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Murrieta Valley Unified School District, the MVUSD board of directors and a half dozen employees recently ignored or refused to answer questions posed

by Valley News in regards to an investigation into the handling of an alleged cover-up at the school five years ago. see page A-2

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Chuck Washington, supervisor of Riverside County District 3, has a unique perspective on the current state of the region considering he has long served in capacities ranging from city councilmember in two different cities and at the county level. see page A-5

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Weekend visitors to the Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve along Sandia Creek Drive arrive to a full parking lot as The Wildlands Conservancy has observed a 50% increase of visitation in recent weeks.

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It’s a good problem to have at the Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve if they are being honest.

But it is no doubt a problem.

The Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve, which is owned and managed by The Wildlands Conservancy, and the Santa Margarita County Preserve, owned

and operated by the county of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, has been experiencing large crowds flocking to the area since the preserve reopened May 9.

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The Temecula City Council will leave vacant both the position of mayor and the open seat on the council following the resignation of former Mayor James Stewart, councilmembers agreed Tuesday night.

Councilmembers quickly came to the conclusion that the closeness of the upcoming election — Stewart was up for reelection in November regardless — made it more practical to allow voters to decide on Stewart’s replacement on the council. As for the position of mayor, which is rotated among the councilmembers annually and

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Temecula Mayor Pro Tem Maryann Edwards speaks during Temecula’s June 23 City Council meeting.

Edwards will remain mayor pro tem through the end of 2020, and the title of mayor will remain open after former Mayor James Stewart’s resignation.

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Uptick of new COVID-19 cases results in closures, mandates Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Riverside County health officials said Monday evening, June 29, 991 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the county since Friday. They also said that two more people had died from the virus.

The county said that 365 people have been hospitalized with the virus with 106 being treated in intensive care units. The county’s coronavirus testing positivity rate over the past week was 10.6%, which is higher than the state’s 8% standard.

Additionally, the county told the Desert Sun newspaper Sunday, June 28, that 99% of intensive care unit beds in Riverside County are occupied and there were just five empty ICU beds remaining. see COVID-19, page A-8

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MVUSD ignores questions, requests about VMHS investigation Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Murrieta Valley Unified School District, the MVUSD board of directors and a half dozen employees recently ignored or refused to answer questions posed

by Valley News in regards to an investigation into the handling of an alleged cover-up at the school five years ago.

The investigation headed up by Best, Best & Krieger is focused on whether members of Vista Murrieta High School’s administrative staff covered-up an alleged report of a racist group chat between students at the school in 2015.

The screenshots that surfaced online were posted by the young woman who said she initially reported the group chat while she was attending the school in 2015.

She said that after she reported the chat to her school counselor at the time, at least one other administrator and several friends, she suffered bullying from the boys and the families of the boys involved.

“I got called crazy and eventually had to switch to online school,” the young woman said.

“And when I tried to out them, they covered it up and silenced me. The BBC (Bronco Bleacher Creatures) adviser and football coaches at Vista Murrieta High School played a part in covering it up when it began to spread.

“I was torn to shreds for trying to bring this to light and all the supporters of these racists who defended them and stood by them deserve as much backlash,” the young woman said.

In the immediate aftermath of the post, which included the names of several of the former students who were involved in the group chat, Darren Daniel, assistant superintendent of the district, issued a statement in an email sent to MVUSD families by superintendent Pat Kelly. Daniel’s son, Taylor, was involved in the chat and also issued an apology, separately.

“I am in absolute disbelief about this post,” Darren Daniel said in the email. “Apparently, this was done while he was in high school, and my wife and I just learned of this today. My heart is broken.

We are ashamed as a family and sad about the destructive and dehumanizing message by our son.”

In Kelley’s email, he announced that the district had hired BBK to head the independent investigation. At the time, Valley News posed a series of questions to the district about the nature of the investigation, since a number of people had indicated that BBK had been used by the district in other case investigations and questioned how independent the firm could be.

In response, Valley News was contacted by Tom DeLapp, an outside communications professional who indicated he would be fielding questions from the media regarding the incident and the investigation on behalf of the district.

After responding to a second set of questions posed to the district, Valley News followed up with a third set of questions Friday, June 19. DeLapp initially responded

that he required more time to address the questions and has yet to do so as of Monday, June 29.

A similar set of questions was sent to all of the members of the MVUSD board of education members Oscar Rivas, Kenneth Dickson, Paul Diffley, Kris Thomasian and board president Linda Lunn.

None of the board members has responded as of Monday, June 29.

Valley News also reached out via email to the investigator heading the investigation Friday, June 26, to get a better understanding of the investigation’s process.

The reason for attempting to reach the investigator stemmed from reports from people scheduled to be interviewed by her that they were asked not to record the conversation during the interview.

The interviewer indicated that the conversations, often facilitated through Zoom calls, would not be recorded by her either.

Given the mistrust expressed by people familiar with the school and district’s handling of past issues involving staff and students, Valley News wanted to understand why there would be no recordings made of the testimonies. However, no response was offered.

At MVUSD’s June 18 board meeting, the district’s African American Parent Advisory Council gave a presentation to the board and asked those very same questions.

“What is the scope of the investigation?” Natalie Hartwell, a member of the leadership team on the district’s AAPAC, asked.

“How is the firm deciding who will be contacted? Who will have

access to investigative reports?

How will investigation findings be reported to staff and community while the investigation is underway?

“There are concerns over people tainting, interfering, being involved, including during the investigation,” she said. “Acts of collusion and history of cover-up within the MVUSD – who knew what and when?”

Valley News also posed a series of questions to the leadership team of AAPAC regarding a response, if any, they had received from the district regarding a multitude of issues the group wanted to see resolved at the school and districtwide.

Marguerite Rucker and Raquel Anthony responded to the series of questions Sunday night, June 28.

When asked if the group had any further discussions with the district since their presentation, the pair said they had.

“AAPAC leadership members met with Mr. Kelley, Mrs. Walters and Mrs. Mutchnix-Jax to discuss our concerns brought up during the board meeting and their progress thus far,” they said. “This will be an ongoing conversation with Patrick Kelley of key initiatives related to AAPAC and the district as a whole.”

Rucker and Anthony said they were told the investigation would be fair and independent.

“We were also informed that BBK was selected because of their previous experience representing cases related to racial injustice and/or civil rights violations,” they said.

They offered a little more insight into who would be receiving and reviewing the results of the investigation from BBK. “We were told the report would be viewed by the Murrieta Valley Unified School District school board, the Lake Elsinore/Southwest NAACP president, and it was suggested in our AAPAC meeting that the report be shared with (Riverside County Office of Education) leadership,” the pair said.

They were also asked whether the district or board responded to any of the requests the group made regarding change within the district, specifically the curriculum changes.

“Yes, we were told that elementary and secondary education has begun to investigate and/or implement curriculum from a multicultural lens,” they said. “It is acknowledged that additional work and/or professional development needs to focus on developing curricular units of study with a black/ African American emphasis.”

So far, there is no timetable given as to when the investigation by BBK will be finished and whether any possible job changes, terminations or resignations resulting from the investigation will be made public in the aftermath.

The next special board meeting of the MVUSD board of education is scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, July 17, and will likely be held virtually using Microsoft Teams. For more information on upcoming board meetings, visit http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/Page/36636.

Jeff Pack can be reached by email at jpack@reedermedia.com.

Naggar won’t run for Temecula City Council again Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Temecula City Councilman Mike Naggar will not seek reelection this November.

The 23-year council member, whose fifth term in office will conclude at the end of 2020, made the announcement on Facebook

Wednesday morning.

“I love the city more than I can say, more than I could have ever imagined when I was elected at age 37,” Naggar said in his Facebook post. “Prayerfully, with a tear in my eye, I wanted to let you all know that I will not be seeking reelection this November.”

The councilman attributed his

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“You all know I have always promoted Temecula as being a ‘Family First’ city,” Naggar said in his Facebook post. “Liam will be entering high school this year and he needs his dad to be right there with him. There will be Friday night lights, girls, dances and of course, studies.”

Naggar’s history with public service began in 1997, when he was appointed to the city of Temecula’s planning commission. He was first elected to the city council two years later in 1999, and served as Temecula’s mayor five times, in 2004, 2008, 2013, 2016 and 2019.

Naggar made the announcement the night after he and the rest of the city Ccouncil agreed to leave vacant the city council seat of former Mayor James Stewart, who was also up for reelection in November until his resignation earlier this month.

“Serving on the council was my ministry to God and country,” Naggar said. “I know in the future I will find other ways to serve. For now, I intend to finish the race strong through the end of the year.”

The councilman referenced a Bible verse in the final line of his announcement. “‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful,”’ Naggar said, quoting 2 Timothy 4:7.

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Temecula Councilman Mike Naggar.

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District 2 seat on the city council runs from July 13 to Aug. 7. So far, only one candidate has announced their intention to run for the seat.

Will Fritz can be reached by email at wfritz@reedermedia.com.

Alleged honey oil lab explosion in San Jacinto sends 1 to hospital; no arrests made Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

A San Jacinto woman was hospitalized with severe burn injuries after what is believed to be a butane honey oil lab explosion, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Friday, June 26.

Around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, a call came in to the San Jacinto

Sheriff’s Station reporting an explosion in the 500 block of Soboba Avenue, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Julio Olguin.

The caller reported that a woman had walked over to their residence and said her stove exploded while she was cooking, according to Olguin.

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burns to 30% of her body; she was airlifted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton.

The woman’s boyfriend, a 29-year-old man, had minor cuts and burns to his upper torso, Olguin said.

Deputies who interviewed the pair “could not corroborate their stories and learned they were residing at the rear of the residence in a detached room where they were found,” Olguin said.

Olguin said the deputies noticed the detached room had caught fire and had been extinguished before their arrival, and upon some investigation located butane canisters, glass tubes and “large amounts” of cannabis.

The man was detained for questioning but was later released, while the woman remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition and is expected to survive, Olguin said. Jail records indicate neither have been arrested.

Will Fritz can be reached by email at wfritz@reedermedia.com.

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Firefighters battle a blaze Friday night, June 26, at a strip mall on Collier Avenue in Lake Elsinore.

Smoke emanates from the roof of the Lake Elsinore business that caught fire.

Firefighters from Menifee also responded at a strip mall on Collier Avenue.

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The blaze was reported a little before 8:45 p.m. at a seven-unit commercial center on Collier Avenue north of Chaney Street, Cal Fire Riverside said in a tweet.

Firefighters from Lake Elsinore as well as nearby Menifee re-

sponded to the blaze.

The fire continued for a little more than an hour before firefighters were able to get it under control. It was contained by 10 p.m., Cal Fire Riverside tweeted.

There was no word on the cause of the fire.

Will Fritz can be reached by email at wfritz@reedermedia.com.

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County renews fire protection and emergency medical services agreement with city of Canyon Lake Joe Naiman WRITER

The city of Canyon Lake renewed contracts with the Riverside County Fire Department for fire protection, fire prevention, rescue and emergency medical services. Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the cooperative agreement

for fiscal year 2020-2021 during its June 23 meeting.

The supervisors’ 5-0 vote retains the level of staffing of the 2019-2020 agreement, although due to increased county fire department costs the city’s estimated payment amount will increase by 2.53%. The true quarterly payments will be based on actual costs, although the estimate

for July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, is $2,224,207. The agreement also includes a clause that the city can request additional employees or services from the county by providing written notice 120 days in advance.

The staffing will provide eight firefighters, including one captain and three firefighter paramedics. The battalion chief staffing will be pro-

rated, and the city will be charged for 27% of the full cost of a battalion chief. The agreement is based on an estimated 818 calls for service during the one-year period. The city’s costs also include the dedicated use of one fire engine.

Canyon Lake first contracted with the county for fire protection, fire prevention, rescue and emergency medi-

cal services in 1990. The city utilized alternate resources from July 2015 to September 2015 before resuming the agreement with the county.

The Canyon Lake City Council approved the 2020-2021 cooperative agreement June 3.

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

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having to backtrack to the main trailhead.

“There has been a recent surge of visitation over the last three months that has led to issues related to overcrowding which subsequently has led to natural resource impacts that have raised alarm for me and my counterparts with the county Department of Parks and Recreation,” Zach Kantor-Anaya, regional director of The Wildlands Conservancy, said. “Local residents have become upset by the overwhelming volume of traffic on the county roadways that slice through the river valley, especially during busy weekends. The increase in traffic brings unsafe road conditions for drivers and pedestrians, damage to a variety of natural resources and incredible amounts of trash that is left behind by those who visit.”

He said that COVID-19 has “compounded this problem due to limitations in local sheriff’s department and California Highway Patrol presence, increased demand for free outdoor recreation and challenges in staffing and managing the visiting public.”

According to Kantor-Anaya, loads of visitors come to the river to cool off with friends and family, “finding peace and renewal in the flowing waters.” Others visit with a beachgoer mentality that creates an issue between the conservancy’s mission of protecting the natural resources of the area while providing access and education to the people who visit.

For instance, if someone enters the preserve with a cooler and an umbrella, staff members will intervene to discourage people from treating the preserve like it’s a beach. But sometimes, when visitors avoid the designated preserve entry points, by essentially sneaking in, staffers miss that interaction.

“It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when somebody is going to get hurt out there,” KantorAmaya said. “People are coming down to the river and having this beach lounge experience with some alcoholic beverages and it just makes for a risky situation.”

The staff presence at the preserve is meant to educate visitors about the resources within the preserve and reinforce the importance of maintaining and protecting that environment.

They have made the effort to make contact with everyone who

visits the preserve, even borrowing staff from other preserves and hiring two seasonal workers.

Kantor-Amaya said they have been working with California Highway Patrol which is responsible for policing the county roads in the area. But according to CHP Officer Kevin Smale, staffing issues make patrolling the area difficult.

“We’re extremely short staffed,” he said. “A lot of times we’re not able to get out there and enforce (‘no parking’ violations). It’s just one of those things where if we can’t enforce it, there’s not a whole lot that anybody can do.”

He said that during the week, the CHP has a community oriented policing team that works during the week, but they don’t work on weekends.

Officer Smale said that due to the small, rural type of roads that surround the preserve, the county installed “no parking” signs along the roads.

“The signs aren’t confusing, it’s pretty well-marked,” he said.

“When people disobey the signs and the roads are narrow, it becomes a hazard.”

The organization has enjoyed a good relationship with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, and they have increased patrols in the area on weekends; however, they have no jurisdiction along Sandia Creek Drive and De Luz Road.

Despite existing partnerships between the San Diego County Department of Parks and Recreation, Fallbrook Trails Council, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fallbrook Land Conservancy, Fallbrook Beautification Alliance and local residents, they believe more action is needed to control what’s happening out there.

They said that the groups are realizing that it’s time to act on the need to provide more parking in the area so that more people can enjoy the preserve safely and legally.

“We must do more to make sure those visiting this special place are being welcomed with a safe and enlightening experience,” KantorAmaya said.

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Washington talks about protests, transparency and former mayor Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Chuck Washington, supervisor of Riverside County District 3, has a unique perspective on the current state of the region considering he has long served in capacities ranging from city councilmember in two different cities and at the county level.

Washington has seen the evolution of southwest Riverside County as both a private citizen, a husband and father and as an elected official since 1995, which means he’s seen and heard a lot during that period of time.

The social atmosphere today in southwest Riverside County is particularly interesting as the nation, he said, and the world is in the midst of a global pandemic while America is considering the subject of racial inequity in its many forms.

“It’s kind of reminiscent of the 60s for me and my wife,” Washington said in a phone conversation. “I think there’s been a gap in there, with a few things popping up, but there’s been a gap for many, many years where our citizens seem somewhat disinterested and what’s going on with the government.

“For me and my wife personally, we are encouraged when we see young people engaging and doing it peacefully. OK, maybe some of the words coming out of their mouths are not to be shown on television … I think early last week we had MSNBC on, and they weren’t bleeping out anything or blurring out anything.

There was a lot of stuff written on walls and there’s a law against tagging and graffiti, but there’s no law about people yelling obscenities. I mean, the president does it from time to time,” he said.

As for the protests happening in area cities, Washington said that from where he was sitting, he saw mostly people “exercising their First Amendment rights.”

He and his wife Kathy attended

a candlelight vigil for George Floyd back in May and said it was a very peaceful demonstration, but he said he hasn’t had much of a chance to experience Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations in person due to their spontaneous nature and his workload.

“When the opportunity came, we just thought we wanted to get out there and get in the middle of all this,” he said. “They were doing fine without me there.”

Over the course of the past few months, Washington and his supervisor colleagues have been dealing with myriad issues surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, its effects on the economy, mandates surrounding the wearing of protective masks and curfews issued by the county.

On the issue of perceived racial injustices at the hands of law enforcement, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was criticized recently for calling a proposal for policy review with the sheriff’s department a politically based move.

“This overwhelmingly implies we are doing something wrong and someone needs to fix it,” Bianco said during the June 9 supervisors’ meeting.

Bianco, along with Bill Young, president of Riverside County Sheriff’s Association, disagreed with the proposal calling it political.

During a nearly two-hour debate on the subject, Washington stressed the urgency to address the issue now.

“Let us do this together now and not let another decade or two go by until another catastrophe happens and we all come together,” he said. “This is our moment to make history. Let us not waste this opportunity.”

“Politics is killing our country, and this is an example,” Bianco said at the meeting.

Washington proposed a separate motion calling for Bianco and the county’s CEO to discuss

policies, then address the county’s communities at town halls. Bianco called it a “waste of time.”

“It’s not your job to tell me what to do,” Bianco told the board.

Bianco did apologize to the supervisors for not establishing an advisory council but insisted he would be in charge of placing the members on the council and that group would not include politicians or attorneys.

The importance of that relationship between the department and his constituents wasn’t lost on Washington.

“Like my statement, this is a perfect opportunity for him to engage with the community, and I was actually caught off guard when he said, ‘No, I’m not gonna do that. It’s a waste of my time.’ I expressed I’m disappointed, and I think it’s wrong. My hope is that the sheriff as he grows into this office is going to have a better understanding of the responsibility he has to the community.”

Washington said he wasn’t surprised by the support Bianco has from the union.

“The union has a position and that they’re expressing it because that’s what unions do,” he said.

“But for us electives, we should be above that. We should be above reproach. I know that they like their sheriff. I don’t have a problem with their sheriff and didn’t, but right now is a unique moment in American history. OK, we’re not Minneapolis; no one’s accusing you of being Minneapolis, but there’s gotta be some dialogue.

There has to be some community engagement to give people the confidence that, OK, you tell us you don’t have a problem, well then, why won’t you sit down and talk with us? I think that’s a fair question for them to ask.

“I’m going to keep pushing for that community engagement. I hope he realizes that it actually benefits him to do that. But we’re not there right now,” he said.

Washington also denied any inference that the one-night,

Chuck Washington, 3rd District supervisor of Riverside County, speaks in an interview with Valley News about some of the important topics coming across the dais over the past couple of months.

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county-wide curfew placed June 1, had anything to do with a June 2 supervisors meeting pertaining to pay for the sheriff’s department.

“I heard that from a number of people that we were voting to give the deputies a pay increase,” he said. “There was nothing on that agenda item to give them a pay increase. That agenda item was to recoup the cost that was incurred or give money back in a few cases that the sheriff’s department incurred in providing services to contract cities.”

Washington also touched on the process of how the curfew was decided upon.

“The process and by necessity, the process is that the CEO declares an emergency and then the sheriff can implement a curfew,” Washington said. “That’s how that occurred, but it didn’t necessarily happen in a vacuum.

“As a result of the governor’s executive order, we’ve been able to have phone conversations – we started out Monday through Friday, now we’re done on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, every

day, about a half-hour, 45 minutes – George Thompson (county CEO) gets on the phone with the five supervisors and they fill us in on what’s going on. It was a way for us to get timely information regarding the pandemic. But last week, the subject came up on that Monday morning call at 11:30 a.m. about the curfew. The sheriff who is typically not on those calls was on the call to explain to us what his thinking was.

“We asked a number of questions of him, ‘Why 6 o’clock, why not 8 o’clock?’ And that was explained. We were in the loop, even though it didn’t come for a vote,” he said.

Washington at one time served as mayor for the city of Temecula, and while he doesn’t often comment on issues unless he feels his input would be pertinent, he did respond to questions posed by one regional newspaper regarding the issue surrounding former Temecula Mayor James “Stew” Stewart.

“I said, ‘Eh, I don’t know all the things I need to know, and I don’t want to just shoot from the hip,’” he said. “I spent the next hour and a half pouring over everything I could get my hands on, and I thought, ‘Oh, there’s no way for Stew to work his way out of this hole he’s dug himself into.

In the meantime, I’ve heard from the city manager, I’ve heard from a couple of council members, they’re hurting. All of a sudden Temecula is national news and not in a good way. I needed to speak out. I live in Temecula and so I needed to speak out, and my comments were, ‘Picking that one word, “good” out didn’t fix the statement.’

“I thought at this point now for the sake of the city, let’s say for the sake of the citizens ... I thought he made the right decision,” Washington said.

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Menifee’s City Hall is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; however, the city’s virtual city hall will remain open due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“The city of Menifee is integrated into the emergency management functions and oversight of the county of Riverside Emergency Management Department,” the city said in a news release.

In-person meetings will be scheduled at city hall, which may cause longer wait times than usual.

Most departments will continue to accept submittals electronically and by mail. A list of these services is available at https://www.cityofmenifee.us/612/Virtual-City-HallPermit-Center.

“To minimize potential exposure to COVID-19, city services are offered virtually and remotely to the greatest extent feasible,” according to a news release from the city.

The official Menifee app allows city residents to connect with city

Menifee City Hall reopens for in-person meetings, while maintaining its virtual capabilities.

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hall for service requests, issue reports, contact information, news and event calendars. The app is available in the App Store or on Google Play. In addition, the Qless scheduling system can be used to schedule in-person appointments.

Some resources available online include: economic development, Menifee cares initiative, business license, public works, building permits, community services, community development, engineering department, fire marshal and human resources.

In addition to the resources offered above, residents can also pay fees with the cashier’s office by calling 951-723-7795 or emailing cashier@cityofmenifee. us. In-person payments may be submitted while City Hall is open, while those who would like to skip the line are urged to use the virtual service to process payments.

For more information on how to use the virtual city hall, call 951-672-6777 or visit http://www. cityofmenifee.us.

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Families affected by 2019 E. coli outbreak file lawsuit against San Diego County Fair operators City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Seven families who said they were affected by last year’s E. coli outbreak linked to the San Diego County Fair, including one whose 2-year-old son died as a result, filed a lawsuit Friday, June 26, against the fair’s operators.

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had just been passed to Stewart in December, the council all agreed, after some discussion, that the position would remain open for the remainder of the year “in the spirit of unity,” as Councilman Mike Naggar summed it up.

The former mayor stepped down June 4 over criticism of an email to a constituent in which he stated “I don’t believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police officer,” a statement

petting zoo and other animal exhibits featured at the 2019 County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Jedediah Cabezuela died as a result of E. coli poisoning connected with the fair’s animal exhibits, according to the lawsuit.

The fair, which ran from May 31 to July 4, 2019, closed its animal exhibits soon after Jedediah’s June 24, 2019, death.

Officials from the 22nd District Agricultural Association could

not immediately be reached for comment.

The suit states that all seven families visited the fairgrounds between June 8 and June 22, 2019, at areas “near the presence of animals, such as the petting zoo, animal exhibits and/or livestock barns.”

Members of each family developed symptoms such as fever, stomach cramping, vomiting and diarrhea and were diagnosed with

STEC, “a shiga-toxin producing strain of E. coli O157:H7,” according to the lawsuit.

The suit alleged fair operators “encouraged and allowed its patrons, including plaintiffs, to walk through and interact with animals in the exhibits,” while failing to warn patrons of the “known risks.”

Fair organizers are also faulted for allegedly failing to provide adequate hand-washing stations, failing to inspect, clean, maintain

and disinfect the fairgrounds, not properly inspecting or screening animals featured at the fair and not adequately training employees to guard against the risk of infection.

The outbreak remains under investigation by the Health and Human Services Administration, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, according to the suit.

Stewart earlier had said resulted from a typo made while using speech-to-text software.

With his resignation, the city had a number of options for dealing with his absence. For the open council seat, councilmembers could have chosen to appoint someone to the seat through the November election, instead of waiting for the election as they ultimately decided to do. Going through an appointment process, though, was nixed by all four remaining councilmembers.

“I think this is something that we let it go to the election and we let the people decide,” Councilman Zak Schwank said.

While Naggar teased the idea of recruiting a former councilmember to fill Stewart’s seat in the interim, he said he believed having a four-person city council until the end of the year would make little difference.

“In all sincerity, I think we can wing it with four,” he said.

Mayor Pro Tem Maryann Edwards said she wanted to reassure the constituents of Stewart’s area that they would not go unrepresented. Stewart was actually elected to his council seat at-large by voters across the city in 2016, but after the city council made the decision to transition to district elections the following year, he was due to run for reelection in the newly created District 4.

“For the past what, 30 years, the council has served the entire city as a whole and considered the entire city and the importance of infrastructure and maintenance and public safety in the same,” Edwards said. “I think we will continue to do that and that will protect that district as well as all of the districts.”

The decision on what to do about the position of mayor elicited a bit more discussion between the councilmembers before they came to a consensus.

Councilman Matt Rahn said given the reason for Stewart’s

resignation and ongoing conversations with the community about racism and other topics since the protests over the death of George Floyd, he thought it was too soon to appoint a new mayor.

“We haven’t had that feedback, we haven’t had any additional dialogue with the community on some of these issues,” Rahn said. “So absent that I think it’s a little premature for us to appoint a mayor. I’d like us to get through that conversation.”

Naggar, though, said that for the sake of argument, he was questioning whether leaving the mayor’s seat vacant would pose any unforeseen ramifications.

“I’m saying this for discussion, not for affirmation or challenge, I just want to discuss it – does it send a different message if we don’t replace the mayor?” Naggar asked. “Does it send a negative message? Are we gonna read across the United States, ‘Council refuses to appoint mayor?’”

Edwards said she thought it would be wise to “have a main spokesperson, just so that we are all on the same page, and it does send that clear and succinct message.”

Schwank sided with Rahn’s argument, though, saying he believed that not appointing a new mayor “sends a message that we’re listening to the community.”

“This might be the first Dave Chapelle reference at a city

council meeting, but Dave Chapelle said the streets are talking, right? Let’s listen to the streets,” Schwank said.

A comedian may have been an unlikely person to be referenced in a city council meeting, but Schwank was referring to Chapelle’s latest stand-up set, released on Netflix June 12, in which Chapelle examines the George Floyd protests and tells viewers to trust the protesters – “the streets.”

“I think that’s important, and I think leaving it vacant doesn’t send a bad message, it sends a message of unity, it sends a message that we’re all together, we’re all listening, we’re all participating and one person’s voice isn’t artificially amplified in any way,” Schwank said.

Naggar spoke again, and while he did not disagree with Schwank, he said his main concern was ensuring the city has a clear message, particularly concerning overall support for the message Black Lives Matter protesters have been voicing and unifying the city.

“There’s a good message going out there regarding black lives matter, because black lives matter right now, and when they had the protests going on out there they were very clear that all lives matter, but right now black lives matter, and that message has to be very gently and in unity as you say, communicated out there just for the benefit of our city and our citizens,” Naggar said. “And the other side of that is that there’s – maybe I’m saying too much – but there’s a whole other side of our community that may not understand that because they haven’t been engaged like we have and so we need to communicate with them as well.”

Naggar, wrapping up the discussion as the council came to agree on going without a mayor through the end of 2020, summarized the rest of the council’s thoughts.

“In the spirit of unity, we’re going to leave the mayor’s seat vacant for the rest of the year,” he said.

The council was not required to take a vote on its decision to leave Stewart’s seat vacant through the November election, as it was officially taking no action, but did vote 4-0 to put out a statement on the decision to leave the position of mayor open.

With no mayor, Edwards, as the mayor pro tem will continue to preside over city council meetings.

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Family mourns Lake Elsinore man who died from COVID-19

Lake Elsinore resident Tommy Macias died just four days after receiving confirmation that he had tested positive for COVID-19. In a haunting post on Facebook, the last he would make, Macias said he went to a party, believing he contracted the virus there and apologizing Valley News/ C our t esy p h ot o for putting his family at risk.

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By all accounts, Lake Elsinore resident Tommy Macias was excited to have his family living closer to him.

According to Macias’ niece, Danielle Lopez, the family is in the process of moving to the Wildomar and Lake Elsinore area from Mission Viejo.

“We’re moving. We’re moving in the next two weeks,” she said. “My parents already have their house.

My sisters and I are in escrow, and (Tommy) was so excited to have us just down the street from him.”

Heartbreakingly, before the family was to be reunited, Macias was diagnosed with COVID-19 June 18, and died Sunday, June 21.

In a haunting post that he shared on Facebook at the time of his diagnosis, he shared the news.

“Some of you know, but most don’t. I (expletive) up and went out a couple of weeks ago, and I contracted the coronavirus,” according to the post. “Monday, I tested for it, and it was confirmed on Thursday.

Because of my stupidity, I put my mom and sisters and my family’s health in jeopardy. This has been a very painful experience.

“This is no joke. If you have to go out, wear a mask and practice social distancing. Don’t be a (expletive)

idiot like me. Thank you to all my friends that have brought me food, and to everyone who has been there for me. Hopefully with God’s help I’ll be able to survive this.”

By Sunday, June 21, after a couple of days on a ventilator, Macias was dead.

“When we first got the news, we didn’t even know how to feel, and it’s still, especially for me and for all of us, it just doesn’t feel real,” Lopez said. “My parents brought his trucks to their house to get them off his street where he lived so that we can keep an eye on them. When we turned the street to go to their house, I see them there and I just immediately think, ‘Oh, he’s just inside, you know, joking and laughing.’ And then I remember that he’s not. It just feels so surreal.”

Lopez said that her uncle had taken the COVID-19 pandemic very seriously in the months leading up to his diagnosis and death.

“He wore masks,” she said. “He wasn’t really going out anywhere, which is why, when everything started becoming more lenient and he thought it was OK to go out immediately, went to spend time with his friends because he thought it was OK. But before that he was only going out when he absolutely needed to, he wore his mask religiously and

he was taking all the precautions that he could.”

Lopez is referring to the birthday party that Macias attended. In the days after the party, she said he received a call from someone who was also at the party and had tested positive for the virus.

She said he had already begun to feel poorly but chalked it up to complications from diabetes. But just in case, he went in to get tested.

He got the news Thursday, was in the hospital Sunday and died hours later.

“I knew since he was having such a hard time breathing, I didn’t want to reach out to him because I didn’t want it to make it difficult for him,” Lopez said. “Because I knew he was having such a hard time. My mom, his sister and my aunt both spoke with him multiple times while he was in the hospital. Myself and my other sisters, none of us got a chance to speak with him.”

The shock of losing an uncle, a brother and son, hasn’t quite hit the family. Lopez said the family is coping day by day.

“They’re handling it as best as they can,” she said. “It just really hasn’t fully hit us yet that ... he’s just … he’s gone.”

Lopez was the one who updated friends and family about Macias’ condition leading up to the day of his death. She was the one who posted on Facebook that her uncle had died.

The news spread throughout the community and with the friends that knew the man nicknamed “Big Sexy.”

A GoFundMe account set up to help the family with funeral and medical bills was started and raised more than $14,000, well over the goal of $10,000. More than 155 donors have contributed to the fund.

“I think everybody who was friends with him would say the same thing that he was just the best person that you could have in your life,” Lopez said. “He can make you laugh when you just didn’t want to, at all.

You could fight with him, you could laugh with him, you could argue with him and you knew that he would never take anything personally. He’d just come right back and be like, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re fine.’ I’m sure you saw from his face, but he was a big guy and to anybody, he might’ve looked scary or intimidating, but he was just a giant teddy bear and he just loved everybody.

“He was just always there for everybody. No matter what you needed, he would just drop everything to help out his family or his friends,” she said.

Lopez said Macias lived in the Lake Elsinore area for at least 20 years, as long as she could remember.

The family will have a viewing at Miller-Jones Mortuary in Sun City Friday, July 10. The family will hold a private viewing service from

3:30-4 p.m., and friends are invited starting at 4 p.m.

In her post, Lopez made clear that “masks will be required and everyone is asked to observe social distancing rules. Only 25 people will be allowed in at a time.”

Lopez said her entire family has been adhering to mask-wearing and social distancing rules, choosing to stay home instead of going out.

She said it has been difficult to read and listen to people arguing about whether or not the public should be wearing masks when in public.

“We’ve been very strict about going out this whole time,” she said.

“Only a few of us in my house go out anywhere for groceries only, and we come straight home and we absolutely wear a mask every single time. And I think that it is very important. All of us think that it’s very important that everybody continues to wear a mask.

“You know, people who argue saying that they’re incapable of breathing properly through it. You can breathe perfectly fine. It’s to protect other people from you, and it should be common sense.

“You don’t want to go around infecting and killing people. How can anybody have that on their conscience? All you have to do is wear a mask, and you can prevent that,” she said.

Jeff Pack can be reached by email at jpack@reedermedia.com.

Caltrans continues work on Ortega Highway rock-netting project Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Work continues on a project to install rock-netting along some portions of Route 74, the Ortega Highway between Lake Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano, a Caltrans representative said.

The Ortega Highway, which twists through rugged terrain in the Santa Ana Mountains, was closed in both directions during two days in early February to allow the installation of netting by crane to guard against rocks from falling onto the roadway, Caltrans representative Terri Kasinga said at the time.

Though those full closures happened months ago, Caltrans representative Philip Havins said Friday, June 26, that there were some locations where crews are still trying to install netting, necessitating one-way traffic control at times.

“There’s a couple locations they’re still working at, and no estimate (on when they will be done) because of the complexity of the work,” Havins said, explaining that the terrain in the area is a complicating factor. “They’re still going strong, but because of the nature of the work, it’s not easy because of the landscape and obviously they’re working on a sheer slope.”

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lane closures typically occur between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. – outside of normal commuting hours.

Havins said routine closures are captured on Caltrans’ Quickmap site, http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/, which includes information on wait times and queue lengths. For any closures that may need to be implemented during commuting hours, Havins said Caltrans will put out an alert.

“It’s pretty mild at this point because it’s a consistent type of work,” Havins said. “Anything that goes outside of (routine closures), we will communicate it.”

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Local Activists file petition to protect endangered butterfly in Riverside County City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Center for Biological Diversity and Endangered Habitats League filed a joint petition Monday, June 29, to protect Quino checkerspot butterflies – now found only in southwestern Riverside County and southern San Diego County in the United States – under the California Endangered Species Act. The petition, filed with the California Fish and Game Commission, noted that the Quino

COVID-19 from page A-1 The number of occupied ICU beds represents a 19% increase over the past two weeks. Of the 380 ICU patients in Riverside County, 28% are confirmed COVID-19 patients.

Overall, the county’s hospital beds are currently 63% occupied which means hospitals have the flexibility to convert some of

checkerspot was once one of the most common butterflies in Southern California. But with the rapid spread of urban sprawl, the butterfly has lost more than 75% of its historic habitat and in 1997 was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. “It’s alarming that a butterfly that once filled the skies of Southern California is now only found in pockets of its former range,” Tara Cornelisse, Ph.D., an insect scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, said. “Even more

alarming is that some of those few critical patches of remaining habitat are slated to be developed.

With insects declining at a frightening rate, we need to protect more habitat for endangered butterflies, not allow it to be carved up piece by piece.”

The Center for Biological Diversity is an Arizona-based nonprofit organization known for its work protecting endangered species through legal action and scientific petitions. The Endangered Habitats League is a similar organization focused specifically

on Southern California.

Despite federal protection, the Quino checkerspot butterfly remains at risk due to continued habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change, nitrogen pollution, invasive species and lack of enforced protections, a statement from the center said.

In the past decade, the butterfly has only been observed in 33 of 62 historic sites and only inhabits patches southwest Riverside and southern San Diego counties, according to the center.

It is a subspecies of the Edith’s

checkerspot butterfly and is distinguished by its checkerboard pattern of white and orange spots on its black wings.

Under the California Endangered Species Act, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has three months to make an initial recommendation to the Fish and Game Commission, which will then vote on the petition at a public hearing. If the Quino checkerspot butterfly wins protection under the act, the state can enact its own protections.

those empty beds to ICU beds under their surge plans, which is what hospitals plan to do in the coming week, Federico told City News Service.

The state requires counties have 20% or more ICU beds available.

The recent uptick in coronavirus cases began a series of mandates and restrictions from state and county officials – including a requirement for Californians

by Gov. Gavin Newsom to wear masks when in “high-risk situations” and an order by Riverside County’s top public health officer, Dr. Cameron Kaiser, to close bars countywide.

Riverside County had previously rescinded its mask mandate, and bars had just been given the go-ahead to reopen June 12.

Locally, the county also said Tuesday that Hemet had the highest number of cases in southwest Riverside County with 432 and 24 deaths.

Lake Elsinore (279 cases) has experienced 10 deaths and Murrieta (255 cases) had nine deaths.

San Jacinto (287) and Menifee (306) have each reported six deaths.

Wildomar has 116 cases and four deaths while Temecula (255 cases) and Canyon Lake (17 cases) have experienced no deaths.

The county reported number totals for unincorporated areas including Anza with six cases, East Hemet with 72 cases, French Valley with 79 cases, Lakeland Village with 60 cases, Valle Vista with 50 cases and Winchester with two cases. Only Lakeland Village and East Hemet have reported that a resident died from the virus.

Countywide since Friday, the number of known active COVID-19 cases has expanded from 7,822 to 8,527, and the number of

deaths stemming from complications related to the virus edged up from 438 to 440, according to the Riverside University Health System.

Officials said last week the active case count is obtained by discounting deaths and patient recoveries from the aggregate infection number. Since early March, 16,634 coronavirus cases have been documented, according to RUHS. In that time, 7,667 people have recovered from the virus, exhibiting no symptoms after 14 days.

A total of 222,796 people have been tested for the virus, according to the county.

RUHS officials also said that about 60% of the county’s hospital beds are filled, and 365 COVID-19 patients are occupying them, including 106 in intensive care units. There are 3,560 hospital beds available at more than a dozen medical facilities countywide.

Bruce Barton, director of Riverside County Emergency Management Department, told the county board of supervisors Tuesday, June 30, that 10 to 15 patients a day are being transferred from Imperial County to Riverside County and surrounding jurisdictions.

Many of those patients include Mexican nationals, he said.

Newsom said the virus is

spreading so rapidly in Imperial County that the state asked officials there to reinstate a strict stay-at-home order because the hospital system in the area can’t handle the surge in cases.

The county was advancing into Stage 3 of the governor’s fourstage public health deregulation plan. But with COVID-19 cases spiking, and the renewed restrictions announced, that process may now be on hold.

Bars in the region were allowed to reopen earlier this month, with safety protocols in place. The California Department of Public Health guidance released over the weekend states that “public health professionals within California and throughout the nation have identified bars as the highest risk sector of nonessential businesses currently open. Beyond the higher risk of transmission in bar settings, contract tracing, a key measure needed to control spread, is also more challenging in bars because of the constant mixing among patrons and a lack of record-keeping of those in attendance.”

City News Service contributed to this report.

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Four local seniors received some financial assistance for college from Soroptimist International of San Jacinto-Hemet Valley because of their dedication to community service.

Celina Abushawish of Tahquitz High School, Mariam Mekhael of Western Center Academy, Kennedy Perry of Hemet High School and Diana Sagastume of Hemet High School were chosen among 35 applicants to receive scholarships from the nonprofit, which is a branch of Soroptimist International of the Americas.

Blind judging was done via Zoom, a first in the organization’s long history of awarding scholarships. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Traci Sanchez, the group’s president, and Linda Burke, cochair of the scholarship committee, recognized the recipients with lawn signs, baskets of treats and award certificates which were delivered to their homes.

Perry received $1,000 and said it was a “huge blessing” that will help with tuition and other expenses as she pursues her political science degree at Humboldt State University in Northern California.

“Kennedy is a brilliant student who has taken many AP, honors and dual enrollment college classes,” school counselor Dawn Sonnier said. “She has always been polite, kind and respectful. She is definitely a hard worker who had to overcome adversity during high school but has come out even stronger.”

As a Key Club member, Perry helped fundraise for various charities and took on leadership roles to organize service events whenever possible.

“My passion for serving this community and the world around me is unmatched,” she said in her application statement. “I love everything about helping others and hope to be the change I wish to see in this world one day.”

Abushawish will attend University of California San Diego in the fall. She plans to major in biology and enter a pre-med program. Her

Kennedy Perry receives a visit by Soroptimist International of San Jacinto-Hemet Valley members who deliver a $1,000 scholarship as well as a gift basket and lawn sign.

favorite subject in high school was biology, and she enjoyed her time, volunteering to educate younger people in science and religion at museums, elementary schools and her mosque. She said the $500 scholarship will help her with tuition.

“What fuels my passion for service is bettering my community in every way I can,” she said in her application. “Serving gave me an amazing feeling and a role model who always influenced me to do better and become a part of something greater is my mom.”

Mekhael also received $500 and said the award will allow her to be focused on her studies while attending Chapman University’s Freshman Early Assurance Pharmacy Program in the fall.

“This program is a five-year high school to Pharm.D. program, but I have been offered to finish it in four years since I have completed over half of the graduate pharmacy school prerequisites during high school through dual and concurrent college enrollment,” Mekhael said.

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Celina Abushawish receives a $500 scholarship from Soroptimist International of San Jacinto-Hemet Valley during a visit to her home by members of the nonprofit.

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Sagastume received a $500 scholarship. She said she wanted to be of service to others as a direct result of compassionate people who helped her through some tough and emotional distress.

“I hope to be that person to as many people as possible,” she said on her application. “At one point or another, we all need some help getting through life. I consider it an honor to serve this valley that has given me so much in such a short time.”

Most of Sagastume’s volunteerism was spent serving the less fortunate and working with chil-

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Diana Sagastume, a graduate of Hemet High School, receives a $500 scholarship from Soroptimist International of San Jacinto-Hemet Valley as she plans to study nursing at Mt. San Jacinto College in the fall.

dren. She will start Mt. San Jacinto College’s nursing program in the fall. The career choice stems from her personal experiences, including watching her grandma die of lymphoma.

“I saw her in the hospital looking lifeless more times than I can remember, and unfortunately, not many of her nurses were kind to her and it bothered me incredibly to see that she was being ignored,” she said. “Her situation encouraged me to be a nurse and work with sick people; be a nurse my patients and their families can trust and rely on.”

Sagastume said she is thankful to everyone who has supported and looked out for her, and she extended a special thanks to the Soroptimist Scholarship committee for all their hard work.

“This award is relieving me of a key element in my education: textbooks.” she said. “(The books) are essential to my college career and very costly at times, but at least for this first year I don’t have to worry about covering the cost.”

In recent years, the local SI branch used its annual Lunafest Film Festival platform to announce and present scholarships to the winners. When this event also was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, members decided to

acknowledge the recipients’ many accomplishments with home visits.

Founded in 1961, Soroptimist International of San Jacinto-Hemet Valley has a mission to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. The local club has budgeted for high school scholarships since 2009. Burke said the application has evolved so that with the 2014 award more emphasis was placed on community service.

“Soroptimist is a global organization with over 80,000 volunteers committed to the mission of empowering women and girls through education,” she said. “Our impact is through volunteerism and service to the female community and it is personally rewarding to see the impact of the new younger generation with their service to the community and their passion to maintain the spirit of volunteerism. It is particularly nice to hear words of appreciation from the scholarship recipients who often speak of the monies making it possible for them to pursue their dreams and how they will ‘pay it forward’ with their future service.”

For more information, visit http:// sisjhv.org or http://soroptimist.org.

Diane A. Rhodes can be reached by email at valleystaff@reedermedia.com.

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Volume 20, Issue 27

Temecula revises Old Town street closure plan Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The city of Temecula has revised its plan to close Old Town Front Street temporarily to allow restaurants and other businesses to expand their operations outside amid coronavirus-related social distancing standards.

Starting June 24, Front Street was closed between Second and Fourth streets, giving restaurants space to move their tables onto the sidewalk and into on-street parking spaces, with the main roadway to be utilized as a pedestrian paseo.

Streets intersecting with Front Street remain completely open, meaning access to any parking lots along those streets is not affected.

Temecula City Council approved the revised plan unanimously June 23. The council had previously approved a plan June 9 that called for Front Street to be closed between Second and Sixth streets, with Fourth and Fifth streets also being closed between Mercedes Street and Murrieta Creek.

However, Temecula Community Services Director Luke Watson said city staff revised that plan after receiving feedback from nearby businesses, both on the scope of the plan and on the timeline – the closures were scheduled to be in effect June 17. Watson said businesses found that was not enough time to prepare, and that many businesses north of Fourth Street, as well as some from other areas, expressed that they did not seek to participate.

“They expressed a number of different concerns, including parking, they expressed the idea that the closure will deter visitors from coming into Old Town, there will be no ability to pick up and drop off purchases, cars going by is essential to their free marketing,” Watson said.

Watson also said some of the complaints were over a perceived

lack of communication, though the city did reach out through community meetings, and the matter was presented to the Old Town Steering Committee before being approved by city council.

Dozens of public comments on the revised plan were submitted to the city clerk, with just as many opposed as in favor.

“As an operator of multiple restaurants in Old Town, I urge Temecula to close down front street to vehicle traffic as planned,” one commenter wrote. Because of the pandemic, City Clerk Randi Johl read all of the comments into the record.

“In the short term,” the commenter continued, “it will allow businesses to offer a safer environment by spreading out our dining rooms even further and expanding upon outdoor seating which is recognized as a safer environment. I understand that there are considerable logistical challenges with residential and vendor deliveries that would require thought and consideration, but the safety of our community should be our foremost priority.”

Another commenter, however, said the street closures were not likely to help with sales at their business.

“I have seen the effect of street closures on our daily sales numbers throughout the years. The impact is always negative,” that commenter said. “In spite of this, I have never expressed opposition to activities that build community spirit and bring traffic to town.

This is different. The proposal that a few restaurants can expand their access into the street, causing blockage for everyone else is unfair to the majority of businesses on the street.”

Another said their customers have indicated the street closures would discourage them from see PLAN, page B-3

The 1909 restaurant in Old Town Temecula moves a number of tables into the sidewalk and street as the city executes its street closures in an effort to practice social distancing while providing restaurants the opportunity to safely serve their customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos

People dine on a closed section of Front Street in Old Town Temecula as the city executes a plan to close a number of streets to practice social distancing.

Ax-throwing is back in business at SoCal Axe go, but I was like, when am I ever going to go there,” McPherson said, adding that she ended up being invited to join a group who were going.

“It’s going to be a little challenging at first; you have to ask for pointers,” McPherson said of her first experience. “You’re kind of off on your own, so if you ask people around you or you just watch how they’re throwing – I found that throwing one-sided wasn’t really helpful,” she said.

“You kind of had to put the ax way up over your head, and then just kind of throw it until you kind of felt how high it would hit and stick.”

Once visitors come in and sign a waiver, staff will take them to their throwing lane and give them a lesson showing how to do it.

“We have trick shots and different things that we can teach you if you want to get more advanced too,” Glenn-Camden said.

“Usually people pick it up

within the first two, three tries,” he said, adding that they have coaches who walk around and can help when needed.

SoCal Axe also hosts ax-throwing tournaments.

“We haven’t done one in a while just because of COVID-19, but we try to do one or two, sometimes even three each year,” Glenn-Camden said. “We’ll do like a qualifier at each location, and then the top so many people of the qualifiers can go to one of the other locations the week after. We do kind of like a finals.”

McPherson said she was excited for them to open back up.

“I just kind of like to do stuff that’s outside the norm, so it just kind of felt good and empowering.”

For more information, visit https://socalaxe.com.

Lexington Howe can be reached by email at lhowe@reedermedia. com.

SoCal Axe reopens in Temecula Friday, June 12, practicing social distancing and sanitizing all equipment.

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Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER

Come on down and throw some axes around at SoCal Axe in Temecula.

It’s exactly as it sounds – SoCal Axe, 41493 Margarita Road, welcomes friends, families and strangers to gather and show off their skills by throwing axes at targets.

Alexander Glenn-Camden, event coordinator, marketing manager and store manager for the Temecula location, said they recently reopened all their locations Friday, June 12, after being closed due to the coronavirus.

SoCal Axe currently has three locations: San Marcos, Temecula and Lakeside. The Temecula loca-

tion has been open for a little over a year now, Glenn-Camden said.

The idea, however, first started on the East Coast before the idea made its way west.

“Somebody came to one of our batting cages in San Marcos and kind of mentioned that it was an idea,” Glenn-Camden said. “We just kind of went through and researched it and realized that the overhead would be pretty affordable, so we built a couple targets to test it out.”

He said next they built 10 targets in San Marcos.

“We just had a lot of people that were coming in from the brewery next door that’s attached to us, and they saw it and people were willing to pay to try it,” Glenn-Camden said. “The interest was there so we

just kind of ran with it.”

Since reopening, the company has been practicing safety and sanitation due to the ongoing pandemic.

“We have a bunch of disinfectant sprays that we spray on the axes. We’re constantly re-taping the handles as well, and then we wipe off the tables,” GlennCamden said.

They’re currently running at 50% capacity.

“As far as social distancing goes, we’ve been doing every other target to keep it a little separated from people,” he said.

Susan McPherson, an Old Town Temecula resident, said she drove by the Temecula location a few times before trying it out herself.

“I had just always wanted to

Susan McPherson of Temecula lands a bullseye toward the end of the night at SoCal Axe.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Notice to our readers: While some activities in our communities are starting to resume under Stage 2.5, state orders for social distancing and recommendations to wear face masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are still in effect. Contact event sponsors for any updates.

COMMUNITY EVENTS: ONGOING – 7 p.m. Summer Concert Series at Home, a livestream musical event, will take place Thursday nights, sponsored by the city of Temecula in partnership with Timmy D Productions for June to bring live concerts to the living room. To join, visit www.temeculaca.gov/summerconcerts Thursday nights at 7 p.m. on a personal electronic device.

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. Call 800510-2020 for help.

ONGOING – The Riverside County COVID-19 Business Assistance Grant Program is ac-

cepting online applications for business grants up to $10,000 at http://www.rivercobizhelp.org that can be used for employee retention, working capital, protective equipment purchases, rent of mortgage payments and paying vendor notices. Eligible businesses, including nonprofits, must be in Riverside County, with less than 50 employees and a minimum of 1 and operating for at least one-year since March 1. For more information, call Riverside County Business and Community Services at 951-955-0493.

ONGOING – 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Temecula Winchester Swap Meet continues at 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.

ONGOING – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Every Sunday, Murrieta Village Walk Farmers Market is at Village Walk Place in Murrieta. The Sunday morning farmers market at Village Walk Plaza is a place to buy fruits and veggies, gourmet food and crafts. Come to the center in the northwest corner of Kalmia/ Cal Oaks at the Interstate 215 exit in Murrieta.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS. and ANNOUNCEMENTS: 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 951-7233880 or visit the city of Menifee to register at http://www.cityofmenifee.us.

ONGOING – 10 to 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 833349-2054.

ONGOING – Local National Association of Female Entrepreneurs group helps women grow both personally and professionally and meets monthly. Contact

Temecula continues Thursday night Summer Concert Series at Home through July TEMECULA ─ The city of Temecula will host the online Summer Concert Series at Home in partnership with Timmy D Productions throughout July.

Residents can sit back and relax or jump up and dance to the same bands they’ve come to know and love from the comfort of home.

These free concerts are presented Thursdays beginning at 7 p.m. on the city’s Community Services Department Facebook page or at http://TemeculaCA.gov/ SummerConcerts on a personal electronic device.

The three June concerts were seen by over 5,000 viewers.

“This year’s virtual Summer

Concert at Home Series is a huge hit,” Maryann Edwards, mayor pro tem of Temecula, said. “I’m very happy that our community can now tune in and enjoy Temecula’s great band performances every Thursday night. July’s concert schedule brings back the music of our lifetimes. So everyone can tune in and sing along or even enjoy a dance or two.”

The July Summer Concert Series at Home schedule includes the Eagles/Ronstadt Experience tribute band for July 9; Stone Soul for July 16; Escape Band: The Journey Tribute for July 23 and Crowd Theory for July 30.

Zak Schwank, city councilmem-

ber and president of Temecula Community Services, said, “We are very pleased to see the large number of residents participating and overall views this past month.

Temecula is known for offering outstanding Special Events that are accessible to everyone. Although, we miss these memorable gatherings in person, we are very grateful that we can host Temecula’s live music experiences with Timmy D online.”

For more information, follow “TemeculaParksAndRec” on social media or visit http:// TemeculaCA.gov regularly for new updates.

Submitted by city of Temecula.

Pechanga foregoes Fourth of July fireworks for 2020 TEMECULA – Pechanga leaders announced the decision to forego Fourth of July fireworks this year citing its nearly three-month resort and casino closure and the need to avoid mass gatherings for public health.

“We take great pride in bringing a grand fireworks display to our community and to our guests

every Fourth of July,” Jared Munoa, president of the Pechanga Development Corporation, said.

“Although progress has been made in stemming the spread of COVID-19, there are still too many risks associated with mass gatherings. The health and safety of our guests, team members and community force us to forego this

year’s Fourth of July fireworks show.”

Pechanga officials said they hope to bring back its often talked about fireworks display in 2021.

For more information, call toll free 888-732-4264 or visit http:// www.Pechanga.com.

Submitted by Pechanga Resort Casino.

Crossword puzzle by Myles Mellor Across 1. Algebra or trig 5. Farm young 10. Presage 14. Century plant 15. Destroyer destroyer 16. Rework 17. Spanish chief 18. Mensa members 19. Boxer Oscar ___ Hoya 20. Jewelry grown in the sea 23. Stutz contemporary 24. Narrow ledge 25. Cat-like sound 29. Basketball org.

31. Eventually become 35. Lazybones 37. Two or more periods 39. Part of a gene’s makeup 40. Expensive bling 44. Charged bit 45. Marseilles monarch 46. Tank engine of children’s fiction 47. Produce 50. Econ. statistic 52. Open-mouthed 53. ___ the crack of dawn 55. “Horrors!”

57. Blue/purple glittering things on fingers 64. Protest singer 65. Already sketched 66. Guitar bar 68. Go boating 69. “Chicago” star 70. Moonwalker Shepard 71. Sheet of sorts 72. Noses (out) 73. Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock Down 1. Capt.’s superior 2. English classic actor, Guinness 3. High protein soy 4. Achilles ___ 5. Musical composition 6. Midsummer Night’s Dream character 7. First-class

8. Uncovered 9. Michael of R.E.M. 10. Wish harm upon 11. Frankfurt’s river 12. Seasoning 13. Some flight data 21. Cape Cod resort town 22. Before, poetically 25. Calf-length skirts 26. Einstein opposite 27. Singer Davis with the 1998 hit “32 Flavors” 28. Original manufactured equipment, for short 30. Dahomey, once 32. Serious story 33. Open, in a way 34. Bel ___ 36. Last year’s jr.

38. Do film work 41. Exhausted 42. Shorts material 43. Journal 48. Chug-a-lug 49. Fed. regulator since 1970 51. Little one 54. Tennis champ Agassi 56. Sea flock 57. Spoon measurement 58. Tiny battery size 59. Teutonic turndown 60. Sharp flavor 61. Final Four org.

62. Irritate greatly 63. Junk E-mail 67. ___ hunch Answers on page C-8

Robbie Motter, the NAFE global coordinator, at (951) 255-9200 or rmotter@aol.com for information about future meetings after the coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

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 781932-6300, or for local meetings, call 925- 321-0170 or visit http:// 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.

Memberships are $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 http://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 self-confidence and improve social skills.

For new dates, call 760- 807-1323 or visit http://www.MenifeeToastmasters.org for more information.

ONGOING – Sons of Norway/ Scandinavia meet every month from September to June at the Temecula Assistance League, 28720 Via Montezuma, in Temecula at 12:30 p.m. Enjoy a potluck lunch and sharing time, followed by a cultural program. Confirm the first meeting by calling 951849-1690 due to the coronavirus orders.

ONGOING – Parent Support Group is available for parents whose children of any age struggle with addiction. Education, skills and support are available in Temecula. For more information, call 951-775-4000 or email info@ thecenter4lifechange.com.

Bars closed countywide by public health officer as COVID-19 cases mount

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City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Bars throughout Riverside County were ordered closed Monday, June 29, by the public health officer, dovetailing with an action taken by the governor over the weekend, as the number of known active coronavirus cases countywide increased by 705, and the number of deaths tied to the virus edged up by two.

After Gov. Gavin Newsom Sunday directed that public drinking establishments in seven counties, including Imperial County to the south, be shuttered amid rising COVID-19 infections, Riverside County officials reviewed the California Department of Public Health’s recommendations for closures, culminating in county health officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser’s order to close bars countywide.

Kaiser did not cite specific data indicating that exposure risks were greater in drinking establishments, saying only that “people don’t social distance well after a couple of drinks.”

Since Friday, the number of known active COVID-19 cases has expanded from 7,822 to 8,527, and the number of deaths stemming from complications related to the virus edged up from 438 to 440, according to the Riverside University Health System. Officials said last week the active case count is obtained by discounting deaths and patient recoveries from the aggregate infection number.

Since early March, a total 16,634 coronavirus cases have been documented, according to RUHS. In that time, 7,667 people have recovered from the virus, exhibiting no symptoms after 14 days.

RUHS officials said about 60% of the county’s hospital beds are filled, and 365 COVID-19 patients are occupying them, including 106 in intensive care units.

There are 3,560 hospital beds available at more than a dozen medical facilities countywide.

The county’s coronavirus testing positivity rate over the past week was 10.6%, which is higher

than the state’s 8% standard.

Bars in the region were allowed to reopen June 12, with safety protocols in place. The California Department of Public Health guidance released over the weekend states that “public health professionals within California and throughout the nation have identified bars as the highest risk sector of nonessential businesses currently open. Beyond the higher risk of transmission in bar settings, contract tracing, a key measure needed to control spread, is also more challenging in bars because of the constant mixing among patrons and a lack of record-keeping of those in attendance.”

Newsom said the virus is spreading so rapidly in Imperial County that the state asked officials there to reinstate a strict stay-at-home order because the hospital system in the area can’t handle the surge in cases.

Bruce Barton, director of the Riverside County Emergency Management Department, told the county board of supervisors Tuesday, that 10 to 15 patients a day are being transferred from Imperial County to Riverside County and surrounding jurisdictions.

Many of those patients include Mexican nationals, he said.

According to the county health order, restaurants and breweries that offer dine-in services may remain in operation and continue to serve alcoholic beverages, but those must be part of the overall transaction, with meals.

The governor ordered all California residents to wear face coverings in most settings outside their homes recently to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The statewide mandate requires residents to wear masks in “high-risk situations,” which cover virtually all scenarios.

Riverside County had previously rescinded its mask mandate.

The county was advancing into Stage 3 of the governor’s fourstage public health deregulation plan. But with COVID-19 cases spiking, and the renewed restrictions announced, that process may now be on hold.

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Music is on the move July 6-13 with songwriting, live bands and more Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER

There’s quite the music line up in the Temecula Valley area, plus a few other events, heading into the week of July 6-13 but due to Riverside County’s June 29 “Bar Closure Order,” Valley News recommends contacting the venue the day of the show to ensure the event will be ongoing.

School of Rock Temecula – Songwriting Camp Online School of Rock in Temecula is hosting a five-day online songwriting camp, where students will learn to write and record their own songs. They’ll learn about chord progressions, arrangements and other songwriting principles and will analyze compositions. Enrollment is $359. To learn more about the program or to sign up, visit https://www.schoolofrock.com/ music-camps.

Temecula’s Summer Concert Series The city of Temecula continues its popular Summer Concert Series in July. The three concerts held in June had over 5,000 viewers, according to a city statement.

Tune in for their first July virtual concert July 9, at 7 p.m. to watch Eagles/Ronstadt Experience Tribute Band.

To watch, visit http://www.facebook.com/TemeculaParksAndRec or watch on a personal electronic device at http://www.TemeculaCA.gov/SummerConcerts.

Curtis Taylor Trio Virtual Concert In a live video by Jazz at the Merc, the Curtis Taylor Trio will perform an outdoor virtual concert Thursday, July 9, from 7:30-8:30 p.m.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/302283167576900/.

Gin ‘NTonix at Brother’s Bistro The high-octane quartet, Gin ‘NTonix will be singing at Brother’s Bistro in Fallbrook Friday, July 10, at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit https://www.facebook. com/events/574220059953159/.

Old Town Blues Club Cheap Sunglasses ZZ Top Tribute performs Thursday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m.

The Roadhouse Bros Band plays Friday, July 10, at 4:30 p.m.

Viva Van Halen – A Tribute is featured Friday, July 10, at 9 p.m.

Walk it Down will perform Saturday, July 11, at 4:30 p.m.

Brick Top Blaggers performs Saturday, July 11, at 9 p.m.

Lifetime Rocker presents Steely Dan Tribute with Jason Weber Sunday, July 12, at 1:30 p.m.

Bel Vino Winery Mickie Arnett performs classic rock July 11, noon to 4 p.m. at Bel Vino Winery in Temecula.

One Guy and a Chick offers 80s and 90s hits July 12, noon to 4 p.m.

Temecula Valley Museum – Second Saturday Cultural Celebration The Temecula Valley Museum continues its virtual Second Saturday Cultural Celebration with Australia as its theme for the month of July.

To learn more about their recipes, crafts, tours and more during the celebration, visit http://www. temeculavalleymuseum.org/exhibitions/upcomingexhibit/secondsaturday-at-home/.

The Barn Stage Company hosts “Let Your Voice be Heard.”

The Barn Stage Company hosts a virtual cabaret Sunday, July 12, at 6 p.m. on Facebook Live. The livestream concert, “Let Your Voice be Heard,” will feature a talented cast from the black community as they share their thoughts as everyone moves forward and listens. For more information,

visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/265436971201012/.

Peltzer Winery Peltzer Winery is hosting Endeavor, a live rock and roll band first founded in Temecula in 2015.

They’ll be playing Saturday, July 11, from 6-9 p.m.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/267187947923238/.

Galway Spirits Distillery Galway Spirits will be hosting Garage Sale Monsters, a protopunk band that plays rock music played by garage bands from the 1960s to mid-1970s, before the punk rock movement. It will be a full electric set and acoustic set, so come out July 11, from 6:30-9 p.m.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/2587246298193718.

Lexington Howe can be reached by email at lhowe@reedermedia. com.

Movie Review: ‘Capone’ Bob Garver SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Tom Hardy isn’t very convincing as Al Capone in “Capone.”

Granted, I’m not an expert on the real Capone, but I seriously doubt that he naturally acted like a terrible Tom Hardy performance or looked like he was wearing unconvincing makeup. Earlier this year I wrote about how the unconvincing computer-generated dog greatly detracted from “The Call of the Wild.” In that case, the fake-looking main character made a good movie bad. In this case, the fake-looking main character makes a bad movie worse. It’s not like this movie was on track to be decent anyway, but everything about the character at its center makes it downright painful.

The film follows notorious mob boss Alphonse “Al” – though he’s called “Fons” throughout the film by his friends and family – Capone through the last year of his life. The gangster famously went to prison on tax evasion charges, but he’s been released to live in his Florida mansion with his wife Mae, played by Linda Cardellini, which is respectable except for a fantasy sequence.

He should be happy to be living in luxury surrounded by family, but he’s miserable that he’s losing his grip on his kingdom, not to mention reality. He confides in his buddy Johnny, played by Matt Dillon and introduced in a sex scene that is not only gratuitous, but illogical, that

he hid $10 million somewhere – money he could use to pay off his debts so his mansion doesn’t have to be sold off piece by piece – but he can’t remember where. Everybody wants to find this money first, from his family to his doctor, played by Kyle MacLachlan, to the FBI, but nobody’s finding anything unless Fons can navigate his syphilisafflicted mind and come up with the location himself.

Capone’s life is riddled with problems that aren’t going to go away. There’s his financial woes and his worsening mental state; there’s also an issue with an illegitimate son, scrutiny from the FBI, dissention or at least perceived dissention within his family and staff, an alligator that steals away his fish and the fact that his body is betraying him in the form of a stroke and incontinence – oh so much incontinence. He also has hallucinations and nightmares, which are little more than an excuse to have something interesting happen in this film.

These dreams usually consist of him trying to connect with his estranged son and stumbling onto something unpleasant, including one of the bloodiest scenes in recent memory.

Most of the film, however, is Capone just being Capone, going about his life. And what an unwatchable life he led. I’ve already touched on his unnatural appearance, but even worse than that is the way he sounds. His voice – much like his face – is noticeably not something

that emits from a normal human, at least not one that isn’t voicing a cartoon character. His health has reduced his speech to little more than grunts and garbles, and even those are obstructed by an ever-present cigar. The doctor at one point tells him he has to give up the cigars to my momentary gratitude, only to suggest that they be replaced with carrots, which make him similarly incomprehensible and add a gross element of food-chomping. And I get the feeling that Tom Hardy is laughing through all these scenes, pleased in his ability to annoy me so thoroughly.

“Capone” is the worst movie I’ve seen all year. I’ve lost a lot of respect for Tom Hardy, thinking this performance was passable.

The same goes for writer-director Josh Trank, though I will say that even this film is better than that awful “Fantastic Four” movie that even he hates. Even with this era’s limited entertainment options, I’m sure you can find something better than this film.

Grade: D “Capone” is available On Demand through streaming services and likely through a local cable provider. The film is rated R for strong/bloody violence, pervasive language and some sexuality. Its running time is 103 minutes.

Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@ nyu.edu.

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Temecula announces Summer Movie Series at Home schedule for July 2020 TEMECULA ─ Lights, Camera, Action. The city of Temecula continues the Summer Movie Series at Home through July. Keeping with the spirit of Temecula’s Moonlight Movies in the Park event, the Summer Movie Series at Home will instruct

families on some great crafts or activities relating specifically to the selected movie of the week.

Families are encouraged to stream the movie at home on their own personal electronic devices using their own streaming service provider.

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vacant lots west of Temecula City Hall, but the revised plan will only result in the loss of 70 parking spaces, meaning parking will actually be added to Old Town.

“It seems that it’s evenly divided,” Councilman Mike Naggar said of the overall public opinion.

“My beginning, just my general place to start is I’d like to continue with it only because we’ve been talking about doing this for a long time. This is a perfect opportunity to do it and see what comes out of it. If it turns out to be superduper negative, which I don’t think that’s going to be the case, we can remove it as swiftly as it was implemented, but I really think this whole thing’s gonna be positive.”

The rest of the council concurred.

“This is a pilot program, and if it’s not working, we will pull it back, or we’ll modify it or we’ll change it or we’ll do something,”

coming to Old Town.

“We as merchants have been through enough in the past three months and most of us are just now getting back the business we lost due to COVID-19,” the commenter wrote. “The time for an experimental new Old Town is not now. We have had 100% of our customers express they will do business elsewhere if the road closes.”

City councilmembers, though, said they felt many of the existing concerns had been addressed, with all streets intersecting with Front Street to remain open, as well as the limiting of the road closures to below Fourth Street and the resulting opening of street parking north of that area. The original plan called for a loss of about 150 onstreet parking spaces to be partially made up with about 90 spaces in

A craft or activity tutorial video will be posted on the city’s website at http://TemeculaCA.gov/MoonlightMovies every Monday. It will provide families with the necessary time to gather all the supplies before enjoying the weekend movie at home.

Summer Movie Series at Home features “The Incredibles,” rated G and available on Netflix and Disney+ for July 6; “The Princess and the Frog,” rated G and available on Netflix and Disney+ for July 13 and “Toy Story 4,” rated G and available

on Disney+ for July 20.

For more information, follow “TemeculaParksAndRec” on social media and visit http://TemeculaCA. gov/MoonlightMovies for new movie updates.

Submitted by city of Temecula.

People dine on a closed section of Front Street in Old Town Temecula as the city executes a plan to close a number of streets to practice social distancing.

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An image of the revised closure plan for Old Town Front Street.

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Mayor Pro Tem Maryann Edwards said. But really what we’re doing is creating that environment that’s like a street festival without any negative connotations that you may have of festivals, like open containers, it won’t be that. So it’s really outdoor dining under the stars in the beautiful surroundings of Old Town.”

Special event and temporary use permits will be required for each business that wishes to par-

ticipate in the plan, and Watson said staff are offering the permits free-of-charge, over-the-counter at City Hall with same-day approval as long as businesses provide completed applications. Eight restaurants have already had their applications approved, with another three having expressed interest, he said.

Businesses will still be required to get approval for what is essentially a catering permit to partici-

pate from the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

According to Watson, the plan is for the closures to remain in place until all restrictions on gatherings and social distancing are lifted, or until businesses no longer find the street closure plan useful. The plan would also be lifted if some emergency situation warrants it, he said.

Will Fritz can be reached by email at wfritz@reedermedia.com.

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Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula Wine Country announced the temporary closure of their tasting room and the Creekside Grille Restaurant as of Wednesday, June 24, after two employees tested positive for COVID-19, although the winery will still be open for curbside wine club and bottle pickups, according to a recent statement. The Courtyard Bar and Grill will also remain open for to-go orders for a select few items.

“We have been closely monitoring COVID-19 updates, and unfortunately, we have recently learned that two of our own have tested positive for the virus. We are saddened by this, as we have gone above and beyond the recommended protocols to protect the safety of all,” according to Wilson Creek Winery’s recent statement.

“While we cannot divulge the identity, department or hours of the infected individuals, we can tell you, there is no proof that the virus was contracted on property.”

Wilson Creek Winery is implementing safety protocols and a professional sanitation crew to disinfect the property, according to the statement.

An update related that Wilson Creek Winery will reopen in phases.

Doffo Wineries also announced they would temporarily close their doors Wednesday, June 24, after one of their team members tested positive as well.

The winery said it is in communication with the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association of which it is a board member “to help develop an action plan template for other wineries in the valley that may be experiencing this.”

Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association released a statement the same day in response to the closures.

“We want to assure locals and visitors to our wineries that we are in close communication with the Riverside County Health Department, and they are providing guidance on additional protocols and procedures to ensure the health and safety of all guests, vendors and employees,” according to TVWA’s statement.

Krista Chaich, executive director of Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association, also said they are working to support the wineries, whatever the need may be.

They also encouraged all wineries to revisit Centers of Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to be certain that everyone is doing the best they can per situation.

They have also provided a list of wineries currently open with additional information in a detailed

list at https://www.temeculawines. org/files/TVWA%20Winery%20 Re-opening%20Information%20 June%2024%202020b.pdf.

“We are a small, closely-knit region made up of mostly familyowned and -operated wineries,” according to TVWA’s statement. “We care deeply about our guests as well as one another. We will continue to do our best to manage this situation with urgency and transparency.

There is nothing more important to us than the health and well-being of our visitors, our employees and our community.”

The statement came after a string of other community businesses closed their doors as well.

Nothing Bundt Cakes in Temecula closed its doors Monday, June 22, due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19.

“All our bakeries have been following strict health and safety protocols and CDC guidelines including constant cleaning and sanitizing, team members wearing masks and gloves, installing sneeze guards, providing social distancing signage and offering curbside pickup and delivery,” Tate ParkerDonner, owner of the Temecula location, said in an email statement.

“We are currently conducting an additional deep clean and are waiting for the results of all employee tests before planning the reopening.”

The restaurant 1909 Temecula in Old Town Temecula closed as well due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19.

1909 Temecula released a statement regarding their temporary closure Friday, June 19.

“Please know that we are a family owned business. The last thing we want is to hide anything, that is not like us,” according to the restaurant’s statement. “We know of many businesses that have had employees test positive, but have not closed.

Legally, we are not obligated to close. According to the health department, as long as the employees or guests that have been in direct contact with our staff member have been notified to quarantine for 14 days, which they have, we could technically resume business.”

1909 Temecula said it wasn’t comfortable resuming business until all employees had been tested, and that it would be paying all employees during that time.

“We will not reopen unless all staff working have returned with negative results,” according to the restaurant.

An update Saturday, June 20, shared that the restaurant was in communication with the Riverside County Health Department, they had not confirmed if COVID-19 was contracted from 1909 and that they believe guests are at low risk of exposure.

Doffo Wineries closes its doors Wednesday, June 24, after one of their staff members tests positive for COVID-19.

The latest statement, Saturday, June 27, shared that 1909 was currently open to the public. All employees who returned to work have been tested with negative results; the building was completely disinfected. Employees will continue to wear masks and gloves; all tables are socially distanced, and more information can be found at https:// www.facebook.com/1909temecula.

The Shamrock Irish Pub and Eatery in Murrieta released a statement Saturday, June 20, also announcing its temporary closure due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19.

An update Monday, June 22, shared that another employee had tested positive for the virus and that they were informed Sunday, June 21. The pub reiterated to the public that it would not reopen until all employees have been tested and received negative results; however, it set a provisional reopening date for Sunday, July 5.

As of June 26, that date is unchanged, although it could change, dependent on the staff’s health.

For more information, visit https:// www.facebook.com/TheShamrockIrishPubandEatery.

Several other shops announced temporary closures as well.

As of Thursday, June 18, Truly Madly Sweetly Bake Shop on Winchester Road in Temecula temporarily closed its doors, as they also had an employee test positive for COVID-19.

A statement assured guests that the bakery would be testing all staff and deep cleaning.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s frequently asked questions about the coronavirus and businesses, if a business believes an employee has COVID-19, it doesn’t mean the business has to close down.

While the CDC said that in most cases businesses shouldn’t have to, it did state that businesses should close off any areas where the person who tested positive came in contact in the case of prolonged exposure.

The California Department for Public Health released a document online, June 16, to employers regarding responding to COVID-19 in the workplace.

In the guidance statement, CDPH said that employers may need to contact their local health department on how to respond or manage an outbreak happening in the business, and that these needs vary.

The CDC also offered guidance for small businesses and businesses, California Occupational Safety and Health Administration provides guidance on following legal requirements for protecting workers, and the California statewide industryspecific guidelines give more information to businesses on reopening and keeping risk low.

For more information on the CDPH’s guidance for responding to COVID-19 in the workplace, visit https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/ Workplace-Outbreak-EmployerGuidance.aspx.

Visit the CDPH for COVID-19 county updates at https://www. cdph.ca.gov/, or https://www.rivcoph.org for information on coronavirus statistics in Riverside County.

For general information on the coronavirus – not medical advice, contact the Riverside County information line by dialing 211.

Lexington Howe can be reached by email at lhowe@reedermedia. com.

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2020-2021 Murrieta Rotary officers, directors to take office

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Lou Ellen Ficke is Rotary Club of Murrieta’s 2020-2021 president.

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MURRIETA – Lou Ellen Ficke will take office July 1 as president of the Rotary Club of Murrieta for the 2020-2021 Rotary year, succeeding former president Jacqui Dobens.

A longtime resident of the Temecula Valley, Ficke has been active in community banking since 1973.

She recently opened her seventh new community bank, serving as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lexicon Bank in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before Lexicon, she opened and served 10 years with Commerce Bank of Temecula Valley, which is now Nano Banc.

Active in community service, Ficke has served with the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors, Loma Linda Big Hearts for Little Hearts, Temecula Valley Guild, Slow Food of Temecula Valley and Women’s Peer Connection Group, while holding several positions with the Rotary Club of Murrieta. She currently serves as chairperson for Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta, and Community Partnership Council as well as chairperson for MurrietaWildomar Chamber of Commerce Student of the Month program. Her volunteer participation earned her Murrieta Rotarian of the Year in 2015 and the Murrieta Chamber of Commerce “Visionary” Award in 2016.

Serving with Ficke, Steve Nicholson will be president-elect, while Jacqui Dobens will be the immediate past president.

Al Vollbrecht serves as secretary, and Patsy Orr is treasurer.

Amy Fisher is foundation chair, and Dawn Layton as administration chair.

Club directors include vocational services, Cynthia Nordskog; community service, Jim Yanoschik; youth services, John Brown and Jody Lawlor; membership, Liz Jones; international, Doreen Tate, and public relations, Linda Dozier.

The club serves the city of 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 Rotary Club is known for several signature projects including the Murrieta Field of Honor, which will celebrate its 12th year in November.

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

Submitted by Rotary Club of Murrieta.

MSJC Adopts Tentative 2020-2021 Budget The Mt. San Jacinto Community College District Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a tentative 2020-2021 budget during its meeting Thursday, June 25.

The tentative budget calls for $101,320,611 in spending and anticipates $103,867,999 in revenue.

Moving forward, the college will continue to analyze, evaluate, and recommend budget strategies to reflect the current economic recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The California budget agreement reached June 22 maintains 20192020 spending levels for Strong Workforce, K-12 Strong Workforce, Adult Education, and Student

Equity and Achievement programs in which MSJC participates.

The MSJC Board of Trustees will consider Oct. 8 adoption of the final 2020-2021 budget.

Mt. San Jacinto College serves about 27,000 students in a district covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula, with campuses in San Jacinto, Menifee, Banning and Temecula. In May 2020, MSJC awarded a record-breaking 3,554 degrees and certificates to 1,958 graduates.

Submitted by Mt. San Jacinto College.

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Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District recognized with awards

James Salvador, special district supervisor and office administrator of Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District, has been honored as Outstanding District Employee in the California Association of Recreation and Park District’s 2020 Awards of Distinction Program.

Jan Bissell, board secretary of Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District, has been honored as Board Member of the Year in the California Association of Recreation and Park District’s 2020 Awards of Distinction Program.

Michael Paul speaks during the dedication ceremony as the gymnasium at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District’s Sport Center in San Jacinto is named for him in June 2019. The Michael Paul Gymnasium was recognized as a community landmark in the California Association of Recreation and Park District’s 2020 Awards of Distinction program.

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Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Two Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District employees were recognized with awards of distinction recently, board member Jan Bissell as Board Member of the Year and James Salvador as Outstanding District Employee.

The awards were presented during the California Association of Recreation and Park District’s annual Awards of Distinction Program.

Both were recognized during the 2020 CARPD Virtual Event held via Zoom videoconference May 28-29.

“Jan Bissell brings a unique perspective (to) the Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District Board of Directors. This is Jan’s second time serving on the Valley-Wide Board, having served initially for 11 years from 1999-2010 and coming back to serve in 2018. He is currently the board secretary,” according to a news release from the agency.

Outstanding Board Member is awarded to any individual serving as board member for at least one four-year term of office whose significant contributions have benefited their district.

Besides his work in the district, Bissell is a community leader by being a longtime youth coach and referee at both the high school level and recreational, giving him the knowledge experience and unique insight to Valley-Wide’s sports programs. He also brings experience as a businessman, offering his guidance on the business side of the district.

In his time with the Valley-Wide Recreation board of directors, the district has seen significant growth, according to the news release.

“The CARPD Awards of Distinction are among the highest recognition our agency can receive, and Jan is very well deserving of the recognition,” Dean Wetter, general manager of Valley-Wide, said. “Jan is a pillar of support for district staff and a fearless advocate for the parents and children in our community.”

Salvador, who serves as ValleyWide Recreation and Park District’s special district supervisor/ office administrator, came to Valley-Wide Recreation in 2011 as a recreation aide. In 2015, he moved to the administration office to help with facility use agreements and rentals. After a couple of weeks, he was also handling landscape invoicing, graffiti abatement reports and became the custodian of records for Valley-Wide’s live scan fingerprint program. In early 2017, when the district’s clerk of the board relocated to another state, Salvador stepped up to handle the clerk of the board duties along with his previously assigned duties. By August 2017, he had managed to combine three administrative positions into one.

Salvador was brought on fulltime in 2017. For the next year, as an executive assistant/clerk of the board, he was involved in many areas of the district, including park planning and the finance mechanism that supports the dis-

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trict’s maintenance. He also got involved with project management and putting together bid documents for capital improvements.

In December 2018, he was named assessment district supervisor/office administrator. He continues to coordinate administrative staff and manage projects, coordinate park inspections, provide support to the planning department and monitor contracts. “… The award for James is well deserved,” Wetter said. “He is an invaluable asset to the district and more importantly, he is the ultimate team player by providing a lending hand to all staff in every department.”

Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District’s Recycled Water Program with Eastern Municipal Water District was also honored for Environmental Excellence during the event. The Environmental Excellence Award honors programming or planning that supports environmental sustainability in the operation and management of district facilities.

“Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District has saved thousands of gallons of water, and more importantly, thousands of dollars for stakeholders with its Recycled Water program. Working in partnership with Eastern Municipal Water District, many district facilities use recycled water for landscaping.

The project is part of EMWD’s nationally recognized Recycled Water Accelerated Retrofit Program, which offers upfront design, funding and permitting assistance from the water district to allow users to transition sites from potable to recycled water,” according to the news release.

“EMWD is honored to partner with Valley-Wide for the use of recycled water at its facilities,” Ron Sullivan, board president of EMWD, said. “The partnership benefits our environment and mutual customers, and we look forward to working with ValleyWide for generations to come.”

Valley-Wide was also honored when the Michael Paul Gymnasium in San Jacinto was recognized as a community landmark during the Awards of Distinction program. The CARPD Community Landmark Award recognizes public park facilities that have served communities for 30 or more years and honors those facilities that have been at the core of recreation and park activities for a diverse user base and provided a wide-range of experiences and activities to the community.

The California Association of Recreation and Park Districts, represents special recreation and park districts throughout California. CARPD has been dedicated to improving the quality and efficiency of recreation and park districts. The California Association of Recreation and Park Districts advocates for and provides park districts the support needed to fulfill their role as providers of quality programs and facilities to their local communities. Learn more at caparkdistricts.org/.

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

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Gilliland: Temecula’s progress with homeless skewed by PIT count numbers Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Lost amongst the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and protests lamenting the death of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter movement was the release of Riverside County’s Homeless Point-in-Time Count results.

Countywide, there was a 3% increase in homeless individuals, a total of 2,884 with 2,155 unsheltered and 729 sheltered.

The count, conducted over four hours Jan. 29, by teams of volunteers and city and county officials, is conducted each year to gauge the progress of groups that work exclusively with the homeless population.

But as Robin Gilliland, homeless outreach administrator for the city of Temecula said, the numbers can be misleading.

“As you know, the point-in-time count is just a snapshot,” she said.

“It’s a four-hour snapshot, so, it’s never completely accurate, but my initial response is the number’s

too high.”

The number that Gilliland is referring to is the total number of homeless individuals counted during the point-in-time count which indicated that there were 59 unsheltered individuals, a total that included the 13 people that were observed but not interviewed. There were 14 people considered chronically homeless of the 46 people that were interviewed during the count.

Gilliland said she still thinks the total number was too high. She even called around to all the team leaders to make sure that they didn’t double count some of the people.

She said the city’s Homeless Outreach Team and outreach workers had prepared the homeless population for the count.

“The previous four to six weeks the HOT deputies, the outreach workers and myself were out there preparing everybody for it because what we find in the past is that if we don’t give those individuals that are living on the streets a heads up, they think we’re doing some sort of sweep,” she said. “So we

started going out and telling them ahead of time, ‘We’re coming out on this morning. We’re not arresting anybody; nobody’s in trouble.’

We started so that we could get a more accurate count, so people don’t hide.”

Gilliland said they were optimistic about predictions that they would have fewer numbers this year.

“We were like, ‘Oh, wow, we’re going to be down this year,’” she said. “This is going to be a positive year. That’s based on this is my sixth (PIT count) and just being out there that day as well. I just felt like that number was high.”

Gilliland said she was surprised by the high number for Temecula, considering Murrieta had 18 homeless, and Menifee 19 homeless individuals counted.

“My next red flag, to be totally honest, was that our number was exactly the same as 2019,” she said.

“And the number of males was exactly the same. The statistical probability of that must be zero.”

Gilliland said she was also sur-

prised by the count that indicated there were 19 new homeless in Temecula.

“In all fairness to the system and the methodology, it is self-reported, so these individuals could say, ‘Yeah, I’m brand-new here,’” she said. “They could have been here for 10 years and on the survey, we have to put that they are new. We really struggled with that as well.

As you know, Deputy Johnson, this was the last thing he did before he left the team. We both just kept scratching our heads and didn’t understand where all the data came from.”

Homeless individuals reporting substance abuse was 22, 14 said they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, 10 more reported mental health conditions, five said they had a physical disability, five more said they had a developmental disability, six reported a brain injury and two said they were victims of domestic abuse.

There were seven veterans counted in Temecula and two senior citizens.

When asked whether the PIT count could affect funding for the city’s HOT program, Gilliland said she didn’t think so.

“Very little impact honestly to Temecula,” she said. “The whole idea behind the count is it’s connected to funding for the county.

We’re trying to get them to sort of change their stance on that. If a county is finding a lower number, its funding could potentially get cut.

With our continuum of care and our board of governance, which I sit on, we sent a letter to HUD saying, wait a minute, if our numbers are going down, we’re doing something right.

How about you continue to fund us instead of taking the funding away.

“There’s obviously dollars attached to it, but as far as locally, as I said, we know it’s a snapshot in time. We know that that’s not ever the accurate number.”

To see more of the PIT count and the results for each city, visit http:// rchi.cs.ucr.edu/CityBreakdown.

Jeff Pack can be reached by email at jpack@reedermedia.com.

SBA and Treasury announce new EZ and revised Full Forgiveness applications for the Paycheck Protection Program WASHINGTON— The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, has posted a revised, borrower-friendly Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness application implementing the PPP Flexibility Act of 2020, signed into law by President Donald Trump June 5, 2020.

Revising the full forgiveness application, SBA also published a new EZ version of the forgiveness application that applies to borrowers that are self-employed

and have no employees; did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25%, and did not reduce the number or hours of their employees or experienced reductions in business activity as a result of health directives related to COVID-19 and did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25%.

The EZ application requires fewer calculations and less documentation for eligible borrowers.

Details regarding the applicability of these provisions are available

in the instructions to the new EZ application form.

Both applications give borrowers the option of using the original eight-week covered period, if their loan was made before June 5, or an extended 24-week covered period. These changes will result in a more efficient process and make it easier for businesses to realize full forgiveness of their Paycheck Protection Program loan.

To view the EZ Forgiveness Application, visit https://content.sba. gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/

PPP%20Forgiveness%20Application%203508EZ%20%28%20 Revised%2006.16.2020%29.pdf.

To view the Full Forgiveness Application, visit https:// content.sba.gov/sites/default/ files/2020-06/PPP%20Loan%20 Forgiveness%20Application%20 %28Revised%206.16.2020%29. pdf.

The U.S. Small Business Administration makes the American dream of business ownership a reality. As the only go-to resource and voice for small businesses

backed by the strength of the federal government, the SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small-business owners with the resources and support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network of SBA field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations. To learn more, visit http://www.sba.gov.

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CHAMBER UPDATE E vents and N ews from your Local Chamber of Commerces - Check Chamber websites for updates & more detailed information

Lake Elsinore Valley

Hemet/San Jacinto Valley

Murrieta/Wildomar

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Upcoming Events:

The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce our New Initiative!

Join us for VIRTUAL events: www.hsjvc.com

Propel Your Business With The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce!

Propel Your Business was developed over numerous months of reacting to the needs of our Business Community that has been adversely impacted by COVID-19!

Simply put, your Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce is your RESOURCE organization that helps you navigate the waters of uncertainty as we move forward with OPENING up our Economy. We have the connections and know-how to help you gather the necessary Guidelines, Checklists, and Resources to allow you, your employees, and customers to operate in a Safe and Effective Manner.

We have gathered information from the State of California, the California Department of Public Health, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors with the Riverside University Health System Public Health, along with Guidance and Best Practices from Center for Disease Control (CDC), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Hygiene Industrial Association (AIHA),the Inland Empire SBDC of California, National Restaurants Association with more Industry Specific Guidance being posted as they become available.

The State of California has created a list of Guidelines and Checklists for Eighteen (18) identified Industry Clusters. In addition, as we move through the Statewide Reopening Stages Issued by Governor Newsom, CDPH has issued Guidelines for Specific Industries. ALL of this information a click away on our website in our NEW COVID-19 Page including Guidance, Links, Posters and Tools!

Visit our page at: https://lakeelsinorechamber.com/covid-19/ If you are struggling with getting your business moving in the right direction or struggling finding the resources and/or PPE’s that are needed to operate safely, efficiently and with potential to grow your business, please do not hesitate to email your questions to Kim@lakeelsinorechamber.com and ask for some help. Kim Joseph Cousins as the President/CEO of the Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce has been actively developing the Lake Elsinore Economy for over 16 years and has many resources and connections at his fingertips. He is a Professional advocate for your business!

On behalf of the Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Director’s it is our Pleasure to help our Business Community Navigate back your business back to a status of profitable and sustainable!

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July Events: July 1

New Chamber Members • Healthy Financial Concepts LLC • Business Solutions Advisor • Creative Wealth Solutions • 1stCertified Collision Center Hemet • Spectrum Business • Millennium Toastmasters Club 414

Renewing Chamber Members Circle of Influence Renewals: • San Jacinto Unified School Dist.

• Skyline Homes, Inc. Membership Renewals: • Namerrs Signs, Printing & T-shirts • 102.5 The Vine • Sierra Dawn Estates HOA, Inc. • The Salvation Army • Hemet Masonic Lodge • Century 21 McDaniel & Associates • Community Christian Church & Pre-School • Dennis and TJ Sondrini • Diamond Valley Honda • Hemet Escrow Company • Hemet Unified School District • PJU Telecomm, Inc. • Soboba Springs Mobilehome Estates • SJ Medical Clinic/Urgent Care • RadNet Imaging Center • Kiwanis Club of Hemet • Southern California Gas Company • United Site Services • Exceed, A Div. Valley Resource Ctr. • Ms. Linda Livesay • Yellow Cab • Arrowhead Orthopedics, Inc. • DeBolt’s Termite & Pest Control • James Greene • ServPro of Hemet • Meineke Car Care Center • Light of Hope Community Church • Ramona Humane Society • Gary Oakley: Send Out Cards • Small Animal Care Center • The Olive Branch Assembly of God • Welded Wall Art by Manolo Jolinsky • Cozart Management Services • P.K. Bookkeeping Inc. • Kevin Saunders- Realtor • Valley Wide Collision Specialist • Greater Diamond Valley United Way • Historic Hemet Theatre • Light of Hope Community Church • Valley Community Pantry aka Community Pantry 615 N. San Jacinto, Hemet, CA 92543 (951) 658-3211 info@hsjvc.com | www.hsjvc.com

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12pm. Business Briefing every Wednesday Via Zoom. The Chamber Business Briefing is an opportunity to hear from City, County and Business Leaders about current and relevant information for your business. You Must Register, once you do you’ll have access to every Wednesday’s Briefing. Register Here: https://bit.ly/MWCBizBriefing 4:30pm. First Thursday Mixer. Virtual Mixer on Zoom.

Registration Required: https://bit.ly/MWCJulyMixer 2pm. Learn It Live! Facebook Live Zoom 101 with Lisa!

Presented by Lisa Wayman, Corner Escrow. Learn Tips & Tricks for Your Zoom Meetings.

12pm. Business Briefing every Wednesday Via Zoom. The Chamber Business Briefing is an opportunity to hear from City, County and Business Leaders about current and relevant information for your business. You Must Register, once you do you’ll have access to every Wednesday’s Briefing. Register Here: https://bit.ly/MWCBizBriefing 7:30am. Networking Breakfast Via Zoom. Speakers: Dr. Roger W. Schultz, Superintendent/President of Mt. San Jacinto College Registration required: https://bit.ly/MWCJulyBreakfast 8:30am. Wildomar Coffee with the City Via Zoom! Please register at https://bit.ly/JulyCoffeeWildomar. Join us for coffee & listen to what the City is working on. If you have questions, you will get answers! Open to All! 12pm. Business Briefing every Wednesday Via Zoom. The Chamber Business Briefing is an opportunity to hear from City, County and Business Leaders about current and relevant information for your business. You Must Register, once you do you’ll have access to every Wednesday’s Briefing. Register Here: https://bit.ly/MWCBizBriefing 2pm. Learn It Live! FaceBook Live. Topic: Concepts, Creation & Connections - How to make video work for your Business.

Presented by: Glenn Grant, Endeavor Video Marketing 12pm. Business Briefing every Wednesday Via Zoom. The Chamber Business Briefing is an opportunity to hear from City, County and Business Leaders about current and relevant information for your business. You Must Register, once you do you’ll have access to every Wednesday’s Briefing. Register Here: https://bit.ly/MWCBizBriefing 8:30am. Murrieta Coffee with the City Via Zoom! Join us for coffee & listen to what the City is working on. Please bring your questions! You will get answers. Please register at https://bit.ly/ JulyCoffeeMurrieta 12pm. Business Briefing every Wednesday Via Zoom. The Chamber Business Briefing is an opportunity to hear from City, County and Business Leaders about current and relevant information for your business. You Must Register, once you do you’ll have access to every Wednesday’s Briefing. Register Here: https://bit.ly/MWCBizBriefing

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11:30am-12:30pm. Business Workshop - Educating Owners & Corporations How To Retain and Invest In Their Key Managers.

From The Desk of Tom Somers. Register here, https://events.r20. constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh5wx193144 303d3&oseq=&c=&ch=.

3-4pm. Meeting is open to any VYP member. At this meeting VYP Leadership team will meet to discuss the state of VYP and upcoming projects.

8-9am. Chamber Brief at the Temecula Chamber office.

9-10am. Women’s Professionals Collective. Topic: Stay The Course, You Are Stronger Than you Think”.

12-1pm. VYP - Leaders Who Lunch.

7-8pm. Virtual Ladies Night Out - Women and Wealth. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ tZEtcuuorTgsE9FB30gVdtbgLQnBU5ppBbDT 4-5pm. July Evening Mixer. An evening of virtual networking.

8-9am. July Morning Mixer.

5-6pm. VYP - Social Mixer.

26790 Ynez Courte, Suite A, Temecula, CA 92591 (951) 676-5090 www.temecula.org

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8:30am. Wake Up Menifee. Join guest speaker Sally Chaippone for an update from Juice Plus. Zoom ID: 856 0756 9162, Password 838063.

5:30-6:30pm. Virtual Business Mixer. Zoom meeting ID: 869 6973 4898, Password 882208. Hosted by Barbie Ray Designs.

9am. Facebook Chat with the Chamber. Topic: The Top Five Questions We Must be Able to Answer. Guest Speaker: Larry Luna, Cross Country Mortgage.

11:30am-12:30pm. Virtual Menifee Munch! Zoom id 869 9069 4725, Password 432587. Guest Speaker: Beth Bowles, Mount San Jacinto College Outreach.

Save the Date! 2020 Patriot’s Cup Golf Tournament at Menifee Lakes Country Club. Sponsorship opportunities available.

29737 New Hub Drive, Suite 102, Menifee, CA 92586 (951) 672-1991 | ceo@menifeevalleychamber.org www.menifeevalleychamber.com

President’s Message: If you are a Chamber member, thank you for your support. If you are not, please consider joining! The Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce consists of individuals, professionals and business owners who desire to enhance economic opportunity. Visit the Canyon Lake Towne Center for shopping, restaurants, professional services and more. These establishments are often the character of a neighborhood or community.

Shop small and support small business year round.

To be successful we need you and we invite you to get involved. For more information 951-244-6124.

– Matthew Svendsen, President

31658 Railroad Canyon Road, Canyon Lake, CA 92587 (951) 244-6124 | canyonlakechamber@outlook.com www.canyonlakechamber.org

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SPORTS July 3 – 9, 2020

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Volume 20, Issue 27

The Diamond in Lake Elsinore named Ballpark Digest's ‘Best in High-A'

JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The Diamond in Lake Elsinore, built in 1994, has hosted hundreds of thousands of fans for the past 26 seasons.

Valley News/Time Stood Still Photography photos

[Top] Lake Elsinore’s Diamond Stadium, home of the Storm, High-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, is named the 20202 Ballpark Digest’s ‘Best of Ballparks’ High-A champion.

Even without players on the field, the Diamond, home of the Lake Elsinore Storm, High-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, has a new title: Ballpark Digest’s Best of Ballparks High-A champion.

The annual award, now in its sixth year, is the first time awarded to the California League stadium. The Lake Elsinore Storm is a Class A California League affiliate of the San Diego Padres since 2001, notable alumni to wear the Storm uniform since then include Jake Peavy and Cory Kluber, the 2014 American League Cy Young Award winner.

The Diamond has been continuing to upgrade its facilities for the last several years, spending several million dollars to include features

such as upgraded seating, premium entertainment locations, a full service, year-round Tap Room with high-definition video board with brand-new stadium audio and video production capabilities. During this unprecedented time, they continue their renovations and are excited to unveil them to their fans, as soon as fans are allowed back into the stadium.

“We have had our hands in the stadium design upgrades, as we continue to try to provide the best of upgrades and amenities to keep our fans engaged,” Christine Kavic, Storm chief financial officer and co-general manager, said. “Our fans help make us who we are, if they are happy then we are too.”

The 6,000-plus seat stadium was built in 1994 and has hosted hundreds of thousands of fans

for the past 26 seasons, featuring West Coast Thunder, Nitro Circus, high school graduations and much more. The Diamond faced competition for the award with 28 other High-A ballparks around the country, some of which are brandnew facilities.

“We are in the business of creating memories, there is no better place to do it than in Diamond Stadium,” Shaun Brock, Storm CEO and co-general manager, said.

For more information on the Lake Elsinore Storm, visit http:// www.stormbaseball.com or http:// www.diamondtaproom.com.

Article contributions made

by Natalie Gates, Lake Elsinore Storm fulfillment and operations manager.

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

USA Baseball cancels 2020 National Team Identification Series events JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

USA Baseball announced the cancellation of all 2020 National Team Identification Series events recently due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. As the national governing body for baseball in the United States, USA Baseball is committed to serving, protecting and supporting the game of baseball and its 15.6 million participants. The cancellations include all regional tryouts, as well as the NTIS Champions Cup scheduled to take place at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in August. These events will not be rescheduled.

“Due to the ongoing transmission of COVID-19 and its continued impact within the United States, all 2020 National Team Identification Series events have been canceled,” Paul Seiler, executive director and CEO of USA Baseball, said. “It is disappointing for us to withdraw this truly unique and comprehensive national team identification opportunity from our calendar as it provides every young athlete in our country the opportunity to play for Team USA; however, the health and safety of our participants and their families continues

to be our top priority during this unprecedented crisis.”

The NTIS is the organization’s most comprehensive player identification program and includes six age groups ranging from 11U-16U. Many of the area’s top youth baseball players embark on these tryouts throughout the year and have been planning these trips for months.

“It’s a bummer, we had been holding out hope, but with a top notch program like USA Baseball, you know they are looking out for the safety of the players first,” Temecula resident Chris Scott said, whose son Landon, 11, has been going through the tryout out process for Team USA since last year.

Under the direction of USA Baseball regional directors, tryouts are held in every region of the country for athletes to be identified and selected for their region teams. Each region team then travels to Cary, North Carolina, for the Champions Cup, where the athletes are evaluated and scouted by national team coaches and task force members for the chance to play on a future USA Baseball national team or participate in a national team development program.

Regional identification events for the 2021 edition of the NTIS

USA Baseball has canceled the remainder of their 2020 National Team Identification Series events due to Valley News/Courtesy photo the continued impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Champions Cup are set to begin in September. USA Baseball will continue to closely monitor the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and diligently evaluate the status all remaining events scheduled on the 2020 calendar, which continue to be subject to cancellation or postponement.

Founded in 1978, USA Baseball fields six national teams annually and is a member of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the World

Baseball Softball Confederation.

On the diamond, USA Baseball is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the reigning World Baseball Classic champion, and its national teams have won 62 gold medals in international competition. Off the field, the organization is dedicated to the proliferation and health of the sport through the creation and management of numerous development initiatives including Fun At Bat, Pitch Smart, PLAY BALL

and the Prospect Development Pipeline.

For more information on the USA Baseball NTIS, visit http:// www.USABaseballNTIS.com, and to find out more on the organization, its national teams and development-driven initiatives, visit the official website at http:// www.USABaseball.com or http:// www.USABDevelops.com.

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

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Sports

NCAA releases recruiting updates for college bound student athletes JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

With more and more recent developments surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and an uptick in positive cases making its way through the nation, the recruiting process is being impacted more and more for current high school athletes. As of last week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association have now suspended in-person recruiting activity, for all sports, including all face-to-face contacts on and off college campuses through Aug. 31. They have also recommended college coaches cancel any scheduled official and unofficial visits.

The NCAA Division 1 Council Coordination Committee will continue to review the recruiting dead periods on a regular basis.

Since June 1, strength and conditioning coaches have been allowed to virtually observe workouts if specifically requested by the student-athlete. Phone calls and correspondence can continue to occur. The Division 2 Administrative Committee approved a quiet period from June 1-30, allowing in-person recruiting with prospec-

tive student-athletes on D2 college campuses. In-person, off-campus recruiting is still prohibited. The NCAA extended D1 and D2 Signing Periods for all sports through Aug. 1.

Additionally, the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Oversight Committees indicated they are not planning to recommend any changes to the summer access model that was adopted recently, which permits institutions to begin summer countable athletically related activities in basketball beginning July 20 and may include up to eight hours per week of weight training, conditioning and skill instruction, with not more than four hours of skill instruction.

Council members also granted a waiver to modifying the start date for preseason practice in sports other than football. Fall preseasons generally begin a specific number of days before the first scheduled regular season contest. The waiver allows teams to count back from the first day contests are allowed, instead of a team’s actual scheduled first contest.

The waiver allows some flexibility for additional acclimatization for fall sport student-athletes who

missed out on spring participation opportunities and accounts for schedule changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, keep in mind that the NCAA Division 1 Council officially voted in March to grant spring sport athletes an additional year of eligibility. Some important things to note: The decision to offer an additional year of eligibility is at the discretion of individual schools; seniors who return will not count toward the team’s scholarship limit; roster limit is increased for baseball. It is the only spring sport with roster limits; winter sports will not receive eligibility relief.

Changes could most certainly affect unrecruited 2020 studentathletes still trying to earn a roster spot. While most Division 1 and Division 2 college coaches have finalized their roster for the 20202021 season, the NCAA’s eligibility relief plan may limit unsigned seniors recruiting opportunities if coaches decide to hold roster spots for current athletes who plan to return for a fifth year. To increase their opportunities, 2020 seniors should remain open-minded about different division levels and step up their recruiting efforts online.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently announced more updates to the recruiting processes for college bound student athletes like those pictured here due to the spread of COVID-19.

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For 2020 seniors already committed, eligibility relief may significantly impact their rookie year.

Athletes committed to programs with several seniors could be facing a hugely different roster if their school decides to honor an extension of eligibility. Fortunately, the NCAA Division 1 Council announced that seniors who return

will not count toward the team’s scholarship limit. A great resource for all student athletes planning on attending college should visit http://www.ncaa.org.

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

Topps Series 2 baseball card collection arrives just in time for the return of baseball JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

As baseball fans welcome back the return of baseball with open arms, the Topps Company, exclusive trading card partner of Major League Baseball, will celebrate the return of baseball with the highly anticipated Series 2 collection. The new 350-card set continues the 2020 theme of honoring the greatest moments in baseball from the past seven decades, with new base cards and inserts dedicated to all-stars, rookies and legends.

Highlights from the Topps Series 2 Collection include: autographed cards from Derek Jeter, Mike Trout and Gavin Lux, a 10card set honoring Topps Player of the Decade, Mike Trout, and 25 randomly inserted tickets for Topps’ first-ever “Celebration of

the Decades” event, giving baseball fans a chance to meet current and former MLB Players in Las Vegas to celebrate the past seven decades of Topps baseball cards.

The set will also include rookie cards from Chicago White Sox’s Luis Robert, Toronto Blue Jays’ Shun Yamaguchi and Cincinnati Reds’ Shogo Akiyama. Texas Rangers player base cards with the Globe Life Field Inaugural Season logo, marking the first time Topps has put a logo on a Base card to honor a stadium Topps Series 2 Hobby Boxes offer either an autographed card or exclusive relic card, while the Topps Series 2 Jumbo Hobby Boxes guarantee an autograph plus two memorabilia cards or manufactured relics.

Starting June 26, Topps Series 2 will be available online at htttp:// Topps.com and at Walmart, Target and hobby stores.

The new 350-card Topps Series 2 set will highlight Topps’ Player of the Decade, Mike Trout, exclusive autograph cards from Derek Jeter, Gavin Lux and much more.

Topps, the exclusive trading card partner of the Major League Baseball, is officially launching their Series 2 baseball card collection this week, just in time for the return of Major League Baseball.

Valley News/Courtesy photos

Founded in 1938, The Topps Company Inc. is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of physical and digital sports cards, entertainment cards and collectibles and distinctive confectionery products. Topps’ leading sports and entertainment products include Major League Baseball,

Major League Soccer, UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga, Star Wars, WWE, UFC, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids, Mars Attacks and other trading cards, sticker album collections and collectibles. Topps was acquired by Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company and Madison

Dearborn Partners in October 2007. For additional information, visit http://www.Topps.com and http://www.Candymania.com.

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

Riverside County not yet lifting hold on recreational team sports, including youth sports The California Department of Public Health has determined that recreational team sports are still not permitted during the current phase of the states reopening plans.

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Individual fitness may continue with modifications JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

With stay-at-home orders being lifted around the country and states rolling out reopening plans, youth sports leagues and organizers are grappling with when and how to return to play without the same financial resources and, in many cases, centralized guidance, much like their professional counterparts. As Riverside County continues to safely reopen additional activities and sectors of the economy, the return of youth sports has been on the minds of many parents and young athletes countywide.

Because many youth sports leagues do not fall under a national governing body, decisions about returning to play will likely be based on local and state recommendations. It might be safer for a recreational baseball league in one state to return in July, while another state must wait until August. Some local recreational leagues, like the Murrieta Valley Girls Softball Association and the

Murrieta Jr. All-American Youth Football and Cheer program have released signup options for their upcoming fall seasons, with statements about being ready when Riverside County Officials release the current hold on starting up.

Messages to their communities also involve implementing new policies and procedures that will ensure the health and safety of their members and families.

Ryan Demmer, an assistant professor of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, said in a recent news release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it is still unclear how coronavirus affects children.

“Though they are not being hospitalized or dying at the same rates as other segments of the population, they are not immune,” he said.

There are questions about transmissibility and asymptomatic carriage, for example. How likely are children to spread COVID-19 between themselves? And how

likely are they to transmit it to their siblings or parents, even with mild or no symptoms?

Currently, the California Department of Public Health has determined that no recreational team sports are permitted, and that the fitness guidance used for gyms and other fitness facilities is not for use for team sports activities.

Youth and recreational team sports are currently designated as part of Stage 3 of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reopening plan. Riverside County remains in accelerated Stage 2 that has seen the return of restaurants, nail salons and gyms with necessary health protocols and modifications.

Individual fitness guidance as provided by Riverside County and CDPH may be found at http:// www.RivCoBizHelp.org. Find the most up-to-date information about recreational team sports at http:// www.covid19.ca.gov/roadmapcounties.

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

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Education

Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation fully supports MSJC equity pledge SAN JACINTO – The Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation board of directors unanimously voiced its support for the MSJC Equity Pledge Monday, June 15.

The Foundation board issued a statement of support that acknowledges there are systemic barriers that have historically excluded and prevented equal outcomes for students on the basis of: race/ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexuality, national origin, socioeconomic status, (dis)ability, language, religion, age, physical appearance and intersections of these identities.

“We define equity as an investment and commitment to achieving parity in academic outcomes by removing institutional barriers and creating an inclusive and culturally affirming learning environment,” according to the statement. “Our purpose is to celebrate diversity, instill hope, and empower our students to transform their lives and those around them. We, the Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation, commit to and fully support the MSJC Equity Pledge.”

The Foundation board’s support followed a May 31 statement from Roger Schultz, Ph.D., superintendent and president of Mt. San Jacinto College.

“It is incumbent upon all of us to continuously reflect on our own biases and racial blind spots so we can work together to disrupt and dismantle racist systems and mindsets that permeate our community and our country,” he said. “The Mt. San Jacinto College Equity Pledge is a testament to our commitment to

Huber graduates from Central College PELLA, Iowa – Mitchell Huber of Temecula was one of 207 Central College students who graduated with bachelor’s degrees in May 2020. Huber received a bachelor’s degree in business management and information systems.

Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year liberal arts college. The college is known for

its academic rigor, leadership and character development, global experiential learning, science, technology, engineering and math and sustainability education, athletics and service. For more information about Central College, visit http:// www.central.edu.

Submitted by Central College.

14 local students named to University of Utah’s spring 2020 dean’s list

The Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation board of directors unanimously voiced its support for the MSJC Equity Pledge, Monday, V alley News/ Mt. San Jacinto College photo June 15.

do exactly that.”

MSJC serves about 27,000 students over a 1,700-squaremile area. The MSJC Foundation provides financial assistance to support student success and MSJC initiatives. The nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation provides scholarships and mini-grants to MSJC students and faculty and offers assistance through pro-

grams such as the Pledge for Success with funds raised from the private and public sectors. Since 1983, the foundation has been comprised of community leaders who volunteer to work with college staff to support MSJC’s specific needs.

Submitted by Mt. San Jacinto College.

SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah congratulates more than 7,500 students who were named to the spring 2020 dean’s list. The following local students made the list: From Murrieta, Mitchell Katona, whose major is listed as undeclared pre-dentistry, and Eberly Proffitt, whose major is undeclared, were named to the dean’s list.

From Temecula, Anna Borden, whose major is undeclared; Emily Borden, an accounting major; Celine Cavanaugh, whose major is listed as games; Karina Falappino-Williamson, who is studying nursing; Scott Kim, whose major is listed as precomputer Science; Jason Meister, a chemical engineering major; Sarah Rhodes, whose major is listed as pre-nursing; Sarah Shetler, who is studying business administration; Megan Shughrou, who is studying nursing and Taylor Weatherly, a communication major, were honored, along with Peter Littlefield of Winchester, who is studying health and kinesiology.

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or

higher in at least 12 graded credit hours during any one term.

The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 32,000 students from across the U.S. and the world.

With over 100 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace.

In 2019, the university was selected as a new member of the Association of American Universities-an invitation-only, prestigious group of 65 leading research institutions marked by excellence in academic expertise and research impact, student success, and securing resources in support of core missions. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders.

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Grab and go meals distributed by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Inland Valley are packaged to appeal to children.

John Whann, executive director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Inland Valley, Menifee Mayor Bill Zimmerman and Jeff Katz, general manager of Buffalo Wild Wings, deliver grab and go meals to families that drove through the Menifee Clubhouse.

Diane A. Rhodes WRITER

Sam Handley, left, and Amaris Gonzalez smile behind their masks while showing toothbrush kits they gave away at the Menifee Clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Inland Valley. Gonzalez is with the North County Health Services who provided and helped distribute kits at all three clubhouses.

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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Inland Valley have been void of the laughter and chatter of children since the coronavirus pandemic shutdown March 13; however, it wasn’t long before the nonprofit found a way to connect to the youths through its grab and go meals program.

The organization has been providing meals for youths 18 and younger at its Menifee, Perris and Quail Valley clubhouses. Children do not need to be members of the Boys & Girls Club to participate.

The club receives the meals from The Lighthouse, a food sponsor from a church based in Los Angeles, to distribute as part of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and meals are prepared at the clubhouses for the grab and go program. Julia Burch, assistant director of development for the organization, said about 1,500 meals per week are being distributed at its three clubhouses.

“We choose meals from a prefixed menu,” Burch said. “These are the same meals that kids have at the site during our regular afterschool program and during camp.

We have always provided our club kids with a snack and dinner while they are at the club. We did have to modify it when we closed due to COVID-19 so that we could

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closed. Due to canceled programs and events, we are losing about $15,000 per week in revenue,” Burch said. “As part of that fundraiser, businesses or individuals can sponsor the grab and go program for $50 for the week. With this sponsorship, we will distribute their flyer in every grab and go meal bag and give them a shoutout on social media.”

Burch said the sponsorship opportunity is a great way for businesses and individuals to show their support for the community.

While $50 per week does not come close to covering the cost of the meal program, it will provide some financial relief for the club.

“We are also accepting donations to our club through our website and these donations will go toward our programs when we reopen,” Burch said. “We will have increased costs for cleaning and sanitation supplies and increased staffing costs with smaller staff to youth ratios at that time.”

The grab and go meal program is available 2:30-3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Quail Valley Clubhouse, 23890 La Bertha, in Menifee and from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Menifee Clubhouse, 26301 Garbani Road, in Menifee and the Perris Clubhouse, 904 South D St., in Perris.

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provide it as a grab and go service instead.”

She said one of the biggest challenges has been not being able to serve members in its normal capacity. Before COVID-19, they served 375 children per day onsite. For the grab and go program, executive director John Whann receives all of the food at the sites and distributes meals with the help of many volunteers such as Sam Handley, unit director of the Menifee Clubhouse, and Susana Arevalo, site director of the Perris Clubhouse, club parents, board members and the Menifee Rotary Club. The meal program is expected to continue through summer until school resumes in mid-August. The Perris Clubhouse reopened June 29 with social distancing and other safety protocols in place.

“We have been communicating with families through our Facebook page, and we love seeing our members that come for the food program,” Burch said.

With the loss of more than 40 field trips, 80 special events which usually included such things as magic shows, petting zoos, pony rides and bubble parties, plus providing lunch and dinner for club kids, the organization has also suffered a loss of revenue.

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“Ensuring our local children have adequate, healthy food during this time of unprecedented economic hardship is a communitywide priority,” Allison Gonzalez, program director of self-sufficiency at the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, said. “Families have a lot to worry about right now besides where their children’s next meal is coming from. This Pandemic-EBT program helps.”

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The P-EBT is a disaster emergency benefit that the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed will not be considered for public charge purposes. Children are the recipients of P-EBT, so it won’t be considered as a benefit received by their parents.

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Temecula Valley Hospital hosts Drive-Thru Health Fair

People visit a variety of booths from their vehicles during the Temecula Valley Hospital’s Drive-thru Health Fair providing free blood pressure and glucose tests, ask health related questions and a variety of other services in an effort to practice social distancing.

Staff at Temecula Valley Hospital welcome guests to their drive-thru health fair in an effort to practice social distancing.

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California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces Kathleen Ronayne THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

California will require people to wear masks in most indoor settings and outdoors when distancing isn’t possible under a statewide order issued Thursday, June 18.

“Science shows that face coverings and masks work,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement announcing the order. “They are critical to keeping those who are around you safe, keeping businesses open and restarting our economy.”

A number of other states including Michigan, New York, Maine, Delaware and Maryland already have statewide mask orders in place.

The order comes as California

broadly reopens the economy; in most counties, people can now shop, dine in at restaurants, get their hair done and go to church, among other things. Meanwhile, coronavirus cases are increasing, something the state said is expected as more people get tested. More than 3,400 people were in the hospital as of Wednesday, the most patients hospitalized since April.

The order will require people to wear masks when inside or in line for any indoor public spaces, in health care settings like hospitals and pharmacies, while waiting for or riding public transportation and in outdoor spaces where it’s not possible to stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart from other people.

Until now, the Democratic governor had let local governments decide whether to mandate masks, an issue that’s become politically fraught as some Americans resist orders to wear them. He said he’s issuing the order now because too many people are going out in public without face coverings as businesses, restaurants and other sectors of the economy reopen.

Orange County’s public health officer resigned recently after she faced threats over her order that people wear masks, and the county sheriff said he wouldn’t enforce it. Los Angeles County requires people to wear masks whenever they are outside their homes, as do San Francisco and Santa Clara counties.

The state’s news release didn’t say

how it would enforce the order or what the penalty would be for people who don’t comply.

The order also applies to workplaces where people interact with the public, prepare or package food and share common spaces like hallways and elevators. Office workers would have to wear masks if they can’t physically distance.

The order includes several exceptions, including for outdoor recreation and exercise such as walking, hiking, running or bicycling. But if people are doing such activities and cannot stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart from others, the state said they should wear masks.

Other exceptions include: Children under 2, people with medical

Helping children navigate social distancing TEMECULA – Children may be more deeply affected by social distancing than any other group of people. In a matter of weeks, millions of young children and adolescents went from attending school in the classroom to being told they had to work exclusively from home. At the same time, children also were asked to give up their sports teams, clubs, meetings and play dates.

Older children may understand the how and why of social distancing, but no matter their ages, children may be left emotionally adrift as social distancing guidelines stay in place.

No one is certain about what the long-term effects of social distancing will be on both children and adults.

Amy Learmonth, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist at the Cognition, Memory and Development Lab at William Paterson University in New Jersey, said that early social development takes place mostly within the family. As children age, their peer group becomes the more important hub of social development. The longer social distancing restrictions are in place, the more these developments may adversely affect youngsters.

Parents can take steps to help

children cope during these uncertain times.

Set up digital play dates. The connectivity of the internet enables people to keep in touch even if they cannot be together physically.

Encourage children to engage their friends via online chats, ideally ones that feature video so they can see and hear their friends. Parents of young children can reach out to one another and establish digital play dates via FaceTime or another virtual meeting app.

Lighten up on screen time restrictions. Each person has a different way to cope with social distancing

and pass the time. Children may spend more time on tablets, watching television or playing video games. For now, parents can be a bit more lenient and understanding about how technology can fill the void created by social distancing.

Participate in a scavenger hunt.

Join or organize a neighborhood scavenger hunt. Walk around the neighborhood looking for school mascot pictures in windows or rainbows on doors, according to the child care experts at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. This activity can maintain a sense of connection with the community.

conditions that prevent them from wearing a mask, people who are hearing impaired or communicate with people who are hearing impaired and people obtaining receiving treatments on their nose and mouth. There’s also an exception if wearing a face covering would violate workplace safety guidelines.

People eating out at restaurants wouldn’t have to wear masks when they are eating and drinking as long as they are 6 feet away from others.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

Create time for physical activity.

Exercise can tame stress, improve mood and be great for the body in myriad ways. Children and teens should exercise each day. Families can exercise together to make physical activity more fun.

Set new goals. Ask everyone to do their part to complete “todo” lists or make a set of goals to achieve while social distancing.

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Local crocheter creates a stunning piece of art Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER

Local Fallbrook resident Jeremy Leon Guerrero created an amigurumi crochet eastern dragon that went viral online.

Leon Guerrero had posted it to a local Facebook page to showcase his work.

“I had no idea it was going to blow up the way it did,” Leon Guerrero said. His first introduction to amigurumi, a way of crocheting things to make toys and dolls, was several years before when his boss introduced him and his co-workers to knitting.

They decided to take a knitting class during their lunch breaks.

“The first class there was like 12, 13 people and two guys were in it,” Leon Guerrero said. “Then the next class there were only like six people left and by the third class I was the only one.

“For some reason I was Googling things online and I went onto YouTube to see if I could get better or try different things, and I got stuck on this black hole of amigurumi crochet,” Leon Guerrero said. “I ended up in this spiraling black hole and I haven’t stopped since,” he said, laughing.

Leon Guerrero said you first start by following a pattern that a designer comes up with. For this eastern dragon, he had been asked to test the pattern out by Megan Lapp, who runs a group on Facebook with a little over 7,000 members called ‘Crafty Intentions Amigurumi and Crochet Community.’

Though Lapp lives in Pennsylvania, she noticed Leon Guerrero’s enthusiasm and work within the group after he joined and asked

him to come on board as a group moderator.

“Generally, people join when they find my patterns and purchase a pattern,” Lapp said. “I encourage them to join it and that’s the perfect place for them to share photos of their works in progress, photos of finished objects, or any questions that they have as they follow the pattern along the way, and I provide immediate support for questions.

“I also have a team of experienced moderators who are volunteers, and just enthusiastic, very familiar with my pattern and experienced crocheters.”

Lapp immediately had noticed his positive attitude.

“He was just so happy and kind and enthusiastic towards other members, and he claimed to be a beginner,” Lapp said. “He took on one of my more complex patterns to start with, I think it was the phoenix, and he did an amazing job and I took notice.”

Now, Leon Guerrero is a moderator along with 14 others. Lapp had asked him to test the eastern dragon pattern.

“When I write a pattern, it takes me maybe a couple of weeks to write it all down, type it up, format it, photograph every step.

“Then the next step in the process is to find between five and 15 volunteer testers who are willing to make the thing that I wrote the pattern for, and then give me edits and suggestions on the pdf,” Lapp said.

While Leon Guerrero considers himself still a beginner in comparison to others in the group, others who have seen his dragon don’t see it that way, and some have asked if he plans on selling his work.

“I made these for myself only

Barricaded shooting suspect arrested in Riverside City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Following an hourslong standoff, a 27-year-old man accused of shooting at a neighbor’s home in Riverside was arrested and remained jailed Monday, June 29, in lieu of $750,000 bail.

A resident called police Thursday, June 25, to report what was initially believed to be vandalism done to the caller’s home windows in the Orangecrest neighborhood, according to the Riverside City Police Department.

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When officers searched the home, they allegedly found a loaded firearm that investigators believe was used to shoot at the neighbor’s home.

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because I just love the calming process of creating them,” Leon Guerrero said. “So many people have asked me to sell, so many people have asked me to make them for themselves or for gifts or whatever – I think I might do it now.”

Leon Guerrero is getting help from others on starting a page and working out commission prices.

He hopes to be able to start soon after he has made enough duplicate pieces.

“It’s a different language when you’re reading it,” Leon Guerrero said on understanding the patterns.

“You just understand how things curve, or you understand how to make a straight line and then you can kind of shape it in your head, and if you write it down and get the shapes right you can do something,” he said.

“In the beginning it was tough,” Leon Guerrero added. “You just have to stick with it, power through the patterns, and if you make a mistake don’t be afraid to pull back and start again.”

Leon Guerrero still has one of his first pieces he made.

“It was the wonkiest elephant ever, but I still have it and if I look at him now compared to what I can make,” Leon Guerrero said.

“I sometimes think, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I made this’ because that wonky elephant, no one would have liked that,” he said, laughing.

Leon Guerrero holds Lapp’s work in high regard.

“She creates whimsical creatures,” Leon Guerrero said. “Her dragons, her unicorns are beautiful. In the crochet world, it’s nice to give credit to people whose patterns you use.”

Lapp was complimentary of

Jeremy Leon Guerrero crochets an intricate eastern dragon and photographs it in Fallbrook.

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the project.

“He did a wonderful job and provided thorough notes, which is the most important to me because I want my patterns to be as clear as possible,” Lapp said.

“I ask my testers to attempt to take good photos of their work, because in the internet age that’s the only way it’s appreciated online,” Lapp said. “He (Leon Guerrero)

went walking around town and got some really wonderful shots of his work, which I think is just fantastic.”

For more information on Lapp’s group, visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/CraftyIntentionsCommunity.

Lexington Howe can be reached by email at lhowe@reedermedia. com.

UC San Diego to require recurring COVID-19 testing City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

All University of California San Diego students, faculty and staff returning to campus for the fall quarter will be required to undergo recurring COVID-19 tests in an attempt to lessen the likelihood of a significant outbreak, the university announced Thursday, June 25.

Students are expected to participate in testing upon arrival on campus. These arrivals will be staggered to ensure laboratory capacity isn’t overwhelmed.

If an individual tests positive, isolation housing will be provided, and contact tracing will be performed in accordance with county health procedures, according to according to Christine Clark, a UC San Diego assistant communications director.

All students residing on campus will be expected to participate in daily symptom screening.

Higher testing frequencies are recommended for populations where social distancing is difficult or who are at higher risk of infection.

There will be no cost for the tests if they are done at a UC San Diego Health location or through Student Health Services.

“Our simulations indicate that if more than 75% of the population were tested per month, we would be able to detect an outbreak before there are 10 detectable infections on campus,” said project lead Natasha Martin, an associate professor of medicine at the UCSD School of Medicine.

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In-person class size will be limited to fewer than 50 students per class, or 50% of classroom capacity, whichever is smaller. Many in-person classes will have fewer than 25 students. Any classes with more than 50 students enrolled will be offered in a remote format.

Approximately 30% of courses will be conducted in person and the rest in remote or hybrid formats.

“We aim to mitigate risk in a way that will allow UC San Diego to provide an environment for learning and offer a university experience that our students expect,” Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla said.

Split board approves tentative spending plan for coming fiscal year Paul Young CITY NEWS SERVICE

A divided Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, June 23, tentatively approved a $6.46 billion budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, restoring some appropriations to Riverside County public safety agencies that had been in line for reductions.

The 3-2 vote in favor of the spending plan, which must be formally ratified in September, came after a roughly 90-minute debate that appeared to be trending toward a stalemate until Supervisors Jeff Hewitt, Karen Spiegel and Kevin Jeffries got behind an option that had been presented by the executive office at the outset of the budget hearing, but which no one initially wanted to embrace.

Supervisors V. Manuel Perez and Chuck Washington opposed the motion based on their desire for further adjustments.

“We’re basically going to have to reduce our reserves,” county CEO George Johnson told the board, regarding the only means of dealing with a roughly $80 million structural budget deficit anticipated in 2020-2021.

Jeffries was unhappy with the idea of eating up the $291 million reserve pool, telling his colleagues, “We need to keep services without

going further into debt.”

Washington countered that the county had “always been in a structural budget deficit since I’ve been here,” and the roof hadn’t caved in yet.

Johnson and executive office staff called for roughly 10% across-the-board cuts in the more than three dozen agencies that comprise county government to offset an anticipated $100 million in losses stemming from the impacts of the public health shutdowns that hit the regional economy in March.

Each supervisor felt modifications were needed, especially in the public safety sphere.

Perez expressed a desire to keep the sheriff’s department flat in its general fund allocations, expressing a penchant for stronger support of social causes, with greater monetary infusions for the probation and public defender departments.

Hewitt wanted higher funding for the animal services and planning departments.

Neither could get traction on their individual motions.

There was major concern among all the board members about the likely ramifications of the state budget that the Legislature was expected to debate and approve Saturday, June 27. Johnson said the full effects – including a

possible $150 million in cuts for mandated services performed by the county – would not be fully comprehended for three or more weeks.

In the end, the board agreed to allocate $2 million of the $4 million that public defender Steve Harmon requested last week. He said without any add-back, he would be forced to close down operations.

Harmon concurred with district Attorney Mike Hestrin’s observation that the justice system was facing a “tsunami of cases” because of a backlog that has mushroomed due to the court closures that were initiated due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hestrin characterized the 20,000-case pileup as a “crushing caseload.”

The county’s top prosecutor asked the board to put the district attorney’s office back at its present baseline general fund allocation of $77 million, which the supervisors did. The district attorney is still contending with red ink that could exceed $20 million. However, thanks in part to federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security – CARES – Act funding, the district attorney is expected to have another $9 million for operations in 2020-2021.

Sheriff Chad Bianco admitted

his department would struggle with board-imposed cuts, but he didn’t see the number as “catastrophic.”

Bianco’s initial request of general fund allocations was $366 million, but the executive office countered with $351 million, and the sheriff told the board the new figure was acceptable.

He said the structural deficit will necessitate idling the newly opened John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio, except for bookings. There is an outside chance of layoffs, with over 200 deputies’ jobs possibly on the line. But Bianco expressed confidence Tuesday that he will be able to cover his agency’s deficit with CARES money.

The board restored $4.2 million that had been sliced from chief probation officer Ron Miller’s budget, and the Department of Public Social Services had nearly $7 million added back. The agency’s social assistance programs have been under increasing pressure amid the economic downturn that began almost three months ago.

The county lost large sums of commercial tax revenue, sales tax receipts and other streams because of the public health regulations that closed businesses and drove the countywide unemployment rate to nearly 16%.

The proposed 2020-2021 appropriations plan is roughly $200 million, or 3% larger than the current fiscal year budget.

Johnson said the reserve pool will likely be whittled down to $190 million by the end of 20202021.

The Department of Animal Services was facing extreme decisions, but officials worked with the executive office to reach a compromise, and the agency will receive the same allocation of general fund revenue that it got in 2019-2020 – $13 million.

The department will still have to absorb a $1.3 million budget cut, which will likely mean partial closure of the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus. The veterinary clinic would remain open, but other shelter operations would be suspended.

“We still are facing a tough road: 18 positions likely to be cut,” John Welsh, representative of the county Department of Animal Services said. “That is on top of the roughly 36 vacancies we have that we could not fill due to lack ... funding and internal service funds that continue to rise.”

After the county gauges the impact of rollbacks in state allocations for services, the board will formally adopt the new budget, probably in mid-September.

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Golden State Killer admits murders, rapes for life in prison Don Thompson and Brian Melley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gay Hardwick stood arm-inarm with her husband to face a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer and couldn’t recognize the elderly man hunched in a wheelchair as the sadistic rapist who had terrorized them 42 years earlier.

In a hushed and raspy voice, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. – a serial rapist before he became a serial killer – acknowledged in two words, “I admit,” that he had attacked the couple in 1978 as he pleaded guilty Monday, June 29, to 13 murders and admitted dozens of rapes and crimes too old to be prosecuted as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty.

“It was the clenched teeth and, you know, the breathy voice, so there really wasn’t any resemblance – there isn’t any resemblance to the old man that sits before us today,” Gay Hardwick said. “I’m not sure that a lot of that isn’t feigned.”

DeAngelo, who hid behind a ski mask during his crimes, sat behind a clear plastic shield to allow surviving victims and their families to see his face even as they wore masks to prevent possible spread of the coronavirus.

The court hearing was held at a Sacramento State University ballroom to accommodate more than 150 observers at a safe distance during the pandemic.

The seemingly frail and feeble 74-year-old ex-cop, who once busted into bedrooms spewing expletives and threatening to use a .357 Magnum to blow the heads off anyone who moved, seemed lost as he turned to his lawyer each time a prosecutor recited the lurid details of attacks that terrified a swath of Northern California in the 1970s.

But where some saw a frail and confused man, others saw a master manipulator.

The day before his arrest in 2018, DeAngelo weaved his motorcycle through freeway traffic to lose police who were tailing him, prosecutors said. When he appeared in a court two days later,

he looked like the lost man who listed sideways Monday with his mouth half open.

“I’m extremely angry that he’s up there acting as if he can’t even remember,” Jennifer Carole, whose father, attorney Lyman Smith, was slain in 1980 with his wife, Charlene Smith, who was raped before being killed in Ventura. “I feel a lot of anger, which I don’t think I’ve felt so powerfully before.”

Carole wept as a prosecutor described how her father and stepmother were bludgeoned with a fire log. A pile of used tissues was on the floor next to her chair.

DeAngelo, a Vietnam veteran and a grandfather, had never been on investigators’ radar until just before his arrest.

About a decade after the last killing, they connected a series of assaults in central and Northern California to slayings in Southern California and settled on the Golden State Killer nickname for the mysterious assailant.

Police used DNA from crime scenes to find a distant relative through a popular genealogy website database then built a family tree that eventually led them to him. They secretly collected DNA from his car door and a discarded tissue to get an arrest warrant.

The retired truck mechanic was arrested at his home in the Sacramento suburbs – the same area he terrorized in the mid-1970s, earning the title East Area Rapist.

DeAngelo did not cooperate with authorities. But he muttered a confession of sorts after his arrest that cryptically referred to an alter ego named “Jerry” he said forced him to commit the wave of crimes that appeared to end abruptly in 1986.

“I did all that,” DeAngelo said to himself while alone in a police interrogation room after his arrest in April 2018, Sacramento County prosecutor Thien Ho said.

“I didn’t have the strength to push him out,” DeAngelo said.

“He made me. He went with me.

It was like in my head, I mean, he’s a part of me. I didn’t want to do those things. I pushed Jerry out and had a happy life. I did all those

things. I destroyed all their lives.

So now I’ve got to pay the price.”

While prosecutors suggested DeAngelo had been faking a split-personality, Ho said his day of reckoning had arrived.

“The scope of Joseph DeAngelo’s crimes is simply staggering,” Ho said.

Prosecutors detailed sadistic acts he committed after slipping into homes undetected and surprising couples in bed by shining a flashlight in their faces and threatening to kill everyone in the house – including young children – if they didn’t follow his orders.

The masked prowler initially said he only wanted their money to earn their cooperation, ordering women to bind their husbands or boyfriends face down in bed with shoelaces.

He piled dishes on the backs of men and said they would both be killed if he heard the plates crash during repeated rapes.

At a home in Contra Costa County in the fall of 1978, he told a woman he would cut her baby boy’s ear off if she didn’t perform oral sex after he raped her.

“I admit,” DeAngelo said after the prosecutor read the description of that crime.

He stole assorted items, sometimes a few bottles of Budweiser and some cash, other times diamond rings. He slipped off into the dark on foot or by bicycle and even evaded police who at times believed they came close to catching him.

DeAngelo knew the territory well.

He started on the police force in the San Joaquin Valley farm town of Exeter in 1973, where he committed his first killing.

DeAngelo was among the officers trying to find a serial burglar responsible for about 100 break-ins in the neighboring city of Visalia.

Community college professor Claude Snelling was killed by the suspected “Visalia Ransacker” after trying to prevent him from kidnapping his 16-year-old daughter.

After three years on the force, DeAngelo moved back to the Sacramento area, where he worked

Joseph James DeAngelo, center, charged with being the Golden State Killer, is helped up by his attorney, Diane Howard, as Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman enters the courtroom in Sacramento, Monday, June 29.

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for the Auburn Police Department in the Sierra foothills until 1979 when he was caught shoplifting dog repellent and a hammer – two items that could be of use to a burglar.

After that arrest, which cost him his job, DeAngelo acted crazy in an attempt to avoid charges, Ho said. He cast doubt on DeAngelo’s rambling in the interrogation room three decades later, saying he had similarly “feigned feeble incoherence.”

James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said most serial killers do not have dual personalities or inner voices, though movies often portray them that way.

Serial killers who get away with attacks for years are usually cunning and organized. Someone who suffers from a serious mental illness isn’t capable of that. Serial killers who blame an alter-ego for their crimes are usually faking it, he said.

“It’s self-serving for someone to suggest that they did all of these things because of this voice: ‘Don’t blame me, blame the voice,’” Fox said.

A guilty plea and life sentence avoids lengthy and expensive litigation, prosecutors said in defending the deal that will bring a life sentence without parole. Victims will confront DeAngelo during

a lengthy sentencing beginning Aug. 17.

Victims began to stand in the audience as accounts of their attacks were read. Nearly two dozen were on their feet in solidarity as a prosecutor from Sacramento – where most of his sexual assaults took place – detailed each case.

They cheered and laughed when Deputy District Attorney Amy Holliday noted victims consistently reported DeAngelo had a small penis.

One man, Victor Hayes, who was held at gunpoint while his girlfriend was raped in 1977, shouted out that he wanted his name read aloud.

“I’ve been waiting for 43 years.

I’m not ashamed of what happened. I’ve never been John Doe in my life,” Hayes said later. “I want accountability and accountability starts with my name.”

Gay Hardwick said she was glad her assault was recognized even though DeAngelo couldn’t be charged – and with the knowledge he would die in prison.

“It’s unfortunate that he’s not younger and able to serve a longer sentence,” she said. “It’s unfortunate that he was able to live the prime of his life unfettered, and that the rest of us had to carry a burden for all those years.”

Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling Mark Sherman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Supreme Court Tuesday, June 30, made it easier for religious schools to obtain public funds, upholding a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling.

The court’s 5-4 ruling, with conservatives in the majority, came in a dispute over a Montana scholarship program for private K-12 education that also makes donors eligible for up to $150 in state tax credits.

The Legislature created the tax credit in 2015 for contributions made to certain scholarship programs for private education. The state’s highest court had struck down the tax credit as a violation of the Montana constitution’s ban on state aid to religious schools.

The scholarships can be used at both secular and religious schools, but almost all the recipients attend religious schools.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion that said the state ruling violates the religious freedom of parents who want the scholarships to help pay for their children’s private education.

“A state need not subsidize private education. But once a state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious,” Roberts said.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the high-court ruling “is perverse. Without any need or power to do so, the court appears to require a state to reinstate a taxcredit program that the Constitution did not demand in the first place.”

Parents whose children attend religious schools sued to preserve the program.

Roughly three-dozen states have similar no-aid provisions in their constitutions. Courts in some states have relied on those provisions to strike down religious-school funding.

Advocates for allowing state money to be used in private schooling said the court recognized in its decision that parents should not be penalized for sending their children to schools that are a better fit than the public schools.

“This opinion will pave the way for more states to pass school choice programs that allow parents to choose a school that best meets their child’s individual needs, regardless of whether those schools are religious or nonreligious,” Erica Smith, a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice, which represented the parents in their court fight, said.

But the president of the Montana Federation of Public Employees, which counts more than 12,000 teachers and other school workers as union members, called the decision “a slap in the face” to its members and the communities they serve.

“Today’s decision violates Montana’s commitment to public education, our children and our

constitution. Extremist special interests are manipulating our tax code to rob Montana children of quality education while padding the pockets of those who run exclusive, discriminatory private schools,” union president Amanda Curtis said.

Justice Samuel Alito pointed, in a separate opinion, to evidence of anti-Catholic bigotry that he said motivated the original adoption of the Montana provision and others like it in the 1800s, although Montana’s constitution was redone in 1972 with the provision intact.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whose two daughters attend Catholic schools, made a similar point during arguments in January when he talked about the “grotesque religious bigotry” against Catholics that underlay the amendment.

The decision was the latest in a line of decisions from the Supreme Court, which now includes Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, that have favored religion-

based discrimination claims. In 2014, the justices allowed familyheld, for-profit businesses with religious objections to get out from under a requirement to pay for contraceptives for women covered under their health insurance plans. In 2017, the court ruled for a Missouri church that had been excluded from state grants to put softer surfaces in playgrounds.

The high court also is weighing a Trump administration policy that would make it easier for employers to claim a religious or moral exemption and avoid paying for contraceptives for women covered by their health plans. Still another case would shield religious institutions from more employment discrimination claims.

The Supreme Court also has upheld some school voucher programs, and state courts have ratified others.

NASA names DC headquarters after its first black female engineer, Mary Jackson

Engineer Mary W. Jackson at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, in 1977.

NASA via AP/ Robert Nye photo

Isabel Van Brugen THE EPOCH TIMES

NASA announced Wednesday, June 24, that it will name its Washington headquarters building after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at the agency.

According to a news release Wednesday, Jackson, a mathemati-

cian and aerospace engineer, began her career at NASA in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Virginia-born Jackson continued to head programs influencing the hiring and promotion of women in NASA’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers, according the release.

She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019, an award bestowed by the U.S. Congress. She retired from NASA in 1985 and died in 2005.

“Mary W. Jackson was part of a group of very important women who helped NASA succeed in getting American astronauts into space,” Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator, said in a statement, announcing the news. “Mary never accepted the status quo; she helped break barriers and open opportunities for African Americans and women in the field of engineering and technology. Today, we proudly announce the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building.

“It appropriately sits on ‘Hidden Figures Way,’ a reminder that Mary is one of many incredible and talented professionals in NASA’s history who contributed to this agency’s success. Hidden no more, we will continue to recognize the contributions of women, African Americans, and people of all backgrounds who have made NASA’s

successful history of exploration possible,” he said.

Bridenstine later said on Twitter that a formal naming ceremony will be held in the near future.

“NASA’s headquarters will be named the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters. Mary Jackson was @NASA’s first African American female engineer,” he said. “She elevated America’s space program & led toward inclusion.”

Jackson’s work, along with that of two other black mathematicians at NASA “Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan” was captured in the Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures.”

Jackson’s daughter, Carolyn Lewis, said her family is “honored” that the agency continues to celebrate the legacy of her mother.

“She was a scientist, humanitarian, wife, mother and trailblazer who paved the way for thousands of others to succeed, not only at NASA, but throughout this nation,” she said in a statement.

The renaming of the agency’s

Washington headquarters follows weeks of protests across the country sparked by the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, May 25.

“NASA facilities across the country are named after people who dedicated their lives to push the frontiers of the aerospace industry.

The nation is beginning to awaken to the greater need to honor the full diversity of people who helped pioneer our great nation. Over the years NASA has worked to honor the work of these ‘Hidden Figures’ in various ways, including naming facilities, renaming streets and celebrating their legacy,” Bridenstine said. “We know there are many other people of color and diverse backgrounds who have contributed to our success, which is why we’re continuing the conversations started about a year ago with the agency’s Unity Campaign. NASA is dedicated to advancing diversity, and we will continue to take steps to do so.”

Reprinted with permission of The Epoch Times.

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AFV operates the Southwest Communities Animal Shelter, 33751 Mission Trail, in Wildomar.

Until Friday, June 26, AFV’s animal control officers continued to transport stray pets from Menifee to Riverside County’s San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus, 581 S. Grand Ave., in San Jacinto for care and shelter.

The previous contract ended June 30.

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Tips to keep pets safe this July 4 American Humane Society SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Independence Day may be fun for people, but for pets, it can be frightening and even dangerous.

July 5 is the busiest day of the year at animal shelters as companion animals that fled in fright the night before are found miles from their homes, disoriented and exhausted.

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Anxious families often find themselves searching the streets and shelters looking for a treasured family member whose fear drove him to jump a high fence or break her leash or chain.

If a pet is upset by thunder, a door slamming or other loud noises, Fourth of July fireworks will be utterly terrifying, so take these precautions:

Pets won’t enjoy the fireworks display, so leave them at home.

Keep them inside and shielded from loud noises. Keep windows closed and draw the shades to minimize the sound and flashes of light.

If loud noises upset pets, do not leave them alone while you’re out celebrating; make sure someone can stay with them. If the family is home, act calm and give them reassuring pets and hugs. Animals look to their family to see how they’re reacting.

If pet owners think their pets should be tranquilized, consult a veterinarian well in advance.

Contact an animal behaviorist to work with pets on their fears. With some positive reinforcement and behavior modification training, by next Independence Day, everyone may be worry-free.

Be sure that all ID tags are properly affixed to the pet’s collar and that they have current contact information, including a phone number.

Update microchip registrations and pet license information to ensure they’re current.

“With a little care and preparation, the Fourth of July can be fun for people and safe for pets,” Robin Ganzert, Ph.D., president and CEO of American Humane Society, said.

“Let’s keep our best friends quiet and calm so we can continue to enjoy them come July 5.”

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Marxism is the disease we should fear

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

A video interview has surfaced in the last couple weeks where one of the Black Lives Matter founders explains that she and another founder are trained Marxists. This explains a few things. Karl Marx created the ideology of communism through socialism. Many, if not most, of the Black Lives Matter protests across the country are not violent. However, the ones rioting, looting, destroying peoples’ private property and businesses, and tearing down statues in the name of equality. This is an old, old game.

Statues being torn down include those portraying Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. Both men fought for the freedom of slaves.

BLM even wants to tear down

the Emancipation statue which was funded by freed slaves and dedicated by the African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

These men’s lives mattered and the freed slaves’ lives who funded that statue mattered.

Why tear down statues of people who fought against slavery and leave statues of people like former Democrat Senator Robert Byrd who was a white supremist and organized over 150 Klansmen?

Why do they leave alone statues of Vladimir Lenin, a marxist and founder of the Communist party who had over 300 concentration camps and killed millions of people? Why leave the statue of Marxist Revolutionary Che Guevara who imprisoned black people and killed gay people?

This has all happened before.

Marxism/Communism is much more deadly than the coronavirus.

It has killed hundreds of millions of people and destroyed entire countries.

Marx wrote the “Communist Manifesto” in 1848 when Europe was burning. There was massive violence, riots and political upheaval which led to national militias being called in. The “Communist Manifesto” layed out how to destroy capitalism and usher in communism through socialism which pits two groups against

each other. At that time, it was the bourgeois against proletariats or the business owners versus workers. Identity hatred is key. He said, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles,” and it is much the same today with identity politics.

The goal is to identify everyone with their group and pit them against each other. Then use violence with perceived injustice and bring the forcible overthrow of all social conditions and usher in a communist state after the government takes over everything. What follows is high taxes, mandatory government education, government income, government workers, the eradication of private property and free speech. There is a complete ownership of everything by the state, and the government controls the media and the government supersedes even the church.

It is about power and control – always.

In 1917 Communism got a big shot when Lenin, who was in exile in Switzerland during World War I, asked Germany for military passage back to Russia. Germany said yes, and they allowed Lenin to go back in a sealed train that could not let him off anywhere in Germany.

They treated him as a deadly virus, knowing how dangerous having him advocate his ideas would be,

and it helped usher in the deadliest disease in world history.

Similar to what is happening in the United States today, Communism started with identity and class warfare.

Lenin ordered his comrades to hang at least 100 well-known rich men high in the air so that people from hundreds of miles around would shudder, cry and be afraid.

Private property was taken, businesses were taken and freedom of speech was erased. Millions of people were sent to concentration camps, including successful farmers and business owners – the “evil” competent people who fed and employed people. What followed, of course, was economic collapse and starvation of millions of people.

Communism then spread by force to Eastern Europe, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea, Cuba, Afghanistan and China. This did not happen from foreign forces but from within.

Communism kills in the name of equality. They kill their own people with man-made famines. Starvation and concentration camps are the norm.

It was even worse in China. In 1949, Communism was ushered in after a bloody Civil War led by Mao Zedong. Because Communist dictators are not transparent, we do

not really know how many people have been killed for sure, but it is thought to be over 100 million people.

Many criminal leftists who are torching cities today are Marxists. They use identity politics, class politics and class division to destroy private property, incite violence in the name of justice and publicly demonize capitalism and seize control.

1932 Stalin-backed Marxists formed a group to clash with police called Antifascista Akiton, now known as Antifa. Their terrorizing public tactics have now moved to our streets. It is always about power and control. It is meant to bewilder, divide us, and make us question ourselves and our history.

It is meant to destroy our country with revolution.

Socialism/Communism is the deadliest disease in history. We must fight this disease to survive.

Slavery is an embarrassing and terrible part of our history, but it is our history. We own it. We fought to make a more perfect union, and it is important for this generation to know history because those who do not know their history are bound to repeat it. Communism enslaves people, and we are free people.

Julie Reeder can be reached by email at jreeder@reedermedia. com.

ently because I am immunocompromised, but the bottom line for me is we should show compassion toward others. If that means wearing a mask, then why not? What does it really hurt to put that piece of fabric across your face and go about your business?

I have been doing it for months, and it hasn’t killed me yet, and if you aren’t already, I encourage you to do the same.

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

Wearing a mask keeps everyone safe

Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

We’ve all seen the headlines, “Newsom recommends bars in Riverside County close amid spike in COVID-19 cases,” “501 new coronavirus cases reported in county, spike in ICU patients too,” and “Riverside County on state coronavirus watchlist amid increased infections.”

During the time period of June 22 through June 26, 1,843 new cases were reported countywide, a nearly 12% increase. Southwest Riverside County saw increases as well. In Temecula and San Jacinto, cases went up by just over 16%, Murrieta saw an increase of 13.5% and Lake Elsinore saw an increase of just over 10%. Hemet, Menifee, Wildomar, Canyon Lake and virtually all of the unincorporated areas saw an increase of 10% or more, too. As of that June 26 date, 438 people in the county succumbed to the illness.

With the increase in cases came more closures, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors announced it would hold its June 30 meeting virtually since “several

employees who work at the County Administrative Center were confirmed to have coronavirus.”

All board offices at the County Administration Center and the county executive office have temporarily closed. Local businesses began to close as employees were diagnosed with COVID-19, not because they had to, but because business owners felt it was the right thing to do.

The increase in cases is apparent, leading to a shortage of intensive care unit beds with 99% of ICU beds in Riverside County reported as occupied Monday morning.

There were just five empty ICU beds remaining in Riverside County as of Sunday, June 28, county representative Brooke Federico said in remarks reported in the Desert Sun. The number of occupied ICU beds represents a 19% increase over the past two weeks. Of the 380 ICU patients in Riverside County, 28% are confirmed COVID-19 patients, City News Service reported Monday, June 29.

Then Monday afternoon, the big news hit when Dr. Cameron Kaiser, public health officer of Riverside County, ordered all bars, which had just reopened June 12, to close in order to help slow the spread of coronavirus. The new closure order was effective Tuesday, June 30.

“People don’t social distance well after a couple drinks, and it’s one of the hardest environments to trace contacts in,” Kaiser said.

“My hope is that this will be only temporary and further closures won’t be needed, but it all depends on what every one of us as a county

do to slow more spread.”

No matter how it happened, it is time to face the facts, folks – Riverside County is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases and we all need to do our part. So how do we contribute to the health of ourselves and others in southwest Riverside County? We socially distance, wash our hands frequently, stop touching our faces and wear our masks.

The World Health Organization, which had been opposed to the general public wearing masks, reversed that stance June 5.

“The announcement was long overdue, critics said, as masks are an easy and inexpensive preventive measure,” according to The New York Times article, “W.H.O. Finally Endorses Masks to Prevent Coronavirus Transmission.”

Even though California requires people to wear masks in most indoor settings and outdoors when distancing isn’t possible under a statewide order issued Thursday, June 18, I am still seeing plenty of people out there not wearing them, and heaven forbid a store doesn’t let someone in without a mask.

My 20-year-old daughter, who works at a local grocery store, was verbally attacked when she asked an unmasked customer to either put on a mask or leave the premises as directed by her store manager. She called me afterward, livid over the fact that someone would attack her in such a manner over something designed to keep that person safe.

It is mind-boggling to me why people wouldn’t want to wear a mask if it could potentially prevent them or someone they love from getting sick. Maybe I see it differ-

Budget Update Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, state revenues began to plummet, while spending on unemployment insurance and social programs increased exponentially.

The result – our $21 billion surplus suddenly transformed into a $54.3 billion deficit.

The budget that passed June 15 was the beginning of discussions between the governor and the Legislature over a series of trailer bills that implement the budget.

Questions remained about how to maintain California’s fiscal solvency without the proposed deep cuts to education, public safety and safety net programs that were on the chopping block. Fortunately, an agreement was reached avoiding many of these cuts, at least for now.

I am concerned about some of the budget’s priorities. For example, funds are included for high-speed rail and for Assembly Bill 5 enforcement, which will

slow recovery by limiting employment options. I am pleased that provider rate increases for those serving Californians with intellectual and developmental disabilities, omitted from 2019’s budget, will be provided this year. The budget provides funding for early childhood and K-12 education along with the afterschool education and safety program. Three hundred million dollars in new state spending for homeless programs impacted by the pandemic is included, and California’s COVID-19 response will be enhanced, including sup-

port for food banks. To protect employers, payroll tax increases on businesses forced to lay off workers will be minimized for at least one year. And counties will receive up to $1 billion to backfill public health and social service costs that skyrocketed during the pandemic.

While this budget has many positives, we can do better. We must prioritize essential services, especially during the current emergency. We must increase efficiencies in all state agencies, so that California can better withstand future economic downturns. Most of all, since state programs and services are financed by revenues generated by a thriving economy, we must protect jobs.

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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windshield still did its job. Which means it kept the bugs from flying in my face.

All was good in the world until I decided to go through one of those cheap car washes attached to the gas station. As I pulled through the dryer portion of which I use every second, I marveled at how clean my truck was. Then I noticed how big the crack on the windshield had become.

What once wasn’t a problem became a problem. What I should have done is had the crack repaired when it was small. Now I’m going to have to get a whole new windshield which I’m sure will not be cheap.

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In the Torah portion “Chukat,” which means “decree,” in Numbers 19:1-22:1, it describes the decreed ritual of the sacrificial red heifer.

This ritual is a very curious mandate regarding the ashes of a special cow, along with ashes of cedar, hyssop and red wool, which became a cleansing medium when added to water for all who had become ritually impure from nearing a corpse.

If the natural separation between life, represented by the living, and death, represented by the dead, was violated, then the ceremony

life is a lot like that car wash? OK, maybe you haven’t, so bear with me because there are crazy similarities.

You can go through a rough situation and feel like your whole world just got rocked, someone sprayed soap in your eyes and you’re all wet. Then you come out on the other side hoping to feel better, but you feel a little cracked instead. Sound familiar?

We often feel this way because we try to be our own shield when we really should be letting God be our shield. In Psalm 3:3, David said, “You, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.”

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of cleansing with this ash-water was required to bring normality of movement and association. If someone wasn’t cleansed, they also could not serve in the tabernacle or perform other religious observances and could ultimately lead to mandated “social distancing” of sorts from the whole community. It seems quite bizarre to a 21st century understanding, but it teaches the importance of separations as depicted here between life and death. In fact, as we look deeper in the Torah, we can find that God often creates from separations.

In the Genesis creation story, God began the world with creation by separation. God separated light from darkness, and in doing so, created a visible world.

More creation by separation followed as God separated the water and atmosphere, creating earth and sky. God separated Adam into two people, creating male and female.

God separated the seventh day from the previous six, and by doing so, created Shabbat. In all the separations, something new was created.

Likewise, in the Torah portion,

were never intended to be your own shield; that’s God’s job.

Allowing God to be your shield will do three things in your life.

First, it will keep you from cracking under the pressure of life.

God’s shield never cracks, splits or splinters.

Next, it will lift your head up.

Being surrounded by God’s shield is a place of joy and not defeat. It is where the presence of God is most powerful, when he’s the shelter of our life.

Also, it will bring God glory. Going it alone is an act of self-worship and is the most dangerous place to be in a battle. Letting God be your protector is an act of worship to him

in the separation between life and death, ritual purity and ritual impurity, a new creation, howbeit abstract, emerges: a better understanding – the understanding itself of sanctification and being “set aside.” It helps people better comprehend holiness – a further separation from the unclean or mundane.

People often regard God as a divine source of peace and unity.

While it is true, God often achieves these things, ironically, through processes, mitzvot or commandments and separations. Yes, God can unite people as peaceful and ethical people, but it means they must separate from hostile and unethical behavior.

Too often human ideas of separation are often segregated, hurtful and destructive, manifesting as racism, classism and all those other hurtful “isms.” With God, however, separation brings new creation.

People don’t like to be separated from that which they love, and often they denote separation with despair and sadness. They might be separated from their job, home or family. They might be separated

and is the safest place. You always want to be under the protection of the king.

I love Psalm 18:2 when David said, “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”

When you read this verse don’t you see how strong God is? No amount of abuse can move his strong shield around his people.

Zachary Elliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, visit https://www.fusionchristianchurch. com, https://fourminutefaithbuilder. com or find them on Instagram.

from much more, experiencing the unspeakable pain and loss of loved ones. While those examples are truly the epitome of painful separations, with them still comes the promise of something new – a new time to cherish and remember, a time for soul searching and memorializing.

Coming out of pandemic lockdown, many people have felt separated from so much that they love, but even with this recent isolation, something new was created – newfound gratitude. Many people no longer take for granted the simple pleasures of gathering with family and friends and going out in public places. While this Torah portion taught about separation and cleansing in an ancient society, people can still hold on to the timeless lesson of separations and new beginnings.

Hefsiba Cohen is a student rabbi and adult educator.

Congregation B’nai Chaim is located at 29500 Via Princesa in Murrieta. For more information, visit https://www.bnaichaim.com or find them on Facebook.

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ACIL to host ‘Welcome Back America’ festivities Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Anza Civic Improvement League will present “Welcome Back America” festivities in Minor Park Saturday, July 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature live bands, vendors, the Thimble Club’s traditional pancake breakfast, Friends Uniting Neighbor’s Group barbecue, a horseshoe tournament, children’s playground and more. Social distancing and masks are recommended by the ACIL board members for all those planning to attend the event.

Noel Donahue distributes packaged meals to waiting patrons at the Anza Days kick-off dinner at the Community Hall Friday, June 26.

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The traditional Anza Days kickoff dinner was served Friday, June 26, at the Community Hall and

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featured to-go meals prepared by Hall board members and other volunteers.

Sponsored by the Anza Community Hall Building Inc., the dinners boasted large portions of

Danny Stone’s slow-cooked tri-tip, ranch beans, corn, a roll with a pat of butter, coleslaw and a slice of watermelon.

Meals were served from 5-7 p.m. and were dispersed as quickly

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COVID-19 testing comes to Anza Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

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Riverside County’s mobile testing staff await the next Anza residents to come up for COVID-19 testing Saturday, June 27.

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as they could be prepared. Lines formed at 5 o’clock.

“More meat,” shouted a volunteer to the men running the huge

A COVID-19 testing event was held at the Anza Community Hall Friday and Saturday, June 26-27.

Testing was made available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

Riverside County created a mobile COVID-19 testing team to easily reach certain communities.

The tests administered were free of charge.

The group of nurses, EMTs and paramedics set up in Idyllwild and at the Ben Clark Training Center in Riverside as well.

The test offered was designed to show whether a patient currently has COVID-19. It does not indicate any prior infection by the virus.

A constant flow of Anza residents visited the site. Results will be available five to seven days after testing.

“My son and I went and got the see TESTING, page AVO-4

Wildfire in Anza displaces 8 people City News Service SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK

Three mobile homes and 59 acres were damaged by wildfire on a hillside just north of Highway 371 in Anza that threatened the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, county authorities said.

The non-injury Indian Fire was reported at 3:25 p.m. Friday, June 26, near Indian Road and Deer Mountain Way, officials with the Riverside County Fire Department said.

It was contained at 8:46 p.m.

Saturday, June 27.

Six adults and two children were displaced and are being assisted by the American Red Cross.

Staff at the nearby Cahuilla Indian Casino were the first to spot the flames and call 911. see FIRE, page AVO-3

Smoke from the Indian Fire can be seen from Alessandro Road in Anza. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo

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ONGOING – Anza Electric Cooperative and F.I.N.D. Food Bank offers free mobile food pantry the second Saturday of every month at the AEC office, 58470 Highway 371, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. All are welcome. Cal-Fresh application assistance and free community health services are also available. Bring your own reusable bags to take food home. Volunteers welcome. For more information, contact the AEC office at 951763-4333.

Regular Happenings Hamilton High School – Find out what is happening using Hamilton’s online calendar at http:// www.hamiltonbobcats.net/apps/ events/calendar/.

Hamilton Museum – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays at 39991 Contreras Road in Anza. For more information, call 951-763-1350 or visit http://www. hamiltonmuseum.org. Check out group on Facebook at “HamiltonMuseum-and-Ranch-Foundation.”

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 posttraumatic 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.

ALANON – 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. For more information, call Carol at 951763-1022.

Alcoholics Anonymous – 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road in Anza.

For more information, call 951763-4226.

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.

Fit after 50 – Free “Fit after 50” exercise class takes place every Tuesday and Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m., at Anza Community Hall.

Chair aerobics helps with coordination, balance and increased muscle tone. No jumping required; wear gym shoes and bring water.

For more information, call leader Teresa Hoehn at 951-751-1462.

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 951763-1257 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 951763-4622 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 951-7634937, 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, call Marilyn at 951967-9324.

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 951-7634439 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.

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 951763-5611 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 Valley Municipal Advisory Council – 7 p.m. Second Wednesday of each odd month at Anza Community Hall. Group serves as local liaisons to the county from the community. For more information, call 951-805-6800.

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.

Forest Service seeks public comment for Cranston Fire reforestation project SAN BERNARDINO – Officials with San Bernardino National Forest are seeking public comment

by Thursday, July 23, for reforest-

ing areas within the 2018 Cranston Fire footprint.

Forest staff are proposing to plant hundreds of thousands of

Coulter pine, Jeffrey pine and bigcone Douglas-fir tree seedlings to maintain a resilient genetic pool of alpine forest on approximately 741 acres of land where the fire burned at the highest intensities.

By planting these trees, it will not only address forest fire recovery but reestablish cover for deer and other wildlife. Caused by arson, the Cranston Fire reached 13,139 acres and burned for approximately two weeks around Mountain Center, Idyllwild and Lake Hemet within the San Jacinto Ranger District.

Planting is expected to begin

winter 2020 through the spring of 2021 by a contractor. No heavy equipment will be used. All planting will be conducted by hand or hand-carried mechanized equipment.

Public comments are being requested to help identify key issues, mitigation measures and analyze effects of this proposed action.

Forest managers are asking the public to be as specific as possible.

Project documents are available at https://www.fs.usda.gov/ project/?project=57870. Paper copies are available upon request by contacting Lance Woolley,

project lead, at lance.woolley@ usda.gov or 909-382-2858.

Written, fax, hand-delivered and electronic comments concerning this action will be accepted; however, the preference is by email with “Scoping – Cranston Reforestation Project” in the subject line. If residents are unable to send comments electronically, they may send them by mail to U.S. Forest Service, Attn: Lance Woolley, P.O. Box 518, Idyllwild, CA 92549 or by fax at 951-659-2107.

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ACIL to host ‘Welcome Back America’ festivities in Minor Park July 4 Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Anza Civic Improvement League will present “Welcome Back America” festivities in Minor Park Saturday, July 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature live bands, vendors, the Thimble Club’s traditional pancake breakfast, Friends Uniting Neighbor’s Group barbecue, a horseshoe tournament, children’s playground and more. Social distancing and masks are recommended by the ACIL board members for all those planning to attend the event.

“We would like everyone to have a mask and to use it when entering the Little Red Schoolhouse or whenever they will be within 6 feet of people not in their own circle of friends or family,” Charles Cadwell said.

The Cowboy Bang Bang band will headline the event, along with Cody Wild from San Diego and the Soul Shakers from the Coachella Valley. The sounds of live music will once again reverberate from

the park as these accomplished artists entertain the crowds.

“The Friends Uniting Neighbors group will be joining ACIL in the park to celebrate our nation’s birthday,” Bill Donahue said. “Danny Foye’s Cowboy Bang Bang band and others will be providing music, and we will be barbecuing chicken.

We can’t have a beer garden this year, but we will have ice cold soft drinks to go with your chicken plate.”

Besides the barbecue and pancakes, carnival food will be offered by vendors. Shopping opportunities will abound, as merchants will set up booths all over the park.

“After living 10 years in Anza, I look forward to all the Independence Day events,” Jeff Miller said. “I am so in for pancakes, too.”

For more information on ACIL events, visit them on Facebook or at http://anzacivic.org.

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

The Salazar and Dunn families enjoy the party in the park during the Anza Days festivities in 2019.

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Because the fire was burning on a slope with no access for vehicles, five Cal Fire air tankers and two water-dropping helicopters were summoned to make runs on the fire, officials said.

They established retardant lines that prevented the fire from jump-

ing a dirt road; however, propelled by a strong desert breeze, the fire picked up speed and headed in the direction of homes on the edge of the reservation before it was contained.

The cause is under investigation.

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The Indian Fire explodes in dry brush Friday, June 26, scorching almost 60 acres.

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The Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort is a hidden gem Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Rancho California RV Resort, 45525 Highway 79, in Aguanga, boasts landscaping, a golf course, scenic vistas, pools and a pond, and it is also home to the Market Place, catering to both residents and visitors.

The market is well-stocked, clean and organized. The employees are helpful, friendly and professional. The convenience store, which is open seven days a week, can save residents a trip “down the hill” to Temecula for staples and treats.

“We have a great wine selection, fresh produce and fine baked goods delivered weekly from Dudley’s and Old Town Bakery,” store manager Kirsten Marie Klohe said. “We also offer pre-orders on Dudley’s breads and Julian Pies.”

Upon entering the store, shoppers see the stocked shelves full of items ranging from toiletries, canned goods, hardware and breads to sweets, wines, beer and fresh vegetables and fruit.

“It is a hidden treasure,” one resident said.

The store shines under the close eye of Klohe. Several other employees assist her.

“I originally started working in the restaurant next door three and

half years ago. Then an opportunity came up to start working in the store with the help of Denise Peterson, one of the HOA board members. I’ll be there two years in November. I’ve never been so blessed in my life to work for such an amazing company and to serve extraordinarily wonderful people.

They are my family away from my family,” she said.

Getting to the Market Place can be somewhat of a challenge to the uninitiated. The RV resort has an entrance on Highway 79 South, just east of Highway 371 junction.

The long, paved driveway winds along the hillside and comes into the resort through a low-water crossing. To enter the store, guests must first stop at the guard shack at the community’s gates. The attendant will direct visitors to the correct building, which is just past the gates on the left.

During the pandemic, masks and social distancing are the norm at the Market Place.

To learn more about the Rancho California RV Resort, visit them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Rancho-California-RVResort-157099417640256/ or call 951-767-1788.

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

The Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort in Aguanga is located near the main entrance, next to Missy’s 15th Hole Bar and Grill.

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Dudley’s, Old Town Bakery and other breads are offered at the Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort in Aguanga.

Fresh vegetables and dressings are presented beautifully at the Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort in Aguanga.

Wines are a popular item at the Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort in Aguanga.

Chilled wines and champagnes are on the menu at the Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort in Aguanga.

A huge array of non-perishable foods is always well-stocked at the Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort in Aguanga.

The beer selection is astounding at the Market Place in the Rancho California RV Resort in Aguanga.

A sign announces free COVID-19 testing performed at the Anza Community Hall Friday and Saturday, June 26-27.

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COVID-19 symptoms. Thank you to all who put this together for the Anza community,” Sylvia Saenz said.

For additional testing sites, information and appointments,

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Dan Robinson dishes out crisp coleslaw at the Anza Days kick-off dinner at the Community Hall.

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The food was packaged in to-go containers and served by Community Hall board members and helpers.

In the kitchen, Hall members ladled beans, spooned up big portions of coleslaw and corn and placed the other items into to-go boxes. In keeping with the COVID-19 mandates regarding large gatherings, the Hall was not open for dining.

Instead, dozens of chairs were positioned outside in the parking lot, complete with shade coverings.

Stone’s tri-tip was slow cooked over redshank logs according to tradition. This method produced a unique, smokey flavor, while his secret spices completed the experience.

The festive atmosphere brought out smiles and friendly chatter among residents.

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Anza Community

Danny Stone’s slow-cooked tri-tip roasts cook on the grill at the Anza Days kick-off dinner at the Community Hall.

Building Inc. can call 951-2824267. Memberships are $20 per person or family with one vote per family or person and $35 per business with one vote. Cash and checks are accepted.

For more information, visit the Hall on Facebook or at http:// www.anzacommunitybuilding. org.

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

Mike Patke, president of the Anza Community Hall board, hands off to-go dinners to Barbara Ann Keller at the Anza Days kick-off dinner.

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memorial, especially tyrants of socialist countries: Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot. All designed to paralyze freedom buffs of every nation.

Today Communist China watches people more than any other country on earth reportedly from high-tech surveillance technology often obtained in part from Google. Cameras are everywhere and recording everything that happens in many big cities, as for example the city of Guiyang, China, which boasts that they can find anyone in seven minutes in their vast population of 3.4 million residents, according to YouTube video, “In Your Face: China’s AllSeeing State.” If you fear big government, such surveillance, thus far less implemented in America but coming, will terrify you.

This video begins with a camera in the sky scanning Guiyang, China. According to the script embedded in the scan, “China is building the world’s largest and most sophisticated camera surveillance system.”

The camera zooms to a central control building.

In Guiyang, China, the police demonstrated how their surveillance works. Inside police headquarters, a camera scans a giant room seating many people and surrounded by intelligence-gathering technology. The targeted individual’s data is displayed on the walls in front.

Their vast digital catalog contains the image of every Guiyang resident. A photo of a fake criminal

testing the system, John Sudworth, BBC correspondent, is taken and entered into the computer.

Sudworth said, “Well, let us see how long it takes you to find me.

Thank you very much. Let’s go.”

The correspondent, now as a criminal, leaves the police station to wander about the city. At a preset time, later that day, the search for him begins. Time passes allowing him to go wherever he wishes.

According to the film script, “Across China cameras with artificial intelligence are in widespread use.”

Cameras are shown getting facial recognition of everyone moving in the city in its search for a target.

“Some can read faces, others can estimate age, ethnicity and gender,” according to the script.

Cameras are shown doing so.

Viewers are next taken inside a huge factory making cameras. For those who value liberty, one day freedom itself could be against the law, as it is in China, thus the following is especially horrifying.

The film script continued, “This factory in Hangzhou has sold 1 million facial recognition cameras in China. We can match every face with an ID card and trace all your movements back one week in time. We can match your face with your car. Match you with your relatives and the people you’re in touch with. With enough cameras, we can know who you frequently meet.”

Cameras are shown doing everything mentioned, searching

every face in the city for the one dissident or criminal and taking shots of every person multidirectionally, even how they walk.

Sudworth said, “Well, here we are. I just got out of the car close to the city center, and for the purposes of this exercise, the plan is for me to start walking in the direction of the bus station. My image has already been flagged to the authorities as a suspect, and in theory, it should only be a matter of time.”

As Sudworth walks around, he notices the cameras about him.

“So already on this bridge. I can see one, two, three CCTV cameras. Of course, there is no point hiding from them. Just keep on walking,” he said in the film.

Life-size scenes in the police control room show their ability to zoom in on him as the cameras find him.

According to the film script in Chinese, “When the system recognizes a face, the control room raises the alarm.”

Sudworth sees the police as they approach him from all directions.

“Right behind me you can see over my shoulder there. ‘Hello guys, I’ve been expecting you.’

Maybe these guys aren’t in on the joke,” he said.

According to the film script, “The exercise took just seven minutes.”

Xu Yan, Guiyang policewoman, said in the film, “For ordinary people, we will only extract their data when they need our help.

When they don’t need help, we won’t gather their data, and it remains only in our big database.

We only use it when needed.”

While she speaks, a vast electronic filing data system is shown.

The BBC correspondent said, “If you have nothing to hide. You have nothing to fear.”

The female Chinese officer smiles and responds, “Yes that’s true. Citizens don’t need to worry.”

But citizens do need to worry, especially Americans. All tyrannical governments, of which China is one, want to know of, and round up, those who oppose them. Otherwise the American Revolution, which gave people the Declaration of Independence and liberty would have never gotten off the ground. No government should have surveillance sufficient to know what their people are doing at all times nor the power to locate and round up dissidents as viewed in this video. King George III would have loved rounding up his dissidents, the Founding Fathers, in seven minutes.

Dr. Harold W. Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and to applying that knowledge to current events.

He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly articles, visit http://www.LibertyUnderFire.org.

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Hemet man accused of stealing checks, bonds, other items arraigned City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A felon accused of stealing hundreds of checks, money orders, bonds and other items by breaking into post office drop boxes pleaded not guilty Thursday, June 25, to identity theft and other felonies.

Stephen Michael Brayley, 35, of Hemet was arrested in March after an investigation by the Riverside County Gang Task Force.

Along with two counts of identity theft, Brayley is charged with forgery and possession of methamphetamine.

He was arraigned before Superior Court Judge Stephen Gallon, who scheduled a felony settlement

conference for Sept. 11 at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

The defendant is being held on $30,000 bail at the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta.

According to Hemet police Sgt. Bob Nishida, gang investigators spotted Brayley driving in the 400 block of Florida Avenue the night of March 24 and became suspicious that he might be engaged in illegal activity.

Nishida said they stopped his vehicle and detained the defendant and another party, whose identity was not disclosed.

Brayley was confirmed to have several arrest warrants for missed court appearances on cases related to counterfeiting and theft, and he

was taken into custody, while the other party was released, Nishida said.

According to the sergeant, a search of the vehicle turned up “numerous personal checks, cashier’s checks, money orders, savings bonds and other documents not belonging to Brayley.”

“There was evidence of identity theft, check fraud and grand theft,” Nishida said. “A small amount of methamphetamine was also recovered. There was a total of 340 personal checks, cashier’s checks, money orders and savings bonds believed to be stolen.”

The U.S. Postal Service Inspector’s Office was notified, he said.

According to the sergeant, the

ensuing investigation revealed that the defendant had allegedly targeted the blue stand-alone drop boxes in front of Chino Hills Post Office on Peyton Drive; Hardman Post Office on Arlington Avenue, Riverside; Moreno Valley Post Office on Alessandro Avenue; Palm Desert Post Office on Hovley Lane; and San Jacinto Post Office on Esplanade Avenue.

Investigators are continuing to track down victims.

According to court records, Brayley has previous convictions in Riverside County for being in possession of contraband in a correctional facility and parole violations.

Margaret Hunter sentencing for campaign fund misuse delayed City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A judge approved a joint motion Monday, June 29, to delay sentencing for nearly two more months for Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband, former Rep. Duncan Hunter, to federal conspiracy charges for misusing campaign funds to support years of personal expenditures.

Margaret Hunter was slated to be sentenced Monday, July 6, but COVID-19-related concerns led the prosecution and defense to jointly agree to postpone her sentencing until Aug. 24, “in the hope that the present public emergency will have abated” by then.

U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Whelan agreed to grant the motion.

Margaret Hunter pleaded guilty more than a year ago to using campaign credit cards on family vacations, restaurant and bar tabs, clothes and other expenses over the course of several years.

Prosecutors said the couple spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, with the former congressman falsely reporting the expenses as campaign-related.

Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty about six months after his wife and was sentenced earlier in 2020 to 11 months in federal prison.

He was slated to surrender to authorities in May, but Whelan approved a joint request to delay

the surrender date to as late as Jan. 4, 2021, “due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the unknown impacts the disease will have in the coming months.”

The Hunters were charged in 2018 in a 60-count indictment.

At Duncan Hunter’s sentencing hearing, he asked Whelan for leniency and sympathy when he sentences “the mother of my children,” asking the judge not to give her time in custody “if it’s possible.”

In the prosecution’s sentencing memorandum, it said the Hunters were “virtually penniless” and amid dire financial straits, resorted to using campaign credit cards to support “a profligate lifestyle

leading to continual debt and an ever-increasing need to find cash to pay bills.”

Despite the family bank account not carrying a positive balance throughout any single month between 2009 and 2017, the family lived extravagantly, racking up thousands of dollars on expensive family trips and scores of other improper personal purchases, according to the memorandum.

Prosecutors also said in court filings that Duncan Hunter gave his wife a campaign credit card even though she had no official role in the campaign and later hired her as campaign manager amid protests from members of his staff.

Probationer accused of killing woman in French Valley wreck arraigned City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A drunken driver accused of killing a 43-year-old woman in a driving under the influence wreck in French Valley pleaded not guilty Monday, June 29, to second-degree murder and other charges.

Joshua Asimovic Morris, 34, of Temecula was arrested in May following the crash that killed Amy Litteral of Winchester.

Along with murder, Morris is charged with DUI gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI resulting in injuries and a sentence-enhancing allegation of fleeing the scene of

a collision.

Morris was arraigned before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Stephen Gallon, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Aug. 5 at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.

Morris is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center.

According to the California Highway Patrol, about 4 p.m., May 22, Morris was driving south on Winchester Road in excess of the speed limit in his 2020 Kia Optima when he entered the left-turn lane for Thompson Road and allegedly did not slow when he came upon

Litteral’s 2017 Ford Fusion directly in front of him, in the same lane.

Officer Mike Lassig alleged Morris impacted the rear of the Ford, pushing the sedan “into the intersection, where it collided into a 2016 Toyota Corolla, which was turning eastbound to northbound Winchester from Max Gillis Road.”

Morris allegedly tried to run away but was unable to, according to the CHP. Paramedics reached the scene within a few minutes and found Litteral in grave condition. She was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, where she died a half-hour later, according to Lassig.

The 39-year-old woman riding with Morris suffered minor injuries, for which she received treatment at Inland Valley Medical Center, Lassig said.

Morris was not injured, nor was the 23-year-old woman driving the Toyota, Lassig said.

Morris is on probation for a 2017 misdemeanor DUI conviction, according to court records. Under California law, a convicted DUI offender who is aware of the risks of drinking and driving and then causes someone’s death because of it can be charged with murder.

July 3, 2020 • www.anzavalleyoutlook.com • Anza Valley Outlook

AVO- 7 ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK LEGAL NOTICES

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202005 29 8 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: PURE DENTAL BILLING AND CONSULTING 8 329 1 T od os S antos Ave, C oach ella, C A 9 2236 Mailing address: P.O. Box 1388, Coachella, CA 9 2236 C ounty: R i ver si d e K ar en - - D omi ng uez, 8 329 1 T od os S antos Ave, C oach ella, C A 9 2236 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s s tatement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: K ar en - - D omi ng uez Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/27/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I VE R S I D E C OU N T Y C L E R K .

LEGAL: 3176 PUBLISHED: June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202004 9 26 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: ADVANCE CORE 1 1 8 8 9 M ag noli a Ave, R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 03 C ounty: R i ver si d e M anuel P r eci ad o C ontr er as , 5 1 4 S an Jaci nto C i r , C or ona, C A 9 28 7 9 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 04/20/20 I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: M anuel P r eci ad o C ontr er as, owner Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/14/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I VE R S I D E C OU N T Y C L E R K .

LEGAL: 3177 PUBLISHED: June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202005 6 1 9 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: FLUFFY BY NATURE PET GROOMING LLC 6 7 8 8 M oonr i ver S t., E ast vale, C A 9 1 7 5 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e Fluffy By Nature Pet Grooming LLC, 6788 M oonr i ver S t., E ast vale, C A 9 1 7 5 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a L i mi ted L i ab i li ty C omp any T h i s L L C i s r eg i st er ed i n th e st ate of C A R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

Registrant: LaBree Blaxon, Managing Member Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/04/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I VE R S I D E C OU N T Y C L E R K .

LEGAL: 3178 PUBLISHED: June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202005 6 1 3 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: TEMECULA VALLEY BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. 28 9 34 N ewp or t R oad , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 C ounty: R i ver si d e T emecula Valley B usi ness S er vi ces, I nc., 28 9 34 N ewp or t R oad , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on T h i s C or p or ati on i s r eg i st er ed i n th e st ate of C A R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on March 2014 I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: Ji ll W ei sg er b er , P r esi d ent Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/04/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I VE R S I D E C OU N T Y C L E R K .

LEGAL: 3179 PUBLISHED: June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202005 5 8 4 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: RANKNETICS 24 5 1 8 W est h aven C t, M ur r i eta, 9 25 6 2 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 24 5 1 8 W est h aven C t, M ur r i eta, 9 25 6 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e Jessi ca - - M ar q uez, 24 5 1 8 W est h aven C t, M ur r i eta, 9 25 6 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: Jessi ca - - M ar q uez Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/04/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I VE R S I D E C OU N T Y C L E R K .

LEGAL: 3180 PUBLISHED: June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202006 008 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: NEIGHBOR HOME SOLUTIONS 6 06 03 T ab le M ountai n R d , M ountai n C enter , C A 9 25 6 1 C ounty: R i ver si d e K evi n M atth ew L and en, 6 06 03 T ab le M ountai n R d , M ountai n C enter , C A 9 25 6 1 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: K evi n M L and en Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/15/2020 N OT I C E — I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I VE R S I D E C OU N T Y C L E R K .

LEGAL: 3181 PUBLISHED: June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 2020035 5 6 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: THE STINKING LEAF 29 0 S an R af ael P lace, P alm S p r i ng s, C A 9 226 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e C B D T h er ap euti cs L L C , 4 4 8 0 D uckh or n D r i ve, S acr amento, C A 9 5 8 34 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a L i mi ted L i ab i li ty C omp any T h i s L L C i s r eg i st er ed i n th e st ate of C A R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: M i ch ael T od d P er nod , C OO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 03/06/2020NOTICE— IN AC C OR D AN C E W IT H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3166 PUBLISHED: March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2020 Republished: June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2020 Address of business was missing the full street name in the original publication.

CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME C ase N umb er : M C C 2000204 T O AL L I N T E R E S T E D P E R S ON S P eti ti oner : VERGEEN SHEMOIEAL MOSHI F i led a p eti ti on wi th th i s cour t f or a d ecr ee ch ang i ng names as f ollows: P r ese nt N ame: VERGEEN SHEMOIEAL MOSHI P r op ose d N ame: FERGIN MOSHI T H E C OU R T OR D E R S th at all p er so ns i nter est ed i n th i s matter ap p ear b ef or e th i s cour t at th e h ear i ng i nd i cated b elow to sh ow cause , i f any, wh y th e p eti ti on f or ch ang e of name sh ould not b e g r anted . Any p er so n ob j ecti ng to th e name ch ang es described above must file a written objection that i nclud es th e r eas ons f or th e ob j ecti on at least two cour t d ays b ef or e th e matter i s sch ed uled to b e h ear d and must ap p ear at th e h ear i ng to sh ow cause wh y th e p eti ti on sh ould not b e g r anted . I f no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant th e p eti ti on wi th out a h ear i ng .

NOTICE OF HEARING D ate: 7 - 9 - 20 T i me: 9 : 30 D ep t: S 1 01 T h e ad d r ess of th e cour t: S outh west Just i ce C enter 307 5 5 - D Auld R oad , S ui te 1 226 , M ur r i eta, C A 9 25 6 3 A cop y of th i s Or d er to S h ow C ause sh all b e p ub li sh ed at least once each week f or f our su ccessi ve weeks p r i or to th e d ate se t f or h ear i ng on th e p eti ti on i n th e f ollowi ng newsp ap er of g ener al ci r culati on, p r i nted i n th i s county: Anza Valley Outlook D ate: JAN 27 2020 S i g ned : B r ad ley O. S nell, Jud g e of th e S up er i or C our t LEGAL: 3182 PUBLISHED: June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202005 6 5 1 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: TVC 4 3339 B usi ness P ar k D r i ve, S te. 1 05 , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 0 C ounty: R i ver si d e T emecula Valley C ommuni cati ons , I nc., 4 3339 B us i nes s P ar k D r i ve, S te. 1 05 , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 0 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on T h i s C or p or ati on i s r eg i s ter ed i n th e st ate of C ali f or ni a R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 01/03/2003 I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: W end y L eso vsky , P r esi d ent Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/04/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3183 PUBLISHED: June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202006 4 5 2 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: LUNA Y SOL HEALING 1 5 030 M ountai n Vi ew, D ese r t H ot S p r i ng s, C A 9 224 0 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 5 29 6 I ng lest one D r i ve, H emet, C A 9 25 4 5 C ounty: R i ver si d e L aur a L i li ana L una, 5 29 6 I ng lest one D r i ve, H emet, C A 9 25 4 5 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: L aur a L i li ana L una Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/24/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3184 PUBLISHED: July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202005 8 5 9 T h e f ollowi ng p er so n( s) i s ( ar e) d oi ng b usi ness as: HIGHROAD TRUCKING INC 4 6 5 H unal C i r cle, S an Jaci nto, C ali f or ni a 9 25 8 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e H i g h r oad T r ucki ng I nc, 4 6 5 H unal C i r cle, S an Jaci nto, C ali f or ni a 9 25 8 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on T h i s C or p or ati on i s r eg i st er ed i n th e st ate of C ali f or ni a R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I d eclar e th at all i nf or mati on i n th i s st atement i s tr ue and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur su ant to S ecti on 1 7 9 1 3 of th e B usi ness and P r of essi ons C od e th at th e r eg i st r ant knows to b e f alse i s g ui lty of a mi sd emeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1 ,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: B r yan K . And er so n, P r es i d ent Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/11/2020 N OT I C E —I N AC C OR D AN C E W I T H S U B D I VI S I ON ( a) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N S U B D I VI S I ON ( b ) OF S E C T I ON 1 7 9 20, W H E R E I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 1 7 9 1 3 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D B E F OR E T H E E X P I R AT I ON .

T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW ( S E E S E C T I ON 1 4 4 1 1 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D P R OF E S S I ON S C OD E ) . I H E R E B Y C E R T I F Y T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3185 PUBLISHED: July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2020

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