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MENIFEE – Menifee announced the appointment of Philip Southard as the city’s public information and legislative affairs officer. In this role, Southard will serve as the city’s representative and will oversee all communication and community engagement activities.

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Legacy scholarships available now for high school seniors

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Education Lake Elsinore area seniors can apply for a scholarship named for Carl Graves.

San Jacinto Valley schools honor students in December

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Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

April might seem like a long way off to some, but for seniors with many upcoming activities vying for their time during their last year of high school, graduation will be here before they know it.

Many local nonprofits and businesses recognize outstanding academic and community service achievements by offering scholarships to assist students as they head off to college.

Two legacy scholarships are known as much for their funding as they are for their namesakes. Each year, the Carl Graves Scholarship Program, overseen by the city of Lake Elsinore, awards three 4-year $4,000 per year scholarships for seniors within Lake Elsinore Unified School District high schools.

Additionally, one 4-year $6,000 scholarship is available for a student attending a LEUSD high school and pursuing a collegiate ROTC program. The application review committee is composed of city staff and some city council representatives. Factors in determining the best choice to receive a scholarship are the students’ GPA, education to goal alignment, academic honors and hobbies and

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The Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month Program held its most recent recognition breakfast event at the Maze Stone restaurant at Soboba Springs Golf Course, Thursday, Dec. 9. see page A-7

Health CDC shortens quarantine as COVID-19 cases rise in RivCo Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the time for quarantine for the public from 14 days to five days, the number of COVID-19 cases over the past week continues to rise in Riverside County, according to data released by the Riverside County University Health System.

A large cluster of grapes hangs above the Temecula City Hall as people celebrate at the city’s annual New Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Year’s Eve Grape Drop, Dec. 31. See more photos on page A-2.

Rain brings relief from drought

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Murrieta Mayor Vinton Officially resigns Ingram is appointed new mayor

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Near white-out conditions at Snow Valley Mountain Resort provide not only a fun day for skiers and snowboarders but also provides some much-needed relief from the drought conditions plaguing the state.

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Despite the threat of La Niña, which usually results in a drierthan-average winter for those in the southwest, lasting into February, an abundance of winter storms has brought some much-needed drought relief into the region water officials said recently.

“We could not have asked for a better December in terms of Sierra snow and rain,” Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources, said

Thursday, Dec. 30.

The Department of Water Resources conducted the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station, Thursday. Early winter storms in December provided a strong start to the season and some drought relief, but California still remains in a drought, DWR said in a news release.

The manual survey recorded 78.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 20 inches, which is 202% of average see RAIN, page A-6

Newly appointed Murrieta Mayor Jonathan Ingram presented outgoing Mayor Scott Vinton a sign for his new home in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Michelle Gerst SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Councilmember Jonathan Ingram was appointed to serve as mayor of Murrieta for 2022 after a farewell ceremony to outgoing Mayor Scott Vinton Dec. 21.

Ingram, who represents the 1st District, served as mayor in 2018 and has been on council for seven years. Vinton, who is moving to Tennessee, resigned in his third year of a four-year term on the dais. Councilmember Lisa DeForest was appointed mayor pro tem.

Ingram told the Valley News in a written statement, “I am humbled to be mayor. Once again, I am

deeply invested in the long term successes of our community. I plan to continue to bring my long standing traditions of communication, cohesion, and transparency to my role and ensure that all those who live, work and visit our city feel they are an essential part of our community.”

Vinton, a licensed civil engineer who grew up in La Mesa, and moved to Murrieta in 2002, announced his resignation in September. Vinton was elected in 2018 and represented District 5. He served as mayor pro tem in 2019 and then mayor in 2020. see MAYOR, page A-3

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Southard joins Menifee’s public information and legislative affairs team MENIFEE – Menifee announced the appointment of Philip Southard as the city’s public information and legislative affairs officer. In this role, Southard will serve as the city’s representative and will oversee all communication and community engagement activities. He will also direct legislative advocacy efforts at the state and federal levels and analyze the impacts of legislation in relation to the city’s interests. Southard began his new position Monday, Jan. 3.

Southard brings nearly 20 years of community, government and media relations experience to Menifee. Over the last decade, he has helped develop and implement public education and outreach programs for local government agencies, public utilities and Fortune 500 companies throughout the Inland Empire and Southern California. Southard also previously

served as the public information officer for Banning.

“We are very excited to have someone with Philip’s extensive background join our team here in Menifee,” Menifee city manager Armando G. Villa said. “His wealth of experience will be an asset to the city as we look to further enhance our community engagement and overall transparency.”

In addition to his local experience, Southard served in former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration where he managed the former governor’s educational and environmental appointments to state boards and commissions. He also served in Schwarzenegger’s constituent affairs and cabinet offices. Previously, Southard was a legislative aide to former Sen. Jim Brulte in Sacramento.

“I look forward to working with the Menifee community and am eager to get started,” Southard

Philip Southard, a veteran communications and public affairs strategist, starts as Menifee’s public information and legislative affairs officer, Monday, Jan. 3. Valley News/Courtesy photo

said. “Menifee has built a strong quality of life for its residents and businesses, and I am proud to join such a talented city staff focused on continuing that success.”

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Seyarto announces intention to run for the 32nd Senate District MURRIETA – Following the completion of the redistricting process and after discussions with family and community leaders, Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto has announced that he is running for the newly redrawn 32nd Senate District. Seyarto also announced the early endorsements of Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk and Senator Melissa Melendez.

“The new district boundaries created for my existing Assembly seat have carved out many of the communities that I have enjoyed representing and serving. Those communities, along with some exciting new communities, are all drawn together in the new 32nd Senate District,” Seyarto said.

“With our great Senator Melissa Melendez unable to run for the seat again due to term limits, I would be honored to step up and represent the 32nd Senate District.”

Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk immediately endorsed Seyarto stating, “Kelly Seyarto has my full support for the state Senate. His decades of experience in public safety and local government make him the perfect choice to be the next State Senator for this region.”

Seyarto currently serves as the Assemblymember for California’s 67th District. He has an extensive and exemplary record of public service, having served 35 years as a firefighter until his retirement as Battalion Chief in 2015 and serving as mayor and councilmember for the City of Murrieta for numerous terms.

The new 32nd Senate District includes both cities and unincorporated communities in portions of Riverside, San Diego, Orange and San Bernardino counties.

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Historic Hemet Theater to celebrate 100th anniversary gala Jan. 15 HEMET – The Historic Hemet Theater will celebrate its 100th anniversary gala with celebrity impressionist host Rich Little, live from Las Vegas, on its big screen Saturday, Jan. 15, at 216 E. Florida Ave. in Hemet.

Theater officials said the event will feature plenty of champagne and chocolate, a vintage photo booth, an open bar, prize wheel, raffle baskets and a grand prize drawing.

The doors will open at 6 p.m. with festivities starting at 7 p.m.

The cost is $100 per person or $200 for VIP seating.

The Historic Hemet Theater in downtown Hemet is one of the oldest movie houses in the country, being built in 1921 about the same time the nationally known “Ramona” Outdoor Play began.

The theater closed its doors in 1980 because of competition with new multiplex theaters, but it came back to life in 2000 when movie buffs bought the aging theaters to

show vintage films. The theater had to close again because of a fire next door in 2010.

In 2013, the Valley View Foundation, a charitable foundation, took over operation of the theater with a mission to create a community arts center. Work began to reverse years of neglect and revive the building’s art deco charm of the 1940s. A new lobby was created, and tribute bands were invited to perform at the rejuvenated theater.

More than 100 tribute bands have performed in the theater since, drawing large crowds.

“Patrons are blown away with the transformation,” Susan Carrier, CEO of the Valley View Foundation, said. “But we have just begun the work of restoring the building and bringing the venue up to modern building codes. The gala is planned to raise enough money to create handicap seating and restrooms. We and everyone in the community can enjoy this beautiful theater.”

The Historic Hemet Theater façade in 1936.

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Bee Gees gold performs at the Historic Hemet Theater. The popular tribute group will return to the stage at the Historic Hemet Theater in January.

The Historic Hemet Theater auditorium is home to a variety of shows and concerts.

In addition to the tribute band performances, the new lobby features murals painted by Dan Melendez, including one of Marilyn Monroe.

The gala will cap nearly eight years of special events, celebrating the nearly 100-year-old theater.

During the Dec. 21 council meeting, a proclamation by Congressman Ken Calvert was presented.

“You will be missed but we wish you well as you relocate to Tennessee. Thank you for your service,” Calvert wrote.

State Senator Melissa Melendez and Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto presented Vinton with a joint proclamation.

“I am very sad to see you go. I understand that you are onto a very exciting adventure in Tennessee, and there are probably people in this room who are very jealous but I want to thank you on behalf of the 28th Senate District for the work you have done for Murrieta, one of my favorite cities,” Melendez said.

Seyarto said, “Scott brought to the council a calm presence and expertise in transportation. Congratulations on your move to Tennessee.”

Supervisor Chuck Washington who served as mayor of Murrieta in 1999 was in attendance at the meeting.

“I watched you this year serve with distinction,” Washington said.

“I admired the way you represented the city and you did the city proud.”

Ingram told Vinton that he would be missed.

“I have never met a person who is kinder or more genuine and strives to do the right thing. I wish we had another year,” he said.

Ingram said he plans to retire in a year when his term expires and warned Vinton to have space at his new home for an RV for when he

comes to visit.

“You have a deep love for Murrieta. It is a lot of work to be on the council and you dove into the issues.

You served with transparency,” Councilmember Lori Stone said.

Councilmember Christi White also spoke on Vinton’s role as mayor.

“It’s been an honor to serve on the city council with you,” she said.

“You clearly demonstrated a spirit of fair play, moderation and successfully maintained a bipartisan approach to the governorship.”

Vinton called his leaving council “bittersweet.”

“I always knew I would run for only one term but I do regret that I cannot finish this four-year term,” Vinton said. “I am looking for a more rural small-town type of life but I do wish I could pick up Murrieta and take it to Tennessee.”

Under the pandemic, Vinton said he saw the community come together and thanked the other city council members for being fiscally conservative.

Cindy Gagliano Warren, who moved to the city in 2013, was also sworn in at the meeting to represent District 5 for the next year. Warren was appointed in a 4-1 vote in November at a special meeting.

White voted for applicant Jennifer Mejares Pham. Warren is the owner of Creative Media Solutions, a printing, marketing and graphic design company.

This is the first time in Murrieta City Council’s history that four women have served on the dais at the same time.

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Mouawad selected to WateReuse national board Joe Naiman WRITER

Joe Mouawad, general manager of Eastern Municipal Water District, was selected for the national board of the WateReuse Association.

The WateReuse Association is a trade organization of water utilities and businesses involved in water recycling operations. Mouawad replaced Paul Jones as general manager of EMWD after Jones retired April 30, 2021. Jones was also involved in the WateReuse Association, including as the national president in 2019 and as the state president. Jones’ term on the WateReuse national board did not expire until the end of 2021, so Jones remained on that board after retiring as the EMWD general manager until leaving the board at the end of his term.

“It’s quite an honor to be selected to serve on the board, and I’m looking forward to contributing,” Mouawad said. “It’s truly a privilege to be able to represent this region and the state.”

WateReuse has 25 members on the national board. The national-level meetings are quarterly, and Mouawad was chosen to replace Jones at the Friday, Dec. 3, meeting.

“I had the privilege and the honor to be elected,” Mouawad said. “I’m looking forward to working with the other industry leaders.”

The national board includes both at-large members and regionally elected board members. Mouawad represents the California region on the national board.

“It was an opportunity for me to continue not only Eastern’s representation on the WaterRuse board

The John R. Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund benefits San Jacinto Valley students.

SCHOLARSHIPS from page A-4 outside interests that involve volunteerism and giving back to the community. Johnathan O. Skinner, director of community services department for the city of Lake Elsinore, said additional consideration is given for participation in the city of Lake Elsinore’s Dream Extreme Future Leaders program.

Skinner said the Graves scholarship fund was estimated at $1 million in 2019.

“This is indeed a remarkable gift to the Lake Elsinore community and comes with a solemn obligation to carry out Mr. Graves’ wishes and ensure his legacy,” he said.

The John R. Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund, overseen by the Kiwanis Club of Hemet, was funded in 1996, and as of August 2021, it has awarded almost $700,000 in scholarships to students attending schools within the Hemet Unified and San Jacinto Unified school districts. They are awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement, motivation, community involvement and financial need. The scholarship

but also the region and the state’s interests,” he said. “I hope I can bring value to the advocacy and the conversation at the national WaterReuse board. It’s an interesting time to be on the WaterReuse board given the drought conditions throughout the state.”

Approximately 35% of Eastern’s supply is now from recycled water.

“Our experience in the last decade is an incredible example of numerous initiatives,” Mouawad said. “We’re very proud of what we’ve accomplished over the last two decades.”

Mouawad’s personal experience as an EMWD staff member began in 2006 when he joined the agency as the director of engineering. He became the assistant general manager for planning, engineering and construction in 2016.

“It’s been an incredible opportunity for me to grow with the agency taking on various responsibilities and roles,” Mouawad said. $100 million in projects Eastern spends approximately $100 million annually on capital projects, and Mouawad oversaw the capital program as part of his assistant general manager duties. He also worked with federal and state funding agencies and with elected officials and partner agencies. Eastern conducted a nationwide search for Jones’ replacement before deciding that Mouawad was the ideal choice, and the April 21 board meeting included the selection of Mouawad as the eighth general manager in the district’s 71-year history.

“I’m proud and humbled at the same time to serve as general manager,” Mouawad said.

EMWD staff members work with the five elected board members as well as with other staff members.

“We do have an incredible board of directors who help us chart our path forward,” Mouawad said.

A San Gabrail native Mouawad was with the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District before joining Eastern. He now has 30 years of professional experience which began when he was an engineering consultant. That consulting activity included recycled water and wastewater systems. Mouawad has also been an adjunct professor of engineering at California State Polytechnic University Pomona.

Mouawad was raised in the San Gabriel Valley and received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from California State Polytechnic University Pomona and a master’s degree in civil engineering with an environmental emphasis from University of California Los Angeles.

“I spent most of my career in the Inland Empire,” Mouawad said. “I understand the needs of our community.”

Eastern provides recycled water to agricultural customers, parks, commercial and industrial accounts, environmental habitats and municipal uses.

“We’re also providing water to those customers at affordable rates,” Mouawad said.

Eastern created the Recycled Water Accelerated Retrofit Program in 2016 as an opportunity to assist customers such as parks and schools which are adjacent to recycled water infrastructure but are still using potable water. Although the customers

Austin Johnson is awarded funding from the Carl Graves Scholarship, after celebrating his 2020 graduation from Temescal Canyon High School in his backyard due to COVID-19 restrictions on public ceremonies.

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awards are $6,000 each, paid over a four-year period and students must provide evidence of their enrollment each year. The fund is managed by a committee of seven individuals in the San Jacinto Valley, the majority of whom are affiliated with the Hemet Kiwanis Club as active or former members.

Talk with counselors Diane Graff, a committee member since 2017, said that seniors graduating in June should begin to talk with their counselors about available scholarships when they return from winter break. The deadline to apply is slightly different for each school but the committee begins to review candidates in early April and advises the counselors of its selections by May 1. The scholarship guidelines do not specify any relation to Kiwanis but considers overall community service.

“Our committee determines the senior selected as a recipient generally based upon scholastic achievement 40%, letters from school outlining student’s hard work and determination 10%, community involvement 10% and financial need 40%,” Graff said. “Each student’s

story is different and we interview the top five students in each high school to get to know them and their plans for their further education.”

Currently, one senior is chosen from each of eight schools in the districts.

“I most enjoy speaking with the candidates and hearing their stories,” Graff said. “Determining a final recipient is quite difficult but also rewarding.”

A recent recipient of the Carl Graves Scholarship is Austin Johnson, a student at San Diego State University majoring in biology with an emphasis in teaching and a minor in leadership. The 19-year-old graduated from Temescal Canyon High School in 2020.

“My future career plan right now is to finish my bachelor’s and to become a high school science teacher and then hopefully one day teach leadership,” Johnson said.

“The ultimate goal is to return to my high school to teach there and give back to a place that shaped me for my future.”

He said he is required to meet certain GPA requirements every year to continue the scholarship. Johnson

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rather than the district are financially responsible for the connecting infrastructure, the cost is incorporated into the customers’ water rates until the expense is paid off. Eastern provides the upfront funding of the infrastructure extension; the initial rate for those customers is higher than the standard recycled water rate but lower than the potable water rate. The capital costs are typically paid off in eight years, after which the customer receives the standard recycled water rate. Eastern provides the lead on planning, permitting and design matters for the retrofits. The customers provide in-kind services such as construction drawings of existing facilities and coordination assistance for the on-site work.

“We are made whole financially by virtue of establishing a unique rate,” Mouawad said.

While paying off the capital costs customers are charged 75% of the potable water rate.

“They realize immediate savings when they switch over to recycled water,” Mouawad said.

Phased retrofit program The Recycled Water Accelerated Retrofit program involves multiple phases, and Eastern is currently in Phase III. The first two phases have reduced annual potable water demand by approximately 1,200 acre-feet.

“We worked with stakeholders throughout our service area, and it’s been extremely well-received,” Mouawad said.

More than 10,000 agricultural acres in the EMWD service area use recycled water.

“We do have a water rate structure

that incentivizes recycled water,” Mouawad said. “We’ve established rates that are essentially competitive to pumping their own wells.”

That change helps preserve groundwater. Eastern also has a Groundwater Reliability Plus initiative to expand groundwater supply capacity by recharging imported water in the local groundwater basin which will include future facilities.

“We are well positioned to meet drought conditions and future challenges,” Mouawad said. “As the sixth-largest water utility in the state, we need to be well prepared to accommodate that growth.”

Eastern is the sixth-largest retail agency in California. The wholesale water agencies include the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which sells Eastern water the district can’t provide as local supply. Potable water customers technically subsidize recycled water development, although without the recycled supply Eastern would need to purchase more water from MWD at a higher rate so the potable water customers actually save money from the investments in recycled water. Without recycled supply Eastern would also need to invest in more potable water sources.

“We are able to avoid those types of costs for our water customers,” Mouawad said.

Recycled water also avoids discharge expenses.

“We want to use every drop of recycled water we produce in our service area to benefit our community,” Mouawad said.

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learned about the opportunity when he participated in the Future Leaders program while in high school.

“This scholarship has allowed me to attend school with no stress about paying tuition, this scholarship specifically has covered two full semesters here at SDSU and I hope to receive it for the remaining two years I am here,” he said.

Betty Thompson was awarded the John R. Williams Scholarship after graduating from San Jacinto High School in 2018. Now a student at California State University San Bernardino, she first attended Mt. San Jacinto College where she earned an associate degree in English but changed her major after transferring. She will earn a bachelor’s degree in information systems and technology with a concentration in cybersecurity in May. “There are a surprising amount of career options dealing with cybersecurity, so I’m still narrowing down an exact position to aim for.

I do hope to have some future side work copy editing to incorporate my love for English, though,” Thompson, 21, said.

Unique requirements The scholarship helped her in a variety of ways, she said, especially because textbooks and homework programs can add up very quickly.

“With my information systems and technology courses, there were some unique requirements, like buying a $130 raspberry pie for a single class, which could have been beyond overwhelming as a face value single-use purchase,” she said. “Also, I was able to get a laptop with enough memory needed to cover all of the software required for courses, very much a blessing in pandemic times with the switch to online learning as well.

“Being afforded the opportunity to know I had the John Williams Scholarship supporting me, and I didn’t need to sacrifice grades to keep myself afloat with heavy work shifts, is a luxury I did not take for granted,” she said.

She recently sent a letter to Graff and the selection committee where she expressed her gratitude to everyone involved with the scholarship program in aiding young adults to better themselves and the world around them, along with honoring Mr. Williams’ name.

“I am positive other recipients are outstanding individuals who have already impacted their community in many different ways and will continue to do so,” she said.

“The John R. Williams Memorial Scholarship is a wonderful asset to this community and a light of hope for high school seniors.”

Carl Fred Graves, age 91, died in 2014 while living in Hemet. He was the son of Carl Fred Graves Sr. and Ruth H. (Hinds) Graves. He was born May 16, 1923, in Rahway, New Jersey, and graduated from Rahway High School in 1934. After graduation, he spent the next year at Phillips Exeter Academy. From there, he matriculated at Harvard University

and was called into service for the U.S. Army during World War II. After discharge from the Army in 1948, Graves moved to California earning his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of California Berkeley and his master’s degree from the University of Southern California. His career consisted mainly of teaching mathematics at various high schools in Southern California; he retired from Lake Elsinore High School. Always involved in his community, Graves served as city treasurer from 1983 to 1986.

Family Trust signed Shortly before his death, and unbeknownst to the city, Graves signed a document titled “Family Trust of Carl F. Graves.” The trust provides for a “fundamental distribution” of the trust estate, share, property and assets to be “first” distributed as follows: “City of Lake Elsinore for the purpose of setting up a trust fund to provide a scholarship in the name of the trustor to a needy and deserving graduate of the Lake Elsinore school system for purpose of providing a four-year college scholarship.”

The city council was honored to pass a resolution to implement Graves’ wishes and administer his legacy to support local students’ dreams. Since distribution began in 2019, 13 seniors have received scholarships, two of which were ROTC students.

John R. Williams was a Hemet attorney for 15 years and a member of the Hemet Kiwanis Club. In 1991, at the age of 43, Williams died in a head-on traffic collision when a drunken driver crossed over the center line and hit his car. When his mother Gladys died, she left funds in her will for scholarships to high school seniors in her son’s name so that he would always be remembered. A native of Hemet, Williams was a U.S. Army veteran, having served two terms of service in Vietnam. He was a 1965 graduate of Hemet High School, where he was a Key Club member. He remained active in the Kiwanis Club as an adult, serving as president in 1985. He attended San Diego State University and then Western State University, where he obtained his law degree. His father was H.R. “Ray” Williams, who managed the J.C. Penney store in downtown Hemet from the 1940s until 1969.

Applications for the Carl Graves Scholarship for graduates of the 2021-2022 school year may be submitted through Wednesday, April 13, at 5 p.m. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Submit any questions to scholarship@lake-elsinore.org or call 951-674-3124, ext. 266 or ext. 267.

For more information and to access the application, http://www.lakeelsinore.org/city-hall/communityservices/scholarship.

Those wishing to apply for the John R. Williams Memorial Scholarship should contact their school counselor.

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Murrieta thanks former mayor for service and appoints Warren to council MURRIETA – During the Murrieta City Council meeting, the community honored outgoing Mayor Scott Vinton and also swore in new council member Cindy Warren Tuesday, Dec. 21.

Regional dignitaries, council members, family and staff expressed gratitude for Vinton’s dedicated service. In August, Vinton submitted his resignation effective at the end of his term due to an upcoming out-of-state move.

With his resignation, the city went through an extensive application and interview process to fill the announced vacancy.

During a special city council meeting, Monday, Nov. 8, Cindy Warren was selected to fill Vinton’s role representing Murrieta’s 5th District upon his departure.

“This move is bittersweet,” Vinton said. “It is the right thing for our family, but being a part of the Murrieta City Council has truly been an amazing opportunity to serve this amazing city. I know that Council Member Warren will do a great job because of her integrity and good heart.”

Vinton began his service on the Murrieta City Council three years ago representing Murrieta’s 5th District as a council member.

He also served as mayor pro tem in 2020 and as mayor in 2021.

Vinton’s deep love and passion for his community and the residents who work and live there was ever apparent, as was his dedication to

his role on city council, according to former colleagues. He shared his love for the community, the military and the nation.

City manager Kim Summers expressed her gratitude for Vinton’s years of service during the meeting.

“Mayor Vinton has been dedicated, fair and always tried to do what was best for our organization and the entire community,” Summers said. “He led meetings with the goal of representing the city in a way that brought people together for the common good and in an ever-changing year, Mr. Vinton served with flexibility and adaptability. He has been a true servant leader with a big heart and he will be missed.”

The city thanked Vinton for his service and wished him and his family all the very best as they enter this new phase in life.

Warren moved with her family to Murrieta in the fall 2013 and has been actively involved in the community, including serving on the Murrieta Traffic Commission from 2019-2021. Her five priority areas of focus while serving on the Murrieta City Council are public safety, economic development, infrastructure/traffic, government transparency and parks.

For more information, visit the city’s website at https://www.murrietaca.gov/.

Submitted by city of Murrieta.

Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation gives presents to students’ children SAN JACINTO – The Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation helped Santa grant the Christmas wishes of 134 children by providing presents to 53 families of in-need MSJC students.

The MSJC Foundation received donations of gifts and funding from MSJC faculty and staff, the Soboba Foundation, Mexico Cafe of Temecula, It’s Peachy and many other donors.

Without the donations, many students couldn’t give their children the presents they wanted most this holiday season.

Anyone looking to help support the MSJC Foundation can donate to the MSJC Foundation’s Pledge for Success basic needs initiative, which also helps students with emergency funding, books and supplies and professional clothing. Donors can also call 951487-3171. A donation of $35 can provide a student with five meals.

Mt. San Jacinto College serves about 27,000 students annually in a district covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula, with campuses in San Jacinto, Menifee, Banning and Temecula.

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Administration of justice majors Sean and Linda Washington of Lake Elsinore are among the MSJC students who received presents for their children from the MSJC Foundation Monday, Dec. 20.

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Rebecca Orlauski, left, the director of the MSJC Foundation and Donor Initiatives, and Barbie Ray, an MSJC Foundation Ambassador, accept many donated toys from Mexico Cafe in Temecula.

Paraglider lands hard on hillside above San Jacinto, requiring rescue City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A paraglider was injured Saturday, Jan. 1, when he went down in the hills above the Soboba Indian Reservation in San Jacinto, requiring a helicopter crew to airlift him to safety.

RAIN from page A-1 for this location. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack and is a key component of DWR’s water supply forecast. Statewide the snowpack is 160% of average.

Officials issue dire warnings.

Earlier in 2021, nearly all California counties continued to suffer with extreme or exceptional drought, according to U.S. Drought Monitor data, and water experts said that California wasn’t ready for what some were saying would be the worst drought since record-keeping began in 1896.

Much of the state received less than half of average rain and snowfall in 2021 with some areas seeing as little as a quarter of its average precipitation. For most of Northern California, the past two years was the second driest on record.

Water stored in major reservoirs was far below normal as some rivers’ runoff dipped below the last drought’s levels. Lake Oroville, which stores water delivered as far away as San Diego, dropped to less than one-third of its historic average for this time of year.

“We are in worse shape than we were before the last drought, and we are going to be in even worse shape after this one,” Jay Lund, co-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at University of California at Davis, said in November 2021.

Winter storms bring some relief.

But despite the dire warnings and the threat of La Niña, winter storms began moving into the area the week of Christmas, bringing with them an abundance of rain and snow, pushing the snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas from virtually nothing to an excess of 145% and better of the annual average for this time of year.

As of Thursday, Dec. 30, the Southern Sierras’ snow water equivalent measured 173% of average, while the Central Sierra and Northern mountains were at 164% and 145% respectively, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Among staggering snowfall totals in the Sierras, the Northstar resort at Lake Tahoe reported 135 inches since Dec. 21.

Temecula was the big winner in rainfall totals for southwest

The crash was reported at about 8:30 a.m. in the area of Soboba Road and State Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

The victim, whose identity was not disclosed, was speed flying in the vicinity of Soboba Flight Park, from where he had departed, and Riverside County as of Thursday, Dec. 30, with 5.02 inches. Menifee saw 2 inches while Lake Elsinore received 2.69 inches. Hemet saw 2.35 inches, and Murrieta recorded 2.92 inches. Anza and Fallbrook saw 2.14 and 3.14 inches respectively.

Drought Monitor shows improving data.

The U.S. Drought Monitor’s weekly report, dated Thursday, Dec. 23, showed that much of the state was in extreme to exceptional drought, while the Thursday, Dec. 30, map showed much improvement following the winter storms with Riverside and San Diego counties both moving from severe or extreme drought back down to the moderate drought level.

The Dec. 30 map showed the percentage of the area in exceptional drought improved from 23.11% to .84%. The percentage of the state in extreme drought now sits at 32.93% an improvement over the 79.44% reported Dec. 23 and the percentage of the state in severe drought improved from 92.44% to 86.26%.

Due to the storms, the state is in better shape than it was one year ago when 33.75% of California was in extreme and 1.19% was in exceptional drought. For severe drought, the state is in a worse position than it was a year ago when California recorded 74.34% of the state in severe drought.

Reservoir levels improve.

Water levels in major reservoirs recovered some, getting closer to the historic averages according to data released online by the California Department of Water Resources. Since the rain began to fall, Lake Perris now sits at 82% and Lake Castaic sits at 46% of their total capacity. Reservoirs to the north, while seeing some gains, such as Pine Flat Lake at 27%, San Luis Reservoir at 30%, Lake Oroville at 38%, Lake Shasta at 29% and even Folsom Lake at 60%, still remain low.

While winter storms have brought some relief, it’s important to remember that California is a state that sees cyclical drought cycles so water conservation remains important to the health of the state’s water resources.

California remains in a drought emergency.

In spite of the rainfall, the water

went down roughly 1,400 feet up a hill, officials said.

The pilot suffered unspecified moderate injuries.

Firefighters summoned Cal Fire chopper 301 from nearby HemetRyan Airport to the crash site, and the crew hoisted the victim off the hill to a waiting ambulance at

Soboba Flight Park. The patient was then taken to a trauma center for treatment, according to the fire department.

It was not immediately clear whether the victim was an amateur or professional paraglider.

Soboba Flight Park requires training before allowing visitors to

helm their own rigs, which consist of an overhead wing-like chute that enables users to soar, relying on rising air columns known as thermals and winds for lift.

Speed flying involves the use of a higher performance chute for fast descents.

The U.S. Drought Monitor report for Thursday, Dec. 30, shows improving conditions throughout the state.

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year that ended Sept. 30 was the second driest on record. All of California’s 58 counties remain under a drought emergency proclamation, and Californians are still being asked to reduce their water use by 15% over 2020 levels to protect water reserves.

“Californians need to be aware that even these big storms may not refill our major reservoirs during the next few months,” Nemeth said. “We need more storms and average temperatures this winter and spring, and we can’t be sure it’s coming. So, it’s important that we continue to do our part to keep conserving – we will need that water this summer.”

“Californians only need to look to last winter and the state’s disappointing snowpack runoff due to high temperatures, dry soil and evaporation as a reminder that changes to our climate mean it will take more than an average year to recover from drought,” DWR said.

“California continues to experience evidence of climate change with bigger swings between wet and dry years and even extreme variability within a season. A wet start to the year doesn’t mean this year will end up above average

once it’s all said and done,” Sean de Guzman, manager of DWR’s Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, said.

December is the first of the three typically wettest months of California’s water year. Significant January and February precipitation would be required to generate enough runoff to make up for the previous two winters that were some of the driest water years on record.

Wet Decembers are not unusual for California, but in the past, storms have also disappeared for the remainder of the season.

In 2013, the first snow survey provided promising results after a wet December, similar to this year.

The following January and February, however, were exceptionally dry, and the year ended as the driest on record, contributing to a record-breaking drought.

On average, the Sierra snowpack supplies about 30% of California’s water needs, and the snowpack is an important factor in determining how DWR manages the state’s water resources.

Its natural ability to store water is why the Sierra snowpack is often referred to as California’s “frozen

reservoir.”

As spring sets in, the snowpack begins to melt. Water that is not absorbed into the ground, called “runoff,” trickles into mountain streams, which feed rivers and eventually aqueducts and reservoirs, where it can be stored for use throughout the dry season. Climate change is affecting California’s snowpack, as more precipitation falls as rain and less as snow. Excessively dry soils and dry, warm spring temperatures are also reducing yearly runoff, which contributes significantly to drought conditions, DWR said.

DWR conducts five mediaoriented snow surveys at Phillips Station each winter near the first of each month from January through April and, if necessary, May. For tips on saving water, visit http://www.saveourwater.com.

Learn more about current drought conditions, the state’s response and informational resources available to the public at the state’s new drought preparedness website, https://drought.ca.gov.

Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

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San Jacinto Valley schools honor students in December Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month Program held its recognition breakfast event at the Maze Stone restaurant at Soboba Springs Golf Course, Thursday, Dec. 9.

December’s students of the month from Hemet Unified School District schools were Lanaya Contreras, Aaron Holaway, David Lieras and Kimberly Montanez Quintanilla. San Jacinto Unified School District honorees were Adanesne Carrasco Soto and Derin Ramos.

The six local high school seniors were recognized and honored for their character, love of learning and commitment to academics in addition to their involvement in school and community activities and their ability to overcome difficult life challenges. Students are nominated by teachers or other school personnel for making a difference in their homes, schools and communities.

Program founder and event host Karena Zermeno represented one of the sponsors, Altura Credit Union. Backpacks filled with gifts, a Student of the Month plaque, certificates of recognition and much more were donated by the program’s sponsors to the award recipients. Each student was invited to the podium to share their personal story, past challenges and future goals with a room full of supporters that included principals, teachers, peers, family members and community and school district dignitaries.

Hamilton High School’s Lanaya Contreras from Mountain Center was recognized for all of her hard work and passion. Principal Jeff Franks said she is a leader on the basketball team with drive and passion that carries over into the classroom. Her teacher, Preston Brimhall, said he selected Contreras for this honor because she is all heart and determination. She has the qualities of a resilient person and she possesses forgiveness, he said.

“An important thing about me that I take full pride in is being Native American from the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians as well as the San Pasqual Band of Diegueño Mission Indians, also known as Kumeyaay people,” Contreras said. “Growing up on a reservation has taught me so much. It wasn’t always easy, but it made me the person I am today. I have stayed true to myself and the people I love.”

She plans to attend California State University San Marcos to study psychology and become a counselor for her tribe.

Aaron Holaway from West Valley High School was introduced by his biology and chemistry teacher, Mary Grace Padron, who said she has been fortunate to have Holoway in her classes since he was a freshman. She described him as passionate, humble and caring.

Holaway said he wants to major in biology and eventually have a career in scientific research. He said he entered high school with low self-worth but found his way through biology thanks to Padron’s motivation. Holaway said it was a lesson that he will take to college – the realization that he could turn things around with the right positive mindset.

“One of the things that impresses me about Aaron is his ability at helping other people,” his father said.

Tahquitz High School recognized David Lieras for December.

His English teacher Molly Otis shared one of his quotes, which she said Lieras writes to help motivate others. “‘You can do anything you put your mind to. Whatever you want you can get it. Work hard. Never give up. Set goals and live up to them,’” Otis said. “This young man totally represents ‘Tahquitz Pride.’”

Lieras said some of his contributions to his school and community have been demonstrating good citizenship to his peers and being an active student. He is looking forward to becoming an electrician and plans to attend San Joaquin Valley College to pursue that goal.

“There have always been many obstacles that have shaped my life,” Lieras said. “However, one that has challenged me day by day was losing my beautiful mom. And though she may not be here today, it makes me more determined to keep pushing and pursuing for her.”

Kimberly Montanez Quintanilla was Hemet High School’s honoree for December. An active member of the school’s vet science program and National FFA Organization, she said the greatest contribution she has given to her community, school and family is her inclination to help and her empathy.

“Everywhere I go, I never hesitate to agree to help,” Quintanilla said. “I plan on giving back to my community by volunteering at animal shelters.”

She is pursuing admittance to the

West Springfield High School graduate Bailey Misken earns dean’s award at Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y. – Bailey Misken, a member of the Colgate University class of 2023, earned the spring 2021 dean’s award for academic excellence.

Misken is a psychological science major and a graduate of West Springfield High School in Murrieta.

Students who receive a term GPA of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses earn the spring 2021 dean’s award for academic excellence.

Submitted by Colgate University.

Sariah Lafourche named to MSOE honors list for fall quarter 2021 MILWAUKEE – Sariah Lafourche of Menifee was named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s honors list for the 2021 fall quarter. Lafourche is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

Undergraduate students who have earned a GPA of 3.20 or higher for the quarter are named to the honors list.

Submitted by Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Ayard named to fall 2021 Iowa Wesleyan University’s dean’s list MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – Kassandra Ayard from Menifee was one of more than 200 students named to the fall 2021 dean’s list at Iowa Wesleyan University.

Students exemplifying academic excellence represent the United States and countries abroad. Crite-

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ria to be a part of the university’s dean’s list include degree-seeking students taking 12 or more hours per semester with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

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Recipients of the Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month award for December are, from left, David Lieras, Aaron Holaway, Kimberly Montanez Quintanilla, Lanaya Contreras and Derin Ramos.

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animal science program at California State Polytechnic University Pomona followed by admission to University of California Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine to earn her doctorate degree and become a small animal veterinarian.

Adanesne Carrasco Soto from San Jacinto High School was chosen, although she was not present at the event. In September, Soto was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma and was recently in the hospital undergoing a weeklong chemotherapy treatment. She attended via Zoom.

“I was given life-changing news,” Soto said. “After a while, I accepted my new path – the path that would be taking me away from everything I knew and was known for: school and sports.”

Principal Courtney Hall said Soto has faced many obstacles throughout her life that would be crippling to some people.

“She, however, persists, and she does it with a smile and optimism like none I have ever experienced before,” Hall said.

That persistence allowed Soto to continue to achieve academically and earn her high school diploma early, the principal said. Soto plans to become a registered nurse.

“One of Ada’s goals is to inspire people and we all want her to know that she has far exceeded that goal and that she inspires us every day,” Hall said.

Soto shared her favorite quote which she said has kept her going since she first heard it in middle school: “She believed she could

San Jacinto High School senior Adanesne Carrasco Soto, who attends school remotely from her hospital room, receives the Hemet/ San Jacinto Student of the Month award for December.

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and so she did.”

Mountain View High School selected Derin Ramos for being involved in his school through The Associated Student Body. He plans to enlist in the U.S. Army after graduation. He said he wants to work in the medical field while serving in the military and as a civilian. He also has an interest in engineering and starting his own business. Ramos said an important life lesson he has learned from his stepfather is to make smart choices as to who you have around you as they can be negative or positive influences. Derin also gave “a big thank you to all the sponsors for giving me this opportunity and helping me let my name be

known.”

Principal Ken Swanson said Ramos is a great role model for the other students on campus as he is “very friendly and accepts people the way they come.”

Zermeno asked all the students to stand and be applauded for their accomplishments.

“I think many components make us who we are and the most important is what’s in here, our hearts, and every student here today shares that,” she said. “Education’s important and our health is important but having a heart and helping others makes a huge difference.”

For more information, visit http://www.studentofthemonth.net.

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BUSINESS

Menifee leadership team become first city executive team to become Smart City certified MENIFEE – Menifee set the stage for innovation as the city’s executive team recently became the first city in southwest Riverside County to be certified in “Leading Smart Communities” as one step in Menifee’s Smart City Initiative.

The leadership team was professionally certified December 2021 through Pepperdine University and Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership’s Leading Smart Communities program.

The Menifee City Council’s strategic vision for the city is to become an official Smart City. Following the city council’s vision, Menifee officially awarded the request for proposals to Magellan Advisors in December 2021 to lead the first Broadband and Smart Cities Master Plan development.

The “Smart Cities” initiative seeks

to improve the delivery of city services with community-led solutions by tackling key challenges such as traffic mitigation, combating crime, including enhancing cybersecurity and fostering economic growth. This place-based approach on local government focuses on the unique needs of each community, demanding not only the understanding of available and future tech tools, but headed by a leadership mindset that can encourage innovation in environments not known for experimentation.

Before the executive team receiving this milestone certification and the Menifee’s Smart City Master Plan development, the city implemented numerous elements in the Smart City Initiative including hiring the first chief information officer to oversee

geographic information systems, cybersecurity, public safety data, the communication systems, as well as future Smart City and broadband programming, which are intertwined elements of a holistic approach to technological development in the city.

Menifee city manager Armando G. Villa shared his enthusiasm with his executive team’s certifications.

“We highly value innovation, and together we are focusing on cutting-edge technology to improve not only our resident’s quality of life, but the way we do business, as well as set the table for the jobs of tomorrow to locate in Menifee,” he said. “I want to thank the city’s executive team for their continued efforts in the development and evolution of Menifee’s Smart City Initiative, which

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MENIFEE – The Government Finance Officers Association announced Tuesday, Dec. 7, that Menifee received GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its fiscal year 2021-2022 budget. It is the city’s first GFOA budget award and is the result of a cross departmental collaboration in the city’s continuous efforts of operating as a responsive and transparent community government.

The award represents a significant achievement by the entity. It reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget award, the entity had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device.

Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four categories, and in the 14 mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.

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for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual or department designated as being primarily responsible for having achieved the award. The award was presented to Margarita Cornejo, Menifee’s financial services manager.

There are over 1,700 participants in the Budget Awards Program.

The most recent Budget Award recipients, along with their corresponding budget documents, are posted quarterly on GFOA’s website. Award recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other governments throughout North America,” according to the GFOA’s news release.

“We are extremely proud of this award as it is a testament to the high-standard of work our staff are producing in the city,” Menifee city manager Armando G. Villa said.

“We are honored to be recognized for our transparency, quality budget practices and presentation.”

For more information on the GFOA, visit https://www.gfoa. org/. To view the most recent Menifee Financial Reports, visit https://www.cityofmenifee.us/107/ Finance.

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Long-serving Menifee assistant city engineer Yolanda Macalalad announces retirement has been influential in an array of projects within the city that led to Menifee’s growth to 105,000 residents and it being recognized as the third fastest growing city in California, seen as aa top place to raise children in America and a nationally recognized boomtown.

Among her many contributions, she led the Audie Murphy Ranch, Town Center, Talavera, Underwood, Cimarron Ridge, Cantalena, Hidden Hills, Banner Park and Legado projects.

Entering into retirement, Ma-

calalad will celebrate with her husband of over 40 years, Teodoro Macalalad, who is a retired Riverside County engineer and a retired U.S. Navy veteran, and with their three grown children: daughter Kristine who is a librarian and married to Jonathan Wong, who is a research biologist; daughter Frances who is an analyst with the University of California San Francisco and married to Ryan Fitch, who is a manager at Biotech Clinical Labs, and son, Michael who is a quality assurance biochemist.

She also has two grandsons, Micah and Morih.

Macalalad said she plans to spend her retirement with her family and grandchildren who are the “light of her life.” In addition to planning to vacation globally and travel across the United States, she plans to learn ballroom dance, learn to cook like a professional and continue to sharpen and relax her mind with learning and reading materials she is passionate about, she said.

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Yolanda Macalalad announces her retirement, which is effective Thursday, Dec. 30, from her position as the assistant city engineer of Menifee.

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MENIFEE – The Menifee City Council congratulated and recognized long-serving assistant city engineer Yolanda Macalalad Wednesday, Dec. 15, on her retirement, effective Thursday, Dec. 30.

The Menifee City Council and key executive city staff honored Macalalad for her service since 2014, starting just shy of six years after city incorporation.

“Ms. Macalalad has been very instrumental in the city’s land development processing and various infrastructure capital improvement projects from just about the very beginning of cityhood and has had a significant and positive impact in not only our organization, but for the city of Menifee as a whole,” Armando G. Villa, Menifee city manager, said. “Yolanda’s tireless commitment and dedication to Menifee and its growth, internal systems and key projects is unmatched. She will be extremely

missed but her Menifee family wishes her nothing but the best in her retirement and future endeavors.”

Macalalad holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering and bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. She has over 40 years of experience in the engineering field, working in the private sector from 1981 through 1998 as a lead design engineer and general manager, before serving as a senior civil engineer for 15 years at Corona’s Public Works Department Land Development/ NPDES Division.

In Menifee, Macalalad utilized her talents in multiple capacities starting as a senior civil engineer, principal engineer and interim city engineer/public works director and retiring as Menifee’s assistant city engineer. When Macalalad started in 2014, Menifee’s population was 87,000 residents. She

IESBDC to host a social media marketing training event MENIFEE – The Inland Empire Small Business Development Center will host a free social media marketing training event Thursday, Jan. 27, from 1-3 p.m., in the city council chambers at Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road.

Jacqueline Scott, SBDC business consultant, will discuss social media marketing basics and strategy, including “What is Social Media Marketing?” “Getting Started on Social Media,” “Hashtags and How to Use Them,” “Creating a Social Media Strategy” and “Running Campaigns on Social Media.”

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To learn more about upcoming events, resources and training sessions for small businesses, visit http://www.MenifeeBusiness.com or email econdev@cityofmenifee. us.

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TEMECULA – JDS Creative Academy in Temecula was chosen as Positiv TV’s January 2022 Nonprofit of the Month.

Each month, the Positiv TV network features a nonprofit organization that has made a difference in their community and the lives of those they serve.

“What an honor to be picked out by such an awesome network like Positiv TV that shares their mission the same way we do, with our magazine-style news program ‘Spirit of Innovation,’ through media and broadcasting,” Diane Strand, founder of JDS Creative Academy, said.

Viewers can catch JDSCA’s lead into the academy awardwinning films the network presents throughout the month on the Positiv TV online network or through local broadcast providers.

JDS Creative Academy shared with Positiv TV’s viewers their

mission of providing accessible visual, performing and digital arts education. The organization promotes apprenticeships, internships and early-career opportunities through their Title-17 Video Production Job-Training Program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Keeping in line with Positiv TV’s messages of hope and encouragement, JDS Creative Academy brings pathway opportunities to those in the community, Strand said.

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Reputable newspapers support 1st Amendment rights while social media tramples them

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

Last week I posted a video on my Facebook from Dr. Robert Malone who is the inventor of the MRNA technology and is himself vaccinated. In it, Malone gave a warning to parents that the vaccine is not a good idea for children, but Facebook decided it was a message that needed to be censored.

Here is a doctor, a scientist and an inventor. He was on the front

lines and he was censored by the fact checkers at Facebook who I doubt are doctors or scientists.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July withdrew its request to the Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus real time PCR diagnostic panel first introduced in February 2020 for detection of COVID-19, citing concerns that the test did not differentiate between COVID-19 and the seasonal flu, according to a news release issued by the CDC. “CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test.

CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses,” the CDC said in the news release which can be found online at https://www.cdc.gov.

If you’re a reader of Village

or Valley News you would have known that a long time ago but that information was censored by those fact checkers on social media, even though the CDC had already admitted to it on their website and social media.

One of the most famous quarterbacks in the world, Aaron Rodgers, reported to Joe Rogan, who has probably the largest podcast audience in the world, that the NFL is using the same regimen for people that get COVID-19 that Joe Rogan’s doctor gave him after he was diagnosed with the illness. That regimen included Ivermectin and there are also published reports that members of Congress have also been treated with Ivermectin for COVID. Rogan and Rodgers are both now recovered from COVID-19, thanks to those treatments that are now being provided to the elite but not being shared with the general public.

So why is this important? Because if doctors are giving it to NFL players, Hollywood stars, national radio hosts and even congress members, while the general

public continues to suffer and, in some instances, even die, well, that’s just wrong.

This brings about the question, why is it that the elite can get lifesaving information and prescriptions and the masses are censored?

For those of us who speak out about these things on social media, we run the risk of getting censored like I did with my posting of Malone’s video.

While many people rush to social media to get news, fact checkers and censorship run rampant.

It’s simply not the best place to get the news. Nowhere in the constitution does it guarantee freedom of speech on social media, but the First Amendment does guarantee freedom of the press, along with freedom of speech, petition and assembly.

Free speech is the cornerstone of our democracy and social media, but censoring that freedom is taking away that ability to hold our government and those who represent us accountable. That censorship takes away our rights to know and make determinations

as to what is best for us and our families, but in reputable, multiaward-winning newspapers, like Village and Valley News, there is no censorship. Each week, we provide our readers with the information they need to make informed decisions, just like we did when we reported that the vaccine is not a good idea for children, based on Malone’s and other world-renowned physicians’ research.

Print is, quite simply, superior to social media. We not only allow the free exchange of thoughts and ideas, but we also encourage it, and once something is printed, it is a permanent record that can never be changed, deleted or censored in any way. Statistically, newspaper readers are just more knowledgeable and more intelligent than those who don’t read newspapers.

So if you want to protect your First Amendment rights, stand up and support newspapers by reading them. And while you’re at it, why not support those businesses that support them, too?

Public’s dwindling interest in news offers great opportunities for newspapers Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

In the Dec. 31, 2021, edition of Valley News, the story “Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021” by Associated Press writer David Bauder discusses the changes to news consumption over the past year.

Bauder wrote about how the stories in 2020 such as the presidential election, pandemic and racial reckoning were stories that “drove intense interest and engagement to news outlets in 2020,” and how in 2021 “smart news executives knew the peaks of 2020 were not sustainable.”

Cable news networks, broadcast

television and even daily print products such as The Washington Post and New York Times have all seen a drop in viewership, according to Nielsen ratings and several well-known journalism professors, Bauder reported.

While that may be the trend for dailies and even televised news, we have noticed something different over the past year here at Valley News.

We keep a close eye on what stories our readers are interested in, constantly checking the performance of those things we report on to see what news is most important to our readers.

Our findings over the past year have held some surprises and even

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some not so shocking results. The top performing stories on https:// myvalleynews.com remain those stories that affect traffic, wildfires and even stories on crimes and murders. I guess the adage I learned back in the mid1980s “If it bleeds, it leads” remains true to this day.

Some other well performing stories included sports, features on interesting people and even city council stories, especially when there is some type of drama during a meeting.

Shockingly enough, stories about entertainment and special events, education and Home and Garden stories seem to pull in less readership.

This information all led me to the conclusion that our readers might have some other thoughts as to what we could be covering to give them the best bang for their $4.99 a month subscription fees.

If you have yet to subscribe, you can do so by visiting, http://myvalleynews.com/subscribe.

I like to say that my door is always open and if there is one thing I truly do care about, it is providing our readers with the best newspaper we can. So here it is, your opportunity as readers to give me some feedback as to what kinds of stories you would like to see covered in Valley News.

You can send me your photos, your story ideas and even your

thoughts on what we could be doing better to prevent Valley News from falling into what Bauder so cleverly called in his story, “the inevitable” news “hangover.”

The best ways to reach me are by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com or by phone at 760723-7319.

So, while cable news networks, broadcast television and even daily print products might say they find themselves hurt by that “dwindling public interest in news” over the past year, I prefer to see the glass as half full and say, let’s work together to build a better news product for everyone in our community.

I look forward to hearing from you.

An open letter to the community I am writing you this message today as the new mayor of the city of Murrieta. I am humbled to

be your mayor. Once again, I am deeply invested in the long term successes of our community. I

The city of Murrieta has a new mayor for 2022 in Jonathan Ingram, right, seen with his wife Melody Ingram.

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plan to continue to bring my long standing traditions of communication, cohesion and transparency to my role and ensure that all those who live, work and visit our city feel they are an essential part of our community.

Having served seven years on the Murrieta City Council, I have witnessed firsthand the hardworking and committed employees that Murrieta has. Not only are they dedicated, but they genuinely work with the best interest of our community and all residents in mind.

I am honored to be chosen as your mayor by my fellow council members, representing the citizens of Murrieta. I look forward to working with the council to keep our city a healthy and thriving community with excellent amenities, safe and clean neighborhoods, affordable housing and robust business development.

Thank you for the privilege to represent you.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year, Respectfully, Jonathan Ingram Murrieta mayor

2021 district office update

Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Helping people navigate the state’s massive bureaucracy is an important function of my district office. During 2021, we helped over 2,400 constituents resolve issues involving state and other governmental agencies.

This assistance included over 2,000 unemployment claims, resulting from the Employment Development Department’s inability to cope with the pandemic-related shutdown that struck in March 2020. Unfortu-

nately, EDD is still reeling, causing delays and problems for thousands of Californians, but our office is here to help. This number doesn’t include hundreds of cases that have reopened again and again, due to ongoing glitches in the government agency. Our office has also assisted EDD in identifying and stopping many fraudulent claims, including phony claims from people living in other states.

In addition to helping constituents get their EDD benefits, last year we handled hundreds of other cases involving the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Franchise Tax Board, licensing delays for nurses, long delays for firearm background checks and many more.

Since government is so complex, we frequently get inquiries about non-state issues. Over the past year we’ve received inquiries about the border, Afghan immigration, federal spending policies, people stuck overseas with expired passports, county land use policies, city zoning and many other topics. Always feel

free to contact us when you don’t know where to turn – we’ll point you in the right direction.

Another important district office responsibility involves updating me regarding the opinions of constituents. Emailing or calling the district office to register an opinion on an important issue or piece of legislation will help guide me as I review bills in Sacramento. To share your opinion, visit my website at https:// ad75.asmrc.org/ or call my district office at 760-480-7570.

My staff and I take our responsibility to assist residents of the 75th Assembly District seriously. We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2022.

Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.

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The Winery Review: My favorite Temecula wineries for 2021 The Mystery Wino SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, fellow grape nuts. For all of 2021’s difficulties and unhappy surprises, at least it wasn’t as difficult or as unhappily surprising as 2020. Here’s hoping that 2022 continues this upward trend. I think most people are ready to say good riddance to masks, mandates, shutdowns, shortages, social distancing and endless conversations about vaccines.

Let’s just pray that normalcy returns before the wine runs out.

To commemorate my first six months as the Mystery Wino, I’ve selected my favorite local wineries and wines of 2021. I confess that I was unable to visit all 50 wineries over the past year. Still, I’m confident I can guide you to those best suited to your particular desires.

One theme I’ve emphasized in this column is that there is a wine and a winery for all personality types, moods and occasions. As we begin 2022, I urge you to refine your winery wish list. Are you looking for premium reds?

Mouth-watering whites? Are you in search of interesting blends, dessert wines or wine slushies? Do you want a quiet local boutique or a lively resort? Are you after sitdown restaurants and food trucks, or will cheese and crackers suffice?

Views? Music? A hip atmosphere or something more traditional?

Are you bringing your dog? Your children? Bargain hunting?

If you haven’t considered all these criteria, don’t worry; I’ve got your back. When it comes to wine, I don’t just drink it; I overthink it. I’ve spent much of last year diligently researching – my

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wife scoffs when I use that word – which wineries best suit which winery explorers. It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

Without further ado, here are my favorite Temecula wines and wineries for 2021. They are listed in alphabetical order.

The resorts – Large full-service wineries Are you looking for a sit-down restaurant? Perhaps you want a massage, an overnight stay or a venue for your wedding or corporate event? If so, only a handful of places will work for you. Most have been around for at least two decades and have consistently demonstrated how to run a fullservice winery, even if wine quality is not always top priority. These establishments are the busiest, especially on weekends. Reservations are highly recommended.

For Europa Village’s Bolero Winery, 41150 Via Europa, visit http://europavillage.com.

Visit Ponte Winery, 35053 Ran-

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cho California Road, at http:// pontewinery.com.

For South Coast Winery, 34843 Rancho California Road, visit http://southcoastwinery.com.

Visit Wilson Creek Winery, 35960 Rancho California Road, at http://wilsoncreekwinery.com.

The middleweight champs – Mid-sized wineries with amenities These wineries may once have been boutiques, but they’ve outgrown their humble origins. They don’t aspire to be resorts, however. They have premium wines, fanatical wine club members and provide some of the valley’s best winery experiences. They produce at least 5,000 cases per year. Unlike boutiques, they offer above-average amenities, including restaurants, bistros, gift shops and tours. They don’t need or want weddings or events, and most aren’t big enough to accommodate them anyway.

Prepare yourself for weekend crowds at Cougar Vineyard & Winery, 39870 De Portola Road, http://cougarwinery.com; Doffo Winery, 36083 Summitville Street, http://doffowines.com; Leoness Cellars, 38311 De Portola Road, http://leonesscellars.com and Robert Renzoni Vineyards, 37350 De Portola Road, http://robertrenzonivineyards.com.

The boutique stars – Small wine-centered wineries If you’re in search of passionate, no frills, family-owned and all-about-the-wine wineries, these choices are your best bets. For me, a boutique winery is one that produces no more than 5,000 cases per year. They make some of the tastiest wines in the valley, mostly because they must. Wine is

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usually their only income stream.

You won’t have to choose from 15 different varietals as the focus is on quality and not quantity. Crowds aren’t usually an issue.

Visit Chapin Family Vineyards, 36084 Summitville Street, http:// chapinfamilyvineyards.com; Hart Winery, 41300 Avenida Biona, http://hartfamily.com; Palumbo Family Vineyards, 40150 Barksdale Circle, http://palumbowines. com and Vindemia Winery, 33133 Vista del Monte, http://vindemia. com.

Here are some other categories that may help you find the perfect winery for your next trip to wine country.

The “Most Laid-Back” wineries include Cougar, Hart, Peltzer, Palumbo and Vindemia.

The “Party Places” include Lorimar, Miramonte, Monte de Oro, Somerset and Wilson Creek.

For the “Best Dinner,” check out Avensole, Bolero, Leoness, Ponte or South Coast, which is also good for brunch.

The “Best Lunch” can be found at Callaway, Cougar, Fazeli’s, Renzoni or Wilson Creek.

The wineries with the “Hippest Vibe” include Akash, Avensole, Bottaia, Lorenzi and Raul Ramirez Bodegas y Vinedos.

Find the “Best Music” at Europa Village, Longshadow Ranch, Lorimar, Maurice Car’rie or Thornton.

For the “Family-Friendly” crowd, visit Longshadow Ranch, Peltzer but not Friday or Saturday, Ponte, Wiens or Wilson Creek.

The “Dog-Friendliest” wineries include Baily, Cougar, Gershon Bachus, Oak Mountain and Palumbo.

For the “Best Value” overall,

check out Baily, Cougar, Hart, Masia de la Vinya or Maurice Car’rie.

Top 10 favorite wines for 2021 Finally, here are my favorite wines from the wineries I reviewed in 2021. I’ve avoided library wines and wines made from nonTemecula fruit. I promise that my end-of-year review in 2022 will be more comprehensive. Stay tuned.

In no particular order, here are the Mystery Wino’s top 10 favorite wines for 2021: Reds 2018 Salute (petite sirah-malbec blend), Doffo Winery, $72 2015 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Vindemia Winery, $86 2018 Tres Hermanos (grenachesyrah-mourvèdre), Hart Winery, $28 2017 Sonata (sangiovese-cabernet sauvignon blend), Robert Renzoni Vineyards, $50 2017 Estate Sangiovese, Cougar Winery, $47 Whites, Rosés, Sweet 2020 Brachetto Rosé, Cougar, $28 2019 Albariño, Hart, $28 2017 Rosé of Sangiovese, Callaway Winery, $28 2021 Parlez Vous Rosé, Akash, $36 2020 Mélange d’ Ete (muscatsauvignon blanc blend), Leoness, $29 Cheers to a prosperous and happy 2022. May it be an excellent vintage for everyone.

Wisdom of the vine: “Wine is not just an object of pleasure but an object of knowledge, and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.” – Roger Scruton The Mystery Wino is a wine geek, vineyard owner, winemaker and writer based in Temecula.

Arts Council Menifee selects Cadmus as January’s Ambassador of the Month MENIFEE – Arts Council Menifee chose founding member Betti Cadmus as Ambassador of the Month for January 2022.

Cadmus was an active trustee for more than 11 years before her resignation in the fall. Arts Council Menifee recognized and appreciated the time and energy that she devoted to the council and her work to promote arts in the community.

“Betti’s positive energy, determined spirit and selflessness have always been an inspiration to the council,” Colleen Ackerman, ACM trustee and long time friend, said.

“Her supportive and encouraging personality, attention to detail, and competency have been instru-

mental in the growth and success of ACM. Even though she is no longer a trustee of ACM, I know we can count on her support and involvement as a citizen of Menifee. Thank you, Betti.”

Cadmus was primarily raised in Glendale, except for a fiveyear period in New York early in her childhood. In the third grade, Cadmus had an inspirational and beloved music teacher, Miss Poier, who kept a guitar and autoharp in the classroom and piqued her interest in all the stringed instruments.

That year, Cadmus began playing the violin. As she progressed, she made her way to first chair in the middle school orchestra. During lunch breaks, many students would

meet in a practice room, swapping a bass for a viola or a violin for a cello to experience playing all the different stringed instruments.

Cadmus started playing the guitar at this time, as well as the mandolin. Like Miss Poier, her original musical inspiration and mentor, she also acquired an autoharp. These people and experiences intensified her interest and appreciation of music and the arts in general.

In 1991, Cadmus, and her husband, John, moved to Menifee and stayed to raise their two daughters, Carlyn and Natalie. She became a band mother, helping to raise funds for Bell Mountain Middle School and Paloma Valley High School.

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Cadmus is currently the public information officer for the Menifee Union School District, a position she has held for the last 10 years.

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She also worked to encourage and to facilitate collaboration between MUSD and Arts Council Menifee. She connected the local schools with artists and events sponsored by the council. One of those partnerships allowed Arts Council Menifee to use Hans Christensen Middle School for the annual Menifee’s Got Talent contest. This event features local performers from under 10 to over 90 years old and gives them the opportunity to entertain the citizens of Menifee.

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Heavenly Horse Haven equine rescue owner Gina Perrin and her husband Mike are in need of volunteers to assist at the ranch, due to health issues she is struggling with at this time. see page AVO-2

Local What motorists need to know about tire chains Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

From people that live in the mountain communities to motorists planning to drive to higher elevations to play in the snow, all drivers need to know the rules about snow chains. see page AVO-3

Local Anza Valley MAC to meet via Zoom, Jan. 12 ANZA – Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council will meet Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 5:30 p.m., via Zoom and will feature representatives from the Riverside County sheriff, transportation, animal control and code enforcement.

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Sabrina Drake takes a snap of Cahuilla Mountain after the winter storm Wednesday, Dec. 29.

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Anza Valley residents woke up to a winter wonderland with several inches of snowfall deposited

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Officially, Anza experiences an average of just over 5 inches of snow each winter. This number indicates that some years receive less and some more of the snow, resulting in that average mark.

According to records kept from 1943-2005, average precipitation received in the Anza Valley is 12.79 inches per year, with see SNOW, page AVO-2

Anza Baptist Church presents annual Living Nativity Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Members of the Anza First Southern Baptist Church donned costumes, got into character and arranged for several living nativity scenes Dec. 18 to honor and celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus.

Live actors took part in the memorable event that took place at the church in Anza.

The chilly night air did not deter the multitudes that came out to enjoy the scenes. Inside the church, hot chocolate and treats were provided.

The nativity event took months to plan. There were stations depicting Mary and Joseph being turned away at the inn and the Wise Men and shepherds preparing to travel to Bethlehem. The manger scene with Pastor Matthew Nevills and his wife Julie featured their tiny infant Eliza portraying Baby Jesus. see NATIVITY, page AVO-4

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from a fleeting winter storm that moved through the region Tuesday evening, Dec. 28.

Areas in the higher elevations of Anza received about 1 to 3 inches of snow from the cold weather event.

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Baby Jesus is swaddled in warm blankets at the Living Nativity held at the Anza Baptist Church, Saturday, Dec. 18.

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Cahuilla Casino donates toys to Kids of Anza Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Suzie Rodriguez, left, Brianna Fredberg, Russell Kitchen, Melissa Asmus, Elly Castilleja and Matt Ezor take part in the presentation of toys from the Cahuilla Casino to Kids of Anza Tuesday, Dec. 21.

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The Kids of Anza accepted a large donation of new toys from the Cahuilla Casino’s toy drive Tuesday, Dec. 21.

The effort by both organizations promised to make Christmas extra special for local children.

“I appreciate every donation and want to thank the Cahuilla Casino for their effort,” KOA representative Susie Rodriguez said.

Anza is noted for its generosity, especially during the holiday season.

The KOA’s donations helped deserving kids have a merry Christmas.

Parents were very pleased that their children were guaranteed a fun holiday with the gifts so generously provided by others in the community.

To learn more about the Kids of Anza, visit them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KOA-kids-ofAnza-1871218979808102/.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia.com.

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Heavenly Horse Haven in need of volunteers Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Heavenly Horse Haven equine rescue owner Gina Perrin and her husband Mike are in need of volunteers to assist at the ranch, due to health issues she is struggling with at this time.

Known for her kindness for animals, perfectly organized ranch and generosity for those in need, Perrin could now use some assistance with the daily chores at the rescue.

Volunteers are invaluable sources of support for the ranch. Regular help is needed, but also those who can come for a day are very much appreciated. They can help by doing regular things such as feeding, washing, brushing the animals, cleaning their pens, and giving them water.

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said. “They are working 10 hours a day, seven days a week. They need volunteers who are willing to help with the feeding, watering, brushing and care for the animals and their pens.”

The Perrins also desperately need help raising funds to keep the ranch going. Those who have the skills to complete repairs on the property are needed. The feed truck broke down a few weeks ago and needs maintenance as well.

“Mike and Gina have such big hearts and have always had a love for animals in need,” Tulk said.

“This ranch was once Gina’s passion, and she is heartbroken that she is not able to put the time, energy and care into it that she once did. Unfortunately, Gina’s health has been declining over the last few years as she bravely fights against the complications of multiple sclerosis.”

Many of the rescue’s horses are acquired in poor condition and in need of rehabilitation. Others are owner-relinquished in perfect health and in various phases of training. The horses are assessed, vetted and their individual needs met. Additional training is provided if needed. When they are ready, they are offered for adoption to their forever homes.

There are 47 rescued horses, including four miniature horses, two that do hospital therapy with patients.

Besides horses, the ranch is home to two goats, a pig, several chickens, roosters, peacocks and other birds, a monkey, two alpacas, an emu and several dogs. All animals are available for sponsoring and many horses can still be adopted.

In the past, fundraising events have raised necessary money to help feed, vet, house and otherwise care for the animals at the rescue.

As a result of Perrin’s health is-

Horses like this Arabian mare adopted out a couple of years ago reside at Heavenly Horse Haven, which is in need of volunteers to assist with the animals’ care.

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sues, no events have been held in recent years.

“Gina was just released from the hospital after fighting an infection,” Tulk said. “She is bedridden now and has a feeding tube. She requires round-the-clock care by a skilled nurse and luckily she also has the constant support and love of her husband, Mike.”

In October 2019, as she was hosting her annual Heavenly Horse Haven Chili Cook-Off fundraiser, Perrin’s speech became barely intelligible and in the days leading up to the event she lost so much strength she was dropping her coffee cup and unable to even brush her hair.

Perrin’s daughter, Cathy Perez, explained, “At this point we had to intervene and force her to go to the emergency room, thinking it was a possible stroke. My mom, feeding

the animals before heading to the hospital, was trying to laugh it off saying ‘I’ve just been overworking myself.’ You see, over the summer the ranch lost a few of its workers and the volunteers were not coming as often and my mom and Mike were so short-handed they had to do almost everything on their own. So yes, she and Mike were both very overworked, but clearly something else was going on.”

Volunteers are desperately needed to continue the good works started by Perrin.

“I began volunteering there in the spring of 2021 and I would be happy to help any new volunteers around and set up a time to assist them in completing these tasks,” Tulk said. “Each time I work on the ranch and spend time with the animals I walk away wishing I could stay longer and give more.”

The continued legacy of Heavenly Horse Haven is now in the hands of those that care about animals as much as Perrin does.

Heavenly Horse Haven is located at 58290 Marlis Lane, Anza.

The phone number is 714-6159577. They can be reached by email at info@heavenlyhorsehaven.org.

For more information about Heavenly Horse Haven, please visit www.heavenlyhorsehaven. org or their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HeavenlyHorse-Haven-Inc-249695083829/.

Their LinkedIn address is www. linkedin.com/company/heavenlyhorse-haven-inc-.

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Sabrina Drake and her mount take a dip in cool water after the winter storm Wednesday, Dec. 29.

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Coral Hall captures this stunning image from her window after the winter storm Wednesday, Dec. 29.

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average snowfall totals recorded at 5.8 inches.

Much of the precipitation fell from about the 3,800-foot elevation and up.

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What mountain motorists need to know about tire chains Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

From people that live in the mountain communities to motorists planning to drive to higher elevations to play in the snow, all drivers need to know the rules about snow chains.

Snow chains or authorized cables add valuable traction when traversing through snowy and icy roadways. They are usually purchased to match the automobile’s tire size and come in either linked chain or steel cable designs.

The California Vehicle Code, Section 605, defines tire traction devices as “devices or mechanisms having a composition and design capable of improving vehicle traction, braking and cornering ability upon snow or ice-covered surfaces. Tire traction devices shall be constructed and assembled to provide sufficient structural integrity and to prevent accidental detachment from vehicles.”

During the winter months, motorists may encounter traction chain controls in the mountain areas within California. When chain controls are established, signs will be posted along the road indicating the type of requirement.

There are three levels of chain requirements in the state, as defined by Caltrans.

Requirement 1 (R-1): Chains are required on all vehicles except passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks under 6,000 pounds gross weight and equipped with snow tires on at least two drive wheels.

Chains must be carried by vehicles using snow tires. All vehicles towing trailers must have chains on one drive axle. Trailers

with brakes must have chains on at least one axle.

Requirement 2 (R2): Chains or traction devices are required on all vehicles except four wheel/allwheel drive vehicles with snowtread tires on all four wheels. Four wheel/all-wheel drive vehicles must carry traction devices in chain control areas.

Requirement 3 (R3): Chains or traction devices are required on all vehicles, with no exceptions.

R1 and R2 are the most common requirements. Roadways will most likely be closed before an R3 condition is imposed.

Motorists must follow the directions on the signs posted for chain controls or any instructions given

by Caltrans or California Highway Patrol personnel at chain control checkpoints. Caltrans reserves the right to prevent any vehicle from entering a chain control area when it is determined the vehicle will experience difficulty in safely traveling the area. Whenever chains are required, the speed limit automatically changes to 25 to 30 miles per hour.

If you must travel, chain up and drive slowly and cautiously. Rear wheel drive vehicles chain up on the rear driving wheels. Front wheel drive vehicles install chains on the front driving wheels. All wheel drive vehicles install chains on front driving/steering wheels or rear wheels. Four-wheel drive vehicles, with four-wheel drive engaged, drivers chain up the front steering wheels or the rear wheels.

Additionally, from Nov. 1 to April 1, all vehicles are required to carry tire chains or cables when they enter a chain control area, even if it isn’t snowing.

Drivers can be fined and be in big trouble for damages if involved in an accident where chains may have prevented an out-of-control situation. If you get stuck and need to be towed, you will also incur that cost, which may be substantial.

At the end of the chain control area, motorists must find a safe area to get off the road and remove their traction control devices.

On the busier highways, chain installers, or chain monkeys, are certified people that will charge a fee to install and remove chains for you. Charges vary, and cash is king with these services. Caltrans issues chain installers specific permits, and they even have to pass a test that involves untangling a set of chains and installing them on a vehicle in less than five minutes.

Chain monkeys can be identified by a badge that they are required to wear. If you use these services, note the badge number and get a receipt. Chain installers are not permitted to sell or rent chains.

Control areas can change rapidly because of changing weather and road conditions. The Caltrans Highway Information Network allows drivers to check road conditions often. Motorists may telephone 800-427-7623 for up-tothe-minute information in California and Western Nevada.

The network is updated as conditions change and is voice-activated for safety and convenience.

For up-to-date road conditions and closures, you can also follow Caltrans HQ on Twitter or Facebook or check road conditions on their website or their app for your phone.

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not supply chains, and many even forbid their use. If used, the renter may be responsible for damages to the vehicle as a result. Check with your rental company before taking any chances.

Many auto parts or big box stores will not accept returns on snow chains for any reason.

Walmart is a prime example; they

have signs posted advising of their strict no-return policy.

However aggravating, the purpose of chains is to keep people safe. It is best to know the ins and out of these seasonal traction devices to avoid a slippery disaster.

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Anza Valley MAC to meet via Zoom, Jan. 12 ANZA – Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council will meet Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 5:30 p.m., via Zoom. Those attending the online meeting will hear from the Riverside County sheriff, transportation, animal control, code enforcement and learn the outcome of redistricting and issues pertinent Anza and Aguanga.

Interested residents can participate and join the Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/859 16165705?pwd=RXhkVUF5W WpZa3Z3RkszR2lqeVd0QT09.

The meeting ID is 859 1616 5705. The passcode is 20220112.

To phone in, call 1-669-9006833.

The Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council is an Advisory Council for Riverside County, 3rd District Supervisor, Chuck Washington. The council is made up of Sharon Evans, Birdie Kopp, Allison Renck, Rick Beauchamp.

MAC asked that participants place the phone or computer on mute until they are called on by the meeting moderator, Pacifica Hoffenberg.

The call to order will be made at 5:30 p.m., by the presiding chair, Allison Renck The speakers will include Emily Leinen, public and legislative liaison with the California Department of Transportation; Leslie Huennekens, lieutenant of field offices with the Riverside County Animal Control; Lt. Dan Winder of the Hemet Sheriff Station and Code Enforcement Officer Jennifer Morris.

The redistricting outcome on Map F, selected by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, will be discussed.

The council will also be hearing from Amanda Fisher, district representative for Sen. Melissa Melendez. The nonprofit Thimble Club will be featured, and there will be an Anza Valley sign update by Birdie Kopp.

Other Anza community issues can be discussed during the Zoom meeting.

The MAC’s next meeting will be Wednesday, March 9.

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Mary receives the news that she is to bear a very special child at the Living Nativity held at the Anza Baptist Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photos Church, Saturday, Dec. 18.

NATIVITY from page AVO-1 For the event, guests were invited to travel to Bethlehem and view the presentation orchestrated by a cast of more than 35 participants. It depicted several different biblical scenes surrounding the birth of Jesus.

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An angel tells the shepherds of the birth of the baby Jesus at the Anza Baptist Church, Saturday, Dec. 18.

unusually calm weather and was blanketed by the most beautiful Anza evening sky.

For more information on the Anza First Southern Baptist Church, please visit them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ anzabaptistchurch.

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SUMMONS SUMMONS STATE OF INDIANA, MARION COUNTY IN THE MARION CIRCUIT COURT PATERNITY DIVISION CAUSE NO: 49CO1-0601-JP-002059 IN RE: THE MATTER OF Kamya Phillips b/n/f Shaquita Tunstill, Petitioner Mother; Brent Phillips, Respondent Father TO RESPONDENT FATHER: Brent Phillips, Whereabouts unknown

Joseph and Mary are informed by the innkeeper that there is no lodging available at the inn at the Living Nativity held at the Anza Baptist Church, Saturday, Dec. 18.

You are hereby notified that you have been ordered to appear virtually via Webex for a final hearing set in response to Petitioner Mother’s Verified Petition to Modify Custody on March 8, 2022 at 4PM in the cause number and court indicated above and that Petitioner Mother has filed a Verified Petition to Modify Custody.

Logon information is as follows: https://mscourts.webex.com/mscourts/j.php?MTID=m05b4231c1ba181ce95344867699747c9 Meeting number (access code): 179 344 6270 Meeting password: sWVyvbf4452 (99898234 from phones) Join by phone 1-844-992-4726-toll free If you do not appear, evidence may be heard in your absence and a determination made by the court of all issues raised by the Petition. If you wish to retain an attorney to represent you in this matter, it is advisable to do so before the date stated in the order to appear.

If you take no action in this case after receipt of this Summons, the Court can grant Petitioner Mother’s petition and make a determination regarding any of the following: child custody, child support, parenting time, payment of medical expenses, or any other matters related to the minor child.

Dated: 12/3/2021 BY: Myla A. Eldridge, Clerk, Marion County Indiana The following manner of service is hereby designated: Service on individual by publication Merryn Gluys, Counsel for Petitioner Mother/Gluys and Miller, An Association of Attorneys/Broad Ripple Office/1915 Broad Ripple Avenue/Indianapolis, Indiana 46220/Office 317-503-5932/merryngluys@ sbcglobal.net/www.indyfamilyatty.com ORDER ON PRETRIAL CONFERENCE And ORDER TO APPEAR FOR FINAL CUSTODY HEARING Pending before this court is Mother’s Verified Petition for Termination of Third – Party Custody and related relief. This court conducted a pretrial conference on Thursday, December 3, 2021. Mother appeared in person and by counsel. Pro se Father failed to appear. Intervenor did not appear; the Court observes that Intervenor’s consent to the granting of Mother’s Verified Petition has been efiled previous to today’s hearing.

Shepherds rest by a warm fire at the Living Nativity held at the Anza Baptist Church, Saturday, Dec. 18.

The Court now sets a final hearing in this cause for March 8, 2022 at 4PM, thirty minutes. All parties are ordered to appear before the Court at this time. This hearing will be conducted remotely via Webex. Parties are to check in with Court staff remotely prior to the start of the hearing. Any exhibits to be offered at the hearing shall be each be e-filed separately 48 hours prior to hearing. E-noticed exhibits should be premarked as Pet. or Resp. and comply with the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records or be subject to being stricken from the record.

Meeting link: https://mscourts.webex.com/mscourts/j.php?MTID=m05b4231c1ba181ce9534486769974 7c9 Meeting number (access code): 179 344 6270 Meeting password: wWVyvbf4452 (99898234 from phones) Join by phone 1-844-992-4726-toll free SO ORDERED ON 12/6/2021 Laura Gaskill JUDGE, MARION COUNTY INDIANA CIRCUIT COURT PATERNITY DIVISION LEGAL #: 3486 PUBLISHED: December 17, 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 2022

The Wise Men make their way to see the infant Jesus at the Living Nativity held at the Anza Baptist Church, Saturday, Dec. 18.

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ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116383 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BIG FLUFF 8401 Rocky Rd, Anza, CA 92539 Mailing address: PO Box 390736, Anza CA 92539 County: Riverside Victoria Jewell Jackson, 8401 Rocky Rd, Anza, CA 92539 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 9/01/2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Victoria Jewell Jackson Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/03/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3487 PUBLISHED: December 17, 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116328 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RIDE ON MOBILE DETAILING 8301 Rocky Rd, Anza, CA 92539 Mailing address: PO Box 390736, Anza CA 92539 County: Riverside Jeffery Allen Kessman, 8301 Rocky Rd, Anza, CA 92539 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on NOVEMBER 8, 2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Jeffery Allen Kessman Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/02/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3488 PUBLISHED: December 17, 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116207 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. THE FLANNEL STORE 2. MALLORY BLOOM 3. ADDISON FROST 33034 Vendange Drive, Winchester, CA 92596 County: Riverside Myrtle Tree Holdings, 33034 Vendange Drive, Winchester, CA 92596 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 10/17/2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Jelena Allen, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/30/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3489 PUBLISHED: December 17, 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116310 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RAM TEAM CONTRACTOR 39884 La Moria Ct, Murrieta, CA 92562 County: Riverside Ram Team Contractor, 39884 La Moria Ct, Murrieta, CA 92562 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 11/2016 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Victor Ramirez Neri, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/01/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3490 PUBLISHED: December 17, 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116887 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 4TH DIMENSION DIGITAL ARTS 31940 Via Cordoba, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Joseph Steven Figueroa, 31940 Via Cordoba, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Joseph Steven Figueroa Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/13/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3492 PUBLISHED: December 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116608 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES PHOTO BOOTH 24443 Leafwood Drive, Murrieta, CA 92562 County: Riverside Schneidig Albert Aroche, 24443 Leafwood Drive, Murrieta, CA 92562 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Schneidig Albert Aroche Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/07/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3493 PUBLISHED: December 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116943 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CURIOS TONILA 33280 Winchester Rd, Winchester, CA 92596 County: Riverside a. Alma -- Munguia De Cisneros, 30790 Paradise Palm Ave, Homeland, CA 92548 b. Eduardo Rocha Cisneros, 30790 Paradise Palm Ave, Homeland, Ca 92548 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Alma Munguia De Cisneros Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/14/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3494 PUBLISHED: December 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116941 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CONCLUSIVE MARKETING 29573 Baker Ln, Murrieta, CA 92563 County: Riverside Jeremiah Michael Miller, 29573 Baker Ln, Murrieta, CA 92563 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Jeremiah Michael Miller Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/14/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3499 PUBLISHED: January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116174 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KK CASTRO RENTALS 4154 46th Street, San Diego, CA 92105 Mailing address: PO Box 890868, Temecula, CA 92589 County: Riverside Karen Kay Rogers, 31908 Leigh Lane, Temecula, CA 92591 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Karen Kay Rogers Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/29/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3491 PUBLISHED: December 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202117206 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CAL MUTUAL 28581 Old Town Front St, #313, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Kizzow, Inc, 28581 Old Town Front St, #313, Temecula, CA 92590 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Shane Dailey, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/21/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3496 PUBLISHED: December 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 21, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116975 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FIRST REAL ESTATE SERVICE 37060 Bonita Vista Rd., Anza, CA 92539 Mailing address: P.O. Box 391111, Anza, CA 92539 County: Riverside Burnett Properties L.A., Inc., 37060 Bonita Vista Rd., Anza, CA 92539 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Greg Burnett, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/14/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3500 PUBLISHED: January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116771 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ROMO CONSTRUCTION 31560 Via Del Paso, Winchester, CA 92596 County: Riverside Osvaldo -- Romo, 31560 Via Del Paso, Winchester, CA 92596 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Osvaldo -- Romo Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/10/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3495 PUBLISHED: December 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202117053 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INLAND VALLEY DRIVING SCHOOL 28780 Old Town Front St, B-2, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Cavco Enterprises, Inc., 43020 Blackdeer Loop, Suite 203, Temecula, CA 92590 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 12/1/2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: James Cavataio, Vice President and COO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/16/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3497 PUBLISHED: December 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 21, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202117077 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TAYLORS VACATION RENTAL ASSISTANCE 43182 Calle Ventura, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Taylor Lynn Durick, 43182 Calle Ventura, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Taylor Lynn Durick Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/16/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3501 PUBLISHED: January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202114547 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SANRIO SURPRISES 1212 Galleria At Tyler, Riverside, CA 92503 County: Riverside Doris Eunhee Cho, 1212 Galleria At Tyler, Riverside, CA 92503 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 9/29/2010 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Doris Eunhee Cho Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/20/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3457 PUBLISHED: October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 2021 Republished: December 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 2022 Registrant’s name was spelled wrong in original publication.

ABANDONMENT BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File Number: R-201913047 Filed Riverside County Clerk’s Office Peter Aldana The following fictitious business name(s) has been abandoned by the following person(s): INLAND VALLEY DRIVING SCHOOL, INC 28780 Old Town Front St, B-2, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Inland Valley Driving School, Inc., 28780 Old Town Front St, B-2, Temecula, CA 92590 This business is conducted by a Corporation The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in Riverside County on 09/24/2019 Signed by: Tahsin Atrushi, CEO/President THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY ON 12/09/2021 LEGAL: 3498 PUBLISHED: December 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 21, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202113530 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KAYLEE NAILS & SPA 1820 Hamner Ave Ste B, Norco, CA 92860 Mailing address: 1509 S Old Fashion Way, Anaheim, CA 92804 County: Riverside KT Beauty Services, LLC, 1509 S Old Fashion Way, Anaheim, CA 92804 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Kaylee Tran, Manager Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/27/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3453 PUBLISHED: October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 2021 Republished: December 24, 31, 2021, January 7, 14, 2022 Registrant and business information was missing in original publication

Notice To Readers: California law requires that contractors taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor or materials) be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. State law also requires that contractors include their license number on all advertising.

You can check the status of your licensed contractor at www. cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB. Unlicensed contractors taking jobs that total less than $500 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-19-876184-CL Order No.: DS7300-19007639 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/19/2000. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): Robert F. Szymanski and Kimberly Anne Szymanski, husband and wife as joint tenants Recorded: 8/3/2000 as Instrument No. 2000-301564 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, California; Date of Sale: 1/26/2022 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: 2410 Wardlow Road #111, Corona, CA 92880, in the Auction.com Room Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $74,958.41 The purported property address is: 51590 OLD MINE TRL, ANZA, CA 92539 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 572-090-026-3 572-090-027-4 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan. com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-19-876184-CL. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase.

First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 800-280-2832, or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-19-876184-CL to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 6457711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-19-876184-CL IDSPub #0175872 12/24/2021 12/31/2021 1/7/2022

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HEALTH

CDC shortens quarantine times as COVID-19 cases rise in Riverside County Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the time for quarantine for the public from 14 days to five days, the number of COVID-19 cases over the past week continues to rise in Riverside County, according to data released by the Riverside County University Health System.

In the guidance issued Monday, Dec. 27, the CDC said that people diagnosed with COVID-19 should isolate for “five days, and if they are asymptomatic or their symptoms are resolving without a fever for 24 hours, follow that by five days of wearing a mask when around others to minimize the risk of infecting people they encounter.”

The change, the CDC said, was “motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARSCoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the one to two days prior to onset of symptoms and the two- to three days after.”

The CDC also updated the recommended quarantine period for anyone in the “general public who has been exposed to COVID-19.”

For people who are unvaccinated, those who are more than six months out from their second mRNA dose or those who are more than two months after the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and have not yet received a booster shot, the CDC recommended quarantine for five days followed by strict mask

use for an additional five days.

“Alternatively, if a five-day quarantine is not feasible, it is imperative that an exposed person wear a well-fitting mask at all times when around others for 10 days after exposure,” the CDC said.

According to numbers released Saturday, Jan. 1, since Saturday, Dec. 25, the number of coronavirus patients in Riverside County hospitals surged to 510 from 356 and the number of those patients in intensive care increased by 17 to 94, while the county also logged an additional 31 virus-related deaths.

Meanwhile, the aggregate number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the county increased by 8,958 since Dec. 25, reaching 399,023 total cases since the pandemic began, according to RUHS. Of those cases, nine were reported by the RUHS to be of the omicron variant and 1,843 were delta. The RUHS updates the variant data on a weekly basis.

Over the past 21 months 5,585 deaths attributed to virus-related complications have been recorded in the county. Due to HIPPA laws, it remains unclear if any of those who died from COVID-19 had any underlying health conditions. Fatalities are trailing indicators due to delays in processing death certificates which can go back weeks, according to health officials.

The number of known active virus cases countywide over the past week was 9,127. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries from the current

totals. Verified patient recoveries countywide are 384,311.

In other COVID-19 news, the CDC withdrew its request to the Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus real time PCR diagnostic panel first introduced in February 2020 for detection of COVID-19, citing concerns that the test did not differentiate between COVID-19 and the seasonal flu, according to a news release issued by the CDC. Clinical laboratories across the country were expected to begin implementing one of the many FDA-authorized alternatives, including Serology/Antibody and Other Adaptive Immune Response Tests beginning Jan. 1, the CDC said.

The CDC also warned people Thursday, Dec. 19, to not go on cruise ships due to the outbreaks of COVID-19 fueled by the omicron variant, regardless of their vaccination status.

The CDC said it has more than 90 cruise ships under investigation or observation because of COVID-19 cases. The agency did not disclose the number of infections.

“The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily between people in close quarters on board ships, and the chance of getting COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high,” even if people are fully vaccinated and have received a booster, the CDC said.

In March 2020, as the coronavirus took hold in the U.S., the CDC put a halt to all cruises for

what turned out to be 15 months.

Last June, it allowed ships to resume sailing under new strict new conditions.

In August, as the delta variant surged, the agency warned people who are at risk of severe illness despite being vaccinated not to go on cruises.

The CDC also recommended that passengers get tested and quarantine for five days after docking, regardless of their vaccination status and even if they have no symptoms.

Royal Caribbean Group said that since cruising restarted in U.S. waters last spring, 1.1 million guests had traveled with its cruise lines and 1,745 people had tested positive for COVID-19, or about 0.16%.

It said that 41 people required hospitalization, and that no passengers diagnosed with omicron had been taken to the hospital.

All the changes and warnings come across as a mixed message as Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, told MSNBC that the number of hospitalizations for children with COVID-19 has increased in recent days, but that many of those hospitalizations were not related to the virus.

“Many of them are actually coming in for another reason. But they happen to be tested when they come in and they’re found incidentally to have COVID,” she told MSNBC Dec. 29, adding that the high number of child hospitalizations is “common” for this “time of year.”

Walensky said that children “more often” don’t require treatment in the intensive care unit.

Toward the end of the segment, she said that children who are eligible should receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

The CDC director, who has come under fire for her messaging on the COVID-19 pandemic since she was appointed this year, was asked about a report suggesting that the average number of hospitalizations for children who have COVID-19 has increased 52% as of Dec. 26. New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Florida and Ohio saw the highest increases.

“It’s winter, and this is a winter virus, and this omicron is particularly contagious, so I think you were going to see an increase anyway,” Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said to NBC’s “Today” recently. Offit similarly noted that many children have tested positive for COVID-19 without showing any symptoms.

“We test anybody who’s admitted to the hospital for whatever reason to see whether or not they have COVID, and we’re definitely seeing an increase in cases. However, we’re really not seeing an increase in children who are hospitalized for COVID or in the intensive care unit for COVID,” Offit said.

City News Service and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

Changes to Tricare retail pharmacies now in effect FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Several new changes to Tricare retail pharmacies recently took effect.

Starting Wednesday, Dec. 15, CVS Pharmacy joined the TRICARE network, while Walmart, Sam’s Club and some community pharmacies left the network.

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With this change, nearly 5,000 more retail pharmacy locations will be added and nearly 90% of beneficiaries will have access to a network pharmacy within 5 miles of their home.

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Enact long-term solutions to protect joint health TEMECULA – Periodic aches and pains can affect anyone. Individuals who are physically active and those who live largely sedentary lifestyles may experience pain from time to time. In fact, many professional and amateur athletes experience minor, short-term injuries at one point or another, and rest is often the best remedy to overcome such obstacles.

Though minor tweaks may be somewhat normal, long-term issues like persistent joint pain should not be written off as par for the course. It can be tempting to write joint pain off as a concern only serious athletes need to worry about. Terms like “tennis elbow” and “runner’s knee” can give less physically active individuals a false impression of joint pain and what causes it. But the Mayo Clinic said that lack of exercise can contribute to pain and stiffness in the joints. That’s because exercise strengthens the muscles and tissues that surround the joints. That added strength puts less stress on the joints.

In recognition of the threat posed by chronic joint pain, the Arthritis Foundation recommended individuals take various steps to protect their joints over the long haul.

Focus less on fashion in regard to footwear. High heels may be the epitome of glamorous footwear, but women who routinely wear high heels will pay a steep price.

The Arthritis Foundation said that heels put added stress on the knees and increase risk for osteoporosis, and experts indicate that 3-inch heels are seven times more stressful on feet than 1-inch heels. But women aren’t the only ones whose

The Arthritis Foundation recommends individuals take various steps to protect their joints over the long haul.

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footwear fashion sense could be hurting their joints. Men also must pay attention to what they’re putting on their feet. For example, sandals without a back strap force toes to over grip the edge of the sandal, putting needless strain on each foot and potentially causing issues with the toes.

Alternate between sitting and standing throughout the day. Joint stiffness and strain can develop when individuals spend lengthy periods of time sitting or standing.

The Arthritis Foundation recommended taking a break to stand up or sit down every 30 minutes.

Professionals who sit at a desk all day may want to switch to heightadjustable desks that make it easy for them to transition from sitting to standing and still get their work done.

Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight causes a ripple effect that impacts the entire body, including the joints. The Arthritis

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Foundation said that researchers have determined that losing 11 pounds can reduce risk for osteoarthritis of the knee by 50%. On the flip side, each extra pound an individual carries puts four times the stress on his or her knees. Exercising to lose weight can provide the added benefit of preventing joint stiffness.

Opt for low-impact activities.

Low-impact activities like cycling and swimming are easier on the joints than fitness classes that involve high-intensity dancing and kickboxing. In addition, when choosing between a treadmill and elliptical machine, the Mayo Clinic said that ellipticals are generally considered low-impact machines that are less stressful on the knees, hips and back than running on a treadmill or even outdoors.

Various strategies can help individuals maintain healthy, pain-free joints over the long haul.

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Domestic violence suspect killed, officer injured in Beaumont City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Authorities shot and killed a suspect who violated a domestic violence restraining order before ramming his car into multiple police vehicles and a private vehicle, injuring a police officer, sheriff’s officials said Friday, Dec. 31.

The incident began around 10 p.m. Thursday, when deputies from the Perris Sheriff’s Station responded to a report of a domestic violence dispute in the 17000 block of Ridge Canyon Drive, in the unincorporated area of Perris known as Woodcrest, according

to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

“Upon arrival, the male suspect was not located and deputies learned the suspect had a felony warrant for a violation of an assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, kidnapping, vandalism, and a domestic violence restraining order violation,” the department said.

Authorities learned the suspect had fled the scene. He was later located in the area of Interstate 10 and Beaumont Avenue in the city of Beaumont. A sheriff’s helicopter located the suspect’s vehicle in the 400 block of East Fourth Street.

“The suspect attempted to flee the area by ramming a vehicle occupied by a private citizen and multiple police cars. An officer and deputy involved shooting occurred at that time. While the ramming occurred, an officer became trapped underneath a vehicle and couldn’t escape,” the sheriff’s department said.

“An officer needs help call was broadcasted to multiple law enforcement agencies. Surrounding agencies, along with our Special Enforcement Bureau, arrived on scene with an armored rescue vehicle, which was used to safely extract the injured officer. The

officer was transported to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries.”

Sheriff’s officials said numerous attempts were made to have the suspect exit the vehicle, and after no movement, deputies approached the vehicle and found the suspect deceased.

No other deputies or officers were injured, and authorities said there were no outstanding suspects.

The Beaumont Police Department, Banning Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol were also involved in the pursuit and arrest.

The involved deputes and officers will be placed on administrative leave per their department policies.

An investigator from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office will lead the investigation, aided by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Force Investigations Detail. Anyone with information regarding the incident was encouraged to contact District Attorney’s Investigator Felipe Munoz at 951-922-7624 or Sheriff’s Investigator Dan Moody at 951-955-2777.

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A 45-year-old Beaumont man suspected of amassing a large amount of child pornography that was loaded onto his electronic devices was released from custody recently on a $10,000 bond.

John Robert Crone was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Tuesday, Dec. 28, on suspicion of possession of child porn. Crone posted bail Wednesday morning and was turned loose.

According to Beaumont police, detectives initiated an investigation of the suspect in early fall, relying on assistance from the

Riverside County District Attorney’s Office’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, resulting in sufficient evidence being collected to justify a search warrant.

It was served at Crone’s residence in the 700 block of Winter Pine Street about 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, and during a search of the property, investigators seized “over 100 images of child porn on devices belonging to the suspect,” according to a police statement.

Further investigation will be required, and officials asked anyone with information to contact detectives at 951-769-8500.

Background information on Crone was not available.

Authorities Thursday, Dec. 30, were investigating what they believe to be a murder-suicide in Whitewater.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded to a welfare call in the 13000 block of Mesquite Road at 5:37 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, due to the reporting party having not heard from the residence’s homeowner in some time.

ings at the end of March.

The defendant is free on a $55,000 bond.

Mikolaycik was a teacher within the Hemet Unified School District for more than 30 years, though the alleged molestation occurred after his retirement, according to court papers.

His alleged encounters with the victim, identified in court documents only as “Jane Doe,” were between October 2014 and October 2015.

An investigation was initiated in September 2019 in the 2700 block of Hemet Street in East Hemet, near Berkley Avenue, where the

The circumstances were not disclosed, including how the defendant knew the victim, or why she was alone with him.

Detectives ultimately gathered sufficient evidence to obtain an arrest warrant, culminating in Mikolaycik’s arrest three months later.

According to the Hemet Unified School District, the defendant was hired in 1978 and taught at West Valley High School, Acacia Middle School and Dartmouth Middle School before retiring in 2010.

Mikolaycik has no documented previous felony or misdemeanor convictions in Riverside County.

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A trial date was confirmed recently for a former grade school teacher from Hemet accused of molesting a girl.

Allan Joseph Mikolaycik, 73, was arrested two years ago, following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation, and is set to stand trial March 28.

Mikolaycik is charged with lewd acts on a child under 14 years old.

During a status hearing at the Banning Justice Center, Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst conferred with the prosecution and defense regarding scheduling, and

According to Sgt. Richard Carroll, authorities arrived on the scene to find a dead woman with traumatic injuries as well as a deceased man with what appeared to be selfinflicted injuries.

Investigators at the scene believed the incident to be a murder-suicide with no suspects being currently sought.

The identity of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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Hemet police officers were joined by law enforcement personnel from multiple agencies in a crackdown on scofflaws, or those flaunting the law, along the main east-west corridor through the city, making a “positive impact” as a result of the operation, authorities said recently.

According to Hemet police Sgt. Dan Reinbolt, during a mobilization Tuesday, Dec. 28, Hemet police officers, California Highway

Patrol, Menifee and Murrieta police officers, 14 personnel in total, concentrated on catching traffic and pedestrian violators on Florida Avenue, which doubles as a segment of Highway 74.

“Officers monitored morning traffic, looking for speeding vehicles, jaywalking pedestrians, unsafe turns, vehicles following too close and drivers who failed to stop for red traffic signals,” Reinbolt said. “These are the top five causes of crashes in Hemet. This special detail made a positive impact, as

no collisions were reported, and commuters certainly noticed the increase in police presence.”

The sergeant said five patrol officers focused exclusively on traffic along Florida Avenue daily.

“However, help from our allied agencies allows us to nearly triple our staffing for a short period of time and aids in reminding drivers to slow down and drive more carefully when navigating Hemet’s roadways,” he said.

Additional high-profile operations are planned in the future.

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TEMECULA – Historically low interest rates have made now a good time to be a homeowner.

According to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, also known as Freddie Mac, the average interest rate on a 30-year fixedrate mortgage in mid-September 2021 was 2.86. Just 10 years earlier, the average rate was 4.09.

That’s a significant dip, and one that’s saving today’s homeowners tens of thousands of dollars over the life of their mortgages.

Interest rates dipped during the pandemic and have remained low ever since. That’s unlikely to last forever, which has given many homeowners a sense of urgency regarding refinancing.

Refinancing can be financially advantageous, but there are some things homeowners should know prior to contacting their lenders.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Christmas trees may be dropped off at a Riverside County landfill at no cost.

Each Riverside County household can bring up to three trees including flocked trees. Green waste rates will apply to commercial, out-of-county or loads of more than three trees.

In addition, trees are accepted for curbside collection through a trash hauler. Most trash haulers will collect Christmas trees curbside for two weeks after Christmas. Remove all ornaments, tinsel including the tree stand and place the tree next to or inside the green-waste container on the regular pickup day. Please contact the waste hauler for more details and specific instructions.

For those without a curbside pickup program, several drop-off locations will accept up to three residential Christmas trees for free

Refinancing does not always save money over the long haul It’s hard to blame homeowners who jump at the chance to refinance their mortgages. Refinancing is often associated with significantly lower monthly payments, and such savings can be used to finance home improvements, pay for tuition or build retirement nest eggs. However, homeowners won’t necessarily save money over the long haul if they’re refinancing an existing 30-year mortgage with another 30-year mortgage.

The mortgage experts at Mortgage Calculator note that a Change Terms mortgage refinance is characterized by a shift to a loan charging a lower interest rate. The initial savings with such a refinance are undeniable but changing from one 30-year to another 30-year restarts

Refinancing can be financially advantageous, but there are some things homeowners should know prior to contacting their lenders.

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the mortgage clock, which can add years to the time homeowners will be repaying their debt.

As a result, homeowners may end up paying more interest over time than they might have had they just kept their initial mortgage. Homeowners interested in a Change Terms refinance may want to look into switching from a 30-year to a 15-year mortgage.

A shorter-term mortgage will increase the monthly payment, but the loan will reach maturity much faster, greatly reducing the amount of interest homeowners will pay over the life of the mortgage.

Refinancing can be costly Lower monthly payments might be the number that catches homeowners’ eyes as they look to refinance, but it’s important that homeowners recognize that refinancing is not free. In fact, the personal finance experts at Kiplinger note that refinancing incurs many

of the same costs that homeowners had to pay when they signed their initial mortgage papers. That includes fees, taxes and appraisal costs. These costs are sometimes paid up front, but they also might be rolled into the loan balance. In the latter instance, homeowners could be paying interest on their refinancing costs. Homeowners who are refinancing solely because of lower interest rates should know that some lenders raise interest rates to compensate for refinancing costs. That can negate the savings and end up costing homeowners more money than the original mortgage.

Refinancing is an option for homeowners who want to save money. Homeowners can speak with a financial advisor to determine if this is the best way to save money over the long haul or if refinancing will ultimately cost them more over the life of the mortgage.

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Railroad Canyon/I-15 interchange work resumes in Lake Elsinore With weather conditions closing some mountain highways due to snow and landslides, southwest Riverside County freeways and state highways will see construction projects resume as weather inland improves.

“The safety of the traveling public is always Caltrans’ top priority,” Toks Omishakin, di-

rector of Caltrans, said. “Please avoid traveling to the Sierra unless absolutely necessary. If you must travel, make sure you’re prepared.”

The Riverside County Transportation Commission said that Friday, Jan. 7, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., Railroad Canyon Road in Lake Elsinore will have alternating lane closures, so crews can safely install traffic signs.

The commission also advised

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Downtown Los Angeles received 2.3 inches of rain by midafternoon, breaking a daily record of under 2 inches set in 1936, and more rain was expected into the evening, the National Weather Service said.

However, no major problems were reported in areas scarred by wildfires that were at risk at flooding and mudslides. Evacuation orders were lifted for three Orange County canyons.

Northern California was mostly free of storm warnings but chains were required on major highways through the Sierra Nevada.

Residents in higher foothill and mountain communities were digging out, with reports of major tree and power line damage in places like Foresthill and the Nevada City area, both northeast of Sacramento.

Thousand of residents remained without power, with warnings that some could be without lights and heat for another week.

On the central coast, a stretch of Highway 1 remained closed by a weekend slide in San Luis Obispo County.

California dried out for the New Year’s weekend.

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The prisons had nearly 350 active inmate coronavirus cases Thursday, up from fewer than 190 just two days earlier, with nearly half the total at the Wasco prison. There were lesser outbreaks at prisons near Norco, Corcoran, San Diego, Folsom and Chino.

There were nearly 400 new infections among prison employees statewide.

Prison officials said they have not seen an increase in hospitalizations, which have remained between one and three over the past two months statewide.

“The prisons lag behind the communities,” said Steve Fama, an attorney with the nonprofit Prison Law Office that represents inmates.

“The virus has to skip into the prisons, literally leap into — it’s got to get over the wall, and that just takes time.”

The cases are a fraction of the system’s nearly 100,000 inmates and nothing like the outbreaks last year, including one that sickened 75% of inmates at San Quentin State Penitentiary north of San Francisco, killing 28 inmates and a correctional officer.

Since the start of the pandemic, 245 inmates and 49 corrections staff have died statewide.

Corrections officials said they “continue to enforce a mask mandate for all staff, and require unvaccinated workers to wear N95 masks and submit to twice-weekly testing — twice the frequency required” by the California Department of Public Health.

They also said in a statement they are “diligently resolving discrepancies in the staff COVID-19 vaccination and testing data” but can’t yet provide updated statistics.

A related review by corrections officials of staff at two prisons that house the sickest inmates reduced the percentage of those initially listed as not complying with health rules from more than 10% to just 2% at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville and from more than 8% to about 5% at the California

Healthcare Facility in Stockton.

Meanwhile, vaccinations are lagging among contractors at those prisons, inmates’ attorneys say, despite a separate requirement that all employees there be inoculated.

Again, there are few consequences, according to court documents, because contractors “cannot be disciplined for failing to comply.”

Contractors are not state employees, but “are supposed to comply and they should not be working in the institution if they are not vaccinated,” Paul Mello, an attorney for the corrections department, said in response at a recent court hearing.

Contractors including medical providers make up about a quarter of employees at the Vacaville prison, but only 37% are vaccinated as required.

They make up nearly one in five employees at the prison in Stockton, with 61% vaccinated.

That compares to about 80% of permanent employees vaccinated at the two prisons.

State Public Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón last week expanded on the vaccination order for all paid and unpaid individuals who are regularly assigned to provide health care to inmates or work in prison medical settings or in local jails.

They were supposed to be vaccinated by mid-October, and his order now requires them to get booster shots by Feb. 1.

Citing the new omicron variant that he said may be two to four times as infectious as the delta variant, Aragón warned that “even a moderate surge in cases and hospitalizations could materially impact California’s health care delivery system within certain regions of the state.”

The federal court-appointed receiver who controls medical care in California prisons said officials are working to get boosters in all eligible inmates by year’s end.

Of about 70,000 eligible inmates, nearly three-quarters had received one by mid-December.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is fighting a federal judge’s order that all California prison workers must be vaccinated against the coronavirus or have a religious or medical exemption. The administration argues in part that frequent testing can help limit the virus’s spread.

But large percentages of employees who are required to be tested twice weekly aren’t doing so, “and most of those workers face no consequences,” inmates’ attorneys said in a recent court filing, citing figures that officials now say are suspect.

The concern comes as new cases soar across California and state models predict a gradual increase in hospitalizations and intensive care admissions over the next month.

More than 5,100 people were hospitalized and more than 1,100 in the ICU statewide, numbers expected to climb above 7,300 and 1,300 by the end of January.

The Greater Sacramento region meanwhile joined the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California with an R-effective that measures infection rates above 1. Anything above 1 means the number of infected persons will increase, and only the Northern California and San Joaquin Valley regions remained below 1.

Corrections officials temporarily shut off new admissions to the reception center at Wasco State Penitentiary in the San Joaquin Valley, the site of California’s worst current prison outbreak with more than 150 new infections in the past two weeks.

They also are restricting inmates’ movement, programs and visitation at institutions with outbreaks.

And starting Monday, inmates statewide must be fully vaccinated to have in-person or family visits, unless they have approved religious or medical exemptions.

The twice-weekly testing requirement applies to about 10,000 unvaccinated corrections employees, nearly a third of whom weren’t complying from mid-October through mid-November, according to the most recent data provided by corrections officials.

Yet, the state’s figures show fewer than 20 employees were disciplined during the same time frame, though corrections officials said those numbers are misleading, “partly because fully vaccinated staff who are not subject to the testing requirement may show as noncompliant with testing.”

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drenching rains fell across a swath of Southern California and snow brought traffic to a halt on a major highway early Thursday as the last in a series of December storms that walloped the state moved through.

The Grapevine section of Interstate 5 high in the mountains north of Los Angeles was shut down due to snow and ice before dawn, the California Highway Patrol said. Lanes reopened Thursday afternoon.

Mudslides, debris flows and rock falls caused localized problems on many roads. The city of Malibu tweeted that firefighters and lifeguards brought 22 people to safety from a flooded campground near Leo Carrillo State Beach.

The storm followed several earlier in the month that caused record snowfall and some flooding and other damage from high winds.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday, Dec. 30, declared a state of emergency for 20 counties throughout the state because of those storms and the threat from continuing weather. The declaration expands state assistance.

Work on RCTC’s Highway 60 Truck Lanes project is resuming, and the daily Gilman Springs Road westbound off-ramp will be closed Jan. 7, from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Highway 60 Truck Lanes Project is widening a 4.5mile section of Route 60 between Gilman Springs Road and 1.4 miles west of Jack Rabbit Trail through Riverside County’s badlands between Moreno Valley and Beaumont. It should be completed

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Nearly 1K homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire, official says Brittany Peterson and Eugene Garcia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and that three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Denver.

Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle also said Saturday that investigators are still trying to find the cause of the blaze that erupted Thursday. Officials had previously estimated that at least 500 homes, and possibly 1,000, were destroyed. They also announced earlier Saturday, Jan. 1, that two people were missing.

The wind-whipped wildfire blackened entire neighborhoods in the area between Denver and Boulder.

Authorities had said earlier no one was missing in the area hit by the Thursday, Dec. 30, blaze, but Boulder County spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill said Saturday that was due to confusion inherent when agencies are scrambling to manage an emergency.

Pelle said officials were organizing cadaver teams to search for the missing in the Superior area and in unincorporated Boulder County.

The task is complicated by debris from destroyed structures, covered by 8 inches of snow dumped by a storm overnight, he said.

At least 991 homes were destroyed, Pelli said: 553 in Louisville, 332 in Superior and 106 in unincorporated parts of the county.

He cautioned that the tally is not final.

The cause of the blaze was under investigation. Pelle said utility officials found no downed power lines around where the fire broke out. He said authorities were pursuing a number of tips and had executed a search warrant at “one particular location.” He declined to give details.

The news came as an overnight dumping of snow and frigid temperatures Saturday compounded

A lone flame flickers as smoke roils from the remains of a home destroyed by a pair of wildfires, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Superior, Colorado. An overnight dumping of snow and frigid temperatures compounded the misery of hundreds of Colorado residents who started off the new year trying to salvage what remains of their homes after a wind-whipped wildfire tore through the Denver suburbs.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

the misery of hundreds of Colorado residents who started off the new year trying to salvage what remains of their homes.

At least 6 inches of snow and temperatures in the single digits cast an eerie scene amid the stillsmoldering remains of homes.

Despite the shocking change in weather, the smell of smoke still permeated empty streets blocked off by National Guard troops in Humvees.

For the thousands of residents whose homes survived the conflagration, Red Cross shelter volunteers distributed electric space heaters as utility crews struggled to restore natural gas and electricity.

At least seven people were injured in the wildfire that erupted in and around Louisville and Superior, neighboring towns about 20 miles northwest of Denver with a combined population of 34,000.

More than 500 homes were feared destroyed.

The blaze, which burned at least 9.4 square miles, was no longer considered an immediate threat.

Families forced to flee the flames with little warning began returning to their neighborhoods Friday to find a patchwork of devastation. On some blocks, homes

reduced to smoking ruins stood next to ones practically unscathed by the fires.

“For 35 years I walked out my front door, I saw beautiful homes,” Eric House said. “Now when I walk out, my home’s standing. I walk out my front door and this is what I see.”

Cathy Glaab found that her home in Superior had been turned into a pile of charred and twisted debris. It was one of seven houses in a row that were destroyed.

“The mailbox is standing,” Glaab said, trying to crack a smile through tears. She added sadly, “So many memories.”

Despite the devastation, she said they intend to rebuild the house she and her husband have had since 1998. They love that the land backs up to a natural space, and they have a view of the mountains from the back.

Rick Dixon feared there would be nothing to return to after he saw firefighters try to save his burning home on the news. On Friday, Dixon, his wife and son found it mostly gutted with a gaping hole in the roof but still standing.

“We thought we lost everything,” he said, as he held his mother-in-law’s china in padded containers. They also retrieved

Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONROE, La. (AP) – President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Saturday, handing a victory to 24 states that had sued the federal government.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty wrote that the Biden administration unlawfully bypassed Congress when ordering that workers in Head Start programs be vaccinated by Jan. 31 and that students two years or older be masked when indoors or when in close contact outdoors.

Head Start is a federally funded program that promotes education for children under the age of 6 who are from low-income families.

Doughty, an appointee of thenPresident Donald Trump, wrote that the separation of powers is crucial to the country’s founding and quoted former President Ronald Reagan, who said “the

A fire truck moves along a road separating burned homes from those spared by a pair of wildfires Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Superior, Colorado.

nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

“If the executive branch is allowed to usurp the power of the Legislative branch to make laws, then this country is no longer a democracy — it is a monarchy,” Doughty wrote.

Republican attorneys general who were among the 24 states involved in the lawsuit praised Doughty’s decision.

“This victory will help ensure that numerous Head Start programs will continue to operate rather than have to fire teachers and cut back services to children,” Alabama Attorney General Marshall said in a news release. “And this win will forestall the nonsensical and damaging practice of forcing masks on 2-year-olds.”

It was not immediately clear whether the federal government would appeal the decision to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

Doughty’s ruling is similar to a Friday ruling in which a federal

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judge also blocked the Head Start mandate in Texas.

Saturday’s ruling affects Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming and West Virginia.

Homes burn as a wildfire rips through a development near Rock Creek Village, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, near Broomfield, Colorado. An estimated 580 to 1,000 homes, a hotel and a shopping center burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver.

sculptures that belonged to Dixon’s father and piles of clothes still on hangers.

As the flames swept over drought-stricken neighborhoods with alarming speed, propelled by guests up to 105 mph (169 kph), tens of thousands were ordered to flee.

With some roads still closed, people walked back to their homes to get clothes or medicine, turn the water off to prevent the pipes from freezing, or see if they still had a house. They left carrying backpacks and pulling suitcases or wagons down the sidewalk.

David Marks stood on a hillside overlooking Superior with others, using a pair of binoculars and a long-range camera lens to see if his house, and those of his neighbors, were still there, but he couldn’t tell for sure whether his place was OK. He said at least three friends lost their homes.

He had watched from the hillside as the neighborhood burned.

“I’ve never seen anything like that. … Just house after house, fences, just stuff flying through the air, just caught on fire.”

President Joe Biden Friday, Dec. 31, declared a major disaster in the area, ordering federal aid be made available to those affected.

The wildfire broke out unusually late in the year, following an extremely dry fall and amid a winter nearly devoid of snow until the overnight snowfall.

Superior and Louisville are

filled with middle- and upper-middle-class subdivisions with shopping centers, parks and schools.

The area is between Denver and Boulder, home to the University of Colorado.

Scientists say climate change is making weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.

Ninety percent of Boulder County is in severe or extreme drought, and it hadn’t seen substantial rainfall since mid-summer.

Denver set a record for consecutive days without snow before it got a small storm Dec. 10, its last snowfall before the wildfires broke out.

Bruce Janda faced the loss of his Louisville home of 25 years in person Friday.

“We knew that the house was totaled, but I felt the need to see it, see what the rest of the neighborhood looked like,” he said. “We all know each other and we all love each other. It’s hard to see this happen to all of us.”

Associated Press writers Thomas Peipert in Louisville, Colorado; Thalia Beaty in New York; Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City contributed to this report.

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SPORTS

Wolfpack boys win Battle of the Oak basketball tournament

The Great Oak Wolfpack won the Battle of the Oak winter break tournament Thursday, Dec. 30, on their Valley News/Courtesy photos homecourt over Linfield Christian, 65-62.

JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

Before the start of the New Year, the Great Oak boys’ basketball program held their Battle of the Oak tournament. Over the course of four days, from Dec. 27 to Dec. 30, Great Oak, Temescal Canyon, Linfield, San Jacinto, Vista Murrieta, Paloma Valley, Corona and Valley View all took to the hardwood court at Great Oak High School. The hope was not only to get in preseason work, but to be crowned the Battle of the Oak tournament champion. Games kicked off with pool play where each team had to battle their way

through their prospective pools.

Pool A consisted of Great Oak, Corona, Valley View and Paloma Valley. Pool B consisted of Linfield, San Jacinto, Vista Murrieta and Temescal Canyon.

Scores from the first day of pool play saw Temescal Canyon defeat San Jacinto 62-58, Valley View beat Paloma Valley 83-48, Linfield took out Vista Murrieta 65-55 and Great Oak beat Corona 72-46. Day two scores saw Corona beat Valley View in the early game 79-58, Linfield Christian took down San Jacinto, 83-55 and Vista Murrieta beat Temescal Canyon 57-43. In the final day of pool play Corona defeated Paloma Valley 66-50,

Vista Murrieta defeated San Jacinto 66-51, Linfield Christian beat Temescal Canyon 85-60 and Great Oak beat Valley View 60-40.

Championship day wrapped up with the seventh-place game that went the way of Orange Vista, who filled in for San Jacinto to take on Paloma Valley, Temescal Canyon took on Valley View in the fifthplace game, but fell 76-70, Vista Murrieta took on Corona in the third-place game, and in the final game of the tournament, Great Oak and Linfield went toe-to-toe for the championship.

In what was a back-and-forth game all night, the Wolfpack, who controlled the first quarter 22-15,

Linfield Christian’s Damian Ruiz (12) takes a shot under the basket against Vista Murrieta in the Battle of the Oak tournament held last week at Great Oak High School.

and the fourth quarter 14-12, took the Lions down to the wire where they won the Battle of the Oak, 65-62, in front of their home court fans. Jackson Bernardo took home MVP honors for the tournament with Grant Fuson and Jeremy Sengstock named to the All-Tournament team.

Linfield, who stayed in the final game until the last seconds, was

backed by Damian Ruiz with 24 points, Julius Brower, who finished with 15 points, and Mike McNair with 13. Ruiz and McNair received All-Tournament honors for the Lions, who finished in second place.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Elsinore takes down Murrieta Valley in preseason basketball action JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

During a Dec. 20, non-league bout, the Elsinore Tigers basketball squad nipped the host Murrieta Valley Nighthawks by a margin of 85-79. The Nighthawks, led by Titus Davis with five threepointers, and Michael Davis, who had 4 steals, now own a 9-5 record after dropping their next two games to Santa Margarita and St. John Bosco.

After the win, the Tigers (112) had to take on Orangewood Academy of Garden Grove and fell 59-50. The Spartans went into the non-league outing with a 9-2 record. Before that game Orangewood Academy got by Segerstrom, 75-43, in non-league action.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Elsinore’s Tore Gray (1) runs into heavy opposition underneath the goal in non-league play at Murrieta Valley High School Monday, Dec. 20.

Valley News/Andrez Imaging photos Elsinore’s Simon Creel (20) narrowly gets ahead of a Murrieta Valley defender to score two points. Elsinore won the game 85-79.

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Former Linfield standout, Lorenzo Burns, elevated to active NFL roster JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The number of former area players to play in an NFL game increased by one more this past Sunday. The Jacksonville Jaguars elevated cornerback Lorenzo Burns to the active roster for their game against New England this past weekend, putting the former Linfield Christian and University of Arizona product in line to make his pro debut.

The 24-year-old Burns, who went undrafted this past May, was signed to the Jaguars’ practice squad before the regular season but had not moved from there until this week when Jacksonville needed to replace several players who were put on the NFL’s Reserve/ COVID-19 list.

Burns, who graduated from Linfield Christian school in 2016, played for the University of Arizona from 2016-20, starting 40 games including all 17 in 20192020. For his career he had nine interceptions and 26 pass breakups. Though he is listed as having a game under his belt on the Jaguars website, Burns did not record any stats for the game against the Patriots, so it is likely he may not have made his debut just yet. If that is the case, it is only a matter of time before the former local standout becomes one of the few select players from the Temecula Valley, and the 201st former Arizona Wildcat, to play in the NFL. JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Lorenzo Burns, a 2016 graduate from Linfield Christian school, was elevated by the Jacksonville Jaguars to the active roster for their game against New England this past weekend.

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Berna family members win Double Decker championship at Perris Joe Naiman VALLEY NEWS

A father and son from Murrieta won the Perris Auto Speedway 2021 Double Decker class season championship.

Perris Auto Speedway had seven Double Decker main events in 2021. Daryll Berna, who is 57, and 25-year-old Michael Berna only won one of those races but were also the only team to compete in all seven of them. The Bernas accumulated 390 points for the season.

John Flowers and Josh Hall were second with 330 points. Eric and Chris Evans, who are also a father and son combination, had 300 points for third place after joining the competition in the third race of the season and winning the final five main events.

“It was a challenge. It took a lot of hard work. We could not have won the championship if we didn’t work together as a team,” Daryll Berna said.

The Double Decker class involves two cars. The driver on top controls the steering wheel and the driver on the bottom has the gas and brake pedal. During races, Michael is in the top car and Daryll has the bottom vehicle.

Michael raced bicycles on a mountain bike team when he was a Murrieta Valley High School student. The family has lived in Murrieta since 2006 and was in Temecula for 10 years before that.

Daryll graduated from Elsinore High School in 1983 and Michael is a 2014 Murrieta Valley High School graduate.

The Bernas watched Perris Auto Speedway races as spectators including the initial Double Decker races in 2019. The track expressed a need for additional drivers, and the father and son volunteered.

Track personnel also helped build a car including connecting the steering linkage to the top car.

Initially the Bernas drove “Cadzilla,” which uses a 2002 Cadillac Coupe de Ville as the bottom car with a Pontiac Grand Am on top. Cadzilla only has one Cadillac rather than two, with the ideal top car as light as possible.

The best 2019 finish for the Bernas was second place as the Bernas struggled with keeping the Cadzilla motor functioning. They were third in the final season standings. Jason and Caroline Cahalan

Bumblebee is the new Double Decker car being driven by Daryll and Michael Berna at Perris Auto Speedway. Valley News/Ronda Berna photo

won the 2019 season championship but have moved. Perris Auto Speedway had one race in 2020 before the coronavirus outbreak shut down competition for the rest of the year.

The first Double Decker race of the 2021 Perris Auto Speedway season occurred May 1, and Cadzilla gave the Bernas their firstever main event victory at Perris.

They finished second June 5 and third July 3 and July 31.

The Bernas were credited with fourth place for points standings purposes Aug. 28 but did not finish.

“Cadzilla turned over on the track on turn 3,” Michael said. “It broke the A-arm on the front.”

Repairing Cadzilla is feasible for the offseason, but a replacement was needed to allow the Bernas to continue the chase for the points championship. “Two races we had to do in a different car,” Daryll said. “We had to get another car together. We built another car in a matter of about a month and we were able to finish the season in Bumblebee.”

Bumblebee is named after and painted like the Transformers character. The top car is a Hyundai Sonata and the bottom car is a Mercury Grand Marquis. “This one was available, and we didn’t have to pay too much for it,” Daryll said.

Eighteen bolts between the top car and the bottom car connect the steering linkage. Bumblebee first raced Oct. 30, 2021.

“It was a big adjustment because Cadzilla has front wheel drive,” Daryll said. “The Grand Marquis

is a rear-wheel-drive car.”

Rear wheel drive has some advantages. “It gives us a little bit of a takeoff off the line, the traction,” Michael said.

Some police departments had Grand Marquis fleets. “It’s just built to take a beating and win,” Michael said.

Michael also noticed advantages in the steering. “It makes it easier to countersteer,” he said.

Bumblebee will also allow the Bernas to have two cars for 2022 races. “We’ll still have Cadzilla,” Daryll said.

The final two races of the season gave the Bernas beginning experience with Bumblebee. “We’re still working the bugs out of that car,” Daryll said.

Eric and Chris Evans won the Oct. 30, 2021, race. Flowers and Hall finished second. The Bernas took third place. The position points for that night gave the Bernas 333 season points entering the final race of the season Nov. 20 while Flowers and Hall entered the final night with 330 points.

“They were giving us a good run for our money all season long,” Michael said of Flowers and Hall, who never trailed the Bernas by more than 12 points before the final race.

Flowers and Hall named their Double Decker entry Ghostbusters and painted it to reflect the 1984 movie. With a three-point differential for each position whichever one of the top two teams finished ahead of the other Nov. 20 would win the season championship.

Daryll and Michael Berna race Bumblebee on the Perris Auto Speedway track.

Valley News/Doug Allen photo

Daryll and Michael Berna hold their trophies after the Double Decker main event.

Valley News/Doug Allen photo

“We had to beat Ghostbusters,” Daryll said.

The Double Decker heat races are six laps on the Perris half-mile dirt oval and the main events are 10 laps. In the heat race Flowers and Hall took an early lead which lasted until they hit the outside wall from the front on turn four of the first lap.

“They ended up crashing,” Daryll said. “They couldn’t finish the race.”

Bumblebee finished the heat race in second place.

Perris Auto Speedway gives position points for the top three heat race finishes in Perris Auto Speedway Stock Car Auto Racing events, but Night of Destruction season points are based on main event finishes only. Ghostbusters was not able to run in the Nov. 20

main event, so Flowers and Hall received no points that night. That clinched the championship for the Bernas.

“I would have rather just beaten them,” Michael said.

The Bernas have no crew members. They are sponsored by Action Gas and Welding Supply, Cameron’s Mobile Auto Repair, Embroidery and More and Speed Tires and Wheels.

“We look forward to next year,” Daryll said.

“I would like to thank all the competitors for being a good sport and giving us a good run for the year. We had a good time with everyone,” Michael said.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

Hughes shares Demo Cross season championship

Weston Hughes races his 1985 Jeep Cherokee during a Demo Cross race at Perris Auto Speedway.

Valley News/Doug Allen photos

Weston Hughes holds up his trophy accompanied by his mother, Tracy.

Joe Naiman WRITER

Weston Hughes, who moved from Fallbrook to Wildomar eight years ago and currently lives in Lake Elsinore, shared the 2021 Demo Cross season championship at Perris Auto Speedway.

“I’m satisfied with it,” Hughes said.

Hughes and Riverside driver Austin Kincade both had 378 points for the season. “There’s nobody I’d rather share it with than Austin.

He’s a great competitor,” Hughes said.

Whittier driver Doug Schatilly finished the season third with 357 points. Trebor Stephens of San Jacinto had the fourth-place total of 354 points. Chino’s Alan Mahoney accumulated 339 points for fifth place.

“We worked at it for years to get the car to where it is and then we finally got a good competitive car,” Hughes said.

Demo Cross is similar to demolition derby in that drivers are allowed to take each other out. It differs in that it is run on an oval track, which at Perris means halfmile laps, and that the race ends when the remaining drivers complete a specified number of laps rather than when only one car is still running. A driver cannot back up to hit another driver (a Demo Cross driver can run in reverse if he or she is unable to move the car forward, but it must be in the same direction as the other cars).

Another difference between Demo Cross and demolition derby is that before the Demo Cross main event, track officials place obstacles such as tires, boats and water barrels

on the track. Debris from cars along with inoperable cars themselves add to the original obstacles, and while a red flag may be thrown to stop the race for safety purposes there are no yellow flag cautions to remove debris or inoperable cars.

Hughes made his racing debut with motorcycles in 2014. That year Hughes and Oceanside driver Nathan Chavarria watched a Night of Destruction at Perris and decided to build race cars so that they could drive in the events. Hughes first raced at Perris Auto Speedway June 6, 2015. He initially drove a 1984 Ford Taurus, which was one of the smallest Night of Destruction vehicles, for his Perris races and brought out his 1992 Jeep Grand Cherokee in 2016.

The 1992 Cherokee was built by Hughes in conjunction with friends and family members, as was the 1985 Jeep Grand Cherokee which was Hughes’ vehicle from 2018 to 2021. The 1985 Cherokee has a 5.2-liter V8 engine while the 1992 Cherokee has a 4.0-liter slant six engine.

“When I started, I told my mother that I wanted to build a car from the ground up and I wanted to win with it,” Hughes said.

In his first full season Hughes was fifth in the final 2016 season standings. He finished seventh in the 2017 points standings and was

third in the final 2018 Demo Cross standings. Hughes’ first main event victory occurred June 26, 2018.

In the third race of 2019 Hughes lost his motor. The 5.2-liter Mopar motor was replaced by a 5.9-liter Mopar engine. His first race with the new motor was July 4, 2019, and he won both his heat race and the main event. Hughes was fifth in the 2019 standings.

The third career main event win for Hughes was March 7, 2020. The coronavirus quarantine canceled the rest of that season. The track opted not to have official championships for 2020.

State and County of Riverside regulations regarding spectators delayed the start of the 2021 season until a limited number of tickets could be sold. Perris Auto Speedway had eight Demo Cross competitions in 2021. “I made them all, and I was competitive,” Hughes said.

He led in the point standings for all of the 2021 season until Kincade matched him after the season’s final race. “I got the championship, but it was still difficult,” Hughes said.

“The whole year was rough.”

Hughes won three of the season’s first four main events, taking first in the May 1, June 5 and July 31 races and third in the July 3 competition which was Kincade’s first win of the season.

Kincade finished third Aug. 28

while Hughes was sixth. Kincade had the second-place finish Sept.

11 when Hughes exited early for 19th place. Kincade’s second win of the season Oct. 30 narrowed the gap between him and Hughes, who took 10th place that night.

“He’s really put in a lot of work to get to where he is,” Hughes said of Kincade.

The 2021 season concluded Nov. 20, which was the day before Hughes’ mother’s birthday. “I’d really like to thank my mom,” Hughes said. “My mom has been my biggest supporter.”

Tracy Hughes is Weston Hughes’ crew chief as well as his mother.

Hughes’ crew also includes Brooklyn McAlexander, Dan Drowns, Fiona Drowns and Renee George.

The Demo Cross main event races are 20 laps on the Perris dirt oval. Hughes led for the first half of the race before an early exit. “The transmission just gave out on me,” he said.

Although 20 drivers began the race, enough other cars had been eliminated earlier, so Hughes was given ninth place. Kinnane finished fifth, making up the 12-point gap between him and Hughes in the points.

The Night of Destruction races also include Figure 8 competition.

Earl Cox of Norco won his fifth Figure 8 race of the season Nov. 20 and also won the season championship.

Hughes plans to drive a Figure 8 car next year. “I want to go out and try to beat Earl,” he said. “I learned how to win after Demo Cross, so now I am going after Earl.”

As the defending champion, Earl Cox can expect drivers to target him. Hughes also recognizes the instinct to have success against a defending champion. “That’s why I’m not even running Demo Cross anymore. I’ll let my cousin go out,” Hughes said.

Dan Drowns, who is Hughes’ cousin, helped Hughes turn the 1985 Cherokee into a race car.

Hughes will run a modified race car in the Figure 8 class.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.

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Following a week that saw Gov. Gavin Newsom order schools in 32 counties, including Riverside, to remain closed at the start of the upcoming school year, Riverside County’s lawyer reminded businesses that restrictions that are still in place banning concerts and large entertainment-related gatherings Monday, July 20.

“The county of Riverside has been advised that some restaurants, wineries, parks and other local establishments may be hostalez, superintende ing live music or entertainment distributes a video nt events,” Gregory P. Priamos, Rivpresentation to of Fallbrook Union High School when school reopens students and parents District,counsel, said erside County inNews/Courtesy an Village next month. explaining photo whatletter. distance advisory “Please allowwill this learning letter to serve as an advisory thatlook like offering or holding live entertainment, including live music, is not permitted under the current orders of Gov. Newsom and the California state public health officer.”

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The Temecula City Council agreed to modify its Old Town Front Street closure plan Tuesday, July 14, and open up the main roadway to traffic while still allowing businesses to move their operations into street parking areas.

Old Town Front Street can be reopened to vehicular traffic “in a matter of days,” Luke Watson, director of Temecula Community Services, told the city council, though he said he couldn’t give a specific date when the road may be reopened because it was difficult to estimate how long it would take to see CLOSURE, page A-7

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