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Temecula welcomes holiday season with annual tree lighting event

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Health Cancer treatments offer possible lifesaving options Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Rebecca Owens has dedicated her career to studying cancer testing and what could be done to improve it for those who are diagnosed with the deadly disease, an estimated 1.1 million Americans this year.

Olek Postovoit, 2, sits on Santa’s lap and describes what he would like for Christmas during the annual Temecula tree lighting event held at the Temecula Duck Pond Monday, Nov. 29. See more photos on page B-1. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo

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Lake Elsinore celebrates opening of new Public Works Administration building

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The city of Lake Elsinore celebrated the near completion of its new Public Works Administration building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house event held Monday, Nov. 15. The remodel of a 6,000-squarefoot old cabinet manufacturing building took a year to complete and cost the city $2.4 million. The energy efficient, state-ofthe-art building features seven offices, two conference rooms, an elevator, a teaching and staff training room, four restrooms, locker rooms. Americans with Disabilities Act parking and access, new landscaping and an outdoor deck

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Local water district enacts stricter rules in Water Shortage Contingency Plan as drought persists Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

As the drought continues to persist, local water agency, Eastern Municipal Water District announced it is increasing its drought stage to Stage 3a, according to a news release issued by the agency Thursday, Nov. 18. EMWD’s Board of Directors urged customers who are exceeding their water budgets to eliminate wasteful practices as part of EMWD’s move into Stage 3a of its Water Shortage Contingency Plan. “The move to Stage 3a is a result of rapidly evolving drought conditions that prompted The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which manages water deliveries to 26 agencies in six counties, serving 19 million people, to declare an emergency drought status Nov. 9,” EMWD said. As part of its emergency drought status, MWD urged its member agencies, including EMWD, who

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Lake Elsinore Mayor Robert “Bob” Magee, center, prepares to cut the ribbon at Lake Elsinore’s new Public Valley News/Courtesy photo Works Administration building Monday, Nov. 15.

The U.S. Drought Monitor report for Thursday, Nov. 26, shows much of California in an extreme or exceptional drought. Riverside County remains in a severe drought. Valley News/Courtesy photo

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Murrieta renames garden in honor of a founding member of the city library Michelle Gerst SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

An active, civically engaged member of Murrieta who helped lobby for the city’s first library after incorporation was honored posthumously at the Tuesday, Nov. 16, city council meeting. Carol Carson, an advocate for Murrieta’s cityhood in 1999 and a founding member of the Friends of The Library, died in September. In her honor, the city council passed a resolution renaming a garden outside the public library. City Manager Kim Summers advocated for renaming the Garden of Verses to the Carol Carson

Garden of Verses. “Carol was such a driving force behind our city’s incorporation,” Summers said. The mission of the Friends of the Library is to support the public library through fundraising, advocacy and volunteerism. It also promotes awareness and support for the library as it serves the informational, educational, cultural and recreational needs of the community. In 2008, Carson became a founding member of the Murrieta Public Library Foundation, which seeks to obtain private funding and endowments to augment the library’s ability to meet those needs.

“Carol never pulled a punch. She talked the talk and walked the walk,” Councilman Jonathan Ingram said. The 15,000-square-foot garden hosts events such as story time, fitness events and receptions. When not in formal use, residents can use the garden as a tranquil place to sit and reflect. Mayor Pro Tem Christie White reminded council members and the public that Carson also made a generous donation to fund the garden’s hardscape. “Carol has a deep and rich connection to the Garden,” White said. Carol Carson, who died in September 2021, poses for a photo following a donation to the Murrieta Library’s Garden of Verses, which was Valley News/Courtesy photo renamed in her honor, Tuesday, Nov. 16.

Vail Headquarters to apply for recognition as a ‘National Historical Site’

The Temecula Valley Historical Society seeks recognition of Vail Headquarters as a “National Historical Site.” Valley News/Courtesy photos

Rebecca Marshall Farnbach SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Many people have stopped at roadside attractions when

leisurely driving through the countryside. Many of the sites are county or state historical sites marked by a plaque on a large boulder. Travelers also have redirected their routes when they spot the large brown “National Historical Site” signs along major roadways. The Temecula Valley Historical Society hopes that one day soon that brown signs on Interstate 15 will direct visitors to Vail Headquarters. On Sept. 1, 2019, the Vail Ranch Restoration Association merged with the Temecula Valley

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Historical Society to unite in their common interest in historic preservation, since most of VaRRA’s goals had been accomplished. The one goal remaining, application for national historic recognition for Vail HQ, was assumed by the newly merged organization. The VaRRA story The organization’s story goes like this: in the mid-1990s when a group of residents and historians discussed saving the derelict buildings of Vail Headquarters, they agreed on several goals. They would save the site from demolition and would allow non-corporate businesses to lease spaces to bring life to the area and would hold public events in the common area. Those goals came to fruition after a lawsuit, a long wait and a lot of perseverance. Because VaRRA advocated for preservation of the property but did not own the land, they had to share their dreams with the everchanging chain of owners to bring about their vision. Ownership of the property changed five times between 1998 and the present. The last remaining goal has taken a while longer to achieve, and VaRRA is now on the cusp of attaining it. Recognizing the many events, significant people and historical significance of the property that makes it a landmark in the western U.S., the organization decided to file paperwork to register it as an official National Historic site with the United States Department of the Interior. This step has proven to be a

Vail Headquarters, which welcomes visitors and families to enjoy a meal or shop locally, is the site of the last large cattle drive of the West and was a stop along the the Butterfield Overland Trail, also known as the Southern Emigrant Trail.

long and tedious process and one that has faced several delays. In 1998, some members researched guidelines for making the application and consulted with the California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation. They learned the property was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. In 2002, Dick Fox, a VaRRA board member, researched every aspect of historic significance of the Vail Headquarters property. Dick Fox, with his son Rick Fox, who is an architect, described in detail the construction of each building on the property. Dick completed the detailed application form, and VaRRA engaged a historian experienced in the application process to take the required black and white photographs. After completion of the paperwork, the property owner said he was not yet ready to sign the application with his approval. Revised application ready In 2019, the organization repeated the application preparation, understanding that owner Jerry Tessier of Arteco Partners would sign the application in January 2022. Because state historical offices need to review all National Historic applications, VaRRA revised the previous application and discovered that digital photographs were acceptable. Once again, the organization hired a photographer who was familiar with the process. The application was sent to SHPO in September 2019 with a letter re-

questing their review in advance of the January 2022 application. SHPO responded to the organization, saying they would not do their review until the official application submission in January 2022. Currently, the Temecula Valley Historical Society is preparing to send off the application. Board member Jim Sappington is reviewing the verbiage and making sure it includes every possible nuance of significance. Author Helen Hunt Jackson stayed at the Cookhouse and based much of her novel “Ramona” on the people she met there and the landscape and features nearby; the Treaty of Temecula was signed nearby; Walter Vail who organized the last large cattle drive of the West owned the property; the Butterfield Overland Trail, also known as the Southern Emigrant Trail, is still imprinted on the landscape; it was one of the last large cattle ranches in Southern California; the trail on the property was part of the only year-round route to the gold fields in 1849, etc. Approval expected The historical society members said they expected approval of the January 2022 application to register Vail Headquarters as a National Historic District. It will be the first place in the Temecula Valley to be nominated as a National Historic Site. The organization said they will throw a big party to celebrate when they unveil the historic marker and they hope the community will come.

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Murrieta resident dies in Temecula plane crash

The accident scene is taped off as first responders begin investigating a plane crash in Temecula near the Sommers Bend development.

The wreckage of a small airplane lays in the vegetation near the Sommers Bend development in Temecula, Tuesday, Nov. 23. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos

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One person has died in a Temecula plane crash, which was first reported at 10:36 a.m., Tuesday, BUILDING from page A-1 overlooking the yard. “As our community grows, so does the need for space to facilitate road improvements, landscaping, park maintenance and on-going public works operations citywide,” Lake Elsinore Mayor Bob Magee said. “Over the last year, this 6,000 square foot, two-story building was retrofitted to create new staff offices, conference rooms, a training room, locker rooms and additional ADA parking and access.” According to the city, there were some unique challenges to finishing the project. Due to COVID-19 the city faced numerous delays in securing supplies and materials to retrofit the building and while there are still some final touches left to be completed, public works

Nov. 22, in a field in the 32100 block of Everview Terrace. Marshal Whatley, 48, of Murrieta was killed when the singleengine Zodiac 601XL he was piloting crashed in heavy brush

near the under construction Sommers Bend housing development, just a few miles southeast of the French Valley Airport. According to The Associated Press, when deputies arrived on

scene, they found the man, the plane’s sole occupant, dead inside the aircraft. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department also took to Twitter to announce the news, saying it was on the scene of a small plane crash and that the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified. “The scene is being contained,” the tweet, which also announced

there were no street closures in relation to the incident, said. “We ask the public to avoid the area at this time.” T h e FA A a n d N a t i o n a l Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

staff should be fully moved into the building in January 2022. During his speech, Magee thanked STK Architecture Inc., Blue Space Interiors, Public Works Manager Rick DeSantiago and project manager Gus Papagalos for transforming the building into a place where city staff can “better serve” its residents. Lake Elsinore purchased the building in February 2019 for $575,000 and began construction in November 2020. Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com. [Right] Lake Elsinore’s new Public Works Administration building at 521 N. Langstaff Street will open to the public in January 2022. Valley News/Courtesy photos

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Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation honors its many volunteers Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Program honored its volunteers, supporters and board members with a Thanksgiving Volunteer Appreciation Brunch at Lake Elsinore’s Storm’s Diamond Stadium Saturday, Nov. 20. Awards for volunteers and foundation supporters were handed out following a catered brunch with plates of scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon, fruit, coffee and fruit drinks outside of the baseball stadium’s Diamond Club restaurant. A video of the SRPNEF’s recent Cowboy Jubilee showed on the baseball field screen and big screen televisions outside of the restaurant. “Theres lots of doers and planners here,” Ginger Greaves, executive director of SRPNEF, said, announcing those being honored that morning. Especially honored were the Nature Education Foundation’s supporters George Schaefer of Plateau Vineyards along with board members Shirley Broz and Ginny Kishbauch, who received the late Norma Jean “Genie” Seymour Volunteer of the Year award. Schaefer’s daughter Pat Palmer accepted the thank you award for Schaefer, who was not present. Schaefer, a steel company owner, was given the award for his contribution of the steel pillars that went into the construction of the new Pavilion Stage at the Visitors Center which is now finished. The pavilion will be the site of SRPNEF’s summer entertainment in 2022 programs featuring renowned tribute bands that are major fundraisers for the Nature Education Foundation. The Norma Jean “Genie” Seymour Volunteer of the Year Award was given to Broz and Kishbauch with their names engraved along with previous winners. Broz is the chief financial officer of the Nature Education Foundation whose financial dealings are now close

to $1 million per year. Kishbauch is chair of the foundation’s education committee that helps bring elementary students to the plateau and helps create videos and other information on preserving the nature reserve and educating young students and adults about the importance of preserving nature for future generations. The committee provided that information to local schools through the coronavirus pandemic when the children could not visit the plateau in person. Sara Harrison was honored in place of her mother, the late Genie Seymour whose name and photo appear on the Volunteer of the Year award. Harrison also brought Seymour’s granddaughter, Nora, to the event that day to enjoy the brunch. Harrison spoke lovingly of her mother who was a “go get it” volunteer for the foundation for many years. Also introduced were volunteers who spent hours rehabilitating an on-site mobile home which will soon become SRPNEF’s plateau access site and a storage shed that was almost destroyed in the Tenaja Fire almost three years ago. They were each given a gift certificate for a steak dinner in thanks for their efforts. Greaves called them the “hustileers.” Gift certificates were given to four other volunteers who helped the foundation raise money in its silent auctions throughout the year. Greaves urged anyone who hadn’t already to sign up as volunteers for the foundation’s various events at http://srpnef.com. The SRPNEF’s primary mission is to fund education, research and preservation of the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. The foundation brings hundreds of local elementary school children on bus trips to learn about the plateau and its purpose annually and provides scholarships to older students interested in careers to preserve the natural environment, its wildlife, flora and fauna for the future, especially now with climate change occurring. Docents and

Ginger Greaves, center, executive director of the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation, helps sign in volunteers to be honored at the Thanksgiving Volunteer Appreciation Brunch Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Diamond Baseball Stadium in Lake Elsinore. Valley News/Tony Ault photos

volunteers help with the mission along with Riverside County’s Open Space and Park District that manages the reserve. The first group of third graders arrived at the plateau Wednesday, Nov. 3, for the first time since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. More students will be visiting the plateau moving forward. The new steel pavilion at the rear of the visitor’s center was recently completed and will soon be the site of a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Riverside County Open Space and Parks District, which manages the plateau along with California Fish and Wildlife and the Nature Conservancy. The new pavilion will be used as an educational and entertainment stage that benefits the nearly 9,000-acre nature reserve. SRPNEF may resume its annual summer music festival fundraisers at the pavilion next summer, according to Greaves. Currently there are approximately 700 members in the SRPNEF with more invited to join the

Sara Harrison, daughter of the late Norma Jean “Genie” Seymour for whom the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year Award is named, tells of her mother’s wish to help any way she could the SRPNEF during her many years.

growing nonprofit organization. Program sponsors, donors, and vendors for the special events are also welcomed. The Valley News is one of those sponsors. Volun-

teers who work with visitors will now have to have free fingerprints taken through the county. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

Kay Boylan, volunteer coordinator with the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation, welcomes volunteers and supporters coming to the foundation’s Thanksgiving Volunteer Appreciation Brunch at Lake Elsinore’s Diamond Stadium.

Ginger Greaves, executive director of the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation, hugs Sara Harrison, who is the daughter of the late Norma Jean “Genie” Seymour who gave hundreds of hours to help the foundation in past years. The Volunteer of Year Award is named after Seymour.

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our community? Your gifts and donations will lift these children’s spirits with joy and elevate their expectations for a brighter New Year.” In 2020, Angel Tree recipient Elijah, then 14, said, “I was little when I became a recipient of Angel Tree gifts on behalf of my incarcerated mother. I have not seen or heard from my mom since I was 3 so getting those gifts was important.” Elijah said he will be wrapping gifts and volunteering at the 21st annual Angel Tree Christmas Party. He said knows what it is like not having his mother, and he wants to give back because he cares and wants to make a difference in the lives of children just like him. COM seeks sponsors to drop

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Redrawing of Menifee’s four districts to be made following the latest census reports Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The redrawing of Menifee’s four district lines based on the latest 2020 census will require input from the residents of the community through a series of public workshops with the first held Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the Sun City Library, 26982 Cherry Hills Blvd. Others will be announced before February 2022. The residents may still submit their comments on a public comment form or by submitting their own draft map for consideration. The district boundaries are outlined on a chart found on the city of Menifee website online at http://www.cityofmenifee.us/ redistricting. “Public input into the redistricting process is critical,” City Clerk Sarah Manwaring said. “Our office encourages and is available to answer any questions or receive comments that residents may have.” The dedicated site that includes links to an online mapping tool where public comment form

DROUGHT from page A-1 rely on State Water Project system water to enact increased conservation efforts as historic drought conditions have depleted SWP system reservoirs to record lows. EMWD relies on a portion of its water from Diamond Valley Lake, which was originally imported from the SWP system by MWD. “All of our communities across the state must do what we can to conserve our limited water resources,” Adel Hagekhalil, general manager and CEO for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, said in a statement. “Southern Californians have done a great job becoming more water

Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley opens annual Christmas Tree Lane

is accessible through the city’s website. A draft map will be presented in February 2022 at the conclusion of the public workshops. The public will still have an opportunity to comment before a final map is adopted in March 2022. Census data reveals the Menifee population now stands at 102,527. Under the census redistricting plan each district should have the same number of residents with some deviation linked with race and ethnicity. It was pointed out at a recent city council meeting there may be some question about the number of residents now living in the city because of the continuing high move-in rate. Since the mayor is a separately elected at-large representative of the five-member council, there are only four districts in the redistricting process. For more information about the process, the public can email Manwaring at smanwaring@ cityofmenifee.us. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedernedia.com.

efficient in recent years, and Metropolitan has worked alongside them to adjust our operations and increase our calls for conservation to ensure the region has water to get through this drought. But given the increasing severity of conditions, we all need to step up and immediately cut back our water use even more.” EMWD’s Stage 3a Water Shortage Contingency Plan stops all water variances including for filling swimming pools, establishing new landscapes – except for Landscapes for Living participants – or leaks that are not repaired within 48 hours. EMWD is asking customers to maintain their individualized

TEMECULA – Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley opened their annual Christmas Tree Lane display at Promenade Temecula. From Nov. 6 until Dec. 17, the Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley Christmas Tree Lane event will remain open for raffle ticket sales. Tickets are $1 each, 25 tickets for $20 or 60 tickets for $50, plus a $20 off ReStore Design Center coupon. The winter wonderland of trees is located downstairs outside of JC Penney. There is no charge to enter either exhibit. Tickets can also be purchased at http://HabitatIV.org/ Christmas. Final event drawings will take place Friday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m. in-person at Promenade Temecula and virtually on Facebook Live. Since 2006, Habitat’s signature event, Christmas Tree Lane is known as a symbol of hope, beauty and joy in the Temecula Valley. Housing prices continue to rise nationwide, but Riverside County is being hit especially hard. As an advocate for affordable housing, Habitat looks for solutions to fund housing opportunities in the Valley. “This year’s trees are visually one of the most outstanding displays that have ever been arranged for the event. We are blessed to partner with Promenade Temecula and be placed

in a prominent location this year. We can’t wait to see the faces of wonder as people walk through,” Jackie Steed, Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley board member and Christmas Tree Lane chair, said. “Thanks to our designers, we have some of the most unique tree designs that we have ever had. The designers are truly the magic behind what the community experiences.” Serving a population of over 600,000 people, Habitat is dependent on the generosity of the community in the giving of their time and resources. In addition to events, such as Christmas Tree Lane, throughout the year, Habitat has two ReStores and one Design Center in southwest Riverside County. While the stores are retail storefronts, they also serve as a program, providing jobs, a place to repurpose gently used items and reduce items that would otherwise end up in our local landfills. The Design Center provides a resource for holiday shopping, while the ReStores serve as low-cost home improvement solutions. This year, 27 local businesses have sponsored professionally decorated Christmas trees and a playhouse. The community is invited to enjoy the splendor of these trees and enter the raffle. Children visiting the event will

water budgets, according to the news release. “An overwhelming majority of our customers continue to do their part in using water efficiently, and we thank them for their continued dedication in doing so,” EMWD board President Phil Paule said. “Our board felt moving to Stage 3A was appropriate because it recognized the need for heightened awareness in curbing wasteful habits while also maintaining EMWD as a statewide leader in doing its part to help stretch our limited statewide water supplies.” Water conservation efforts fail Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide drought emergency Tuesday, Oct. 19, after water con-

servation efforts failed to produce the hoped-for results. While household water usage has increased in some areas, it’s still less than what was being used per capita before the last drought, CalMatters said. “Between 2013 and 2016, Californians on average reduced their residential use by 30%. Since then, per capita water use has ticked up, but Californians used 16% less water in recent months than they did in 2013, CalMatters said. The emergency declaration required local water suppliers to implement water shortage contingency plans to respond to local conditions and prepare for the possibility of another dry year. “For more than two decades, EMWD customers have embraced a culture of water use efficiency and those efforts are evident and appreciated,” Paule said. “Our hope is that our customers who do exceed their water budget will recognize this call to action and make small changes that will have a significant benefit to our water supplies and conservation efforts.” La Niña increases drought worries With the return of La Niña, expected to last into next spring, water officials are predicting drought conditions will continue to worsen throughout California. The announcement marks the second year in a row that La Niña, which usually results in a drierthan-average winter for those in the southwest, has developed, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials. Nearly all California counties continue to suffer with extreme or exceptional drought, according to the Thursday, Nov. 24, U.S. Drought Monitor data and water experts have said that California isn’t ready for what some are now saying is the worst drought since record-keeping began in 1896. Much of the state has received less than half of average rain and snowfall since October with some areas seeing as little as a quarter, and with La Niña arriving that isn’t expected to change. For most of Northern California, the past two years have been the second driest on record. Already, the water stored in major reservoirs is far below normal as some rivers’ runoff has dipped below the last drought’s levels. Lake Oroville, which stores water delivered as far away as San Diego, has dropped to just under half of its historic average for this time of year. “We are in worse shape than we were before the last drought, and we are going to be in even worse shape after this one,” Jay Lund, co-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at University of California at Davis, said. Despite the warnings and lessons learned from the last drought, the state still isn’t ready, according to Public Policy Institute Senior Fellow Jeffery Mount. “The universal truism is that

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receive a Santa letter writing kit. A mailbox for, “Letters to Santa,” sits just outside the exhibit. Ticket purchasers may win a decorated tree in one of 26 separate raffles, but ticket sales serve an even greater purpose. All proceeds from the raffle support Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley programs; the trees offer hope to the families that benefit from Habitat’s resources. Submitted by Habitat For Humanity Inland Valley. by the time you react to a drought it’s too late to react to a drought,” Mount said. “The majority of things you have to do to mitigate impacts have to be done before the drought.” Drought Monitor shows alarming data The U.S. Drought Monitor weekly report, dated Thursday, Nov. 26, showed that much of the state is now in extreme to exceptional drought, improving following some fall rain and snow at higher elevations, The percentage of the area in exceptional drought now at 28.27%. The percentage of the state in extreme drought now sits at 80.28% and the percentage of the state in severe drought remains at 93.43% as compared to one year ago when only 19.36% and 48.19% of the state were in extreme and severe drought, respectively. In a nutshell, those numbers mean that all the state is experiencing some level of drought, with little relief in sight. Reservoir levels continue to drop Water levels in major reservoirs have dropped far below historic averages according to data released online by the California Department of Water Resources. Over the past month, Lake Perris dropped from 83% to 82% capacity. Reservoirs to the north, while seeing some gains, such as Pine Flat Lake at 23%, San Luis Reservoir at 23% and even Folsom Lake at 36%, remain dangerously low and with the state’s snowpack at just a fraction of a normal, the likelihood of lake levels improving is virtually nonexistent. In southwest Riverside County, EMWD officials said that more than 80% of its customers stay within their assigned water budget but that it will reach out to customers who are exceeding their budgets to reduce water use. “EMWD will be conducting outreach to encourage customers who are exceeding their water budgets to ‘Step It Up’ when it comes to reducing water use,” EMWD officials said. “That outreach will include information about programs EMWD has in place to help use water efficiently, including EMWD’s Landscapes for Living program, which offers tools such as weather-based irrigation controllers, drip systems and rebates to remove grass and replace it with drought-tolerant landscaping.” For more information on EMWD and its water conservation efforts, visit http://www.emwd. org/water-supply-status. For tips on saving water, visit http://www.saveourwater.com. Learn more about current drought conditions, the state’s response and informational resources available to the public at the state’s new drought preparedness website, https://drought.ca.gov. Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

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Temecula Berry Company makes plenty of picking possible Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Thanks to farm innovations implemented by Raymond Graesser, the community has been invited to enjoy a bumper crop of blueberries at the Temecula Berry Company since 2008. By growing quality fruit, his favorite part of owning the farm has been providing wonderful family experiences for guests who visit, Graesser said. Graesser, 81, works on the farm seven days a week. He said he wants to improve his farming methods with future generations in mind. Creating and maintaining a healthy environment for the farm to keep it sustainable for many years to come is something that he continues to explore. This year, the farm switched over to an organic fertilizer and irrigation system. “The main reason was for the health of the plants and soil,” Raymond’s son, Mike Graesser, said. “It is taking much longer than

using traditional methods, but we are anticipating good results in the crop.” Mike Graesser, who co-owns the farm with his father, said field preparation began in 1999 and planting began in 2000. He said Jack Roripaugh had farm equipment close by and helped them spread 2,000 pounds of sulfur per acre to lower the pH of the soil. “Although blueberries are not native to Temecula, our climate is similar to certain areas in Florida that produce lots of blueberries,” Mike Graesser said. “Blueberries like a more acidic soil than what is in our area.” The Graessers started the farm with the intent of commercially selling blueberries to a distributor and did so for a few years. Gradually, they began selling to a few local stores. “When we decided to begin opening the farm to the public, we fenced off about 1 acre for the public to come in and pick,” Mike

Visitors to the Temecula Berry Company can pick their own blueberries each spring. This month, the farm store will be open with some holiday gift ideas. Valley News/Courtesy photos

Raymond and Kathy Graesser stand beside the checkout counter at their Temecula Berry Company farm, which is known for its community blueberry picking opportunities.

Temecula Valley Museum announces 14th annual Ralph Love Plein Air Competition winners TEMECULA ─ The Temecula Valley, with its beautiful scenery and quaint Old Town, was the inspiration for artists participating in the 14th annual Ralph Love Plein Air Competition, and the winners were announced Fri, Nov. 12, by Kathryn Sizemore, vice chair of Temecula’s Community Services Commission. The Best of Show winner was Jenny Breniff for her work “Morning Harvest at Leoness.” Twenty-six artists participated for 2021, submitting 53 pieces of artwork in mediums ranging from oil, watercolor and mixed media. The local artists were invited by the Temecula Community Services Department to spend one week painting works of art inspired by local scenes. Participating artists submitted original artworks for a

chance to win a prize. The competition is held each year in honor of Ralph Love, renowned Temecula artist. The anonymous, unsigned pieces were judged at the Temecula Valley Museum by esteemed judges, artist Tamra Gerard who won Best of Show in 2020; former art gallery owner Fred Lamb of Fred Lamb Graphic Design; Tony Moramarco who is an artist, an instructor and the owner of Bigfoot Graphics; Kathryn Sizemore, vice chair of the Community Services Commission, and Chris Krstevski, Community Services commissioner. The judges’ scorecards were tabulated to determine the winners. All of the artwork from the Plein Air Exhibition was on display for public viewing at The Merc, 42051 Main Street, through Sun-

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Artist Jenny Breniff’s “Morning Harvest at Leoness” wins the Best of Show award in the Ralph Love Plein Air Competition, $500 and a permanent display at Temecula City Hall. Valley News/Courtesy photo

day, Nov. 28, and can be viewed online by visiting: https://www. flickr.com/photos/cityoftemecula/ albums/72157720143249273. Submitted by city of Temecula.

Graesser said. “The following year was a couple acres and then a couple of years later the entire farm was dedicated to a ‘U-Pick’ farm model.” Raymond Graesser’s daughter, Anne Rexroat, said her father opens his business up to the public every year so families can gather and create memories at affordable prices. The farm is about 12 acres, with just under 9 acres planted in blueberries. “The local community knows him at the farm, but I want everyone to know what a special man he is for his generosity, love, hard working ethic and giving back to the community,” she said. Picking season is short, typically from May through June, but there is much to be done during the offseason to ensure a good crop each spring. Irrigation, fertilization, pollination and pruning and the main things that need to be done regularly. “Having this farm gives me purpose and something to do every day,” Raymond Graesser said.

Although Raymond Graesser worked as a firefighter in Downey for 33 years, he and his wife owned an avocado grove on the west side of Temecula so farming has always been a passion for the Graesser family. “We are in a great area for having a farm experience for families that may have never seen where food is grown,” Mike Graesser said. “Some of the comments we often hear from visitors are that they appreciate the peacefulness of the farm and that they never knew blueberries tasted so good until they tried ours.” The next opportunity to pick blueberries will have to wait until next May, but the farm’s store will be open Dec. 10-11, selling some of its popular items such as blueberry jam, boysenberry jam, candles, honey, lip balm and blueberry hand lotion. Raymond Graesser’s grandson, Gage, is making custom cutting boards that will be available as well. The Temecula Berry Company, 39700 Cantrell Road, will be open Friday, Dec. 10, from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 11, from 8 a.m. to noon. For more information, visit http://www.temeculaberryco.com, or contact 951-225-5552 or mike@temeculaberryco.com.

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Temecula welcomes holiday season with annual tree lighting event

People gather at the Temecula Duck Pond for the annual Christmas tree lighting event, Nov. 29. [Left] Dog Memphis attends the Temecula tree lighting event wearing a festive holiday sweater and reindeer antlers.

[Right] The Great Oak High School Jazz Band performs Christmas songs for guests attending the Temecula tree lighting event at the Temecula Duck Pond Monday, Nov. 29.

The tree is lit at the Temecula Duck Pond during the annual event hosted by the city. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos

Food Truck Friday launched in Hemet Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

For those that didn’t get enough to eat at the Thanksgiving table on Nov. 25, the Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre hosted a gastronomical event to satisfy them. Food Truck Friday invited six vendors to offer a variety of food, other than turkey, to guests who were eager to try them all. President of the Amphitheatre board, Dee Cozart, said the day was organized as a preliminary trial to gauge interest from the community in offering a monthly Food Truck Friday. “All of these vendors have their own followings on social media and people will visit them when they are nearby,” she said. “This isn’t meant to be a money-making opportunity for the Bowl, it’s to support local businesses and give the community something different to look forward to each month.” Cozart said the board started organizing the event at the end of September but “Boo at the Bowl” took precedence in October. The remnants of that event were still being cleared out and holiday decorations were being brought in for the Bowl’s “Christmas in the Courtyard” event on Dec. 11 from 2 to 9 p.m. 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 in and around the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians reservation in San Jacinto. BrionesVenegas said, “We started working together when our kids joined Soboba Youth Council and we donated time to do food fundraisers.” Offering Indian tacos and frybread at their pop-up booth on Friday, they were prepared to serve 400 customers during the five-hour event. Both women stay busy with their families and volunteerism but enjoy this outlet that has a steady following but also attracts new customers all the time. “Frybread Kitchen gives us the opportunity to meet new people and connect with old friends,” Briones-Venegas said.

Matt Thornton, owner of So Cheesy Food Truck, was energized by the nonstop line of customers for his gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. He has been operating the business for about a year, switching careers from working in the automotive industry to running a food truck. “I love to cook,” he said. “I’ve been cooking all my life and found whenever I was stressed about something, I’d go into the kitchen.” Thornton has customer service and food handling experience from his early years as a bartender at Las Vegas casinos. He spent about eight months building his truck and enjoys taking it to various events about four days a week. He is helped by his wife, Selene, and neighbor Marie McFarland, who work on the truck with him. The Hemet resident creates new sandwich ideas regularly and rotates his menu of about 10 triedand-true favorites. “If it’s good on a plate, it’s good in a grilled cheese. The sandwich is just the vessel it’s served in,” Thornton said. He has made Thai- and Japanese-inspired sandwiches and said his take on the Jalisco, Mexico birria is one of his most popular items. Jake Briones was joined by about six family members who enjoyed the food and visiting with friends and first-timers at the event. “The Indian tacos are always good culture food and the grilled cheese with spaghetti is good comfort food,” he said. Longtime Hemet resident and musician Rocky Zharp spent the afternoon with his 5-year-old son Aiden Harding and 6-year-old grandson Jack Bratten at the Bowl. He is a fan of So Cheesy and has tried many varieties of Thornton’s sandwich creations. “I tried his kimchi grilled cheese once and it was unbelievable; if it was on the menu today, I would’ve ordered it,” Zharp said. Waiting for his order at the Frybread Kitchen, San Jacinto’s Russ Utz said he was at the event to try everything but “had to get the Indian taco.” A classic car cruise kept the interest of those that were looking

Visitors to Food Truck Friday at the Ramona Bowl in Hemet keep vendors busy, Nov. 26.

for an outing with friends and family, while noshing on some good eats. Several members of local car clubs, including Valley Cruisers of Hemet, were willing to share details of their eclectic rides and answer questions they were asked. Walter Healey parked his 1968 Corvette alongside fellow car enthusiast Richard Hassler’s 1956 Chevrolet 210 Hardtop. Both men enjoy car shows and cruises most weekends. The Chevy is also a daily driver for Hassler, who serves as tour chairman for the Valley Cruisers. “It’s not really a show car, I’m just enjoying it now that I’m retired,” he said. Follow these vendors on social media, @frybread_kitchen and @ socheesytruck. For more information on future events, visit www. ramonabowl.com or call 951-6583111. [Right] Matt Thornton takes a moment to say hello to regulars who support his So Cheesy Food Truck at the Ramona Bowl. Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes photos

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS If you have an upcoming community event, email it to valleyeditor@reedermedia.com, put “attention events” in the subject line. Readers should call ahead on some listed events for the latest updates. CHILDREN’S EVENTS Dec. 4 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Southern California Public Safety Career and Community Fair will be held at Mt. San Jacinto College’s Menifee campus, 28237 La Piedra Road, and hosted by the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce. The event is an opportunity to meet local and regional public safety and military personnel and ﬁnd out about career opportunities oﬀered by a variety of public safety agencies and learn about public safety educational paths in a multi-jurisdiction and multiagency, family-friendly event, featuring close-up views of service helicopters, vehicles, a mounted

posse and K-9s. Dec. 4 – 5-9 p.m. Taste of the Season, a free culinary and shopping experience at the Promenade Temecula, 40820 Winchester Road, is hosted by the Veterans Supplemental Support Network. Enjoy food, drink and products at the event of the year and raise funds for veteran hunger. Dec. 4 – 4-8 p.m. Menifee Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at Mt. San Jacinto College, 28237 La Piedra Road, in Menifee. Dec. 5 – 4-7 p.m. “Hidden Talents of the Valley” is a talent showcase for middle and high school students with scholarships awarded at the Hemet Historic Theater, 216 E. Florida Ave., in Hemet. The cost is $10 for admission. Find more information at the Hemet San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce. Dec. 7, 9, 15 – Gingerbread House drive-thru events are sponsored by Valley-Wide, Dec. 7,

from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Valle Vista Community Center, 43935 Acacia Ave. in Hemet; Dec. 9, from 5:30-7 p.m., at the Marion V. Ashley Community Center, 25625 Briggs Road, in Menifee; and Dec. 15, from 5-7 p.m. at the Winchester Community Center, 32665 Haddock St., in Winchester. Registered families can drive through and receive kits with all the ingredients and pieces to build a gingerbread house at home. Families can email photos of the ﬁnished houses to be entered in a contest for prizes. Tickets, $2, must be purchased in advance at the facilities or online at http://gorecreation.org, as kits are limited. None will be available at the event. Dec. 9 – 5 p.m. Temecula on Ice holds its grand opening on Main Street in downtown Old Town Temecula. Tickets, https://temeculaonice.simpletix.com/, are $13; skate rental is $5, and a skating aid is $8. Attend the New Year’s

Eve Special Skate for $20 including skates. For more information, visit https://temeculaca.gov/1120/ Temecula-On-Ice. Dec. 11 – 2-4 p.m. “A Christmas Carol” will be presented at the Old Town Community Theater, 42051 Main St., in Temecula. Purchase tickets at the box oﬃce or at https://tickets.temeculatheater.org/. Dec. 31 – 8 p.m. to midnight. New Year’s Eve Grape Drop will be held at the Temecula Civic Center on Main Street in Old Town Temecula. WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS Dec. 4 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Giving Back Christmas is presented by The Press Espresso at the Vail Headquarters, 32127 Temecula Parkway, in Temecula. Dec. 4 – 9-10:30 a.m. Donuts with Santa will be held at three locations in Murrieta, including

Alderwood Clubhouse, 28610 Baxter Road; Copper Canyon Park, 23790 Via Alisol, and Town Square Park. Admission costs one non-perishable food item per person to help needy families and the ﬁrst 300 children get free doughnuts. Contact http://Murrietaca. gov/events. Dec. 8 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hemet San Jacinto Valley Chamber Mixer will be held at American Legion Post 848, 312 E. Main St. in San Jacinto. Dec. 10 – 5-9 p.m. Temecula Chilled Holiday Market, oﬀering photos with Santa, will be held at the Vail Headquarters, 32127 Temecula Parkway, in Temecula. Dec. 17 – 5-9 p.m. Menifee Trading Post presents a Night Market – Mercado del Sol – that celebrates art and local community products, food and drink, live music and unique experiences at 30141 Antelope Road in Menifee.

Temecula Valley Players’ ‘A Christmas Carol The Musical’ returns to Old Town Temecula, Dec. 4-12 TEMECULA ─ The Temecula Valley Players return to the Old Town Temecula Community Theater with “A Christmas Carol The Musical,” Dec. 4-12. It is Christmas Eve in London, England, in 1850. Based on Charles Dicken’s most popular novel, this tale of redemption, the damaging eﬀects of isolation and the importance of love and compassion are displayed through Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation from a miserly, greedy and lonely man into an empathetic and kind individual. This story is told spectacularly by some of Broadway’s greatest composers of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Ragtime,” “Seussical” and “Once on This Island.”

The Temecula Valley Players production is directed by Terri Miller Schmidt, with musical direction by Rachel Pfeifer Green and choreography by Peter Varvel. Celebrating their relaunch season as a resident theater company in Temecula. The theater company, like many other arts organizations throughout the nation, was forced to close their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic shutdowns. “A Christmas Carol the Musical’ is an Old Town Temecula family tradition. The last time we performed it was December 2019,” Jason Wesley Green, president of Temecula Valley Players, said. “Not having the production last Christmas season left a hole in our community. In fact, this was the show that our local actors looked

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forward to the most, coming back from the shutdowns. This timeless Charles’s Dickens tale represents the most popular story of all his novels. This show allows the audience to remember that people can repent and change for the better. And people can be forgiven. It lends itself to all the things we love best about the holidays. Mainly serving others ﬁrst. Charity and goodwill toward our fellow humans. We know that this show will bring family and friends closer together. And… isn’t that what we need now, more than anything?” The show dates and times are Dec. 4-5, 8-9 and 10-11 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 4-5 and 11-12 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $28 for orchestra, $24 for parterre, $24 for balcony and $18 for Wednesday or Thursday performances and are available at http://www.temeculatheater.org or 866-653-8696. The Old Town Community Theater is located at 42051 Main St., Temecula. “And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One,” Charles Dickens said in “A Christmas Carol.” For more information, visit http://www.TemeculaValleypPlayers.com. Submitted by Temecula Valley Players.

The Temecula Valley Players return to the Old Town Temecula Community Theater with “A Christmas Carol The Musical,” Dec. 4-12.

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Outlets at Lake Elsinore to host Holly Jolly Jamboree Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

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The Outlets at Lake Elsinore invited the public to come out for some holiday fun at its Holly Jolly Jamboree Sunday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free, holiday themed Farmers Market hosted by Simply Made Local, will feature unique one of a kind gifts from more than 50 vendors, food and treats, live music, visits with Santa, caricatures, free kids games with prizes and a toy drive. With the increase in demand for donations, this year, the

Outlets at Lake Elsinore, Simply Made Local, and CREATE Studios are teaming up to fill two Lake Elsinore Sheriff Department Patrol Vehicles with toys. The Toys will be donated to the non-profit Cops for Kids who serve hundreds of children and families throughout the holiday season. “It’s going to be a really good one because we are partnering with Cops for Kids and Social Work Action Group which is a nonprofit getting the people off the streets in Lake Elsinore,” Christine Frantz, marketing director of Outlets at Lake Elsinore,

said. “We are going to have vendors and cocoa and crafts and a fundraising day as well.” Those who donate to the fundraiser will be entered into a raﬄe for the chance to win over $2000 in gift card prizes, Frantz said. “It’ll be an all-around fun day,” she said. For more information on the Outlets at Lake Elsinore, visit https://www.outletsatlakeelsinore.com. Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

Murrieta Town Square Park to light up with decorated Christmas trees Dec. 4 Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Town Square Park in Murrieta will be set ablaze with bright and cheerful holiday lights Saturday night, Dec. 4, with dozens of Christmas trees carefully decorated by city residents. Each tree will have its own special decorations, placed by family members, before the Christmas holiday event. The trees have been purchased by the families for $25 and designed with a chosen theme. The buyers may also purchase the decorations and bright LED

lights they prefer. The city of Murrieta will provide the electrical cords from the base generator source for the lighting. They can have a tree topper or skirt if they choose. The families and their friends can show up after 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, to begin decorating their trees, but they must be ﬁnished by 5 p.m., which is just about at dark, so judges can select the best of the decorated trees and announce the winners by 7 p.m. The city’s annual holiday tree lighting event will conclude when the decorated trees are donated to families who otherwise

could not afford a Christmas tree and decorations. The names of the families who bought and decorated the trees will be attached to the trees with a merry “Happy Holidays” for the needy residents. The city staﬀ will work with the various nonproﬁt organizations in the city to determine which families will receive the brightly lighted holiday symbol. Contact the Murrieta Community Services Department with any questions at 951-301-7275. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

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After last week’s excursion to Vindemia, a micro-winery offering excellent red wines but few amenities, I head back to the De Portola Wine Trail and Robert Renzoni Vineyards. From its food to its architecture to its wines, Renzoni is a cut above most of its peers. While Europe is still off limits, Renzoni offers a touch of Italy in Temecula. With a glass of barbera in one hand and a slice of pizza in the other, la dolce vita doesn’t seem so far away. Salute! The Background The Renzoni family has been making and selling wine for more than 130 years, beginning with Robert’s great-grandfather Frederico in Fano, Italy. Besides a decadelong stint in a rock band, Robert has been part of the wine and spirits business since his grandfather first taught him to make wine at age six. By age 11, he was collecting a paycheck working in his father’s wine and liquor distributorship in Buffalo. Even after he moved to California at age 24 to pursue his rock and rolls dreams, he worked part-time in the industry. In 2004, Renzoni’s mother and father invited him for a picnic outing at Mount Palomar Winery. What he saw in Temecula sparked his imagination. He relocated and started working as a server at Leoness Cellars. In 2008, with the help of his father and brother, he purchased 10 acres of vineyards with a barn on it about a mile west of Leoness. When he opened for business, he sold only three wines: Moscato, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. Today, Renzoni Vineyards produces 15,000 cases and 20 different wines inside a gorgeous Tuscan-style building completed in 2014. The winery features an elegant tasting room, a trattoria with a brick oven, an outside bar, bocce court, and several brick patios. At 50, Robert is still among the youngest owners in the valley. He follows in a long line of California Italian winemakers, including Gallo, Sebastiani, Martini and Mondavi. In 2017, Robert stepped aside as winemaker in favor of his assistant Olivia Bue, making her the only female head winemaker in the valley. Since taking over, she has gone from strength to strength at Renzoni, growing its reputation as a premium producer of red wines. The Visit I drop by on a Friday afternoon and park in the paved lot directly in front of the main building. For a winery that sees as many visitors as Renzoni, the parking lot is absurdly small. On weekends, resign yourself to parking in the dirt area near the metal barn that serves as the production facility. Avoid peak times on Saturday and Sunday unless you enjoy huge crowds. Modeled after an Italian villa, the two-story winery feels much larger than it is. I walk past welldressed couples playing bocce ball, through the massive front door, which is a replica of one in the village where Robert’s grandfather was born, and into the cavernous main room. Polished wooden counters run the length of the room with a gift shop occupying the center. On weekends, there is also a small bar inside the members lounge, which is a cozy room with a fireplace, tables, and its own tasting patio. The atmosphere is cool, energetic and friendly. On most visits, I sit at one of the tables in the main patio (reservations recommended), where one can order brick-oven pizza from Mama Rosa’s Trattoria, drink wine or beer and watch one of the three televisions above the outdoor bar. Given its owner’s former life as a

ROBERT RENZONI VINEYARDS 37350 De Portola Road, Temecula, CA 92592 Tel: 951-302-8466 Email: tastingroom@robertrenzonivineyards.com www.robertrenzonivineyards.com Owner: Robert Renzoni Winemaker: Olivia Bue Founded: 2008 Acres planted: 10 Typical wines offered: Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Montepulciano, Moscato, Pinot Grigio, Prosecco, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Zinfandel, red blends, sweet wines Cases per year: 15,000 Price range: $$ (of $$$) ACCESS • Open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Closed on major holidays. • Wheelchair accessible. • Reservations recommended on weekends. TASTINGS & TOURS • Charge for tasting: $25 per five pours on weekdays; $20 per guest on weekends. • Groups of eight or more must make reservations. • Vineyard walking tours offered. FOOD Mama Rosa’s Trattoria is open for lunch Sunday to Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. and open for lunch and dinner, Friday and Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. ENTERTAINMENT & PICNICS Upper picnic area is open to the public for parties of less than 12. Picnic ingredients are sold in the tasting room. Special events: Private gatherings and tastings. Occasional live music throughout the year. Check the website for details. Wine club.

Robert Renzoni Vineyards is located at 37350 De PortolaRoad in Temecula’s wine country. Valley News/Shane Gibson photos

professional musician, Renzoni’s music game is strong. Outdoor speakers are everywhere, usually playing Sinatra, Armstrong, Bennett, Mercer, and other classic crooners. The whole experience is a delightful balance of good food, good wine and pleasant ambiance. The Wines Renzoni offers more than a half dozen Italian varietals, including sangiovese, barbera, montepulciano, and pinot grigio. It also has French varietals like cabernet franc, syrah, chardonnay, and viognier. There are several red blends, rosés and sweet wines as well. Servers are uniformly friendly. With the help of my server Logan, who is great person, I begin with the 2017 Sangiovese, which is made from Lodi grapes. In my opinion, too many of Renzoni’s grapes are from outside Temecula. It is fruity and light, with subtle tannins and spicy oak notes. One of Renzoni’s most consistent wines is their Estate Brunello di Sangiovese, which I didn’t try on this visit. The 2017 Barbera has aromas of rose and strawberry jam, with loads of fruit and a long finish on the palate. I particularly enjoy the unfiltered 2016 Vechio Frate made from an uncommon Italian varietal called Lagrein from the northern part of the country. It has generous dark fruit, with ripe plum and dried fruit notes. My favorite wines of the day are the 2017 Sonata, a sangiovese and cabernet sauvignon blend, and the 2016 Riserva Cabernet Franc, a library wine that sells for $90. Both are incredibly well balanced, fruit forward, with firm mouthfeel and a long finish. I was pleased to see that the cabernet franc is unfiltered, which gives it a European-style that I love. I hope the unfiltered trend catches on in Temecula. Conclusion Go to Robert Renzoni Vineyards if you like… premium red wines, wide selection, Italian and French varietals, Italian bistro, friendly servers, gorgeous tasting areas, premium beers, sophisticated vibe, people watching, picnic grounds, nice views, television and bocce ball. Avoid Robert Renzoni Vineyards if you like… Spanish varietals, GSMs, rosés, boutique atmosphere, small crowds, laid-

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back atmosphere, bargains, indoor restaurant, bargains, kid-friendly and dog-friendly. Postscript This Thanksgiving, I enjoyed a bottle of 2020 Sauvignon Blanc from Hart Winery, which I reviewed back in August. I raised a glass to founder and winemaker Joe Hart, who died Saturday, Nov. 20, at age 89. A true pioneer of Temecula wine country, he was a friend and mentor to many in the industry, an ambassador for the region and an exceptional winemaker. We’ll miss you, Joe. “But I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it again with you in my Father’s kingdom” in Mark 26:29. Next up: Doﬀo Winery

Views of the hills surround Robert Renzoni Vineyards in Temecula.

Popular Robert Renzoni red wines from left, Tempranillo, Fiore di Fano, Montepulciano, Sangiovese and Reserva Cabernet Franc.

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HOME & GARDEN

Tricon Residential celebrates groundbreaking of new single-family rental community in Wildomar

From left, Jon Robertson of Woodbridge Pacific Group, Wildomar Assistant City Manager Dan York, Wildomar Councilmember Bridgette Moore, Andrew Carmody of Tricon Residential, Wildomar Councilmember Marsha Swanson and Steve Cameron of Foremost Pacific Group break ground on Bacara, a new 170-unit townhome single family rental community in Wildomar. Valley News/Kate Ellis photos

WILDOMAR – Tricon Residential Inc., Foremost Pacific Group and Woodbridge Pacific Group Companies celebrated the Thursday, Nov. 18, groundbreaking of Bacara, a 170-unit, modern Spanish townhome single-family rental community in Wildomar. In addition to representatives from the developer and project contractor, several Wildomar city officials were in attendance, including city councilmembers Marsha Swanson, Bridgette Moore and Joseph Morabito and Assistant City Manager Dan York. Swanson and York each gave a speech, and together they performed the ceremonial groundbreaking to symbolize the beginning of a new stage of development for the city. “Housing is one of our top priorities in Wildomar, and this is a key project that begins to meet our housing needs,” Swanson said. “These gorgeous townhomes will form a new, family-friendly community nestled into Wildomar’s rolling terrain conveniently situated near parks, shops, schools, 215 and 15 freeways that easily connect to San Diego, Orange County and the Inland Empire.” “The Bacara community is coming at a time when the need for high-quality rental homes has never been more evident,” Andrew Carmody, managing director of Tricon Residential, said. “This community will provide a beautiful, comfortable and amenity-rich place for residents to live, while contributing to the local housing supply and adding to the diversity of high-quality housing options in Wildomar. We are delighted to break ground with our partners and local leaders on this exciting project.” Located at 24808 Prielipp Road

The rendering shows Bacara, a 170-unit, modern Spanish townhome single-family rental community being built in Wildomar.

in Wildomar, Bacara will feature 170 rental townhomes with one-, two- and three-bedroom options, alongside indoor and outdoor amenities, a dog park, lap pool and spa, gym and community center. Among other features, Bacara townhomes will include solar power, attached one- or two-car garages, keyless front door entry and forecourt patios. Development of the community is expected to progress through 2022, with a grand opening planned for late 2022. The community is conveniently situated near parks, shops, schools and both Interstate 215

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HEALTH

Customized cancer treatments offer possible life-saving options Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Rebecca Owens has dedicated her career to studying cancer testing and what can be done to improve it for those who are diagnosed with the deadly disease, an estimated 1.1 million Americans this year. She said diagnosis is not the problem but knowing how to handle the next steps are critical. Owens, a Temecula resident, is the founder and CEO of Swellter Inc., a health technology platform that has a web-enabled application for patients to dynamically learn about their testing, treatment and clinical trial options. The platform evolves as the patient’s illness changes. When the doctor inputs new information in a patient’s medical chart, the platform will update the patient’s view with the new education that is needed to best understand what is going on with their care. “We believe that the only way for a person to know their care options is to first know what even exists for that individual,” Owens said. “Through technology, just like we experience with Amazon, we can give a person options based on their own unique situation. There is no reason in today’s time why we cannot leverage technology to do this.” This first of its kind oncology platform brings education and access to potentially life-saving testing, treatment and clinical research opportunities to patients and their physicians. She incorporated Swellter in February and has been seeking funding to complete the work of creating a way for cancer patients to become their own advocates and learn what is available to them and their specific battle and journey. Spending the past 20 years of her career in the cancer diagnostics space and having led sales, marketing and large-scale business strategies that led to some of the largest deals in the history of cancer diagnostics, Owens said nothing hits closer to home than family and friends dealing with the

awful disease of cancer. “These people are my closest family who have been severely affected by a cancer diagnosis. None of these people were offered all of their testing options, which dramatically could have affected their care,” Owens said. “Not everyone who has lung or breast cancer will react the same way to ‘standardized’ treatments, yet that is all each of them was offered by their respective physicians.” She said that more than 60% of patients diagnosed with cancer will not be tested with biomarker testing which can determine the best course of therapy and/or clinical trial opportunities. “There are many reasons why this occurs but suffice it to say that there are more than 70,000 new diagnostic tests that hit the clinical landscape each year and it is absolutely confusing and overwhelming for physicians to keep up with when and where to apply such testing on a patient-by-patient basis,” Owens said. Cancer education costly She said that current methods for educating physicians and patients are costly and most often ineffective. “Since COVID, access to physicians is nearly a closed door and the pharmaceutical and testing laboratory industry is searching for new ways to bring awareness and access to their tests and therapies,” she said. Swellter is on a mission to solve this problem by leveraging a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and General Data Protection Regulation compliant technology approach to drive education to patients, based on the data that resides in their own medical chart. “Our proprietary patient consent process captures the patient at first oncology visit and then presents disease specific education about the disease itself, as well as about testing and treatments most relevant to the individual,” Owens said. “Simultaneously, our technology informs the oncology practice and the physician about what is

most relevant to that particular patient. The content provided comes from pharmaceutical companies, laboratories and manufacturers who are most qualified to educate us on these complex offerings.” The city of Murrieta is a partner with Swellter, through the use of the Murrieta Innovation Center. Owens said that such partnerships are critical for companies who are building novel health care solutions in this area. “Such initiatives afford Swellter, and other healthcare startup companies, the ability to have an affordable physical location to grow our companies,” she said. “Swellter plans to stay here and grow the company in the valley. This is what it is all about, growing our local economy and taking care of our local people. We are honored to have such partnership opportunities and we hope to continue to partner with others in the local area to better serve people dealing with cancer.” The company’s platform-as-aservice supports the desperately needed content delivery mechanism that the industry is searching for, according to Owens. The early-stage company is developing quickly due to its experience in building data infrastructures, which has accelerated its development. Business concepts built “We have built the concepts of the platform and now need the money to finish the build,” Owens said. “Myself and my colleagues have stood up similar technology before and we have the blueprints to stand up this platform. This is what affords us the capabilities to build and deploy quickly and begin to show capital returns. Our leadership team has deep domain expertise in oncology, diagnostics, global enterprise software solutions, healthcare informatics and of course, patient advocacy. Together, we are deeply committed to bringing real-time awareness and access to life-saving cancer testing, treatments and clinical trials.” Getting Swellter up and running is more than a business venture for

Quick ways to combat stress from remote work

Running on empty, whether from work, lifestyle or a combination of the Valley News/Metro photo two, can lead to more burnout.

Robert B. Harper SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

While the shift to remote or flexible work has generally been viewed as a positive, it also presents fresh obstacles. According to Inc.’s write-up on HR challenges, 80% of HR professionals reported an increase in employee burnout in the past year, with 37% citing a major increase. Factors behind this increase include struggles with remote work, lack of work-life boundaries and plain old exhaustion. Although 62% of companies have introduced benefits to help reduce stress, more than a third of respondents’ companies have yet to take any steps in addressing burnout. Many individuals do know that they can decrease stress by eating right and exercising but pursuing a healthy lifestyle can also contribute to an employee being exhausted by the end of the day. In the article ‘Diabetes: A Stressful Disease That’s Hard to Cope With,’ Dr. Rashmi Mullur discussed how trying hard to be healthy and pushing limits can inadvertently promote a stress response in the body. The bottom line is that running on empty – whether from work, lifestyle or a combination of the two – can lead to more burnout. So here are three quick, easy ways to keep stress at bay:

Light a candle. If you’re seeking a particularly simple solution, burning a scented candle or diffusing essential oils can help reduce feelings of stress and anxiety. Research published in the Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications specified that exposure to lavender aroma in particular can ease stress, based on a study involving responses to stressful videos. Other soothing scents, meanwhile, include bergamot, roman chamomile, sandalwood, ylang ylang and orange blossom. The next time a remote worker finds themselves in the middle of a hectic day, they can try lighting a scented candle – something they wouldn’t have had the chance to do in an office, in all likelihood. Each time they want to burn a candle, remote workers should trim the wick for a cleaner, brighter burn. Trimming the wick to 1/4- inch also helps prevent the candle from smoking too much. Rest your eyes. Working remotely means spending hours staring at a screen, which can lead to symptoms of eyestrain like tired or dry eyes, blurry vision, frequent headaches and soreness in the neck, back and shoulders. While there’s no way to completely avoid screens – it’s the digital age, after all – it’s good to take breaks every now and then. According to SymptomFind’s write-up on eyestrain relief, simple

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Owens, it’s personal, she said. “My uncle was diagnosed in 2008 with pancreatic cancer and we lost him within two months of diagnosis, my mother was diagnosed with Stage III uterine sarcoma, my father was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma and was told to go home and be with his family because he was going to die, my fiancé was diagnosed at 38 years old with Stage IV melanoma and told to get his will together at his first doctor’s appointment and several of my very close friends have lost their lives to cancer,” she said. “Most recently my father-inlaw was told he had six months to live after a Stage IV melanoma diagnosis that was not confirmed whether he had tumors in his brain or not. I receive calls from friends of friends monthly, often weekly.” Owens said they should all get

their laboratory testing results, their pathology, because more than 80% of what goes on in a person’s health care journey is a result of the lab testing results. “Each of my family members and friends did not receive all of the testing that would have determined the best care plan for them, to include the clinically acceptable testing and nothing novel outside of clinical guidelines,” she said. “Swellter’s goal is to help people focus on getting well by providing all the necessary information throughout the entirety of their care experience to overcome the disease itself. Through education and accessible resources, we believe we can empower people to become well.” For more information, visit http://www.swellter.com, 951-2252868 or rebecca@swellter.com.

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BUSINESS

Javier Lopez takes the helm at Valley Restart Shelter in Hemet

Javier Lopez is the new executive director at Valley Restart Shelter in Hemet.

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When Javier Lopez assumed the position of executive director at Hemet’s Valley Restart Shelter in August, he hit the ground running. Stepping into the role that Linda Rogers retired from after 18 years, Lopez said he was prompted to apply to meet the challenges of taking VRS to the next level. “The position was asking for a visionary to help guide VRS through its leadership transition and I bring an extensive background working with nonprofits and government officials,” Lopez said. Lopez, who served as director of community engagement at the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition and as executive director at Birth Choice of the Desert, has been working on community engagement by sharing his plans at meetings with service groups throughout the valley. “Great efforts have been made not only to introduce myself as the new executive director but to really engage other organizations and

leaders to hear our story and how we are helping homeless families get back on their feet,” Lopez said. “I am speaking with groups such as Rotary, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Lions, American Legion, Salvation Army, etc. Many are for financial support but others for volunteers, partnerships and general awareness.” Lopez is an adjunct faculty member at Claremont Lincoln University and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and master’s degrees in business administration and in human development. He is currently working on his dissertation for a doctorate in public administration. Despite numerous success stories from those who have been through the VRS program, VRS Board President Tim DeBolt said one of the key challenges has been changing the perception of VRS within the Hemet/San Jacinto community. “There has been a misunderstanding of what VRS currently offers,” he said. “VRS is not a homeless shelter, but a place that offers a hand up to families with dependent children who are trying to get back on their feet and are willing to follow the program. The program offers support and direction for the families to move into a successful transition of independence. VRS offers the residents resume and job support, connection to social services and so much more.” VRS residents currently consist of seven families broken down as three males, seven females, 10 children plus another 13 children on the weekends. “Families usually stay up to 30 days and if necessary up to 90 days,” Lopez said, “Keep in mind that many find housing or return to their families during this period so a family can stay with us anywhere from 1-90 days.” Breann Vasquez and her mother, Christel Severns, became VRS

One of the 15 family living quarters at Valley Restart Shelter in Hemet.

residents in mid-September. They learned about the organization through various programs they found while Vasquez was living in her car with her mother. “My pregnancy made me lose my job and my mom was recently released from her disability and we had nowhere to go,” Vasquez, 27, said. “I love the heck out of this place; I thank God every day for this place and everybody who works there.” VRS helped Vasquez find a job and provided many necessities she will need when her baby arrives in the very near future. Vasquez said she and her mother are getting assistance with finding an affordable housing program locally so she can return to her job after her maternity leave ends. “They want you to grow and be able to restart your life,” she said. VRS 16 staff members Sixteen staff members include six who had previously been part of the VRS program. Glenn Abrams of San Jacinto started out as a volunteer at VRS and has spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen during his nine years as an employee. Case managers and life skills counselors provide services to VRS residents to help them meet their goals. Jacob Adame is an evening shift supervisor and case manager. He works directly with residents to help them meet their goals of finding a job, securing affordable permanent housing, learning about budgeting and developing necessary life skills. Referrals for further services such as behavioral health, senior assistance and Veterans Affairs are also available. Some are helped by being given a bus ticket to a place where they can find financial and family support. “We had a young single mother and her two young children who went through Valley Restart back in May,” Adame said. “In the time she was in the shelter, she was able to find a job, save money and move into her own apartment, all within two months.” Projects on Lopez’s to-do list include some that were in the planning stages when he came on board. In addition to the recently resurfaced parking lot, plans are to add six pallet homes for seniors, replace the facility’s roof, purchase a vehicle to transport seniors, add pergolas/patio covers for all outdoor eating areas, clean up and prepare the 4.5-acre campus for future shelter and housing expansion. Longer term goals are to become a developer of affordable housing as a separate arm of VRS to maintain sustainability.

Glenn Abrams has worked at Valley Restart Shelter for nine years but started out as a volunteer. He enjoys helping out in the on-site Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes photos commercial kitchen.

He said the priority will be the roof, coolers and patio covers, as the winter season approaches. Grant funding for these immediate needs has been secured but Lopez’s vision includes many more improvements. He hopes to partner with workforce development to offer residents an opportunity to learn culinary skills needed to become licensed prep cooks or get their food handler certificate by utilizing the shelter’s on-site commercial kitchen. Grants are sought “We are currently submitting grant applications to help cover a new fence along Menlo Avenue as well as tree removal and eventually a motorized gate at our opening,” he said. Funding sources include the County of Riverside grants, the nonprofit’s annual golf tournament, individual donors, churches, community-based organizations and wills and estates. “Donations are always a part of our funding source,” Lopez said. “VRS has a great network of folks who have and continue to donate to help us serve our homeless population. We have over 40 churches, nonprofits and individuals who come and cook (and serve) dinner every day and have for many years.” Lopez said staff is planning holiday events for residents and their children. “As you know, COVID put a damper on this last year,” he said. “But this year, we are working with Chaparral High School in Temecula that has reached out to provide toys/ gifts during Christmas. They will be ‘adopting’ VRS families this year; we are looking forward to this.” Additionally, an online wish list includes items such as blankets and jackets. DeBolt has been a small-business owner in the San Jacinto Valley for

20 years and joined the VRS board a couple of years ago. “Although I am involved in my church community, I hadn’t taken the next step to become more involved in other needs of this valley,” he said. “I had always been one of the complainers, but never one of the doers. I am happy that I took the step to start doing something about it as I am helping to make a change by being more involved. I would like to challenge the other complainers of the community to get involved and make a difference.” DeBolt serves on the board for San Jacinto Assembly of God/ Rooted Winchester Church. He has coached youth sports at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District and has led youth ministries, community cleanups and other events. Although a Michigan native, he has proudly called Hemet home for about 30 years. While the structured program at VRS is not for everyone and the vetting process to accept someone into the program is stringent, that doesn’t mean the organization turns its back on those in need. VRS offers daily hot dinners to the local homeless population. Lopez said about 40 come each night to dine at the outdoor seating area set up next to the parking lot. The facility was built in 1941 as housing for migrant farmworkers. It was later home to the Hemet-San Jacinto YMCA, which closed in 1994. Valley Restart was founded in 1989 and moved to the property in 1995. It currently offers 49 beds within its 15 rooms. For more information, visit http://www.valleyrestart.info, 951766-7476, on Instagram @valleyrestartshelter and on Twitter @ valleyrestart. Lopez can be reached at execdirector.valleyrestart@yahoo.com.

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The empty lot, across from the Temecula Duck Pond that was formerly a Marie Callender’s restaurant, is soon to be home to LongHorn Steakhouse following approval by the Temecula Planning Commission during its Nov. 17 meeting. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo

Temecula will soon add a LongHorn Steakhouse to its list of eateries throughout the city after the planning commission approved a request by project applicant Nina Raey, who represented Floridabased Darden Restaurants Inc., which owns the LongHorn Steakhouse chain of restaurants. The new 5,708-square-foot, casual-dining restaurant will be built at the site of the old Marie Callender’s across from the Temecula Duck Pond at 29363 Rancho California Road. The restaurant will be about

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Murrieta's Tyler Wade headed back to Cali, in Yankees/Angels trade JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

Murrieta Valley High School alum, Tyler Wade, enjoyed a career year in 2021 for the New York Yankees. The 2013 Nighthawk graduate posted career-highs in batting average (.268), on-base percentage (.354) and plate appearances (145) while leading the team with 17 stolen bases. Wade, who turned 27 this past week, played second base, shortstop, third base, left field, center field and right field for the Bronx Bombers and in 402.2 defensive innings, Wade’s only errors in 2021 came at second and third base, where he committed two each. Wade, who was drafted by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB amateur draft out of high school and debuted for the big-league club in 2017, was considered a top-eight prospect in 2016, but was one of three Yankees to be designated for assignment (DFA) last Friday. The move was made prior to the team finalizing its 40-man roster in preparation for the Rule 5 draft. On Monday, November 22, Wade was officially traded to the Los Angeles Angels. The Yankees will receive a player to be named later or cash considerations. The other two, Clint Frazier and Rougned Odor, have not found new homes yet. When a player is DFA’d, they have seven days to either be traded or placed on outright waivers. The Angels announced that they have designated utilityman Kean Wong for assignment in a corresponding move. Wade took to Twitter after the deal was made and thanked his former club, teammates and fans and said he could not wait to get to Anaheim. “I can’t wait to get to work,” he said. The move will bring the Murrieta native closer to home where local fans will surely enjoy his presence. Also, one of Wade’s old teammates will be waiting to greet him in the Angels’ infield. Andrew Velazquez was claimed off

Murrieta Valley High School alum, Tyler Wade, who had a career year in 2021 for the New York Yankees, was oﬃcially traded to the Los Angeles Angels Monday, November 22.

waivers by the Angels earlier this month. In his five career games at Angel Stadium, Wade has gone 4-for-12 (.333) at the plate with two RBI and four stolen bases. His departure leaves the Yankees without a proven utilityman on the roster. Though Wade spent parts of the past five seasons on the Yankees’ bench, serving as an oft-used utility option while being frequently shuttled between the big leagues and Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, his 145 plate appearances were a career-high (spread across 103 games), and Wade’s .268/.354/.323 slash during that small sample was the most productive MLB stretch of his career. In all, he is a .212/.298/.307 hitter in 491 plate appearances for the Yankees. Considered more of a defensive option through the course of his career, during his half-decade run with the Yankees, he saw time at every position other than first base, catcher and pitcher. The bulk of that workload came at second base (546 innings) and shortstop (331 innings), but Wade has 33 appearances at the hot corner and 57 in the outfield, making him an extremely useful option almost anywhere in an Angels lineup that struggled again in 2021. Plus, with Jose Iglesias, the Angels’ primary shortstop in 2021, being an unrestricted free agent, there is room for the valued utility player to see action quickly out of the gate. Spring Training for Anaheim, as well as the rest of the Cactus League, starts Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

[Left] Murrieta native, Tyler Wade, was drafted by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2013 draft out of high school and debuted for the big-league club in 2017. Valley News/Jerry Soifer photos

Temecula Valley falls in CIF Southern Section Division 6 finals

Temecula Valley’s Lucas Valencia (20) uses a stiff arm to break the tackle of a Newport Harbor defender. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group

The Temecula Valley Golden Bears, who won the 2019 Division 7 title, were runners-up to Newport Harbor after falling 42-35 in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 final Saturday, Nov. 27. Valley News/Time Stood Still Photography

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The goal for any high school football program is to play in the very last game of the season. The championship game for a southern section title. The game that you set out to compete for since the first day of spring weights. The game that gets talked about with a pro-

gram since the first day of school. Well, despite losing their first three Southwestern League games by a deficit of 135 points in total, their overall record of 7-3 helped the Temecula Valley Golden Bears get through a dreary league outing that was plagued by injuries and fierce competition. With an impressive playoff run through the CIF Southern Section Divi-

sion 6 playoffs though, Temecula Valley did it, they made it to the championship game, which took place Saturday, Nov. 27. Unfortunately, the Golden Bears, who won the 2019 Division 7 title, had their season ended with a gut-wrenching loss to Newport Harbor 42-35 in the section final at see CIF, page C-2

Newport Harbor’s Mckay Ketchum (31) returns an interception, securing a 42-35 victory against Temecula Valley in their CIF Southern Section Division 6 championship game. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group

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Veatch wins Factory Stocks season championship Joe Naiman WRITER

Cameron Veatch won his third consecutive Factory Stocks season championship at Perris Auto Speedway last weekend. The Temecula driver finished the season with 194 points given for heat race and main event positions. Nuevo driver Mike Burks was second with 190 points. Hemet’s Jason Cook had the third-place total of 160 points. Swede Ogren of Anza was seventh with 134 points. Menifee drivers took ninth and 10th in the season standings with Joseph Pack accumulating 100 points and Kris Carnish garnering 99 points. “It was a pleasant surprise,” Veatch said of his 2021 season w w w . m y v a l l e y n e w s . c o m

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championship. Veatch won the Factory Stocks season championship both in 2018 and in 2019. Perris Auto Speedway had no Factory Stocks races in 2020 before the coronavirus outbreak shut down the track. A public health order is not part of the California Penal Code and is thus civil regulatory rather than criminal prohibitory, which means that a sovereign Indian reservation may, but is not obliged to comply. Although the County of Riverside did not allow Perris Auto Speedway attendance in 2020, the Barona Tribal Council was more lenient about Barona Speedway. Veatch participated in three Barona races last year, although he didn’t finish all of them. In his third Barona race, Veatch was hit from behind as he was slowing for traffic in front of him. His 1978 Camaro was damaged, but not to the extent where he could not race at Perris in 2021. The rear end of the Camaro was moved over, and the car was bent to the left. “I wasn’t sure how well the car was going to work,” Veatch said. The Factory Stocks final season standings included 14 drivers in 2017, 15 in 2018, and 12 in 2019. The 2021 Factory Stocks standings had 20 drivers. “There was a lot more competition out there this year,” Veatch said. Two scheduled 2019 Factory Stocks races were rained out, so the class had eight races that year. The Factory Stocks raced 10 times in 2021. “The season, it had a lot more races,” Veatch said. Veatch only won one main event during 2021 but finished second once, and third four times, fourth once, fifth once and sixth once. “The only race that I didn’t finish was the last race,” he said. The track gives position points for the first three heat race finishes as well as position points for main event finishes. At the beginning of the season Veatch was uncertain whether he would compete in all of this year’s Factory Stocks races. “I actually made the first one and I made the second one,” he said. He finished third and second in those first two main events. “I was in the points lead,” Veatch said. After finishing third and fourth

Temecula Valley High School. Temecula Valley (10-4) jumped ahead quickly when senior quarterback Zach Zella connected with Christian Kretz on a 34-yard touchdown pass on the Golden Bears first drive, and then increased its lead to 14-0 on Zella’s 4-yard run with time running out in the first quarter. It looked as if they were on the road to winning their second consecutive championship when Temecula Valley scored touchdowns on their first four possessions to take a 28-7 lead midway through the second quarter. Running back Lucas Valencia scored on a 2-yard run, and after Newport Harbor (4-7) got on the board with a 15-yard touchdown pass from quarterback AJ Guitron-Moore to Kashton Henjum, Zella hooked up with Samuel Gbatu for a 70-yard touchdown and a 28-7 lead. Newport Harbor then took control. The Sailors cut the Golden Bears’ lead to 28-14 with one minute left in the half and then two touchdowns on a 52-yard score and running back Henry Slater scored on a 4-yard run to tie the game 28-28. Temecula Valley had an opportunity to take the lead midway through the third quarter, but on fourth-and-goal from the Newport Harbor 1-yard line, a power run was stopped short of the goal line.

with other cars during the race. “Two cars got crossed up in front of me and I had nowhere to go. I ran into both of them,” he said. Veatch had tire damage and spun out a second time. The track officials ruled that he had caused two spins and sent him to the pits. Three of the 12 drivers in the race preceded Veatch to the pits, so he was given credit for a ninthplace finish. “That pretty much clinched it for me,” he said. Burks won the main event. “He did everything he needed to do,” Veatch said. Cook finished second. “Back-to-back-to-back championships is pretty awesome,” Veatch said. Between races Veatch works on his own car. The Factory Stocks drivers help each other out if repairs are needed between the heat race and the main event or between practice laps and the heat race. Veatch is sponsored by Temecula Transmission and Differential and by Veatch’s Automotive and Smog. Although Veatch didn’t have the sponsorship he has had in past years, the track now provides payouts for first, second and third place main event finishes. “That helped,” Veatch said. The 48-year-old Veatch was raised in Escondido and attended Escondido High School. He moved from Escondido to

Fallbrook in 2003 and from Fallbrook to Temecula in 2008. He began his racing career on the Carlsbad and Barona drag strips. Perris Auto Speedway also has a Night of Destruction series which initially included Figure 8, Trailer Figure 8, and Demo Cross races (it has since added Mini Stocks and Double Decker events), and Veatch went to the track with friends to watch the Night of Destruction races. The oval races enticed Veatch to compete in stock car racing. In April 2017 he purchased a Nova he found on Craigslist, and in May 2017 Veatch made his oval driving debut and Perris Auto Speedway driving debut. He finished seventh in that season’s Factory Stocks standings. During his first Factory Stocks season Veatch learned various aspects about improving his performance. He also assessed that Camaros were the most successful Factory Stocks cars at Perris. Jessica Schaffer had driven a 1978 Camaro but had blown the engine, and it was available for sale. Veatch purchased that Camaro in December 2017. “I’m just having fun,” Veatch said. “I’m enjoying it.” Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

Temecula Valley QB Zach Zella (18) dives for a first down during the fourth quarter of last Saturday’s Division 6 CIF Southern Section championship game at Temecula Valley High School. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group

Temecula Valley did eventually take the lead in the fourth quarter when Zella threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Domenic Paris, but that would be their last lead of

the game. The Sailors quickly answered when Guitron-Moore tossed his fourth touchdown of the game, a 50-yarder to Henjum. With 3:23 left in the game,

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in his next two races Veatch won the July 10 main event. He then finished sixth July 24, fifth Aug. 15, third Sept. 18 and third Oct. 16. “The last six races it developed this weird hiccup in the car,” Veatch said. “It was down on a little power, and it didn’t handle quite as good as it used to; I tried everything to figure it out.” The final race of the season was contested Nov. 13. Veatch led Burks by 10 points entering the night. Perris Auto Speedway is a halfmile dirt oval. The heat races are six laps and the main events are 20 laps. Veatch won the Nov. 13 heat race and Burks placed second to give Veatch an 11-point lead over Burks entering the main event. “He was the only guy who could mathematically catch me,” Veatch said. Veatch noted that his car problems do not occur on short runs such as the heat race. “The long runs are where it starts getting into that weird running condition,” he said. As the heat race winner Veatch picked the pill to determine how many cars were inverted to begin the main event. He drew the No. 11 and thus started on the inside of the sixth row. “I got spun out early in the race,” Veatch said. Veatch had additional troubles

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Newport Harbor took a 42-35 lead on Slater’s 4-yard run. The Golden Bears drove to the Sailors’ 28, but Newport Harbor defensive back McKay Ketchum intercepted Zella to seal the Sailors’ victory. Zella ended the night having completed 17 of 29 passes to six different receivers for 249 yards and gained 71 yards on 23 carries. Gbatu led the Golden Bear receivers, hauling in five receptions for 106 yards. Guitron-Moore completed 16 of 22 passes for 268 yards while Henjum led the Sailors with 11 catches for 159 yards. Running back Hayden Farley added 79 yards on 14 carries. JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

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Lady Coyotes win 5th straight CCAA tournament title in thrilling five-set match with Cal Poly Pomona Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER

CSUSB (25-4): 25-13-25-2515 = 3 Cal Poly Pomona (23-4): 1725-27-19-10 = 2 SAN BERNARDINO (Coussoulis Arena) – For two hours this past Saturday night Cal Poly Pomona pushed Cal State San Bernardino in the CCAA women’s volleyball championship match, taking a 2-1 lead in sets and nearly ending several streaks. However, the Lady Coyotes stepped it up, comfortably winning sets four and five, to claim another CCAA tournament title. The No. 2 Yotes are the No. 1 seed and will host the upcoming NCAA West Region Championship. As announced during the NCAA Division II Selection Show Monday, Nov. 22, the West Region will be Dec. 2-4 in Coussoulis Arena. How’d it happen? In set one Cal State San Bernardino grabbed an early 1310 lead off consecutive assisted blocks by Jenna Patton and Melissa Garciglia and Patton and Asia Clarke. Kills from Alexis Cardoza and Clarke put the Coyotes up 1-0 with the 25-17 win. Cal Poly was held to an .029% attacking percentage (8K, 7E, 35A) while the Coyotes hit .250% (12K, 4E, 32A). There were seven ties and one lead change all within the first 20 points (10-10). Cal Poly Pomona took a 14-8 lead in set two off consecutive kills from Daisy Duke, and Kaitlan Tucker’s kill made it 20-11 Broncos. An ace by Kira Zimmerman evened the match as the Broncos took set two 25-13. The Broncos hit a sizzling .351% with 14 kills on one lone error while holding CSUSB to a .051% mark. Makenna Overbey’s ace plus kills from Clarke and Garciglia put the Coyotes up 21-18 in the third

The Lady Yotes outran Cal Poly Pomona for the 2021 CCAA Valley News/Courtesy photo Championship title, 3-2.

before a pair of kills by Duke tied it at 21. Kills from Patton and Cardoza tied things at 24 and another Overbey ace put the Coyotes up 25-24. A Kylie Brandt kill took the Broncos off set point and back-toback Cardoza attack errors ended it, one with some controversy as the Coyotes thought it grabbed the back line. Cal Poly hit .311% with three errors in the set to the Coyotes .184% and seven errors. Cardoza and Patton combined on consecutive assisted blocks to put the Coyotes up 12-7 in set four and a kill from Clarke forced extras as CSUSB won 25-19. They hit a match high .324% for the set with 14 kills and just two errors. Ruki Kennedy and Duke combined for a pair of blocks to tie things at three in the fifth. Clarke then gave the Coyotes a 4-3 lead with her sixth kill and her eighth put them on championship point. Leila To’omalatai then ended the match just as it had started two hours previously with a service ace. Reaction Broncos coach Tracy Dahl said about the match, “We battled all

Area teams run through CIF Southern Section Cross Country finals, all the way to state

The Linfield Christian girls had a historic cross country season, winning the school their first-ever CIF Southern Section cross country Valley News/Courtesy photo title, and placing third at state.

JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

WALNUT – Cross country teams from the Inland area recently competed in the CIF Southern Section Cross Country finals at Mt. San Antonio College with hopes of advancing to last week’s CIF State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. In order to advance, here is how it works. The top seven teams in each division (six in some of the smaller divisions) and the first five individuals not on a qualifying team advanced to the state championships. In all, 12 Inland teams and six individuals moved on. The lone Inland team champion was Linfield Christian in Division 5, which secured a 14-point victory thanks to three top-10 individual finishes. Senior Ryley Burns (second with a time of 18:38.6), Emma Lakatos (8th) and Scarlett Welsome (10th) all set new personal records on the day. The Lady Lions defeated both St. Margaret’s and Viewpoint, two teams that entered the day ranked higher than that of Linfield, who won their school’s first-ever CIF Southern Section cross country title. A few other prep teams that also had standout performances without claiming titles included the Great Oak boys and girls, as well as Vista Murrieta. Great Oak’s boys entered the finals having won five consecutive section championships, and the girls had won eight. But, back in top form was Newbury Park, who had some historically great performances

this year. Newbury’s boys’ team had runners place 1-6, scoring 15 points to the Wolfpack’s 96; and Newbury’s girls outscored Great Oak, 43-110. The boys were led by junior Ramses Cortes, who placed 13th in 15:11.6. Junior Kelli Gaffney led the girls, finishing third in 17:27.7. In Division 1, Vista Murrieta had a strong state-qualifying performance, finishing third, led by senior Isabella Smith, who placed fourth individually with a time of 17:31.1. Also moving on were the girls’ teams from Chino Hills, Santiago and Claremont, while the boys’ teams from Woodcrest Christian, Claremont and Vista Murrieta advanced to the CIF State Finals in Fresno last weekend. At the state finals, the Great Oak boys’ team took their southern section loss to heart and ran all over Newbury Park in Division 1 where the Panthers scored an all-time low 16 points, but still finished second. Great Oak was again led by Cortes, who came in the No. 13 spot with a time of 15:30.9. The Wolfpack extended what is now the state’s longest streak of making the podium (top three teams) for seven years. The girls saw their run end at eight after the ladies, led again by Gaffney (ninth, 17:59.1), finished fifth in Division 1. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams from Vista Murrieta finished ninth in Division 1 and Linfield Christian placed third in Division 5 (a program-best), led by Burns (eighth, 18:52.4). JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.

day but just played tight in that fifth which quickly got away from us. At the beginning of the year there was a lot of teaching. However, tonight I just sat back and watched them execute at a really high level.” Meanwhile Coyotes coach Kim Cherniss said, “I’m so proud of our team for finding a way to right the ship against a quality opponent like Cal Poly Pomona. They dug a lot of balls and were very physical, making us earn every point with several long rallies.” Marlee Nunley added, “Trust and communication are huge for us in spots like that. You know that you’ll do everything possible to keep a ball from dropping and so will the person next to you. There’s more urgency to do little things like covering a hitter because if we don’t we lose.” Overbey added, “We feed off the energy from our crowd and team in 5th sets like tonight. Defense fuels that energy, especially when you see someone get up a crazy ball and keep a point alive until your team can finish it.” Clarke added, “Alexis and Jay-

Leading in kills for Cal State University San Bernardino was Alexis Cardoza (3), who collected 19 kills and had 10 digs. Valley News/Will McNeil; CCAA

Cal Poly’s Mackenzie Sullivan (9) returns a serve against Cal State University San Bernardino in the CCAA women’s volleyball championship match Saturday, Nov. 20. Valley News/Will McNeil; CCAA

lin are such great captains who really motivate us out there. They give us an extra push to get things done in the clutch.” The Numbers 43 - Number of assists by Marlee Nunley in the win 40 - Number of consecutive wins against CCAA competition by the Coyotes 19 - Kills for Alexis Cardoza, Back-to-Back CCAA Player of the

Year and reigning National Player of the Year 16 - Kills for Daisy Duke of Cal Poly in a loss 13 - Number of points that CSUSB was outhit by (.222% for Cal Poly to .209% for the Coyotes) 4 - Number of five set wins in 2021 for CSUSB Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail. com.

Local players shine in Riverside County All-Star volleyball match JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The Riverside County All-Star volleyball match took place Saturday, Nov. 20, at La Sierra High School. Fox Sports Radio 1350 (Riverside/San Bernardino), in partnership with the Riverside Sheriff’s Association, hosted the annual event. After taking the year off due to the coronavirus pandemic, the match was comprised of local girls from this past season, selected by Riverside County athletic directors and area coaches. In an extremely competitive match, the South team pulled out the overall victory. Lannie Maffucci (La Sierra) was the coach for the schools from North County and Coach Cheyenne Te’o (Great Oak) represented the Southeast County schools. The mission of the event was to highlight the Riverside County student-athletes who lead, serve and inspire the volleyball community while achieving their personal path to success. VOLLEYBALL ALL-STAR ROSTERS (as posted by www. iesportsnet.com) North West Schools Victoria Irving, OH/MB - Notre Dame Rachelle Hernandez, OH- King Victoria Mercado, L - King Bailey Naber, MB - Roosevelt Lanah Bergen, OH - Hillcrest Darby Deniston, S/OPP - Poly Abigail Foldenauer, L - Hillcrest Taylor Underwood, OPP - Norco Jacquelyn Winfield, OPP - King Bella Marvin, MB - Santiago Iman Abuhijleh, OH - Arlington Kaylee Torres, L - Roosevelt Shannie Luu, L - La Sierra Anysa Peone-Joe, S - La Sierra Briana Delval - Indio Bre Mitchell, S/OH - Linfield Christian Emily Bohmer, L/DS, Linfield Christian South East Schools Jameson Sanders, OH - Heritage Madison Bailey, OH - Murrieta Valley Avery Maddox, OH - Vista Murrieta Jasmine Saran, MB - Great Oak Katelyn Sonnier, OH - Hemet Logan Harris, L - Xavier Prep Leila Cornejo, S - Paloma Valley Jenna Salyer, MB - Chaparral Sarena Gonzalez, S - Temecula Valley Gabby McLaughlinn, OH/RS -

Co-MVP from the South team, Gabby McLaughlinn (91), of Temecula Valley, strikes the volleyball during the Riverside County All-Star match held Saturday, Nov. 20, at La Sierra High School. Valley News/Action Captures Media Group

Jenna Salyer (2) from Chaparral, who was also named co-MVP from the South team, blocks the volleyball during the Riverside County AllStar match held Saturday, Nov. 20, at La Sierra High School.

Temecula Valley Sierra Cates, L/DS - Great Oak Dominique Romano, L/DS Xavier Prep Tamiya Wilson, RS - Temecula Valley Alexia Rader - Xavier Prep Vivian Lisboa, MH/B - Beaumont Melanie Hernandez, OH - Coachella Valley Tami Ritchie, OH - Paloma Valley

Both Jenna Salyer (Chaparral) and Gabby McLaughlinn (Temecula Valley) were named team MVPs for the South. For the North, Kaylee Torres (Roosevelt), Taylor Underwood (Norco) and Tami Ritchie (Paloma Valley) were named team MVPs. For more information on the event email Eddie.talbertjr@foxsports1350.com. JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.

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REGIONAL NEWS Highway Updates

Caltrans and RCTC highway construction crews resuming work on area roads Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Although Caltrans and Riverside County Transportation crews took time to be with their families in lieu of ongoing highway construction projects during the Thanksgiving holiday, they will be returning to work this coming week. Caltrans reminded motorists that Highway 74, known as the Ortega Highway from Lake Elsinore to San Juan Capistrano and the beach cities may be closed from 10 p.m.

each night until 5 a.m. the next day, until Dec. 20 due to construction. Pilot cars will be available for residents living in the area or when work is ongoing during the daytime hours. Motorists are urged to take alternate routes during the evening hours. Caltrans continues work on a $28 million project to replace the No. 3 and No. 4 lanes on Interstate 15 in and near Temecula from the Riverside/San Diego County line to just north of the Temecula Creek Bridge Monday through Friday, weather permitting. Lanes were

to remain open until Nov. 29 when the work near Temecula from the Riverside/San Diego County line to just north of the Temecula Creek Bridge takes place Monday to Friday. Highway 79 from Hemet along Florida Avenue to the Interstate 215 pedestrian safety work to build ramps at intersections and some sidewalks will be resumed by contracted Caltrans crews. Motorists should watch for lane direction signs and working crews. Motorists should also be aware that resurfacing is currently un-

derway between the Pechanga Parkway south to the Pala Highway where 15-minute delays may take place. Riverside County Transportation Commission reports work is continuing on improving Railroad Canyon Road and the I-15 interchange with some lane closures and lane redirections that will help improve the traffic flows into Lake Elsinore and east to Canyon Lake and Menifee. Be aware of the working crews. There will be other highway improvements taking place on the

Ramona Expressway from San Jacinto to the I-215 including rail replacements and resurfacing. Work is still continuing on Highway 60 from Beaumont to Moreno Valley to finish building new truck lanes to improve traffic flow by RCTC. Most lanes will remain open with occasional work on the Gilman Springs Road off-ramp. Signs warn that In all the highway construction areas California Highway Patrol violation tickets may be doubled. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

New Southern California Media Network offers advertisers 1.7 million engaged readers spanning from Newport Beach to San Diego and inland to Temecula Wine Country

Five hyper-local independent newspaper media groups combine to offer advertisers engaged print, online and social media audiences across 19 established brands SoCal Media Network, a newly formed alliance of independent community media news organizations, launched this week offering advertisers an opportunity to reach more than 1.7 million engaged readers of community newspapers, websites and social media channels. The network is comprised of five different independent publishers with 19 standalone publications, websites and social media platforms located in coastal South Orange County, North San Diego County, Temecula Valley Wine Country, Fallbrook and the greater San Diego area. The independent publishing groups in the SoCal Media Network are Firebrand Media, Picket

Fence Media, Reeder Media, Coast News Group and San Diego Community Newspaper Group. Newspapers covering Orange County include Newport Beach Independent, Laguna Beach Independent, Coastal Real Estate, San Clemente Times, Dana Point Times and The Capistrano Dispatch. Newspapers covering North San Diego County are The Coast News, The Inland Edition and Village News, which covers Fallbrook, Bonsall, Pala, Pauma, Rainbow and DeLuz. Reeder Media owned Valley News covers southwest Riverside County. Newspapers covering San Diego County are La Jolla Vil-

lage News, Beach & Bay Press, The Peninsula Beacon, Uptown News, Downtown News, Mission Times Courier, Mission Valley News, La Mesa Courier and College Times Courier. “As established, trusted, independent hyper-local media business operators, we know that audience engagement driven by original, unbiased news reporting coupled with scale across multiple platforms yields results for advertisers,” SoCal Media Network’s Norb Garrett, who is the CEO and Publisher of Picket Fence Media based in Capistrano Beach, said. “By creating this new network, we can offer local, regional and national advertisers a simple, one-stop, cost-effective

way to reach these highly desirable audiences through our award-winning media brands across print, digital, social and video.” Advertisers can place advertising network-wide directly through any of the five member organization’s sales staffs, who can be reached online by visiting the website www.socalmedianetwork.com. Additionally, the group announced the launch of “Explore SoCal,” a print and online staycation guide to Southern California featuring original content and distributed through all of the network’s 19 platforms including 350,000 print copies direct to current readers, news racks

and an expanded bonus distribution to key hotel operators in the markets. “I’m thrilled to align my brands with the other award-winning media brands in this new network,” Julie Reeder, SoCal Media Network member and owner and publisher of Valley News and Village News, said. “Many advertisers have sought effective ways to reach other key marketing areas in Southern California, and our new network now provides the very best media platforms through which to reach key audiences.” For more information, contact Reeder by email at jreeder@ reedermedia.com or by calling 760-723-7319.

324 people in Riverside Large-scale search fails to locate County receive improperly missing Fallbrook woman stored Pfizer vaccine from her home before, Seiver blue and dark blue) top with dark City News Service City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Staffers with the Riverside University Health System are working to contact more than 300 people who may have received doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that were improperly stored and possibly had reduced or lost potency, according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun. The agency said Friday, Nov. 26, that 324 Riverside County residents received Pfizer vaccine doses at two community health center sites that were stored in a freezer longer than the manufacturer recommends, the Desert Sun reported. The sites were at community health center sites in Jurupa Valley and Riverside, the newspaper said.

The vaccines were administered between Oct. 8 and Nov. 23 at the Jurupa Valley site, 8876 Mission Blvd., and between Oct. 23 and Nov. 23 at Riverside Neighborhood, 7140 Indiana Ave. Staff members discovered the error on Tuesday, Nov. 23. RUHS said the doses do not pose a danger, but may be less effective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that patients who receive incorrectly stored vaccines get a replacement dose as soon as possible. People who received a vaccine at the Jurupa Valley or Riverside sites can also call 800-945-6171 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday for more information.

Fallbrook Ace Hardware raises funds for community

Fallbrook Ace Hardware Assistant Manager Tresa Yada, left, FLC Executive Director Karla Standridge and FLC Chairman of the Board Susan Liebes, right, pose for a photo after the store raised more than $1,600 for community nonprofits. Valley News/Courtesy photo

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Ace Hardware held a “round up at the register” fundraiser for the Fallbrook Land Conservancy in October and raised over $1,600. Fallbrook Ace Hardware is committed to helping the community on many levels, having raised $1,600 for the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance, $2,028

for the Fallbrook Foundation for Senior Care and $1,200 for the REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship program. In addition to those local causes, Fallbrook Ace Hardware has also raised more than $2,500 year to date for Rady Children’s Hospital. Submitted by Fallbrook Land Conservancy.

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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department conducted an extensive search Saturday, Nov. 28, for an 83-year-old Fallbrook woman reported missing more than three weeks ago. Elena Roy’s husband, Chris Cataldo, told authorities she was last seen Nov. 3 in the 900 block of Woodcreek Drive, in Fallbrook, said sheriff’s Lt. Thomas Seiver. Roy suffers from dementia and has been known to walk away

said. The sheriff’s search and rescue volunteers conducted an all-day search of the Santa Margarita riverbed Saturday on foot, using offroad vehicles, dogs and drones, he said. They searched a shallow pond and a river in the area but could not locate Roy. She is white, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds. She has graying dark hair and wears glasses, according to deputies. Deputies say she was last seen wearing a tri-tone (white, light

pants. Cataldo told Village News that Roy, who prefers to go by her maiden name Lorea, has had “incrementally increasing dementia” over the past four or five years. “The only thing that matters to me is that she shows up, period,” Cataldo told Village News. Anyone with information was asked to call the Homicide Unit at 858-285-6330 or after hours at 858-565-5200. Anonymous tips can be phoned in to Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

Agua Caliente tribal trust land bill headed to Washington City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein, both D-Calif., announced plans to introduce legislation that would incorporate 2,500 acres of land in the San Jacinto Mountains into a trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The planned legislation, announced Tuesday, Nov. 22, would fulfill a 1999 agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians to acquire and exchange lands within the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument to allow these lands to be managed cooperatively between the two groups, according to officials. “This represents the final step in bringing approximately 2,560 acres of land owned by the tribe

into trust for the tribe and making those lands part of the reservation,’’ said Jeff L. Grubbe, chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. “These lands, when brought into trust, will improve land management that directly benefits ongoing management of trails, invasive species and endangered bighorn sheep habitat. In addition, this trust taking means the tribe will now manage conservation lands that have long-standing cultural and natural resource value to our people.” Land traditionally held by the tribe has been divided into even and odd parcels, known as a checkerboard, between the tribe, federal government and private landowners. According to officials, the tribe has been involved in land transfers over the last few decades with the United States government to consolidate and reclaim historically

and culturally valuable assets. “For generations, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have lived in what is now known as Coachella Valley and the San Jacinto mountains,” Padilla said. ``Enactment of this legislation would culminate a decadeslong endeavor between the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the federal government to finally allow the tribe to manage lands of cultural and historical importance to the Cahuilla people.” The legislation in the House will be introduced by Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Coachella. “I am committed to honoring the federal government’s trust responsibility to tribal governments,’’ said Ruiz. ``My bill, the Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act, fulfills an agreement between the federal government and Agua Caliente.”

California port, naval base vie to ease shipping congestion THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OXNARD (AP) – Officials are using a California naval base to help alleviate congestion at Los Angeles County ports in time for holiday shopping. The Ventura County Star reported Sunday that the Port of

Hueneme has an agreement with Naval Base Ventura County to use a wharf, two buildings and land inside the base. Base spokesman Drew Verbis says the wharf is typically used by the Navy to tie up warships. He says the joint-use agreement dates back to 2002 but this is the

first time in more than a decade that it has been activated. It was activated earlier this month. The goal is to help alleviate port congestion to the south. Ships have been waiting offshore to unload their goods at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Businesses luring employees along with customers this season Adam Beam THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FOLSOM (AP) – The Hampton Inn in Folsom, California, has 147 rooms, but General Manager Enid Baldock could only rent 117 of them recently because she did not have enough workers to clean them. “I was turning people away with 30 rooms (available). Ridiculous,” she said while stuffing bedsheets down a laundry chute to help out her skeleton housekeeping staff. At the Palladio, a nearby shopping center with 85 stores and restaurants just off a busy highway, businesses appeared more focused on attracting workers than customers as “now hiring” signs outnumbered Black Friday flyers. Mac, a cosmetic retailer, was advertising a $1,500 bonus for anyone who would agree to work full time. Businesses struggled to get through the Great Recession more than a decade ago with minimal staff because low demand forced them to lay off workers. But the opposite is playing out in the pandemic, this time with lots of demand but fewer workers willing to return following government-imposed lockdowns. Experts point to a number of factors, including the high cost of child care, more generous government benefits and lifestyle changes that have made workers less willing to accept the salaries and conditions of their old jobs. That has pushed up wages for some retail and restaurant jobs, but not enough to overcome the gap. “It changes people’s behavior the

longer that COVID persists,” Roy Kim, deputy director for workforce development with the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency, said. “The longer people can survive and make adjustments that way, it becomes life altering.” The labor shortage has played out in surprising ways across California, the nation’s most populous state with nearly 40 million residents that, were it an independent nation, would have the fifth largest economy in the world. Folsom, an affluent suburb of Sacramento, has a mix of big-name retailers that cater to upper middle class consumers and locally-owned restaurants and shops that line a traditional downtown corridor to create a cozy atmosphere for a town with roots stretching back to the Gold Rush. Many Valley tech workers The city is filled with young tech workers for companies like Intel, Micron and PowerSchool. Many of those workers switched to working from home during the pandemic, keeping their jobs and paying taxes that contributed to the record state budget surpluses. Sarah Aquino, the city’s vice mayor, had been focused on telling residents to spend money at local businesses. But now she’s telling them to take part-time jobs at their favorite businesses, going on local TV comparing it to Uncle Sam recruitment posters during World War I and the “Rosie the Riveter” icon representing women who went to work during World War II.

For her part, Aquino, an insurance broker with a flexible schedule, has taken a part-time job as a hostess at Back Bistro, a restaurant offering casual new American/Californian cuisine at the Palladio shopping complex. She takes reservations, seats people, cleans tables and folds napkins all while earning minimum wage, which, in California, is $14 per hour and growing. Aquino is careful not to call it “volunteer work,” since she is getting paid. But she now considers it her civic duty to cover four shifts a week to help one of her favorite restaurants stay open. Social media critics “Of course it’s not anything like, you know, asking people to fight in a war,” Aquino said, responding to some social media critics. “But (it’s) the idea of you’re doing it for somebody more than just yourself.” Folsom gets about a third of its revenue from sales taxes, and Aquino said the city took a $3 million hit during the pandemic when many businesses were closed. Aquino feared the city could suffer more if businesses had to reduce their hours because of a lack of workers, a fear made plain when she couldn’t buy her husband a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant that had to close at 2 p.m. because of a lack of employees. California has added an average of about 100,000 new jobs each month since February, but despite that blistering pace the state is still tied with Nevada for the nation’s highest unemployment rate. The state lost 2.7 million jobs in

Folsom Vice Mayor Sarah Aquino folds a napkin at Back Bistro in Folsom, California, Tuesday, Nov. 23. Aquino is an insurance broker but took a part-time job at one of her favorite local restaurants (AP Photo/Adam Beam) because they were struggling to hire people.

March and April 2020 after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order. Since then, California has added back about 1.8 million of those jobs, or just over 67%. More job opportunity “We’re talking here about job recovery, not growth,” Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, a group consisting of business executives from the state’s major employers, said. In September, California had more than 400,000 job openings, a 50% increase from that same month in 2019 before the pandemic. That’s why the state’s major employers believe California’s labor market likely

won’t reach pre-pandemic levels until the end of 2023. That’s a long time to wait for people like Kerri Howell, a Folsom city council member who is an engineer by training but opened a restaurant last summer at the height of the pandemic. Howell said she didn’t think the pandemic would last this long or that it would be this difficult to hire employees. She said they have six workers, but they need at least four more. “The chef and I are partners and we are here basically every hour that the restaurant is open, unless I have to go to a city council meeting,” she said. “The workplace for just about everybody has changed dramatically.”

Black Friday in Los Angeles County marred by multiple smashand-grab robberies City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A citywide tactical alert was lifted Saturday, Nov. 27, after a Black Friday marred by several more smash-and-grab robberies across Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Police Department issued the alert Friday night and called it off at around 2 a.m. Saturday. The department defines a tactical alert as enabling all available officers to respond to a criminal incident if necessary. As of 3:30 p.m. Saturday, the LAPD had not confirmed how many robberies took place on Friday, but KCAL9 reported that six smashand-grab robberies took place in

areas including the Fairfax district, Beverly Grove and Hancock Park. Additionally, a Home Depot in Lakewood was hit by a group of multiple suspects who took about $400 in tools that might have been intended for use in other planned robberies. A large group entered the Bottega Veneta store at 8445 Melrose Place, near Croft Avenue and the border with West Hollywood, and stole an unknown amount of items before fleeing Friday night, KCAL9 reported. In the Lakewood case, four suspects were in custody after being arrested in Beverly Hills, more than 30 miles away. Police received a call regarding several vehicles driving

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with no license plates near Beverly Drive and Dayton Way just after 9 p.m. Friday, Sgt. Jeff Newman of the Beverly Hills Police Department told City News Service. Officers stopped one of the vehicles and took the suspects into custody. “We’re currently working with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to see if there is a link to the Lakewood Home Depot incident or any other crimes that have been committed,” Newman said. The suspects were booked at the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station and items among the alleged stolen property were recovered, Lakewood city officials said Saturday. The city said the sheriff’s department will send more deputies out to patrol the mall and the city will share the costs. Officials added that they would ask District Attorney George Gascon to prosecute the suspects to the fullest extent of the law. Approximately eight males entered the store at the Lakewood Center mall at 7:46 p.m. Friday, walked directly to the tool aisle and stole various sledgehammers, crowbars and hammers valued at approximately $400, according to

Deputy Miguel Meza of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Store employees told Fox11 a group of up to 20 males between 15 and 20 years old pulled up to the store in as many as 10 cars, put on ski masks and began stealing sledgehammers and crowbars. “We tried to stop them,” worker Luis Romo told the station. “We closed the front entrance and they put their sledgehammers up and whoever got in the way, they were going to hurt them.” The group threatened one customer, “but he got away,” Romo said. Some of the suspects possibly entered a red Mercedes with severe damage to the front and fled, Meza said. Anyone with information about the robbery was encouraged to call the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station at 562-623-3500. Anonymous tips can be given to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org. A series of so-called “flash mob” or smash-and-grab robberies have taken place across Los Angeles County in the past week. On Wednesday, robbers attacked a security guard and stole designer handbags worth an estimated

$25,000 from the Nordstrom store at the Westfield Topanga mall in Canoga Park. Also Wednesday, “flash mob” suspects entered several stores in the Beverly Center and grabbed merchandise without paying and ran out, the LAPD said. Those crimes occurred two days after a smash-and-grab robbery by a mob of at least 20 people at the Nordstrom store at the upscale Grove shopping center in the Fairfax district Monday evening. The suspects in that robbery fled the scene in at least four vehicles. Three suspects were arrested in South Los Angeles following a chase. Officers recovered several items of clothing, at least one cash register and gloves from their vehicle. Also Monday, Nov. 22, at about 9:45 p.m., six suspects entered a CVS Pharmacy in the 5800 block of South Vermont Avenue in South Los Angeles and stole three cash registers, taking about $8,500 in cash, police said. Last Sunday, Nov. 21, storefront windows of the Louis Vuitton and Saks Fifth Avenue stores in Beverly Hills were smashed during attempted burglaries.

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In addition to a two-vehicle car accident and fire that has I-15 southbound freeway lanes closed (see related story), there were several other medical emergencies and accidents that kept North County Fire Protection District first responders busy this Thanksgiving. Despite these incidents, NCFPD PIO John Choi said they are thankful for community vigilance and that the fires were contained to vehicles. There was a solo vehicle fire that occurred at about 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 25, on the I-15 northbound offramp of SR 76. NCFPD crews arrived on the scene to find the vehicle pulled to the right-hand side and on fire. Earlier that day, NCFPD crews assisted a woman who got out of her car, slipped and was run over by her own vehicle. She was transported by air to Palomar Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Wednesday night there was a solo vehicle traffic accident on Camino Del Rey which sheared the power line pole and knocked out power to 2,635

residents for several hours before San Diego Gas and Electric was able to have the pole and lines fixed. According to Choi, SDGE emergency crews were on standby because of the fire danger, so calls to service power lines happened quickly. “We are thankful for our community members for really being careful as it pertains to fires and starting fires and being very conscientious about the dangers of fire in our communities,” Choi said. “We didn’t have any major fires or vegetation fires. It was a busy Thanksgiving working the front lines from severe medical emergencies to traffic collisions and vehicle fires, but we were able to keep all the fires contained to the vehicles without spreading to vegetation and we’re very grateful we didn’t have to evacuate our community this Thanksgiving Day during this Santa Ana Winds event. “However, we’re not out of the woods yet. … This round of Santa Ana Winds has really dried out our fuels and we now have single-digit relative humidity in our district so we are in critical fire danger and we need to remain vigilant,” he said.

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Virginia parents raise concerns over ‘extremely invasive’ survey that promotes ‘early sexualization’ ‘It’s normalizing really dark things’ Patricia Tolson THE EPOCH TIMES

Virginia parents are raising concerns over what they feel is an “extremely invasive” survey being given to school students that promotes “early sexualization.” According to its website, the Virginia Department of Health is conducting the survey “in collaboration with the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, with support from the Department of Education.” It is funded “through a ﬁve-year grant provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” “The Department of Health will be gathering information about the health risk behaviors of youth. The Virginia Youth Survey (VYS) has been developed to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults within the Commonwealth of Virginia. The survey is administered every odd year in randomly selected Virginia public schools.” Michael Leaser, director of external relations and community relations for The Family Foundation and resident of Fairfax County, Virginia, is concerned about the overreach of the survey. “For us, one of the core areas is parental rights,” Leaser told The Epoch Times. “From our perspective, parents bear the ultimate primary responsibility for the children’s education. We, as parents, permit public schools to educate our children, but it’s ultimately our responsibility. Frankly, for some of these questions we’re concerned about them even being asked. We think they’re a little too personal.” The middle school children survey asks questions many parents feel are invasive and/or subjective that could be easily misinterpreted by young children. One question Leaser cited asked the child if their parents ever “threatened, bullied you or teased” them. “Those words have diﬀerent implications,” Leaser said. He is also opposed to one question asking an eighth grader if they’re transgender. “Some kids may not even quite understand that kind of question so I’m concerned as a parent,” Leaser said. Cheryl Onderchain, a Loudoun County resident, chair for the Loudoun County chapter of Moms For Liberty, and parent of twin daughters in the Loudoun County Public Schools system, is also troubled by the survey. “Asking them about their gender, their feelings, and sexual questions like did you drink before having sex the last time? I mean, thanks for giving our teenagers ideas! There’s questions about

drugs, drug use, probably drugs my kids don’t even know what they are. Questions about their weight. I mean, way to give teenage girls a complex about their weight. Crazy,” Onderchain told The Epoch Times. “I don’t like it at all. I think it’s extremely invasive,” said Onderchain, adding that she has taken the step to opt her daughters out of taking the survey. “I did a little research on it and it looks like the Virginia Department of Health got a five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control,” Onderchain noted, “and based on the CDC’s behavior over the last 20 months I don’t trust them as far as I can throw them.” “I don’t know what the ulterior motives are,” Onderchain explained. “I don’t know why my children would be asked these types of questions. More importantly, what are they doing with this data? I don’t trust that this is an anonymous survey.” Onderchain said students are told not to put their names on the survey “and there is no spot” provided for a child to write their name, but it is her understanding “the students are asked to put their student ID on it, which makes it identiﬁable information.” “I worry about what they are doing with the data. I already don’t trust the schools with protecting student data when they’re using Chromebooks,” Onderchaid said. “I work in technology. Google isn’t a technology company. They’re a data company. So every day I wonder what kind of information they’re selling about my students. Are they creating a proﬁle for them? Are they selling this data to God knows who, including Google? I just think it’s extremely invasive.” Invasive questioning Questions on the high school survey are more invasive and graphic, asking teenage children numerous questions about suicide, forced sex, drugs and alcohol use by them and their parents. There are also innocuous questions like, do they eat green salads or drink fruit juice, followed by questions about their sexual preferences, how many sexual partners they’ve had and did they drink alcohol or do drugs before sex. “Why is that VDH’s business? I don’t need the Virginia Department of Health asking my kids such granular questions about sex and putting ideas in their head, asking them if they’ve ever had sex. Did they drink before having sex. How many sexual partners have they had. Have they ever had oral sex? I mean that’s appalling. My daughters are 15 years old. They’re still pretty innocent. I mean I don’t understand what this

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has to do with their schooling. I just don’t understand why these types of invasive questions would be asked and how it’s appropriate to administer a survey like this at school,” Onderchain added. Cassandra, a Fairfax County mom who spoke to The Epoch Times under the condition of anonymity, was shocked by the specificity of the questions on the survey. “It was shocking how specific they were,” she said, “like, ‘how many times in the last 30 days have you done cocaine? In the last year how many times have you done cocaine? In the last week how many times have you done cocaine?’ It was like beating the kids over the head with it and normalizing really odd behaviors you would not expect a really young child to be engaged in.” She was also disturbed by questions asking if the child had sex with “someone who hurts you” or “forces” them to have sex against their will. “It’s incredibly pushy and forcing a thought process on them that’s scary.” A Nation of Illiterates According to a recent study by the International Literacy Association, almost two-thirds of America’s fourth graders read below grade level, with the same number graduating high school still reading below grade level. This puts America’s children far behind those in countries like Japan, Canada, the Republic of Korea and the UK. Asked if she believes America’s illiteracy problem is a side effect of the education system’s transition from teaching to social engineering, Onderchain said “it absolutely is.” “And I think that a lot of these initiatives that have the word ‘equity’ in the tile is to cover up for the massive failure of public education in this country,” Onerchain added, “and that is why these teachers’ unions are so politicizing what children are taught because they’re covering for their own failures.” Maria Keffler of Arlington, Virginia, who has already pulled her children from the public school system, has also opted her children out of the survey. Keffler, an author, speaker, and teacher with a background in educational psychology, is also a cofounder of Advocates Protecting Children, Partners for Ethical Care and the Arlington Parent Coalition. “I opted out of the Virginia Youth Health Survey because so many of the questions that were on it regarding sexual behavior are not age-appropriate, especially for middle school kids but even high school kids,” Keffler told The Epoch Times. “Some of the questions on this survey, I found, were presumptive of sexual activity. The questions assume the kids are sexually active and I find that problematic, especially in the younger grades. A Barna Group survey found that sex education given in today’s public schools actually encourages them to become sexually active.” Teens speak out The study, Teens Speak Out, commissioned by Ascend and conducted by the Barna Group and released in 2016, asked 18- and 19-year-olds nearing graduation or who had already graduated high school a series of questions about sex and their thoughts regarding sex education classes. Among the key findings, nearly 30% of the teens surveyed said sex education classes made them feel like “sexual activity is an expectation.” This placed sex education in fifth place as a motivator to engage in sex, behind movies (60%), peers (55%), social or news media (51%) and music (40%). “For students who received Sexual Risk Reduction (SRR) or ‘comprehensive sex’ education, said the pressure to have sex was even more intense, with nearly 40% saying that sex seemed expected,” Ascend President and CEO Mary Anne Mosack told The Epoch Times. “What’s interesting is we found a lot of things really surprising in the survey, like why kids are waiting for sex,” Mosack said. According to the study, the pri-

Screen shots of questions from 2021 Virginia Middle School Youth Survey regarding whether or not they identify as transgender; about the child’s weight; how many sexual partners they’ve had; and how many times someone they dated or if an adult tried to force sex on them. (Patricia Tolson/The Epoch Times)

mary reason why some kids wait to have sex is they “are waiting for a committed relationship or because it’s not part of their personal values,” Mosack said. “We found that very interesting. The bottom two were ‘getting pregnant’ or ‘getting an STD,’ almost counterintuitive to what we think right now.” In addition, the study revealed that 21% of the male students said condom demonstrations made them feel more pressured to have sex. “That’s why when we share information on contraception, we share that contraception reduces the risk,” Mosack said. “It doesn’t eliminate the risk. Many students still operate under that myth that, ‘if I use a condom I’ll be safe.’ The only way to be 100% free of the physical and emotional fallout from early sexual activity is to not engage in it.” Schools should teach, not indoctrinate All of the parents who spoke to The Epoch Times on this matter reﬂected upon a time when schools taught subject matter such as reading, writing, math and science. Now they see schools shifting more toward social engineering, usurping parental rights and pushing Critical Race Theory under the new monikers of Social Emotional Learning and Culturally Responsive Education. “This is a problem that has been getting more and more egregious through the decades taking more and more license in the culture that seems to embolden,” Mosack said. She described that some of the survey questions being asked now seek to identify trends and identify risk behaviors, but at the same time they are inappropriately introducing topics like oral and anal sex, transgenderism and gender ﬂuidity, and the questions are asked in such a way that actually normalizes the behavior, especially for younger students. According to Mosack, questions about sexual activity to a child create an expectation and can cause more confusion than clarity in the mind of a 10-, 11- or 12-year-old. “Themes and topics they have never even thought about in regards to their own sexuality can become very invasive,” Mosack explained, “so I think what parents are mainly objecting to is the type of questions that are actually inappropriate, and they’re inappropriate not only because of age but because they are suggesting normalization.” According to Leaser, parents “outsource” the basics of a child’s education to schools, like reading, writing and arithmetic. But when it comes to “core questions about sexuality and relationships,” Leaser believes these sensitive matters should be reserved to a parent’s guidance and parents should “keep tabs on that” and not outsource that

to schools. “We’re concerned that public schools are going into areas that are a parent’s purview,” Leaser explained. “As a parent, we have the ultimate responsibility for our kid’s education, but we permit the schools, we allow the schools to educate our children in certain areas.” Onderchain added that “the last 20 months have been extremely eye-opening for me and for a lot of parents across the U.S. because when schools were shut down, parents had a chance to actually see what’s actually going on in their school system. We don’t like what we saw. I don’t like the politics being injected into my children’s education. They should go to school to learn math, science, history, how to write so they’re prepared for college. I’m so tired of our curriculum moving away from academic excellence and into indoctrination and talking about their feelings. They go to school to learn. At least they used to.” Michelle, a Fairfax County mother who spoke to The Epoch Times under the condition of anonymity, said she is particularly upset by the fact schools make parents take the extra step of opting out of questionable practices, such as these invasive and inappropriate surveys. “My view on this is you should actually be able to opt-in, rather than saying ‘your child is getting this unless you opt-out.’ This has nothing to do with academics. My children attend public schools for academics, to get a diploma so they can go onto college. That’s it. They don’t go to get indoctrinated or to take tests or surveys being used by other companies for who knows what.” ‘Early sexualization’ “These surveys are always done under the guise of education,” Mosack said. “But many times, education regarding this extremely sensitive and important topic for young people is done in such a way it’s geared more toward early sexualization than imparting information. Parents are really up in arms because they are introducing too much, too soon, and in a way that sexualizes and normalizes sex for young kids.” “I’m glad my daughter didn’t take it,” Cassandra confessed. “She has OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), and one of her obsessions is worrying about being harmed or raped. So if she had taken that (survey) it really would have put her in a bad place and it would have triggered her obsessions and worries. I’m the most liberal person in the world and I can’t believe I’m saying ‘NO! They should not be asking these kids these questions!’ It’s normalizing really dark things to them, drugs, harm … yeah.” Reprinted with permission.

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Biden restricts travel from 8 African countries over COVID-19 variant

President Joe Biden speaks during an announcement in Washington on Nov. 22, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)

Jack Phillips THE EPOCH TIMES

The United States restricted travel from South Africa and seven other African countries on Monday, Nov. 29, in a bid to control the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. A proclamation from Presi-

dent Joe Biden said travel will be curbed from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi in addition to South Africa. American citizens and lawful permanent residents will still be allowed to enter the United States from those countries. “It is the policy of my adminis-

tration to implement science-based public health measures, across all areas of the federal government, to act swiftly and aggressively to prevent further spread of the disease,” Biden said, adding that the move was recommended by health officials. Dr. Anthony Fauci was one of the officials who met with Biden before the proclamation was released, the president told reporters while on vacation in Massachusetts. The restrictions will remain in place until Biden decides to terminate them. The World Health Organization on Friday, Nov. 26, dubbed the new strain Omicron and described it as heavily mutated. The U.N. health agency said the variant may be able to reinfect individuals who were previously infected with COVID-19. The European Union, Israel, the UK, Japan and other countries announced Friday that similar travel restrictions will be placed

on southern African nations. In a statement, WHO said the variant, which was discovered in South Africa on Wednesday, has led to a rise of infections in the country. “The epidemiological situation in South Africa has been characterized by three distinct peaks in reported cases, the latest of which was predominantly the Delta variant,” WHO said in its statement. “In recent weeks, infections have increased steeply, coinciding with the detection of B.1.1.529 variant.” The U.N. health agency did not say whether common COVID-19 vaccines are effective against the Omicron variant. Some scientists have said that due to the number of mutations, the strain may be able to penetrate through vaccines. India, Turkey, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates also tightened travel curbs on Friday. But WHO officials said that travel restrictions may be premature. “It’s really important that there

are no knee-jerk responses here,” WHO’s emergencies director Mike Ryan said on Friday. Officials in Belgium said the Omicron variant was discovered in the country, possibly the first confirmed case in the European Union so far. Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke told a news conference that the variant was found in an individual who had developed symptoms and tested positive on Nov. 22. “It is a suspicious variant. We do not know if it is a very dangerous variant,” he told reporters. Worries about the impact the variant might have, including government-mandated lockdowns, sent stock markets spiraling on Friday. Such concerns especially caused stocks of airlines and others in the travel sector, and oil to tumble. Reuters contributed to this report. Reprinted with permission

Members of Congress meet with Taiwan’s President despite warnings from China to Taiwan, China’s embassy demanded we cancel the trip (we didn’t). We’ve had a productive and meaningful visit throughout the Indo-Pacific region as the first bipartisan US House delegation since the start of COVID. This is just the start,” Mace tweeted Friday. Slotkin said her office “received

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A bipartisan group of five members of Congress went to Taiwan to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen after serving food to U.S. troops on Thanksgiving, defying orders from China. Members of the House Ve t e r a n s A ff a i r s C o m m i t tee, including Chairman and Democratic California Rep. Mark Takano, Democratic Texas Rep. Colin Allred, Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, Democratic California Rep. Sara Jacobs and Democratic Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, served lunch to troops stationed in South Korea and threw a football around with them Thursday before heading to Taiwan.

Members of Congress meet with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen in this Fox News screen shot. Valley News/Courtesy photo

Since then, the group has met with Ing-wen, who released a statement after their meeting. “Taiwan will continue to step up cooperation with the United States in order to uphold our shared values of freedom and democracy and to ensure peace and stability

in the region,” Ing-wen said in a statement. Both Mace and Slotkin said previously that China had warned them not to go to Taiwan. Mace said China’s embassy demanded they cancel their trip. “When news broke of our visit

Wary, weary world slams doors shut, fearing omicron variant Raf Casert and Mari Yamaguchi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS (AP) – Taking an act-now-ask-questions-later approach, countries around the world slammed their doors shut again to try to keep the new omicron variant at bay Monday, Nov. 29, as more cases of the mutant coronavirus emerged and scientists raced to figure out just how dangerous it might be. Japan announced it would bar entry of all foreign visitors, joining Israel in doing so just days after the variant was identified by researchers in South Africa. Morocco banned all incoming flights. Other countries, including the U.S. and European Union members, have moved to prohibit travelers arriving from southern Africa. Travelers infected with the new version have turned up in a cascading number of countries over the past few days, and new cases in Portugal and Scotland have raised fears that the variant may already be spreading locally. “Many of us might think we are done with COVID-19. It’s not done with us,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, warned. The infections showed the near impossibility of keeping the genie in the bottle in a globalized world of travel and open borders. Yet, many tried to do just that, even against the urging of the WHO, which noted that border closings often have limited effect and can wreak havoc on lives and livelihoods. Some argued that such restrictions could provide valuable time to analyze the new variant. Little is known about it, including whether it is more contagious, more likely to cause serious illness or more able to evade the protection of vaccines. While the initial global response to COVID-19 was criticized as slow and haphazard, the reaction to the new variant came quickly. “This time the world showed it is learning,” EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, singling out South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for

praise. “South Africa’s analytic work and transparency and sharing its results was indispensable in allowing a swift global response. It no doubt saved many lives.” The WHO has praised Botswana as well as South Africa for quickly alerting the world to the presence of the new variant, and many have warned the countries should not be punished for their speed. But that did not hold von der Leyen back from successfully pushing the 27-nation EU to agree on a ban on flights from seven southern African nations over the weekend, similar to measures many other countries have taken. On Monday, EU members Spain and Poland followed through by announcing travel and quarantine restrictions. Cases had already been reported in EU nations Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands before Portuguese authorities identified 13 cases of omicron among team members of the Belenenses professional soccer club. Authorities reported that one member had recently traveled to South Africa. Its game against Benfica over the weekend had to be abandoned at halftime for lack of players. Quarantining also became an issue when Dutch military police had to arrest a husband and wife who left a hotel where they were being held after testing positive and boarded a plane bound for Spain. “Quarantine is not obligatory, but we assume people will act responsibly,” spokeswoman Petra Faber said. And after Scotland reported its first six cases, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned that “there might already be some community transmission of this variant.” Taking no chances, Japan, which has yet to detect any omicron cases, reimposed border controls that it eased earlier this month for shortterm business visitors, foreign students and workers. “We are taking the step as an emergency precaution to prevent a worst-case scenario in Japan,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. The new measures began Tuesday, Nov. 30. Israel likewise decided to bar entry to foreigners, and Morocco

said it would suspend all incoming flights for two weeks starting Monday, Nov. 29. Despite the global worry, scientists cautioned that it is still unclear whether omicron is more alarming than other versions of the virus that has killed more than 5 million people. And in some parts of the world, authorities were moving in the opposite direction. In Malaysia, officials went ahead with the partial reopening of a bridge connecting it to the citystate of Singapore. And New Zealand announced it will press ahead with plans to reopen internally after months of shutdown, though it is also restricting travel from nine southern African nations. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that she didn’t anticipate any further restrictions and that bars, restaurants and gyms in Auckland can reopen, ending a coronavirus lockdown that began in August. “We’ve come through the past two years of COVID in better shape than nearly anywhere in the world,” Ardern said, pointing to low death rates, a growing economy and high vaccination rates. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health in the United States, meanwhile, said no data as yet suggests the new variant causes more serious illness than previous versions. Collins echoed several experts in saying the news should make everyone redouble their efforts to use the tools the world already has, including mask-wearing. The U.S. is banning travel from South Africa and seven other southern African countries starting Monday, Nov. 29. “It’s going to give us a period of time to enhance our preparedness,” the United States’ top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said on ABC’s “This Week.” Fauci said it will take about two more weeks to have more definitive information on the transmissibility, severity and other characteristics of omicron, according to the White House. Yamaguchi reported from Tokyo. Associated Press journalists from around the world contributed to this report.

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Soboba Tribal Preschool celebrates Thanksgiving Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Soboba Tribal Preschool Director Donovan Post organized three days of luncheons at the Soboba Sports Complex, Nov. 15-17, in an effort to be cognizant of continuing pandemic concerns while allowing families to celebrate Thanksgiving together. Kindergarten students joined family members on the first day, prekindergarten children celebrated the second day and the final day was reserved for the preschool and junior preschool children and their family members. Each student got a table with six chairs to enjoy the individually boxed turkey lunch with all the fixings. Tables filled with sweet treats such as pumpkin pies, cookies and cupcakes were available for dessert. “We set up 25 tables about 10-feet apart each day, for safety reasons,” Post said. “We went with prepackaged meals instead of a buffet that included everything, right down to the cranberry sauce.” Aside from lunch and spending time together, the students treated guests to seasonal songs they had learned. On Nov. 16, the pre-kindergartners sang, “Thanksgiving Time is Here,” “Hello, Mr. Turkey, How Are You?” and more. The songs incorporated their classroom lessons about fall colors of red, yellow and brown. Each of the children had made a turkey hat in class and many wore them to the event. They also created a colorful turkey art project using their own handprint. Photo opportunities were offered with a fall-themed background set up in the lobby. The Nevarez family got to enjoy the fun twice as 5-year-old Charlie Mae Hunter had her special day, Nov. 16, and her sister, Penny Jo Hunter, 3, was invited the next day. Charlie Mae’s favorite part of the day was singing. Their mother, Emma Nevarez, said in 2020 she had three children attending the preschool but her eldest daughter, Betsy Lou, gradu-

ated from kindergarten in June. “I love our preschool,” Emma Nevarez said. “I think the staff is great; they always go over and beyond.” The girls’ grandfather, Mike Nevarez, said, “I love that in these times when we still need to be able to celebrate, we are given this opportunity to do so. It was also nice being served lunch by the preschool’s director, Mr. Post.” Brooklyn Goseyun, 5, started at the school this year. Her mother, Jaymie, said she loves the school because it’s culturally appropriate and teaches the students many different things. “The events they plan are good for the kids,” she said. Yolanda Valdez was enjoying spending time with her grandsons. Luciano Marquez, 5 is a prekindergartner, and his 4-year-old brother Eric was set to attend the event the next day. Younger brother, Malakai, 2, hasn’t started at the preschool yet. Their mother, Daylena Bentiste, said she likes the teachers and the fact the school helps children get involved with their tribe. “They need to know about their heritage; it’s important for them to know,” she said. Bentiste said she knew the words to all the songs her children performed because the boys practiced all the time at home. She said they enjoyed that part the most. Jena Davis, 4, has been at the preschool for two years. Her mother, Julie Resvaloso, said attending class online during the pandemic was difficult and it was her daughter’s first year of physically being in a classroom. “I’m always excited for her school events,” she said. “And I thought the food was delicious, especially the turkey.” Students will be out of school an entire week for the Thanksgiving holiday and will get a two-week break starting on Dec. 20. The school is planning a similar threeday Christmas celebration for its 65 students before their winter vacation.

Soboba Tribal Preschool students from the prekindergarten class perform songs for family members during a Thanksgiving celebration at the Soboba Sports Complex Tuesday, Nov. 16. Valley News/Courtesy photos

The Nevarez family enjoy a Thanksgiving luncheon at the Soboba Sports Complex, courtesy of the Soboba Tribal Preschool.

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ilton’s online calendar at http:// www.hamiltonbobcats.net/apps/ events/calendar/. Hamilton Museum – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays at 39991 Contreras Road in Anza. For more information, call 951-763-1350 or visit http:// www.hamiltonmuseum.org. Find them on Facebook at “HamiltonMuseum-and-Ranch-Foundation.” Health, exercise, resources and recovery meetings Fit after 50 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Friday mornings at Anza Community Hall. Free. Wear comfortable clothes and supportive shoes. Call or text instructor Teresa Hoehn, at 951-751-1462 for more information. Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – 6 p.m. Every Tuesday at Shepherd Of The Valley Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. Open participation. Veterans’ Gathering Mondays – 9-11 a.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 39075 Contreras Road, in Anza. Men and women veterans come to share and help each other deal with posttraumatic stress disorder and other difficulties. Call John Sheehan at 951-923-6153. If you need an advocate to help with VA benefits, call Ronnie Imel at 951-659-9884. The Most Excellent Way – Christ-centered recovery program for all kinds of addiction meets Fridays from 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 8-10 a.m. Program is court approved; child care is provided. Transportation help is available. The group meets at 58050 Highway 371; the cross street is Kirby Road in Anza. AA Men’s Meeting – 7 p.m. Meetings take place Thursdays at 39551 Kirby Road in Anza, south of Highway 371. Alcoholics Anonymous – 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road in Anza. For more information, call 951763-4226. Bereaved Parents of the USA – The Aguanga-Anza Chapter of BPUSA will hold its meetings 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 at 56630,Hwy 371. Medication Assistance and Treatment for Opioid Dependence – Get treatment for heroin addiction. Transportation to the clinic is provided. For more information, contact Borrego Health’s Anza Community Health Center, 58581 Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call 951-7634759. Food ministries F.U.N. Group weekly food ministry – Deliveries arrive noon Thursdays at the Anza Community Hall. To order a paid box and help feed those who can’t afford to pay, drop off payment and cash donations by Thursday at

1:30 p.m., to ERA Excel Realty, 56070 Highway 371, in Anza. Pay inside or drop off during the day in the red box outside. To drop it off, put name and request on an envelope with payment inside. A $30 box has about $100 worth of food and feeds six people. Half boxes are available for $15. Food is delivered once a week to those who cannot find a ride. For more information, call Bill Donahue at 951-288-0903. Living Hope Christian Fellowship Community Dinner – 1 p.m. Dinners are held the last Sunday of the month at the Anza Community Hall. All are welcome. Donations of time, money, etc. are always welcome. Food for the Faithful – 8 a.m. The food bank hands out food the last Friday of the month until the food is gone. The clothes closet will be open too. Emergency food handed out as needed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. FFF is a non-denominational nonprofit. All in need are welcome; call Esther Barragan at 951-763-5636. Bible Studies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anza – Sunday Sacrament is held 10 a.m.; Sunday School is 11 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society meets noon; Wednesday Boy Scouts gathers 6 p.m. and Youth Night is 7 p.m. For more information, call Ruiz at 951-445-7180 or Nathan at 760-399-0727. The Wednesday Genealogy/Family History Class, 5-8 p.m., is open to the public at 39075 Contreras Road in Anza. Native Lighthouse Fellowship – 10 a.m. The group meets the first Saturday of the month, and breakfast is served. All are welcome to fellowship together at the “Tribal Hall” below the casino in Anza. For more information, call Nella Heredia at 951-763-0856. Living Hope Bible Study – 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Kevin at 951-763-1111. Anza RV Clubhouse – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza. Monthly Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9 a.m. Breakfast takes place the fourth Saturday of each month and rotates to different locations. Contact Jeff Crawley at 951763-1257 for more information. Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – 10 a.m. Weekly Wednesday Bible study takes place at 56095 Pena Road in Anza. Call 951-763-4226 for more information. Valley Gospel Chapel – 7 a.m. Saturday Men’s Study meets weekly with breakfast usually served at 43275 Chapman Road in the Terwilliger area of Anza. For more information, call 951763-4622. Anza First Southern Baptist Church – 9 a.m. The church offers Sunday school for all ages with a 10:30 a.m. worship service and 6 p.m. for prayer and Bible study. Youth ministry meets Mondays from 6-8 p.m. The women’s Bible study meets Thursdays at 10 a.m., but it is on hiatus through

the summer. Celebrate Recovery meets Fridays; doors open at 5:30 p.m. with large group meeting, 6-7 p.m.; small group share, 7-8 p.m. and Cross Talk Cafe, 8-8:30 p.m. Church is located at 39200 Rolling Hills Road in Anza. For more information, contact at 951-7634937, anzabptistchurch@gmail. com or http://www.anzabaptistchurch.com. Clubs TOPS Meeting – Take Off Pounds Sensibly support group meets Wednesdays weekly. Weigh in at 8:30 a.m., meeting at 8:45 a.m. at Thompson Hall at the Anza Baptist Church, 39200 Rolling Hills Road, in Anza. For more information, 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 has been reinstated and is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. The group is working on securing a new venue for meetings. Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club of Anza Valley Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/LionsofAnzaValley. For more information, email president Greg Sandling at President.AnzaLions@ gmail.com or Chris Skinner at Secretary.AnzaLions@gmail.com. Boy Scouts Troop 319 – Cub Scouts meet 6 p.m. every Tuesday, and Boy Scouts meet 7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Contreras Road, south of state Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call Richard Hotchkiss

at 951-551-3154. Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call Ginny Kinser at 909-702-7902. Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call squadron commander Maj. Dennis Sheehan from the Anza area at 951-403-4940. To learn more and see the club’s meeting schedule, visit http://www.squadron59.org. Fire Explorer Program – 6 p.m. The program meets every second, third and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fire Station 29 on state Route 371 in Anza. Call 951763-5611 for information. Redshank Riders – 7 p.m. Backcountry horsemen meet at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Anza, the second Thursday of each month. Visit http://www. redshankriders.com or call Carol Schmuhl for membership information at 951-663-6763. Anza Thimble Club – The club meets the first Thursday of the month at Valley Gospel Chapel, 43275 Chapman Road in Anza. The social hour is 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon. Contact Carol Wright at 951-763-2884 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.

One dead, one injured in Aguanga collision City News Service SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK

One person is dead and another person is injured after two vehicles collided head-on in Aguanga Wednesday, Nov. 23. David Land, 73, of Anza, was killed in the crash that was first reported at 5:29 a.m. in the area of Highway 79 and Sage Road,

according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. Emergency responders found one person dead and another in need of helicopter transport to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries. The cause of the crash was under investigation by California Highway Patrol officers.

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Lions Club of Anza announces first meeting Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The newly reinstated Lions Club of Anza’s president Greg Sandling announced the group’s first meeting Monday, Dec. 6, at the Anza Community Hall on Highway 371. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served, Sandling said. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. “I’m hoping the new members will all be there,” Sandling said. “There’s about 18 people so far. I have been receiving a huge outpouring of support from the entire community. We are inviting everyone that would like to attend and possibly join the club.” Newly added members of the reinstated club have been busy reorganizing and assessing the Lions field for needed repairs and maintenance. Sandling announced Monday, Oct. 25, that with assistance from community members, Lions Club International, Lions Club District Governor 4-L5, and Lions Club District MD-4, reinstatement of the Anza Lions Club was well underway. “We paid our three-year delinquent dues and filed reinstatement

paperwork since our club had been officially canceled,” he said. At one time, Lions Club of Anza Valley had the most memberships of all the Lions Clubs in California. Numbers have dwindled in recent years due to alleged mismanagement of the local club, officials reported. “We are very excited to get the real Lions Club up and running and back to serving our community,” Sandling said. The members have nominated, voted and elected new officers and now have an approved board of directors. These actions were done under the direction and instructions of Lions Club International and the club’s district governor. “We hope that all of Anza will come and join us. All are welcome to apply for membership. Our town needs its Lions Club and we are here now with full transparency,” Sandling said. The new Lions Club of Anza Valley officers are President Greg Sandling, President.AnzaLions@ gmail.com; Secretary Chris Skinner, Secretary.AnzaLions@gmail. com; Treasurer Marlo Larsen, Treasurer.AnzaLions@gmail.com; Membership Chairman Dennis McQueary; Safety Officer Paula

Volunteers make sure everyone has what they need at Living Hope Church’s free Thanksgiving meal Thursday, Nov. 25, at the Community Hall in Anza. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photos

The Lions Club of Anza will be working to reinstate the monthly gymkhana and other traditional activities in Anza. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo

McQueary; Tail Twister Ian Evans and Service Chairman Niel McQueary. Support for the new board has been overwhelming in the com-

munity and the town is awaiting to see how they will serve the community. For more information regarding the Lions Club, email Greg

Sandling at President.AnzaLions@ gmail.com. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

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munity Hall door and directed to the buffet style line and given plates to be loaded with food. “I love how the community comes together for Thanksgiving,” Anza resident GeriLyn Blanton Mellin said. “We appreciate that our Thanksgiving tradition is still going strong. When we first moved to town, it was literally the day before Thanksgiving, and we were not prepared at all. But luckily we had the opportunity to have a nice traditional Thanksgiving meal with our community. All these years later, it has only gotten better.”

The community is welcome to attend free events at the Community Hall, 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. While offered at no cost to anyone and everyone, the community meal organizers accept donations of food or funds. To contact Living Hope Christian Fellowship of Anza, visit h t t p : / / w w w. f a c e b o o k . com/Living-Hope-Anza-268791509833485/ or http:// www.livinghopeanza.com. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

even the musicians, a violinist, guitarist and keyboardist.” The musical trio performed classical compositions as background music for the Thanksgiving feast. “Some Olivet helpers were returning volunteers from community meals in the past. All stayed through to the end to help clean up. For most of them, it was their first American Thanksgiving meal,” Ahrens said. Douglas Nam from Olivet Academy said, “This was so much fun.” Guests were greeted at the Com-

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Salmonella in backyard chicken flocks can cause concern

Backyard chicken flocks can carry salmonella germs that can make people sick. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo

Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Living in the Anza Valley means a rural lifestyle, and often that includes livestock and poultry. Ask

anyone that raises chickens and they will often admit they consider them their favorites. Easy to feed and shelter, chickens provide eggs, meat and entertainment. However, any backyard poultry

can carry salmonella germs that can cause illness in humans. Owners must take steps to prevent any infection in the flock. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked into outbreaks of salmonella linked to backyard poultry. This year’s investigation has been completed, but the information garnered is valuable. The investigation revealed 1,135 illnesses due to salmonella in backyard flocks, 273 hospitalizations and two deaths in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The investigation is now closed. Chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks can carry salmonella even if they look healthy and clean. The bacteria can easily spread in the areas where these poultry are housed. People can become ill from handling poultry or items in the birds’ living quarters and then touching their mouth or food and thus swallowing salmonella germs. Bird owners must remember to always wash their hands with soap and water right after handing backyard poultry, eggs or

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tion and those that voluntarily participate in the USDA’s National Poultry Improvement Plan U.S. salmonella. Children younger than 5 years old should not touch chicks, ducklings, goslings or poults. Young children are more likely to become ill from bacteria like salmonella, advises the CDC. Most people that become infected with salmonella may suffer from diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. Symptoms usually start six hours to six days after swallowing the bacteria. Victims most times recover without any treatment in four to seven days, but others, especially children younger than 5 years old, adults 65 years and older, and people with weakened immune systems, may experience more severe symptoms that require medical treatment or hospitalization. Poultry are a staple in rural living. Make sure your flock is disease-free and thriving. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

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can be found secondhand. These name brands were kitchen staples for generations. The trick is to find examples in excellent condition, so they may be given and treasured for a lifetime. Some pieces have become so popular that they can command high prices, but some deals can still be found. New toys New in-the-box toys can be found at thrift stores at very affordable prices. Baby toys are especially popular. Jewelry Nowhere else will shoppers find as extensive an offering of interesting costume jewelry as you will at a thrift store. Brooches, necklaces, bracelets and rings can all be found at competitive prices. Some may even be vintage and collectible as well as pretty. Accessories Vintage purses, belts and scarves are common finds at secondhand outlets and can be had in excellent condition. Even high end designer brand names can be found at a fraction of the price that they cost when new. Other places to find affordable gift ideas are online. Craigslist, eBay, Amazon, Facebook and many other sales websites offer low prices for just about anything. But planning must include shipping times and possible delays from some of these sources, especially in these uncertain times. Shopping thrifts and swap meets is fun and almost anything can be found, even things for that hard-toshop-for person. Be creative and flexible. Most people welcome gifts that are out of the ordinary and that reflect a true effort on the part of the gift giver. It is always the thought that counts, according to the idiom. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia.com.

be considered. Here are some things that are acceptable to give as gifts that can please anyone on the annual holiday list. Art Limited edition prints, framed originals and classic lithographs are welcomed collectible gifts for art and home decor enthusiasts. Even eclectic frames can be purchased and family pictures inserted for a unique gift. Collectibles Some people collect certain things, such as elephant or cat figurines, first edition novels or shells. These collectors would be delighted with thrift store finds to expand their hoard. Many of the items that are available may actually be out of production and found nowhere else. Baskets One of the most creative things to do is design a simple gift basket. Select items that are coordinated to a person’s interests, and shop thrift stores, swap meets and dollar stores for enough items to fill the basket. High-quality Longaberger baskets can be found at affordable prices and loaded with such things as themed books, knickknacks, craft items, even non-perishable foods. Holiday decorations Many new-in-the-box decor like garlands, lights, figurines and ornaments can be purchased at thrift stores and yard sales. Oftentimes people move these things along as they declutter year after year. These new items end up at secondhand stores and other outlets at deeply discounted prices. Vintage kitchenware Many people love the feel and nostalgia that come with kitchen items from the earlier days of their childhood. Old name brands such as Fire King, Pyrex and Griswold

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Civil rights groups sue feds over detention of Riverside County man Fred Shuster CITY NEWS SERVICE

Two civil rights groups Tuesday, Nov. 22, sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on behalf of a Riverside County man who allegedly was unlawfully transferred to an immigration lockup for deportation proceedings even though he is a citizen. Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California filed the federal lawsuit in Los Angeles on behalf of Brian Bukle, 62, of Corona. The lawsuit alleged that California Department of Corrections

and Rehabilitation officials handed Bukle over to ICE June 17, 2020, at a time when immigration detention centers were in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak. The transfer took place just as Bukle expected to be released from state prison after completing a five-year term for assault, his attorney said. Bukle spent over four weeks at an ICE facility in Bakersfield before the agency acknowledged he was a U.S. citizen and his deportation case was tossed, according to the lawsuit. An ICE representative said the agency does not comment on pending litigation. “ICE and CDCR didn’t care

about me or my life,” Bukle said in a statement released by his lawyers. “After I served my sentence I thought I would be going home to see my son for Father’s Day. Instead, I came this close to being deported and losing everything, a nightmare that has stayed with me to this day. CDCR and ICE continually harm Black and immigrant families whether or not we are U.S. citizens.” The complaint – seeking unspecified damages – alleged false arrest and imprisonment, malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence. The civil rights groups allege that transferring people to ICE

detention violates the Eighth and 14th Amendments, and that state officials’ coordination with ICE in other ways – such as permitting an ICE private contractor to arrest people at state facilities and accepting ICE detainers based on error-ridden databases – violates state and federal law. Bukle was the subject of an ICE detainer based on information from the agency’s electronic databases, which are “notoriously riddled with errors,” according to ACLU NorCal. Attorneys for the civil rights groups contend that after Bukle was transferred to the Mesa Verde Detention Facility, an immigration judge and detention facility staff

urged him to sign paperwork consenting to his deportation, despite the fact that he is a U.S. citizen and has made a home and raised a family in this country. After 36 days, ICE released him, acknowledging that he should not have been in immigration detention, according to the lawsuit. “ICE has continually flouted its obligations under the Constitution and internal policies to avoid arresting U.S. citizens, resulting in Mr. Bukle and others like him being detained in dangerous and lifethreatening conditions for weeks or months at a time,” Vasudha Talla, immigrants’ rights program director at the ACLU NorCal, said.

Death of 25-year-old man Lawyers for local Cosby accuser in Perris ruled a homicide seek to limit comedian’s access to They arrived minutes later and medical information City News Service found an unconscious man with SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS Authorities Saturday, Nov. 27, were investigating the homicide of a 25-year-old man in Perris. Deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at 1:51a.m. Friday in the 4000 block of North Perris Boulevard, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

unspecified traumatic injuries, Sgt. Richard Carroll said. Despite lifesaving efforts by first responders, the man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Carroll. The Riverside County coroner’s office later identified the victim as George Torres of Moreno Valley. Authorities did not disclose further details.

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LANCASTER (AP) – Four children and a woman were found shot to death in a Southern California home and a man believed to be the children’s father was detained, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The victims were found Sunday night, Nov. 28, in a home in the city of Lancaster in the high desert of Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles, the department said in a statement. Deputies found a woman, a girl and three boys with gunshot wounds to the upper torso and paramedics pronounced all of them dead at the scene, the department said. All the children were under the age of 12. The man believed to be the children’s father was detained after he

showed up at the lobby of the Lancaster sheriff’s station and was being interviewed by investigators, the department said. The sheriff’s statement did not disclose when he arrived at the station or what reason he gave for going there. Deputy Juanita Navarro, a department spokesperson, said such interviews can take several hours and it was not known if the man had been arrested. The identities of the victims and the man believed to be the children’s father were not immediately made public. Deputies went to the home because of a “rescue responding” call. Navarro said that is a code that means paramedics have been dispatched to a location.

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Lawyers for a Riverside County woman who filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Bill Cosby will get a hearing next month on their request to limit the extent the comedian’s attorneys can examine the plaintiff’s medical background. Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan is scheduled to hold a hearing Dec. 14 regarding a subpoena Cosby’s attorneys served on a physician who treated plaintiff Judy Huth, seeking all information related to her medical background. He is identified in Huth’s court papers only as Dr. A.F. “While plaintiff acknowledges that the defendant may be entitled to some of Dr. A.F’s records, the subpoena is so broad as to require production of documents containing private medical informa-

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tion to which the defendant is not entitled,” Huth’s attorneys argued in their court papers Cosby’s records subpoena “appears to call for production of private information that is not directly related to the lawsuit (damages), private information for which there is no compelling need for discovery, private information that is statutorily prohibited from discovery and/ or private information that is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible information,” Huth’s lawyers said in their papers. Huth’s lawyers are asking that the medical records be delivered to Cosby’s chosen copying service in response to the subpoena, but that the copies be then given to the plaintiff’s attorneys for review so they can determine if they object to portions of the information being turned over to the defense. Any disputes would

be resolved by the judge. Huth, 63, who lives in the gated community of Canyon Lake, sued Cosby in 2014. She alleged that in 1974, when she was 15 years old, Cosby invited her and a 16-year-old friend into a house where he convinced her to drink a beer for every game of pool he won. Huth alleged he later took her and her friend to the Playboy Mansion, where he allegedly molested her in a bedroom. Cosby was previously convicted in a retrial in Pennsylvania of allegations that he drugged and molested Temple University employee Andrea Constand and sentenced in 2018 to 10 years in prison, but that state’s Supreme Court in June overturned the conviction after finding he had obtained a non-prosecution agreement from a previous prosecutor.

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facebook.com/AnzaValleyArtists/. To learn more about Emerald Creek Winery, visit http://www. emeraldcreekwinery.com/. Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

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Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles visits Congregation B’nai Chaim Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta hosted a special presentation by Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Dr. Hillel Newman who serves as the Senior Representative of the State of Israel to the Pacific Southwest. The event was sponsored by the Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley, along with the Synagogues of Southwest Riverside County. A reception was held before the presentation allowing Newman to meet local dignitaries including members of both Murrieta and Temecula city councils as well as local rabbis and pastors. Irv Michlin, who serves as the vice president of the Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley, welcomed those in attendance to the town hall meeting and brought attention to the model of the Holocaust Education Memorial kept at the back of the sanctuary. Michlin said that the mission of the memorial was to provide education regarding the Holocaust to school children and adults to help ensure that the atrocities of the Holocaust not be repeated. This mission will be ongoing and not end with the construction phase. D’var Torah given by Rabbi Stephen Epstein of Temple Sholom in Ontario and Murrieta City Councilmember Jonathan Ingram introduced Newman who gave an overview of what is happening in Israel, including both challenges as well as opportunities. Newman spoke for about 20 minutes and then answered questions for nearly two hours. During his presentation Newman spoke of the need to be constantly vigilant of Hamas, the recent war with Hamas and terrorism in general as well as Antisemitism in Los

Angeles and conflict and the need to respond based on facts, rather than opinion. While he spoke on anti-Semitism, Newman told a story about anti-Semitism in Los Angeles where couple having dinner at a sushi restaurant were confronted by terrorists who asked who in the restaurant was Jewish. Three couples stood up, he said, and were murdered on the spot. After the murders, it was discovered that one of the couples who stood were not Jewish but stood to show their support for the Jewish people and against terrorism. Mention was also made of the Tree of Life and Chabad Poway incidents as well as what happened in Charlottesville. During the question and answer session, Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley President Randy Denham addressed the issue of Israel being a peaceful nation and the fear many Palestinians have of Hamas. “Israel has always sought peace, but often found that their adversaries were not always sincere,” Denham said. “It is critical that one be vigilant and act with kindness and sincerity where possible and action when necessary. Many Palestinians would support peace if it wasn’t for fear of Hamas. “Given that the Abraham accords have had great impact in Israel, how have recent developments with Morocco where a joint commitment to construct an air base together with conjoint operations announced yesterday, impact the accords and Israel,” Denham asked. “Also given the recent military coup in Sudan and then the military reestablishing the president back to his position with conditions, how does this impact Israel and the accords?” Newman’s response centered on the importance and opportunity that Israel has to educate and form

the two countries have a solid relationship, it was not up to Israel to be engaged in solving problems that are unique to the United States. “The United States has no better friend than Israel and Israel has no better friend than the United States,” Newman said. Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia. com. ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK LEGAL NOTICES

From left, Murrieta City Councilmember Jonathan Ingram, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Dr. Hillel Newman, Murrieta City Councilmember Lori Stone and Temecula City Councilmember Jessica Alexander pose for a photo during a reception held before a Town Hall meeting with Newman at Congregation B’nai Chaim Sunday, Nov. 21. Valley News/Courtesy photo

positive relationships with former countries who were at best potential enemies. Newman also addressed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Abraham Accords, the threat Iran poses to Israel and to peace throughout the Middle East, how technology had affected Israel in positive ways, education

and its importance to Israeli defense and how the Murrieta Holocaust Memorial intends to be active in teaching about the Holocaust by working in partnership with other museums in the United States. Several attendees posed questions that dealt with U.S. domestic issues, and Newman emphasized that while

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112982 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EZIONY CONSTRUCTION 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 Republished: December 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 Business name was incomplete in original publication.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE RATE APPLICATION OF ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. (DOCKET NO. E-01773A-21-0298) Summary The Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (“AEPCO” or “Cooperative”), a not-for-profit electric generation and transmission cooperative, serving the wholesale power, energy, and transmission needs of three all-requirements members comprised of Anza Electric Cooperative, Inc., Duncan Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Graham County Electric Cooperative, Inc. and three Arizona Class A partial-requirements members comprised of Mohave Electric Cooperative, Inc., Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Trico Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. AEPCO also provides transmission to various other classes of customers. On September 1, 2021, AEPCO filed a rate application with the Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”). The Cooperative requests an 8.51 percent increase in generation revenues and a 2.89 percent increase in transmission revenues, resulting in an overall 7.35 percent increase in revenue requirements on a consolidated basis. The requested increases are anticipated to produce an overall net margin of approximately $4.7 million, a Debt Service Coverage ratio of 1.33, and a Times Interest Earned Ratio of 1.86 on a consolidated basis. AEPCO’s application includes proposed revisions in its generation rate design and cost allocation structure. AEPCO also requests continuation and modification of its existing Purchased Power and Fuel Adjustor Clause (“PPFAC”), Environmental Compliance Adjustment Rider (“ECAR”), and Network Transmission Revenue Adjustor (“TRA”). The impact of AEPCO’s wholesale rates on the retail customer rates of its member cooperatives is difficult to estimate because AEPCO’s cooperative members have different retail rate levels and structures. If you have any questions concerning how the Cooperative’s rate proposal will affect your bill or have other substantive questions about the application, you may contact the Cooperative at: Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., 1000 South Highway 80, Benson, Arizona 85602; (520) 586-5465, or by email to goldfather@azgt.coop or jdwallace@azgt.coop. NEITHER THE COMMISSION’S UTILITIES DIVISION STAFF (“STAFF”) NOR ANY INTERVENOR HAS YET MADE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING AEPCO’S APPLICATION. THE COMMISSION IS NOT BOUND BY THE PROPOSALS MADE BY AEPCO, STAFF, OR ANY INTERVENORS. THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE RELIEF TO BE GRANTED IN RESPONSE TO AEPCO’S APPLICATION BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THIS MATTER. THE FINAL RATES APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION MAY BE HIGHER, LOWER, OR DIFFERENT THAN THE RATES PROPOSED BY AEPCO OR BY OTHER PARTIES. How You Can View or Obtain a Copy of the Application Copies of the application are available from AEPCO at 1000 South Highway 80, Benson, Arizona 85602; at the Commission’s Docket Control Center, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, and its Tucson offices, 400 West Congress, Suite 218, Tucson, Arizona, during regular business hours; and at the Commission’s website, www.azcc.gov using the e-Docket function. Arizona Corporation Commission Public Hearing Information The Commission will hold a hearing on this matter beginning August 15, 2022, and continuing August 18 and 19, 2022, as needed, at the Commission’s offices, 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona. Public comment will be held telephonically only. Public comments will be taken telephonically at the beginning of the first day of hearing. To provide telephonic public comment, call 1-866-705-2554 and enter this code: 241497#, by 10:00 a.m. on the date of the hearing. Written public comments may be submitted by mailing a letter referencing Docket No. E-01773A-21-0298 to: Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Services Section, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007, or by submitting comments on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) using “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Make a Public Comment in a Docket.” If you require assistance, you may contact the Consumer Services Section at 602-542-4251 or 1-800-222-7000. If you do not intervene in this proceeding, you will receive no further notice of the proceedings in this docket unless you sign up to Follow the Docket. However, all documents filed in this docket are available online (usually within 24 hours after docketing) at the Commission’s website (www. azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function. Information on how to Follow a Docket is available on the Commission’s website by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Follow a Docket or Document Type.” About Intervention The law provides for an open public hearing at which, under appropriate circumstances, interested persons may intervene. An interested person may be granted intervention if the outcome of the case will directly and substantially impact the person, and the person’s intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case. Intervention, among other things, entitles a party to present sworn evidence at hearing and to cross-examine other parties’ witnesses. Intervention is not required for you to appear at the hearing and provide public comment, to file written comments in the record of the case, or to receive emailed notice of each filing made in the case by following the docket. Information about what intervention means, including an explanation of the rights and responsibilities of an intervenor, is available on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and then clicking on “Intervene in a Case.” The information includes a Sample Intervention Request and a Fillable Intervention Request Form. To request intervention, you must file a written request to intervene, either (a) by filing a hard copy request (meeting filing requirements) with Docket Control (Docket Control, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona 85007), or by (b) by eFiling the request. Your request must be filed or eFiled no later than January 7, 2022. Instructions and restrictions for eFiling are available on the Commission’s website at http://azcc.gov/hearing/efile-for-utilities-instruction. You also must serve a copy of the request to intervene on each party of record, on the same day that you file the request to intervene with the Commission. Your request to intervene must contain the information below: 1. Your name, address, and telephone number; 2. The docket number for the case in which you are requesting to intervene; 3. A short statement explaining: a. Your interest in the proceeding (e.g., a member/customer of the Cooperative, etc.); b. How you will be directly and substantially affected by the outcome of the case; and c. Why your intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case; 4. A statement certifying that you have sent a copy of your request to intervene to AEPCO or its counsel and to all parties of record in the case; and 5. If you are not represented by an attorney who is an active member of the Arizona State Bar, and you are not representing yourself as an individual, sufficient information and any appropriate documentation to demonstrate compliance with Arizona Supreme Court Rules 31, 38, 39, and 42, as applicable. This only applies if you are NOT representing yourself and you are not a licensed attorney. The granting of motions to intervene is governed by A.A.C. R14-3-105, except that all motions to intervene must be filed on or before January 7, 2022. ADA/Equal Access Information The Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to its public meetings. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, as well as request this document in an alternative format, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, Carolyn Buck, E-mail ADACoordinator@azcc.gov, voice phone number 602-542-2247. Requests should be made as early as possible and no later than 48 hours in advance of the event to allow time to arrange the accommodation. Published: December 3, 2021

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Trying to understand Medicare Joe Naiman WRITER

On the three consecutive days before Thanksgiving, I received calls each day from telephone scammers claiming to be senior benefits representatives. A couple of them knew my name, and if they obtained data on me, they should have had my age and known I wasn’t old enough for Medicare. The United States government considers a senior citizen to be 65 or over. The Professional Golfers Association considers a senior to be 50 or older. If whatever government agency is in charge of Medicare has one-stroke penalties instead of fines for violations, I’ll apply for Medicare. I respect immigrants and tourists trying to learn the English language but not telemarketers who use callers I can’t understand. I may mock a New York or Boston accent (and they will likely make fun of my Southern California accent, fer sure), but I will try to accommodate a legitimate foreign accent. Telemarketers, however, are fair game. That should be true especially for anyone calling about senior benefits. Haven’t they figured out that older people have more trouble hearing? If they’re playing the game that I’m old enough to have Medicare, I can play the game that I misunderstand their lack of oral clarity. Since I don’t have Medicare, I also have no idea what Part A or Part B are. The caller merely asks whether I have them and doesn’t explain those parts of Medicare. When the Monday caller asked if I have Part A or Part B, I took advantage of his accent. “If Gretchen Wilson is here for the party, it doesn’t matter whether we put up our Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving, because she keeps her Christmas lights on her front porch all year long.” He hung up on me. The Tuesday caller told me I would be sent a new Medicare card because my Medicare card was expiring. He asked if I had my red,

white, and blue Medicare card. I responded: “What red, white, and blue Medicare card?” He insisted that I had one, so I told him I’d get it. Since I rely on bartenders more than doctors, a bar tab credit should be a suitable substitute. The karaoke bar a mile and a half from my house has a trivia contest Thursday nights and the winner receives a $200 bar tab. Each customer picks a number from 1 to 100, so if there is a tie for correct answers among the 10 questions whoever picked the number closest to what the bar picks win. The karaoke jockey uses the answers slip to write the bar tab voucher on the other side. I won on the tiebreaker the previous Thursday. I found my bar tab voucher. He told me my name was on the front side. That is true, because we put our names on the answers slip so that the karaoke jockey can figure out which one of us won. He asked me to provide the 11 numbers. With 10 numbers for answers and my number between 1 and 100, the front of the card had exactly 11 numbers. I gave him the numbers on the slip: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 71.” “You are such a nice man. I caught it,” he said. I’m not worried about being a victim of identity theft. The bar doesn’t make shipments. I was working on a horse racing story when the Wednesday caller interrupted me. Whatever he said sounded enough like “race” that a race was my first thought. “The Del Mar fall meet is this month. Is that the race you’re talking about, or are you talking about the cross country championship meet this past Saturday?” He hung up on me. The ones with Scottish accents who would like me to spend money to improve my golf game respect that I’m on the telemarketer “do not call” list, so I don’t hear from them, but I should probably spend my money with one of them instead. At least I understand golf better than I understand Medicare.

Keeping your home insured Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

It’s always fire season in California. Unfortunately, we’ve had multiple, catastrophic wildfires in our state and region in recent years to prove it. As a result, many homeowners in the 75th Assembly District and throughout the state have had their insurance canceled, frequently due to their home’s location in Very High Fire Hazard Zones. In many communities identified as high fire-risk by insurers, including areas of Valley Center, Fallbrook, Bonsall, Rainbow, Pala, Pauma Valley and De Luz, residential insurance has become harder to find and to keep. Many homeowners receiving nonrenewable notices have been forced to seek insurance from other providers at much higher rates. To discuss this growing problem and to try to find solutions, I recently held a virtual town hall with Deputy Insurance Commissioner Tony Cignarale, along with Rincon Fire Chief Ed Hadfield, who shared his long experience fighting wildfires throughout Southern California. Here are a few tips that may help you keep your home insured: For the California Insurance Commissioner’s Top Ten Tips for Finding Residential Insurance, visit http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01consumers/105-type/5-residential/ Top10Tips_FindingResidentialIns. cfm. Use the Home Insurance Finder tool at https://interactive.web. insurance.ca.gov/apex_extprd/ f?p=400:50 to locate agents/brokers

in your immediate vicinity and beyond, or visit https://www.insurance. ca.gov/01-consumers/105-type/95guides/03-res/res-co-contact.cfm to access the Residential Insurance Company Contact List for a list of insurers that provide homeowners insurance. Visit http://www.insurance. ca.gov/01-consumers/105-type/95guides/03-res/Insurers-Currently-Offering-Discounts.cfm for insurance companies that offer discounts for fire-hardened homes Ask your insurance agent or broker if they are able to obtain coverage in the “surplus lines” market. If you are unable to find an agent who can insure you, the California FAIR Plan, found at https://www. cfpnet.com/, is available to every homeowner as a last resort If you feel that your insurance nonrenewal was unfair, file a complaint with the California Department of Insurance at https://www.insurance. ca.gov/01-consumers/101-help/ index.cfm. For further assistance, contact the CDI directly at 1-800-927-4357. For an electronic version of this article, visit my website: https:// ad75.asmrc.org/. Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115132 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NUNEZ CONSULTING 24793 Ambervalley Ave #2, Murrieta, CA 92562 County: Riverside Salvador -- Nunez, 24793 Ambervalley Ave #2, Murrieta, CA 92562 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: Salvador Nunez Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/01/2021 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: 3466 PUBLISHED: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115050 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SABOR MEXICO 31735 Riverside Dr Unit G/H, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 County: Riverside Martha Catalina Cardenas, 12560 Haster St Spc 124, Garden Grove, CA 92840 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: Martha Catalina Cardenas Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/28/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3467 PUBLISHED: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115160 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KAI’S SPORTS AGENCY 41554 Margarita Rd Apt 303, Temecula, CA 92591 County: Riverside Kingsley Dayton Ejillibe, 41554 Margarita Rd Apt 303, Temecula, CA 92591 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant: Kingsley Dayton Ejillibe Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/01/2021 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: 3468 PUBLISHED: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115357 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NALUKAI FAMILY MANAGEMENT 32116 Corte Sabrinas, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Tammy Sue McGee, 32116 Corte Sabrinas, 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: Tammy Sue McGee Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/04/2021 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: 3469 PUBLISHED: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115604 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STICKERMAN 42250 Spectrum Street, Suite A, Indio, CA 92203 County: Riverside Palm Springs Labels, Inc., 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300, Omaha, NE 68114 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 12/19/2003 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: Joshua -- Lorsch, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/09/2021 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: 3474 PUBLISHED: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115667 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ADRIANA BEAUTY SALON 56565 US Highway 371 Unit B1, Anza, CA 92539 Mailing address: 39950 Howard Rd, Anza, CA 92539 County: Riverside Adriana -- Delgado, 39950 Howard Rd, Anza, CA 92539 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: Adriana Delgado Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/10/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3475 PUBLISHED: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112112 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRECISION ENDODONTICS 25109 Jefferson Ave Ste 220, Murrieta, CA 92562 County: Riverside Shawn R. Anderson, DDS, MSD, Inc., 25109 Jefferson Ave Ste 220, Murrieta, CA 92562 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 04/02/2014 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant: Shawn R. Anderson, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 08/26/2021 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: 3419 PUBLISHED: September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 Republished: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021 Date of filing was wrong in first publication.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115822 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ROBINSON’S REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS 2. LILIKOI PROPERTIES 3. NEW CENTURY INVESTMENTS 4. NEW CENTURY REAL ESTATE 5. ROBINSON’S MEDICAL BILLING 6. HAMILTON BILLING SERVICES 9041 Magnolia Avenue, Suite #006, Riverside, CA 92503 County: Riverside Eric Bernard Robinson, 2428 Saltbrush Circle, Corona, CA 92882 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: Eric Bernard Robinson Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/16/2021 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: 3481 PUBLISHED: December 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202116146 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INLAND RETRO 11637 Hubbard St, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 County: Riverside Eduardo -- Rodriguez, 11637 Hubbard St, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 6/27/2016 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant: Eduardo -- Rodriguez Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/29/2021 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: 3482 PUBLISHED: December 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115482 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MARY PICKFORD FOUNDATION 40836 Calle Bandido, Murrieta, CA 92562 County: Riverside Mary Pickford Private Foundation, 40836 Calle Bandido, Murrieta, CA 92562 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 01/20/2016 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant: Henry Stotsenberg, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/08/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3472 PUBLISHED: November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115938 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TAKE A PIK 34763 Silversprings Pl, Murrieta, CA 92563 County: Riverside Raksmy -- Meas, 34763 Silversprings Pl, Murrieta, CA 92563 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 08/21/2018 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: Raksmy -- Meas Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/19/2021 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: 3477 PUBLISHED: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115636 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PEARSON WOOD SERVICE 53160 McGaugh Rd, Mountain Center, CA 92561 Mailing address: PO Box 65, Mountain Center, CA 92561 County: Riverside Martha Pearson, 53160 McGaugh Rd, Mountain Center, CA 92561 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Registrant: Martha Pearson Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/10/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3473 PUBLISHED: November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115689 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OUT OF MY KLOSET 10592 Ridgefield Ter, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 Mailing address: 10592 Ridgefield Ter, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 County: Riverside Sheneka Lashone Gordon, 10592 Ridgefield Ter, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 1/1/2013 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: Sheneka Lashone Gordon Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/12/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3478 PUBLISHED: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115728 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ANGEL MASSAGE 68470 E Palm Canyon Dr, Suite C, Cathedral City, CA, 92234 County: Riverside Keith -- Roberts, 17560 Hudson Dr, Victorville, CA 92395 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: Keith Roberts Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/12/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3476 PUBLISHED: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202115930 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DEA TRANSLATION SERVICES 3390 Country Village Rd, Riverside, CA 92509 Mailing address: P.O. Box 310927, Fontana, CA 92331 County: Riverside Dea Elena Abraham, 3390 Country Village Rd, 1106, Riverside, CA 92509 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: Dea Elena Abraham Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/19/2021 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: 3483 PUBLISHED: December 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021

PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVMV 2103737 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: DANIEL GARCIA, ANA MEJIA DE ALBA Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: ALYA YAELI GARCIA MEJIA Proposed Name: YAELI ADELYN GARCIA MEJIA 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: December 21, 2021 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: MV2 The address of the court: Riverside Superior Court, Moreno Valley Branch, 13800 Heacock Street, #D201, Moreno Valley, CA 92553 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 10/19/2021 Signed: Belinda A. Handy, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3470 PUBLISHED: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2109467 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: SANDRA LYNN CERILLA Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: SANDRA LYNN CERILLA Proposed Name: SANDRA ROSE CERILLA 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: 12/23/21 Time: 8:00 Dept: S1o1 The address of the court: Riverside Superior Court, Southwest Justice Center, 30755-D Auld Road, Suite 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: NOV 08 2021 Signed: Jeffrey Zimel, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3471 PUBLISHED: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2109495 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: VERNISE GARCIA JUAREZ Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: ANDRES GUADARRAMA GARCIA JR. Proposed Name: ANDRES GARCIA JUAREZ 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: 12/30/21 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: Riverside Superior Court, Southwest Justice Center, 30755-D Auld Road, Suite 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: NOV 09 2021 Signed: Jeffrey Zimel, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3479 PUBLISHED: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2021

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DIANE E. LOOMIS CASE #: PRIN 2101159 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DIANE E. LOOMIS A Petition for Probate has been filed by TODD M. LOOMIS & TAMARA RENEA LAVENDER in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside. The Petition for Probate requests that TODD M. LOOMIS & TAMARA RENEA LAVENDER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 2/7/2021 Time: 8:45 a.m. Dept. PS3 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 (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. 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 (Form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Peter J. Babos, ESQ., 6346 Brockton Ave., Riverside CA 92506 951-444-6434 LEGAL #: 3480 PUBLISHED: November 26, December 3, 10, 2021

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