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Volume 21, Issue 41

Lake Elsinore mayor ‘brings it’ to the State of the City address

Jefferies announces retirement City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries announced that after completing his current term in 2024, he will retire from politics. see page A-2

Regional News Major oil spill off Southern California fouls beaches Amy Taxin and Christopher Weber THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

One of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. see page C-4

Lake Elsinore Mayor Bob Magee speaks about the city’s recent accomplishments and future endeavors during the Lake Elsinore State of the City Address.

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Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

With a theme of “Bring it LE” Mayor Bob Magee outlined what has been brought to the city of

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plate to the pitcher’s mound while classic vehicles brought in from members of West Coast Exotic Cars and other clubs were queued up on the base lines.

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After 15 years in the United States Marine Corps, including 12 years stationed at Camp Pendleton, Chris Lozano moved to Menifee and started the Chris Lozano Band. In July he replaced Mike Austin as the lead singer of Thunder Road, and Lozano’s first concert with Thunder Road was when the band opened for Toby Keith at Pala Casino.

“It was amazing. It really was,” Lozano said.

Thunder Road played seven songs Sept. 17 at Pala’s Palomar Starlight Theater. “We had more, but they cut down our time which is fine. We got to spend more time watching Toby,” Lozano said.

Lozano was raised in the western Colorado town of Paonia, which Menifee resident Chris Lozano performs with Thunder Road at Pala Casino Sept. 17, when the band opened for country music superstar Toby Keith.

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Menifee District 3 councilmember Sobek leads a ‘Casual Conversation’ at Menifee Library Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

“I want to be accessible,” Menifee Mayor Pro Tem Lesa Sobek said, living up to her words with a “casual conversation” with the residents of her District 3 held at the Menifee Library, Tuesday, Sept. 28.

More than a dozen residents from her voting district met with her and a number of other Menifee city officials including Mayor Bill Zimmerman accompanied Sobek as she explained some of the projects happening in her district that covers the residents and businesses southwest of Interstate 215.

However, most of the questions from the residents revolved around what the city is doing about the

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School Band played musical selections for guests who also attended via Facebook Live. Hosted by the Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of

Lozano makes Thunder Road debut opening for Toby Keith

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Lake Elsinore during the past year and what is on its way during the annual State of the City address Sept. 30 at Diamond Stadium.

Tables were set up for in-person guests from the stage behind home

Lesa Sobek, Menifee’s Mayor Pro Tem reads off a list of Capital Improvement Projects that are completed, underway or planned in the district for the benefit of the residents.

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Jefferies announces retirement from Riverside Board of Supervisors at end of current term City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries announced that after completing his current term, he will be retiring from politics entirely.

“When I ran for reelection last year for my third term, I told a number of people that this would be my last campaign, and that I intended to retire when my term expires at the end of 2024,” Jeffries said in a statement issued Friday, Oct. 1.

“As we are now beginning to consider new supervisorial district maps in the redistricting process, I thought this was the appropriate time to announce publicly and officially that I will be retiring at the end of 2024.”

Jeffries, 60, of Lakeland Village was first elected to a four-year term on the board of supervisors in No-

ELSINORE from page A-1 Commerce and emceed by its president and CEO Kim Joseph Cousins, many local dignitaries were on hand to learn about the state of the city.

Before the speech, a short video paid tribute to Steve McQueen, who raced at Lake Elsinore.

Clips from his performance in the 1971 documentary “On Any Sunday ‘’ about racing, where McQueen wore an Elsinore shirt, were shown. The video stated that “50 years ago, an extreme sports pioneer emerged” and showed McQueen on his motocross bike sporting a red Elsinore shirt. To the strains of “Steve McQueen’’

by Sheryl Crow, the video mirrored a comparison of McQueen and Magee as he goes about his daily duties. Lyrics include, “Like Steve McQueen, all I need’s a fast machine and I’m gonna make it all right.”

Magee’s arrival came at the end of the video as he drove a race car onto the baseball field wearing a shirt like the one McQueen wore in the movie. When he took the stage, the mayor said, “From Lake Elsinore to Le Mans, 50 years ago Steve McQueen was riding, racing and filming all over the world and make no mistake, he was one of the first extreme sports pioneers that put us on the map as people accepted the challenge to bring it

vember 2012, after serving in the state Assembly, where he could not continue because of term limits.

The supervisor, the lone Republican on the board, reiterated what he said when he was first elected that he had “no desire to spend the rest of my life in political office.”

“I was born and raised in Southern California and have lived in Riverside County since 1971, and it will always be a part of me, but my children and grandchildren are part of the growing numbers of Californians who have moved out of state for affordable housing, lower crime rates and a better quality of life elsewhere,” the supervisor said. “While I will likely always have a home here ... my wife and I want to spend more time with our grandchildren while they are still young enough to want to spend time with us!”

Jeffries said that the redistricting process, which comes on the

to Lake Elsinore so they could be like Steve McQueen.”

During a speech punctuated with slides to show what the city has to offer, Magee talked about Lake Elsinore being the action sports capital of the world. He pointed out that Lake Elsinore has a long history of being a destination for outdoor activities, from powerboat racing in the 1920s to hang gliders, sailplanes and parachutists arriving in the 1950s and its motocross heritage immortalized

by McQueen. He said the city can be proud of Diamond Stadium, which is enjoying its third decade of “providing professional sports and first class live entertainment to an ever-expanding fan base.”

He said the city has much to offer with its outstanding indoor venues as well, such as the Outlets, casino, cinema, bowling center with laser tag and Main Street eateries. “No matter what your interest, you can bring it and find it right here in this valley; so bring your family, your friends, your toys, your dogs; bring them all to Lake Elsinore.”

Magee said that over time the fortunes of the valley have risen and fallen with the level of the lake. “Floods and droughts brought hard times but also opportunities for improvement.” He cited the current lake management system as doing a great job to maintain a safe and healthy lake and the biol-

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heels of the 2020 Census and will involve changing supervisorial district boundaries, has no bearing on his decision to leave office.

“My interest in the redistricting process is entirely in drawing fair districts that keep cities and communities of interest intact, without any regard to my own political future or anyone else’s,” he stated.

“These maps may even exclude my own home from the future 1st District.”

He rejected the idea of being a “lame duck” politician, riding out his final two years without applying the same effort he has over the previous nine years.

“My staff and I will continue to work to serve the residents of my district, particularly the unincorporated communities I have fought for since I came to the board of supervisors,” he said. “My constituents should be reassured that while I may be announcing

my future retirement now, I am by no means quitting, nor will I hold back with my ideas to help this county be more efficient and customer-friendly.”

Jeffries did not say where he and his wife intend to relocate. He is a longtime property owner in the area and spent many years as a volunteer firefighter.

The 1st District encompasses the southern half of the city of Riverside, extending south along the west side of the Interstate 215 corridor through Mead Valley and Meadowbrook, down to Lake Elsinore and Wildomar.

According to the decennial census, the district’s current population is 472,558, growing roughly 5% from 2010. Under the board’s balancing policy, the district needs an additional 11,000 residents to reach the target of 483,637 people represented in each district.

Riverside County 5th District Supervisor Kevin Jeffries announced his retirement from the board and politics entirely in a statement issued Friday, Oct. 1. Jefferies will remain in his seat until his term ends in 2024.

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Lake Elsinore Mayor Bob Magee arrives in Storm Stadium driving a Corvette at the Lake Elsinore State of the City Address, Sept. 30.

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ogy is thriving with more than 260 species of birds calling the valley home, including the bald eagle.

The lake is also being infused with more game fish this year.

He said the newest cornerstone of the city’s investment is Launch Pointe, formerly a state campground opening in 1962. Today, after a series of improvements, it provides “beachfront and campsite amenities unlike any other destination resort in Southern California.

A huge investment and a leap of faith by the city council, today Launch Pointe is sold out every weekend months in advance and returning dollars to the city coffers beyond our initial expectations.”

Before showing a short video that highlights all that Launch Pointe has to offer, he said, “We asked our staff to bring it and they delivered. We don’t have to wait any longer for a resort lifestyle experience; we have it right here, right now. More information can be found at www.Launch-Pointe. com.

Magee outlined that even during the pandemic when city hall was closed, staff continued to process applications and found ways to safely continue “bringing opportunities” in economic development to the area.

“Earth was moved and walls went up; property values soared and new families descended upon our valley,” he said. Now, with a population of more than 70,000 residents, he said Lake Elsinore is ranked as the second fastest growing city in the county and state, per the 2020 Census. The growth is bringing new businesses to the area as well. Magee said “we, along with our private sector business partners,” seem to find a way of meeting the diverse needs of all residents. Having corporate America, as well as local momand-pop entrepreneurs, competing in a friendly and vibrant marketplace allows residents to find what they want when they want it, without having to leave the valley.

“Through it all, over the last year and a half, we managed to maintain our spirit and work through this global pandemic of uncharted waters that has seen people’s health altered, businesses ruined and lives lost. And while we cannot forget or disregard the battle that we are still waging, it is woven deep within the American

Dignitaries and members of the community listen at the Lake Elsinore State of the City Address.

spirit that we remain positive because we believe that things can only get better.”

A short video showed that despite the difficulties of the past year and a half, “in Lake Elsinore, we remain positive as we encourage others to … bring community, bring tourism, bring investment, bring development, bring service, bring safety.”

Magee said, “Our education system continues to excel.” Bringing infrastructure has been ongoing with many more projects being planned. Coming soon is the Urban Greening Project along Spring Street in the historic downtown area which will bring new landscaping and pedestrian improvements to an older part of the city.

“But our biggest and most ambitious project, after 20 years of design and environmental review and public outcry, is the Railroad Canyon Road I-15 Interchange project. A $40 million regional circulation improvement which will increase capacity, correcting inefficiencies overlooked more than 30 years ago, this project will be completed late next year and has already started to improve safety conditions. Upon completion, it promises to spark renewed interest in commercial opportunities in the immediate vicinity.”

He said the city’s 20 beautiful parks are setting a new standard for outdoor spaces. He said that while planning for the future, the city continues to recognize its past.

“Last year we opened our 20th park in Canyon Hills named after a pioneer farming family, the Chris-

tensens. Their roots go back to the 1800s and their legacy is now preserved with this new park.”

Magee said public safety has been improved through the passage of Measure Z and fiscally sound investments during the past several years that have provided a balanced budget. The city has been able to reach a higher level of service than ever before, with 11 deputies on staff seven days a week, 24 hours a day. “Response times are down; visibility is up and we are on a sustainable course which will see crime rates continue to fall in Southwest Riverside County as we move toward becoming one of the safest geographic areas in the entire nation.”

He said, “We embrace our neighbors with acceptance and hate has no friends,” citing the city’s longtime commitment to an annual Juneteenth celebration.

Magee said the city will continue to look toward the future and will have many new opportunities, stating that without a plan, there can be no path forward.

“As we take the next steps forward in the evolution of Lake Elsinore, let’s remember how we got here. It wasn’t by passively allowing circumstances to dictate directions to us or waiting for someone else to bail us out. It was by taking bold, aggressive and assertive action as we raced forward to fulfill our dreams,” Magee said.

“So, buckle up, strap in and let’s drop the hammer.”

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San Jacinto City Manager updates city projects Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

In his monthly In the Loop and other announcements, San Jacinto City Manager Rob Johnson reported the latest in new retail and commercial developments and residential projects underway in the city.

Johnson, on his city website and Facebook monthly meeting, paid particular attention to San Jacinto’s Class Leasing firm requesting applications for 100

workers needed to help increase the labor force in and around the community. He said the firm is looking for production managers, buyers, truck drivers, plumbers, welders, carpenters, electricians and framers. He said they should contact R. French at (951) 2933929.

He added that the San Jacinto Unified School District and several local restaurants are also looking to hire new employees.

He cited a number of retail and commercial developments in the

city that are either under construction or in the advanced planning stages. They include Soboba Crossroads with 15,000 square feet of retail space completing its framing; the Soboba Economic Development Corporation is working on the infrastructure for a 19-acre development at Lake Park Dr. and Soboba Road, across from the Soboba Casino Resort that will include food and beverage outlets, a fueling station, car wash and retail stores; Habit Burger is going up; an ARCO

combo store at Cottonwood and Sanderson avenues is getting permits and design plans and HiMark Districting will be expanding its Seventh Street facility.

On the residential scene, Johnson reported KB Homes, Richmond American, Signature Homes, Mosaic and D.R. Horton are finishing up their residential home tracts. He said D.R. Horton has achieved permits to build another 300 homes south of the Ramona Expressway. He mentioned several other homebuilders

are seeking to locate over 1,000 new homes in the community.

Johnson said the Board of Realtors reported another increase in San Jacinto home prices near 24% over last year at the same time.

He noted that Mt. San Jacinto College recently installed shade covers over the student union area and plans for a new STEM building is underway on the north side of the San Jacinto campus.

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

Redistricting process begins for county supervisorial districts City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Riverside Board of Supervisors received initial testimony regarding the redrawing of supervisorial district boundaries in Riverside County, with speakers alternately seeking changes or signaling their satisfaction with the status quo, particularly in the Riverside metropolitan area during its Sept. 28 meeting.

The board’s initial public hearing set the stage for at least two additional hearings before the supervisors in December debate the proposed maps that emerge from constituents’ opinions, staff analyses and board discussions.

The target date to finalize and approve redraws is Dec. 7, though Dec. 15 is the deadline.

Among the speakers during the hearing at the County Administrative Center was Chani Beeman with the League of Women Voters, who expressed concern about the current boundaries separating the First and Second districts in the southeastern corner of Riverside.

“Social and economic interests should be kept whole,” Beeman told the board. “This requires a more holistic approach to programming.”

She asked the board to consider amending boundaries to reunify the section of the city encompassing Canyon Crest and the Woods Streets of downtown.

Bob Halili of Jurupa Valley said the area in which he resides, within District 2, should be left alone.

“Living in the community is a positive experience,” he told the board. “We’re a diverse community, but we respect each others ethnic backgrounds. Keep my community together.”

Maribel Nunez with the Brown & Black Redistricting Alliance imparted the same sentiments with regard to the area tying pockets of Riverside, Highgrove and Jurupa Valley together near the Santa Ana River.

“We would like it to stay together,” she said.

Supervisor Chuck Washington acceded that it would be “frowned upon to split cities.”

“We’d like to keep them whole,” he said. “My district includes Hemet and San Jacinto.

They don’t always get along, like siblings. But drawing lines that separate them would be counterproductive.”

The redistricting process was delayed five months because of

the coronavirus public health lockdowns that hampered the publication of 2020 Census data by federal officials.

According to census figures, the county grew 10.4% over the last decade, with the population increasing from 2,189,641 in 2010 to 2,418,185 by 2020, a net change of 228,544.

Under the county’s balancing policy, the benchmark goal is for each supervisorial district to be as close as possible to a population of 483,637.

Variances are expected, officials said.

According to the census estimates, three districts, 1, 2 and 4, are in a deficit, while Districts 3 and 5 have surpluses.

Supervisor Kevin Jeffries represents District 1, Supervisor Karen Spiegel District 2 and Supervisor Manuel Perez District 4. District 3 is represented by Washington, and District 5 by Supervisor Jeff Hewitt.

Washington’s district has 20,744 over the benchmark, and Hewitt’s district has 34,087 more.

State and federal law require that the districts remain contiguous, meaning no gerrymandering or broken lines to fit cities and unincorporated census-designated

communities into slices of one district or another.

The public will be able to weigh in again as to how mergers take place during meetings scheduled for Oct. 19 and Nov. 9.

District 4 has the largest deficit at 26,173, while District 1 has the smallest at 11,079. Spiegel’s District 2 is down 17,579, according to the county Executive Office.

If the supervisors cannot reach a majority vote on new boundaries, the issue would be put before a Superior Court judge for arbitration.

“It’s important to have as many people providing input as possible,” Spiegel said. “We will never get to a point where we make everybody happy.”

The U.S. Constitution requires a decennial census, and in addition to local political boundaries being redrawn, federal ones are also modified, impacting congressional representation. However, that job will be left to a statewide committee.

Municipalities will decide for themselves how to divvy up wards.

In 2011, the issue of redrawing district boundaries because of population shifts resulted in multiple hearings after the 2010 Census, which showed the number

of residents countywide increasing by 42%, or 644,000 people, over the previous decade.

The hearings culminated in testy debates, mostly between then-Supervisors John Tavaglione, representing District 2, and Bob Buster, representing District 1. The pair argued over division of segments of the city of Riverside, concentrated in the Casa Blanca, Eastside and University neighborhoods.

The objective was to abide by apportionment targets. Two thensupervisors, Marion Ashley and Jeff Stone, surrendered whole cities as part of the redistricting.

To break an impasse, Tavaglione ultimately relented to Buster’s proposal to envelop several neighborhoods that had historically belonged to the 2nd District. Buster was defeated for reelection the following year. Tavaglione retired in 2018.

More information on the county’s redistricting plans, including where to email comments and concerns, can be found at www. rivco.org/about-county/countyboards-committees-and-commissions/county-redistricting-efforts.

Humanitarian Award nominees being sought MURRIETA – The Interfaith Council of Murrieta and Temecula Valley is looking for nominations for its fourth annual Humanitarian Award. Nominees may be an individual of any age, youth group, not-for-profit organization, business, faith-based organization or governmental entity. Individuals must live or work in the local area. Online service providers as well as brick and mortar service providers are welcome to apply.

National service programs are not considered unless there is strong local participation.

The objective of the award is to honor an individual or organization that exemplifies the objectives of the Interfaith Council, especially cooperation, equity, unity, respect, compassion, dignity, human rights and justice, which are only a few of the virtues and

requirements of a peaceful and just society. Think about these possible nominees: a neighbor who is cooking meals and running errands for an at-risk senior in the neighborhood, a friend who is buying food and loaning rent money to help an out-of-work family stay in their home, or a youth who is tutoring a child unable to attend school and falling behind in his studies, etc.

Anyone who would like to nominate an individual or organization may request the nomination form by calling (951) 698-6116 or emailing martimusician@ verizon.net. Deadline for submission is Oct. 30. Recognition will take place at a public venue to be determined.

The IFC seeks to recognize service that demonstrates one or more virtues such as courtesy, excellence, generosity, humility, integ-

Canyon Lake deploys Flock Cameras to help solve crimes Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Canyon Lake is the most recent community to deploy Flock cameras that are said to reduce many crimes connected to motor vehicles, according to Holly Berlin with Flock Safety.

The cameras are deployed on signs and traffic standards in the areas of high vehicle traffic in the community that will soon provide Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies with quick access to reading license plates to spot reported stolen cars. While only focusing on a vehicle’s license plate they do not show the faces of the drivers or passengers.

“To prevent crime from occurring in Canyon Lake, the cameras will send a real-time alert to officers when a stolen car or a known wanted suspect from a national data crime database enters Canyon Lake. They can also alert police if a vehicle associated with a miss-

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ing person in an AMBER or Silver alert is detected,” a news release stated.

Any relevant information will be sent immediately to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Department that patrols the community.

Flock cameras are already in use in San Jacinto, Hemet, and other cities in the Inland Empire along with 1,200 other cities across the nation. Local city police chiefs have often praised the Flock cameras for relaying the whereabouts of vehicles used in criminal activity and report that many crimes have been solved with the help of the cameras.

Flock Safety cameras are able to capture vehicles traveling up to 100 mph and up to 75 feet away, day and night. Cameras are often installed at neighborhood entrances to capture images of all incoming vehicles.

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

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The IFC seeks to recognize service that encourages social and/or economic justice.

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Cannabis and coffee are highlighted at Lake Elsinore City Council meeting Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Two of the Public Hearing items that produced discussions at the Lake Elsinore City Council meeting Sept. 28 involved the expansion of an existing cannabis facility and a proposed Starbucks restaurant. Presentations on both topics were given by Assistant Community Development Director Justin Kirk on behalf of city staff.

Item No. 12 addressed a request

by Kind Group Ventures, LLC to modify a previously approved Development Agreement and Conditional Use Permit for a 3,754 square feet cannabis facility by increasing the total size of the facility by 3,410.46 square feet for a total size of 7,164.46 square feet.

Councilmember Steve Manos recused himself and left the dais during the discussion and eventual vote on the matter. He stated he had no conflict of interest with the applicant itself but has an existing listing agreement for a parcel of land outside of the city with the same landlord for the property being discussed.

“It may or not be an actual conflict, but I’m going to recuse myself out of an appearance of impropriety issue,” Manos said before leaving the room. The resolution was approved 4-0.

Item No. 13 was a request to approve the subdivision of an existing 1.09-acre site at the northwest corner of Lakeshore and Riverside drives into two lots for the purposes of constructing an 893-square foot new Starbucks restaurant and a Conditional Use Permit to allow a drive-thru component for the restaurant. The Planning Commission considered all mate-

LOZANO from page A-1 is about 35 miles from Grand Junction. He joined the Marine Corps out of high school in 1998. Lozano was stationed in Hawaii from 1998 to 2001 and transferred to Camp Pendleton in 2001. He was an in-

An aerial map shows the current location of Kind Group Ventures’ cannabis facility and the proposed location if given approval to Valley News/Courtesy photos expand.

rials in the administrative record and unanimously recommended approval of the project with two added Conditions of Approval.

Before submission of an application for a building permit, the applicant shall redesign the area to the north of the building to add ADA-accessible parking spaces.

Before the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the applicant shall submit a queuing management plan to be approved by the city’s traffic engineer that addresses vehicle queuing that exceeds the queuing lanes to provide access to parking and drive aisles.

Four Corners buffer The Four Corners location will have a 15- to 20-foot landscape buffer which will be a significant improvement to the area and create an entry statement along Riverside Drive. Kirk said the city worked with the builders to landscape with drought tolerant plans and created a design that took notes from the recently approved Chevron station remodel that was well received, the new Walmart center and the burnt orange color scheme from Launch Pointe, looking to create a cohesive streetscape without being

monotonous.

Manos commented that the new construction will beautify the area and he was fully supportive, making a motion to approve. Council Member Natasha Johnson did question whether there were any improvements planned for the streets surrounding the property.

Kirk pointed out that a vehicle miles traveled analysis and traffic impact analysis did not warrant any improvements to be done.

Landscaping a key Mayor Bob Magee complimented City staff, stating, “landscaping is absolutely key; you take what has been a drab and dreary corner for more than 30 years and you’re going to turn it into something pretty nice. Making sure the architecture complemented other investments in the area, very smart.” The item was then passed unanimously, 5-0.

Two other Public Hearing items included approval from City Council for participation in the Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Program and adopting a TUMF schedule due to construction cost index increases. WRCOG is required on an annual basis, per the

fantry instructor from 2001 to 2004 before being assigned to the Fifth Marine Division in 2004. Lozano reached the rank of Staff Sergeant (E-6) before he was medically discharged in 2013.

Lozano followed his discharge with becoming a Menifee resident.

“I like it a lot. I really do. It’s a smaller area,” he said.

His post-discharge activities also included founding his own band. “I still play with my band every now and then, but my main priority now is Thunder Road,” Lozano said.

The other Thunder Road mem-

The proposed design for a new Starbucks restaurant is shown during a presentation at the most recent Like Elsinore City Council meeting.

TUMF Administrative Plan, to evaluate project costs and calculate a construction cost index. A CCI reflects increased project costs based on regional and statewide data. At the July 12 Executive Committee meeting, staff presented a TUMF CCI adjustment for consideration.

The Executive Committee approved the item, which is then implemented through the adoption of a new TUMF fee schedule which increased all categories by 3% effective Jan. 1, 2022.

Council Member Brian Tisdale, who sits on the WRCOG board, said, “before TUMF came about, builders were allowed to build a lot of houses without worrying about infrastructure. TUMF keeps everybody in check.” Manos said, “When I first came into office, I wasn’t a big fan of TUMF … I can say that nine years later, I feel very differently about that. WRCOG has prioritized the city in multiple projects in many different ways.”

The item passed unanimously.

The final Public Hearing item was to adopt a resolution calling an election to submit to the qualified electors the question of levying a special tax within the area proposed to be annexed. The council approved 5-0. In other council business, items 1 through 8 on the Consent Calendar were passed unanimously and Successor Agency Calendar items 9 through 11 were also passed 5-0.

During City Council comments, Johnson reminded residents of the downloadable ALERT LE app that is available to submit requests and report issues. She said ALERT LE should be the first line of reporting for non-emergency issues. It also provides alert feedback, start to finish, so everyone knows when an issue has been addressed and/ or resolved.

The next regular meeting of the Lake Elsinore City Council and Successor Agency is scheduled for Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. For more information, www.lake-elsinore.org.

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Menifee resident Chris Lozano performs with Thunder Road at Pala Casino Sept. 17, when the band opened for country music superstar Toby Keith.

bers are Bill Shapiro, Billy Furtado, Todd Lalonde and Paul Burkhart.

“They asked me to play,” Lozano said.

“They’ve been together for a while and it was an honor being asked to play with them,” Lozano said. “I jumped on that right away.”

In the past Thunder Road has played in Las Vegas, often in conjunction with a rodeo, although the current bookings are all in California. Thunder Road has been performing for approximately 25 years.

Lozano had never previously seen Toby Keith in concert. “I’ve always liked him, wanted to; I just never had the chance to,” he said.

The Chris Lozano Band has performed with some noted country music artists. “I’ve had a chance to open up for Wade Hayes and Wade Bowen,” Lozano said.

Thunder Road had opened for Keith in the past, including in Las Vegas. “Thunder Road is just an amazing band, amazing opportunities for me,” Lozano said.

The Palomar Starlight Theater has a seating capacity of 2,251,

although the seats are not attached to the ground and seating may be modified. “This is one of my bigger concerts I’ve ever done,” Lozano said.

The concert also allowed Lozano to be part of Toby Keith’s opening act. “It was like a dream come true.

I always wanted to open up for him,” Lozano said. “It was really awesome.”

Lozano also saw Keith in concert for the first time. “It was everything I thought it would be. He’s an amazing guy,” Lozano said.

Lozano didn’t meet Keith at Pala. Lozano’s father, who is ill, attended the concert and Lozano left with him rather than stay when the rest of the band met Keith after the concert.

What additional opportunities Lozano will have are to be determined, but he relishes his debut performance with Thunder Road.

“It was an amazing way to start it,” he said. “It was a dream come true.”

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

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Alternative truck route set to minimize traffic from Rockport Ranch construction MENIFEE – The City of Menifee and the developer of the Rockport Ranch neighborhood have established a truck route for material hauling to reduce traffic impacts for residents and businesses that began Sept. 29.

Lennar, the developer, is importing soil material to the project south of Old Newport Road and west of Briggs Road. The soil will be stored there until grading begins for the 305-home development.

Hauling operations are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday and are expected to continue for five months.

The project’s haul route within the city limits provides for truck travel on Antelope Road between Scott and Garbani roads, on Garbani Road between Antelope and Briggs roads, and on Briggs Road between Garbani Road and the project site.

“The city wants to eliminate frustration for drivers as much as possible during construction and we appreciate their patience,” Mayor Bill Zimmerman said. “We hope this allows members of the public to more easily find alternative routes to reach their destinations and avoid truck traffic.”

The 80-acre Rockport Ranch will include single-family homes and open space amenities, including a large lake, trails, a community pool, playgrounds and outdoor barbeque stations.

“This is an important project for Menifee because it will provide additional residential housing

SOBEK from page A-1 increasing traffic and the many motorists violations happening in the area. Several residents complained about the motorists zipping through stop signs on Menifee Road and the growing traffic jams in front of the new Liberty High School, 31375 Bradley Road.

Others complained about the lack of parking areas along Menifee, Bradley and Garbani roads and how motorists were not obeying the posted no parking signs.

Sobek listened to their objections and observations and left the response to Menifee Police Chief Pat Walsh who along with the city’s new public works director responded to the effort being made to correct the problems and noted more traffic officers may be assigned to the areas in question.

Walsh did agree that “Menifee drivers drive really bad,” and reported the four new motorcycle officers “could write tickets all day long.” He said more traffic patrols will be likely on Menifee Road in the future. He added he hopes that in the near future the department might create what he called a “race team” of officers with high powered cars such as Riverside County Sheriff’s Department uses that will better enforce the driving laws.

City Manager Armando Villa reviewed some of the city’s projects and Capital Improvement

Projects aimed at helping alleviate the growing traffic problems in the district and in other Menifee voting districts. He cited the Holland Bridge Project that recently became fully funded that will soon get underway and will definitely help alleviate some of the city’s traffic problems.

On another subject Sobek addressed the property owners in her district, saying if they haven’t already, they should create more Neighborhood Watch programs.

She echoed Walsh’s statement that the residents and everyone should have “situational awareness” and to report anything suspicious to the police department.

On the bright side, Sobek said the city is working with Riverside County on obtaining some vacant property on the west side of the library on La Piedra Road that could be used for many civic purposes in the future. She urged everyone to use the new Menifee Library at 28798 La Piedra Road where the meeting was held. It is one of three public libraries in the city.

Sobek encouraged the residents to visit the City’s website to find out more about the many services offered by the city and to visit Facebook, Twitter and other social media to learn more about what is happening in the community and especially District 3.

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

This map shows the Rockport Ranch Material Import haul route.

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inventory to meet demand in our growing city,” Mayor Pro Tem Lesa Sobek said.

For more information about the Rockport Ranch project, please contact the City of Menifee Public Works Engineering Division at

(951) 723-3719. For information on other current development projects in the City of Menifee, visit www.cityofmenifee.us.

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Public input sought on local disaster risk assessment and planning MENIFEE – The public is invited to two October meetings to provide input on a city plan that identifies risks from natural and man-made disasters and provides a strategy to minimize losses.

The city’s 2021 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) update will identify local threats, review and assess past disasters, estimate the probability of future events, and set goals to mitigate potential risks to people and property from earthquakes, floods, wildfires and other hazards.

The city is offering opportunities to discuss the LHMP at two different events. The first event, a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) meeting is scheduled for Oct. 12 at City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, from 6–8 p.m.

The second event, an Emergency Preparedness Workshop, will be held Oct. 14, at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center, 29995 Evans Road, from 1–3 p.m.

To view the current plan and provide suggestions, comments or questions, please visit the

Emergency Management Page on the City’s website at www. cityofmenifee.us/525/EmergencyManagement. All feedback will be documented and considered for inclusion in the LHMP. The input period will be open from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31.

For more information, please contact Vanessa Barrera, Emergency Management Analyst, at vbarrera@cityofmenifee.us or (951) 723-3771.

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Dog Daze in Menifee celebrates cutest, scariest and most creative of canines

Maggie is awarded Judges’ Choice for her lion costume at the seventh Dog Daze Canine Festival and Costume Contest at Aldergate Park in Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes Menifee Oct. 2.

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Summer is over but dog days are still in Menifee as evidenced by more than 40 canines who attended Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District’s seventh Dog Daze event in Menifee Oct. 2. With their twolegged leash holders in tow, the dogs made their way down the first base line at Aldergate Park’s baseball diamond to strut their stuff in front of the judges for this year’s costume contest.

Valley-Wide General Manager Dean Wetter welcomed all the human and canine guests and explained how the event began. “There was a grassroots movement to get a dog park at Aldergate and it was built by the community,” he said.

“The first Dog Daze festival was a fundraiser to build a separate park here for small dogs.”

Wetter added that the event has now become an annual tradition that brings the community together with their canine friends. He said studies have proven that parks and green spaces improve the quality of life.

“Parks are essential and very important to any community,” he said.

Master of ceremonies and ValleyWide Public Information Officer Craig Shultz said putting the event together this year was a labor of love for all those involved. It was canceled last year due to COVID-19, so everyone was eager to celebrate their furry friends once again.

“This is one of my favorite events of all the ones that we do, mainly because we let the puppies bring their people with them,” Shultz said.

There were 21 contestants entered in the small dog division for those under 20 pounds. Medium dogs had to be 21-49 pounds and those 50 pounds and over were in the big dog division. Judges were Monica Reichl, a member of Arts Council Menifee and drama teacher at Tahquitz High School in Hemet; Helen Battiato, a longtime animal advocate from The Oasis in Menifee; and Pastor Alberto Garcia of Psalm 21 Church, who also gave a Blessing of the Animals at the start of the event.

Reichl, who has judged the contest in the past, said she enjoys seeing the creativity that goes into the homemade costumes. “I make costumes for the drama department so I know how difficult it can be,” she said. “But if the costume suits the dog’s personality, it doesn’t matter if it’s homemade or store bought.”

Battiato was instrumental in helping get the small dog park enclosure built after Valley-Wide created the larger area at Aldergate Park.

She said they put up the fencing and grass and it has become very popular.

Music, raffles and vendors kept the morning active as did the interaction between dog lovers and their pets. The judges deliberated after each division finished but winners were not announced until after all dogs had had their day in front of the judges’ table.

In the small dogs’ division, there was a tie for Cutest but Gantu and Champagne were both with Samantha Prado of San Diego so they shared the trophy. Scariest

was five-month-old Lucy, dressed as a bat. She was modeled for the judges by 4-year-old Izabella Lowe, of Menifee, who was dressed as a vampire.

Linda and Richard Figueroa were double winners with Molly and Muffin. The Temecula couple won Most Creative for a peacock outfit sported by 12-year-old Molly and Judges’ Choice for the costume sported by Muffin. Linda Figueroa, who created both costumes, explained Muffin’s “three-headed dog” as the stuffed dog angel head on her left shoulder and a stuffed dog devil head on her right shoulder trying to sway the real dog’s decisions.

Cutest canine in the medium size division was 11-year-old Luna, who was dressed as Big Bird and shown

by Alexis Aguirre of Moreno Valley.

The judges said picking the scariest was difficult because they were all so cute but Chanel, 1, won the trophy that was accepted by Londyn Stackhouse of Murrieta for dressing up as a scorpion.

Chance was chosen as Most Creative for portraying the Queen of Hearts. Millo Molacek, of Hemet, wore a matching outfit to complement her pet. Pink Princess Lovie, 12, won Judges’ Choice for being pretty in pink. Amanda and Skye Mcintyre, of Menifee, said they enjoy attending the event each year and have entered Lovie in the contest in the past but this was her first win.

The large dogs’ division produced a lot of original costumes including Moto who walked away with a Cutest trophy for being dressed as an ear of corn and being dubbed a “corn dog.” Dave and Tara Wick of Menifee are regulars at the Aldergate Dog Park, going there every weeknight and twice on weekends.

“This was our first time entering the contest and we were very impressed,” Tara said.

The scariest big dog was Vader who was dressed as a four-legged Freddy Krueger. Raul and Anavee Dorado of Menifee transformed Murray, 7, into a construction worker and earned the Most Creative trophy. Judges’ Choice went to Maggie, with Mark Fulgar accepting the trophy on her behalf.

She was dressed as a lion, but it was hard to tell where the costume ended and her natural fur began.

“I have a lot of respect for those with large dogs that probably fight more when you are trying to put the costumes on them, like when our kids get older,” Shultz told the pets’ parents.

With a field full of hot dogs, tacos, ballerinas and bumble bees, there also were sightings of Spiderman and a die-hard Lakers fan amid a morning of barking, sniffing and wagging. Bill Aho brought puppy sisters Buffy and Cleo to the event to give them a place to work off some of their youthful energy.

“There are not enough activities for dogs and COVID erased so much,” Aho, of Sun City, said.

“We all need to get out and socialize again; dogs and people, too.”

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Gantu and Champagne tie for cutest costume at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District’s Dog Daze in Menifee Oct. 2.

Wonder Woman and her fourlegged superhero make their way to the judges’ table at the seventh Dog Daze costume contest in Menifee Oct. 2.

Millo Molacek and Chance wear matching Queen of Hearts outfits and earn the Most Creative trophy at the Dog Daze Canine Festival and Costume Contest in Menifee.

Lovie takes home the Judges’ Choice trophy for being pretty in pink.

Murray wins Most Creative costume for dressing as a construction worker with help from Raul and Anavee Dorado.

Chanel, as a black scorpion, scares judges in the medium size dog division and walks away with a trophy.

Linda and Richard Figueroa’s dogs win Most Creative and Judges’ Choice for their pets’ costumes at the seventh Dog Daze costume contest in Menifee Oct. 2.

Izabella Lowe sports a vampire costume as she carries Lucy in a bat costume and wins scariest in the small dog division.

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Treat your little monsters to ghoulish giggles and balloon twisting fun. All ages. Due to the uncertainty of the COVID situation, all programs are subject to change.

Oct. 31 – 5-7 p.m. Annual Trunk R Treat event at the Dwelling Place Church, 27100 Girard St., Hemet.

Safe and fun for children of all ages. Costumes welcomed. Set up treats in the trunks of your vehicle.

Parking lot area.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Oct. 8-30 – 5-11 p.m. Temecula Terror at Galway Downs. A new attraction. Pay a visit to a forgotten shop on the Butterfield Stage Route many years ago with a haunted carnival, 38801 Corralitos Road, Temecula. Information and tickets $10 to $38. Contact @Hunting.net.

Oct. 8-10 – First annual SoCalBikefest presented by the Riverside Indian and Shark Squad with 15 musical guests over the event with special guests onstage, two motorcycle shows featuring Brigade FMX, custom bike show with $1,000 Best of Bike prize held at Diamond Stadium, 500 Diamond Drive, Lake Elsinore. Tickets for all or separate days from $25 to $85.

See socalbikefest.com for details.

Oct. 9 – 4-10 p.m. 25th annual Country Hoedown to benefit the nonprofit REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship Program. Live music by the Clay Colton Band, riding demonstrations, silent auction, barbecue dinner by Firehouse Que Brew, dancing, carnival and more.

General admission $75. Military and Seniors $60. Children $25. See reinsprogram.org for tickets and information.

Oct. 9 – 9 a.m. to noon. Alessandro OHV Trail Work Party by Southern Mountains Foundation, Cranston Ranger Station, Highway 74 just east of Valle Vista toward Idyllwild. Help clean up the OHV trails in the forest, depending on forest fire closures.

Oct. 16 – 2-7 p.m. Rooted in Nature Brew Festival at Marna O’Brien Park, 20505 Palomar St., Wildomar, celebrating local beer brewers, with entertainment and fun for the whole family. Cost up to $43. Happy Hour for adults after 5 p.m. and stage entertainment. A fundraiser for the continuing education of children and appreciation of nature by the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation. See www.srpnef.org for more information.

Oct. 21 – 8:30 a.m. Menifee’s State of the City Address by Mayor Bill Zimmerman at the Fairfield Inn and Suites, 30140 Town Center Drive. Sponsored by the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce.

For in-person tickets visit business.menifee valleychamber.com/ events/details/menifee-2021-stateof-the-city-address-4395 or call the chamber at (951) 672-1991.

Oct. 22 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Veterans Expo 2021 sponsored

by Sen. Melissa Melendez and Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto at Monteleone Meadows, 35245 Briggs Road, Murrieta. RSVP

(950) 894-3530.

Oct. 22 – 3:30 p.m. Buster Balloon Halloween Spectacular at Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road, Temecula. Treat your little monsters to ghoulish giggles and balloon twisting fun. All ages. Due to the uncertainty of the COVID situation, all programs are subject to change. Thank you for your patience.

Oct. 23 – 5 p.m. Boys and Girls Club Our Kids Rock Gala “Boots and Bling” fundraiser at the Pechanga Casino Ballroom, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula.

Auction, live music, dinner and dancing. Contact Michelle Taylor at Michelleret@bgcswc.org or visit www.bgcswc.org/OKR for more information.

Oct. 30 – 12-4 p.m. “Merewif, the Mermaid Witch” Local author book signing. Amanda Adam will be signing hardcopy and paperback books at Barnes & Noble, 40570 Winchester Road in Temecula.

Complimentary swag on a first come, first served basis.

Nov. 5 – 6 p.m. Hemet State of the City address by Mayor Karlee Meyer at the Hemet Library, 300 E. Latham Ave. Sponsored by the Hemet San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce. Tickets $25. Call (951) 255-3425.

Nov. 6 – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Military Resource and Service Expo presented by the Rotary Club of Murrieta at Veterans Memorial Garden, Town Square Park, Murrieta. For more information contact Raven at (951) 902-9681 or ceo@ milvet.org.

Nov. 20 – 9 a.m. Elinor Evans Martin to speak at the AntelopeMenifee Rural Center with Part Two of her story about the Canyon Lake dam construction, the fish camp and Canyon Lake’s community development.

ONGOING – The City of Menifee offers in-city or out-of-city Special Event Vendor applications online or at the Menifee City Hall to apply for signature and other special events. Contact the Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, (951) 672-6777, or by email at businesslicensing@cityofmenifee.us.

ONGOING – Riverside Transportation Commission is offering Park and Ride Lots to connect with carpools, vanpools and transit systems in Beaumont at 600 E. 6th Street, in San Jacinto at 501 S. San Jacinto Ave. and in Temecula at Grace Presbyterian Church, 31143 Nicolas Road, open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. but not on weekends.

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

ONGOING – If you know a homebound older adult, resources in Menifee are available, including grab-and-go, cooked and frozen food for pickup. Courtesy Pantry items and meals delivered with no contact. Three days of emergency food can be delivered immediately or restaurant meal delivery for those who don’t qualify for food assistance programs. Call (800) 510-2020 for help.

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

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

ONGOING – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

ONGOING – Temecula’s Farmers Markets are offered in Old Town Temecula Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon, 4100 Main St. in Temecula; at Promenade Temecula, 40640 Winchester Road, outside JCPenney every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Vail Headquarters, 32115 Temecula Parkway, every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. In compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Riverside County Public Health orders, the farmers markets will be restricted to agriculture products only. Follow the Old Town Temecula Farmers Market on Facebook to stay updated. No pets are allowed.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS Oct. 12 – 10 a.m. Menifee Community Partners meeting at Kay Ceniceros Senior Center Palm Room, 29995 Evans Road, Menifee. Have a chat with City Manager Aramando Villa.

Oct. 13 – 10 a.m. to noon. Coffee on the Deck Social, Share, Critique. Bring a piece of art, writing or music for a critique without pressure at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, 36701 Highway 79 South, Temecula. More information, (951) 302-3837, www. dorlandartscolony.org, or info@ dorlandartscolony.org. RSVP required.

Oct. 25 – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

4th Monday Book Club meets at Grace Mellman Community Library, 41000 County Center Drive, Temecula. Discussion on “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia MorenoGarcia in the Community Room.

Even if you haven’t read it you can join in.

ONGOING – Sons of Norway/ Scandinavia meets the first Saturday of every month, September to June. Meeting at the Heritage Mobile Park Clubhouse, 31130 S. General Kearny Road., Temecula, at noon. Potluck lunch, followed by a cultural program, and short business meeting. Please come and enjoy company with fellow Scandinavians. Call (951) 3091597 or (951) 849-1690 for more information.

ONGOING – MilVet sends military care packages for deployed U.S. Troops throughout the world and is seeking support for nutrition snacks, hygiene supplies and other small items that will show the love of those at home. Help shop for most needed items without leaving your home by purchasing items remotely and having them delivered to volunteers for packing. All items on the list are special requests from deployed military men and women sent through Amazon at https:// smile.amazon.com. Know someone deployed? Sign them up for monthly care packages: https://milvet.org/request-for-care-packages.

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

ONGOING – The First Fridays art events, in the ambiance of great music and food, are free and offer an exciting opportunity for varied

artists to share their work with the community and the many visitors to Temecula. This event is held at The Merc and The Lot on Main, 42051 Main Street. For more information, call the Community Services Department at (951) 6946480. Artists may apply using the 2021 AOTW Application online at https://temeculaca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11605/2021-AOTWApplication.

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

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

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

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

ONGOING – Menifee Community Services offers online driver’s education courses for 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 www.city of menifee.us.

ONGOING – 10-11:30 a.m.

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

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

Contact Robbie Motter, the NAFE global coordinator, at (951) 2559200 or rmotter@aol.com for information about future meetings.

ONGOING – Hemet/Winchester National Association of Female Entrepreneurs meets monthly.

For new meeting dates and destinations, contact director Joan Wakeland at (909) 721-7648 or email Joanewakeland@gmail.com.

Lake Elsinore/Murrieta/Wildomar NAFE also meets each month in Lake Elsinore with director Sandie Fuenty. Call Fuenty at (714) 9817013 or email sandiesldy@aol. com to learn when meetings will resume.

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

ONGOING – The Murrieta Garden Club meets each month at the Murrieta Community Center, 41810 Juniper St. Anyone who likes to garden or is interested in plants is welcome. Membership is $10 per year. Find more information about the monthly event or project on Facebook.

ONGOING – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month.

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

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

For new dates, call (760) 807-1323 or visit www.MenifeeToastmasters.org for more information.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Frybread Kitchen serves up popular food at Soboba

Frybread Kitchen, owned and operated by Antonia Briones-Venegas and Aurelia Mendoza, is a popular site at many Soboba community events.

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Antonia Briones-Venegas, left, and Aurelia Mendoza run Frybread Kitchen, a popular pop-up at Soboba events. They served more than 400 customers at the 2021 NIAA Fastpitch Softball Tournament Sept. 17-19.

Antonia Briones-Venegas and Aurelia Mendoza officially opened their Frybread Kitchen in February after both had cooked on their own for years, donating their time and special dishes to events and fundraisers.

“We started working together when our kids joined Soboba Youth Council and we donated time to do food fundraisers,” Briones-Venegas said. “We’ve also done many birthday parties and family functions together. Aurelia volunteered us once to do a popup event together and we’ve been doing it as Frybread Kitchen ever since.”

Mendoza’s strengths for cooking are in the different meats that are offered, as well as combinations of foods and different flavorings for the food they make.

Briones-Venegas loves to make the beans and is the frybread maker.

“We both make a mean salsa that

adds flavor and spice to your dish,” Briones-Venegas said. “One of our main attractions that brought people to our booth and started this would be the Indian tacos and regular tacos.”

She added that her favorite food to make is a combination burrito because it can be changed up in many different ways and is always very filling. Mendoza’s favorite food to make is the birria Indian taco, one of their best sellers. The duo sets up their Frybread Kitchen pop-up two or three times a month depending on the event and location.

“One of our main events we try not to miss is the Soboba vendor pop-ups at the old casino parking lot held at the end of each month,” Briones-Venegas said.

The 2021 NIAA fastpitch tournament, hosted by Soboba has been one of the largest events they have served at so far. They served

more than 400 people throughout the Sept. 17-19 event. Earlier this year, they got a steady stream of customers when they set up their kitchen at Soboba Casino Resort’s Food Truck Fiesta in May. Serving their regular menu and then adding new items like stew and frybread, red chili meat burritos, breakfast burritos, and pozole can sometimes be challenging but the cooks want to keep experimenting with food combinations to see what customers respond to the most. They are always looking forward to adding new items to the menu and adding events they can cater for with a variety of new foods they will be adding.

“One of our biggest challenges is finding our supplies at our local stores in the quantities that are needed,” Briones-Venegas said.

As if maintaining the Frybread Kitchen wasn’t enough to keep these ladies busy, both have many

other things on their plates.

“I am a mother of two high school teenagers and a wife of a hard-working husband,” Mendoza said. “Both my children are involved in school sports as well as tribal sports. I try and attend every game, if possible.”

In her spare time, Mendoza loves to cook new foods and look for recipes and dishes that can be added to the Frybread Kitchen menu. Lately, she’s been working to add some baked goods and sweet treats.

“One of my favorite hobbies I turned into a side business is creating gift baskets for different occasions,” Mendoza said. “I recently started attending a low carb cooking class at the Soboba Sports Complex; I love learning new things.”

Briones-Venegas is a full-time mother and wife. Her children are also involved in school sports and tribal sports, and she tries to attend all their games. She also volunteers to serve on different boards for the tribe. She has served on the Noli Indian School board for the past six years and is currently its president. She also serves as treasurer for the All Mission Indian Hous-

ing Authority board and recently joined the Soboba Foundation board of directors, where she serves as secretary.

“The one thing that I love about sitting on the different boards is that they all know my business comes first and they are always looking for opportunities for us and always giving feedback about our last sales,” she said, adding that their favorite part of owning their own business is that they can set their own hours and days.

Both ladies agree that a highlight of being in this business are the opportunities to meet new people and connect with old friends.

“We would like to thank all of our returning customers and our new ones who will hopefully enjoy our food and come back for more,” Briones-Venegas said. “Our family-owned business would not be possible without the family that stands behind us. A big shoutout to our workers Antiana, Edwin, Grandma Connie, Orlando, Alyssa, Ciara, Jeremiah, Jesse, Kevin and Samuel.”

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HEALTH

Over 15 million Americans have COPD: equal amount estimated to be undiagnosed Shelby Ramsey SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

COPD, formally known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is the fourth leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the United States, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Columbia University has stated “over 15 million Americans have been diagnosed with COPD. Evidence suggests that another 15 million have COPD but remain undiagnosed.”

This is a disease that deserves a look back in time as a lot has changed and evolved with it. COPD is one of many conditions that has been studied over time and what has been learned historically has led to better treatments, understanding and management of the disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines COPD as “a group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing-related problems. It includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.” While no cure is available for COPD, it is treatable. It is important to understand that there are various conditions housed under the name COPD. In other words, “all COPD

is not the same.”

Some individuals have a chronic bronchitis form of COPD; others have a more emphysematous form (related to emphysema).

Emphysema “is a progressive, destructive lung disease in which the walls between the tiny air sacs are damaged.”* In turn, breathing becomes difficult due to the lungs’ loss of elasticity and air becomes trapped in the person’s over-inflated lungs.

While most cases of COPD are linked to a history of smoking, 25% of patients diagnosed with the condition have never smoked.

Something everyone should understand is that research has pointed to environmental factors playing a role in developing and enhancing symptoms of COPD. One genetic form is known called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

A notable turning point globally came as a result of the 1952 Great Smog of London, which tied together respiratory death and impaired air quality. Studies and research ensued.

The event was described as follows. On December 5, 1952, a yellow-brown smog encased London, wreaking havoc on citizens and it quickly led to a crisis.

This chart shows the prevalence of COPD by state in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refer to these as the “hot pockets” of COPD sufferers.

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The poisonous and paralyzing smog, which lasted for five days, was caused by a toxic mix of industrial pollution (soot from factory smokestacks, automobiles, chimneys and diesel-fueled buses) and high-pressure conditions (causing a temperature inversion).

It is estimated that around 12,000 lives were lost because of the Great Smog of London. “Deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia increased more than sevenfold. The death rate in London’s East End increased nine-fold.”** The smog was so thick that some residents were unable to see their feet as they walked.

The state of air pollution in London (after the events of 1952) came into extreme focus and four years later the Clean Air Act was passed by the British government. The act restricted burning of coal in both industrial furnaces and domestic fires and established “smoke-free” regions throughout the city. Residents were provided the option to change to heating sources like natural gas and electricity.

The Clean Air Act continues to be deemed a major event, “victory” if you will for residents and their health, in environmentalism for Britain.

Today, COPD is still vastly underdiagnosed.

If you or someone you know are looking for a resource, The American Lung Association has its “Better Breathers Club,” which connects persons living with COPD. For the past 40 years it has offered support and education throughout the country.

In positive momentum, an international team of researchers led

by Michigan Medicine produced a “landmark study” which was funded by the National Heart, Lung,

and Blood Institute.

The study reported a new diagnostic technique called Parametric Response Mapping which is able to “identify small airway abnormality in COPD.”*** With better identification of problem areas, better treatment is allowed.

PRM “provides a color map, which represents normal lung tissue, small airway disease or emphysema, and gives insight into the extent and localization of disease.”

“PRM adds significantly to the diagnostic value of current CT quantification methods in assessing the presence of COPD.” Further investigation is anticipated.

When patients are diagnosed with COPD, they should be advised which of four “stages” their disease is in. This is based on what is known as the GOLD system for grading COPD. Determining which of the four stages pertains to the patient is based on things such as: magnitude of symptoms, how many times the COPD has escalated, and results of a spirometry test (checks the amount of air and speed the patient can exhale).

STAGE 1: Mild COPD, Lung capacity is estimated to be around 80% of normal. Moderate to persistent coughing and small amounts of sputum (saliva mixed with mucus) may be present.

STAGE 2: Moderate COPD, At this stage, the patient’s lungs are operating at 50-80%. Coughing and the production of sputum are more prominent in these patients. These individuals will find they experience shortness of breath even with mild activity. It is at this stage that many people begin to seek a medical opinion.

STAGE 3: Severe COPD, Lungs are only operating at 30-50% in these patients. Symptoms of fatigue

and shortness of breath become more serious at this stage. With greatly reduced airflow into the lungs, these patients are likely to experience flare-ups, where infections in the lungs happen and hospitalization results.

STAGE 4: Very Severe COPD, Quality of life is very difficult for patients with Stage 4 COPD. With lung function at approximately 30% of normal, the disease becomes life-threatening. The accompanying coughing and mucus production becomes extremely complicated as it becomes increasingly difficult for the patient to clear their lungs of the mucus. Morning headaches can plague these patients who have higher levels of carbon dioxide in their blood and due to the stress on the heart, the feet can begin to swell.

If you or a family member or friend appear to be experiencing early signs of this disease, prompt medical attention is encouraged.

The sooner the disease can be treated and managed, the better off the patient will be.

It is important to note that COPD and asthma are two completely different diseases. A thorough exam and evaluation by a pulmonologist can result in the proper diagnosis. *Source: https://columbiasurgery.org/conditions-and-treatments/ emphysema-and-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd **Source: https://www.history. com/news/the-killer-fog-that-blanketed-london-60-years-ago ***Source: https://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201903/ non-invasive-imaging-techniquevalid-identifying-small Shelby Ramsey is the author of the blog, thehonestmigraine.com which also features interviews with patients and medical experts.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month TEMECULA – If you’ve ever dealt with someone making threats against you, been the subject of physical or verbal attacks, had rumors floated about you, or been purposely excluded from a group, then you know what it’s like to be bullied. During October, we recognize National Bullying Prevention Month and raise awareness and focus on bullying.

Bullying is any unwanted and aggressive behavior that involves a power imbalance, whether real or perceived. It’s typically behavior that is repeated again and again over a period of time.

Technology, with all the benefits it provides, also has made bullying easier and more widespread. Cyberbullying includes the distribution of mean or inappropriate email or text messages, the use of social

media to post rumors or embarrassing photos, videos, messages and even fake profiles.

For more information on ways to prevent, respond or act against bullying, visit stopbullying.org, which is a special initiative from the Department of Health and Human Services.

If your child has been the victim of bullying and you’ve noticed a change in his or her mental health as a result, or if your child or someone you love is struggling with depression or thinking about suicide, get help now.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), is a free resource, available 24 hours a day for anyone who is in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.

The Crisis Text Line is a free 24/7 text line where trained crisis coun-

selors support individuals in crisis.

Text “Jason” to 741741 to speak with a compassionate, trained crisis counselor. Confidential support 24/7, for free.

The Jason Foundation is another available resource. The Jason Foundation is dedicated to the awareness and prevention of youth suicide through educational programs that equip youth, parents, educators, and the community with the tools and resources to identify and assist at-risk youth. One element of these tools and resources is free online training that anyone may utilize.

Among the training modules available is one dedicated to the study of bullying and suicide. Visit jasonfoundation.com and click Training for more information.

Submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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HOME & GARDEN

Bromeliads, part of the pineapple family is very diversified Roger Boddaert SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

The bromeliad family is enormous and comes from the tropical regions of the world. It is now a popular interior house plant and is becoming a trendy plant out in the landscape these days.

Over 3,500 species of bromeliads and thousands of genera, and colorful hybrids, have exploded in recent years through plant hybridization and plant selection.

The bromeliad plant family has been collected from Mexico, Central America, and down to Patagonia in Chile, and does well in our gardens of Southern California.

The nursery industry saw the potential and started a massive propagation program to grow, breed, and produce new hybrids through laboratory tissue culture over the past years.

A plant breeder named Ed Hummel had greenhouses in the Leucadia area and developed many exciting breakthroughs with his new bromeliad hybrids. Hummel was a horticulturalist who was continually developing new plant forms for the gardening world of the future.

I had the incredible experience back in the sixties of spending a day at Hummel’s greenhouses and learning from this international plant guru. As we strolled through his nursery, he explained why he was making specific crosses. He always carried a thin camel-hair paintbrush in his pocket, pollinating from one plant to another with specific genetic features that he envisioned.

Years ago, I worked in Los Angeles as a plant manager for a large interior plant company.

My job was to design and install exotic interior plant installations throughout the Los Angeles area with my crew. We used a vast array of bromeliads in these interior plant designs, along with palms, philodendrons and dracaena. It wasn’t just a few potted bromeliads, but entire interior tropical scenes, and they were very novel to the public’s eye at that time.

Some of our clients were the Los Angeles Times, Union Oil, Richfield Oil, Hilton Hotels, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and private homes in the L.A. basin to mention a few.

The bromeliad family has brought so many new, easy-togrow plants to our homes and is becoming more popular nowadays. They can even be found in supermarket floral departments.

Perhaps you have enjoyed the delicious pineapple fruit, which is classified as a bromeliad titled Ananas. You can cut off the top of the pineapple, allow it to dry some, plant it in a well-drained soil potting mix, and you might have your own fruiting pineapple in a few years.

What intrigues me most about bromeliads is the vast spectrum of form, color, shapes from epiphytic (growing in trees) to the terrestrial (earth-growing) bromeliads from the world’s tropics and growing here very happily in San Diego County.

One of the mass-produced bromeliads in the early years was Aechmea fasciata. This plant has a silver chalice-shaped vase form with a pink and blue flower spike erupting from the center of the plant and is a spectacular plant to enjoy for months on end, and then the mama plant sets off baby pups at her base to grow and flower in a couple of years.

I once had the incredible experience listening to the Brazilian landscape architect and plantsman Roberto Burle Marx at a Cal Poly lecture many a moon ago. Marx was involved in the design of the colorful Copacabana promenade along the beachfront in Rio de Janeiro. But his signature landscape was his design and creation of Brazilia, a new city deep in the heart of the Brazilian jungles, incorporating large swaths of terrestrial bromeliads and other indigenous exotic plants throughout his creative, and artful earth designs.

You can hold a tiny Tillandsia plant in your hand and then learn that the giant Tillandsia raimondi from Patagonia has a flower spike towering 20 feet in height. Does this blow you away about the diversity of this plant family?

The hanging gray Spanish moss is Tillandsia usneoides that cascades abundantly from trees and is another plant to add to your bromeliad collection. It is a deli-

A collection of Guzmania Bromeliads.

A collection of Bromeliads growing in harmony Valley News/Roger Boddaert photos

cate gray hanging plant and I have seen birds plucking this soft mossy tread-like plant and fly away with tiny pieces of the plant to cradle in the nest for their babies.

The forms and shapes of bromeliads are exciting, with colorful leaves in stripes, mottled, spotted or speckled. This family of plants is easy to grow with many variations and even a few fragrant nocturnal Tillandsia, so be on the lookout.

The culture is elementary with basic needs that you can mount in trees, twigs, or hanging baskets or grow the terrestrial species in your garden planters. Their culture can range from full sun, dappled light to a shady nook for that unique focal point in your niche areas of the landscape.

As container plants, they enjoy fast drainage with an organic base of wood chips or an orchid potting mixture and multiply quickly with side baby pups. And when the mother plant goes through its completed flowering cycle, she puts all her energy into her side shoots, multiplying in time.

The Neoregelia clan has tiny flowers born deep inside the cup of the plant, while others have their flowers high above the plant’s leaves like the portea species (not protea). These flowers can tower 5 feet above the mother plant and are a marvelous candidate as an exotic cut flower for your home.

Some of the shade-loving bromeliads mix well with clivia, ferns, liriope, fushia and mondo grass. At the same time, the plumeria, hibiscus, puya, and assorted succulents are a good combination out in the sun for some specific broms.

If you want to enjoy these tropical plants inside the home, consider; Guzmania, Vriesea and Aechmea, which have a great look, and flowers that last for months. I like to place these interior bromeliads on a low saucer with a bit of water to add to the humidity for the plant, which they enjoy while maintaining fresh water inside the central leaves of the cup.

I have often thought of bromeliads as an investment plant, for they increase in size as they mature, and you can get your money’s worth. I have some clumps of broms that I planted over 10 years ago out in my garden, and they measure 6 to 8 feet across, with dozens of plants within that one large clump. So choose wisely in placing the right plant in the right place.

There are likely undiscovered rare bromeliads and other plants high in the tall jungle tree canopies yet to be discovered due to their inaccessibility. But in my opinion, let them be, for we have lost so many species of flora and fauna out in the wild to date.

Unfortunately, there are areas in the Amazon which are being cut down and burned so farmers can grow crops or raise cattle for the fast-food hamburgers.

With these open wounds in the Amazon River delta, the entire ecosystem has been changed forever. We must understand that this vast area around the equator is the oversized air conditioner

A beautiful Bromeliad.

White flowering Guzmania.

Fuzzy Tillandsia clump.

Colorful Neo Gelia.

for our planet and is being threatened daily and as I write, these ancient tropical forests are being slaughtered.

If you are a collector, there are local and international bromeliad clubs, and you will see the best of the best at their plant shows. You can buy new and scarce plants to add to your collection at these bromeliad expositions as well.

Some of these rare species are being grown from seed or through micropropagation to continue the bloodline. Many extinct wild plants have been rescued and are alive in botanical gardens, conservatories or private collections.

Even if you want to stay in your jammies and bunny slippers, going online is another way to obtain unique plants and have them delivered right to your front door within a few days with some specialty plant mail-order nurseries.

I sincerely hope that perhaps I have opened up some new horizons in your horticultural and green life to grow, appreciate and enjoy the wonderful world of the bromeliad family.

Take a few extra moments in your life to enjoy the many intricacies of the plant kingdom and the green grandeur on this floating

green spaceship called earth. To date, we might be the only planet with this enormous vibrant green blanket encircling the earth.

And, I say, not only smell the roses, but open your senses to view what’s around you in your daily life. So go out and plant

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Menifee Mayor’s Industry Idea Exchange draws dozens of business owners, entrepreneurs her staff would be glad to help. She did remind those attending that it does take time to process the loan applications and to be patient if they have not heard back yet regarding their applications.

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Menifee Mayor Bill Zimmerman greets more than 30 local business owners and entrepreneurs at the Mayor’s Industry Idea Exchange held at city council chambers Sept. 30. Menifee City Manager Armando Valley News/Tony Ault photos Villa waits his turn to speak at the informal meeting.

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Participants from local and regional businesses and industry leaders filled Menifee’s City Council chambers to hear and share ideas on how to better grow the city’s economy at Menifee Mayor Bill Zimmerman’s Industry Idea Exchange, Sept. 30.

Zimmerman said he was pleased at the turnout and welcomed those attending. “Thank you for helping us and now we want to help you,” Zimmerman said to the strong showing of business owners, Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce members, entrepreneurs, medical representatives, developers, Realtors and a representative of the Small Business Development Center. City Manager Armando Villa and officials from his staff were also available to answer any questions and provide information on the many programs the city is offering to business and industry to encourage their growth and how they in turn are helping the fifth fastest growing city in the state.

Maneesja Jones, Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce Director, opened and closed the meeting.

Gina Gonzalez, Economic Development Director, showed a slide presentation on how the city

has had a 67% growth since 2008 now with 105,524 residents and home values averaging $506,205.

She gave a brief description of the office, retail and industrial studies made recently that show the city had a demand for more, advanced and medical manufacturing, technology firms, entertainment, sitdown restaurants, brewery and distillers, hotel accommodations and small businesses. She said studies show that there is a business leakage in the city of an estimated $813 billion in all major categories within a 5-mile radius.

She explained four ways the current business community can bring those demanded businesses and services to Menifee. That brought some discussion from the attendees who saw bigger, but high-salaried jobs would be beneficial. Other incentives would be to have more and easier access to medical facilities, better traffic control, more higher education opportunities in colleges and universities, more affordable housing but comfortable housing and recreation. There was a suggestion for a stronger business incentive program with trade shows, marketing and advertising help.

Gonzalez went over many ways the city is offering help to those seeking to come to the city or expanding their own businesses

including Job-A-Palooza, Workforce Development, economic development updates on the city webpages, Facebook, Twitter and other social media, Menifee Matters, and many other ways.

Making sure names and where city department directors can be reached online or in person would also be helpful.

Karla Gonzalez, from the SBDC that has a location in the city hall on Thursdays, gave a presentation of how her office can help local businesses and entrepreneurs either get a foothold in the community’s programs and services, set up their own businesses, find grant help, access confidential business counseling and training, all without cost.

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Menifee’s Economic Development Director Gina Gonzalez explains two of four ways to bring business to Menifee at the Mayor’s Industry Idea Exchange at Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, Sept. 30.

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Murrieta Job Fair to focus on military vets, family members

Theme revealed for State of the City event with Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce

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‘It starts with MEnifee: Kindness, Resilience, Engagement’ is the focus of Oct. 21 address

A job fair catering to military veterans, active duty personnel and their families will be held in Murrieta Oct. 22 at Montelone Meadows, 3545 Briggs Road, a news release issued by Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto announced last week.

The Veterans Expo is being hosted by state Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, and Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto, RMurrieta, and will feature more than 60 employers seeking to fill

a variety of positions, according the release.

“The vendors attending include local nonprofit organizations, government agencies and businesses offering employment opportunities,” Seyarto said, adding that there will be a complimentary lunch.

Prospects are encouraged to sign up in advance to attend the event which will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and can do so by calling (951) 894-3530.

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

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Governor signs Senate Bill 639 California becomes 13th state to ensure workers with disabilities earn at least minimum wage SACRAMENTO – California achieved what is seen to be a civil right recently with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on Senate Bill (SB) 639 ending the policy that allowed businesses with special licenses to be able to pay people with disabilities subminimum wage for their work. California now becomes the 13th state to end this practice.

Once the implementation process is complete all California employees with disabilities will earn at least minimum wage for their work.

This bill was championed by Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) who introduced this legislation, along with her co-authors: Senator Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly Members Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), Christina Gonzales (D-Bell Gardens) and Isaac Bryan (D-Culver City).

“This is a historic day for all Californians but especially those in the disability community. We have worked long and hard so that disabled employees in our great state are paid fairly for their work. The minimum wage is an important protection that all workers deserve and is essential to help people achieve their goals. California was long overdue to end the subminimum wage and with this policy change, we can move forward to creating new opportunities that ensure that people with disabilities have meaningful days on many different levels,” Wesley Witherspoon, Chair, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, said.

“Californians with disabilities must be paid at least minimum wage for their work. I’m heartened that my colleagues in the Legislature agree with this important civil right and now it is up to Governor Newsom to end the outdated and unjust practice of paying people with disabilities less than minimum wage. I called

on him to sign SB 639 and make California a place where this community has meaningful work that is fairly compensated,” Durazo said.

SB 639 addresses an antiquated federal policy from 1938 that allows employers who secured a 14 (c) certificate to pay people with disabilities under the minimum wage.

While the number of employers in California seeking these certificates has continued to drop, the practice remains legal, affecting the estimated 12,000 Californians with disabilities who work in sheltered workshops. Some of these employees earn just 15 cents an hour.

National momentum to end subminimum wage has been building.

In addition to the 12 states that have already taken action to end the practice, some cities have also enacted similar policies. Last September, the United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a report recommending to Congress that Section 14 (c) be repealed because the policy violates civil rights.

Implementation of SB 639 is structured with an inclusive stakeholder-led process that phases out subminimum wage in California over the next three years. Stakeholders, including state agencies, providers, university organizations, advocates and community members, working with the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, will draft the plan to successfully transition workers to other types of employment. They will deliver this plan to the Legislature by Jan. 1, 2023, with a status update, recommended funding and specified data. By Jan. 1, 2025, SB 639 makes it illegal to pay an employee with physical or mental disabilities less than the legal minimum wage.

Additional information on SB 639 is available at scdd.ca.gov/sb639.

Submitted by the office of Senator Maria Elena Durazo.

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MENIFEE – This year’s annual theme for all Menifee messaging, activities and initiatives, as well as the mayor’s Oct. 21 State of the City address, is “It starts with MEnifee: Kindness, Resilience, Engagement.”

The theme is selected each year by the Mayor Pro Tem, a position that rotates every 12 months.

Mayor Pro Tem Lesa Sobek said she chose the focus for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 “to let everyone know that Menifee is full of heart.”

Having withstood a pandemic, in circumstances none of us could have imagined, Menifee survived because of the incredible people and businesses we have here,” Sobek said.

Each year the annual State of the City has been themed and focused on highlighting a different dimension of the Menifee community, be it the city’s investment in its legacy, or bringing the future into

focus. In 2021, the State of the City’s theme of “It Starts with Menifee: Kindness, Resilience and Engagement” has been expanded in the city’s overall messaging and communications, such as the annual budget book.

“Over the last year, our residents and business owners showed strength and resilience in supporting each other. They kept kindness as their center and the basis for how they helped each other,” Sobek said. “You have to be engaged in your community to instill change, and Menifee is just that. It is about ownership, and that starts with ME …with making a difference, and ME in Menifee is what makes our city shine.”

At the State of the City address, Mayor Bill Zimmerman will highlight the city’s accomplishments over the past year. His address will touch on impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, the first year of service for

the Menifee Police Department, the City’s fiscal health, projects and the outlook moving forward.

Zimmerman delivers Menifee’s State of the City Address in partnership with the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce Oct. 21 at 8:30 a.m. at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, 30140 Town Center Drive.

Menifee residents, businesses and community members are encouraged to attend this year’s in-person event.

For more information on the State of the City address, the annual theme or for in-person tickets, please visit business.menifeevalleychamber.com/events/ details/menifee-2021-state-ofthe-city-address-4395 or contact the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce at (951) 672-1991 or maneesha@menifeevalleychamber.com.

Submitted by the City of Menifee.

Rancho Water celebrates employees during California’s Water Professionals Appreciation Week T E M E C U L A – As part of California’s fifth annual Water Professionals Appreciation Week, Rancho California Water District will showcase the essential role of water professionals in providing water and wastewater services to Temecula, Murrieta and the surrounding areas.

As part of a statewide effort to recognize the water industry’s essential workers, the annually designated week begins on the first Saturday of October and ends on the Sunday of the following weekend. During this time, and in the days following, the District will celebrate its employees by highlighting careers in water, introducing some of its water professionals and hosting a public event at the Santa Rosa Water Reclamation Facility in Murrieta.

The public is invited to attend the free event at the SRWRF Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 8 a.m. to commemorate the completion of

a three-year construction project that extends the useful life of the facility and provides significant enhancements to energy and operating efficiency. The event will highlight the many key staff and elected officials that played an integral part in the completion of the project. In addition, guided walking tours will educate about the many different career paths available at a wastewater facility.

The public is requested to RSVP at RanchoWater.com/SRWRFevent.

“Now more than ever, amidst a statewide drought and an ongoing pandemic, Rancho Water is proud to recognize and applaud the important role our essential workers play in making sure our communities have safe and reliable water,” Carol Lee Gonzales-Brady, Rancho Water Board President, said.

“We appreciate the dedication of our highly trained operators, technicians, water specialists and

office staff who truly have the community’s best interest at heart and are an outstanding team of employees.”

Water Professionals Appreciation Week was established in 2017

by Senate Concurrent Resolution 80, by Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa).

Recent labor studies estimate that 60,000 people work in California’s water industry and it needs roughly 6,000 new employees each year due to turnover. The water industry offers a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities in engineering, biology, finance, business administration, law, communications and many more types of positions in high-demand occupations.

To arrange a media interview with a Rancho Water professional, or for visuals of district facilities or operations, please contact Kimy Wall, Public Information Officer at wallk@ranchowater.com.

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SPORTS October 8 – 14, 2021

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Volume 21, Issue 41

Week Six high school football recap from around the valley JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The start of league games is almost like starting over for many teams. A tough preseason schedule can help prepare a well-balanced team, while an easy schedule will more than likely be deceiving.

Those exact examples can be found in this week’s recap, and more. The Southwestern League is always a good place to start, and already, after Week One of league games, this season is looking to come down to another showdown between Murrieta Valley and Vista Murrieta.

The defending Southwestern League champion Vista Murrieta Broncos opened league play Friday night, defeating the host Chaparral Pumas, 35-0. After a season opening loss to Norco, Vista Murrieta picked up their fifth straight win Friday, Oct. 1, at Chaparral High School. This was also the Broncos twelfth consecutive victory over Chaparral (0-1, 3-3), backed by a high-powered defense that forced eight Puma punts, had two interceptions, and held the host team to just 96 yards on the ground.

Vista Murrieta (1-0, 5-1) was led by Galvin Galzote, who ended the night gaining 147 yards on 10 carries. Matthew Caldera added 73 yards on 11 carries and QB Brady Jones completed 8 of 14 passes for 172 yards. Chaparral was led

by Hunter Roddy, who rushed for 71 yards on 20 carries. Caron Tyler finished the game completing 15 of 23 passes for 73 yards and receiver Jake Whitehead had six receptions for 51 yards. Vista Murrieta will host Temecula Valley in Week Seven, while Chaparral will be at home against Murrieta Mesa.

In a Thursday night match-up, Temecula Valley (0-1, 5-1) came out swinging with a 5-0 record against Murrieta Valley (1-0, 3-3), but QB Brandon Rose was unphased. Rose threw for 324 yards and six touchdowns in the game, matching his career high with TD passes. Three of those went the way of Tiger Bachmeier, who had 154 yards on the night and the other half to Tayven Lamprey, who finished with five catches for 150 yards.

Temecula Valley did come into the league opener missing several key players due to injury, which continued to be the case in their Week Six match-up. Christian Kretz and Ryan Sanchez combined to run for 110 yards early in the game, but Kretz injured his collarbone in the first quarter and Sanchez left in the second quarter with an unclarified injury. Neither player returned to the game.

Temecula Valley’s Ben Botelho completed 14 of 24 passes for 123 yards. Murrieta Valley will host Great Oak in Week Seven.

The other big game in the area was the Menifee Bowl, which saw running back Jason Chupany find the end zone four times as Heritage routed Paloma Valley 47-10.

Chupany rushed for 79 yards on 13 attempts, helping the Patriots pick up their first victory since Week 0. Heritage (2-4) sealed the victory in the second half by scoring three unanswered touchdowns, two coming from Chupany and one from Jaylen Tanniehill, who scored on a 29-yard rushing touchdown.

Patriots quarterback Hayden Lara completed 9 of his 12 passes for 123 yards while also rushing for 34 yards on five attempts. Tanniehill helped the Heritage rushing effort with 68 yards on just five carries. Gallegos led the Wildcats in rushing with 77 yards on 16 carries while Brady Nelson added 30 yards on the ground with his four attempts.

More quick game recaps Elsinore (1-0, 4-2) 15, Rancho Verde (0-1, 1-4) 12: The Tigers

Vista Murrieta defenders Stephen Acosta (38) and Steven Arteaga (14) stop Chaparral RB Hunter Roddy (33) during early game action at Chaparral High School Friday, Oct. 1.

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Devon Reese makes a leaping catch to put Rancho Verde in scoring position late in the fourth quarter during Week Six action against Elsinore Thursday, Sept. 30.

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scored 15 unanswered points in the second half during their Thursday night game and held on to defeat Rancho Verde 15-12 in an Ivy League opener. Jamari Jones finished his night with 20 carries for 161 yards. Dylan Riley led the Rancho Verde offense with 15 carries for 112 yards, while teammate Davon Reese hauled in six receptions for 85 yards. The win was Elsinore’s first over Rancho Verde since 2012.

Lakeside (1-0, 4-2) 21, Moreno Valley (0-1, 2-1) 14: In a game that was tied through the final seconds of play, Lakeside scored on their final play to pick up their first Ivy League win of the season.

The Lancers used three different runners to produce 121 yards on the ground.

Linfield Christian 19 (1-0, 1-5), Western Christian 0 (0-1, 5-1): The Lions held the undefeated Fighting Lancers scoreless, picking up their first win of the season in return with their 19-0 victory. Jonathan Aguilera threw for 89 yards and 2 TDs for Linfield, running back Braylen Munson-McDowell (40 yards, 14 carries) ran in a TD of his own, and see FOOTBALL, page C-2

Great Oak’s Cabe Bryant (11) stiff-arms Murrieta Mesa’s Juan Diego Aguilar (18) during their Week Six match-up Friday, Oct. 1.

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A Paloma Valley defender breaks up this pass that Heritage wide receiver Austin Connell (12) almost made Valley News/Action Captures Media Group in the endzone during their Week Six Menifee Bowl game.

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SPORTS

Santa Rosa falls to Capistrano Valley in Homecoming game Joe Quinn SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

Two teams with strong records met in Week Six for the Santa Rosa Homecoming game, Saturday, Oct. 2. The game was the first to be played under the lights at the Rangers field. Capistrano Valley Christian School (5-1) entered the game averaging 35 points per game and had only lost previously to Calvary Chapel (4-2). Although Capistrano Valley came out on top, it was with hard gained opportunistic success as they beat the Rangers 14-6.

The Rangers scored first and looked confident as they had the only real gains of either team in the first quarter. In fact, they put a surprise on the Eagles with a spread offense attempt on the extra point after their early TD. It failed but gave the impression the Rangers were confident this was not going to be their last touchdown.

Although both teams went back and forth for most of the game, a breakout offense was not easy to come by against the hard defensive play by both teams. Gang tackling on the edges was common on the night and showed how well coached both defensive sides are.

That, matched with the continual pressure on the QBs over the night, most throws by both teams were to the flanks and for short gains.

Proving how tough the defenses

Santa Rosa Academy’s Adam Pinard (4) is sacked by Capistrano Valley Christian’s Jacob Beauchaine (14) and Chase Carney (73) during their Week Six match-up.

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were playing, the Capo Eagles second and final TD came by way of an interception in the second quarter deep in the Rangers end of the field, followed by a 90-yard plus return. That was the last score of the night and the game would end in a dull fashion with the Eagles taking a knee on their last possession.

The strong arm of Adam Pinard was evident throughout the game while some dropped balls, continual pressure from the Capo defense and several untimely

penalties kept them from moving the ball. Justin York, Brody Worthington, and Daniel Gonzalez tried to do their part keeping Capo Valley guessing all night.

Continual defensive line pressure and the standout efforts of Luke Adams kept the Eagles hoping and if not for the one pick-six the game might have gone either way.

This week the Rangers are away at Nuview Bridge for a league game. Nuview is at 2-3 on the season but are coming off a convincing 56-0 win over St. Jeanne

Justin York (2) of Santa Rosa Academy finds room to run against Capistrano Valley during their Homecoming game Saturday, Oct. 2.

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de Lestonnac of Temecula. The Rangers also beat St. Jeanne early in the season 53-7.

Photos and sports scores/stats/ highlights can be submitted to sports@reedermedia.com.

Valley News Volleyball Recap: Week ending 10/2/21 Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER

We’ve got a player of the week to honor along with league updates and a recap of Vista Murrieta’s trip to the Nike Tournament of Champions.

CIF-SS Coaches Poll as of 9/27 A new poll comes out just after our deadline so here are Valley News area teams with rankings as determined by the CIF-SS volleyball advisory committee from last week.

Division 1/2 7. Vista Murrieta Division 6 5. San Jacinto Division 8 8. Temecula Prep Division 9 7. Nuview Bridge 8. Lakeside Player of the Week Jameson Sanders, SR, Heritage.

In their first matchup, the Patriots fell at home in five sets but Friday, Oct. 1, Heritage got their revenge, sweeping Hemet by scores of 2520, 25-21 and 25-22. Sanders hit .344% with 28 kills on 64 attempts and 6 errors. It’s Heritage’s first victory as an Ivy League member, the Raincross Conference’s top league.

League Updates Ivy League: Last week Elsinore was placed into a ten-day COVID pause which meant the Tigers were unable to play scheduled contests against Heritage (Wednesday) and Paloma Valley (Friday). As of press time only a makeup date

Vista Murrieta took fourth place in Nike’s Tournament of Champions last week. .

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Heritage senior Jameson Sanders was named Player of the Week as she helped the Lady Patriots get their first victory as an Ivy League member.

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Nighthawk QB Brandon Rose threw six touchdown passes, tying a career high, to lead Murrieta Valley to a 56-0 victory over Temecula Valley Thursday, Sept. 30.

for the Patriots match has been announced (Oct. 14). Hemet falls a loss behind both the Wildcats and Tigers with matchups against both remaining. That matchup between Paloma Valley and Elsinore is a highly anticipated rematch of a five-set thriller in their first meeting and has league championship implications. As does the Tigers rematch next Monday with Hemet, who won their first meeting.

Sunbelt League: Riverside Poly and Temescal Canyon find themselves tied for first place after the Bears went into Lake Elsinore and prevailed in five sets. Poly’s Kayden Croy had 23 kills (a career high) in that win while Darby Deniston added 16. Temescal Canyon will be on the road next week (Monday at Notre Dame

and Wednesday at Poly) looking to complete their quest for a Sunbelt League title.

Mountain Pass: Hemet West Valley swept San Jacinto to take control of the Mountain Pass league title chase. The Mustangs and Tigers will meet next week with that championship at stake.

Nike Tournament of Champions recap Vista Murrieta made their annual excursion to Nike’s Tournament of Champions and came home with fourth place in the tournament’s top division (Platinum).

The Broncos return to Southwestern League play with a one match lead over Great Oak. Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkieatgmail. com.

Heritage running back Jaylen Tanniehill (1) heads for the endzone against Paloma Valley Friday, Oct. 1.

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FOOTBALL from page C-1 freshman Jett Blackshear led the rushing attack with 55 yards on 7 carries.

Capistrano Valley Christian 14 (6-1), Santa Rosa Academy 6 (2-0, 3-2): See full article from Joe Quinn on page above.

Other Week Six prep football scores from around the valley include:

THURSDAY 9/30 MOUNTAIN PASS LEAGUE San Jacinto 22 (1-0, 5-1), Tahquitz 0 (0-1, 1-3) West Valley 42 (1-0, 4-1), Perris 0 (0-1, 1-5) FRIDAY 10/1 Ivy League Temescal Canyon 45 (1-0, 4-2), Notre Dame 26 (0-1, 0-5) South Valley League California Military Institute 21 (2-1, 2-4), Temecula Prep 12

(0-3, 0-6) Nuview Bridge 56 (2-0, 2-3), St. Jeanne de Lestonnac 0 (0-3, 0-4) Southwestern League Great Oak 24 (1-0, 3-3), Murrieta Mesa 10 (0-1, 0-5) Sunbelt League Hemet 23 (1-0, 4-2), Valley View 14 (0-1, 0-6) North 20 (1-0, 6-0), Orange Vista 10 (0-1, 3-3) Victory League San Jacinto Valley Academy

69 (1-0, 3-3), United Christian 32 (0-1, 0-3) Nonleague Heritage 47 (2-4), Paloma Valley 10 (0-5) Riverside Poly 41 (3-3), Citrus Hill 6 (0-5) Rancho Christian 50 (2-5), Adelanto 14 (1-5) Cantwell-Sacred Heart 50 (5-1), Hamilton 0 (1-0, 2-3) SATURDAY 10/2 Nonleague

Flintridge Prep 41 (3-1), Cornerstone Christian 0 (1-1, 1-4) Photos and sports scores/stats/ highlights can be submitted to sports@reedermedia.com. Stats, standings, results provided by MaxPreps, local ADs, fans of the game, social media, and the Valley News Sports Department.

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

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2021 NIAA tournament draws record number of teams to Soboba Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Soboba hosted its 11th NIAA Fastpitch Softball Tournament Sept.

17 through 19 and had a record number of teams competing. With 12 men’s teams and 13 women’s teams, ballfields at the Soboba Sports Complex and The Oaks were constantly filled throughout the weekend.

Each year, the Soboba Indian Reservation invites teams from all over North America to participate in the National Indian Athletic Association All Native Fastpitch Softball tournament. Apart from last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down sporting events, the tournaments at Soboba have always been well received.

Pat Placencia, one of several volunteer scorekeepers for the three days of games who also helps organize the event each year, said it wasn’t difficult to find interested participants.

“We have a great committee who is well organized and Andrew (Vallejos) from the Foundation has been really helpful; we are good at what we do,” he said. “We just put out a call on the NIAA Facebook page and called our contacts for certain teams and we started getting sign-ups.”

Placencia added, “Everybody’s good to get out again – everybody was ready. I just like watching all of the games and teams.”

He said that most of the committee members have played the sport and that includes Geneva Mojado, who pitches for the Soboba Women team.

“We’ve played in four tournaments so far this year at Rincon, Pala, Pechanga and Morongo,” she said.

Mojado, who also serves as Soboba Tribal Council vice-chairperson, said she was pleased with the way the tournament was going. She added this is the first one held since the Soboba Sports Complex Park was renovated so they were happy to show it off. “We have way more spectators this year and that’s great.”

Opening ceremonies at 4 p.m. on Sept. 17 included a ceremonial pitch made by Soboba Tribal Chairman Isaiah Vivanco, who was a pitcher on the Soboba men’s team with relatives and friends back in the day.

He sent a strike directly over home plate to a cheering crowd.

“I used to put the team together and now my son puts it together with all his cousins on the team, they’re just carrying on the tradition,” he said.

Jason Cozart, Soboba Casino’s assistant general manager, is one of the pitchers on this year’s Soboba men’s team and said they had a lot of fun during their first game at 8 a.m. Saturday. Wayne Nelson was on hand as a team supporter. All of them were awaiting the team’s next at-bat against a team playing their first game of the tournament at 11:30 a.m.

Cali Reds, from Rincon, won their first game Saturday morning at the Sports Complex. Pitcher Austin Ravago of Pala said his team had about 10 players. Each team was guaranteed a three-game minimum, with each lasting seven innings or 90 minutes, whichever came first. A total of 54 games were played throughout the weekend with championship games Sunday afternoon.

“Everyone got their money’s worth,” Mojado said. “They got a lot of playing in. We are thankful that we could offer good prize money due to some great sponsors.”

She said the Soboba Foundation, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, Pala Band of Mission Indians, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians and one of Soboba’s vendors, Alliant, all provided generous sponsorships.

Shortstop Ethan Curo, of the Barona men’s team, played in the NIAA tournament at Soboba a couple of years ago and said it is always a lot of fun. He helped his team win their Friday night game against Redline from Oklahoma to continue playing Saturday morning in a game against the AZ Brewers.

“We definitely put the bat to the ball last night,” Curo said. “There is always a lot of good competition here.”

Lily Brandt, Cultural Center Manager at the Soboba Cultural Resource Department, is also a fan of the sport and was keeping score at the Sports Complex Field 1 Saturday morning during a game between Red Leaf from South Dakota and the Morongo Mens Club (MMC).

“The sports complex staff did a great job prepping the fields and keeping things moving between

A ‘Dig It’ pitcher throws a softball to try and strike out a batter from the Morongo women’s team during the NIAA 2021 All Native Fastpitch Softball tournament at Soboba Sept. 18.

games,” she said.

The Field 1 concessions stand was operated by Noli Indian School staff and students. Each four-hour shift throughout the weekend was staffed with two student volunteers. All proceeds from food and beverage sales are going to assist with AVID and ASB programs and the Noli Braves sports teams.

Students Addis Martin and Damien Vega, who were working the booth Saturday morning, are on this year’s new football team and are just learning about each player’s strengths and how to work together as a team.

Sonia Modesto, who is the school’s ASB and Special Education coordinator, said they were grateful to everyone that provided funds for them to buy items for the concessions so that all the profits could benefit the students. “It was a big blessing for us because we didn’t have the usual opportunities to fundraise this past year,” she said. “This will help us with dances, uniforms, equipment, homecoming and help supplement the pre- and post-game nourishment for our players since they sometimes travel hours to and from games.”

Many former Noli students, who were playing in the tournament Saturday, stopped by the booth to chat with Modesto and Desiree Cosby, who also works at the school’s special education department.

“NIAA is a great chance for tribes to come together and play,” Jesy Siglur, a Noli graduate said.

He plays first and third base for the Athletics. “The competition here is always good.”

Also on hand were volunteers from San Jacinto Unified School District who made their way around the two game-playing areas to keep any loose trash picked up. The complex’s pool and splash pad were open for siblings and others who wanted to stay cool between games.

The Oaks had two inflatable water slides set up for those who were watching the women’s games there.

Mojado said having the Soboba Casino Resort hotel available for out-of-area teams worked out very well. Some had hours in between games and having comfortable accommodations close by made an enormous difference. She said this is the second time they have hosted the tournament after the SCR opened and this year proved to be even more popular for teams that booked rooms.

After playing Friday night games, the Soboba Women’s team faced off with Rezilience Saturday morning, with Soboba emerging victorious.

Another team, Dig It, was made up of mostly Soboba women. The team was formed for the very first tournament 11 years ago under the name of Share Bears. Two years ago, they became Dig It. Antiana Briones plays first base for the team and said there were about 20 team members who were playing this year.

The 2021 top men’s teams are Morongo MC, first place; CVC, second place; Cali Reds, third place; and Bryan’s Blackhawks (Oklahoma), fourth.

The 2021 top women’s teams are Kachina Dolls (Oklahoma), first; Soboba Women, second; Rezilience, third; and New Mexico, fourth place.

Soboba Women team members give each other a pep talk during competition Saturday, Sept. 18.

Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians photos

A batter for ‘Rezilience’ faces off against the Soboba Women during the NIAA 2021 All Native Fastpitch Softball tournament at The Oaks at the Soboba Reservation.

Murrieta’s Kingsley tops Colorado tournament for Toreros JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

Former Murrieta Valley Nighthawk and current redshirt junior for the University of San Diego, Harrison Kingsley, won his first tournament as a Torero Tuesday, Sept. 28, taking home the first-place trophy at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational.

The Murrieta native also helped San Diego golf to a fourth place finish out of 17 teams.

Kingsley put together a tournament-record 15-under 201 (6768-66) to earn the victory at the Colorado National Golf Club (Par 72, 7,705 yards), beating out 99 other golfers for the first-place spot. As a team, the Toreros got out to a one-stroke lead (268) after the event’s first round of play, then shot 291 and 274 to finish in fourth place overall with a 31-under 833.

USD has now finished in fourth place in each of its first two tournaments this season (9/24-9/25, William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, 4th of 18), and has had a top five finish from a golfer in both events (Charlie Reiter, 4th).

San Diego is back in action next

Harrison Kingsley shot a tournament-record 15-under 201 to earn the victory at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational and help San Diego to a fourth-place finish.

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week in Reno, Nevada, when they compete in the Reno Wolf Pack Classic at Hidden Valley Country

Club (Par 72, 7,302 yards).

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

Temecula’s Kelsie Whitmore becomes first female baseball player for Portland Pickles JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

In another major move for Temecula’s Kelsie Whitmore who has made waves in the world of baseball as a female player, she is continuing her quest to keep playing the sport she loves, at an elevated level. It was announced last week that Whitmore has signed with the International All-Stars for the Portland Pickles, joining the squad as the first female player in the team’s history.

Kelsie, who is also is a part of Team USA Women’s Baseball, played baseball in the Temecula Valley through her high school years and was a standout asset for the softball team at Cal State Fullerton where she was named Big West Field Player of the Year as a senior this past year. Whitmore also played for the Sonoma Stomp-

Temecula’s Kelsie Whitmore (middle, standing) signed with the Portland Pickles to continue her baseball career.

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ers, an independent baseball team from the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball and broke the gender barrier of professional baseball in 2016. Her gear from her first season resides in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Portland Pickles are a wood bat baseball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the South Division of the West Coast League, a premier baseball league

based in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Recently, the team of international players took their talents to Mazatlán, Mexico where they played the Venados de Mazatlán professional baseball team and won a two-game series.

Whitmore was the starting pitcher for the Pickles in game 2, throwing five scoreless innings.

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

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REGIONAL NEWS

Major oil spill off Southern California fouls beaches Amy Taxin and Christopher Weber THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HUNTINGTON BEACH (AP) – One of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands.

At least 126,000 gallons (572,807 liters) of oil spilled into the waters off Orange County, according to a statement from the city of Huntington Beach.

“The spill has significantly affected Huntington Beach, with substantial ecological impacts occurring at the beach and at the Huntington Beach Wetlands,” the statement said.

The oil created a miles-wide sheen in the ocean and washed ashore in sticky, black globules along with dead birds and fish.

Crews led by the U.S. Coast Guard deployed skimmers and floating barriers known as booms to try to stop further incursion into the wetlands and the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.

A petroleum stench permeated the air throughout the area, Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley said.

“You get the taste in the mouth just from the vapors in the air,” she said.

The closure stretched from the Huntington Beach Pier nearly 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) south to the Santa Ana River jetty amid summerlike weather that would have brought beachgoers to the wide strand for volleyball, swimming and surfing. Yellow caution tape was strung between lifeguard towers to keep people away.

Officials canceled the final day of the annual Pacific Air Show that typically draws thousands of spectators to Huntington Beach, a city of about 199,000 residents about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles. The show featured flyovers by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force

A woman takes a picture of oil washed up on Huntington Beach Sunday, Oct. 3. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands.

(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Thunderbirds.

The oil slick originated from a broken pipeline connected to an offshore oil platform known as Elly, Foley said on Twitter. Elly is connected by a walkway to another platform, Ellen, located just over 8.5 miles (about 14 kilometers) off Long Beach and operated by Beta Operating Company, according to the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Beta and its parent company, Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp., didn’t immediately return phone messages and emails seeking comment.

Foley said Newport Beach Mayor Brad Avery told her that he encountered the oil slick while in a boat traveling back to the mainland from Santa Catalina Island. “He saw dolphins swimming thru the oil,” Foley tweeted.

The Huntington Beach statement early Sunday said, “while the leak has not been completely stopped, preliminary patching has been completed to repair the oil spill site,” with additional repairs planned.

The spill comes three decades after a massive oil leak hit the same stretch of the Orange County coast. On Feb. 7, 1990, the oil tanker American Trader ran over

its anchor off Huntington Beach, spilling nearly 417,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of crude. Fish and about 3,400 birds were killed.

In 2015, a ruptured pipeline north of Santa Barbara sent 143,000 gallons (541,313 liters) of crude oil gushing onto Refugio State Beach.

At a news conference Saturday night, Orange County officials expressed concern about the environmental impacts of the spill and hoped crews could stop the oil before it flowed into sensitive wetlands.

“We’ve been working with our federal, state and county partners to mitigate the impact that could be a potential ecological disaster,” Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said.

The area is home to threatened and endangered species, including a plump shorebird called the snowy plover, the California least tern and humpback whales, a fishing industry and migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway.

“The coastal areas off of Southern California are just really rich for wildlife, a key biodiversity hotspot,” Miyoko Sakashita, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s oceans program, said.

The effects of an oil spill are

Oil washed up on Huntington Beach Sunday, Oct. 3. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday, to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands.

(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

A boat with Marine Spill Response Corporation, an oil spill removal organization, deploys floating barriers known as booms to try to stop further incursion of an oil slick off Huntington Beach Sunday, Oct. 3. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

wide-ranging, environmentalists said. Birds that get oil on their feathers can’t fly, can’t clean themselves and can’t monitor their own temperatures, Sakashita said. Whales, dolphins and other sea creatures can have trouble breathing or die after swimming through oil or breathing in toxic fumes, she said.

“The oil spill just shows how dirty and dangerous oil drilling is

and oil that gets into the water. It’s impossible to clean it up so it ends up washing up on our beaches and people come into contact with it and wildlife comes in contact with it,” she said. “It has long-lasting effects on the breeding and reproduction of animals. It’s really sad to see this broad swatch oiled.”

Associated Press reporter Felicia Fonseca contributed from Phoenix.

Governor Newsom signs landmark elections legislation making vote-by-mail ballots permanent for every registered voter The Governor also signed legislation increasing transparency and integrity in elections SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a package of legislation to increase voter access and strengthen integrity in elections, including a bill to send all registered voters a vote-by-mail ballot.

In a move to increase access to democracy and enfranchise more voters, the Governor signed AB 37 written by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), permanently requiring a vote-by-mail ballot be mailed to every active registered voter in the state. The practice of sending vote-by-mail ballots to every registered voter first began in California in 2020, and was extended through 2021, as a safety measure to counteract

pandemic-related disruptions and resulted in record voter participation.

“As states across our country continue to enact undemocratic voter suppression laws, California is increasing voter access, expanding voting options and bolstering elections integrity and transparency,” Newsom said.

“Last year we took unprecedented steps to ensure all voters had the opportunity to cast a ballot during the pandemic and today we are making those measures permanent after record-breaking participation in the 2020 presidential election.

I extend my thanks to Assembly Elections Committee Chair Assemblymember Marc Berman for

his leadership on this issue.”

“The bill will permanently expand access and increase participation in our elections by making voting more convenient and meeting people where they are,” Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber said. “Vote-by-mail has significantly increased participation of eligible voters. Voters like having options for returning their ballot whether by mail, at a secure drop box, a voting center or at a traditional polling station. And the more people who participate in elections, the stronger our democracy and the more we have assurance that elections reflect the will of the people of California.”

“When voters get a ballot in the

mail, they vote,” Berman said.

“We saw this in the 2020 General Election when, in the middle of a global health pandemic, we had the highest voter turnout in California since Harry Truman was president.

I want to thank Governor Newsom for signing AB 37, ensuring that every active registered voter in California will receive a ballot in the mail before every future election. As other states actively look for ways to make it harder for people to vote, California is expanding access to an already safe and secure ballot.”

Newsom also signed SB 35 written by Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) making changes to the distance within which elec-

tioneering and specified political activities near a voting site are prohibited; AB 1367 by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell) increasing penalties for the egregious personal use of campaign funds to up to two times the amount of the unlawful expenditure; and SB 686 by Senator Steve Glazer (D-Contra Costa) requiring a limited liability company (LLC) that is engaged in campaign activity to provide additional information regarding the members and capital contributors to the LLC. Submitted by the office of Governor Gavin Newsom.

Wolf spotted in Southern California may be from Oregon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VENTURA (AP) – An endangered gray wolf that traveled at least 1,000 miles from Oregon to California’s Central Coast before his tracking collar stopped giving signals in the spring may still be alive and roaming in Ventura County.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday, Oct. 1, that it received three reports last month of a wolf with a purple collar in the northern part of the county, and officials were able to confirm wolf tracks in the vicinity.

The reports match the description of OR-93, the young male who was fitted with a purple tracking collar by federal wildlife officials in Oregon in June 2020. The collar’s transmission indicated he entered California early this year, passing through the Sierra Nevada and the San Joaquin Valley before reaching San Luis Obispo County, where officials received the last signal April 5.

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If an opportunity arises, wildlife officers may try to catch and recollar the wolf to continue tracking its journey. Wildlife officials are monitoring gray wolves because they are listed as endangered in California.

“We’re thrilled to hear that OR93 is likely alive and exploring Ventura County after not hearing from him for months,” Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, said. “This beautiful wolf’s amazing adventure shows the world what intrepid animals they are. We propose a toast to OR-93 and to California for providing wolves the protections they need to make such a remarkable journey.”

This February file photo released by California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shows a gray wolf (OR-93), near Yosemite, shared by the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. The endangered gray wolf that traveled at least 1,000 miles from Oregon to California’s Central Coast before his tracking collar stopped giving signals in the spring may still be alive and roaming in Ventura County. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday, Oct. 1, that it received three reports last month matching the description of OR-93 in the northern part of the county, and officials were able to confirm wolf tracks in the vicinity.

(California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File)

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Y O S E M I T E N AT I O N A L PARK (AP) – A century-old building originally used as a laundry

by Chinese workers at Yosemite’s iconic Wawona Hotel has been restored and turned into a visitor’s attraction, recognizing Chinese Americans’ contributions to the early history of the national park.

Officials unveiled a new sign Friday, Oct. 1, marking the Chinese Laundry Building in Yosemite Valley, according to published reports. The new exhibits inside tell the story of Chinese workers who helped build Tioga Road and Wawona Road, critical infrastructure that made tourism to the park possible.

The building, later used as a storage facility, is part of a cluster of structures that will make up the new Yosemite History Center, which will tell the histories of immigrants who made the park what it is today, Park Ranger Adam Ramsey said.

“Chinese people have been a big part of communities throughout the Sierra Nevada for a really long time, and it’s about time that we started sharing that history here in Yosemite,” Ramsey said.

According to research conducted by Park Ranger Yenyen Chan, in 1883 Chinese workers helped build the 56-mile (90-kilometer) Tioga Road in just 130 days. The stunning route across the Sierra Nevada reaches 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) in elevation and serves as one of the park’s main roads.

Chinese workers were also

In this Friday, Oct. 1, photo, Ed Hung of San Francisco takes a photo of a Chinese laborer in an exhibit in the restored 1917 Chinese laundry building, after its dedication at Wawona in Yosemite National Park. Officials unveiled on Friday a new sign and exhibit inside a building originally used as a laundry by Chinese workers at Yosemite’s Wawona Hotel, formally recognizing Chinese Americans’ contributions to the national park’s history.

(John Walker /The Fresno Bee via AP)

employed in Yosemite as cooks, laundry workers and gardeners.

Many first came to California during the Gold Rush, bringing with them skills learned in China about construction, engineering, agriculture, medicine and textiles that made a significant impact in America’s early success, Chan said.

She said Yosemite’s Chinese history and their contributions were erased from memory because of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act passed by Congress to prevent any more Chinese from entering this country in search of work. The law blocked Chinese immigration for 60 years in this country.

Members of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, who supported the building’s renovation, said they were gratified to see Yosemite include the Chinese in the park’s origin story.

“Something like this really resonates with a lot of people in my generation,” Eugene Moy, a past president of the society, said.

“We’ve been here since the 1870s, so to be able to see this has deep meaning, because a lot of us, oftentimes, are relegated to the margins.

We aren’t always perceived as being full-fledged Americans when the reality is that people have been here for three, four, five generations, for 150 years.”

California takes step to return land to Black couple’s heirs Stefanie Dazio THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANHATTAN BEACH (AP) – Nearly a century ago, white leaders of a Southern California city robbed a Black family of their prime beachfront land and legacy.

Descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce, including the couple’s great-great grandson, returned to the scene of the crime in Manhattan Beach Thursday, Sept.

30, to watch Gov. Gavin Newsom sign the law that allows ownership of the property to be transferred back to the family.

The move was hailed as a major milestone in the fight for reparations and the return of lands stolen from people of color.

“There are other families waiting for this very day, to have their land returned to them,” Patricia Bruce, a cousin of Willa and Charles Bruce, told The Associated Press.

Amid rampant forced segregation in 1912, the Bruces built the first West Coast resort for Black people. Situated along what became one of Southern California’s signature beaches fronted by rows of multimillion-dollar homes, it included a lodge, café, dance hall and dressing tents.

The Bruces and their patrons faced constant racism and harassment. There even was an attempt to burn the resort down. The Manhattan Beach City Council eventually used eminent domain to take the land from the Bruces in the 1920s, purportedly for use as a park.

Yet the land lay unused for years until it was transferred to the state in 1948. In 1995, it was transferred to Los Angeles County for beach operations. It came with restrictions limiting the ability to sell or transfer the property, which could only be lifted through a new state law.

The legislation unanimously approved by state lawmakers was necessary to allow the start of the complex legal process of transferring ownership of what was once known as Bruce’s Beach.

“The journey here was far from easy,” Kavon Ward, a Black resident who learned of the property’s history and founded Justice for

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Sept. 30, to enable the transfer of ownership of prime Southern California beachfront property to heirs of a Black couple who built a small resort for Black people in the early 1900s but were harassed and finally stripped of the land by local city leaders.

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Bruce’s Beach, said.

Ward also co-founded Where Is My Land, an organization that aims to return land taken from Black Americans and get restitution. The organization is looking at several other unspecified projects, including one in California, to see if its goals are possible.

With a half-dozen descendants of the couple present Thursday, Newsom apologized for how the land was taken before signing the bill during a ceremony at the property.

“The Bruces have found mercy in the unfailing love of Jesus Christ,” Anthony Bruce, the family’s great-great grandson said, as he read a prayer during the ceremony.

Newsom suggested the move could be the start of broader reparations.

“This can be catalytic,” he said.

“What we’re doing here today can be done and replicated anywhere else.”

County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who led a government push to transfer the land, said the heirs would almost certainly be millionaires now if the property had not been taken.

“The law was used to steal this property 100 years ago, and the law today will give it back,” Hahn said.

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SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron, R-Escondido announced that her bill to extend the deadline for the City of Escondido to make use of grant funding for the replacement of Lake Wohlford Dam has been signed into law. Assembly Bill 692 provides an additional five years for the City of Escondido to take advantage of $14,900,000 in state funding to replace the Lake Wohlford Dam, which does not meet modern seismic safety standards.

“As California faces increasingly severe droughts, it’s critical that we maximize our local water storage capacity,” Waldron said.

“The funding AB 692 keeps available will help Escondido meet the water needs of area residents while ensuring the safety of Lake Wohlford Dam.”

In the wake of a 2007 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission study that found a portion of the Lake Wohlford Dam may not withstand a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, the capacity of the lake was reduced by nearly 50%. In 2012, the City of Escondido was awarded a $14,900,000 grant to fund seismic upgrades that would restore the dam’s full 6,500 acre foot capacity. However, delays in the design stage of the project meant the city would not have been able to make use of the grant funding before the award’s original deadline of June 30, 2023.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – The owner of several Southern California trucking companies pleaded guilty to five felony charges involving tax evasion, COVID-19 relief fraud and an illegal repair of a tanker that resulted in a fatal explosion, federal prosecutors said.

Carl Bradley Johansson, 63, of Newport Beach entered the pleas late Wednesday, Sept. 28, the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

The explosion occurred in 2014 when two employees were ordered to begin a welding project on a

cargo tank that had not been completely purged of fumes and crude oil. One worker was killed and the other was seriously injured.

The other felony counts involved failing to file income tax returns for six years and fraudulently obtaining more than $667,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program.

Three companies Johansson controlled also pleaded guilty to various charges Wednesday.

A safety manager at one of the companies pleaded guilty to conspiracy in August and another defendant faces trial in January.

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The Bruces’ property along the south shore of Santa Monica Bay encompasses two parcels. The county’s lifeguard training headquarters building sits there now, along a scenic beach walkway called The Strand that is lined with luxury homes overlooking the beach.

In Manhattan Beach, an upscale Los Angeles seaside suburb, the population of 35,000 is more than 84% white and 0.8% Black, the city website says. This year, the City Council formally condemned the efforts of their early 20th century predecessors to displace the Bruces and several other Black families.

The county, meanwhile, has outlined steps needed to move forward with the transfer, including assessing the value of the parcels and trying to find a means to lessen the tax burden on the heirs.

The county also needs to vet the legal heirs of the Bruces and possibly find a new site for the lifeguard training headquarters.

One option would have the heirs lease the land back to the county for continued use.

Patricia Bruce, 65, of Hawthorne, said the family has not yet decided what it will do with the property.

Associated Press writer John Antczak contributed to this report.

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Newsom mandates COVID vaccines for students to attend inperson instruction City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a first-in-the-nation mandate Friday, Oct. 1, requiring eligible students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend in-person classes at public and private schools.

The requirement, however, will not take effect right away. The mandate will be phased in beginning the school term after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives full authorization for the vaccine’s use on children aged 12 and over, meaning the policy likely won’t take effect until next year, potentially not until the fall, beginning with students in grades 7 and up.

The requirement for students in kindergarten through sixth grade will not take effect until a vaccine receives approval for younger children.

The Pfizer vaccine is currently fully authorized for people aged 16 and up. It is offered only under an emergency-use authorization for

those aged 12-15.

Newsom’s move comes just days after San Diego Unified School District passed a mandate of its own requiring all students and staff to be vaccinated to attend in-person classes.

After hearing from medical professionals and the public, both pro and con, board members approved two recommendations Sept. 28. The first requires district employees, partners, contractors and other adults who work directly with students and district employees on district property to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 20.

The mandate would be a condition of employment and a requirement for contracted services. The second recommendation is a staggered approach to have all eligible students vaccinated against COVID-19, as a condition of attending in-person learning. The timeline for requiring the mandated vaccination will be aligned with full vaccine approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

“It could not be more clear that

this is the right thing for us to do tonight,”board president Richard Barrera said.

Barrera said it was also very important for the district to ensure that students’ parents and district employees are well-informed about the mandate and important deadlines.

“That level of communication will be absolutely critical as we move forward,” he said.

Newsom said religious and medical exemptions will be permitted under the state’s mandate.

The mandate will also apply to all school staff as soon as it kicks in for students. School teachers and staff in the state are already required to be either vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID testing.

The new mandate will eliminate the testing option.

“While there continues to be encouraging signs and continuing to see progress with more and more people who maybe were on the fence, that are now getting the vaccine ... there’s still a struggle to get to where we need to go, and that

means we need to do more and we need to do better,” Newsom said while making the announcement at a school in San Francisco.

During the San Diego Unified School District Board meeting, a large crowd opposed to any mandate rallied outside the district headquarters, located on Normal Street in the University Heights neighborhood.

Board members heard from 51 people, mainly parents of children attending San Diego Unified schools, who spoke for more than an hour during public comments, with many of them opposed to the proposed vaccine requirement.

San Diego resident Mari Magstadt, a mandate opponent, said the board was overstepping its authority.

“As a mother, this is where I draw the line,” she said, “We’ve actually all had COVID and we are fine.”

San Diego resident Steve Welty described himself as pro-vaccine, but anti-mandate and called on the board to produce more science and

data to convince skeptical parents.

Welty said the best way to get people vaccinated is “not to force them. Keep it a choice. Many more will choose the shot.”

The previous week, a law firm representing Let Them Choose, a splinter group of Let Them Breathe, which opposes mask mandates, sent a letter to the school district asking it to not approve a vaccine mandate.

Sent by the Aannestad, Andelin & Corn firm, based in Cardiff-ByThe-Sea, the letter stated that if the district approved a mandate, “Let Them Choose will consider all available options, including a lawsuit to seek an injunction against SDUSD, preventing it from implementing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and excluding students who choose to remain unvaccinated.”

As of press time, it remains unclear how Newsom’s vaccine mandate would be implemented for local students.

Kim Harris contributed to this story.

Whistleblower: Facebook chose profit over public safety David Bauder and Michael Liedtke THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) – A data scientist who was revealed Sunday as the Facebook whistleblower says that whenever there was a conflict between the public good and what benefited the company, the social media giant would choose its own interests.

Frances Haugen was identified in a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday, Oct. 3, as the woman who anonymously filed complaints with federal law enforcement that the company’s own research shows how it magnifies hate and misinformation.

Haugen, who worked at Google and Pinterest before joining Facebook in 2019, said she had asked to work in an area of the company that fights misinformation, since she lost a friend to online conspiracy theories.

“Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety,” she said. Haugen, who will testify before Congress this week, said she hopes that by coming forward the government will put regulations in place to govern the company’s activities.

She said Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump last year, alleging that contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol.

Postelection, the company dissolved a unit on civic integrity where she had been working, which Haugen said was the mo-

ment she realized “I don’t trust that they’re willing to actually invest what needs to be invested to keep Facebook from being dangerous.”

At issue are algorithms that govern what shows up on users’ news feeds, and how they favor hateful content. Haugen said a 2018 change to the content flow contributed to more divisiveness and ill will in a network ostensibly created to bring people closer together.

Despite the enmity that the new algorithms were feeding, Facebook found that they helped keep people coming back — a pattern that helped the Menlo Park, California, social media giant sell more of the digital ads that generate most of its advertising.

Facebook’s annual revenue has more than doubled from $56 billion in 2018 to a projected $119 billion this year, based on the estimates of analysts surveyed by FactSet. Meanwhile, the company’s market value has soared from $375 billion at the end of 2018 to nearly $1 trillion now.

Even before the full interview came out on Sunday, a top Facebook executive was deriding the whistleblower’s allegations as “misleading.”

“Social media has had a big impact on society in recent years, and Facebook is often a place where much of this debate plays out,” Nick Clegg, the company’s vice president of policy and public affairs wrote to Facebook employees in a memo sent Friday. “But what evidence there is simply does not support the idea that Facebook, or social media more generally, is the

primary cause of polarization.”

The “60 Minutes” interview intensifies the spotlight already glaring on Facebook as lawmakers and regulators around the world scrutinize the social networking’s immense power to shape opinions and its polarizing effects on society.

The backlash has been intensifying since The Wall Street Journal’s mid-September publication of an expose that revealed Facebook’s internal research had concluded the social network’s attention-seeking algorithms had helped foster political dissent and contributed to mental health and emotional problems among teens, especially girls. After copying thousands of pages of Facebook’s internal research, Haugen leaked them to the Journal to provide the foundation for a succession of stories packaged as as the “Facebook Files.”

Although Facebook asserted the Journal had cherry picked the most damaging information in the internal documents to cast the company in the worst possible light, the revelations prompted an indefinite delay in the rollout of a kids’ version of its popular photo- and video-sharing app, Instagram. Facebook currently requires people to be at least 13 years old to open an Instagram account.

Clegg appeared on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday in another pre-emptive attempt to soften the blow of Haugen’s interview.

“Even with the most sophisticated technology, which I believe we deploy, even with the tens of thousands of people that we em-

In this Sept. 16, photo provided by CBS, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen talks with CBS’ Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes,” in an episode that aired Sunday, Oct. 3.

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ploy to try and maintain safety and integrity on our platform,” Clegg told CNN, “We’re never going to be absolutely on top of this 100% of the time.”

He said that’s because of the “instantaneous and spontaneous form of communication” on Facebook, adding, “I think we do more than any reasonable person can expect to.”

By choosing to reveal herself on “60 Minutes,” Haugen selected television’s most popular news program, on an evening its viewership is likely to be inflated because, in many parts of the country, it directly followed an NFL matchup between Green Bay and Pittsburgh.

Haugen, 37, is from Iowa and has a degree in computer engineering and a master’s degree in business from Harvard University — the same school that Facebook founder and leader Mark Zucker-

berg attended.

Haugen, 37, has filed at least eight complaints with U.S. securities regulators alleging Facebook has violated the law by withholding information about the risks posed by its social network, according to “60 Minutes.” Facebook in turn could take legal action against her if it asserts she stole confidential information from the company.

“No one at Facebook is malevolent,” Haugen said during the interview. “But the incentives are misaligned, right? Like, Facebook makes more money when you consume more content. people enjoy engaging with things that elicit an emotional reaction. And the more anger that they get exposed to, the more they interact and the more they consume. “ Liedtke reported from San Ramon, California.

White House: Democrats Will Be ‘Disappointed’ as Party Scales Back Biden Agenda Jack Phillips THE EPOCH TIMES

A top White House adviser said Democrats will be disappointed as the party works to trim President Joe Biden’s agenda amid party infighting, although he predicted that two major components would be approved in Congress.

“People will be disappointed.

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But the goal here is to get both bills, and we’re going to fight until we get both bills,” Cedric Richmond, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, told “Meet the Press” Oct. 3.

Late last week, infighting between moderate and leftist members of the Democratic Party over the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill prompted a Capitol Hill visit

by Biden. However, Biden left the

meeting Oct. 1, telling reporters that no deal is intact.

More moderate Democratic lawmakers have sought an immediate vote on the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill, which was approved along bipartisan lines several weeks ago in the House.

Progressives have said that there first needs to be an agreement to approve the $3.5 trillion measure, which would bolster climate initiatives and social welfare programs.

In an interview with Fox News Oct. 3, Richmond admitted that the Biden administration is “concerned about delivering” on the agenda and noted that Biden “wants both bills and he expects to get both bills.”

When questioned about Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) comment last week that he won’t support a reconciliation bill worth more than $1.5 trillion, Richmond said, “I will say that this administration, we know what we need to do, we need to deliver for the American people.”

“We think we have unity of

purpose with Sen. Manchin. That’s what the president does best, and that is to talk to Sen. Manchin and make sure that he understands the entire vision of why we need to do it.”

Richmond then argued that the reconciliation bill would cost “zero,” prompting pushback from Fox News host Chris Wallace, who argued that even if more taxes were acquired from wealthier Americans and corporations, there’s still a cost that should be considered.

“At the end of the day, it will cost zero because we’re going to pay for it,” Richmond said without elaborating. “Now if you go back and look at the Trump tax cuts, which weren’t paid for, they cost billions and billions. But we’re going to pay for everything we spend here and that is not including the economic benefits and gains that we will get from it, but we know what we’re doing.”

Some analysts, Manchin, Republican lawmakers, and moderate Democrats have warned that the massive spending package

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would further drive up inflation, which Biden and progressives have denied.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Oct. 3 that his goal—like Biden’s—is to get both the infrastructure and budget spending bills done within the next month. Congress also has to pass a measure to either raise or suspend the debt ceiling by sometime this month.

The head of the 95-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), said Oct. 3 that an acceptable range for the social spending bill would be somewhere between $1.5 trillion and $3.5 trillion. Regarding Manchin’s statement, Jayapal told CNN: “That’s not going to happen.

Because that’s too small to get our priorities in. So it’s going to be somewhere between 1.5 and $3.5 trillion.”

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – As activists mobilized this summer to ask Minneapolis voters to replace their police department, one of the first prominent Democrats to slam the plan was a moderate congresswoman who doesn’t even live in the city.

Angie Craig declared it “shortsighted, misguided and likely to harm the very communities that it seeks to protect.” She warned that it could push out the city’s popular Black police chief.

Craig’s district covers a suburban-to-rural and politically divided region south of the city, but her willingness to jump into the fight next door highlights the political threat that Democrats like Craig see in the proposal.

As a city that has become synonymous with police abuse wrestles with police reform, the effort is sharply dividing Democrats along ideological lines. The state’s best known progressives – U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Attorney General Keith Ellison – support the plan, which would replace the police department with a new Department of Public Safety. Other top Democrats, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Gov. Tim Walz, oppose it.

The debate is dominating the city’s mayoral and City Council races, the first since a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd in May 2020 and sparked a global racial reckoning. Passing the amendment would be a major win for the reform movement — both in substance and symbolism.

But many in the Democratic establishment believe calls to “dismantle” or “defund” police cost

the party seats in statehouses and Congress last year. They’re determined not to let that happen again next year. Defeating the Minneapolis measure has become a critical, high-profile test.

“If we talk about reforming the police, people are overwhelmingly in favor of it. When we say ‘defund,’ we lose the argument,” said Colin Strother, a Texas-based Democratic strategist. “Democrats that keep using ‘defund the police’ are only hurting themselves and the cause, quite frankly.”

The ballot proposal slated for the Nov. 2 election asks voters whether they want to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety that would take a “comprehensive public health approach” that “could include” police officers “if necessary.” It doesn’t use the word “defund,” and critics say that was a deliberate attempt by a majority of City Council members to conceal their aims.

Ellison, a strong supporter of the proposal, said in an interview that amendment supporters simply want “more tools to guarantee public safety, more than just a police-only model. They want other people who have expertise in mental health, housing, violence reduction and intervention” who are better trained to handle situations that armed police now face alone.

But he’s wary of the phrase “defund the police,” which he called “a cry for reform” that comes from “young people who were absolutely outraged by what happened to George Floyd.”

Ellison said he avoids using it, calling it “hot rhetoric, not a policy, not a program” that doesn’t accurately describe what

In this June 7, 2020, file photo, Alondra Cano, a city council member, speaks during “The Path Forward” meeting at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. The focus of the meeting was the defunding of the Minneapolis Police Department.

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the amendment would do. And he downplayed the idea that Democrats should be afraid of supporting the amendment, saying Republicans will attack them no matter how the issue is framed.

Minister JaNaé Bates, a spokeswoman for the pro-amendment Yes 4 Minneapolis coalition, said she’s frustrated by the divisions among Democrats. Those who depict the proposal as defunding the police are using “fear-based rhetoric” and a “right-wing dog whistle” as a distraction, she said. Police “most certainly” will be part of the proposed new agency along with professionals trained to handle situations for which armed officers are not suited, she said.

“The fact of the matter is Democrats, progressives, liberals all across the board want people to be safe and that is what this charter change does,” Bates said.

Omar, who represents Minneapolis, contends there’s “nothing radical” in the amendment. What’s radical, she said in an opinion piece published in the Star Tribune, was how opponents fought

to keep it off the ballot and, in her view, misrepresent what it will do.

The ballot question has attracted plenty of money, with glossy mailers showing up around the city and ads filling social media feeds since shortly before early voting began in early September.

The Yes 4 Minneapolis campaign has raised over $1 million in cash and nearly $500,000 of in-kind donations from across the country, according to campaign finance reports filed in August. Its money included $500,000 in seed money from the Open Society Policy Center, which has ties to billionaire George Soros.

The group has stressed the need for change and sought to reassure voters that the new structure will make everyone safer. It has also disputed suggestions from opponents that passage would mean the departure of Medaria Arradondo, the city’s popular Black chief, even though Arradondo said passage would put any law enforcement leader in a “wholly unbearable position.”

The much newer All of Mpls,

which opposes the amendment, raised more than $100,000 in its first few weeks, mostly locally.

It has been playing up the uncertainty over how the proposed new department would work, since the amendment leaves it up to the City Council and the mayor to figure out the details within a short timeframe after the election.

University of Minnesota political scientist Larry Jacobs credited the “defund” issue with helping Republicans hold their own in Minnesota’s legislative races in 2020 despite Joe Biden winning statewide. He said it’s clear to Democrats that “defunding the police” was effective for Republicans then — and could be again.

U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, of New York, flipped a Staten Island seat in 2020 by running against defunding police. Moderate Democrat Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain, won New York’s mayoral primary in July on a platform of rejecting activists’ calls to defund police.

U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, of New York, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has pushed back against the “defund” rhetoric, highlighting that the American Rescue Plan stimulus bill signed in March contains $350 billion to help support police departments.

“If this thing does pass, which a lot of people think and assume that it will, there’s going to be massive national blowback, not just in Minnesota,” said Republican strategist Billy Grant, whose clients include Craig’s likely opponent, former Marine Tyler Kistner.

“People are going to say they showed they can do this. That’s going to have a domino effect.”

Project aims to ID voting rights marchers of ‘Bloody Sunday’ front of a line of hundreds of marchers when the column crossed the bridge over the Alabama River bound for Montgomery. They were savagely beaten by troopers and members of the Dallas County sheriff’s posse; images of the violence helped build support for voting rights across the segregated South.

Lewis, a native of Alabama

who died last year, went on to serve multiple terms in Congress representing the Atlanta area. But many of the marchers have never been publicly identified, an omission the project could help resolve.

As marchers are identified, they get messages through the social media platform offering the chance to share their stories in the future. Hebert said students

are learning how to communicate with diverse groups as they collect information about one of the bestknown events of the civil rights movement.

“Those learning opportunities will bode well for their future career endeavors as they help America build a diverse, inclusive and equitable society,” he said.

CLASSIFIEDS In this March 7, 1965, file photo, civil rights demonstrators struggle on the ground as state troopers break up a march in Selma, Alabama.

The world knows the names of John Lewis and a few more of the voting rights demonstrators who walked across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 only to be attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day that came to be called “Bloody Sunday.” A new project aims to identify more of the hundreds of people who were involved in the protest.

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SELMA, Ala. (AP) – The world knows the names of John Lewis and a few more of the voting rights demonstrators who walked across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 only to be attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day that came to be called “Bloody Sunday.” A new project aims to identify more of the hundreds of people who were involved in the protest.

Auburn University professors Richard Burt and Keith Hebert, working with a group of honors college students, have established a Facebook page where people can look through photographs of March 7, 1965, and identify themselves or others in the blackand-white images.

Online since August, the page is titled “Help us identify the Selma Bloody Sunday Foot Soldiers.”

It features multiple images of marchers who are labeled with red numerals, and users can add the

names of people they recognize in the comments section.

Some people already have been identified, and the creators hope more will be as word spreads about the page, particularly in Selma, where the effort is being promoted.

A class at Selma High School is helping as students enlist relatives to help identify marchers.

The project “highlights the need for additional historical research and documentation for one of the most famous moments in American history,” Hebert said in a statement released by the university announcing the work.

“By taking a fresh look at Bloody Sunday, our research has revealed rich details about how the march unfolded that prior historians have overlooked. We intend to help those in Selma who want to do more to preserve and interpret the historic landscapes connected to this seminal event,” he said.

Lewis, Hosea Williams, Amelia Boynton, Marie Foster and other established activists were at the

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Red Hawk Elementary School named 2021 National Blue Ribbon School Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Red Hawk Elementary School was one of 28 California schools named as a National Blue Ribbon School, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced last week.

Miguel made the announcement during his Return to School Road Trip, Tuesday, Sept. 21, while at Walter R. Sundling Jr. High School, in Palatine, Illinois, another school receiving the award. Only 325 schools nationwide received the honor.

The National Blue Ribbon School designation is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups, a press release issued

by Cardona said.

“This year’s cohort of honorees demonstrates what is possible when committed educators and school leaders create vibrant, welcoming, and affirming school cultures where rich teaching and learning can flourish,” Cardona said. “I commend all our Blue Ribbon honorees for working to keep students

Students spend time in the library at Red Hawk Elementary School. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Sept. 21.

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healthy and safe while meeting their academic, social, emotional and mental health needs. In the face of unprecedented circumstances, you found creative ways to engage, care for, protect and teach our children. Blue Ribbon Schools have so

much to offer and can serve as a model for other schools and communities so that we can truly build back better.”

The National Blue Ribbon Schools award affirms the hard work of educators, families and commu-

nities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging and engaging content.

Now in its 39th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed approximately 10,000 awards to more than 9,000 schools.

The department recognizes all schools in one of two performance categories, based on all student scores, subgroup student scores and graduation rates. The two performance categories, Exemplary High-Performing Schools and Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing Schools, highlight schools that are among the state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests or schools that are among their state’s highest performing schools in closing achievement gaps between a school’s student groups and all students, respectively.

Up to 420 schools may be nominated each year. The department invites National Blue Ribbon Schools nominations from the top education officials in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and the Bureau of Indian Education.

Private schools are nominated by the Council for American Private Education.

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Murrieta Valley USD announces Board of Education vacancy for Trustee Area 3 after Dickson announces retirement MURRIETA – At the Murrieta Valley USD Board of Education meeting Thursday, Sept. 22, Board of Education trustee Kenneth Dickson announced his resignation from his position effective Nov. 21.

“Trustee Dickson’s contribution and service to the Murrieta community has been steadfast and his expertise will be greatly missed,” Board President Linda Lunn said. “We wish him well in his retirement and relocation to the East Coast.”

Dickson has served the Murrieta

community as a trustee for 24 years. Superintendent Patrick Kelley said, “Trustee Dickson’s kindness, wisdom, and love for the school district has been a foundational part of the success for MVUSD over many years. We wish Ken and his wife, Susan, a safe relocation and an abundance of special moments with family. I know I speak for many when I say he will be truly missed.”

Dickson’s resignation creates a vacancy on the Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board of Education. The Board dis-

cussed options to fill the vacancy at the Sept. 23 meeting, and unanimously agreed to make a provisional appointment to fill the vacant position. The term of that provisional appointment will expire in November 2022. At that time, the appointed candidate may seek election to fill the remainder of the trustee’s term through November 2024.

Consequently, the district is now accepting applications from qualified persons who would like to be considered for appointment. Applications are

due Oct. 12 by noon. Qualified candidates must be a California registered voter residing within the trustee area 3 boundaries of MVUSD, at least 18 years of age, not disqualified by the constitution or laws of the state from holding a civil office, and not an employee of MVUSD. Application packets are available online at the MVUSD website, www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/ BOEvacancy or in person at the MVUSD District Support Center, 41870 McAlby Court, Murrieta from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Completed application packets may be mailed via U.S. Postal Service or delivered in person to the District Support Center, 41870 McAlby Court, Murrieta, CA 92562. Applications may also be submitted via email to Julie Diaz at jadiaz@murrieta.k12.ca.us.

For more information on this vacancy, please visit the district website or contact the executive assistant to the Board and Superintendent, Julie Diaz at (951) 696-1600 ext. 1002.

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Western Center Academy student is in new Apple TV+ original series HEMET – Lilly Williams, a sophomore at Western Center Academy, will be featured in Wolfboy and the Everything Factory, an AppleTV+ original series. The new animated series features a boy who discovers a realm in which creatures, called Sprytes, create things for the human world. Lilly provides the voice of Xandra, best friend to the main character.

Lilly has been interested in acting her whole life. She remembers

watching cartoons at 4 years old wondering about the person behind the animated character. When she entered seventh grade she got a manager and began to pursue her dream of becoming an actor. While she admits she did not envision herself as a voice actor, she has enjoyed the opportunities it has provided to her.

Through this experience, she has been able to channel her creativity and breathe life into a character.

When she auditioned, she received a few descriptive characteristics of Xandra and some lines that she needed to record herself performing. She said she really worked on putting herself into the character, which can be hard at times when you don’t know what the character looks like. However, Lilly is no novice and was able to pull from previous experiences in school performances like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hamlet, and other voice acting

roles she received.

Lilly explained that she is keeping her options open at this time. She would love to continue to pursue acting throughout her high school career. As she gets closer to graduating from high school, she will make a decision to either continue on this path or attend college to major in Criminology. Either way she is excited and grateful for the opportunities she has received thus far.

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F.U.N. food giveaway postponed until 2022 Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Friends Uniting Neighbors Group has announced they will postpone their weekly food giveaway until early next year.

Due to illness suffered by several group members, the decision to discontinue the event is one to protect the health of the community. Bill Donahue of the F.U.N. Group required hospitalization last month and now is on the hard road to recovery.

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“The doctors say I’m looking at a recovery that will take months.

She may take as long. We had no other choice than to shut down.

We are hoping to start up again in January but we will reevaluate at that time.”

Free and paid food distribution The Friends Uniting Neighbors Group has announced that they will postpone their weekly food giveaway until early next year.

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Hamilton Museum – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays at 39991 Contreras Road in Anza. For more information, call (951) 763-1350 or visit http:// www.hamiltonmuseum.org. Find them on Facebook at “HamiltonMuseum-and-Ranch-Foundation.”

Health, exercise, resources and recovery meetings Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – 6 p.m. Every Tuesday at Shepherd Of The Valley Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. Open participation.

Veterans’ Gathering Mondays – 9-11 a.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 39075 Contreras Road, in Anza.

Men and women veterans come to share and help each other deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and other difficulties. Call John Sheehan at (951) 923-6153. If you need an advocate to help with VA benefits, call Ronnie Imel at (951) 659-9884.

The Most Excellent Way – Christ-centered recovery program for all kinds of addiction meets Fridays from 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 8-10 a.m. Program is court approved; child care is provided. Transportation help is available. The group meets at 58050 Highway 371; the cross street is Kirby Road in Anza.

AA Men’s Meeting – 7 p.m.

Meetings take place Thursdays at 39551 Kirby Road in Anza, south of Highway 371.

Alcoholics Anonymous – 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road in Anza.

For more information, call (951) 763-4226.

Bereaved Parents of the USA – The Aguanga-Anza Chapter of BPUSA will hold its meetings at 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 49109 Lakeshore Blvd. in Aguanga. For more information, contact chapter leader Linda Hardee at (951) 551-2826.

Free Mobile Health Clinic – Open every third Wednesday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

No appointment is needed. Uninsured may only be seen in the Anza Community Hall’s parking lot or inside the hall.

Medication Assistance and Treatment for Opioid Dependence – Get treatment for heroin addiction. Transportation to the clinic is provided. For more information, contact Borrego Health’s Anza Community Health Center, 58581 Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call (951) 7634759.

Food ministries F.U.N. Group weekly food ministry – Deliveries arrive noon Thursdays at the Anza Community Hall. To order a paid box and help feed those who can’t afford to pay, drop off payment and cash donations by Thursday at 1:30 p.m., to ERA Excel Realty, 56070 Highway 371, in Anza. Pay inside or drop off during the day in the red box outside. To drop it off, put name and request on an envelope with payment inside. A

$30 box has about $100 worth of food and feeds six people. Half boxes are available for $15. Food is delivered once a week to those who cannot find a ride. For more information, call Bill Donahue at (951) 288-0903.

Living Hope Christian Fellowship Community Dinner – 1 p.m.

Dinners are held the last Sunday of the month at the Anza Community Hall. All are welcome. Donations of time, money, etc. are always welcome.

Food for the Faithful – 8 a.m.

The food bank hands out food the last Friday of the month until the food is gone. The clothes closet will be open too. Emergency food handed out as needed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. FFF is a non-denominational nonprofit. All in need are welcome; call Esther Barragan at (951) 763-5636.

Bible Studies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anza – Sunday Sacrament is held 10 a.m.; Sunday School is 11 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society meets noon; Wednesday Boy Scouts gathers 6 p.m. and Youth Night is 7 p.m.

For more information, call Ruiz at (951) 445-7180 or Nathan at (760) 399-0727. The Wednesday Genealogy/Family History Class, 5-8 p.m., is open to the public at 39075 Contreras Road in Anza.

Native Lighthouse Fellowship – 10 a.m. The group meets the first Saturday of the month, and breakfast is served. All are welcome to fellowship together at the “Tribal Hall” below the casino in Anza.

For more information, call Nella Heredia at (951) 763-0856.

Living Hope Bible Study – 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Kevin at (951) 763-1111.

Anza RV Clubhouse – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza.

Monthly Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9 a.m. Breakfast takes place the fourth Saturday of each month and rotates to different locations. Contact Jeff Crawley at (951) 763-1257 for more information.

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – 10 a.m. Weekly Wednesday Bible study takes place at 56095 Pena Road in Anza. Call (951) 763-4226 for more information.

Valley Gospel Chapel – 7 a.m. Saturday Men’s Study meets weekly with breakfast usually served at 43275 Chapman Road in the Terwilliger area of Anza.

For more information, call (951) 763-4622.

Anza First Southern Baptist Church – 9 a.m. The church offers Sunday school for all ages with a 10:30 a.m. worship service and 6 p.m. for prayer and Bible study. Youth ministry meets Mondays from 6-8 p.m. The women’s Bible study meets Thursdays at 10 a.m., but it is on hiatus through the summer. Celebrate Recovery meets Fridays; doors open at 5:30 p.m. with large group meeting, 6-7 p.m.; small group share, 7-8 p.m. and Cross Talk Cafe, 8-8:30

p.m. Church is located at 39200 Rolling Hills Road in Anza. For more information, contact at (951) 763-4937, anzabptistchurch@ gmail.com or http://www.anzabaptistchurch.com.

Clubs TOPS Meeting – Take Off Pounds Sensibly support group meets Wednesdays weekly. Weigh in at 8:30 a.m., meeting at 8:45 a.m. at Thompson Hall at the Anza Baptist Church, 39200 Rolling Hills Road, in Anza. For more information, visit http://www.

TOPS.org.

High Country Recreation – Second Monday of the month attend committee meetings at ERA Excel Realty in Anza. For more information, call Albert Rodriguez at (951) 492-1624 or Robyn Garrison at (805) 312-0369.

HCR Bingo fundraisers – 6:30-9:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays at Anza Community Hall.

Anza Valley VFW Post 1873 – Capt. John Francis Drivick III Post, the Ladies’ and Men’s Auxiliaries are located at 59011 Bailey Road in Anza. Mail P.O. Box 390433. Request monthly newsletter and or weekly menu by email at vfw1873anzaca@gmail. com. For more information, call (951) 763-4439 or visit http:// vfw1873.org.

High Country 4-H Club – 6:30 p.m. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month, except February, at Anza Community Hall. 4-H Club is for youth 5 to 19 years old offering a variety of projects. High Country 4-H Club is open to children living in the Anza, Aguanga and surrounding areas. For more information, call Allison Renck at (951) 663-5452.

Anza Valley Artists Meetings – 1 p.m. Meetings are the third Saturday of each month at various locations. Share art, ideas and participate in shows. Guest speakers are always needed. For more information, call president Rosie Grindle at (951) 928-1248.

Find helpful art tips at http://www. facebook.com/AnzaValleyArtists/.

Anza Quilter’s Club – 9:30 a.m. to noon. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza.

Anza Valley Lions Club – The Anza Valley Lions Club is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. Guest meetings with dinner are held at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at Anza Valley VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza.

Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club website, http://www.anzalionsclub.org. For more information, call president Michele Brown at (760) 637-9173.

Boy Scouts Troop 319 – Cub Scouts meet 6 p.m. every Tuesday, and Boy Scouts meet 7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Contreras Road, south of state Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call Richard Hotchkiss at (951) 551-3154.

Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call

Ginny Kinser at (909) 702-7902.

Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call squadron commander Maj. Dennis Sheehan from the Anza area at (951) 403-4940. To learn more and see the club’s meeting schedule, visit http://www.squadron59.org.

Fire Explorer Program – 6 p.m. The program meets every second, third and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fire Station 29 on state Route 371 in Anza. Call (951)763-5611 for information.

Redshank Riders – 7 p.m.

Backcountry horsemen meet at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Anza, the second Thursday of each month. Visit http://www. redshankriders.com or call Carol Schmuhl for membership information at (951) 663-6763.

Anza Thimble Club – The club meets the first Thursday of the month at Valley Gospel Chapel, 43275 Chapman Road in Anza. The social hour is 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon.

Contact Carol Wright at (951) 7632884 for more information.

Organizations Terwilliger Community Association – 6 p.m. Second Monday of the month at VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza. Potluck dinner open to all. For more information, call Tonie Ford at (951) 763-4560.

From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries – Noon.

Monthly luncheon and guest speaker are held the second Saturday of each month. The $5 charge covers lunch at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. From the Heart helps the area’s neediest children and invites all women and men to join in their mission.

Donate or help with the rummage sales twice a year to raise funds for the cause or other events. For more information, call president Christi James at (951) 595-2400.

Anza Community Hall – 7 p.m.

General membership meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month. Memberships cost $20 per person or $35 per business, and both get one vote. No government funds are allocated for the Hall, which pays its bills through memberships and swap meets.

Voting members receive discounts off hall rentals, swap meet booths and save on propane gas from Ferrellgas. Mail membership to: Anza Community Building Inc. at P.O. Box 390091, Anza, CA 92539. The hall is located at 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. Swap meet held each Saturday of the month, weather permitting, early morning to 1 p.m. Vendors wanted. For more information, call (951) 282-4267.

Anza Civic Improvement League – 9 a.m. meets the first Saturday of each month at the Little Red Schoolhouse. The league maintains Minor Park and Little Red School House, which are both available to rent for events. No government funds are allowed; the membership pays the bills – $10 a person, $18 family or $35 business membership.

For more information, visit http:// www.anzacivic.org.

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Select the right firewood for cold winter days Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

With autumn nights becoming cooler and winter rains hopefully in the forecast, Anza Valley residents’ thoughts are turning to preparing for the colder months ahead.

Many people in the area heat with wood, a renewable biofuel readily available and affordable.

Using firewood as a main heating fuel means becoming familiar with heating properties, storage, measurements and safety.

The heating properties associated with different types and species of wood are calculated in British Thermal Units, which is a traditional unit of measurement. BTU is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit. In wood burning, the BTU defines the amount of heat produced by a cord of a particular type of wood.

A cord is the unit of measurement of dry volume used to quantify firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada. The interesting name may have come from the use of a cord or string to measure it in days gone by. A cord is the amount of wood that occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet.

This means that a tightly stacked woodpile measuring 4 feet high by 8 feet wide by 4 feet deep constitutes a cord. Any other ar-

rangement of linear measurements that equal 128 cubic feet are also acceptable.

In classified ads and online sales formats, a cord may be advertised for a certain price, and consumers need to make sure they receive an actual cord of firewood. An average truck bed-full of wood may not represent an accurate cord, so buyers must understand the unit of measurement well. The properly measured cord is also required to understand the BTUs associated with the various woods offered for sale.

World Forest Industries offers a BTU table as a guide to the most heating bang for the buck of different common species of trees.

Included there are types readily available in the Anza Valley.

Western Hardwood Species, measured in million BTUs per cord.

Live Oak 36.6 Eucalyptus 34.5 Manzanita 32.0 Pepperwood 26.1 Cottonwood 16.8 Western Softwood Species, measured in million BTUs per cord.

Douglas Fir 26.5 Western Juniper 26.4 Lodgepole Pine 22.3 Ponderosa Pine 21.7 There is great variation in heating properties between certain species. More heat is produced with oak than cottonwood, by a large

margin. Therefore, a cord of oak is much more valuable than the same amount of cottonwood.

Firewood needs to be dry before it is used. Users should ensure it is well seasoned and ready to burn efficiently. Green, or freshly cut live wood is a very poor fuel and very hard to get lit and burning, due to a high water content.

Correct storage is all-important.

Keep wood off the ground, as this helps it continue to lose moisture.

Space between logs that allows airflow is also recommended.

Storing wood in an area that is exposed to sunlight and wind is also a good idea. In fire-prone Southern California, fire departments advise residents to store their woodpiles at least 3 feet away from the home and other structures, in case of wildfire.

Additionally, Cal Fire recommends storing firewood away from live trees, to prevent the spread of pests or diseases that may be present in the firewood. Many jurisdictions have laws regarding the importation of firewood from out of the area ro prevent the spread of insects and disease. They recommend that firewood only be transported locally and within the same ecosystem.

Wood stoves are designed to burn wood, not trash or chemically-treated wood products like plywood or pressure treated lumber.

It is recommended to use mostly

This homeowner is making firewood from a storm-damaged tree that has to be taken down by a tree service. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo

hardwoods like oak and smaller amounts of softwoods like pine.

Empty ashes frequently and safely, by using a metal fireplace shovel and putting ashes in a metal or other fireproof container in case there are hot coals still burning.

Proper disposal of the ashes can be made at home or at the Anza Transfer Station.

The chimney and pipes should be cleaned once a year by a professional, licensed chimney sweep.

An accumulation of tars and combustible built-up creosote can reduce efficiency or even catch fire.

When cutting and harvesting

firewood, wear protective gear, be familiar with chainsaw, ax and maul or wood splitter safety and learn safe methods to fell trees. Do not overload your truck or trailer with green wood, as it can be very heavy. Know your limits and that of your equipment.

Staying warm using this renewable biofuel should be efficient and rewarding this winter.

To learn more about the effectiveness of wood as a biofuel, http://worldforestindustries.com.

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

Toto the tortoise receives a blessing at the Blessing of the Animals celebration Saturday, Oct. 2.

Owners gratefully present their pets to be blessed

by Father Kien Kieu at the Blessing of the Animals celebration Saturday, Oct. 2.

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Much-loved pets were lined up with their devoted owners, and Father recited the Blessing.

He began, “The animals of God’s creation inhabit the skies, the earth and the sea. They share in the ways of human beings.

They have a part in our lives.

Francis of Assisi recognized this when he called the animals, wild and tame, his brothers and sisters.

Remembering Francis’ love for these brothers and sisters of ours, we invoke God’s blessing on these animals, and we thank God for letting us share the earth with all the creatures.”

As the prayers were offered, the pets were gently sprinkled with holy water. All the animals present seemed to accept the sacramental spritz with dignity as the drops of blessed water descended upon them. Gifts and certificates were handed out to the pets’ masters.

“I want to extend a big thank you to GeriLyn Blanton Mellin for coming and creating her balloon art, Deborah Mennig for the lovely certificates and Marta Spencer for coming extra early to help set up,” organizer Tara Butchart said. “A special thanks to the first year confirmation kids who came and set up and stayed to clean up. And to Kathy Vellanoweth for livestreaming. None of this could take place without Father Kien always being so willing to be involved in our community. It was truly a community effort.”

Due to the pandemic, the ceremony was not held in 2020. But thanks to church member Tara Butchart, the event for 2021 was more involved and exciting than last time.

“Father was amazing, going to cars and trailers to bless animals,” Butchart, who brought her German Shepherd Reba to the bless-

Even the tiniest of pets are welcome at the Blessing of the Animals celebration Saturday, Oct. 2.

ing, said. “He was so full of joy he made it really special. It was another of those events where so many of the church community came together to make it happen.

We hope to make it bigger and better next year and hopefully make it a yearly event for the whole Anza community.”

For more information about the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, please follow them on Facebook at www.facebook. com/Sacred-Heart-of-Anza-172200349497797.

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Community Hall swap meet schedule changed

of the schedule change in person.”

This staggered schedule had been in effect in the past, but the move to every Saturday had become the norm in recent years.

Both vendors and shoppers are being reminded of the change on Facebook and in local media.

Despite the sweltering summer heat, the Anza swap meet has continued to be a positive, affordable and wholesome shopping experience for most area residents.

“We are fortunate to be able to hold swap meets at the Community Hall at such a reasonable cost,” Annika Knoppel, real estate agent and KOYT 97.1 FM radio

talk show host, said. “It’s a great opportunity for people to unload unwanted household items, or to score that special treasure.”

Sellers use the outdoor market as a way to earn extra cash or declutter homes and garages.

Some people that attend are curious to see the weekly offerings. Many are looking for specific items, such as collectibles or special tools. Still others are there solely for the social aspect of the swap meet. The parking lot becomes a colorful beehive of activity on Saturdays, even attracting passersby traveling through Anza.

Seller spaces are located in the paved parking lot of the Community Hall. Vendors offer tools, bikes, collectibles, antiques, toys, clothes, shoes and furniture, both new and gently used. Inside the Hall building, incense and novelty toys are offered by B. J. Janelle, as John Yarrow answers questions about the carpet cleaning, computer repair and window screen services he offers.

Besides being a benefit to the eager buyers, the now twice-monthly event serves as a cog in the social workings of the small rural town, connecting people and allowing them to exchange ideas, news and information.

Volunteers Frank Shaffer and Barbara Ann Keller are available to answer questions, direct traffic and keep order.

The swap meet is now held at the Anza Community Hall the first and third Saturday of each month, from 7 a.m. until about 1 p.m.

For more information about the Anza swap meet, please call (951) 282-4267 or visit the Anza Community Hall Facebook page online at www.facebook.com/AnzaCommunityBuildingInc. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

established as a collection of likeminded people that joined together to benefit the community. Members from multiple area churches, civic organizations and other groups come together as friends and neighbors united for the good of area residents.

If anyone has additional ques-

tions about the temporary program shutdown, text Noel Donahue at (626) 347-2701.

To learn more about the F.U.N. Group, email them at friendsunitingneighbors@gmail.com.

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

The Community Hall’s swap meet will be held every first and third Saturday of the month until further notice.

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Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Barbara Ann Keller of the Anza Community Hall announced that the schedule for the swap meet held at the Hall will be changed from every Saturday to the first and third Saturdays of the month, beginning in October.

“Upcoming dates for the swap meets are Oct. 16 and 30, since there are five Saturdays in October,” Keller said. “Then Nov. 6 and 20. The schedule after November has not been determined yet. I have tried over the last several weeks to inform our vendors and customers FOOD from page AVO-1 is normally held every Thursday at the Anza Community Hall. The F.U.N. Group accepts EBT, credit and debit cards as well as cash for donations and box purchases to help fund the program.

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Starting May 22, 1914, the men drove to Hemet to haul lumber for the new school. Others who helped erect the building were Gus Wishnand, John Arbuckle, A.B. Baker, Joe Dashner, G.P. Weatherill, Bill Cort and Antonio and John Contreras.

The school was constructed on land donated by George Turner and the property was to be returned to his family when no longer used as a school. The building was built during the spring of 1914 and was completed in September of that year.

Nellie Miller, the first teacher at the new Hamilton School, didn’t stay long. She resigned in November 1914. Her replacement, John H. Stoner, drove his wagon and some equipment to the town of Baptiste, as Anza was then known.

He arrived Dec. 1, 1914, put his animals in Mr. Shaney’s barn on Mitchell Road and Bautista and walked through the fresh snow to start teaching at 9 a.m. He taught at the one-room school until June 1918. Many teachers came and went in the years following.

When Cahuilla Road became State Highway 71 in 1964, the traffic was deemed to be too heavy and the school site was condemned by the State as dangerous.

Since the school district could not find any members of the Turner family to return the parcel to, the original school and land were auctioned off in 1964. The highest bidder was James Minor, who then gave the land and the building to the Anza Civic Improvement League. The president of the ACIL at that time was one of the school’s graduates, Henry R. Lichtwald. The vice president was Fred “Rudy” Whestine; William H. Gleck was the treasurer and Leona Hyde, the first secretary.

The school became a library and the bookshelves on the west side replaced the blackboard and the high louvered windows. The school was used as a church for a few years, a meeting place for the Anza Valley Chamber of Commerce and then again as a private school called the San Jose Academy.

Many public elections, church and Sunday school classes, holiday group gatherings, potlucks and celebrations were held at the Little Red Schoolhouse at that time and

still are.

The outhouses that were down by the trees on both sides of a hay barn, the hitching posts, where students and parents tied up their horses are all long gone. The Anza Electric Cooperative Inc. installed the original picnic tables and cement platform on the west side of the school.

In November 1991, an historical marker was placed in front of the Little Red Schoolhouse by the Billy Holcomb Chapter 1069 of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, or Clampers.

The Clampers are dedicated to the history of the Old West, especially old mining areas and have placed more than 150 plaques at historical sites all over California, Arizona and Nevada.

The plaque has been moved from the original location on the grounds to an area closer to the road, where it remains today.

In November 2020 the red building received a new coat of paint, applied by ACIL board members and volunteers.

The mission of the ACIL is to restore, manage and enhance the Little Red Schoolhouse and Minor Park in partnership with the public, for the enjoyment of present and future generations, according to the League’s website.

Both the park and the schoolhouse are available to rent for meetings and events. Members may credit 100% of their current membership dues toward rental fees during the same time period.

Participation and financial support of Anza’s community park helps make it available for all to enjoy. Every member strengthens the League’s commitment to maintain the historic Little Red Schoolhouse as well as Minor Park in top form. Membership dues and donations assist the actions of other League members who volunteer their time to maintain and improve the facilities.

Membership is $15 a person per year, $25 for a couple or $50 for a business. These dues go directly to maintaining the park and schoolhouse, plus funding community events.

To learn more about upcoming ACIL events, www.facebook.com/ AnzaCivicImprovementLeague, www.anzacivic.org, P.O. Box 391000, Anza, CA 92539, (951) 330-4411 or anzacivic@gmail. com.

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DUI offender who struck, killed CHP officer in Lake Elsinore sentenced City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A 39-year-old drunken driver who fatally struck a California Highway Patrol officer writing a ticket on the shoulder of Interstate 15 in Lake Elsinore was sentenced Friday, Oct. 1, to 15 years to life in state prison.

Michael Joseph Callahan of Winchester was convicted in August of second-degree murder and a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation for the 2019 death of 53-year-old Steve Lawrence Licon of Perris.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta imposed the sentence required by law.

Deputy District Attorney Carlos Managas told jurors in his closing argument in August that

Callahan’s friends “warned him, implored him, begged him not to get behind the wheel of his car” April 6, 2019.

The defendant had spent almost five hours doing shots of tequila and downing 22-ounce beers, altogether consuming at least eight drinks, in what was an impromptu after-work party at Big Al’s sports bar in Ontario, according to trial testimony.

The defendant, a Costco supervisor, had invited nearly a dozen co-workers to join him for drinks at the establishment, even though, by his own admission, he had slept less than five hours before his night shift and was exhausted.

According to the prosecution, Callahan nearly sideswiped two cars and almost ran into a concrete divider on the Riverside (91) Freeway before turning southbound on I-15 to return home. One

motorist’s dashcam captured the defendant speeding “recklessly along grass and gravel and dirt,” using shoulder spaces barely large enough for his sedan to get around slower traffic in lanes, Managas said.

According to the CHP, Licon was working extra duty that afternoon because of heavy traffic associated with the “super bloom” of wildflowers in the valleys around Lake Elsinore, which drew large crowds and clogged roadways that March and April.

The veteran motorcycle officer, nearing retirement after almost 30 years of service, had stopped the driver of a Chrysler sedan about a mile north of Nichols Road on southbound I-15 for speeding.

After Licon obtained the driver’s information, he returned to his motorcycle to begin writing the citation.

“He doesn’t know that death is coming,” Managas said. “Death’s name is Michael Callahan.”

Licon had just finished writing the date and time in his ticket book when Callahan came barreling down the right shoulder at 70 to 80 mph in his Toyota Corolla, plowing into the lawman, his bike and the idling Chrysler, according to the prosecutor.

The CHP sergeant was pronounced dead less than an hour later at Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar. The occupants of the Chrysler escaped with minor injuries, as did Callahan.

Defense attorney Kerry Armstrong admitted the “case was horrific,” and he did not try to excuse his client’s excesses. However, he rejected the prosecution’s contention that there had been malice aforethought, one of the elements necessary to prove a murder.

Armstrong argued Callahan’s inhibitions vanished as he imbibed large quantities of alcohol.

“The day of the crash was a big aberration,” the attorney said.

“Mr. Callahan was not processing things rationally.”

The defendant’s blood alcohol level was estimated to be well over twice the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle.

He had a misdemeanor DUI conviction from Orange County in 2004, and by his own admission, his marriage had almost collapsed because of his drinking.

Under California law, a convicted DUI offender who is aware of the risks of drinking and driving and then causes someone’s death because of it can be charged with murder.

Poway synagogue shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole Jason Kurosu CITY NEWS SERVICE

A young man who carried out a hate-motivated shooting at the Chabad of Poway that killed one woman and injured three other people was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 30, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

John Timothy Earnest, 22, pleaded guilty in San Diego Superior Court to murder and attempted murder charges for the April 27, 2019, shooting. He also pleaded guilty to an arson charge for setting fire to the Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque in Escondido March 24, 2019.

In addition to life without parole, Earnest also received 137 years to life in prison, as set forth in the plea deal reached earlier this year.

Earnest additionally pleaded guilty earlier this month to 113 federal charges stemming from the shooting and mosque fire. On Dec. 28, he will be sentenced in that case, in which federal prosecutors and Earnest are jointly seeking a term of life in prison, plus 30 years.

State prosecutors announced last year that they would seek the death penalty against Earnest, but due to a proposed plea deal looming in the federal case, which takes supremacy over state prosecutions, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office would have been

prevented from seeing their own prosecution through had the case not been resolved.

San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said the sentence “brings about a semblance of justice,” though she said her office did feel capital punishment was the right course of action.

However, the county’s top prosecutor said that with Earnest waiving his appellate rights and an expected life sentence in his federal case, the life without parole plea offer was accepted following discussions with the victims’ families.

The former Rancho Penasquitos resident and Cal State San Marcos nursing student carried out the shooting on the last day of Passover, fatally wounding 60-year-old Lori Gilbert Kaye, who was shot twice in the synagogue’s foyer. Kaye, a longtime member of Chabad of Poway, was at the temple with her husband and daughter to honor her mother, who had recently died.

The congregation’s rabbi, Yisroel Goldstein, lost a finger in the shooting. Two other people, Almog Peretz and his then-8-yearold niece, Noya Dahan, were also injured.

Prosecutors said 54 people were inside the synagogue when Earnest opened fire.

In an online open letter discov-

ered shortly before the shooting, Earnest espoused flagrant anti-Semitic sentiments, a need to protect the “European race,” and wrote, “I can only kill so many Jews” and “I only wish I killed more.”

During Earnest’s lengthy sentencing hearing, San Diego Superior Court Judge Peter Deddeh denied Earnest the opportunity to make a statement in open court, saying he didn’t want the hearing to become “a political forum for him to start making white supremacist or racist statements” and that he didn’t want Earnest “to use this as a platform to add to his celebrity.”

Though defendants can make statements in a bid to mitigate their sentences, Deddeh ruled such a statement would be irrelevant due to the agreed-upon life without parole sentence.

Kaye’s family members and other Chabad of Poway congregants present during the shooting shared the terror they felt when the gunfire rang out, which they said just added to the many chapters of anti-Semitic hate throughout human history.

Kaye’s 24-year-old daughter, Hannah Kaye, recounted driving down to San Diego from college for Passover, and spending what she could not have imagined would be the last days she would ever see her mother.

She called white supremacy “an

epidemic that thrives all over this country and overseas” and said a part of her “grieves” for Earnest due to his descent into racist ideologies.

“What has your racist, entitled rage offered you in the end? How have your actions of murdering my mother because she was a Jew benefited your life and brought you closer to your God?” she asked him.

She and others described Lori Kaye as a caring, giving and charitable person.

Dr. Howard Kaye, who unsuccessfully tried to revive his wife just after she’d been shot, said his wife of 32 years was “a superior person and a wonderful woman.”

Lori Kaye’s sister, Ellen Edwards, asked Earnest, “How could you kill my beautiful, loving sister? You are an animal. You deserve to be locked up forever.”

Kaye’s younger sister, Randi Grossman, said Earnest’s “cowardly, despicable act took my precious Lori from this earth. She was the center of her family, the center of the community, and my best friend.”

Deputy District Attorney Leonard Trinh, who prosecuted the case and leads the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office Hate Crimes prosecution unit, said Earnest “represents the worst of humanity” and described him as “evil, hateful, heartless, resentful

and entitled.”

Following the hearing, Stephan said anti-Semitism accounts for 20% of California’s hate crimes and urged members of the public to report instances of hate speech whenever it is seen or encountered. The District Attorney said expressions of hate speech are often a precursor to acts of racist violence, as was the case in the Chabad shooting.

“To come in, in the name of hate, and take out the life of a defenseless, unarmed woman and to try to kill an 8-year-old child is the definition of being a coward,” Stephan said.

Prosecutors said members of the Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque were informed of the sentencing hearing but declined to attend.

Earnest pleaded guilty in both the state and federal cases to setting fire to the Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque. According to the federal plea agreement, seven missionaries were asleep inside the mosque at the time but were able to extinguish the flames and escape injury.

In addition to state and federal prosecutions, the shooting triggered a series of lawsuits from the victims of the shooting against Earnest, the Chabad itself, the gun store that sold Earnest the weapon and gun manufacturers.

Woman suspected of stealing over $1K in goods from Hemet retailer arrested City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

HEMET (CNS) - A 20-year-old woman suspected of stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from a Hemet retail outlet that she may have targeted multiple times

was being held Friday, Oct. 1, in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Elizabeth Viviana Ivon of Hemet was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Wednesday on suspicion of grand theft and shoplifting.

According to Hemet police Lt.

Eric Dickson, about 7 p.m. Saturday, Ivon allegedly went through the Marshalls in the 2700 block of Florida Avenue and grabbed numerous items, then left without paying for them.

Detectives obtained security surveillance video from the date of

Gopher snakes benefit Anza Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The misunderstood gopher snake is actually one of the best forms of natural rodent control that exists in the Anza Valley. With their stealthy manner and lightning quick strikes, mice, rats, squirrels and rabbits are on high alert when the serpents are on the hunt.

The reptile’s common name, gopher snake, refers to their taste for subterranean gophers. They also love eggs, much to the chagrin of poultry keepers as they discover the snakes swallowing their birds’ eggs right out of the nest.

The local gopher snake species, Pituophis catenifer, is a large animal, averaging an adult length of 48 to 66 inches. They are white, yellow or light gray with brown, dark or red blotches and stripes.

This coloration helps hide them in the grass and shrubbery where they hunt. Their varied patterns also cause people to mistake them for rattlesnakes.

However, gopher snakes are usually longer and thinner than rattlesnakes and the head is narrow and rounded, not rectangular like a rattler’s. Like most nonvenomous snakes in the United States, gopher snakes have round pupils, not vertical like the pupils of rattlesnakes.

Gopher snakes also do not display the heat-sensing facial pits

that rattlers and other pit vipers possess, and do not have rattles on the end of their tails.

Despite the differences, many gopher snakes want you to think they are the much more dangerous rattlesnake, as they mimic them when threatened by rapidly vibrating their tails, puffing, coiling and hissing loudly.

The gopher snake is one of the most widespread snake species in North America, adapting well to a wide variety of habitats, such as deserts, prairies, brushlands and forests. They hunt small mammals, birds, insects and eggs. Gopher snakes are nonvenomous constrictors, coiling tightly around their prey to subdue it.

In June and August, several females will lay their large eggs in the same communal nest in a sheltered location such as under a log. Eggs hatch after around 64 to 79 days and the hatchlings are on their own to begin hunting small prey. Young Pacific gopher snakes are already 13 to 17 inches long when they emerge from the egg.

Gopher snakes can be intimidating because of their size and threat displays, but there’s little to fear because they are nonvenomous.

In fact, they are important to keeping the rodent population in check and maintaining local ecosystems, according to Stanford University.

Foxes, hawks, roadrunners and

the alleged theft, as well as other dates when the suspect allegedly snatched items, Dickson said.

Clips from the surveillance tapes were posted to social media, leading to Ivon being identified as the alleged perpetrator, the lieutenant said.

He said detectives tracked her to a motel on Florida, where she was taken into custody without incident Wednesday afternoon.

The investigation revealed the alleged theft Saturday resulted in a loss of $1,500 worth of goods.

However, some of the merchandise was seized from the suspect’s room, according to Dickson.

Losses connected with the other alleged thefts were not provided.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the police department at (951) 765-2400.

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coyotes are the most common predators of gopher snakes. King snakes will also prey on them.

Gopher snakes are usually active during the day. They are good climbers and burrowers, creeping down rodent holes seeking their small prey.

These interesting serpents may be dramatic, but they are also extremely beneficial to have around the ranch, helping to control damaging rats, mice and other rodents.

At a time when poisons are greatly discouraged as a form of rodent control, the lowly gopher snake excels at its job.

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Mandates, mandates, mandates were supposed to be safety studies done regularly to protect children and none of those studies happened as was outlined in the original bill.

A lawsuit was won last year by Children’s Health Defense after exposing the negligence.

President Biden also announced his decision to recommend the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could formally review the scientific booster data.

In protest, two senior FDA officials Marion Gruber, Ph.D. and Phil Krause, M.D., stepped Julie Reeder PUBLISHER down from the COVID vaccine review team in the middle of the Gov. Newsom announced his approval process. There was new vaccine mandate for school reportedly widespread frustration children, a group of citizens who with Centers for Disease Control have very little risk of dying from and Prevention and its advisory COVID. The risk-benefit ratio I’ve committee’s involvement in FDA written about before, so we don’t responsibilities. need to go back over it. But to The FDA didn’t officially cite a sum it up, out of tens of millions of reason for their resignations. children, we’ve had 35 deaths from Gruber, a 32-year FDA employee, COVID. In 2018 we had 636 child served as the director of FDA’s deaths by car accident and 97,000 Office of Vaccines Research and injuries in California.

Review (OVRR). Krause was Almost all the COVID deaths OVRR deputy director and worked had other co-morbidities and with the FDA for over a decade. doctors are saying the school Former FDA chief scientist Luciana mandate is not based on clinical Borio, M.D. said that the FDA was evidence. Rather it appears to be losing “two giants’’ in the field. political, to appease the larger The two doctors didn’t publicly teachers’ unions. There’s very little state why they were leaving, but risk-benefit for the students, so are they, along with a group of doctors the students being used as human published this statement in the shields for the schoolteachers and Lancet, a world-renown medical employees? Or, it’s just a flat out journal published since the 1800s. “follow the money” scenario.

“Although the benefits of Pharmaceutical companies are primary COVID-19 vaccination some of the largest political lobby clearly outweigh the risks, there donors. could be risks if boosters are Companies like Pfizer can widely introduced too soon, or too double their profits if they can just frequently, especially with vaccines get politicians to “mandate” their that can have immune-mediated products to children. By the way, side-effects (such as myocarditis… if you do have an adverse effect, or Guillain-Barre syndrome). If like the myocarditis and deaths that unnecessary boosting causes have been documented with mostly significant adverse reactions, young males, or any of the other there could be implications documented adverse effects, there for vaccine acceptance that go is no compensation. Congress under beyond COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, the Reagan Administration passed widespread boosting should be a law exempting pharmaceutical undertaken only if there is clear companies from being liable or evidence that it is appropriate.” responsible for their own products.

The FDA voted against President Parents who have long-term Biden’s vaccine booster plan Aug. injuries to their children can go to 17, despite heavy political pressure. the vaccine court and try and get Biden then announced Aug. 18 compensation, but it takes years, that boosters would be available and the roadblocks are huge. There to the general public by Sept. 20.

The CDC shows that 955,000 Americans have received boosters despite the FDA only endorsing them for high-risk populations aged 65 and older.

The pressure for boosters comes largely from the presence of the Delta variant which is reportedly more contagious but less deadly.

The FDA analyzed Pfizer’s data on immune responses to the Delta variant, but it only involved two dozen participants, according to the FDA’s analysis.

It puts regulators in an awkward situation with the current administration.

AP News stated: “The uncertainties were yet another reminder that the science surrounding boosters is more complicated than the Biden administration suggested when the president and his top aides rolled out their plan at the White House last month.”

Or, maybe those FDA leaders were uncomfortable with the fact that half their agency’s funding comes from the pharmaceutical companies that are trying to get their new products approved? Or the fact that the political pressures are really tough, coupled with a revolving door of employees and directors that go from the FDA and the CDC to pharmaceutical company positions once their products are approved and visa versa.

Part of the issue is that while people are parroting “follow the science,” it’s actually more political. Children don’t need COVID vaccines, but it’s politically correct. Boosters need more time to be studied, but it’s politically correct to rush them out there.

Many vaccine decisions are being fought in the public square by press release rather than science or even the regulatory agencies approval.

Johnson & Johnson announced Sept. 21, via press release that second doses of its COVID vaccine provided 94% protection of asymptomatic COVID-19. Bythe-way, how do you prove that if you don’t know you’re sick and don’t have symptoms? Especially when the PCR tests have shown that they have such a high false positive result?

The data for either claim has not

yet been reviewed by the FDA. Science by politics and science by press release is dangerous.

Or, maybe the FDA employees were uncomfortable with what Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on national TV about the FDA and Pfizer.

“We do not have an FDAapproved vaccine being administered in the U.S. The FDA played a bait and switch. They approved the Comirnaty version of Pfizer drugs. It’s not available in the U.S. They even admit it. I sent them a letter three days later asking, ‘What are you doing?’ What they did is they extended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer drug vaccine that’s available in the U.S., here that’s more than 30 days later, they haven’t asked that very simple question.”

Then Sen. Johnson made a presentation on the Senate floor Thursday to expose some COVID facts that he says have been censored in the U.S. He referred to public health figures from England, because he says health authorities in the U.S. are obfuscating the facts and misleading Americans with their COVID reports. There have been reports where large numbers of deaths and adverse reactions have disappeared from the CDC Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System (VAERS), by families of the victims. A CDC whistleblower reported that the numbers are as much as five times higher than what is public.

“Let’s look at some data,” Sen. Johnson said. “The type of data we are not getting from our healthcare agencies, so we have to look, unfortunately, to England and Israel, that are more transparent.”

“I will give you the highlights,” Johnson went on. “But I am showing that this is from Public Health England. This is one of their federal healthcare agencies. This is from their Technical Briefing No. 23, dated Sept. 17, 2021.

“It covers cases for about sevenand-a-half months. What the data shows for that seven-and-a-halfmonth period in England, there were about 750,000 new COVID cases. About a little under 600,000 of those were Delta variant – about 80%.

The number of deaths associated with those 600,000 Delta cases was 2,542,” Johnson added. “Which gives us a Case Fatality Ratio of about 0.4. Now, again, case fatality is higher than infection fatality because these are actually registered cases and there are all kinds of infections that never get registered.

“So, to put this in context, an infection fatality rate for a bad flu season is slightly under 0.2,” he went on. “Half of this. Just to put things in perspective.

“Now, President Biden – and this has been parroted by media and news media – said that what we are currently experiencing is a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’,” Johnson said. “They don’t really give us any data to back that up.

They just proclaim, pronounce that 99% of people with COVID now are unvaccinated. But they don’t give us the data.

“Well, we have data from England,” he went on. “And here’s the data. So, of the 600,000 cases in England, 43% were the unvaxxed, 27% were with the fully vaxxed, another 30% were with the partially vaxxed, or just undetermined.

“Here is another quote from President Biden,” he continued.

“President Biden said, ‘if you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized. You’re not going to an ICU unit. You’re not going to die.

You’re not going to get COVID, if you have these vaccinations.’

“Well, maybe that’s true in the U.S., I kind of doubt it,” he said. “Because in England, of the 600,000 new cases of Delta, of the over 2,500 deaths, 63% of those deaths, 1,613 people, were the fully vaccinated. Twenty-eight percent were with the unvaxxed.

“Now, this is information the American people have probably never heard,” he said. “This information, by conveying it, I will get attacked. I will be vilified. I will be censored. I will be suppressed.

“So, that is one of the reasons I come to the floor of the Senate to reveal this information that the American people need to know,” he concluded.

Monday, Oct. 4, it was announced that ‘Double Vaccinated’ Emmy Award Winner Marc Pilcher died tragically of COVID at Age 53.

already pay over twice what other Americans pay for fuel and vehicle maintenance, SB 339 adds to the burden. Remember, the new RUC will be on top of the existing gas tax, and there’s no indication the gas tax will be reduced as the RUC is implemented.

The RUC would replace declining gas tax revenues as motorists shift to Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs). But there’s a real problem.

ZEV owners have a mean annual income of nearly $200,000 per year, 81% are college educated and 81% are homeowners. For the most part, these are not people making two-hour commutes to get to work. Median and low-income

commuters are rarely ZEV owners, nor are they likely to be anytime soon. SB 339 unfairly shifts the cost of maintaining roads to lowerincome drivers and rural communities while giving wealthier ZEV owners what amounts to a ‘free ride.’

Gas taxes are constitutionally protected; funds cannot be diverted for non-transportation purposes.

No such protections exist for RUC revenues, and history shows funds without constitutional protections can easily be diverted to other uses.

Another problem, local jurisdictions, including San Diego County, are considering implementing their

own RUC, so the state’s travel tax would be in addition to the county’s travel tax, on top of the gas tax.

California’s lower-income drivers should not bear the burden of maintaining our state’s highways.

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.

New taxes down the road Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

California has the highest gasoline prices in the country, and at 51.1 cents per gallon, our gasoline tax is also the highest. Keep in mind we have the country’s worst poverty rate, with many living just barely above the poverty level, and thousands have real problems just making ends meet.

Making matters worse, SB 339 has been signed into law by the Governor. It pilots implementation of a “Road Usage Charge” (RUC), to eventually charge motorists a “per mile driven” tax. We

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112046 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUSHI KAWA 71800 CA- 111 Suite #116, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 Mailing address: 4 Via Santanella, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 County: Riverside JK River Inc, 4 Via Santanella, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

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

Registrant: Sung Wu Jung, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 08/25/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3428 PUBLISHED: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112037 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 110 PERCENT HAULING AND PICK UP 47773 Rainbow Canyon Rd, Unit A, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Daniel Thomas De Los Reyes, 47773 Rainbow Canyon Rd, Unit A, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

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

Registrant: Daniel Thomas De Los Reyes Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 08/25/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3429 PUBLISHED: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202109310 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DOGS N SUDS 28120 Jefferson Ave Ste B207, Temecula, CA 92590 Mailing address: 29679 Maximillian Ave, Murrieta, CA 92563 County: Riverside Dog N Suds, SoCal, Inc., 29679 Maximillian Ave, Murrieta, CA 92563 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Steve Aquilino, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 07/07/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3384 PUBLISHED: July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2021 Republished: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 2021 Registrant’s name was incorrect in original publication.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112604 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRADEWINDS TEMECULA 44015 Williamson Road, Aguanga, CA 92536 Mailing address: PO Box 937, Aguanga, CA 92536 County: Riverside Eve Agnes Cannella, 44015 Williamson Road, Aguanga, CA 92536 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

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

Registrant: Eve Agnes Cannella Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/07/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3431 PUBLISHED: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112812 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: F5 TRANSPORT 1121 Hummingbird Lane, Corona, CA 92882 County: Riverside F5 Ventures LLC, 1121 Hummingbird Lane, Corona, CA 92882 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Clayton Flemister, Managing Member Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/13/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3432 PUBLISHED: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112688 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GREEN LIGHT WEST, LLC 32237 Copper Crest Lane, Temecula, CA 92592 Mailing address: PO Box 892855, Temecula, CA 92536 County: Riverside Green Light West, LLC, 32237 Copper Crest Lane, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 08/26/2021.

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

Registrant: Kenneth Shin, Managing Member Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/09/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3438 PUBLISHED: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202109152 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. LITHIUMGOLFCARTS.COM 2. LITHIUMGOLFCART.COM 3. LITHIUMGOLFCAR.COM 4. LITHIUMGOLFCARS.COM 5. LITHIUM GOLF CARTS 6. LITHIUM GOLF CART 7. LITHIUM GOLF CAR 8. LITHIUM GOLF CARS 1 Lazy B, Palm Desert, CA 92260 County: Riverside Michael -- OSullivan, 1 Lazy B, Palm Desert, CA 92260 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Michael OSullivan Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 07/02/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3390 PUBLISHED: July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2021 Republished: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 File date in first publication did not match the Fictitious Business Name Statement

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112296 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PLATINUM-CORE RECYCLING 8651 Indiana Ave. Ste L, Riverside, CA 92504 County: Riverside Savanna -- Jimenez, 4631 Hedrick Ave Apt 104, Riverside, CA 92505 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

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

Registrant: Savanna-Jimenez Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 08/31/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3433 PUBLISHED: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202110742 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COOL CRUISERZ 40820 Winchester Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 Mailing address: 271 E Workman St, Ste 106, Covina, CA 91723 County: Riverside CRK International Business LLC, 28341 Rodgers Drive, Sagus, California 91350 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 07/01/2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Cyril Nicola, CCO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 08/03/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3396 PUBLISHED: August 13, 20, 27, September 3, 2021 Republished: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 Business name was incorrect in original publication.

CHANGE OF NAME AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVCO 2104582 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: BENJAMIN MICHAEL BAKER Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: BENJAMIN MICHAEL BAKER Proposed Name: BENJAMIN MICHAEL CASAREZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 10/27/21 Time: 8:00 am Dept: C2 The address of the court: 505 S. Buena Vista Avenue, Rm 201, Corona, CA 92882 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: SEP 09 2021 Signed: Tamara L. Wagner, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3430 PUBLISHED: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202113020 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SO CAL METAL FABRICATION 27485 Commerce Center Drive, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside Sean Levi Dell, 39290 Calle Segovia, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

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

Registrant: Sean Levi Dell Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/16/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3434 PUBLISHED: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202113405 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ICYPAC 40096 Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 County: Riverside Riad Elias Chedid, 40096 Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Riad Elias Chedid Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/23/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3439 PUBLISHED: October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021

CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2107743 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: AMIR HOSSEIN SERPOOSH Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: AMIR HOSSEIN SERPOOSH Proposed Name: AMIR POOSH THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 11-04-21/21 Time: 8:00 am Dept: S101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Rd, #1226, Murrieta, CA 92563 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 9-13-21 Signed: Jeffrey Zimel, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3436 PUBLISHED: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202113126 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. COGNITIVE COMPUTING SYSTEMS 2. COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEMS 3. C2 SYSTEMS 31838 Livingston Street, Menifee, CA 92584 County: Riverside Ryan Aaron Sarver, 31838 Livingston Street, Menifee, CA 92584 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above.

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

Registrant: Ryan Aaron Sarver Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/17/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3435 PUBLISHED: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112982 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EZIONY 79727 Morning Glory, La Quinta, CA 92253 County: Riverside a. Shay -- Eziony, 79727 Morning Glory, La Quinta, CA 92253 b. Dorit -- Eziony, 79727 Morning Glory, La Quinta, CA 92253 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Shay Eziony Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/15/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3440 PUBLISHED: October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021

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ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File Number: R-202111923 Filed Riverside County Clerk’s Office Peter Aldana The following fictitious business name(s) has been abandoned by the following person(s): ETZIONY CONSTRUCTION 79727 Morning Glory, La Quinta, CA 92253 County: Riverside a. Dorit -- Eziony, 79727 Morning Glory, La Quinta, CA 92253 b. Shay -- Eziony, 79727 Morning Glory, La Quinta, CA 92253 c. Guy -- Etziony, 79727 Morning Glory, La Quinta, CA 92253 This business is conducted by a General Partnership The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in Riverside County on 08/24/2021 Signed by: Dorit Ez THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY ON 09/15/2021 LEGAL: 3441 PUBLISHED: October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021

NOTICE OF HEARING SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE NOTICE FOR ORDER ADJUDICATING CLAIM TO PROPERTY THE KATHLEEN A. RUSSU REVOCABLE TRUST DATED JANUARY 31, 2018 CASE NUMBER PRIN2101160 – FILED AUGUST 26, 2021 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both, of: THE KATHLEEN A. RUSSU REVOCABLE TRUST dated January 31, 2018 (“trust”).

A PETITON FOR PROBATE CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER OF PROPERTY CLAIMED TO BELONG TO DECEDENT OR OTHER PERSON (California Probate Code Section 850 et seq.) has been filed by CINDY A. NANCE in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.

The Probate Petition requests an order to confirm validity of the trust. The trust and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The Petition requests that CINDY A. NANCE be appointed as Successor Trustee and personal representative of the decedent’s trust.

The Petition requests confirmation of assets to the trust for transfer of real properties to designated beneficiaries.

The Petition seeks relief for bad faith conduct and an order to return real property and monies wrongfully taken, with monetary sanctions.

The Petition subject real properties are: APN 575-150-034: vacant lot, Shank Road and Terwilliger Road, Anza, California APN 459-521-45: 9928 Kay Street, Adelanto, California 92301 Serial Number SG-BLH-10-71: 800 Harrison Drive, St. George, Utah 84790 A HEARING on the petition will be held on November 1, 2021 at 8:45 a.m. in Dept. PS3 Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 A personal representative is required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action. Unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority to act as personal representative, the petition to act as personal representative may be granted.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (a) four months from the first date of appointment to a general personal representative, as defined in California Probate Code Section 58(b), or (b) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under California Probate Code Section 9052. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice.

PETITIONER: Cindy A. Nance 69875 Silver Moon Trail Desert Hot Springs, CA 92241 LEGAL: 3437 PUBLISHED: September 24, October 1, 8, 2021

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