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Lake Elsinore’s Inaugural Juneteenth celebration enlightens and entertains

What’s available and where Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Local police and fire departments are stepping up their plans to keep everyone safe and sane this Independence Day so those wanting some Fourth of July fun should look to this list for where they can end their celebrations with legal fireworks. see page A-4

Courts & Crimes SJ Councilmember indicted Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

San Jacinto City Councilmember Joel Lopez, along with one other man, was indicted on four charges stemming from an alleged illegal marijuana dispensary. see page C-8

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People applaud the live performers during Lake Elsinore’s inaugural Juneteenth Celebration at the Diamond Stadium. See more photos on page A-6.

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Murrieta’s Michael Norman headed to Tokyo Olympics JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

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Michael Norman will represent the USA in the Tokyo Olympics after winning the men’s 400 meters Sunday, June 20, at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials in Eugene, Oregon.

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Former Vista Murrieta standout, Michael Norman, won the men’s 400m title with a season-best time of 44.07.

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Murrieta native, and former Vista Murrieta and USC track and field standout, Michael Norman, is on his way to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics after winning the U.S. men’s 400m title at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, Sunday, June 20.

Due to the 2020 Olympic Summer games being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Norman has now made the U.S. track and field team for the 2020 Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan July 23-Aug. 8, 2021.

Norman won the men’s 400m title with a season-best time of 44.07. After being bumped from the lead with about 90m remaining by Michael Cherry (44.35), Norman found another gear to pull away from Cherry and the field to claim the title. It is Norman’s first U.S. title in the 400m see NORMAN, page A-2

Fighting Fentanyl: Social media versus real life Parents of murdered children rally at Snapchat headquarters Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

While the advent of technology has made life easier in many positive ways, it has also made it easier for criminals to pursue illicit activities with little chance of getting caught. Gone are the days of drug pushers lurking in dark alleys waiting to supply their connections. Now a simple social media message can get them the money they seek. This simplicity has made it easier for young people to access drugs, although these days it’s typically not to feed an addiction.

Social media platforms, such as Snapchat that appeals to a young audience, have become the marketplace for those seeking an escape from pain – either physical or mental. The most common drugs being purchased these days see FENTANYL, page A-8

Families who have lost loved ones to counterfeit pills purchased through social media sites rallied at Snapchat headquarters in Santa Monica June 4.

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City looks to demolish historic Lakeman House

Earnest and Mary Lakeman in front of the Lakeman Lunch Room (around 1920). In the 1950s it became Ray’s Murrieta Café.

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In downtown Murrieta is the Lakeman House — the second oldest home still standing in Murrieta — behind Ray’s Café near the intersection of Washington Avenue and Juniper Street.

Plans for the current property owners to demolish the Lakeman House and restore and reopen Ray’s Café were discussed and approved at a special planning commission meeting June 14. After another presentation to Murrieta

City Council for final approval, a date for the demolition can be set.

“Kind of a bummer,” Commissioner Kellan Falconieri said about the demolition at the June 14 meeting. “It’s a really cool piece of Murrieta history.”

According to the Murrieta Valley Historical Society, the Lakeman House was built from a kit

by Abram and Rachel Burnett in 1885. According to Jeffery Harmon, president of the Murrieta Valley Historical Society, Burnett was a Civil War veteran born in New York. After moving

Pictured from left, Mrs. Mary Lakeman, James Witcher, Mr. Earnest Lakeman, grandson, Elmer Loudon.

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to Murrieta, he became known for his generosity and community involvement, bringing livestock feed to the valley during a shortage and purchasing land to help establish the Murrieta Cemetery.

After Burnett died in 1899, former Riverside County Supervisor Henry Clay Thompson rented the house for about three years before it was sold to German immigrant Earnest Lakeman and his family in 1903. The Lakeman family later sold the property to another German family, the Eilers, in December 1924.

Both Falconieri and Commissioner Michael Fisher questioned why the Lakeman House will be demolished when Ray’s Café is set for restoration and reopening.

Unlike Ray’s Café, which was originally built as an ice cream parlor in 1919 and has a cement foundation, the Lakeman House has a foundation mainly of wood and has fallen into disrepair after not being maintained regularly since the 1990s. Harmon said it would take an estimated $500,000 to fully restore the house given its current condition.

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“The house is the second oldest house standing in historic downtown Murrieta,” Harmon said.

“But unfortunately, it’s also in one of the worst shapes.”

In 2016 the city red-tagged the house and planned to take possession of the property before the Historical Society worked with the city, waste management and the owners of the property with the goal to preserve the Lakeman House. Skip Bezanson, whose parents Ray and Joanne bought the property in 1953 and renamed the restaurant Ray’s Murrieta Café, was the last person to live in the Lakeman House. The historical society then spent about six months cleaning the house and land before they helped negotiate the sale to current property owners Casey Jurado and Jason Brawner in June 2017.

In August 2017, the historical society found more than 10,000 items from the house and property dating back to 1886 and held a yard sale with some of the items.

“I feel very sad that we’re going to lose the Lakeman House, but at the same time I feel that we saved as much as we could from the Lakeman House,” Harmon said.

Jurado and Brawner worked closely with the Murrieta Valley Historical Society to discuss the upcoming demolition and restoration plans. Members of the Historical Society, along with an archaeologist, will be present during the demolition in case additional historical items underneath the floorboards or in other parts of the house that have not been accessed before are found. They will also salvage the door and window frames.

The current property owners plan to place a plaque with details and the history of the Lakeman House on the property after the demolition.

The focus after the demolition will be on the restoration of Ray’s Café, which the property owners plan to reopen as a restaurant.

Property owners hope for the rest of the 0.61-acre lot to be focused on community events such as outdoor theater or to have space for local vendors.

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as he makes his first Olympic team. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are being held in the country where his mother (Nobue) was born. Randolph Ross out of North Carolina A&T was third and earned the final U.S. spot to the Tokyo Games in the men’s 400.

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Murrieta City Council reviews water project and welcomes the resort developer interested in its natural hot springs Diane A. Rhodes WRITER

Murrieta City Council members heard an update about Western Municipal Water District’s North Well Commissioning construction project during its regular meeting June 15. WMWD Board President Brenda Dennstedt welcomed the opportunity to share with council everything that is being done within the city limits to make this project possible. WMWD Director of Engineering Derek Kawaii shared details about the re-establishment of the North Well, located at the corner of Vineyard Parkway and Kentucky Derby Way. “In 2017, WMWD decommissioned an old well because the infrastructure was no longer meeting our standards,” Kawaii explained.

“After evaluating all of our options for this site, we decided to re-establish the well in the same location.”

Construction of the North Well began in summer 2019 and regular ongoing testing of the water pump by the well shows that it meets and exceeds all state and federal drinking water standards.

The well was commissioned about two months ago and construction is now complete.

“North Well will help us maintain a new local water source for Murrieta customers, reducing our reliance on more expensive imported water, ultimately saving our customers money,” Kawaii said.

“Local water is cheaper because it doesn’t have to travel as far and it takes less equipment, like pipes and pumps, to get to our customers. We are very excited to celebrate this milestone with Murrieta.”

Dennstedt said this is good news for all WMWD’s customers and for the residents within the city to be able to get this high-quality water that is being pumped out for a much more economical cost factor, saving them a lot of money and establishing a service for years to come.

She explained that about $500,000 of the project cost was offset with grant money, reducing the construction cost for customers, as a bonus. For updates or more information, wmwd.com/northwell or (951) 571-7121.

Department/Commission Announcements began with Assistant City Manager Ivan Holler introducing Fire Chief David Lantzer with Murrieta Fire & Rescue who shared his department’s operations plan that will be used to find and fine anyone who uses illegal fireworks during the upcoming holiday weekend, July 3 and 4. Three teams of one Murrieta Police Department officer and one Murrieta Fire & Rescue member will be formed to issue $1,000 citations to anyone in possession of fireworks. Lantzer said that due to the unprecedented number of incidents last year, they have adopted a zero-tolerance approach this year. Two prevention vehicles will be designated for transporting confiscated fireworks.

Dispatch services will be upstaffed to handle increased call volume and one dispatcher will be dedicated to the fireworks teams. The departments are encouraging residents to attend professional fireworks shows instead of breaking the law. Residents are urged to report illegal fireworks by calling (951) 696-3615.

“We reached out to our partners at the police department and we have been working together to develop an operations plan to address the usage of fireworks.

As you know, all fireworks, even those branded as ‘safe and sane’ are illegal in the City of Murrieta,” Lantzer said. “Before, we had been very flexible. We would confiscate and not cite.”

Holler announced the Murrieta/ Wildomar Chamber of Commerce’s presentation of the mayor’s State of the City address June 29 at 7 p.m. at Town Square Park Amphitheater.

There is no cost to attend but a 5:30 p.m. VIP Reception at the Murrieta Library Garden of Verses is avail-

able for $25 by visiting http://bit. ly/MSOTC21.

“Looking back at the strong community the city has become in the last 30 years, the State of the City will address both challenges and triumphs and what’s in store for the future,” Holler said.

Council unanimously approved to adopt the fiscal year 2021-2022 Murrieta Fire District Operating Budget, presented as Public Hearing Item No. 1. Item No. 2 was a recommendation to the City Council to adopt a resolution to accept the economic development subsidy report and approve a Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) sharing agreement with Olympus Real Estate Holdings LTD for the property located at 39401-39407 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, formerly owned by Calvary Bible College since 1995.

Murrieta’s Deputy Director of Economic Development, Scott Agajanian, offered a brief subsidy report which included some of the expected benefits of this proposal.

He said it would attract visitors, contribute to the economic vitality of the City, expand the City’s tax base, create jobs and produce an increase in TOT, sales and uses taxes and other revenue. With the probability of Olympus Holdings Real Estate LTD purchasing the former Calvary Chapel Bible College property, which includes the City’s natural hot springs, for future development of a resort, there is much enthusiasm to see The Murrieta Hot Springs Resort & Spa developed at the 43.17-acre site.

While multiple parties have shown in interest in purchasing the property since it was listed in November, many had planned a use type that would keep the site closed to the public. David Dronet, a managing partner with Olympus, was in attendance via Zoom and said he is excited about the proposed destination hot springs resort and what it will mean to the city and its residents.

Public comments on this item included those from Patrick Ellis,

President/CEO of Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce and President of Explore Murrieta. He said although only 50% of the TOT would go to the city for the first 15 years per the agreement, it is better than 100% of nothing.

“This asset is a game-changer.

This property was built for this purpose and this is why this proposal before you is so critical and so important in moving us forward,” Ellis said. “This arrangement is the ultimate win-win for Murrieta; we are completely behind this proposal.”

Councilmember Jonathan Ingram said he feels the project will benefit the City in a multitude of ways and is “extraordinarily supportive of this and looking forward to it.” Councilmember Lisa DeForest said there are “so many positives.” Councilmember Lori Stone said she is “personally excited – my grandparents, as teenagers, visited the hot springs and were able to enjoy the beauty of the spa. I look forward to this partnership.” Mayor Pro Tem Christi White is pleased to see the “highest and best use of

this property.” Mayor Scott Vinton said these are “exciting times” and is anticipating being able to share this amazing resource. “It’s going to be world-class.”

The agreement to adopt the resolution was approved unanimously, 5-0.

The meeting ended following Discussion Item No. 1 which recommended the City Council approve a comprehensive pay schedule for fiscal year 2021-2022, including modifications to salary ranges consistent with the terms of adopted labor agreements and compensation plans, and the adjustment of the salary ranges for the classification business development program manager and the department head classifications within the management and confidential group. As this recommendation request was just a formality in the process, it was approved 5-0.

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Residents encouraged to leave fireworks to the professionals What’s available and where begin at 9 p.m., shooting off from the T-Peninsula. The show will be paired with a Sky Concert which will be synchronized to KOLA Radio Station (99.9 FM). Viewing locations include Lakepoint Park, Summerly Community Park, Swick & Matich Park, Whiskers Fishing Beach and a portion of the levee system. Paid viewing locations include all commercial campgrounds, Launch Pointe, Diamond Stadium and by boat. For those that want to experience the fireworks show from the lake, there is a pre-sale Extreme Experience package available for $100 that includes Day Use, Launch, Parking and Night Lake Pass. Passes and parking are limited. For more information and other options, call (951-471-1212) or visit www.lakeelsinore.org.

Lake Elsinore Mayor Robert “Bob” Magee, who is also Director of Code Enforcement for the county’s Transportation and Land Management Agency, said the fireworks issue always sparks debate with passionate voices on each side.

“While they can be beautiful and represent a celebration of the freedoms we enjoy in this country, they can also be dangerous, destructive and deadly,” Magee said. “In unincorporated Riverside County and 24 of our cities, they are illegal except when permitted through the Fire Marshal’s office under the supervision of trained professionals. And even then, things can go wrong. Many years ago, while traveling across the open field behind the stadium the vehicle carrying the fireworks detonated, killing one of the technicians.”

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Local police and fire departments are stepping up their plans to keep everyone safe and sane this Independence Day. Many cities have seen an increase in the use of illegal fireworks in recent years with 2020 being among the worst, possibly due to the cancellation of public fireworks shows at large venues due to the pandemic.

In an effort to minimize the use of illegal fireworks this year, several cities have put strict programs in place that will fine violators while encouraging residents to attend professional fireworks shows that are being held throughout the region. With Riverside County reopening as of mid-June, public events will be allowed, and many cities are going all-out with a big boom.

Lake Elsinore is hosting a day of festivities starting at 10 a.m. July 4 with a Party in the Park, 18505 Malaga Road, until 1 p.m. A bike parade will start at 10:30 a.m.

Children can decorate their bikes, trailers, wagons and more to ride in a parade through Summerly Park.

The City will have decorating supplies available. There will be a Kid Fun Zone and a Rotary-sponsored barbecue, at a minimal cost.

New this year will be a Light Up the Lake Boat Parade starting at 8 p.m. Anyone who owns a boat and enjoys decorating can participate for free, with a valid nighttime lake pass. The parade can be viewed from shore at Elm Grove Beach, Whiskers Fishing Beach and Launch Pointe (at a cost).

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“Fireworks also frighten animals and create the single busiest day of the year for Animal Control services as pets flee their homes and need to be rescued,” Magee said.

“My wife serves on the Board for Animal Friends of the Valleys, we have two rescue dogs at home, a family member who suffers from PTSD and I am in charge of Code Enforcement for Riverside County who this year will be charged with issuing citations to those who fire off illegal fireworks. It is going to be a very demanding weekend.”

He said the county is running a series of public service announcements on Facebook, adding, “I am hoping people will listen to our messages and stay safe and stay legal.”

San Jacinto and Hemet residents can enjoy a free, virtual Independence Day fireworks show July 4, starting about 8:45 p.m. ValleyWide Recreation and Park District will once again team with the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians to present the show that can be viewed on Valley-Wide’s Facebook and Instagram pages @valeywiderec or from much of the San Jacinto Valley, as they are shot from the Soboba Reservation. Residents are invited to watch online, from their neighborhood or from any location where they can see the sky above the reservation.

“It’s a great way to spend a family day and the excitement of the fireworks makes it a great night,” Valley-Wide General Manager Dean Wetter said. “It’s one of my favorite events of the year and I’m so happy we can share it with our Valley-Wide community.”

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and rules against gatherings, Valley-Wide and Soboba combined their shows last year. The time needed for planning such a show made a virtual event the best bet to assure fireworks would be available this year as well. The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians has been a generous supporter of ValleyWide Recreation and the Friends of Valley-Wide Foundation for decades.

Valley-Wide officials hope that by offering a professional show that can be seen over a wide part of the San Jacinto Valley, people will be discouraged from setting off

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“Fireworks are prohibited in this city and the county and police will be out there giving citations for illegal fireworks violations,” he said.

Temecula is presenting a Fourth of July Family Fun & Fireworks event from 2 to 10 p.m. at Ronald Reagan Sports Park, 30875 Rancho Vista Road. Fireworks will be launched at 9 p.m. July 4 and music will be simulcast on 101.3 KATY. There is no admission fee for the event.

Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula will offer a free fireworks display at dusk July 4. Technicians expect the show to run for 20 minutes, according to Pechanga officials. Guests will be allowed to park in designated areas at Pechanga Resort Casino. The show should be visible from many vantage points across south Temecula. No day camping, grilling, open flames, glass, alcoholic beverages or illegal substances will be permitted at the fireworks viewing.

A Pechanga Resort Casino news release stated, “As a pillar and partner of the Temecula Valley community, Pechanga offers the free July 4 fireworks celebration as a way to encourage family and friends to share in the spirit of freedom and independence fought for by millions of servicemen and women, including hundreds of thousands of Native American enlistees.”

Menifee Mayor Bill Zimmerman said his City will offer a celebration with fireworks in keeping with its tradition of hosting a show on the Saturday before July 4. It will be June 26 at 9 p.m. at Mt. San Jacinto College, 28237 La Piedra Road The parking lot opens at 5 p.m. There will be food trucks and activities leading up to the fireworks show that is set to start at 9 p.m. A limited number of reserved tickets will be available online at www.cityofmenifee.us/independenceday. Tickets are required for entry to the event.

Parking spaces are free on a firstcome, first-served basis.

Additionally, there will be a viewing area at Wheatfield Park with food and craft vendors, courtesy of the Lake Menifee Women’s Club, as well as a Fun Zone featuring nine inflatable jumpers, slides, obstacle courses and more. Parking for the fireworks display and the opening of the Fun Zone will begin at 5 p.m.

“Menifee is a patriotic city, and we are again pleased to host our annual fireworks show Saturday the 26th along with our partner Mt. San Jacinto Community College,” Zimmerman said.

The City of Menifee and the Menifee Police Department hope that the community enjoys the fireworks display and special Independence Celebration in this safe manner and reminds residents that it is illegal to possess, discharge, or sell fireworks in Riverside County, including within the city of Menifee. Every year, people are seriously injured, property is damaged, and the risk of fires increases due to illegal fireworks use. Menifee’s public safety officers spend an extraordinary amount of time and resources responding to fireworkrelated incidents. This means that less time can be spent responding to emergencies and other community safety needs, per a city-issued news release.

For more information about the events and fireworks show, www. cityofmenifee.us/independenceday, specialevents@cityofmenifee. us, or (951) 723-3880. For details about Menifee’s ordinances and regulations related to fireworks in Menifee, the Menifee Police Department’s non-emergency line is (951) 677-4964.

Murrieta had planned to combine its celebration of 30 years of cityhood with Independence Day but has decided to separate the two and delay the Birthday Bash until fall when everyone can gather in person. But to commemorate the city’s official day of incorporation of July 1, they will have a fireworks display at Los Alamos Hills Sports Park, 37000 Ruth Ellen Way, Murrieta. The in-person event is free but residents in the area will be able to view the display from their homes.

The show begins at dark, about 9 p.m., and will last about 20 minutes. There will be no vendors or food trucks at the site, but viewers can enjoy synchronized fireworks music by tuning into 101.3 KATY. Murrieta Fire & Rescue Fire Chief David Lantzer said his team, in partnership with the Murrieta Police Department, plan to be out in force for the entire holiday weekend to help prevent and curtail the use of illegal fireworks. He said the enforcement plan includes three dedicated teams to patrol and issue $1,000 citations to those in possession of fireworks. Two prevention vehicles will be available to transport confiscated fireworks and there will be increased staffing at dispatch to handle the higher call volume. The non-emergency phone number residents can call to report illegal fireworks is (951) 696-3615, or online at www.MurrietaCA./gov/ fireworks.

“If you see illegal fireworks, let us know,” Lantzer said. “We are counting on the public to help us keep Murrieta safe and fire-free this holiday.”

Murrieta Police Chief Tony Conrad said, “Teens and young adults are especially at risk as they may not be aware of local laws and significant fines. By making sure the children and young adults understand the dangers and the penalties involved in illegal firework, you can help ensure it never becomes an issue.”

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department wants everyone to know that all fireworks, including sparklers, are illegal in Riverside County. All fireworks are illegal because they cause serious injuries and very often, cause fires.

Riverside County has very diverse terrain. The vegetation is very dry where fireworks can easily start a brush fire. Individuals who cause fires by using illegal fireworks will be held responsible for all suppression costs. These costs can run into the millions of dollars.

For all emergencies, dial 911. For non-emergency dispatch dial (800) 950-2444. Communication centers operate 24/7. All 911 and nonemergency numbers support TTY Communications.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will only respond to reports within its jurisdiction. Due to the extremely high call volume of fireworks complaints across the county, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will not be able to forward information to other agencies on your behalf. In addition to Menifee and Murrieta, whose numbers were mentioned previously, to report fireworks in the city of Hemet, call (951) 765-2400.

Details of Ordinance No. 858 that prohibits fireworks in the County of Riverside, can be found at www. rivcocob.org/ords/800/858.htm.

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Southern California reggae group “Natty Prophets” performs at the Juneteenth Celebration at the Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore.

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Antoinette Hall, co-founder of the Stand Up for Justice nonprofit in Lake Elsinore speaks to guests before the start of Lake Elsinore’s first Juneteenth Celebration event at the Diamond Stadium, June 18.

Juneteenth is now a nationally recognized holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States June 19, 1865.

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The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve’s new pavilion behind the reserve’s visitor center is now completed after more than a year and a half of construction, it was announced by the plateau’s nonprofit education foundation.

The original stage and covering behind the visitor center at 39400 Clinton Keith Road in Murrieta was used for the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation and Riverside County Parks for programs to educate students and the community, along with special summertime entertainment programs. It was destroyed by the 2019 Tenaja Fire. A number of foundation fundraisers helped raise funds for the new “fireproof” pavilion built on the old stage’s location. Riverside County Parks and Open Space District also contributed to the effort.

Ginger Greaves, SRPNEF’s executive director, in making the announcement to the parks department June 10, said “We are very pleased...to announce the construction of the new Santa Rosa

The newly completed pavilion at the Santa Rosa Plateau is made of steel and includes new and enhanced electric and lighting capabilities, and new basalt rock work and seating and entry wall.

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Plateau ‘pavilion,’ including new and enhanced electric and lighting capabilities, and new basalt rock work and seating and entry wall,” in an email. She continued to say the job included a new cement base with half circular steps, enhanced with Native American interpretive tiles featuring plants, animals, tools and basket references particular to

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the Native American presence on the reserve. The tiles were made possible with the support or the Pechanga Development Corporation, she said.

While the main steel structure is completed, the area in front of the pavilion and the visitor’s building will have new fencing to protect the native plants in the area and is still being installed by the county parks department that manages the 9,000acre reserve. The steel was donated

by George Schaeffer with Schaeffer Industries while the electrical work was donated by Jon Reuter of Electrical-Work, Inc. Reuter also managed the project.

Greaves added the pavilion itself will not be able to be used this summer for the Foundation’s summer concerts or as an interpretive area for children. The reserve’s burn areas are still recovering from the fire and only a few hiking trails are open.

The SRPNEF provides trips for elementary school students, at no charge, to visit the reserve in hopes of teaching them how to be good stewards of the nature around them and learn about the value of the reserve.

Greaves said the Foundation is hoping to have an official pavilion ribbon-cutting ceremony before resuming activities on the plateau.

Meanwhile, the nonprofit welcomes all grants and donations. For more information or to donate to the SRPNEF, visit www.srpnef.org, or email info@srpnef.org. SRPNEF can be reached by calling (833) 651-1533.

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LOCAL FENTANYL from page A-1 are well-known prescription drugs such as Oxycodone, Xanax and Adderall and not cocaine, heroin and crystal meth.

However, because there is a rampant disregard for human life on the part of drug dealers, counterfeit pills are being manufactured to keep up with the demand for legitimate drugs. And these pills are made with synthetic fentanyl, a dangerous opioid that can and does kill in small quantities.

“Our kids do not have the option of an experimental phase; they do not have a choice of whether that drug gets them high, or if it kills them,” Amy Neville said. “These deaths are not an overdose, these are poisonings. All illicit pills are fentanyl, never the pill they claim to be. The term ‘laced with’ is dangerous, it implies that there are legitimate pills in the black marketplace, but that is just not the case.”

Neville’s son, Alexander, was 14 when he died in his Aliso Viejo bedroom in June 2020 after ingesting a counterfeit pill made of fentanyl.

“This is not the same old war on drugs – fentanyl is its own beast.

The fentanyl epidemic is a raging wildfire and Snapchat and other

social media are dumping gasoline on that fire,” Neville said. “All are a problem, but Snapchat has more than 90% of all 13-24-yearolds using their platform. It’s the modern-day playground and it needs to be safe.”

This belief is what prompted her to help organize a peaceful rally outside Snapchat’s Santa Monica headquarters June 4. She was joined by more than 60 others, mostly family members of children who have died from fentanyl poisoning. One of those was Temecula’s Matt Capelouto, president of Drug Induced Homicide. His 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra, died from fentanyl poisoning in December 2019, while home from college on winter break. He said that getting a pill these days is as easy as ordering a hamburger or pizza and having it delivered.

“One pill, maybe their first one, can kill them,” Capelouto said.

“I don’t call them drug dealers; I call them death dealers. They deal death in the form of counterfeit pills.”

The public rally at Snapchat got a good amount of media coverage.

Future events are being planned as this issue is only gaining traction.

There are events like this being held throughout the nation since

no one is immune from this outof-control epidemic.

“It’s hard to say anything about the rally was a highlight considering the reason that led us all to be there but being around other people that know what you’re going through has a very special feeling I can’t quite put into words,” Neville said.

She also wants everyone to know that this can happen in any family. “Thinking ‘not my child’ or ‘my child would never do that’ is dangerous thinking,” she said. “Some kids won’t go about it the way Alexander did, but it could be something as simple as a friend giving them something for a headache.”

Capelouto said that federal law Section 230 protects social media giants from bearing any social responsibility.

“Section 230 basically gives immunity to social media, although it wasn’t set up for that purpose,” he said. “Now instead of trying to fix the unintended consequences of their sites, they hide behind this outdated protection.”

Neville said she is hoping that at the very least, social media platforms will start offering third party apps that can monitor activity, such as www.bark.us, instead

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Alexander Neville’s family rallied outside Snapchat headquarters in Santa Monica recently to bring awareness to the role social media plays in young people unknowingly obtaining counterfeit pills. Pictured from left are father Aaron, sister Eden and mother, Amy Neville.

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of refusing to interface with them.

Snapchat users are offered safety guidelines on the company’s website at www.snap.com but some feel it’s not enough.

Gretchen Peters of ACCO (Alliance to Counter Crime Online) said that the amount of screening and monitoring social media companies do is very small. Her organization ran the number of moderators per each Facebook user and found it would be equivalent to the state of Ohio having only one police officer.

Neville said, “Of course, hindsight is always 20/20 but we need to monitor more closely, ask more questions. In an ideal world, the ones who oversee these platforms would find ways to shut down these criminals’ accounts. If it’s illegal offline, it needs to be illegal online.”

Capelouto agrees. As a business owner in Temecula, he knows that if there was any type of nefarious activity going on inside his print shop he would not be in business for long and would be arrested for allowing the activity to take place and continue.

“Why should standards for retail space and cyberspace be different when it comes to allowing illegal activity?” he asked.

Ed Ternan has a different take on the problem. His son, Charlie was 22 when he took what he thought was a Percocet for back pain. He died in May 2020, three weeks from his college graduation in Santa Clara.

“The vast majority of the parents impacted by this have one thing in common – we didn’t know about fentanyl until it killed our loved one,” he said. “As we processed our shock, sadness and anger, we asked ourselves, ‘How did this happen?’ And the answers we found spurred us to action.”

Ternan said the practice of selling counterfeit prescription pills made of fentanyl, what he refers to as “fentapills,” has changed the game. The difference is the deception – fentapills are sold under false pretenses to young people who are either experimenting or self-medicating their pain or anxiety.

“This is not drug dealing as we have understood it for decades.

Kids these days aren’t on a path to drug use by taking a pill – it’s more like a minefield,” he said.

“This is a new problem that calls for a new response.”

He said he and his wife, Mary, discovered an information gap after Charlie died. Law enforcement, the medical community and first responders were all alarmed that fentapills were flooding the market. Stories were appearing in

the newspapers and on TV. “But that’s not where kids get their information today,” Ternan said. “If we were going to warn them, we needed to go where they spend their time and connect – and that is social media. So, we formed Song for Charlie (www. songforcharlie.org), a nonprofit charity focused on educating kids and parents about the dangers of counterfeit pills sold online. This is a matter of life and death.”

Ternan, whose website offers resources and “Real Talk About Fake Pills,” said he is heartened by the progress they are making. They are working with the people at Snap Inc., the company that makes the Snapchat app, and other social media companies and in consultation with experts in education, mental health and law enforcement to raise awareness and bring a sense of urgency to the problem.

“In order to reach as many kids as possible as quickly as possible, we had to get social media platforms involved – to make them allies, not adversaries,” he said.

“That’s how we channeled our anguish into action.”

Capelouto said parents realize that fentanyl is a multi-headed monster that needs to be fought on many different levels in various ways. Social media is just one part of the chain in contributing to this epidemic and all the links in the chain are being targeted. He helped organize a “Bereaved Family Day - Victims of Illicit Narcotic Poisoning” event in Prescott Valley, Arizona, June 13.

“Every time I attend an event or talk to the press, I meet more and more people going through this same thing. If nothing else, we are hopefully at least changing the narrative that these are not accidental overdoses, but drug induced homicides,” he said.

The power and the reach of the internet is not lost on families who have lost loved ones to this preventable death. Many have created websites for organizations they have founded to share their stories, bring awareness to the epidemic and hopefully be able to prevent another family from having to go through the same tragedy.

Some of the resources available for more information, druginducedhomicide.org, ANFHelp. org, stopthevoid.org, songforcharlie.org, APALD.org, p-a-i-n.us, familiesagainstfentanyl.org and notinvainmoms.com.

Anyone who has lost a loved one to fentanyl and is seeking information, support and/or wants to get involved with fighting this epidemic can reach out to Capelouto personally at matt@druginducedhomicide.org.

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Father’s Day Car Cruise revs up Murrieta car aficionados

Families gather at the Murrieta Father’s Day Car Cruise in Town Square Park, June 19.

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Darrin Ward prepares to drive his classic car around town with his wife and children during the Murrieta Father’s Day Car Cruise.

A variety of classic cars gather at Town Square Park in Murrieta before driving around town during the annual Father’s Day car show.

A classic Corvette is shown at the Murrieta Father’s Day Cruise.

Father’s are celebrated during the annual Murrieta Father’s Day Car Cruise beginning at Town Square Park.

A variety of classic cars begin their cruise around town during the Murrieta Father’s Day Car Cruise.

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A classic car owner takes his furry friend for a drive in the Murrieta Father’s Day Car Cruise.

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CHILDREN’S EVENTS June 25 to July 6 – 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Ronald H. Roberts Public Library, Teen image decoding contest, 30600 Pauba Road, Temecula. Call (951) 693-8940 for details. Grades 7 to 12 can participate. Crack a code, win a prize.

June 25 to Aug. 6 – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Have You Seen Mr. Green?

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July 5 – 5-7 p.m. Medical Career Pathway aimed at educating high school students about careers in the field of health care. A fourweek summer symposium begins.

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Virtual Pride Event with live panels and entertainment. Free, Zoom meeting check for details on Facebook.

June 26 – 8 a.m. Help Clean up Lake Elsinore, Wildomar and Canyon Lake. Come together to pick up trash in and around our neighborhoods. You can participate individually, or form a group with friends, family, youth groups, local community groups and more. You can choose when, where and how long you want to participate. Kicks off at the Diamond Stadium Lot B (optional).

Sign up at City of Lake Elsinore by calling (951) 674-3124.

June 23 – 7 p.m. The Killer Dueling Pianos at the Be Good Temecula, 28636 Old Town Front St. #10. Phone (951) 428-1537. $40 VIP. $25 priority and $10 general admission.

June 26 -- 7 a.m. Morning walk at Lake Perris lakeshore to learn about the invasive Quagga and Zebra mussels that threaten the waterways and ways to stop them.

Presented by Philip Harvey. Bring water and closed-toed shoes. Meet at Hunter’s Lot at 17801 Lake Perris Drive.

June 26 – Dusk. City of Menifee Independence Day Drive-in Celebration at Mt. San Jacinto College parking area 28237 LaPiedra Road in Menifee. Limited number of reserve tickets online. Listen live from your vehicles at 103.3 radio. Free admission. Other parking spaces are first come first serve. For more information, visit www.cityofmenifee/ independenceday.

June 29 – 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Job-A-Palooza summer job fair presented by the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce. Free to job seekers at the Menifee Lakes Country Club, 29875 Menifee lakes Drive. Employers’ registration starts at $35. Employers register online at BIT.LY/Menifeejobs.

July 1 – 7:45 p.m. Murrieta fireworks display celebrating cityhood and Independence Day at Los Alamos Sports Park, 37000 Ruth Ellen Way, Murrieta. An inperson event. Free.

Aug. 20-22 – 9 a.m. Summergrass San Diego at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N. Santa Fe St. in Vista.

Bluegrass Headliners, The Lonesome River Band, High Fidelity, Special Consensus, Ramblin Boys and Virtual Singers. Ticket on sale soon at tickets@summergrass.net.

Aug. 21 – 5 to 10 p.m. Cowboy Jubilee presented by the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation with the Ultimate Garth Brooks Tribute Show at Campo Caballos Ranch, Tenaja, Murrieta. Limited space for adults 21 and older. Includes Champagne, classic car display, the concert and dancing. Advance purchase only at $135 per person.

Tickets can be purchased through www.Srpnef.org. This is a recovery fundraiser event.

ONGOING – Temecula’s Summer Concert Series will run through Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Temecula Amphitheater, 30875 Rancho Vista Road. Preregistration required. $5 per registration includes up to eight people. Visit www.TemeculaCA. gov/SummerConcerts to see the entire summer concert schedule, registration requirements and COVID-19 guidelines.

ONGOING – If you know a homebound older adult, resources in Menifee are available, including grab-and-go, cooked and frozen food for pickup. Courtesy Pantry items and meals delivered with no contact. Three days of emergency food can be delivered immediately or restaurant meal delivery for those who don’t qualify for food assistance programs.

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ONGOING – 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Temecula Winchester Swap Meet continues, 33280 Newport Road in Winchester, Saturdays and Sundays only. The small local swap meet is only 50 cents for entry, and anyone under age 10 is free admission. No dogs allowed.

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WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: June 28 – 7 p.m. Temecula Valley Historical Society presents a program of “Two Women Who Dared.” A free story of two women suffragists who worked toward the passing of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The story will be presented

by Karen Michaud and Bonnie Martland about the two women who help pave the way for women to vote. It will be the first inperson gathering for the Society in over a year at 28314 Mercedes St., Temecula. Questions may be addressed to Rebecca Farnbach at (951) 775-6057 or info@temeculahistoricalsociety.org.

June 30-July 1 – 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Soccer camp at Creekside Park, Baywood Street in Lake Elsinore. A finishing focuses soccer camp for competitive players in all positions. See stayhapping. com for details.

July 12 – 9 a.m. to 12.50 p.m.

Musicology music school interactive small group workshop on rhythm, melody and harmony, 29700 Rancho California Road No. 9, Temecula. See musicologytemecula.com for details.

July 31 – 9 a.m. Free outdoor Idyllwild Songwriters Festival under the high pines at Spirit Mountain Retreat Center, 25661 Oakwood St, Idyllwild-Pine Cove. Features songwriters, including those who have written songs for celebrities like Rod Stewart, Celine Dion and others.

You can follow the festival at www.facebook.com/IdyllwildSongwritersFestival.

ONGOING – 5-8 p.m. The City of Temecula Community Services Department hosts ‘Art Off The Walls’ every first Friday, featuring art from a variety of artists exhibiting in multi-genre forms. ‘Art Off The Walls’ is housed exclusively at The Merc, 42051 Main Street, Temecula.

ONGOING – The First Fridays art events, in the ambiance of great music and food, are free and offer an exciting opportunity for varied artists to share their work with the community and the many visitors to Temecula. This event is held at The Merc and The Lot on Main, 42051 Main Street. For more information, call the Community Services Department at (951) 6946480. Artists may apply using the 2021 AOTW Application online

at https://temeculaca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11605/2021AOTW-Application.

ONGOING – 8 - 9 a.m. Attend the city of Wildomar’s Small Business Roundtable on the third Wednesday of each month on Zoom. Register by emailing kdavidson@cityofwildomar.org and put “small business roundtable” in the subject line.

ONGOING – Noon to 1 p.m.

Attend Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce’s weekly business briefing via Zoom or watch live on Facebook every Wednesday. Registration required at https://bit.ly/MWCBizBriefing.

The chamber business briefing is an opportunity to hear from city, county and business leaders about current and relevant business information.

ONGOING – Everything KETO classes. These interactive step-by-step workshops and classes on Zoom will guide students to begin this new way of eating and learn how to easily steer their decision-making for effective results. For more information and to register, visit www.cityofmenifee. us/register or call (951) 723-3880.

ONGOING – Menifee Community Services offers online driver’s education courses with a $21.95 fee. The course includes animated driving scenarios, instructional videos, sample test, licensed instructor available to answer questions, DMV approved certificate of completion with all lectures and exams completed from home. Designed for students and does not include behind-thewheel instruction or a California driver’s permit. Contact (951) 723-3880 or visit the city of Menifee to register at www.city of menifee.us.

ONGOING – 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center and The Elizabeth Hospice host a virtual support meeting for caregivers every second and fourth week of the month via Zoom. Get helpful tips and learn from others who are also dealing with similar challenges. For more information and to register, contact The Elizabeth Hospice Grief Support Services at (833) 349-2054.

ONGOING – Local chapter of the National Association of Female Entrepreneurs group helps women grow both personally and professionally and meets monthly. Contact Robbie Motter, the NAFE global coordinator, at (951) 255-9200 or rmotter@aol. com for information about future meetings.

ONGOING – Hemet/Winchester National Association of Female Entrepreneurs meets monthly. For new meeting dates and destinations, contact director Joan Wakeland at (909) 721-7648 or email Joanewakeland@gmail. com. Lake Elsinore/Murrieta/ Wildomar NAFE also meets each month in Lake Elsinore with director Sandie Fuenty. Call Fuenty at (714) 981-7013 or email sandiesldy@aol.com to learn when meetings will resume.

ONGOING – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a free 12step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia, has meetings throughout the U.S. and the world. Contact (781) 932-6300, or for local meetings, call (925) 321-0170 or visit www. foodaddicts.org.

ONGOING – The Murrieta Garden Club meets each month at the Murrieta Community Center, 41810 Juniper St., in Murrieta.

Anyone who likes to garden or is interested in plants is welcome.

Membership is $10 per year.

Find more information about the monthly event or project on Facebook.

ONGOING – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month.

For more information and new meeting dates and places, visit www.temeculavalleyrosesociety. org.

ONGOING – Menifee Toastmasters meets every Thursday at noon for one hour at a designated place to have fun, enhance speaking capabilities, gain selfconfidence and improve social skills. For new dates, call (760) 807-1323 or visit www.MenifeeToastmasters.org for more information.

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Local cook spends time in ‘Top Chef’ kitchen Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Caption for top chef: Basil Maqbool, of Winchester, is part of the new Bravo series “Top Chef Amateurs” premiering July 1.

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Pharmacist Basil Maqbool can usually be seen behind the counter at his Vail Ranch Pharmacy in Temecula but July 1, he will be on television in Bravo channel’s new show “Top Chef Amateurs.”

Any fans of the long-running “Top Chef” cooking show will recognize some of the familiar “tests” contestants will be put through during each episode.

The new show, hosted by “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons, gives talented home cooks the opportunity of a lifetime to test their skills in the illustrious “Top Chef” kitchen.

In each 30-minute episode, two amateur chefs will compete headto-head in some of the most iconic challenges from the “Top Chef” archives, including the mise-en-place race and blind taste test.

“I’ve been into cooking since I was young, learning from my mom,” Maqbool, 43, said. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve cooked more and more. When the food network launched, I started watching cooking shows to learn more. I’ve been a superfan since “Top Chef” began.

I’ve watched all 18 seasons and all of the spin-offs. When the opportunity presented itself, I had to try and participate.”

He said watching those cooking shows changed the way he thought about food. He started learning about chefs and cuisines he wasn’t familiar with and learned a lot from the judges’ comments. He enjoyed watching the fun competitions and wanted to be a part of it, but he was not a profes-

sional cook, let alone a chef.

“This show let me live out my TV chef fantasy,” Maqbool said.

“The daily grind of a pharmacist isn’t very exciting; I’d much rather do something with food. Cooking and eating good food, as you can tell by my Instagram handle (@ fatboytriestocook) and the sheer size of my waist, are a passion.”

He said it was “a literal dream come true” to walk into the iconic “Top Chef” kitchen and meet the mentors and judges. The show was filmed in the fall of 2020 at the kitchen used for Season 18’s “Top Chef: Portland.”

“Time was the most challenging,” Maqbool said. “I’m normally an extrovert. I don’t mind public speaking; I work with patients every day.

But walking into the “Top Chef” kitchen, meeting the mentors, seeing Gail and the other judges, I was starstruck. I also didn’t want to lose.

So, I went right into game mode.”

He said working in a foreign kitchen with equipment he was not familiar with and not knowing where things were was a little intimidating and disorienting. And this was his first time cooking against a clock.

“So here I am, freaking out as a superfan, but also trying to figure out what I’m going to cook and how I’m going to do it. I remember when they called ‘five minutes, chefs’ I started freaking out – I hadn’t even started plating,” Maqbool said. “Gail is as kind and genuine in person as she is on TV; it was awesome to meet her. When she critiqued my food, it was hard to really focus because it was such a

surreal moment.”

Maqbool moved to Hemet in 1991 and Murrieta in 2001 and now lives in Winchester. He has owned and operated Vail Ranch Pharmacy since 2008.

“I personally like cooking and trying new things, so I’m always in the kitchen making things up,” Maqbool said. “I normally don’t follow a recipe; I try to learn techniques instead. With four kids, however, I have to make family favorites. A good red sauce and pasta or a piece of meat, like a steak or lamb chops, with a side – those are meals my wife and kids always love.”

He also loves to grill, specifically kabobs, but said that for every dish he makes that’s on his family’s playlist, he also tries to do one he’s never done before.

“I come from a family of good cooks,” Maqbool said. “My mother, my wife and my mother-in-law are all great cooks, especially traditional Pakistani cuisine, so I ask them to cook for me. But I would say for nontraditional Pakistani cuisine I am the go-to cook.”

“Top Chef Amateurs” premieres Thursday, July 1, at 9 p.m. on Bravo.

Two back-to-back episodes will air following the “Top Chef: Portland” finale.

“I love to cook for a lot of reasons,” Maqbool said. “It’s relaxing, I get to express myself creatively and it’s not ‘precise’ – I can throw stuff into a pot or pan and see what happens. It reminds me of my childhood and being in the kitchen with my mom.”

For more information, www.bravotv.com/top-chef-amateurs/about.

Planet Lockdown documentary sparks pandemic debate

A free documentary film and interview series questions the mainstream narrative with startling results The makers of a documentary film called Planet Lockdown have been releasing a series of interviews with high-level voices questioning the official narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic. From doctors to epidemiologists, biologists, statesmen, children and protestors, the subjects of the interview run the gamut of suppressed voices throughout this saga. Many know something is truly not right about the event of this past year but have a hard time placing it. This film and interview series seeks to address the void the major press has created.

Starting on Christmas Day 2020, the interviews for the film began to be released on an unknown YouTube channel. The filmmakers

decided to give away all the interviews in full format in advance of the documentary release in order to make these testimonies readily available. The interviews have been shared around the world and translated in over a dozen languages.

They have done much to educate the public to think critically about the inconsistent story the world has been told by the press, public health authorities and governments around the world.

The main topics covered in the film are as follows: - The PCR tests used to ‘test’ for SARS-CoV-2 have shown to be problematic in more than one regard, and all “case” numbers are simply positive test results; “Cases”

are not defined by clinical illness but instead by positive test results.

The number of cases are directly correlated to the number of tests administered.

- The World Health Organization altered the definition of “pandemic” in 2009 in such a way that we would always be in a perpetual state of “pandemic.” This wordsmithing is misleading the public and scientific community.

- Lockdowns have no impact on the spread of pandemics; WHO and the scientific community acknowledges this, yet they are still promoted worldwide. As well, almost all the measures recommended by the WHO and governments around the world have little or no basis in

the scientific literature.

- The use of vaccines for a low mortality illness is questionable, let alone new untested technologies released under emergency authorization and with zero liability for the manufacturers.

- Divisive and inaccurate media coverage has mentally terrorized billions of people and caused untold mental illness, depression and suicide. This propaganda has as well facilitated financial fraud on a level not before seen globally.

- The events of the last 16 months have caused us all to reevaluate our political, social and medical systems, as a level of corruption within them is now overtly evident. It is also clear that very few principled

voices within these institutions are standing up to it. A great reform is on the horizon and the public should be aware of the forces at play in this great saga, all this according to Planet Lockdown.

Planet Lockdown is one of a handful of film projects taking on Goliath and highlighting the voices of those willing to share their experience, knowledge, and expertise in one of the most chaotic and combative times in history.

To learn more about the film and series visit PlanetLockdownFilm. com and click “full interviews” to hear the uncovered voices the media excluded. For more information, PlanetLockdown@Protonmail.ch.

Live, in-person performances set to return to The Merc Saturday, July 3

Live performances are returning to the Merc Saturday, July 3.

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The Merc at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater is opening its doors to the public once again after an extra-long intermission as a result of the global pandemic. Temecula’s theater team has been working behind the scenes to reopen all its performance spaces safely and responsibly with live performances beginning July 3 at The Merc. The City of Temecula, along with local producers, offer an array of performances for the entire family at The Merc & Courtyard, 42051 Main Street. Performances

will resume on Temecula Theater’s Main Stage in September with “Mamma Mia!” presented once again by the Temecula Valley Players Sept. 2 through 19. TCSD President and Council Member Zak Schwank stated, “The City of Temecula thanks you for your patience and patronage as we welcome you, our Temecula Theater Family, back along with the talented performers, long-standing partners and producers. On with the shows!”

July offerings are July 3 and 17, Country Live! at The Merc; July 10,

Speakeasy at The Merc; July 15, 22, and 29 Jazz at The Merc; July 23, 24, and 25, a presentation by Bohemian Arts at The Merc; July 30 and 31, Edges presented by the Fine Arts Network at The Courtyard; July 31, Stand-Up Comedy at The Merc.

August’s schedule will offer Aug. 1, Edges presented by the Fine Arts Network at The Courtyard; Aug. 5, 12, 19 and 26, Jazz at the Merc; Aug. 6, First Friday at the Gallery at The Merc and The Lot on Main; Aug. 7 and 21, Country Live! at

The Merc; Aug. 14, Speakeasy at The Merc; Aug. 14 and 15, Miscast presented by the Fine Arts Network at The Courtyard; Aug. 22, Classics at The Merc (Courtyard); Aug. 28, Stand-Up Comedy at The Merc.

The Ticket Office will reopen to the public July 1. Tickets are on sale now online at wwwTemeculaTheater.org or by calling (866) OLD. TOWN (866) 653-8696). Please purchase your tickets early as The Merc sells out very quickly.

Submitted by the city of Temecula.

ly that one will face a blackout, like the one that dominates the middle of the film. It takes compromises and hard decisions, often filled with uncertainty. But making those decisions for and with the people you love makes them seem so right.

As with life, “In the Heights” has its heavy moments, but the hardships rarely seem forced or unrealistic, save for a rift between Usnavi and Vanessa that seems born out of a relatable case of self-sabotage. Most of the film is very upbeat, as the residents of Washington Heights never pass up the opportunity for a party. And by “party,” I mean an elaborate musical number filled with Miranda’s trademark blend of singing and rapping. I honestly had no idea rap could sound so beautiful until I saw a performance by the Broadway cast at the 2008 Tonys. As for the

transition to film, it just allows for larger sets, more dancing, and cinematography and special effects that only enhance the spectacle. The only thing lost is that a trick with its framing device, which I suspect was pulled off better on Broadway, now seems like a flat-out cheat. But that inconsistency aside, this is a delightful, energetic film that can’t be seen soon enough. I predict that if you pass up the opportunity to see it now, you’ll regret it come Oscar time.

Grade: A“In the Heights” is playing in theaters and on HBO Max (but I strongly recommend seeing it in theaters). The film is rated PG-13 for some language and suggestive references. Its running time is 143 minutes.

Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@ nyu.edu.

Movie Review: ‘In the Heights’ Bob Garver SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

“In the Heights” is based on the 2008 Tony winner for Best Musical that put Lin-Manuel Miranda on the map. It is not to be confused with “Hamilton,” the 2016 Tony winner for Best Musical that saw Miranda conquer the world. The film follows characters from the largely Latin Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights as they pursue their “sueñitos” or “little dreams.”

Big dreams are unrealistic, but with hard work and perseverance, sueñitos are achievable, though they’re not without their obstacles.

Right now my sueñito is that more people see this movie, because a second-place debut behind the third weekend of “A Quiet Place Part II” is unfitting for such a superior affair.

Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) dreams of closing his meager bodega and moving to the Dominican Republic to take over his late father’s ramshackle bar. But this would mean leaving behind

the neighborhood and people he cares about, like his cousin Sonny (Gregory Diaz IV), communal abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), and longtime crush Vanessa (Melissa Barrera), who herself dreams of leaving her dead-end job at a failing beauty parlor and becoming a fashion designer. While Usnavi and Vanessa want to escape the neighborhood, Nina (Leslie Grace) dreams of being welcomed back.

She recently underwent a humiliating year at Stanford and doesn’t want to go back, even though her father Kevin (Jimmy Smits) sold half of his cab business for his own sueñito of having his daughter go to a good college. Benny (Corey Hawkins) splits his sueñito between his career at Kevin’s company and pursuing a relationship with Nina, but the rift between Nina and Kevin might force him to choose between the two. And so the sueñitos go throughout the cast, from a trio of beauty workers (Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco) who want their customers to follow them to their new location in the

Bronx, to a piragua vendor (Miranda) who doesn’t want to lose his business to Mister Softee.

It would be nice if there were easy answers, and briefly it seems like someone may get one in the form of Usnavi’s store selling a $96,000 winning lottery ticket.

But the ticket is not claimed and it becomes apparent that life is not something to be fixed by shortcuts and windfalls. It’s much more like-

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Murrieta Valley Unified School District honors Murrieta Rotary Club for its commitment to education and support of the school community

Murrieta Rotary Club was given special recognition at the June 20 Murrieta Valley School District Board of Education meeting. Pictured from left are MVUSD Superintendent Patrick Kelley, Rotarian Carol Hernandez, Rotarian Jim Yanoschik with Mr. Bojangles, Rotarian Linda Dozier and Murrieta Rotary Club President Lou Ellen Ficke.

At the June 10 Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board of Education meeting, members of the Board and school district leadership recognized the Murrieta Rotary Club for its unwavering partnership and endless support through multiple programs/grants and acts of service this past year.

Since its’ inception 29 years ago, Murrieta Rotarians have exemplified service and high ethical standards through its programs and services to the students and teachers of the community. The Murrieta Rotary Club provided the following goodwill to all students and teachers in the school district: grants for teachers and Interact Club facilitators, grants for secondary (6-12 grade) dance programs, scholarships for Career Technical Education (CTE) students, gift cards for foster youth to assist with clothing and school supply expenses, donations to buy materials for special literacy programs, scholarships to graduating seniors, senior gift awarded to Murrieta Canyon Academy graduates, musical competitions, vocational service awards and

4-Way Speech Contest.

In addition to the programs and services, Murrieta Rotarians host and organize the Annual Field of Honor, an inspiring and spectacular community event attended by fifth grade students throughout this district. This unique field trip teaches students in Murrieta about sacrifice, courage, heroism and patriotism. During the pandemic, the Field of Honor transitioned to a virtual field trip for all fifth grade students in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. This field trip was complete with donated booklets for the students to learn and understand the sacrifices made in the name of freedom.

MVUSD Superintendent Patrick Kelley said, “We are beyond blessed to have strong community partnerships with organizations such as the Murrieta Rotary Club.

Their unwavering support of education, donations and service above self are treasured by our school community.”

Submitted by Murrieta Valley Unified School District.

EverLevel Holdings given RCWD contract for Cole Creek pond lining Joe Naiman WRITER

EverLevel Holdings LLC, was given the Rancho California Water District contract for the Cole Creek pond lining project.

Technical difficulties prevented boardmember Bill Wilson from casting his vote June 10, but the other six board members approved the $1,724,320 contract with EverLevel and also approved a $51,244 contract with Krieger &

Stewart Inc., for survey staking and engineering support services.

The recycled water storage pond at Cole Creek has a capacity of 150 acre-feet or approximately 50 million gallons. The ten-acre pond is on the same property as an abovegrade recycled water storage tank with a capacity of 2.2 million gallons and two recycled water pump stations. The Cole Creek pond provides seasonal wet-weather storage of recycled water which balances the high demand during

summer months and the lower demand during winter months.

The storage pond has a 45-milliliter reinforced polypropylene liner with a geotextile underlay which prevents percolation of recycled water into the underlying groundwater basin, assists with the cleaning of accumulated debris, and protects the integrity of the pond structure. That liner has been in service for 20 years and is approaching the end of its useful life. Exposure to the ele-

ments along with regular use has caused significant deterioration of the liner, which is no longer able to have minor repairs by patching.

The failure of the liner makes the storage pond unusable in its current state.

RCWD staff completed design plans and specifications before advertising the lining project for bid April 16. Four bids were received by the May 18 deadline. EverLevel, which is based in Chino Hills, had the low bid at $1,724,320.

The $1,781,700 bid submitted by Zusser Company of Los Angeles was the second-lowest.

Krieger & Stewart is the engineer of record, so a sole source contract was authorized for construction staking and surveying, engineering support during construction, and record drawing preparation. A fee of $51,244 was negotiated.

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

2021-2022 Murrieta Rotary officers, directors to take office Steve Nicholson will take office July 1 to serve as President of the Rotary Club of Murrieta for the 2021-2022 Rotary year, succeeding LouEllen Ficke.

Director of Operations at Temecula Hyundai, Nicholson has lived in the Murrieta area for 20 years and has extensive experience in all areas of automobile dealer operations. He is a graduate of Liberty University with a degree in biblical studies. He has served on

nonprofit boards like Quality West Wing, Uncle Bud’s and ARC Angel Foundation. Nicholson attends Calvary Chapel Chino Hills and has for 30 years, serving with the children’s and men’s ministries.

He facilitates a Men’s Bible Study with Calvary Chapel Murrieta and has been a baseball chaplain for the Angels’ organization.

Serving with Nicholson will be John Brown, president-elect while LouEllen Ficke will be the im-

mediate past president; Patsy Orr serves as Executive Secretary, and LouEllen Ficke is Treasurer. Saomorn Wong is Foundation Chair, and Administration, Dawn Layton.

Club Directors are: Vocational Services, Kelly Orchard; Community Service, Jim Yanoschik; Youth Services, Jody Lawlor and Liz Jones; Membership, John Brown; International, Doreen Tate and Public Relations, Linda Dozier.

The club serves the City of

HSJVC 951-658-3211 director@hsjvc.com Steve Nicholson will serve as president of the Rotary Club of Murrieta for the 2021-2022 Rotary year, succeeding LouEllen Ficke.

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Murrieta and surrounding area and is involved in international projects in cooperation with Rotary International which has as its ongoing theme “Service Above Self.” Chartered April 28, 1992, the Murrieta club is known for several signature projects including the Murrieta Field of Honor, which will celebrate its 13th year in November.

Rotary is one of the largest international humanitarian service organizations in the world, with 1.2 million members in some 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographic areas.

Rotary began in 1905 in Chicago and serves the needs of local communities around the world.

Submitted by Rotary Club of Murrieta.

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EVMWD receives ‘AA+’ and ‘AA’ ratings from investor services

Ratings benefit customers and the District, lowering rates and increasing funding potential for future projects Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) received high ratings through two major financial investor services for revenue bonds. Fitch Ratings (Fitch) and Standard and Poor (S&P) rated EVMWD’s financial stewardship through a variety of criteria. S&P’s overall rating for EVMWD was an ‘AA+’ and Fitch granted EVMWD an ‘AA’ rating with a positive outlook, improving upon the previous year’s stable outlook. Both ratings reflect EVMWD’s strong capacity

to meet its financial commitments and maintain low operating risks.

“EVMWD knows that every dollar counts, particularly as our community recovers from the financial impacts of COVID-19,” Phil Williams, president of EVMWD’s board of directors, said.

“We are committed to the highest standards of financial stewardship so that we can continue providing essential services at an affordable cost.”

The strong ratings from Fitch and S&P benefit customers by

allowing EVMWD to borrow money at lower interest rates, producing significant cost savings to all ratepayers. As a result of consistently high ratings and strong financial management, EVMWD received more than $254 million in grants and low interest loans last year to fund important capital improvement projects. One of these projects was EVMWD’s Regional Water Reclamation Facility upgrade, which will expand recycled water production and protect public health through ad-

vanced treatment of wastewater.

The upgrade received $4 million in grants and $45 million in low interest loans, reducing long-term financial impacts to ratepayers.

High ratings also help EVMWD secure money for planning. This past year, EVMWD received a $1 million Prop 1 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant from the Department of Water Resources. The grant allows the district to develop a strategic approach to enhancing water supply reliability, managing basin yields,

and improving and protecting the quality of the groundwater supply for future use.

Through continued fiscal responsibility, the district ensures that all customers have 24/7 access to essential water and wastewater services at an affordable cost.

For more information, www. evmwd.com.

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Riverside County’s jobless rate falls County approves vacation amid gains across multiple sectors and maintenance About 79,500 residents were out 3,300 positions last month, with agreement for former City News Serrvice SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS of work last month, and 1,027,200 the public sector posting the nextLeon Road alignment were employed, according to the highest amount – 1,800.

With gains across almost all sectors of the regional economy, Riverside County’s jobless rate dropped last month, according to figures released Friday, June 18, by the California Employment Development Department.

The unemployment rate in May, based on preliminary estimates, was 7.2%, compared to 7.5% in April, the EDD said.

The May rate was nearly nine percentage points lower than the year-ago level, when countywide unemployment stood at 15.7% amid the public health lockdowns.

EDD. Coachella had the highest unemployment rate countywide in May at 12.4%, followed by Mecca at 11.3%, Winchester at 10.6%, Hemet at 10.4% and Desert Hot Springs at 10.3%.

The combined unemployment rate for Riverside and San Bernardino counties in May was also 7.2%, down from 7.5% in April, according to the EDD. Bi-county data indicated that, as in March and April, payrolls expanded by the widest margin in the hospitality sector, which added

Additional gains were recorded in the agricultural, construction, financial services, health services, information technology, manufacturing and warehousing sectors, which altogether added 5,800 jobs.

Another 600 jobs were created in miscellaneous unclassified industries, according to figures.

Only the professional business services sector trimmed payrolls, by 500 positions, data showed.

The statewide non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was 7.5%

County Supervisors approve Wine Country rezone Joe Naiman WRITER

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a rezone for a 2.08-acre property in Temecula Valley Wine Country.

The supervisors’ 5-0 vote June 8 changes the property’s zoning from Citrus/Vineyard (C/V) to Wine Country - Winery (WC-W).

The general plan land use designation of Rural: Agriculture (AG) was not changed.

The land is north and west of Rancho California Road, south of Buck Road, and east of Berenda Road. It is within the Winery District of the Temecula Valley Wine Country Policy Area.

A March 2014 Board of Supervisors action adopted the Temecula Valley Wine Country Community Plan which revised the county’s general plan, updated design guidelines and added new zoning classifications. The actual zoning classifications of parcels within the policy area were not changed, so any zoning changes to provide consistency with the policy area have been part of the development approval process for specific parcels. The rezone approved June 8 gives the 2.08-acre parcel zoning to match the policy area plan.

Because the zoning matches the previous policy, no new environmental documentation was required for the rezone although any

actual development may require California Environmental Quality Act review.

Permitted uses in the Winery District of the Temecula Valley Wine Country Policy Area include single-family dwellings, cottage industries including small-scale manufacturing incidental to a primary residential use, a cottage inn within a single-family dwelling, and Class I, Class II and Class V wineries. A Class I winery requires a minimum lot size of 5 acres, a Class II winery can be on no less than 10 acres, and a Class V winery requires 20 acres.

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

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The County of Riverside has vacated portions of the former alignment of Leon Road while also approving a maintenance agreement for that French Valley land.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0, June 15 to vacate portions of the former Leon Road alignment, to approve a maintenance agreement with the Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District, and to find the vacation and maintenance agreement categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.

The realignment of Leon Road created portions which are no longer needed for traffic circulation.

The county still needs some portions of the former road for access and circulation, so those will not be vacated. The Eastern Municipal Water District owns and operates a booster station along Leon Road, so the vacation of the former alignment preserves Eastern’s access to the facility. The vacation and maintenance agreement reserves an easement for existing public utilities and public service facilities.

EMWD staff reviewed the vacation proposal and did not object.

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Four property owners abut the vacated portions of Leon Road.

Weed abatement and other maintenance is now the responsibility of those property owners. The ValleyWide Recreation and Park District is one of those property owners and expressed concern about the initial cost to improve the property to district standards and about the cost of maintenance. The maintenance agreement reflects those concerns; the county will pay the initial cost to improve the property to ValleyWide Recreation and Park District standards while the district will then maintain the land in perpetuity.

The owners of the other three properties were also notified of their future maintenance responsibilities. None of them objected but requested that the county remove the asphalt road surface over the vacated portions, and the county’s Transportation Department undertook that task.

The vacation was also reviewed by the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and by the Riverside County Fire Department, and neither of those agencies objected.

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

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County of Riverside landlord incentive program

A new payment incentive program launched to aid in affordable housing The Housing Authority of the County of Riverside has launched a new landlord incentive program aimed at increasing affordable housing options for Housing Choice Voucher families throughout Riverside County. The program goal is to promote new landlord relationships and further support to existing landlords by offering an incentive payment to participate in the Housing Choice

Voucher, a Section 8 tenant based program.

The incentives include a onetime payment of $2,500 to landlords who are new to the Housing Choice Voucher Program or have been inactive for the past 12 months, or $500 per unit to existing landlords who lease a unit to a Housing Choice Voucher participant.

In eligible circumstances, a one-

time rent affordability payment can be made, when rent needs to be negotiated down for the unit to be affordable for the voucher holder.

This incentive program is an effort to increase affordable housing in Riverside County for many Housing Choice Voucher families who were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the economy begins to recover,

the county is working to ensure that residents who are once again working toward self-sufficiency are able to secure housing.

The new landlord incentive program is funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which allows local housing authorities to respond and equip low-income

families with housing resources as a result of the pandemic.

The County of Riverside recognizes and commends the investment of property owners willing to help individuals who need affordable housing. To learn more, call (951) 343-5428 or (951) 343-5437.

Submitted by The Housing Authority of the County of Riverside.

Supervisors approve 154 condo unit project near Winchester Road Joe Naiman WRITER

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a project near Winchester Road which would develop 154 condominium units.

The supervisors’ 5-0 vote June 8 approved a general plan amendment, specific plan amendment, rezone, tract map, plot plan, and environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration for the 30.62-

acre site. The land is northwest of Winchester Road, north of Jean Nicholas Road, east of Leon Road, and south of Whispering Heights Parkway.

Before the rezone, the land had Scenic Highway Commercial (CP-S-), Commercial Office (C-O), Industrial Park (I-P), and Open Area Combining Zone-Residential Developments (R-5) zoning.

The land now has only General Residential (R-3) zoning.

The general plan and specific

plan land use designation for the property had been a mix of Community Development: Commercial Retail (CD:CR), Community Development: Light Industrial (CD:LI), and Open Space: Conservation (OS:C). The new land use designation is Community Development: Medium High Density Residential (CD:MHDR).

The tract map creates three residential lots which will include the 154 single-family detached condominium units. Four open space

lots are also part of the tentative tract map, which will become a final map when all conditions are met. The plot plan includes 308 garage parking spaces, 133 private on-street parking spaces, and 3.84 acres of recreation areas as well as the condominium units.

The initial proposal called for 163 condominium units, but a commercial project on the south side of the property is in progress and county staff requested that the project be redesigned to have

a better buffer from the commercial uses. The redesign increased the minimum setback of the units from 20 feet to approximately 60 feet.

The county’s Planning Commission heard the project April 21 and voted 5-0 to recommend approval.

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

Countywide home prices up 3%, sales slip City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The median price of a singlefamily home in Riverside County climbed almost 3% last month, but sales of existing homes dropped off slightly, the California Association of Realtors reported June 16.

The median home price county-

wide in May was $560,000, compared to $545,500 in April, representing a 2.7% increase, according to CAR. On a year-over-year level, the price was 29% higher; in May 2020, the median price of an existing single-family property was $434,480, data showed.

Statewide, the median price last

month was $818,260, compared to $814,010 in April - up 0.5%. In May 2020, the median price was $588,070, reflecting a year-overyear rise of 39%.

The median represents the point at which half of homes sell above a price, and the other half below it.

“A lack of housing inventory continues to push up prices,” CAR

Chief Economist Jordan Levine said.

He said rising interest rates and “declining affordability” are keeping some buyers out of the market, but “new listings have finally started to rise, which could help to sustain a higher level of home sales deeper into summer by providing much-needed supply.”

Last month, home sales countywide sank about 5%, but they were up an eye-popping 60% year-overyear, according to CAR. The association’s Unsold Inventory Index for May indicated that the median time a property was on the market before it sold in California was seven days. In Riverside County, it was eight days.

Multiple agencies embark on study to improve the long-term health of Lake Elsinore U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, City of Lake Elsinore, and Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District partner to identify restoration projects for Southern California’s largest natural freshwater lake.

Marking a step forward in the effort to restore the aquatic habitat in Lake Elsinore, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) met virtually with partners and stakeholders June 7 to commemorate the signing of the Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement for the Lake Elsinore Continuing Authorities Program 206 Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration.

The agreement is between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, with additional local partnership from

the City of Lake Elsinore and the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.

Lake Elsinore, the natural body of water that shares its name with the city, serves as both a recreational and environmental asset in southwest Riverside County.

It is home to more than 250 bird species, sport fish, and native flora and fauna.

Col. Julie Balten, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, expressed her enthusiasm about the project during the commemoration.

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Rep. Ken Calvert of California’s 42nd Congressional District also spoke during the virtual meeting and communicated his excitement about the project in a follow-up social media post.

“The lake is already home to a number of recreational activities today and there are tremendous future opportunities that would follow ecosystem restoration efforts,” Calvert said. “I’m confident we can all work together to benefit the lake’s water quality, ecosystem, and improve this tremendous asset for the future of Lake Elsinore.”

Participating in the project will allow the agencies to study, design and construct an ecosystem and riparian habitat restoration project on Lake Elsinore.

“This project was five years in the making,” Phil Williams, president of the EVMWD Board of Directors, said. “With the tremendous support from Congressman Calvert, we established a partnership with the City of Lake Elsinore and Riverside County to participate in this project. This led to success in securing Army

Corps of Engineers’ financial and technical support.”

The study will be used to identify possible habitat restoration projects for the lake. The agencies are investigating longterm solutions by considering a 100-year planning horizon and evaluating the benefits for the lake that the project would garner over 50 years to improve the lake’s overall health and ecosystem function.

Lake Elsinore is a shallow lake and is subject to significant evaporation and algae blooms, especially in the warm summer months. The lake is fed by runoff from the surrounding watershed.

Rainfall in this semiarid region can fluctuate year to year, and lake levels can decrease significantly if rain is not consistent.

To offset evaporation, EVMWD and the City of Lake Elsinore added more than 5.5 million gallons each day of highly treated and regulated recycled water to supplement the lake levels. This helps maintain the lake’s water levels and the water quality.

“I grew up fishing on this lake and I’m still there every weekend,” Robert E. Magee, mayor of the City of Lake Elsinore, said.

“Maintaining a healthy habitat is

not only important for the environment, but the recreation on our lake, making this a top priority for our entire community.”

“As a partner in the management of Lake Elsinore, EVMWD continues to explore ways to increase the value of providing the beneficial water resource in the lake,” Greg Thomas, general manager of EVMWD, said. “Outcomes of this study will help us embark upon new ways to invest in our resource in a beneficial way to our community.”

Split among the participating agencies, this feasibility study is estimated to cost up to $1.5 million, with a 50% cost share on the part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contributions of $125,000 from each non federal agency over the next two fiscal years. Overall, the Corps can spend up to $10 million on this study and future construction, which is 65% federally funded. The study is estimated to be completed in the next two years.

Based on the results of the study, the agencies will determine an appropriate project for future construction, which could take place in the next three to five years.

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Twin has twin hip replacements Nursing student resumes hiking, running and returns to school Richard Damrel SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Kristiana Hook of Temecula knows her hips. That’s because at age 32, she has two new hips, thanks to discovering she suffered from congenital hip dysplasia, a rare occurrence that happens when the hips at birth are not fully developed. Like most people, Hook thought hip replacements were for older folks.

“I thought this is crazy, I just tweaked something, but I met all the criteria for congenital hip dysplasia because I was the first-born child of a pair of identical twins,” Hook said. “So, I got my first hip replacement at age 30.”

Hook, a nursing student and

identical twin, has always been incredibly active, from running and cheering in high school, to working out at the gym. After a tough workout, she experienced debilitating pain in her left hip and was shocked when her doctor recommended a total hip replacement.

In early 2020, Hook had more pain, but this time in her right hip.

She had just started nursing school and was concerned that if her pain continued, she would get behind in school and it could affect her clinical courses.

“This was my biggest fear and motivation, so I had my other hip replaced,” she said. “I needed to be able to learn and succeed in my nursing program without being in pain after an 8 to 12-hour shift on

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Hook had her right hip replaced

by Dr. Steven Barnett at Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI) in Irvine. A month out from surgery, she is recovering well and shares enjoying the in-home physical therapy HOI recommended after her surgery.

“I’ve reached all my milestones so fast with my physical therapist coming to my house, giving me support,” she said. “My pathway to recovery has been great and I’m ready to continue school for my nursing career.”

Now Hook is moving through her recovery and looking forward to hiking more and running a 5k with her best friend.

Mosquito season heats up just as California reopens Mosquito experts say that as the state reopens and Californians make summer travel plans, it’s important to pack, and use, insect repellent to protect themselves from mosquito bites and the diseases they can spread. The reminder about wearing insect repellent is part of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week, which is celebrated June 20-26 throughout the country.

Wearing insect repellent is an important way to prevent the spread of West Nile virus, the most widespread and serious mosquito-borne disease in California. According to the California Department of Public Health, West Nile virus, which is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, was first detected in the eastern U.S. in 1999 and has since expanded across the country. There is no human vaccine for West Nile virus, which can cause debilitating cases of meningitis, encephalitis and even death.

“Mosquito-transmitted diseases pose a real public health threat,” Assemblymember Bill Quirk (DHayward) said. “That’s why I’ve been advocating for increased state funding to ensure mosquito and public health experts have the tools and resources they need to protect Californians from debilitating and deadly diseases. I also encourage all Californians to take personal precautions to make sure they are protected.”

It is also important for Californians to protect against invasive Aedes mosquitoes. These mosquitoes are not native to California, but they are now found in more than 300 cities throughout the state. They are capable of transmitting the viruses that cause Zika, dengue and chikungunya.

Fortunately, these viruses are not currently present in California, but travelers to other countries who become infected could introduce the virus locally upon their return.

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Kristiana Hook, 32, of Temecula has had two hip replacements after discovering she suffered from congenital hip dysplasia, a rare occurrence that happens when the hips at birth are not fully developed.

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“For many Californians, summertime means family vacations and time spent outside,” Truc Dever, president of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, said. “It’s also the height of mosquito season, so it’s important to apply insect repellent after putting on sunscreen when you are headed outside, as well as make sure there is no standing water around your home and property where mosquitoes can lay eggs.”

Invasive Aedes mosquitoes often live in people’s front yards, backyards and patios — areas where mosquito and vector control agencies can’t easily inspect. Aedes mosquitoes are particularly difficult to control because they prefer to lay their eggs in small water-filled containers like jars, saucers, old tires and yard drains.

Unlike most mosquitoes, the eggs can survive for over a year even if completely dry, and hatch when the container refills with water.

Due to the difficult nature of controlling invasive Aedes, mosquito experts are evaluating innovative methods, such as Sterile Insect Techniques, to protect the public from their bites and possible disease transmission.

To help prevent mosquito bites, apply insect repellent containing

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Repellents keep mosquitoes from biting. It is important to follow Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the safe use of repellents on children.

Install screens on windows and doors and keep them in good repair to keep mosquitoes out of your home.

Eliminate all sources of standing water on your property, including in flowerpots, old tires, buckets, pet dishes and trash cans.

Mosquitoes can develop from egg to adult in about a week using very small amounts of standing water.

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Advocates urge families, communities to protect adults from abuse and neglect Thousands of aging and disabled adults in Riverside County suffer from abuse and neglect each year, but isolation and shame stop many victims from reporting crimes that their trusted family members and friends often commit.

June is National Elder Abuse Awareness Month, when communities spotlight the growing problem of elder neglect and abuse, and raise awareness about the cultural, social, and economic challenges impacting the aging and disabled. Stakes are high in Riverside County, the 10th most populous county in the nation with 2.5 million people – and one of the most rapidly aging.

Today, one in every five county residents is already age 60 or older. In coming decades, the over 60 population is expected to double. Social workers, mental health experts, doctors, and legal experts have forged multidisciplinary teams that safeguard at-risk adults and bring justice for those who’ve been harmed.

“That holistic approach makes a difference in the lives of our elders,” Todd Bellanca, assistant director for Riverside County Adult Services, said. Bellanca and others caution that the reports being made

are probably only a fraction of abuse and neglect cases involving at-risk adults.

Riverside County Adult Protective Services confirmed approximately 6,000 allegations of abuse or neglect involving older and disabled adults last year. Financial crimes are among the most common types of crime affecting seniors, Deputy District Attorney Maureen DuMouchel said. The district attorney is a core member of the multidisciplinary team safeguarding Riverside County seniors.

“Seniors rely on family members or close personal friends to help manage their money and, unfortunately, people will take advantage of that,” DuMouchel said, describing how caregivers isolate at-risk adults and misuse positions of trust to access bank accounts and financial records. “Before a senior knows it, they’ve basically lost all their money.”

Physicians, mental health providers and social workers conduct home visits with seniors to ensure they get the appropriate support they need to stay safe and secure in their residences, Dr. David Franklin, a clinical neuropsychologist at the University of California, Riverside, and Director of the Elder

Abuse Forensic Center, said.

“It’s important residents understand that specialized teams and centers are available to help victims with complex needs,” Franklin said.

Home visits help identify risk factors and potentially eliminate risks that could lead to hospitalizations or nursing home placement, Dr. Wael Hamade, geriatric medicine division chair at Riverside University Health System, Medical Center and associate director of the Elder Abuse Forensic Center, said.

“Home visits are vital for patients who struggle with multiple conditions and medications or may be homebound,” Hamade said.

He added that each representative of the multidisciplinary team is acting in the best interest of vulnerable adults. “I believe in what we do,” Hamade said.

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SPORTS June 25 – July 1, 2021

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Volume 21, Issue 26

Multiple hits and Galindo's shutout gives Lakeside softball the CIF-SS Division 7 title JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The Lakeside Lady Lancers had no trouble rolling to a 14-0 victory over St. Monica Catholic in the CIF Southern Section Division 7 championship game Saturday, June 19, at Barber Park in Irvine.

With a familiar face in the coaches’ box, Austen Urness, who was once a standout catcher at Lakeside High School, the Lady Lancers’ winning culture is something to be expected.

Things got off to a booming start when sophomore Jayden Galindo launched a triple to bring in Ava Camarena, and then Lakeside (14-6) ended up batting around and scoring four runs out of the gate. Rowan Howell, Brooklyn Kemmemer and Mia Belcher also drove in runs in the inning to help the Lancers get that big lead.

That was just the beginning of a big offensive performance for the Lancers, who finished the game with 20 hits. The 14 runs are tied for third most in a CIF Southern Section softball final. Eight starters had at least two hits, and seven players knocked in a run for the Lancers.

The Lakeside softball team won the CIF Southern Section Division 7 title with a 14-0 victory over St. Monica Catholic.

Valley News/CIF courtesy photo

Galindo, who also pitched every inning this season, was outstand-

ing at the plate, going 4-for-4 with three runs scored and four

RBIs. She was equally strong in the circle, tossing a five-hit

shutout while striking out six in her first shutout since mid-April.

The Lancers also made no errors in the field. St. Monica (14-2), on the other hand, committed seven errors, which led to eight unearned runs. Howell, Kemmemer, and Jayden Bauer each had two hits and two RBIs for the Lancers in their win as well.

The other local team to advance to the final game in their bracket was the Orange Vista softball team, who also played Saturday, but at Deanna Manning Stadium.

A couple of unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth inning meant the difference as top-seeded St. Bonaventure escaped with a 4-2 victory in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 championship. It was the first title-game appearance for any girls’ team from Orange Vista.

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

Photos/sports scores/stats/highlights can be submitted to sports@ reedermedia.com. Stats, standings, results provided by MaxPreps, Gamechanger, local ADs, fans of the game and the Valley News Sports Department.

Valley News' CIF Southern Section postseason golf recap

Alvaro Fonseca and Nathan Vickery of Temecula Valley High School stand with their golf coach after earning Southwestern League honors.

Top female golfers from the Southwestern League included Murrieta Mesa’s Mia Golovich, Temecula Valley’s Katelyn Parr, Lauren Sammon of Vista Murrieta, and Elina Kuang, also of Murrieta Mesa.

Valley News/Courtesy photo

Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Let’s delve into a quick recap of the CIF SS postseason golf action completed thus far.

Note: Six players compete in team events with the lowest five counting.

Redhawk in Temecula was a host site for a boys’ individual qualifier that took place June 1, where 20 players advanced to the second stage of individual qualifying at River Ridge June 10.

Four players from the Valley News coverage area advanced to that second round. *Ryan Abuan – Great Oak – 70 (-2) *Jaden Huggins – Vista Murrieta – 70 (-2) *Glenn Meadows – Vista Murrieta – 74 (+2) *Nixon Lauritzen – Temescal Canyon – 75 (+3) Medalist for the site was Yorba Linda’s Patrick Song who shot -3 (69).

Eric Cheng of St. Jeanne’s and Great Oak’s Nathan Sampson shot 76 (+4) and missed a four for two playoff by one shot.

Other Valley Players: Alvaro Fonseca – Temecula Val-

ley = +5 (77) Daniel Guerra – Linfield Christian = +6 (78) Chase Frye – Chaparral = +6 (78) Aiden Canada – Vista Murrieta = +9 (81) Nathan Vickery – Temecula Valley = +9 (81) Brenden Wohland – Heritage = +9 (81) Matt Carrasco – Hemet = +11 (83) Ryan Worthington – Hemet = +13 (85) Jason Bustos – Santa Rosa Academy = +13 (85) Josh Saurez – Heritage = +22 (94) Brandon Jindra – West Valley = +29 (101) Jake Chung – Cornerstone Christian = +25 (107) Orion Ronda – Cornerstone Christian = +41 (113) Nathan Paad – Heritage = +45 (117) Boys Team postseason tournaments: This was the first year of numbered division postseason play as part of CIF’s emphasis on Competitive Equity playoffs.

In Division 1 at Meadowlark in Huntington Beach a 412 (+52) was

not good enough for the Nighthawks to advance.

Dominic Tavarrite – 80 Clay Yarbro – 82 Rocco Judge and Jake Cameron – 83 Finn Judge – 84 Kyle Eastman – 90 In Division 2, at Bella Collina, Great Oak shot 378 and finished

18 shots off the pace of champion Tesoro (5th).

Nathan Sampson – 70 Ryan Abuan – 73 Ryan Osorio – 77 Guylan Belser – 78 Bobby Erling and Collin Roppe – 80 Vista Murrieta won a Division 5 championship at Soule Park by shooting 376 led by Aiden Canada’s 69 which shared medalist honors.

Also competing for the Broncos were Glenn Meadows (71), Jaden Huggins (72), Isaiah Torres (78), Grant Herrick (86), and Dylan Gass (91).

Murrieta Mesa also was in this tournament and shot 464.

Drew Gillette – 80

Valley News/Courtesy photo

Mason Nolan – 88 CJ Osterhout – 89 Anthony Gonzales – 102 Everett Saulis – 105 Tristen Fraschetti – 107 At Jurupa Hills, Heritage and Paloma Valley competed in Division 6.

Heritage (445): Brenden Wohlend – 74 KIMthis kid’s name has previously been spelled Brenden Wohlwend (Heritage)-dar Joshua Saurez – 79 Riley McClain – 92 Nathan Paad – 95 Trey Manry – 105 Jacon Gillespie – 107 Paloma Valley (464): Franz Sanchez – 86 Maclaine Bringham – 90 Rigo Navarro – 93 Aiden Jones – 96 Randy Eller – 99 Luke Narrano – 108 In Division 7 Hemet and Santa Rosa Academy were at Whispering Lakes in Ontario.

Hemet (527): Matthew Carrasco – 86 Emmanuel Arechiga – 101 Trevor Kenney and Carter Maness – 112 Skyler Valenzuela – 116 Nicholas Sandoval – 127 Santa Rosa Academy (539): Jason Bustos – 75 Antonio Terrazas – 99 Evan Hobson – 117 Armando Terrazas – 122 Hayden Parslow – 126

see GOLF, page C-2 Katelyn Parr of Temecula Valley High School.

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SPORTS

Elsinore Baseball falls in finals, loses to La Habra 8-3 Not the ending Tigers wanted but Mosiello sees bright future for his program

Elsinore Baseball, CIF Southern Section Division 6 runner-up.

Derryl Trujillo INLAND SPORTS SENIOR WRITER

WP: Castillo, Josh – 6.2 IP, 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 4 BBs, 6 Ks LP: Thoulion, Kyle – 4.0 IP, 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 2 BBs, 2 Ks Four months ago, if you had told first year Elsinore baseball coach Matt Mosiello that his Tigers would be playing on championship Saturday his response would have been one of laughter. Yet, that is exactly what happened as the Tigers knocked off No. 1 Aquinas in the semifinals to earn their berth.

Junior starting pitcher Kyle Thoulion was able to hold La Habra in check for three innings, facing two men over the minimum (bloop single by Adrian Diaz and double by Matthew Flores) in shut-

ting out the Highlanders.

Then in the fourth, things got rolling as La Habra sent seven men to the plate scoring two runs with one hit (leadoff single by David Shackelford on a 3-2 count). Runs scored on a sacrifice fly by Peyton Lee and an error before Thoulion induced a double play to escape further damage.

Two more runs came home in the Highlander fifth against Chad Horton as Lopez (single to left) and Shackelford (walk) scored on an Adrian Diaz infield single and subsequent throwing error.

In the Tigers second, they had a premium opportunity against Castillo but could not punch through. Dallas Slayton led off the inning with a walk and then Thoulion singled up the middle.

Elsinore and La Habra take the field for the national anthem before their CIF Southern Section Division 6 championship baseball game.

Valley News/Courtesy photos

Castillo struck out Dillon Slayton and then on a squeeze attempt Dallas Slayton was tagged out in a rundown. Cole Draheim hit one sharply to the third baseman which ended the inning.

Four more runs scored in the La Habra sixth before Elsinore scored three in the seventh on Semaj Moore’s RBI single, a wild pitch which scored Thoulion (one out single), and Isaac Martinez’ fielder’s choice. It ended on a pop out.

Mosiello said, “It took us awhile, but the kids bought into what we were presenting as a new staff and I’m so proud of how hard they’ve worked this season. Kyle kept us in that game early and if a couple things fell differently who knows how it would have gone. We have done a good job of changing the culture quickly here. Guys now come to the field expecting to win and with a young group that’s exciting to see.”

Thoulion was 2-for-3 at the plate

for Elsinore. Diaz had a 2-for-2 day while Matt Flores and Jesse Lopez were 2 for 4 for La Habra.

Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail. com.

Visit www.maxpreps.com for most local game updates. Photos and sports scores/stats/highlights can be submitted to sports@ reedermedia.com. Stats, standings, results provided by MaxPreps, local ADs, fans of the game and the Valley News Sports Department.

Early mistakes too much for Bulldogs to overcome Hemet falls to Rosary Academy in Division 4 CIF Southern Section finals Derryl Trujillo INLAND SPORTS SENIOR WRITER

The Hemet softball team fell to Rosary Academy 11-1 in the CIF-SS Division 4 finals at Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine Friday, June 18.

Valley News/Courtesy photo

WP: Romero, Natalie>> CG, 5 Hits, 1 Run, 1 BB, 9 Ks LP: Long, Kassidy>> 0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 6 Runs (2 ER), 3 BB, 0 Ks All postseason long the Hemet softball team has shown an ability to put runs on the scoreboard.

Down seven runs to No. 2 Rosary Academy, that offensive prowess was tested one more time against Royals starter Natalie Romero who finally cooled down the Bulldog hitters. In a complete game she struck out nine while scattering five hits as Hemet fell 11-1 in the CIF SS Division 4 finals at Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine Friday, June 18. It was the program’s first title game appearance since a victory in 2013 but the loss does not end their season. The Lady Bulldogs did qualify for CIF

State Southern California Regional tournament play this week.

Anahi Pintado started the scoring with a one out two RBI double to left field which made it 2-0 Royals. Hannah Hernandez had the other 2 RBI hits for Rosary Academy, a single to right field.

Three other runs came across via walks and errors as the Bulldogs found themselves down a touchdown before picking up their bats.

Hemet got a run back in the first as Brooklyn LaChappa walked and scored on a three base throwing error. They had an opportunity in the fifth to close the gap just a bit as Payton Priefer and Chloe Payne singled to give Hemet runners on first and second with one out.

Romero got a popup and ground out to end the threat.

Bulldogs coach Jeff Galloway said in defeat, “We knew that Rosary was a solid ballclub from

a tough league, but I thought we’d be able to compete with them and it just didn’t go our way today.

A year ago, we got off to a hot start and then got shut down. Not many folks thought we were going to make this kind of run and especially after moving to a new league. None of these seniors complained once about anything we asked of them, and they’ve set a great example for our underclassmen moving forward.”

Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail. com.

Visit www.maxpreps.com for most local game updates. Photos and sports scores/stats/highlights can be submitted to sports@ reedermedia.com. Stats, standings, results provided by MaxPreps, local ADs, fans of the game and the Valley News Sports Department.

GOLF from page C-1 Girls Individual Qualifier: At Western Hills in Chino, six valley ladies advanced to the next round of individual postseason play.

Lauren Sammon of Vista Murrieta led the group with a 76. She was joined by: Elina Kuang – Murrieta Mesa – 78 Katelyn Parr – Temecula Valley – 79 Kate Watanasiripong – Great Oak – 85 Mackenzie Carpenter – Great Oak – 85 Kailani Dugdale – Vista Murrieta – 85 Also entered but not advancing were: Mia Golovich – Murrieta Mesa – 89 Ashlin Popoff and Ariell Belser – Great Oak – 93 Jaden Barron – Paloma Valley – 97 Sadie Omlor – Temescal Canyon – 115 Ryann McSpadden – Temescal Canyon – 117 Priscilla Lusk – Temescal Canyon – 125 Queen Igbineweka – Lakeside – NS Girls Team Divisional: Great Oak was placed in Division 1 and posted a 428.

Brooke Carpenter – 77 Ariel Belser – 83 Mackenzie Carpenter and Ashlin Popoff – 86 Gwyneth Dempsey – 96 Kate Watanasiripong – 98 Temecula Valley competed in

Elina Kuang and Mia Golovich of Murrieta Mesa High School after Valley News/Courtesy photo earning Southwestern League honors.

Finn Judge of Murrieta Valley High School. Valley News/Andrez Imaging

Division 2 and shot 433.

Katelyn Parr – 77 Jordan Janert – 81 Emma Mahaffey – 86 Jessica Coorey – 91 Makayla Hinson – 98 Sierra Graham – 100 Temescal Canyon was in Division 4 and shot 585.

Bailey Conterdine – 102 Sadie Omlor –103 Priscilla Lusk – 105 Ryan McSpadden – 112 McKenzie Dudley – 163 DJ Omlor – 183

Vista Murrieta’s Lauren Sammon won the second round qualifier at River Ridge in Oxnard by shooting an even par 72. Her Bronco teammate Kailani Dugdale shot 78 and also advances to regionals at Brookside in Pasadena.

Elina Kuang of Murrieta Mesa makes it a Southwestern League trio advancing to Brookside after a round of 81.

Not Advancing: Katelyn Parr – Temecula Valley – 82 Mackenzie Carpenter – Great

Oak – 85 Kate Watanasiripong – Great Oak – 93 Boys 2nd Round Qualifiers: Vista Murrieta’s Jaden Huggins and Glen Meadows advanced to regional finals with rounds of 76.

Not Advancing: Ryan Abuan – Great Oak – 78 Nixon Lauritzen – Temescal Canyon – 82 As a team, Vista Murrieta shot 404 and failed to advance. In addition to 76s from Huggins and Meadows they got rounds of 81

from Aiden Canada, 85 by Isaiah Torres, Grant Herrick with 86, and Dylan Gass’ 103.

Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail.com.

Visit www.maxpreps.com and www.cifss.org for most local game updates.

Photos and sports scores/stats/ highlights can be submitted to sports@reedermedia.com. Stats, standings, results provided by MaxPreps, local ADs, fans of the game and the Valley News Sports Department.

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SPORTS

Area high school teams battle through CIF State basketball playoffs

A dejected Donovan Cox walks off the court as San Ysidro celebrates winning the CIF Valley News/David Canales photo State Division 4-AA basketball title.

Linfield head coach Waheed Mitchell receives the runner-up plaque from Linfield Valley News/David Canales photo Christian principal Holly Wilson.

Chaparral had its chance to advance to the Division 3-A regional State final blocked by Del Norte (San Diego) as the Nighthawks downed the Pumas 58-52 in semifinal action.

Linfield forward Mike McNair (3) gets to the basket for a layup during the CIF Division 4-AA State Regional championship game won by San Ysidro 73-71.

Valley News/David Canales photo

JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The CIF State Regional high school basketball playoffs started early last week and there were some local teams battling it out on the courts all week long. Games were being held at various sites throughout Southern California, including right here in the Temecula Valley.

Girls Brackets: Paloma Valley knocked off No. 1 seed Righetti in their first-round Division 2-AA match-up at home Tuesday, June 16. The Lady Wildcats won 57-45 and then traveled

to play Thursday, June 17, against Mater Dei Catholic, where their season came to an end. Paloma Valley lost 60-45.

In 3-AA bracket play, the Rancho Christian girls (No. 7) faced off against No. 2, Rancho Bernardo, and could not quite keep up with Lady Broncos as they fell 63-38.

The Chaparral Lady Pumas (No. 2) advanced to the Division 3-A semifinals with their 55-38 win over Garfield High School (No. 7) and took on Del Norte in the semifinal round Thursday, June 17. Unfortunately for the Lady Pumas that would be where their

season ended as they fell 58-52 to the Lady Nighthawks.

Fallbrook rounded things out for the local girls’ teams playing in the State Regional tournament.

The Lady Warriors defeated Capistrano Valley Christian in firstround Division 5-AA action, and moved on to face No. 1 seed St. Joseph Academy in the semifinals.

St. Joseph had a bye in round one and could not keep up with the Lady Warriors as No. 5 Fallbrook won in a nail-biter, 39-37. In the championship game against No. 2 seed Strathmore, Fallbrook fell 63-54.

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Boys’ Brackets: In the Division 2-A bracket, Murrieta Valley was the No. 7 seed and fell to Carlsbad 67-52 in first-round action.

Linfield Christian was the No. 4 seed in the Division 4-AA bracket and defeated No. 5 seed Venice 72-56 in the first round. The Lions moved on to face Hoover (No. 8) Thursday, June 17, in the semifinals where they won 61-57 and moved on to the championship game Saturday, June 19, against San Ysidro. The final game went the way of the Cougars in the final seconds as Linfield suffered a heartbreaking loss, 73-71.

Elsinore was the only other boys’ team that made it into the State playoffs and defeated Crenshaw 85-54 in the first round of the Division 4-A bracket. The Tigers, who were the No. 3 seed, went on to face Orange Glen Thursday, June 17, in the semifinal round, where they fell 88-64.

Updates on these teams and the rest of the CIF State basketball playoffs can be found at www. cifstate.org.

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

Sanchez throws gem in semifinals, Cougars top Rams to advance to CIF SS Division 4 finals Derryl Trujillo INLAND SPORTS SENIOR WRITER

Coming into last Tuesday morning’s semifinal at Rancho Cucamonga High School, the Murrieta Mesa baseball team (divisional No. 1 seed) had not been shut out in 2021. Nick Sanchez changed that Tuesday morning at 11:45 a.m. in a CIF Southern Section Division 4 semifinal, scattering four hits and striking out eight as the unseeded Cougars advanced to last weekend’s championship game with a 2-0 victory.

Murrieta Mesa had an opportunity right out of the gate to score against Sanchez in their half of the first.

Carter Garate and Makana Olaso singled to give the Rams runners on first and second with two outs.

Caden Byers struck out to end the threat.

Sanchez said about his first inning escape, “When I escaped that jam, I felt my confidence grow and start rolling from there.”

The senior added, “If they got a hit off me, I just had to tip my cap to ’em and reset things. There was nothing else I wanted to do but stay out there and finish it off and I’m glad the coaches gave me that opportunity.”

Rancho Cucamonga broke through in the second as Wilson Dunn had an RBI single scoring Jacob Billings who also singled with two outs to go up 1-0. The Cougars then had bases loaded in their half of the third on a single and two walks, but Kelley escaped with a strikeout.

With two outs in the fifth, Murrieta Mesa had runners on second and third on a walk and Kelley’s single to left field. Garate flew out to quash the rally. The Cougars added an insurance run in their half of the fifth on Jacob Brown’s solo home run to left field which landed in the parking lot and went up 2-0.

Rancho Cucamonga’s Jacob Brown (28), pictured here leading off, hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to help the Cougars defeat top-seeded Murrieta Mesa 2-0 Tuesday, June 15.

Rancho Cucamonga’s Nick Sanchez allowed four hits, striking out eight as the unseeded Cougars advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 finals with a 2-0 victory over Murrieta Mesa.

Murrieta Mesa’s Carter Garate hits a first inning single in the semifinal game of the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs against Rancho Cucamonga.

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Rancho Cucamonga’s Wilson Dunn had an RBI single early in the game to help Rancho Cucamonga defeat top-seeded Murrieta Mesa 2-0 Tuesday, June 15.

Showing a never-say-die spirit, the Rams fought with two outs in the seventh to give themselves a chance with the go-ahead run at bat. With two outs a walk and hit batsmen brought Derek Hurtado to the plate. He struck out, setting off a celebration on the first base side.

Cougars coach Tony Garcia remarked, “We were right in the

Baseline League race all the way to the end so I knew we could do good things in division four. Nick Sanchez is one of the top guys in our area that folks don’t know about, and he earned the opportunity to finish this one off. His command was excellent today and just showed a bulldog’s mentality out there. I see a lot of Orel Hershiser in him.”

In defeat Rams coach Mike Wolford said, “The kid (Sanchez) was just outstanding today. We hit some balls hard, but he kept us off balance for most of the game. Ultimately our goal was to win a ring and we did not do that. For the juniors, hopefully today is motivation and I consider myself honored to have had the opportunity to coach these seniors.”

Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail.com.

Visit www.maxpreps.com for most local game updates. Photos and sports scores/stats/highlights can be submitted to sports@reedermedia.com. Stats, standings, results provided by MaxPreps, local ADs, fans of the game and the Valley News Sports Department.

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Noli Indian School recognizes its Class of 2021 Submitted by Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Noli Indian School at the Soboba Reservation serves students in grades six through 12 and it recently held two ceremonies to promote two of its classes. Fifteen eighth graders were promoted from middle to high school June 1, and June 12, the school’s 13 seniors received their high school diplomas.

Middle school students were promoted during a drive-thru event in front of the school, which shares its large parking lot with the Soboba Sports Complex. Each student walked up to receive their diploma and a gift bag plus photo opportunities with Principal Donovan Post and family members if they chose to do so. Promoted eighth grade students were Isill Boniface, Babe Briones, Angelina Chavez, Victor Chavez, Daigan Cyhan, Crystal Devore, Mexeel Garcia, Johnny Gutierrez, Rosalina Hamilton, Davina Magante, Dena Magante, Joseph Morsa, Issac Oliva, Paakishla Valenzuella and Jesse Venegas.

The high schoolers’ commencement ceremony allowed up to three cars per proud family to park and celebrate as their students took these milestone steps. Post welcomed those who gathered outside their vehicle and some who stayed inside, saying he was thankful everyone could come together for this momentous occasion. He said it has been a difficult year and a half for everyone and seeing the students and their families on a regular basis was what was missed most of all.

Soboba Tribal Council Vice Chairwoman Geneva Mojado welcomed all those in attendance and recognized fellow Council members, Chairman Isaiah Vivanco, Secretary Sally Moreno-Ortiz who also serves as Noli School Board’s Tribal Liaison, Treasurer Daniel Valdez and Sergeant-at-Arms Kelli Hurtado. She also recognized Noli School Board members President Antonia Briones-Venegas, Vice President Lucille Briones, Secretary Michael Placencia, and Members at Large Mia Basquez and Sandy Boniface.

“Congratulations Class of 2021.

It’s great we all get to be out here

semi-together in one place to take pictures and be with the ones we love,” Mojado said.

Before turning the microphone over to the two outstanding student speakers, Post said he was proud to announce that this was the first Noli Indian School graduating class that has five students who have completed the AVID program and have been accepted to top-notch four-year universities.

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is an in-school academic support program whose purpose is to prepare students for college eligibility and success.

“This is the class that has been in the AVID program for a minimum of four years and has succeeded the most, strived the most and done the most for the school and we are so proud of them,” he said.

Salutatorian Shania House, a member of the Navajo Nation, thanked staff and her friends and family for helping her achieve her goal of attending college.

“It is with great honor that I announce I will be attending the University of California, Irvine to pursue a degree in psychological science,” House said during her speech. “I plan to become a District Attorney then a federal judge.

Without attending Noli, I don’t think I would be on this path to achieve higher education.”

She said her teachers believed in her and constantly reminded her that she was meant for something bigger and better.

“They taught me that hard work pays off and I’m standing up here today, so they were right,” House said. “For all the times I wanted to give up, I say thank you to every one of you that encouraged me and reminded me of my goals. And to the class of 2021: never stop believing in yourself, never stop working towards your dreams; you guys can do anything you put your mind to.”

Valedictorian Vanessa Fernandez spoke next, congratulating her fellow graduates. Also a member of the Navajo Nation, Fernandez announced her acceptance to the University of California, Berkeley where she will major in American Indian Studies and Fire Science.

“Going away to college is a climatic turning point in my life, and it’s been a while since I’ve last encountered something so

All 13 seniors from Noli Indian School get ready to turn their tassels after being certified as official graduates of the Class of 2021 by Principal Donovan Post and Tribal Council Vice Chairwoman Geneva Mojado (at right).

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intimidating, but I will use this opportunity of higher education to advance myself with integrity and dignity, as I continue to honor my Indigenous heritage,” she said.

“Noli has been paramount to my academic success and has brought me to this point in my educational journey. The people here and their support of the students is something sentimental and gave off genuine fostering.”

Diplomas were then presented to each high school graduate by members of the Noli School Board. Along with the applause, cheers and popping of streamers, car horns honked after each name was announced. As the students accepted their diplomas, a short introduction was read for each one that included their accomplishments and their future plans.

Post then said, “Madam Vice Chairwoman, as principal, I do hereby certify that each and every one of these students has met all requirements set forth by the state of California and the Bureau of Indian Education and recommend them to be graduates of Noli Indian School.”

Mojado replied, “As Vice Chairwoman of the Soboba Band of Lusieño Indians, I hereby accept these students as graduates of Noli Indian School, class of 2021.”

Post instructed graduates to move their tassels to the other side of their caps to signify they have

Raymond Masiel passes by fellow Noli Indian School graduates as he accepts his diploma June 2.

officially completed high school.

“Return of the Mack” by Mark Morrison, chosen as this year’s class song, was played as family members shared hugs, photos and gifts.

High school graduates from the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians who earned their diplomas were Norbit Arres, Adriana Briones, Jimmy Briones, Raymond Masiel, Sheila Pimental, Tanya Rivera and Vincent Vega. Other Noli gradu-

ates, with their Tribal affiliation were Vanessa Fernandez (Navajo Nation), Shania House (Navajo Nation), Shyla Marcus (Morongo Band of Mission Indians), Matthew Tewawina (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians), Cannan Tubby (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians), and Mario ZaragosaCastellano (Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians).

JDS Creative Academy founders are on a mission to educate When you think about a nonprofit, you probably think of giving back to the community, helping others, donations, etc., but what about a television show structured to train adults who have autism and developmental disabilities and have an interest in video production? Probably not…..While JDS Creative Academy (JDSCA) is dedicated to all the above, it’s all part of the nonprofit’s mission, to advance education, training and career pathway opportunities in visual, performing and digital arts. The story behind where it all started might surprise you, and to fully understand what JDS Creative Academy is all about, we need to rewind a bit.

Meet Scott and Diane Strand.

They’re a couple with over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry, video production and media marketing, who

started their production company, JDS Video and Media Productions, Inc., out of North County San Diego in 2003. They did so after leaving behind their highlevel entertainment industry careers in Los Angeles. Within five years, the Strands and JDS had established themselves and incorporated in Temecula. As the business continued to rapidly grow over the next two years, mostly by word-of-mouth, Scott and Diane launched a Drama Club program in the Temecula Unified School District. After the overwhelming response, they decided to create an Actors Studio for all ages to learn the technique and craft of acting, which is now known as JDS Actors Studio.

As they got JDS Actors Studio up and running, the community began asking for other arts education opportunities. This is when the Strands realized that

the area lacked opportunities for the arts. In response to this request, they sought after the idea of helping students, specifically homeschooled and independent study students, fulfill their Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) requirements per the California Education Core Standard. By opening their services to different populations, the Strands were able to not only allow students to chase their passions and accomplish education goals, but help them find pathway opportunities for a career in several different creative mediums. In return, this helped put the Strands a bit more on the map. In 2014, the Strands and a Board of Directors, consisting of media and business professionals, founded the nonprofit 501(c)(3) JDS Creative Academy (JDSCA).

As if running a nonprofit, a video production company and an actors studio wasn’t enough,

Diane also sits on the Board of Directors for Workforce Development for Riverside County. This year will be her eighth year. Her involvement with Workforce led to meeting an individual who received services from the county’s Inland Regional Center (IRC).

This person was in a Paid Internship Program (PIP), and JDSCA was asked to bring him on as an intern at no cost or training time of the JDS Staff. This caused an epiphany. JDSCA could provide opportunities to more individuals in the region and offer quality work experience in a safe, structured environment. To that end, JDS Creative Academy set out to write a Title-17 video production job-training program. After getting approved, they recruited a group of talented industry professionals who could train and mentor, and the job-training video production day program began in

May of 2018. The organization has come a long way since its inception in 2014 and continues to expand. JDSCA is gearing up to have a PIP program of their own.

Everyone at JDSCA is thrilled their efforts are being rewarded and recognized, garnishing nine international Communicator awards for their television program “Spirit of Innovation,” the training program’s show the “SOI Update,” and a radio news program on 102.5 The Vine called the “JDSCA News Update.” In 2019, they were also the recipients of six Telly Awards with one being in the category of Diversity and Inclusion. Diane, Scott and the entire #JDSFamily hold a special mantra and it truly speaks volumes as to what JDSCA aims to do: Provide H.O.P.E, Helping One Person Everyday.

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MSJC celebrates record-breaking class with graduation ceremonies Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) celebrated its largest graduating class in its nearly 60-year history with a drive-thru graduation and a virtual graduation ceremony for the Class of 2021.

MSJC awarded a record-breaking 3,848 degrees and certificates to 2,173 graduates. That’s 215 more graduates than last year, when the previous record was set. The graduates will earn 3,283 associate degrees and 565 career certificates, as some students earn more than one degree, certificate or a combination.

The drive-thru graduation celebration May 27 at the Menifee Valley Campus provided graduates an opportunity to be recognized for their hard work while remaining safe and adhering to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. Graduates brought their families, wore their regalia (and a mask), walked across the stage, heard their names read, and

had photos taken. A pre-recorded virtual ceremony also launched on YouTube for all graduates, including those who wished to stay at home.

“Our theme this year is ‘Today’s Resiliency is Tomorrow’s Hope,’ “ MSJC Superintendent/President Dr. Roger Schultz told the graduates during the virtual ceremony.

“Your actions and your achievements during these extraordinary times certainly give us all hope for tomorrow and show us that you can achieve anything.”

The 2021 virtual ceremony featured speeches from Schultz, Vice President of Instruction Dr. Jeremy Brown and student speaker Jennifer R. Vargas, a nursing and science major from Lake Elsinore. There were videos of the MSJC Board of Trustees, Student Government Association President Brian Moreno-Alvarez, a Perris resident and quadruple major (sociology, kinesiology,

liberal arts-mathematics and science, and liberal arts-social and behavioral science), Alliah J. Anid, a Wildomar resident and music major who sang the national anthem, Aaron Gonzalez, a Hemet resident and science major who gave the Land Acknowledgement, Mia Rose Leon, a Murrieta resident and triple major (science, social and behavioral sciences, and liberal arts-mathematics and science) who led the turning of the tassel, and Student Trustee Castin Chamberlain, a Murrieta resident and social justice major.

Vargas said her grandmother told her she’s still going at age 97 because she wanted to see her graduate.

“She’s the one that inspired me to be a nurse and to pursue an education in taking care of the elderly because it’s so needed right now,” Vargas said ahead of graduation.

Mt. San Jacinto College serves about 27,000 students in a district

Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) Thursday, May 27, celebrated the largest graduating class in its nearly 60-year history with a drive-thru graduation and a virtual graduation ceremony for the Class of 2021.

The theme was “Today’s Resiliency is Tomorrow’s Hope.”

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covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula, with campuses in San Jacinto, Menifee, Banning and Temecula.

The summer 2021 session be-

gins June 7 and Fall 2021 begins Aug. 16. For more information, www.msjc.edu.

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Is your school hiring an implicit or unconscious bias teacher or doing the training?

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

Fallbrook High is hiring a person to help the school and staff with their unconscious bias.

During the last board meeting they gave examples of how it would be good if people thought of the certificated employees the same as the classified employees.

They also mentioned the fact that not as many girls are in STEM fields as boys.

So those things are admirable, but one thing we know for sure is programs and policies grow and change over time and what implicit or unconscious bias is across North America in the U.S. and Canada right now is far more than those basic noteworthy goals.

By the way, why aren’t there more girls in the STEM fields and computer science?

Why would we jump straight to implicit or unconscious bias?

I faced this at age 20. I worked at the Los Angeles Times in the Electronics department. It was a great company to work for then.

I worked with all the technicians and managed the parts department

and did clerical work for the suJust because sectors of our sopervisors. I really enjoyed my job. ciety aren’t equal with men and It was 1980 and the LA Times women doesn’t automatically had embraced Affirmative Action. mean that anyone or any field is They called me in and offered corrupt and oppressive. I believe to put me through electronics it’s a false equivalency and a false school to become a technician to narrative and again, it divides and help meet the quota they had for assumes the worst in people. women techniBecause cians. I agreed o f w o m e n ’s and followed “Maybe that’s because ability for that path for people don’t really like stamina, probabout a year and being marched off to lem-solving excelled in the and emotional classes earning re-education by their intelligence, we As. But, when employers after they’ve often also do I really consid- been diagnosed as well in business. ered whether There’s a reason I wanted to be racist, even if there’s no that law firms working all day evidence that they in fact start to lose behind comput- are. So it’s an absolute highly intelliers by myself, gent and sucit didn’t appeal misuse of psychology. It’s cessful women to me as much politically motivated. It’s in their 30s. as working with an assault on freedom.

If they have a people. family, they are Anyways, you don’t have While my extypically more perience is not the right to invade the concerned with everyone’s, I be- subconscious minds of their family and lieve that is part- your employees and aren’t willing ly why women to put in the 70 d o m i n a t e i n alter their political or 80 hours a teaching 91% perspective, as if you week to keep (U.S. Census), could. You don’t have the those highly nursing 91% competitive (U.S. Census), right to do that.” jobs, especially and psychology Dr. Jordan Peterson, if they have hus75% (apa.org) clinical psychologist and bands that make and why men enough to supdominate 73% author port the family. in the STEM They care about fields, automotive repair and the quality of their children’s lives computer science. and they have priorities that are I believe women have unique more important to them. abilities and interests to care for, Scandinavian countries have communicate with and nurture worked hard to make themselves and help people. That may be why one of the most egalitarian societwe gravitate toward those fields, ies in the world, yet women still rather than toward “things.” have naturally gravitated toward

the care fields. Despite those efforts, in Scandinavia there are 20 women to 1 male in nursing and in the STEM fields there are 20 men to 1 woman.

The problems and concerns with unconscious or implicit bias training, testing, etc. is that it is ideologically driven and where it exists it can make things worse.

Turns out people do not really appreciate being told they are subconsciously racist even if they know they are not and have their employer be their thought police and attempt to re-educate them so that their thoughts and involuntary perceptions fall into accordance with their company’s demands and ideologies.

The term implicit bias was first coined by social psychologists Mahzarin Banaji and Tony Greenwald in 1995. Well-known clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jordan Peterson says that the Implicit Association Test reliability and validity is not only suspect, it is nonexistent.

Peterson says, “If you take it twice you don’t get the same result. It’s not valid. In any test or instrument there’s a rule for diagnostic tests. It’s not technically valid and doesn’t meet that criteria.”

He goes on to say, “Even if it does say you are unconsciously biased, it doesn’t predict behavior.” He points out that people may have negative thoughts but they don’t act them out. That happens all the time.”

There are other psychologists who believe the tool is scandalous and it has politicized the psychology discipline.

Peterson also says, “There’s no evidence that the training pro-

grams have been effective.”

It is a way for companies to come into schools and businesses and make money and politicize.

“Say the test is psychologically validated, which it’s not,” Peterson says. “Say you do have unconscious bias and you could measure it - which you can’t!”

“There is some evidence that they have the reverse effect.”

“Maybe that’s because people don’t really like being marched off to re-education by their employers after they’ve been diagnosed as racist, even if there’s no evidence that they in fact are. So it’s an absolute misuse of psychology,” Peterson said. “It’s politically motivated. It’s an assault on freedom.

Anyways, you don’t have the right to invade the subconscious minds of your employees and alter their political perspective, as if you could. You don’t have the right to do that.”

Peterson then asks, “Do you really want that? Do you want your employers to figure out, independent of your behavior whether you are a racist, or a classist, or a misogynist, or whatever and you really think that bureaucrats are capable and qualified? They can do more damage.”

Right now, Fallbrook High School is substandard in math proficiencies, probably exacerbated by the lockdowns. The number of students who are proficient in math is abysmal.

Rather than focusing on unconscious bias, wouldn’t it be better to concentrate on helping the students to be proficient in core competencies, like math, which will help them make it into those STEM fields and computer science?

market purchases add reserves to the banking system, but that money never gets to the economy if the rate of IOR is sufficiently high. Similarly, the target range for the fed funds rate is important for setting expectations, but unlike the rates of IOR and ONRRPs, it has little effect on the incentives for banks or financial institutions.

In the Fed’s current floor system, the rate of IOR is the key tool of monetary policy. If the Fed raised the rate of IOR, then it raised interest rates.

What does it mean for the economy?

The proliferation of monetary policy tools has made Fed policy difficult to evaluate, much less predict. The FOMC’s statement says “Nothing to see here,” but its actions whisper “Rates should be higher.” Expectations aside, raising the rate of IOR has a bigger monetary policy effect than a change in the target range announced by the FOMC. The complexity of these monetary policies is confusing and counterproductive. The Fed is putting money into the economy with one hand through open market purchases. But with the other hand, it is taking money out by paying banks and financial institutions to deposit those funds back at the Fed. Raising the rate of IOR can help limit inflation, but combined

with open market purchases, it will build up banks’ excess reserve holdings, distort their investment incentives, and heighten the Fed’s political profile.

With little fanfare, the Fed quietly raised the rate of IOR. This contractionary policy will slow the rate of money growth in the economy. But paying higher interest rates on bank reserves while adding more money to the economy will increase banks’ hoarding of cash reserves and misallocate credit in the financial system.

Thomas L. Hogan, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow at AIER, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. He was formerly the chief economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. He has also worked at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Troy University, West Texas A&M University, the Cato Institute, the World Bank, Merrill Lynch’s commodity trading group and for investment firms in the U.S. and Europe.

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Did the Fed just raise interest rates?

Thomas L. Hogan AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met this week to decide the stance of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. In its official statement, the committee chose to maintain its effective federal funds rate target in the range of zero to 0.25% and ongoing open market purchases of $120 billion per month.

The Fed did, however, have an important change listed in its Implementation Note. It raised the interest rates that the Fed pays to banks and other financial institutions. How should consumers and investors interpret this change in Fed policy?

The Fed’s monetary policy tools Up to 2008, the Fed conducted monetary policy through open market operations, the buying and selling of short-term Treasury bonds. In 2008, it expanded these purchases to include mortgagebacked securities (MBSs). Rather than only buying or selling when rates need to be adjusted, the Fed is currently conducting ongoing purchases of $80 billion in Treasurys and $40 billion in MBSs per month.

In addition, the Fed switched from a corridor system of monetary policy to a floor system. It

introduced a new rate of interest on reserves (IOR) that it pays to US banks, which became the key tool of monetary policy. Unfortunately, the rate of IOR was not as effective as the Fed had expected in establishing a floor for short-term interest rates. The Fed was forced to create another tool, a facility for overnight reverse repurchase (ONRRP) transactions, the rate for which became the “subfloor” for short-term interest rates.

At the end of 2008, the Fed also switched from targeting a single interest rate to a fed funds target range. The rate of IOER was previously set equal to the top of the target range and the ONRRP rate at the bottom end, but that is no longer the case. Since 2018, these rates have often been set somewhere within the fed funds target range.

The Fed also sets the discount rate as a ceiling for bank borrowing, making six tools for monetary policy: five different administered rates in addition to its open market operations.

The Fed’s new policy Fed officials now plan to keep interest rates at their current lows through at least 2022 and not raise their targets until sometime in 2023, although recent signs of inflation have caused some to indicate that changes may come sooner.

In addition, Fed officials expect their asset purchases to continue for some time. At his recent news conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that despite signs of potential inflation, the FOMC would “give advanced notice before announcing any decision” on planned changes in asset purchases.

Why is the Fed so hesitant to trim asset purchases? Fed officials fear a negative financial market response such as the so-called Taper Tantrum of 2013. Then-Chair Ben Bernanke’s announcement that the Fed would “taper down” its open market purchases led to a huge selloff in the bond market, which pushed up interest rates – something the Fed did not want. To preempt such a response, Powell has stressed that any reduction in asset purchases would be announced well in advance in order to set expectations and minimize financial market disruptions.

Fed officials have backed themselves into a corner here. Their pre-announced interest rate and asset purchase plans for the coming years were intended to set market expectations. It may have worked too well. Now they are afraid to change those plans so as not to disrupt expectations.

Ironically, these expectations ignore the Fed’s more important policy tools. In a floor system, open

Budget complexities

Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Legislature just passed a budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, and the Governor has until June 30 to sign it into law. Revisions are likely, and a series of “trailer

bills” to fund specific programs will be considered over the coming months. More than $267 billion will be spent, including $195.5 billion from the General Fund.

Positively, the budget increases funding for Special Education, including individuals with disabilities. More money for child care will expand access and increasing rates for providers will help attract and retain workers. Funding for Universal Transitional Kindergarten will ultimately establish TK for all 4-year-olds. The Department of Developmental Services providers will receive fairer compensation so families continue to have access to care. Training for health care workers will increase, including for In-Home Supportive Service workers. Bond funds for flood management and groundwater

sustainability will be allocated, the state’s special districts will receive additional funding, programs for homeless veterans will receive increased funding.

On the downside, despite our current huge budget surplus, tax increases that addressed last year’s (temporary) deficit will remain. $7.8 billion taken from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to pay down the deficit, will not be restored.

Employers, facing an estimated $24 billion in unemployment debt resulting from government-mandated shutdowns, will receive no help. Medi-Cal is being expanded to undocumented adults over 50, despite struggles to serve over 14 million current low-income beneficiaries. The budget fails to include funding for fire prevention and forest health projects. Billions

are provided for homelessness programs without reforms to improve outcomes. The budget provides no additional rent relief, despite billions provided by the federal government for landlords and tenants.

Prioritizing spending of taxpayer dollars is a sacred responsibility. This budget, passed by a partisan majority, is a mixed bag.

We should do better.

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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Cal/OSHA board approves relaxed COVID rules for workplace mask-wearing City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEW

Fully vaccinated people will be able to ditch face masks in most workplace situations under relaxed COVID-19 rules approved June 17 by a state regulatory panel and immediately put into effect through an executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The workplace rules approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board mostly align with regulations that took effect this week for the general public. They allow vaccinated workers to shed face masks in most settings except those required by state regulations such as on public transit or in airports while also eliminating physical distancing requirements.

The rules require employers to verify the vaccination status of workers before allowing them to

work maskless, but employees will be allowed to simply “self-attest” that they are vaccinated, without providing written proof.

Unvaccinated workers must continue to wear face masks in the workplace, unless they are alone in a room or vehicle.

Ordinarily, the board’s approval of the new rules would be forwarded to a state administrative law branch for legal review and final approval, meaning the rules wouldn’t take effect for another 10 days. But Newsom, following through on remarks he made earlier this week, signed an executive order moments after the board’s vote, allowing the regulations to take effect immediately.

The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board had gone back and forth on what rules should be in place at California workplaces as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. While the final

decision was still pending, mask wearing remained mandatory at worksites this week despite the statewide easing of masking rules June 15.

The board earlier this month approved recommended rule changes that would have continued to require even vaccinated workers to wear masks if they were in a room with an unvaccinated worker.

Those rules would have allowed vaccinated workers to remove their masks only if they were alone in a room or working only with other vaccinated workers.

The decision prompted an outcry because the proposed rules conflicted with both state and federal guidance on mask wearing. Even the state health officer objected. As a result, the board rescinded its vote and agreed to consider new rules that more closely align with the state’s rules for the general public.

The board June 17 approved those new rules, which generally state: Employers may allow vaccinated employees to work without face coverings indoors, but they must document workers’ vaccination status. That documentation process allows workers to either show written proof of vaccination, such as a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine card, or to “self-attest” that they are vaccinated without providing documentation.

Workers can decline to state if they are vaccinated or not. However, they will be treated as if they are unvaccinated.

Unvaccinated workers must wear masks indoors, unless alone in a room or vehicle. Employers must make approved respirators, such as an N95 mask, available for unvaccinated workers if they request them.

No face coverings are required outdoors unless there is an outbreak.

If there is a COVID outbreak, masks will be mandated for all workers indoors, and outdoors if six-foot physical distancing can’t be maintained.

No physical distancing or barriers between workers are required, regardless of employees’ vaccination status, although employers can reevaluate the need if an outbreak occurs. Distancing and barriers will be mandated if a “major outbreak” of 20 or more cases occurs.

Fully vaccinated workers with no COVID-19 symptoms do not need to be tested or quarantined after they are exposed to the virus.

Employees cannot face retaliation for wearing a mask, even if they are not required to do so.

California weighs extending eviction protections past June Adam Beam THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO (AP) – Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation’s most populated state because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a promise to make landlords whole while giving renters a clean slate.

Left unsettled is whether California will continue to ban evictions for unpaid rent beyond June 30, a pandemic-related order that was meant to be temporary but is proving difficult to undo.

Federal eviction protections also are set to expire June 30. California had passed its own protections that applied to more people.

Newsom and legislative leaders are meeting privately to decide what to do, part of the negotiations over the state’s roughly $260 billion operating budget. An extension of the eviction ban seems likely to give California more time to spend all the money to cover unpaid rent.

But landlords and tenants’ rights groups are arguing over how long that extension should last.

“The expectation for people to be up and at ’em and ready to pay rent July 1 is wholeheartedly unfair,” said Kelli Lloyd, a 43-year-old single mother who says she has not worked consistently since the pandemic began in March 2020.

Lloyd — a member of the advocacy group Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment — is supposed to pay $1,924 a month

for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom rent-controlled apartment in the Crenshaw district of south Los Angeles. But she says she’s $30,000 behind after not working for most of the last year to care for her two children as day care centers closed and schools halted in-person learning.

That debt will likely be covered by the government. But Lloyd said she recently lost a job at a real estate brokerage and hasn’t found another one yet. She’s worried she could be evicted if the protections expire.

“Simply because the state has opened back up doesn’t mean people have access to their jobs,” she said.

Meanwhile, in the wine country area of Sonoma County, property manager Keith Becker says 14 tenants are more than $100,000 behind in rent payments. It put financial pressure on the owners, who Becker says have “resigned themselves to it.”

But they have grown weary of the seemingly endless protections, which he noted were aimed at addressing a public health emergency and not meant to be permanent.

“We should do our best to get back to the starting point where we were in December 2019. Anything other than that is taking advantage of a crisis,” he said.

California has $5.2 billion to pay off people’s rent, money from multiple aid packages approved by Congress. That appears to be more than enough to cover all of the

Motorists warned to be cautious in area highway construction zones Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Lake Elsinore, Hemet and Temecula motorists are advised to keep a close eye on highway construction projects by CalTrans and Riverside County Transportation Commission continuing in their communities this week.

All projects will continue most of the coming week, weather permitting, with crews and pilot cars directing traffic and warning motorists to slow down during the day and night.

Currently in the Hemet and Menifee areas on State Route 79 (Florida Avenue), CalTrans crews continue work on a $1.5 million safety project. The project will construct and upgrade existing pedestrian facilities to current American Disabilities Act (ADA) standards at various locations, from East Florida Avenue to East Menlo Avenue on the state highway. Many of the intersections now have gradual ramps to give disabled pedestrians a safe walkway, others are under construction.

Near Lake Elsinore and into Temecula CalTrans is continuing its work on a $1.4 million maintenance improvement project on Interstate 15 (I-15) and Interstate 215 (I-215).

Crews are cleaning and treating bridge decks, replacing joint seals and performing slope paving repairs.

The project will take place at various locations from the Temecula River Bridge to Horsethief Canyon Wash near Lake Elsinore.

The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), in partnership with CalTrans and the City of Lake Elsinore, continues upgrading the I-15 Railroad Canyon

Interchange in Lake Elsinore. RCTC is the lead agency for this project.

The project will improve safety and capacity by adding lanes, modifying ramps, and building sidewalks and bike lanes along Railroad Canyon Road. These improvements will help residents and other travelers move through this area and reach businesses and other “Dream Extreme” attractions in Lake Elsinore.

Motorists traveling through nearby Riverside to the Beach Cities are advised by RCTC that work is continuing on the Pachappa Underpass on State Highway 91 with possible detours at night from 10th to 14th Streets. Crews continue to safely dismantle beams along the bridge floor with a large crane.

Please expect periodic closures to lanes and ramps for these projects.

Motorists need to slow down, allow extra travel time, watch for construction crews and equipment, be alert to changing conditions, follow detours, and stay informed by checking construction updates, social media, and mapping apps provided online by CalTrans and RCTC. The California Highway Patrol advises motorists that traffic violations in highway construction areas can expect their fines to double.

RCTC states the speed limits in construction zones is 55 mph or lower. For questions and updates, email info@rctc.org, call (951) 787-7141, or follow @therctc on social media.

CalTrans updates can be followed on Facebook and Twitter. Motorists can plan their commute and view live traffic conditions using QuickMap and planned lane closures.

Tony Ault can be reached at tault@reedermedia.com.

unpaid rent in the state, according to Jason Elliott, senior counselor to Newsom on housing and homelessness.

But the state has been slow to distribute that money, and it’s unlikely it can spend it all by June 30. A report from the California Department Housing and Community Development showed that of the $490 million in requests for rental assistance through May 31, just $32 million has been paid. That doesn’t include the 12 cities and 10 counties that run their own rental assistance programs.

“It’s challenging to set up a new, big program overnight,” said Assemblyman David Chiu, a Democrat from San Francisco and chair of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.

“It has been challenging to educate millions of struggling tenants and landlords on what the law is.”

Landlords point to the state’s rapid economic recovery as a reason not to extend the eviction moratorium much longer. California has added 495,000 new jobs since February. In April alone, California accounted for 38% of all new jobs in the U.S. This week, Newsom lifted all restrictions on businesses, heralding it as the state’s grand reopening.

“We’re getting back to normal,” Carlton said. “It’s time to go back to work. It’s time to pay the rent.”

While employment among middleand high-wage jobs has exceeded pre-pandemic levels, employment rates for people earning

In this Jan. 25, 2021, file photo, demonstrators call passage of rent forgiveness and stronger eviction protections legislation and carry a mock casket past the Capitol in Sacramento. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders are negotiating about whether to extend the state’s ban on evictions, which expires June 30.

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

less than $27,000 a year are down more than 38% since January 2020, according to Opportunity Insights, an economic tracker based at Harvard University.

“The stock market may be fine, we may be technically reopened, but people in low-wage jobs — which are disproportionately people of color — are not back yet,” said Madeline Howard, senior attorney for the Western Center on Law and Poverty.

Some housing advocates are asking the state to keep the eviction ban in place until the unemployment rate among low-wage workers has dropped to pre-pandemic

levels. It’s similar to how state officials would impose restrictions on businesses in counties where COVID-19 infection rates were higher while those with lower infection rates could reopen more quickly.

Advocates say they were encouraged when Newsom told Univision earlier this month that he “definitively” wants to extend the eviction protections beyond June 30.

“We’re cautiously optimistic,” said Francisco Duenas, executive director of Housing Now California. “We definitely need these protections as part of our recovery.”

Student artwork showcases importance of mental health RIVERSIDE – Artwork from 220 students in Transitional Kindergarten to high school in 57 public schools participated in the contest as part of Mental Health Matters Spirit Week Colorful cartoons with encouraging words, self-reflective depictions of mindfulness, and bold examples depicting the importance of mental health highlighted the submissions from Riverside County students who put their creativity on display as part of the Mental Health Matters Spirit Week Art Contest organized by the Riverside County Office of Education.

The art contest was one of several activities organized for students and educators to participate in Mental Health Matters Spirit Week (May 24-28) in support of the Mental Health Initiative from Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Edwin Gomez.

Twenty artistic submissions were awarded by judges from the Riverside County Office of Education’s Pupil and Administrative Services team. Awards included gift cards, plaques and certificates of participation.

An online exhibition gallery at www.rcoe.us/mhm-poster-contest features the award-winning artwork from the following students: TK-2 Grade Division: First place, Evalyn Kivilcim, Springs Charter School; Second place, Audrey Seaman, Red Hawk Elementary School (Temecula Valley Unified School District); Third place (tie), Aaron Rosas, Calexico Migrant Head Start (Riverside County Office of Education) and Austin Castillon, Cawston Elementary School (Hemet Unified School District; Honorable

Mentions, Harper Draper, George Washington Charter School (Desert Sands Unified School District) and Khloe Huculak, Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies (Desert Sands Unified School District).

3-5 Grade Division: First place, Ira Asuncion, Santa Rosa Academy (Menifee Union School District); Second place, Mariella Cortez, Gerald R. Ford Elementary School (Desert Sands Unified School District); Third place, Isabelle Garcia, Winchester Elementary School (Hemet Unified School District); Honorable Mention, Jarithza Arriaga, Valle Vista Elementary School, (Hemet Unified School District).

6-8 Grade Division: First place, Madelyn Engels, Canyon Lake Middle School (Lake Elsinore Unified School District); Second place, Lyric Nickerson-Hill, Amelia Earhart Middle School (Riverside Unified School District); Third place, Taylor Carter, Canyon Lake Middle School (Lake Elsinore Unified School District); Honorable Mention, Lucas Bautista, Vista Heights Middle School (Moreno Valley Unified School District).

9-12 Grade Division: First place, Lamariyanna Sterling, Hemet High School (Hemet Unified School District); Second place, Nicole Thompson, Springs Charter School; Third place, Natalie Castellanos, West Valley High School (Hemet Unified School District); Honorable Mentions, Kamilah Alcalde, Paloma Valley High School (Perris Union High School District) and Ahtziri Rojas, La Quinta High School (Desert Sands Unified School District).

First-place winner in the TK-2 grade division was Evalyn Kivilcim, a second grade student from Springs Charter School. Evalyn’s submission, “You Are Not Alone,” belies her love of drawing and the significant time spent practicing over the last year. She researched the topic of mental health to become a more self-aware and mindful individual as part of the contest.

The high school division first place winner was Lamariyanna Sterling, a ninth grade student from Hemet High School in the Hemet Unified School District.

Lamariyanna’s submission includes several drawings combined into a composite of thoughts and emotions — an example of the complexity of the topic of mental health.

“I entered this contest to show people about mental health and that everyone has a different mindset, and that no one is perfect,” Lamariyanna said. “On the outside you see all the bad things about mental health like anxiety, pain, insecurities, being suicidal, or maybe even depression because you never know what anyone is going through. But, in the center of this painting you see the good things like a positive mindset, selfcare, peace and that you matter.”

For more information visit the RCOE Mental Health Initiative webpage at www.rcoe.us that features a Virtual Wellness Center, community resources, and additional information for educators looking to incorporate social/emotional learning and mental health practices into school settings.

Submitted by by the Riverside County Office of Education.

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Ransomware gangs get paid off as officials struggle for fix Frank Bajak AP TECHNOLOGY WRITER

If your business falls victim to ransomware and you want simple advice on whether to pay the criminals, don’t expect much help from the U.S. government. The answer is apt to be: It depends.

“It is the position of the U.S. government that we strongly discourage the payment of ransoms,” Eric Goldstein, a top cybersecurity official in the Department of Homeland Security, told a congressional hearing last week.

But paying carries no penalties and refusing would be almost suicidal for many companies, especially the small and mediumsized. Too many are unprepared.

The consequences could also be dire for the nation itself. Recent high-profile extortive attacks led to runs on East Coast gas stations and threatened meat supplies.

The dilemma has left public officials fumbling about how to respond. In an initial step, bipartisan legislation in the works would mandate immediate federal reporting of ransomware attacks to assist response, help identify the authors and even recoup ransoms, as the FBI did with most of the $4.4 million that Colonial Pipeline recently paid.

Without additional action soon, however, experts say ransoms will continue to skyrocket, financing better criminal intelligence-gathering and tools that only worsen the global crime wave.

President Joe Biden got no assurances from Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva last week that cybercriminals behind the attacks won’t continue to enjoy safe harbor in Russia. At minimum, Putin’s security services tolerate them. At worst, they are

working together.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said this month that she is in favor of banning payments. “But I don’t know whether Congress or the president is” in favor, she said.

And as Goldstein reminded lawmakers, paying doesn’t guarantee you’ll get your data back or that sensitive stolen files won’t end up for sale in darknet criminal forums.

Even if the ransomware crooks keep their word, you’ll be financing their next round of attacks. And you may just get hit again.

In April, the then-top national security official in the Justice Department, John Demers, was lukewarm toward banning payments, saying it could put “us in a more adversarial posture vis-à-vis the victims, which is not where we want to be.”

Perhaps most vehement about a payment ban are those who know ransomware criminals best — cybersecurity threat responders.

Lior Div, CEO of Boston-based Cybereason, considers them digital-age terrorists. “It is terrorism in a different form, a very modern one.”

A 2015 British law prohibits U.K.-based insurance firms from reimbursing companies for the payment of terrorism ransoms, a model some believe should be applied universally to ransomware payments.

“Ultimately, the terrorists stopped kidnapping people because they realized that they weren’t going to get paid,” Adrian Nish, threat intelligence chief at BAE Systems, said.

U.S. law prohibits material support for terrorists, but the Justice Department in 2015 waived the threat of criminal prosecution for citizens who pay terrorist ransoms.

“There’s a reason why that’s a

policy in terrorism cases: You give too much power to the adversary,” Brandon Valeriano, a Marine Corps University scholar and senior adviser to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, a bipartisan body created by Congress, said.

Some ransomware victims have taken principled stands against payments, the human costs be damned. One is the University of Vermont Health Network, where the bill for recovery and lost services after an October attack was upward of $63 million.

Ireland, too, refused to negotiate when its national health care service was hit last month.

Five weeks on, health care information technology in the nation of 5 million remains badly hobbled. Cancer treatments are only partially restored, email service patchy, digital patient records largely inaccessible. People jam emergency rooms for lab and diagnostic tests because their primarycare doctors can’t order them. As of Thursday, 42% of the system’s 4,000 computer servers still had not been decrypted.

The criminals turned over the software decryption key a week after the attack — following an unusual offer by the Russian Embassy to “help with the investigation” — but the recovery has been a painful slog.

“A decryption key is not a magic wand or switch that can suddenly reverse the damage,” Brian Honan, a top Irish cybersecurity consultant, said. Every machine recovered must be tested to ensure it’s infection-free.

Data indicate that most ransomware victims pay. The insurer Hiscox says just over 58% of its afflicted customers pay, while leading cyber insurance broker Marsh McLennan put the figure at

roughly 60% for its impacted U.S. and Canadian clients.

But paying doesn’t guarantee anything near full recovery. On average, ransom-payers got back just 65% of the encrypted data, leaving more than a third inaccessible, while 29% said they got only half of the data back, the cybersecurity firm Sophos found in a survey of 5,400 IT decision-makers from 30 countries.

In a survey of nearly 1,300 security professionals, Cybereason found that 4 in 5 businesses that chose to pay ransoms suffered a second ransomware attack.

That calculus notwithstanding, deep-pocketed businesses with insurance protection tend to pay up.

Colonial Pipeline almost immediately paid last month to get fuel flowing back to the U.S. East Coast — before determining whether its data backups were robust enough to avoid payment. Later, meatprocessing goliath JBS paid $11 million to avoid potentially interrupting U.S. meat supply, though its data backups also proved adequate to get its plants back online before serious damage.

It’s not clear if concern about stolen data being dumped online influenced the decision of either company to pay.

Colonial would not say if fears of the 100 gigabytes of stolen data ending up in the public eye factored into the decision by CEO Joseph Blount to pay. JBS spokesman Cameron Bruett said “our analysis showed no company data was exfiltrated.” He would not say if the criminals claimed in their ransom note to have stolen data.

Irish authorities were fully aware of the risks. The criminals claim to have stolen 700 gigabytes of data. As yet, it has not surfaced online.

Public exposure of such data can lead to lawsuits or lost investor confidence, which makes it manna for criminals. One ransomware gang seeking to extort a major U.S. corporation published a nude photo of the chief executive’s adult son on its leak site last week.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, has asked in written requests to know more about the JBS and Colonial cases as well as CNA Insurance. Bloomberg News reported that CNA Insurance surrendered $40 million to ransomware criminals in March. The New York Democrat said “Congress needs to take a hard look at how to break this vicious cycle.”

Recognizing a lack of support for a ransom ban, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., and other lawmakers want at least to compel greater transparency from ransomware victims, who often don’t report attacks.

They are drafting a bill to make the reporting of breaches and ransom payments mandatory.

They would need to be reported within 24 hours of detection, with the executive branch deciding on a case-by-case basis whether to make the information public.

But that won’t protect unprepared victims from potentially going bankrupt if they don’t pay. For that, various proposals have been put forward to provide financial assistance.

The Senate this month approved legislation that would establish a special cyber response and recovery fund to provide direct support to the most vulnerable private and public organizations hit by major cyberattacks and breaches.

Nebraska governor to send state troopers to US–Mexico border amid immigration crisis

U.S. Border Patrol agent looks on near a gate on the U.S.-Mexico border wall, in Abram-Perezville, Texas, in this file photo.

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Nebraska will send state troopers to the U.S.–Mexico border to aid law enforcement after the governors of Arizona and Texas requested help from other states amid a surge of people crossing the border illegally, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced.

Ricketts, a Republican, appears to be the second governor to assist after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would deploy troopers and other law enforcement officials from his state to the border.

“Nebraska is stepping up to help Texas respond to the ongoing crisis on their border with Mexico,” Ricketts said in a June 19 statement. “The disastrous policies of the Biden-Harris Administration created an immigration crisis on the border. While the federal government has fallen short in its re-

sponse, Nebraska is happy to step up to provide assistance to Texas as they work to protect their communities and keep people safe.”

About 25 Nebraska state troopers will head to Del Rio, Texas, to assist the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide law enforcement support. The Del Rio Border Patrol sector in recent months has seen a significant surge of illegal aliens who typically try to cross the Rio Grande, the river that serves as a natural border between the United States and Mexico.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, sent requests for border assistance earlier this month.

They cited the throngs of people surging across their borders, including drug smugglers and those with criminal records.

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and Arizona, additional manpower is needed from any state that can spare it. With your help, we can apprehend more of these perpetrators of state and federal crimes, before they can cause problems in your state,” the governors wrote in the letter.

The two governors said that the out-of-state law enforcement personnel will have more significant policing abilities than normal officers or the National Guard members who have been periodically deployed along the border.

Typically, only federal Border Patrol or Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can detain individuals for immigration offenses. To circumvent this, Abbott and Ducey said they declared a disaster and an emergency, respectively, to allow state police to make arrests in their states.

Ricketts said the troopers will be sent to Del Rio later this month and won’t be there for more than 16 days.

DeSantis, meanwhile, authorized law enforcement officials from a number of Florida sheriff’s offices, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Florida Highway Patrol to be deployed. Sheriffs from Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Lee, Bay, and Brevard counties joined DeSantis at the news conference last week.

“We’re here today because we have problems in Florida that are not organic to Florida that we’ve been forced to deal (with) over many years, but particularly over the last six months, because of the failure of the Biden administration to secure our southern border,” DeSantis said June 16. “And, indeed,

to really do anything constructive about what is going on in the southern border.”

Border Patrol will continue “to leverage our longstanding relationships with state and local law enforcement, including deconflicting operations in the border region and responding to call-outs from other law enforcement agencies,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesman told The Epoch Times June 21.

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SJ Councilmember indicted for allegedly operating illegal marijuana dispensary Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

San Jacinto City Councilmember Joel Lopez along with one other man were indicted on four charges stemming from an alleged illegal marijuana dispensary, according to reports obtained by Valley News.

Lopez, 35, arrested June 10, was indicted on felony counts of conspiracy and maintaining an unlawful marijuana facility, as well as misdemeanor counts of selling cannabis without a permit and failure to file a sales and use tax return with the state.

Edward Padilla Jr., 32, of San

Jacinto was also indicted for the same charges.

Lopez, who was arrested by deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department San Jacinto Station, is free on bond posted the same day, but Padilla remains in custody on $100,000 bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. He was slated to be arraigned Tuesday at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, the defendants came under investigation in 2019 after evidence surfaced that they had allegedly been operating a cannabis shop, alternately called “Santa Fe Co-

Op,” “Santa Fe Collective” and “Santa Fe.” The pair also hired others to help run the illicit dispensary, located at 1190 S. San Jacinto Ave., according to prosecutors.

The indictment alleges the men “placed cannabis or THC products for sale in display cases,” and that they “sold cannabis or THC products ... to members of the public,” according to the DA’s office.

A mobile delivery service was also utilized, authorities said.

The amount of money collected from the operation was not disclosed and there was also no word on when the business was shut down.

In a prepared statement, the City of San Jacinto said that it has agreed to assist in the investigation.

“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and Riverside County District Attorney’s Office notified the City of San Jacinto of the arrest of City Councilman Joel Lopez,” the news release said. “As this is an ongoing criminal investigation, the City of San Jacinto is unable to provide further details or comment on the matter at this time.”

Neither Lopez nor Padilla have any documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.

Lopez was elected to his first term in November 2018.

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City News Service contributed to this story.

Attempts to reach Lopez before press time have been unsuccessful.

Bail reduction denied for woman accused of causing deadly house fire City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A judge has denied a bail reduction request for a 29-year-old woman accused of causing a Lake Elsinore house fire that killed her two young children and grandmother, and injured her mother and another child.

Devinn Elysse Fisher of Lake Elsinore was arrested in March following a joint Riverside County sheriff’s and fire department investigation that began immediately after the deadly blaze two months earlier.

Fisher is charged with three counts each of involuntary man-

slaughter and child cruelty, as well as four counts of causing a fire that resulted in great bodily injury or death, and one count each of burning an inhabited structure and elder abuse.

Her attorney, Darryl Exum, submitted a motion in April requesting a bail reduction, even the possible release of his client on her own recognizance, but during a bail review hearing at the Southwest Justice Center June 18, Superior Court Judge Judith Clark rejected the motion.

“The court finds by clear (and) convincing evidence the defendant is a flight risk ... (and) finds it necessary to detain the defendant,”

according to Clark’s ruling.

The judge ordered Fisher to remain held on $2 million bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning and scheduled a felony settlement conference for July 30 at the Murrieta courthouse.

Fisher was under investigation from the time of the blaze that engulfed the house at 32956 Blackwell Blvd., near Grand Avenue, on Jan. 25.

The defendant resided there with her mother, 51-year-old Julia Fisher; grandmother, 85-year-old Phyllis Fisher; and four children, two of whom perished in the flames. They were 2-year-old Julian Alcaraz-Fisher and his sister,

1-year-old Arya Alcaraz.

When Fisher was arrested March 18, sheriff’s investigators did not disclose what evidence had pointed to her alleged culpability.

Flames erupted inside the garage of the single-story residence shortly before 3 p.m. that Monday.

According to witnesses, the blaze spread rapidly, consuming the garage and extending into the rest of the residence as neighbors rushed to help, trying in vain to reach the victims.

Multiple county fire crews converged on the property within 10 minutes and were immediately alerted to occupants trapped.

Arya and Julian died at the scene

and Phyllis Fisher was severely burned, along with her daughter, whose two dogs died in the fire.

Crews got it under control 45 minutes later.

The defendant was also burned, as was one of her other children, whose identity was not released.

The girl has since recovered.

Phyllis Fisher succumbed to her injuries two days afterward despite undergoing treatment at Arrowhead Regional Burn Center.

Her daughter was also treated there and spent weeks in burn recovery, according to family friends.

Devinn Fisher was released from the hospital within a week.

Is any of it true for you? I know it is for me.

I’ve often missed out or flat out neglected telling someone about Jesus because it was inconvenient at the time. I have even done this with something as simple as inviting someone to church if you can believe that.

If you’re in the same boat, these truths will help you better understand the importance of telling someone about Jesus: God wants everyone to know Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:3-6 tells us this allimportant truth: This is good and pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. For, there is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity — the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.

Throughout the scriptures, God doesn’t pull any punches about his love for people and that he deeply wants everyone to be saved, and so should we.

Jesus commanded us to go.

We read this direct command in Matthew 28:18-20.

Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

This is referred to as the Great Commission because Jesus is commissioning us for a mission.

Isn’t it interesting that right after Jesus tells us that he has all authority in the universe, the very first thing he tells us is to go and make followers of him?

Of all the things he could have told us he tells us this first. That’s why it’s not called the great suggestion.

Eternity is at stake, literally!

I know we don’t like to think about death or the afterlife but they are both very real.

Romans 6:23 tells us that when we and our friends come to know Jesus we are promised eternal life.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Our hearts’ desire should be the same as God’s. We should want everyone to have eternal life through Jesus.

If we don’t tell them, they won’t know.

Romans 10:14-15 tells us that if we don’t tell them they will never know the truth of Jesus.

“How can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”

So, who are you going to go and tell? It’s up to you.

Think about it. Who will be in heaven because of you?

Zachary Elliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, www.fusionchristianchurch. com, www.encouragementtoday. tv or on Instagram.

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The importance of telling Zachary Elliott SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Once upon a time, two men lived next door to each other. As neighbors, they would always wave at each other, say hi, and chat on occasion. To the casual observer, the two men were good neighbors, and some would consider them friends.

There was only one significant difference.

One of them had a relationship with Jesus and one didn’t.

The man who knew Jesus always felt that he should tell his friend the Good News of Jesus, but it never seemed to be the right time. One of

them was always in a rush, other people were around, or the subject never came up. So, he never did.

One day after coming home from work, the man of faith was told his friend and neighbor suddenly passed away. As he began to tear up, his cries turned into bitter sobs as he realized he had never told him how to be saved.

He cried for days grieving for his friend, and vowed that he would never hold back from telling people about Jesus for the rest of his life.

As a result, he reached tens of thousands of people for Jesus before he passed away.

Every bit of this story is true.

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The Anza Civic Improvement League will present Celebrate Anza festivities at Minor Park Saturday, July 3.

The traditional annual event will feature music, vendors, the Thimble Club’s pancake breakfast, Friends Uniting Neighbors Group barbecue, a horseshoe tournament, children’s playground and more.

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“Celebrate Anza on July third at the park,” Anza Civic Improvement League member Tabitha Dawes said. “Start the day with Pancakes at the Park with the Thimble Club breakfast.

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Health, exercise, resources and recovery meetings Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – 6 p.m. Every Tuesday at Shepherd Of The Valley Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. Open participation.

Veterans’ Gathering Mondays – 9-11 a.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 39075 Contreras Road, in Anza.

Men and women veterans come to share and help each other deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and other difficulties. Call John Sheehan at 951-923-6153. If you need an advocate to help with VA benefits, call Ronnie Imel at (951) 659-9884.

The Most Excellent Way – Christ-centered recovery program for all kinds of addiction meets Fridays from 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 8-10 a.m. Program is court approved; child care is provided. Transportation help is available. The group meets at 58050 Highway 371; the cross street is Kirby Road in Anza.

AA Men’s Meeting – 7 p.m.

Meetings take place Thursdays at 39551 Kirby Road in Anza, south of Highway 371.

Alcoholics Anonymous – 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road in Anza.

For more information, call (951) 763-4226.

Bereaved Parents of the USA – The Aguanga-Anza Chapter of BPUSA will hold its meetings 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 49109 Lakeshore Blvd. in Aguanga. For more information, contact chapter leader Linda Hardee at (951) 551-2826.

Free Mobile Health Clinic – Open every third Wednesday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

No appointment is needed. Uninsured may only be seen in the Anza Community Hall’s parking lot or inside the hall.

Medication Assistance and Treatment for Opioid Dependence – Get treatment for heroin addiction. Transportation to the clinic is provided. For more information, contact Borrego Health’s Anza Community Health Center, 58581 Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call (951) 7634759.

Food ministries F.U.N. Group weekly food ministry – Deliveries arrive noon Thursdays at the Anza Community Hall. To order a paid box and help feed those who can’t afford to pay, drop off payment and cash donations by Thursday at 1:30 p.m., to ERA Excel Realty, 56070 Highway 371, in Anza. Pay inside or drop off during the day in the red box outside. To drop it off, put name and request on an envelope with payment inside. A $30 box has about $100 worth of

food and feeds six people. Half boxes are available for $15. Food is delivered once a week to those who cannot find a ride. For more information, call Bill Donahue at (951) 288-0903.

Living Hope Christian Fellowship Community Dinner – 1 p.m.

Dinners are held the last Sunday of the month at the Anza Community Hall. All are welcome. Donations of time, money, etc. are always welcome.

Food for the Faithful – 8 a.m.

The food bank hands out food the last Friday of the month until the food is gone. The clothes closet will be open too. Emergency food handed out as needed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. FFF is a non-denominational nonprofit. All in need are welcome; call Esther Barragan at (951) 763-5636.

Bible Studies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anza – Sunday Sacrament is held 10 a.m.; Sunday School is 11 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society meets noon; Wednesday Boy Scouts gathers 6 p.m. and Youth Night is 7 p.m.

For more information, call Ruiz at (951) 445-7180 or Nathan at (760) 399-0727. The Wednesday Genealogy/Family History Class, 5-8 p.m., is open to the public at 39075 Contreras Road in Anza.

Native Lighthouse Fellowship – 10 a.m. The group meets the first Saturday of the month, and breakfast is served. All are welcome to fellowship together at the “Tribal Hall” below the casino in Anza.

For more information, call Nella Heredia at (951) 763-0856.

Living Hope Bible Study – 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Kevin at (951) 763-1111.

Anza RV Clubhouse – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza.

Monthly Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9 a.m. Breakfast takes place the fourth Saturday of each month and rotates to different locations. Contact Jeff Crawley at (951) 763-1257 for more information.

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – 10 a.m. Weekly Wednesday Bible study takes place at 56095 Pena Road in Anza. Call (951) 763-4226 for more information.

Valley Gospel Chapel – 7 a.m. Saturday Men’s Study meets weekly with breakfast usually served at 43275 Chapman Road in the Terwilliger area of Anza.

For more information, call (951) 763-4622.

Anza First Southern Baptist Church – 9 a.m. The church offers Sunday school for all ages with a 10:30 a.m. worship service and 6 p.m. for prayer and Bible study. Youth ministry meets Mondays from 6-8 p.m. The women’s Bible study meets Thursdays at 10 a.m., but it is on hiatus through the summer. Celebrate Recovery meets Fridays; doors open at 5:30 p.m. with large group meeting, 6-7 p.m.; small group share, 7-8 p.m. and Cross Talk Cafe, 8-8:30 p.m. Church is located at 39200 Rolling Hills Road in Anza. For

more information, contact at (951) 763-4937, anzabptistchurch@ gmail.com or http://www.anzabaptistchurch.com.

Clubs TOPS Meeting – Take Off Pounds Sensibly support group meets Wednesdays weekly. Weigh in at 8:30 a.m., meeting at 8:45 a.m. at Thompson Hall at the Anza Baptist Church, 39200 Rolling Hills Road, in Anza. For more information, visit http://www.

TOPS.org.

High Country Recreation – Second Monday of the month attend committee meetings at ERA Excel Realty in Anza. For more information, call Albert Rodriguez at (951) 492-1624 or Robyn Garrison at (805) 312-0369.

HCR Bingo fundraisers – 6:30-9:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays at Anza Community Hall.

Anza Valley VFW Post 1873 – Capt. John Francis Drivick III Post, the Ladies’ and Men’s Auxiliaries are located at 59011 Bailey Road in Anza. Mail P.O. Box 390433. Request monthly newsletter and or weekly menu by email at vfw1873anzaca@gmail. com. For more information, call (951) 763-4439 or visit http:// vfw1873.org.

High Country 4-H Club – 6:30 p.m. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month, except February, at Anza Community Hall. 4-H Club is for youth 5 to 19 years old offering a variety of projects. High Country 4-H Club is open to children living in the Anza, Aguanga and surrounding areas. For more information, call Allison Renck at (951) 663-5452.

Anza Valley Artists Meetings – 1 p.m. Meetings are third Saturday of each month at various locations.

Share art, ideas and participate in shows. Guests speakers are always needed. For more information, call president Rosie Grindle at (951) 928-1248. Find helpful art tips at http://www.facebook.com/ AnzaValleyArtists/.

Anza Quilter’s Club – 9:30 a.m. to noon. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza.

Anza Valley Lions Club – The Anza Valley Lions Club is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. Guest meetings with dinner are held 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at Anza Valley VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza.

Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club website, http://www.anzalionsclub.org. For more information, call president Michele Brown at (760) 637-9173.

Boy Scouts Troop 319 – Cub Scouts meet 6 p.m. every Tuesday, and Boy Scouts meet 7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Contreras Road, south of state Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call Richard Hotchkiss at (951) 551-3154.

Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call Ginny Kinser at (909) 702-7902.

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Three individuals elected to fill three DISTRICT III will beDIRECTOR-AT-LARGE positions on the board of directors at the annual Sharon Hepler Hope Adams membership meeting this July.

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DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING Since only one petition was received for both Districts I and II, Diane Sieker will be seated for District I and Harold Burdick PETITIONS: will be seated for District II, each for a COMPLETED three year term, per AEC bylaw, Article IV, section 4(e).

MAY 18, 2021 Annual Meeting information, candidate resumes and the Annual Report will be part of the July Currents magazine arriving in mail boxes the first week of July. materials will be arriving in member’s mail and ForElection further information contact: e-mails in the coming weeks.

An independent election processor will handle the election and the election results will be announced at the virtual Annual Membership This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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tournament, barbecue, Indian Tacos, Mexican Food, Kona Ice and vendors offering jewelry, artwork, tee shirts and leggings. You can sign your kids up for AYSO soccer at their informational booth.”

Renowned balloon artist Balloonernooner will be on hand to create balloon art for the children.

“Compete in the sidewalk art drawing competition or show off your Best Patriotic outfit,” Dawes added. “Kids can have fun cooling off with the water toss or sprinkler.

There will be a fun watermelon-

Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call squadron commander Maj. Dennis Sheehan from the Anza area at (951) 403-4940. To learn more and see the club’s meeting schedule, visit http://www.squadron59.org.

Fire Explorer Program – 6 p.m. The program meets every second, third and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fire Station 29 on state Route 371 in Anza. Call (951)763-5611 for information.

Redshank Riders – 7 p.m.

Backcountry horsemen meet at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Anza, the second Thursday of each month. Visit http://www. redshankriders.com or call Carol Schmuhl for membership information at (951) 663-6763.

Anza Thimble Club – The club meets the first Thursday of the month at Valley Gospel Chapel, 43275 Chapman Road in Anza. The social hour is 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon.

Contact Carol Wright at (951) 7632884 for more information.

Organizations Terwilliger Community Association – 6 p.m. Second Monday of the month at VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza. Potluck dinner open to all. For more information, call Tonie Ford at (951) 763-4560.

From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries – Noon.

Monthly luncheon and guest speaker are held the second Saturday of each month. The $5 charge covers lunch at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. From the Heart helps the area’s neediest children and invites all women and men to join in their mission.

Donate or help with the rummage sales twice a year to raise funds for the cause or other events. For more information, call president Christi James at (951) 595-2400.

Anza Community Hall – 7 p.m.

General membership meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month. Memberships cost $20 per person or $35 per business, and both get one vote. No government funds are allocated for the Hall, which pays its bills through memberships and swap meets. Voting members receive discounts off hall rentals, swap meet booths and save on propane gas from Farrell Gas. Mail membership to: Anza Community Building Inc. at P.O. Box 390091, Anza, CA 92539. The hall is located at 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. Swap meet held each Saturday of the month, weather permitting, early morning to 1 p.m. Vendors wanted. For more information, call (951) 282-4267.

Anza Civic Improvement League – 9 a.m. meets the first Saturday of each month at the Little Red Schoolhouse. The league maintains Minor Park and Little Red School House, which are both available to rent for events. No government funds are allowed; the membership pays the bills – $10 a person, $18 family or $35 business membership.

For more information, visit http:// www.anzacivic.org.

eating contest. Adults can relax in the beer garden. Music for all ages will be provided by Anza’s own KYOT 97.1 LPFM community radio station.”

Celebrate Anza festivities in the park have been a highlight of the holiday celebration for decades and this year promises to be an unforgettable good time.

For more information on ACIL events, www.facebook.com/AnzaCivicImprovementLeague/ or http://anzacivic.org/.

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

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Anza Days returns July 3 Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

With COVID-19 restrictions lifted the Anza Lions Club has announced the 89th annual Anza Days, a community celebration of Independence Day, the achievements of the community and a fun time. It will take place on July 3, starting with a parade at 11 a.m.

Because the county could not permit the event to take place on Highway 371 this year, it will be held at the Lions Gymkhana Arena, 39551 Kirby Road, according to officials.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars will be presenting the colors with announcer Kathy Blair singing the national anthem. Entertainment will include the original

Barnyard Boyz reunion, Slow Traffic and a flyover.

The event is open to all ages and the theme of this year’s parade is Myths, Legends and Fantasy. Lions Club officials are expecting all Hamilton High School graduates to be in the parade to let the town congratulate them on their accomplishments.

Camping for the weekend is

available, with tent camping $10 per night, RV camping $15 per night and $5 to $10 off one night for parade participants and vendors.

Michele (Mimi) Brown, president of the Anza Lions Club and Anza Days chairman said there still may be some vendor spots open that will not conflict with other vendors’ wares. Contact can

be made at www.anzalionsclub. org to download the forms, by email at anzadays@gmail.com or anzavalleylionsclub@gmail. com or by calling (760) 637-9173.

Volunteers are welcome and can call (760) 637-9173 or (951) 763-7075.

Guests enjoy personal tours of the facilities at the Farmy Farms grand opening Saturday, June 12.

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It is revealed at the Farmy Farms grand opening Saturday, June 12, that over 100 varieties of fruit and berry trees grace the property.

Rare Ayam Cemani chickens are at the peak of vitality at the Farmy Farms grand opening Saturday, June 12.

Children and adults look in on newly hatched chicks at the Farmy Farms grand opening Saturday, June 12.

Even the animals make sure everyone has a good time at the Farmy Farms grand opening Saturday, June 12.

Friendly pigs greet visitors to the Farmy Farms grand opening Saturday, June 12.

FARMY from page AVO-1 Perfectly prepared and presented courses consisted of bruschetta and salad, game hen with roasted vegetables, chicken and pasta and a fruit tart served with crème brûlée.

During the sold-out dinner event, DJ SRO provided upbeat music at perfect levels, mixed for the occasion.

Future dining events will be planned such as High Tea on the Farm and more intimate seasonal dinners with settings of 10-15 people.

“What an exciting day,” CJ Lester, owner and director of animal husbandry at Farmy Farms, said.

Guests strolled the grounds, interacting with friendly animals and informative staff members.

Children were amazed to see newly-hatched chicks and hens on nests of fresh straw. Eager pigs accepted table scraps from the three-course meal.

“Please scrape your plates into the piggy bowls,” Pertel said.

“They get all our scraps.”

Farmy Farms boasts nearly 100 different types of fruit trees that will only be available to the public to pick during future private farm tours.

Farmyard games and activities during the celebration included potato sack races, horseshoes, cornhole, a life-size Connect 4 game, and tables set up with farm

animal hand puppets and stickermaking activities.

Future Farm tours will be $10 a person and will include access to the private and U-Pick orchards, as well as any available seasonal crops and produce, a guided tour of the entire property with time to interact with and feed all the animals and plenty of time for questions about anything Farmy Farms related.

Farm Tours are available March - September; Seven days a week by appointment. To book a visit, please call (951)708-1869.

The Farm Stand is open Wednesday through Sunday from 8-11 a.m. and 3-6 p. m., and features seasonal produce when available, freshly baked sourdough bread through advanced ordering and when available, freshly baked scones Saturday and Sunday, Farmy Farms roasted coffee by the halfand full-pound and gourmet sea salts and peppercorns. Plans are to soon add handmade soaps and lotions curated from ingredi-

ents around the farm.

“Fresh eggs from chickens, ducks, turkeys and quail are also available at the Farm Stand,” Jeremy Noye said.

The Farmy Farms Pumpkin Patch will be open the entire month of October. Carving and heirloom pumpkins, hot apple cider and fresh-roasted corn will be available.

Coming in 2023 will be the Farmy Farms U-Pick Apple Experience. Varieties include: Pink Lady, Red Fuji, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious.

Private tours can be customized to a group’s specific interests as well.

For more information, visit Farmy Farms on the web at www. farmyfarms.com .

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

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AYSO presents info day at Minor Park

Parents and potential players enjoy an informational barbecue at Minor Park hosted by Anza’s local American Youth Soccer Organization Region 1641 Wednesday, June 16. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photos

Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The American Youth Soccer Organization Region 1641 presented a Soccer Barbecue Hot Dog Buffet and Sign Up Information Day at Minor Park in Anza June 16.

Excited parents and their players enjoyed food, beverages, information and the opportunity to sign up

for the 2021 soccer season.

The AYSO season is off to a fun and educational start. The group is actively encouraging local soccer hopefuls ages 4 and older to join and play.

“Thank you to everyone who came out to get soccer info,” organizer Elizabeth Greene said. “The hotdogs were yummy thanks to our awesome Brooke Blackmore. We

started our contact list and handed out flyers.”

AYSO teams are divided into age groups to ensure fair play.

Player development is one of AYSO’s core philosophies, and that means that coaches take the talents that the children bring to the field and teach them how to use them to the team’s advantage in order to score goals.

Brooke Blackmore serves information and hotdogs at the American Youth Soccer Organization Region 1641’s Soccer barbecue at Minor Park hot dog Buffet and Sign Up information event Wednesday, June 16.

“Please feel free to send us a message if you would like more info for your kids,” Greene said.

For more information, www. ayso1641.org/, www.facebook.

com/aysoregion1641/ or aysoregion1641@gmail.com.

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

PARK from page AVO-1 Tabitha Dawes shared equipment and muscle during the endeavor.

Financial support for the workday came from the Anza Thimble Club and the Anza Chamber of Commerce.

“The Pizza Factory sent over pizzas and drinks for all those involved,” Paola Canaday said.

“We want to thank them for their continued support of ACIL.” ATHYRIO personnel noticed that Minor Park was in need of weeding, mowing, trimming and trash pickup and decided to lend a hand. They decided to devote hours of their free time to make Anza’s park beautiful again.

Thanks to the group, ACIL and many others, Anza’s park is ready for Celebrate Anza festivities slated for Saturday, July 3.

ATHYRIO is open to all horse owners past, present and future.

To learn more about the And the Horse You Rode In On nonprofit www.facebook.com/joinathyrio/ or https://athyrio.org/ .

Minor Park and the Little Red Schoolhouse are at Highway 371 at Contreras Road in Anza.

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

ATHYRIO member Gail Price stuffs weeds and twigs into garbage bags as the charity hosts a cleanup of Minor Park Saturday, June 19.

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[Left] ACIL members Tabitha Dawes and Bud Elmore work hard to tidy up Minor park at the cleanup day organized by ATHYRIO Saturday, June 19.

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Miss Anza pageant announced Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Miss Anza pageant will be held at the Little Red Schoolhouse at Minor Park, Highway 371 at Contreras Road in Anza, Thursday, June 24, at 6 p. m.

The much-anticipated event will follow the Anza Days theme of Myths, Legends and Fantasy.

Contestants are asked to dress as their favorite fictional characters, with those who look the most like their character being declared winners in their categories.

Winners will receive special sashes, tiaras and prizes and be

featured during Anza Days festivities.

The fun contest is open to all girls from newborn to adult. Age group divisions for the pageant are Wee Miss Anza Days, ages five years and under; Lil’ Miss Anza Days, ages 6-12 years; Junior Miss Anza Days, ages 13-17 years; Miss Anza Days, ages 18 and over; and Mrs. Anza Days, ages 18 and over.

For more information, call or text (760) 637-9173.

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

[Right] Lil’ Miss Anza contestants wave to the crowd during the pageant competition in 2019.

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Bautista Fire in Anza burns 95 acres

A Cal Fire helicopter drops water on the Bautista Fire in Anza, Saturday, June 19.

A group of firefighters approach the Bautista Fire in Anza, Saturday, June 19.

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With firefighting gear in hand, a firefighter approaches the Bautista Fire in Anza, Saturday, June 19.

A Cal Fire aircraft drops fire retardant on the Bautista Fire in Anza, Saturday, June 19.

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A brush fire that has burned 95 acres in the unincorporated community of Anza was 100% contained as of press time, Tuesday, June 22.

The flames were first reported around 1:35 p.m. Saturday near state Route 371 and Bautista Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department’s April Newman.

Fire officials initially said the

fire’s forward spread had been halted Saturday, June 19, at 2 p.m. but the flames kicked up again and firefighting aircraft were redeployed to the scene.

About 145 firefighters were assigned to the blaze in brush described as medium, Newman said.

No injuries were reported.

The California Highway Patrol said state Route 371 was temporarily shut down between Bautista and Bailiff roads.

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The Iron Cross Blister Beetle warns with color Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Iron Cross Blister Beetle is not a character that has the best reputation. Despite a colorful and festive appearance, this beetle is actually warning of its nasty nature with the very hues that make it so interesting.

Tegrodera aloga, commonly called the Iron Cross Blister Beetle, is part of a family of insects that uses chemicals as a defense against predators.

It is dangerous to touch and poisonous to eat, making it hazardous to people, pets and livestock.

The beetle’s coloration advertises the fact that it carries potent cantharidin toxins that can interfere with the vertebrate nervous system. It is a warning that needs to be taken seriously.

The pretty colors - vibrant yellow, black and red - act as a visual alert not to touch.

The insects’ toxin is secreted from the legs and antennae when the beetle is handled or consumed and causes blisters on the skin.

Humans and animals are sensitive to this chemical defense.

These beetles may emerge in the spring, and can sometimes be seen in large numbers, running across the ground in search of food. They may also be observed munching away peacefully on the preferred plants that they are known to feed upon.

Not much is known about the insects’ larval stages, but it is theorized that they are subterranean and possibly parasitic in the nests of ground bees or grasshoppers.

Iron Cross Blister Beetles range in size from 1/2- to 1-inch in length

and are active during the day.

The beetles feed on native plants like Eriastrum, a flowering plant in the phlox family, commonly known as the woollystar. They also eat crops like alfalfa and other legumes such as beans and clover, and potato greens.

The attraction to clover and alfalfa means that sometimes these creatures are consumed by livestock and can cause death if eaten in large quantities.

If you see a pretty beetle running across the yard, think twice before scooping it up for a closer look. Blister beetles are fascinating creatures, but it is best to heed their warning and do not touch.

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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202105981 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TEMECULA BIBLE CHURCH 29775 Santiago Rd, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Rancho Baptist Church, 29775 Santiago Rd, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet commenced 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: Howard P Klein, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/12/2021 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: 3350 PUBLISHED: June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202106126 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HOLYWAR TATTOO 73985 ½ Hwy 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260 County: Riverside a. Robert Benjamin Williamson, 73965 Hwy 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260 b. Jose Luis Flores, 7 Spur Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 This business is conducted by Co-partners 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: Robert Benjamin Williamson, Partner Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/13/2021 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: 3351 PUBLISHED: June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107100 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SWEET SLEEP MATTRESSES #2 31410 Reserve Dr Ste #3, Thousand Palms, CA 92276 County: Riverside a. Beau Justin King, 67370 Quijo Rd, Cathedral City, CA 92234 b. Rebekah Leann King, 67370 Quijo Rd, Cathedral City, CA 92234 c. Joshua James Sweet, 2818 Gus Court, Lancaster, CA 93536 This business is conducted by General Partnership 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: Beau Justin King, General Partner Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/28/2021 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: 3352 PUBLISHED: June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202103491 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DIVINE LANDSCAPE SERVICES 42387 Avenida Alvarado, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Divine Construction Services., 30251 Cupeno Lane, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet commenced 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: James Matthew Willborn, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 3/23/2021 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: 3323 PUBLISHED: April 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021 Republished: June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 2021 Business address was incorrect in the original publication.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202104284 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRIORITY MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPE 46-450 Rubidoux St, #3, Indio, CA 92201 County: Riverside a. Alma Martin Salas, 46-450 Rubidoux St, 3, Indio, CA 92201 b. Jorge De Jesus Gonzalez Flores, 46-450 Rubidoux St, 3, Indio, CA 92201 This business is conducted by Co-partners Registrant has not yet commenced 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 Martin Salas Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 4/02/2021 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: 3327 PUBLISHED: April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 2021 Republished: June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 2021 A period was added to the address that shouldn’t have been in the original publication.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202106661 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FIRST CORE 11002 Nebraska Ave, Riverside, CA 92505 County: Riverside Elizabeth Lynell Ortega, 11002 Nebraska Ave, Riverside, CA 92505 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 5/20/21 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: Elizabeth Lynell Ortega Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/24/2021 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: 3353 PUBLISHED: June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107568 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ASCENSION HYPNOSIS 2. ASCENSION ENERGY HEALING 42030 Main St Unit A, Temecula, CA 92591 Mailing address: PO Box 333, Temecula, CA 92593 County: Riverside Destiny Paige Sutherland, 14858 Casa Loma Dr, Moreno Valley, Ca 92553 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: Destiny P Sutherland Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/08/2021 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: 3358 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107002 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARM AND BRUSH 42782 Rolling Hills Drive, Aguanga, CA 92536 County: Riverside Sidney Elizabeth Armbrust, 42782 Rolling Hills Drive, Aguanga, CA 92536 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: Sidney Elizabeth Armbrust Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/27/2021 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: 3354 PUBLISHED: June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107995 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SEMPER FI POOL GUY 33982 Baystone Street, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Mark Christopher Lemoge, 33982 Baystone Street, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 7/13/2016 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: Mark Christopher Lemoge Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/15/2021 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: 3361 PUBLISHED: June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107257 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DIAMOND FAMILY STUDIOS 25775 Via Salerno Ct, Moreno Valley, CA 92551 County: Riverside Jimmy Bismarck Morales, 25775 Via Salerno Ct., Moreno Valley, CA 92551 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: Jimmy Bismarck Morales Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/02/2021 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: 3355 PUBLISHED: June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107242 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: UVA CONSTRUCTION 36309 Summitville St, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Michael Pasquel Uva, 36309 Summitville St, 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: Michael Pasquel Uva Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/02/2021 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: 3362 PUBLISHED: June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107683 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EXCEL ASSISTED LIVING 2 37774 Rushing Wind Court, Murrieta, CA 92563 County: Riverside Excel Assisted Living, LLC, 24077 Grafton Ave, Murrieta, CA 92562 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on JULY 20, 2020 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: Paolo Angeles, Manager Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 6/10/2021 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: 3356 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202107567 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ASCENSION METAPHYSICAL 2. LOLA BLACK ASCENSION 3. LOLA BLACK LINGERIE BOUTIQUE 4. BAKED BY LB 5. ASCENSION 6. LOLA BLACK 7. SWEET TREATS 42030 Main St Unit A, Temecula, CA 92591 Mailing address: PO Box 333, Temecula, CA 92593 County: Riverside Lunja Venicia Bishop, 40394 Ariel Hope Way, Murrieta, CA 92563 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet commenced 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: Lunja V Bishop Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/08/2021 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: 3357 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

SUMMONS IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE HAMBLEN COUNTY CHANCERY COURT SITTING AT MORRISTOWN Docket No. 2021-CV-283 JAIMAINE MCNAMARA and husband ROBERT MCNAMARA, Petitioners vs.

ADAM REED MOORE and JASMINE NOEL KILMER, Respondents/Father/Mother.

IN RE: L.G. MOORE J.K. MOORE MINOR CHILDREN UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE. ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION This cause came before this Honorable Court upon the Petitioners’ Motion for Service by Publication, pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated §21-1-203-204. The Court finds the Motion is well taken and should be granted.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that publication of this Order shall be made for four (4) consecutive weeks in the Anza Valley Outlook, which is a newspaper published daily in the Anza, California area, and that the Respondent/Father be given notice therein that he is hereby required to answer or otherwise respond to the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption filed in this cause within thirty (30) days from the date of the fourth weekly publication of this Order, and that should the Respondent/Father fail to answer or otherwise respond to the Petition pursuant to this Order, then he shall be deemed to have received actual notice herof and default may be taken against him.

ENTERED: 6/3/2021 HONORABLE DOUGLAS T. JENKINS CHANCELLOR Lauren A. Carroll, BPR #029032 Attorney for the Petitioners CARROLL, ANDERSON, & FOUST, LLP 918 West First North Street Morristown, TN 37814 (423) 586-5291 LEGAL #: 3360 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW2104733 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: UYNHEA HILL Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: UYNHEA HILL Proposed Name: YASMINE LOVE BANKS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 07/29/2021 Time: 8:00 Am Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 6/2/2021 Signed: Jeffrey Zimel, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3359 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

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virus the corona Tony Ault photo tions ease during hane Gibson sses as restric Valley News/S STAFF WRITER 28.

Temecula busine , Monday, Sept. reopening of from City Council, seen season begins was held ee as the autum The rally, which feature The Menif tion r Pumpkin Farm d local ion, the homeless popula to ins at the Peltze city’ssed Fitness & Nutrit to put 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,ing the selects pumpk expresmore on Strength who nts help, resolved s ated Guia Paez, 2, reside origin owner of that in need rally called for elected officials business being shutantial amendment” Temecula” rally local a “subst frustration with on re their make plan ook. pressu city Faceb Jeff Pack Caracciolo, 020 annual action g for the Temecula its 2019-2 toG, page A-4 Organized by Tena All Stars in hopes that proclaim the city a nal fundin STAFF WRITER nce see REOP ENIN would and provide additioes and homeless owne r of Insura and council ary city.”

50 people gath- Agency, Realtor Lloyd Mize public food servic provid ed by “business sanctu see page A-4 Approximately es Hall of New Found Temecula City outrea ch servic Robert Dean Lamb Work Action ered in front of 23, for the “Open the nonprofit Social Saturday, May Group.

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uous year for It’s been a tumult nd of TemHusba graduate Solona School by the ecula Valley High tion Tuesday, time of her gradua had become nd May 19, Husba ent calling for the face of a movemivity at a high change and inclus had often been said school that she departments. lacking in those

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