a name for themselves on a local level.

Earlier in the decade bands like Rank & File, Jason and The Scorchers and the Long Ryders merged the sounds of Country and Punk into an amalgam they christened “CowPunk.” The Jayhawks distilled and broadened that sound, adding touches of Bluegrass, Roots-Rock, Honky Tonk and Folk, creating a musical alchemy that became known as alt. country or Americana.

Their self-titled debut, was released via the tiny indie label, Bunkhouse in early 1986. It created enough buzz to get them signed to Twin/Tone. The respected indie label was known for breaking local bands like The Replacements and Soul Asylum. Their sophomore effort, Blue Earth, arrived after three tumultuous years, in that time Gary was involved in a serious car accident and briefly left the band. The album received a rave review from curmudgeonly Village Voice critic Robert Christgau, who compared them favorably with the Flying Burrito Brothers.

Rather serendipitously, producer George Drakoulias called in to the Twin/Tone office, heard Blue Earth playing in the background and asked about the band. George began his career as an A&R man for Rick Rubin’s Def Jam label and was responsible for signing the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J. When Rubin relocated from New York to L.A. to start his American label, George followed suit. Most recently he had discovered, nurtured and signed the Black Crowes. The Atlanta band’s 1990 debut achieved immediate critical and commercial success.

He quickly added The Jayhawks to American’s roster.

He got the band back into the studio and produced their third long-player, Hollywood Town Hall. The record signaled a bit of a commercial breakthrough. Grunge and HipHop had a stranglehold on the airwaves, but somehow the Jayhawks managed to slip through. Their sound, which echoed the rustic Country comfort of predecessors like the Byrds, The Band, and Buffalo Springfield, provided the perfect antidote to Grunge’s flannel-cloaked angst. Critical acclaim was nearly unanimous, even MTV put their videos into heavy rotation. By the time they returned in 1995 with their fourth album, Tomorrow The Green Grass, they were poised for greatness.

All the promise of Hollywood... was fulfilled by …Green Grass. Songs like “I’ll Run Away” and “Blue” felt deeper and more

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resonant. “Miss Williams’ Guitar” was a raucous ode to Mark Olson’s bride, sui generis singer-songwriter, Victoria Williams. By the time they hit the road, they finally found their permanent drummer, Tim O’Reagan and added Karen Grotberg on keys.

Although they toured relentlessly behind the album, commercial success eluded them.

At this point, Mark opted to quit the band, he had been at it for a decade and it was time for a change. A few years before, Vic had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and the couple has recently put down roots in Joshua Tree. He went on to make music with Vic as The Original Harmony Creek Dippers, as well as a series of well-received solo albums.

Following Mark’s departure, Gary became the de facto leader of the Jayhawks. In 1997 they released their Psychedelic-tinged Sound Of Lies. The Pop-flavored Smile arrived at the turn of the 20th century, three years later the rootsy and largely acoustic Rainy Day Music appeared. In 2005, the band took an extended hiatus, Tim O’Reagan recorded a solo album a year later and Gary’s followed suit with his solo debut, Vagabonds. Mark and Gary had remained friends and in 2009 the pair released a duo album, Ready For The Flood.

By the end of that same year, Mark, Gary and the rest of the band reunited for a couple of shows, in Barcelona as well as their hometown. American released a career retrospective, Music From The North Country and suddenly, Mark was fully back and touring with the band. The terms of his return hinged on one contingency, if he left the band, the Jayhawks could never tour or record without him. The reunion felt more complete with the release Mockingbird Time in 2011. A tour followed, including a Stagecoach set in early 2012. Then the shit hit the fan.

Disagreements about finances and song credits between the pair were only exacerbated by Gary’s addiction to pain medication (he has since sought treatment), and the pair nearly came to blows. Mark vowed to never perform with Gary or the band again. He reignited his solo career, pairing with his second wife Ingunn Ringvold for a series of well-received albums.

Gary never publicly addressed the split, but he reconvened the Jayhawks and returned to the road, abrogating the agreement they had struck before reuniting. With R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and producer/musician Tucker Martine handling production chores, the band returned to the studio to record Paging Mr. Proust. Released in 2016, the album successfully tackled a plethora of musical genres, everything from stripped-down Country, to Psychedelia, Power Pop and even Prog-Rock.

The last couple of years found the Jayhawks collaborating with Kinks front-man Ray Davies, providing instrumentation for his latest solo albums, Americana and Our Country-Americana Act II. They performed the same service for Wesley Stace on his 2017 release, Wesley Stace’s John Wesley Harding.

The band’s 10th album, Backroads And Abandoned Motels arrived in 2018. It featured several songs Gary Louris had written that were recorded by artists like The Dixie Chicks (recently rebranded as The Chicks, in this post-George Floyd era), Jakob Dylan, Ari Heist and Carrie Rodriguez. Despite the mixed-bag

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approach, it was a surprisingly cohesive effort.

Now the band is back with their new album, XOXO, a particularly effusive and affectionate title for a pack of reticent northwesterners. But that’s just one of themyriad surprises offered here. The record opens in classic fashion with the outlaw’s lament of “This Forgotten Town,” one of two tracks cowritten by the entire band.

Strummy acoustic guitars connect with burnished electric riffs, bolstered by sturdy bass lines, willowy piano runs and a rocksolid beat. Gary’s slow-as-molasses tenor starts things off, but everyone takes a verse.

Although the lyrics paint a dusty portrait of the old west, lines like “When we were young, we were judged by the choices that we made/ And all the time we wasted and all the love, the love that I betrayed,” hint at the band’s fractious history. Sandblasted guitars and keening pedal steel partner on the break.

Since Mark Olson’s departure, Gary Louris has shouldered 90% of the songwriting and lead vocal duties for the band. Sure, occasionally there’s been a co-writing credit, or one of the other Jayhawks contributed a solo composition, but it’s been less a democracy and closer to a benign dictatorship.

That arrangement has been upended on XOXO. For the first time, Marc, Tim and Karen each take a turn in the spotlight.

Tim is up first with three songs. If Big Star and The Plimsouls ever managed to collaborate, it might have sounded like “Dogtown Days,” a crisp fusion of Punk and Power Pop. The surprisingly muscular arrangement is propelled by crackling electric guitars, boomerang bass lines and a pounding back-beat. The lyrics offer a brash mea culpa that is equal parts tender and truculent; “When it began, the thing felt right, I was only kidding if I destroyed your life/I must confess I was a fool, I needed you.” sinewy guitars ricochet on the break, careening into the final verse and chorus before collapsing in a heap.

Braided acoustic guitars and tensile bass are tethered to a galloping beat on “Society Pages.” Urgent and opaque, the song could sandwich nicely between Buffalo Springfield and the Monkees on any AM Pop Radio playlist. Cryptic lyrics seem to take a swipe at social hypocrisy and veiled homophobia, singling out one obsequious dandy with practiced disdain; “He’s a clown in cashmere, he’s a crowd pleaser, you can never trust a man who can’t finish his beer.” A spiky electric solo on the break underscores the narrator’s contempt.

He switches gears on “Looking Up Your

Number.” A high lonesome lullaby that is pared down to sun-dappled acoustic guitar and Tim’s rueful vocals. The lyrics are shotthrough with romantic regret; “Living on the wrong side of life, running out of fun, thinking all the while/You’re out there on the side, waiting for my call, but you were moving down the line.” Shards of electric guitar spark and pinwheel on the break before Tim’s final, falsetto invocation; “I see you there in the dark in the light, I keep you here in my heart in my mind/I see you there in the dark in the light, I want you here in my arms in my life.”

Karen Grotberg has been a part of the Jayhawks, playing keys and contributing harmony vocals for a quarter of a century, but this is the first time she is front and center, singing lead vocals on her compositions, “Ruby” and “Across My Field.”

The former opens with a plaintive piano intro that recalls the ornate tones of Carole King and the late, great Maggie Roche, of the Roches. She wraps her warm contralto around the first verse solo, before the band joins in adding rich harmonies, quiescent percussion, dissonant guitars and weeping pedal steel.

The lyrics offer a stark pentimento, sketching out the margins of a solitary woman waiting for her true love to return; “The ghost of your hero, your love thought lost in the war, whistling always by your kitchen door.”

The latter is a pensive piano ballad that picks up, mid-conversation; “You say that you moved around a lot, and these changes do not change you/Treading the dark water, crossing your bridges as they beckon.” Piquant guitar notes and sawing violin lattice over shadowy pedal steel, as long-held hopes and dreams circle the drain; “Can you live what you can’t believe, the empty pages and these fading dreams will push you to the edge/I watch you fall and I feel for you, do you feel for me?”

Piano and guitars lock into a bittersweet pas de deux as the song fades into the sunset.

The best tracks here pair topical lyrics with effervescent melodies. “Living In A Bubble” takes a caustic critique on the 24hour news cycle and cloaks it in a jaunty melody. The song is anchored by rippling, Honky-Tonk piano, pliant bass lines, chiming guitars, lush harmonies and a tick-tock rhythm. The opening couplet sets the tone, offering a trenchant take on our addiction to technology; “No signal on the morning train, I’m alone with my thoughts as they run through my brain/Big Brother’s got a hold of me and I never know who to believe.”

On “Homecoming” tentative acoustic arpeggios wash over descending mellotron notes, as angelic harmonies are bookended by spidery bass lines, some piano jingle-jangle, raucous power chords and a sturdy backbeat.

The lyrics simultaneously brutally excoriate climate change-deniers, and elevate activists like Greta Thunberg who continue to speak truth to power; “As the slaughterhouses hum, stockholders count their profits while blocking out the sun/All the oceans brown with foam, the polar ice is melting, watch forests as they fall/There’s no one else coming to save us, why are the children always the

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THE VINO VOICE

rom its inception, this CV Weekly column has always referred to the brave new wine world ethos as playing the game of wine. Well—guess who just joined in the wine game, that’s right: the brave new world manabout-town, man of many hats, Snoop Dogg.

And who knew the Doggfather was a wine connoisseur! Indeed, gin and juice aside, wine may well be his second choice over all of the world’s offered inebriates.

Just last week, Snoop Cali Red made its nationwide debut with the Australian-based wine company and its now-famous brand, 19 Crimes. Many of you already know of the 19 Crimes brand concept which reflects back to the 1800s when England would banish people convicted of crimes to the Australian continent—the entire country was a prison colony! And the brand name took its moniker from the list of 19 crimes for which people could be sentenced to exile. And many of the “convicts” pictured on the brand label were involved in the Catalpa rescue, where six Irish revolutionaries broke out of the colony and some later were pardoned and went onto a successful life. As it turned out, “many of the convicts became the colonists.”

And as you’d expect, the 19 Crimes wine portfolio includes eight wines produced from the vineyards in Australia. We’ve all seen the labels with the prison photos of the various convicts used to sell Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Red Blends, Sauvignon Blanc, Rose and “Hard” Chardonnay. As you wine lovers know

bravest, stealing their dreams one day at a time, a future betrayal denying the science (all coming down).” A serrated guitar solo gives way to static-y white noise that seems to signal this planet is dying.

Meanwhile, “Bitter Pill” is a little more upclose and personal. On this twangy two-step, we catch up with the girl that was celebrated in “Lover Of The Sun,” from the last album.

A little further down the road, “Maddie” is a mere shadow of her former self; “She worked down at the topless bar, saved enough to buy a car, a rusty red forgotten Chevrolet/Too many nights with nothing to show, counting her tips while her frustration grows.” Sparkly mandolin and cascading pedal steel notes manage to add a hint of sunshine to this melancholy portrait.

Other interesting tracks include the grease and grit of “Little Victories,” and the incandescent “Illuminate.” Marc Perlman’s lone composition, “Down To The Farm” is a Dylanesque roundelay that features this provocative couplet, “I watched you today as you got up and left with the sun, your lips had their say and your hips had their sway, like a song.”

as well, these Australian wines are juicy fruitforward wines, definitely on the smooth side of things, not too tannic—and some with a little more background acidity than others.

I believe it was the 19 Crimes brand that began all of the talking label apps that now appear “and speak” on the many national wine labels out and about. For the 19 Crimes label, it was especially unique to hear from the “convicts on the label” speak for themselves and their plight in augmented reality.

Enter now, rapper Snoop Dogg’s collaboration. 19 Crimes Snoop Cali Red is the first California vineyard wine produced by the company. “Snoop is quintessentially Californian, so it was only fitting for him to be the face of our first ever California wine,” said a 19 Crimes representative.

“Since its inception, 19 Crimes’ brand story has been about doing the unexpected, so it’s not so odd that it would tap Snoop to be the face of its first Cali red. Snoop, obviously, wasn’t one of the convicts who built Australia, but his addition aims to bring a more modern-day element to the brand’s wine selection.

“Snoop Dogg is the perfect partner as he embodies the spirit of 19 Crimes and what those original rebels stood for. He is an iconic figure throughout the world. He’s rule breaking, culture creating, and he overcame adversity to become very successful.”

Recently the Doggfather rapper proudly stated, “I’ve been a fan of this [19 Crimes] wine

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SNOOP DOGG UNCORKED! and I’m excited to unveil my ‘Snoop Cali Red’ this summer and share the experience with all my fans. It’s one of the most successful brands in the market, so I’m more than eager to bring this collaboration to the world! Music was my first love and will always be that, but I’ve always tapped into other new things that were important to me.

“Whenever I get into any project — whether it’s music, TV, film, football, or business, I want to make sure the energy is right...I’ve always enjoyed a glass of wine, and 19 Crimes allowed me to come up with the perfect blend for me.

It’s strong, bold, and incredible—just like the D-O-Double-G." Priced at $12 per bottle and 14.1 percent alcohol by volume, it’s a red blend of Lodi Petite Syrah (65 percent), Zinfandel (30 percent) and Merlot (5 percent) aged in oak, to bring it a “distinct smoky component that also yields vanilla and chocolate.” According to the website, this wine is "full and dense, with strong black & blue fruit notes up front from the Petite Sirah, complemented by bright red, slightly candied fruit in the background from the Zinfandel—with the dark toasted oak, it ties it all together along with a slightly sweet finish."

For you Snoop fans—or perhaps new fans, you’re in for a treat as you download the augmented reality app that creates the illusion of the label talking. Simply download the 19 Crimes app through the App Store or Google Play, and use the built-in camera to point your

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phone at the wine label. Hold your phone up to Snoop’s image and watch him talk back to you.

And some really great news on this new launching, 19 Crimes will donate $100,000 to the NAACP Legal Fund. As explained by the Vice-President of Marketing, John Wardley, “As protests sparked across all 50 states, over 10,000 people have been arrested nationwide for participating and breaking curfews – simply exercising their rights as a US citizen. The NAACP Legal Fund has stood up to support these people, the majority of whom are Black or People of Color. 19 Crimes was born from individuals that overcame adversity, and we are proud to support the NAACP in their fight to seek justice for people who are unfairly facing incarceration, for simply expressing the same outrage that we all now feel” In addition to their initial donation, the 19 Crimes team is working with the NAACP on a longer-term plan to provide continued support.

As mentioned above, this wine will definitely satisfy the red blend fan group, which love the smooth flavors of a fruit-forward wine. And it’s good for the over-all wine market as it will bring in the younger wine set, who enjoy the fruity semi-dry wines currently, and eventually move on to the more complex reds.

“Toast to success and nothing less”Snoop Cali Red has dropped. Cheers!

Do yourself a favor and pony up the extra dough for the vinyl version or the limitededition CD, which feature three bonus tracks: Karen’s sharp, small-town study, “Jewel Of Trimbelle,” the bucolic grandeur of Gary’s “Then You Walked Away” and the brittle beauty of Gary and Marc’s “Hypocrite’s Lament.”

The Jayhawks produced this album on their own. They recruited a few pals to sit in, Eric Heywood on pedal steel, John Jackson on violin and mandolin, along with Kris Johnson on electric guitar. Stephen McCarthy, who made his bones in L.A.’s rootsy Paisley Underground band, the Long Ryders, also added some guitar and pedal steel.

So, 35 trips around the sun for The Jayhawks. No lavish box sets or keys to the Twin Cities to commemorate this achievement, instead, we are treated to “XOXO.” The record represents a new, more inclusive era for the band. Their classic sound has been refreshed and recalibrated, and the result is pretty wonderful. There’s closeness and camaraderie that shines through here, it colors every song. The Jayhawks have turned a corner, and it feels pretty good.

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aybe it was living in an economically depressed town, maybe it was growing up a teen in the mid-90s with the influence of gangster rap; hell, maybe it was just the flavor of it all, but my friends and I used to drink a bit of malt liquor. We were all around 19 years old, but we had a buddy who was old enough to purchase alcohol, and we’d pool all of our money and have him buy cases of Mickey’s for us. Mickey’s was great, it came in these little grenade shaped bottles, and there were these cryptic puzzles under the cap, like some alcoholic’s version of Bazooka Joe bubblegum. To us, drinking from Mickey’s wide mouth bottles was much more distinguished than drinking “Olde English” out of those 40 oz bottles like my juvenile delinquent younger sister and her friends did. They didn’t even bribe someone older to buy their booze for them, Roxy and her group would just steal their malt liquor. My friends and I were obviously much more refined, and we’d sip our contraband booze while ruminating about our younger sibling’s lack of taste (note: underage drinking is illegal and is not condoned. Just think where I’d be in life if I had some guidance and didn’t glorify rebellious subcultures. That being said, no regrets).

In the United States, a malt liquor generally refers to a strong lager in which sugar, corn, or other adjuncts are added to the malted barley to boost the total amount of fermentable sugars in the wort. This in turn boosts the ABV% of the drink without making it any fuller or sweeter, giving you a potent, yet cheaply made drink. Malt liquor can come across as sweet, and that is because of the exceedingly low bittering of many brands. Mega breweries don’t bother using whole hops or even hop pellets, they create too much waste and extra labor, so instead,

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hop extracts are used for bittering. That hint of bitterness you get in every sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon? That’s hop extract. Malt Liquor recipes call for even less hop extract than a PBR does, which is why malt liquors come across as sweeter than lager beer.

It’s been over two decades since my derelict teens, but I still enjoy tasting a malt liquor every now and then. I actually purchased a 40 oz bottle of Olde English a few years ago, and was surprised at how easy it was to drink (before it got warm anyway).

Just the other day, I was browsing the import isle of my local bodega when I saw the most curious bottle. The label said “Samichlaus Classic,” in gothic font, with the words “MALT LIQUOR” beneath it. I peered closer. This malt liquor happened to be 14% alcohol by volume.

Samichlaus, the Swiss-German name

for Saint Nicholas, is a confusing beer to categorize, even for the company that creates it. According to the Schloss Eggenberg, this drink is brewed once a year on December 6th, and aged for 10 months before bottling.

The brewery website categorizes it as a barleywine, but is regarded industry wide as a very strong doppelbock (a strong, dark lager).

The confusion in style comes from the fact that at 14% ABV, it is above style guidelines for both barleywine (maximum ABV is capped at 12%) and Doppelbock (10% ABV max) styles. In 1980, Samichlaus was actually regarded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s strongest beer (since surpassed many times over). Due to alcohol laws in Austria, lager beers with exceedingly high alcohol content are categorized simply as malt liquor. Unlike American malt liquor, Samichlaus is all-barley, and does not contain

extra fermentable sugars.

Holy shit, I had to have it. I had to review it. I had to write about it. And I was making my (decidedly non-malt liquor drinking) girlfriend try it out with me.

SAMICHLAUS CLASSIC, 2016 VINTAGE – 14% ABV, 20 IBU. Schloss Eggenberg Brewery.

APPEARANCE: Garnet; brownish-red in the center of a glass, going almost black around the edging. Velia peers deeply at it and noted that it almost reminded her of Coca-Cola.

“It’s got a rich, caramelly color”, she noted.

A thin, white head of foam dissipated quickly, leaving no lacing. Me: 5/5 Velia: 5/5 NOSE: I pick up a complex array of scents.

Cherries, plums, dark fruit, yeast; toast with fig jam. To Velia, it’s reminiscent of something she’s had before, but she can’t remember what. To her it smells of citrus, lemon, sourdough. Me: 5/5 Velia: 5/5 TASTE: The first thing that comes to mind is cherry cough syrup. The best cherry cough syrup I’ve ever had. Lightly medicinal, sweet, warming the throat and chest as it goes down, softly bitter at the finish, fruity aftertaste with no harshness, no solvents or fusel notes. To Velia it’s very sweet, syrupy. It reminds her of root beer. “It tastes like beer candy”, she says with a face. Me: 5/5 Velia 2/5 MOUTHFEEL: Full, thick, dense. The medium-low carbonation allows it to fully coat the mouth and tongue. Me: 5/5 Velia 4/5 OVERALL: One of the best beers I’ve ever rated, earning a rare 5/5 in my book.

Velia was less impressed, giving low marks for flavor but higher for everything else, still earning it a 4/5 in accumulated scoring.

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hey say variety is the spice of life, and in these unprecedented times, it is even more important to get in touch with the things you are most passionate about. La Quinta Resident Brandon Henderson is exercising that passion with his own gourmet salsa made with plenty of love that is perfect for any occasion. Henderson first got into this hobby in the summer of 2019, when making a batch of salsa verde for a birthday party with friends. His creation turned out to be a huge hit among guests and it inspired him to start fine tuning the recipe.

“Work was very slow for me at that time, so I spent the next few weeks making salsa every couple days and giving it out for people to sample. Next thing I knew, a bunch of social media posts about it spread like wildfire. I started getting messages from total strangers asking where to buy it! I was blown away. Soon I was able to pay for all of the ingredients and jars with the generous tips and donations from the local community.

I had a lot of fun delivering it and hanging out with people,” revealed Henderson.

That is the origin story for Cruz N Miles, providing three flavors of salsa: Red made with Roma tomatoes with Serrano and a smidge of ghost pepper, Orange with heirloom tomatoes and habanero, and Green consisting of tomatillos with Jalapeño and Serrano.

The name of the Cruz N Miles originates from Henderson’s two young sons named Evan Miles and Cody Cruz. After they were born, Henderson always joked that it would be cool if they started a band called "Cruisin

BRANDON HENDERSON SPICES THINGS UP WITH HIS HOMEMADE SALSA

Miles”. Once he started making salsa and needed a name, it clicked that Cruz n Miles would be perfect for the brand.

“I have a beautiful wife named Rachel who is fully supportive and has even dedicated her time to learning how to make tamales from scratch so we sometimes have gifts to serve with the salsa. They are amazing! Our boys are four and five, and have always been too short to reach the counter so they love pulling over their little chairs, climbing up, and help me chop veggies. I only let them press down on top of my hands but it still makes them feel involved. They also now know the names of all the different peppers and other ingredients. I really hope to build

a legacy they can continue when they are older,” stated Henderson.

The process for making Henderson’s salsa is pretty straightforward. He is equipped with a food handler’s card and understands food safety, so he spends a lot of time cleaning and sanitizing his prep area. Once he washes all of the vegetables and lines all his ingredients up, he throws on some music, gloves, and gets to work.

“Making people happy is my biggest gain from this. It’s also therapeutic to put on some good tunes and have a shot of tequila while making salsa. There were a few late nights where I would be hanging with some friends and people were claiming it was so good that

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BY CRYSTAL HARRELL they wanted to drink the salsa straight out of the jar. I always advised against it as I feel it should be savored like a fine wine, but that made for lots of laughs and great videos,” said Henderson.

Henderson’s primary profession is in Event Logistics, specifically in AV Project Management for corporate conferences and private parties. He was also involved in festival and concert experiences, but now that large-scale events are prohibited for the foreseeable future, he has also explored the realm of 3D design and rendering. This helps conceptualize and give a very comprehensive pre-visual for new construction, remodels, and even art installations. Henderson’s contact for that venture is Brandon@ NightLight-inc.com. Salsa making is still very much a passion that he hopes to explore further.

“I was on the cusp of solidifying Cruz n Miles as a business, renting commercial kitchen space, obtaining insurance, and figuring out a distribution plan until I got super busy with work. I ended up having to put the salsa dreams on the back burner. I’ve been making a little bit again lately, but it’s still just a hobby at this point. One day when I have extra time and resources, I’d love to take Cruz n Miles to the next level,” revealed Henderson.

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BINGE ON THIS

BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS

he majority of the nation’s nearly 5,550 indoor theaters remain closed.

And the spike of recent COVID-19 cases in many states has further postponed what was already determined a slow recovery.

The best news for big-screen movie lovers is the suddenly brisk business of drive-ins.

Why not the CV? Seems a perfect fit.

Some of the open spaces around Desert Hot Springs would be a great location for a pop-up drive in. It’s already tourist destination (for spa and weed aficionados (“soak and smoke”) how cool would it be to add an outdoor venue for events and movies.

THE OUTSIDER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON The ten hour adaptation of Stephen King's novel about the investigation of the gruesome murder of a boy in the Georgia woods and the mysterious, possibly supernatural force surrounding the case is intermittently gripping and intense if not fully satisfying.

In addition to al 10 exhilarating episodes from season one, the set features over 40 minutes of behind the scenes bonus content including the all-new featurette “EL CUCO. The BABA YAGA. THE OUTSIDER.” A nice extra is a never-before-seen look into the real-world origin and supernatural abilities of the being at the center of the series with compelling insights from the creators and the cast.

Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of the same name, THE OUTSIDER is a new drama series that follows a seemingly

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straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy. When 11-yar-old Frankie Peterson’s body is found mutilated in the Georgia woods, police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) sets out to investigate – with eye-witnesses and physical evidence pointing to Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman), a popular high school teacher, Little League coach, doting husband and father. While the case appears ironclad, Ralph is baffled by the emergence of contradictory evidence that places his suspect in a neighboring city at the same time of the murder. The mysterious set of circumstances surrounding this horrifying crime leads Ralph, a seasoned cop still grieving the recent death of his own son, to bring in unorthodox private investigator Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo), whose uncanny abilities he hopes will explain

the inexplicable.

Dive into HBO’s most-watched new series in the last three years. It has mesmerized audiences through its incredibly thrilling plot twists, talented actors, and true to life themes of grief and trauma. You will be glued to the screen until the electrifying climax. Seven mini features round out the interesting extras.

Warner Bros. Blu-ray.

EVIL: SEASON ONE This absorbing and unsettling psychological mystery series examines the origins of evil along with the ever-shifting dividing line between science and religion.

That’s the mysterious – and dangerous –line explored by skeptical psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) when she teams up with priest-in-training David Acosta (Mike

Colter), and contractor Ben Shakir to explore the evil humanity is capable of. Together, they dive into the Catholic Church’s files of occult phenomena to bring them to rational conclusions…or at least. Angel sightings, demonic possessions, prophecies and conspiracies will test their faith and push them to their limits as they learn that the world’s darkness may run deeper than they ever thought possible. Season One contains all 13 episodes. Over 40 minutes of exclusive special features. Paramount. Full frame DVD. NEW BLU FOR THE HOME THEATER: FORCE OF NATURE Mel Gibson stars in this edge-of-your-sear action thriller that explodes during a violent Category 5 hurricane. As disgraced cop Cardillo (Emile Hirsch) races to evacuate an apartment building, he comes across Dr. Troy (Kate Bosworth) and her retired) detective father, Ray (Gibson). When a murderous gang of thieves arrives to rob a wealthy tenant, they must join forces to fight the criminals and escape with their lives before the entire city is deep underwater! This action-packed heist thriller is a derivative diversion that almost satisfies. Bosworth is not afraid of getting down and dirty when the scene calls for it.

Gibson is hardly recognizable. Lionsgate. robin@coachellavalleyweekly.com

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s society debates whether to roll back openings and continue shelter-in-place orders, let’s consider what the new normal may be once a vaccine or effective treatment regimen is proven effective.

The longer that we continue with our current approach to the virus, the longer it will take for society to return to prepandemic economic conditions. While the Great Depression of 1929 may have been technically over in four years, it was not until years after World War II’s end that the economy was back to normal. The Great Recession of 2008 lasted about half the time as the Great Depression although the recovery took longer in tourism centers like the Coachella Valley.

The Great Recession was notable in that it saw the erosion of the middle class. Middleclass jobs were replaced with lower income jobs causing the Great Recession to become a personal permanent depression for millions of Americans.

As we consider the other side of this health event, we can be certain that the Coachella Valley will experience a deeper and longer road to recovery than many other areas as we rely on seasonal tourism and reside in a high tax state.

Due to the massive loss of income going to governments, businesses, and many individuals, we can expect a decline in spending. As governments, businesses and many individuals took on significant

debt to get through the crisis, spending will eventually need to be cut to deal with economic realities. Spending cuts will come from lower staffing levels, less office space and reduced travel. The pandemic and shut down have proven to many businesses that they can operate effectively with a remote workforce.

Before the pandemic struck, Cisco had 60% of their employees working remotely.

Cisco, Facebook and numerous other large employers have pledged to go to a virtual workplace for most workers. These changes in work patterns will cause business centers to have higher vacancy rates. This will cause local businesses that relied on those shoppers to fail under the economic weight of a shutdown (or two) and permanently lower business levels.

With less commuting, people will not need to spend as much on auto expenses.

With fewer business trips and conferences,

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IF YOU DRINK AND DRIVE..

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f you did not heed my warning to not drink and drive and take a Taxi or Uber and you got a DUI then you need to know the following: A DUI in California kicks in two sets of events... Court and DMV. The California Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV, begins a process of suspending your driver's license and you only have 10 days calendar days to request a hearing.

Procedurally, when you are arrested for a DUI, the police under the STOP AND SNATCH LAW, will take your driver's license away. You are then given a "White" 8X10 temporary driver's license.

Your license is confiscated by the police when you either fail or refuse to take a PAS chemical test (breathalyzer or blood test).

The officer at the scene will issue a Pink 8X10 "Order of Suspension" which is good for only 30 days.

If the officer smells any alcohol he will administer Field Sobriety Tests aka FST's which are optional. The optional Preliminary Alcohol Screening test (PAS) at the scene, uses a small portable breath machine. The PAS test is NOT the same as the more accurate Big Breathalyzer at the station.

I suggest clients say they understand

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hotels, airlines and other travel-reliant businesses will struggle with many failing.

As more people will work and shop from home, the need for physical stores will decline. This causes increased unemployment and greater commercial real estate vacancy rates.

With fewer people working, more businesses closing and increased costs on government due to unemployment and other emergency needs, most levels of government will cut staffing and lower services provided.

As you can see, there is a domino effect that kicks in as economic damage gets worse.

The longer that our economy remains in various stages of lockdown, the magnitude of the economic damage grows. Jobs cuts and reduced spending beget more job cuts and reduced spending. Given the amount of money printed to get us through the spring and summer, we are also facing the prospects

of inflation. This means that the price of food and other essentials can be expected to go up. While we may not see that for a few years, it is another challenge awaiting us as the economy tries to get back to normal.

If this not enough, there is a real prospect that we will have a new Presidential administration in January. As business expects this to lead to higher tax rates and regulatory demands, we can expect business to slow its investment in the US economy while deploying capital to the markets that offer the best returns.

As has been proven around the world, until you reduce the spread of the virus to a manageable level, the damage on the economy (not to forget more deaths) will grow. As we are divided as a nation, hope of the united solution to mitigate the economic damage is increasingly unlikely.

Will this post-virus recovery timeline be ten years like the Great Recession, twenty like the Great Depression, more or less?

There is no way to know but the recovery will most certainly be measured in years.

Haddon Libby is the Founder and Managing Partner of Winslow Drake Investment Management. For more information, please visit WinslowDrake.com or email Hlibby@WinslowDrake.com.

LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

the FST's and Breath test at the scene are voluntary and thus they opt not to take them.

Then they should explain that they are happy to cooperate with law enforcement and take a Blood test at the Station.

The breath test reading of .08 may not be accurate because the police did not properly calibrate the machine regularly and or have a properly trained operator per Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations. Eating gum, mints or lozenges before taking the test sometimes gives false positives. Acid reflux, being diabetic or on a high protein diet may also cause inaccurate results.

Remember the other FST tests: shining a flashlight in your eye, walking the line, finger to nose etc. are all optional at the scene.

This "Pink" paper (license) suspends your driver's license and gives you the right to drive with it for 30 days. The police officer will send your Driver's License to the Sacramento DMV for destruction. DMV issues a White temporary license, good until suspended by DMV. If your lawyer does not request a STAY (freezing the suspension) then after 30 days your license will be suspended.

A Stay delays suspension until a hearing date is set and a ruling received. Your license is always good UNTIL you get a notice from

the DMV saying it has been suspended.

A DMV hearing is statutory and thus if you have .08 or higher the odds are you will lose, and it will stay on your record as a prior for 10 years. If you are under 21 you cannot have any alcohol on your breath.

Suggestion for future article? 760-8377500 or dale@dalegribowlaw.com DALE GRIBOW - Representing the Injured and Criminally Accused "TOP LAWYER" - California's Prestige Magazine, Palm Springs Life (PI/DUI) 2011-20

"TOP LAWYER" - Inland Empire Magazine 2016- 2019 PERFECT 10.0 AVVO Peer Rating "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE OR TEXT AND GET A DUI OR ACCIDENT... CALL A TAXI, LYFT OR UBER....THEY ARE A LOT CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME"

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any hearts broke when a precious little dog named Amy was killed last year in her own backyard by coyotes. This tragedy occurred at 11:00 a.m. in the morning, in a home where precautions were already in place to protect beloved pets from predators.

Amy already had an amazing story of tragedy to triumph. A mix of Mini Blue Merle Australian Shepherd and Chinese Crested Powder Puff, Amy was rescued by Loving All Animals from the San Bernardino County Shelter at Devore in 2015. She was one of over 100 beautiful dogs left without food or water in an abandoned Lucerne Valley puppy mill. Responding to an anonymous tip, animal control officers discovered the rundown property at the end of a dirt road. The dogs were crammed into cages, forced to live in their own waste and with the dead bodies of their companions. Older purebreds were

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AMY'S PURPOSE: SAVING ANIMALS FROM COYOTES

weak and malnourished from overbreeding, many were sick, and some were blind.

Folks respond to help animals when there is a crisis, and the plight of these dogs made national news. Loving All Animals joined the crowded pack of rescue groups and individual adopters vying for these beautiful but very frightened dogs. The organization “won” seven of the animals in a lottery drawing.

They brought the dogs back to the Coachella Valley for socializing, vetting, training, and eventual adoption.

DeAnn Lubell tells the story of how she met, adopted, and fell in love with Amy. “On March 4, 2015, Lindi Biggi invited a few friends to play golf……On the way back she invited us to join her at her home for refreshments. She warned us she was acting as a ‘way-station’ for recently acquired puppy mill rescues, and that we would be around about seven skittish little dogs. The last thing

I needed or wanted was to foster or adopt a new pet. Most certainly, not an untrained and frightened puppy mill dog. …….However, while sitting at the patio table that fateful day in Lindi’s back yard, the funniest looking fourlegged fur-ball, about nine to twelve months old, came running by….She had ears the size of a rabbit’s, a funny pink and black nose, and a teddy bear face. It was love at first sight and I had to have her. I agreed to foster to adopt. At first, she wouldn’t let anyone near her. She showed all the signs of being a mistreated puppy mill off-spring as she was terrified of people, strange environments, and noises. She was wild and timid.”

DeAnn took the little dog home, agreeing to attend five to six weeks of special training classes at Lindi’s for the other LAA puppy mill rescues with their foster parents. Amazing dog trainer Sandy Miller conducted the classes designed to help dogs never before touched by a loving human hand, let alone walked on a leash.

Amy’s journey continues, “It is 2016, and Amy is a well-loved, happy little girl. She adores her canine brothers and sister. She tolerates the cat. She is a natural born guard dog, who likes to hang out at the front glass door sounding the alarm of arrivals. She is intentionally funny, over the top smart, sweet, loving, and alert…..This one time starving and abused puppy mill puppy – who didn’t have a clue how to love, play, respond, or interact – learned how to merrily run the household. I firmly believe it was Amy who rescued me instead of the other way around.

She had a magical, intuitive way of bringing a smile to a sad face and laughter to dry tears by her perfectly timed comical antics……..She was my heart and I loved her beyond words.”

Today DeAnn Lubell is on a mission, “I was blessed to have had Amy in my life for almost five years until three coyotes killed her in the blink of an eye on December 22, 2019. I am trying to turn this tragedy into something positive by creating an education coyote/predator awareness program called Amy’s Purpose…..Amy’s Purpose mission cannot be postponed any longer. Friends and strangers are losing pets to coyotes

MEET KIKO

MEET SAVANNAH

Kiko’s hobbies are cuddling in bed and laying in the sunshine (indoors of course). This 3-yr-old girl is fully vetted, and ready for her “furever” home. She would love to get a home that supplies catnip treats. Rescued by www. prettygoodcat.com in La Quinta.

Contact info@prettygoodcat. com or (760) 660-3414.

Savanna is 60-lbs of doggie love! Her hobby is cuddling up with you. This 7-yr-old shepherd mix girl likes meeting other large size dogs. Savanna is dog ID#A44398071 at the Palm Springs Animal Shelter. For more info or to schedule appointment, contact adoption@psanimalshelter.org (including dog’s name & your phone) or (760) 416-5718.

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weekly. I have the ideas and information, but not the web technology, nor money right now. Any suggestions or help would be most appreciated during this “down” time (from the pandemic).”

Coyotes can attack dogs being walked on leashes, coyotes can attack big dogs, and coyotes can jump over high walls. They have been known to attack small dogs held in their owner’s arms. Alone or in packs, they may enter suburban and even urban areas. A recent episode of the Dr. Oz television show concerning the increase in suburban wild animal attacks told of a coyote’s attempt to abduct a small child by his sweatshirt. The child’s father had to fight for his own life to protect his son in the ensuing struggle with the coyote.

DeAnn wants us to understand that coyotes are doing what they need to do to survive. “My goal with this program is AWARENESS. To have a website and Facebook site to let people know of sightings, killings, how to safeguard, grief counseling, and a place to share personal stories and advice.

Also, a friend offered a lovely community

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com room to hold periodic gatherings and to feature coyote experts to give talks. I can’t do this alone and time is ticking. Tomorrow it might be your pet. This is not to make people AFRAID – it is to make people AWARE. We do not want to harm the coyotes – they are only doing what comes naturally. They don’t know they are killing your precious fur baby.

If you have time, means or suggestions, please notify me via PM on Facebook or my email address at lulubell24@aol.com. Thank you so much. Too many of us pet parents, these little beating hearts are our children even though they have fur, they mean the world to us.”

Amy’s purpose is to save other pets from the danger of predators, including birds of prey. Amy’s purpose is to make us all more vigilant when taking our dogs and cats outdoors. Amy’s purpose is to educate everyone about the many precautions they can take to protect their animals. One such deterrent are “coyote vests” with Velcroattached spikes and spokes to be worn when your pet is outside, available locally at California Paws Rescue.

Amy’s legacy will save other dogs and cats.

Be vigilant, become educated, and join Amy’s Purpose. Precious Amy lives on in the hearts of the many people who knew and loved her.

Janetmcafee8@gmail.com ------------------------------------------Below is a partial list of shelters and rescues in the Inland Empire with animals for adoption. Most of these shelters remain

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closed for walk-ins; Call for an appointment.

You can view most of their animals online in advance of calling.

COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS – This county shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. You can view the animals at all 4 Riverside county shelters at www.rcdas.org, and get the ID number of the animal you want to meet. Email them with the animal’s ID number at shelterinfo@ rivco.org and call (760) 343-3644. Located at 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms.

(Public) PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. They schedule appointments Wednesday through Monday, closed on Tuesday. View their animals online at www.psanimalsshelter.org, 4575 E. Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs, (760) 416-5718.

(Public) ANIMAL SAMARITANS – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. View their animals at www. animalsamaritans.org. Email acorrow@

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TURN AROUND – DON’T DROWN!

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t won’t be long until we start seeing those large cumulous clouds developing over the deserts, mountains and throughout Southern California. It’s important to start thinking about these rare storms, because this is the season!

As firefighters we know the power of water. We have some of the best apparatus capable of pumping thousands of gallons of water per minute during fires. In this capacity, water saves lives and property—it is essential to protecting our communities.

But there’s a flip side to this power— water is also extremely destructive. Flash floods are the number one storm-related

killed in the United States. In the last three years, flooding has taken the lives of more than 100 people in the U.S. each year, and the numbers are growing as climate change increases the number of days with extremely heavy precipitation.

80% of flood deaths occur in vehicles, and most happen when drivers make a single, fatal mistake - trying to navigate through floodwaters.

Do you know what 6, 12 and 18 add up to? Danger!

Six inches of moving water can knock you off your feet.

Twelve inches of moving water can move

animalsamaritans.org to foster. Located at 72307 Ramon Rd, Thousand Palms, (760) 601-3918. (Private) CALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE - The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 73650 Dinah Shore, Palm Desert. View their animals at www. californiapawsrescue.com, (760) 656-8833.

(Private) HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt a dog or cat.

View their animals at www.orphanpet.com.

Located at 17825 N. Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, (760) 329-0203. (Private) KITTYLAND – The shelter is closed so call for an appointment to adopt a cat. Located at 67600 18th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, www. kittylandrescue.org, (760) 251-2700. (Private) FOREVER MEOW – Foster based rescue for cats located in Rancho Mirage. Contact them at www.ForeverMeow.org, call (760) 335-6767. (Private) PRETTY GOOD CAT – Foster based rescue for cats located in La Quinta. Contact them

July 23 to July 29, 2020 at www.prettygoodcat.com,call (760) 6603414 (Private) LOVING ALL ANIMALS – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 83496 Avenue 51, Coachella, www.lovingallanimals.org, (760) 834-7000. (Private) MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY – Located at 4646 Sun View Rd, Joshua Tree, www.mbhumanesociety.com, call between 11am-4pm for updates (760) 3663786 (Private) CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ANIMAL SHELTER – Shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Hours for adoption 10am – 4pm Tuesday thru Sat. Google “City of San Bernardino Animal Shelter” for website to view animals and get the ID number of the animal you want to meet. Located at 333 Chandler Place, San Bernardino, (909) 384-1304 or (909) 3847272. (Public) SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AT DEVORE – Shelter closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Call (909) 386-9280 daily between 9am & 5pm.

View animals at www.sbcounty.gov/acc and get the ID number of animal you want to meet. Located at 19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino (Public).

DREAM TEAM ANGELS RESCUE - Foster based rescue located in Grand Terrace/San Bernardino area. Contact them through website www.DreamTeamangelsrescue. com, (360) 688-8884. (Private)

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA a small car.

Eighteen inches of moving water can move a large vehicle, truck or SUV Watch for the following signs: Unusually hard rain over several hours.

Steady substantial rain over several days.

A monsoon or other tropical system affecting your area.

A weather report.

Water rising rapidly in streams and rivers.

• In hilly terrain, flash floods can strike with little or no advance warning. Distant rain may be channeled into gullies and ravines, turning a quiet stream into a rampaging torrent in minutes. Never camp on low ground next to streams since a flash flood can catch you while you're asleep.

• DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS! Even if it looks shallow enough to cross. The large majority of deaths due to flash flooding occur with people driving through flooded areas. Roads concealed by water may not be intact. Turn Around Don’t Drown!

• If the vehicle stalls, leave it immediately and seek higher ground. Rapidly rising water may engulf the vehicle and its occupants and sweep them away. Remember it's better to be wet than dead!

• Do not allow children to play around streams, drainage ditches or viaducts, storm drains, or other flooded areas!

• Be especially cautious at night. It's harder to recognize water danger then.

• Don't try to outrace a flood on foot. If

you see or hear it coming, move to higher ground immediately.

When hiking, follow these steps: Wait for everyone in the crew to arrive at stream, and make a determination to cross.

Do not walk through a flowing stream on foot where water is above your ankles.

When walking through or on rocks or logs over a stream, loosen pack buckles so if you fall you can easily get away from your pack and it will not drag you under.

Wait for everyone to cross before continuing (in case the last person needs assistance).

• Be familiar with the land features where you live, work, and play. It may be in a low area, near a drainage ditch or small stream, or below a dam. Be prepared!

• Stay tuned to your local news or the NOAA Weather Radio for the latest statements, watches and warnings concerning heavy rain and flash flooding in your area, report it to the National Weather Service.

• Campers/hikers should always determine if local officials, such as park rangers, post local cautions and warnings.

This goes along with -- in those areas where it's required -- completing any local tour/ entrance/trip plan.

Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

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BY AIMEE MOSCO

BREAKING THE CYCLE OF FEAR

“A major soul objective for each human being is to wrangle and overcome fear. As we move out of fear, we reposition ourselves to align with higher understanding...” SACRED (System) Workbook, by Aimee Mosco and Donald L. Ferguson, page 117 e human beings are resilient creatures and thank goodness because we have endured some pretty unthinkable horrors. We are currently living through some unprecedented events and to say it is unsettling and fear-invoking is a colossal understatement.

It is helpful to remember as we pass through the flames of this transformation (or if you didn’t already know) that fear, anger, and judgment are all parts of the same animal. When you find yourself in any or all of these states, you can be sure that ego has taken the wheel. If you allow ego to take charge, the road ahead becomes treacherous and riddled with obstacles.

No one could rightly blame anyone else for having ego or fear-based responses to what is going on in our world right now. We are experiencing unprecedented changes and we are firmly positioned in the heart of uncharted territory. When we land in this place on the road map, it takes expanded awareness to recognize and disconnect from fear in all of its forms. While most of us know at this point that falling into the clutches of ego is exactly the opposite of what will help us most, we still often fall into that old habit of letting ego rule.

If you find yourself getting triggered with anger at the words of others, giving in to unfavorable judgment or insisting that others agree with you, here is something to consider: Your judgments are triggered by your own fears. Fear, anger, and judgment responses mean you have more inner work to do.

If you work toward becoming clear and free of ego influence through mindful practice such as choosing words that are not

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inflammatory in nature, reserving judgment by listening to others with an open mind, having compassion rather than disdain for those who have beliefs or mind-sets that challenge yours, identifying the things you have in common with those who are different from you, your vibrations will steadily increase to a point where fear can no longer exist. Your high energetic output will become a light force of influence. This is how you affect the greatest change on the grandest scale. The higher YOU go, the higher WE go.

If you are motivated by the prospect of living in a world that has risen to higher ground and unity is the new standard, do yourself and all of mankind the service of boxing your ego so it no longer holds power over you and your bright light.

In my pursuit to help human beings shine their brightest light, I invite you to join Facebook group Evolve through Love hosted

by Elizabeth Scarcella, BB Ingle, and me. Go to facebook.com/groups/evolvethroughlove and share with us your joy.

Aimee Mosco is an Author, Intuitive Channel, Spiritual Coach, and Co-Founder of Intentional Healing Systems, LLC. Aimee’s passion for helping others inspired her book “Gratitude + Forgiveness x (LOVE) = Happiness”. Find Aimee at ihsunity.com.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.” Aries playwright Samuel Beckett made that observation, and now I’m passing it on to you as you glide into an extra-creative phase of your astrological cycle. I hope you will regard Beckett’s idea as an open-ended encouragement to improvise and experiment. May it rouse you to brainstorm about novel possibilities. May it inspire you to explore fresh trends you could launch. May it mobilize you to imagine the new worlds you might Big Bang into existence.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Diane Ackerman tells us, “So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself.” That’s the kind of loneliness I worry you may be susceptible to right now, Taurus. You’re a bit out of touch with aspects of your psyche that are crucial for you to include in your total sense of self. You’ve been neglecting to nurture certain soulful qualities that keep you healthy and wise. Please note: It won’t be useful to try to find those parts of you in other people; you will have to locate them in your own depths. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be an excellent time to do just that.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Someone ought to do it, but why should I?” Author and activist Annie Besant identified that sentence as the motto of people who are moral cowards: those who know about an injustice but do nothing to address it. Very few of us have completely avoided that behavior.

Most of us, including me, have now and then chosen to serve our need for comfort instead of standing up against corruption or unfairness. But I think it’s more important than usual that you Geminis don’t engage in such moral cowardice now. More depends on your integrity and bravery than you realize.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Born in 1936, Cancerian author and activist June Jordan was a black feminist bisexual born to Jamaican immigrant parents. When she was growing up, her father beat her and her mother committed suicide. Later, she raised her child alone as a single mother. Despite the challenges she faced, she published 28 books, won numerous awards, and wielded significant influence.

How did she do it? She was a highly evolved Cancerian in the sense that she put a priority on treating herself well. “I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect,” she testified. I’d like to make that your keynote for the rest of 2020. Your task is to achieve June Jordan-levels of self-care.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “How can I communicate to wild bunnies that I am their ally?” asked a Twitter blogger named Ghost Girl. That question is a good place to start my oracle for you. In the coming weeks, I think you’ll be wise to meditate on how to enhance your relationship with all kinds of wild things: animals, people, weather, landscapes, and your own exotic thoughts and fantasies. In my opinion, you will upgrade your intelligence and well-being by increasing your access to influences that don’t necessarily play by conventional rules and that draw their energy from primal sources.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s never too late to have a rebellious adolescence—hopefully bigger and better and smarter than any you’ve had before. And according to my analysis, now would be a favorable time to get started. Is there any stuffy authority you’d be wise to flout? Any dumb and oppressive conventions you would benefit from breaking? Any stale old traditions you’re primed to ignore so you can create some lively new traditions? In my estimation, you will generate good fortune for yourself if you try some benevolent mischief and creative experiments.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your word of power for the coming weeks is ubuntu, a Zulu term meaning “I am because we are” or “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.” Nobel Prize-winning theologian Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes, “A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for

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he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished.” I hope that between now and August 25, Libra, you will put ubuntu at the center of everything you do. Make it an intensely practical practice.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them,” says Scorpio-born Liberian politician Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” I trust you’ve arrived at this realization on your own in the past few weeks.

And I hope you have audaciously expanded and supercharged your dreams so that they do indeed surpass your current ability to accomplish them.

If you have not yet done this daring work, please attend to it now. If you have done it, move on to the next step: making definite plans to acquire the power and resources necessary to achieve your new, improved dreams.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The soul should always stand ajar,” wrote Sagittarian poet Emily Dickinson, “That if the heaven inquire, / He will not be obliged to wait, / Or shy of troubling her.”

I’m confident that this will be a fertile meditation for you in the coming weeks. So what does it mean? By “heaven,” I assume Dickinson meant marvelous interventions, sacred revelations, and lucky accidents—and maybe also soulful invitations, out-of-the-blue opportunities, and supernatural breakthroughs. What do you think, Sagittarius? What can you do to make your soul ajar for phenomena like those?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Everything is complicated,” wrote poet Wallace Stevens. “If that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.” I agree! And therefore, I conclude, you should shed any resentment you might feel for the fact that our world is a crazy tangle of mystifying and interesting stories. Drop any wish that life will stop being so fascinatingly messy and confusingly intriguing. Instead, why not celebrate the deep riddles? And revel in the intriguing complexity?

And give holy thanks for the paradoxical beauty?

Everything I just said should prepare you well for the next four weeks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be extra sensitive to stimuli in the coming weeks. Every little event will touch you more intensely than usual.

Every perception will flow into you with an unusually strong potential to move you and influence you.

That’s why I think you should be vigilantly selfprotective. Erect a psychic shield around yourself.

Make sure your boundaries are firm and clear. Affirm your unshakable commitment to deflecting vibes that aren’t of use to you and welcoming vibes that will enhance your well-being.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Actress Gwyneth Paltrow founded Goop, a company that markets exotic, expensive health treatments. She claims that far-infrared gemstone therapy and crystal-based sound-healing baths will dissolve your negativity.

Allowing bees to sting your scars will supposedly cause the scars to fade. Drinking “sex juice,” a blend of watermelon and alkaline water, will enhance your libido. The “collagen martini,” which is a mix of vodka, vermouth, olive juice, and collagen peptides, will smooth your skin’s wrinkles. I’m favorably disposed to you taking strong actions to improve your wellbeing in the coming weeks, Pisces, but I recommend that you try cheaper, more reliable modalities than those Paltrow recommends. Like what? Ample sleep and good food, for starters, along with fun exercise, time in nature, enjoyable meditation sessions, and tender expressions of love.

Homework: Are there any ways in which you would benefit from becoming more well-balanced?

Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com ---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny - Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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CANNABIS CORNER STATE LEVEL DECRIMINALIZATION LEGALIZATION

OR FEDERAL RESCHEDULING: WHICH IS PREFERRED?

BY RUTH HILL R.N.

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n Axios/surveymonkey poll in June of 2019 shows that 87% of Americans support allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if their doctor prescribes it. A growing number of political candidates are now supporting some sort of legalization. Twenty-seven states are voting for either decriminalization or legalization.

Former President Richard Nixon established the Shafer Commission in 1972 chartered with investigating if marijuana is safe. The Commission found that, “neither the marijuana nor the user of the drug constituted a danger to the public and recommended a policy of civil penalties instead of criminal

penalties for possession.” Furthermore, the Commission recommended the possession of marijuana for personal use no longer be an offense, [and that the] casual distribution of small amounts of marihuana for no remuneration, or insignificant remuneration no longer be an offense.” In the ensuing 48 years, several states — including Connecticut, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, and Virginia — have adopted policies that partially or totally decriminalization marijuana use.

Decriminalization helps relieve police resources devoted to other crimes.

Decriminalization, however, does nothing to mitigate the activities related to providing

the public with safe marijuana products, such as, access to the public, testing, labeling, ensuring potency and purity. In some instances, the decriminalization is only for individual users. It lacks any controls for regulators to enforce safe use policies from seed to market.

And it provides no ability for state or local governments to tax commercial and retail cannabis transactions and to reinvest these dollars back into the community. It leaves the criminal marketplace as is — dominated by criminal entrepreneurs rather than by licensed businesses.

Paul Armentano, is the deputy director of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and he is the co-author of the book "Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink." Armentano in his article for The Hill, published July 18, 2020is clarifying which is more effective decriminalization or legalization. He states: “Most problematically, decriminalization continues to classify cannabis as contraband under the law, thereby assuring that police will continue to routinely interact with communities — and communities of color especially — in order to maintain the failed policy of marijuana prohibition. In many instances, police continue to use, and often abuse, tactics reliant on the plant’s illicit status— such as citing the smell of cannabis as probable cause for a motor vehicle

search— to disproportionately profile those in marginalized communities.”

As reported in April by the American Civil Liberties Union, Black Americans are 3.6 times more likely to be arrested for a marijuana crime than white Americans despite using cannabis at similar rates. In many instances history has shown that decriminalizing cannabis will do little to discourage this sort of police misconduct and bring little tangible relief to communities of color.

NORML urges pollical candidates in the 2020 election instead to throw support behind The MORE Act, HR 3884 — which would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and once and for all allow individual states the flexibility and authority to regulate cannabis how best they see fit and more in line with alcohol.

This will be a remarkably interesting election due to all the hype about Black Lives Matter, the riots, and the coronavirus lockdowns. About half of respondents in the Axios/surveymonkey poll say their vote will NOT be affected by a candidate who supports marijuana legalization. Revising cannabis laws on the Federal level may be only a faint voice in the wilderness this election cycle.

Questions on this article email Ruth A Hill at info@ruthahillrn.com

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CALLING ALL ARTISTS: THE LEAF EL PASEO IS ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR A T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST

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he Leaf El Paseo, the leading cannabis dispensary in the Coachella Valley, is calling all artist to submit designs for a tee shirt contest. Entries are currently being accepted through Saturday, August 15, 2020.

All styles are welcome including, but not limited to, modern, abstract, art deco, or contemporary, and multiple submissions from the same artist will be accepted. Entries must feature original artwork only and contain no explicit language.

The selected design will be featured on tee-shirts and sold at the store. The winning

designer will receive 20% off purchases at The Leaf for the remainder of the year (some restrictions apply), plus a tee shirt featuring their artwork, and a gift bag of goodies. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, August 19, and contacted via email or phone.

The Leaf El Paseo has the right to use all submissions on social media and in marketing promotions. Artists must be 21 and older to enter. Entries must be submitted in either .JPG or .PDF formats and emailed to contests@ leafelpaseo.com. For more info visit leafelpaseo. com/blog/t-shirt-design-contest.

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