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Residents beat the heat in Lake Elsinore

Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

The filing period for the Nov. 23 general election has closed, and while the race for the White House between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden continues to heat up, several races for city council seats in local cities are worth watching. see page A-2

Local COVID-19: 1,828 new cases, 31 deaths reported over weekend Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

The latest Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce and Southwest Riverside County Healthcare update on YouTube, hosted by chamber CEO and president Patrick Ellis, featured two hospital officials addressing issues and questions from Ellis regarding how the hospitals are holding up during the pandemic. see page A-5

Business Longtime RCWD board member Danny Martin dies Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Danny J. Martin, the immediate past president of the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association and current senior vice president of the Rancho California Water District board of directors, died at his home Tuesday, Aug. 11.

He is survived by his two daughters, Hannah and Emma. see page B-6

Education MVUSD staff outlines virtual start of school year Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Mary Walters, assistant superintendent of educational services for the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, gave the board of education members and the community a rundown of the start of the 2020-2021 school year during the board’s Thursday, Aug. 13, virtual meeting.

Children find a place to cool down and play at the Launch Point RV Park splash pad in Lake Elsinore, Saturday, Aug. 15.

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Special Olympics is a testament to facing challenges and never giving up Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER

Thousands of athletes come together to train, compete and pursue their goals each year at Special Olympics.

Sports manager Blake English first volunteered for his local Special Olympics Chapter and coached in the Temecula Valley program when a job opened up with Special Olympics Southern California at their Inland Empire office.

“I’ve been in sports my whole life,” English said. “I grew up playing just about everything but I played baseball all the way through college, so once I started coaching for them, I was doing basketball, softball.” see OLYMPICS, page A-4

Special Olympics athlete Brett Laza holds the flag for the 2019 Temecula Torch Run.

From Hogwarts to she sheds, mothers are creating classrooms in their homes Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER

With the uncertainty of when children will be able to attend inperson classes again, families have come up with their own creative ways of renovating home spaces into classrooms.

One mother has turned one of their bedrooms into Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School.

“We got a little bit of stuff but mostly the bulk of it we had,” Murrieta resident Kellie Moncrief said.

She also drew pictures of each of her four daughter’s houses from the book series: Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Slytherin and Hufflepuff.

Menifee resident Holly Kiser Triplett moved to Menifee about a year before and found the house they had moved to had a “she shed” in the backyard; it was insulated, had electricity and air conditioning.

It was full of junk, so Triplett cleaned up the space and decided

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Local Murrieta mother Kellie Moncrief turns one of the rooms in their house into fictional Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School.

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City council candidates announced after election filing period closes Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

The filing period for the Nov. 23 general election has closed, and while the race for the White House between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden continues to heat up, several races for city council seats in local cities are worth watching.

In this first installment of election coverage Valley News offers a brief introduction to candidates for city councils and city specific ballot measures in our coverage area. Next week, we will highlight candidates for school boards along with statewide ballot measures.

For more 2020 election coverage, visit www.myvalleynews. com.

Temecula In Temecula, the race for a seat representing that city council’s District 4 shows four candidates vying for the seat, including James “Stew” Stewart, who stepped down from his role as mayor and the council in June following an

email scandal that led some to believe he was racist. Stewart, who has owned Stews Barbershop for 37 years, filed papers declaring his candidacy in July. Stewart is running against Navy reservist and student Mark Gular, smallbusiness owner Sonia Perez and Adam A. Ruiz, a small-business owner and commissioner for the city of Temecula Community Services Commission.

Candidates for Temecula City Council District 2 include smallbusiness owner Andy Black, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and smallbusiness owner Jessica Alexander and small-business owner Alisha Wilkins.

Murrieta Retiree Steven Brown and former Murrieta Valley Unified School District trustee Lisa DeForest have both qualified for the ballot to represent constituents in Murrieta’s District 3.

U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired city manager David Kolk and businesswoman Lori Stone, who is also sister of former Cali-

fornia state Sen. Jeff Stone have both qualified for the ballot to represent Murrieta’s District 4.

This year’s election cycle will finalize the city’s transition to district-based city council elections.

Lake Elsinore In Lake Elsinore’s District 2, incumbent Steve Manos will face off against Edwin Castro and business owner Michael Carroll.

In District 4 incumbent Natasha Johnson is running unopposed.

In District 5 incumbent Robert “Bob” Magee is hoping to retain his seat against challengers Robert Kelly, a small-business owner, and Jorge Lopez, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

Lake Elsinore residents will also have the opportunity to approve or deny a one-cent local transactions and use tax ballot measure to address community-identified city service priorities such as maintaining quick 911 emergency response and fixing local streets and potholes.

Menifee In Menifee’s District 1, attorney

Bob Karwin and businessman and student Yamil Tomassini are both hoping to win enough votes to secure the seat currently held by retiring councilmember Greg August.

In that city’s District 3, incumbent Lesa Sobek will face off against challenger Cecilia Truman.

Running for Menifee mayor at-large are incumbent Bill Zimmerman, businessman Keith Davis and educator and baseball umpire Ricky Estrada.

Menifee voters will also have their voices heard in regard to repealing Measure DD, a one-cent sales tax measure approved by voters during the 2016 election cycle that pays for maintaining and enhancing city services and programs.

Wildomar In Wildomar, Mayor Dustin Nigg is running unopposed for his seat in District 2.

Mayor Pro Tem Bridgette Moore is hoping to fend off challenger Kenneth “Kenny” Mayes to retain her seat representing constituents

in District 4.

Hemet In Hemet, City Council District 1, incumbent Karlee Meyer hopes to retain her seat amid a crowded field of challengers including DeniAntionette Mazingo, Kenneth Prado and Norman W. Kyriss III. In District 3, incumbent Michael Perciful will face off against challenger Malcolm Lilienthal.

Hemet’s District 4 will see Visjwajit “V” Shinde, Joe Males and Miguel Madrid battle it out to win the seat vacated by former councilmember Bonnie Wright in July.

San Jacinto In San Jacinto, the only city in southwest Riverside County still using the at-large voting system, candidates are vying for three council seats. Incumbents Crystal Ruiz and Russ Utz will attempt to hold on to their seats against challengers Phil Ayala, Brian E. Hawkins and Cynthia Stroffolino.

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

Hemet sends selection of vacant District 4 council seat to voters Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Hemet City Council, in response to the unexpected resignation of councilmember Bonnie Wright, moved to place the election of a new District 4 councilmember on the upcoming Nov. 3 general election ballot. The deadline for candidates to file for the vacant position was Wednesday, Aug. 12.

A total of three candidates filed in time, according to the Hemet city clerk’s office. Also, on the ballot are candidates for four-year terms in District 3, currently held

by Michael Perciful, and in District 1, currently held by Karlee Meyer.

Mayor Russ Brown and Mayor Pro Tem Linda Krupa remain in the District 5 and District 2 seats for two more years.

The decision to place Wright’s seat on the Nov. 3 general election was made at Aug. 11 city council meeting. The council had three choices: appoint a temporary council person for the vacant seat in the next 60 days; call a special election which would not take place until March 2021 or leave the District 4 seat open and place it on the Nov. 3 ballot with the other two seats.

The candidates for the District 4 seat are Miquel Madrid, who filed July 29 and qualified July 30; Joe Males who filed Aug. 10 and qualified at deadline Aug. 12, and Shinde “V” Vishwazit who filed Aug. 4 and qualified with enough signatures Aug. 7. Each candidate is a registered voter who lives in the district seat they are seeking.

Staff said that leaving the decision to the voters would have no fiscal impact on the city. The council voted 4-0 to leave the seat on the general election ballot.

Earlier in a special workshop session, the council heard a lengthy presentation of the 20182019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or CAFR. The report, which is required each year by auditors to determine the city’s financial health, was completed by the PUN Group certified public accountants. A representative of the firm attended the teleconference to explain their findings.

The council was set to review the report at an earlier workshop, but it was continued when some discrepancies were found. Those were corrected in the Tuesday workshop, according to the city’s finance department.

The corrected report shows that the general fund balance, the most

notable measure of the city’s financial health, has a fund balance of $22.2 million. The balance consisted of $21,026,535 in unspendable, restricted or committed resources.

These resources included $7,606 in prepaid postage and other inventory; $1,124,865 in public, education and governmental fees; the $11,680,431 Measure U fund balance of $8,213,633; 20% Emergency Reserves; $133,905 in assigned funds for continuing appropriations and $1,085,970 in the unassigned fund balance.

According to the report, “It is important to note that the general fund did end the year with a surplus in revenues, something that has not happened in many years; however, based on the financial model presented to council in January 2020 and the current effects of the pandemic on the economy, prudence must be exercised when considering use of any unassigned funds.”

It showed that while there is a positive balance for the 2018-2019 CAFR, it does not include the figures for the 2019-2020 CAFR to be reported at the end of this fiscal year. The city’s costs in the coming fiscal year, specifically in pensions and other post-employment benefits will “remain a challenge

for the city and the effects of the global pandemic will only add to the challenges ahead.”

The discrepancies and corrections on different pages in the report were explained in the city council’s Aug. 11 workshop agenda found on the city’s new agenda “Portal” at https://hemetca. civicweb.net/.

Hemet finance director Lorena Rocha said in the CAFR, “The finance department has had significant turnover in the last couple of years with several tenured employees retiring. The challenges in recruiting quality candidates and the learning curve that comes with new staffing coupled with stay-at-home orders at the onset of the pandemic made it even more challenging to complete the CAFR. However, the finance department now has a strong team on board and is committed to issuing the fiscal year 2019-2020 CAFR in a timely manner.

“The finance department is working on checks and balances to ensure these errors do not occur in the future,” Rocha said.

She also assured the council that any financial reports, before being forwarded to the council, will be read for accuracy by at least two people in the department.

The regular meeting agenda included asking the council’s approval of the CAFR report. The council approved the report with the exception of Meyer who voted “no.”

After a continuation of a discussion on a resolution to approve an agreement with Riverside County in the annual permanent local housing allocation authorizing the county to act as the lead applicant, administrator and fiscal agent for the allocation’s grant funds, the council gave its approval in a 4-0 vote. The allocation provides cities approximately $250,000 each year to help residents buy affordable housing. The grant money is requested on behalf of the cities by the county and distributed to them, when approved by the federal Housing and Urban Development, with only a small administrative fee.

In its final discussion the city council combined and set tentative dates for placing certain issues – 14 in all – or questions raised by the public or the city leaders on the council’s regular agendas hoping to speed up any action to be taken on those issues.

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

Placentia Avenue interchange construction to begin in Perris, start of the Mid-County Parkway Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The announcement of the longawaited 215 Freeway Interchange project at Placentia Avenue in

Perris will begin in September, signaling the start of the long-awaited Mid-County Parkway into the San Jacinto Valley.

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The interchange is the first step in building the decades long planned Mid-County Parkway that will be the east-west superhighway across Riverside County, connecting the San Jacinto Valley with the Coachella Valley and creating another route to Riverside and points west. It will serve many Perris industries and logistic warehouses and eventually the thousands of new residents and new industrial and commercial centers expected to settle in the San Jacinto Valley in the next 10 years.

The $42 million interchange construction starting in September is expected to be completed by 2022, according to a RCTC news release.

The announcement was welcomed by Kotyuk, who for decades has worked for the city and as a member of the Riverside County Transportation Commission and other county planning groups through the years.

“I am so excited for the San Jacinto Valley. Born and raised here I have seen what I call the ‘Route 66’ effect happen to the Valley.

Before the 80s, the 74 and 79 were major corridors across Riverside County. Then, the 15, 215, 60 and 10 were built outside and around our valley,” Kotyuk said Thursday, Aug. 13. “For the past 40 years

growth has occurred around our beautiful valley. The Mid-County Parkway reopens the valley doors for business and prosperity.”

Kotyuk was one of a number of city officials from the San Jacinto Valley who came up with the idea of the mid-county parkway or freeway 20 years ago. Signs just outside of San Jacinto went up along the Ramona Expressway touting the idea of the parkway to help gain public support.

There were a number of possible routes discussed including one coming from the 215 Freeway at Placentia and another to run it east and west 32 miles from Corona to Highway 79 through parts of Hemet along Florida and Alessandro avenues and San Jacinto. But in 2009, the plans were placed on the shelf because of a deepening economic crisis and many environmental questions.

RCTC in addition to announcing the Placentia Interchange project seeing the increasing traffic flows on I-215 to the growing Perris warehouse district are looking to expand Cajalco Road and build an Ethanac Road Expressway between Interstate 15 and 215 along Highway 74.

Kotyuk explained the vision of the Mid-County Parkway.

“During the last decades, Riverside focused on opening the corridors to Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego for com-

muters to access jobs,” he said.

“Today Riverside County is growing jobs, as seen by the distribution centers and tourism in Coachella Valley. The focus is now to invest in the arteries between both sides of the county through the Pass area (Lamb Canyon) to bring jobs and other counties dollars to our communities and residents. MidCounty Parkway is the defining project that starts this off.”

The second phase of the Placentia Avenue I-215 Interchange will begin widening Placentia Avenue to point east to Highway 79, but the timing of that project is still undetermined, according to the RCTC. Kotyuk said of the new interchange, “This starts a new beginning and one of prosperity for the San Jacinto Valley. I am happy to have given my love, time and energy of the San Jacinto Valley, Riverside County back after all it’s given my family and I.” Contracted crews from Riverside Construction will start by widening the Placentia Avenue bridge, building entrances and exits from the 215 Freeway, realigning the frontage road and adding two to five lanes on Placentia Avenue between Indian Avenue and Perris Boulevard and between Harvill and Indian Avenues, according to a news release.

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

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Local Temecula City Council approves resolution denouncing racism, continues exploring diversity commission

Temecula city clerk Randi Johl lays out the city’s plans for a potential diversity commission at the Temecula City Council’s Aug. 11 meeting, held on Zoom.

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Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Temecula City Council at its Aug. 11 meeting took two steps toward addressing issues of diversity and equity by denouncing racism and continuing to work toward establishing a diversity commission.

The city council first unanimously approved a resolution “supporting the fair and equal treatment of all human beings, denouncing racism in all its forms and declaring its commitment to the advancement of equity, diversity and inclusion.”

The resolution references “the unarmed deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Stephon Clark, Philando Castile, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and many more,” as well as the protests and community dialogues sparked by each of those cases.

Councilmember Mike Naggar said he was initially apprehensive about including all of those names, but felt ultimately the way the city presented them in the resolution facilitated dialogue more than taking a position.

“The city cannot take an activist position, and in looking at these names, we’re not taking a position,” Naggar said, clarifying that he was only speaking for himself, “on whether or not what happened with these folks is right or wrong.

We can certainly have that discussion. There’s a mixture here, and

quite honestly I don’t know the details of every one of these cases, but what I do know is that these cases have spurred on the discussion, and that is all that that portion of the resolution is identifying.”

Other councilmembers agreed.

“I think the wording in the resolution as written is very careful and very intentional,” councilmember Matt Rahn said, expanding to say the lines of the resolution “aren’t taking a position on an issue, they’re telling the history of how we got to where we are today, and these names that are cited over and over again are part of the national dialogue and why communities all over this country have moved forward in this conversation.”

With that vote, the city became the latest municipality in the region to denounce racism; the county of Riverside passed a resolution calling racism a public health crisis earlier this month, as have some Inland Empire cities including the city of Riverside.

Temecula is, though, the only city in the immediate area of southwest Riverside County to approve such a resolution.

And the resolution was, by its nature, entirely symbolic – something Naggar acknowledged.

“We can pass any resolution, we can include everything in this resolution, this resolution could be 30 pages long if we wanted it to, but no resolution is going to change the heart of a man, or a woman,” Naggar said.

What was more substantive was the council’s direction to city staff to continue moving forward with creating a city commission focusing on diversity and equity, which Mayor Pro Tem Maryann Edwards called a “first huge step to making a difference for everyone in the community.”

The council first gave city staff the green light to begin work on the commission at its July 14 meeting.

Based on a presentation from Temecula city clerk Randi Johl, the commission would be created in the image of the city’s three existing commissions and one board: Community Services Commission, Planning Commission, Public/ Traffic Safety Commission and Old Town Local Review Board.

With the exception of the planning commission, which does have some statutory functions, each of those entities serves in an advisory role to the city council.

The commission would have six goals.

First, it would build strong relationships around issues of diversity, inclusion and equity with the city council, commission staff and community.

Learn about existing city events, services and programs and identify opportunities for further diversity and inclusion.

Serve as ambassadors to educate the community about opportunities related to diversity and inclusion with city events, services and programs.

Identify opportunities for enhanced communication with all residents, including with various race, ethnic, gender, disability and/ or cultural backgrounds.

Identify opportunities for improved outreach to all residents on various city efforts and initiative.

Evaluate policies brought to the commission for consideration with an equity lens and make recommendations.

Commissioners would be chosen in the same manner as all other city commissions – councilmem-

bers will approve each member by a majority vote after an application and interview process.

City commissions are set at five members by statute, unless the city council determines otherwise.

After some discussion, the city council came to a consensus that seven members on the diversity commission – possibly to be called the “Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commission” or “REDI Commission” for short.

Johl said the preliminary timeline for establishing the commission is to have the council vote on a resolution at its Aug. 25 meeting, conduct a 60-day recruitment period for residents throughout the city to serve on the commission, and conduct interviews in November, consistent with the timeline for filling vacancies that are set to open up on the city’s other commissions.

The council voted unanimously to direct staff to continue work on the new commission.

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

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City pushes back ADU issue, hears about public right of way program

Wildomar City Council meets via Zoom during its regularly scheduled council meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12.

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Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

During the Wildomar city council meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12, the council decided at the last minute to punt an item on the public hearings to allow city attorney Thomas D. Jex to examine a letter sent to the city.

The letter was sent in by California for Home Ownership and raised some concerns about a zoning ordinance the council was due to consider regulating accessory dwelling units in residential zones.

The city’s planning commission had urged the council to approve the first reading of the ordinance.

“I haven’t had a chance to completely analyze that letter and I suggest that the council table this item to give me a chance to go through the letter, to talk with the attorney who wrote the letter and address those concerns and bring it back to you,” Jex said.

During staff communications, Dan York, city engineer and director of public works, gave an update on a new public works portal for people to report issues or make requests and about roads being repaved within the city.

“We’ve introduced a new pavement repair, and it’s called an ARAM – an asphalt rubber aggregate membrane – not a lot of

cities use this, but they probably will after they see the success of our program,” York said.

The next project will be the Bundy Canyon Road Widening, he said.

The council also approved the consent calendar, which included the awarding of a construction contract in the amount of $261,590 for construction of the pedestrian countdown head and crosswalk enhancement project; adopted a resolution regarding temporary use permits for outdoor commercial activities; received and filed the fiscal year 2018-2019 audited annual financial report for Measure AA from the Citizen’s Oversight Committee and adopted a resolution to declare a public nuisance and abate all weeds growing upon private property in the city.

Mayor Dustin Nigg pulled an item that involved a letter of support from the city regarding House Resolution 2956 put forth by Rep. Ken Calvert that would establish a Western Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge.

Included in the consent calendar approval was the acceptance of public improvements of a Meritage Homes of California Inc. project and authorized city manager Gary Nordquist to execute a contract with

Homeless Services Contract-Social Work Action Group to provide homeless services to Wildomar for the fiscal year 2020-2021.

In general business, the council also heard a COVID-19 update from city departments, including parks and recreation department, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and Cal Fire Riverside County Fire Department.

The council also heard from York and commented on the Public Right of Way Enhancement Program and directed the city engineer to bring back to the council for adoption.

“This program addresses some 50 centerline miles of unmaintained streets, provides for improvement and maintenance CFD, it provides for a variety of street standards in addition to just the chip seal,” York said. “This also allows us the opportunity during the budgeting season to do a budgeting appropriation where the council can consider are there any funds, for example, Measure AA. This is another aspect that could be considered by council during budget appropriation period of time.”

“I know this was a big ask when I asked it and I know there has been a lot of components to this that we’ve talked about over the years,” Councilmember Ben Benoit said. “I

think that the opportunity for future CIP financed money to go toward this as well, I think that’s another big component of that. I don’t know if this next year will be an easy year for us to do that, considering COVID-19 and sales tax numbers and everything else, it will probably be off when we come around next March but I feel strongly that our Measure AA monies should go toward a program like this.”

Councilmember Marsha Swanson said this item was exactly what residents are asking for.

“I’ve been here since there were only dirt roads mostly,” she said.

“And I have seen some improvement, and I think it’s what they want to see, it’s the roads done. I love this program.”

The council also approved a recommendation by staff to ratify Nigg as the voting delegate for the city and councilmembers Benoit and Bridgette Moore as alternates for the League of California Cities annual general business meeting in October.

During the city manager report, Nordquist reported that a “Keep it Clean” Community Beautification Program would commence in the next few months.

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

Protester fails to qualify for Temecula City Council election Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

A protester who two months ago announced his intention to run for Temecula City Council has failed to qualify for the November ballot, Valley News has confirmed.

Denton Burr, a Temecula resident in his 20s who said he helped organize weeks of protests at the Temecula Duck Pond against the death of George Floyd and police brutality, fell short of the number of signatures required to run for city council.

Per California Elections Code, city council candidates in cities Temecula resident Denton Burr fails to qualify as a candidate of the Temecula City Council election in November. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo

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of 1,000 registered voters or more must submit signatures from no fewer than 20, but no more than 30, voters to qualify for the ballot.

According to information from the Temecula city clerk’s office, Burr submitted 10 valid signatures on his original nomination paperwork and nine valid signatures on his supplemental paperwork, missing the cutoff by one signature.

Burr responded to a request for comment with a short statement: “as long as one person was inspired we didn’t lose.”

Burr’s campaign Instagram page still listed him as a candidate for Temecula City Council District 2

as of Aug. 14. He first announced that he planned to run for the seat in early June.

Temecula Councilmember Mike Naggar announced later in June that he would not seek reelection.

He has represented the city at-large since 1999 but would have been running in District 2 for the first time this year, after the implementation of city council districts three years ago.

Three candidates have qualified to run for the District 2 council seat: Jessica Alexander, Andy Black and Alisha Wilkins.

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

OLYMPICS from page A-1 At Special Olympics Southern California, they offer year-round sports training and competition.

“We cover the Inland Empire, so all of Riverside and San Bernardino County,” English said.

Special Olympics is founded on serving those with intellectual disabilities.

“We take all levels; even in our sports we have all different skill levels,” English said. “They can also have a physical disability but they must have an intellectual disability, but it’s getting to be a little different now because of our school programs, we encompass all disabilities.

“We have 12 sports that we offer throughout the year and four different seasons, and so each sport usually consists of eight to 12 weeks of training,” he said. “We’ll have a couple of regional competitions that all lead up to a state chapter game to finish off each season.”

COVID-19 has changed a lot of things, he said.

“It basically canceled everything for the whole year,” English said.

“The last in-person event we were able to have was in March right before the shutdown, but since then we haven’t been able to do any competitions, any in-person training.”

Right now, they currently have online fitness workouts that go live each day, including Zoom workouts that athletes can turn to and interact with the person that’s training with them.

“We’re hurting because we haven’t been able to have any in-person events, fundraising, so we’re missing out on a lot of that revenue,” English said. “The state funding that’s in the planning for next year, right now they’ve basically omitted us from the California budget plan.

“I think it’s like a loss of 16 or something million dollars of funding,” he said. “But that’s not finalized yet, but that affects next year not this year.”

The annual Temecula Torch Run will be virtual this year due to COVID-19, and is coming up Saturday, Aug. 29. The goal for the registration is to raise $20,000, but they are behind, having currently surpassed $10,000.

The run normally kicks off at Pechanga Resort Casino, goes to Old Town Temecula and into Temecula Valley Wine Country. The

Local law enforcement, Special Olympics athletes and runners join in the annual Temecula Torch Run in 2019, which will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19.

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event will look different this year.

“The way the virtual event is going to work is we’re going to have a live event that airs on Aug. 29, we’re pre-recording it, but it’s going to air like it’s actually happening live,” English said.

“We have a host who’s a UFC legend, Dan Henderson; he’s going to be hosting the event and then you’re going to hear from a couple local law enforcement. You’re going to hear from Pechanga; you’re going to hear from Wilson Creek and you’re going to hear from a couple of our athletes,” English added.

Michelle Jones, local program coordinator for Temecula, began as a volunteer before moving to several different positions and into the title she has now.

“I’m responsible for all the athletes that are registered for the Temecula/Murrieta Valley area,” Jones said. “It encompasses Hemet athletes and pretty much up to the Lake Elsinore/Menifee border.”

Jones also maintains the activities for the area, she said.

“Registering them for the fall, winter, summer, spring sports that we have; it’s also working with all of the volunteers that are registered, getting them plugged in to coaching spots or being assistance for the athletic part of it,” Jones said. “I’m also coordinating and working with them for fundraisers.”

While the virtual platform has had its challenges, Jones said they’ve met that challenge in level of engagement.

“We’ve been doing a lot of marketing via social media, through Facebook, through Instagram, through email blasts, trying to en-

gage athletes to participate and also to spread the word that we are, in fact, doing the virtual fundraiser,” Jones said. “I’m hopeful that it will be a success.”

Brett Laza, 28, is an athlete with Special Olympics, competing in track and field, tennis, floor hockey, volleyball and bowling – though his favorite is track and field.

“For the 2015 World Games, I went to Athens, Greece, to pick up the flame,” Laza said.

“Meeting new people, making new friends, being outside without coronavirus” are some of the reasons he loves to run, Laza said.

The farthest he’s run is a halfmarathon.

“I did a 1 hour 58 minutes, and 1 hour 56 minutes run,” he said.

“My favorite part is seeing the joy on their face when they’ve accomplished something that no one thought possible,” Jones said. “It doesn’t matter whether they’re in first place or last place they are joyful in completing their activity, and the reward that they get whether it’s the medal that they’re wearing or the affirmation they’re getting from spectators and their co-athletes, they walk away just feeling good about themselves.”

Jones said that being a part of the Special Olympics has enriched her life.

“Just taking everything in life as it comes, and seeing the joy in whatever circumstance we’re in,” she said.

To learn more about Special Olympics Southern California, visit https://www.sosc.org/.

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

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Local Hospital officials talk COVID-19, 1,828 new cases, 31 deaths reported over weekend

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The latest Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce and Southwest Riverside County Healthcare update on YouTube, hosted by chamber CEO and president Patrick Ellis, featured Jared Giles, CEO of Southwest Healthcare System, and Peter Baker, senior vice president and administrator of Loma Linda

University Medical Center – Murrieta.

The two hospital officials addressed issues and answered questions from Ellis regarding how the hospitals are holding up during the pandemic.

Giles said that at the time of the video recording, 11% of Southwest Healthcare System hospitals’ beds were filled with COVID-19 patients with a third of those in the ICU and a third of

those on ventilators.

“We’re actually on a downward trend since mid-July and the hospitals are still fairly full,” Giles said.

Baker said his hospital was experiencing similar numbers.

“Our volume as far as the number of cover patients to our occupancy is usually in the teens, so the vast majority of our patients are non-COVID-19 patients,” he said. “Our concern during April and May is people weren’t getting treated timely. What we’re starting to see is people who weren’t getting treated timely are now starting to show up with way more acute cancers, patients with higher levels of cancer are showing up.

“That is because there was some level of fear of going to the hospital,” Baker said.

Both officials agreed that nearby hospitals are sharing information to protect patients and both said that COVID-19 patients are separated from the other patients at the facilities.

“People have this misconception of just right in the waiting room, as soon as they get in, they are going to be stuck with a bunch of people that are coughing on them,” Giles said. “Not the case whatsoever. I still get phone calls from people that know I work at the hospital that say, ‘Hey, is it OK for me to come in?’ Absolutely, do not delay the care. Come in, show up with a mask, if you don’t have one, we will provide one for you. Everyone is screened from the employees to the patients that come in.”

Ellis talked about testing and the officials tried to clarify any misconceptions.

“Come to the hospital if you have symptoms and need those to be treated in the medical fashion,” Giles said. “If you’re asymptomatic and want to be tested, don’t come to the hospital. If you’re symptomatic, but it’s a cold, or it’s not anything that you want the hospital to care for you, purely for

a test, probably don’t come. That’s what the county and state testing facilities are for.”

They also talked about elective surgeries, which most hospitals put on hold when the pandemic took off.

“I think what we’re all trying to do is, you know if we don’t take care of patients now then they will likely show up later in an oftentimes worse situation,” Baker said. “We actually, really want to do our best to get elective cases in, but there are times when we see spikes and it becomes challenging to manage all of it, and occasionally we have to shuffle patients around or ask patients to come maybe the following week.

But that’s few and far between.”

On Monday, Aug. 17, Riverside County Public Health officials released new numbers gathered over the weekend regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nine of the 31 deaths reported Monday by officials were local residents and the county reported 1,828 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, bringing the total number of cases within the county to 47,490.

Day by day, the county reported 679 new cases Saturday, 409 on Sunday and 740 on Monday.

The total number of people that have died from the virus since the county began now sits at 912. On Saturday and Sunday, the county reported the total at 906, 25 more than the day before, and another six residents died on Monday.

There were 18 fewer people hospitalized with the virus since Friday, for a new total of 296 hospitalizations. The county reported 90 of those patients were in intensive care units, one less than before the weekend started.

Overall, 24,931 people have recovered from the virus, 1,242 more than the Friday before, the county has tested 462,493 residents for the virus, 22,144 more over the weekend.

The county reported that there

were 341 confirmed cases in county jails and another 1,535 cases recorded in state prisons within the county. Both experienced new case growth a little more than in previous weeks.

Locally, Temecula added 30 cases (840), Murrieta added 22 (936), Wildomar added 28 (457), Lake Elsinore added 20 (977), Canyon Lake added five (76), Menifee added 31 (1,114), Hemet added 63 (1,363), and San Jacinto added 41 (927).

In local communities, Anza added no new cases (11), East Hemet added 11 (264), French Valley added one (240), Lakeland Village added one (179), Valle Vista added eight (184) and Winchester added one new case (10).

Temecula added two more deaths over the weekend and, to date, eight people have died from the virus in the city. There have been 20 deaths from Murrieta, 11 from Wildomar, 17 from Lake Elsinore, one from Canyon Lake, 16 from Menifee, 38 from Hemet, 26 from San Jacinto, none from Anza, three from East Hemet, one from French Valley, one from Lakeland Village, three from Valle Vista and none from Winchester.

The number of known active virus cases countywide is 19,265, an increase of 733 from Friday, according to figures. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries from the overall case – 41,983 – according to the county executive office.

The number of known active virus cases countywide is 22,889, an increase of 1,797 from Friday.

The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries from the current total – 47,490 – according to the county executive office.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar and Republican Darrell Issa, the two candidates for the 50th Congressional District seat who will face each other in the election in November, took part in a candidates forum moderated by the nonpartisan San Diego League of Women Voters Thursday, Aug. 13.

Campa-Najjar and Issa each gave their positions on various issues faced by their district and the country at large, ranging from water availability to health care, during the event hosted by the nonprofit organization Community, Service, Action and Advocacy.

In his opening statement, Issa made the case for his return to Congress – he served in the House of Representatives for 18 years, first from the 48th Congressional District from 2001-2003, then the 49th Congressional District until 2019. After winning reelection by a margin of about 1% in 2016, Issa did not run again in 2018.

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to turn it into a classroom for her 10-year-old son, who is autistic.

“If we did it at the table in the house or did whatever – he would have got too distracted,” Triplett said. “It was too many distractions so I thought what can I do – so I cleaned out the shed and we got a desk and started going to teacher stores and started putting stuff up.”

For Triplett, one of the toughest aspects of school being online is the issue of the internet.

“It’s been over 30 years since I’ve been in school,” Triplett said.

“I’m old-school. What do we need Wi-Fi for?” she said, laughing.

“Then I found out, well, I can’t do these Zoom meetings unless we have Wi-Fi.” During school in the spring, Triplett received help from her sister, but her son was getting distracted and he fell behind.

“His reading and a lot of his other stuff is really second, third

I gave up my seat in Congress and stood in line waiting to be confirmed by the Senate. As happened to many, many people in that line, hundreds of us got filibustered and were never confirmed.”

He said when it became clear Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter would step down – Hunter later was sentenced to 11 months in prison for stealing campaign funds – Issa felt running Hunter’s seat was the right move.

“That created a situation in which I felt it was the right time to go back and do something that I love doing, that I believe I did well, and that I’m very dedicated to,” Issa said. “And fortunately, the 50th Congressional District is about one-third of the district I represented for 12 years.”

Campa-Najjar, a former Obama administration official, ran for the 50th seat in 2018 and lost to Hunter by about 2% of the vote.

“The reason I’m running for Congress here is simple,” CampaNajjar said. “I’m from this community, my mom raised me in a certain way that made me feel like I wanted to devote my life to service. My dad left when I was relatively young, so my mom

raised me on her own through being broke and brokenhearted. She worked multiple jobs, always took full responsibility but was always shortchanged on opportunity, and I realized later in life that was because we’re in the grip of a broken system that rewards wealth more than work and we even see that today happening as we’re battling COVID-19.”

Moderator Donna Bartlett-May with the League of Women Voters said attendees to the virtual event were asked to submit questions online before the event and also were able to ask questions while the event was ongoing. Questions were screened to avoid duplication and ensure that the questions with “the greatest interest” would be covered within the time allowed.

The first question asked by Bartlett-May was: “What policy steps would you endorse to protect water in the western states?”

Issa said water access is an issue he worked on in Congress that is not partisan and that lawmakers from both parties work together on. He said desalination could be an avenue for getting more water out of the Colorado River, which is an important source of drinking water in Southern California.

“Some of those challenges can be met as we have with the help of federal funding, with the desalination efforts, but some of them can be more uniquely met,” Issa said.

“For example, the Colorado River could be used an additional what they call one or two turns of water through minor desalinization, and that’s an effort that is supported by (Democratic Rep.) Juan Vargas and myself and others that would provide a substantial amount of water where water already exists.”

Campa-Najjar said climate change needed to be factored into the question of water access.

“I think part of the solution is also dealing with ‘why do we

have the scarcity of resources?’ and that’s because as the military has said, the biggest threat we face in this country is climate change,” Campa-Najjar said, “And part of that cascading effect is wildfires and also the lack of drinkable water.”

The candidates took opposing views when asked about their support for Proposition 16, which would amend California’s constitution to repeal 1996’s Proposition 209 that banned “affirmative action” preferential treatment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education or public contracting.

Campa-Najjar said he supports affirmative action.

“I think that’s obviously a state issue but think it’s important that we learn from history and understand that there are certain groups in this country who, from birth, they start at a different mark in life because they come from families that were not able to build wealth,” Campa-Najjar said. “I think there are some people who have had certain benefits in life from birth and then there are others who have just been set behind through no fault of their own and the idea of affirmative action is to allow those communities who have been disadvantaged through no fault of their own because of institutional racism to get equal footing.”

Issa said he had not just been a supporter of Proposition 209 in 1996 but served as co-chairperson for the campaign to get it passed.

“I object to it being removed,” Issa said. “You can support affirmative action by looking for legitimate outreach on other issues, people who have just come to the United States and would have been at a disadvantage in their education, people who are economically at a different level. There’s nothing in our constitution that prohibits

outreach, but the fact is Proposition 209 has worked, the minority graduation rate has risen under this and I support the continuation of our constitution.”

The candidates also addressed economic issues, including the minimum wage.

Issa said he doesn’t support raising the minimum wage, and that most workers are making above the minimum wage.

“My position on minimum wage, quite frankly is recognizing that in a good economy, that we had up until, let’s say, March 3, we were paying far greater than minimum wage as an average wage to individuals, and I think it’s important that we get back to an economy that doesn’t look at min wage as anything other than a starter wage for maybe a brandnew trainee, and I support that,” Issa said.

Campa-Najjar said he doesn’t support a flat minimum wage across the country, but that workers should be able to earn a living wage for their area.

“I think having a standard minimum wage across the country doesn’t account for the fact that costs of living are different across state to state even within our county it varies, so people have to make sure they have a wage they can live on,” Campa-Najjar said.

However, he said making accommodations for workers who are going to be affected by increasing automation in coming years should be a focus, not just the minimum wage.

“The jobs that are minimum wage are going to be replaced not by immigration but automation,” he said.

The full video of the candidates forum can be viewed at h t t p s : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=7zji1ffHxyk.

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

grade level even though he’s in fifth grade,” Triplett said. “I don’t want to have him keep going under and under. It’s not the teacher’s fault; they’re doing the best they can.”

While redoing the space for her son, they went to teacher supply stores to pick up some things to decorate.

“I thought we needed something more quiet, more set,” Triplett said. “I let him pick out one type of decoration that kind of went with the theme,” Triplett said.

He chose monkeys.

“I still wanted it to look and feel like a classroom and still kind of function as a classroom,” she said.

They also have a reward system and a behavioral chart for children with special needs.

“He’s getting really excited, and for me, during all this if I can make him happy and try to get him focused, I’ve done it,” Triplett said.

Menifee resident Jessica Gallardo Ginsburg has three children: a high school junior, a fifth grader Menifee mother Holly Kiser Triplett turns her she shed in the backyard into a classroom space for her son.

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“We kind of just moved the rooms around,” Ginsburg said. “I had a room downstairs, and we put up bookshelves, a desk, went and bought a bunch of art supplies, school supplies and just made it more, so it could give the kids the feeling of a classroom.

“When the whole quarantine happened and we were doing school here at home they were just on the couch or at the dinner table, distracted, so the room helped a lot with them focusing more,” Ginsburg said. “Being able to close the door if they needed to read or do their work with the teacher online definitely helped just giving them that setting of a classroom and focusing without any distractions around the house.”

Her oldest son has desk space setup in his room, while the two younger ones have been using the newly renovated space.

Some of the struggles Ginsburg and her family faced involved the online aspect of schooling.

“Technical difficulties do happen so I understood, but it was the most annoying part stopping if we were in our groove doing work, and then we had to stop for this email or wait for her (the teacher) to send it or whatever the reason was,” Ginsburg said.

Ginsburg’s children aren’t exactly excited for the new school

year in the format it’s currently in, according to Ginsburg.

“They’re happy we have at least the room for them to be able to work in there, but they do miss socializing with friends,” she said.

Menifee residents Piero Mendiola and his wife Noemi have six children, four of them in elementary school. One of their children is in college, while the other lives in San Diego.

“They began (school) on Friday,” Noemi Mendiola said. “We set up the classroom while they were sleeping, last week. So they woke up to a classroom – desks were there, but the decorations, the books, the shelves I set up during

the nighttime.”

“They seem a little bit more focused,” Piero Mendiola said.

“That area really, really helps,” Noemi Mendiola said. “They have their own individual space.”

As schools are opening in an online format due to COVID-19, renovating spaces to mimic the feel of the classroom has been a way for some families to remain positive.

“We don’t really know what we’re doing, but we’re trying too,” Triplett said. “It is what it is and we’re trying to make the best of the situation.”

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

Murrieta mother Kellie Moncrief draws crests for their house placement, as in the Harry Potter book series, for each of her four daughters.

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Local WWII veteran receives handmade quilt for his 95th birthday Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER

Navy veteran Frank Ridenhour, who served during World War II, will turn 95 Saturday, Aug. 22, and receive a handmade quilt for his service.

Ridenhour served from 19431946 on the USS Lexington as an electrician’s mate.

Charlotte Matthews, who has volunteered with Quilts of Valor for five years, gave out 13 quilts in 2019 to those who have served.

“It’s mostly for people who have been touched by war,” Matthews said.

Quilts of Valor doesn’t charge for the quilts.

“We find somebody who needs one, wants one, and we make it and then we present it,” Matthews said.

If they can get the material donated, that’s best, according to Matthews, otherwise they go out on their own to purchase it.

“Generally, someone will take a kit and it’s got all the pieces in it and the pattern, and they’ll make the top,” Matthews said. “Once it’s finished, a kit is usually a quilt top, and then it goes to the quilter who volunteers her time to quilt it and that takes time.”

Quilting can be time consuming, she said.

“These women usually quilt for a living, and they’re taking five hours basically every quilt that they do,”

Matthews said.

Cyndee O’Brien, who is also a member of Quilts of Valor Temecula, said she enjoys it.

“It gives us a lot of pleasure coming and doing that and knowing that we’re going to give it away to someone who really deserves it.”

All in all, the process of making the quilt top can take anywhere from four to 20 hours to sew together, depending on how complicated it is.

“It takes five, six hours to quilt it because they’re usually done on a machine and then you have to bind it,” Matthews said.

After that, the label is put on in accordance with who is receiving the quilt.

“There’s a small ceremony to it,” Matthews said. “In some cases when my commander did it, he made a presentation about how many WWII veterans we still have. The majority of the label gets read to the recipient and usually starts off with ‘Welcome home.’”

Ridenhour said the first time he was thanked for his service as a veteran was in 2009, when a young boy at the Veterans Affairs office saw his hat that said USS Lexington on it and thanked him.

Quilts of Valor Temecula has been working from a new location for the past few months, thanks to the Temecula Quilt Company which allowed them to use the space.

The group had a few setbacks due to COVID-19, but they’ve begun

Celebrating the Class of 2020 Quilts of Valor Temecula creates quilts for those who have served in the military.

Navy veteran Frank Ridenhour receives a quilt on his 95th birthday from Quilts of Valor Temecula, thanking Valley News/Lexington Howe photos him for his service.

The quilts are created by volunteers. The quilting can range from five to six hours, while sewing the quilt top can take four to 20 hours, depending on how complicated it is.

to make quilts again, according to Matthews.

“My first quilt was to a 90-yearold, one of our WWII veterans,”

Matthew said. “My second one was also a WWII veteran.”

To find out more about Quilts of Valor Temecula, visit http://www.

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Residents beat the heat in Lake Elsinore

People seeking recreation and a place to beat the heat head to Lake Elsinore during a 100-degree-plus day, Saturday, Aug. 15.

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People gather on the docks and shores of Launch Pointe in Lake Elsinore during a weekend heat wave.

Cutout, above: Tavian Jones plays catch with friends as hundreds of people head to Lake Elsinore for recreation and an attempt to beat the heat.

Michael Colõn, keeps his walker close as he relaxes and floats on the lake with his family at Launch Pointe in Lake Elsinore.

People find refuge from the heat in Lake Elsinore as temperatures soar over the weekend.

Collin Waters, 7, dives into the pool at Launch Pointe in Lake Elsinore as he enjoys a Saturday of fun with his family.

Children play in the pool to beat the heat at Launch Pointe in Lake Elsinore.

Salvador Macias tends to the grill with his family on the Launch Pointe RV Park shore in Lake Elsinore.

Perret Park on the southwest of Lake Elsinore serves as a peaceful spot to fish during the weekend heat wave.

Adam Mendez, 9, cools down at the Launch Pointe splash pad in Lake Elsinore.

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CALENDAR Notice to our readers: While some activities in our communities are starting to resume under state orders for social distancing and recommendations to wear face masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19, contact event sponsors for the latest updates.

COMMUNITY EVENTS: Aug. 22 – 6- 9 p.m. Macala Orchards, 40785 Benji Lane, in Sage presents Summer Sunset Market with live music. An RSVP is required to attend the free event.

Enjoy a slice of pizza from their wood-burning pizza oven and a glass of Macala Orchards’ estate wine. Group size is limited to four people maximum. Plan to bring and wear a face covering and practice social distancing. Contact nmorton@macalacompanies. com or 951-898-8384 for more information.

ONGOING – If you know a homebound older adult, resources in Menifee are available, including grab and go, cooked and frozen food for pickup, Courtesy Pantry items and meals delivered with no contact. Three days of emergency food can be delivered immediately or restaurant meal delivery for those who don’t qualify for food assistance programs. Call 800510-2020 for help.

ONGOING – The Riverside County COVID-19 Business Assistance Grant Program is accepting online applications for business grants up to $10,000 at http://www.rivercobizhelp.org that can be used for employee retention, working capital, protective equipment purchases, rent of mortgage payments and paying vendor notices. Eligible businesses, including nonprofits, must be in Riverside County, with less than 50 employees and a minimum of 1 and operating for at least one-year since March 1. For more information, call Riverside County Business and Community Services at 951-955-0493.

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

ONGOING – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Every Sunday, Murrieta Village Walk Farmers Market is at Village Walk Place in Murrieta. The

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

ONGOING – Temecula’s Farmers Markets are offered in Old Town Temecula Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 4100 Main St. in Temecula; at Promenade Temecula, 40640 Winchester Road, outside JCPennys 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 of Disease Control and Prevention and Riverside County Public Health orders, the farmers markets will be restricted agriculture products only. Follow the Old Town Temecula Farmers Market on Facebook to stay updated. No pets are allowed.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: Aug. 21 – 9-10:30 a.m. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Meetings are held every Friday at Centerpoint Church, 24470 Washington Ave., in Murrieta. For more information or a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. and the world, call 781-932-6300 or locally at 805-746-7871 or visit http://www. foodaddicts.org.

Aug. 21 – 9:30 a.m. Taste of Osher event is offered online via Zoom. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at California State University San Marcos provides adult learners age 50 or older with college-level courses free of tests, quizzes and homework.

Lifelong Learners come together simply “for the pure joy of learning.” Enjoy previewing select fall classes offered through Osher at the university. Meet instructors and discover the opportunities over Zoom. Contact el@csusm.edu or 760-750-4020 for more information and to register.

Aug. 22 – 7 p.m. Phearless presents “Desert Flower” Sip and Paint Night at 22455 Alessandro Blvd. in Temecula or online. Only participants many join in; guests are not allowed to watch during the class. If you are 15 minutes or more late, you forfeit your seat.

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For more information, visit https:// www.phearless.net/events.

Aug. 24 – 6 p.m. Temecula Valley Historical Society presents Rod Fink in a Zoom presentation to tell about his service as a Navy hospital corpsman, serving for a year on the front lines in Vietnam with the Marine Corps in his Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine regiment.

The battalion was known as “The Walking Dead” and had the most soldiers killed in action of any Marine unit. Fink had post-traumatic stress disorder, and 14 years ago, he almost died from cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange. Visit www.temeculahisitoricalsociety. org before the 6 p.m. meeting to get the Zoom link. For more information, call Rebecca Farnbach at 951-775-6057 or email info@ temeculahistoricalsociety.org.

Aug. 24 – 11:30-12:30 p.m.

Virtual Menifee Munch meets with guest speaker Jason White of Great Life Senior Care who will speak on “Helping seniors and knowing when to step in.” Menifee residents are encouraged to order lunches from Menifee restaurants and join in the virtual discussion on Zoom with meeting id: 889-2040-2728 and password: 303109.

Aug. 26 – 11 a.m. A virtual Scattergories game online will be presented by Inter Valley Health Plan’s free online classes for adults 55 and up. Reservations are required to receive the login code. To RSVP, call 800-886-4471 or TTY 711 Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit http://ivhp. com/vitality.

Aug. 27 – 10 a.m. Attend a community partners meeting between city of Menifee and RingCentral.

Link to join at https://meetings. ringcentral.com/j/1495054641?p wd=WDZ0OXNyV3kySHoyeV N4NFdDNHFFZz09 with Meeting ID: 149 505 4641 and password: 018095. Dial in: +1-623-4049000,1-495-054-641# (US West) or +1-623-404-9000 (US West) or by going to http://login.ringcentral.com. Menifee city staff will be running and monitoring the meeting the entire time.

Aug. 27 – 9-11 a.m. Susan G. Komen Inland Empire’s Circle of

EVENTS Promise Day Virtual Celebration of Survivorship and Hope features Dr. Lisa Newman, Komen Scholar, and Dr. Sandra Finestone, Komen Inland Empire past board president and Komen Advocate in Science.

Newman will discuss the science behind what makes African American women’s breast cancer different from other women. Attend on Facebook and Instagram @SGKIE or #CircleofPromise2020. For more information, call 951-6767465.

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

ONGOING – Menifee Community Services offers online driver’s education courses with a $21.95 fee. The course includes animated driving scenarios, instructional videos, sample test, licensed instructor available to answer questions, DMV approved certificate of completion with all lectures and exams completed from home.

Designed for students and does not include behind-the-wheel instruction or a California driver’s permit.

Contact 951-723-3880 or visit the city of Menifee to register at http:// www.cityofmenifee.us.

ONGOING – 10-11:30 a.m.

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

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

ONGOING – Hemet/Winchester National Association of Female Entrepreneurs meets monthly. For new meeting dates and destinations, contact director Joan Wakeland at 909-721-7648

or email Joanewakeland@gmail. com. Lake Elsinore/Murrieta/ Wildomar NAFE also meets each month in Lake Elsinore with director Sandie Fuenty. Call Fuenty at 714-981-7013 or email sandiesldy@aol.com to learn when meetings will resume.

ONGOING – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a free 12step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia, has meetings throughout the U.S. and the world. Contact 781932-6300, or for local meetings, call 925- 321-0170 or visit http:// www.foodaddicts.org.

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

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

Memberships are $10 per year.

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

ONGOING – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month.

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

ONGOING – Menifee Toastmasters meets every Thursday at noon for one hour at a designated place to have fun, enhance speaking capabilities, gain self-confidence and improve social skills.

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

ONGOING – Sons of Norway/ Scandinavia meet every month from September to June at the Temecula Assistance League, 28720 Via Montezuma, in Temecula at 12:30 p.m. Enjoy a potluck lunch and sharing time, followed by a cultural program. Confirm the first meeting by calling 951-8491690 due to the coronavirus orders.

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

ONGOING –The city of Menifee offers a fitness class on Zoom Mondays through Fridays at 7 a.m., at 9 a.m. and at 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact 951-723-3880 or visit http://www. cityofmenifee.us/register.

Several drive-in events coming your way Aug. 21-27 Lexington Howe STAFF WRITER

Watch “Grease,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” jump on a cycling bike or attend astronomy night during the week of Aug. 21-27. Due to COVID-19, please check in with the venue to ensure the event is still taking place or to find out more on their social distancing guidelines.

Summer Drive-in at Akash Winery On Friday, Aug. 21, Akash Winery is hosting a summer drive-in of “Grease,” starting at 7:45 p.m. The family-friendly, social distancing event features a food truck, popcorn, snacks, drinks, and wine available for purchase.

To find out more info on tickets and social distancing guidelines to be observed that night, visit https:// www.akashwinery.com/events.

Rebel Ride at Peltzer Winery Peltzer Winery is hosting a monthly Rebel Ride spin-bike workout event Friday, Aug. 21, from 6-7 p.m.

To book a bike or find out more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/236179677519085/.

Outdoor Movie Nights at Vail Headquarters On Saturday, Aug. 22, Vail Headquarters is hosting an outdoor movie night and will be showing “Moonrise Kingdom,” rated PG13. Movies are free to attend, and social distancing guidelines will be

observed. No seating is provided; bring your own chairs, blankets, pillows, etc. to watch the show.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/296046484963347/.

Astronomy Night The city of Wildomar is hosting Astronomy Night Saturday, Aug. 22, from 7-9 p.m. at Marna O’Brien Park. The event had initially been scheduled for May 2.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/190175648996481/.

Somerset Winery 3 Mile Radius is playing live at Somerset Winery Saturday, Aug. 22, from 2-5:45 p.m. They will be live on the outdoor patio from 2-4:30 p.m., and livestreaming

inside from 5-5:45 p.m. Social distancing will be observed.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/679568129261260/.

Baily’s Old Town Kanan Road is playing live at Baily’s Old Town Temecula Saturday, Aug. 22, from 7-10 p.m.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/475328786713447/.

Sunday Funday Summer Nights Synergy Social SoCal will be hosting Sunday Funday Summer Nights at Vail Headquarters Sunday, Aug. 23, from 4-8 p.m. Free to attend; activities include train rides and picnic games, virtual reality maze, vendors, food and

music. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/2542911152635649/.

Pretty Paints: Succulent Workshop Akash Winery is partnering with Pretty Paints to host a succulent and sip workshop Tuesday, Aug. 25, from 6-8 p.m., with an in-person session or a kit to go.

Space is limited; ages 21 and older only allowed on the premises.

For more information on pricing and COVID-19 guidelines, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/297676681318493/.

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

Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery presents ‘Sketches From the ICU’

The Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery presents “Sketches From the ICU” by Oh Young-Jun at http://www.msjc.edu/artgallery. The art gallery will host a special Zoom conversation about the exhibition from 1-2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27.

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SAN JACINTO – The Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery launched the art exhibit “Sketches From the ICU” by Oh Young-Jun, Monday, Aug. 17, at http://www. msjc.edu/artgallery.

The art gallery will host a special Zoom conversation about the exhibition from 1-2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27.

Oh Young-Jun is a trained artistturned-nurse who volunteered to work in the intensive care unit as COVID-19 peaked in his home city of Daegu, South Korea.

During his time in the ICU treating COVID-19 patients, Oh used his talents as an artist to capture scenes from the hospital. Through his goggled eyes and gloved hands, viewers are compelled to recognize the care and humanity of the medical workers who are the heroes of the pandemic. His drawings depict the actions of the nurses and doctors with incredible intimacy and care.

While attending art school, Oh studied Korean painting, with a

focus on landscape. His shift to capturing the life of his ICU challenged him to draw the figures and the medical equipment with its tubes, wires and screens. Oh’s style reveals the quickness of a courtroom reporter documenting the drama as it unfolds. In one drawing, a nurse can be seen with a full coverall hazmat-style suit adjusting an IV rack with half a dozen IV bags hanging on it. Oh highlights the hands of the worker by lightly coloring the green latex gloves that the nurse is wearing.

The only other color in the scene is the small slit of flesh where the nurse’s mask ends and the face shield reveals the eyes. In each of these drawings, viewers will notice that the little area of color where the eyes are peering out of the personal protective equipment is the only color in the scenes. It shows the humanity of the nurses and doctors shining through their gear.

Oh Young-Jun has gained a following on social media with his drawings on Instagram @

nursing_story and on Facebook @nursingstory. He started sharing his drawings because he wanted people to see the grueling hours, the mental and physical toll of the work and the risk and sacrifice that he and his colleagues are taking every day. Viewers can think of Oh’s drawings as dispatches from the front lines. He shows nurses trying to insert an IV into a patient or carrying buckets of biohazardous waste to be disposed of. In one particular scene, a nurse inspects a tear in their latex glove, a startling moment as a tear could expose the nurse to the virus. Thankfully, the hole reveals a different color latex glove underneath the outer glove and shows just how many layers of protection are required to keep hospital workers safe.

For more information, visit http://www.msjc.edu/artgallery or contact art professor John Knuth at Jknuth@msjc.edu.

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Soboba Casino Resort celebrates silver anniversary Mike Hiles SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians fought long and hard to open a casino on tribal land a quarter of a century ago. Much has changed since the early days, most notably the construction and opening of the current Soboba Casino Resort in 2019. In August, silver anniversary promotions are in place to commemorate this milestone.

Jason Cozart has been in his current position of assistant general manager since 2018. As a tribal member he is grateful for the opportunities that have been afforded to the tribe because of tribal gaming.

“Having a hand in building a future for our tribe has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life,” Cozart, 42, said. “Over the past 25 years, I have been fortunate to witness the evolution of our tribe and our gaming enterprise. Simply put, everything has changed. Soboba Casino Resort is proud to be one of the largest employers in the region, supporting not only our tribe but the surrounding communities.”

Along with the decades of offering an outlet for guests to enjoy table games, slot machines, special events and great food and drinks, the casino has also seen many employees find lifelong careers within its doors.

About 25 team members have been working for Soboba for more than 20 years in various departments throughout the casino – from dealers to slot attendants and many positions in between. Shiloh Maddox, a Hemet resident, is a slot operations manager who oversees the floor ensuring that it is staffed, and any minor issues are corrected as soon as possible.

The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians celebrate the opening of the Soboba Casino in 1995 on the historic timeline that lines the lobby of the Soboba Casino Resort Event Center.

Three of 25 employees who have worked for Soboba more than 20 years include, from left, Amber Escorpiso, Thomas Beach and Shiloh Valley News/S ob ob a Band of L ui señ o I nd i ans photo Maddox.

“Professionally, Soboba Casino Resort gave me a career,” Maddox said. “I didn’t think at 19 that I would find the place I was supposed to be. It has allowed me to raise my children in the same community. I have witnessed Soboba Casino Resort become the destination we all knew it could be and we aren’t done.”

Amber Escorpiso has been a table games dealer for more than 18 years but worked in the food and beverage department before that position. She enjoys the camaraderie and family-like atmosphere with her co-workers and department leadership as well as the support and motivation from Cozart.

“I also take great pride in knowing that my service helps contribute to a bright future for the Soboba Nation,” she said. “In addition to the opening of the new property, the highlights of my tenure here include seeing the joy that the tribe’s yearly toy

“However, this is certainly an important milestone for the tribe and Soboba Casino Resort,” he said. “We hope to show our appreciation for our team members, and our loyal guests who have been with us every step of the way.”

Special promotions will take place throughout the month culminating Friday, Aug. 28, when 25 lucky winners will receive the ultimate Soboba Casino experience with fine dining, a two-night hotel stay and $250 in free slot play. For a chance to win the “25 &

drive brings to families during the holidays and the ways the tribe’s philanthropic efforts have enriched the community such as seeing the Soboba logo over the San Jacinto High School football field.”

Environmental services manager Hilda Arriaga grew up in Hemet and said she wouldn’t think of working with any other department than the one she is in, which provides cleaning and safety assurances for guests.

“No matter what department you work in, you will still receive the same attention and opportunity to grow,” she said. “The biggest changes I have seen are actually on the tribe. They had a goal of becoming a great pillar of the community and be a great job source for this town and they are doing a great job.”

Cozart said that considering the current COVID-19 situation, Soboba Casino Resort’s anniversary celebration will not be exactly what the team had planned it to be.

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Murrieta implements emergency medical dispatch system

The medical priority dispatch system with Murrieta Fire & Rescue goes live Tuesday, Aug. 4, to improve service to the citizens of Murrieta in emergency medical situations.

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MURRIETA – A new medical protocol system has been implemented by the Murrieta police and fire communications center that will enable dispatchers to accurately assess each emergency medical situation and send the best possible response.

The medical priority dispatch system went live at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 4, to improve service to the citizens of Murrieta in emergency medical situations.

Dispatchers received on-sight and hands-on training with the system providers.

The best possible response time for any emergency is immediate.

The emergency medical dispatch system allows Murrieta dispatchers to quickly perform an initial triage to determine the type of medical or trauma situation being reported, dispatch appropriate emergency services as necessary and provide quality lifesaving prearrival emergency medical instruction to the caller in crisis before any additional help arrives on scene.

Within 15 minutes of the launch, Mattie Medina, dispatch supervisor for the system, received the first medical aid call where she asked appropriate questions to ascertain breathing status, alertness of the patient and details regarding the nature of the medical aid. Me-

dina stayed on the line continuing to give instructions until the Fire & Rescue team arrived on scene.

Communications manager Julie Shannon leads the dedicated and highly trained dispatch team.

“Essentially, our dispatchers are the first, first responders. We have a great group of professional dispatchers who are constantly going above and beyond to keep our community and our first responders safe,” she said. “We are excited to work with our Fire & Rescue partners and to be a part of this valuable service.

For Murrieta fire Chief David Lantzer, it was all about providing the best service to the community.

“This system is a tool to help us send the appropriate type and number of resources to medical calls for service. It allows us to be more efficient so we can better serve all our residents and guests in Murrieta,” Lantzer said. “Our dispatchers have been training for this for almost a year and they are to be applauded for their dedication in helping Murrieta Fire & Rescue go to the next level. And MFR’s project team has been committed to implementing EMD in Murrieta for over two years now; going live is a special time for them and I thank them for their tenacity in seeing this through.”

“Murrieta is privileged to have

Implementing the medical protocol will enable dispatchers with Murrieta Fire & Rescue to accurately assess each emergency and send the best response possible while safeguarding valuable and limited emergency services resources and increasing safety for both citizens and responders.

a city-based fire department that knows our community and consistently strives for the best in all they do,” Kim Summers, city manager of Murrieta, said. “The launch of our priority dispatch system reflects this commitment to bringing best practices to life. I am personally and professional proud of the department’s significant contributions to the city of Murrieta and its residents.”

Implementing the medical protocol will enable dispatchers to accurately assess each emergency and send the best response possible while safeguarding valuable and limited emergency services resources and increasing safety for both citizens and responders.

Murrieta dispatch will now provide a constant stream of crucial and updated scene information to field responders en route. This information will better prepare responders to give precise assistance when they arrive at the scene, fire officials said.

Dispatchers using the newly implemented protocol system will follow internationally recog-

nized standards. They will be able to provide universal, consistent care and service to every caller, gather critical emergency call information for responders while they are en route to the location, identify life-threatening situations where additional resources may be needed, safely prioritize calls for appropriate and fast response and provide “Zero Minute” dispatch life support using pre-arrival and post-dispatch instructions.

The priority dispatch system includes ProQA software, a threeday certification-training course for emergency dispatchers, and continual quality improvement benchmarks and training. All dispatchers who work on the new system are certified by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch and must recertify every two years, completing 24 hours of continuing dispatch education and passing all requirements for IAED recertification.

The Murrieta police and fire communications center is the single public safety answering point for Murrieta and provides

police dispatch for Menifee. The center is staffed 24/7, and in 2019, it answered approximately 30,155 calls to 911. When training is complete, the center will staff 30 full-time and two part-time dispatchers. Current employees, all of whom are EMD certified, include: communications manager Julie Shannon; Murrieta Fire & Rescue EMS coordinator Jen Antonucci and management analyst and former Murrieta emergency dispatcher Dawn Morrison. Kelly Hungerford from the city’s information services division also played a key role on the project team, which has been committed to implementing EMD in Murrieta for over two years.

“As this system of protocol implementation, training, and quality improvement is set into place,” Lantzer said. “You can be confident that Murrieta emergency communications is earning the public’s trust with every call and is the best possible source of help during times of medical emergencies.”

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Thinking About Health: What you need to know about coronavirus testing Trudy Lieberman COMMUNITY HEALTH NEWS SERVICE

Testing! Testing! Testing! That’s what the experts said is necessary to move the country back to normalcy. Almost daily, local TV stations in New York City where I live run public service announcements urging viewers to get a test for COVID-19. Those announcements tell how to find a testing site, and most point out that the tests are free.

Many New Yorkers, as well as people in other states, are undoubtedly confused about the kinds of tests available, wonder about the delays in getting results and worry about the tests’ reliability. The recent experience of Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio, who first tested positive for the virus and then negative on subsequent tests, illustrates the potential problems with the tests’ accuracy.

To sort all this confusion out, I contacted Teresa Carr, an independent health and science journalist I had worked with at Consumer Reports who had just written “A Consumer’s Guide to Getting Tested for the Coronavirus.”

The place to begin, she said, is to distinguish between the two types of tests currently available, which people often confuse because the talking heads on television don’t always make clear which they are talking about.

Some tests are diagnostic and tell you whether you have an active viral infection that may require treatment or a quarantine. Others are antibody tests.

Antibody tests, which are not diagnostic tools, reveal whether a person’s blood contains antibodies that can show that they were infected by the virus in the past.

“These tests can’t tell you if you’re contagious or if the antibodies will cause you to be immune to future infections,” Carr said. “This disease has only been around since February, and we have to do more research.”

She explained that some people have COVID-19 symptoms for a long time. They may go on for months and wax and wane. In those cases, are people exhibiting a long course of the same infection or several separate infections?

“It’s really not clear what the antibody tests mean at this point,”

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Antibody tests are blood tests, unlike the more meaningful diagnostic tests that are recommended as an important way to fight the disease. Since the virus attacks the respiratory system, diagnostic tests – so called PCR tests – hunt for the virus that may be present in your nose and throat. A health care worker collects a sample by inserting a 6-inch swab through a nostril and obtaining some cells from the upper part of your throat.

Another, simpler test is less invasive. The swab reaches only an inch or so inside the nose and is more comfortable for the patient.

Experts now believe the simpler test may work almost as well, but health care workers giving the test may also swab the back of your throat to obtain a more robust sample.

Carr told me that the Food and Drug Administration has now authorized do-it-yourself tests.

“It’s a shallower nasal swab

test ‘but not quite as accurate.’

Another test requires users to spit in a test tube and send it to the lab.

Both these kinds of tests are ‘probably pretty good,’” Carr said, and they have been useful in places where testing materials have been in short supply.

DeWine said that the first test he took, which gave a false positive result, was an antigen test. His later tests were PCR tests that, as I’ve explained, examine virus cells taken from a patient’s nasal passages. DeWine called the PCR test “very, very, very reliable,” and added, “People should not take away from my experience that testing is not reliable or doesn’t really work.”

In fact, testing and contact tracing, the practice of following up with people who have been in contact with a person who has tested positive for the disease, are major defenses against the spread of the virus. People identified through contact tracing are advised to self-

isolate or get tested themselves.

Carr told me that the length of time people wait to get their test results “varies quite a lot” with some people waiting as long as two weeks to find out if they have the disease. In general, though, you can expect a test result within a week. But if you think you have COVID-19, “you really need to be quarantining the whole time” you are waiting for results.

Carr had a last piece of advice: “Nobody should have to pay for their tests.”

Under new laws passed this spring, COVID-19 testing is now free with no cost sharing.

Congress has made it possible for those without insurance to get free tests through their state Medicaid programs. Check with your state since a few states have not yet adopted that policy.

What has been your experience with testing? Write to Trudy at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com.

Komen Inland Empire celebration to discuss African American breast cancer disparities Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

A physician, educator, author and a science adviser will lead a virtual celebration of cancer survivorship and hope in the morning Thursday, Aug. 27, regarding breast disparities among African American women.

The virtual celebration, which begins at 9 a.m. on Facebook and Instagram at Susan G. Komen Inland Empire @SKGIE or #CircleofPromise2020, will feature Dr. Lisa Newman, a Komen Scholar who will discuss the science behind what makes African American women’s breast cancer different from other women.

Also on the panel is Sandra Finestone, Ph.D., Komen Inland

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Other guest speakers will include male breast cancer survivor, David L. Taylor, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Loma Linda University’s School of Religion, and Teslyn Henry-King, program coordinator of public health with the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health’s nutrition program, who will share healthy recipes and cooking tips.

There will be a Q&A session, following the virtual celebration

and will conclude at approximately 11 a.m.

Gary and Kay Maxwell, performers from the Jazz Exchange, will offer music to greet participants. The invocation will be given by Joshua Beckley, senior pastor from Ecclesia Christian Fellowship.

There is a suggested $20 donation to the Susan G. Komen Inland Empire Breast Cancer Treatment Assistance Program for women and men in the local community in the Inland Empire.

Early registrants, before Aug. 17, were provided a Komen Inland Empire Circle of Promise hand fan.

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

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Health Zooming in on appearance: Why cosmetic surgery is popular during the pandemic LA JOLLA – Cosmetic surgery was on an upward trend for several years before the pandemic, and the outbreak of the coronavirus hasn’t hurt its popularity.

Since the lifting of lockdown and shelter-in-place orders across the country, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has reported an increased demand in patients considering cosmetic enhancements. One factor driving the interest: People have had extra time to dwell on their physical dissatisfactions and also to actually address them, Dr. Scott Miller, a cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon in La Jolla, said.

“Working from home, being seen a lot (and seeing themselves) via company video conferences, and having mask-wearing bring increased focus to certain facial features, I think a lot of people have had a tremendous amount of time to be super-critical of

themselves,” Miller said. “They pick up on things they want to improve about their appearance.

“With people being cooped for a long time, across the country you are seeing pent-up demand.

We have seen an increase in consultations and surgeries across the board. In particular, people seem to be noticing their necks and jowls. In many cases, they bring in screenshots from their Zoom calls,” he said.

Miller said there are four popular types of cosmetic procedures people are having done during the pandemic.

Facial rejuvenation With considerably more face time required as companies work remotely, facelifts, neck lifts, eyelid and brow lifts are keeping cosmetic surgeons busy.

“On Zoom with your boss and co-workers, you can’t help but stare at your face, neck and

crow’s feet,” Miller said. “And with people wearing masks in public, there’s no better time to hide the neck and lower face during the healing process from cosmetic surgery. That’s probably why we’re doing more lower-face and neck lifts than ever before.”

Body contouring Liposuction, in which excess fat is removed to contour the body, is annually one of the most frequent cosmetic procedures.

It and abdominoplasty – better known as a “tummy tuck” – ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the recent ASPS survey.

“Being overweight is an epidemic in our country, and sitting around at home quite a bit now, people are more aware of it and tired of it,” Miller said. “The body contouring aspect of cosmetic surgery has boomed due to dissatisfaction with diet- and exerciseresistant figure faults. Also, there

is newfound time to address this situation definitively with safe, state-of-the-art procedures.”

Lip injections Fillers like Juvéderm are as popular as ever, despite masks being pervasive and supposedly lessening one’s concern with how their lips look.

“You’d think due to face coverings extending from the nose to the mouth that people would only be concerned about their eye areas,” Miller said. “While they are noticing and seeking treatment for their eyes more because of mask-wearing in public, many people are on Zoom, where they are maskless and noticing their lips and jaw lines in full high definition. They definitely get passionate about filling and shaping them. And again, with masks, you can cover up any swelling and bruising from lip injections.”

Breast augmentation and reduction The ASPS said breast augmentations were the most common cosmetic surgery procedure in 2019, and while conducting telemedicine appointments during lockdown, surgeons received many requests for both breast augmentation and breast reduc-

The Elizabeth Hospice offers support group for family caregivers No cost to attend and everyone is welcome FALLBROOK – While caring for a family member who has a life-limiting condition is fulfilling, it can also be quite challenging. The Elizabeth Hospice has created a new support group to provide adult family and friend caregivers with an opportunity to meet with others who are in a similar situation, learn caregiving tips, and reduce their feelings of isolation. There is no cost to attend and everyone is welcome.

Led by a trained professional facilitator from The Elizabeth Hospice, the Caregivers Support Group will meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 10-11:30 a.m. While health precautions are in place, group sessions will be conducted via Zoom. An email address and a device with a camera interface

are required.

“Being the caregiver for a family member or friend is a meaningful role that allows you to show your love and respect for the person but it can be exhausting and lonely. Support group participants will have the opportunity to hear how others approach similar challenges, express their feelings and reduce their feelings of isolation,” Kathylne Barnum, supervisor of the clinical counseling program for The Elizabeth Hospice, said.

To enroll in this new Caregiver Support Group, call 760-7372054. A one-on-one videoconference with one of the group facilitators is required before attending the group session.

The Elizabeth Hospice, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit health care leader, provides medical, emo-

tional and spiritual support to children and adults facing the challenges associated with a lifethreatening illness, and restores hope to grieving children and adults who are feeling lost and alone. Since 1978, The Elizabeth Hospice has touched the lives of more than 100,000 people in San Diego County and southwest Riverside County. The Elizabeth Hospice has earned the Gold Seal of Approval by The Joint Commission and is a member of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. To learn more, call 800-797-2050 or visit http://elizabethhospice.org.

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tion.

“Breast improvement consults – enlargement, reduction and reshaping – can be easily initiated by taking all the measurements and photographs from the patient’s home,” Miller said.

“During the video consultation, while looking at the photographs, doctors can explain how the procedures are done and what the post-up situation will be.

“More people want to be the best version of themselves. The pandemic has caused people to think more about what they want out of life and how they want to live it, and many are deciding now is the time to make changes they’ve long wanted,” Miller said.

Dr. Scott Miller is a board-certified cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon and the founder of Miller Cosmetic Surgery Center.

He earned his medical degree from the University of California Irvine’s College of Medicine and performed his plastic surgery residency at the University of California San Diego’s School of Medicine. For more information, visit http://www.MillerCosmeticSurgery.com.

Inter Valley Health Plan offers free virtual classes POMONA – Inter Valley Health Plan is offering free virtual classes to its members throughout August.

Attend the free online class for adults 55 and up, “Master Gardeners Series: Create a Fairy Garden” Thursday, Aug. 20, at 11 a.m.

Learn how to create a whimsical fairy garden and build a tiny garden in any small space or inside a home. Reservations are required to receive the login code. To RSVP, call 800-886-4471 or TTY 711 Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit http://ivhp.

com/vitality.

Join in the free “Virtual Scattergories Game” for adults 55 and up Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 11 a.m.

Invite friends, put on that thinking hat and have a virtual game party to play Scattergories. Reservations are required to receive the login code. To RSVP, call 800-886-4471 or TTY 711 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit http:// ivhp.com/vitality.

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Longtime Temecula winery advocate and RCWD board member, Danny Martin, has died Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Danny J. Martin, the immediate past president of the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association and current senior vice president of the Rancho California Water District board of directors, died at his home Tuesday, Aug. 11. He was 62.

He is survived by his two daughters, Hannah and Emma.

Martin was a 1976 graduate of Cypress High School in Cypress and spent the majority of his career as a Commercial-Agri-business real estate appraiser as a certified general appraiser. He also served

as a winery appraiser and consultant from 1987 until his death, appraising and consulting on wineries from Temecula to Monterey.

Martin lived in Temecula Wine Country, was also a winegrower and was one of the region’s biggest champions, serving on the TVWA board of directors since 2014 and serving as the board’s president from 2017-2018.

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Danny Martin, former Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association board president and senior vice president of Rancho California Water District’s board of directors, died Tuesday, Aug. 11.

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“I think it’s a true honor to be named as one of the Top 10 winery destinations in the world,” Martin said during a celebration event in January 2019. “As president, of course, I’m totally biased, but I think we’re No. 1.”

Krista Chaich, executive director of TVWA, shared the news with member wineries Wednesday, Aug. 12, and forwarded the email to Valley News.

“Danny was a longtime grower member of the TVWA, served on our board of directors for many years, and led our board as president for two years,” Chaich said.

“Danny served the association with much passion and led with his heart. He believed in our wine region and was one of our biggest cheerleaders; he will be greatly missed.”

Chaich said the association would distribute a statement and press release in the next few days.

Martin was elected to Rancho California Water District’s board of directors in 2015 and his term was set to expire in December 2020 – serving as the board’s senior vice president in 2019 and 2020. Martin was the chairman of the engineering and operations committee and served on the finance and audit committee.

Martin filed paperwork to run

again for his seat on the board, July 23. In a candidate statement that Martin shared with Valley News on the morning of his death, he told voters that he was “your advocate and voice on the RCWD board of directors. … It’s very simple. If it lowers water bills, I’m for it; if it increases them, I’m against it.”

During a meeting Thursday, Aug. 6, Martin lauded Rancho Water’s board and staff for an upcoming vote on the continuing of a suspension of rate increases due to the COVID-19 pandemic until June 2021.

“I think this is a really good thing that we’re doing to assist as many people as we can financially within the district,” Martin said.

“And I think it will be appreciated.”

Jeff Armstrong, general manager of Rancho California Water District, was understandably stunned when speaking with Valley News about Martin Wednesday afternoon.

“Danny was a wine country resident and part of that community and he represented that community very, very well on our board,” Armstrong said. “He always considered impacts on the farming community, both in wine country and the avocado growers as well.

And along those lines, one of the things that he did was push really hard for our crop swap program to help convert, higher water use and expensive crops to lower water use and more sustainable crops for a more reliable future for the ag community in our area. He was a big advocate and he did a great job on that front.

“He was tenacious in his beliefs and his passions and was relentless on seeing progress happen,” he said.

Armstrong said Martin was instrumental in leading the charge to bring COVID-19 testing for employees and their families to the district.

“Danny was passionate about the safety and concern for our employees going through this and ensuring that they were working in a safe environment, and we were doing everything that we could for them,” Armstrong said. “He wanted to make sure all of our employees had the opportunity to be tested, to make sure that they didn’t have the virus. He really spearheaded an effort to get the county to come into the water district for free and test all of our employees and their families, whoever wanted to do it.

“My point is he really cared about the organization and the employees and their well-being as well,” he said. “It’s really nice to have a board member that cares about the community and his constituents and likewise about the employees that he’s working with as well.”

Previous to his time with Rancho Water, Martin served for less than a year as an appointee by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to the ElsinoreMurrieta-Anza Resource Conservation District in 2015, which later became known as TemeculaElsinore-Anza-Murrieta Resource Conservation District.

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

Neat Thrift Store navigates quarantine conditions to keep business running Jeremiah Tatola WRITER

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Kristen Erikson and Niel De La Cruz, owners of Neat Thrift Store, have created a unique shopping experience within the city of Lake Elsinore which opened Feb. 28, 2015.

Neat is Cruz’s first business venture; however, Erikson has owned several businesses within Lake Elsinore, including a small restaurant on Main Street called Flower Fusion where they had live music.

The same community ambience has been a staple at Neat where they’ve held several movie nights and live music events, she said; Neat is popular with young people in the community.

“We get a lot of the kids who like to just come hang out.” Erikson said about students from Lakeside High School, which neighbors the shop.

“There are kids we’ve become close to who come back and visit us. It’s been cool.” Cruz said.

The eclectic shop offers secondhand items, majority of which are attained by community donations.

Art made by Cruz and other local artists can be found throughout the store for sale along with one of a kind clothes, books and furniture.

Erikson said donations to the shop increased even though Neat’s doors were closed, due to the coronavirus pandemic, “The donations were coming like crazy. Even more so because people were home and cleaning out.” she said.

Erikson and Cruz adjusted to the influx of merchandise and a new way of running their shop, conducting all business online at times to make ends meet.

“I was heavily listing things on Offer Up and (Facebook) marketplace, just to kind of limp along,” Erikson said.

Eventually, the shop reopened its doors.

“Once the small businesses were able to reopen, it was kind of crazy.

It was just like a flood (of people),” Erikson said.

The pair are optimistic for what the future holds for Neat and are planning sales and community events in later times. They have an ongoing silent auction open to anyone who visits the shop.

Neat Thrift Store is located at 32391 Riverside Drive in Lake Elsinore and can be found online on Facebook and Instagram, @ neatthriftstore.

Jeremiah Tatola can be reached by email at valleystaff@reedermedia.com.

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Business Sit in on a Q&A session with Zucker Law Firm

Andrew Zucker ZUCKER LAW FIRM

Are you feeling fatigued about life these days? Many people are in the same boat. They’re living in tumultuous times and the uncertainty is influencing our dayto-day routine. With that in mind, I’m going traditional in this week’s column: FAQs. In previous weeks, I’ve covered legal consultations,

car accident aftermath and even what constitutes “personal injury,” which is our area of expertise that is very broad and covers more than just car accidents. Let’s get back to basics: there are tons of questions that come with stepping into the legal world, as a potential client or inquiring mind.

Q: In movies and TV shows, clients may choose to represent themselves. Can I do that?

A: Can you? Absolutely. Should you? Probably not. There’s a lot that goes into a claim: paperwork, deadlines, communications, court attendances, fees and more. These things are time-consuming and downright inconvenient. If you’re trying to save money or feel your claim is mild enough you can handle it, think of the value of convenience and peace of mind. A lawyer has the contacts, knowledge and resources to get things done efficiently and correctly. What you think you’ll save in fees, you’ll

lose in time and sanity – trust me, I know – and in the end, you’re missing out on the expertise of a lawyer who can help you get the most bang for your buck.

Q. When do I need a lawyer?

A. An age-old question. A good one, too. When is it too soon or too late? The answer to both is “never.” Getting ahead of the game is sage advice, as you can prevent a nuisance from turning into a fullblown problem. Likewise, if you’re overwhelmed, it’s never too late to tag someone in to handle what may be getting out of control.

Q. I’m not happy with my current attorney. Can I get a new one?

A. Absolutely. Don’t ever feel stuck with your current legal representative. The process is frustrating enough without distrusting them.

To end their services, simply let them know, and putting it in writing is always best. They’ll prepare the necessary paperwork. Depending on services rendered and the fee

agreement you’ve signed, you may be on the hook for some costs to fully discharge them. Read any agreements and feel free to ask before signing – a just-in-case or what-if scenario. Don’t be intimidated by the process as your new attorney will also guide you on next steps. Legal claims can be exhausting; don’t settle for easy or just OK. Q. I’m on the fence about my situation – what’s my time limit on filing my case?

A. Take your time and really think on it. In most cases, you have two years from the date of your injury to file; however, there are some incidents that have a much shorter time frame.

Q. I’ve heard horror stories of lawsuits taking years to resolve.

What’s the reality?

A. The reality is, prepare yourself. There are so many factors at play in the resolution of a case, and an honest attorney will never guarantee a timeline. From the oppos-

ing party and their counsel, to the court’s availability and deadlines, to your own mindset and patience level, these will all factor into how far you’ll go, want to go and what it will get you. A seasoned attorney will advise you on the process as each step unfolds.

Rereading these questions, I see that I’ve barely scratched the surface. There’s even more to cover.

Do you have other questions or concerns? Reach out to Zucker Law Firm. That’s why I write these columns: to educate you and confirm what a good attorney should discuss. If you’re stuck at home, a little Q&A is good for the brain, and in the meantime, put your wellbeing first – and think about giving us a call.

The Zucker Law Firm is located at 43434 Business Park Drive in Temecula. For more information, contact them at 951-699-2100 or visit http://www.TheZuckerLawFirm.com.

Rancho Water board postpones rate increases until July 2021 Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

During a Thursday, Aug. 13, meeting impacted heavily by the sudden death of Danny Martin, senior vice president of Rancho California Water District, earlier in the week, the board held a moment of silence and agreed to defer rate increases toward district customers until the fiscal year 2021-2022.

The move was an extension of a postponement the board approved back in March, a move Martin was thoroughly in favor of, and the deferral was set to expire in January 2021. Now, no rate increases will be considered until July 2021.

“On behalf of Danny Martin, he was very proud of this, I would like to make the motion that we do no rate increase through June of 2021,” president Bill Wilson proposed.

Vice president Angel Garcia seconded the motion and the proposal was passed unanimously.

“This action is a follow-up to a discussion and action item the board had in March of this year when COVID-19 hit and restrictions were first applied,” Rick Aragon, assistant general manager of Rancho Water, said in Thursday’s staff recommendation to the board.

Aragon said that at the time of the first deferral, it was assumed that the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions would be lessened by early fall and that the board could

reconsider rate increases.

“It is apparent now that, that did not happen and at least for the time being, the COVID-19 numbers and up,” Aragon said. “If you’re watching the news, certainly the economic impacts are lasting, unemployment is still at record levels. Our community is still very much affected by this.”

Aragon said the deferral would reduce the district’s revenue by more than $858,000, but he said the district had a good fiscal year recently.

“We had less demand, which means we saved on imported water,” he said. “Worst case scenario there are funds which are dedicated for this purpose, set aside to cover it. Fortunately, we’re working on refinancing right now that can save anywhere from $1.6 and $2 million – which can more than cover this amount. The intended plan is to use refinancing to cover this.”

The board also approved the consent calendar which included the approval of a resolution authorizing acceptance of a grant award through the Department of Water Resources Proposition 1; approved the purchase of a dump truck and excavator; approved a request by Southern California Edison for a grant of easement; approved an award agreement for professional services for the Pump Station Asset Management Program and budgeted contract items of more than $50,000, in-

Staff and members of the Rancho California Water District board decide to extend a deferral of rate increases within the district until July 2021 because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the virtual board meeting held Thursday, Aug. 13.

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cluding considering approval of an award agreement for the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and for the Cole Creek Recycled Water Pond Relining.

The board also recognize Rancho Water employee Jeff Dixon for receiving the Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority LaBounty Safety Award for his research and obtaining of halo lights that fit around a hardhat to provide workers light without the use of a flashlight.

“It also makes the employee visible for up to a half-mile away,” Eva Plajzer, assistant general manager of Rancho Water, told the board. “Thank you to Jeff, great work, we really want to appreciate and honor Jeff for his effort and tenacious research of this item.”

At the end of the board meeting, each of the members shared stories of their experiences with Martin.

“So full of life, a very good friend, curiosity and an opinion about just about everything,” Carol Lee Brady, vice president of

Rancho Water, said. “Passionate in his beliefs, fearless in expressing and advocating for them. He had a gift for making each and every one of us feel like we were his best friend. But we all know his dog Momo really was.

“As a colleague on the board, I will always be grateful for his insights and his fierce loyalty and his mentorship. He will be missed,” she said.

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

EVMWD receives special recognition from respected statewide organizations LAKE ELSINORE – Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District was recently recognized by the California Association of Public Information Officials and the Association of California Water Agency’s Joint Powers Insurance Authority for outstanding performance in several areas.

“We are honored to be recognized by these respected organizations,” Andy Morris, president of the EVMWD board of directors, said. “Our staff exhibit a constant commitment to excellence in their work here, and these awards serve as meaningful evidence of that dedication.”

CAPIO’s EPIC awards program recognizes the most creative and effective efforts in communication and identifies work that made a lasting impact on its audience.

These awards represent the high-

est standards of performance in the public relations profession in California. This year, EVMWD received an Award of Distinction for its Conservation 1, 2, 3 campaign, which effectively communicated water-wise tips to help customers save water and money.

JPIA’s H.R. LaBounty award program promotes safe workplace behavior and operations by rewarding employees who participate in proactive risk reduction.

Michael “Mick” Smith, mechanical technician for EVMWD, was recognized by ACWA JPIA for his creative approach to safety and injury prevention. While completing electrical repair work on an ultraviolet system, Smith said that the removal of a UV modular for repairs resulted in a significant trip hazard. To resolve this issue, he suggested placing a Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District‘s Community Affairs team displays a CAPIO award for outstanding performance with the EVMWD board, including Director Phil Williams, Director Darcy Burke, Kaitlyn Wu, Haley Munson, Bonnie Woodrome, President Andy Morris and Director Harvey Ryan.

LaBounty Award recipients Brian Vigil and Michael “Mick” Smith celebrate winning awards for improved operation practices and workplace safety with the EVMWD board, including Director Phil Williams, Director Darcy Burke, President Andy Morris and Director Harvey Ryan.

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ballast board housing unit in the empty slot and painting it yellow for easy identification. This solution eliminated the safety hazard and saved mechanics repair time through quick identification of the repair location. As a result, Smith received recognition and $250 from ACWA JPIA. Brian Vigil, preventative maintenance superintendent for EVMWD, was also recognized by ACWA JPIA for his contributions in improving existing operational practices. To address significant risks related to debris flow which impacted EVMWD facilities during the Holy Flood events last year, Vigil created a standard operations

procedure focused on asset protection and created a notification system with local stakeholders.

This work ultimately protected critical assets and customer access to water, as well as minimizing the risk of employee injuries. Vigil also received recognition and a $250 reward from JPIA. EVMWD’s board of directors celebrated these accomplishments with staff at the Thursday, Aug. 13, board meeting.

For more information, visit the EVMWD website at http://www. evmwd.com.

Submitted by Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.

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GOLF Junior golfers have success at local VJGA tournament JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

As July came to an end, a barrage of local junior golfers got back to doing what they love. The Valley Junior Golf Association hosted the Murrieta Junior Championship at The Golf Club at Rancho California and many talented locals came out swinging. The tournament took place July 29-30, and though there were many new guidelines to follow due to the current pandemic, it was business as usual for those competing.

Boys and girls, ages 7 to 18, competed throughout their divisions, which included par divisions as well. VJGA was created to educate young people about the game of golf, the skill, self-discipline, the competition and the joy of the game.

“It was a great couple of days on the course and we look forward to our next tournament,” Lou Skovron, PGA executive director of programs, said. “We are happy to provide golf tournaments, instruction, college information classes, rules, fitness classes and life skill classes to juniors between the ages of 4-18. It is our sincere hope that by participating in VJGA, members develop skills and memorable experiences that will last a lifetime.”

Here are the results for those finishers that are local to the area: Boys 15-18 (*indicates top finisher) *Alvaro Fonseca, 2022, Winchester: 70-69–139 Finley (Finn) Judge, 2021, Murrieta: 71-73–144 Glenn Meadows, 2022, Murrieta: 78-71–149 William Jacobsen, 2022, Temecula: 77-75–152 Nathan Vickery, 2021, Temecula: 77-77–154 Daniel Guerra, 2023, Temecula: 77-80–157 Brenden Wohlwend, 2021, Menifee: 82-78–160 Aiden Canada, 2022, Murrieta: 79-81–160 Bobby Erling, 2023, Temecula: 80-84–164 Rocco Judge, 2023, Murrieta: 93-77–170

Luke Smith, 2022, Temecula: 84-90–174 Weston Kingsley, 2023, Murrieta: 87-93–180 Ken Watanasiripong, 2022, Temecula: 92-88–180 Jake Cameron, 2023, Murrieta: 90-91–181 Ethan Nering, 2022, Menifee: 99-91–190 Boys 15-18 Par *Trevor Karan, 2022, Murrieta: 90-87–177 Maclain Brigham, 2024, Menifee: 88-96–184 Aaron Torres, 2023, Wildomar: 101-103–204 Tyler Humphrey, 2023, Temecula: 110-96–206 Zongren Huang, 2024, Temecula: 107-107–214 Boys 13-14 Koa Baur, 2024, Temecula: 70-75–145 Collin Roppe, 2024, Temecula: 76-74–150 Dominic Taverrite, 2024, Temecula: 84-80–164 Luke Bohmer, 2025, Temecula: 87-77–164 Jacob Vickery, 2025, Temecula: 95-81–176

Alvaro Fonseca of Winchester, who attends Temecula Valley High School, is the top performer at the Murrieta Junior Championship with a two-day score of 139.

Boys 13-14 Par Austin Smith, 2024, Temecula: 107-106–213 Boys 11-12 Harrison Budz, 2026, Temecula: 86-86–172 Alfredo Guerra, 2026, Temecula: 87-85–172 Camden Brown, 2026, San Clemente: 86-90–176 Maxwell Wrolstad, 2025, Fallbrook: 91-89–180 Lucas Nering, 2025, Menifee: 90-98–188 Jacob Palomares, 2026, Riverside: 98-90–188 Boys 11-12 Par *Max Layton, 2026, Temecula: 86-95–181 Jack Hanson, 2027, Winchester: 95-105–200 Xavier David, 2027, Temecula: 102-100–202 see GOLF, page C-2

Local junior golfers, ages 7 to 18, compete in late July at the Murrieta Junior Championship at The Golf Valley News/Andrez Imaging photos Club at Rancho California.

CIF Southern Section gives high school sports update

Rob Wigod, commissioner of CIF Southern Section, addresses members of the media at a recent virtual meeting.

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The CIF Southern Section offices recently released an update regarding the 2020-2021 high school sports Valley News/AC Sports photo seasons.

JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The CIF Southern Section offices released their latest updates regarding high school sports recently and announced their 2020-2021 goals. The CIF Southern Section executive committee, under the leadership of President Mike West,

held their first meeting of the 20202021 school year virtually Thursday, Aug. 13. At that meeting, the executive committee accepted the 2020-2021 CIF Southern Section goals in this update.

“We are ready to go in the effort to achieve all of our goals and look forward to reporting on our progress in the time ahead,” West said.

The new principal/athletic director workshops will be coming soon. There are two specific workshops designed for new principals and athletic directors scheduled Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon and Thursday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. These workshops will help athletic administrators prepare for the 2020-2021

school year. Guidelines for communication, new rules, review of eligibility, suggestions and best practices for athletic programs are just a few of the topics that will be covered. To register for one of these workshops, email Susan Miller at susanm@cifss.org. A specific invitation will be emailed to school administrators before the workshops.

Since the announcement of the 2020-2021 sports calendars, the CIF offices said the reaction has been positive.

“I have heard from countless principals, athletic directors and coaches, as well as read many news articles, in which those who were quoted spoke with purpose

and conviction in doing all they can to develop workable schedules that our student athletes and all our stakeholders are depending on,” Rob Wigod, commissioner of CIF Southern Section, said. “I am grateful to everyone who is continuing to work so diligently on accomplishing this task and am appreciative of the uplifting spirit which they are exhibiting throughout this process.”

As the school year begins and moves forward, CIF administrators said they want to be sure and let athletic directors know to invite them to any meetings as they are more than happy to join. see CIF, page C-2

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Boise State football players, with ties to the area, receive preseason recognition

Former Murrieta Valley High School standout and current Boise State quarterback, Hank Bachmeier, is named to the Preseason All-Mountain West team.

JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

After being selected as preseason favorites to win the Mountain Division, before the cancellation of the fall season, the Boise State University football team got some individual recognition. The Broncos had a league-high eight appearances on the Preseason AllMountain West team, including two local former standouts, former Murrieta Valley High School QB, Hank Bachmeier, and former Vista Murrieta High School WR, Khalil Shakir. The selections were voted on by media members who regularly cover the conference.

Bachmeier, the Boise State sophomore quarterback, and Shakir, the junior wide receiver, were named along with eight other selections, which was twice as many

as any other team. Colorado State and San Diego State, which was picked to win the West Division, both had four selections. Boise State and Colorado State universities were the only two teams to see players picked as offensive, defensive and special teams’ selections.

Noted as the first true freshman in the Football Bowl Subdivision era to start a season opener for Boise State at quarterback last year against Florida State, Bachmeier threw for 1,879 yards and nine touchdowns despite playing in just eight games. He missed six of Boise State’s 14 games due to injury. Shakir had 872 receiving yards last season and accounted for 10 touchdowns – catching six, running for three and throwing an 18-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Jaylon Henderson in a 42-9 win against New Mexico.

Khalil Shakir, a former standout at Vista Murrieta High School, is named to the Preseason All-Mountain West team after having 872 receiving yards last season with 10 Valley News/Boise State Athletics photos touchdowns.

2020 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team Offense QB: Hank Bachmeier, So., Boise State WR: Khalil Shakir, Jr., Boise State WR: Warren Jackson, Sr., Colorado State WR: Tre Walker, Sr., San José State RB: Charles Williams, Sr., UNLV RB: Xazavian Valladay, Jr., Wyoming OL: Parker Ferguson, Sr., Air Force OL: Nolan Laufenberg, Sr., Air Force OL: John Ojukwu, Jr., Boise State OL: Ilm Manning, Jr., Hawaii OL: Keegan Cryder, Jr., Wyoming

TE: Trey McBride, Jr., Colorado State Defense DL: Scale Igiehon, Jr., Boise State DL: Dom Peterson, Jr., Nevada DL: Cameron Thomas, So., San Diego State DL: Keshawn Banks, Jr., San Diego State LB: Demonte Meeks, Sr., Air Force LB: Riley Whimpey, So., Boise State LB: Dequan Jackson, Jr., Colorado State LB: Justin Rice, Sr., Fresno State DB: Kekaula Kaniho, Sr., Boise State DB: Avery Williams, Sr., Boise State DB: Darren Hall, Jr., San Diego State

DB: Tariq Thompson, Sr., San Diego State Specialists P: Ryan Stonehouse, Sr., Colorado State PK: Brandon Talton, So., Nevada KR: Savon Scarver, Sr., Utah State PR: Avery Williams, Sr., Boise State The Mountain West is now looking at playing some sort of football in the spring. Nobody really knows what that will look like, but one thing for sure is that it will not look like a full-on college football season that everybody is usually used to.

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

The Diamond in Lake Elsinore plays host to college Procase games JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

In early August, college baseball players took to the field at the Diamond in Lake Elsinore for a Procase game like no other. The “Strikeout For A Cause” games, which took CIF from page C-1 “We were able to attend many league meetings last spring and are prepared to do so again,” Wigod aid. “To get one of us on your league meeting schedule, please email me robw@cifss.org and we will make it happen.”

One of the latest updates also involves CIF Bylaw 503.G – Pre-Participation Physical Examination – the 30-day waiver for the pre-participation physical examination that was announced in June is no longer applicable given the delay of the fall season of sport to December. At this time, all students are expected to have a completed pre-participation examination on file with their school before participating in their next season of sport. The waiver forms have been removed from the CIF State website and a statement regarding this situation has been inserted in their place.

“I hope this information is useful to you moving forward and if you have any questions, or I can help you in any way at all, do not hesitate to contact me,” Wigod said. “My staff and I are ready, willing and able to assist you in

place July 31 to Aug. 2, was closed to the public, except for Major League Baseball scouts or agents, and featured local talent from Vista Murrieta High School. Recent 2020 Bronco grads, Zach Rodriguez, who is set to play baseball at the Division 1 collegiate level assuming any way we possibly can. Thank you very much for your help and support, it is truly appreciated. Be well, stay safe, take care and all the best to you and your families.”

The CIF offices are open with normal business hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For those looking to get in touch with the offices, phone service will resume, but no walkins will be permitted at this time.

Advanced in-person appointments or virtual meetings only will be allowed, and the office staff continue to be available via email as well. If someone who made an in-person appointment or a member of their family or staff are not feeling well at the time of the appointment, the offices ask that they either reschedule or participate in a virtual meeting instead. The offices will also continue to monitor the ever-changing situation involved with the COVID-19 pandemic in preparation of the fall and spring sports for the 2020-2021 school year.

For more information from the Southern Section offices, visit http://www.cifss.org.

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

there is a spring season due to the pandemic, was chosen to showcase his skills alongside other local and nonlocal players. Families could enter the stadium and could watch from the suites, or the pavilion, but due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, they could not sit in the stands, masks had to be worn and social distancing was enforced.

The mission of the organization is to provide the opportunity for college athletes at the highest levels to compete and showcase their athletic skills while regaining their form. Teams were formed to compete in the tournament and one of the teams included Rodriguez, who is headed to the University of California Santa Barbara. Players representing Domestic and General Insurance were the overall winners, claiming the first ever title of this specific event.

According to their website, “Strikeout For A Cause” is all about providing fun memorable experiences to our military community through sports, paying it forward while they play it forward and helping serve those who serve us. The organization is an active charity company with more than 15 years’ experience involved with the sports industry.

To find out more information visit http://www.strikeoutforacause. com.

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

GOLF from page C-1 Boys 9-10 *Charlie Bohmer, 2028, Temecula: 39-45–84 Cole Creasman, 2028, Temecula: 45-39–84 Trevor Roppe, 2028, Temecula: 47-39–86 Boys 9-10 Par *Jeffrey Thornton, 2028, Murrieta: 51-50–101 Michaelangelo Riley, 2028, Murrieta: 56-52–108

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Boys 7-8 *Brayden King, 2030, Hemet: 46-44–90 Girls 15-18 Mackenzie Carpenter, 2021, Temecula: 81-74–155 Kate Watanasiripong, 2022, Temecula: 79-76–155 Emma Mahaffey, 2022, Temecula: 86-80–166 Kailani Dugdale, 2022, Murrieta: 88-86–174 Jordyn Janert, 2022, Temecula: 92-86–178 Grayse Fa’asua, 2021, Tem-

University of California Santa Barbara baseball commit, Zach Rodriguez, a 2020 grad of Vista Murrieta High School, competes in the “Strikeout For A Cause” event at Storm Stadium recently.

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ecula: 103-95–198 Isabella Dempsey, 2022, Temecula: 99-103–202 Arianah Serrato, 2021, Murrieta: 106-103–209 Isabella Spinden, 2023, Murrieta: (JWD) Girls 13-14 Brooke Carpenter, 2024, Temecula: 86-82–168 Zariyah Bell-Kane, 2024, Rancho Cucamonga: 86-90–176 Sammy Shaw, 2024, Long Beach: 93-86–179 Gwyneth Dempsey, 2024, Temecula: 95-89–184 Caden Peterson, 2023, Menifee: 125-121–246 Girls 11-12 *Fay Jia, 2028, Murrieta: 4039–79 Laliny (Wren) Saithong, 2027, Murrieta: 43-43–86 Ziyue Bi, 2025, Temecula: 4246–88 Arianna Pascoe, 2026, Winchester: 47-47–94 The Valley Junior Golf Association is a 501 (3)(c) nonprofit

organization dedicated to young people and golf. VJGA was formed in 1987 to promote the traditions of golf and encourage competition and camaraderie among junior golfers. Statistics prove that 85% of juniors who participate in junior golf attend and graduate college.

“VJGA is proud of our ‘lifeskills’ curriculum entitled ‘18 Holes Fore Success,’” Skovron said. “Our program addresses the learning and preparation process of the game of golf and the game of life. VJGA is proud of our record of success with the juniors.”

VJGA boasts PGA and LPGA tour players Rickie Fowler, Brendan Steele, John Mallinger and Sydnee Michaels, while praising former members who have had success in business and life.

“We are also very thrilled to have alumni member’s children as current members,” Skovron said.

For more information on the Valley Junior Golf Association, visit http://www.vjga.org.

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

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MVUSD staff outlines virtual start of school year Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Mary Walters, assistant superintendent of educational services for the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, gave the board of education members and the community a rundown of the start of the 20202021 school year during the board’s Thursday, Aug. 13, virtual meeting.

MVUSD schools all began the school year with distanced learning Friday, Aug. 14.

“Our task forces have been busy preparing for the beginning of school like Mr. Kelley alluded to, our teachers, administrators, classified staff, district departments, and our ed services team have been working tirelessly to prepare for school reopening tomorrow,” Walters said. “We will be utilizing our new learning management system, Canvas, to house teacher and course content, provide a platform for discussions, announcements, assignments, assessments and grading.

“There is a huge difference between what we did in the spring to what we are going to offer our students tomorrow. The key expectations of virtual learning are that our students need device and internet connectivity, that there will be daily live instruction, that there will be rigorous standards equal to inperson instruction, that we will be utilizing Canvas, Microsoft teams or Zoom on a daily basis. There will be graded assignments, regular progress reports and report cards.

Daily attendance will be taken and there will be teacher virtual office hours for academic and other support,” she said.

Walters said she was confident that the new educational format will help teachers improve their craft and said a quality education will be given.

“We have provided our students and their families with written communications, with expectations, their schedules, technology, information, nutrition services and social-emotional, and mental health supports,” Walters said. “We have continued to post frequently asked questions to provide more information for our families. And lastly, our executive directors of elementary and secondary education have created informational videos.”

Next, each district director went through the plan for the elementary, middle school and high school start of school. Walters said those information videos were available to view on the district’s website.

Faythe Mutchnick, executive director of elementary instruction for MVUSD, presented and explained the planned virtual model for elementary schools.

“One of the biggest changes you will see is our use of live virtual instruction,” she said. “This will allow for a much greater level of interaction and connectedness.

“Overall, we want you to know that we are committed to delivering quality instruction and to positively impact student learning. We are in a learning process ourselves, but this is our key goal as we transition into the virtual learning model,” Mutchnick said.

Jennifer Schriver, executive director of secondary education at MVUSD, also gave a report.

“I think you’re going to like what

you see,” she said. “There is even an app for parents, and there are instructions on how to download and use it. Once you are familiar with Canvas, you will be able to monitor each of your students’ classes and assignments. Canvas is our key connection, our virtual learning environment.

“We have a few suggestions to support your student in virtual learning. Create a space in your home that is suitable for learning.

Make sure your student has a place work that is free from distractions that can happen around the house.

It’s important to have a place that allows them to focus on the work.

Make sure their materials and technology are organized in this space so that the student may readily access anything as needed. Netiquette is etiquette or the expectations of online engagement. Teachers will review expectations, please encourage these behaviors as well. This is an excellent opportunity to teach our students 21st-century skills that are also expected in the workplace,” Schriver said.

Earlier in the evening, during employee organizations communication, Kimberly Binning Chevlin, president of Murrieta Educators Association, gave an update on how the teachers were adapting and preparing for the upcoming start to school.

“There’s bound to be very stressed out teachers in our district,” Binning Chevlin said. “No matter, MEA members will be there for our students tomorrow and for the remainder. MVUSD does have outstanding educators and as such, they are dedicated to making the best of this pandemic situation. MVUSD students will be delivered rigorous lessons and they will learn.”

Anna Leos, president of CSEA Murrieta Valley Chapter 223, updated the board on the classified employees’ preparations and a recent memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the district and the union.

“In my past six-plus years on the negotiation team, I have never felt so scared to make the wrong decision for the members,” Leos said. “We weren’t only negotiating the normal contractual topics, we were now negotiating health check and safety of all the classified employees.

“During this time of uncertainty communication between the administrators and classified has been very lacking. This is a time of the unknown, and communication and transparency are vital. Our hope in moving forward is that classified members will feel respected and valued,” she said.

Superintendent Patrick Kelley also gave a report on the first day of school.

“In my 30-plus years in education, I’ve never experienced a first day of school like this,” he said.

“I want to acknowledge the tremendous effort that our employees are going through and the word ‘stress’ has been used. And that is an accurate word. It’s something that is being shared and shouldered throughout the community, whether it’s employees of the district or parents or students, this is a very different year and certainly not the ideal way that any of us would want to see a school year start. Neverthe-

JDS Creative Academy to begin arts classes TEMECULA – JDS Creative Academy, a nonprofit organization all about visual, performing and digital arts, begins classes the week of Aug. 24, and students’ work will be featured in the 2020 Winter Showcase that takes place annually in December.

The nonprofit hosts an array of different classes, events, camps and productions. In support of their mission to provide education, training and apprenticeship through handson skill training, they provide class for youth, teens and adults. Classes include acting, musical theater, backstage and set design, fashion and costume design, script writing and photography.

JDS Creative Academy can accommodate the current health circumstances and is offering all creative classes both virtually and in person. As JDS Creative Academy’s main mission is to provide the opportunity to gain creative enrichment, self-confidence, leadership and collaborative skills needed to advance to higher arts education, each of the classes are structured to encourage expressiveness in one’s

gifts and talents. Not only are the classes taught by industry professionals but the curriculum follows the STEAM model of education and demonstrates the value of the arts.

Beyond the curriculum, arts education can assist in decision making and problem-solving, personal development, focus and perseverance and is the foundation of expression.

Art is more than just design and beauty. It is an experience that is essential to cognitive functioning and the expression of oneself. No matter the form or medium, art inspires and enhances education, which is exactly what Diane and Scott Strand had in mind when they founded JDS Creative Academy in 2014.

As visionaries from the Hollywood scene, and successful entrepreneurs, they realized the lack of creative opportunities here in Riverside County.

Since then, it has been their mission to fill that void in the community.

Call the studio at 951-296-6715 or visit https://jdscreativeacademy. org/programs-page/ for more information.

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Patrick Kelley, superintendent of Murrieta Valley Unified School District, awards the 2020 Superintendent’s Circle of Excellence awards to Mike Ruiz and Jason Seipp of Vista Murrieta High School during the Thursday, Aug. 13, meeting of the MVUSD Board of Education.

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A screen shot shows the part of the 45-day budget revision presentation from Bill Olien, deputy superintendent of MVUSD.

less, I’m confident that the professionals have invested so much time and energy to do that.

“There certainly will be bumps, but they will continue to get better and better and better each day. I’m confident that we’ll have a good start,” he said.

Kelley also awarded the 2020 Superintendent’s Circle of Excellence awards to Mike Ruiz and Jason Seipp of Vista Murrieta High School, who helped the district transition into virtual learning at the end of the past school year.

“These two gentlemen, the words cannot express how valuable they are not to just the students at Vista Marietta High School, but to the students throughout Murrieta Valley Unified School District,” Kelley said.

The board also unanimously approved the consent calendar; the personnel report of new hires; the memorandum of understanding agreement between MVUSD and MEA outlining the negotiable impacts due to the mandated virtual learning model and the reopening of the MVUSD Child Development Center at Avaxat Elementary School.

Bill Olien, deputy superintendent at MVUSD, presented the board with the last big action item on the agenda, requesting approval of the 45-day budget revision for the upcoming school year.

“This is usually a very routine item and the purpose of that 45-day budget revision is to have any budget adjustments between the state adopted budget and the board ad-

opted budget,” Olien said. “As you know, the board adopts the budget by law before the end of June, and usually the state adopts the budget after that. During this particular time, there was so many changes as we illustrated during the budget adoption process that the board approved, and the number of changes were significant. There were big, significant differences between the legislature and the governor in terms of what the priorities were.

The budget was passed and we are required, of course, to come back to you with those changes.”

According to Olien, the state did not cut the budget, but there isn’t new money coming in either.

“When the budget was passed by the state the cost of living adjustment was adjusted down from 2.312%,” he said. “They did eliminate that correction factor, so they didn’t store those cuts. That kind of resulted in approximately $16 million above the adopted budget.”

Olien talked about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding that the district would receive and how they would spend it.

“Most of this has to be spent by December of this year,” he said.

“There are some additional portions of some other funds that will extend into the year as well. So that’s why it is showing that all the money’s been expended. Again, it is supporting learning loss mitigation. The kinds of things that we’re looking at supporting with this is staff development, devices and connectivity purchases, instructional supports.”

Olien also announced that the planned cuts for career technical education programs won’t need to happen after all.

“Fortunately, those funds were restored, so there is no cut and is approximately $744,000 above adopted budget, which again is not necessarily new money, but it’s just not the cut. We were fortunate to be spare a cut in career technical education as well,” he said.

Olien emphasized that the future is uncertain as well regarding the budget and how the district will be impacted by COVID-19 going forward.

“I think there is good news in this, in the sense that we are able to meet our finished fiscal obligations for the next couple of fiscal years,” he said. “There are some considerations and concerns we need to be watching. No one here is going to have a crystal ball to know where they’re going to go. And I think these are impacts that are just nationwide. What continued impacts are we going to have for COVID-19 for continued school closure or virtual learning? What are those kinds of additional costs that we haven’t anticipated that we’re gonna need to be available to support? (Personal protective equipment) and being able to support a safe environment in the school. And again, there may be additional considerations that we haven’t thought of that we need to continue to support.”

The board approved the revision unanimously.

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

Wildomar charter school plans on opening in-person Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

In a story first reported by KABC-TV in Los Angeles, the Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts in Wildomar plans to reopen its doors to students on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 24.

Barbara Hale, executive director of Sycamore Academy who also serves as the District 7 representative with the Riverside County Board of Education, responded to questions posed by Valley News recently.

“We are doing what we were asked to do, provide supervision, rigorous education and make sure our students have the resources and support they need,” Hale said. “I believe that the governor (Newsom) wants us to serve our students.”

But opening its doors Monday would mean they would be in direct violation of an order handed down by Gov. Gavin Newsom that schools should not be open

to in-person learning until the county’s bout with the coronavirus pandemic is more under control.

According to the KABC-TV report, the station obtained a copy of an email from Hale in which she said the school would be applying for child care licenses and that, “no such order exists” regarding mandates to close schools.

“We’ve learned that public schools are license-exempt so we can provide child care without a license,” Hale told Valley News, saying the process was coming along “very well.”

Hale also said that she doesn’t expect any blowback from the decision to open its doors from the charter’s sponsor district, Lake Elsinore Unified School District, or from the Riverside County Board of Education.

Valley News reached out to LEUSD for comment but received no response.

Craig Petinak, director of public relations and communications services for Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Judy

White, Ph.D., said White would not be commenting on the matter.

“Dr. White will not be commenting on this topic as Sycamore Academy is a charter school that is authorized by the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, not by the Riverside County Office of Education,” Petinak said.

Roland Skumawitz, board president of the Ronald Reagan Charter School Alliance, the governing board for the school, refused comment and directed all inquiries to Hale.

According to the KABC-TV report, Sycamore Academy will offer three options for students starting Monday – distanced learning from home by using Chromebooks provided by the school, home study packets with 90 minutes per week of remote time with a teacher and returning to the classroom.

Hale told KABC-TV’s Rob McMillan that each classroom would be limited to 14 students.

Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside see CHARTER, page C-4

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a summer of muddled messaging and bad news in the coronavirus fight, a trend crystallized recently by his delayed response to a data error that caused a backlog of nearly 300,000 virus test results.

“The buck stops with me; I’m accountable,” he said in a tense news conference, Monday, Aug. 10, his first appearance since state officials revealed the error a week earlier. “No one’s trying to hide that. No one’s trying to mask that; we’re owning that. We’re moving forward to address those issues.”

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conferences held almost daily, he announced the country’s first statewide stay-at-home order and won mostly adherence from the state’s 40 million residents.

But things began to change in May, when Newsom, under pressure from business leaders, allowed parts of the economy to begin reopening under a complicated, county-by-county process.

Within weeks he reversed course as confirmed cases and the positive test rate rose.

The data backlog, which began at the end of July and continued because of a series of errors, led to the state undercounting the rate of virus spread and halted decisionmaking about what parts of the economy could open. Newsom has repeatedly stressed that those decisions will be made based on data.

The snafu also poses a political problem for Newsom, a Democratic rising star who is up for reelection in 2022 and is believed to have his eye on even higher office. His decisions in the crisis will help forge his legacy – good or bad – and so far, they are getting mixed reviews.

“The reopening was inconsistent and confusing, the criteria that he had set up in order to enter those different phases he appeared to discard,” Rob Stutzman, a Republican and former communications adviser to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said, saying Newsom started out strong at the beginning.

Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in San Diego, said the data collection problem is related to the state’s abrupt reopening. California appeared to be on a “golden path” by shutting down early and leading the way in its effort to contain the virus. Since then, it’s been “one mistake after another” when

Newsom began allowing things to reopen, Topol said.

The surge of cases meant the state suddenly had more data than it could process, he said, asserting the state was woefully unprepared.

“You would think we could have the best IT for the pandemic.

There’s just no excuse. And we’ve had months,” he said.

Newsom’s announcement recently that things were trending in a positive direction was immediately overshadowed by news of the data errors. The state’s top public health official, Dr. Sonia Angell, abruptly resigned, and Newsom declined to get into the details. He later said “decisions were made” to change the team.

The glitch wasn’t the first time Newsom and his administration gave unclear or incomplete responses to coronavirus-related issues. Since early summer, schools had sought guidance from the state on when and how they could reopen, and by July, many districts were making decisions on their own. Then, Newsom announced schools in most counties couldn’t immediately reopen for in-person instruction, sending many parents into panic mode. He later clarified that some elementary schools could apply for waivers, though the process for doing so was far from simple.

Lawmakers from both parties have also criticized him for not acting swiftly enough to fix problems at the state employment department, as some claimants face weekslong delays to get unemployment checks.

Advocates also said Newsom’s administration failed to act quickly enough to protect Latino workers from the coronavirus and its economic harm. Latinos make up nearly 60% of the state’s confirmed cases even though they represent

In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom removes his face mask before giving an update on the state’s initiative to provide housing for homeless Californians amid the coronavirus pandemic, during a visit AP photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File photo to Pittsburg.

39% of California’s population.

Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, CEO of California’s Latino Community Foundation, said access to financial help for those who have lost jobs has been difficult.

“Why is it that the fifth-largest economy in the world and the tech hub of the country and the world can’t figure out the computer problems that we’re having for people to access unemployment?” she said.

Republican Assemblymember Kevin Kiley, a frequent Newsom critic, called for a legislative oversight hearing about the data failures, but Democratic Speaker Anthony Rendon isn’t planning one.

“For months Californians have put their lives on hold based on data. Now we’ve learned the data is wrong, and the Assembly can’t be bothered to investigate,” Kiley said in a statement.

Others said the governor is operating in an unprecedented crisis.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.

For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener said Newsom and his team “have been drinking water from a fire hose” for months.

“No matter what he does he will be criticized. He’ll be criticized for not doing enough to restart the economy, or he will be criticized for reopening too quickly leading to more virus spread,” Wiener said. “My take is that he has accepted that, and that’s the price of leadership.”

AP writer Adam Beam also contributed to this report.

Appeals court rules Amazon liable for third-party seller defective products City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

An appeals court ruled Thursday, Aug. 13, that Amazon can be held strictly liable in California for defective products sold on its virtual marketplace through third-party vendors, overturning a lower court’s decision that the company was not liable when a laptop battery sold to a San Diego woman exploded, causing thirddegree burns.

Amazon argued it was not liable

for the injuries Angela Bolger suffered in 2016 because it did not distribute, manufacture or sell the product and operated more as a service provider.

After Bolger filed suit, a lower court ruled in Amazon’s favor last year, but a three-justice panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal reversed the decision Thursday.

The appeals court ruled that despite the fact that a third-party vendor – Lenoge, also known as E-Life – sold the battery, Amazon controlled various aspects of the

transaction, including marketing the product, billing Bolger and shipping it to her in Amazonbranded packaging.

“But for Amazon’s own acts, Bolger would not have been injured. Amazon’s own acts, and its control over the product in question, form the basis for its liability,” according to the appeals court opinion. “Nothing aside from Amazon’s own choices required it to allow Lenoge to offer its product for sale, to store Lenoge’s product at its warehouse, to accept Bol-

ger’s order, or to ship the product to her. It made these choices for its own commercial purposes. It should share in the consequences.”

Amazon could not immediately be reached for comment regarding whether it would appeal the decision.

One of Bolger’s attorneys, Jeremy Robinson, said, “It is impossible to overstate the magnitude of this ruling. Consumers across the nation will feel the impact of this.”

Appeals court tosses California ban on highcapacity firearm magazines City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A federal appeals court threw out California’s ban on highcapacity ammunition magazines Friday, Aug. 14, upholding a San Diego federal judge’s ruling that the law was unconstitutional.

The order from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that banning magazines that hold more than 10 rounds violates the Second Amendment.

In the majority opinion, U.S. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lee said that the law’s “sweeping scope and

breathtaking breadth” is a substantial burden on Second Amendment rights, as magazines holding more than 10 rounds account for nearly half of the nation’s magazines and are largely used for lawful purposes.

“We understand the purpose in passing this law,” according to the opinion. “But even the laudable goal of reducing gun violence must comply with the constitution. California’s near-categorical ban of LCMs infringes on the fundamental right to self-defense.

It criminalizes the possession of half of all magazines in America.

It makes unlawful magazines that are commonly used in handguns by law-abiding citizens for selfdefense. And it substantially burdens the core right of self-defense guaranteed to the people under the Second Amendment. It cannot stand.”

U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn dissented, stating that the law does not substantially burden Second Amendment rights because it does not prevent citizens from using “handguns or other weapons in self-defense.”

She said that “the prohibition on LCMs is more analogous to a

restriction on how someone exercises their Second Amendment rights, by restricting the number of bullets a person may shoot from one firearm without reloading.”

The ruling affirms U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez’s decision in 2019 that the law violated the Second Amendment rights of gun owners and that its passage was an overreaction to high-profile gun crimes.

Benitez issued his ruling in favor of several San Diego County gun owners who argued the ban burdened lawful gun owners and did little to reduce gun violence.

Trainee dies during class at Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Authorities said Wednesday, Aug. 12, that a trainee involved in a class at the Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center in Riverside fell ill and died but offered no immediate word on what might CHARTER from page C-3 County’s public health officer, provided KABC-TV with a statement regarding the school’s intentions.

“What the school is doing is illegal, and while it is a viewpoint some schools in Riverside County have embraced, it has no basis in jurisprudence,” Kaiser said in a statement to KABC. “The opinion of our county counsel is that the state’s guidance has the full force and effect of law, is mandatory, and applies to public and private schools equally. Should these

have happened to him.

The recruit, who was assigned to the academy by an agency contracting with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for use of the facility, died Tuesday morning, according to sheriff’s Cpl. Lionel Murphy.

He said the victim, whose iden-

tity was not disclosed, became ill about 7 a.m. for unspecified reasons, prompting staff to call for an ambulance.

“Upon (paramedics’) arrival, the recruit lost consciousness and lifesaving measures were performed,” Murphy said.

The man was taken to River-

side University Medical Center in Moreno Valley, where he was pronounced dead.

Sheriff’s officials declined to state which public safety agency employed the trainee, or any other details regarding the nature of the training and the circumstances leading up to his death.

schools reopen, we would refer them to the state for enforcement.”

Kaiser also sent a memo to all Riverside County school districts recently that indicated that while the state mandates suggest that waivers would be available for schools and districts, Riverside County currently doesn’t qualify.

“Riverside County does not currently meet the state’s threshold to begin accepting waivers,” according to the statement released by the county.

Hale, who was elected in 2016 to the Riverside County Board of Education, represents Temecula

Valley Unified, Murrieta Valley Unified and Lake Elsinore Unified school districts, did not respond to a Valley News questions regarding Kaiser’s statement.

But she did respond to a question about how parents and students are responding to the school’s plans.

“Parents are desperate for help, and they appreciate the steps we are taking to ensure safety while providing the resources their children need,” Hale said. “We have been flooded with applications since the channel 7 interview but we are unable to take more students.”

Sycamore Academy was authorized by LEUSD in 2009 and opened with 240 students in September of that year. The school was and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, gaining full accreditation for a K-6 program. LEUSD renewed Sycamore Academy for another five-year term and expanded to teach through eighth grade in 2018.

For more information, visit https://sycamoreacademychartercv.org.

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

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Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty to making false statement in predicate to Trump-Russia probe VALLEY NEWS STAFF

According to reports by The Associated Press, a former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. attorney John Durham’s investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign, his lawyer said Friday, Aug. 14.

Kevin Clinesmith is accused of altering a government email about former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page who was a target of secret FBI surveillance, according to documents filed in Washington’s federal court. His lawyer, Justin Shur, told The Associated Press that Clinesmith intends to plead guilty to the single false statement count and that he regrets his actions.

The case against Clinesmith was cheered by President Donald Trump and his supporters as they look to the Durham investigation to expose what they see as one of many improper actions to fraudulently create predicate by the White House and the FBI to open an investigation into whether the Trump campaign was coordinating with the Kremlin to sway the outcome of the 2016 election.

“The fact is they spied on my campaign and they got caught,” Trump told reporters at the White House Friday.

His political campaign issued a statement saying, “abuses of power” in the Russia investigation “represent the greatest political

crime in American history” and everyone involved should be held accountable.

“I think our nation was turned on its head for three years based on a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by a completely irresponsible press,” attorney general William Barr said of the Russia probe in 2019.

“I think there were gross abuses... and inexplicable behavior that is intolerable in the FBI.” Attorney Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, who works to uncover FBI documents related to the investigation said, “Obamagate is now officially a crime. We had an FBI lawyer who was instrumental in the illicit spying on the president of the United States and his team, admit to committing a crime to get it done.”

The five-page charging document is limited and does not allege criminal wrongdoing by anyone other than Clinesmith. According to the document, the FBI relied on Clinesmith’s misrepresentations while renewing its surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

The Durham probe, which also examines the intelligence community’s assessment about Russian election interference, has caused concern among Democrats, who view it as a politically charged exercise meant to relitigate a closed investigation. They fear that charges or public reports issued so close to the 2020 election could affect the vote.

Durham’s inquiry proceeded alongside an effort by Senate Republicans to investigate whether there was a predicate to initiate an investigation or whether it was a political effort to discredit Trump.

Barr escalated his own criticism of the FBI’s probe and whether documents released recently have called into question the validity of information the FBI relied on, particularly from the dossier of Democratic-funded research, when the agency applied for applications to surveil Page.

It remains unclear what additional charges, if any, Durham, a veteran prosecutor, might bring.

Justice Department policy directs prosecutors not to take investigative actions aimed at affecting an election or that could advantage or disadvantage a candidate. Barr said he does not feel constrained by that policy because the presumptive Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, is not a target of Durham’s investigation.

The inspector general’s office concluded in December that the Russia investigation was opened for a valid reason, but it also identified significant “errors and omissions” in surveillance applications filed in 2016 and 2017 that targeted Page.

Clinesmith is pleading guilty after Durham charged him with fraudulently altering his communication with the CIA. Clinesmith emailed the CIA asking if Carter Page was a CIA source. The CIA responded that Page was indeed

a CIA source, and Clinesmith is accused of changing that email to read that Page is “not a source” for another government agency.

Page also wrote a letter to former FBI director James Comey that he was a CIA source. The fraudulent document was one of the documents which the investigation and accusations of the Russia-Trump probe was based upon. Clinesmith said that Page not being a CIA asset would need to be disclosed as the FBI applied to the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to renew its surveillance of Page.

In June 2017, the documents showed Clinesmith was provided with information about Page’s relationship with the agency, which approved him as an “operational contact” between 2008 and 2013.

When an FBI colleague who was preparing the surveillance application followed up by instant message with Clinesmith on whether Page had ever been a government source, Clinesmith responded that Page had “never been a source,” according to court documents.

When asked if he had that information in writing, the documents alleged Clinesmith altered an email he had received from the other agency by adding the words “and not a source” and forwarded it to the FBI supervisory special agent.

The FBI relied on those misrepresentations in its final surveillance application and omitted that information about Page, prosecutors alleged, even though any

relationship between Page and the government would have to be disclosed to the FISA court as it could explain interactions Page had with Russians.

“Kevin deeply regrets having altered the email,” Shur said in a statement. “It was never his intent to mislead the court or his colleagues, as he believed the information he relayed was accurate, but Kevin understands what he did was wrong and accepts responsibility.”

Barr appointed Durham weeks after special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his nearly two-year investigation.

Mueller found significant contacts during the 2016 campaign between Russians and Trump associates but did not allege a criminal conspiracy between them. He also examined multiple episodes in which Trump allegedly sought to affect the Russia investigation, but he did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump had obstructed justice. Trump said from the beginning that it was a “witch hunt” that should never happen again to any president.

Barr signaled his skepticism, concluding that Trump had not obstructed justice even though Mueller had pointedly left that question unresolved.

Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo from The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Valley News Staff can be reached by email at valleystaff@reedermedia.com.

More US churches sue to challenge COVID-19 restrictions David Crary THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Churches in California and Minnesota, backed by a conservative legal group, filed lawsuits recently against the governors of their states challenging restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak that they contend are violations of religious liberty.

They’re the latest in a long series of legal challenges, many of them in California, pitting clerics and houses of worship who believe they should be exempt from certain restrictions on public gatherings against governors who insist the measures are needed to rein in the pandemic. Most of the suits have been rebuffed; some have succeeded.

The Thomas More Society, which specializes in litigation on religious issues, filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Aug. 12, in California Superior Court against Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials. It seeks to prevent the enforcement of “unconstitutional and onerous coronavirus pandemic regulations” against Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley.

The pastor, John MacArthur, has been holding services in recent weeks attended by throngs of worshippers in defiance of state and county limits on gatherings.

“We will obey God rather than men,” MacArthur said in a message to his congregation. “He will be on our side.”

MacArthur was greeted with applause Sunday when he welcomed worshippers to his church’s “peaceful protest.”

One of the two Thomas More lawyers representing MacArthur and his church is Jenna Ellis, who also is a senior legal adviser to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.

“California’s edicts demanding an indefinite shutdown have gone now far past rational or reasonable and are firmly in the territory of tyranny and discrimination,” Ellis said. “This isn’t about health. It’s about blatantly targeting churches.”

The lawsuit contends that restrictions on large gatherings should not be enforced at churches because they were not enforced on large demonstrations against racism and police brutality.

Officials in California, where COVID-19 cases have been surging in recent weeks, said strict restrictions remain necessary in Los Angeles County and other counties that are on a state monitoring list for high rates of new infections.

Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit against the church Thursday seeking to have in-door, in-person worship services stopped. The lawsuit also seeks to have the church comply with health order requirements, including the use of face

covers and physical distancing at outdoor services.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office referred a request for comment to Newsom’s office, as the new lawsuit addresses the governor’s executive order. Representatives for Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Across the country the vast majority of churches have cooperated with health authorities and successfully protected their congregations. Yet from the earliest phases of the pandemic, and continuing to this day, some worship services and other religious activities have been identified as sources of local outbreaks.

A few churches have been openly defiant, including one in California’s Ventura County which held indoor worship services Sunday despite a judge’s temporary restraining order.

Rob McCoy, pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, had vowed to continue in-person services even though the order cited “an immediate threat to public health and safety.”

On Tuesday, a different judge declined a county request to order the immediate closure of the church and scheduled a hearing for Aug. 21.

In Minnesota, a lawsuit was filed Thursday, Aug. 13, in federal court challenging Gov. Tim Walz’s executive orders requiring 6-foot social distancing and the wearing of face masks at worship services.

“Gov. Walz, a former teacher, gets an F in religious liberties,” Erick Kaardal, special counsel for the Thomas More Society, said. “Other states, including Texas, Illinois and Ohio, have excluded churches from COVID-19 mask mandates.”

Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison reiterated his defense of Walz’s order, saying it was legally and constitutionally sound.

Teddy Tschann, representative for Walz, said the governor was within his authority taking the action and added that all Walz’s actions have been grounded in the desire to keep Minnesotans safe.

Walz had been embroiled in a battle with Roman Catholic and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations across Minnesota over restrictions he placed on gatherings of more than 10 people.

He relented and said they could hold services at 25% of capacity if certain conditions were met after they made it clear they planned to defy the order.

Earlier in August, a pastor in Palmetto, Florida, filed a suit challenging Manatee County’s mask mandate. The Rev. Joel Tillis of Suncoast Baptist Church said the order shouldn’t extend to houses of worship because it hinders prayer.

Earlier in 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings

in a suit filed by South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista.

Most recently, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal, July 24, by a rural Nevada church in a 5-4 decision joined by Chief Justice John Roberts but sharply criticized in three separate conservative dissents. In addition to lax enforcement of social distancing at protests, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley argued Nevada’s 50-person cap on worship services was unconstitutional because casinos and other businesses currently can operate at 50% of capacity.

Justice Neil Gorscuch said, “There is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel.”

Religious plaintiffs have prevailed in some litigation, however.

In June, a federal judge blocked New York state from enforcing restrictions on indoor religious gatherings to 25% capacity when other types of gatherings were limited to 50%.

The plaintiffs, represented by the Thomas More Society, were two Catholic priests from Upstate New York and three Orthodox Jewish congregants from Brooklyn. They argued that the restrictions violated their First Amendment rights to practice their religion.

The society also claimed a victory in May when Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker withdrew certain pandemic-related mandates on houses of worship.

In the new Minnesota case, the plaintiffs were Protestant churches in the towns of Alexandria, Buffalo and Crosby, along with their pastors.

“Our people are commanded to meet together in fellowship,” Eric Anderson, pastor of Life Spring Church in Crosby, said at a news conference Thursday. “They can’t fellowship with masks on their faces.”

Kaardal, the Thomas More Society lawyer, argued that Walz’s executive order usurped the legislature’s lawmaking powers.

The Associated Press religion coverage receives support from the Lilly Endowment through the Religion News Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for this content.

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Bringing a pet home for the first time – even if the household already has other pets – can be an exciting moment. However, it’s important to involve the whole family in discussing whether the family will foster or adopt, and what each family member’s responsibilities with the new pet will be. It also takes preparation and patience to ensure a smooth transition.

Regardless of the type of companion the family is welcoming into the home, adjusting to a new environment can be overwhelming and could lead to anxiety. Because dogs and cats do not communicate like humans, they often express anxiety by misbehaving, which makes it important to be willing to spend the first several days bonding with the pet and forming good habits.

Visit the local shelter or animal welfare organization to complete necessary forms and background check, and consider this advice from the experts at PetSmart to help set the family and their new furry friend up for a successful homecoming.

Introduce the new pet to current pets.

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duction with any current pets to help make the transition easier. For dogs, schedule the initial meeting at a neutral environment outside of the home. Cats typically need a more gradual introduction to get comfortable. Start by keeping felines in separate rooms with their own litter boxes, but let them see each other periodically through a glass window to get used to sharing the space. Allowing pets to play with each other’s toys can also create familiarity with their new housemate’s scent.

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Look past the ‘bombshell’ headlines and clickbait

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

I watch a lot of congressional and Senate hearings as well as news conferences. That way I can get my information firsthand, without bias, as with our local city and county meetings.

Having said that, I sat in horror as I watched the congressional hearing with Attorney General William Barr, July 28. I have never seen such an orchestrated effort to shut someone down and bully them for hours. At least Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was able to defend himself. It was truly sad and disgusting. Don’t get me

wrong, it’s not unusual for congressional members to interrupt and be rude, but not to this degree. It was clearly just a four-hour public relations stunt to create headlines, soundbites, click bait for the complicit news and social media to influence public opinion. Never mind whether it’s true or not, it’s all about ratings and elections.

Barr came voluntarily, and this time, it was the Democrats who grilled him on protecting federal buildings; Portland, Oregon; his opinion on tear gas and whether it was an appropriate response for rioters. He was asked if he was a lackey for the president and at one point even that he was responsible for murder.

The worst part was that for almost four hours, every time he was asked a question from a Democrat member and started to answer, immediately the Congress member would shout, “Reclaiming my time, reclaiming my time,” shutting down his answer. One Congress member asked him a question, and when he started to answer she immediately shouted him down accusing him of refusing to answer her questions, even adding that she couldn’t believe

how he was refusing to answer over his attempt to answer. He was told “Shame on you.” It was a total clickbait hearing. It served no other purpose. At one point, Barr said, when they wouldn’t allow him to answer their accusations, “I thought this was a hearing and the purpose was for me to be heard.”

My hope is that the Democrats on that committee are not representative of the whole party.

After much frustration, Barr asked the committee, “Can any of you just come out and say that it’s not OK to burn down federal courthouses?” There was dead silence. That moment was surprising even to me.

In an interview later with Mark Levine, Barr said, “They (Democrats) talk about the rule of law, the importance of the federal legal system and the protection of civil rights. At the heart of that is our court system, and not one of them piped up saying, ‘No it’s not OK to be burning down federal courts.”

Barr said, “I have the perspective of having been attorney general 30 years ago and now, and I thought things were partisan and tough 30 years ago. (It was) nothing compared to today; things have

fundamentally changed.

“I think what’s happened is that the left-wing has really withdrawn and pulled away from the umbrella of classical liberal values that have undergirded our society since our founding. And within the family, we’ve had two ways of resolving disputes. One is discussion, the dialectic, the marketplace of ideas, trying to arrive at the truth.

“We had an idea that there was some truth to arrive at. And then if we couldn’t reach agreement, we would vote, and that’s how we operated,” he said.

He said they aren’t interested in compromise or dialectic exchange of views. He said they view their political opponents as evil because they stand in the way of their “progressive utopia” that they’re trying to reach. He said that’s what gives the intensity to the partisan feeling today. He also called them cowards who are only concerned with power and saving their jobs.

In the Levine interview, he said that he thought they were afraid to let him answer their questions. It was ironic that they were accusing him of securing favors for Trump by politicizing the Department of Justice, when Barr has stated

clearly that he is doing just the opposite and he said he has been completely independent from Trump in running the Department of Justice.

Barr said that he is working to restore integrity to the Justice Department because it has been politicized and used as a weapon for political purposes, as it was with the Russia investigation against Trump and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

The DOJ is expected to present indictments in the next few months from U.S. attorney John Durham who was appointed previously to serve as a special prosecutor on this and four other separate occasions, including corruption in the FBI. It is a deeper dive into the FBI on the heels of what Inspector General Michael Horowitz found and reported to DOJ and the Senate last year. He found 17 major “mistakes,” lies and fraud, even as it relates to documents given to the FISA court.

It will be important to follow the facts and not get distracted by emotional nightly “news” anchors and constant clickbait.

Julie Reeder can be reached by email at jreeder@reedermedia. com.

Water delivery agreement between EVMWD and LEAPS project ended years of litigation and defined roles Greg Thomas ELSINORE VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT

As the Lake Elsinore Advanced Pumped Storage, or LEAPS, hydroelectric project proceeds with licensing approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, local roles have been defined with a water delivery agreement following years of litigation over project details.

With recent community workshops and new information disseminated, it is important that accurate information be provided to the public. EVMWD is not a partner in LEAPS. Under a 2018 agreement to settle ongoing litigation between EVMWD and Nevada Hydro, the project’s proponent, Nevada Hydro would be able to deposit imported water into Lake Elsinore for its operations. Nevada Hydro will be responsible for the costs of securing

and delivering this additional water and the district would convey it through our distribution system should the LEAPS project receive federal licensing approval.

As with all California water districts, EVMWD is dedicated to more than just providing safe, reliable water to your taps. We are tasked with balancing the use, preservation and ensuring supplies are there to sustain future generations.

EVMWD is proud to lead the region in responsibly and sustainably managing our water resources. The steps we take now to protect, preserve and expand our supply will benefit our region, and California’s water landscape, for years to come.

At EVMWD, we are known for our innovative accomplishments and using new technology and creative methods to support these efforts – from cutting-edge

conservation programs to leading recycled water production. Every decision we make, including long-term planning, infrastructure upgrades, design of customer programs and rate-setting factors in the requirement that we think ahead and safeguard our supplies.

We have invested millions of dollars to safeguard and expand water resources, maintain over 700 miles of pipes, associated pumps and other system components, as well as increase sewer capacity and drought resilience.

These investments are funded with support from customers, developers and grants pursued by EVMWD and continue to promote a healthy and vibrant local economy and quality of life.

EVMWD carefully evaluates every large-scale development proposed within our service area, making sure a 20-year water supply is in place – even during

drought scenarios. It is required by state law, and projects that don’t meet this standard must adapt by finding additional water supplies, reducing project size or otherwise altering their plans. A project must have a “will-serve” letter from the district before it can proceed.

This level of scrutiny is essential for the district and its customers, working with our stakeholders and partners to balance growth with water supply and sewer capacity.

Recent examples of this include the recent homes built in Canyon Hills, Summerly and Wildomar areas, which developers purchased system capacity to ensure water for incoming families and the Santa Rosa Water Reclamation Facility rehabilitation project, which came after forming a joint powers authority with Western Municipal Water District in Riverside and Rancho California Water

District in Temecula, which improved sewer service to customers in that area.

The district is sometimes asked to convey water as part of projects, such as is the case with the LEAPS project. EVMWD will deliver the water through our pipelines to Lake Elsinore. Like other new projects brought to our community, EVMWD customers will not pay for any portion of the project.

EVMWD is here to serve the water needs of our community over the long term, and we work to balance meeting multiple demands while preserving and protecting our water supply, reducing dependence on imported water and forward planning to ensure a sustainable water future.

Greg Thomas is the general manager of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.

Temecula Valley educators recommend Loner, Skumawitz and Schwartz in 2020 TVUSD school board district elections Jeff Kingsberg TEMECULA VALLEY EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Temecula Valley Unified School District residents have an opportunity to make a change for the better this fall. Trustees are to be elected in Districts 1, 4 and 5.

The TVUSD governing board has an important obligation as an oversight body. Elected by the community, they provide a critical check and balance against the passions of the TVUSD executive cabinet. The currently composed TVUSD governing board has fallen short in meeting this obligation since the COVID-19 period fell upon California schools in March. The board seems to lack confidence and cohesiveness as a group and appears indecisive.

Meetings have lingered on inefficiently, often into the four to five- hour range. Board member responses to staff reports center around laudatory comments for the fact the staff is sharing their hard work with them. The TVUSD governing board should provide the community productive, efficient meetings which provide salient and time-sensitive information.

While the governing board should not be combative with the district office, it also should not be an overly cozy relationship. The TVUSD governing board should not act as simply an extension of the cabinet, and at worst as a “TVUSD Cheerleading Squad.”

The governing board as community representatives should not be perceived as a “rubber stamp” for

district initiatives.

The Temecula Valley Educators Association sought to meet with potential TVUSD candidates throughout the 2019-2020 year.

In May, our political action committee conducted a full day of interviews, and action on their recommendations were taken by both the 12-member TVEA executive board and the 75 member TVEA leadership council.

TVEA is proud to recommend the following candidates for election to the 2020 Temecula Valley Unified School Board.

Trustee Area-1: Steve Loner Loner is the parent of four TVUSD students, three of whom are enrolled at Ysabel Barnett Elementary and a sixth grader starting at Day Middle School. He

Paying for Schools Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Schools are essential, and the need to educate our children is not negotiable. The 2020-2021 budget package maintained school funding based on 2019-2020 attendance levels, which essentially placed a funding cap on all schools, even those experiencing high levels of growth.

Before enactment of this year’s education trailer bill, Senate Bill 98, school districts were “held harmless” over declining year-toyear enrollment. If the district lost students, it would still be funded at last year’s level. If the school added students, it would receive more money. But under SB 98, a growing school does not generate more money. If the school has 10% or even 100% more children,

it receives funding based on the same number of students it served last year Each student typically generates an average of $10,300 through the Local Control Funding Formula.

A recent analysis projects LCFF costs that are more than $500 million lower than the amount budgeted in 2020-2021 due to this change in attendance funding. Let me be clear – this money for schools was included in the budget, but unless the law is changed, growing schools will not receive it. These restrictions fall on charter schools as well as traditional schools in areas experiencing rapid growth, such as southwest Riverside and north inland San Diego counties in my district. Conversely, areas not experiencing much growth, like Los Angeles and San Francisco, may see little impact.

That’s why I joined many of my

Assembly colleagues in a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking that this funding formula be revised.

In his budget-signing message, the governor indicated that he recognized problems with this formula and that changes would be necessary.

The money for schools was included in the budget. It’s imperative that we change the law to ensure funding for all our growing schools.

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

has been instrumental as a parent at Barnett, working with PTA and LCAP groups collaboratively to seek continuous site improvement. He is a fire captain for the city of Riverside, and he brings sorely needed crisis management skills to the board. Loner will insist on a strong vision for the future, open communication and foster TVUSD students growing to become strong, empathetic and successful adults.

Trustee Area-4: Adam Skumawitz Skumawitz is a financial planner and former professional soccer player as well as a CIF champion soccer coach for TVUSD. His wife Jennifer is an LCAP counselor at Temecula Middle School. They have three children, two of whom are elementary students at Abby Reinke Elementary. In his previous term on the governing board, Skumawitz asked many questions, urging fellow board members and staff to think “outside the box” and avoid complacency. He seeks more transparency and efficiency from our district and seeks to make TVUSD a district that inspires students, staff and families through a commitment to innovation.

Tr u s t e e A re a - 5 : S t e v e n Schwartz Schwartz is a retired teacher who taught elementary and middle school in New York as well as at Mt. San Jacinto College. He holds a master’s degree in education as well as an advanced degree in administration and supervision from

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He and his wife have grown children and grandchildren who live in San Diego. Schwartz’s platform as a TVUSD board member includes: teacher involvement and training in providing special education services, budget analysis with a review of administrative versus classroom spending and promoting cultural awareness by integrating the themes of racism and prejudice into curriculum where applicable.

Loner, Skumawitz and Schwartz will bring a variety of professional experiences both inside and outside of education. They have a combination of the necessary drive and tenacity to move TVUSD forward in these challenging times, while maintaining compassion for the critical roles played by teachers, students and parents in making TVUSD successful.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made for an uncertain time for our schools. Skilled and strong leadership is a must to navigate the waters moving ahead. Become educated about the candidates.

Educate others. Expect your vote by mail ballot to arrive in early October. Complete it with the rest of your ballot and return by “Election Day” Nov. 3. This is an opportunity to take TVUSD governance to the next level.

Jeff Kingsberg is a 34-year TVUSD high school social science teacher. He has served as the elected president of the Temecula Valley Educators Association since 2014.

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What values do you put in your Jewish box?

Rabbi Marc Rubenstein SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

What is it like to come to a Rosh Hashanah service on a Friday night? On this sacred evening, we can easily imagine all the cars traveling right now back and forth and all the people who are unaware that Rosh Hashanah is one of the holiest nights of the Jewish year.

It ought to make a deep impression on us. We are banded together as a congregation to worship, to pray, to reflect and hopefully to mend our ways. And I ask you, why have you come? What values do you hold that make attendance at services on Rosh Hashanah and at other times meaningful to you?

Since we live a large part of our lives outside the Jewish tradition, our lives are often divided into

compartments or boxes for our occupation, family, education, etc.

Those boxes are secular boxes.

Then there’s the Jewish box.

What are the values in your box that are important enough to keep you from disappearing into the majority? Why are you participating in Rosh Hashanah and not on your way to your usual weekend activities?

I will speak about three values I put in my Jewish box.

Community Being a member of the Jewish people gives me a sense of belonging.

“Friends are needed for joy as well as sorrow,” according to a Yiddish proverb. Religion as a word is derived from the same Latin root as the word ligament. The root “lig” is common to both words and means “to tie, to bind.” Just as a ligament ties bone to bone, religion ties person to person.

There’s a Jewish value called seudat mitzvah, the religiously mandated meal. Sharing a meal is more than meeting our biological needs; it is also an emotional event.

People who have eaten together can never think of themselves as strangers again. Sharing a meal is a way of making the participants feel that they are linked to each other.

The late Rabbi Milton Steinberg

said that “ritual as fellowship” is one of the strongest reasons for Jewish observance. Our solidarity as a group is firm when we act together and alike. We are never surer of ourselves as Jews “than in the hours when all Jews everywhere engage in identical religious acts – on Passover Eve, for example, or on the Day of Atonement. What is more, (we) will tend to be stronger in (our) own convictions for the knowledge that (we) do not stand alone in either faith or its expression, but that those like-minded with (us) make up a numerous and distinguished company.”

So the first value in my Jewish box is being here with my fellow Jews in solemn assembly on this most sacred day on the Jewish calendar.

Character formation Being a member of the Jewish people ties me to a religious society that is rooted in the concept of ethical monotheism: one God who demands moral behavior and personal accountability of us.

It seems hard to find God in the current mess the world is in.

Radical Islamic terrorists every week ratchet up with their acts of barbarism the horrors we see on our TV and computer screens. AntiSemitism is rampant at the United Nations, throughout the Muslim

world and in certain quarters in Europe. Natural disasters like hurricanes wreak havoc over vast areas.

Yet, without God, it would be a world where no one would be outraged by cruelty and hatred, a world where no one would be inspired to put an end to it. If we let ourselves become the channels through which God’s love and caring flow on their way to help others, then our moral character will be continually strengthened.

According to Psalm 146, God is the one “who secures justice for those who are wronged; who gives bread to the hungry; who restores sight to the blind; who makes those who are bent stand upright; who watches over the stranger.”

These are divine activities, but these are not descriptions of how God uses his time. These are not things God does; these are the things we do, and when we do them, God is present in our lives and those whom we help feel that God is present in their lives too.

Legacy Being a member of the Jewish people means that I have the responsibility to form the bond that will tie the generations that are to come with the generations that have gone. This interconnectedness is clearly articulated with an analogy based on a tree.

The Jews now living are the leaves on the Jewish tree. Our historical roots are deep, going down centuries and centuries and sending up to us nourishment, in particular the nurturing thought that our spiritual heritage has shaped the moral values of the Western world, and that there is still more that the Jewish people can contribute to the betterment of all. While we live, we commit ourselves to doing what we can.

I ask each of you to consider the same question: “What are the values you put into your Jewish box?”

In Deuteronomy, it teaches that all men and women are endowed by the Creator with the freedom to choose.

God said, “See, I call heaven and earth to witness against you, that I have set before you life and blessing, death and curse. Therefore, choose life, you and your children,” in Deuteronomy 11:26.

I have posed a question to all of you this evening. What Jewish values do you choose to affirm?

The answer to this question lies in your hands.

Congregation B’nai Chaim is located at 29500 Via Princesa in Murrieta. For more information, visit https://www.bnaichaim.com or find them on Facebook.

They called him a coward and told him that he wasn’t fit to pastor a church. Really?

According to 1 Timothy 5:17, “The elders (pastors) who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.”

They should not be slandered or pitted against each other.

Sadly, I believe there has been a shift in our focus and our hearts.

Think about it in your own life for a second. Over the past five months,

during all this mayhem, what has often been the focus of your thoughts and conversations?

My guess is that the current pandemic and social issues we are facing have dominated them. They have been my focus, too.

I know the current cultural situation is a big issue. It’s affecting all of our lives, and the issues need to be taken seriously.

But let me ask you. Is that really where God wants our passion? So much so that we belittle, berate and shame others?

I think not. Our passion supposed to be in Jesus and the building of his kingdom?

Jesus faced this same issue with the leaders of his day. They were so focused on keeping the rules that they forgot the real heart of the matter.

In Matthew 23:23, we see Jesus facing off with the religious leaders of his day who were missing passion in some key areas.

Jesus responded to them by saying “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!

You give a tenth of your spices – mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law – justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”

Their problem was the same problem we’re having. They were so focused on the rules they forgot justice, mercy and faithfulness.

In short, he’s saying, don’t mask the passion.

Here are three areas you should really be passionate about.

Be faithful to pursue the kingdom and righteousness of God. Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well,” in Matthew 6:33.

It wasn’t the second, third or 23rd thing to seek. It’s first.

He said what you seek, you will find. Be faithful to seek him.

Show the mercy of God to sinners.

In Matthew 9:13, Jesus said, “Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus came to make sinners righteous, which means he came to make them right in God’s sight.

In fact, that’s the mission Jesus sent his disciples on when he said, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age,” in Matthew 28:18-19.

This mission is where our focus should be. God shines his mercy through us to a world that so desperately needs it.

Live in obedience to God’s moral standard.

Micah 6:8 said, God “has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” According to God’s just standard, we are to live in obedience to his word, which is our authority.

I believe I can speak for every pastor when I say, it would be better that people were as passionate about these areas as they are about their mask and social distancing. It would change the world.

Let me finish with this question: Where’s your passion?

Zachary Elliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, visit https://www.fusionchristianchurch. com, https://fourminutefaithbuilder. com or find them on Instagram.

Don’t mask the passion Zachary Elliott SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Passions and emotions are high around the country, and verbal slander runs rampant in the streets.

People are eager to voice their passion, even Christians, but often for the wrong reasons.

Take, for instance, the true story of a local church pastor in Montana.

When he decided to move his services online instead of in-person for a season, he received nasty messages from some of his own congregation.

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CAMP helicopter takes part in marijuana eradication Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

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Randall Hirsch, who is also known as Knarley Dog, is decluttering his property and home and offering his wares for sale at the Anza swap meet.

Hirsch is a chef who has been on TV cooking and comedy shows, featured in such publications as “Bon Appétit Magazine” and has his own brand of barbecue sauces, chili seasonings and rib rubs.

Almost every Saturday, Anza residents can find him chatting with visitors at the swap meet, held in the Anza Community Hall parking lot from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Eight candidates vie for 3 seats on AEC board

Roberta “Birdie” Kopp

Hope Adams.

Mike Machado.

Gerald Clarke.

Keith Penny.

against challenger Roberta “Birdie” Kopp. For District 2, the most crowded of the three districts up for election, incumbent Mike Machado is running for reelection against candidates Hope Adams, Gerald Clarke and Ed Wall. In District 3, incumbent Steve Lauzier hopes to retain his seat against challenger Keith Penny.

All members are only allowed to vote once, and polls will officially open Monday, Aug. 24, and close Wednesday, Sept. 16, before the meeting.

“Paper ballots will be mailed to all members,” Kevin Short, general manager of AEC, said.

“Those members with valid emails in our database will also be emailed instructions for voting online. To ensure receipt of the email, please whitelist noreply@directvote.net before Aug. 24.”

Results will be announced during the annual membership meeting Saturday, Sept. 19, which will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AEC announced in a news release.

The cooperative will broadcast its annual reports over its YouTube and Facebook social channels, as well as a live audio simulcast courtesy of local radio station KOYTFM 97.1 Community Radio.

“Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been challenged to operate a bit differently in 2020,” Short said. “Our annual meeting is a big event for the community every year, as well as a requirement for us. We provide our members with important information regarding the cooperative, conduct regular voting on issues and director seats, as well as information on our various programs. This year, we decided to go virtual.”

AEC members can view the meeting stream on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCY71W_S8lPCTzMGc3jeKi5g/ featured or on Facebook at https:// www.facebook.com/Anzaelectric/.

KOYT-FM 97.1 radio will broadcast the event live. The broadcast report will be followed by live election result announcements and a Q&A session.

District 1 Kopp and Ainsworth are the only two candidates hoping to win the seat representing constituents in District 1. While Ainsworth chose to not run his biography and a photo, Kopp, who was born in Huntington Park and raised in Pasadena did.

Kopp graduated from Pasadena Community College and transferred to California State University Long Beach, where she received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting. After graduation,

she joined the CPA firm of KPMG, one of the four largest professional services firms in the world. She left KPMG after eight years and went into private industry where she has held several C-Suite positions, including Western region chief financial officer for Toshiba Business Solutions and Southern California marketplace chief financial officer for Ikon. Both positions included responsibility for annual budgets of more than $150 million and management over human resources, information technology, accounting and finance, purchasing, inventory control and distribution.

Kopp has served on the advisory board for the accounting department at Pasadena Community College, the English department of California State University Long Beach, the boards of Camp Cherith, which is a Christian youth camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, and a musical repertory theater group.

Three years ago, Kopp and her husband, Jonathan Crook, moved to Aguanga where she opened her own accounting services business.

Most of her clients are in Orange and Los Angeles counties, and she provides services in due diligence, workflow management, software conversions and training to create efficiencies and to improve bottom line results.

Kopp and her husband have five adult children and 13 grandchildren. She said she believes in the importance of being involved in the community you live in and giving of yourself in areas where you believe you can make a difference.

They are members of City Reach Anza, which was formerly Valley Gospel, and regular volunteers at the monthly Anza co-op food giveaway.

Kopp is a member of the Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council, the treasurer of the Lake Riverside Estates board and serves on the board of the Anza Community Hall.

District 2 In District 2, Machdo, a nineyear veteran on the AEC board of directors, hopes to retain his seat as he takes on Adams, Clarke and Wall – who chose not to participate.

Machado described himself as an “American patriot with strong rural American values.” He has spent 36 years as a resident and business owner in Anza.

“I have worked hard to achieve many successes in my life and for the community; including the 24 years as a director of Anza Electric Cooperative. As the members’ representative I think about my responsibility to them. Often directors are elected because of their popularity rather than ability, but that has never been the case with me. The job is not easy when you

are there to serve a purpose and make a difference,” Machado said.

Machado was first elected in 1987 “because the cooperative was near bankruptcy, and I returned in 2011 after a major rate increase,” he said. “As a problem solver I never walk away from a challenge and not quiet about what should be done. I have drafted 13 policy changes and offered two resolutions to NRECA. I was appointed to GCSECA in 2018 and represented Anza against people like Tom Steyer and George Soros who try to control our energy, argued in favor of the Keystone Pipeline at NRECA in 2016, supported Resolutions for American Energy Independence in 2017, and it was my motion that brought about Sun Anza and Connect Anza moving closer to economic security and reliable energy for our community.

“I have argued on behalf of the people of Anza in several settings, including twice in front of 575 cooperatives, from 50 states, representing 42 million Americans.

I cherish rural American electric cooperatives because they are the biggest voice of the United States of America, and a shining example of our Republican form of government, and the Democratic structure of the peoples will.

“It is a troubling time, but I see great things in our future. Let’s stay strong and make our votes count,” Machado said.

Adams said she was excited to be running for a seat on the AEC board.

“I have resided and run the ‘AA Ranch’ here in Anza for the past 23 years,” she said. “I have owned/operated several types of businesses over the past 40 years and have developed a keen understanding of fiscal responsibilities and appreciation of profit/loss and cost savings.”

Adams said she feels “uniquely qualified,” for a seat on the AEC board.

“My late husband, Bill Adams, served on the board for many years, including as president for several consecutive years,” she said. “I have firsthand knowledge of the co-op functions and responsibilities to its constituents.”

Her goal should she be elected is to “represent our community and work in conjunction with the board toward mutually beneficial goals, while perpetuating the strength of the co-op, and working with the board by supporting affordable and reliable services for all members, advocating for the enhancement of clean/renewable energy to meet the explosive demand for broadband internet and avidly representing my constituents by voicing their concerns, ideas and requests.

“If elected, it will be an honor for me to represent you and work to maintain the excellent reputation of Anza electric co-op,” she said.

“Thank you for your consideration and I would very much appreciate your vote.”

Candidate Clarke said his family

has “lived in the Anza Valley for time immemorial.”

As an enrolled member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians, Clarke lives in the home his grandfather built in 1940 on the Cahuilla Reservation and currently oversees the Clarke family cattle ranch. He is currently employed as an assistant professor at the University of California Riverside where he teaches classes in Native American studies. He is heavily involved in the reclamation and preservation of traditional Cahuilla culture.

Clark said his father Gerald “Jerry” Clarke Sr. was a lifelong resident of the Anza Valley and worked as an electrician. Jerry installed electricity in his parent’s home in the 1960s when it became available locally. Upon his father’s death in 2003, Gerald Jr. moved into the “old home place” and has since added a solar array to the home but remains tied to AEC’s grid.

In 2005, Gerald built a storage facility, Anza Valley Storage, which is located off Howard Road.

With over 45 storage units available, this business has successfully assisted Anza Valley residents with their storage needs. Additionally, Gerald raises cattle, buy/sells hay and spends time “fixin’ fence.”

Clarke has two daughters. Emily Clarke is a junior at University of California Rivers studying creative writing and Lily Clarke is a senior at Hamilton High School and plans to pursue a career in medicine.

“I seek to serve all members of the area and understand the importance of reliable and affordable electric for all residents and area businesses,” Clarke said.

Ed Wall chose not to participate in this article.

District 3 Incumbent Steve Lauizer did not participate in this story, but challenger Keith Penny, who is retired from transportation and holds a bachelor’s degre,e did.

Penny, is a seven-year member of AEC member advisory committee who believes in the level pay plan option. If elected, he would like to see all meetings complaint with the Brown Act, hold monthly question and answer sessions on KOYT radio and implement time of day pricing options and a student service credit program.

Penny’s other plans include software upgrade to only notify members in affected areas of power loss, unless it is a systemwide shutdown, to explore community choice aggregations and to review AEC policy members with solar power. Penny would also like to implement a summer discount plan with an option for members to sign up and have AEC shut off air conditioners when peak usage threatens brown outs.

“In exchange, the member would get a lower summer rate,” he said.

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Cooperative to announce membership election results during annual meeting ANZA – Anza Electric Cooperative Inc. will announce its membership election results during the annual membership meeting Saturday, Sept. 19.

The election will be administered by Survey and Ballot Systems, a national leader in election management for over 30 years. The polls will officially open Monday, Aug. 24, and close Wednesday, Sept. 16, before the meeting.

“Paper ballots will be mailed to all members,” Kevin Short, general manager of AEC, said. “Those members with valid emails in our

database will also be emailed instructions for voting online. To ensure receipt of this email, please whitelist noreply@directvote.net prior to Aug. 24.”

All members may only vote once.

Founded in 1951, Anza Electric Cooperative Inc. provides electric and internet service for its members in the Anza, Aguanga and Mountain Center/Pinyon communities. For more information, visit www.anzaelectric.org.

Submitted by Anza Electric Cooperative.

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One person killed, three injured in fiery crash near Aguanga Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

A fiery head-on collision west of Aguanga killed one person and injured three others.

The crash occurred just before 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, on Highway 79 west of Dugan Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

One person died, one suffered major injuries, one suffered moderate injuries and another suffered minor injuries, fire officials said.

Callers told a California Highway Patrol dispatcher that one of the vehicles became fully engulfed in flames and passersby stopped and attempted to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher before first responders arrived.

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Highway 79 was completely shut down for the death investigation, according to Caltrans. One person was killed and three others were injured Sunday afternoon in a crash near Aguanga – the second fatal crash in that area in as many days.

The deadly collision was reported at 3:24 p.m. according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

There was one confirmed fatality, as well as one person with serious injuries, one moderately injured and one who sustained only minor injuries, according to fire officials on Twitter.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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

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HIRSCH from page AVO-1 Hirsch Foundation Ministries.

Hirsch created his ministry to honor his wife Mary, who died of cancer in 2019. He said he hopes to do good for the community through his ministry and is working on attaining a nonprofit status for the foundation.

Hirsch will also play a harmonica and sing the blues if prompted.

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Social distancing protocols are recommended, and masks are encouraged as well.

Community Hall memberships are $30 per year per person and $50 annually for a business.

For more information about the Anza swap meet, call 951-282-4267 or visit the Anza Community Hall on Facebook.

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Anza Local HEART from page AVO-1 which to keep it all. New shoes and socks were given to each child, with the latest colorful styles donated by Jorge, the “Shoe Guy.” Masks were worn by all, and social distancing was observed.

Backpacks were individually wrapped in plastic bags in keeping with sanitation procedures.

Event organizer Christina James said, “Today, through all of the weirdness, and masks and gloves, we had the most amazing event.

Everyone was happy. Everyone was appreciative. Everyone was working together. Everyone was good to each other. Everyone was helping each other. It was exactly what should happen – always. It was a totally awesome day.”

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uted to the success of the yearly affair, which is held the week before school begins.

“We are so grateful for all of the many volunteers who stayed all day,” James said. “And for all of the donations. Thank you to the LDS church for allowing us to have our event there. The ladies from the Sacred Heart Catholic Church were a huge help, as well as people from Living Hope Church, Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran, Rancho Chapel, St. Catherine’s in Temecula, Anza Valley Christian and City Reach Anza. Thanks go out to the Boy Scouts, and finally, for all of the From the Heart ladies and all of the hours put in not only today, but the many days leading up to this event.”

From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries serves and focuses

on families and children in need in the mountain communities of Anza, Aguanga, Mountain Center and Idyllwild. Fundraising events are held throughout the year to help collect money to aid this worthy cause.

Rummage sales, luncheons, raffles and the annual From the Heart holiday dinner help to present activities such as the backpack giveaway.

To learn more about the From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/FromTheHeartChristianWomensMinistries/ or write to: From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries, P.O. Box 391224, Anza, CA 92539.

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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Marijuana Enforcement Team directed an operation targeting outdoor illegal marijuana cultivations in the unincorporated areas of Anza and Aguanga Monday, Aug. 10, and Tuesday, Aug. 11.

The operation was supported by members from the Hemet Sheriff’s Station, the Riverside District Attorney’s Office Cannabis Regulation Task Force, U.S. Forest Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management and Campaign Against Marijuana Planting.

The agencies conducted cannabis eradication activities on Bureau of Land Management lands in the Cooper Cienega Truck Trail area, south of Tule Peak Road, in Anza and Aguanga.

Heli-Flite Inc. provided helicopter services for the CAMP program troops during the operation. The 1978 Hughes 369D Rotorcraft was very active, transporting men and resources to the eradication area and trash and plants out of the remote location.

Staged at the Caltrans yard in Anza, the helicopter shared the parcel with other resources to assist in the eradication activities.

Over the course of two days, the operation worked to eradicate illegal cultivation sites on over 580 acres of public and private land.

Over 41,000 marijuana plants were eradicated. In addition, 600 pounds of processed marijuana were recovered.

The combination of processed marijuana and future harvest of the eradicated plants has an estimated street value of $38 million.

The CAMP program, along with local, state and federal partner agencies, continue to eradicate the large-scale illegal marijuana cultivations from public and private lands that cause deforestation, damage to wildlife habitats, pose any danger to residents or produce chemical pollution and contamination.

According to CAMP, the illicit cultivation of cannabis continues to be a major issue in the state.

Drug trafficking organizations use California’s public lands to grow marijuana, diverting water resources, clearing and damaging public lands and destroying watersheds.

CAMP works with local agencies to eradicate large-scale illegal grow sites and remove tons of debris and dangerous chemicals from these areas. Illicit marijuana producers often kill off wildlife and poison the environment, damaging natural resources.

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My goal is to represent our community and work in conjunction with the board toward mutually beneficial goals, and perpetuating the strength of the Co-op.  To support affordable and reliable services for all members.  To support the enhancement of clean/renewable energy to meet the explosive demand for broadband internet.  To encourage continuity and cohesiveness among board members.  To avidly represent my constituents by voicing their concerns, ideas and requests.

“As a result of my 20 wonderful years of marriage to Bill Adams, I am well aware of Anza Electric Cooperative Inc.’s most excellent reputation at the top of the nation’s electric companies regarding patronage gain (capital credits.) Once elected, it will be an honor for mre to contribute towards maintaining such an esteemed reputation.”

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Sage becomes census-designated place Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Sage Town Hall Association board announced Friday, Aug. 7, that Sage has been declared an official census designated place by the U.S. Census Bureau.

According to the STHA Facebook page, “We just received notification that, as of this morning, after years of hard work and the help of our supervisor’s office and Riverside County mapping, we are officially a census designated place.”

A census designated place is a concentration of population defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. The boundaries of a census designated place have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name.

Anza, Aguanga, Mountain Center, Idyllwild and Lake Riverside Estates are census designated places; however, until now, the Census Bureau did not keep data on Sage as a community.

“This means that we are now federHAMILTON from page AVO-1 Julie Cope posted on Facebook that the district handed out 62 hot spots Monday, Aug. 17, for Hamilton High School and Hamilton K-8 students whose families may not have adequate internet services. The first priority will be those families without any internet. More hot spots should arrive Tuesday, Aug. 18, after press time.

Gov. Gavin Newsom released guidance Friday, July 17, allowing schools to reopen for the 2020-2021 school year. Due to the guidance criteria, all schools – public, private and charter – within Riverside County will not be permitted to return to class in a traditional manner. The Hemet Unified School District will open the year in a fully online learning model.

HUSD is working diligently to provide a quality instructional program for all its students, who will receive a combination of

ally recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a distinct and separate community within the county,” Bill Donahue of the STHA said. “This gives Sage the same recognition and status as other local CDPs such as Winchester, Anza and Idyllwild. This is one of the final pieces of the puzzle that we needed to move forward in our battle with the U.S. Postal Service in our quest to obtain a new ZIP code, thereby defaulting our last line of address to Sage instead of Hemet. This is a big win for STHA and the entire community.”

Becoming a census designated place means that the Census Bureau will now start compiling data on the people living within Sage as a unique community, such as median income, education levels, ethnic mix, median home price and more.

The designation may aid in the STHA’s efforts to get the U.S. Postal Service to issue Sage a unique ZIP code. It may also encourage other agencies to log statistics – such as crime statistics - for Sage separately, instead of combining numbers from Hemet. live instruction provided by their teacher, plus independent projects, assignments and activities.

Additional support will be provided for English learners, students with disabilities, foster students and homeless youth.

“Our district and our staff are working hard to help deliver a quality education for all of our students and at the same time trying to be flexible, accommodating, and understanding enough to help everyone get through this process,” Jeff Franks, principal of Hamilton High School, said.

“Working together and helping each other will be the way we make it through this pandemic.

We appreciate all the community support and understanding.”

All schools within the district will continue completely online until the end of the middle and high school grading period, Friday, Nov. 6. At this time Riverside County’s coronavirus status with the state will be reviewed, and it

“It is not uncommon for the boundaries of a CDP to differ from the borders of a community. Sage is not becoming a city. We were, are and will remain part of unincorporated Riverside County. Our local government is the board of supervisors,” according to STHA’s Facebook announcement.

While the designation might help the efforts toward obtaining a distinct ZIP code, nothing in this action forces the Postal Service to issue a ZIP code.

School districts and voting choices remain the same, even with the issuance of a new ZIP code.

Sage covers a large area of about 111 square miles and includes many neighborhoods, such as Diamond Valley, Cahuilla Heights, Sycamore Springs and more. Those neighborhood names are unaffected by the new designation.

Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington and his staff have been instrumental in assisting the STHA with this endeavor.

The Sage Town Hall Association is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to preserve historical landmarks, combat community deterioration and

Senior Alyssa Hamlett poses for her ID picture.

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will be determined if the schools can transition to a more traditional schooling model.

Masks were required and social distancing observed during the school supply pickup and regis-

Bill Donahue and the Sage Town Hall Association have been working to get Sage declared as a census designated place to differentiate it from Hemet.

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unify residents.

For more information about the Sage Town Hall Association, visit them on Facebook or at www.sagetownhallassociation.com. Contact STHA at sagetownhall@gmail.com or 951-288-0903.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia.com. tration. Most parents were happy with the steps taken by the district to ensure the safety of the students, teachers and parents.

“The school staff was very prepared to take all safety precautions during this COVID-19 pandemic,” parent Krystle Hamlett.

“All students and all staff were wearing the proper face masks.

Staff made sure everyone stood 6 feet apart while waiting in line during the whole process of picking up scheduling, books and ID pictures. Masks were only taken off for less than 30 seconds to take ID photos.”

For more information regarding the Distance Learning model, contact Hamilton High School at https://www.hamiltonbobcats.net/ or call 951-763-1865.

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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 6 20 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. AKTIVE ART 2. AVANCCI 3. AKTIVE ART THREADS 5 9 28 0 R amsey R oad , Anza, C A 9 25 3 9 C ounty: R i ver si d e K r i sti na H elen T aylor , 5 9 28 0 R amsey R oad , Anza, C A 9 25 3 9 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 6/14/2014 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).)

R egi str ant: K r i sti na H T aylor Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 21/ 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3196 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 26 2 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. DEBBIE TIMMS COUNSELING SERVICES 2. EXPLORE CONNECTIONS 4 19 08 C or te Valenti ne, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e D eb or ah Ann T i mm, 4 19 08 C or te Valenti ne, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant h as not yet b egun to tr ansact b usi ness 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).)

R egi str ant: D eb or ah Ann T i mm Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 13 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3197 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 7 6 6 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 708 TREND MARKETING 3610 Central Ave Suite 400, Riverside, California 9 25 06 C ounty: R i ver si d e Ad am L loyd Jo h nson, 27 5 4 C i nci nnati S t., S an Bernardino, CA 92407 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant h as not yet b egun to tr ansact b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur suant to S ecti on 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).)

R egi str ant: Ad am L loyd Jo h nson Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 23 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3202 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 3 5 2 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JENNY CRAIG #174 24 5 4 0 Vi llage W alk P laza, # D , M ur r i eta, C A 9 25 6 2 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 5 7 7 0 F leet S tr eet, C ar lsb ad , C A 9 2008 C ounty: R i ver si d e JC USA, Inc. which will do business in California as Je nny C r ai g U S A, I nc., 5 7 7 0 F leet S tr eet, C ar lsb ad , C A 9 2008 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on This Corporation is registered in the state of California R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 10/25/13 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as tr ue any mater i al matter p ur suant to S ecti on 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).)

R egi str ant: C h r ystal D anesteh , V.P . C or p or ate F i eld Op s Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 14 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3199 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202006 8 8 3 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TEMECULA AUTO WRECKING & TOWING 4 3 9 8 0 M ah lon Vai l R d # 3 206 , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e D anna M ar i e Jo h nson, 4 3 9 8 0 M ah lon Vai l R d # 3 206 , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant h as not yet b egun to tr ansact b usi ness 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).)

R egi str ant: D anna Jo h nson Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 02/ 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3200 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 6 17 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FRUIT KURR 129 9 G aller i a at T yler , R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 03 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 107 5 T usti n S tr eet # 4 14 3 , Or ange, C A 9 28 6 3 C ounty: R i ver si d e a. C laud i a L i zette M or ales, 3 3 5 2 Vance S tr eet, R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 04 b . Ja cq ueli ne – G ar ner , 3 3 3 8 Vance S tr eet, R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 04 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y C o- p ar tner s R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 3/2020 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

R egi str ant: C laud i a L i zette M or ales Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 21/ 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3201 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 3 7 3 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JENNY CRAIG #118 105 6 0 M agnoli a Avenue, S ui te F , R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 05 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 5 7 7 0 F leet S tr eet, C ar lsb ad , C A 9 2008 C ounty: R i ver si d e JC USA, Inc. which will do business in California as Je nny C r ai g U S A, I nc., 5 7 7 0 F leet S tr eet, C ar lsb ad , C A 9 2008 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on This Corporation is registered in the state of California R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 10/25/13 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).)

R egi str ant: C h r ystal D anesteh , Vi ce P r esi d ent Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 14 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3198 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 5 6 6 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BRADFORD RUN 50005 Bradford Road, Aguanga, CA 92536 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 7 7 0 S ycamor e Ave, S te 122- 4 4 8 , Vi sta, C A 9 208 3 C ounty: R i ver si d e Auspar LLC, 50005 Bradford Road, Aguanga, C A 9 25 3 6 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a L i mi ted L i ab i li ty C omp any This LLC is registered in the state of California R egi str ant h as not yet b egun to tr ansact b usi ness 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).)

R egi str ant: R ussell L aw P ogue, M anagi ng M emb er Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 20/ 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3207 PUBLISHED: August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202008 216 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GOLDMAN CONTRACTORS 3 7 4 8 0 Aur or a L ane, Anza, C A 9 25 3 9 Mailing address: PO Box 390911, Anza, California 92539 C ounty: R i ver si d e C h ar les L yn G old man, 3 7 4 8 0 Aur or a L ane, Anza, C A 9 25 3 9 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant h as not b egun to tr ansact b usi ness 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).)

R egi str ant: C h ar les L G old man Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 08 / 05 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3213 PUBLISHED: August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 9 5 1 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KFOOD BASH WHOLESALE 118 01 P i er ce S t, S ui te 200, R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 05 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 18 8 14 Vi sta D el C anon, S te G , N ewh all, C A 9 13 21 C ounty: R i ver si d e Y ang Je ong K i m, 118 01 P i er ce S t, S ui te 200, R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 05 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 02/01/2017 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).)

R egi str ant: Y ang J K i m Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 28 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3208 PUBLISHED: August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202008 5 6 0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JEFF HOLLETTS’S POOL CARE 3 27 07 S an M ar cos D r i ve, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e Jeffrey Paul Hollett, 32707 San Marcos Drive, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 4-1-2020 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Jeffrey Paul Hollett, N/A Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 08 / 13 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3214 PUBLISHED: August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 7 22 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NEFF GROVES 4 5 7 00 Aveni d a T i er r a, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 0 C ounty: R i ver si d e a. Randy Allen Neff, 45700 Avenida Tierra, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 0 b. Jacquelyne Renee Neff, 45700 Avenida Tierra, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 0 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a M ar r i ed C oup le R egi str ant h as not yet b egun to tr ansact b usi ness 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: Randy Allen Neff Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 23 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3203 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 5 8 2 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. SCISSORMILL 2. TWO MORE PLANTS 3. MAKIN IT CUSTOM 27 17 9 G r eenstone S t, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 C ounty: R i ver si d e S ci ssor mi ll C or p or ati on, 27 17 9 G r eenstone S t, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 C ounty: R i ver si d e T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on This Corporation is registered in the state of CA R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on APRIL 1, 2020 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Sara Bomstad, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 21/ 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3209 PUBLISHED: August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 101 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRI VALLEY COMPUTER REPAIR, INC. 3 2018 C alle E sp i nosa, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e T r i Valley C omp uter R ep ai r , I nc., 3 2018 C alle E sp i nosa, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on This Corporation is registered in the state of California R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on August 2016 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

R egi str ant: H ugh F lynn, P r esi d ent Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 08 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3204 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202008 015 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRINITY LIVING 2 217 Vi a T ap i a, S p r i ng Valley, C A 9 19 7 7 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 5 17 3 W ar i ng R oad # 5 4 , S an D i ego, C A 9 2120 C ounty: R i ver si d e T r i ni ty L i vi ng, I nc., 5 17 3 W ar i ng R oad # 5 4 , S an D i ego, C A 9 2120 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on This Corporation is registered in the state of CA R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 06/01/2020 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

R egi str ant: M ar vi n C ald well, C E O Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 29 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3210 PUBLISHED: August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME C ase N umb er : M C C 20013 6 1 T O AL L I N T E R E S T E D P E R S ON S P eti ti oner : LUCE GUTIERREZ Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: P r esent N ame: LUCE GUTIERREZ P r op osed N ame: LOUIS J. SANCHEZ T H E C OU R T OR D E R S th at all p er sons i nter ested 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 b e gr anted . Any p er son ob j ecti ng to th e name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter i s sch ed uled to b e h ear d and must ap p ear at th e h ear i ng to sh ow cause wh y th e p eti ti on sh ould not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, th e cour t may gr ant th e p eti ti on wi th out a h ear i ng.

NOTICE OF HEARING D ate: 9 / 10/ 20 T i me: 8 : 00 AM D ep t: S 101 The address of the court: 30755 Auld Rd, M ur r i eta, C a 9 25 6 3 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 gener al ci r culati on, p r i nted i n th i s county: Anza Valley Outlook D ate: 7 / 15 / 2020 Signed: Bradley Snell, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3205 PUBLISHED: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME C ase N umb er : M VC 2003 7 9 2 T O AL L I N T E R E S T E D P E R S ON S P eti ti oner : TYLER DOMINICK GULINO JONES Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: P r esent N ame: TYLER DOMINICK GULINO JONES P r op osed N ame: TYLER DOMINICK JONES T H E C OU R T OR D E R S th at all p er sons i nter ested 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 b e gr anted . Any p er son ob j ecti ng to th e name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter i s sch ed uled to b e h ear d and must ap p ear at th e h ear i ng to sh ow cause wh y th e p eti ti on sh ould not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, th e cour t may gr ant th e p eti ti on wi th out a h ear i ng.

NOTICE OF HEARING D ate: 10/ 01/ 20 T i me: 1: 00 AM D ep t: M V2 The address of the court: 13800 Hancock St # D 201, M or eno Valley, C A 9 25 5 3 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 gener al ci r culati on, p r i nted i n th i s county: Anza Valley Outlook D ate: 8 / 11/ 2020 Signed: K. Silvas, Clerk of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3216 PUBLISHED: August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202007 7 27 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SEAFOOD HARBOR WHOLESALE 118 01 P i er ce S t, S ui te 200, R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 05 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 5 09 S . M anh attan P l, S ui te 110, L os Angeles, C A 9 0020 C ounty: R i ver si d e Jo ng H a M i n, 118 01 P i er ce S t, S ui te 200, R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 05 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on JAN 12, 2016 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

R egi str ant: Jo ng H a M i n Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 23 / 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3206 PUBLISHED: August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202008 05 6 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WEISS CONSTRUCTION 6 8 7 6 I nd i ana Ave # N , R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 06 C ounty: R i ver si d e W i lli am W ar r en W ei ss, 225 8 1 R olli ng M ead ows D r , P er r i s, C A 9 25 7 0 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R egi str ant commenced to tr ansact b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 7/1976 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).)

R egi str ant: W i lli am W ei ss Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 07 / 3 0/ 2020 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME S T AT E M E N T G E N E R AL L Y E X P I R E S AT T H E E N D OF F I VE Y E AR S F R OM T H E D AT E ON W H I C H I T W AS F I L E D I N T H E OF F I C E OF T H E C OU N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R OVI D E D I N SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE I T E X P I R E S 4 0 D AY S AF T E R AN Y C H AN G E I N T H E F AC T S S E T F OR T H I N T H E S T AT E M E N T P U R S U AN T T O S E C T I ON 17 9 13 OT H E R T H AN A C H AN G E I N T H E R E S I D E N C E AD D R E S S OF A R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R . A N E W F I C T I T I OU S BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. T H E F I L I N G OF T H I S S T AT E M E N T D OE S N OT OF I T S E L F AU T H OR I Z E T H E U S E I N T H I S STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VI OL AT I ON OF T H E R I G H T S OF AN OT H E R U N D E R F E D E R AL , S T AT E , OR C OM M ON L AW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY T H AT T H I S C OP Y I S A C OR R E C T C OP Y OF T H E OR I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T ON F I L E I N M Y OF F I C E .

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LEGAL: 3211 PUBLISHED: August 14, 21, 28, September 4, 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT F i le N umb er : R - 202008 24 5 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ELECT AMICO 2020 4 3 00 E . M esq ui te Ave., P alm S p r i ngs, C A 9 226 4 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 6 7 7 8 2 E . P alm C anyon D r . S te B104 PMB 449, Cathedral City, CA 92234-5433 C ounty: R i ver si d e a. R aymond L oui s Ami co, 4 3 00 E . M esq ui te Ave., P alm S p r i ngs, C A 9 226 4 b . M i ch elle R enee Ami co, 4 3 00 E . M esq ui te Ave., P alm S p r i ngs, C A 9 226 4 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an U ni ncor p or ated Associ ati on – oth er th an a p ar tner sh i p R egi str ant h as not b egun to tr ansact b usi ness 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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America’s Frontline Doctors censored by big tech Harold W. Pease, Ph.D. SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK

At least a dozen medical doctors from all over America assembled in front of the Supreme Court, July 27, to counter the only message going forward allowed the American people with respect to the coronavirus pandemic. Many had already experienced the removal of their messages on Google, which owns 70% of most American media outside Fox News, including Facebook and YouTube, according to “Tucker

Carlson Tonight,” June 16, 2020.

Outside their COVID-19 expertise, they had one thing in common that made their contribution superior to those of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Centers of Disease Control and World Health Organization, they are the actual physicians of those with COVID-19. They also each had come independently to the conclusion that the 65-year-old drug hydroxychloroquine used so successfully in COVID-1 previously, also worked extremely well with its cousin COVID-19, saying “it’s

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78% similar to the prior version the COVID-1. Not surprisingly, it works.”

These frontline doctors were seasoned physicians in the trenches with the virus. All knew that consequences against their speaking out would likely follow. All knew that what they had to share would be nuked by every media piping the approved media message – be afraid, stay afraid.

All knew that what they would tell the American public would be opposite what most Americans were getting on establishment networks, but all were committed to tell the truth. All probably also knew that if they did not speak out now, freedom of the press might be gone. If the medical profession could be silenced all other interests challenging the left side of the political spectrum could never survive. Doctors are among the most revered and least political part of our society.

They reasoned that with their combined story they might get through the wall of censorship already in place. They were wrong. Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter deplatformed them within hours the same day but fortunately not before 17 million heard what they had to say. The establishment print media went after them immediately. It was difficult to find any media, outside FOX News, that did not undermine everything they said, the media are so controlled. It remains that none of the journalists or the fact checkers in these countering pieces were themselves physicians. They know nothing in comparison.

Here are some of the messages Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter refused to allow Americans to hear. This is every bit as big a censoring as burning books in the Middle Ages.

Dr. Simone Gold spoke of two phases of the virus, early and late, both treatable with present drugs.

But physicians are confronted with a generated “spider web of fear… all around us and it’s constricting us” and “draining the lifeblood of the American people,” society and economy that “does not make sense.”

The virus is “treatable” now, she said.

“That’s what we’re here to tell you,” Gold said. “But we implore you to hear this, because this message has been silenced. There are many thousands of physicians who have been silenced from telling the American people… that we can manage the virus.”

Why? Because “it’s 78% similar to the prior version the COVID-1,” it can be successfully treated with hydroxychloroquine, and “Not surprisingly, it works,” Gold said.

Dr. Bob Hamilton, a pediatrician from Santa Monica, California who has been practicing for 36 years, told reporters that children are almost entirely asymptomatic and could go back to school now and implied without social distancing or masking.

“The mortality rates of children is about one-fifth of 1%,” Hamilton said.

Children are “not passing it on to their parents or not passing it on to their teachers,” he said. He quoted Mark Woolhouse, Ph.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist and epidemiologists from Scotland, who said, “There has not been one documented case of COVID-19 being transferred from a student to a teacher in the world, in the world.”

Hamilton said, “We need to act out of science,” not out of a generated fear. A fear respecting opening up the schools is driven mostly by the wants of teachers’ unions not the needs of the students.

Dr. Stella Emanuel, who works especially with compromised COVI19 patients as old as 92 with serious medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and asthma, told reporters, that “patients do not need to die.”

None of hers had, and she treated over 350 back to health.

“I put them on hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax,” she told reporters, and I’ve “not lost one.”

She also placed herself and staff on hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis as “we see patients, 10 to 15 patients every day…we only wear surgical masks, none of us has gotten sick.

It works. Nobody needs to die,” Emanuel said.

Implicit in this comment and voiced

by other physicians is that most of those who died could have been spared if treated with hydroxychloroquine in phase one as a prophylactic, and in phase two with the other two drugs.

And why does hydroxychloroquine work so well? Cole explained, “It concentrates in the lungs 200 to 700 times higher” than the bloodstream.

The invading virus heads for the lungs but is blocked by the drug chloroquine from getting in. That is why the drug is so effective as a prophylactic. Should it get in, the coronavirus seeks to replicate. The addition of “zinc will mess up the copy machine called RdRP.” Emanuel summed up why the frontline doctors were there.

“I came here to Washington D.C., to tell America. Nobody needs to get sick. This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax… You don’t need masks, or shutdowns, there is a cure,” Emanuel said. “It is time for the grassroots to wake up and say no, we’re not going to take this any longer. We’re not going to die. When people are dying, it’s unethical.”

Dr. Harold W. Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and to applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly articles, visit http://www.

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