El Chicano 10/20/22

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By Manny Sandoval

Recently, Judith Valles, 89, the first Hispanic m a y o r o f S a n Bernardino and retired presi dent of Golden West College, sat down with Inland Empire Community News and KVCR to detail her family's experience with segregation at the infa

mous 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 par ent 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 train ing accident in 1942 The fol lowing experiences were some of her first remembrances of segregation and discrimination "My brother's body was flown home, and my father went to the cemetery to arrange his bur ial; everything was set The Valles cont on next pg

By Manny Sandoval

Anthony Vittal, to pay reloca tion benefits to all tenants, but that has yet to happen

Since Thursday, October 13th, multiple departments from the County of San Bernardino have

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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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next day my mother went to se lect 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," con tinued Valles

Valles' father was beyond rea sonably 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 congressman, and the con gressman made arrangements to have my brother's body flown to Arlington Cemetery in Washing ton 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' brother ended up being buried in the San Bernardino cemetery where her mother wanted him

"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

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been tabling in the dormi tory’s parking lot on the east side of the building, including public health clinic operations, public health oral health, and housing and transportation re sources

At the site on October 17th, 2022, San Bernardino County Health Education Specialist

Laura Gallardo said that morn ing they had two or three resi dents visiting the five resource booths

“Our service partner, Search light, is on site Monday through Friday from 7:30 am until 5:30 pm, providing in take, assistance, and other re sources Right now, there are only seven or eight tenants left on the first floor of the build ing,” said Krauss

And out of the seven or eight tenants remaining on the first floor, one of those residents was in the middle of moving out She had a Uhaul box truck parked in front of the D Street building with hazard lights turned on as they walked back and forth into the building re

Italian friend in, and they asked my brother, 'Are you Mexican?' and he said, 'Yes ' They said sorry, Mexicans can only swim on Fridays 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 fa ther, and her father was livid

"My father was furious So he contacted some attorneys, and we integrated the pool at the Per ris Hill Plunge, which explains why when I became mayor, I en sured that we had a swimming pool and a plunge on the west side at Nunez Park That was a community attribution I knew I had to accomplish," Valles said Valles said that many people didn't realize how bad segrega tion and discrimination were back in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s

"It took people like my father to create change, and I didn't ap preciate 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 find ing out that their daughter be came 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 Hispanic mayor when they endured so much discrimination because of our ethnicity I used to look up and think, 'I hope they can see this now,'" concluded Valles

moving their items from inside the dormitory

On October 17th, 2022, the site of the dormitory seemed somewhat of a ghost town, it was quiet, and almost every first floor window on the east side of the building was bro ken

“Late last week, we became aware of a tenant who left be hind nine small dogs in their unit for multiple days with minimal food and water San Bernardino Animal Services rescued the dogs and are hold ing them at their shelter for the required 15 days to reunite with their owner

After 15 days, they will be put up for adoption,” con cluded Kraus

To learn more about the County’s human services, call (909) 387 4717

To read more about the Amer ican Sports University dormi tory evictions, click here

Community News

A $380,000 state grant will help the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SB CUSD) expand its popular Dual Language Im mersion Program, already one of the oldest and strongest in California, resulting in more students having access to bilingual education

“The California Department of Education Dual Language Immersion Grant (DLIG) is a signifi cant boost to SBCUSD’s efforts to grow the pro gram, which serves about 3,164 SBCUSD students in Dual Language Programs, and 824 in Transitional Bilingual Programs, from kinder garten through 12th grade,” said Les Ojeda, the District’s Elementary Director of Multilingual Programs, the department overseeing implemen tation of the grant

“There’s a lot of excitement among our families and the entire community,” Ojeda said “The funding allows us to really focus on expanding and improving our Dual Language Program ”

The purpose of the DLIG is to expand dual lan guage immersion (DLI) programs that provide in tegrated language learning and academic instruction for English speakers and native speak ers of another language The goals of the program include high academic achievement, first and second language proficiency, and cross cultural understanding

The SBCUSD plan revolves around high quality professional development (PD) for teachers and comprehensive student and parent engagement

The District’s Dual Language Immersion Pro gram is offered at 25 schools and promotes bilin gualism and biliteracy in English and Spanish for native Spanish speakers and native English speak ers Students receive academic instruction in Eng lish and Spanish based on the 90:10 model, meaning that 90 percent of the instruction is in one language and 10 percent in the other language with the percentage shifting each year until in struction is 50:50 The idea is that all students will

be exposed to their native language and a second language in an academic setting SBCUSD is also one of the few districts that offers a trilingual pro gram in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese

Rodolfina “Rommy” Gamino, the mother of a Dual Language Immersion senior at San Bernardino High School and president of the Dis trict English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC), credits SBCUSD’s Board of Education for having the foresight to pursue state funding aggressively for the benefit of local students

“I am proud that this school district wants all stu dents to speak at least two languages fluently,” said Gamino, who added that parents also deserve credit for asking the District to expand Dual Im mersion “We want families and students in our community to feel proud that they speak two lan guages That’s why more schools should offer the dual program ”

“SBCUSD makes dual language instruction a priority because research shows that students ben efit academically and socially,” said Dr Barbara Flores, member of the SBCUSD Board of Educa tion and President of the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Flores is in her second year of a four year term as President of CABE and is regarded statewide as an authority in Bilingual Education In fact, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond appointed Flores as one of six co chairs of California’s Lit eracy and Biliteracy Initiative

“Dual Language immersion is essential to ensure that our students reach their fullest potential,” said Dr Flores, who retired after 32 years as a Literacy and Biliteracy professor at Cal State San Bernardino Dr Flores taught many of the teach ers who now work in the District and also many in the Inland Empire “All the research and anec dotal evidence shows that students who graduate from Dual Language Programs academically out perform many other students and also develop cross cultural understanding, appreciation and re spect for multiple perspectives ”

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The American Sports University dormitory is located at 340 West Fourth St , San Bernardino right around the corner from the Government Center and the Superior Court of San Bernardino County

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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

5 CONSEJOS PARA CUIDAR TU SALUD MENTAL DEL ESTRÉS DE LA PANDEMIA

Aunque las vacunas y otras medidas de mitigación como utilizar mascarillas en lugares públicos han frenado la propagación del COVID-19, todos hemos sido sometidos a un estrés emocional en estos últimos dos años. Reconocer las señales y saber que hay recursos disponibles puede ayudarte a ti o a algún conocido a abordar ese estrés para sentirte mejor.

Haz una pausa y reconoce el estrés

Tómate un momento para revisar contigo mismo las cargas tanto físicas como emocionales. ¿Dónde podrías estar sintiendo la carga emocional, tensión en los hombros, dolores de cabeza, dolor de estómago, fatiga?

Conoce las señales de advertencia

La Alianza Nacional sobre Enfermedades Mentales (NAMI, por sus siglas en inglés) cita 10 indicadores comunes del aumento de estrés emocional, tales como preocupaciones o miedos intensos, cambios en el rendimiento escolar, falta de apetito, pérdida o ganancia

Adopta prácticas saludables

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

aliviar el estrés en varios idiomas. En ellos se incluyen prácticas de mindfullness, nutrición saludable, sueño de calidad, vivir el momento, actividad física, atención de la salud mental y relaciones de apoyo. Encuéntralos en osg.ca.gov/resources.

Anima a todos a comunicar sus emociones y preocupaciones Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) tienen una herramienta en línea llamada "Cómo ahora" para para manejar el miedo, el dolor, ira y la tristeza. La expresión saludable de estas emociones es vital para la salud y bienestar. Visita cdc.gov/howrightnow/espanol

Habla con un especialista en línea, por teléfono o en persona

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Los recursos culturalmente sensibles, incluyendo acceso a consejeros, están disponibles en varios idiomas para todos los californianos que puedan necesitar ayuda relacionada con COVID-19. Visite calhopeconnect.org

El Departamento de Envejecimiento de California proporciona una lista extensa de recursos de salud mental para adultos mayores en su sitio web. Entre estos se encuentra la Línea de la Amistad del Instituto del Envejecimiento: 1-888-670-1360. Este les brinda a las personas que llaman apoyo emocional a través de una conversación amistosa.

Tomar precauciones de seguridad contra la infección por COVID-19, como la vacunación, la dosis de refuerzo y el uso de máscarillas en espacios concurridos, puede mantenerte saludable y cerca de tus amigos y seres queridos.

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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

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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

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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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