Colton Courier 10/20/22

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By Manny Sandoval

Whi l e H i s p a n i c H e r i t a g e M o n t h ended on October 15, Supervisor Joe Baca Jr i n t e r v i e w e d C o l t o n P o l i c e Department Chief of Police

Henry Dominguez regarding Hispanic barriers and heritage, local talent, and protecting and serving the community

" H i s p a n i c H e r i t a g e M o n t h allows me to look back at the history of Hispanics and how

our ancestors contributed to society It is humbling, and it makes me proud to be where I am today," said Dominguez

Baca said Dominguez serves as a role model to many of Colton's children and families

and gives them hope that they can land a significant, impact ful role one day "One thing I've noticed is that many Hispanics and Hispanic women are getting into law enforcement So tell us a little

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Sienna Briones, and Reagan Koperski In the Junior Miss

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Melody Perez and finally in the Jr Teen Division was Mia Perez

The pageant was held at Fleming Park and kept very simple Each contestant was introduced to the audience and judges, while a short bio

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Colton PD Chief of Police Henry Dominguez and Supervisor Joe Baca Jr having a conversation about Hispanic heritage and law enforcement in October 2022

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The sueens attending their first event on October 15th at the Open House at the Colton Fire Station

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bit about the barriers between law enforcement and the com munity that you're trying to break down as a police chief," said Baca

"One thing that we're doing is starting to communicate and teach our officers how to talk to the community; it goes both ways with the communication Communication is also about listening, understanding both sides and being willing to hear the other side; when it comes to understanding the community and vice versa," continued Dominguez

Dominguez says that one of the department's latest initia tives aims to be transparent with the community now and in the future

"It's the transparency We're trying to be open with the com munity and show them that this is who we are It seems as if be fore, it was more of an enclosed community; now, it's more open We want people to under stand that we are not robots; it's not like in the movies When we are off work, we're the fam ily man, the husband, the grandparents, and the babysit ter We do everything the public

does, and we're human too," Dominguez said While Colton's population is over 70 percent Hispanic, Dominguez says the depart ment will continue to strengthen its relationship with the community by showing them they are also a part of it

"We are a part of the commu nity We're not just an outside inquiry dealing with the com munity; we are a part of the community And that is one thing I want to emphasize is that breaking down the barriers and the stigma people have on police will happen when people see that we are a part of the community with them," con cluded Dominguez

"Thank you for being a posi tive role model, a positive in fluence, and for aiming to make your agency a part of the com munity by really integrating and getting to know the com munity As you know, Colton is a very tight knit community, so we appreciate you keeping the homegrown talent here and everything you do to protect and serve the City of Colton," concluded Baca

To learn more about the Colton Police Department, visit coltonpd org

Craft fair on each of the contestants was read out loud The Jr Teen con testants were asked a question on stage and all the contestants competed in a formal division Earlier in the week each contest ant participated in a photo shoot, where our photographer Renee Nunez did a great job Before crowning of our new queens, Miss Photogenic was announced and the winner was Sienna Briones from the Little Miss Di vision

Emceeing today’s pageant was Miss Colton Chantelle Martinez and she was helped on stage by

Colton Princesses; Maggie Calderilla, Lexi Saragosa, Mariah Perez and Brooke Carl son Our 2021 queens are Hazelee Meza Toddler Miss Colton, Aria Padilla Little Miss Colton and Jessa Martinez Jr Miss Colton, each were on hand to crown their successors Each of the outgoing queens were given the opportunity to do their final walk across the stage, while Miss Colton Chantelle Martinez read their farewell speech Each speech was unique but each said that their favorite part was dressing up like a princess and meeting people

And finally our 2022 Queens

are: Bernadette Rios Toddler Miss Colton, Reagan Koperski Little Miss Colton, Melody Perez Junior Miss Colton and Junior Teen Miss Colton is Mia Perez Each new queen was crown by the previous year ’s queen

Our new queens attended their first event on October 15th at the Open House at the Colton Fire Station, where several of our local fire fighters joined them in a photo Keep a look out for Miss Colton’s Royalty on our Facebook page “Miss Colton Pageant,” to see where they will be at next as well as information on Miss Colton’s next pageant

San Ber n ardino’s fir st Hisp anic Mayor Ju dith Valles details he r f amily’s e xperien ce with seg regation and discrimination in the city

By Manny Sandoval

brother ended up being buried in the San Bernardino cemetery where her mother wanted him

Recently,

Judith Valles, 89, the first His panic mayor of San Bernardino and re tired president of Golden West College, sat down with Inland Empire Community News and KVCR to detail her family's experience with segregation at the infamous Perris Hill Plunge and a local cemetery

Valles, born in 1933, is a San Bernardino Valley College Hall of Fame inductee and author of "As My Mother Would Say: Como Decia Mi Mama," didn't achieve this level of success overnight or without a fight through segregation

"I was raised in an eight parent family with four brothers and four sisters My parents were proud Hispanics, but my family endured much suffering in the 1940s," said Valles

She said when she was nine years old, her older brother, serving in the U S Air Force, was killed during a WWll training accident in 1942 The fol lowing experiences were some of her first remem brances of segregation and discrimination

"My brother's body was flown home, and my fa ther went to the cemetery to arrange his burial; everything was set The next day my mother went to select a casket, and the employee asked, 'Are you Mexican?' and my mother said, 'Si Senor ' My mother was told that Mexicans could not be buried there, that Mexicans and Negros have to be buried behind the hedge," continued Valles

Valles' father was beyond reasonably upset, and her brother's body ended up in her family's living room for a few days

"My father said, 'We're not going to bury him, and he took my brother's body home I was nine years old, and I remember in our living room, there was his casket So my father contacted the con gressman, and the congressman made arrange ments to have my brother's body flown to Arlington Cemetery in Washington My mother started crying, saying, 'I want my son buried here so I can go visit him,'" Valles said

With the help of congress and attorneys, Valles'

"My father insisted, and my brother integrated the cemetery So that was a big deal," said Valles

Also in the 1940s, when the Lopez V Seccombe case was filed, her older brother Mike went to the infamous Perris Hill Plunge with an Italian friend

The Italian friend was let in, but her brother was not because he was Mexican

"So they went to the plunge, and at the gate, they let Mike's Italian friend in, and they asked my brother, 'Are you Mexican?' and he said, 'Yes ' They said sorry, Mexicans can only swim on Fri days the day before they emptied the pool So he watched his buddy swim," continued Valles

She said that when her brother returned home, he explained what had happened to their father, and her father was livid

"My father was furious So he contacted some at torneys, and we integrated the pool at the Perris Hill Plunge, which explains why when I became mayor, I ensured that we had a swimming pool and a plunge on the westside at Nunez Park That was a community attribution I knew I had to accom plish," Valles said

Valles said that many people didn't realize how bad segregation and discrimination were back in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s

"It took people like my father to create change, and I didn't appreciate him then Sometimes I'd be embarrassed because he was such a fighter, but now I look back, and I say it's great that somebody did that," Valles said

When asked how she thinks her parents would react to finding out that their daughter became the first Hispanic mayor in the city of San Bernardino, she said they'd be proud

"I would often think about how proud my parents would be to know that I became the city's first His panic mayor when they endured so much discrim ination because of our ethnicity I used to look up and think, 'I hope they can see this now,'" con cluded Valles

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Retired Educator and Politician Judith Valles at KVCR studios in San Bernardino ahead of the Lopez v Seccombe reenactment in September 2022

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C h i n o H S C o a c h i n g L e g e n d B o b S h e e h a n I n d u c t e d I n t o C I F S S H a l l O f F a m e

By Caden Henderson

Lastweek, former Chino High School head baseball coach, and my grandpa, Bob Sheehan was in ducted into the CIF Southern Section Hall of Fame

The ceremony was held in Long Beach, and I was there to witness the event and see Sheehan and the many other great for mer high school coaches get their names immortalized in the high school sports world

The event began with a brief introduction from CIFSS commissioner Rob Wigod as he welcomed everyone to the event and lunch was served

After some time was given for everyone to eat, the induction begin First up was the Distinguished Service awards for those who had served many years, mainly as committee members and trailblazers for their respective sport(s) Award winners were greeted with plaques and, of course,

a huge round of applause from the audi ence

Immediately following the award presen tations, the Hall of Fame ceremony began Each honoree had a 3 5 minute pre recorded video of them giving thanks to the people that helped get them here as highlight tapes and pictures from their coaching careers played in the back ground

In addition to this, one Hall of Fame committee member also read aloud the list of accomplishments each coach had For Bob Sheehan, these stats included 46 years total coaching high school baseball at mul tiple schools (Chino, Beaumont, Arrow head Christian) and an overall record of 601 359 3 which included an impressive 482 247 3 record at Chino High school alone

Sheehan also made 2 CIFSS playoff semifinals to go along with 7 league cham pionships

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Haz una pausa y reconoce el estrés

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To top it all off, he was Athletic Director at Chino for 20 of his years there

All Hall of Fame Members had their name inscribed on a giant plaque, and each individual received their own plaque with their name on it as well as a ticket giving them lifetime free admission to any future CIFSS event

After all the members were announced, one final group photo was taken before the luncheon was dismissed and the festivities were over

Congratulations once again to my leg endary grandpa, Bob Sheehan, and all of the other members of the CIFSS Hall of Fame class of 2022

It is not often so many legendary mem bers of their craft are in one place, and it sure was special to see

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PHOTO CADEN HENDERSON

Caden Henderson (left) and his grandpa Bob Sheehan at the hall of fame induction ceremony in October 2022

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Community News

TheSan Bernardino Com munity College District has announced the ap pointment of State Senator Connie Leyva as the next executive direc tor of KVCR TV/FM the Inland Empire’s only public media sta tion that this year celebrated its 60th anniversary

SBCCD Chancellor Diana Z Rodriguez said, “Connie Leyva has spent her entire career center ing Inland Empire families, and she'll bring her passion for our re gion's success to advance KVCR's success

In accepting the position, Sena tor Leyva said, “I am so excited to join KVCR, a gem of the Inland Empire My family grew up with public radio and television, so it is a great honor to lead the talented KVCR team as it continues to pro vide factual, informative, and en tertaining programming to the residents of the Inland Empire and beyond I look forward to engag ing with communities across the entire KVCR broadcast area, so our work fully reflects our re gion’s diverse voices, people, and issues ”

Leyva, starting at KVCR when her legislative term ends on De cember 5, will report to Executive Vice Chancellor Jose F Torres

Leyva will oversee the imple mentation of KVCR’s long range plan, which includes:

Expanding student training op portunities for careers in media and journalism

Broadcasting PBS, NPR, and FNX First Nations Experience: The country’s only twenty four hour national Native American and World Indigenous television channel

Growing content relevant to Riverside and San Bernardino counties

Strengthening community part nerships and raising funds

Serving in California’s state sen ate since 2014, Leyva has devel oped strong links with communities across the Inland Empire and California

What they're saying: “Connie Leyva understands KVCR’s po tential and its vital role in our civic fabric,” said Executive Vice Chan cellor Torres “Her vision and ex perience collaborating with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives will help open doors to advance KVCR's mission ”

In addition to hiring Leyva, SBCCD has promoted Tony Papa, an award winning media industry veteran, as KVCR’s director of operations Papa will oversee staff operations, production, and multi ple technologies to deliver KVCR and FNX content across Inland Southern California and the coun try

Papa said, “It’s a privilege to be a part of a dynamic leadership team at such an iconic public media institution during this transformative period for TV

and radio stations across the country I’m thrilled to channel my 20+ years of tech and enter tainment experience into this phase of KVCR and FNX’s

and the communities we serve ”

To learn more, visit KVCR org and FNX org

Coptoberfest festivities with San Ber nardino Police Depar tment

were invited to attend

By Ricardo Tomboc

OnTuesday, October 4th the San Bernardino Police Department held an Inaugural Coptoberfest event

The employee parking lot was trans formed into a fairground with several game and vendor booths, a food booth, several bounce houses, a fire truck, a tri cycle obstacle course, a petting zoo, sev eral photo booths, a live DJ, even some dancing from police department’s staff and guest!

The entire San Bernardino community

Forensics’ Unit, Traffic Unit, Special Weapons and Tactics Unit, Public Affairs Unit, Patrol Unit, Mounted Unit, Drone Unit, and many others participated in the festivities interacting with hundreds of community members Police Chief Daren Goodman and many members of his Ex ecutive and Command staff were present to interact and converse the community Council Persons Theodore Sanchez and Damion Alexander, and Kimberly Knaus from Supervisor Joe Baca’s Office also made an appearance

The San Bernardino City Unified School District Police Department’s

Chief Joseph Paulino, several School Po lice Officers, and School Police Explorers were part of the festivities where they had a booth providing information, and activ ities for the younger kids

Several agencies attended providing in formation and giveaways including the City of San Bernardino Water Depart ment, CERT, SB County Work Force De velopment, Bureau of Victim Services, San Bernardino County Fire Department, and SBPD Historical Society Volunteers from the Citizens Patrol Unit and Chap lains Unit, and many others joined in to help during the festival It’s not every day that a child gets to do a craft, carve a pumpkin, or play games, or just a simple

chat with a uniformed Police Officer Sit ting on a police motorcycle or police car was one of the many exciting events the kids enjoyed Kids got excited when they were able to press the siren switch, acti vate the police car ’s red and blue lights, and shout commands from the public ad dress system Petting a Police Horse was something that even adults could not re sist To a child, the site of a police officer on a horse must have been like looking way up at a giant in uniform

Food and candy were everywhere, face painting, fingerprints on balloons, hand painting on walls, target practice with the SWAT Team Everyone had an enjoyable, fun time

PHOTO RICARDO TOMBOC

Cassey Hernandez (8) shows her handywork she made with Officer Dominguez at the craft table

L C H I C A N O C O L T O N C O U R I E R L E G A L A D V E R T

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Petitioner or Attorney: Samuel Mendoza 619 Garner Avenue, San Bernardino CA 92411

Super or Court of California County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino County Superior Ct Civi

PETITION OF: Samuel Mendoza FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CIV SB 2218756

TO ALL INTERESTED PER

SONS: Petitioner: SAMUEL MENDOZA has filed a peti tion with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: SAMUEL MENDOZA to Proposed name: SAMUEL OQUENDO

THE COURT ORDERS that a l persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause if any why the petit on 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 reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is schedu ed to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted If no written objec tion is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: NOV 14 2022 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: S16 The address of the court is: same as noted above

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be publ shed at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the follow ng news paper of general circulation printed in this county: El Chicano Dated: SEP 29 2022

JOHN M PACHECO

Judge of the Super or Court Published E Chicano 10/20,10/27,11/3,11/10/22 E 8404

SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 777 North F Street San Bernardino, CA 92410

NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS RFP No 22 16

Temporary Staffing Support Services for Before and After School Programs

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Bernard no City Unified School District of San Bernardino County State of Californ a acting through its Governing Board hereafter referred to as the District , is soliciting elec tronic proposal submittals through its OpenGov eProcurement web portal in response to RFP No 22 16, Temporary Staffing Support Services for

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The fo low ng person(s) is (are) doing bus ness as: JIMENEZ DELIVERIES 9985 FRANKFORT AVE BLOOM INGTON CA 92316

County of Princ pal Place of Bus ness: SAN BERNARDINO # o Emp oyees: 1 ERNESTO JIMENEZ, 9985 FRANK FORT AVE BLOOM NGTON CA 92316

Th s bus ness s conducted by (a/an):

INDIVIDUAL Reg strant commenced to transact bus ness under the f ct tious business name or names l sted above on SEP 20 2022

By s gning I declare that al nforma t on in this statement is true and cor rect A reg strant who declares as true nformat on wh ch he or she knows o be fa se is gu lty of a crime (B&P Code 17913) I am also aware tha al nformation on th s statement becomes Publ c Record upon fi ing s/ ERNESTO JIMENEZ OWNER Not ce In accordance with subdiv sion (a) of Section 17920, a fictit ous name statement genera ly exp res at the end of f ve years rom the date on wh ch it was fi ed in the Off ce of the County Clerk except as provided n Subdivis on (b) of Section 17920 where t expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth n the statement pursuant to Section 17913 o her than a change in the res dence address of a reg stered owner A new f ct tious business name statement must be f led before the exp ration

The fi ing of th s sta ement does not of tse f author ze the use n this state of a f ct tious business name in vio ation o the r ghts of another under federa state or common aw (see Section 14411 Et Seq Bus ness and Professions Code) Published 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27/22

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The fo low ng person(s) is (are) doing bus ness as: INFINITY WAY TRUCK ING 15044 MANZANITA DR FONTANA CA 92335 County of Princ pal Place of Bus ness: SAN BERNARDINO JOAQUIN AVILA P MENTEL 15044 MANZANITA DR FONTANA CA 92335

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