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Yates steps down after 8 years as Lake Elsinore’s city manager

Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

From Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve, southwest Riverside County reported 4,624 new COVID-19 infection cases and 31 deaths over the same time span.

The totals may be a little off because Riverside County reported Thursday, Dec. 31, only 16 new cases over the day before, which they said was due to an error in the state of California’s reporting system. see page A-2

Local ‘Alexandra’s Law’ to be introduced

by Sen. Melendez in January Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Just a day before the anniversary of Alexandra Capelouto’s death in 2019 by fentanyl poisoning, California State Sen. Melissa Melendez’s office announced Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, the senator would present legislation called “Alexandra’s Law” to legislators in January.

Lake Elsinore city manager Grant Yates will step down from his position at the end of February, ending an eight-year run as the city’s manager.

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Grant Yates announced to the Lake Elsinore city council Tuesday, Dec. 29, that he was resigning

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from his position as city manager.

The announcement was made public Friday, Dec. 31, in a news release by the city, and Yates will step down at the end of February.

He spoke with the Valley News

shortly after the announcement of his departure. He said it was just the right time for him to step away.

“I’ve been very fortunate in my career to work in high quality organizations with a lot of amaz-

ing, dedicated employees and officials,” Yates said. “I have nothing but the utmost respect for people that dedicate their lives to public see YATES, page A-3

Faith Baptist sexual abuse victim ‘disappointed’ by early release of her abuser Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Rachel Peach, one of three victims of former Faith Baptist Church in Wildomar youth pastor Malo Victor Monteiro, said she was “disappointed” to receive correspondence from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation informing that her abuser would be released from prison early due to COVID-19.

In 2018, Monteiro pled guilty to four counts of lewd acts on a child of 14-15 years of age with the defendant at least 10 years older, two counts of sexual penetration with a foreign object and one count of

attempted copulation of a minor.

All the guilty charges are felonies and he was sentenced to five years in prison.

Monteiro was expected to be in prison until 2023, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pushed for “low-risk” prisoners to be released early to ease the burden on the prison system dealing with the virus outbreak.

“I was extremely disappointed,” Peach said of receiving the news.

“I wish that Gov. Gavin Newsom

and the state of California would take sexual assault more serious.

Especially when these crimes are committed against children and in a church of all places. I don’t understand how releasing a rapist from prison is going to help with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I immediately contacted the prison to get more information as to why his release date has been changed. I was informed that Gov. see ABUSE, page A-4

Malo Victor Monteiro, who was sentenced in 2018 after pleading guilty seven sexual assault and molestation charges involving teenage girls at Faith Baptist Church in Wildomar, where he served as a youth pastor, will be released early, Sunday, Jan. 31.

Lake Elsinore officially opens crisis stabilization housing complex Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

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Visitors hold up pillows with inspirational sayings on them during the grand opening of The Anchor, a crisis stabilization housing complex for homeless individuals Thursday, Dec. 30.

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Just making it under the wire of requirements demanded for state funding, Thursday, Dec. 30, the city of Lake Elsinore officially opened The Anchor, a crisis stabilization housing complex, for homeless individuals seeking to transition away from living on the streets.

The first 10 individuals were moving into the complex and Nicole Dailey, assistant to the city manager, discussed two of the residents who moved in on the first day.

“We had two gentlemen move in that were homeless, both of them approximately six years here in Lake Elsinore,” Dailey said. “Both of them are extremely delighted see HOUSING, page A-7

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Southwest Riverside County sees 4,624 new cases, 31 deaths over week Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

From Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve, southwest Riverside County reported 4,624 new COVID-19 infection cases and 31 deaths over the same time span.

The totals may be a little off because Riverside County reported Thursday, Dec. 31, only 16 new cases over the day before, which they said was due to an error in the state of California’s reporting system.

“We are working to correct the issue, and the correct figures will be reported as soon as the issue is resolved,” Jose Arballo, representative for the Riverside University Health System, said.

Despite the glitch, the county reported 22,443 new coronavirus cases over that same time period with 156 deaths. By catching up on some reporting, the county also reported 44,034 more people had recovered from the virus.

Hospitalizations continued to increase with 227 more people listed as being treated for the

virus in facilities and 41 more in intensive care units. The total number of patients in the hospital with coronavirus stood at 1,464 and 296 in the ICU. There 67 new cases reported in county jails and 436 in county prisons. Both of those facilities continue to trend up in new case reports.

The county’s overall COVID-19 testing positivity rate is 22.6%, compared to 21.3% a week ago, based on state-adjusted figures.

The 11-county Southern California region’s available ICU capacity is officially at 0%.

On Tuesday, officials from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Riverside, along with Riverside Community Hospital, urged residents to take precautions to limit exposure risks to reduce the chances of hospital visits, thereby increasing demands on already scarce space and overburdened staff.

Bruce Barton, director of Emergency Management Department, said ICU beds are the greatest concern, with the county’s general

Health care workers conduct testing for COVID-19 at the drive-thru testing site at Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore managed and operated by Riverside University Health System Public Health Department.

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and acute care facilities technically at maximum occupancy. At Riverside Community Hospital, a shuttered cafeteria was converted to a patient care unit, officials said.

Barton said hospitals have resorted to “surge capacity” plans to expand critical care space wherever possible.

The county health department reported they had conducted 119,284 new tests over the week.

Locally, Temecula announced a partnership with RUHS-Public Health to conduct free walk-up testing beginning Thursday, Dec. 31. From 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. daily. A testing mobile unit will be parked at the Ronald Reagan Sports Park/Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho Vista Road, Temecula.

Residents can register online at http://bit.ly/CityofTemeculaTesting. Walk-ins can be accommodated upon registration and testing is available for those with and without COVID-19 symptoms.

For more information, visit http://GetTested.ruhealth.org.

Temecula reported 533 new cases and one death, Murrieta 624 and seven deaths, Wildomar 283 and no deaths, Lake Elsinore 612 and three deaths, Canyon Lake 73 and one death, Menifee 761 and seven deaths, Hemet 669 and six deaths and San Jacinto 498 and three deaths.

Menifee leads all southwest Riverside County cities with 5,289 confirmed cases and Hemet has more deaths than any other city by a wide margin with 111 residents losing their lives to the virus.

Anza has seen their case total nearly triple since the beginning of the month, reporting 71 confirmed cases, 17 more than the week before with no deaths. East Hemet reported 155 new cases and no deaths, French Valley 181 and one death, Lakeland Village 98 and one death, Valle Vista 103 and one death and Winchester more than tripled its total number of cases in the month with 97 confirmed cases, 17 more than the week before.

Below are listed the totals by city and community in southwest Riverside County as of Thursday, Dec. 31. Riverside County didn’t report numbers Friday, Jan. 1:

Temecula Confirmed Cases: 3,753 Deaths: 23 Recovered: 2,445 Murrieta Confirmed Cases: 4,460 Deaths: 50 Recovered: 2,895 Wildomar Confirmed Cases: 1,891 Deaths: 17 Recovered: 1,228 Lake Elsinore Confirmed Cases: 4,071 Deaths: 29 Recovered: 2,554 Canyon Lake Confirmed Cases: 517 Deaths: 5 Recovered: 310 Menifee Confirmed Cases: 5,289 Deaths: 66 Recovered: 3,446 Hemet Confirmed Cases: 5,140 Deaths: 111 Recovered: 3,330 San Jacinto Confirmed Cases: 3,686 Deaths: 39 Recovered: 2,365 Anza Confirmed Cases: 71 Deaths: 0 Recovered: 40 East Hemet Confirmed Cases: 1,096 Deaths: 13 Recovered: 706 French Valley Confirmed Cases: 1,203 Deaths: 6 Recovered: 753 Lakeland Village Confirmed Cases: 628 Deaths: 4 Recovered: 384 Valle Vista Confirmed Cases: 834 Deaths: 8 Recovered: 533 Winchester Confirmed Cases: 97 Deaths: 0 Recovered: 66 The COVID-19 data recorded

by Riverside County can be located at http://www.rivcoph.org/ coronavirus.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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

Riverside County Sheriff’s investigates early morning Old Town Temecula shooting Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Deputies from the Southwest Station of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded to Old Town Front Street crossing Main Street at 2:35 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, regarding an assault with a deadly weapon and upon arrival found evidence of a shooting.

“Deputies later contacted a shooting victim who had sustained a non-life-threatening injury,” Sgt. Lionel Murphy of Riverside

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“The victim was transported to a nearby hospital to be treated.”

Murphy said that the suspect in the shooting “fled the area before the deputies arriving and has not been contacted,” and the investigation is ongoing.

Those with information regarding this incident are encouraged to contact Riverside County Sheriff’s Dispatch at 951-776-1099.

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

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Old Town Temecula restaurant faces backlash on social media Jeff Pack STAFF WRITER

Gerry Kent, owner of the PUBlic House in Old Town Temecula, posted a video, Dec. 7, expressing his thoughts about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Dec. 5 stay-athome order.

“I’m conflicted, super conflicted,” Kent said. “What do I think about the shutdown? I think (expletive). I mean this is going to hurt – not just the business – but the staff. I mean, logic and common sense tells me that any restaurant that was adhering to the purple tier is definitely not contributing to the spike. Restaurants have been managing germs and all kinds of bacteria for years.

It’s what we do. We keep you safe.

“The real issue here is the participants, me and you. It’s so important that we give a (expletive). “That American freedom that – I want to live free and not live in fear – I’ve literally seen and heard that everywhere. It’s not free. Freedom has never been free.

It takes some sacrifice to get there.

“It’s mind-boggling but the last few days have basically been 9/11 in terms of loss of life, human life, our friends, our family, our loved ones, our haters, all of them, but still human. Why does it seem like nobody gives a (expletive)?” he said.

His video, he said, was meant to be a rallying cry to the community to adhere to the lockdown orders and, again, help slow the curve of COVID-19, which has exploded in Riverside County over the past month.

He also announced that the business was setting up a GoFundMe account for staff members to help offset the loss that they were going to feel as the Old Town Temecula business shifted to takeout only.

They are offering 50% off their pop-up menu items to any customer who is staffed at a hospital or unemployed.

Meanwhile, many businesses and restaurants in Old Town Temecula openly defied the orders, continuing to serve customers seated inside and outside of their establishments.

Some openly advertised their defiance of the orders on social media. FOX Los Angeles taped a piece titled “It’s business as usual in Old Town Temecula.”

A few days later, Kent posted an open letter to Riverside County Public Health that said, “When does the ‘education’ process start?

Considering it seems most restaurants are open for on-site service, indoor and outdoor. I’m sure you see the numbers. If we aren’t going to enforce needed mitigation on the people and we aren’t going to do it to the businesses … What role will Riverside Health Department (have) to keep people from dying?

“We are connected! I wish no harm on businesses that are open.

I do understand this whole thing has been crushing to many, but the way I see it, businesses could last three weeks … but I doubt very much they will survive into the first and second quarter of 2021. I beg you to get in the game here to keep this pandemic and our local community under some control before it’s too late.”

That letter set off a firestorm of criticism on social media as well as support.

Not long after, several restaurants that remained open to in-person dining in the area were reportedly contacted by Alcohol Beverage Control and ordered to close their doors and end in-person dining.

Several have complied and announced they switched to takeaway only, while others continued to host diners in defiance of the orders.

The letter, as well as the ABC

crack down on Old Town Temecula restaurants acting in defiance of the orders, sparked a backlash against Kent and his restaurant with commenters making a leap to blame him for the ABC’s actions.

“The owner has a hand in getting restaurants shut down and then tries to use his employees as victims,” one commenter said.

“I’m not buying it. PUBlic House is not the victim. PUBlic House is the perpetrator. You reap what you sow…”

“Look at the mess he has caused!” another commenter said.

“He might as well just close his restaurant. His staff is being harassed when it is him who should be and his place will be bankrupt in no time anyway. Shame on this guy! The only person to blame is the horrible, snake owner!”

“I will never eat there. Snitch!!!” another said on social media.

According to Kent, he never called ABC, didn’t “turn anyone in” and he’s personally received death threats. Employees have been harassed and he’s been called a “rat” repeatedly, he said.

“I just think it’s unfortunate as a grand total,” he said in a phone interview. “I mean, if there’s any time we should be working together, it should be right now in my opinion.”

He said they have turned the comments section off on some of their social media accounts to quell the negativity, even if it means he won’t get to read all the comments of support the business is receiving as well.

He said he was in contact with the health department but did not turn any businesses in.

“I had been in contact with them through this whole time,” Kent said. “I’d reached out to them in the beginning when we first kind of started opening, offering some ideas about how it would be a good idea to at least offer some direction for restaurants and how we might manage staff. Because we’re basically putting staff out there, each of them essentially seating, 50 to 100 people each.

“I was just offering ideas for, like, how can we manage testing?

Every year people have to renew their food handler’s card. It could be the same kind of thing. It was (meant as) something, anything, anything to kind of get moving with keeping the economy open versus what we were doing,” he said.

He maintained that he wanted to get some guidance and give some input on how restaurants can best handle the situation, not turn anyone in.

His best guess is that the county health department heard all the commotion about restaurants being open and kicked the can down the road to ABC or California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to be handled by their strike teams.

Valley News reached out to several Old Town Temecula restaurant and bar owners to comment on the shutdown orders, and a couple businesses declined to comment while others didn’t respond to requests.

Kent said the controversy has gone so far he had a mother contact him about a week ago asking how to get a restaurant to adhere to the shutdown mandates.

“I told her ‘I don’t know,’” he said. “I only reached out to the health department, for, like, what level of standards are we going to move forward with? I didn’t reach out to ABC or Cal OSHA.” He said he also heard from one of his employees that he was responsible for a Menifee restaurant being closed down.

“I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is just out of control,” he said.

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

Menifee house fire displaces 4 Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

A fire damaged a Menifee home early Sunday morning Jan. 3, fire officials said.

Dispatchers were alerted to the blaze at a home in the 29000 block of Wooden Boat Drive, in a neighborhood south of McCall Boulevard and east of Menifee Road, the Riverside County Fire Department tweeted about 7:05 a.m.

Firefighters arrived to find a single-story home with light smoke emanating from an attic, and with at least one room on fire, according to the fire department.

Officials tweeted about 7:30 a.m. that the American Red Cross had responded to assist one adult and three children displaced by the fire.

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

Some businesses and restaurants in Old Town Temecula continue to serve customers seated inside and outside of their establishments, although many moved to takeout only following calls from Alcohol Beverage Control to close down.

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The PUBlic House in Old Town Temecula is offering 50% off their pop-up menu items to any customer who is staffed at a hospital or is unemployed.

YATES from page A-1 service. I am just grateful for the relationships.”

Yates has more than 34 years of public service during his career with Carlsbad and later with the city of Temecula before coming to Lake Elsinore. He is considered by many to be one of the nice guys in southwest Riverside County local government.

Yates said he feels the region is on the verge of great success, bolstered by the stability and progress Lake Elsinore has made.

“I’m very excited for the future because the cities work well together and once everybody gets that vision of moving in the right direction, moving forward, that’s when great things will happen,” he said. “I just think this area is the future of Southern California.”

During his tenure, Yates led the city through crisis situations such as the Holy Fire and the Super Bloom. He also helped the city complete several projects including city’s first full-scale youth recreation park, Rosetta Canyon Sports Park; the complete rehabilitation of the city’s campground, Launch Pointe Recreation Destination & RV Park; the approval and start of construction on the long-awaited Interstate 15/Rail-

road Canyon Road Interchange Project; the creation of the city’s first long-term strategic plan, Dream Extreme 2040 Plan and the successful passage of a transaction and use tax, Measure Z this past November.

“I am more excited about the city’s future right now than when I started 8 years ago,” Yates said.

“The opportunities that are here in Lake Elsinore are just seriously unlimited. The city is still only about 30-35% built out and there’s a lot of development activity coming in and projects, and I just think the future of this region, this city has a big part of it. We needed to have a strong Lake Elsinore for the region to be very successful and we’re definitely going down that path.”

He said he felt comfortable leaving his post now based on the direction the city has mapped out and the council in place.

“The city council here is very seasoned, very sophisticated and they are going to lead the city in the right direction,” Yates said.

“Especially after we put in place the 2040 plan, and we have a lot of plans in place that are really going to allow for a lot of the implementation phase and that’s really the next phase for the city is building things and getting projects done.

Making sure the staff, and maybe adding a few more, will keep the city on the right path.”

Lake Elsinore Mayor Bob Magee thanked Yates for his service in a statement.

“We are forever grateful to Mr. Yates for his commitment, leadership, and service to ensure the city of Lake Elsinore is in a much better place than when he joined us eight years ago,” he said. “He has established an amazing team and a legacy of excellence that has set the framework for ongoing, future success as we remain united in our efforts to create a world-class city.”

Yates said he has no plan for what he will do next, besides enjoying more time with his family.

The city said no decision has been made for his replacement and the council will meet to decide next steps for filling the position.

“On behalf of my colleagues and I, we want to thank Mr. Yates for his professionalism and care for our community,” Magee said.

“While he will be greatly missed, we hope he will enjoy a long and joyous retirement with his wife and family.”

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

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Community Outreach Ministry holds Christmas drive-thru for at-risk youth WILDOMAR – Community Outreach Ministry together with the Prison Fellowship Angel Tree Program delivered Christmas gifts to children of incarcerated parents in southwest Riverside County, Dec. 13. Due to COVID-19, the Christmas drive-thru even was hosted with the support of Elks Lodge 2591 and trustee Larry Ryan in Wildomar.

The Christmas gifts were placed inside the trunks of each car by volunteers Jennifer Ekstrom and Patti O’Leary. And, for those children who could not participate at the event, the Davies delivered gifts to their homes.

O’Leary’s nephew Elijah O’Leary, 14, found Community Outreach Ministry online and offered to volunteer and share his story.

“Since I was little, I became an Angel Tree recipient of Christmas gifts from my incarcerated mother,” he said. “I have not seen or heard from my mom since I was 3, so getting those gifts was important. I live with my dad in Texas, and I am visiting my greataunt Patti O’Leary in Hemet. My mother has been in and out of prison for years because of drugs.

“I emailed Community Outreach Ministry because I wanted to help other Angel Tree children ‘feel like I did’ when gifts arrived at Christmas from my mom. For a few years, those gifts were all I received, so it was nice. When I am around other Angel Tree kids, I feel like we all understand each other, and I am not embarrassed.

And people like you make me feel like I can really be somebody…

That feels good because I do not hear that very often. So, what you are doing is special and it means a lot to kids like me. A lot of people look down at us, so I tried to be nice because people like you have been nice to me and that helps kids like us a lot,” he said.

Since 1982, Angel Tree has provided Christmas gifts to 11 million “angels.” Since 2000, Community Outreach Ministry, a nonprofit or-

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Elijah and Patti O’Leary prepare to serve at Community Outreach Ministry’s Christmas drive-thru event, Dec. 13, delivering Angel Tree presents to the children of incarcerated parents in southwest Riverside County.

ganization founded by Mona and Bob Davies, has also been dedicated to helping children escape the road of criminal behavior and divert the prison track by “giving at-risk kids a second chance to be winners and champions.”

The event has been made possible with the partnership of InN-Out Burger who sent a tractor trailer from Baldwin Park along with their employees who cooked and served lunch.

Community Outreach Ministry also thanked the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and

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The nonprofit thanked assistant Angel Tree coordinators Janice Hare of Mt. View Church in Wildomar for contacting families for wish lists and Johnna Hose of Destinations Explored by Dream Vacations of Murrieta for writing wish lists on hundreds of Angel Tree tags for children ages birth to 18 across southwest Riverside County.

“2020 has been a challenging year. It has given us a time to get our priorities straight and allowed us to identify what really matters in our lives,” Dina Attia, district manager of Wells Fargo for the Inland Crossroads District, said. “It is an honor to continue to partner with Davies’ and the Community Outreach Ministry. They give a glimmer of hope and happiness to children who are in much need of it. We are lucky to support in any

ABUSE from page A-1 Gavin Newsom granted certain inmates an early release due to COVID-19, and he was one of them. I asked if there was anything I could do to prevent that especially since his crimes were against children, and they told me no. The decision was already made.”

Peach, along with two other plaintiffs, are suing the Wildomar church for damages and she has since moved out of the state.

Peach said she is still angry about the length of sentencing handed down to Monteiro, who she said began sexually abusing her in 2007 when she was 15.

“Victor worked as a youth pastor at Faith Baptist Church for almost 20 years,” Peach said. “The entire time he was the youth pastor he was using his position to gain access to underage girls to satisfy his sick sexual desires. The original sentence of five years was already a slap in the face to his survivors.

Now he will only have sat in a prison cell for only two years after pleading guilty to seven felonies of child sexual assault.”

Peach said she felt fairly confident that she will be safe when Monteiro is released Jan. 31 with a reported destination of Quail Valley.

“He would be violating his parole if he tries to contact me,” she said.

However, she said she isn’t confident he has been rehabilitated.

“Victor has not shown an ounce of remorse for the crimes he committed against myself and the many other teenage girls that he sexually assaulted,” Peach said. “He has

Bob, left, and Mona Davies, right, and Ekstoms pick up donated gifts at Community Outreach Ministry’s Angel Tree located at Wells Fargo in Menifee.

Theron, Nathan and Isabel Ellis of Wildomar display their gifts from Community Outreach Ministry’s Angel Tree program.

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Community Outreach Ministry thanked Elizabeth Terrazas, the branch manager in Lake Elsinore, for coordinating Wells Fargo team members to shop, wrap and make Christmas special for these children.

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instead made himself the victim and blames everyone else for his decisions. It’s hard to think he would not repeat those same bad decisions when he has not shown any remorse for the ones he was caught for.”

She said she has not had any conversations with anyone from the church since Monteiro’s arrest and subsequent sentencing.

“When myself and the other survivors came forward to the police about Victor, we were immediately made the enemy in their eyes,” Peach said. “I do not know their reaction to him getting out as they have not spoken a word to me since his crimes were made public and instead want to act like it never happened.”

Not long after Monteiro was arrested, Laverne Paul Fox was extradited from his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, and charged with molesting Kathy Durbin more than 30 years ago while serving as a youth pastor and bus driver at the same church.

Fox has pleaded not guilty to three charges – sexual penetration with a foreign object, lewd act on a child 14/15 years by a subject 10 years older and attempted oral copulation on a person under 16 years of age.

Fox was scheduled to appear at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta Friday, Jan. 8, for a preliminary hearing.

According to one of Monteiro’s victims, the legend of the alleged abuse involving Fox and Durbin was used by Monteiro to manipulate at least three young girls to keep his sexual relationships with them quiet.

She said the reason Monteiro knew so much about Fox was that Monteiro was married to Durbin’s sister.

Peach has been outspoken on social media about what she endured during her time at Faith Baptist and what Monteiro did to her.

“The reason why Victor and many other sexual predators are able to get away with their crimes for so long is because of silence,” she said. “The silence they place on their victims. The silence that is placed on survivors from the church. The silence that shame places on you. Sexual assault has always been a taboo subject that people feel uncomfortable talking about. But if we are not talking about it and bringing awareness and speaking out against this evil that has plagued our community then it will only continue to thrive in the silence.”

Peach said she will continue to work through the issues that stemmed from yearslong abuse by Monteiro and work with others who have gone through similar abuses.

“Healing is an everyday decision that I have to make,” she said.

“And healing will look different for everyone. There will always be unexpected bumps in the road such as this but I cannot let it destroy the hard work that I have put in.

I can continue to be an advocate against this atrocity but I can also still have a happy future and family and so can everybody else that has experienced sexual assault. There is hope and there is a community of other survivors that will be there to support you.”

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

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‘Alexandra’s Law’ to be introduced by Sen. Melendez in January

Matt and Christine Capelouto at their Temecula home hold a picture of their daughter Alexandra who died at 20-years-old of an overdose from pills laced with fentanyl Dec. 23. The Capelouto family have set out on a mission of justice for their daughter and to raise awareness about drug addiction and the growing Valley News/Shane Gibson photo incidence of fentanyl overdose.

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Just a day before the anniversary of Alexandra Capelouto’s death in 2019 by fentanyl poisoning, California State Sen. Melissa Melendez’s office announced Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, the senator would present legislation called “Alexandra’s Law” to legislators in January.

Alexandra was a 2017 graduate of Great Oak High School who was found dead by her family Dec. 23, 2019. She was home visiting for the holidays from Arizona State University when she obtained what her father, Matt Capelouto, said was believed to be oxycodone but turned out to be a street drug laced with a lethal dose of fentanyl.

“She was deceived. She didn’t know what she was taking. She didn’t know what she was getting,” Capelouto said. “If it had been legitimate oxycodone pills, she would be alive today.”

According to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, “fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 80-

100 times stronger than morphine.”

It has become increasingly popular for illegal drug manufacturers to use synthetic fentanyl to boost the impact of the drugs they sell. The problem is, fentanyl is measured in the millionths, meaning it takes very little fentanyl to make the drugs lethal.

“As the mother of five children, I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose a child to drug poisoning,” Melendez said in a news release.

“We are fighting a two-front war against an epidemic that is not going to go away by itself. It’s time we punish those who knowingly sell fentanyl to unsuspecting buyers.”

According to one possible draft of the proposed legislation, once a person is arrested and charged with the distribution of fentanyl, they will be made to sign a statement that reads: “You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture and distribution of fentanyl, and substances containing any amount of fentanyl, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed

to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute fentanyl, or a substance containing any fentanyl. If you do so, and as a result, a person dies, you can be charged with murder.”

Capelouto, who has been working nonstop since the death of his daughter to shine a light on the fentanyl issue in the United States, was instrumental in bringing the issue to Melendez’s desk.

“It’s a warning saying that, ‘Hey, if you continue to sell drugs and, and now somebody dies, now you’re going to be charged with murder,’” Capelouto said in a phone call with Valley News. “It gives the drug dealer an opportunity to straighten his life up. Then on top of that, if he does continue to sell, and God forbid somebody dies and then absolutely that person needs to be behind bars so they are not killing more people.”

In the news release, Capelouto was appreciative of the announcement of the legislation and sent a message to all that would read it.

“The holidays are a very difficult

time of year for all parents who have lost a child,” Capelouto said in the news release. “It’s especially rough for my family because Alex’s Angelversary is Dec. 23. Introducing this legislation makes December a little brighter, not only for my family but all the other parents in our organization. All I have to say is, don’t underestimate the resolve of bereaved parents. Many of us have come together and we are ready to fight for change.”

Capelouto has done nothing but fight since Alex died.

He was initially angry when he discovered that the drug dealer suspect of selling the drug to his daughter would never face murder charges for selling his daughter a drug they knew wasn’t what she had asked for, he said.

He approached the Temecula City Council in February to talk about what happened to his daughter, as well as three other young people who died in similar circumstances in the three weeks before.

“I’m asking you to help me fight this epidemic,” he told the council.

Since then, Capelouto has become heavily involved in working on changing state and federal laws pertaining to the distribution of fentanyl on the streets.

He held a rally in Temecula on Father’s Day to spotlight awareness, he has worked with organizations such as Druginducedhomicide.org, and late in October, traveled with his wife and a coalition of parents and advocates to Ohio as part of a new organization called Coalition for Awareness of Synthetic Analogues.

There, the group met with James Carroll, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the United States.

“I was most compelled by being in a room with 25 other parents who know a pain like no other,” Capelouto said at the time. “It was not a ‘pity party.’ More a comforting feeling. We laughed. we cried; we instantly formed the deepest of friendships.”

And they continued to fight.

Alexandra’s Law is the culmination of his yearlong work in California.

“When it first happened, and maybe this is just the typical dad/ guy thing, you want somebody to be held accountable, right?”

Capelouto said. “There’s such a strong sense and need for that. But as time has gone by, and I’ve had more time to think things through, things shift and it sort of changes from focusing on that need for accountability to just wanting to save lives. Innocent kids and young adult lives.”

He said he is calling on all parents who have lost a child to similar circumstances to fight along with him. He routinely meets and talks with parents all over the country dealing with the grief of the loss of their child.

“We need parental support,” Capelouto said. “We need all the parents that are in our shoes, all the parents that are in this terrible club, to step up. It’s unfortunate, but a lot of the parents in our shoes, because they’ve been conditioned to believe that their child just died of an overdose, that’s what they roll with. Their mindset has been corrupted into that kind of thinking when in reality fentanyl is involved. Most likely their child was lethally poisoned.”

When the law goes to Sacramento, he said he is hopeful a groundswell of support will push it through, but he’s been told passing the law isn’t a sure thing.

“I’ve been told it’s going to be a fight,” Capelouto said. “I don’t know all the ins and outs of our bureaucratic political process. I’ve been told to prepare to potentially be disappointed. I’ve been told that by a couple of political representatives now, but I’m going to say this, they don’t know the resolve of bereaved parents, and that’s what we’ll be bringing to this.

“I just really hope that it’s not going to be politics and arguing about this bill, that they’re going to listen to us parents who lost a child and let us argue our case. It’s not a right or left issue.

“It is about what’s right to protect the citizens of California, the people of California,” he said.

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

First known case of more contagious coronavirus variant detected in San Diego County patient Will Fritz STAFF WRITER

The first known case of a new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus in California was found in a San Diego County patient, a county supervisor confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 30.

San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said at the county’s coronavirus briefing Wednesday afternoon that the variant had been detected in a 30-year-old man who developed COVID-19 symptoms Sunday, Dec. 27, and tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday. Fletcher said a Scripps Research lab was able to confirm by 3 a.m. Wednesday that the strain of virus detected in the man was in fact the variant that was first detected in the United Kingdom, which is believed to be as much as 50% more contagious.

“Because there is no travel history, we believe this is not an isolated case in San Diego County and there are probably other cases of this same strain in San Diego County,” Fletcher said.

The variant strain, known as B.1.1.7, first emerged in the U.K. in September and is now prevalent in southeast England. While it is believed to be more contagious, there is no evidence that it is any deadlier than other strains of coronavirus that are already in circulation in California, Fletcher said.

Patients with the B.1.1.7. strain do not have any symptoms distinct from other coronavirus strains.

“These patients will present the same way or in fact potentially be asymptomatic,” Dr. Eric McDonald with the San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services said at the county’s coronavirus briefing.

While scientists are hopeful current vaccines will be effective against the U.K. variant, it’s currently unknown what its effects will be.

“I think it’s important that we don’t try to speculate here,” immunologist Dr. Kristian Anderson said at the county briefing. “We are hopeful that this particular lineage will not have any effect

or minimal effect on preexisting immunity whether that be from previous infection or whether that be from the vaccination, but it’s really important here that we need to wait for the data and the data is going to be here soon hopefully from the U.K. colleagues first, so we are hopeful within the next week or two we will know more about this. But until then, we are hopeful that it won’t effect it but we just don’t know.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom previously announced Wednesday that the new strain had been found in Southern California.

Newsom made the announcement during an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert.

“I don’t think Californians should think that this is odd; it’s to be expected,” Fauci said.

Another case of the coronavirus variant was also detected in Colorado, it was announced Wednesday.

The Colorado and California cases have triggered a host of questions about how the variant circulating in England arrived in the U.S. and whether it is too late to stop it now, with top experts saying it is probably already spreading elsewhere in the United States.

The confirmed case in Colorado is a National Guardsman in his 20s who hadn’t been traveling, officials said. He has mild symptoms and is isolating at his home near Denver, while another Guard member has a suspected case. They had been sent last week to a nursing home struggling with an outbreak.

The case in California comes as the state is consumed by a growing pandemic crisis, including record deaths.

Hospitals are increasingly stretched by soaring infections that are expected to grow in coming weeks. Southern California and the agricultural San Joaquin Valley have what is considered no intensive care capacity to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus.

And state health officials remain worried about gatherings tied to New Year’s Eve. But hope is on the horizon as

vaccines roll out.

The statewide transmission rate has fallen to the point where one infected person is in turn infecting just one other individual, a

development that Newsom called encouraging while warning that rates in central and Southern California remain much higher and the trend could reverse from holiday

gatherings.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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

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Menifee to continue its effort to take over control of all city parks from Valley-Wide despite court decision Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Menifee City Council will continue its efforts to take over all the parks in the city despite a recent Riverside County Court decision approving the request but conditioning the proposed parks takeover from Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District with tax increases to some city residents.

The city announced on its website its intent to continue its efforts to take over all the city’s 22 parks now maintained and operated by Valley-Wide, seeking to have better local control and provide better services without increasing taxes.

Most recently the control issue came up when the city council sought to stop the construction of a cell tower by AT&T in Wheatfield Park operated by Valley-Wide.

Valley-Wide approved the tower even after complaints by residents and schools arose over the safety

of the tower were heard. The effort by the city failed to halt or modify its construction for fear of possible lawsuits by the telecommunications company and Valley-Wide.

The city’s announcement said, “Since its incorporation, the city of Menifee has placed a high value on local control, including overseeing the operation of Menifee public parks. As such, the city has sought to make all public parks in Menifee city-run.

“The city embarked on this process to provide improved services at lower costs, with local oversight. As background, ValleyWide Recreation and Park District oversees 22 parks within Menifee city limits and had been providing parks and landscape maintenance services east of Interstate 215 within Menifee before the city of Menifee’s incorporation. ValleyWide assesses taxes on Menifee residents to operate these parks, yet Valley-Wide has no Menifee

residents on their board of directors.”

The city objected to the fact that Valley-Wide’s main offices are located in San Jacinto, which is a 30-minute drive from Menifee.

“The city feels strongly that if they operated the 22 parks, it could provide better services that are more tailored to community needs, better park maintenance and upkeep and lower tax assessments,” according to a city statement.

Even though the parks are in the city local residents pay taxes to Valley-Wide to provide for their upkeep. The city writes it believes that Valley-Wide is overtaxing those citizens who use the parks and the service they received are not worth what they are paying.

In 2017, the city asked the Riverside County Local Agency Formation Commission to transfer control of the parks on the east side of I-215 to the city. LAFCO did approve the application agreeing

the city would be better suited to operate the parks but put two conditions on the transfer that the city found unsatisfactory.

Those conditions included requiring the city to declare what they considered a “very confusing” tax assessment election to lower taxes to Menifee residents.

The other would require that the city pay Valley-Wide $500,000 to no longer provide park service in Menifee. Those conditions the city said were “fundamentally unfair and infeasible.” The city concluded that if agreed to, the payment would ultimately come from taxpayers’ money, meaning more taxes.

The city announcement said it “is fundamentally opposed to overcharging eastside Menifee residents more taxes for the same level of services residents of the westside of the city receive.”

The city brought suit against LAFCO to void the conditions. In

a decision released, Dec. 16, the Riverside County Superior Court found that the Commission was within its authority to impose the two conditions, according the city statement.

“As a practical matter, the court’s decision means the city cannot complete the annexation at this time. This is a significant setback for the city. The Menifee City Council is still concerned about their residents being overcharged for services below city standards.

The city will continue to work to obtain control over the 22 parks that Valley-Wide currently controls within Menifee’s boundaries.

Keeping up that pursuit is the right thing to do. It will provide better parks, better services, and lower taxes for the residents of Menifee,” city officials said.

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

Hemet rescinds its ‘crime-free’ rental housing program under federal threat Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Hemet City Council announced the city was discontinuing its rental registration and crime-free rental housing program last week following accusations they are discriminatory and may violate civil rights.

The discontinuation also included crime free lease agreements, the crime prevention through environmental design inspection reference

checklists and other related forms.

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The issue was discussed in recent city council meetings before the action was taken.

CDBG funds are provided annually by cities to help low-income residents find better and safer housing and provides the funds cannot discriminate against persons because of race or national origin.

Now with the discontinuance of the program, it means in reviewing rental applications a landlord cannot ask certain questions that may violate an applicants’ civil rights.

According to a public notice appearing in the Valley News, Dec. 18, to advise owners of rental property, the city seeks to be in compliance with state and federal laws: “pursuant to a voluntary compliance agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development related to a compliance review HUD conducted of the programs pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”

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The notice showed, “Owners of rental property are no longer required to submit a Crime Free Certification, utilize the city’s Crime Free Lease Addendum, pass CPTED inspections, attend Crime Free Rental Housing Training or undergo annual code inspections under the programs.

The notice reviewed what a rental property owner cannot “evict or refuse to renew a lease because the tenant or a household member is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking or elder abuse. You may not evict or refuse to renew a lease solely because the tenant or a household member calls emergency services, including 911.

“An arrest on its own is not evidence of a crime. Many people who are arrested later have the charges against them dropped. An eviction or other adverse housing action for criminal activity should be based on a conviction or other substantial evidence that a crime

occurred.

“Not all convictions suggest that a person would be a bad tenant.

The best way to assess whether an applicant who has a criminal history will be a good tenant is to conduct an individualized assessment of that person’s circumstances, including the nature, severity and recency of each offense and any evidence of rehabilitation,” according to the notice.

The notice also asserted, “If you believe you have been harmed by the city’s Rental Registration and Crime Free Rental Housing Programs, you may file a complaint with HUD by contacting Nathanael Hill at 415-489-6541 or nathanael.r.hill@hud.gov.”

The city manager Chris Lopez said after issuing the public notice, there were no findings against the city at the time of the notice, and the city staff is continuing to work to conclude this agreement with HUD. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

EMWD acquires Hemet parcel, easements from MWD Joe Naiman WRITER

The Eastern Municipal Water District will acquire a Hemet parcel from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and will also have a widened easement over four other parcels.

Eastern’s board voted 5-0 Wednesday, Dec. 16, to approve the purchase of a 31,873-squarefoot parcel for $25,858, to acquire the easements for $23,400 and to appropriate $100,000 for the acquisitions. The easement acquisition is contingent upon subsequent Metropolitan Water District board approval.

MWD had previously declared property north of Domenigoni Parkway and west of State Street to be surplus. In February 2019, MWD issued a notice of intent to dispose of 603 acres of property near the Diamond Valley Reservoir. The five parcels involved in the EMWD acquisition are part of that surplus land. EMWD staff reviewed the notice of intent and identified the properties as potentially beneficial to Eastern’s Water Facilities Master Plan.

The property to be acquired outright is at the southwest corner of State Street and the extension of Simpson Road. Eastern currently has a 99-year lease on that some of that land, and the Diamond Valley III Booster facility is on that leased area. Acquisition of the entire parcel will allow for the potential relocation of the Mission I Booster.

“It would be operationally ef-

ficient to co-locate that booster,” John Ward, director of engineering services for EMWD, said.

The acquisition of the entire 31,873-square-foot parcel will add 8,220 square feet to the 23,653 square feet under the current lease.

The property was appraised, and Eastern and Metropolitan negotiated a purchase price of $25,858.

The 99-year lease will be terminated when the grant deed conveying the property to Eastern is recorded. Once the land is acquired Eastern will survey and secure the entire property.

Eastern already has a 40-footwide easement over the other property, which is at the extension of Palm Avenue south of Chambers Street, and adding another 40 feet on the west to that easement will accommodate a future pipeline.

“This action would secure that,” Ward said.

The easement will extend for approximately 4,500 feet, and the total easement acquisition area is approximately 179,990 square feet. Following the appraisal and negotiations Eastern and MWD staff agreed on a purchase price of $23,400.

The MWD policy for granting or vacating easements requires the other party to reimburse MWD for processing costs. Eastern’s $100,000 appropriation will also cover other transaction expenses including EMWD staff time.

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

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Murrieta Rotary Club donates gift cards to foster youth

Hemet State of City address cites residential and commercial gains in 2020 Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Rotary Club of Murrieta presented $1,000 worth of Walmart gift cards for Murrieta foster students, Monday, Dec. 21, to purchase gifts for their foster parents. At the presentation were from left Ken Dickson, board member of Murrieta Valley Unified School District; Jim Yanoschik, director of Rotary’s Community Service; Yoana Armendariz, liaison coordinator of Foster Youth and McKinney-Vento; Michelle Pelletier, guidance tech for the district’s Student Support Services; LouEllen Ficke, Rotary president; Linda Lunn, Murrieta Valley board president, and Carol Hernandez, coordinator of the district’s visual & performing arts.

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Visitors at the grand opening of The Anchor, a crisis stabilization housing complex for homeless individuals, pose for a group photo.

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HOUSING from page A-1 and surprised by the units that they were being offered.”

She said one of the men told her that he’d lost all contact with his family and didn’t know how he could reconnect with them.

“He was hopeful that this could be the opportunity he needs to be reconnected with his family,” Dailey said.

The facility can house up to 20 homeless residents for up to 90 days. Over the course of their stay, the individuals will work with site manager Social Work Action Group to begin building a path to a sustainable future.

“This isn’t a long-term stay but it’s the first step,” Dailey said. “It’s what we call the resting place as we kind of assess and try to get the services and support that they need.

“It gives us time to work with the individuals on a more in-person basis,” she said.

In all, there are 14 units to house people in, one for the on-site, livein manager, another dedicated as a transitional unit for new people joining the facility, and the rest for residents.

Dailey said The Anchor, which was funded by the state’s Project Homekey, is the first such hous-

ing facility in Lake Elsinore. She said the facility will serve Lake Elsinore, Wildomar and surrounding county areas. It is the only city-owned housing facility in southwest Riverside County.

“It really is a demonstration of how we can maximize the funding available to meet the needs of our community,” she said. “We’ve gone from spending no money or direct effort on a regular basis to curb homelessness, to now having a housing facility. We continue to try to find the funds and the resources needed to help individuals off the street to fulfill the need that we know our community must have.

“It’s a collaboration, we couldn’t have done it and gotten this far without the support of all of our partners as part of the task force.

Regionally, we’ve had great conversations and they’ve been a huge support, so we have to thank our neighboring cities as well,” Daily said.

She said she hopes the opening of the Anchor will spur other nearby communities to find ways to create similar facilities in their area.

“We’re hopeful it will be an example for many others and be a model of success of how you can take the local ask and elevate it and make it something of value for your

community,” she said.

The city thanked community members who “went above and beyond” to donate resources to the project and get the units ready for new residents.

“We had a significant amount of donations for the site and we were extremely grateful to all those who showed their support,” Dailey said in an email shared with Valley News to stakeholders in the project.

“We received hygiene items for all rooms, dishes, brooms, spatulas, colanders, blankets, kitchen towels, shampoo, body wash, bars of soap, laundry baskets and even a 65-inch TV that we can now use in the Community Room. These are just some of the items. The list is extensive and most were donated for all 14 units.”

The city also posted on social media about the opening.

“Today marks a bright future for our city and shows that together, Lake Elsinore is a city of community support and action,” according to the post.

The city emphasized that no general fund monies were used on the project.

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

The city of Hemet, despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, continues to grow with new housing developments, retail businesses and restaurants with more on the way, according to Mayor Russ Brown in his virtual State of the City address recently.

The 18-minute broadcast on YouTube and the city website featured Brown as the key speaker with Hemet city manager Chris Lopez doing the introductions.

“Mayor Brown leads our city with composure, wisdom and compassion,” Lopez said.

Brown, a retired law enforcement officer and District 2 councilmember since 2014, was named the city mayor for 2020. In the State of the City address, he reviewed the past year’s growth and progress, saying the city staff’s efforts will result in a city anyone can call home.

Starting the city’s yearly review, Travis Holyock, Hemet water superintendent and longtime resident shared a little about how the city’s water service has successfully brought water to the homes of 10,000 residents.

Brown said the city has approved and is processing many new housing developments going down a growing list including River Oaks Ranch with its 200 single family homes; Citrus Pointe with 80 homes; Lyon Homes with 193 the Seasons at McSweeney Farms, 77 and Page Ranch with 600 homes.

In addition, The Latham, a senior assisted-living facility, has 120 apartment units and Ramona Creek will have new commercial, retail and office space available with entertainment, cultural and restaurant venues.

New businesses have popped up with the city welcoming The Habit, Blaze Pizza, Mattress Firm, Wing Stop, Grocery Outlet, LaMichoca Natural Nails and a new Starbucks.

The city is anticipating a twostory neighborhood Walmart store, gas station and car wash, Raleigh’s Hamburgers, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Holiday Inn, Raising

Caine, a boat sales and service firm and a multi-tenant retail center, according to the presentation.

Jordan Adrain of Blaze Pizza said he moved to Hemet because of the city’s speedy help and its welcoming people.

Jaime Cruz, Hemet’s senior public works inspector, said he liked working in the city that still has many affordable homes.

Brown praised the Hemet Unified School District for its advances in technology training for its students and being only one of six districts in the nation to receive a Hewlett Foundation grant that provides the equipment and services needed to improve student achievement in technical fields. West Valley High School is the first to offer the International Baccalaureate program for juniors and seniors in the district.

He said the city with the help of many agencies managed to provide over 2 million meals to needy city families during the last eight months of the coronavirus pandemic.

The city’s police department, recipient of the residents Measure U sales taxes that added officers and equipment to the department crimes against persons has decreased by 12% while property crimes dropped by 26%.

The city made $4 million in infrastructure improvements with new sidewalks, slurry sealing many roadways, adding a traffic signal and many ADA projects among filling potholes and other city property damages.

“I must say during the height of the pandemic I developed a greater appreciation of the community that I am a part of,” Brown concluded his remarks.

He welcomed Councilmember Karlee Meyer as the city mayor for 2021.

2020 Mayor Pro tem Linda Krupa said in the address she was proud to call the city her home.

“It is a city of innovation. A city of growth. A city of evolution and we will continue to grow.”

Newly elected council member Joe Males will be the city mayor pro tem for 2021.

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Charity b lood d rive honors Hemet teen

Blood donors abriel arza and Sylvia Torres are checked in by atalie Reyes at the LifeStream charity blood drive held in San Jacinto on ew Year’s Eve.

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Ellen Tichy, who is holding sun owers sent to her by Chiara and Sandra Valle of ings for Ewing Sarcoma, oins several LifeStream workers for a photo Thursday, Dec. , at a charity blood drive for the nonprofit that honored Tichy’s daughter on what would have been her st birthday. They are making the letter C for Cassiopeia Cassi Tichy.

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Caricature artist Ruben erard of San Dimas updates a Tichy family portrait with the help of a photograph as Ellen Tichy sits for him.

A memorial table is set up for Cassiopeia Cassi in San Jacinto on ew Year’s Eve.

race Tichy at a charity blood drive held by LifeStream

Hemet resident Cassi Tichy would have been 21 years old Thursday, Dec. 31, if she had not died of Ewing Sarcoma in 2018.

She was diagnosed with the rare childhood bone cancer when she was 15, and she spent 32 months fighting it. Her mother, Ellen Tichy, works to keep her memory alive through advocacy for more research and awareness campaigns that will help others stricken with the disease.

Tichy hosted a blood drive in San Jacinto with LifeStream Blood Bank Thursday, Dec. 31, on New Year’s Eve to help them replenish their low blood supply and to celebrate Cassi’s birthday. The company agreed to donate $10 for each blood donation to Wings for Ewing Sarcoma.

Wings for Ewing Sarcoma, a nonprofit started by Chiara Valle a young ballerina from New York who was diagnosed with the disease in 2018 and celebrated two years out of treatment in November. Her cancer had not metastasized as Cassi’s had. Valle and her mother, Sandra, started the nonprofit to raise funds for much needed research.

More than 40 potential donors made appointments to give blood before the event’s 8 a.m. start.

At 9:17 a.m., the time of Cassi’s birth, friends and family gathered around a memorial table to sing “Happy Birthday.” Ellen Tichy sat next to the urn containing Cassi’s cremated remains surrounded by yellow balloons – Cassi’s favorite color and a nod to the yellow butterfly that is the symbol associated with Ewing Sarcoma and all types of bone cancer.

Donor Sylvia Torres, a friend of Cassi’s from theater class at Hemet High School, helped Tichy organize the blood drive. Her boyfriend, Gabriel Garza, joined her in donating blood.

“I don’t like needles, but this is the gift of life and I have plenty to give,” Torres said.

Phlebotomist Natalie Reyes was one of about 10 LifeStream workers at two bloodmobiles that were stationed at the south end of the Stater Bros. parking lot in San Jacinto during the six-hour event.

She kept busy at the check-in table, monitoring donors with appointments and walk-ins.

“We are taking all precautions to be sure it is safe for donors to give and that it’s safe for patients to receive (the donated blood),” Reyes said.

More than 50 people registered to donate, but after screening, 44 pints were collected, including four “double red” concentrated red blood cell donations. Those with O-positive, O-negative or Bnegative blood types were asked if they wanted to make a Power Red donation, which is two units of collected red blood cells as opposed to a single unit taken during a whole-blood donation.

“When you donate a unit, it can help three adults or eight babies; with the double red, it helps six adults or 16 babies,” Daniela Agu-

ilera, collections supervisor for LifeStream, said.

She said the mini physical that donors receive can also be helpful as it can reveal low iron, high blood pressure, dehydration, high cholesterol and other conditions that might be present even if the person is asymptomatic.

“I like to think of donating blood like getting an oil change on your car as your body replaces the blood cells that are removed with new ones,” Aguilera said.

Tichy said it was a very emotional day with the highlight being making her blood donation while holding Cassi’s urn. She said she tries to donate every 56 days, the allotted time frame set by LifeStream.

“I look forward to giving blood because I’m helping others,” she said. “When Cassi needed 50-plus units of platelets and blood (during her treatments), I always wondered who had been generous enough to donate.”

Tony Holder has worked at LifeStream for more than four years and is currently manager of donor recruitment. He said blood donation is something that needs to happen every day of the week as creating frequent donations in the community creates a steady flow of blood product that is always there to render aid when it is needed.

“Right now, during COVID-19, we are facing shortages I have not seen in the time I have been here,” Holder said. “Our blood supply should be, at bare minimum, at least a three-day supply of blood.

We have been operating at around one-day, or less, supply since this pandemic began. We have never stopped hosting blood drives since the beginning of the pandemic, not one day. We were able to overcome social distancing challenges, PPE needs and sanitizing practices that hold up against regulations from the CDC. We had no choice, there were people’s lives on the line. It is perfectly safe to donate during this pandemic.”

Holder said that the amount of blood that mobile blood drives typically collects is around 50% to 60% of the blood supply. The other 40% to 50% is provided at donor centers. He said that number has flipped since March 2020, with 65% to 70% coming from fixed sites and 30% to 35% coming from mobile blood drives because of COVID-19.

“Almost all blood centers across the country, as well as LifeStream, rely on mobile blood drives to support our local hospitals and patients,” Holder said. “If we did not conduct mobile blood drives, our blood collecting abilities would be vastly reduced. This would in turn drastically reduce the hospitals we could service.”

For more information on how to donate blood at a LifeStream location or a future blood drive, call 800-879-4484 or visit http:// LStream.org. To donate blood in honor of Cassi Tichy, use code REPLCT21.

For more information about the nonprofit organization and to read Chiara’s and Cassi’s stories, visit http://wingsforewingsarcoma.org.

Left Family and friends gather around a memorial table to sing Happy Birthday to Cassi Tichy on what would have been her st birthday, during a charity blood drive held in her honor and to bring awareness to Ewing Sarcoma.

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Sleep apnea implant therapy helps Temecula mother and soccer coach

Laura itz, a mother and soccer coach at Temecula Valley High School, has an implant to address her sleep apnea.

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Two years ago, Temecula mother and soccer coach Laura Witz received an implant to address her sleep apnea.

“I feel like I’m starting to get my life back,” Witz said. “It’s definitely been a lifesaver for me.”

Witz graduated from San Pasqual High School in 1983. Girls soccer became a CIF sport during her junior year, so as a freshman she played on the boys’ freshman team.

She attended the University of San Diego, but the Toreros didn’t offer women’s soccer until 1992.

She played intramural soccer and softball at USD, and men’s coach Seamus McFadden let her work out with the men’s soccer team. She met her husband, Greg, playing intramural athletics at USD, and they were married in 1986.

Witz and her husband moved from Escondido to Temecula in 1992. The couple have six children, all of whom attended Temecula Valley High School. Their youngest, Morgan, is a senior this year. Witz also coaches soccer for the Golden Bears.

The sleep apnea problems first surfaced approximately 15 years ago when Witz began snoring heavily.

“My husband would kind of joke at family events that he had a hard time sleeping,” she said.

In her mid-40s, Witz underwent a sleep study.

“It showed that I had sleep apnea,” she said.

Witz has a narrow passage in her throat.

“That muscle relaxes,” she said.

“It just would fall back. Sometimes it’s just how you’re built.”

Of the two types of sleep apnea, in one the tongue obstructs the flow of oxygen and the other is based in the brain. Witz was diagnosed with the tongue obstruction. The obstruction was affecting her breathing.

“I would choke at night,” Witz said.

Her body recognized the risk of Witz sleeping, she said.

“I would have what I thought was really bad insomnia,” she said. “It was more dangerous for me to sleep than to stay awake.”

When the high school soccer team played overnight tournaments in Orange County, Witz’s snoring was noticed by the other coaches.

“It was embarrassing,” she said.

Her husband was afraid that Witz would die in her sleep and became worried when he didn’t hear snoring, she said.

“For years he couldn’t sleep because I was a loud snorer,” Witz said. “Then he couldn’t sleep because it was quiet.”

Witz tried a continuous positive airway pressure machine.

“I tried all the different sizes, all the different kinds,” she said.

She tried treatments for opening her nasal passages.

“I have really narrow nasal passages,” Witz said. “They opened up one side to see if that would help.

That didn’t seem to help.”

She also tried a mouthpiece intended to keep the lower jaw from pushing forward and keep the tongue from obstructing the airway.

That didn’t seem to work very well and was painful, Witz said.

“I thought there’s nothing that could help,” Witz said. “My health started deteriorating.”

Her body was making up for the oxygen deprivation, which put her

at risk of a stroke or high blood pressure.

“I knew I was deteriorating, and I was not healthy. I would wake up every single morning for years with a headache,” Witz said.

The headaches were caused by the lack of oxygen while sleeping.

“I didn’t realize that I wasn’t getting oxygen,” Witz said. “I thought I’m completely helpless.”

When she heard about the implant therapy, Witz said she didn’t embrace it immediately.

“There wasn’t a lot of information,” she said. “There were only a small handful of doctors who did that procedure. One of them happened to be in Temecula.”

He is Dr. Matthew Leach of Encinitas. Leach is a San Diego County native who received an undergraduate degree at Bowdoin College in Maine before attending medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

He took his ear, nose, and throat surgery training at St. Louis University before returning to Southern California. He is currently affiliated with United ENT. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Inspire implant in 2014, although it had already been used in Germany.

Leach’s first procedure with the implant was in February 2018.

“There was no one to talk to who had had this procedure before,” she said.

After more testing and research, Witz decided to have the implant.

“I went for it and have no regrets at all,” she said.

It takes time to receive approval for an implant, she said.

“To get the implant does require a lot of steps,” Leach said.

The initial prerequisite is a diagnosis of sleep apnea. The patient also must have tried a CPAP or similar machine and have been unsuccessful with that machine. A new sleep study must be performed.

Witz met all of those requirements.

“She had struggled just all-out with her sleep quality,” Leach said.

Leach said he does not promote the implant surgery as the only option during the consultation.

“I try to keep it open-ended, and I talk about all the options,” he said.

“Not every patient is a good candidate for surgery.”

A sleep condition assessment also precedes the surgery.

“The whole goal of that procedure is to assess what happens to that patient when they go to sleep,” Leach said. “We don’t want to implant someone who’s not going to improve from surgery.”

The previous steps increase the chance that the patient’s insurance provider will cover the surgery, although that is not guaranteed.

“Some patients, it takes a while

to have everything approved by their insurance,” Leach said. “It can take several months sometimes to get approved. She had one that we work with a lot. It wasn’t excessively long.”

Inspire assists with the insurance process, he said.

“Inspire has a whole team which helps their carriers throughout that,” Leach said. “They are the experts in that. Every state is different. Every insurance is different.”

Witz received her implant in January 2019, shortly before her 54th birthday.

“The surgery itself lasts around two hours,” Leach said.

Three incisions were made. An incision less than 2 inches in diameter was made on the right side of the neck at the lower chin.

“The upper incision is where we are looking for the hypoglossal nerve, which is the main nerve which controls tongue movement,” Leach said.

“They look for the one that keeps your tongue forward,” Witz said.

“That’s where we get the effect,” Leach said. “It keeps everything open.”

A wire is connected from the actual stimulator to the tongue nerve.

“Once we put the stimulator on the nerve, it allows us to control the contraction of the muscle,” Leach said.

It ensured that breathing will not be obstructed.

“It does not have the opportunity to pull back into the pathway of your oxygen,” Witz said.

A second incision is made on the right side of the chest between the collarbone. An implantable pulse generator approximately half an inch thick and 1 1/2 inches long is implanted.

“It looks just like a pacemaker,” Leach said. “It’s kind of the brains of the operation.”

The other incision is on the right side of the rib cage.

“We place a very tiny little electrode,” Leach said. “It’s sensing your breathing. That sends a signal to the nerve.”

Small wires are connected between the electrode sensor and the pulse generator as well as between the stimulator and the tongue nerve.

“It’s kind of a domino effect,” Leach said. “With each breath that you take, it keeps the throat open. It doesn’t control breathing. It’s sensing the contraction of the little tiny machine between your rib cage.”

Controlling the obstruction rather than breathing itself makes the implant effective.

“It’s optimizing the breathing that you do. It doesn’t change how and when you breathe,” Leach said.

“You don’t actually stop breathing,” Leach said of sleep apnea.

“The breathing’s obstructed.”

The implant surgery was con-

ducted as an outpatient procedure under general anaesthesia at Temecula Valley Hospital.

“You’re home that afternoon,” Witz said.

“It’s almost always outpatient,” Leach said. “It doesn’t need to be in a hospital.”

The patient will likely experience soreness but not pain from the surgery, he said.

“Many of my patients don’t need prescription pain medicine,” Leach said. “It’s a pretty easy recovery.”

Leach puts a sling on the patient’s right arm to remind the patient not to undertake significant activity on that side. Patients are advised to rest for approximately a week.

Witz’s procedure took place during the 2018-2019 high school soccer season, when Witz was a varsity assistant coach and lowerlevel head coach.

“I’m pretty tough. I only missed like a couple of games,” she said.

The stimulator was turned on about four weeks after the implant.

The stimulation pulse was escalated to allow the body to adapt.

“Once a week, you turn up the strength of the stimulator,” Leach said.

In Witz’s case, the escalation took approximately one month. If she has a cold or other nasal condition, she can alter the settings.

“I can adjust it a little bit if I need to,” she said.

Other conditions may warrant adjustments.

“It’s adjustable, so we can change all the different settings,” Leach said.

“I’m waking up without headaches again, which is awesome,” Witz said. “Within a month to two months after I already noticed the headaches were going away. My memory started getting better, and I felt way more energetic.”

Witz had a follow-up six months after surgery.

“I haven’t had to do a sleep study test since then,” she said.

“She was very happy with her decision,” Leach said. “It changed her life.”

Leach said the implant’s battery life span is about 10 years, so an additional visit will be required at that time.

Witz said she hasn’t had problems with sleep or breathing since the stimulator was turned on.

“It’s made a difference,” she said.

“It gives me a little bit of hope.”

Witz resumed her activities.

“I’m just rebuilding,” she said.

The device has also brought assurances to her husband, she said.

“Now he knows I’m quiet because I’m actually sleeping and I’m not suffocating, so it’s a relief to him as well,” Witz said.

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

Hospitals show huge increases in COVID-19 patients since middle of December Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Riverside County hospitals are reporting significantly more coronavirus patients than in previous weeks – with two local hospitals showing twice as many confirmed coronavirus cases as of Dec. 28, the most recent day for which data was available at press time, compared to two weeks before.

In U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data from Dec. 28, Temecula Valley Hospital announced a weekly average of 53.6 hospitalized adults confirmed to be coronavirus positive; Southwest

Healthcare System, which includes Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar and Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, announced a weekly average of 103.1; and Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta announced a weekly average of 64.3. Those numbers compare to weekly averages as of Dec. 14 of 25.7 adults hospitalized with coronavirus at Temecula Valley Hospital, 51.3 at Southwest Healthcare System and 54.6 at Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta.

ICUs in local hospitals are also nearly full, per the Dec. 28 data.

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the 11-county Southern California region’s available ICU capacity at 0%; while the recent data show some ICU beds are not filled, state officials and healthcare professionals have said over the course of the pandemic that empty ICU beds do not necessarily equate to available ICU capacity.

“The most important limiting factor is staff,” Carmela Coyle, president and CEO of the California Hospital Association, told K QED earlier in December. “Those critical care nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists that are needed at the bedside to care and to cure.”

At Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta, COVID-19 patients actually now make up a majority of those hospitalized – 61% of patients at the hospital are COVID-19-positive. Those with COVID-19 do not make up a majority of patients at Temecula Valley Hospital or Southwest Healthcare System, but they still make up a significant chunk 41% of patients have the coronavirus at Temecula Valley Hospital, as do 46% at Southwest Healthcare System.

Riverside County, which tracks COVID-19 hospitalizations daily throughout the county but does not provide data for specific hospitals, actually reported a slight decrease of 20 COVID-19 hospitalizations on New Year’s Eve, down to 1,464.

It includes 296 intensive care unit patients, one fewer than the day before.

Riverside County reported 16 new COVID-19 cases, Thursday, Dec. 31, but the county called that

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“We are working to correct the issue, and the correct figures will be reported as soon as the issue is resolved,” Jose Arballo, a representative for the Riverside University Health System, said.

Additional information about the nature of the error was not provided, but some other counties, including Orange, have reported similar issues with data from the state.

The total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the county since the pandemic began in early March reached 180,553, compared with 180,537 Wednesday, Dec. 30, according to the Riverside University Health System.

The number of deaths stemming from virus-related complications jumped up by 34 Thursday, Dec. 31, bringing the total to 1,985. The death figures are trailing indicators because of delays processing death certificates, according to officials.

Bruce Barton, director of Riverside County Emergency Management Department, said county ICU beds are the greatest concern, with the county’s general and acute care facilities technically at maximum occupancy. At Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, a shuttered cafeteria was converted to a patient care unit, officials said.

Barton said hospitals have resorted to “surge capacity” plans to expand critical care space wherever possible.

Here is a look at some of the most recent HHS data on local hospitals: Loma Lind a U niversity Med ical Center – Murrieta Total beds (seven-day average): 164 Total inpatient beds used (sevenday average): 99 Total adults hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 positive (sevenday average): 64.3 ICU beds (seven-day average): 22.3 ICU beds used (seven-day average): 12.1 Southwest Healthcare System Total beds (seven-day average): 231.4 Total inpatient beds used (sevenday average): 231.4 Total adults hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 positive (sevenday average): 103.1 ICU beds (seven-day average): 27.1 ICU beds used (seven-day average): 27 Temecula Valley Hospital Total beds (seven-day average): 139.4 Total inpatient beds used (sevenday average): 132.3 Total adults hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 positive (sevenday average): 53.6 ICU beds (seven-day average): 18.3 ICU beds used (seven-day average): 16.4 City News Service contributed to this report.

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

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EVMWD receives two H.R. LaBounty Awards

Elsinore Valley Municipal ater District staff Ruben Murillo, center left, and Anivey Casanada, center right, display H.R. LaBounty awards alongside the board of directors, including Darcy Burke, Andy Morris, reg Thomas and Phil illiams.

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LAK E ELSINORE – Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District was recently recognized by the Association of California Water

Agency’s Joint Powers Insurance Authority for outstanding efforts in workplace safety.

“We are proud of the hard-work-

ing staff members who received special recognition from ACWA JPIA,” Phil Williams, president of the EVMWD board of direc-

tors, said. “Our team is dedicated to creating a safe and productive work environment, and the H.R. LaBounty Awards serve as meaningful evidence of that.”

The H.R. LaBounty Safety Award program, sponsored by ACWA JPIA, promotes safe workplace behavior and operations by rewarding employees who participate in proactive risk reduction.

Anivey Casanada, senior office assistant at EVMWD, was recognized by ACWA JPIA for her exceptional commitment to workplace safety at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to a communitywide shortage of masks, Casanada spent hours of her personal time standing in line for fabric and sewing three-ply fabric masks with space for filters. With the help of her mother, she made over 200 masks, which were distributed to District employees as well as local hospitals.

Casanada’s dedication to her fellow employees led to valuable protection against COVID-19, avoiding spread of the virus within the workplace.

Ruben Murillo, construction maintenance superintendent at EVMWD, was also recognized

by ACWA JPIA for his work in

developing a training manual and safety operation guide for new hires. Recognizing a lack of contextual knowledge in outside training vendors, Murillo embarked on the journey of creating an internal training program at the District.

His customized training program covers Cal OSHA standards, numerous types of equipment, and varied levels of training. This initiative resulted in increased employee knowledge and skills as well as assisting the safety department in the identification and prevention of new hazards on a job site.

EVMWD’s board of directors celebrated these accomplishments with staff at a board meeting, Dec. 10.

EVMWD provides service to more than 155,000 water and wastewater customers in a 97-square-mile area in western Riverside County. The district is a sub-agency of the Western Municipal Water District and a member agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Visit the EVMWD website at http://www.evmwd. com for additional information.

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the return on-time and having all of your necessary items with you will not only help make the process go smoother, but it will also likely guarantee you a full refund. Protip: If you are sending a package back in the mail, either make a copy or take a photo of the tracking number on the label to ensure your return is delivered and that you will get a refund.

Avoid peak return times. Before you think about returning or exchanging your unwanted holiday gifts immediately after Christmas, hold off a few days or even a week.

Avoid peak times altogether and make holiday returns in the early mornings and weeknight evenings.

Not only will you likely be in a less-hectic returns environment, but chances are you’ll also find heavily discounted goods you can exchange for.

Don’t be shy – ask for the gift receipt. If you plan on returning a gift, don’t be afraid to ask for the receipt. Often if an item is on sale and you don’t have the receipt in hand, retailers will refund you the current sale price of an item via store credit or the money will get put back on the original method of payment, such as money will get put on the buyer’s credit card.

K now your return options. Safety is a big priority this holiday season and it’s important to know your return options. Whether you pay to send an item back, have free shipping labels, head to the store or drop off the item for curbside returns, do your research ahead of time to avoid waiting in long lines and crowds.

R ebecca G ramuglia is a consumer ex pert at TopCashback.com.

Make online holiday returns less hectic Rebecca Gramuglia SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

With online shopping being so popular this year, consumers can expect an even busier return season. And according to TopCashback.com, the USA’s most generous cashback site, 38% of Americans expect to return gifts this holiday season.

The survey polled a cross section of 1,875 adults, aged 18 and over.

To the question, “What are you returning?” The top three items people will most likely return included clothes (47%), don’t know (13%) and tech (10%).

The top for responses to “What is the main reason you return a gift?” were: Not the right size (37%), Not my style/taste (27%), It will never be used (15%) and Already have a similar item (12%).

When asked “How will you be making returns this year?” 59% answered in-store and 41% said through the mail.

The survey also found that 83% of respondents are more likely to shop at an online store that offers free returns.

Consumers need to read the fine print of return policies before making returns.

The survey found that 80% of those polled researched or read the return policy before returning an item, and 20% answered that they didn’t research the return policy beforehand.

When asked “Do you return gifts on time or end up having to keep them because you missed the deadline?” 79% answered that they return gifts on time, while 21% said they end up having to keep gifts.

What do people do with those

unwanted gifts they can’t return?

Thirty-four percent answered that they regift it, 28% donate it to charity, 23% sell it and 15% keep it.

To make post-holiday returns a little less hectic, here are four returns tips from http://TopCashback.com.

Research the return policies and deadlines. Skip the post-holiday, gift-return headache by researching policies and deadlines ahead of time. And don’t worry, you didn’t need to return everything before 2021 – some deadlines are extended well into the new year.

H a v e a l l o f y o u r p a p e rwork. Whether it’s the receipt, packing slip, tags that still need to be intact or anything else, make sure you have everything packed, if you’re returning the item via mail, or with you if you return your products in-store. Making

How to be more efficient with your time

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TEMECULA – A time crunch is no stranger to many adults. Busy professionals balancing work and their personal lives often wish there was more time in the day.

Though it might be impossible to create more minutes in the day, adults can take steps to be more

efficient with their time. The more efficient people can be with their time, the more that time should begin to feel like their own.

Aud it yourself .

It’s hard to be more efficient with your time if you’re not certain about where you’re being inef-

ficient. Audit how you’re spending time each day, jotting down everything you do during the day and how much time you spend on each individual task. Audits can be made easier by utilizing time tracking apps on a smartphone, some of which are free. The app need not provide a bunch of bells and whistles, such apps are generally designed to help businesses track employees’ production. A simple app that lets you track each activity and the time it takes to perform it is all you need to conduct a successful audit.

Categorize tasks.

Tasks can be categorized so those that are absolutely necessary are never given a lower priority than nonessential tasks. In addition, tasks can be categorized according to how much time each one figures to take. Once tasks have been categorized, choose distraction-free times of day to perform high-priority, time-consuming tasks. The ability to focus on such tasks free from distraction

Organize your home office TEMECULA – Remote working has become popular in recent years, but the “working-fromhome” economy bloomed exponentially as the world was forced to confront the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, as of summer 2020, 42% of the United States labor force was working from home full-time.

The need for home office spaces has increased as more people work from home. Many people have retrofitted various spaces around their homes into areas to get work done. More organized home work spaces can increase productivity. Individuals can follow these guidelines to create effective, organized home offices.

Begin with the d esk.

The desk is the primary spot where work will take place. The right desk accessories can provide visual appeal and also serve practical purposes. Have cups for holding pens and pencils, baskets

and bins for larger items, and store whatever you can elsewhere so it does not lead to clutter on the desk.

Store wireless printers in a cabinet or even on a bookshelf so it doesn’t take up real estate on the desk.

Create a printing station.

While you’re moving that wireless printer elsewhere, designate a space to serve as the central printing hub. This way children who need to print assignments for school will know where to go as well. Printer supplies like extra ink cartridges and printer paper can be kept in decorative storage boxes nearby.

I ncrease your shelving.

Shelving can help keep items organized and off the desk in home offices without closets or drawers.

Look for shelves that blend in with decor but are sturdy enough to be functional.

Organize paperwork.

Figure out a system that works for you to help tidy up papers you choose to save. While some pa-

pers can be scanned and stored as digital files, color-coded file folders can organize statements and other important documents. This makes it easy to find the folder you need when looking for certain documents.

Estab lish a charging station.

Repurpose certain items, such as a desk organizer, into an easily accessible electronics charging station where phones and tablets can charge at one time.

Make essential b ind ers.

HGTV suggests making binders that can store the most important papers for easy access – even in an emergency. Set up a binder for automotive paperwork, including repair receipts, a medical binder where key medical records are kept, a binder for manuals for devices in the home, and one to store financial planning documents.

These organizational tips can help remedy common problems around a home office.

should cut down on the time it takes to complete them, potentially freeing up more time in your day.

Don’t hesitate to d elegate.

When categorizing tasks, create a category for tasks that can be delegated. Parents may want to delegate meal prep to children who are old enough to hold their own in the kitchen, while adult partners can divide up household chores so no one person is doing the bulk of the work around the house. urn devices o .

Devices are distracting, and various surveys and studies have proven that. Research from RescueTime, an iOS- and Androidsupported app created to monitor

phone use, found that people spend an average of three hours and 15 minutes per day on their phones.

Adults who are pressed for time may benefit by turning their devices off during the workday and or when trying to tackle tasks at home. In fact, turning a smartphone or other device off when you don’t need it to perform a given task may be the simplest and most effective way to make more efficient use of your time.

Finding a 25th hour in the day may not be possible, but people can try various strategies to make more efficient use of the 24 hours they do have each day.

City of Hemet

Notice for the Owners and Occupants of Rental Property in Hemet The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the City of Hemet’s Rental Registration and Crime-Free Rental Housing Programs (“Programs”) are being repealed pursuant to a voluntary compliance agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) related to a compliance review HUD conducted of the Programs pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Owners of rental property are no longer required to submit a Crime Free Certification, utilize the City’s Crime Free Lease Addendum, pass CPTED inspections, attend Crime Free Rental Housing Training, or undergo annual code inspections under the Programs.

Owners and managers of rental housing are reminded that they must comply with fair housing laws. Owners and managers should be mindful of the following: • You may not evict or refuse to renew a lease because the tenant or a household member is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking or elder abuse (as described in Cal. Code of Civ. Proc.§ 1161.3).

• You may not evict or refuse to renew a lease solely because the tenant or a household member calls emergency services, including 911.

• An arrest on its own is not evidence of a crime. Many people who are arrested later have the charges against them dropped. An eviction or other adverse housing action for criminal activity should be based on a conviction or other substantial evidence that a crime occurred.

• Not all convictions suggest that a person would be a bad tenant. The best way to assess whether an applicant who has a criminal history will be a good tenant is to conduct an individualized assessment of that person’s circumstances, including the nature, severity and recency of each offense, and any evidence of rehabilitation.

If you believe you have been harmed by the City’s Rental Registration and Crime- Free Rental Housing Programs, you may file a complaint with HUD by contacting Nathanael Hill at 415-489-6541 or nathanael.r.hill@ hud.gov.

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Rose Care FUNdamentals for January 2021 Frank Brines ARS MASTER CONSULTING ROSARIAN

Happy New Year – let’s hope this one is an improvement over 2020.

This month I’m going to help you get ready for the major late-winter pruning you should do in late January to late February. I’ll provide details on pruning in my February column. Check http://Temeculavalleyrosesociety.com to see if there will be a rose care workshop at Rose Haven Heritage Garden, 30592 Jedediah Smith Road, in Temecula, in January.

In southwest Riverside County, this major annual pruning should be done sometime between late January and late February. The San Diego Rose Society aims to be finished by Feb. 14. This pruning resets the plants’ biological clock, acting as a wake-up call to begin a new life cycle. You can expect the first flush of blooms about 10 weeks after pruning.

As much as you’d like to have blooms as soon as possible, don’t jump the gun on this pruning. Some gardeners think pruning in December or early January will give them a head start on flower production, but that’s a delusion.

First, even if January brings exceptionally warm air temperatures, the soil will still be quite cold, so the roots and stems will not be “revved up” for much active growth – your head start won’t amount to much.

More importantly, if early pruning is followed by a hard frost, you’ll probably lose the tender young growth and have to prune again. Will the remaining canes be long enough and have enough stored energy for vigorous spring growth? Will you have enough outward-facing buds? Probably not. Simply stated, pruning too early will set back stem growth and flower production and can ruin your chances of strong, well-formed plants.

I think you’ll be able to hold off after experiencing the recent storms that brought plenty of cold rain, snow and freezing, or near freezing, nighttime temperatures to the Temecula Valley. Next week’s weather forecast for the Temecula Valley is for chances of rain in most

areas and lows in the mid-30s. In the Temecula Valley, the last average frost date is March 31, so you’re probably safe pruning in late January to late February. Of course, it’s always a gamble. The best advice is to watch the weather.

But this month, get your tools ready. You need a good pair of sharp “bypass” hand pruners that fit comfortably in your hand. “Bypass” pruners have a sharp curved cutting blade, which slices through the cane, and a dull curved non-cutting blade, which holds the cane in place during the cut. The sharp blade “bypasses” or slides over the dull curved blade. This type of pruner is in contrast to pruners that have a sharp flat blade that comes to rest against a flat dull blade toss those pruners out.

At minimum, also have at least one pair of sturdy loppers handy.

Each pruner size has a maximum diameter it can cut efficiently. Using pruners or loppers that are too small on a too-large cane can damage both the tool and the cane. A hand saw with a narrow blade can also be handy, if you have some older plants with large canes that may need to be removed. A “keyhole” saw works well for this use.

All tools should be kept clean.

Rubbing alcohol and cotton balls are ideal for cleaning cutting blades, before, during and after the job. It helps prevent disease transmission from plant to plant, and you can use it as first aid on your own cuts, scratches and punctures. On that note, a good pair of leather gloves are necessary with long sleeves or separate pair of sleeves to protect your arms.

Before starting the job, apply a little light oil, such as 3-in-1 oil, to each tool’s moving parts and make sure they operate without resistance. Sharpen each blade with a small diamond file that is available at garden centers, trying as much as possible to match the original bevel of the blade. When you’re actually pruning, swipe the file over the blade a few times every 100 cuts or so to keep it sharp. If you notice that your pruners are crushing the stems and/or leaving a tail, it’s past time to sharpen them. To minimize damage to the cane, keep this rule

n January, it’s time to get your pruning tools ready for February’s late-winter pruning.

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in mind. The sharp blade should always face the part of the plant that will be left. This positioning will minimize the crushing of the cane or stem as it will be the part that is discarded. This rule also works for preparing stems for arranging or putting into a vase.

January and February are excellent months for planting new roses in the Temecula Valley and environs. Still, one can usually wait until March to plant and still expect the roots to form relationships with beneficial soil fungi and become showstoppers as early as May, well ahead of the summer heat. Potted rose bushes will be optimal for these late plantings.

For now, be thinking about adding one or two new roses to your garden in spring. Roses offered for sale are rated by quality. You want only No. 1 roses – they are the surest guarantee of success, with all horticultural methods employed to provide satisfaction – don’t waste your time and money on anything lower. Higher quality plants have a higher chance of success, require less effort and acclimate faster.

Also, the cost of any rose is a very small fraction of what you will

eventually invest in that plant over the years in water, fertilizer, pest control and effort, so why not start with a first-quality plant?

Roses may come to you “bare root,” potted, or packaged. Bare root plants are just that, usually packed in wood chips to keep the roots damp and viable. They are slower to thrive and it is best to get them early and planted immediately so they have the maximum amount of time to become established.

When you acquire a bare root rose, be sure to soak its roots in water for 24 hours, then plant promptly.

Packaged roses are the slowest to thrive as they have been drastically root pruned to fit into the plastic sleeves. Potted roses make the quickest and most successful transition to the garden, but they also tend to be more expensive and not as plentiful in selection, and I’ve detected that many nurseries will pot up bare root plants immediately upon arrival to stores so inspect those selections. But as I said, the initial cost will pale against what you put into the plant in the years to come.

Rose plants are beginning to be stocked at nurseries and retailers

now. You might find some good values. There are many sources: local nurseries and reputable online retailers who specialize in roses.

New stock will begin appearing in nurseries this month, and online suppliers usually ship in mid-January. Does that tell you anything?

But be sure to shop early for the best selection – and if you have access to it, be sure to consult your American Rose Society Buyer’s Guide, which you will receive with your annual ARS membership or renewal.

As I said earlier, I will provide guidance on that all-important annual pruning in the February column. Also, check Valley News and nursery websites for schedules of hands-on pruning classes at different locations. Bring clean, sharp, bypass pruners in good working condition and be prepared to learn and to lend a hand pruning under experienced direction. It will be a great opportunity to get your questions answered, hone your skills and boost your confidence.

Visit http://www.temeculavalleyrosesociety.org for information on future programs and events in the garden. And spread the joy of roses.

Sand and sandbags available for Menifee residents MENIFEE – As the rainy season begins, Menifee would like to remind residents that the city has four self-serve sandbag sites for residents and businesses. When properly placed, sandbags may redirect water and debris to flow away from property and protect structures.

Self-serve sandbag stations are open at Menifee Fire Station 5, 28971 Goetz Road, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Menifee Fire Station 68, 26020 Wickerd Road, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Menifee Fire Station 76, 29950 Menifee Road, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Menifee Public

Works Maintenance Operations Center, 27860 Bradley Road, from Monday to Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Residents, property owners and business owners should bring their own gloves and shovels and be prepared to fill up to 10 sandbags, unless there is a bigger flooding issue, in which 50 sandbags per resident are allotted. Sandbags should only be filled halfway so that they are not too heavy to lift and can be stacked properly. Please note that sand is subject to availability and may run out leading up to major storms.

It is the responsibility of the property owners to protect their private property before storm events. In addition to obtaining sandbags at these locations, sandbags may also be purchased at local hardware stores and/or building supply stores. Some building supply stores will deliver filled sandbags with advanced notice.

As the community prepares for rain over the next few months, here is a list of potentially life-saving tips for motorists and pedestrians during stormy weather and/or flooding.

Avoid areas that are subject to sudden flooding. Do not cross flowing water on foot. Even 6

inches of flowing water can cause you to be swept away by strong currents.

Turn around, don’t drown. Do not drive over a flooded road.

Flowing water may hide large holes or areas of washed away roadways. Watch for “Road flooded ahead” and “Road Closed Ahead” signs and take an alternate route.

If your car stalls, abandon it immediately and seek higher ground.

Do not “sightsee” in flooded areas. Do not enter blocked off closed areas. Avoid unnecessary travel during times of heavy rain or flooding.

Check the city’s website, http://

www.cityofmenifee.us, or Facebook page, http://www.facebook. com/cityofmenifeeus, for road closure status. Use radio station 1640 AM or 1610 AM for emergency broadcasting notifications.

K eep an emergency kit available and plan ahead for hazards that may impact you or your family.

In cases of emergencies, dial 911.

Check http://www.Rivcoready. org for additional prevention tips and information.

For additional information, contact Dominique Samario, public information officer of Menifee, at dsamario@cityofmenifee.us.

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TEMECULA – Floods can quickly turn lives upside down.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people were affected by floods between 1998 and 2017, and those people no doubt recognize just how unsettling floods can be.

The damage caused by flooding can linger long after water levels have subsided. Mold left in the wake of a flood poses a significant threat, and WebMD said that mold can be especially dangerous for people with respiratory issues like allergies or asthma. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that, in the wake of Hurricane K atrina, one of the organization’s chief concerns was to let those affected by the storm learn how to safely clean up mold.

Mold cleanup must be done with a sense of urgency, as WebMD indicated that mold can grow very quickly in damp environments.

That said, it’s vital that homeowners only reenter flooded properties when it’s safe to do so. Reentering too quickly and before government officials say it’s safe to do so can put residents in serious jeopardy.

Once it’s safe to reenter a home, the CDC recommended the following approach to address mold after a flood.

Wear personal protective equipment. Gloves, masks and goggles should be worn to protect the eyes, nose, mouth and skin. While personal protective equipment can be highly effective, anyone with mold allergies or preexisting respiratory conditions like asthma should leave mold cleanup to the professionals.

Discard certain items. Items that are wet with flood water but cannot be cleaned and completely dried within 24 to 48 hours should be discarded. People with flood insurance policies may need to take photos of items before discarding them if they hope to be reimbursed.

Open doors and windows. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said that airing the home out by opening the doors and windows can inhibit mold growth when humidity levels are lower

outside than inside.

Circulate air around the house.

If it’s safe to turn the electricity back on, circulate air inside the home with fans. In addition, use a dehumidifier to remove moisture from inside the home.

Do not mix cleaning products.

The CDC said the dangers associated with mixing cleaning products. For example, mixing bleach with ammonia can produce toxic vapors.

Scrub surfaces. Use clean water and detergent to remove all visible mold from surfaces around the house. Dry the surfaces immediately after cleaning them.

Avoid refurbishing until all mold has been removed. Mold can grow even if it’s been painted or caulked over. The CDC urges anyone tasked with addressing floodrelated mold to make sure surfaces are completely cleaned and dried before refurbishing rooms.

Dry the home as quickly as possible. Drying the home as quickly as possible, and ideally within 24 to 48 hours of the occurrence of flooding, can inhibit further mold growth. However, it’s imperative that residents only reenter a home after getting the go-ahead from local authorities.

A safe and quick response to flood-related mold growth can prevent illness and further damage to a home.

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Make a comfort food classic this winter Culinary.net SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

’Tis the season for comfort foods, and this recipe with crumbled bacon and cubed potatoes smothered in melted cheddar cheese is sure to satisfy that winter craving.

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Cheesy Baked Potato Casserole Start to finish: 1 hour, 30 minutes Serves: 6 I ngredients: • 5 pounds red potatoes, cubed • 1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled • 1 pound cheddar cheese, cubed • 16 ounces shredded cheddar cheese • 1 yellow onion, chopped • 1 cup mayonnaise • 8 ounces sour cream • 1 tablespoon minced chives • 1 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon pepper D irections: Heat oven to 325 F. In large bowl, combine potatoes and bacon.

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Garage Brewing Co. receives high marks from The Beer Connoisseur magazine TEMECULA – Garage Brewing Co. recently had two beers receive high scores from The Beer Connoisseur magazine. Both the 951 Blonde Ale and the Hazy Boom IPA have been awarded a 94% rating from judges at Beer Connoisseur.

“Our 951 Blonde Ale was aptly named to show an appreciation to the locals here in our community,” Bryce Gotuzzo, digital marketing specialist of Garage Brewing Co., said. “As a community comprised of hardworking, passionate and bright individuals, we wanted to capture the essence of their remarkable qualities and reflect them in a specialized beer made for them. We’re honored to have received this outstanding feedback and are glad to have created a beer they can be proud to drink while representing their hometown.”

951 Blonde Ale by Garage Brewing Co. was evaluated as a Blonde Ale (Category 18A) from the 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines.

Judge, Randy Scorby, described the ale in his review.

“Blonde Ale pours a bright gold with brilliant clarity and a thick, creamy white head that makes it very inviting,” Scorby said. “The

initial grainy, bready malt aroma slowly gives way to a floral hop aroma with a hit of lemon zest. A hint of stone fruit esters develops as the beer warms and vents. The overall aroma is clean, fresh and bright. The flavor follows with a moderate grainy malt character that lingers with a light floral hop flavor. Light residual sweetness develops in the middle, eventually giving way to a medium-dry finish. Low hop bitterness emerges midpalate and lingers through into the aftertaste, remaining smooth throughout.”

Check out the full review https:// beerconnoisseur.com/beer/garagebrewing-co/951-blonde-ale.

Hazy Boom by Garage Brewing Co. was judged according to the 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines, Category 21B, Specialty IPA: New England IPA. Judge Brad Darnell described Hazy Boom IPA in his review.

“The beer arrives displaying its cloudy, rich, straw/golden color with light orange hues and a large, frothy white head with long retention,” he said. “The aroma is of fresh, fragrant hops providing notes of mango, pineapple, blueberry and melon accompanied by

a mildly sweet bread malt and light stone fruit esters.

“A bold hop bitterness coats the tongue as the mango, pineapple and white grapefruit hop flavors present themselves, all of which are supported by the lightly sweet bread malt. The balance rests squarely with the hops, particularly the bitterness, and the beer finishes quite dry.

Body is medium-full with moderate carbonation and light alcohol warmth,” Darnell said.

Check out the full review at https://beerconnoisseur.com/review/judges-review-94-ratinghazy-boom-garage-brewing-co.

“We’re super excited about these fantastic scores and would like to thank our amazing community here for your support and appreciation for our craft during these hard times,” Gotuzzo said.

Currently, the Garage Brewing Co. taproom is closed due to ongoing restrictions regarding COVID-19, however, Garage Brewing Co. beers can be found at suppliers throughout Southern California at https://www.garagebrewco.com find-our-beer.

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COMMU NI TY EVENTS: Jan. 12 – 8:30-9:30 a.m. Join virtual Coffee with the City of Wildomar via Zoom. Get your favorite cup of coffee and hear what Wildomar is working on. If you have questions, you will get answers. For more information, visit the city website. The event is open to all.

Jan. 23 – 8 a.m. to noon. Got Tires? Attend the free old tire pickup community cleanup event at the public works yard, 521 N. Langstaff, in Lake Elsinore. The event is for city residents only who can transport up to nine tires maximum per trip for passenger, light truck and neighborhood electric vehicle tires only. No tires with rims will be accepted, and rims must be removed. Tires from businesses will not be accepted. Proof of residency will be required.

Jan. 26 – 8-9:30 a.m. Murrieta hosts Coffee with the City via oom. Ask questions and get answers about the city. The event is open to all. For more information, visit the city website.

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

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

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

ONG OI NG 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

ONG OI NG – Temecula’s Farmers Markets are offered in Old Town Temecula Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 4100 Main St. in Temecula at Promenade Temecula, 40640 Winchester Road, outside JCPennys every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Vail Headquarters, 32115 Temecula Parkway, every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

WORK SHOPS, MEETI NG S and ANNOU NCEMENTS: Jan. 7 – Variable. The city of Lake Elsinore has partnered with the Riverside County Office of Emergency Services to provide CERT training. The training is a commitment of 20 hours, at no cost to participants. Participants who successfully complete a combination of classroom and handson instruction in fire suppression, search and rescue, cribbing and field medical procedures will receive a certificate upon completion of the class. Email Mary illiox of Lake Elsinore public works at mzilliox @lake-elsinore.org or call 951-674-5170, ext. 301, for a current schedule and enrollment information.

Jan. 7 – 2 p.m. Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society will meet pending Hemet Library opening in the upstairs conference room at 300 E. Latham St., in Hemet. Call 951-765-2372 or email communications@hsjgs. org.

Jan. 9 – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We Prophesy California is hosting a gathering for all prophetic gifts at The Awakening Church, 39681 Avenida Acacias, in Murrieta.

Registration is required as seating is limited COVID-19 guidelines will be followed with face masks and social distancing. For more information, visit https://www. eventbrite.com e internationalyoung-prophets-presents-weprophesy-tickets-132590268061.

Jan. 12 3-4:30 p.m. Attend the Inland Health Professions Coalition Nexus meeting via Zoom. The IHPC is a department within and facilitated by Reach Out focused on building a highly skilled and culturally competent health workforce in the Inland Empire. For information and registration, call 909-982-8641.

Jan. 14 – 7:30-9 a.m. Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce Networking monthly breakfast will be held via Zoom. The cost is 10 members, 20 non-members and 25 soap box minute to promote business. To register, visit https: murrietachamber.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/ register/17632.

Jan. 17-24 – Murrieta Wildomar Restaurant Week 2021 starts a

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about future meetings after the coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

ONG OI NG – Hemet Winchester National Association of Female Entrepreneurs meets monthly. For new meeting dates and destinations, contact director Joan Wakeland at 909-721-7648 or email Joanewakeland@gmail. com. Lake Elsinore/Murrieta/ Wildomar NAFE also meets each month in Lake Elsinore with director Sandie Fuenty. Call Fuenty at 714-981-7013 or email sandiesldy@aol.com to learn when meetings will resume.

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

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

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

Memberships are $10 per year.

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

ONG OI NG – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month.

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

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

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

ONG OI NG – Sons of Norway/ Scandinavia meet the first Saturday of every month from September to June. The virtual meetings are held on Zoom, at 11 a.m. Join Zoom meeting at https://us02web. zoom.us j 4232348177?pwd e Dd1SDlDdW5sdVowWUp1N3 pBYmpG z09 with the Meeting ID: 423 234 817 and passcode: yCp0js. Everyone is welcome to enjoy some virtual company with fellow Scandinavians. For more information, call 951-849-1690.

ONG OI NG Parent Support Group is available for parents whose children of any age struggle with addiction. Education, skills and support are available in Temecula. For more information, call 951-775-4000 or email info@ thecenter4 lifechange.com.

ONG OI NG – The city of Menifee offers a fitness class on Zoom Mondays through Fridays at 7 a.m., at 9 a.m. and at 12:30 p.m.

For more information, contact 951-723-3880 or visit http://www. cityofmenifee.us/register.

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campaign supporting Murrieta and Wildomar restaurants in partnership with the Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce and Murrieta Southern California.

Jan. 19 – 3-3:30 p.m. Hemet San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce hosts social media sessions for questions and answers on Zoom. Register in advance by calling 951-658-3211 for details.

New members are welcome.

Jan. 19 – 8:30-9:30 a.m. Hemet San Jacinto Chamber Women in Business Network will meet via Zoom. The women’s networking group encourages professionals to meet locals to collaborate with, support and empower. Hear from a monthly Focus Speaker, a teachable moment and updates for community events. For more information or to register, call 951-658-3211.

ONG OI NG – Noon to 1 p.m.

Attend Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce’s weekly business briefing via oom or watch live on Facebook every Wednesday. Register required at https:// bit.ly MWCBizBriefing. The chamber business briefing is an opportunity to hear from city, county and business leaders about current and relevant business information.

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

ONG OI NG – Menifee Community Services offers online driver’s education courses with a 21.95 fee. The course includes animated driving scenarios, instructional videos, sample test, licensed instructor available to answer questions, DMV approved certificate of completion with all lectures and exams completed from home. Designed for students and does not include behind-thewheel instruction or a California driver’s permit. Contact 951-7233880 or visit the city of Menifee to register at http: www.cityofmenifee.us.

ONG OI NG – 10-11:30 a.m.

Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center and The Elizabeth Hospice host a virtual support meeting for caregivers every second and fourth week of the month via Zoom. Get helpful tips and learn from others who are also dealing with similar challenges. For more information and to register, contact The Elizabeth Hospice Grief Support Services at 833349-2054.

ONG OI NG – Local National Association of Female Entrepreneurs group helps women grow both personally and professionally and meets monthly. Contact Robbie Motter, the NAFE global coordinator, at 951-255-9200 or rmotter@aol.com for information

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Te Ori Mana Dance Studio in Murrieta is home to students ranging from 5 to 0 years old.

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E ditor’ s Note: D ue to California’ s R egional Stay At H ome Order announcement, D ec. 3 ,

residents should call ahead and see if an event is still available before registering or attending.

Please comply with county and state health orders, including washing your hands, wearing

a face mask and staying 6 -feet away from other people while social distancing.

Morning Movement Sage Sanctuary in Wildomar

is hosting several classes: Join ‘Flex Yoga’ Friday, Jan. 8, at 8 a.m. For more information, visit https://www.facebook. com/events/403754170705856/.

Join the yoga class ‘Morning Movement’ Saturday, Jan. 9, at 9 a.m., with $12 admission.

No previous experience is required. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/176053774211202/.

For other classes, visit https:// www.facebook.com/sagesanctuaryhealing.

Basketb all Clinic Rising Stars Basketball Academy is hosting a basketball skills camp, with the next date occurring Sunday, Jan. 10, in Menifee.

The clinics are currently being held outdoors due to COVID-19.

Beginners, suggested ages 6-10, from 9-11 a.m., with intermediate/advanced, suggested ages 11-18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

To register, visit https://ierisingstars.com/index.php/campsclinics. Campers will need a proper sized basketball, plenty of water and snacks.

Old Town Night Market Baily’s Old Town is transforming into an outdoor artisan market from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/465441151514486/.

Polynesian Dance Te Ori Mana, a Polynesian dance studio in Murrieta, is offering dance classes for Hula (Hawaiian dance) and Ori Tahiti (Tahitian dance) with multiple dates in January.

To register, or for more information, visit http://teorimana. org/polynesian-dance.

An Artf ul New Y ear The Fallbrook Art Center is offering unique and affordable works in a wide variety of media: woodworking, glass, fabric arts, jewelry, greeting cards and more starting Jan. 2 until Jan. 24.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/388179158949568/.

Lex ington H owe can be reached by email at lhowe@ reedermedia.com.

Many TV shows halt production in southland amid COVID-19 surge City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Several television shows have temporarily halted production in Southern California amid the COVID-19 surge.

Warner Bros. TV confirmed Thursday, Dec. 31, that the CBS series “Mom,” “B Positive,” “Bob Hearts Abishola,” along with the Showtime drama “Shameless” and Netflix’s “You” will not resume filming next week as scheduled, Variety reported. The studio was aiming for a return the following week but said it would evaluate as conditions evolve.

Universal TV also halted filming on six shows, according to multiple media reports: NBC’s “Mr. Mayor,” “K enan,” “Good Girls” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” HBO Max’s “Hacks” and Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever.” A Jan. 11 return date is tentatively planned for those shows, with the exception of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” which is expected to resume shooting after Jan. 18.

A total of 16 shows produced

by Walt Disney-owned 20th Tele-

vision and ABC Signature have extended production hiatuses.

Those shows are Fox’s “911,” “Lone Star,” “Last Man Standing” and “The Orville,” FX’s “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” “American Horror Story” and “Mayans,” ABC’s “American Housewife,” “Black-ish,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Rebel,” “Station 19” and “Mixed-ish,” NBC’s “This is Us,” Disney Plus’ “Big Shot” and Hulu’s “Love, Victor.”

ABC’s “The Goldbergs” and Netflix’s “Atypical,” which were slated to resume production next week, will not restart until the following week. Those shows are produced by Sony Pictures Television. The popular syndicated game shows “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” – also produced by Sony – are planning to resume shooting the week of Jan. 11 as previously scheduled.

Variety reported recently that the CBS Studios productions “NCIS,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Seal Team,” “Why Women K ill” and “Diary of a Future President” extended their holiday hiatus by one week, until Jan. 11.

Los Angeles County public health officials are urging production companies to “strongly consider” going on temporary hiatus amid a surge that has left hospitals struggling to keep up with coronavirus patients.

Film activity is permitted to continue – with safety protocols – under state and local COVID-19 health restrictions.

According to FilmLA, the nonprofit agency that coordinates film permitting in the Los Angeles area, health officials sent a letter to industry officials last week reminding them of the current surge in COVID cases and its impact on the emergency medical system.

While urging film companies to exercise caution, the letter asked industry leaders “to strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks during this catastrophic surge in COVID-19 cases. Identify and delay higher risk activities and focus on lower-risk work for now, if at all possible.”

FilmLA was also asked by health officials to remind industry officials that “travel for production purposes is currently not advised.”

The cast of Brooklyn ine- ine, along with many other television and film studio casts, halt filming recently due to a surge in the coronavirus pandemic.

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Despite such travel technically being permitted under health restrictions, such activity makes it “more likely that people will end up together in vehicles or indoors in less-controlled settings,” according to the letter.

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to a Sherman Oaks restaurant owner’s viral video rant, blasting health officials for shutting down her outdoor dining patio while allowing a film crew to set up an outdoor catering tent across the street to serve food to crew members.

Movie Review: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Bob Garver SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

“Wonder Woman 1984” is the closest thing audiences will get to a theatrical blockbuster this holiday season. After only one weekend, the film already has the fifth-highest domestic box office at 16.7 million of any film released in the last nine months of 2020. I was initially shut out of getting a ticket for a Christmas Day screening before the one viable theater upped its number of showings for that day. Never mind the simultaneous HBO Max release, I want audiences – if able and comfortable, and of course following all safety protocols – to support theaters by seeing this movie on the big screen, even if the movie itself isn’t all that great.

Set 66 years after the World War I-era original, the new film finds the unaging Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot, trying to lead a quiet life.

Diana spends most of her time working as an anthropologist at the Smithsonian and occasionally foiling crimes as her alter ego.

She doesn’t have much of a social circle since friends will probably ask too many questions about her history and no lover could ever replace Steve Trevor, played by Chris Pine, her boyfriend who was killed in the first movie. It’s like pulling teeth for Diana to have lunch with her frumpy colleague Barbara, played by K risten Wiig, who envies Diana’s intelligence, beauty and suspiciously highly developed athletic abilities.

The Smithsonian comes into possession of an artifact – a Dreamstone that grants wishes.

Diana jokingly wishes that she had Steve back and Barbara sincerely wishes she could be more

like Diana. Fraudulent oil magnate Max Lord, played by Pedro Pascal, steals the Dreamstone and wishes to become imbued with its powers. Now he can grant any wish asked of him, and since the Dreamstone is essentially a monkey’s paw that always takes as much as it gives, he can take whatever he wants from wishers.

There are a few rules, like any one person can only get one wish, but basically, he has successfully wished for unlimited wishes in his obsessive quest for power.

Diana and Barbara’s wishes took place before Lord took over the Dreamstone, so he doesn’t have power over them, but their wishes still count. Diana is soon joined by a resurrected Steve, and the two rekindle their love.

Barbara is soon popular and admired and curiously strong. The two realize that it’s dangerous for any one person to have control of the Dreamstone and Diana, as Wonder Woman, will have to stop Lord. This mission is easier said than done because the Dreamstone is gradually taking away her powers. She can still yank a padlock clean off a door, but it’s momentarily difficult. Barbara’s price for becoming more like Diana is that she loses her humanity, becoming an antagonist who doesn’t want Diana to take the Dreamstone from Lord. Since she unintentionally got some of Diana’s Wonder Woman powers in the deal, she’s now especially dangerous.

The good news about “Wonder Woman 1984” is that Lord is a pathetic, yet compelling villain.

You’ll be wondering how he’ll abuse his power next as things spin further and further out of control. The bad news is that I can’t say the same for Diana and Bar-

bara. Barbara is basically doing Michelle Pfeiffer’s schtick from “Batman Returns,” right down to eventually becoming a cat-themed villain. Diana is disappointingly flat. There will be stretches where you’ll forget that she’s supposed to be the main character, and there are only about five scenes where she’s even in Wonder Woman mode. There’s an arc about how she has to learn to reject lies, starting with an exciting athletic competition, but concluding with her taking way too long to make an obvious decision and then rousing the world with a speech that wouldn’t be very convincing if there weren’t already plentiful evidence that she’s right. This movie has the release date and the franchise appeal to justify a great box office performance, just not the story or dialogue or overall charisma.

Grade: C “Wonder Woman 1984” is playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. The film is rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence. Its running time is 151 minutes.

Contact Bob G arver at rrg2 5 1 @ nyu.edu.

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CIF update includes girls' water polo and girls' volleyball watch list JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

With the new year here, southwest Riverside County student athletes and their families are holding on to the hope that high school sports will return soon, especially since the offices at the Southern Section of the CIF released an update recently that included a return to competition date of Jan. 25, based on county tier structures and specific sports.

With the recent spike in positive COVID-19 cases, nationwide officials within the state and southern section offices had put a halt to releasing the updated guidelines for youth sports, including high schools, but they were confident they can move forward with their plan Tuesday, Dec. 29.

There are deadlines coming up for Southern Section Council proposals, which are Friday, Jan. 8, and the CIF offices are preparing for the upcoming meetings of the Southern Section Executive Committee, Jan. 14, and the Southern Section Council Feb. 2. The deadline to submit proposals to the office for the Southern Section Council is Friday, Jan. 8, by 4 p.m.

Once that deadline passes, they will have the agendas and backup materials for both meetings available Monday, Jan. 11.

The CIF Southern Section also began putting out watch lists recently, which included girls’ water polo and girls’ volleyball.

G I RLS’ WATER POLO DIVISION 1 & 2: Murrieta Valley DIVISION 3: No local teams DIVISION 4: Vista Murrieta DIVISION 5: No local teams DIVISION 6: Hemet DIVISION 7: No local teams G I RLS’ VOLLEY BALL DIVISION 1 & 2: Murrieta Valley, Temecula Valley DIVISION 3: D id not report DIVISION 4: Hemet DIVISION 5: No local teams DIVISION 6: San Jacinto, West Valley DIVISION 7: Orange Vista DIVISION 8: No local teams DIVISION 9: No local teams As for boys’ volleyball, the CIF State Office made the decision to move the CIF Southern Regional Boys Volleyball Championships from the fall season to the spring season for the 2020-2021 school year.

“We had the option to follow that decision in the Southern Section and move our season of sport from the fall to spring or keep boys’ volleyball to the fall

Temecula Valley High School joins Murrieta Valley High School in Division 1 and 2 for the most recent updated CIF Southern Section “ Teams to Watch” list for girls’ volleyball.

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season as originally planned,” Rob Wigod, commissioner of CIF Southern Section commissioner, said. “In an effort to make the most informed decision possible, over the past two weeks we conducted a survey of Southern Section member schools to gain input on whether you would like to keep the boys’ volleyball season in the fall or move it to the spring.”

The survey was sent to 362 of the member high schools who have boys’ volleyball programs, and 304 schools responded. Two hundred seven schools supported the move of boys’ volleyball to the spring and 97 schools supported having boys’ volleyball remain in the fall.

“Those numbers indicate a clear mandate from our member schools, 68.5% to 31.5%, to move boys’ volleyball to the spring and so we will do so,” Wigod said.

The CIF State Office will be announcing the dates of the CIF boys’ volleyball Regional Championships in early January. Currently, they do not know the exact dates for the boys’ volleyball season in the spring. Once the CIF State Office determines the dates for the CIF Southern Regional

boys’ volleyball championships, however, they will release the Southern Section schedule.

“There is no doubt that we have significant challenges ahead of us,” Wigod said. “We must try and overcome those challenges with every effort we can make in support of our student athletes. It is too important to them for us to not do everything we can do on their behalf to keep their dreams alive.

Now is not the time to lose hope and I know I can count on you to continue to fight for what we all believe in. I hope this information is useful to you in the time ahead and if you have any questions, or I can help you in any way at all, do not hesitate to contact me.

My staff and I are ready, willing, and able to assist you in any way we possibly can. Thank you very much for your help and support, it is deeply appreciated. Be well, stay safe, take care and all the best to you and your families.”

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

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

The CIF Southern Section “ Teams to Watch” list for girls’ water polo is released December 2020.

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Pechanga and L.A. Chargers team up to bring smiles to Southern California children in need

Children receive bicycles just in time for Christmas LOS ANGELES – Two hundred more children were riding around on shiny new bicycles in Southern California during the holiday break. The bikes were donated to southland children in need Friday, Dec. 18, at the drive-thru donation events at three Los Angeles-area Boys & Girls Club locations. The event, called Bikes for K ids, came just in time for the holidays and was hosted by Pechanga Resort Casino and the Los Angeles Chargers Impact Fund.

While Boys & Girls Club kids were excited about their new bikes and helmets to match, they also received a surprise of a lifetime when Chargers cornerback Michael Davis appeared on the big screen. Since he could not be there in person to help hand out bikes due to COVID-19, he was there virtually to wish the kids happy holidays.

“Southern California has been

home to the Pechanga people for thousands of years, so we are proud to continue the long tradition of helping our community,” Jared Munoa, president of the Pechanga Development Corporation, said.

“Our tribe knows what it’s like to struggle, and we’ve all seen our share of challenges this year.

But together we are persevering, just like those who came before us. That’s why we were proud to partner with the Boys & Girls Club to provide 200 deserving children with a brand-new bicycle just in time for the holidays.”

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Pechanga Resort Casino recently teams up with the Los Angeles Chargers to give 200 bicycles, helmets and bicycle locks to needy children in the Inglewood area.

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USA Baseball recognizes 15U National Team Trials selections

Local players selected from USA Baseball identification events in 2019 and 2020 JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

USA Baseball recently announced its 2020 15U National Team Trials roster selections. The list features 60 athletes overall, including local athletes chosen from a USA Baseball identification event, including the 2019 13U Athlete Development Program, 13U and 14U National Team Identification Series Champions Cups and 14U National Team Development Program, as well as the 2020 15U National Team Championships North Carolina.

The announcement comes after the World Baseball Softball Confederation rescheduled the 2020 WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup, originally scheduled to take place in November in Tijuana, Mexico, to March 2021 because of COVID-19. After careful consideration and deliberation, however, USA Baseball has declined its invitation to compete in the rescheduled event due to the ongoing pandemic and its commitment to the longterm health and safety of its athletes and staff. Consequently, USA Baseball will not name a final 15U National Team in 2020.

“It is a pleasure to recognize this group of tremendously gifted young athletes after earning a spot on the 15U National Team Trials roster,” Ashley Bratcher, Senior Director of Baseball Operations for USA Baseball, said. “Although we will not ultimately name a final national team roster this year to compete in next year’s World Cup, it does not detract from the achievements of these athletes who excelled during one of our national team identification events.

“These 60 kids have separated themselves as the best fifteenand-under baseball players in the

Winchester’s Brady Strohm, who is also a University of Arizona commit from the class of 2024 , has been recognized for the 15 U National Team Trials selections by USA Baseball.

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United States and we look forward to watching how they continue to progress on and off the field as we evaluate them for future USA Baseball national team programs,” she said.

The trials roster features 17 national team alumni, eight participants of the inaugural 13U Athlete Development Program and 18 members of the 14U NTDP. Additionally, 17 players on the roster have won a gold medal with the 12U National Team, including 10 members of the 2017 World Champion 12U squad that won the U.S. its third consecutive U-12 Baseball World Cup title in Taiwan with Daniel Arambula and Owen Egan, both from Yucaipa.

In total, the 60 athletes span 21

different states and 35 of them are new to USA Baseball national team programming. Twenty-four athletes earned a spot on the 15U National Team Trials roster after representing their respective region at the 2019 NTIS Champions Cup, four invitees were selected from both the 2019 Athlete Development Program and 14U NTDP, while 23 were chosen after their performance at the inaugural National Team Championships in North Carolina.

Jared Halpert (Harvard-Westlake School; Chatsworth) was named the 15U National Team manager for 2020 with Steve Butler (Eagan High School; Eagan, Minnesota), Adam Moseley (Hoover High School; Hoover,

Alabama) and Jeff Sherman (Marcus High School; Flower Mound, Texas) joining him on the staff as assistant coaches. Team USA is the current defending world champions after winning the nation’s first-ever U-15 Baseball World Cup title in 2018.

For more information on the 15U National Team and the selection process, visit http://USABaseball.com or follow along on Twitter, at @ USABaseball15U. 2020 15U National Team Trials Roster Name; Position; Hometown; Identification Event (Region/ Team) * Daniel Arambula; IF/RHP; Yucaipa; 14U NTIS (Southwest) * ^ Owen Egan; OF/RHP; Yu-

caipa; Champs NC (Elite Squad) * ^ Josiah Palomino; C/UTL; Riverside; 13U ADP * ^ Brady Strohm; IF/RHP; Winchester; 13U NTIS (Southwest) Landon Stump; RHP; Morgan Hill; (Meta Prime 2023) Jeremiah Vargas; OF/IF; San Diego; 13U NTIS (Southwest) * ^ Raffaele Velazquez; C/IF; Long Beach; Champs NC (Empire Baseball) *D enotes national team alum ^ D enotes Athlete D evelopment Program or National Team D evelopment Program participant USA Baseball is the national governing body for baseball in the United States and is committed to serving, protecting, and supporting the game of baseball and its 15.6 million participants.

Founded in 1978, USA Baseball fields six national teams annually and is a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. On the diamond, USA Baseball is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the reigning World Baseball Classic champion, and its national teams have won 62 gold medals in international competition. Off the field, the organization is dedicated to the proliferation and health of the sport through the creation and management of numerous development initiatives including Fun At Bat, Pitch Smart, PLAY BALL and the Prospect Development Pipeline. For more information on the organization, its national teams and development-driven initiatives, visit the official website http://USABaseball.com or http:// USABDevelops.com.

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

L.A. Chargers fire head coach Anthony Lynn after 4 seasons JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The Los Angeles Chargers won their final four games to finish what some would say was a competitive NFL season, finishing 7-9, but that apparently was not good enough as head coach Anthony Lynn was let go Monday, Jan. 4, less than two seasons after he led the franchise to the playoffs. Lynn is the sixth NFL coach fired this season, joining Houston’s Bill O’Brien, Atlanta’s Dan Quinn, Detroit’s Matt Patricia, Adam Gase of the New York Jets and Jacksonville’s Doug Marrone.

“I’m not sure there is another person in this league more respected as a human being than Anthony,” owner Dean Spanos said in a state-

ment. “This is a results-driven business, and simply put, the results of the past two years have fallen short of expectations.”

Lynn, who had one year remaining on his contract, was hired by the Chargers in January 2017 and was the first Black head coach in franchise history. He went 34-32 with the Bolts, but just 12-20 over the last two seasons. Los Angeles started 0-4 during Lynn’s first season in 2017 but finished 9-7 after winning six of their last seven games that year. That record served as a launching pad to 2018 as the Chargers went 12-4, which tied for the best record in the AFC. They defeated Baltimore in the wild card round before losing to New England in the divisional playoffs.

Fast forward to 2019 and they are 7-16 since the start of last season in games decided by eight points or fewer. The franchise moved into SoFi Stadium this season and had a talented core with rookie Justin Herbert, running back Austin Ekeler, wide receivers K eenan Allen and Mike Williams, defensive end Joey Bosa and safety Derwin James.

Herbert is favored for Offensive Rookie of the Year after setting a rookie record with 31 touchdown passes. The same day Lynn was let go, Herbert said he only got a text that his former head coach was dismissed.

“I have learned so much from him and enjoyed my time with him,” Herbert said. “There’s a lot of uncertainty. You have to rely on the guys and the locker room and depend on them if we want to get better.”

There will be no advancement to the playoffs this year for the Los Angeles Chargers, and general manager Tom Telesco only has one year remaining on his contract. Telesco will be hiring his third head coach and is 61-69 during his tenure with only two playoff appearances in eight seasons.

“He has done well drafting skill position players, but his free agent

Former Los Angeles Chargers head coach, Anthony Lynn, goes 34 -32 with the Bolts but just 12-20 over the last two seasons.

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signings have not panned out,” Spanos said. “We know the team needs upgrades on the offensive line along with linebacker and cornerback, so that is what we will focus on once a new head coach has been hired.”

The Los Angeles Chargers will

have the 13th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, which is set to take place April 29 – May 1 in Cleveland.

For more information and Chargers news, visit http://www.chargers. com.

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

The Los Angeles Chargers have fired coach Anthony Lynn, second from left, pictured here with rookie Q B sensation Justin Herbert, less than two seasons after he led the franchise to the AFC divisional round.

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The event, called “ Bikes for Kids” is hosted by Pechanga Resort Casino and the Los Angeles Chargers Impact Fund at drive-thru donation events at three Los Angeles-area Boys & Girls Club locations.

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governmental services.

Bikes for K ids happened shortly after Pechanga donated toys, gifts and funding for children and families in need through four ven-

erable Southern California charities – ABC7’s Spark of Love, the Marines’ Toys for Tots, the Debbie Chisholm Memorial Foundation and the SEBA Shop with a Cop experience. The funds and gifts totaled nearly $30,000.

For more information about how Pechanga has been giving back during the pandemic, visit http:// www.pechanga.com/communityoutreach-during-pandemic.

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Our superpower is a reason for hope in 2021

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

Despite the huge setbacks globally in 2020, I am hopeful for 2021. Mostly it’s because of my faith in our people. In America, we are blessed with a wonderfully diverse culture of individuals, including immigrants from other more oppressive countries who

believe in our great experiment.

One of our challenges leading up to 2020 was our level of prosperity and comfort, then we were hit with a virus that throws us for a loop.

As Steven Pinker recently said, “Infectious disease is the rule among living things, not the exception. Progress consists of solving problems, and nothing guarantees that new problems will never arise, nor that they will be solved instantaneously.

“We ought to celebrate the fact that the outlook is better than it appears, and it’s our responsibility to meet the challenges of 2021 with rational, fact-based optimism. As we close out this terrible year, let us remember that the keystone to a safe and prosperous 2021 lies in our collective capacity to work together as a globalized civilization. As Johan Norberg observes in the opening pages of his 2020

book, ‘Open: The Story of Human Progress,’ ‘Homo sapiens is a cooperative species. Compared to many other animals, we are not particularly strong or fast, we don’t have armour, we can’t fly and are not very good at swimming. But we have something else that gives us an overwhelming advantage: we have each other,’” Pinker said.

It’s our superpower.

So far, the coronavirus pandemic was not as deadly as the 1918 influenza pandemic. The millions of people that were first projected to die in the faulty models proved to be wrong, and we lost nearly the same annual number of people as an average flu season. What we found, however, was that our amazing medical and scientific communities were in a far better place to respond with modern medical care and equipment, genome mapping and vaccine pro-

totyping. When President Donald Trump called on businesses, science and technology to come up with historically quick solutions and provided the tax dollars, they were able to meet the challenge.

We learned a lot during 2020.

We learned that global organizations created for the betterment of everyone aren’t always truthful or helpful. We learned more about our civil liberties and the balance between those and what is good for society as a whole. We had the conversations of where to draw the lines between our right to free speech, gathering, political protest, etc. and our responsibility to the rest of society. We are working it out in the courts how much power our governors have. Many of these conversations we’ve rarely had, so it’s a good learning and strengthening exercise for us.

We’ve learned a lot this last year

about our own body’s natural ability to fight off viruses that threaten the world and how to build our immune systems. We’ve learned more about how herd immunity works and again how important we are to each other’s health and immunity.

We’ve learned that our connections to each other go beyond solving global medical problems, herd immunity or political problems We learned that our connections to each other, physically and emotionally are crucial and the loss of that causes depression, death and even higher suicide rates.

I believe that while many people have lost dearly, as a whole, we are in a better place to come out stronger and wiser.

Julie R eeder can be reached by email at jreeder@reedermedia. com.

respective committees for hearings in March or April, and many will be amended significantly. Legislative deadlines throughout the year must be met, and bills that don’t pass these deadlines can be held over as two-year bills. Legislation with a fiscal impact greater than $50,000 for Senate bills or 150,000 for Assembly bills will be referred to the Senate or Assembly Appropriations Committee’s “Suspense Files, where bills with significant fiscal impacts receive greater scrutiny before heading to the floor for a final vote.

All bills must pass through their assigned committees and house

of origin by June 4 final passage by both houses is required by the time we adjourn Sept. 10. This final floor vote is often the only time members not assigned to a bill’s specific committees actually see the bill. The governor will have until Oct. 10 to sign or veto legislation submitted to him by the Legislature. Bills that fail to pass may be held for reconsideration in 2022.

Even though the partisan makeup in Sacramento is lopsided, with 60 Democrats, 19 Republicans and one independent in the Assembly, and with 31 Democrats and nine Republicans in the Senate, there is

potential for solid bipartisan work on impactful legislation. The major problems facing our state, like EDD reform, wildfire prevention, economic revitalization and many more, impact everyone, regardless of party.

Assembly R epublican Leader Marie Waldron, R -E scondido, represents the 75t h Assembly D istrict in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, E scondido, Fallbrook, H idden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma V alley, R ainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, V alley Center and V ista.

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On Jan. 11, 80 Assembly members and 40 Senators will return to Sacramento for the new 20212022 legislative session, which convened Dec. 7. Hundreds of bills will be introduced over the coming weeks. Most won’t be controversial, and many will probably never become law.

Most bills must be submitted to the Office of Legislative Counsel

by Jan. 22, and Feb. 19 is the final bill introduction deadline for this year. Bills will be referred to their

State Sen. Melendez introduces measures to protect small businesses from COVID-19 fines RIVERSIDE – California Sen. Melissa Melendez, R -Lake Elsinore, introduced two measures Jan. 4, aiming to protect small businesses from COVID-19 fines.

“Business owners are draining their finances to comply with COVID-19 regulations, and the governor has continued to change the rules with no data to support his mandates,” Melendez said. “Now small businesses are facing fines and penalties as they try to stay afloat and keep their lifelong dreams alive.”

The first measure, Senate Bill 102, prohibits regulatory boards and agencies within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, from revoking licenses or penalizing small-business owners for failure to comply with any COVID-19 emergency orders. The second measure is a reintroduction, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, that ends the State of Emergency, restores checks and balances between the Legislative and Executive branches and allows local governments to handle the pandemic locally instead of top-down mandates from the state.

“When it comes to having our licenses revoked, the punishment doesn’t fit the crime.” Chef Andrew Gruel said. “This is an overreach of authority that only creates more fear and loss in an industry that has been ravaged by the shutdowns. Each community

Wearing a mask in the Austin Hedges era Joe Naiman WRITER

should have the right to make its own local decisions.”

Restaurant owner and founder of Slapfish, Andrew Gruel, has chosen to defy these latest shutdown orders because the governor has not provided data to support the closing of outdoor dining areas.

The National Restaurant association predicted 43% of California restaurants would not survive the crisis.

“Californians are tired of being told they can’t go to work and businesses owners are tired of being told to close their businesses for reasons not based on science,” Melendez said. “The governor continues to ignore the data illustrating the thousands of businesses closing their doors, the tens of thousands of Californians who are fleeing this state, and the hundreds of thousands of unemployed Californians still seeking assistance. Enough is enough; this unilateral control needs to come to an end.”

State Sen. Melissa A. Melendez represents the 2 8 th Senate D istrict which is entirely encompassed in R iverside County and includes the cities of Blythe, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Coachella, D esert H ot Springs, I ndian Wells, I ndio, Lake E lsinore, La Q uinta, Murrieta, Temecula, Palm D esert, Palm Springs, R ancho Mirage and Wildomar. Follow her on Twitter: @senatormelendez

The irony about the mask situation is that those who feel most comfortable taking risks are most likely to wear a catcher’s mask in a Little League alumni game.

Having a mask brings back memories of when I wore a catcher’s mask in College Park Little League during the Fred K endall era. It was an enjoyable experience, and the only regret I have is that I couldn’t hit well enough to wear a catcher’s mask at higher levels. When I put on a mask now, I think of my catching days, and that mindset may or may not be a positive experience for others.

I’m sure those who advocate wearing a mask to keep others safe didn’t have me in mind. My job is to keep others from being safe. My job is to keep the batter from being safe. My job is to make sure that the baserunner trying to score from third isn’t safe. My job is to make sure that the baserunner trying to steal second or third or trying to advance on a bunt or on a fielder’s choice after a play at the plate isn’t safe. My job is to keep the runner with too large a lead off the base from being safe.

I will acknowledge that wearing a mask may extend one’s own life.

I met Bob O’Farrell, who wore a catcher’s mask in the major leagues and was the last surviving player from the 1926 World Series he ended by throwing out Babe Ruth and also the last surviving former Chicago Cubs player who played home games at West Side Park. I met former Negro Leagues pitcher and catcher Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, who earned the nickname “Double Duty” from

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Damon Runyon for his ability to handle two positions, often in the same doubleheader. In 1999 Double Duty Radcliffe pitched in a Northern League game and faced one batter to become the oldest player to appear in a professional game at the age of 96, and he lived to be 103.

While we’re on the subject of catcher longevity I knew the daughter of Truck Hannah, who was the first major league player with a palindromic last name and who also caught both games of a minor league doubleheader when he was 50. I also met former catcher Rick Dempsey, who was one of five men to play Major League Baseball in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Two of those five were catchers, with Carlton Fisk also playing in each of those four decades.

Fred K endall himself was the only member of the 1969 Padres to play with the team after 1974.

He had two stints with the Padres, and his 10 seasons with the Padres were a club record until Tim Flannery played 11 seasons, which was the team record until Tony Gwynn played 20 seasons. Fred Kendall and Tony Gwynn are the only Padres to have played for the team in three different decades. Bruce Bochy, who also wore a catcher’s mask for the Padres, had the longest tenure of any Padres manager.

The mentality of wearing a mask may pose problems for others. The runner has the right to the basepaths. A baserunner who makes contact with a fielder who doesn’t have the ball and isn’t in the process of catching the ball is automatically awarded the next base on an obstruction call and may be awarded additional bases.

If the fielder has the ball, the baserunner still has the right to the basepaths along with the right to dislodge the ball from the fielder during the tag.

If I wash my hands with soap or use hand sanitizer, having a mask reduces my need to rinse off the soap or hand sanitizer. Not only does it clean the mask, but it also sets up the possibility of a spitball. Fred Kendall and Gaylord Perry were both on the 1979 Padres as was Randy Jones, who once explained in my presence how Gaylord Perry got away with throwing a spitball. No umpire is going to check my mask for slippery substances, so all I need to do is hold on to that spitball when it reaches me.

I should probably be careful when talking about Fred K endall and Bob O’Farrell around children.

Mentioning Fred K endall to somebody currently of Little League age would be the equivalent of telling me in my Little League years about a 1930 catcher. Telling a current elementary school-age child that I met a 1915 Cubs player would be like telling a 1970s Little League player about meeting a member of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. Comprehension of such references would require the young person to be very interested in baseball, which is likely the case for anyone willing to play behind the plate.

I became used to wearing a mask years ago. I’m just waiting for the guy in the umpire’s mask to yell “Play ball.”

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

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Soboba tribal member to begin new journey

Rose Soza War Soldier, Ph.D., will begin in her new role as a tenure track Native American studies assistant professor in the ethnic studies department at California State University Sacramento in the spring.

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The new year will find Rose Soza War Soldier, Ph.D., in a new role as a tenure track Native American Studies assistant professor in the Ethnic Studies department at California State University Sacramento in the spring.

Soza War Soldier is the youngest daughter of William “Billy” P. Soza War Soldier Jr. (1949-2014) and Antonia “Toni” Delgado (Mountain Maidu) and granddaughter of two-term Soboba Tribal Chairman –1966 and 1968– William “Willie” P. Soza Sr. (1919-1980) and Inez Soza (19272020) and maternal grandparents

Refugio and Maude Delgado.

Extended family members include former Soboba Tribal Council Chairwoman Rosemary Morillo and Treasurer Edward Soza.

She received her bachelor’s degree in American history with a double minor in political science and social/ethnic relations from the University of California Davis. Her doctoral dissertation and research focused on the San Francisco-based American Indian Historical Society. Soza War Soldier dedicated her doctoral dissertation in memory of her grandfather, William, and to all California Indians past, present and future. Her dissertation committee included historians Peter Iverson, Donald Fixico (Shawnee, Sac & Fox, Muscogee Creek and Seminole), co-chairs, and Drs. Annette Reed (Tolowa), James Riding In (Pawnee) and Matthew Whitaker.

She said she experienced challenges while earning her Ph.D. and encountered people who did not think the American Indian Historical Society was a worthy topic to research.

“When I started my program, I was one of two Indian women students (the other was Laurie Arnold (Coleville),” she said.

“Graduate school consists of a lot of discussion and analysis. At times, I would find myself as the only student in class who had a particular opinion about a book or author. It was intimidating, but I learned to assert my opinion in class. My advice is to persevere

in the face of challenges, seek support networks, ask questions and every day be open to learning something new.”

Soza War Soldier earned her Ph.D. in American history with an emphasis in American Indian history from Arizona State University in 2013 and began teaching at Northern Arizona University in the fall of 2016. As a full-time lecturer, she taught courses on race and film, gender and Indigenous representation and Indigenous women in the U.S. She said she always planned to return home to California and teach and this tenure track position offers greater job security, time and support for research and publishing and an opportunity to design new classes and curriculum to build the department, among other things.

Her interest in history materialized early as what she learned during her K-12 education differed greatly from what she learned from her family. She said she was taught in school that the occupation of Alcatraz was the only Indian activism in the state, which she learned from family and home was not the case.

“The narrow view of Indian activism continues, and I work toward correcting this falsehood,” Soza War Soldier said. “It is rewarding to educate and inform people – Indians and non-Indians – because this cultivates mutual understanding and respect.”

She said the best life lesson students can learn is to find a healthy

balance and what works for them as an individual.

“I recommend to always be reading something, not necessarily for school or a textbook, but fiction, poetry and books for fun too,” she said. “Reading helps you decompress, especially important given everything going on right now. Currently, I am reading Octavia Butler’s ‘K indred’ and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s ‘As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance.’”

Soza War Soldier is part of the California State University Coalition of American Indian Studies/Native American Studies that is working across campuses to identity recommendations and implementation of Assembly Bill 1460 legislation. California Indian Studies and Scholars Association is also a new organization that is working to build the field of California Indian Studies.

“I am so grateful for the support Soboba provided me throughout my college experience to attend UC Davis and Arizona State University,” she said. “I’ve been very fortunate and have had several outstanding mentors; my parents played a big role in supporting the goals of me and my older sister, Hilda.”

Soza War Soldier contributed a chapter to “K a’m-t’em: A Journey Toward Healing” published in May 2019 by Pechanga’s Great Oak Press and more information may be found at http://kamtemindigenousknowledge.com.

Family Features SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

to its new home, you can support your puppy’s health now and always with a nutritionally complete diet tailored to its specific needs.”

Make welcoming a new puppy a rewarding experience for the whole family with these tips.

Arriving Home Your puppy may be feeling stressed by new sights, sounds, smells and the separation from its mother. Manage the noise and activity to avoid adding to this stress.

As soon as you get home, take your puppy to your yard or outside area so it can go to the bathroom. Use positive verbal reinforcement when the job is done.

Once indoors, block off a safe area and let your puppy sniff and explore on its own time. Getting acquainted with a new place takes time and lots of exploring. Some puppies can be overwhelmed by too much human contact, so allow your puppy to come to you.

G etting Settled Puppies like to know what to expect. Plan your routine for feeding, potty trips, exercise and grooming so you can get started on day one. If you know what routine your puppy had before adoption, it’s best to continue for consistency until your puppy is settled.

Any sudden dietary changes can cause stress or digestive problems, so for the first week or two, give your puppy the same food as its previous owner, following the feeding recommendations on the package.

Nutrition tailored to specific developmental needs can help fragile, young puppies grow into strong, healthy dogs. It’s important to select a high-quality food based on age and expected adult size.

Your puppy’s eating spot should be away from where you and any other pets eat. Allow your puppy to eat in peace to prevent it from feeling nervous or protective.

Puppies tire easily and need as much as 18-20 hours of sleep per day for healthy development. A crate near where you sleep lets your puppy see and smell you but keeps it from wandering off. Put something that carries your scent in your puppy’s bed along with a blanket to snuggle into.

Remember to schedule regular veterinarian visits and gradually introduce your puppy to new experiences like sounds, car travel, walks and other animals. It’s also important to begin behavior training right away to develop good habits from the start.

If you’re interested in getting a new puppy, before making a decision on which breed best suits your family and lifestyle, you can see all 196 registered breeds during the 2021 AK C National Championship.

Find more advice for welcoming a new puppy into your home at http:// RoyalCanin.com/puppies.

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Introducing a new puppy to your household can bring many rewards; however, getting the hang of things can take some time, especially for first-time pet owners.

In fact, it takes the average pet owner almost four months to get into the flow with a new four-legged family member, according to a survey by Royal Canin. Eight in 10 respondents said the first year of pet ownership is the most important, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. The survey found 64% believe the first year is also the most difficult and deciding how to train a new pet was cited as the most important decision pet parents have to make.

“Bringing a puppy home is a hugely rewarding experience for pet owners, but it’s also a time of huge challenges and steep learning curves,” Dr. Jill Cline, pet nutritionist and site director of Royal Canin’s Pet Health and Nutrition Center, said. “In addition to helping your puppy adjust

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Hi! I’m Figero, a 2-year-old female Mastiff mi . ’m a sweet girl who’s good with children and wellbehaved. I’m looking for a second chance with a loving family. Come meet me today! Intake Number: 5 6 4 885

Hello! I’m Panther, a 3-year-old male kitty. I’m a handsome fellow, looking for a loving home. Will you treat me gently and play with me?

I think we could be friends. Let’s meet. Intake Number: 5 6 6 6 4 2

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Hi! I’m Bruno, 6 1/ 2-year-old male Pitbull mi . ’m getting good care for my health issues and will be all healed up soon. I’m a sweet boy who has lived a tough life. I get along with other dogs and people. Let’s meet! Intake Number: 135 7 06 / R24 1830

Hello! I’m a 1-year-old gray and white male kitty. I’m a sweet boy who needs a new home. I’m dreaming of a nice warm bed to sleep on in my new home. Is there room in your heart for me? Let’s meet.

Intake Number: 182201 / R24 215 The shelter is open by appointment Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2: 30 p.m. for adoptions. For more great pets available for adoption, contact the Ramona Humane Society at 95 1-6 5 4 -8002 or visit www. ramonahumanesociety.org.

Living Free Animal Sanctuary Hello! I’m Laverne, a 15 -year-old female Shepherd mi . ’m a sweet, tenderhearted girl. As a senior dog, I enjoy q uiet time alone time and naps. I enjoy short walks and will greet you with enthusiasm every morning. Let’s meet!

Hi! I’m Shy, a 6 -month-old brown and white female tabby. I’m an independent sweetheart. I enjoy cuddles and kisses, but on my terms. I like to play, climb and get head rubs and back scratches. ’m ready to find my forever home. Come meet me today!

For more information on Laverne, Shy and other pets up for adoption at Living Free Animal Sanctuary, call the kennel at 95 1-321-9982, the cattery at 95 1-4 91-1898 or visit https: / / living-free.org.

Retrievers & Friends Hi! I’m Daisy, a 4 -year-old female reat Dane mi .

I’m a beautiful gal with a stunning blue coat. I can sit, shake and walk on a leash. Although I’m friendly with everyone I meet, I’m good with large male dogs only.

Let’s meet.

For more great pets up for adoption, visit Retrievers and Friends of Southern California at www.retrieversandfriends.com.

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Impacts of Newsom’s plan for resuming in-person learning not immediately clear for local schools Will Fritz ASSOCIATE EDITOR

California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a plan Thursday, Dec. 31, for schools to resume in-person teaching in the spring, though it wasn’t immediately clear what the plan would mean for local schools.

Newsom’s plan called for schools to start reopening for the youngest students and those who have struggled most with distance learning while assisting with $2 billion in state aid for coronavirus testing, personal protective equipment and increased classroom ventilation.

“Safety is key. Just reopening a school for in-person instruction on its own is not going to address the issue of safety,” Newsom said, promising sanctions for schools that don’t follow safety rules.

Yet “in-person instruction ... is our default,” he said, citing pitfalls from remote learning including increased anxiety, depression and undetected child abuse.

Laura Boss, representative for Temecula Valley Unified School District, said because the announcement came in the middle of winter break, the district’s administration teams “will not have a chance to meet until next week.”

Boss said TVUSD’s “teams will be examining the plan and remain committed to reopening our schools safely as soon as we are legally allowed to do so.”

Temecula Valley’s school board and superintendent had previously said Dec. 15 that it was possible schools may not be reopened at all this school year, given troubling coronavirus metrics at the end of 2020, though Superintendent Jodi McClay said the district remained ready to reopen whenever it becomes safe to do so.

“Please hear me loudly and clearly when I say that the district is ready to reopen as soon as we are granted permission to reopen,” McClay told TVUSD’s board and community members watching the Dec. 15 meeting.

As she has reiterated at previous meetings, however, TVUSD does not have the ability to reopen without approval from health authorities, she said.

In theory, there are two ways in which TVUSD schools could be allowed to reopen – if Riverside County returns to the red tier of the state’s coronavirus reopening plan, and if health officials grant a waiver to the district to reopen elementary schools.

It looks increasingly unlikely, however, that Riverside County will be back in the red tier anytime soon, as positive coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket, and the district’s waiver to reopen elementary schools is stuck in limbo, with Riverside County Department of Public Health officials choosing not to review new waivers amid the current surge of cases.

Boss said Dec. 31 that the district was continuing to meet with the county health department to go over requested edits to TVUSD’s elementary waiver, and “it remains

ready for Dr. K aiser’s review as soon as he resumes the process.”

Other school districts had also made plans to continue in distance learning formats until well into 2021 before the governor’s announcement – Lake Elsinore Unified, for example, approved an updated reopening strategy Dec. 17 extending distance learning into the new year and adjusting the start of the spring semester for elementary students – “in order to facilitate a smoother academic transition for all elementary students,” the spring semester for grades TK 5 will begin Wednesday, Feb. 17, rather than Tuesday, Jan. 12, which is the first day of school after winter break, the district said in an announcement.

Newsom said Dec. 31 that his recommendation was driven by increasing evidence that there are lower risks and increased benefits from in-person instruction particularly for the youngest students. It comes amid increased pressure from parents to reopen campuses.

Though California remains consumed by a growing pandemic crisis, he said it’s realistic to expect many schools to start reopening as early as February or March.

Newsom called for a phased approach focusing first on those in transitional kindergarten through second grade, as well as children with disabilities, those who have limited access to technology at home and children who have most struggled with distance learning.

Other grades would be phased in during the spring, but remote learning would continue to be allowed if parents and students wish, and for those who have health vulnerabilities that make it risky to return to the classroom.

The $2 billion Newsom said he will recommend in his budget next week averages out to $450 per pupil, weighted up to $750 at schools with more vulnerable populations.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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

Use these various ways to pay off student loan debt

There are several ways to get out from under student loan pressure.

TEMECULA – Students and families invest heavily in higher education. Many students rely on student loans to finance their education. In fact, students amassed $1.56 trillion in student

loan debt by 2020.

According to Forbes, American student loan debt is now the second highest consumer debt category, exceeded only by mortgage debt. The Institute for

Nazareth College student Lenora Tade of Murrieta earns fall 2020 dean’s list honors ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Nazareth College announced that Lenora Tade of Murrieta has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester.

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College Access and Success says the average student loan debt is $32,731, while the median student loan monthly payment is $222.

Some students feel like paying

off student loan debt is impossible. Many loan repayment schedules kick in shortly after graduation, and certain borrowers may not yet be making enough money to afford even the minimum payments on their student loans. Thankfully, there are ways to get out from under student loan pressure.

I nvestigate income-d riven repayment.

IDR will lower student loan payments based on your income, and some plans even promise to forgive any remaining balance once the repayment period is up.

That period can take between 20 and 25 years.

Make a move.

The Rural Opportunity Zone program encouraged Americans to move to rural K ansas to help discourage population decline and to give others the benefits of a lower cost of living. Seventyseven K ansas counties have been authorized to offer student loan payment incentives.

Work in pub lic service.

A Public Service Loan Forgiveness program enables student loan forgiveness in exchange for working for a nonprofit or working in government.

Refinance the loans.

Graduates may not be aware that they can refinance their student loans at a lower rate or choose new loan terms, including variable or fixed rates. Maturity dates can even be renegotiated in certain instances. It’s possible to save thousands of dollars in interest by refinancing, particularly if borrowers have a credit score of at least 650.

Make more than the minimum payment.

Financial adviser Dave Ramsey said making the minimum payments on student loans will not get them paid off fast, and the interest could pile up as well. By paying more than the minimum payments, you can pay down the principal more quickly. Designate tax refunds and salary increases to pay down student loan debt.

Ask for help.

Speak with your boss about whether they can help pay off student loans. Some employers offer conditional student loan repayment to employees.

These are some of the ways that student loan debts can be repaid quickly, efficiently and creatively.

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Citrus tree-killing bacteria found in Fallbrook on insects, marks first discovery in San Diego County City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

State agricultural inspectors have detected bacteria which can cause a disease deadly to citrus trees during routine pest trapping in Fallbrook, San Diego County officials announced Friday, Dec. 31.

The bacteria, which is not harmful to people or animals, was detected on insects in the North County community.

A routine spot check by the California Department of Food & Agriculture Monday, Dec. 28, collected a group of four adult Asian citrus psyllids from a citrus tree on residential property in the Fallbrook area carrying the bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus.

These bacteria can cause a citrus disease called huanglongbing. At this time, the disease has not been detected in citrus trees in San Diego County. Samples from trees on that property and the surrounding

area were undergoing tests for the disease, which is fatal to citrus trees and has no cure.

Results were to be available the week of Jan. 4. If the test results are positive on the foliage, then a 5-mile quarantine for the disease will be triggered.

The disease is considered a major threat to San Diego County’s $150 million annual citrus crop and can impact residential citrus tree growers with misshapen, bitter fruit and eventually kill the tree.

“Rapidly detecting and controlling the spread of the Asian citrus psyllids that carries Huanglongbing continues to be a priority for the county,” Ha Dang, commissioner of San Diego Agriculture, said. “While Asian citrus psyllids are frequently found in our ongoing mitigation efforts, the bacteria have never been found locally before.’’

“We are working closely with our residents, growers and industry partners to limit any potential

impact and will keep everyone informed moving forward,” she said.

The detection of the bacteria triggers additional sampling and testing of both citrus trees and the insects on residential properties in a 250-meter area surrounding the detection site. The county department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures and the state food and agriculture department will work with residents in the immediate area to arrange for treatment of citrus trees – on a voluntary basis – as a protective measure against the insects and huanglongbing infestation.

County officials are also proactively notifying local citrus growers, plant nurseries and other related businesses. If the disease is detected in citrus trees in the area, agricultural officials will follow up with removal of the infected trees, additional treatment of nearby citrus trees, heightened trapping efforts and a quarantine to restrict the movement of citrus

trees, fruit and foliage.

While this is the first time that the tree-killing bacteria has been discovered in San Diego County, the Asian citrus psyllids have been detected here before, in 2008.

Surveys, insect trapping, tree sampling and other regulatory activities have been ongoing throughout the county since then. The bacteria has previously been confirmed in portions of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

The psyllids have been frequently found in San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

Huanglongbing is a bacterial disease that affects the vascular system of citrus plants. Huanglongbing-infected trees bear small, asymmetrical fruit which are partially green, bitter and not fit for sale or consumption. The disease destroys the appearance and economic value of the trees

and eventually causes their death, typically within a few years. Infected trees may have areas with mottled yellow leaves, generally seen in asymmetrical patterns.

Residents can take a number of steps to help ward off or contain disease including: – Not taking or moving cuttings from backyard citrus plants from one property to another; – Buying citrus trees only from reputable local nurseries; – Cooperating if county or state inspectors ask to place insect traps on their land; and – Reporting citrus trees and plants that seem to be sick or dying – even though they also appear to be well-watered and well-maintained – by contacting the San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures at 760-752-4700 or going to http:// sdcawm.org. Residents can also call CDFA’s toll-free pest hotline at 800-491-1899 or visit http:// www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/acp.

Mona Davies is appointed to Riverside County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council WILDOMAR – Mona Davies, co-founder of Community Outreach Ministry, was appointed to the Riverside County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, Nov. 16.

Kevin Jeffries, county supervisor of District 1, appointed Davies to serve as a District 1 representative. In this role, she will serve along with other community based organizations from across the county and with representatives from the following entities: the district attorney’s office, the public defender’s office, the sheriff’s department, the board of supervisors, the department of public social services, the department of behavioral health, police departments and the county office of education, school districts, juvenile court and an at-large community representative and other organizations that provide services to minors.

Community Outreach Ministry is a nonprofit in Wildomar that serves children of incarcerated parents in Riverside County.

The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council develops a comprehensive multi-agency plan that identifies resources and strategies

Mona Davies, right, who was recently appointed to the Riverside County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, and Bob Davies are co-founders of Community Outreach Ministry in Wildomar.

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Water agencies agree to improve March Air Reserve Base and surrounding areas water quality Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Western Municipal Water District and Eastern Municipal Water District announced they have agreed to work together to improve March Air Reserve Base’s water quality through a North Perris Groundwater Basin Program.

The agreement signed in December included multiple projects within EMWD’s service area which will treat segments of the basin to remove and remediate nitrates, perchlorates, volatile organic compounds and total dissolved solids, making a previously unavailable water supply safe for drinking water use at the base, according to EMWD officials. It will provide a new and safe local water supply for the area.

In addition, the program will protect non-contaminated portions of the basin from future threats.

Lastly, the program will help address rising groundwater levels in the March ARB area that create infrastructure challenges.

Phil Paule, board vice president of EMWD said, “Funding for EMWD’s North Perris Groundwater Program includes the largest grant award in the agency’s

history. By securing the grant and constructing the necessary infrastructure, EMWD is able to add a cost-effective local water supply source to both EMWD and Western’s water supply portfolio, ultimately benefiting customers by reducing our reliance on more expensive imported supplies.”

Announcing the two-agency agreement, Don Galleano, board president of WMWD, said, “This partnership will improve water supplies for current and future generations, allowing us to support and serve the March Air Reserve Base community. By working together, we are continuing to improve longterm water reliability in the region while protecting the integrity of the water supply within the basin.”

As part of the agreement, WMWD will have the ability to purchase the necessary water supplies to meet the current and future drinking water needs of the March ARB. Initially drawing 500 acrefeet per year, the agreement will eventually provide up to 1,500 acre-feet per year to accommodate anticipated growth in the area.

The program will include nine groundwater production wells, wellhead treatment facilities, blending stations, conveyance

pipelines and up to 20 monitoring wells. The program is expected to produce up to 6,750 acre-feet of water per year to serve 15,000 households at a total cost of $89.9 million.

It will be partially funded by a $44.9 million grant awarded to EMWD by the California State Water Resources Control Board.

WMWD is one of the largest public agencies in Riverside County, providing water and wastewater services to nearly a million people, both retail and wholesale customers who live, work and play within 527-square miles in one of California’s most populous regions.

EMWD is the water, wastewater service and recycled water provider to approximately 850,000 people living and working within a 555-square mile service area in western Riverside County. It is California’s sixth-largest retail water agency, and its mission is “to deliver value to our diverse customers and the communities we serve by providing safe, reliable, economical and environmentally sustainable water, wastewater and recycled water services.”

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

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for providing an effective continuum of responses for the prevention, intervention, supervision, treatment and incarceration of juvenile offenders including strategies to develop and implement local, out-of-home-placement options for the offender. Ronald L. Miller, chief probation officer of Riverside County, serves as chair at the council, and he meets regularly with the council throughout the year to review and assess the outcomes of programs funded by the government that support both children and their families in the community.

Davies and her husband established their nonprofit organization in 2000 to serve as advocates for at-risk youth. They wrote “Children’s Liberation From Incarceration: Breaking Cycles New Beginnings,” in 2017 with publisher Xulon Press. In 2020, Community Outreach Ministry celebrated 20 years of helping to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, drugs, gangs, crime and incarceration among youth by giving at-risk children a second chance to become winners and champions.

In March 2017, the county

Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Commission presented an award to the Davies’ in recognition of their invaluable contribution and service to the youth of Riverside County. The award was presented by the Honorable Jacqueline C. Jackson, presiding judge of the Juvenile Superior Court, and Laurel Cook who was the commission chairperson.

The Davies said they are grateful for the opportunities presented to them by both agencies that will empower them to enlarge their reach to care, share and improve outcomes for Riverside County youth.

Community Outreach Ministry welcomes sponsors to help support scholarships for at-risk children for year-round mentor protégé workshops in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics and to inspire youth in vocational career pathways. To donate, text “DONATE CHAMPIONS” to 609-212-0627 or donate online at www.communityoutreachministry.org. For more information, call 951-698-7650.

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County creates planning area boundaries for The Crossroads in Winchester Joe Naiman WRITER

Planning area boundaries have been created for six planning areas within the development known as The Crossroads in Winchester.

The Specific Plan zoning classification was not changed when the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0, Dec. 15, to approve a rezone which creates six planning areas within The Crossroads in Winchester Specific Plan. The county supervisors also found that no update of the specific plan Environmental Impact Report was needed for the rezone and planning area boundaries. The rezone did not change the land use designations of High Density Residential, Very High Density Residential, Commercial Retail, Open Space – Conservation and Open Space – Recreation.

The Crossroads in Winchester is north of Domenigoni Parkway, south of Olive Avenue, east of Rice Road and west of Winchester Road. In April 1997, the board of supervisors adopted The Crossroads in Winchester Specific Plan for a mix of residential and

non-residential uses. The original specific plan area was 222 acres, and at the time, the maximum 791 residences would have equated to a density of 3.6 dwelling units per acre.

A revision to the specific plan was approved in February 2018.

The specific plan area now covers 243.4 acres and stipulates a maximum of 925 dwelling units, which would equate to a density of 3.7 dwelling units per acre. Only 111.8 acres of the area would have residential units with commercial use occurring on 32.5 acres, three parks being constructed on 13.8 acres with an additional 4.0-acre passive park and 44.1 acres being dedicated to natural open space and passive recreational components. The planning area boundaries established Dec. 15 are for 50.35 acres of the specific plan area.

The county’s Planning Commission found no issues of concern for the rezone and voted 5-0 Sept. 22, to recommend approval.

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

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World’s space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020 Marcia Dunn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade in 2020, while three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return to Earth.

Space provided moments of hope and glory in an otherwise difficult, stressful year.

It promises to do the same in 2021, with February’s landings at Mars and next fall’s planned launch of the Hubble Space Telescope’s successor – the nextgeneration James Webb Space Telescope.

Boeing hopes to catch up with SpaceX in the astronaut-launching department, while space tourism may finally get off the ground.

“2021 promises to be as much of a space exploration bright spot, perhaps even more,” Scott Hubbard, NASA’s former “Mars Czar” who is now teaching at Stanford University, said.

Although the coronavirus pandemic complicated space operations around the globe in 2020, most high-priority missions remained on track, led by the U.S., China and the United Arab Emirates in a stampede to Mars in July.

The UAE’s first interplanetary spacecraft, an orbiter, will scrutinize the Martian atmosphere.

NASA’s Perseverance rover is set to land, Thursday, Feb. 18, at an ancient river delta and lakebed where microscopic life may have once flourished. The rover will drill into the dry crust, collecting samples for eventual return to Earth.

China’s orbiter-rover duo Tian-

wen-1 – quest for heavenly truth – also will hunt for signs of bygone life.

The European and Russian space agencies skipped the 2020 Mars launch window, their life-sniffing Mars rover grounded until 2022 because of technical issues and COVID-19 restrictions.

China also set its sights on the moon in 2020, landing and then launching off the lunar surface in December with the first moon rocks collected for return to Earth since the 1970s.

Japan brought back pieces of asteroid Ryugu – its second asteroid batch in a decade. More asteroid samples are on the way: NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft vacuumed up handfuls of gravel from asteroid Bennu in October for return in 2023.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, meanwhile, was buzzing in 2020. In May, it became the first private company to put people into orbit, an achievement previously claimed by just three global superpowers.

The two test pilots were the first NASA astronauts to fly a new brand of spaceship in almost 40 years and the first to blast off from Florida since the shuttle program ended in 2011.

In November, four more astronauts rode a SpaceX Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. Three weeks later, SpaceX launched its biggest cargo shipment yet to the space station for NASA. “This is an impressive achievement which Americans should be proud of,” astronaut-turned-senator Mark K elly said of the Dragon capsule double-header.

Until the Space flights, Russia’s three-person Soyuz capsules were the only way to get astronauts

to the space station once NASA’s shuttles shut down.

NASA’s other hired crew transporter, Boeing, is scrambling to get its Starliner capsule back in action after a software-spoiled test flight in December 2019. The do-over – again with no one on board – is targeted for spring. If the repairs work and the capsule finally reaches the space station, the first Starliner astronauts could be flying by summer.

Musk capped the year with a stratospheric test flight of Starship, the rocketship he’s building to carry people to the moon and Mars.

The Dec. 9 demonstration went better than anyone imagined until a fiery explosion at touchdown. Even so, Musk was ecstatic.

At the same time, SpaceX is expanding its Dragon-riding clientele. Late next year, SpaceX expects to launch the first privately financed Dragon flight in a deal arranged by Houston-based Axiom Space.

A x i o m ’s M i c h a e l L o p e z Alegria, an ex-NASA astronaut and former president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, will accompany Israeli businessman Eytan Stibbe and two other paying customers to the space station. Stibbe, a former fighter pilot, was a close friend of Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who died aboard space shuttle Columbia in 2003.

Will Tom Cruise be joining them? The actor was in talks with NASA this year about filming a movie at the space station.

“This is the true beginning of private spaceflight and will get the ball rolling toward multiple private missions to orbit per year,” Lopez-Alegria said in an email.

“I’ve been preaching for almost a

n this May 0, 0 0, file photo, a Space Falcon , with ASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad -A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts blasted toward orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company.

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decade – that commercial human spaceflight is the next giant leap.”

Two other space-travel companies Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic – are still conducting test flights and have yet to set firm dates for launching customers on short flights to the edge of space and back.

NASA is still targeting a November debut of its new moon rocket, the Space Launch System, with an Orion capsule that will launch without a crew. The Trump administration had set a 2024 deadline for the first moon landing by astronauts since NASA’s Apollo program a half-century ago. Just this month, NASA introduced the 18 astronauts who will train for the moon program named for Artemis, the mythological twin sister of Apollo.

It remains to be seen how Pres-

ident-elect Joe Biden might alter the lunar-landing program.

“Whatever else can be said about the four years of the Trump administration, they have been positive for the U.S. civilian space program,” John Logsdon, professor emeritus at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, said. “No prior major programs were canceled, the human exploration program was given clear direction, and funding for existing programs was increased.”

“This is a legacy that the Biden administration can build on, so that in future years there can be a continued string of successes,” he said.

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Fermilab and partners achieve sustained, high-fidelity quantum teleportation

n a demonstration of high-fidelity quantum teleportation at the Fermilab uantum etwork, fiber-optic cables connect off-the-shelf devices, as well as state-of-the-art research and development devices.

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BATAVIA, Ill. – A viable quantum internet – a network in which information stored in qubits is shared over long distances through entanglement – would transform the fields of data storage, precision sensing and computing, ushering

in a new era of communication.

In December, scientists at Fermilab, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory, and their partners took a significant step in the direction of realizing a quantum internet.

US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018 Martin Crutsinger THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector.

The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday, Jan. 5, that its gauge of manufacturing activity rose to 60.7% in December, the highest reading since it stood at 60.8 in August 2018. The gauge was up 3.2 percentage points from a November level of 57.5.

Any reading above 50 indicates expansion in the manufacturing sector.

The U.S. economy collapsed from April through June but since that time manufacturing has posted solid gains, while the services sector, which includes restaurants, bars and the travel industry, has been harder hit.

General Motors said Tuesday that sales jumped 5% in the final quarter of 2020, its best fourth quarter performance in retail sales since 2007 with deliveries up 12%. Toyota, which has U.S. plants in Georgetown, K entucky; Blue Springs, Mississippi; San Antonio, Texas, and elsewhere, said sales spiked 20% in December.

While manufacturing has recovered since spring, Timothy Fiore, chair of the ISM manufacturing committee, said that it continues to face virus-related headwinds such as factory shutdowns needed to sanitize facilities and difficulties in hiring new workers as the virus again surges in the United States.

Ford’s factories are running at about 98% of capacity by using temporary workers as backups for employees who stay home due to virus exposure or symptoms, Gary Johnson, Ford’s chief manufacturing officer, said. Like other automakers, Ford has also had temporary production interruptions due to parts shortages from supply companies whose plants have been hit by the virus.

Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, said that activity at U.S. factories in coming months would be exposed to “broadening containment measures that could disrupt and weigh on demand in the U.S. and abroad.”

General Motors Corp. said its retail sales to individual buyers began to recover in May and reached pre-pandemic levels during the fourth quarter. Fleet sales are still down sharply, especially to rental car companies.

The worry is that a resurgent virus could hit manufacturers where they have been thriving.

In a paper published in PRX Quantum, the team presents for the first time a demonstration of a sustained, long-distance – 44 kilometers of fiber – teleportation of qubits of photons, which are quanta of light, with fidelity greater than 90%. The qubits were teleported over a fiber-optic network using state-of-the-art singlephoton detectors and off-the-shelf equipment.

“We’re thrilled by these results,” Fermilab scientist Panagiotis Spentzouris, head of the Fermilab quantum science program and one of the paper’s co-authors, said.

“This is a key achievement on the way to building a technology that will redefine how we conduct global communication.”

Quantum teleportation is a “disembodied” transfer of quantum states from one location to another. The quantum teleportation of a qubit is achieved using quantum entanglement, in which two or more particles are inextricably linked to each other. If an entangled pair of particles is shared between two separate locations, no matter the distance between them, the encoded information is teleported.

The joint team – researchers at Fermilab, AT&T, Caltech, Harvard University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of Calgary – successfully teleported qubits on two systems: the Caltech Quantum Network, or CQNET, and the Fermilab Quantum Network, or FQNET. The systems

Argonne National Laboratory, Caltech, Northwestern University and industry partners.

This research was supported by DOE’s Office of Science through the Quantum Information ScienceEnabled Discovery program.

“The feat is a testament to success of collaboration across disciplines and institutions, which drives so much of what we accomplish in science,” Joe Lykken, deputy director of research of Fermilab, said. “I commend the IN-Q-NET team and our partners in academia and industry on this first-of-its-kind achievement in quantum teleportation.”

Fermilab is America’s premier national laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research. A U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science laboratory, Fermilab is located near Chicago and operated under contract by the Fermi Research Alliance LLC, a joint partnership between the University of Chicago and the Universities Research Association Inc. For more information, visit Fermilab’s website at http://www.fnal. gov and follow them on Twitter at @ Fermilab.

The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit http://science. energy.gov.

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were designed, built, commissioned and deployed by Caltech’s public-private research program on Intelligent Quantum Networks and Technologies, or IN-Q-NET. “We are very proud to have achieved this milestone on sustainable, high-performing and scalable quantum teleportation systems,” Maria Spiropulu, Shang-Yi Ch’en professor of physics at Caltech and director of the IN-Q-NET research program, said. “The results will be further improved with system upgrades we are expecting to complete by second quarter 2021.”

CQNET and FQNET, which feature near-autonomous data processing, are compatible both with existing telecommunication infrastructure and with emerging quantum processing and storage devices. Researchers are using them to improve the fidelity and rate of entanglement distribution, with an emphasis on complex quantum communication protocols and fundamental science.

The achievement comes just a few months after the U.S. Department of Energy unveiled its blueprint for a national quantum internet at a news conference in Chicago.

“With this demonstration we’re beginning to lay the foundation for the construction of a Chicago-area metropolitan quantum network,” Spentzouris said.

The Chicagoland network, called the Illinois Express Quantum Network, is being designed

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Community Prayer Walk in Hemet and San Jacinto seeks better health, love and prosperity in the New Year Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Brian Hawkins, pastor of Divine Appointment Worship Center in San Jacinto and new San Jacinto City Council member, prayed with Blake Booth, pastor of Tougher than Hell Church in Hemet, for healing for residents in Hemet and San Jacinto during a Community Prayer Walk New Year’s Eve. While the turnout was limited because of the current “stay at home” orders, the pastors walked with friends and family down S. San Jacinto Street between Oakland Avenue in Hemet and Menlo Avenue in San Jacinto praying for healing and for a better year for all the residents of the two cities and the county which is so divided in their political beliefs and weary of the pandemic.

Following behind the pastors was Hawkins’ daughter Naariah, 8, who pulled a portable amplifier playing “Do It Again” by Elevation Worship and other hymns.

Hawkins said he was called to lead the march with Blake from the Tougher Than Hell Church in Hemet on New Year’s Eve. “2020 was one of those years like 1984 and different years you just remember,” he said. “It’s a moment in history you are going to remember, and 2020 is going to be that year too look back: social distancing and the stay-at-home order, the schools and distant learning and the historic election, you know ‘The Great Divide.’ In this country, there is so much going on, families torn apart from

political views and marriage.

Divorce is at an all-time high because being at home with your spouse. So, I really believe prayer is the answer to everything that is ailing us.”

Hawkins mentioned the “last days” from the Book of Revelation and related it to the “last day of 2020.”

“I really want to start next year off, you know, just giving God thanks and that all things work together for good,” Hawkins said.

“I trust God’s word that he knows what he is doing. It may look chaotic to us down here, but we don’t have the same view God has. So I wanted to come out here and pray with my brother here (Booth).” He said their prayer is for God to provide mercy to all the residents of the cities and to bring healing to them.

“It’s time for the cities to heal together and the cities to bridge together,” Hawkins said. “We are just crying ‘Holy, Holy,’ across this valley here, and that it can go all across nationally so people can get the healing all the way across. We are praying for jobs, the homeless, security and health and peace.”

Booth agreed, saying he came out because “We love blessing people. We love loving all people.

Loving, that’s where I believe the healing comes from. I don’t think there is a policy or a government position that can bring people together and fixes problems. I don’t think the government fixes problems.”

He said that he has never seen anyone change their minds just

Blake Booth, left, pastor of Tougher than Hell Church in Hemet, and Brian Hawkins, pastor of Divine Appointment orship Center in San Jacinto, Jeff Martin and Hawkin’s children Emmanuel and aariah stand ready for a Community Prayer alk ew Year’s Eve in the parking lot of the Riverside County building on San Jacinto Street in Hemet.

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from a debate, a policy or a decision.

“I have seen people change their minds because of example and people change their minds because of prayer,” he said. “We are just going to invite God into this next year.”

He said the best days for the two cities are ahead. He said he saw more blessings for the cities to

come than in the past year.

“It is a word for this city (Hemet) and for San Jacinto, and that is why we are here,” Booth said. “We are going to ask God to bless this city.

It’s citizens. We are just going to ask for better days. We just want to remind the local church, just what it was founded on and the strength that is inside. The word of Jesus Christ. It is a message of

hope and health.”

Hawkins’ son Emmanuel, 7, walked with the group for the entire length of the prayer walk, praying for those they met. And those along the way greeted the walkers, asking what they were doing. Some of the homeless got up and danced to the music.

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

You have to look to the future and, with faith, proclaim, “The best is yet to come.”

It is more than just an attitude or a company slogan. For followers of Jesus Christ, it is at the very core of our being. The Holy Spirit within us aligns with it.

Not only because we said it, but also because it’s true. It’s true because God proclaimed it and purposed it, and when he does that, it means he promised it.

He said, “I know the plans I have for you … plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future,” in Jeremiah 29:11.

Did you catch that? God knows.

He knows where you’re at right now. He knows your past hurts, failures, frustration and your deep-

est motives. He even knows your fears better than you do.

But he also knows his plans for you. And they supersede all your emotions.

Let’s have a spiritual reality check for a moment, shall we?

Your circumstances never hinder God’s plans for you.

It means that his prosperity, his hope and his future for you have power over everything in your life.

It means that, if you’ll let him, and it’s your choice, he will show you how good his plan is for you.

As you know, God’s future for you is always better than the future you’ve planned out.

To this, we say, “Amen!”

As it says in 2 Corinthians 1:20, “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’

in Christ. And so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God.” That’s why we believe “the best is yet to come.”

The pandemic and the lockdown might not be over, but neither is God. He’s just getting started.

There are no uncertain times for him or his people. He’s got a good and perfect plan.

So bring on 2021! We are the people of God. And “in him we live and move and have our being,” in Acts 17:28.

Z achary E lliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, visit https: / / www.fusionchristianchurch.com, http: / / www.encouragementtoday.tv or find them on I nstagram.

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It’s easy to get caught up in the would-a, should-a, could-a’s of life. Too many times, people end up living in the past. They think things like, “Oh, the good old days before the pandemic.” Right?

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As 2020 came to an end, it was natural to look toward the future.

This past year has been full of suspense, opinions, panic, sickness, corruption and so much more.

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Crossing over from one year to the next is significant in number but not always in circumstance.

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Anza resid ents enj oy the snow Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Anza Valley residents saw snowfall recently, deposited from a quick-moving winter storm that hitting the area Monday, Dec. 28.

Many areas received about 3-8 inches of snow from the storm.

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Learn all ab out tire chains Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

From people who live in the mountain communities to motorists planning to drive to higher elevations to play in the snow, everyone needs to know about snow chains. Snow chains or cables add traction when traversing through snowy and icy roadways. see page AV O -4

Friends Uniting Neighbors Group volunteer loads boxes of food for the giveaway program, which is held every Thursday at the Community Hall in Anza.

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The Friends Uniting Neighbors Group provides food boxes and contributes free hot meals in

Anza through their food ministry program.

Besides volunteers to haul, collect, load, unload, separate, organize and distribute the food, behind-the-scenes donors also

make it possible to feed thousands of residents, even throughout the coronavirus pandemic. New donors came on board in the past year as well.

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porters like Anza Gas, Gary Worobec and Carl Wassgren, but the new donors have increased significantly including Borrego Health see D ONOR S, page AV O -4

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Attend f ree live classes with county Waste Resources

With the coming rains of winter arriving this past week, Anza Valley experts shared some dirt road lore gleaned from years of experience and a lot of literally messing around on the dirt, ice, mud, snow and sand.

When the local dirt roads are saturated with 1-2 inches of precipitation and are muddy, try to drive in the middle of the road, move slowly and avoid jerky steering movements. In the event of the vehicle sliding, you are much less likely to end up in the ditch by traveling in the center of the roadway, as it gives you room to counter the skid. If you find yourself sliding, steer with it to regain control of the vehicle.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY – The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources hosts live virtual and on demand classes on recycling, green cleaning, vermicomposting and more. see page AV O -5

It can be easy to get stuck and slip in slushy mud on Anza’s and Aguanga’s rural roads.

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The Anza Electric Cooperative Inc.’s Christmas sock drive brought in over 125 donated

pairs of new socks. The drive was held from Wednesday, Nov. 18, through Monday, Dec. 14.

New and unused socks and slippers were collected and added to goodie bags donated by the

Desert Hot Springs Office of the Aging to give away to needy residents.

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welcome. For more information, contact the AEC office at 951763-4333.

Regular Happenings Hamilton High School – Find out what is happening using Hamilton’s online calendar at http:// www.hamiltonbobcats.net/apps/ events/calendar/.

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

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

Veterans’ G athering Mond ays – 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 K irby Road in Anza.

AA Men’s Meeting – 7 p.m.

Meetings take place Thursdays at 39551 K irby 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 U SA – The Aguanga-Anza Chapter of BPUSA will hold its meetings 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 49109 Lakeshore Blvd. in Aguanga. For more information, contact chapter leader Linda Hardee at 951-551-2826.

Free Mob ile 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.

Med ication Assistance and Treatment f or Opioid Depend ence – 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. G roup weekly f ood 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

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If road conditions get really difficult, cars may have a harder time than trucks or SUVs due to their lower ground clearance. K eep that in mind.

Places that appear muddy and deep, probably are. Be careful and do not attempt to cross running water or deep puddles.

“Mud is a bad thing to get stuck in,” resident Chuck Bailey said.

“When you do get moving, it is easy to fall back into it.”

And just because you may have a four-wheel-drive or all-wheel-

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 f or the Faithf ul – 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.

Bib le Stud ies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ay 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 Bib le Stud y – 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor K evin at 951-763-1111.

Anza RV Club house – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza.

Monthly Christian Men’s Breakf ast – 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 G ospel 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 Rolldrive vehicle, you are still subject to the laws of physics and are not invincible. K now your personal limits and the limits of your vehicle. Become familiar with all the options and how they operate.

If you find yourself getting stuck with a tire or tires spinning, stop. Don’t make it worse or dig yourself in further by keeping the tires in motion. Get out and assess the situation before attempting recovery. Also, most autos have only one driving wheel, so know your vehicle.

Being mired in mud, sand or snow is no fun, but you can attempt

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ing Hills Road in Anza. For more information, contact at 951-7634937, anzabptistchurch@gmail. com or http://www.anzabaptistchurch.com.

Club s 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 f und raisers – 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 vfw1 8 7 3 anzaca@ 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 third Saturday of each month at various locations.

Share art, ideas and participate in shows. Guests speakers are always needed. For more information, call president Rosie Grindle at 951-928-1248. Find helpful art tips at http://www.facebook.com/ AnzaValleyArtists/.

Anza Q uilter’s Club – 9:30 a.m. to noon. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza.

Anza Valley Lions Club – The Anza Valley Lions Club is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. Guest meetings with dinner are held 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at Anza Valley VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza.

Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club website, http://www.anzalionsclub.org. For more information, call president Michele Brown at 760-637-9173.

Boy Scouts Troop 319 – Cub Scouts meet 6 p.m. every Tuesday, and Boy Scouts meet 7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Contreras Road, south of state Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call Richard Hotchkiss at 951-551-3154.

Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call Ginny K inser at 909-702-7902.

Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call to help yourself before calling for assistance.

Try to rock the car or truck out.

K eep the wheels straight, rock the car back and forth by switching between drive and reverse. When the tires start to spin, stop and change direction. If your car is equipped with a manual transmission, use second gear and reverse. With this method, you can reach solid ground and be on your way again.

You can also dig a path for each wheel, though this technique does not work well in mud. It cuts down on the resistance on each wheel as you try to maneuver out of sand or snow.

Add traction by spreading small rocks, twigs or the floor mats in your tracks, especially near the driving wheels. Many off-roaders carry sections of carpet for just this reason. There are also commercial traction devices that may be purchased and stowed in your car.

Bag the tires. “Air down!” according to off-roaders. Let out

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.

Red shank Rid ers – 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 Thimb le 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 Farrell Gas. Mail membership to: Anza Community Building Inc. at P.O. Box 390091, Anza, CA 92539. The hall is located at 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. Swap meet held each Saturday of the month, weather permitting, early morning to 1 p.m. Vendors wanted. For more information, call 951-282-4267.

Anza Valley Municipal Ad visory Council – 7 p.m. Second Wednesday of each odd month at Anza Community Hall. Group serves as local liaisons to the county from the community. For more information, call 951-805-6800.

Anza Civic I mprovement 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.

some of the air in the tires. It is suggested to deflate them to about 10 or 15 pounds of pressure. Carry a tire gauge in the glove box at all times. Bagged tires can flex and grab better than fully aired ones.

Tires can be reinflated when on solid ground.

The professional towing companies that AAA uses typically cannot risk their trucks and personnel in recoveries in slick locations.

They cannot respond to some areas in the Anza Valley.

K now your neighbors with tractors. If you are hopelessly mired close to home, a neighbor with the four-wheel-drive tractor may be willing to pull you out.

Let’s not have any cars left in ditches this winter. K eep these methods in mind when traveling the rural dirt or mud roads and stay safe.

D iane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

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Anza residents enjoy the snow Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Anza Valley residents saw snowfall recently, deposited from a quick-moving winter storm that hit the area Monday, Dec. 28.

Many areas received about 3-8 inches of snow from the storm.

Officially, Anza experiences an average of just over 5 inches of snow each winter. This number indicates that some years receive less and some more of the white stuff, resulting in that average mark.

According to records kept from

1943-2005, average precipitation received in the Anza Valley is 12.79 inches per year, with average snowfall totals recorded at 5.8 inches.

Much of the precipitation fell from about the 3,300-foot elevation on up.

Pictures of the snowy landscapes and mountains flooded social media as the valley experienced the fat flurries.

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Tabitha Dawes takes a photo of a child’s wagon in the snow after the winter storm Monday, Dec. 28.

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Deborah Casteel takes this photo from her front porch after the winter storm.

Cindy Watson captures the rising sun’s glow on snow-covered boulders after the winter storm

Di ie Fletcher’s phone captures the snowy fields off Bautista Road after the winter storm.

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Donna Stauffer’s scene shows snow-covered branches after the winter storm.

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Edi Kandel’s picture shows the early morning glow on the mountains after the winter storm.

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Learn all about tire chains Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

From people who live in the mountain communities to motorists planning to drive to higher elevations to play in the snow, everyone needs to know about snow chains.

Snow chains or cables add traction when traversing through snowy and icy roadways. They are usually purchased to match the tire size and come in either linked chain or steel cable designs.

The California Vehicle Code, Section 605 defines tire traction devices as “devices or mechanisms having a composition and design capable of improving vehicle traction, braking and cornering ability upon snow or ice-covered surfaces. Tire traction devices shall be constructed and assembled to provide sufficient structural integrity and to prevent accidental detachment from vehicles.”

According to the California Department Of Transportation, during the winter months, motorists may encounter traction chain controls in the mountain areas within California. When chain controls are established, signs will be posted along the road indicating the type of requirement.

There are three levels of chain requirements in California, as defined by Caltrans.

Requirement 1 is that chains are required on all vehicles except passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks under 6,000 pounds gross weight and equipped with snow tires on at least two drive wheels.

Chains must be carried by vehicles using snow tires. All vehicles towing trailers must have chains on one drive axle. Trailers with brakes must have chains on at least one axle.

Requirement 2 is that chains or traction devices are required on all vehicles except four-wheel and allwheel drive vehicles with snowtread tires on all four wheels.

Four-wheel and all-wheel drive vehicles must carry traction devices in chain control areas.

Requirement 3 is that chains or traction devices are required on all vehicles, no exceptions.

R-1 and R-2 are the most common requirements. Roadways will most likely be closed before an

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The F. U. N. Group received a grant from Riverside County to assist with their efforts.

“The grant money from the

R-3 condition is imposed.

Motorists must follow the directions on the signs posted for chain controls or any instructions given

by Caltrans or California Highway Patrol personnel at chain control check points. Caltrans reserves the right to prevent any vehicle from entering a chain control area when it is determined the vehicle will experience difficulty in safely traveling the area.

If you must travel, chain up and drive slowly. Rear-wheel drive vehicles chain up on the reardriving wheels. Front-wheel drive vehicles install chains on the frontdriving wheels. All-wheel drive vehicles install chains on front driving/steering wheels or rear wheels. Four-wheel drive vehicles – with 4x4 engaged – drivers chain up the front steering wheels or the rear wheels.

Additionally, from Nov. 1 to April 1, all vehicles are required to carry tire chains or cables when they enter a chain control area, even if it isn’t snowing.

Drivers can be fined and be in big trouble for damages if involved in an accident where chains may have prevented an out-ofcontrol situation. If you get stuck and need to be towed, you will also incur that cost.

Control areas can change rapidly because of changing weather and road conditions. The Caltrans Highway Information Network allows drivers to check road conditions often. Motorists may telephone 800-427-7623 for upto-the-minute information in California and western Nevada.

The network is updated as conditions change, and is voice-activated for safety and convenience.

For up-to-date road conditions and closures, you can also follow “CaltransHQ” on Twitter or Facebook or check road conditions on their website or their app for your phone.

Most car rental companies will not supply chains, and many even forbid their use. If used, the renter may be responsible for damages to the vehicle as a result. Check with your rental company before taking any chances.

Many auto parts or big box stores will not accept returns on snow chains for any reason.

Walmart is an example – they have signs posted advising of their strict

COVID-19 relief and the Riverside County Office on Aging allowed us to not only survive but thrive during 2020,” Donahue said.

Both monetary donations and donated food have helped the group feed people that might otherwise have issues getting

Snow chains are a must if you live or travel in the mountain communities.

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no-return policy.

If chains are required, the speed limit automatically changes to 25 to 30 miles per hour.

At the “End of Chain Control” signs, find a safe area to get off the road and remove them.

On the busier highways, chain installers – or chain monkeys – are certified people that will charge a fee to install and remove chains

for you. Charges vary, and motorists should bring cash to use these services. Caltrans issues chain installers specific permits, and they have to pass a test that involves untangling a set of chains and installing them on a vehicle in less than five minutes.

These people can be identified by a badge they are required to wear. If you use these services,

note the badge number and get a receipt. Chain installers are not permitted to sell or rent chains.

The purpose of chains is to keep people safe. It is best to know the ins and out of these seasonal traction devices to avoid a slippery disaster.

D iane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

enough to eat.

The F.U.N. Group provides weekly food boxes at an event at the Community Hall. They offer a $15 box and a larger $30 box.

Free boxes are available to older adults, volunteers and those who are unable to pay.

The organization was estab-

lished as a collection of likeminded people who joined together to benefit the community. Members from multiple area churches, civic organizations and other groups come together as friends and neighbors united for the good of the community.

To learn more about the F.U.N.

Group, visit them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ groups/128592854205460/.

D iane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

Thousands of dollars are donated to the Friends Uniting Neighbors Group’s food giveaway program, which is held every Thursday at the Community Hall in Anza.

Friends Uniting Neighbors Group volunteers unload pallets of food for the giveaway program held every Thursday at the Community Hall in Anza.

Fresh greens and other nutritious foods are part of the menu at the Friends Uniting Neighbors Group’s food giveaway program every Thursday at the Community Hall in Anza.

Cars line up for the Friends Uniting Neighbors Group’s food giveaway every Thursday at the Community Hall in Anza.

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Attend free live classes with county Waste Resources RIVERSIDE COUNTY – The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources hosts live virtual and on demand classes on recycling, green cleaning, vermicomposting and more.

Upcoming classes include a live online class on composting and vermicomposting Saturday, Jan. 9, from 9-11 a.m., and Saturday, Feb. 6, from 9-11 a.m.

Attend a live online “Recycling 1-2-3” class Saturday, Jan. 23, from 9-10 a.m.

Join a live online “Make Your Home Zero Waste” class Saturday, Feb. 20, from 9-10 a.m. Register to save a space.

In 2017, the Riverside County Department of Waste Resources redeveloped a portion of its property to include a resource garden to provide hands-on demonstrations of composting, vermicomposting and green cleaning. The garden has respite areas for staff, as well as walking paths. The amphitheater area hosts classes for residents and community groups.

The design also incorporates reuse materials from the site, landfill and other county department’s waste and unwanted materials such as usable sign posts, broken pallets or ground up tree trimmings. The simple design hosts drought tolerant, low maintenance, low waste plant material that can be composted easily onsite. The practical demonstration garden showcases various methods of composting organic waste that can accommodate various lifestyles and abilities.

A worm propagation area is used to demonstrate vermicomposting and highlights the ease of composting for those that may

Riverside County’s Resource arden is a practical demonstration garden that showcases various methods of composting organic waste that can accommodate various lifestyles and abilities.

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have physical or space limitations.

Finished compost from both methods are used to grow food crops that highlight the benefits of using compost to grow stronger plants with robust fruits and vegetables from soil improved from composted organic waste that is diverted from the landfill.

The herb garden feature compliments the green cleaning class with sustainable herbs to encourage employees and residents to learn a less-toxic method of making their own household cleaning products that can be easily enhanced with natural herbs instead of heavy perfumes and chemicals found in

over-the-counter products.

The presentations will be similar to the in-person classes, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. For more information and the webinar links, visit http://www. rcwaste.org/classes. When attendees click on the class link, they will need to enter their name and

email address when prompted. It is recommended that participants log in to the class at least 10 minutes before the start time to ensure they are connected.

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Don’t miss a beat during a power outage TEMECULA – Short-term power outages can be a minor inconvenience. A long-term power outage can cause a major disruption to daily life.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s annual Electric Power Industry Report said interruptions in electric service vary by frequency and duration across the many electric distribution systems that serve the country. In 2016, the most recent year for data, customers experienced an average of 1.3 interruptions and went without power for around four hours.

When a storm strikes or an accident knocks out electric power lines or other infrastructure, it may take much longer for power to be restored. During Superstorm Sandy in 2012, more than 8 million people lost power and outages lasted for days in some major cities. Outlying areas were without power for weeks, according to National Geographic. It’s

important to know how to handle a power outage to keep everyone safe and comfortable until power can be restored.

Invest in a generator. If you live in an area that is affected by frequent power outages, a power generator may prove a worthwhile investment. Generators come in two basic types. A portable generator can be rolled into place and uses gasoline as fuel. Plug in a set number of household items, depending on the amount of power the appliance can accommodate.

A whole-house generator can be hard-wired to a home’s electrical system and automatically engage should a power outage occur.

Prepare in advance. In anticipation of a power outage, stock up on battery-powered devices like flashlights, lanterns and radios.

Charge mobile phones and other devices so they’re at 100% power.

K eep a cache of nonperishable food available and plan to use

any perishable items that are in the refrigerator first. A refrigerator can keep food cold for about four hours after power has ceased, states Ready.gov, while a freezer can keep the temperature for about 48 hours if full. Packing these appliances with ice or frozen bottles of water can help.

Purchase books, board games and puzzles to have activities to pass the time until power resumes.

During a power outage, report the power outage to the power company if it seems localized; otherwise, wait for updates to see who is affected.

Try to remain cool or warm if the HVAC system is not functioning. Pool resources by having everyone in the family gather in one room of the house. Older adults and children are especially vulnerable to extreme temperatures.

Maintain food supplies that do not require refrigeration, including 2 gallons of bottled water per

When a storm strikes or an accident knocks out electric power lines or other infrastructure, it may take a long time for power to be restored.

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individual. People who take refrigerated medications should only ingest drugs that have been at room temperature until a new supply is available, advises the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention.

Power outages routinely occur and require planning and safety precautions until power is restored.

Consider the various health benefits of yoga

Though yoga may need to be studied more closely and extensively, many people who include it in their regular health care routines report feeling better both physically and mentally for having done so. V al l ey N ew s/ C o u r t esy ph o t o

TEMECULA – Health-conscious individuals can do many things to improve their overall health. As medical researchers continue to uncover new things SOC K S from page AV -1 Opal Hellweg, legislative assistant for Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor, Chuck Washington, contacted the Desert Hot Springs Office of the Aging in response to Hansen’s request for assistance in the form of hygiene bags.

“I was thinking there would be a toothbrush, toothpaste, maybe shampoo,” Hansen said. “What

about how to achieve optimal health, one practice dating back to ancient times remains an effective way to take care of the human body.

Though there’s no written records regarding the origins and invention of yoga, the practice is believed to date back to ancient India. The earliest written record of yoga is “The Yoga Sutra of Panta–jali,” a collection of aphorisms that historians believe was compiled sometime between 500 BCE and 400 BCE. Despite its age, yoga has not been studied extensively by medical researchers. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, many studies looking into the health effects of yoga have included only small numbers of people and have not been of high quality. As a result, the NCCIH can only say that yoga shows promise in regard to helping people manage or overcome certain health issues, but not that it has been proven to do so.

Though yoga may need to be

studied more closely and extensively, many people who include it in their regular health care routines report feeling better both physically and mentally for having done so, and that may not be a coincidence.

A 2004 comprehensive review of yoga’s use as a therapeutic intervention published in the Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology indicated that yoga targets unmanaged stress, which has been linked to chronic disorders like anxiety, depression, obesity, diabetes and insomnia.

In addition to that review, the NCCIH said that research has suggested yoga can: relieve lowback pain and neck pain; relieve menopause symptoms; help people manage anxiety or depressive symptoms associated with difficult life situations help people quit smoking; help people who are overweight or obese lose weight and help people with chronic diseases manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life.

It’s important that anyone considering making yoga part of their

we got was amazing. There were 25 bags donated. Each bag consisted of deodorant, toothbrush and paste, soap, shampoo, a blanket, socks, snacks, water, Chapstick, an information sheet for social services and more socks.”

The Riverside County Office on Aging serves to promote and support a life of dignity, well-being and independence for older adults and persons with disabilities. For more information, visit the at

https://www.rcaging.org/.

To learn more about what the Anza Electric Cooperative Inc. is doing for its members, visit them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Anzaelectric or on the web at https://www.anzaelectric. org/.

D iane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

health care routines recognize that there are various forms of yoga, some of which are more physically demanding than others. So it’s best

if individuals speak with their physicians before trying yoga so they can find the type that aligns best with their current levels of fitness.

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Whose purchasing Georgia’s U.S. senators? Certainly not Georgians

Harold W. Pease, Ph.D. SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK

The most expensive U.S. Senate race in history was that of incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham and his Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, where between the two $238 million was spent in South Carolina before Nov. 3, 2020. In the third quarter, Harrison alone raised $57.9 million which became the record for a three-month effort until now.

In the past two months, since Nov. 3, all four Georgia U.S. Senate contenders have raised more than this amount. Challenging Democrats Jon Ossoff has raised $106.8 million and Raphael Warnock $103.4 million. Republican incumbents David Perdue raised 68 million and Kelly Loe er $64 million over the same time

period. Total estimates for the ending spending price tag for the two senate seats range from $340 million to $400 million, according to “Democrats shatter fundraising records ahead of Georgia Senate runoffs,” James Arkin and ach Montellaro in Politico, Dec. 24.

The vast majority of this money for the Georgia races comes from non-Georgians. So who is purchasing Georgia’s senators – certainly not Georgians. Since disclosure of big donors is not required until the end of January, long after the vote, we do not know but again, it is not Georgians.

No one but Georgians should purchase this or any other Georgian election. It should never happen but will again until blocked by an amendment to the U. S. Constitution. Why, because politicians love to be purchased.

LibertyUnderFire is the lead advocate for ending outside influences in other state’s elections and thus offers the following new amendment to the U.S. Constitution to stop it: “All election funding, outside a candidate’s personal wealth, in all elections shall originate from eligible voters in the district served by the election and donated since the last election to the same office.”

Remember Michael Bloomberg’s boast in the Feb. 25 Democratic Party Presidential debate of having elected 21 members of the House of Representatives in 2018, giving the House back

to the Democrats. This purchase made Nancy Pelosi House Speaker again, according to Dan Merica in “Bloomberg catches himself from saying he ‘bought’ House races in 2018,” on CNN, Feb. 25.

But Bloomberg is not alone in purchasing elections, for some time we have been reporting the influence of the moneyed elite, the billionaire club, notably Michael Bloomberg, George Soros and Tom Steyers, in choosing our elected officers from the White House down to local races. It happens when money flows in from outside where the candidate will serve allowing those of wealth, to replace constituent influence thus effectively purchasing the representatives from outside the voting districts. If constituents have lost their power to decide their leaders, how can we pretend that we have a democratic republic? It used to be that Democrats opposed billionaire influence in the elections. Today they openly embrace it.

Big Tech companies, such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Twitter and Facebook, combined gave more than $50 million in the 2020 election cycle, all heavily weighted, 75% or more, for Democrat candidates and all heavily funded Joe Biden for president, according to “Big Tech and CEOs Poured Millions Into The Election. Here’s Who They Supported,” by Sissi Cao and Jordan Zakarin in the Observer, Nov. 2.

Propositions are a part of most

elections and can be considered without attachment to a candidate.

It would not stop the funding or creation of ads for or against a candidate, or ballot issues, so long as all monies used in such originates from voters within the district served by the candidate. The word “originates” is designed to stop donation transfer from outside district sources to inside donors to circumvent the amendment.

Why have we not stopped this funding? Because both political parties benefit from it. On the congressional level, those holding “safe seats,” such as Democrat Nancy Pelosi and Republican K evin McCarthy for example, can either buildup gigantic arsenals to “nuke” a threatening contender, or worse, handoff their unneeded donations to a like-minded candidate in another state to favorably impact elections often adverse to the will of its citizens. This outside funding has to stop.

More funding allows more signs and literature to be distributed, and more newspaper, radio and television ads to destroy an opponent or get a message out resulting in a higher probability of winning.

Candidates with the most money and publicity usually win, and the rich, by their funding, select contenders long before the people vote, therefore they dominate the result. In many cases, more money originates from outside a voting district than within. If no candidate could receive money from outside

their district, it would stop much influence peddling.

Under this amendment, the Clinton Foundation monies could not be used to influence elections as much of that money comes from international contributors.

No contribution could be made to influence any contest to which the contributor could not personally vote. This amendment would limit the billionaire class to the “purchase” of only their Congress members, senators, governor, mayor, district attorney and etc. and not a large group of them.

Congress members from “safe” districts could not “handoff” their unneeded donations to a likeminded candidate in another district. Nor could they holdover funding from previous victories to “nuke” a future opponent.

Contributions are a form of voting, normally intended for this candidate only, and for this election only, and they could only be accumulated since the last election for that office.

H arold W. Pease is a syndicated columnist and an ex pert on the U nited States Constitution. H e has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and to applying that knowledge to current events. H e taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly articles, visit http: / / www.

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F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 2554 he following person s is are doing business as 1 . TEM EC UL A C HIR OP R ATIC 2 . TEM EC UL A V AL L EY C HIR OP R AC TIC 27450 Y n ez R d , S t e 1 1 6, T em ecu l a, C A 9 259 1 C o u n t y: R i ve r si d e D o n al d C u r t i s M yr en Jr , 3730 N au t i ca l D r . , C ar l sb ad , C A 9 20 0 8 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y an I n d i vi d u al R egi st r an t co m m en ce d t o t r an sact b u si n ess u n d er the ctitious name listed above on C 1 9 8 9 declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ec t . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : D o n al d C . M y r en Jr Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 0 8 / 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

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F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 28 23 he following person s is are doing business as SM OK E EX P R ESS 112 inchester d Suite - , emecula, California 2 1 C o u n t y: R i v er si d e F er as “ I ” Q u m seya , 31 30 8 S t r aw b er r y T r ee L n , T em ecu l a, C A 9 259 2 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y an I n d i vi d u al R egi st r an t h as n o t ye t b egu n t o t r an sact b u si n ess under the ctitious name listed above declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ect . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : F er as “ I ” Q u m seya Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 1 4/ 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I V E R S I D E C O U N T Y C L E R K .

L EGAL : 3 2 7 4 P UBL ISHED : D e c e m b e r 2 5 , 2 0 2 0 , J a n u a r y 1 ,8 ,1 5 ,2 0 2 1

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 229 7 he following person s is are doing business as GONZ O R ESTOR ATION & M AINTENANC E SER V IC ES 264 D u t t o n S t . , L ake E l si n o r e, C A 9 2531 M ai l i n g ad d r ess: P . O . B o x 370 , L ake E l si n o r e, C A 9 2531 C o u n t y: R i ve r si d e Jo n at h an E l i as G o n za l ez, 264 D u t t o n S t . , L ake E l si n o r e, C A 9 2531 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y an I n d i vi d u al R egi st r an t h as n o t ye t b egu n t o t r an sact b u si n ess under the ctitious name listed above declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ect . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : Jo n at h an E l i as G o n za l ez Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 0 2/ 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

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L EGAL : 3 2 7 5 P UBL ISHED : P UBL ISHED : D e c e m b e r 2 5 , 2 0 2 0 , J a n u a r y 1 ,8 ,1 5 ,2 0 2 1

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 2662 he following person s is are doing business as W HOISBL EST 28 1 Avenida rancesca, enifee, Ca 2 8 M ai l i n g ad d r ess: 28 31 9 Ave n i d a F r an ce sca , enifee, Ca 2 8 C o u n t y: R i ve r si d e C h ar l es “ M ” N o l an , 28 31 9 Ave n i d a F r an ce sca , enifee, Ca 2 8 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y an I n d i vi d u al R egi st r an t h as n o t ye t b egu n t o t r an sact b u si n ess under the ctitious name listed above declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ect . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : C h ar l es “ M ” N o l an Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 0 9 / 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

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L EGAL : 3 2 7 7 P UBL ISHED : J a n u a r y 1 , 8 , 1 5 , 2 2 , 2 0 2 1

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E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T er : R -20 20 1 30 79 s is are doing business as OR M ANC E HOR SES ay, Apt. 1 0 , urrieta, CA 9 2563 C o u n t y: R i ve r si d e a. F l o r en ce E l l en S h m o r go n er , 2649 6 Ar b o r et u m ay, Apt. 1 0 , urrieta, CA 2 b. Gregory Charles uoss, 2 Arboretum ay, Apt . 1 50 7, M u r r i et a, C A 9 2563 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y a G en er al P ar t n er sh i p R egi st r an t h as n o t ye t b egu n t o t r an sact b u si n ess under the ctitious name listed above declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ec t . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : G r ego r y C R u o ss Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 21 / 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

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L EGAL : 3 2 7 8 P UBL ISHED : J a n u a r y 8 , 1 5 , 2 2 , 2 9 2 0 2 1

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 0 50 2 he following person s is are doing business as ISAL L IAH BR OC K L UC K S7 7 7 1 4729 C i n n am o n D r . , F o n t an a, C A 9 2337 C o u n t y: S an B er n ar d i n o I sal l i ah T at ar e B r o ck, 1 4729 C i n n am o n D r . , F o n t an a, C A 9 2337 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y an I n d i vi d u al R egi st r an t h as n o t ye t b egu n t o t r an sact b u si n ess under the ctitious name listed above declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ect . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : I sal l i ah T B r o ck Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 0 / 1 4/ 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

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F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 3254 he following person s is are doing business as OBEL ISK AC HIEV EM ENT 30 0 69 C o r t e C o el h o , T em ecu l a, C A 9 259 1 C o u n t y: R i ve r si d e a. Ju d y C ar m en T o r r es, 30 0 69 C o r t e C o el h o , T em ecu l a, C A 9 259 1 b . Ar t -- T o r r es, 30 0 69 C o r t e C o el h o , T em ecu l a, C A 9 259 1 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y a M ar r i ed C o u pl e R egi st r an t h as n o t ye t b egu n t o t r an sact b u si n ess under the ctitious name listed above declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ect . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : Ju d y C ar m en T o r r es Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 24/ 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I V E R S I D E C O U N T Y C L E R K .

L EGAL : 3 2 7 9 P UBL ISHED : J a n u a r y 8 , 1 5 , 2 2 , 2 9 2 0 2 1

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 350 4 he following person s is are doing business as TISOY C UR R YATIV E C UISINES 1 ose Sage ay, urrieta, CA 2 C o u n t y: R i ve r si d e atthew aniel Curry, 1 ose Sage ay, M u r r i et a, C A 9 2563 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y an I n d i vi d u al R egi st r an t h as n o t ye t b egu n t o t r an sact b u si n ess under the ctitious name listed above declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ect . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : M at t h ew D an i el C u r r y Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 31 / 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I V E R S I D E C O U N T Y C L E R K .

L EGAL : 3 2 8 0 P UBL ISHED : J a n u a r y 8 , 1 5 , 2 2 , 2 9 2 0 2 1

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C AUSE F OR C HANGE OF NAM E Case Number CVS 2000 8 T O AL L I N T E R E S T E D P E R S O N S P et i t i o n er : BONF AC IO UIL ISONE L AUV AL E AUEL UAF IL ITAUL A iled a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows P r esen t N am e: BONF AC IO UIL ISONE L AUV AL E AUEL UAF IL ITAUL A P r o po sed N am e: L UC AS AUEL UA- F IL ITAUL A AID EN H C S 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 gr an t ed . An y per so n o b j ect i n g t o t h e n am e ch an ges described above must le a written ob ection that includes the reasons for the ob ection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to b e h ear d an d m u st appear at t h e h ear i n g t o sh o w cause why the petition should not be granted. f no written ob ection is timely led, the court may grant t h e pet i t i o n w i t h o u t a h ear i n g.

NOTIC E OF HEAR ING D at e: 2/ 25/ 21 T i m e: 8 : 0 0 am D ept : S 1 0 1 he address of the court 0 - Auld oad, M u r r i et a, C A 9 2563 S o u t h w est Ju st i ce C en t er B r an ch A copy of this rder 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 gen er al ci r cu l at i o n , pr i n t ed i n t h i s co u n t y: An za V al l ey O u t l o o k D at e: 1 1 / 1 8 / 20 20 Signed Jeffrey imel, Judge of the Superior Court L EGAL : 3 2 8 2 P UBL ISHED : J a n u a r y 8 , 1 5 , 2 2 , 2 9 , 2 0 2 1

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i l e N u m b er : R -20 20 1 29 0 4 he following person s is are doing business as AB EX P R ESS 8 9 8 1 G al en a S t r eet , R i ve r si d e, C A 9 250 9 C o u n t y: R i ve r si d e B au d el i o An aya , 8 9 8 1 G al en a S t r eet , R i ve r si d e, C A 9 250 9 T h i s b u si n ess i s co n d u ct ed b y an I n d i vi d u al R egi st r an t co m m en ce d t o t r an sact b u si n ess u n d er the ctitious name listed above on ctober 201 declare that all information in this statement is true an d co r r ect . ( A r egi st r an t w h o d ecl ar es as t r u e an y material matter pursuant to Section 1 1 of the usiness and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a ne not to e ceed one thousand d o l l ar s ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) . ) R egi st r an t : B au d el i o An aya Statement was led with the County Clerk of R i ve r si d e C o u n t y o n 1 2/ 1 6/ 20 20 N C N ACC ANC HS VS N ( a) O F S E C T I O N 1 79 20 , A F I C T I T I O U S N AM E S A N G N A P S A H N V A S H A N H CH AS N H C H C O U N T Y C L E R K , E X C E P T , AS P R O V I D E D I N S VS N b S C N 1 20, H P S 0 A SA AN CHANG N H AC S S H N H S A N P S AN S C N 1 1 H HAN A CHANG N H S NC A SS A GS N . A N C S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T M U S T B E F I L E D H P A N. H NG HS S A N S N S A H H S N HS S T AT E O F A F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N V A N H GH S AN H N A , S A , C N A ( S E E S E C T I O N 1 441 1 E T S E Q . , B U S I N E S S AN D P SS NS C .

H C HA H S C P S A C C C P H O R I G I N AL S T AT E M E N T O N F I L E I N M Y O F F I C E .

P E T E R AL D AN A R I V E R S I D E C O U N T Y C L E R K .

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C AUSE F OR C HANGE OF NAM E Case Number CVS 20010 T O AL L I N T E R E S T E D P E R S O N S P et i t i o n er : M IC HAEL BR AD L EY a n d ASHL EY BR AD L EY iled a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows P r esen t N am e: EM IL Y J UNE- L OR R AINE BR AD L EY P r o po sed N am e: HOL L YNN J UNE- L OR R AINE BR AD L EY H C S 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 gr an t ed . An y per so n o b j ect i n g t o t h e n am e ch an ges described above must le a written ob ection that includes the reasons for the ob ection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to b e h ear d an d m u st appear at t h e h ear i n g t o sh o w cause why the petition should not be granted. f no written ob ection is timely led, the court may grant t h e pet i t i o n w i t h o u t a h ear i n g.

NOTIC E OF HEAR ING D at e: 0 2/ 1 8 / 21 T i m e: 8 : 0 0 am D ept : S 1 0 1 he address of the court 0 - Auld oad, M u r r i et a, C A 9 2563 C i vi l B r an ch A copy of this rder 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 gen er al ci r cu l at i o n , pr i n t ed i n t h i s co u n t y: An za V al l ey O u t l o o k D at e: 1 2/ 30 / 20 20 Signed Jeffrey imel, Judge of the Superior Court L EGAL : 3 2 8 3 P UBL ISHED : J a n u a r y 8 , 1 5 , 2 2 , 2 9 . 2 0 2 1

P et i t i o n er : TAM M Y AND R HER NAND EZ In t h e M a t t e r o f Gu a r d i a a n d C o n s e r v a to r s h ip o f J STONE GOTC HIE, a M THIS r t o rt r ig h ts d o n o th e o t a tto rn

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IS A L EGAL NOTIC E. Yo u a e affe ted orta ro eed t at affe t o h a s b e e n s c h e d u l e d . If y o t u n d e r s ta n d th is n o tic e o h e r c o u rt p a p e rs , c o n ta c t a e y fo r le g a l a d v ic e .

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C AUSE F OR C HANGE OF NAM E Case Number CVS 2000 T O AL L I N T E R E S T E D P E R S O N S P et i t i o n er : D EBR A L YNN AL F ONSO iled a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows P r esen t N am e: D EBR A L YNN AL F ONSO P r o po sed N am e: ANGEL IQ UE V OL TAIR E- BEHI H C S 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 gr an t ed . An y per so n o b j ect i n g t o t h e n am e ch an ges described above must le a written ob ection that includes the reasons for the ob ection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to b e h ear d an d m u st appear at t h e h ear i n g t o sh o w cause why the petition should not be granted. f no written ob ection is timely led, the court may grant t h e pet i t i o n w i t h o u t a h ear i n g.

NOTIC E OF HEAR ING D at e: 2/ 1 8 / 21 T i m e: 8 : 0 0 am D ept : S 1 0 1 he address of the court 0 - Auld oad, M u r r i et a, C A 9 2563 C i vi l D i vi si o n B r an ch A copy of this rder 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 gen er al ci r cu l at i o n , pr i n t ed i n t h i s co u n t y: An za V al l ey O u t l o o k D at e: 1 2/ 0 7/ 20 20 Signed Jeffrey imel, Judge of the Superior Court L EGAL : 3 2 8 4 P UBL ISHED : J a n u a r y 8 , 1 5 , 2 2 , 2 9 , 2 0 2 1

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R ESP ONSE TO P ETITION. Y o u ar e n o t r eq u i r ed t o r espo n d t o t h i s P et i t i o n , but if you choose to respond, you may do so by ling a written response or by appear i n g i n per so n at t h e h ear i n g. If you choose to file a w r i t t en r espo n se: F i l e t h e o r i gi n al w i t h t h e co u r t Provide a copy to the o ce of the Judicial cer named above and M ai l a co py t o al l i n t er est ed par t i es at least ve business days before the h ear i n g.

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