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A public hearing item presented at the July 12 Lake Elsinore City Council meeting was a request to appeal the planning commission’s action May 3 to approve a planning application for the Corydon III Project. see page A-2

Local Temecula council moves forward with numerous projects Ava Sarnowski VALLEY NEWS INTERN

Temecula City Council passed three resolutions during its Tuesday, July 12, meeting approving a variety of projects including renovations to a popular community center.

LAKE ELSINORE – Wes Mauch walks with a cross along Lakeshore Drive in Lake Elsinore, Wednesday, July 13. Mauch, who says he was called on by Jesus Christ to carry the cross with the Holy Ghost, has walked nearly 24,000 miles since he began his crosswalking mission 12 years ago.

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STUDIO 395 creates an immersive art viewing experience of a variety of local artists at the Lake Elsinore Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Outlets.

STUDIO 395 arts cooperative in Lake Elsinore is a non-membership nonprofit that works to incorporate local artists into everything that it does. The group’s activities include classes at the Village On Grand Lakeland Village Community Center, cultural events such as the annual Lake Elsinore Dia De Los Muertos Celebration, exhibits, experiences and many wide-ranging community events.

“Our mission is to provide local artists a means to create, teach, sell and contribute to their local community,” Rebecca Esquibel, CEO and director of STUDIO 395, said.

STUDIO 395 will host an art exhibit at Gallery at the Outlets, Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 5-6, and Aug. 12-13, from 5-9 p.m. at The Outlets at Lake Elsinore, 17600 Collier Ave, Unit H185, in see ART, page A-4

Nonprofit Petco Love invests in Animal Friends of the Valleys WILDOMAR – Animal Friends of the Valleys received a $175,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love during a special celebration at the Temecula Petco store, 40474 Winchester Road, Thursday, July 14, in support of their life saving work for animals in southwest Riverside County.

Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger and healthier.

Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations, like Animal Friends of the Valleys, across North America, with 6.5 million pets adopted and counting.

“Our investment in Animal Friends of the Valleys is part of more than $15M in investments see AFV, page A-6

Jonathan Ingram, board member of Animal Friends of the Valleys, and Beth Soltysiah, director of donor development for AFV, speak during a check presentation to AFV for $175,000 from the Petco Love nonprofit at the Petco store in Temecula.

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Lake Elsinore City Council upholds planning commission decision

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A public hearing item presented at the July 12 Lake Elsinore City Council meeting was a request to appeal the planning commission’s action May 3 to approve a planning application for the Corydon III Project. The appeal was submitted by Richard Drury, on behalf of Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility. While not opposed to the warehousing project itself, the environmental watch group was requesting a new California Environmental Quality Act study be conducted to be sure there is no habitat in the area that needed to be left undisturbed.

The proposed project will construct and establish two warehouse buildings and an outdoor storage area on 3.04 acres of land located on the west side of Corydon Road between Palomar and Cereal streets. Lake Elsinore Associate Planner Kevin Beery gave a brief overview of the project on behalf of building staff, who recommended denying the appeal.

An attorney for the appellant was present on Zoom and saidd her client’s concerns are that the City should conduct an additional analysis of the project under the CEQA and that the City lacks evidence to support the use of a Class 32 In-fill Exemption for the project.

Staff addressed each concern, pointing out to the City Council that an Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Analysis dated Nov. 15, 2021, was prepared for the project by BlueScape Environmental to evaluate the potential

air quality impacts of the project.

The study concludes that the project would not exceed daily emissions significance thresholds of SCAQMD; would neither conflict with air quality plans, violate an air quality standard, nor contribute to existing or projected violation and would not expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations.

Additionally, a Vehicle Miles Traveled Screening Report dated Dec. 8, 2021, was prepared for the project that is considered a local serving use and would not have a significant VMT impact.

Regarding a suggested significant biological impact on the appellant’s part, a General Biological Assessment and Western Riverside County MSHCP Consistency Analysis dated October 2021 was prepared for the project.

The report was prepared by a qualified biologist and is based on both literature review and field surveys of the project site. The report concludes that no suitable habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species is present on the project site. Furthermore, the project site is currently developed with single-family residences.

After questions were asked and discussion was completed, City Council members unanimously passed a resolution denying the appeal of the Planning Commission’s action to approve a Conditional Use Permit and upholding the Commission’s findings and approving CUPs for two industrial buildings.

In other business, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office 2022 Second Quarter Statistical Update was presented by Lt. James Rayls. While most stats averaged

Lake Elsinore Associate Planner Kevin Beery shared details about the Corydon III Project during a Public Hearing at the July 12 Lake Elsinore City Council meeting.

The site plan and rendering of the proposed Corydon III Project in Lake Elsinore was shared with City Council Members during a Public Hearing session July 12.

the same throughout the April through May timeframe, he was pleased to report there were zero homicides. With an average of 4,000 calls for service per month, there were a total of 147 felony and 354 misdemeanor arrests made. The Parks Deputy had 68 calls for service which resulted in six arrests and four investigations.

Rayls reported that possession of illegal fireworks led to 75 citations being issued and 500 pounds of the items confiscated July 4.

Consent Calendar items No. 2-13 were passed unanimously with the exception of No. 6 for which Council Member Steve Manos voted no. Item No. 12, which was pulled for public com-

ment, was subsequently passed 5-0. The Successor Agency Consent Calendar’s four items were also passed unanimously.

Mayor Tim Sheridan reminded everyone of his upcoming BYOB (Breakfast) with the Mayor July 26 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the

Lake Elsinore Cultural Center, 183 N. Main Street.

The next regular meeting of the Lake Elsinore City Council and Successor Agency is scheduled for Tuesday, July 26 at 7 p.m.

For more information, www.lakeelsinore.org.

Menifee seeks public input to help shape the future of parks and recreation MENIFEE – The city of Menifee is seeking the public’s help in planning the future of the city’s parks, open spaces, trails and recreation services during an upcoming community workshop Thursday, July 21, at 6 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Kay Ceniceros Center, 29995 Evans Road, in Menifee.

The community workshop will be the first outreach opportunity for the Menifee Parks Master Plan, which will help guide park and facility improvements and services over the next 10 years.

The workshop is one of many opportunities Menifee residents will have to provide feedback during the plan’s development.

A total of 4,000 random households in Menifee have been mailed a paper survey with an option to complete it online, and responses from these residents will comprise a statistically valid sample. In addition, the Community Services Department invites all residents to provide feedback and input through an open-link survey that will be available at http://www.cityofmenifee.us/ parksmasterplan following the

July 21 workshop. Additional community workshops will also be announced.

“Ensuring that Menifee residents have access to premier park and recreation amenities remains a top priority for our city council,” Mayor Bill Zimmerman said.

“The Menifee Parks Master Plan provides the perfect opportunity for residents to let their voices be heard regarding improvements they want to see and where priorities should be placed.”

The results of the survey, along with input from the workshops, will be used to create a priority blueprint for park and recreation enhancements, growth and future service and facility offerings. The Menifee Parks Master Plan is led by KTUA, with survey and data work performed by RRC Associates.

For more information regarding the Menifee Parks Master Plan, visit the city’s website at http://www.cityofmenifee.us/ parksmasterplan or contact the Community Services Department at 951-723-3880.

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Temecula council moves forward with numerous projects Community Center at Ronald Reagan Sports Park to get facelift Ava Sarnowski VALLEY NEWS STAFF

Temecula City Council passed three resolutions during its Tuesday, July 12, meeting approving a variety of projects including renovations to a popular community center.

Among the handful of projects approved were contracts to improve fire services and a contract to upgrade the city’s fiber optic communications and traffic signal system equipment.

Council voted 4-0, with Mayor Pro Tem Zak Schwank absent, to approve an agreement for consultant services with STC Traffic Inc. for the city’s Fiber Optic Communications Systems Project to provide for the development of a master plan to outline the approach and buildout design of the city’s fiber optic communication network. Cost to the city for the contract under the agreement is $120,150.

Temecula received three pro-

posals – from STC Traffic Inc., Advantec Consulting Engineers Inc. and DKS Associates – after the Department of Public Works issued a request for proposal on the city’s online bidding service, Planet Bids. STC Traffic Inc. was selected to perform the consulting work.

Council also approved an agreement with ProActive Fire Design & Consulting Inc. to review services for the fire department.

The contracted amount does not exceed $120,000 for fiscal year 2022-2023 and $480,000 for a potential four-year term.

According to the city, the amount of plan review and inspection workload has increased the need for a fire protection consulting company is necessary to maintain the city’s turnaround times and level of service. For years, they have utilized consulting firms to perform this task. The city said the plan review service is “utilized on an as needed basis” when staff experiences an increased level of

applications and inspections.

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by ProActive Fire Design & Consulting Inc., which has over 45 years of experience, was not only competitive, but the lowest in comparison to the other five submissions.

The city said adequate funds are available in the approved fiscal year 2022-2023 operating budget and funds for the remaining three years will be appropriated with the Fire Department operating budget.

The city also authorized the Department of Public Works to solicit construction bids for a renovation at the Community Recreation Center at Ronald Reagan Sports Park.

Phase 1 will be the bulk of the rehabilitation work, including a full repair and maintenance. Phase 2 and 3 will prioritize expansion, and improvements throughout the facility.

The intended outcome of the project is to provide the necessary renovations to the CRC facility

Temecula City Councilmember James “Stew” Stewart listens to a member of the public addressing city council during the Tuesday, July 12, meeting.

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and to create a safe location for teenagers to participate in social, recreational, physical and educational activities for groups and individuals.

Once the project and specifications are complete, it will be advertised for construction bids.

Contract documents are available

to view in the director of Public Works’ office. The engineer’s construction cost estimate is $3.4 million and construction is expected to last five months.

Ava Sarnowski can be reached by email at valleystaff@reedermedia.com.

U.S. CBP offers helpful tips amid summer travel season DETROIT – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations expects heavier than usual border traffic amid the summer season due to eased travel restrictions and offers some helpful tips for those entering the United States by air, land or sea.

For the summer travel season, ensure travel documents are up to date and readily available. Current documentary requirements for U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and international visitors can be found at https:// www.cbp.gov/travel?language_ content_entity=en.

International visitors arriving from a foreign country by air, land port of entry or ferry terminal will need to show proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

This requirement does not apply to U.S. citizens or U.S. lawful permanent residents.

Know how much currency you are carrying and be prepared to report it to CBP. The FinCEN Form 105 is required for persons who are transporting or mailing currency or monetary instruments over $10,000 USD into or out of the United States and can be completed online or in person.

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The injury was reported at around 11:35 a.m. near the 25600 block of McCall Boulevard, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

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Flood Control District grants Lake Elsinore Outlet easement to SCE Joe Naiman WRITER

The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District conveyed an easement along the Lake Elsinore Outlet Channel to Southern California Edison.

The county Board of Supervisors members are also the board members of the Riverside County Flood

Control and Water Conservation District, and the county supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday, July 12, with Manuel Perez absent, to authorize the purchase and sale agreement and the execution of the easement deed. The easement involves eight legal parcels and totals 45,237 square feet.

SCE plans to construct a 27-mile electric 115,000-volt subtransmis-

sion line from the Valley substation in Menifee to the Ivyglen substation in unincorporated Temescal Valley. The transmission line will go through Lake Elsinore. SCE is currently in the process of obtaining the necessary right of way for the subtransmission line.

The eight properties for which the flood control district granted SCE the easement run parallel to Baker

Street between Riverside Street and Bromley Avenue. The easement area includes the 30-foot public right-ofway of Baker Street along with 22 feet within the flood control district right of way. The California Public Utilities Commission has already given SCE a permit to construct.

SCE offered the flood control district $5,500 for the easement interest which will be used for constructing

and operating power poles along with the associated transmission lines. Flood control district staff determined that conveying the easement interest will not interfere with the district’s necessary use for the property.

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A diorama created by John Schacht is on display at STUDIO 395 in Lake Elsinore.

Artwork created by Gabe Orellana is on display at STUDIO 395’s in the Gallery at the Outlets in Lake Valley News/Shane Gibson photos Elsinore.

ART from page A-1 Lake Elsinore. An artists’ reception will take place on the first evening of the event. The open theme will showcase many genres including photography, traditional visual art, sculpture/3-D art, digital art and more.

“To help us celebrate our local artists and our first art exhibit, Reggae legend Pato Banton will rock the courtyard in front of H185 with a free concert on Aug. 13 from 8-9 p.m.,” event coordinator Dru Bradford said.

She said 15 local artists have contributed to the exhibit and are looking forward to sharing their work with the public.

“We believe it is vital for artists to have a venue and voice to be able to express themselves in a creative, collective environment,” Esquibel said. “This exhibit will provide that forum and give local artists a chance to introduce their work and their

A sculpture created by Matthew Sandoval on display at STUDIO 395’s in the Gallery at the Outlets in Lake Elsinore.

message to the wider community.”

STUDIO 395 has been operating in the Lake Elsinore area since 2011 and received its nonprofit status in 2013. It was founded by a group of local artists. The initial founders included Grace Sandlin, who died in 2020 and was the last of the original group. Others included videographer John Larsen and muralist Robin Golden. Esquibel joined the group in 2013 to primarily assist with administrative structure and grant writing.

“The founders had had experiences in other areas, like L.A. and Orange County, where there are gallery locations, shows, formal schools, etc. This area did not have a whole lot of that sort of structure for artists looking to become professionals,” Esquibel said. “Because of a lack of that sort of structure for artists, there was a lack of opportunities for local residents just looking for classes, showings and more, and that concerned them.

Most had moved into this area in the ’90s and 2000s and wanted to see creative vibrancy here as well.

And while there were pockets of art areas, like downtown Riverside and Temecula wine country, those were either formal galleries or high-ticket sales areas and neither were very accessible to the hobby artists or lower income community members.”

Esquibel said she is not an artist, but she joined because in 2013 STUDIO 395 was joining the Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce, while she was joining for her personal business, which happened to be the first and only winery in Lake Elsinore.

“STUDIO 395 was looking for space to hold a monthly arts night and I had space,” she said. “I stayed with STUDIO 395 because I quickly saw the value of arts to this area where I made my home and owned my business. Art is an economic influencer, a means to learn about culture, a way to express both posi-

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From left, Matthew Sandoval, Peter Skotnica and STUDIO 395 creative director Ricardo Lopez discuss art and progress of the arts coalition at STUDIO 395’s in the Gallery at the Outlets in Lake Elsinore.

tive and negative emotions, and it beautifies, inspires and challenges us. I had a print journalism education at USC and had spent close to 30 years in the corporate insurance world writing or responding to RFPs or creating member materials. I knew how to write and once I saw what STUDIO 395 wanted to do, I figured I could help with grant writing, marketing, administration and business structure. At this point, I call myself the last man standing since none of the original group is still involved. When Grace passed away, I decided to keep moving forward because I knew it would be what she would want me to do and because I still think we have positive things to contribute to any local artists and all of the community.”

Since 2017, STUDIO 395 has been the contracted operator of the county’s venue, Village On Grand Lakeland Village Community Center. The center, 16275 Grand Ave. in unincorporated Riverside County, offers classes, events, space rental and recreation space. The location was the former Butterfield Elementary School and was opened as a community center in 2016 by the county.

“STUDIO 395 responded to the RFP for an operator and we have worked to build this location as our own home but also a community hub for local activities like vaccine clinics, polling places, quarterly Community Advisory Council meetings, neighborhood clean-ups and other meetings that would impact local residents,” Esquibel said.

The STUDIO 395 name is a reference to Highway 395, which runs through the area “The idea was to be a support to all the artists in this southwest Riverside County area to encourage their growth and provide a structure that would allow them to contribute to the improved creativity of the community,” Esquibel said.

The coalition has had a secondary location at the Outlets since 2019 that was originally designed to be a venue for interactive art experiences. It is currently used as a workshop for projects and will be utilized for the gallery show in August.

“We have a cadre of volunteers, some long term and some that we call on for specific projects based on our needs and their skills. Some are professionals, others are local high school students or even just those that hear about us or a specific project and just give us a call,” Esquibel said. “Bottom line, we will fit in any volunteers wherever we can.

Part of our marketing is always that call for contributors or volunteers.

Those that want to get in further are always welcome and we have current board members that simply

Painting by artist Jesse Schenck is displayed at STUDIO 395’s in the Gallery at the Outlets in Lake Elsinore.

showed up to our events over and over. If you think art should be an important part of your community, we want you to contact us.”

Although there have been arts groups in Lake Elsinore in the past, there aren’t any current groups that provide what STUDIO 395 offers.

“We do call ourselves the ‘Outlier Art Organization’ primarily because a number of the past and current art groups in the area are more focused on membership that will hold a showing only for their own members,” Esquibel said. “We definitely are focused on spreading the art around, primarily to the underserved audience in this area.

That even extends to our efforts to get grant funding that we see as opportunities to attract local youth to art or for cultural events.”

She said STUDIO 395 is pleased with the positive relationships it maintains with other art groups in the area and artists within those groups. They are delighted to see the great success that Murrieta Arts Council in the Murrieta area has had recently with its Thursday night events in their downtown area.

She said STUDIO 395 is, and will always be, a partner to art lovers of every kind and is more than happy to share its knowledge and experience with others.

“We attempt to do things that locals can participate in and will expose them to a potentially lifechanging art experience. Art is a verb to us, not just something that hangs on a wall,” Esquibel said.

“We are so excited to see the recent focus on art in Riverside County with The Cheech (Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture) opening. We know a rising tide floats all ships.”

For more information, visit http:// www.STUDIO395.org, http://www. villageongrand.com or 951-4714407.

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Menifee student presents winning scholarship essay to TVGS general membership MENIFEE – Kennya Toledo, a senior at Paloma Valley High School in Menifee, read her winning scholarship essay at the Temecula Valley Genealogical Society’s general membership meeting Monday, June 13, at the Ronald H. Roberts Public Library in Temecula. The essay topic was “My COVID Experience – A Letter to Future Generations.”

Participants were asked to describe how the coronavirus pandemic impacted their life, to explain what they learned about themselves and their family through it, to reveal how the pandemic changed their perspectives or attitudes and to consider if there were any positive things that came from their experience. Toledo was awarded a $500 scholarship for her entry.

The TVGS July general membership meeting will feature a 50-minute seminar, “Introduction to The Family History Guide,” hosted by Bob Taylor. The seminar will cover the main features of The Family History Guide website, https://www.thefhguide.com. This website is an industry-leading hub for family history learning, research and activities, and it’s

free for all visitors. Approved by FamilySearch as an official training partner, there have been visitors to the website from over 150 countries. The meeting took place Monday, July 11, on Zoom and in person at the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road, in Temecula. The seminar began at 6 p.m. For more information, visit http://tvgs.net.

Completely staffed by volunteers, the TVGS supports its website, its monthly newsletter, its monthly classes on DNA with results from writing family histories from the education and genealogy area within the Ronald H. Roberts Public Library.

Founded in 1998, the TVGS mission is to provide public education on matters related to genealogical science, as well as a forum to exchange genealogical information and stimulate interest in family history research. Membership is $25 per year to get the full benefit of a year full of activities with the TVGS. For more information, visit http://www.tvgs.net.

Submitted by Temecula Valley Genealogical Society.

Kennya Toledo reads her scholarship-winning essay at the Temecula Valley Genealogical Society General Membership meeting.

Kennya Toledo receives a $500 scholarship from Susan Puma, president of Temecula Valley Genealogical Society, during the TVGS general membership meeting Monday, June. 13.

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Temecula Valley Genealogical Society Scholarship winner Kennya Toledo poses for a photo with TVGS member and scholarship Judge Claudia Perozzi.

Beth Soltysiak, left, director of donor development of Animal Friends of the Valleys, and Temecula Petco manager Naz Abbas celebrate a $175,000 donation to AFV from Petco Love.

Community dignitaries, Petco staff and Animal Friends of the Valleys staff celebrate a $175,000 donation to AFV from the nonprofit, Petco Love.

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thanized,” Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love, said. “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We recently celebrated the one-year launch

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“AFV is incredibly thankful for our partnership with Petco Love for their generous grant which will not only help the animals, but the residents as well. The need for spay/neuter services in our valley is overwhelming, and this investment will allow AFV to continue our work towards ending pet overpopulation and finding a loving and forever home for all adoptable pets at AFV,” Mo Middleton, executive director of AFV, said.

AFV is a nonprofit organization that serves the cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Menifee and surrounding rural county areas. Since 1987, AFV has been an active part in all local cities, chambers and other civic groups.

AFV works closely with all local police departments, county sheriffs and Cal Fire. Last year alone, AFV opened its doors to over 8,600 animals and is at the highest adoption rate in our 31year history. We are here to help serve the residents and the lost and abandoned pets. This year, AFV was awarded as a nonprofit of the year for the state of California.

AFV is in the process of building a new low cost spay/neuter and vaccination clinic adjacent to the shelter in Wildomar. This new

clinic will be able to perform up to 120 surgeries per day, while being a new modern clinic which will be suitable for the growing population in our communities.

For more information on the clinic or how to donate to the new clinic, contact Soltysiak at beth@afv.org.

AFV is dedicated to promoting humane care of animals through education and proactive animal service programs. Its vision is to be recognized as the leading shelter by providing a safe haven for all animals, while becoming a full-service animal care facility that offers quality and affordable care. For more information about AFV, visit http://afv.org.

Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger and healthier.

Since its founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, the nonprofit has empowered animal welfare organizations by investing $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts and helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. For more information about Petco Love, visit http://petcolove. org.

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Faith in Motion supports foster children throughout Riverside County

Wasinee Nugsiang, center, 18, gives a peace sign while taking a photo with her foster parents, Kwame Addo and Becky Gosling-Addo, during the 2022 high school celebration for Riverside County foster youth at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside Thursday, June 14.

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Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Faith in Motion program works with more than 100 Riverside County faith-based partners to support activities, collect and distribute donations, provide resources and host recruitment events for families with a desire to open their homes and hearts to children in foster care.

The program seeks to develop lasting collaboration and partnership between the faith-based community and the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services.

“Faith in Motion helps fill resource and service gaps by connecting the local faith community to the needs of children and families involved in the child welfare system,” FIM manager Irene

Capen said. “It also establishes lasting relationships for clients through foster parent recruitment and mentorship for foster youth and young adults. The program also recruits and engages potential resource (foster) and adoptive families to provide care for children and families in need.”

Capen herself has fostered 11 children and adopted two. Her adoption and fostering journey and how she came to lead Faith in Motion is detailed in a podcast that can be found online at https:// rivcodpss.org/dpss-news/podcast.

The program’s establishment has its roots in the Family-toFamily initiative launched nationwide in the late 1990s in an effort to ensure children involved in the Child Welfare System have families and communities that provide them with care, support and protection from harm. Recognizing the importance of linking birth families, foster youth and resource families to networks of community support, Riverside County sought to expand family and community involvement with child protection.

This effort involved engagement with community organizations and faith partners.

In 2006, Orange County Children and Family Services developed the Faith in Motion program, which branched out to other counties. Riverside County DPSS

initiated a Faith in Motion Collaborative in 2013 and in 2018, Riverside County DPSS developed a Faith in Motion contract.

Capen said there are more than 100 faith-based partners that the program works with in communities across Riverside County, including churches in Temecula, Murrieta and Menifee.

The program hosts four major annual events that all faith communities are welcome to participate in through volunteerism, donations, hosting a booth and more. The Young Adult Holiday Event is a celebration for foster youth ages 18-21 and Foster Youth Graduation is a celebration for foster youth graduating from high school.

Since November is National Adoption Month, FIM hosts a National Adoption Day Celebration on the first Saturday of that month for families across the county to come together to finalize their adoptions and celebrate becoming a forever home to children in need. Each February, a Give Love Drive is held to collect donations that will benefit those in foster care based on the needs outlined

by DPSS. “There are approximately 4,000 children currently in foster care in Riverside County,” Capen said.

“The need is great for qualified resource families willing and able

to provide safe, stable homes to children and youth.”

She said the goal of Riverside County DPSS and Faith in Motion is to safely reunite children with their families.

“In situations where that is not possible, we help children find safe, loving, permanent homes.

On any given day, 100 children are waiting to be adopted to be part of a forever family,” Capen said.

“Most children coming into care have experienced some form of trauma and our greatest challenge is finding families who are willing and able to meet their needs.”

She said when children cannot remain at home and are placed with a resource family, remaining in their own neighborhoods and communities is a key factor of success. The recruitment and retention of capable foster parents, however, is a challenge for child welfare agencies and there is a critical need, throughout the county, for those willing to provide care for older children and adolescents, siblings and those with medical, emotional and behavioral needs.

Faith in Motion’s monthly meetings are currently online and open to new and current faith leaders interested in participating in the program. For more information, visit http://faithinmotionrivco.org.

Summer fun rolls on at the rink Riverside County MURRIETA – A squad of roller firefighters contain 5 acre skate girls at Epic Rollertainment in Murrieta from left, Alani Hicks, grass fire in Temecula Madison Rowley, McKenzie

Rowley, Scarlett Gibson, Gracie Heintschel and Addison Heintschel. The group celebrated Alani Hicks’ sixth birthday, Saturday, July 9.

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Smoke rises from the Meadows Fire as a pickup truck makes a U-turn along Wolf Store Road to avoid the Temecula blaze.

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The so-called Meadows Fire ignited near Meadows and Temecula parkways just after 4 p.m.,

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No injuries were reported and structures were threatened.

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The loss of the Smohl Memorial Rock

Rebecca Marshall Farnbach SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

For over a hundred years, residents viewed with pride a granite rock formation at what is now the northeast corner of Los Alamos and Briggs Roads in French Valley and recognized its significance as a treasured landmark. Encountering the rock gave a warm “I am here now” feeling of time and place that gave a touchstone to the past where long-ago residents ground acorns and pioneers carved their names and initials. Children climbed the rock and traced the etched markings with their fingers and imagined the people who had viewed the rock long ago and climbed it as they had.

Jeffery Harmon, President of

the Murrieta Valley Historical Society, dubbed it the Smohl Memorial Rock because of Leonard Smohl’s name that was carved into the rockface. Unfortunately, during a field study for the widening of Clinton Keith Road, an archeologist misinterpreted those and other etchings on the rock that were made over 100 years old as being “modern graffiti.”

This is difficult to understand since the boulders were already identified as Riverside County archaeological site CA-RIV-11585, a site eligible for both California and National Registered Historical Sites. The archeologist’s report stated the “modern graffiti” rendered them ineligible for the distinctions. Worse, the rock formation was bulldozed Friday, June 17, to make a six-lane road extension.

Although lifelong residents combed through the debris at both the site and the dumpsite, not a fragment of the 1890 carvings were found. Phone calls, text messages and emails were circulated between local historians. Some of us who are concerned with the loss of the historic treasure contacted our County Supervisor, the road

The first etching on Smohl Rock. The rock, a longtime historical landmark, was destroyed during the road work for the Clinton Keith Road extension project in Murrieta after an archeologist misinterpreted those and other etchings on the rock that were made over 100 years Valley News/Courtesy photos old as being “modern graffiti.”

Alexis Harmon sits atop Smohl Rock. The rock, a longtime historical landmark, was destroyed during the road work for the Clinton Keith Road extension project in Murrieta after an archeologist misinterpreted those and other etchings on the rock that were made over 100 years old as being “modern graffiti.”

crew who did the demolition, the County Archeologist, the State Historic Preservation Office and others. Finally, a representative from the County of Riverside Transportation Department called with a conciliatory message. Not only were they sad to have had any part of the demotion, but they also offered to erect a memory panel for Smohl Rock in a nearby public space.

While we can no longer walk to the rock or climb upon it, having the memory panel is a step to ease the loss. We are hoping the 5 by 2 foot double-sided panel will have a home in an attractively landscaped area outside the new French Valley Library where it can be viewed even when the library is not open.

We plan to feature pioneer history on one side and Native American history to honor the lost grinding holes on the other side. It will take a few months for the design team to fabricate the memory panel.

Please watch for information on a dedication ceremony.

Rebecca has been known to speak up when historic properties are threatened and tries to find creative solutions for creative reuse.

The second etching on Smohl Rock. The rock, a longtime historical landmark, was destroyed during the road work for the Clinton Keith Road extension project in Murrieta after an archeologist misinterpreted those and other etchings on the rock that were made over 100 years old as being “modern graffiti.”

She is a member of the Temecula Valley Historical Society and is an author and co-author of several history books about the Temecula area. The books are available for purchase at the Little Temecula History Center or online from booksellers and at www.temeculahistoricalsociety.org.

Visit Rebecca’s Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/ B01JQZVO5E. The Little Temecula History Center Museum, the red barn at the corner of Redhawk Parkway and Temecula Parkway in Temecula, is open on Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

Who is your hero? Murrieta Rotary Club seeks community hero nominations MURRIETA – For the seventh consecutive year, the Rotary Club of Murrieta is inviting nominations of “heroes” who will be honored during the 2022 Murrieta Field of Honor, Nov. 5-12.

The Rotary Club of Murrieta uses the following benchmark in selecting heroes who are nominated by the community: A hero is a person (or group) who in the face of danger or adversity or from a position of weakness displays courage or self-sacrifice for the greater good.

To nominate a hero, send a picture of the hero, a short biography, a few short sentences on why they should be selected plus contact information – address, email and telephone numbers of the hero and of yourself – to MurrietaRotary@ gmail.com. Nominations will close Thursday, Sept. 15.

For 2022, all heroes nominated must be veterans of U.S. military service and current residents of Riverside County.

Heroes will be honored with a special salute during the Field

of Honor week, along with being featured in a special Field of Honor magazine and in media postings.

Hero selections will be made by a committee of Murrieta Rotary members; all nomination information will become property of the Rotary Club of Murrieta and may be used in promotion of the Field of Honor.

For more information, contact Linda Dozier at MurrietaRotary@ gmail.com.

Submitted by Murrieta Rotary Club.

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Motown tribute band Stone Soul performs during the Temecula Summer Series at the Temecula Community Recreation Center, Thursday, July 14.

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LaVerne Davis dances to Motown classic songs performed by the tribute band Stone Valley News/Shane Gibson photos Soul during the Temecula Summer Concert Series.

Summer concert series brings Motown to Temecula

Stone Soul lead singer Matt Grey sings Motown classic songs during the Temecula Summer Concert Series.

Gary Hand dances to live music performed by the Motown tribute band Stone Soul.

Abby McCann, 8, spins and twirls while dancing to live music performed

by Stone Soul during the Temecula Summer Concert Series.

Nico Lievense and his wife Andrea sing “My Girl” together during the Temecula Summer Concert Series.

Rex Merriweather plays the trumpet with the Motown tribute band Stone Soul during the Temecula Summer Concert Series.

Mary Wright and Richard Benavides dance and sing together to live music performed by the Motown tribute band Stone Soul during the Temecula Summer Concert Series.

People dance in front of the stage as hundreds of people fill the amphitheater at the Temecula Community Center as Stone Soul performs during the Temecula Summer Concert Series.

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CHILDREN’S EVENTS July 26 – 4-5 p.m. Join the Grace Mellman Community Library for its monthly Tween Book Club! A “nopressure” book club where tweens come to discuss their favorite reads and enjoy some snacks and games and meets the last Tuesday of every month. No registration is necessary.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS July 27 – 3-5 p.m. Come join the Menifee Library Chess club every Wednesday. Open to ages 6 to 100, staff and volunteers will provide new players with the basics for playing chess while seasoned players can attend and be matched to play against each other. For more information, call 951-679-2527.

July 23 – 6-8 p.m. Murrieta’s free Summer Concerts Series at Town Square Park in Murrieta features Four Lads from Liverpool for a Beatles tribute. Bring a lawn chair, a picnic dinner or just come as you are. Concerts held every Saturday in July. For more information, visit http://www.murrieta.ca.gov.

July 23 – 5-8 p.m. Attend LIVE! @ the Plateau – Summer Concerts & Art Series sponsored by the Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation and featuring Queen Nation and other tribute bands. The 2022 Summer Concert Series are held every Saturday night at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve.

For more information and tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ plateau-vineyards-live-the-plateautickets-319064639927.

July 28 – 7 p.m. Temecula’s Summer Concert Series features Detroit Underground. The community can hear local bands for free every Thursday in July at the Temecula Amphitheater. Gates open at 5 p.m. Bring blankets, lawn chairs and snacks. Note that smoking, alcohol and pets are not allowed.

For more information, visit https:// temeculaca.gov/1165/SummerConcert-Series.

ONGOING – The city of Menifee offers in-city or out-of-city special event vendor applications online or at Menifee City Hall to apply for signature and other special events. Contact Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, 951-672-6777, or online at businesslicensing@ cityofmenifee.us.

ONGOING – Riverside Transportation Commission is offering Park and Ride Lots to connect with carpools, vanpools and transit systems in Beaumont at 600 E. Sixth Street, in San Jacinto at 501 S. San

Jacinto Avenue and in Temecula at Grace Presbyterian Church, 31143 Nicolas Road, open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. but not on weekends.

ONGOING – Sun City Civic Association Monthly Square Dance sessions are held Sundays from 1:30-5 p.m. at 26850 Sun City Boulevard, Sun City.

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 800-510-2020 for help.

ONGOING – The Riverside County COVID-19 Business Assistance Grant Program is accepting online applications for business grants up to $10,000 at http://www. rivercobizhelp.org that can be used for employee retention, working capital, personal protective equipment purchases, rent or mortgage payments and paying vendor notices. Eligible businesses, including nonprofits, must be in Riverside County, with a minimum of one but less than 50 employees 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, 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.

ONGOING – Temecula’s Farmers Markets are offered in Old Town

Temecula Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon, 4100 Main Street in Temecula; at Promenade Temecula, 40640 Winchester Road, outside JCPenney every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Vail Headquarters, 32115 Temecula Parkway, every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Riverside County Public Health orders, the farmers markets will be restricted to agriculture products only. Follow the Old Town Temecula Farmers Market on Facebook to stay updated. No pets are allowed.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, NOTICES July 28 – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attend an Entry Level Virtual Job Fair in Temecula for those looking for a new job, register today and access the company list and available jobs. To register and for more information, visit https:// hirex.us/job-fairs/california/temecula/165910350129004565.

ONGOING – Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Meeting meets the third Monday of each month at the Mary Phillips Senior Center, 41845 6th Street, in Temecula from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information, email gaugustin206@gmail.com or join the meeting.

ONGOING – Sons of Norway/ Scandinavia meets at noon the first Saturday of every month, September to June, at the Heritage Mobile Park Clubhouse, 31130 S. General Kearny Road., in Temecula. A potluck lunch is followed by a cultural program and short business meeting. Please come and enjoy company with fellow Scandinavians. Call 951-309-1597 or 951-849-1690 for more information.

ONGOING – Noon to 1 p.m. Attend Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce’s weekly business briefing via Zoom or watch live on Facebook every Wednesday.

Registration required at https://bit. ly/MWCBizBriefing. The chamber business briefing is an opportunity to hear from city, county and business leaders about current and relevant business information.

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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-the-wheel instruction or a California driver’s permit. Contact 951-723-3880 or visit the city of Menifee to register at www.city of menifee.us.

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

ONGOING – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a free 12step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia, has meetings throughout the U.S. and the world. Contact 781-9326300, 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. Anyone who likes to garden or is interested in plants is welcome. Membership is $10 per year. Find more information about the monthly event or project on Facebook.

ONGOING – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month. For more information and new meeting dates and places, visit 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.

Temecula Valley Historical Society to give Battle of the Little Bighorn presentation TEMECULA – Dr. Mark S. Bellnap will speak to the Temecula Valley Historical Society at 6 p.m. Monday, July 25, on the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a subject he has studied for about 25 years. Specifically, Bellnap will tell about the little-known secondary fight, the Battle on Reno-Beenten Hill, that took place on the same day. He will give a background for the two fights and will examine whether or not General Custer and others may have disobeyed orders by initiating the battles.

The program will not be political in nature and will not analyze whether the U.S. government or Native American people were right or wrong in their views toward the U.S. policies.

Bellnap attended the U.S. Cavalry School near the battle site where he learned about cavalry tactics and weapons of that time period. Bellnap has ridden the Custer trails on horseback and served as an re-enactor during annual reenactment of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, including the 146th anniversary reenactment

in June 2022. Bellnap has given scholarly presentations at professional conferences and had a peer-reviewed paper published on the subject by the National Social Science Association.

The public is invited to attend the live presentation which will take place at the Little Temecula History Center, the red barn next to Kohls in south Temecula at no charge. It will also be livestreamed on the Temecula Valley Historical Society’s Facebook page.

For more information, contact Rebecca Marshall Farnbach at info@temeculahistory.org.

Submitted by Temecula Valley Historical Society.

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Dr. Mark Bellnap, on Reno-Benteen Hill, Saturday, June 25, while he served as a park interpreter during the 146th anniversary of the battle of the Little Bighorn, will give a presentation on the battle Monday, July 25, at the Little Temecula History Center.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Vail HQ announces August events Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Vail Headquarters in Temecula announced its calendar of events for the month of August, and visitors are offered a variety of events from car shows to live music designed to be fun for the entire family as the summer continues to heat up at one of Temecula’s hottest historical spots.

August events kick off with live music onstage in continuation of the annual Summer Concert Series, Friday, Aug. 5, which features live music every Friday evening on the main stage at Vail Headquarters from 6-9 p.m. Other dates include Friday, Aug. 12, and Friday,

Aug. 19, for the final concert of the summer. The Vail Headquarters Summer Concert Series features a music showcase with nearly two dozen local bands throughout the summer. Bring lawn chairs and blankets to set up and enjoy the show with food and drink from the restaurants at Vail Headquarters.

Visit http://www.vailhq.com for a listing of performers.

Ramble On Classic Car Show returns to Vail Headquarters Saturday, Aug. 6, from 5-9 p.m. and will feature more than 100 classic cars, live music and DJ, giveaways and themed vendors.

Sunday Fundays are scheduled for Aug. 7, Aug. 14, Aug. 21, and Aug. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Complete with vendors, food, train rides, demonstrations and a DJ to get the party started, Sunday Funday is a guaranteed good time for young and old alike.

The popular Thistle and Sage Vegan Market returns Saturday, Aug. 13, from 4-9 p.m. This event features a monthly vegan market with vendor booths, vegan food vendors, vegan trick or treats and more.

School of Rock will perform their midseason showcase Saturday, Aug. 21, from 4-8 p.m. featuring all age groups and genres of music.

Caribbean Nights presented by Caribbean Corner returns to Vail Headquarters Saturday, Aug. 20,

from 4-8 p.m. This free event will feature music and more than 40 vendors for a unique, yet fun family experience.

For the final event of the month, local maker’s market Starlight Bazaar returns with a three-day event, “Carnival Night.” Featuring local music, art, food, circus performances and free admission, Carnival Night kicks off Friday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m. and runs through Sunday, Aug. 28: Fridays from 6-10 p.m., Saturdays from 6-10 p.m. and Sundays from 4-8 p.m.

Attractions Tubs of Fun carnival ride for all ages, carnival bounce house for toddlers only, giant inflatable slide for all ages, four carnival games for all ages includes

one prize per game, High Striker for all ages, pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, balloon twisting and train rides all require tickets, which can be purchased onsite for $3 each or buy pre-sale tickets or unlimited wristbands to save at a discount. For more information, visit http://www.vailhq.com.

Vail Headquarters is at 32115 Temecula Parkway. For more information on these and other great events, visit http://www. vailhq.com.

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

Movie Revie: ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Bob Garver SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, hasn’t been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” where he decapitated Thanos, got really fat and ultimately left to go have space adventures with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I remembered the first two parts just fine, but I had to be reminded of the third before “Thor: Love and Thunder.” It seems like the movie had to be reminded of that as well, meaning it only remembered at the last minute that it needed to include the Guardians. Chris Pratt and company pop up early in this movie, but they and Thor soon part ways. If you saw this movie’s advertising and thought you were in for a 50/50 Thor/Guardians split, you are in for a letdown.

Fortunately, the old-hat Guardians are replaced with something arguably even better: the return to the MCU of Jane Foster, played

by Natalie Portman, Thor’s former lover from the Asgardian god’s first two standalone films in 2011 and 2013. Jane’s mind is as sharp

as ever, but her body is failing her. She travels to the city of New Asgard, which is now a tourist trap run by a bored Valkyrie, played by Tessa Thompson, to see if she can be magically treated by the remnants of Thor’s hammer Mjolnir, which was destroyed in “Thor: Ragnarok” back in 2017. Due to a protection spell put on the hammer

by Thor while he and Jane were dating, the hammer repairs itself with Jane as its new wielder.

Jane teams up with Thor, Valkyrie and Korg, played by Taika Waititi who is also the film’s director, to battle villain du jour Gorr, played by Christian Bale, a heartbroken former worshiper with a god-killing Necrosword and a grudge against all gods following the death of his daughter.

The heroes travel to Omnipotence City to ask Zeus, played by Russell Crowe, doing a Borat voice for some reason, for an army to battle the God Killer, but they are met with mockery and refusal. It turns out Gorr has a point about gods caring more about indulging in hedonism than doing anything god-like. But he’s kidnapped a pack of New Asgardian children

to use as Thor-bait, so he needs to be stopped.

The writing of Gorr is probably the worst thing about the movie.

Bale is acting his heart out and the character is truly sympathetic at times, but he’s just such an afterthought for all but about three scenes. And in between those scenes, he’s a sarcastic jerk, which isn’t consistent with his overall tone or motivations. The movie really dropped the ball with this character.

But the best thing about the film is Hemsworth’s effortless chemistry with everybody, especially Portman. The ups and downs of their relationship are much more exciting than any action sequence, which are pretty much what’s to be expected from the MCU at this point. It’s thanks to them that life and death seem consequential in the MCU again, which is refreshing after a few movies where I’ve become convinced that characters can always be brought back via Infinity Stones or Multiverse shenanigans. Second to Portman is Hemsworth’s chemistry with new weapon Stormbreaker. Not since Joan Rivers has an old battle ax

essential MCU viewing, but it’s OK for something on the second or third tier.

Grade: B“Thor: Love and Thunder” is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, language, some suggestive material and partial nudity. Its running time is 118 minutes.

Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@ nyu.edu.

had this much personality.

I’ll give “Thor: Love and Thunder” a mild recommendation, thanks mostly to the efforts of Hemsworth and Portman and to Bale in the few scenes where his character’s pathos really comes through. The humor can be hitor-miss – this movie thinks there is nothing funnier than screaming goats – and the action is memorable only for being set to the music of Guns N’ Roses. This movie isn’t

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ENTERTAINMENT

Heartwarming production of Disney’s ‘Frozen’ featured at Ramona Bowl

Delaynee Gates, left and Natalie Roehm star in the Summer Youth Theatre’s presentation of Disney’s Frozen at the Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre July 11 and 12.

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Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

With a cast of 75 ranging in age from 5 to 18, the Summer Youth Theatre presented Disney’s ‘Frozen’ at the Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre in Hemet July 11 and 12.

Youth from every public, private and charter school in the San Jacinto Valley as well as some from Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee and Romoland gave their all during each night’s performance.

The key roles of sisters and princesses of Arendelle, Anna and Elsa, were played by six different actresses because the characters were depicted at three ages throughout the show. Ellie Ballard, Izzy Herritt and Natalie Roehm portrayed Anna while Stella Valenzuela, Belle Carlen and Delaynee Gates played Elsa.

Frozen is about Elsa, heiress to the throne, who is born with the ability to create and control ice and snow. As a young child, she uses her abilities to create a winter wonderland to play in with her younger sister and best friend, Anna. One night after accidentally harming Anna with her icy powers, Elsa wants to protect everyone from being hurt and shuts herself away for many years. When she has to come out for her coronation as the new Queen, Elsa accidentally unleashes her power and traps the entire kingdom in perpetual winter and runs away. Anna, with the help of mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick Sven, sets off to find her sister and help break her icy spell. Their journey includes many interesting characters including Olaf, a snowman come to life. An act of sisterly love eventually breaks the spell; the kingdom is saved and Elsa learns to control her magical power through love.

As the first sisters to be onstage, young actresses Ellie and Stella brought lots of experience with them. This marked the seventh Summer Youth Theatre musical for Ellie, 14. Aside from being Young Anna, she also performed in several ensembles as did many of the other cast members. Stella is an eighth grader at Temecula Valley Charter School and this was her second play with the SYT. Middle Anna was portrayed by Izabella (Izzy) Herritt who is in eighth grade at Dartmouth Middle School. This is her fourth role with SYT. Belle Carlen, as Middle Elsa,

made her SYT debut this year and also performed in the ensemble.

The West Valley High School senior plans to continue acting.

Natalie Roehm, as the grownup Anna, is a junior at Temecula Valley High School and was also appearing in her first SYT production. She hopes to continue musical theater in the future. Delaynee, 17, is no stranger to the stage but this was her first time appearing in a Summer Youth Theatre show, where she played the adult Elsa.

Everyone’s favorite reindeer Sven was played by Jolinda Olguin, a senior at West Valley.

Sven’s friend, Kristoff, was played

by Neal Handy, 18, who has been acting since middle school. He is currently playing the part of Judah in the Fine Arts Network Theater Company presentation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, running through Aug. 7 at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater.

Drake Rodgers, a Renaissance Valley Academy ninth grader, made his sixth appearance in a SYT production, playing the roles of King Agnarr and a townsperson.

In the future, he wants to be an actor, director or producer.

This was the final SYT production for producer Stacey West Bailey, who created the program many years ago. In the beginning, she was also the director and choreographer but over time she passed those roles onto others. This year Cheri and Paul Kehler served as co-directors and Cheri took on choreography duties as well.

With a background of teaching dance, voice and theater for more than 20 years, Cheri is the current Director of Theatre and Dance at West Valley in Hemet where she teaches drama and dance classes, directs school plays and musicals and coaches the WVHS Dance Team. She is the former owner of The Dancers’ Studio in Hemet, which she operated for 13 years and where she continues to teach classes.

Associate Director Paul Kehler teaches performing arts at Temecula Valley Charter School and has been performing and directing for many years. He is the director of his school’s award-winning “Roaring Harmony” Show Choir and was excited to join his wife for this project.

Musical Director Paul Fults returned for a third Summer Youth

About 75 actors ages 5-18 from throughout the San Jacinto and Temecula valleys are cast in the Summer Youth Theatre production of Disney’s Frozen.

A search party is formed to find Queen Elsa in the SYT production of Disney’s Frozen. From left, Sven (Jolinda Olguin), Anna (Natalie Roehm), Kristoff (Neal Handy) and Olaf (Owen Newborn) hatch a plan.

Theatre production. For the past 24 years, he has worked as a music educator in the Hemet Unified School District, currently as band director at Cawston and Winchester elementary schools.

Jessie Lee Bouchard served for her third year as assistant director and was a performer in SYT productors consecutively from the ages of 5 through 17. She has also been an actor in “Ramona” for the past 16 years.

Bailey was at West Valley High School for more than 30 years teaching theater, dance, choir, film, English, speech and special education. She was head of the Arts Department where she created the School of Film and Technology, a Career and Technical Education program targeting the film and television industry. After she retired, the school’s theater was renamed the Stacey West Bailey Theater.

She was a member of the California Thespian Board for more than 20 years and was inducted into the Thespian Hall of Fame for the state of California. She has served on the Hemet Unified School Board for the past six years.

Bailey said overseeing her final musical was bittersweet, but she has many memories that she will always treasure from the dozen productions she has brought to the Bowl.

Summer Youth Theatre creator and producer Stacey West Bailey presents her final season with the production of Disney’s Frozen.

Hans (Jeremiah Guinn) sweeps Princess Anna (Natalie Roehm) off her feet at Queen Elsa’s coronation during a rehearsal at West Valley High School for SYT’s production of Disney’s Frozen.

[Right] Drake Rodgers portrays King Agnarr in the Summer Youth Theatre production of Disney’s Frozen.

Izzy Herritt, as middle Anna, rehearses a dance number with two young castmates at West Valley High School’s Stacey West Bailey Theater.

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HEALTH

July is UV Awareness Month Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

“When you wake up in the morning and the light is hurt your head, The first thing you do when you get up out of bed, Is hit that streets a-runnin’ and try to beat the masses, Now go get yourself some good sunglasses,” ZZ Top said in his song “Cheap Sunglasses.”

During the summer, there is a lot of emphasis put on protecting skin from UV rays, and it is important.

But they sometimes forget about protecting the eyes – the most exposure to bright sunlight increases the risk of developing these four conditions: cataracts, macular degeneration, growths on the eye and cancer.

On the job eye protection is not just for work, it is even during our

day-to-day activities. July is UV safety awareness month; however, eyes are at risk to UV rays all year round.

Try these tips from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Check for 100% UV protection.

Make sure sunglasses block 100% of UV-A rays and UV-B rays.

Choose wrap-around styles. Ideally, sunglasses should wrap all the way around to the temples, so the sun’s rays cannot enter from the side.

Wear a hat. In addition to your sunglasses, wear a broad-brimmed hat to protect the eyes.

Do not be fooled by clouds. The sun’s rays can pass through haze and thin clouds. Sun damage to eyes can occur anytime during the year, not just in the summertime.

Protect your eyes during peak

sun times. Sunglasses should be worn whenever outside, and it is especially important to wear sunglasses in the early afternoon and at higher altitudes, where UV light is more intense.

Never look directly at the sun. Looking directly at the sun at any time, including during an eclipse, can lead to solar retinopathy, damage to the eye’s retina from solar radiation.

Speaking of eyes, remember that August is Cataract Awareness Month.

Sam DiGiovanna is a 35-year fire service veteran. He started with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, served as fire chief at the Monrovia Fire Department and currently serves as chief at the Verdugo Fire Academy in Glendale.

Exposure to bright sunlight increases the risk of developing cataracts, macular degeneration, growths on the eye and cancer.

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Report: Increased social Dial 988: State’s new mental health and community connections crisis hotline debuts are important for health government, is mostly still just a portant because local call centers Jocelyn Wiener

Dr. Rhonda L. Randall SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

All people are wired for emotional connection and that doesn’t stop when they retire. In my experience as a geriatrician, older adults who have family or a strong support network by their side are more likely to remain living in their homes longer, get the care they need and have better health outcomes. Unfortunately, older adults who are more isolated with less of a social support system, experience more challenges and often don’t receive important care.

Through my practice, I learned the path to better health for older adults isn’t always through the doctor’s office. When older adults are a part of an active community, their health outcomes improve. But in many instances, these communities have been less active due to COVID-19. The lack of community support throughout the pandemic has exacerbated the impact of social isolation and mental health challenges, which affect quality of life and a sense of purpose and connection as older adults age.

The United Health Foundation’s 10th annual “America’s Health Rankings Senior Report” – which highlights a 10-year analysis of improvements, challenges and disparities in health and well-being across all 50 states – reflects this reality for older adults in America who felt the impact of the pandemic in many ways.

Unfortunately, the Senior Report revealed a decade of worsening mental and behavioral health challenges among older adults. In the last 10 years, nationally, we saw a 13% increase in the suicide rate, a 9% increase in the prevalence of depression and an 8% increase in the prevalence of frequent mental distress among adults 65 and older.

And drug deaths increased 147% among seniors, ages 65-74.

The behavioral health measures in California were most concerning in this year’s report, with the state ranking 13th for depression and 16th for suicide among those 65 and older.

Additionally, California ranked 42nd in frequent mental distress.

The correlation between connection, community and independent living for older adults is so important to achieving healthy outcomes and a higher quality of life, including those behavioral health measures.

But when someone doesn’t have a relational or chosen family, it is up to society to fill that need.

California ranked 26th overall healthiest state in this year’s Senior Report, which is not very strong.

Understanding the behavioral health needs of older adults across the state allows for a better investment in their health. California has a high home health care worker rate, providing older adults with more independence; however, the need for community support remains. Community-based support can mitigate the mental health challenges stemming from isolation and loneliness.

A study published in Health Services Research in 2013 found that increases in home- and communitybased services for older adults, such as home-delivered meals, congregate meals or community centers, were associated with a decrease in the rate of low-care residents in nursing homes. And data from the 2018 Older Americans Act Report to Congress also suggested community support services are effective – 65% of congregate meal clients and 92% of home-delivered meal clients reported that these services helped them continue to live independently at home.

The AARP Foundation offers a program, Connect2Affect, that helps older adults who are experiencing isolation or loneliness. This program offers solutions in collaboration with the Gerontological Society of America, Give an Hour, USAging and UnitedHealth Group. Connect2Affect uses research to create a deeper understanding of loneliness and isolation, draw crucial attention to the issue and catalyze action to end social isolation among older adults.

It’s clear that programs that support behavioral health and social services for older adults can help them maintain independence and hopefully, improve behavioral health measures.

People need to help the older adults in their lives reconnect with their communities and activities they have enjoyed in the past but have not yet returned to on a regular basis. And they need to bolster programs that offer evidence-based community support. Equipped with this data, I hope we can work together to address emerging health disparities among older Americans so they can remain independent, in their homes and connected to their communities.

Dr. Rhonda L. Randall is the chief medical officer of UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, a business segment of the nation’s largest health care company, UnitedHealth Group.

Randall is a fellowship-trained geriatrician with a focus on hospice and palliative medicine, and is board certified in family practice. She completed her internship, residency, chief residency and fellowship at Florida Hospital in Orlando.

CALMATTERS

Starting Saturday, people experiencing mental health crises need to remember just three numbers to dial for help: 988.

The new federal number – debuting in California and across the country this weekend – is billed as an alternative to 911 for people experiencing mental health emergencies. Here, advocates said the shortcut will make it simpler for people in crisis to tap into the state’s network of 13 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call centers.

The plan has been in the works for nearly two years.

In October 2020, former President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill to establish 988 as a national number. The law also gave states the option to fund call centers and mental health crisis services by attaching new fees to phone lines. So far, only four states have succeeded in doing so; California may soon be poised to be the fifth.

With the added funds from those fees, along with county, state and federal investments, the architects of 988 eventually envision it leading to an expansive, national overhaul of the mental health delivery system – one in which callers tap into a crisis response system that keeps police out of the equation.

At this point, that bigger system, first promoted by the federal

vision. But mental health leaders in California said they hope a blueprint for the project, including a means to fund it, will begin to crystallize in the coming year.

Others caution that full-scale implementation in the state’s 58 counties may prove difficult in the long run, given that the state parcels out mental health funding and services at the county level.

Compared with many other states, California appears to be in relatively good shape to receive an influx of new callers as news of 988 spreads, according to some mental health leaders.

“It’s important, it’s needed, it’s going to happen,” Le Ondra Clark Harvey, CEO of the California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies, which includes the state’s 13 call centers, said. “When that proverbial switch is flipped, our centers are ready to go to work.”

Between 2016 and 2020, California’s National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call centers saw a 67% increase in calls, a number that’s gone up still further as the pandemic drags on. Despite this, in-state call centers have answered 90% of calls, according to data from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

By comparison, in Vermont, that in-state answer rate is 52%; in Texas, 40%; and in Wyoming, 16%, the group’s data shows.

Having in-state response is im-

are more familiar with available resources than national call centers that receive calls if no one is available locally.

Call centers in California said they are anticipating an influx of calls and have been investing in infrastructure and training to prepare. To support this increase, the state Department of Health Care Services authorized $20 million last fall. This year’s budget includes an additional $8 million to fund the call centers.

A bill going through the Legislature would raise additional funds for the program by attaching a fee to cell phone lines. Another federal bill would also bring in additional funding for the hotline and crisis services, if passed.

Jonathan Porteus, CEO of Sacramento-based WellSpace Health, which runs a suicide prevention crisis hotline that serves much of the state, estimates that calls to his center may triple in coming months. As word spreads and more people seek help, he said he feels confident in his organization’s ability to take calls and texts.

But he worries about what comes after that. What happens if a suicidal caller requires immediate in-person mental health supports in a place that has none? What if they’re in a remote, rural location?

Or snowbound?

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BUSINESS

Women are given a platform to be empowered, inspired and connected Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Menifee’s Robbie Motter has spent her lifetime making a difference adhering to her motto of “Just Show Up.” She spent nearly 30 years with the National Association of Female Executives, but during the pandemic, the group decided to go in another direction and after 40 years, changed its name and ways of operation, discontinuing the networking that was such a key component for success through connections.

Motter founded the Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs nonprofit to help more women realize their dreams and give them the tools to get there. As its CEO, she moved all the local California networks to GSFE. During COVID-19, the group was already doing virtual meetings, and the connections quickly became global. There are now more than 300 members from all over that “show up.”

“No one is paid a salary,” she said. “We give from our heart to help women soar to greater heights than they imagined. Our mission is to empower, inspire, mentor, educate and connect women and young ladies to be successful entrepreneurs.”

Several networks are located in Riverside County, including the Temecula Network, Menifee and Southwest Inland Empire which covers Murrieta, Wildomar, Riverside and the Corona area. There are also networks in Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties.

There are other networks in other states and several countries including India, England and Italy, all made possible through Zoom meetings. Members are all ages and in all types of businesses, some are even retired but one thing they have in common is that they are there for each other.

“Our members join one network but then they can attend any of our meetings just by RSVPing with the various directors,” Motter said.

“Our membership is the same as it was with NAFE, which is $50 a

Robbie Motter, CEO and founder of the Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs, speaks at a recent networking event.

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Members of the Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs nonprofit meet for their monthly networking event at the Sun City Family Valley News/Courtesy photo Restaurant, Wednesday, July 13.

Nearly 25 Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs members contributed to a book written and published by Temecula’s Angela Covany, who is also the director for Temecula’s GSFE network.

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year and then a $10 meeting fee for their own network or $15 per meeting if a guest at another network’s meeting. The fees go to the director of that network for their time and to cover any expenses they might have such as publicizing the meeting and door prizes.”

New female entrepreneurs are not the only ones who benefit from membership and learning valuable lessons from guest speakers at network meetings. Longtime business owners can learn from attending, sharing and contributing. Individual needs are regularly assessed and addressed.

“We make sure every speaker is talking about a subject that can help our members grow personally and professionally and gives them tips on how to do it,” Motter said.

“We have helped women write their books, get trained for public speaking and how to do various social media like LinkedIn, Facebook and Tik Tok. We also helped many learn how to navigate Zoom as some had no idea what it was, let alone how to use it. We do give members step-by-step information and if they need mentoring, we do that as well.”

GSFE also collaborates with other nonprofits for special events.

Extravaganza 6 will take place Sunday, Aug. 7, with an afternoon of desserts and entertainment.

Proceeds from the event will be divided among MilVet, overseen

by GSFE member Raven Hilden, A Women’s Golf Academy in Sun City that teaches youth and

women to golf and is operated by GSFE member Charmaine Summers and Motter’s Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs. Past events have sold out quickly and no tickets will be sold at the door.

Other planned events are a virtual conference Friday, Sept. 16, so all global members and guests can join in. On Friday, Nov. 11, the group is hosting a mini workshop and authors from the local network will be there to sign their books.

“We have helped so many women step out and write their own books this year,” Motter said. “It started when I did my book last December titled ‘It’s All About Showing Up and the Power is in the Asking.’ It was a No. 1 best seller in the U.S. and internationally the first day and had 46 of my GSFE members as co-authors.”

She said many had not written any books before, and publisher Angela Covany from Havana Book Group, who lives in Temecula and is the director of the Temecula GSFE network, published the book. Covany recently published a book she put together titled “Love Your Haters,” and 24 GSFE members contributed to that book as well.

“Raven Hilden was in both books and this week she is launching her book about military veterans,” Motter said. “My passion is getting women to step out of their comfort zone and do things. Everyone has a story so I can be their cheerleader to help them get it out there. What a joy it is to me to see

Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs members accept the “Best Choreography” award after their performance at the Soboba Foundation and Soboba Casino Resort 14th annual Lip Sync Contest in San Jacinto, Friday, June 17, including from left, Soboba Foundation Vice President and event co-host Catherine Modesto, Angelique Sunshine, Kara Maldonado and Soboba Foundation Valley News/Robert A. Whitehead photo President Dondi Silvas.

them hold their book and feel so great that they did it. Their stories could change someone else’s life.”

National World Kindness Day is Sunday, Nov. 13, and Motter said her group always hosts an event.

This year, an awards luncheon will be held at the Riverside Arts Center. Motter said she regularly works hard to get members nominated for various awards so they can be acknowledged. She also has gotten them speaking engagements for “Sue Talk” which is similar to the “Ted Talk” program.

“Our goal is their success,” Motter said. “We don’t compete; we complete, and I just believe that together we can do more. In April, I was nominated by London (network) to receive an honorary Humanitarian Doctorate award in Atlanta for the work I have been doing for the past year. I am nominating 26 members from GSFE to go to London to receive their Honorary Humanitarian Doctorate Degree as well as attend several galas that we have been invited to. I never imagined that it would happen for me and now I am able to make it happen for others.”

Through her international connections, Motter has connected members with women overseas and will launch her second GSFE

network in London this year.

“I am working with some of the most dynamic women and the director will be Dr. Caroline Makaka, who also heads up Ladies of All Nations and is connected with 179 countries,” she said.

“She and nine other women from London were recently in my home as we did a collaboration with the London network called the She Inspires Me Awards in Long Beach a few months ago. More than 200 attended and over 100 of my women were presented an International Award.”

She said one GSFE member is writing an original movie, and the script has already won lots of awards and several members have secured small parts and parts as extras in the movie.

“I love doing what I can to make women and young ladies shine,” Motter said. “I love connecting them, pushing them to achieve their dreams and take action and more. It’s not about me but what I can do to touch a life and make a difference.”

For more information, visit http://www.gsfeus.com or http:// globalsocietyforfemaleentrepreneurs.org. Robbie Motter can be reached at 951-255-9200 or rmotter@aol.com.

County to seek state airport loan for French Valley shade hangars Joe Naiman WRITER

Riverside County will be applying for a State Airport Loan to install shade hangars at French Valley Airport.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday, July 12, with Manuel Perez absent, to authorize the Aviation Division of the county’s Transportation Land Management Agency to submit an application to the California Department of Transportation for Local Airport

Loan Program. The action also approved a sole source contract with Centrex Construction Inc. for the dismantling, transportation and installation of the hangars which are currently at John Wayne Airport in unincorporated Santa Ana. Charter jet operator Clay Lacy Aviation is building a new facility at John Wayne Airport. The new facility will require the removal of three large shade hangars which can house 85 aircraft. The hangars must be demolished or removed by fall 2022 to prepare the site for the construction of the new

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facility. Clay Lacy Aviation had intended to demolish the hangars but informed Riverside County that the hangars could be given to the county at no cost if they can be dismantled and moved before fall 2022.

The county’s Aviation Division was made aware of the Clay Lacy Aviation opportunity while investigating options to provide more aircraft storage. French Valley Airport currently has a waiting list of 44 aircraft owners waiting for hangar space to become available. French Valley Airport is classified as a general aviation reliever airport, which means that it is primarily used by private pilots for recreational or personal business flights but may also provide temporary capacity for cargo or other flights if the primary commercial airport needs the capacity for larger aircraft.

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More than 240 aircraft are based at French Valley Airport, and approximately 89,000 operations each year, including touch-andgo exercises, occur on the airport runway which is 75 feet wide and 6,000 feet long.

Centrex Construction Inc. is based in Portland, Oregon. The company specializes in designing and building facilities for companies in the aviation industry. The county’s consultant Mead & Hunt estimates that the cost to design, build and install three shade hangars on the existing airport apron, which could shelter 85 aircraft, would be approximately $4.4 million. The estimated cost of hiring Centrex to dismantle, remove, transport and install the shade hangars currently at John Wayne Airport is $2.3 million, so the county could save approximately $2 million by obtaining the Clay

Lacy Aviation hangars. The estimated ongoing annual cost for the hangars once they are at French Valley Airport is approximately $200,000.

The Local Airport Loan program provides discretionary state loans to eligible airports which enhance an airport’s ability to provide general aviation services including aircraft storage hangars.

The loan term is generally 17 years, although the entity seeking the loan may ask for a shorter term and there is no prepayment penalty if the loan is paid off early.

Simple interest is charged, and the rate matches the California General Obligation Bond interest rate which is being charged before the preparation of the loan agreement.

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

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Countywide property tax roll reaches $369 billion City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Property values throughout Riverside County rose nearly 10% last year to $369.61 billion, with houses and commercial structures making up the largest share of the valuation, according to a report released Wednesday, July 13, by the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

“With such an active and appreciating real estate market this past year, our roll reflects the market conditions for property owners in Riverside County,” AssessorClerk-Recorder Peter Aldana said.

“As values go up, the tax base

grows, which helps keep our county financially strong.”

The county’s property tax assessment roll for the most recent base year, valued as of Jan. 1, was 9.26% higher than in 2021, when the roll totaled $338.28 billion, according to the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

The assessment roll represents the composite value of all commercial and residential real estate within the county, as well as other property, including boats, aircraft and timeshares.

Aldana said that property tax receipts this year are expected to total about $3.5 billion.

The roll has increased for the last 10 consecutive years. During the Great Recession, $38 billion in value was lost, with assessments bottoming out at $204.8 billion in tax year 2012, according to the assessor’s report.

The roll was valued at $242.9 billion in 2008, before the deflationary cycle triggered by the economic downturn.

According to Aldana, the yearto-year percentage increase in the current roll is the largest since 2007, when valuations jumped 16% amid the mortgage asset bubble.

In the most recent assessment, residences and commercial struc-

tures represented $255 billion, or 70%, of the roll.

Aggregate property values increased by the widest margin, in percentage terms, in the unincorporated part of Moreno Valley, where net taxable valuations totaled $2 billion, compared to $1.53 billion the year before – translating to a 32% jump.

Among municipalities, Banning showed the strongest percentage growth at 17%. The city’s net taxable valuations totaled $2.96 billion, compared to $2.53 billion during the previous base year calculation.

The city of Riverside had the

highest local roll value at $39.95 billion – of all the cities and unincorporated communities listed.

According to the assessor’s office, property tax bills for the current tax year will start going out in October. Aldana noted that almost 85% of residences countywide are under Proposition 13 tax mitigation protection, meaning that regardless of the inflation rate, taxes can only go up on an additional 2% of tax increment.

Homeowners have the right to appeal any increased assessment.

More information is available at https://ca-riverside-acr.publicaccessnow.com/Home.aspx.

Murrieta Financing Authority special tax revenue bonds rating upgraded to A+ by S&P Global Ratings in connection with its $29.075m bond sale MURRIETA – The city of Murrieta announced that Thursday, May 12, the Murrieta Financing Authority sold $29.075 million of local agency revenue refunding bonds. The proceeds from the bonds were used to refund five outstanding series of bonds issued by community facilities districts located in Murrieta. By taking advantage of the historically low interest rates at the time of sale, the city locked in over $11 million in gross cash flow savings.

This process did not extend the length of the bonds, nor did it cost

Murrieta any general fund monies.

Property owners within those CFDs will realize average annual savings ranging between $337 and $605 per parcel per year starting with their fiscal year 2022-2023 property tax bills. The CFDs included: CFD No. 2000-1 for Greer Ranch; CFD No. 20011 for Bluestone Communities/ Murrieta Highlands Improvement Area A; CFD No. 2001-1 for Bluestone Communities/Murrieta Highlands Improvement Area B; CFD No. 2003-1 for Murrieta Springs and CFD No. 2003-2 for

Blackmore Ranch.

During this process, S&P Global Ratings upgraded the authority’s special tax revenue refunding bonds from “A” to “A+”. The “A+” rating reflects the collective CFDs’ very strong incomes, affordable homes, very low taxpayer concentration and adequate-to-strong financial profile. In addition, the real estate market for the districts is strong and in high demand and the districts have a stable tax base with low annual special tax delinquencies in the past 10 years.

The bonds were sold via a nego-

tiated sale and attracted robust demand from retail and institutional investors, resulting in over $100 million of total orders from a wide range of accounts, including some of the largest bond funds in the municipal market. The improvements made on pricing day also resulted in almost $39,000 more interest cost savings for taxpayers compared to the previous day’s estimates. As a result, the city’s bonds priced better in certain maturities than other similarly rated financings in other jurisdictions that priced around the same time.

The city’s bond finance team included its bond underwriter, Stifel Nicolaus & Company Inc., municipal adviser; Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates Inc., bond and disclosure counsel; Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, P.C., and special tax consultant, Willdan Financial. Closing of the sale occurred Wednesday, June 8, and the existing Special Tax Refunding Bonds, Series 2012, will be redeemed Thursday, Sept. 1. For more information, visit http:// www.MurrietaCA.gov/Finance.

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Supervisors approve plot plan, rezone for Temecula winery Joe Naiman WRITER

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a plot plan and rezone which will allow for a winery on a 21.10-acre parcel in Temecula Valley Wine Country.

The supervisors’ 4-0 vote July 12, with Manuel Perez absent, changes the zoning from Citrus/ Vineyard (C/V) to Wine CountryWinery (WC-W), approves a plot plan, approves a noise ordinance exception and approves an environmental mitigated negative

declaration. The site’s land use was already classified as Agriculture in the Southwest Area Plan, so no change to the land use designation was required.

The property is north of Madera de Playa Drive, east and west of Calle Encantado and south of Rancho California Road. The site is currently vacant.

The plot plan includes a vineyard, a wine production and storage facility, a special occasions and restaurant facility, an outdoor yard for events, a bed and breakfast which will provide 10 rooms

and parking. The total building area will be 19,701 square feet consisting of a 2,508 square foot wine production area, a 1,989 square foot winery storage area, 3,900 square feet of entertaining space including the restaurant and lounges as well as bars and a wine tasting area, 2,312 feet for offices and other business operations, 825 square feet for general retail which will be converted to a 528 square foot dance floor for special occasions, the 4,011 square foot bed and breakfast inn and 5,510 square feet of auxiliary space such as

Riverside County amends PSEC lease with RCWD Joe Naiman WRITER

Riverside County leases land owned by the Rancho California Water District for the county’s Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio system, and a Tuesday, July 12, Riverside County Board of Supervisors action amended that lease.

The supervisors’ 4-0 vote, with Manuel Perez absent, approved a lease agreement in which the county will initially pay $160 per month. The amended lease has a 3% annual escalator. The new lease agreement also allows Educational Media Foundation’s KLOVE-FM broadcast channel to co-locate on the site. The amend-

ment also addresses the installation of a 20 foot tall mast tower, a twobay omnidirectional antenna array and a satellite dish-type antenna at the base of the tower.

The lease covers 2,788 square feet of the water district’s Freeman Reservoir property in the 27300 block of Calle Escadera.

The Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio system began operating in January 2014. The county Sheriff’s Department and various fire departments were the original partners and other cities subsequently joined the PSEC system. The PSEC system needed lease arrangements before it could become operational, and the county’s original lease with the water district was approved in July 2009.

hallways, storage and restrooms.

A 1,760 square foot outdoor event grass yard and a 1,517 square foot cocktail yard will allow for weddings and other special occasions. The noise ordinance exemption will allow for outdoor music or other amplified sound.

The design minimizes noise impacts to surrounding property, and the winery building screens the outdoor event area from surrounding parcels.

The parking area includes 131 spaces with five stalls reserved for persons with disabilities, five spac-

es for electric vehicle parking, and another five spaces for bicycles.

During normal business hours an additional eight overflow valet parking spaces can be provided to bring the total to 139 spaces.

The county’s Planning Commission reviewed the project Wednesday, June 15, and voted 4-0, with Bill Sanchez absent, to recommend approval of the project.

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

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The lease allows for the operation of electronic equipment by the county’s information technology staff, the sheriff’s department and the Riverside County Fire Department.

The original rent was $1,000 per year, or $50,000 for the 50-year term, and the county pre-paid the rent for the entire 50 years. The modification will result in the county paying additional rent of $160 per month. The county is also responsible for electricity costs.

The RCWD board approved the new lease agreement on a 7-0 vote Thursday, June 9.

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

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OPINION Editor’s Note: Opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the Valley News & Anza Valley Outlook staff. We invite opinions on all sides of an issue. If you have an opinion, please send it as an e-mail to valleyeditor@reedermedia.com, or fax us at (760) 723-9606. Maximum word count 500. All letters must include the author’s name, address and phone number. The Valley News & Anza Valley Outlook reserves the right to edit letters as necessary to fit the publication’s format.

Global elites are contributing to food shortages

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

I spend probably 30 to 40 hours a week reading different news sites including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Epoch Times, Just the News and the Los Angeles times.

For instance, I spent many hours this week researching the projected worldwide food shortages that I’ve addressed the last couple of weeks. First, we discussed getting ourselves, our families and then our communities ready in case food shortages do happen. Then we explored vertical gardens, for those who don’t have acreage to plant gardens.

As I wrote weeks ago, the World Health Organization, President Joe Biden, farmers and others are saying a food shortage is going to happen.

So, I’ve continued to research why, hoping maybe they are all wrong and we can concentrate on other pressing issues. The issue is that if there’s mass food shortages, things could get really ugly, unlike anything we’ve seen in a long time.

While it’s largely unreported, as far as I have found, there are massive protests going on in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankans are starving and they have run their prime minister out of the country. Like most of these other countries it’s over

farming. The people are literally in the streets.

After their president previously made a decision to ban all chemical fertilizers in Sri Lanka for environmental reasons, their crop yields dropped 30% nationwide. Although the decision has now been rolled back, if it wasn’t for friendly nations around them selling rice to them, it is being reported that they would have starved.

The Sri Lanka government is now having to give monetary compensation to the farmers as well to try and help them get through the bad consequences of their overreaching government regulations.

They expect that the yields will be bad during next season as well until they can get the crops back in shape.

Netherland farmers are protesting in the thousands on their tractors after the government released their plan to reduce nitrogen emissions, an idea that was much the same as Sri Lanka. The farmers have reported they believe this will lead to a 50% reduction in livestock from their country which is the second largest agricultural exporter.

A map with nitrogen reduction targets up to 90%. This is on top of the reductions they’ve made voluntarily over the last few years of up to 70%. According to Wytse Sonnerma, Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Organization’s leader, there’s a broad sense of “frustration, anger, even despair” amongst farmers amid proposals for nitrogen reduction target plans.

He said these leaders are out of touch with reality and the radical environmentalists that got them to do this are out of touch, just like in Sri Lanka.

The Dutch have a reputation as being some of the most sustainable farmers on the planet. Sonnerma said nitrogen reduction targets will cut food supplies by as much as 70% and it’s all unnecessary.

The EU and the environmental-

A screenshot from YouTube promoting cow masks to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Valley News/YouTube photo

ists are forcing restrictions on them that they said are unreasonable and unsustainable. Sonners said during an interview that It will also affect worldwide food supplies, trucking, grocery stores, etc.

Farmers in Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain are facing the same issues. These “nitrogen reduction targets” that have been influenced by radical environmentalists and global elites have little concern for worldwide hunger that their overarching policies are creating and the farm families that will lose farms that have been in their families for generations. The Netherland farmers believe the government is trying to run them off their land, devalue it and then take it over.

The one and only story I found that The Associated Press did was very biased, even referring to the Netherland farmers as “polluters,” in the headline and throughout the story. That is typical, and for anyone who is just a casual reader and doesn’t really delve into both sides, they would likely be influenced by the adjectives and pejoratives that The Associated Press writer decided to use describing those farmers, who have already made

Equity for Tribal firefighters

Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Tribal fire departments are an integral part of California’s wildfire defense. The growing cooperation between Cal Fire, and local and tribal fire departments throughout California is testimony to the dedication of our first responders who safeguard our lives and our homes every day.

San Diego County has 18 Indian reservations, more than any other county in the nation. Six of those lie within the current boundaries of the 75th Assembly District, which

I represent in Sacramento. Due to redistricting, the boundaries of the 75th District are expanding to include most of East San Diego County, including all the Indian reservations within the county’s borders. Many of these tribal governments have established fire departments dedicated to serving not only their home jurisdictions, but surrounding communities as well.

California’s mutual aid fire fighting system ensures that tribal fire agencies stand side-by-side with state and local fire departments during wildfire emergencies. Many tribal fire departments report that a large number of their emergency calls involve incidents off the reservation. Obviously, firefighters employed by tribal fire departments deserve the same survivor benefits families of other first responders enjoy. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been the case.

When firefighters are killed or disabled in the line of duty, their dependents are entitled to college scholarships through existing workers’ compensation benefit

programs. But until now, employees of tribal fire departments have not been included. My bill, Assembly Bill 2661, fixes that by ensuring that tribal firefighters’ families will also be eligible for scholarships. The bill is supported by the California Forestry Association, and tribal governments, including the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians. AB 2661 passed the Legislature without opposition and was signed into law by the governor Friday, July 1.

Tribal firefighters, along with their firefighting brethren throughout California, always answer the call when the alarm sounds. Passage of AB 2661 is a big step in the right direction.

Assemblymember Marie Waldron, R-Valley Center, 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.

up to 75% cuts to their nitrogen levels, etc. over the last few years.

Farmers said they are willing to make more cuts, but what they’ve already done in the time allotted is not reasonable, according to the farmers. A Greenpeace representative is quoted in The Associated Press story said they should “tear off the Band-Aid” and if there’s no food, then so be it. The Greenpeace person interviewed, I’m sure, has no concept of what it takes to be a fifth generation farmer and apparently doesn’t worry about the world’s food supply or what will happen when mass amounts of people are starving.

Their famers are being throttled.

There is revolt going on around the world and there is very little reporting on it. Why is this? It may have something to do with the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset everyone is talking about? It’s not a conspiracy theory. They have a published document and they talk openly about what they want to do all the time. You know, the global elites who meet in Davos every year to figure out how they can pretend to be representing the “people” and then figure out new ways to control them?

Remember “Never let a crisis go to waste.” They celebrated Xi Jinping a few years ago, stating what an effective leader he was! It just seems like they all long to be authoritarian dictators. Remember them saying that no one will own anything, and they will be happy?

Who will own “everything” and remember who is buying up hundreds of thousands of farmlands?

I also found that people are starting to put masks on their cows to capture methane gas to lessen their impact on the environment.

Unbelievable.

Frank Mitloehner, UC Davis professor and air quality specialist, who is researching ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cows, said that cows are getting a “bad rap.”

According to his research, cows and other ruminants account for just 4% of all greenhouse gasses produced in the United States.

“Forgoing meat is not the environmental panacea many would have us believe,” he said, openly challenging the view that beef is an unsustainable diet .

Masking cows is just another one of those ridiculous environmental extremist experiments.

Gov. Gavin Newsom for president? Are you insane?

If it wasn’t so ludicrous, it would be laughable. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the arrogant, sociopath, wants to take the country the way he has “guided” California? We have so many problems, so many people leaving and those of us who are staying are here to “fight” for California as it used to be. I am a native Californian, but I have lived in New Mexico for three years and Texas for 25 years. I have been back in California since 1989.

It is important, actually imperative, that we who love our state endeavor to restore its greatness.

Why have we allowed it to be so taken over by the liberals who are at the heart of its ruination? The true history of our state and of our whole country is being diluted by the progressive educational institutions. We have to re-educate our children beginning in elementary school because by the time high school and especially liberal col-

leges get ahold of them we are doomed. Please begin with our local offices, such as school boards, county offices, etc. who have our patriotic, and not socialist hearts in place. The more we who have the mindset of our constitutional republic speak up, the better for our state and our country. This country under the Biden administration is going to hell in a handbasket, and we, the people, are paying for it. I pray that there are voters who are waking up to the huge debacle. I know I am not alone, but we need to unite, talk, hear each other and see what is happening. God help us, and God bless the America that our forefathers fought and died for.

Please join our constitution study and energize your patriotism. We need each other.

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Menifee's Mikey Romero selected in First Round of 2022 MLB Draft Red Sox take Romero, Temecula's Paciolla goes to Cubs

The Boston Red Sox selected Menifee’s Mikey Romero with their first pick, 24th overall, in the 2022 MLB Draft Sunday, July 17.

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Mikey Romero, a Menifee native and recent graduate from Orange Lutheran High School, was selected in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. Valley News/Courtesy photo

The Boston Red Sox selected Menifee’s Mikey Romero with their first pick, 24th overall, in the 2022 MLB Draft Sunday, July 17.

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JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

At home, surrounded by family and a few close friends, Mikey Romero waited patiently for his phone to ring, while watching the 2022 MLB Draft. Ranked at No. 65 on the MLB pre-draft board, Romero, who hails from Menifee, had no doubt his phone would ring on Day One of the draft, which only covers the first two rounds.

Getting the phone call in round one though, by the Boston Red Sox, well only Romero himself could tell you what that moment felt like.

“I was actually on the Red Sox just about every Little League team I was playing for,” Romero, who also noted that he owns a Red Sox blanket, said. “It’s pretty cool how things worked out. I would say it’s destiny.”

For the second straight year, the Red Sox took a high school shortstop in the first round of the MLB draft by grabbing Romero, who just graduated from Orange Lutheran earlier this summer. If that high school sounds familiar, it

should. That is where Yankees ace Gerrit Cole went, and it produced current prospects Cole Winn, Garrett Mitchell and Josh Morgan.

Who did the Red Sox take first last year? That would be Marcelo Mayer, a five-tool stud taken as the fourth overall pick, whom Romero considers to be his best friend.

“I mean, me and Marcelo, I would say, are best friends,” Romero told the media. “I text him on a regular basis. We played travel ball together for two years.

The relationship is really good and I am really close to Marcelo.

I FaceTimed him like 10 minutes after I heard my name picked and we were just going crazy about the news.”

Mayer is a product of Northern California (Eastlake High School) and is having a solid first season of pro ball, slashing .297/.395/.517 with eight homers and 34 RBIs in 209 at-bats at Single-A Salem.

The nearly six-foot, 168-pound, 18-year-old Romero hits left and throws right and does not turn 19 until January. Romero is known for his bat-to-ball skills but has projectable power. In fact, MLB

Recent Temecula Valley graduate Christopher Paciolla was drafted to the Chicago Cubs in the third round (No. 86 overall) of the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft.

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Network’s Harold Reynolds said on night one of this year’s draft that he was impressed with Romero’s pop during the MLB Draft Combine.

There is some debate among scouts whether he will stay at shortstop or move to second base, but the positional competition that could take place in the coming years between two left-handedhitting shortstops (Mayer and Romero) is not up for discussion right now. Nor is the fact the Red Sox took another high school shortstop with their second pick, Cutter Coffey (Bakersfield), who could actually wind up a third baseman or pitcher. Things, and

Daniel Carter Garate, a recent Murrieta Mesa graduate, and Oregon commit, was ranked in the Top 300 going into the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft.

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positions, can always change in their respective journeys to the big leagues.

“I mean, may the best man win,” Romero said. “But at the end of the day, we’re all playing to win.”

Romero, a Team USA alumnus (2015, 2019), was committed to play college baseball at LSU, but he said his intention is to turn pro with the Red Sox. The slot value for Romero will reward him with just under $3 million, but already having NIL contract deals with Big League Chew and WIN Reality, the newly made millionaire, is no stranger to being in the spotlight.

“I’m looking to sign with the Red Sox and start my professional career,” Romero said. “I’m going to play wherever they want me to play.”

The Red Sox’ selection of Romero at No. 24 overall was somewhat surprising within the industry, as he was rated much lower in most draft rankings and projected to go later in mock drafts. While he hadn’t shown a lot of power in his high school career, the Red Sox have actually seen him change in their scouting of him leading up to the draft.

“He started to grow into some power maybe a little bit later,” Red Sox director of amateur scouting Paul Toboni said. “Really wasn’t even in the middle of the spring season. It was in the last five or six weeks. We worked him out, he participated in the MLB combine at Petco Park, and he started showing this power.”

Toboni said the Red Sox believed Romero would not be available when they selected again at No. 41.“I think there’s very, very, very little chance he would have gotten to 41,” Toboni said, and the club took him when they had the chance.

For Romero, it is motivation as he begins his professional career.

“Comparing myself to other

guys, there’s never a doubt that I was going to be a top guy,” Romero said. “I feel really confident in my ability. Those mock drafts, it’s kind of fuel to the fire for me. It adds to the chip on my shoulder and it is just another reason for me to prove people wrong, prove myself right. For me, like I said, it is about winning, it is about competing, so I am excited I got selected to the Red Sox that winning tradition.”

Romero will be adding his name to a brief list of first-round high school draft picks from the southwest RivCo area, which really only includes Brice Turang, drafted out of Santiago High School in 2018.

Turang is still awaiting his Major League debut, playing in the Brewers organization.

When MLB’s Opening Day commenced Thursday, April 7, only two local players were on active rosters. Chicago Cub Patrick Wisdom, a 2009 graduate of Murrieta Valley High School, who was also a first-round pick, but taken at No. 52 in 2012 with a supplemental pick out of St. Mary’s College, and Tyler Wade, who was recently traded back to New York, but started the year with the Angels, originally drafted in 2013 by the Yankees in the fourth round out of Murrieta Valley High School.

Of course, there are plenty of players from the area that have also donned an MLB uniform in their time, which includes Allen Craig (Chaparral), Brooks Pounders (Temecula Valley), Reed Johnson (Temecula Valley) and Rich Hunter (Linfield), just to name a few.

Some of the local players currently battling it out in the Minor League ranks, according to links from baseballcube.com, include recent NWL Player of the Week Andy Thomas (Murrieta Mesa), playing High-A in the Mariners see DRAFT, page C-3

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SPORTS

MLB All-Star week arrives, stars shine bright in Los Angeles JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The Big Leagues took over Hollywood for MLB All-Star Week.

With a flurry of events scheduled July 15-19, local fans got the opportunity to catch the best sluggers and stars in baseball. The 92nd edition of the midsummer classic was back at Dodger Stadium for the first time since 1980. It’s the fourth time the Dodgers have hosted the All-Star Game, including 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn and 1959 at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

The past week also played host to ancillary events taking place in and around Los Angeles, like Play Ball Park at LA Live and the Los Angeles Convention Center from Saturday through Tuesday and AllStar Oceanfront at Santa Monica Pier. Here is a look at some of the big-ticket baseball events, which took place.

MLB Futures Game Saturday, July 16 A gathering of top prospects from around baseball were split into National League and American League teams in a seven-inning game. Three premium Dodgers prospects will be on hand at Dodger Stadium: Miguel Vargas, Diego Cartaya and pitcher Bobby Miller.

Mike Scioscia and Jimmy Rollins are managers for the Futures Game, and the coaching staffs are littered with several other former Dodgers, including Adrián Beltré, Shawn Green, Eric Davis, Ken Landreaux, Edwin Jackson and Dan Haren.

MLB Draft Rounds 1-2: Sunday, July 17 Rounds 3-10: Monday, July 18 Rounds 11-20: Tuesday, July 19 One of the most confounding things in MLB is how the powers that be decided to put the draft during All-Star week, making it extremely difficult for fans to follow multiple tentpole events that are now bunched together, and managing to frustrate both MLB front offices and college baseball.

The first day of the draft, Sunday, July 17, was held at XBox Live in Los Angeles, encompassing every pick through the end of the

second round. The Dodgers only got to pick once on Sunday, with their first-round pick dropping ten slots, to No. 40 overall for being in the highest tier of competitive balance tax last season and forfeiting their second-round pick by signing Freddie Freeman as a free agent.

The Dodgers’ draft bonus pool, which includes the recommended slot values of every pick through the first 10 rounds, is $4.2 million.

As usual, the game will pit the American League against the National League with the previous season’s pennant-winning managers serving in the same role for their league. That means Astros manager Dusty Baker helms the AL while Braves skipper Brian Snitker leads the NL. Here are the full rosters. Each league’s starting pitcher will be selected the day before the game.

All-Star news conference Monday, July 18 Managers Brian Snitker and Dusty Baker revealed the starting pitchers for each league, as well as the lineups for Tuesday’s game over this past weekend. Most have not seen particular television time blocked off for this, but some would bet money it was going to be covered live by MLB Network, and at the very least streamed on MLB.com.

American League Starters C: Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays 1B: Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Blue Jays 2B: Andrés Giménez, Guardians (Jose Altuve will miss the game due to injury) 3B: Rafael Devers, Red Sox SS: Tim Anderson, White Sox OF: Aaron Judge, Yankees; Mike Trout, Angels; Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees (Trout will not play because of back discomfort; Byron Buxton will replace him in starting lineup) DH: Shohei Ohtani, Angels

Home Run Derby Monday, July 18 The single-elimination bracket featured eight players, with the bracket officially revealed this past Thursday on ESPN. So far, as of this article going to print, the only confirmed participant was Pete Alonso, who won the last two Home Run Derbies.

Other possibilities included Giancarlo Stanton, who played high school baseball semi-locally at Notre Dame in Sherman Oaks, and possibly Dodgers catcher Will Smith, who per his own requirement would need to be added to the All-Star team first. Stanton is a veteran of three Home Run Derbies, winning in 2016.

Giancarlo Stanton on this year’s Home Run Derby, “Nothing’s official, but I definitely could be there.”

As for the 2022 AL and NL AllStar rosters, those were unveiled Sunday night during the 2022 Chevrolet MLB All-Star Selection Show on ESPN. MLB All-Star Game presented

by Mastercard: July 19 Starters were voted in by fans while the reserves were filled in via player ballot and the commissioner’s office.

National League Starters C: Willson Contreras, Cubs 1B: Paul Goldschmidt, Cardinals 2B: Jeff McNeil, Mets (Jazz Chisholm will miss game due to injury) 3B: Manny Machado, Padres SS: Trea Turner, Dodgers OF: Ronald Acuña, Jr., Braves; Mookie Betts, Dodgers; Joc Pederson, Giants DH: Bryce Harper, Phillies (will miss game due to injury) American League reserves C: Jose Trevino, Yankees INF: Luis Arraez, Twins; Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox; José Ramírez, Guardians; Corey Seager, Rangers (injury replacement for Springer); Santiago Espinal, Blue Jays (injury replacement for Altuve); Ty France, Mariners (injury replacement for Trout) OF: George Springer, Blue Jays (will miss game due to injury); Byron Buxton, Twins; Andrew Benintendi, Royals; Kyle Tucker, Astros; Julio Rodríguez, Mariners DH: Yordan Alvarez, Astros (will miss game due to injury), J.D. Martinez, Red Sox (injury replacement for Alvarez)

The 2022 MLB All-Star Game took place Tuesday, July 19, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Legacy: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers National League reserves C: Travis d’Arnaud, Braves INF: Nolan Arenado, Cardinals (will miss game due to injury); Pete Alonso, Mets; C.J. Cron, Rockies; Dansby Swanson, Braves; Austin Riley, Braves (injury replacement for Arenado); Jake Cronenworth, Padres (injury replacement for Chisholm) OF: Kyle Schwarber, Phillies; Juan Soto, Nationals; Starling Marte, Mets; Ian Happ, Cubs DH: William Contreras, Braves, Garrett Cooper, Marlins (injury replacement for Harper) Legacy: Albert Pujols, Cardinals William Contreras will start over Harper in the DH slot. Willson and William Contreras are the first set of brothers to start the AllStar Game together since Roberto and Sandy Alomar in 1992.

American League pitchers Shane McClanahan, Rays Nestor Cortes, Yankees Alek Manoah, Blue Jays Framber Valdez, Astros Martín Pérez, Rangers Paul Blackburn, Athletics Justin Verlander, Astros (will be unavailable to pitch) Gerrit Cole, Yankees (will be unavailable to pitch) Shohei Ohtani, Angels Clay Holmes, Yankees Emmanuel Clase, Guardians Gregory Soto, Tigers Jorge López, Orioles

Liam Hendriks, White Sox (replacement for Verlander/Cole) Jordan Romano, Blue Jays (replacement for Verlander/Cole) This is the second straight season Ohtani was chosen both as a designated hitter and as a pitcher.

No one else has ever had that happen even once.

National League pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers Sandy Alcantara, Marlins Corbin Burnes, Brewers Luis Castillo, Reds Max Fried, Braves (will be unavailable to pitch) Tony Gonsolin, Dodgers Joe Musgrove, Padres Edwin Díaz, Mets Josh Hader, Brewers (will miss game on the bereavement list) Ryan Helsley, Cardinals David Bednar, Pirates Joe Mantiply, Diamondbacks Carlos Rodón, Giants (replacement for Hader, but will miss game due to availability) Tyler Anderson, Dodgers (replacement for Rodón) Devin Williams, Brewers (replacement for Fried) Miles Mikolas, Cardinals (replacement for Burnes) Visit http://www.allstargame. com for tickets and more information, and for the complete schedule of events visit https://www.mlb. com/all-star/schedule.

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

Golden State Glory author reflects on Michael Norman Jerry Soifer WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER

With former Vista Murrieta and USC track star Michael Norman competing this past week at the World Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, local photographer, Jerry Soifer, reflects on his past coverage of the standout local athlete.

Soifer is also the author of “Golden State Glory,” a photographic history of California high School sports that includes a comparison of Michael Norman with the renowned Tommie Smith, 1968 Olympic 200-meter champion famed for his victory stand protest. Soifer was also the president of the Southern California Track and Field Writers Association in 1976.

“Track and field is a sport that demands fast times and impeccable timing,” Soifer said. “World records are great. World records at the Olympics or world championships are greater. Barrier-breaking marks such as Roger Bannister’s sub-four minute mile in 1954 are best of all.”

Soifer went on to add the following, “The time for Vista Murrieta High grad Michael Norman to make an indelible mark on his sport is now. He is the favorite to win the 400-meter run at the World championships and assuming he gets through the worlds uninjured, Norman will certainly be on the 4x400-meter relay that is the penultimate event of the meet July 24.

In his writings, Soifer had this to say.

At Vista Murrieta, Norman was the two-time national high school athlete of the year in 2015-2016.

He won four individual events at the CIF State meet and led the Broncos to two team titles.

Since graduating in 2016, Norman ran for two years at USC before turning pro. He’s won an NCAA title, a national championship in the 400 and had world leading times such as 43.45 seconds in the 400 this year.

His career has been up and down because of injury and the disruption caused by the pandemic. He was hurt at the 2019 world championships. He took fifth in the 400 at the 2021 Olympics. He has a gold

Former Vista Murrieta and USC track star Michael Norman, competing this past week at the World Track & Valley News/Courtesy photo Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

medal from the 2021 Games for running the second leg on the 4x400 meter relay.

Timing enhances the worth of almost every great performance in track and field.

Bob Beamon hasn’t held his world record in the long jump for over 30 years but his 29-foot 2 3/4 inch leap at the 1968 Olympics is still one of the most renowned marks in the sport because it was done at the Games and broke the old mark by nearly 2 feet.

Another famed mark is Roger Bannister’s 3 minute, 59.4 second mile May 6, 1954. The British doctor gained ever-lasting fame for being the first man to run the mile under four minutes in a track meet

of little or no consequence other than to give Bannister the chance to set the record.

The vagaries of war and peace and pandemics have played havoc with the fates of some track stars.

Cornelius Warmerdame of Fresno was the first to pole vault 15 feet.

But World War II cut out his participation in the Olympics. He held the world record between 1940 and 1957. He used bamboo poles and landed in sawdust pits.

Many countries give a bye to the Olympics and world championships to their top athletes, so they don’t overexert themselves to qualify for the Games.

However, this is the United States, and the athletes have to

survive a brutal system to qualify for the Games. While Jamaican star Usain Bolt can heal his injuries in Europe, Americans must earn their spot.

Norman and fellow teenage star Noah Lyles should have been advanced to the 2016 team to give them the Olympic experience for the time when Bolt was retired.

Norman and Lyles finished just outside the top three and did not run in Rio. By way of contrast, swim stars Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz took advantage of cameo performances at the 2000 and 1968 Olympics to gain experience that led to gigantic performances at later Games. Surely, Norman would have been better prepared for Tokyo if he had run at Rio. He would not have won.

South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk won the 400 in a world record time of 43.03. But Norman would have been better prepared for the intensity of international track.

Norman is fortunate track has become a professional sport with shoe contracts and other endorsement opportunities. It enabled him to stay active way beyond the age many former amateur athletes have retired.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com. Jerry Soifer can be reached by email at jsoifer44@gmail.com.

Vista Murrieta graduate Michael Norman, right, edges Justin Gatlin, 2004 Olympic 100-meter champion, in the semifinals of the 200 meters at the 2016 Olympic Trials.

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ESPN and Top Rank Boxing make triumphant return to Pechanga Resort and Casino

Arnold Barboza Jr. and Danielito Zorrilla face each other at their weigh-in Thursday, July 14, at Pechanga Resort and Casino.

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Arnold Barboza Jr., left, peppers Danielito Zorrilla during their WBO Intercontinental Jr. Welterweight title fight at Pechanga Friday, July 15.

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JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

TEMECULA – Pechanga Resort and Casino welcomed back boxing for the first time since the pandemic stopped all big events when ESPN came to town to cover Top Rank Boxing, in association with Ringside Ticket Inc. July 15. The main event bout featured Arnold Barboza Jr. and Danielito “El Zorro” Zorrilla in a 10-round super lightweight bout, as well as six other bouts.

Junior welterweight contender Arnold Barboza Jr., who waited nearly 10 years as a pro to make his main event debut, stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 26 wins, zero loses and zero draws, 10 of those wins coming by way of knockout. Zorrilla showed up to the ring with an unblemished record of 16 wins and zero draws, with 12 of those by knock out.

Barboza (27-0, 10 KOs), from South El Monte, grinded down Danielito Zorrilla to win a 10-round unanimous decision in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,836.

Ranked No. 8 by the World Boxing Organization at 140 pounds, he prevailed by scores of 98-92 and 97-93 2x.

After an 11-month layoff in vintage form, Barboza returned by wearing down Zorrilla with a consistent body attack and wellplaced right hands. Zorrilla (16-1, 12 KOs), down big on the cards, summoned one final charge in the 10th round. He landed a crisp right hand that wobbled Barboza, creating one very anxious moment for the Southern California standout.

Barboza composed himself and held on for win number 27.

Barboza said, “I was a little rusty. It’s been a while. I’m not going to be inactive like that no

Arnold Barboza Jr. proudly receives his Welterweight Title Belt after the WBO Intercontinental Jr. Welterweight title bout.

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more, man. I am going to be fighting constantly.”

In the co-main event of the evening, lightweight sensation Raymond “Danger” Muratalla (150, 12 KOs) shut out the game Jair Valtierra (16-2, 8 KOs) over eight rounds by identical scores of 8071. Muratalla, who hails from just down the road in Fontana, dropped Valtierra with a left hook in the fourth. Muratalla, who landed 133 power punches to 20 for Valtierra, pressed for the knockout in the eighth round, but saw his nine-bout knockout streak end as Valtierra fought until the final bell.

The quickest fight of the night saw Heavyweight U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs) take out Roberto Zavala Jr. (2-2-1, 2 KOs) at 58 seconds of the opening round.

Torrez pressed forward and backed Zavala Jr. into the blue corner, unleashing a combination that prompted referee Eddie Hernandez Sr. to wave it off.

In other results: Heavyweight: Stephan “Big Shot” Shaw (17-0, 13 KOs) lived up to the billing with an explosive

power burst that dropped Bernardo Marquez (14-5-1, 10 KOs) three times in less than three minutes.

Shaw, from St. Louis, ended the evening with a chopping right hand that dropped Marquez to the canvas. Shaw is 2-0 in 2022 since signing a co-promotional pact with Top Rank.

Junior Featherweight: Four weeks after improving to 5-0, Floyd Diaz (6-0, 2 KOs) returned with a power flourish. After a competitive opening round, Diaz turned the tables in the second round and floored KO 3 Pedro Salome (3-1-1, 1 KO) with an overhand right in the third. Referee Daniel Sandoval waved off the fight after a three-punch combination staggered Salome.

Welterweight: Adrian Yung (28-7-3, 22 KOs) fought Jorge Marron Jr. (20-3-2, 7 KOs) to a draw. Yung, who was originally supposed to fight Muratalla, was not fazed by the late-notice opponent. Marron, who hails from San Diego, brought a sizable cheering contingent but had to settle for his second consecutive draw.

Featherweight: Austin Brooks

Raymond Muratalla and Jair Valtierra exchange punches during the 8-round lightweight bout.at Pechanga Resort and Casino.

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Heavyweight U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr., right, knocked out Roberto Zavala Jr. 58 seconds into the opening round of their undercard bout at Pechanga Resort and Casino, Friday, July 15.

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(7-0, 2 KOs) wins with a unanimous decision over Victor Saravia.

(1-3, 1 KO).

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

Linfield graduate Sydnee Michaels makes first cut of 2022 LPGA campaign Derryl Trujillo SPORTSWRITER

Golf is a funny and crazy game and anyone who has played it at any level can attest to that.

After a top 10 in Ireland last year in her fourth event back on tour Sydnee Michaels failed to make a single cut the rest of the year and also failed to improve her status at LPGA Q-Series Final Stage.

Playing out of the lifetime veteran category for a second straight year, Michaels missed cuts in her first two starts on the LPGA Tour (separated by nearly two months) and an EPSON Tour start in New York last week.

But Michaels’ fortunes changed this week in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational team event in Michigan where teams played two rounds of alternate shot and two rounds of best ball.

Paired with partner Mariah Stackhouse, the 2006 graduate of Linfield Christian made her first DRAFT from page C-1 organization; Kevin Padlo (Murrieta Valley) who is also with the Mariners, currently in TripleA with Tacoma; Brhet Bewley (Chaparral), playing for Kansas City with the Midland Rockhounds (AA); Justin Toerner (Chaparral) playing for St. Louis with the Springfield Cardinals (AA); Eli Lingos (Great Oak) playing TripleA for the Cleveland Guardians with the Columbus Clippers; Rob Brantly (Chaparral) playing for

cut of the season and recorded a 39th place finish with rounds of 72-62-76-68=278 (-2) on the Midland Country Club course (Par 70 @ 6,256 yds). Michaels made 10 birdies in the two best ball rounds where the duo shot par or better.

Just last week in New York on the EPSON Tour she missed the cut with rounds of 76-73=149 (+7). She made six birdies in two rounds but also seven bogeys and two triple bogeys.

The EPSON Tour returns to action in two weeks with the FireKeepers Hotel & Casino Championship, also in Michigan, while the LPGA Tour embarks on a stretch of five straight international events starting with the Amundi Evian Masters.

Derryl Trujillo has been a sportswriter in the area since 2018 and is a 2019 winner of the IEBCA Supporter of the Year award. He can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail.com.

the Yankees with the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (AAA); and Ryan Lillie (Vista Murrieta), playing for the San Diego Padres with the San Antonio Missions (AA).

Padlo and Brantly have both already made their Major League debuts. Padlo in April 2021 with the Colorado Rockies and Brantly in 2012 with the Miami Marlins.

Brantly is also no stranger to the difficulties of having to stay ahead of the pack in such a competitive environment, having play time stints at the highest level with the

2006 Linfield Christian graduate Sydnee Michaels made her first cut of the LPGA season at the Midland Country Club course in Michigan.

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White Sox, Giants, Phillies and recently with the Yankees.

As day two of the MLB Draft got underway, Monday, July 18, Temecula Valley’s Christopher Paciolla, a shortstop, committed to UCLA (No. 116 on the ESPN prospect list) was taken in the third round by the Chicago Cubs.

As the 86th overall pick, Paciolla’s slot money hovers right around the $735,000 mark, which is not too shabby for an 18-year old with plenty of upside. Murrieta Mesa’s Daniel Carter Garate, a left-handed

hitting shortstop committed to Oregon, was ranked in the top 300 of ESPN’s pre-draft rankings (No. 255) and as of press time, had not yet been selected through the end of Day Two, though major league scouts agree he should be drafted by the end of the third and final day.

There is no telling what could happen in the MLB Draft war rooms, which makes it exciting for any player that is eligible for the call. Should these local players decide to sign, wherever they get

picked, and move forward with whatever their signing bonus may be, they will join an exclusive group of local athletes that have, or still are, playing professional baseball.

In all, 616 players will get drafted this year when all is said and done. Follow along at http:// www.mlb.com.

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

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EDUCATION

MSJC’s introduction to construction program hammers home the importance of skilled labor

Students from MSJC’s adult education construction class work on a project in Temecula, November 2021.

Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

To meet the workforce needs in the high-growth sector industry of construction in southwest Riverside County, Mt. San Jacinto College and Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley teamed up to offer a preapprenticeship program to bring qualified workers into the fold.

“This class was an opportunity for MSJC Adult Education to offer free short-term vocational training to adult learners,” instructor Sterling Davenport said. “Our construction pre-apprenticeship program was one of the first non-credit CTE training opportunities offered at MSJC. It paved the way for other free short-term vocational training programs such as Introduction to Business Communications, Child Development, Digital Media and Culinary Arts.”

Davenport has been at MSJC since 2010, working for its Adult Education program teaching GED, computer and construction classes.

No cost class The no-cost introduction to construction class is held every spring and fall for approximately 12 weeks. It has been held in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley since fall 2020 and with the City of Temecula about two years before that. The program teaches basic construction and

carpentry skills, terminology, blueprint reading, cost estimating, applied mathematics for construction and more. Students can earn their CPR and OSHA-10 certifications.

“Habitat has been a great opportunity and partnership that we are truly grateful for in terms of what their service means to the community. It has even led to developing other career classes like our Introduction to Nonprofit Industries and Employment taught

by Tammy Marine, Executive Director at Habitat,” Davenport said.

For almost five years, Eric Bunge was the Director of Community Outreach for Habitat’s Inland Valley chapter. He helped connect people and resources to the nonprofit’s mission through his role as a public figure. He oversaw several notable projects which is how he came to be recommended to work with the MSJC construction course.

This fall will be his fourth semester teaching the class.

“We have had the privilege of working with students with a wide range of skill levels, backgrounds, ages and future aspirations,” he said. “People take the class for various reasons, but it brings me joy when students take that knowledge and apply it. We have had a few that have taken the next step and entered into the Carpenters Union program, and we even have one person from the very first class on staff as a key

furniture builder at our Design Center. Some have even expressed interest in purely volunteering on our job sites.”

He said the students have an indirect but significant impact on Habitat’s mission.

Job site training “Habitat for Humanity is built on the premise of volunteers and donors coming together by providing a pathway to homeownership for hard-working families. There is no better example of this than on a Habitat job site,” Bunge said.

“However, there is a national shortage of skilled labor in the construction trades. This shortage affects our ability to get skilled volunteers and donated services from contractors. These deficits have a direct impact on our homebuilding program but more importantly, on homeownership affordability for all our residents. By serving as a collaborative partner in the Construction Pre-apprenticeship program, we are, in essence, promoting the construction trades as a viable career path for participants.

Our goal with this class is to excite people about the construction field, provide them with basic knowledge of the industry, train them in tool usage and safety and introduce them to potential employers to help them transition into the field. We are also grateful for our partnership with the Carpenters Union

and that our students have the opportunity to earn hours toward their pre-apprenticeship program.”

Davenport agrees as he said not every student is bound for a fouryear college degree and construction is a field that is always in need of employees, is physically and mentally rewarding and makes an excellent high-paying career for anyone who wants a career change or is fresh out of high school. He said every cohort graduates up to 20 students and typically transitions two to three students to employment opportunities each semester.

Bunge said this fall’s class will be working on a unique project where they will be building a shed structure.

“This is designed to have the similar layout as a home build, just on a smaller footprint,” he said.

“The sheds will even be equipped with ventilation and a solar fan for cooling. The students complete one each semester and in the long-term, we hope to build a total of 5 to 6.

Habitat IV’s Design Center will use these as storage for their programs and merchandise that are currently in rented containers. The money saved from the rental fees will be cycled back to support Habitat IV’s housing programs. We have already built two and will complete the third one this fall.”

Just like most successful construction projects, Davenport has been able to build the class to meet current trends in the industry so that students are learning about the most up-to-date and applicable methods and techniques.

“When we first created the class, the Carpenters Union helped guide our curriculum development to match the core skills and certifications of the industry. However, as the semesters went on and we started to incorporate an employer panel of local businesses to give our students the opportunities to meet professionals in the field, we added new skills, certifications, and content to match what the local industry needed,” he said.

“One of the most consistent types of feedback we get from students is how surprised they are at how much construction pays without the need for a college degree and how many different areas a person can specialize in besides just

framing and working with lumber: drywall, plumbing, electrical, etc.

Our employer panel also comments on how awesome it is for the college to invest in the trades since it is in such a high-demand industry with job openings all over the place and many of the local high schools have stepped away from the trades in favor of sending kids to college.”

No experience needed Classes are targeted toward adult learners who are 18 years or older that are not currently enrolled in high school. No prior experience in the field is required. Since construction is a vast field with various job openings, specialties and skill levels, the ideal candidate is an adult learner who wants a job in the area and needs the skills or knowledge to jump in.

“Our end-of-the-term employer panel gets students in direct contact with professionals hiring in the community. Our partnership with the Southwestern Carpenters Union also allows any student to join the union right after class and get work,” Davenport said.

MSJC also offers an embedded counseling component to support students with developing necessary soft skills specific to this industry and skills for resume writing/overall access for employment within this industry.

“We want anyone from those who have no experience to those with lots of experience domestically or internationally,” Davenport said. “If you don’t know how to swing a hammer or need the knowledge to succeed in the construction industry in Southern California, we are interested in you.”

The class, which starts Sept. 10 and ends Nov. 2, has online instruction on Mondays with in-person, hands-on instruction on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley in Temecula. A new class has been added in collaboration with San Jacinto and Hemet adult schools that will utilize the same online lessons with build sites in the San Jacinto Valley.

For more information on all free MSJC Adult Education classes, call 951-487-3707 or visit www.msjc. edu/adulted.

MSJC offers adult learners the opportunity to break into the construction trade through its free course, now offered in the Temecula and San Jacinto valleys.

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Students recognized for outstanding performances with dean’s, president’s list honors Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

More than a dozen colleges have announced their spring dean’s and president’s lists for the 2022 spring semester, and dozens of local students were named to those lists.

Sariah Lafourche from Menifee was named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s dean’s list.

Kaelyn McCann of Murrieta was named to Samford University’s dean’s list.

Kevin Dennis-Moncada of Murrieta was named to Upper Iowa University dean’s list.

Skyler Han and Hailey Hinkel of Temecula were both named to Siena College president’s list.

Briana Vilches of Menifee, a junior at Wisconsin Lutheran College, was named to the college’s dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester.

Jenna Daniel of Canyon Lake, Devin Majors of Murrieta and

Emma Brennan and Monet Naber, both of Temecula, were all named to the University of Alabama’s dean’s list.

Dylan Beaty of Murrieta and Trevor McConnaughey of Menifee were both named to the dean’s list at Dean College.

Students named to the dean’s list at the University of Iowa were Isabella Greenlee of Ryan Jilek and Shaun Richter, all from Temecula.

Jordin Holmquist-Wilder of Winchester was named to the Graceland University spring 2022 honors list.

Jakob Hunter of Temecula was named to Elmhurst University’s dean’s list.

The University of Nebraska dean’s list recipients included Michael Echan of Murrieta and Amber Hanson of Temecula.

Alyson Jines of Temecula was named to Lewis University’s dean’s list. see STUDENTS, page C-6

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HOME & GARDEN

Growing antioxidants in your backyard

Both avocados and tomatoes have healthy nutrients.

Roger Boddaert SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

Most fruits and vegetables provide some source of antioxidant value and can grow successfully in your garden.

One common trait in most highantioxidant fruit is dark fruit, with a bright interior and exterior pigment color. Black-, red-, purple- and orange-colored fruits generally have the most significant values of antioxidants.

Most fruit antioxidants are calculated using the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity scale.

The recommended daily intake of antioxidants is between 3,000 to 6,000 ORAC units found in a three to four-ounce serving of each fruit daily.

The following is a list with information on fruits containing some of the highest antioxidant ORAC values to consider for overall health.

Avocados offer 800 ORAC units per serving. Avocado trees will do best in a full sun location. They require fast-draining sandy soil, and these trees should be protected from frost, especially when young.

Three or four varieties planted nearby can produce year-round fruit. Avocado is a superfood: high in vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.

Citrus offers 600-900 ORAC units per serving. Citrus trees prefer full sun with well-drained soil and enjoy feeding in spring through fall. Southern California weather lends itself to having some form of citrus in those kitchen fruit baskets year-round. By staging citrus plantings, residents can harvest lemon, orange, kumquats, limes, calamondin, pomelo, grapefruits and Australian limes year-round.

Blueberries provide 2,500 ORAC units per serving. Blueberries require a fast-draining, high organic, acidic growing media, consisting of 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 ground bark and 1/3 fast-draining soil. There are many varieties developed for Southern California gardens from University of California Davis.

They enjoy the full sun but will tolerate some shade in the hot summer sun in the afternoon to keep them cool. They bloom traditionally in early spring through mid-summer with tiny flowers, followed a few months later with yummy berries. And I like to plant several types to have a succession

of fruit for a couple of months in my garden.

Pomegranates provide 3,000 ORAC units for dark reds. The cultivation goes back more than 5,000 years. Most varieties prefer long, hot summers. Pomegranates grow naturally in a multi-trunked, bushy form and are deciduous in the winter. They can make an excellent screen and can be espaliered against a fence or chain link.

Their flowers can range from light creamy orange to dark red.

These plants have many values for their beauty, diversity, flavor and high vitamin and nutrient value.

There is a dwarf type, which can be grown in pots or trained as a bonsai specimen. Feed two times annually, in February and June.

Plums offer 1,000 ORAC units for red, black or dark skins. The fruiting plums are an actual summer fruit to savor, and my favorite variety is Santa Rosa. Plums like well-drained soil, and there are many types depending on the chill factor for each area; check with a local nursery what does best for each area. Again, I suggest planting different types to ensure good pollination and a long season of fruit.

For excessive crops, consider putting them up in preserves or jams and have them on that morning English muffin with a cup of coffee. Pluots, which are plum/ apricot hybrids, can also work well with plum plantings. There are grafted three-in-one plum tree combinations, which are popular due to the lack of space in some landscapes.

Remember, the darker the skin of fruits, the higher the antioxidants.

Fertilize plums three times from February through June.

Olives offer 600 ORAC units for green and 800 ORAC units for black. Olive trees are from the Mediterranean region, similar to Southern California landscapes.

There are ancient olive trees well over 500 years old growing in Spain, Italy and southern France.

Olives are produced and used for oil and the cosmetic industry.

Fallbrook, years ago, had a thriving olive industry with thousands of olive trees planted by Frank Capra from the movie industry and had a pressing plant in downtown Fallbrook. Water three to four times during summer; if natural rainfall ever returns, they should be fine.

I recently attended an educa-

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tional workshop on olives as a new agricultural crop for California, with folks attending from all over California. Understanding there is a vast marketplace, many growers are looking for crops requiring less water in the future. There is a company in Temecula that will even come out and press the olives at local farms. The olive tree is a staple landscape tree that fits comfortably into the drought-tolerant landscape, and I incorporate them in my landscape garden designs.

They look delightful in a droughttolerant landscape and can mix well with other sustainable plantings for the future.

Grape provides 800 ORAC units for reds and 1,000 ORAC units for black types. Grapes are a fast-growing vine and require structural support, so choose a trellis, arbor, patio timbers or a simple post and wire system. Grapes follow two pruning cycles, and annual trimming is the key to grapevine culture.

You must get the grape vines happy in their new settings for the first couple of years and start good production when selecting grapes for wine, table grapes or sparkling wine grapes. Grapes have become a valid and viable agri-crop in the southland but require knowledgeable and constant stewardship to succeed.

Give three to five deep irrigations and feed two to three times between February and June. For those who want to plant a colorful fall grape, look for “Rogers Red,” but with no affiliation to me. It’s a rapid California native grape that produces many tiny grapes for habitat plantings; it has brilliant red leaves for fall color and is a knockout. If anyone is interested, I’ll have some hard-to-find cuttings available in late fall.

Strawberry provides 1,600 ORAC units per serving. Who doesn’t love strawberries throughout the year, from fresh berries with whipped cream for dessert to yogurt, berries and granola in the morning? These antioxidant fruits are easy to grow in raised beds or even strawberry-specialized pots on the patio. Look for old fashion types to get some great tastes, and you might have to go online to find some of these types.

There are even some types that will produce throughout the year and are evergreen and fruiting.

The small woodland berries in the forests are tiny but sweet and deli-

Summer oranges offer beneficial antioxidants.

Pomegranates ripen from late summer to fall and the arils (seeds) inside make a colorful garnish on salads.

“Rogers Red,” a native California grape will have very colorful red foliage in fall.

cious and a joy to cultivate in the garden. Take the children to some local “pick your own strawberries” farms if there aren’t have any planted in the garden.

Cane Berries offer 2,050 ORAC units for boysenberries and 1,250 ORAC units for raspberry. Cane berries are vines with rhizome roots that will spread and should be supported by a trellis or a support system.

Cane berries need annual rejuvenation and, in fall, should be cut back to a few selected canes for next spring’s growth. Feed a couple of times a year and mulch on tops of new canes to conserve water. I use worm castings and composted chicken manure on my berry plants to simulate healthy berries Goji Berries offer 20,000 or 25,00 ORAC units per serving.

The Goji berry could be one of the highest sources of antioxidants in fruit to date. It originates from China and the Middle East

and seems very drought tolerant.

Caution is needed as the plant can become very invasive and needs some form of containment. It’s not picky about soils but needs good drainage. I consider Goji as one of the sleepers and perhaps a new crop for California farmers.

Stewardship is needed for antioxidant crops. Proper tree and plant selection is vital to growing nutritious and wholesome foods for their health properties. The proper selection of types, water, feeding, pruning and overall plant culture are some critical elements in any healthy plant care.

When staging the progressive plantings, harvest some of the antioxidant plants throughout the landscape. My motto is always to plan before you plant.

Roger Boddaert, horticulturist, landscape consultant, arborist and garden coach, can be reached at 760-728-4297 or by email bogitt@ aol.com.

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REGIONAL NEWS

Wildfire threat becomes tool to fight home builders Michael Phillis and Suman Naishadham THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He’s lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice.

That’s why he fiercely opposed a plan to build more than 1,100 homes in a fire-prone area, which he said would be difficult to evacuate safely. Brown sits on the local planning commission, and he said the additional people would clog the road out.

“It’s a very rough area,” Brown said. “We have fires all the time now.”

Opponents like Brown, a member of the Sierra Club and California Native Plant Society, scored a win last year. A California court sided with a coalition of environmental groups and blocked a developer’s plan called Otay Village 14 that included single-family homes and commercial space. The groups argued the county didn’t adequately consider fire escape routes, and the judge agreed.

That’s not the only time California’s escalating cycle of fire has been used as a basis to refuse development.

Environmental groups are seeing increased success in California courts arguing that wildfire risk wasn’t fully considered in proposals to build homes in fireprone areas that sit at the edge of forests and brush, called the wildland-urban interface. Experts said such litigation could become more common.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has backed a handful of the lawsuits, putting developers on notice.

“You can’t keep doing things the way we’ve been doing when the world is changing around us,”

Bonta said in an interview, adding that he supports more housing. His office has, for example, questioned the increased fire risk of a 16,000acre project that includes a luxury resort and 385 residential lots in Lake County, roughly 130 miles north of San Francisco in an area that has already seen significant fire.

Bonta said his office is working on a policy that will help developers and local officials avoid future opposition from his office. It will provide guidance on evacuation routes, planning for population growth and minimizing fire risk, he said.

Developers said they already consider wildfire risks in their plans, comply with strict fire codes and adhere to state environmental policies, all while trying to ease another one of the state’s most pressing problems: the need for more housing.

Builders also said communities sometimes unfairly wield wildfire risk as a tool to stop development.

The attorney general’s office has weighed in on this side, too. Last year, the city of Encinitas denied permits to an apartment complex citing the possibility of choked outgoing traffic if there were a fire.

Encinitas, a city with a median home price of $1.67 million, was thwarting the state’s affordable housing goals, Bonta’s office said.

Months later, the commission approved the developer’s plan with some changes.

Fire and lawsuits California is withering under a megadrought that is increasing the risk of fire, with 12 of the 20 largest wildfires in its history taking place in the past five years.

University of California Berkeley researchers estimated 1.4 million homes in California are located in high or very high-risk areas. Activists said the public is increasingly

Numerous homes at Rancho Monserate are left in ruins after the Lilac Fire ripped through Bonsall, Dec. 7.

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aware of fires.

The result is more lawsuits.

Opponents of the developments are employing the often-hated California Environmental Quality Act against local governments in these lawsuits. That law ensures there’s enough information about projects like Otay Village 14 for officials to make informed decisions and address problems. In 2018, the state strengthened requirements for disclosing wildfire risk, leaving developers more vulnerable to this kind of litigation.

Peter Broderick, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, said environmental groups are challenging “the worst of the worst,” large projects in undeveloped, high fire-prone areas that cater to wealthy buyers.

“We’re talking about sprawl,” Broderick said.

A news crew begins to flee a scene as large flames engulf a section of brush along Highway 76 during the Lilac Fire in Bonsall.

Pro-housing advocates have said the state’s policies encourage sprawl.

Major housing need But by fighting big developments, environmental groups are holding up thousands of homes, Mark Dillon, an attorney who represented the Otay Village 14 builders, said. New developments take fire risk seriously, employing techniques for fire-resistance and complying with building codes, he said. Otay Village 14 would build its own fire station.

California shouldn’t just focus on building in city centers, Dillon countered.

“We shouldn’t be outlawing the single family home,” he said.

Jennifer Hernandez heads the West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group at Holland & Knight LLP. She said developers are adjusting to changes in the environmental review law but that the attorney general’s office should issue a public policy.

“The ad hoc nature of unexpected interventions by the AG’s office does a policy disservice to California housing needs,” she said.

Hernandez represents an industry group that sued Calabasas, an affluent community of over 20,000 northwest of Los Angeles, arguing that it improperly cited wildfire risk to deny a 180-unit development.

“It’s on the main street of an existing community,” she said. “And why is this a problem?”

Calabasas City Manager Kindon Meik said the project would violate open space rules and was in a high-risk area that had recently burned, adding the city has plans to meet its new housing needs.

California’s housing shortage has made homes unaffordable for many moderate and low-income

residents. Researchers, housing policy experts, and others said development at the edge of the forest has been driven in part by these punishing home costs in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and their suburbs.

In recent years, the state passed measures aimed at ensuring cities build enough new homes, but a recent statewide housing plan said 2.5 million new homes are still needed over the next eight years.

Greg Pierce, a professor of urban environmental policy at the University of California Los Angeles, said there’s very little land left in California that is undeveloped, cheap and at low risk of fire.

Meanwhile, activists have more projects in their crosshairs.

NeySa Ely of Escondido has a list of items like medicine and dog supplies to grab the next time she has to flee a fire. She had to evacuate in 2003 and 2007. The first time, she remembers driving away and seeing flames in the rearview mirror.

“At that point, I just started sobbing,” Ely said.

Her house survived that blaze, but the memory stuck. So when she heard about plans for Harvest Hills, a roughly 550-home development proposed about a mile from her house, she worked to block it, concerned that more residents and buildings in the area would clog the roads out and increase the chance of fire.

The project hasn’t been approved yet, but if it is, Ely said, “I think it will be heavily litigated.”

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Veterans without high school diplomas sought for Riverside County’s Operation Recognition Program RIVERSIDE – They were away from home serving their country while classmates were marching in commencement ceremonies.

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard veterans who missed out on their high school graduations due to military service have until Friday, Oct. 14, to apply for a diploma through the 2022 Operation Recognition Program.

Individuals who were interned in a Japanese-American relocation camp during World War II are also encouraged to apply.

A total of 375 veterans have received a diploma through Operation Recognition since 2007. The diplomas are awarded as a joint effort of the Riverside County Board of Education, the Riverside

County Office of Education and the Riverside County Department of Veterans’ Services.

Eligibility for a diploma requires individuals to currently reside in Riverside County. Completed application forms and supporting documentation must be received no later than 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14,.

Application, forms, photos and videos from previous ceremonies are available on the Operation Recognition webpage. There is no charge to apply for a diploma. Applications can also be requested by telephone. Interested persons may email Peter Daniels at pdaniels@ rcoe.us or call 951-826-6642.

RCOE will host an in-person ceremony this year with diplo-

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University dean’s list.

Mason Haro of Temecula earned dean’s list honors at The University of Tampa.

Samantha Ganaden of Menifee and Thania Rose Villano of Wildomar achieved president’s honors at the University of Hartford.

Students earning honors at Adelphi University were Cooper Rivers of Lake Elsinore, Chloe Torres of Menifee and Victoria Bailey, Jamaya Harris and Delaney Kiendra, all of Murrieta.

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

Madison Forberg and Enyi Liu, both of Temecula, were named to the Wheaton College dean’s list.

University of Utah’s dean’s list recipients are Estella Ashwell Bennett of Menifee, Peter Littlefield of Winchester, Temecula residents Gracie Estrada and Michael Gene Sizemore and Murrieta residents Morgan Michelle Matthews, Jillian R Hoffman of Murrieta, Eberly Ann Proffitt, Marisa Darlene Angulo, Jack Stephan Agopian and Katarina Linh Prill.

Jeralynn Wells of Menifee was named to the Western Carolina

mas presented to veterans Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. at the RCOE Board Room, 3939 Thirteenth Street, in Riverside.

The program is open to current residents of Riverside County whose high school education was interrupted by military service in

World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War. Degrees can also be conferred posthumously.

Education Code Section 51440 authorizes the granting of retroactive high school diplomas to eligible veterans. Section 51430 also authorizes the retroactive granting

of diplomas to Japanese-American citizens whose internment by federal order in World War II prevented them from graduating from their hometown high school.

Submitted by Riverside County Office of Education.

New director of legislative affairs for Riverside County reports to job

Carolina Salazar Herrera is the new director of legislative advocacy and government affairs for Riverside County.

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RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Riverside County welcomed Carolina Salazar Herrera as the new director of legislative advocacy and government affairs.

The director of legislative affairs drives advocacy efforts to serve the biggest impact for Riverside County residents.

“As the fourth largest county in the state, the County of Riverside legislative platform advocates for the needs of our departments providing services that impact the daily lives of our residents at the local, state and federal level,” County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen said. “Carolina has a proven track record that will grow our advocacy efforts.”

Salazar Herrera has worked for more than 15 years in legislative advocacy, including the last two years as a community and government relations manager for

Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. Before, she served for various elected officials including, a county supervisor, three state senators and two state assembly members. Salazar Herrera earned a bachelor’s degree in ethnic studies and public policy from Mills College and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.

“As a lifelong public servant, I am thrilled to be back in county government, where government, policy and constituents meet to make the most instant impact in our communities,” Salazar Herrera said. “I am honored to serve Riverside County residents in this new role.”

After moving to Riverside with her family, Salazar Herrera joined the county team Thursday, July 14.

Submitted by Riverside County.

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Hospital faces staff shortages due to COVID-19 infections, despite vaccine mandate Emily Miller THE EPOCH TIMES

The first hospital in America to mandate a COVID-19 vaccine for all employees is now facing a staffing shortage from infections.

Houston’s Methodist Hospital has hundreds of employees out of work because they tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. At the same hospital in 2021, 153 staff members who refused to get vaccinated quit or were fired. Now Methodist leadership is trying to avert a crisis.

“What is worrisome is the climbing number of our employees who cannot work because they are home sick with COVID-19.

Almost 400 employees tested positive last week,” Dr. Robert Phillips, the executive vice president and chief physician executive of Houston Methodist, wrote in an internal email July 12 obtained by The Epoch Times.

“While most of these employees are getting COVID-19 from the community, it is vital that we don’t face a situation where too many employees are out sick and we find ourselves with a staffing shortage,” he added.

Houston Methodist, with a workforce of around 28,000, was the first hospital system in the country to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all its employees. It also was the first system in the nation to mandate the vaccine for its private health care providers who are credentialed members of its medical staff. The hospital later required all its employees to get a vaccine booster by March 1.

Most employees got vaccinated and stayed, but the system is having trouble with staffing as the vaccines prove increasingly worse at protecting against infection as new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerge.

“The spike in cases is happening all over the country and is likely attributed to the highly contagious and more vaccine-resistant omicron subvariant,” Phillips wrote.

“BA.5 is now the most infectious variant so far and is thought to be four times more vaccine evasive than the last dominant variant.”

BA.5 is a subvariant of Omicron. It recently became the dominant strain in the United States, according to federal data.

Phillips nodded at how the vaccines provide little protection against infection, describing BA.5 as four times more “vaccine-evasive” than the last dominant strain, which was BA2.12.1.

While many employees are sick, Phillips said the spike is “not yet correlating with a large surge in hospitalizations” in Houston Methodist, with just 290 COVID-19 patients in the system as of July 12.

None of the patients are Methodist employees, according to Stefanie Asin, a spokeswoman for Houston Methodist Hospital.

Asked how many of the hospitalized COVID patients are vaccinated, Asin said she didn’t know. Nearly half of the patients in the system in late 2021 were vaccinated.

Problem with mandates “The problem with vaccine mandates is that they are immunologically ignorant by ignoring the powerful effect of natural immunity,” Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor, told The Epoch Times. “Natural immunity has been formally studied in over 200 studies and has been found to be more effective than vaccinated immunity.”

Studies from scientists in Qatar, the United States, and other countries have found those who survived COVID-19 had superior protection over the vaccinated. The Qatar study showed people with a previous COVID-19 infection had 97% immunity slowly waning for years as opposed to the vaccinated who had far less immunity for a period of three months when that immunity fell to 10%. After that three months immunity falls into negative effectiveness making them more likely to become ill from COVID-19. Booster shots are very short lived, the study showed.

Nurse Jennifer Bridges was fired by Methodist in June 2021 for refusing the vaccine. “This only proves our point that the vaccine doesn’t work. A true vaccine would prevent you from catching

the virus. It’s time Methodist owns up to its mistakes,” Bridges told The Epoch Times after reviewing Phillips’ memo.

“That is absolutely a false premise,” Asin, the hospital’s spokeswoman responded. “The vaccines were never intended to stop you from getting it. The point of the vaccines is to keep you from severe illness and being hospitalized.

The mandates and the vaccines are absolutely working.”

Bridges now works at a private COVID-19 clinic located in Houston called BreatheMD, which is owned by Dr. Mary Talley Bowden.

“I had COVID two years ago and have never gotten sick again— even though all I do is care for COVID patients,” she said.

Bridges and a number of other former Houston Methodist workers sued their employer over the refusal to recognize natural immunity and other aspects of the mandate, but the lawsuit was thrown out and the appeal was rejected.

But Makary, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, said the science shows the naturally immune should have been retained.

“When Methodist fired nurses who had natural immunity for not being vaccinated, they fired those least likely to spread the infection at the workplace,” he said. “Many nurses have circulating antibodies that neutralize the COVID virus, but they are not antibodies that Methodist hospital recognizes.”

Bridges said, “The patients are suffering in the hospitals, and the little staff they have are overworked due to these shortages. It’s sad that they would rather keep away very healthy, unvaccinated nurses with natural immunity when they need us so badly.”

“What does natural immunity actually mean?” Asin responded.

“We required the vaccines for our employees to keep the patients safe.” She said they do not currently have staffing shortages.

Change in tune The vaccines were authorized by federal regulators to prevent symptomatic infection, and were touted by vaccine makers and nu-

The Houston Methodist hospital in Houston June 22, 2021.

(Mei Zhong/The Epoch Times)

merous health officials as offering high protection.

As that protection has waned, authorities focus on the protection the vaccines provide against severe disease.

While Methodist Hospital now says the vaccines were intended to protect its employees from severe illness that is not what its leaders said a year and a half ago, according to emails reviewed by The Epoch Times. In February 2021, the hospital emailed an offer of a $500 bonus to any hospital employee who got two shots of the vaccines.

The email says, “The Hope Bonus is a reward for setting the right example and doing our part to stop the spread.”

Dr. Marc Boom, the president and CEO of Houston Methodist, emailed employees April 15, 2021, telling them that the mandate was for preventing infection and spread to patients. “We’re seeing positive results as the number of employee infections has dropped inversely with the number of employees receiving the vaccine. It appears we’ve successfully created herd immunity at Houston Methodist.”

Herd immunity means the level of protection that comes from vaccines, prior infection or both, is so high that the spread of a disease is no longer an issue.

“COVID vaccines were originally thought to reduce COVID transmission, but that understanding quickly changed, rendering

policies for unvaccinated people obsolete,” Makary said. “If someone who does not have natural immunity chooses not to get vaccinated, they do so at their own individual risk, but they pose no public health threat now that population immunity is high.”

Bowden, Bridges’s new employer, lost her privileges with Houston Methodist after she announced that she would only treat unvaccinated patients who couldn’t get care elsewhere. The hospital said Bowden was spreading “misinformation.”

Bowden was suspended and then she resigned.

Bowden said the number of vaccinated employees who are out sick means Houston Methodist leaders owe an explanation “to those of us who were persecuted for questioning the mandates.”

“We have 400 employees out sick with COVID. They are out sick without severe illness. We stand by the effectiveness of the vaccine,” Asin responded.

Phillips told his employees to do their best to not get sick.

“Our patients need us to stay healthy, so I strongly encourage our employees to be as vigilant as possible,” he said, adding later, “please use good judgment in your personal lives as community spread … is high right now.”

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Lawsuit alleges DOJ shielding records on Hunter Biden, Durham probes

Attorney General Merrick Garland holds a news conference Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Buffalo, New York (US Network via AP, Pool)

Zachary Stieber THE EPOCH TIMES

The U.S. Department of Justice is withholding records related to high-profile investigations, including the probe into President Joe Biden’s son, according to a new lawsuit.

Protect the Public’s Trust, a

watchdog group, is seeking records seeking ethics waivers and determinations on allowing potentially conflicted employees to work on cases but has been stymied.

The group submitted a Freedom of Information Act records request June 1, 2021, but didn’t receive a response for more than a year, ac-

cording to the suit.

After inquiring about the status of the request June 10, the watchdog received an acknowledgment that had been sent to the wrong email address. But the records still haven’t been sent, nor have key determinations about which records will be provided, which violates federal law.

Based on the DOJ’s recent email, “it appears that the Department has no intention of responding to Plaintiff’s request anytime soon,” Protect the Public’s Trust said in the filing in federal court in Washington. “Given these facts, it appears that absent litigation the Department has not and does not intend to meet its statutory obligations to provide the requested records.”

The documents would help shed light on potential conflicts of interest, including whether Joe Bidenappointee Nicholas McQuaid, a top DOJ official, is at all involved

with the investigation into Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, according to the watchdog.

McQuaid’s former colleague is representing Hunter Biden, who has said that he’s under investigation for tax-related issues.

Documents obtained by The Epoch Times indicate that the probe touches on Hunter Biden’s business dealings with China.

Susan Hennessey was hired in 2021 from CNN to be a lawyer at the DOJ. Before she was hired, she described the investigation from special counsel John Durham, which has uncovered more details about the effort to spy on thenpresidential candidate Donald Trump and his associates in 2016, as “partisan silliness.”

“Have these officials been granted waivers to participate in these matters, which would likely fall into their portfolios?” Protect the Public’s Trust said in a statement.

“By its refusal to properly respond

to this FOIA request, as required by law, DOJ is hiding this information from the American public.”

The DOJ didn’t respond to a request for comment but has said that it doesn’t comment on pending lawsuits.

Attorney General Merrick Garland, a Biden appointee, issued a memorandum to agencies across the federal government that he said would “strengthen the federal government’s commitment to the fair and effective administration of FOIA.” “Transparency in government operations is a priority of this Administration and this Department.

We stand ready to work with each of you to make real the Freedom of Information Act’s promise of a government that is open and accountable to the American people,” he said at the time.

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White House admits inflation ‘unacceptably high’ Katabella Roberts THE EPOCH TIMES

White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein has admitted that inflation in the United States is “unacceptably high” but said he does not see the country heading toward a recession.

Bernstein told “Fox News Sunday” July 17 that factors such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the current energy crisis are behind surging prices but noted that gas prices, while still too high, are “moving in the right direction,” which he said is “giving Americans some much-needed breathing room.”

“So, for example, inflation, which is unacceptably high—

let’s get that clear right out of the gate—went up 1.3% in June.

Again, an unacceptably high increase. Half of that increase is energy prices alone.

“Now, since then the price of gas has come down 50 cents a gallon.

There are now 20,000 gas stations across this country where gas is below $4 a gallon.”

The national average for a gallon of regular was $4.521 as of July 16, according to the AAA, down from $4.989 a month ago but still up from $3.168 this time a year ago.

Bernstein added that the Biden administration is working on decreasing prices further while downplaying the risk of an economic downturn.

The 12-month Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit 9.1% in June, marking its highest level since November 1981, driven by a surge in the cost of rent, food, energy and medical care.

‘Consumer Spending Very Strong’ However, Bernstein pointed to strong consumer spending and jobs gains, despite inflation, noting that “payrolls and consumer spending are actually very strong on the payroll side and strong on the spending side as well.”

He also noted a surge in demand for travel as travel restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic were lifted, which he said is also “contributing to strong consumer spending, strong retail

sales, job growth, and an unemployment rate of 3.6% for the past four months.”

The U.S. economy added 372,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate was at 3.6%, yet inflation continues to rise and recession fears still weigh heavy.

“I want to be clear: there are lots of folks who are struggling with this high level of inflation, but as a macroeconomist, when you look at the stock of savings in the economy, it’s up there in the trillions,” he said. “Folks are tapping those savings to continue to keep consumer spending strong.”

Bernstein added that it is “very hard to conclude that we are in a recession when you look at the payroll and the job gains that

we’ve seen.”

A Bloomberg survey of economists published Monday found that the odds of the U.S. economy falling into a recession within the next 12 months have surged to 47.5% since June, up from 30% last month.

Meanwhile, a recent poll conducted by MagnifyMoney on a sample of 2,082 respondents, showed that 70% of Americans believe a recession is coming and 68% say they don’t feel financially prepared for it.

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Two arrested in connection with 7-11 shootings Paul Anderson CITY NEWS SERVICE

Two suspects remained in custody after their arrests in connection with a spree of 7-Eleven robberies across Southern California, including one in Riverside, in which two people were killed and three others injured. Authorities say at least one of the men may be tied to a killing in Los Angeles two days earlier.

Malike Patt, 20 and Jason Payne, 44, both of Los Angeles, were arrested at about 1:10 p.m. Friday, July 15, in the 1900 block of W. 23rd Street in Los Angeles, authorities said at a news conference in Santa Ana. Patt is considered the main suspect seen in widely circulated surveillance video photos from some of the robberies.

Patt was charged Monday, July 18, with three counts of murder, along with attempted murder and other felonies, with Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer calling the defendant a “stone cold serial killer.” He is being held in the Santa Ana jail.

Payne was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital to be treated for minor injuries sustained while being arrested, Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin said.

The arrests were carried out by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Orange County Violent Crime Task Force, according to Santa Ana police.

In addition to the convenience store heists in San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties, Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton of the Los Angeles Police Department said the July 9 slaying of an unidentified transient in the 16100 block of Parthenia Street in the North Hills area is believed to be tied to at least one of the suspects.

The killing occurred about 200 yards away from a 7-Eleven store that was robbed that day.

Spitzer said Patt will be charged in a way that will lead to no bail and that the trial will be held in Orange County for all of the alleged crimes, which include two counts of attempted murder, three counts of robbery and one count of car-

This surveillance footage shows suspect Malike Patt, 20, of Los Angeles, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in a spree of 7-Eleven store robberies across the Southland, including Riverside, in which two people were killed and three others injured.

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jacking while armed. The charges against Patt will also include special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder in the commission of a robbery. He faces a possible death sentence, if prosecutors opt to pursue it.

Payne, described as a neighbor of Patt, will be charged with three counts of robbery and one count of attempted robbery, stemming from heists in Santa ana, La Habra and Brea, Spitzer said.

The district attorney said investigators were still looking into the relationship between the defendants, but they appear to be acquaintances who lived on the same street in Los Angeles.

The 7-Eleven company had offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest

and conviction of the suspect(s) in the robberies and killings. It was unclear if anyone will be eligible to claim the reward.

“We are grateful that the Orange County District Attorney has announced local law enforcement has apprehended suspects related to the recent violent incidents. We will continue to fully support law enforcement with their investigation,” a company statement said.

The rash of violence, carried out on 7/11, prompted the 7-Eleven corporation to recommend that Los Angeles-area stores temporarily close their doors Monday night and again Tuesday night and some stores also appeared to be closed early Wednesday.

The company did not say whether further security measures would

be put in place.

The first 7-Eleven holdup in the crime spree occurred in Ontario.

Police said just after midnight Monday, the 7-Eleven at 636 N. Vine Avenue was robbed. The suspect held up the store with a handgun, but no shots were fired and no one was injured.

At 1:35 a.m. Monday, the 7-Eleven store at 2410 W. Arrow Route in Upland was robbed, police said.

At 1:50 a.m., a 7-Eleven store at 5102 La Sierra Avenue in Riverside was robbed by a gunman.

That robbery escalated, with the suspect shooting a customer, who was hospitalized in what was described as grave condition.

Officer Ryan Railsback of the Riverside Police Department said the victim has shown “slight improvement, but is still very critical.”

Minutes after 3 a.m., a Yum Yum Donuts at 2441 N. Tustin Street in Santa Ana was robbed, Valentin said.

About 20 minutes later, 24-yearold Matthew Rule of Santa Ana was fatally shot outside the 7-Eleven store at 302 E. 17th Street in Santa Ana. Officers found Rule in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to the upper body, Santa Ana Police Department Sgt. Maria Lopez said.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Valentin said Rule was not the primary target of the shooter. He said the gunman was targeting someone else, but Rule “stepped in” to “redirect” the robber and was shot.

Brea police said they responded at 4:17 a.m. Monday to the 7-Eleven store at 109 W. Lambert Road and found a male store clerk fatally shot in what officers determined to be a robbery. The clerk was later identified as 40-year-old Matthew Hirsch, who died at the scene, police said.

About a half-hour later, the 7-Eleven store at 381 E. Whittier Boulevard in La Habra was robbed and two people were shot, according to Sgt. Eric Roy of the

La Habra Police Department. Both victims were taken to a hospital and both were expected to survive.

Police said the victims were a clerk and a customer.

Based on surveillance images, police said they were able to link the same suspect to all of the heists.

The LAPD announced Tuesday afternoon that detectives were investigating a similar string of robberies at two convenience stores and two doughnut shops within the LAPD’s Devonshire Division in the San Fernando Valley, which occurred between 3:55 and 5:30 a.m. July 9. That string included the 7-Eleven store that was robbed near the location of the fatal shooting that Hamilton said was linked to the other convenience store crimes.

Other businesses that were robbed were located in the 16000 block of Nordhoff Street, the 16000 block of Devonshire Street and the 16000 block of San Fernando Mission Boulevard No injuries were reported in any of the robberies, but the suspect was armed with a handgun, police said.

Hamilton said Friday, July 15, that investigators believe “a number of crimes” in the Los Angeles area will eventually be linked to the suspect in the July 9 fatal shooting.

Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairman Doug Chaffee said the board will set up a fund to benefit the victims of the crime spree Tuesday.

“We want to be certain those injured are taken care of,” Chaffee said.

Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento said the shootings “chilled” the community because of their “depravity and randomness.” He praised law enforcement for the quick arrests.

“Sometimes these things are never solved, but this happened in five days,” Sarmiento said.

Brea Police Chief Adam Hawley said, “These crimes have undeniably broken our hearts.”

Hemet man suspected of stealing pickup found by police bloodhound City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

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Felix Alexis Nieves of Hemet was arrested and booked into the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta Thursday, July 14, on suspicion of vehicle theft, possession of controlled substances, grand theft and driving on a suspended license. He was being held on $50,000 bail.

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Wednesday, a resident, whose identity was not disclosed, was leaving the Walmart on South Sanderson Avenue when he noticed that his pickup was idling outside the store.

The victim had no idea that it had been taken from his residence and called 911. However, before patrol officers could reach the

location, the driver – later identified as Nieves – sped away, police alleged.

A search of the area was initiated, and the pickup was found abandoned on Domenigoni Parkway.

Investigators said that K9 unit bloodhound “Duke” and his handler were deployed to conduct a search of the surroundings, and Duke ferreted out Nieves, alleg-

edly hiding in brush along the 36500 block of Alta Mesa Drive.

Police alleged that the suspect was carrying 60 grams of meth when he was taken into custody without incident shortly after midnight Thursday.

The pickup was returned to the owner.

Background information on Nieves was not available.

1 million pills with fentanyl seized in record bust near LA The Associated Press SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

One million pills containing fentanyl were seized during a raid near Los Angeles in July in what the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration called the largest bust of its kind in California.

The pills were found when agents served a search warrant Tuesday, July 5, at a home in Inglewood that investigators believe was a stash house with links to Sinaloa cartel traffickers, the DEA said in a statement Thursday, July 14.

“This massive seizure disrupted the flow of dangerous amounts of fentanyl into our streets and probably saved many lives,” DEA special agent Bill Bodner said in the statement.

The pills have an estimated street value of $15 to $20 million dollars, officials said.

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Los Angeles Field Division, shows approximately 1 million fake pills containing fentanyl that were seized when agents served a search warrant, Tuesday, July 5, at a home in Inglewood.

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Man found slain in Moreno Valley park City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

An investigation was underway Friday, July 15, into the slaying of a man at a Moreno Valley park, where detectives are hoping someone might have witnessed activity that could lead them to the killer.

The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was

found about 2 a.m. Thursday in Sunnymead Park, 12655 Perris Blvd., according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

Sgt. Ken Thurm said that someone spotted the lifeless body of the man and called 911.

Patrol deputies secured the scene and turned the investigation over to the Central Homicide Unit.

Thurm said the victim had “in-

juries consistent with a homicide,” but no other details were disclosed.

“Investigators are actively trying to determine the circumstances,” he said.

No suspects have been identified.

Anyone with information was urged to contact the homicide unit at 951-955-2777.

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Local County approves agreement for Aguanga fire station expansion Joe Naiman WRITER

Riverside County approved a monitoring agreement with the Cahuilla Band of Indians Tuesday, July 12, for the expansion of the Riverside County Fire Department station in Aguanga. see page AVO-4

Riverside County Department of Animal Services personnel, along with sheriff’s deputies, respond to an unlicensed kennel, Military Mutts, at 43585 Cowboy Country Trail in Aguanga Thursday, July 14, to clear the property of remaining pets.

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More than 20 dogs were rescued from an unlicensed kennel in Aguanga, where a horse died and

another was found suffering from malnourishment – instances that could lead to felony animal cruelty charges against the operator.

Riverside County Department of Animal Services personnel,

along with sheriff’s deputies, went to Military Mutts Ranch, 43585 Cowboy Country Trail, near Success Drive, Thursday, July 14, to clear the property of remaining pets.

The owner, Charlotte Orrin, had been under investigation for months due to incidents that occurred at different times, culminating see DOGS, page AVO-2

Anza Valley Library hosts new summer programs and more

Local Adams graduates from Linfield University

Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Anza Valley Library continues to provide books, services and inspiration to the mountain communities. Upgrades to the facility, fun activities, new services and updated reading material availability are at the local literary reference center.

The library’s summer program is packed with interesting activities specifically designed for children, teens and adults.

“On July 7, we had EcoVivarium, which is a nonprofit living museum, come and share their animals with us,” librarian Chantel Yarrow said. “They brought up several different types of snakes and lizards and a couple tortoises.

Everyone had an exciting time.”

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How weather affects wildfire behavior Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Weather plays a significant part in the intensity and severity of wildland fires. Changes in humidity, wind and temperature can improve or delay containment efforts. Commonly referred to as fire weather, these conditions may spell disaster for firefighters battling out-of-control blazes.

According to Nick Nauslar of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center, fire weather is, “Any sort of weather that ignites and/or helps spread fire. Stronger winds; low, relative humidity; unstable atmospheric conditions; and thunderstorms all fall under the umbrella of fire weather.”

Lightning strikes are the most common weather cause for wildfires. Dry thunderstorms can create lightning miles away from the see WEATHER, page AVO-4

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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. Find them on Facebook at “Hamilton-Museum-and-RanchFoundation.”

Backcountry Horsemen Redshank Riders – Meeting monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. Locations change, so please contact Mike by email at stumblinl55@ gmail.com or by calling (951) 760-9255.

Health, exercise, resources and recovery meetings Fit after 50 – 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Tuesday and Friday mornings at Anza Community Hall. Free.

Wear comfortable clothes and supportive shoes. Call or text instructor Teresa Hoehn, at 951751-1462 for more information.

Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – 6 p.m. Every Tuesday at Shepherd Of The Valley Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. Open participation.

Veterans’ Gathering Mondays – 9-11 a.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 39075 Contreras Road, in Anza.

Men and women veterans come to share and help each other deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and other difficulties. Call John Sheehan at 951-923-6153.

If you need an advocate to help with VA benefits, call Ronnie Imel at 951-659-9884.

The Most Excellent Way – Christ-centered recovery program for all kinds of addiction meets Fridays from 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 8-10 a.m.

Program is court approved; child care is provided. Transportation help is available. The group meets at 58050 Highway 371; the cross street is Kirby Road in Anza.

AA Men’s Meeting – 7 p.m.

Meetings take place Thursdays at 39551 Kirby Road in Anza, south of Highway 371.

Alcoholics Anonymous – 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road in Anza. For more information, call 951-763-4226.

Bereaved Parents of the USA – The Aguanga-Anza Chapter of BPUSA will hold its meetings at 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 49109 Lakeshore Blvd. in Aguanga. For more information, contact chapter leader Linda Hardee at 951-551-2826.

Free Mobile Health Clinic – Open every third Wednesday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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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,

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Food ministries F.U.N. Group weekly food ministry – Deliveries arrive noon Thursdays at the Anza Community Hall. To order a paid box and help feed those who can’t afford to pay, drop off payment and cash donations by Thursday at 1:30 p.m., to ERA Excel Realty, 56070 Highway 371, in Anza. Pay inside or drop off during the day in the red box outside. To drop it off, put name and request on an envelope with payment inside. A $30 box has about $100 worth of food and feeds six people. Half boxes are available for $15. Food is delivered once a week to those who cannot find a ride. For more information, call Bill Donahue at 951-288-0903.

Living Hope Christian Fellowship Community Dinner – 1 p.m. Dinners are held the last Sunday of the month at the Anza Community Hall. All are welcome. Donations of time, money, etc. are always welcome.

Food for the Faithful – 8 a.m.

The food bank hands out food the last Friday of the month until the food is gone. The clothes closet will be open too. Emergency food handed out as needed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. FFF is a non-denominational nonprofit.

All in need are welcome; call Esther Barragan at 951-763-5636.

Bible Studies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anza – Sunday Sacrament is held 10 a.m.; Sunday School is 11 a.m.

Priesthood/Relief Society meets noon; Wednesday Boy Scouts gathers 6 p.m. and Youth Night is 7 p.m. For more information, call Ruiz at 951-445-7180 or Nathan at 760-399-0727. The Wednesday Genealogy/Family History Class, 5-8 p.m., is open to the public at 39075 Contreras Road in Anza.

Native Lighthouse Fellowship – 10 a.m. The group meets the first Saturday of the month, and breakfast is served. All are welcome to fellowship together at the “Tribal Hall” below the casino in Anza. For more information, call Nella Heredia at 951-763-0856.

Living Hope Bible Study – 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza.

All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Kevin at 951-763-1111.

Anza RV Clubhouse – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza.

Monthly Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9 a.m. Breakfast takes place the fourth Saturday of each month and rotates to different locations. Contact Jeff Crawley at 951-763-1257 for more information.

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – 10 a.m. Weekly Wednesday Bible study takes place at 56095 Pena Road in Anza. Call 951-763-4226 for more information.

Valley Gospel Chapel – 7 a.m. Saturday Men’s Study meets weekly with breakfast usually served at 43275 Chapman Road in the Terwilliger area of Anza.

For more information, call 951763-4622.

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DOGS from page AVO-1 in the county revoking her kennel license in May, according to officials.

Orrin had been granted an operating certificate in 2014 to utilize the five-acre space for kenneling canines and other animals. The location was billed as a place for members of the U.S. Armed Services to leave their pets for safekeeping while they deployed overseas.

According to Department of Animal Services representative John Welsh, at one time, up to 70 canines had been under Orrin’s supervision, though her kennel license allowed a maximum of 30.

Welsh alleged that unsanitary conditions were a problem at the site, and he said that a dead horse

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 951763-4937, anzabptistchurch@ gmail.com or http://www.anzabaptistchurch.com.

Clubs High Country Recreation – Second Monday of the month attend committee meetings at ERA Excel Realty in Anza. For more information, call Albert Rodriguez at 951-492-1624 or Robyn Garrison at 805-312-0369.

HCR Bingo fundraisers – 6:30-9:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays at Anza Community Hall.

Anza Valley VFW Post 1873 – Capt. John Francis Drivick III Post, the Ladies’ and Men’s Auxiliaries are located at 59011 Bailey Road in Anza. Mail P.O. Box 390433. Request monthly newsletter and or weekly menu by email at vfw1873anzaca@ gmail.com. For more information, call 951-763-4439 or visit http://vfw1873.org.

High Country 4-H Club – 6:30 p.m. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month, except February, at Anza Community Hall. 4-H Club is for youth 5 to 19 years old offering a variety of projects. High Country 4-H Club is open to children living in the Anza, Aguanga and surrounding areas. For more information, call Allison Renck at 951-663-5452.

Anza Valley Artists Meetings – 1 p.m. Meetings are the third Saturday of each month at various locations. Share art, ideas and participate in shows. Guest 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 has been reinstated and is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. The group is working on securing a new venue for meetings. Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club of Anza Valley Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/LionsofAnzaValley. For more information, email president Greg Sandling at President.

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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.

was found there in 2021, while a severely underfed equine was seized from the property.

A dog also allegedly suffered mistreatment, Welsh said, but the circumstances weren’t clear.

He said the department is seeking animal abuse charges.

Orrin sent an email to authorities this week stating that she needed assistance clearing the remaining dogs from the property, resulting in the impoundment operation Thursday morning.

Twenty-one canines were rescued and placed in county shelters.

“Nine of the 21 dogs are microchipped, and animal services employees are reaching out to the presumed owners,” Welsh said.

“Ten of the dogs appear to have been born at the property due to their ages.”

Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call Ginny Kinser at 909-7027902.

Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call squadron commander Maj. Dennis Sheehan from the Anza area at 951-403-4940. To learn more and see the club’s meeting schedule, visit http://www.squadron59.org.

Fire Explorer Program – 6 p.m. The program meets every second, third and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fire Station 29 on state Route 371 in Anza. Call 951-763-5611 for information.

Redshank Riders – 7 p.m.

Backcountry horsemen meet at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Anza, the second Thursday of each month. Visit http://www. redshankriders.com or call Carol Schmuhl for membership information at 951-663-6763.

Anza Thimble Club – The club meets the first Thursday of the month at Valley Gospel Chapel, 43275 Chapman Road in Anza. The social hour is 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon.

Contact Carol Wright at 951-7632884 for more information.

Organizations Terwilliger Community Association – 6 p.m. Second Monday of the month at VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza.

Potluck dinner open to all. For more information, call Tonie Ford at 951-763-4560.

From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries – Noon.

Monthly luncheon and guest speaker are held the second Saturday of each month. The $5 charge covers lunch at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. From the Heart helps the area’s neediest children and invites all women and men to join in their mission.

Donate or help with the rummage sales twice a year to raise funds for the cause or other events. For more information, call president Christi James at 951-595-2400.

Anza Community Hall – 7 p.m. General membership meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month. Memberships cost $20 per person or $35 per business, and both get one vote. No government funds are allocated for the Hall, which pays its bills through memberships and swap meets. Voting members receive discounts off hall rentals, swap meet booths and save on propane gas from Ferrellgas. Mail membership to: Anza Community Building Inc. at P.O. Box 390091, Anza, CA 92539. The hall is located at 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. Swap meet held each Saturday of the month, weather permitting, early morning to 1 p.m. Vendors wanted. For more information, call 951-282-4267.

Anza Civic Improvement League – 9 a.m. meets the first Saturday of each month at the Little Red Schoolhouse. The league maintains Minor Park and Little Red School House, which are both available to rent for events. No government funds are allowed; the membership pays the bills – $10 a person, $18 family or $35 business membership.

For more information, visit http:// www.anzacivic.org.

Agency Director Erin Gettis said that her team performed effectively despite the short notice and conditions at the former kennel.

“The owner could not provide care, turned over the remaining dogs, including two of her personal pets,” Gettis said.

According to Welsh, all of the impounded canines will be evaluated by veterinary staff. A hold will be placed on them, pending efforts to locate their owners.

“Staffers will also reach out to area military bases and other avenues to ensure a thorough search for owners,” he said. “Dogs remaining after this effort will be available for adoption and rescue organizations.”

Anyone with information was urged to contact the agency via shelterinfo@rivco.org.

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Bobby Rosas takes over as Aguanga Postmaster

Bobby Rosas is the new Aguanga Postmaster, replacing Curtis Bush, who retired.

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AGUANGA – Bobby Rosas was recently named Postmaster of the Aguanga post office. He replaces former Aguanga Postmaster Curtis Bush, who retired.

As Aguanga Postmaster, Rosas will supervise five employees and oversee retail services at the Aguanga post office and the daily distribution of mail on three delivery routes and to almost 600 P.O. boxes at his facility.

Rosas is a 16-year postal employee who began his career as a postal clerk and most recently served as a customer service supervisor at the U.S. Postal Service’s Murrieta Annex.

“I’m honored to have been selected for this great opportunity,” Rosas said. “I hope to provide a positive influence on my employees, to continue the Postal Service’s legacy of outstanding customer service and to contribute to the overall success of the organization.

“As outlined in USPS’s Delivering for America plan, we are modernizing and continually adapting to the changing needs of our cus-

tomers. Our customers are priority one, whether they’re located in the biggest cities or smaller communities such as Aguanga.

“I want to express my gratitude to my manager and many of my colleagues for providing me with the knowledge and tools needed to be a successful leader. I’m also grateful to the leadership team at the USPS San Diego District office for believing in me and giving me this opportunity,” he said.

Rosas was born and raised in Brawley and currently resides in Temecula. He is a graduate of Brawley Union High School and Miramar College, where he earned an associate degree in business.

He is an avid sports fan whose hobbies include hiking, camping, dancing, working on cars and a variety of other DIY projects.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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LIBRARY from page AVO-1 featuring rescued and donated reptiles, amphibians and arthropods.

Located in Escondido, they travel throughout Southern California, introducing schools, field study groups, scouts and communities to their Ambassador Animals. The animals spark a real excitement for learning. EcoVivarium is one of the largest reptile, amphibian and arthropod rescues in the United States.

“All the kids had fun and enjoyed themselves seeing the different creatures. And everyone was able to touch and pet them,” Yarrow said.

The library also offers new services, including options to check out Chromebook laptops, Wi-Fi hot spots and California State Park passes.

Through a partnership with California State Parks and California State Libraries, free State Parks vehicle day-use hangtag passes have been made available for circulation through all public libraries in California.

Park Passes provide free vehicle day-use access to over 200 parks, lakes, beaches and monuments in the State Parks system.

Any Riverside County resident, with an active Riverside County Library System card in good standing, may borrow a Park Pass.

Limited to one per household, they can be checked out for two weeks.

Park Passes are not renewable. If you call the library, you can place one on a three-day hold.

Park Passes must be returned to the service desk of the RCLS location where it was borrowed. They may not be returned to bookdrops or other RCLS locations.

The Riverside County Library System has made Wi-Fi hot spots available to community members who need internet access beyond the library walls.

A Wi-Fi hot spot is a device that allows you to connect your mobile enabled devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets to the internet. It is portable so you can connect your device almost anywhere you are such as at home, on the bus or in the park. It will work in any area covered by the Sprint or T-Mobile network.

Any Riverside County resident, at least 18 years of age and who has an active RCLS card in good standing, may borrow a Wi-Fi hot spot from any RCLS library. Limit one per household.

Wi-Fi hot spots are available on a first come, first-served basis and are not renewable. You can borrow a Wi-Fi hot spot for up to three weeks.

A Wi-Fi hot spot must be returned to the service desk of the RCLS location where it was borrowed. They may not be returned to bookdrops or other RCLS locations. The device will be turned off and wireless service will be terminated if the hot spot is not returned on the due date. Additionally, there will be a 25 cents per day late fine, with a maximum of $5, when returned.

If the Wi-Fi hot spot is lost, please contact the location where you checked it out immediately.

The replacement fee of $100 is the market value cost that RCLS charges to replace the device.

RCLS is not responsible for any liability, damages or expense

Children get to pet a tortoise during the EcoVivarium living museum education program at the Anza Valley Library Thursday, July 7.

resulting from use or misuse of the device, connection of the device to other electronic devices or data loss resulting from use of the device. Any use of the device for illegal purposes, unauthorized copying of copyright-protected material in any format or transmission of threatening, harassing, defamatory or obscene materials is strictly prohibited.

The Riverside County Library System has also made Chromebooks available to community members who need technology beyond the library. Chromebooks are lightweight laptops that run Google’s Chrome operating system. The computer must be connected to the internet for you to access its features, which are all web-based.

Any Riverside County resident, at least 18 years of age and who has an active RCLS card in good standing, may borrow a Chromebook from any participating RCLS library. Limit one per household.

Chromebooks may be borrowed for three weeks.

These laptops are available on a first come, first-served basis. The computer comes in a case along with a charger. Chromebooks are not renewable and cannot be placed on hold.

Chromebooks must be returned to the service desk of the RCLS location where it was borrowed.

They may not be returned to bookdrops or other RCLS locations.

Although the Chromebook is configured to clear out all history and files once you end your session or log out, it is ultimately your responsibility to ensure you have removed any files, signed out of websites, cleared your history, etc. before returning the Chromebook. You may be able to request help from library staff. Please call your local branch to find out dates and times.

Chromebooks will be turned off if it is not returned on the due date. There will be a 25 cents per day late fine, with a maximum of $5, when returned. If the Chromebook is lost, please contact the

This friendly bearded dragon is the hit of the event during the EcoVivarium living museum education program at the Anza Valley Library Thursday, July 7.

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location where you checked it out immediately. The replacement fee of $200 is the market value cost that RCLS charges to replace the Chromebook.

Replacement fees for damaged, lost or stolen equipment include broken screen, $100; charging cord, $10; wall adapter, $10; and Chromebook case $20.

RCLS is not responsible for any liability, damages or expense resulting from use or misuse of the device, connection of the device to other electronic devices or data loss resulting from use of the device. Any use of the device for illegal purposes, unauthorized copying of copyright-protected material in any format or transmission of threatening, harassing, defamatory or obscene materials is strictly prohibited.

It is certainly an interesting, inspirational and fun time to visit the Anza Valley Library. More than a treasure trove of books, it provides activities and the tools to get technology and knowledge to all who seek it.

The Anza Valley Library is a joint-use public library, located inside Hamilton High School, but a completely separate entity.

It is part of the Riverside County Library System.

Don’t have a library card? Go to www.rivlib.net to sign up online for free.

For more information, 951763-4216 or www.facebook.com/ AnzaLibrary.

To contact EcoVivarium, visit them at www.ecovivarium.org or call 760-975-9690.

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

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County approves monitoring agreement with Cahuilla tribe for Aguanga fire station expansion Joe Naiman WRITER

Riverside County approved a monitoring agreement with the Cahuilla Band of Indians for the expansion of the Riverside County Fire Department station in Aguanga.

A 4-0 Riverside County Board of Supervisors vote Tuesday, July 12, with Manuel Perez absent, approved the agreement with the Ca-

huilla band for tribal monitoring of the Station 77 improvements. The tribal monitor will be paid $100 per hour, which will include mileage costs for the monitor to travel to the travel site, and the county’s total fee obligation is $30,000.

Station 77 is in the 49900 block of Comanche Court. The property originally had a residential structure, and in July 2015 the Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of the property for future use as

a fire station. The conversion of the house resulted in a single-bay metal garage to house the fire department apparatus.

The expansion will replace the existing garage with a two-bay fire engine facility. The new bay area will have the capability of housing up to four fire engines and will also have an additional restroom facility, a workshop, a storage area, a laundry area and a locker room.

The supervisors approved the

environmental mitigated negative declaration along with a mitigation monitoring and reporting program for the fire station expansion in May 2018. The mitigation measures incorporate concerns from the Cahuilla tribe about the accidental discovery of cultural resources. Cahuilla will provide a monitor during all grading, groundbreaking, excavation and other ground disturbing activities. If human remains are found

during construction the project archaeologist and the tribal monitor have the authority to halt grading temporarily or to relocate the grading and excavation activities pending further investigation by the county’s medical examiner and the Cahuilla tribe.

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

Fire retardant is a key tool in fighting wildfires Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

In the arsenal to combat dangerous wildfires, fire retardant is an important tool deployed to stop the spread of the flames in wildland fire events. The Cal Fire tankers droning overhead, then divebombing the blaze and unleashing a barrage of bright red liquid is a welcome sight in the Anza Valley when fire threatens.

This liquid, often called by its brand name Phos-Chek, is made

by Perimeter Solutions, which offers many fire chemical products, including firefighting foams and gels. Fire retardants help slow, stop and prevent the start of wildfires by making wildland fuels nonflammable.

The first Phos-Chek retardant product was available in 1962 and was the first phosphate-based fire retardant approved by the United States Forest Service. It is used by both Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service.

Aerial retardants are applied by fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft. They are also applied from the ground in active fire situations, such as in conjunction with prescribed burns or as a preventive measure in advance of any fire activity. It may be deployed ahead of wildfires to homes and vegetation by ground crews as well as aerial firefighting units.

These types of products are mostly water, with smaller amounts of ammonium phosphate, commonly found in fertilizers, which acts as the retardant component. Other ingredients include gum thickeners to help the retardant stick to vegetation, flow conditioner to allow for ease of transfer and mixing and a vivid red coloring to help pilots see the fire retardant from the sky. The Phos-Chek fire retardants are manufactured as dry powders or as concentrated liquids with water added before deployment.

The phosphate used in fire retardant also acts as a fertilizer once the fire danger has passed, according to Cal Fire. While not 100% biodegradable, it is able to provide plant nourishment. The other ingredients like the gum

WEATHER from page AVO-1 obvious storm clouds. Several Anza brush fires have been started by lightning strikes to the ground igniting dry fuels such as weeds, grasses and shrubs.

Seasonal Santa Ana winds can also cause electrical power lines to spark, which can ignite dry vegetation nearby. Wind determines the rate and direction of fire spread.

thickener are biodegradable and will break down over time. Retardant not removed from vegetation may cause it to become brown and withered. After a rain, plants generally return to normal and may even be enhanced due to the plant nutrients in the retardant.

When retardant is applied to vegetation, it acts as a fuel break to help slow the fire. The solution coats the grass, brush and trees. As the fire approaches, the phosphate salts react with the natural material present in the vegetation. This chemical reaction helps prevent combustion of the vegetation, which normally provides fuel for the fire, thus slowing the blaze.

According to Cal Fire, fire retardant, when mixed with water, is not considered hazardous for potential respiratory side effects in humans. Contact with the skin may cause irritation due to the ammonium in the solution. Soap and water should be used for removal from the skin and hair and any contaminated clothing should be washed. If inhaled, Cal Fire advises victims to seek fresh air and if breathing becomes difficult, to get medical attention. If swallowed, immediate medical attention is not usually required.

Additionally, there are no known adverse side effects to domestic animals or livestock, which may eat vegetation that has been covered in fire retardant. However, reactions may vary in animals.

For instance, should your pet cat ingest significant amounts of fire retardant-coated plants, consult a veterinarian. Be sure to fill in any puddles or water supplies that could be contaminated with fire retardant, using sand or dirt.

Check that all other water sources are thoroughly cleaned out and refilled with fresh water.

Fish and other water animals may also be impacted by fire retardant, but that threat is low. Direct contact can be harmful which is why care is exercised by crews to minimize any introduction to sources of water.

Cal Fire also advises on how to remove fire retardant from surfaces. Fire retardant can dissolve in water and be removed quite easily before drying. If dried, the gum

Stronger winds also supply more oxygen to the fire, as well as preheating fuels and blowing embers and sparks ahead of the flames.

Fires will follow the direction the wind blows. The faster it is blowing, the faster the flames spread. Gusts can also elevate flames into trees. Wildfires can create their own wind patterns, which also affect how the fire spreads.

Hot temperatures and lower

A Cal Fire tanker drops fire retardant on the Star Fire in Aguanga Sunday, June 26.

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thickener additive holds tightly to what it lands on and is more difficult to remove. The red coloring can also stain certain materials.

After drying, scrubbing surfaces or power washing structures and equipment may be needed. A

mild surfactant such as soap or detergent can help in the cleaning process.

Residents of the Anza Valley would agree that the cleaning of homes and outbuildings is well worth it, given the fact that the fire

retardant saved their property from being destroyed during a wildland fire event.

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

relative humidity make available fuels such as grass and weeds more receptive to ignition. In hot weather, the sun is more intense, heating and drying out fuels such as sticks and other flammable debris.

Large fires can even create their own weather, with pyrocumulonimbus clouds even producing thunderstorms. A large fire vortex observed at the Carr Fire near

Redding in Northern California, caused damage equivalent to an EF-3 tornado with estimated winds up to 143 mph.

Relative humidity is a measure of how much moisture is in the air.

Humidity varies with temperature.

As temperature increases, humidity decreases. This is a factor because it affects fuel moisture content and its flammability.

Fire requires fuel, oxygen and heat to ignite and grow. Wildfires are more likely to break out in hot seasons or climates.

Meteorologists examine weather patterns and may declare red

flag watches or warnings. These warnings indicate a high degree of confidence that weather and fuel conditions meet the Red Flag Event criteria in place for a given fire weather zone. This typically comes into effect for conditions below 15% relative humidity combined with gusty winds.

When red flag warnings are declared, Anza residents need to be aware that many weather conditions can cause an increase in wildfire danger.

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

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Local student Samuel Adams graduates from Linfield University McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Linfield University congratulated Samuel Adams of Anza for graduating from Linfield University.

Following the spring 2022 semester, Linfield University awarded nine master’s degrees, 243 bachelor’s degrees and five

certificates to 252 students. Adams graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management from the university’s McMinnville campus.

Linfield University is an independent, nonprofit university with campuses in McMinnville

and Portland, Oregon, and a robust eCampus. Since 1858, the university has connected a traditional liberal arts experience with practical education through 57 majors, including wine studies, sport management and nursing.

For three years running, U.S.

News & World Report magazine has named Linfield University one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation when it comes to social mobility. Thirty-two percent of the university’s students are firstgeneration college students, and more than one-third are U.S. stu-

dents of color. Linfield University competes in the NCAA Division III Northwest Conference. Learn more at http://www.linfield.edu.

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Flood control district approves debris Mediacom removal funding agreement with Communications connects Temecula residents to low-cost, agreement between the flood con- Temecula city limits. The debris Joe Naiman high-speed internet WRITER trol district and the city. The flood to be removed will include trash, The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District approved a funding agreement with the city of Temecula for the removal of debris materials on flood control district property within the city.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors, whose board members comprise the board of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, voted 4-0 July 12 with Manuel Perez absent to approve the funding

control district’s general managerchief engineer was authorized to take the necessary actions to implement the funding agreement.

The flood control district will pay up to $75,000 each year during the next three fiscal years.

The flood control district maintains the Santa Gertrudis Creek Channel, the Murrieta Creek Channel, the Temecula Valley Chardonnay Basin, Temecula Creek, Pechanga Creek, the Temecula Creek Channel, and the Long Valley Wash Channel within the

other debris, biological materials, and abandoned personal property. The city has drainage facility maintenance experience and resources, and utilizing the city to remove debris from the flood control district property will also reduce the risk of soil and water contamination to residential, commercial and park and recreation facilities near the flood control district property.

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

Park district approves preliminary engineering contract for Butterfield Overland Trail staging area Joe Naiman WRITER

The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District approved an agreement for preliminary engineering and environmental services for the Butterfield Overland Trail staging area.

The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District utilizes the county Board of Supervisors members as the park district board members, and Tuesday, July 12, the county supervisors voted 4-0 with Manuel Perez absent to approve the professional service agreement with UltraSystems Environmental Inc. The consultant contract itself was found to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review. UltraSystems, which is headquartered in Irvine, will be paid $179,940 for the contract

period which will expire June 30, 2025, and the board action also authorized the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District general manager or designee to execute change orders which do not add more than $17,994.

In 1998, the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District purchased what is known as the Stoffer Property in Lake Elsinore and also purchased an adjacent easement. The easement runs for the most part parallel to the historic Butterfield Overland Trail route and includes a ridgeline trail which provides a view of the Santa Ana Mountains as well as the historic stage route itself. In addition to the staging area the project being designed by UltraSystems will provide connector trails to Bishop Canyon and allow for access to the Cleveland

National Forest trails.

After Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District staff issued a request for proposals for preliminary engineering and environmental services six potential bidders attended a bidders’ conference and two submitted proposals. An evaluation team ranked each proposal based on the bidders’ qualification, experience, proposed implementation plan, fee request, references, demonstrated success with similar work, financial status, clarifications, exceptions, deviations, credentials, proposal team resumes, licenses and certifications. UltraSystems Environmental was determined to be the lower responsive and responsible bidder as well as to have had the superior qualifications.

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

MENIFEE – Mediacom Communications announced that it has more than 25,000 customers participating in a new federal program that enables low-income households to receive discounted or free broadband service. Included in the federal infrastructure bill, the Affordable Connectivity Program provides a monthly credit of $30 to eligible participants.

The ACP credit can be applied to any residential service Mediacom offers.

Maximizing the ACP benefit for qualifying households, Mediacom made a commitment to the Biden administration to provide 100 megabytes per second download speeds to low-income Americans for just $30 per month. By matching this $30 high-speed internet plan called Mediacom Connect2-Complete Plus with the monthly $30 ACP credit, eligible customers can receive their broadband service from Mediacom for free.

“Reliable internet is no longer a nice-to-have – it’s a must-have,” Marla Bowen, senior operations director of Mediacom, said.

“Without affordable access, people are cut-off from a digital world that increasingly relies on the internet to learn, work, search for jobs and receive health care.”

The Federal Communications Commission awards the monthly ACP credit to families with income at 200% of the federal poverty guideline or lower, and to those who qualify for other forms of government assistance. The broadband credit is limited to one per household. Customers who choose Mediacom’s C2C+ service receive lease-free modems and free installations.

Bowen said that Mediacom is

working to expand enrollment and is asking local human service and nonprofit organizations to also share information about the free and low-cost broadband options. The company’s broadband network is available in the Menifee area of Riverside County, in Valley Center and in surrounding areas of San Diego County.

“We want everyone within reach of Mediacom’s broadband network to have access to high-speed internet,” Bowen said. “With this program, we can help more people stay connected to loved ones and the resources that contribute to their well-being.”

The ACP benefit is available to both new and existing Mediacom customers who qualify. Households interested in participating in the ACP must confirm eligibility to enroll in the program. Information can be found online at http:// www.mediacomcable.com/acp or by calling 855-330-6918 toll-free.

Mediacom Communications Corporation is the fifth largest cable operator in the United States and the leading gigabit broadband provider to smaller markets primarily in the Midwest and Southeast. Through its fiberrich network, Mediacom provides high-speed data, video and phone services to 1.5 million households and businesses across 22 states.

The company delivers scalable broadband solutions to commercial and public-sector customers of all sizes through Mediacom Business and sells advertising and production services under the OnMedia brand. More information about Mediacom is available at http://mediacomcable.com.

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not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them,” in Romans 1:29-32.

Now you might not be a Godhater, but the Bible said that when you gossip, you’re acting like one.

And that’s serious business.

We need to watch our tongue as James warned us when he said, “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell,” in James 3:6.

I know these are hard-hitting verses, but this is nothing to mess around with. It can cause much hurt in people’s lives.

Instead of being a gossip, take the stand of Ephesians 4:29. Which says, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”

It’s not just a good principle to live by; it’s a godly standard. As Proverbs 21:23 said, “Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble.”

Zachary Elliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, visit https://www.fusionchristianchurch.com, http://www.encouragementtoday.tv or find them on Instagram.

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Refuse to gossip

Zachary Elliott SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Not many things can destroy relationships as fast or hurt people as much as gossip. Yet, we’ve all been guilty of doing it, and we’ve all been on the receiving end of it.

It’s a terrible tool the enemy uses in our lives, families and churches to bring disunity and destruction.

A gossip is a person who typically does one of two things. They are the ones who reveal secrets or they are scandalmongers.

The gossip who reveals secrets will often start their conversation

seeming innocent enough but really with evil intent. For example, they might say, “did you hear” or “please don’t tell anyone, but I heard.” The information they share might be true, but they have no business sharing it. And they are most likely breaking a friend’s trust or repeating what they heard from someone else and progressing the rumor.

The scandalmonger will often start a conversation about another person with their opinion. They often use words like “do you know what I think” and insert their ideas into someone else’s character or actions. Most often, this person has no clue what they are talking about and are making stuff up that has no business being said.

Both gossips cause great hurt in people’s lives. On the one hand, you have true things being said that should have remained private. But, on the other hand, you have something being spread about someone that isn’t even remotely true.

The problem with gossip is that people can have an attitude that says it’s not that big of a deal. For

example, you might say, “I’m just talking with friends.”

For us to get a real understanding of how seriously God takes gossip, let’s look at the group of sins he put in the same list.

Apostle Paul said wicked people “have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2203699 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: ABRAHAM MICHAEL JOHNSON Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: ABRAHAM MICHAEL JOHNSON Proposed Name: EBRAHIM ROSS ABEDI THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 8-4-22 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: JUN 20 2022 Signed: Marie E. Wood, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3633 PUBLISHED: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVPS 2202393 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: AVERIEANN LENA HIPPEN Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: AVERIEANN LENA HIPPEN Proposed Name: AVERIE LENA HIPPEN-MAGGIO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 08/03/22 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: PS4 Location of hearing: 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 6/20/2022 Signed: V. Lopez, Deputy Clerk LEGAL: 3634 PUBLISHED: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVMV 2202255 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: DRAKE TYLER PUFF Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: DRAKE TYLER PUFF Proposed Name: DRAKE TYLER OCHS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 09/06/2022 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: MV2 The address of the court: 13800 Heacock Ave, Moreno Valley, CA 92553 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 6/28/22 Signed: Belinda Handy, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3637 PUBLISHED: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2204140 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: LACHATTA ISAAC Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: HASSAN XAVIER AMARU HUNTER Proposed Name: HASSAN MICHAEL-XAVIER AMARU ISAAC THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 8-4-22 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 Southwest Justice Center A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 6.29.22 Signed: Albert J. Wojcik, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3638 PUBLISHED: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2204141 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: ANGENETTE VONDA TILLMAN Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: ANGENETTE VONDA TILLMAN Proposed Name: ANGEL VONDA TILLMAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 8-18-22 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 Southwest Justice Center A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 6.29.22 Signed: Albert J. Wojcik, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3639 PUBLISHED: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVCO 2202571 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: ANGELA SOSA Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: REY ANGEL MIRANDA-SOSA Proposed Name: ELIAS ANGEL MIRANDA-SOSA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 08/29/22 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: C2 The address of the court: 505 S. Buena Vista Ave Rm 201, Corona, CA 92882 Corona Courthouse A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 07/05/22 Signed: Christopher Harmon, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3644 PUBLISHED: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2204020 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: BRIDGETT KATHRYN BOWLEY Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. BRIDGETT KATHRYN BOWLEY b. XIAMORA VIOLET BOWLEY Proposed Name: a. DONNA ANNE HUNT b. ZOEY ANNE HUNT THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 8-11-22 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 Southwest Justice Center A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: JUN 24 2022 Signed: Marie E. Wood, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3645 PUBLISHED: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2204195 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: DAVID DAN JOHNSON Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: DAVID DAN JOHNSON Proposed Name: DAVID ALISTAIR O’CONNELL THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 8-18-2022 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 Southwest Justice Center A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook/Temecula Valley News Date: JUL 01 2022 Signed: Marie E. Wood, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3650 PUBLISHED: July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2022

ABANDONMENT

TRUSTEE’S SALE

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File Number: R-202009230 Filed Riverside County Clerk’s Office Peter Aldana The following fictitious business name(s) has been abandoned by the following person(s): FROMHANSTOYOU 1011 Cleveland Way, Corona, CA 92881 County: Riverside Hannah -- Choe, 1011 Cleveland Way, Corona, CA 92881 This business is conducted by an Individual The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in Riverside County on 09/08/2020 Signed by: Hannah Choe THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY ON 07/08/2022 LEGAL: 3640 PUBLISHED: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022

TS# 2201-507 (vacant lots)APN 922-220-027 and 922-220-029 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/ /2005 , UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On August 10th, 2022 , at 10:00AM the undersigned, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to: Deed of Trust recorded 06/27/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0464365, in the Official Records of the County Recorder of Riverside County, California, and executed by David Covarrubias and Artemisa M. Covarrubias, Husband and Wife WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash or cashier’s check drawn on a financial institution authorized in Civil Code Section 2924h(b), at: THE WEST (MAIN) ENTRANCE TO TEMECULA CIVIC CENTER BUILDING , 41000 MAIN STREET, OLD TOWN, TEMECULA CALIFORNIA all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: PORTIONS OF LOTS 26 AND 27 IN BOOK 1 AS PER MAP OF SUBDIVISION OF LAND OF THE PAUBA LAND AND WATER COMPANY RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 11, PAGE 507, RECORDS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: Two Vacant Lots in Temecula, CA APN 922-220-027(10.00 Acres) and APN 922-220-029(15.715 Acres) If no street address or other common designation is given, then directions for locating the property may be obtained by submitting a written request within ten days from the first publication of this notice to the beneficiary in care of the said trustee at the address shown below.

TS# 2201-507 (vacant lot) Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid balance of the note(s), secured by said Deed of Trust, to-wit $ 246,656.06 including as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust.

Notice of default and election to sell the described real property under the deed of trust was recorded in the county where the real property is located.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (951) 694-3903 for information regarding the trustee’s sale], using the file number assigned to this case: TS# _2201-507. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (951) 694-3903 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

Dated: July 7, 2022 MFTDS, INC. A California Corporation dba MASTER FUNDING CO. By: ___________________________________ Steve Wheeler, President (951) 694-3903 41911 5th St., Ste 202, Temecula, CA 92590 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2467, Temecula, CA 92593-2467 Published: 07/22/2022, 07/29/2022, 08/05/2022

ABANDONMENT AMENDED STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File Number: R-201915153 Filed Riverside County Clerk’s Office Peter Aldana The following fictitious business name(s) has been abandoned by the following person(s): 1. EXECUTIVE HOME RENTALS & SALES, INC. 2. EXECUTIVE HOME RENTALS 28693 Old Town Front St, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Executive Home Rentals & Sales, Inc, 28693 Old Town Front St, Temecula, CA 92590 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in Riverside County on 11/14/19 Signed by: Cindy Tittle, CEO THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY ON 04/29/2022 LEGAL: 3582 PUBLISHED: May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2022 Republished: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022 Second business name was not on original publication.

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TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-22-913374-BF Order No.: DEF2250232CA YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/30/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): Eugene C. Collins, an unmarried man and Rhonda J. Petree, an unmarried woman as joint tenants Recorded: 8/9/2004 as Instrument No. 20040620794 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, California; Date of Sale: 8/2/2022 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the bottom of the stairway to the building located at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $51,627.54 The purported property address is: 37480 HILL ST, ANZA, CA 92539 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 575030058 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-913374-BF. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772, or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-913374-BF to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-22-913374-BF IDSPub #0179287 7/8/2022 7/15/2022 7/22/2022

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-22-911889-AB Order No.: 220168681-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/18/2020. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): SANDI DIANNE MORENO, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 9/21/2020 as Instrument No. 2020-0446695 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, California; Date of Sale: 8/10/2022 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: 2410 Wardlow Road #111, Corona, CA 92880, in the Auction.com Room Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $298,149.18 The purported property address is: 59420 ROGER LANE, ANZA, CA 92539 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 576-200-056 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan. com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-911889-AB. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code.

If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 800-280-2832, or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-911889-AB to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http:// www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-22-911889-AB IDSPub #0179248 7/8/2022 7/15/2022 7/22/2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202207809 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BUDDHA TATTOO LLC 41750 Winchester Rd, Suite J, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Buddha Tattoo LLC, 41750 Winchester Rd, Temecula, CA 92590 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

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Registrant: Ashley Camacho Vasquez Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/13/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3631 PUBLISHED: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208227 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ERIKA JEWELRY 460 E 4th St, Perris, CA 92570 County: Riverside Rivas & Cienfuegos LLC, 16550 Orange Way, Fontana, CA 92335 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Erika Rivas, Managing Member Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/23/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3632 PUBLISHED: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208279 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CABCHIZ 5279 Bushnell Ave, Riverside, CA 92505 Mailing address: 5279 Bushnell Ave, Riverside, CA 92505 County: Riverside Giovanny -- Genchiz, 5279 Bushnell Ave, Riverside, CA 92505 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Giovanny -- Cabrera Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/24/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3635 PUBLISHED: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208534 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KUWENTO IMAGES 72811 Highway 111 #1013, Palm Desert, CA 92260 County: Riverside Zyra Maria Raguro, 69985 Indio Ave., Mountain Center, CA 92561 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Zyra Maria Raguro Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/30/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3636 PUBLISHED: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202205608 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ELITE PRESSURE WASHING 41564 Margarita Road Apt 131, Temecula, CA 92591 County: Riverside Erik Yamir Gonzalez, 41564 Margarita Road Apt 131, Temecula, CA 92591 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Erik Yamir Gonzalez Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 05/02/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3589 PUBLISHED: May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2022 Republished: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022 File number was missing a digit in the original publication.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208859 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SAN DIEGO ACTUARIAL CONSULTANTS 33398 Eastridge Place, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside a. Stephen Lloyd Hawkins, 33398 Eastridge Place, Temecula, CA 92592 b. Patricia Ann Hawkins, 33398 Eastridge Place, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 1/1/2008 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Stephen Lloyd Hawkins Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 07/11/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3647 PUBLISHED: July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208498 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CALL TO ARMS AMMO SUPPLY 39805 Homestead Hills Rd, Anza, CA 92539 Mailing address: PO Box 391097, Anza, CA 92539 County: Riverside a. Niel Jay McQueary, 39805 Homestead Hills Rd, Anza, CA 92539 b. Leslie Diane Price, 39805 Homestead Hills Rd, Anza, CA 92539 This business is conducted by Co-partners Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Niel Jay McQueary Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/30/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3641 PUBLISHED: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208344 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PARALEGAL MOBILE ASSISTANCE 57050 Knollwood Dr., Anza, CA 92539 Mailing address: 74923 Hwy 111, Ste 228, Indian Wells, CA92210 County: Riverside a. Rachele Lea Tracht, 57050 Knollwood Dr., Anza, CA 92539 b. James Edward Tracht, 57050 Knollwood Dr., Anza, CA 92539 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Rachele Lea Tracht Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/27/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3648 PUBLISHED: July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208543 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES PHOTO BOOTH 28622 Bridge Water Ln, Menifee, CA 92584 County: Riverside Schneidig Albert Aroche, 28622 Bridge Water Ln, Menifee, CA 92584 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 12/07/2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Schneidig Albert Aroche Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 07/01/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3642 PUBLISHED: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208345 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JET POWER CONSTRUCTION 57050 Knollwood Dr., Anza, CA 92539 Mailing address: 74923 Hwy 111, Ste 228, Indian Wells, CA92210 County: Riverside a. James Edward Tracht, 57050 Knollwood Dr., Anza, CA 92539 b. Rachele Lea Tracht, 57050 Knollwood Dr., Anza, CA 92539 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 01/01/2000 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: James Edward Tracht Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 06/27/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3649 PUBLISHED: July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202208770 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRESTIGE AUTO REPAIR INC 8766 Limonite Ct, Jurupa Valley, CA 92509 County: Riverside Prestige Auto Repair Inc., 8766 Limonite Ct, Jurupa Valley, CA 92509 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Bryan Astorga, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 07/07/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3643 PUBLISHED: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 2022

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