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By BRIAN ROKOS | [email protected] | The Press-Enterprise  PUBLISHED: November 14, 2019 at 7:55 pm | UPDATED: November 14, 2019 at 7:58 pm

Three inmates at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga faked a medical emergency and ambushed a sheriff’s deputy on Wednesday, Nov. 13, with one throwing a cup of vomit onto her and cutting her face with a razor blade, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.

The deputy was treated at a hospital and released.

The attack happened about 6:10 p.m. as the deputy was supervising inmates in a housing unit. One inmate, Kyanna Patterson, appeared to be having a seizure, while a second, Rose Villalobos, appeared to be assisting her, a news release said. As the deputy approached them, Villalobos stood up and threw the cup, striking the deputy’s face, and then cut the deputy, the release said. Villalobos then grabbed the deputy’s radio and used it to strike her several times. Patterson also threw a cup at the deputy, the release said.

Other deputies then detained the inmates.

The investigation also determined that inmate Amber Tena served as the lookout and told the other inmates when the deputy was approaching, the release said.

Villalobos is in jail after pleading no contest to an assault charge; Patterson is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, felony hit and run and felony evading. Tena is serving a sentence after most recently being convicted of battery by a prisoner, according to Superior Court records.

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A female deputy sheri was hospitalized after being violently attacked by two female inmates at West Valley Detention Center on Nov. 13.

A female deputy sheri was hospitalized after being violently attacked by two female inmates at West Valley Detention Center on Nov. 13, according to the San Bernardino County Sheri's Department.

One additional inmate allegedly participated in the assault, the Sheri's Department said.

At about 6:12 p.m., the deputy was supervising inmates inside a housing unit. The deputy came across two inmates on the ground in one of the housing segments.

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One of the inmates (Kyanna Patterson, 24) appeared to be having a seizure and the other (Rose Villalobos, 32) appeared to be assisting her.

But as the deputy approached them, Villalobos stood up and allegedly threw a cup of vomit onto the deputy’s face. Villalobos continued to assault the deputy and allegedly slashed her face with a razor. Villalobos also allegedly grabbed the deputy’s radio and struck her with it, numerous times to the head.

In addition, Patterson allegedly threw a cup at the deputy, striking her in the chest.

Additional deputies responded to the housing segment and detained the inmates.

The deputy was transported to a local area hospital for treatment of her injuries. She has since been released and is expected to make a full recovery.

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Upon completion of the investigation, a report will be submitted to the District Attorney’s Oce for review and consideration of additional charges.

Villalobos has been in custody since April of 2019 on an assault charge.

Patterson has been in custody since August of 2018 on charges of attempted murder, hit and run with Injury and evading a peace oce with disregard to public safety.

Tena was most recently charged with a crime in August of 2019 for prisoner manufacturing a weapon.

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The State Worker Caltrans paid $640,000 to print 30 million pages. Then it destroyed most of the documents

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Caltrans destroyed 19 million pages of documents in June 2019 that it paid to print 8 months earlier. The pages were construction standards for contractors. Caltrans paid more to destroy the pages than to use them. BY AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO 

A midlevel Caltrans manager gave an order in June to destroy 19 million pieces of paper the department had paid to print eight months earlier.

The order concluded a lengthy bureaucratic saga outlined in email exchanges The Sacramento Bee obtained through the Public Records Act. 11/15/2019 Caltrans destroyed 20,000 sets of books it paid to print | The Sacramento Bee

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Printed on the pages were construction standards and speciﬁcations that contractors refer to when they’re building state-funded projects. Had they not been destroyed, the double-sided pages would have been bound into 19,500 sets of reference books and sold to the contractors, along with local agencies around California that use them.

For months, the manager juggled conﬂicting orders from above and subordinates’ worries about waste. While the unbound books sat around, costs mounted.

Caltrans ultimately paid the Oﬃce of State Printing $640,000 for far fewer of the books than it would have received under an original plan with a $565,000 price tag.

Caltrans has printed the books every few years for decades, periodically updating its guidelines, and in recent years has posted the standards online.

“It’s kind of like the Caltrans bible for specifying how they want the work built,” said Greg Souder, an estimating manager with Berkeley-based engineering contractor O.C. Jones. “You have to have it in one version or another.”

Engineers keep copies of the standards in their oﬃces, and construction managers often refer to them on job sites, according to contractors.

In late 2017, a Caltrans steering committee discussed switching to electronic-only copies of the standards, as New York, New Jersey and Florida had done, but decided against it, according to emails.

In August 2018, Caltrans Chief Engineer Karla Sutliﬀ signed a memorandum of understanding outlining a process for posting the standards online and printing the books. The memo said the 2018 standards would be used for all projects starting Oct. 22.

Oﬃcials in Caltrans’ Division of Design decided to print 30,000 sets of the books based on historical demand and bulk pricing options. Each set included three volumes.

The price was $565,302, according to Oﬃce of State Publishing quotes.

The oﬃce printed the 30,000 sets in October 2018, but only bound 5,000 copies into books initially due to delays with another project, according to emails. https://www.sacbee.com/article237326579.html 2/9 11/15/2019 Caltrans destroyed 20,000 sets of books it paid to print | The Sacramento Bee The remaining 25,000 sets — about 25 million unbound pages — sat on pallets in a warehouse. Managers would order 5,500 more to be bound in January.

Paul Chung, a design engineering program principal in the Division of Design, gave the order in June to recycle the remaining 19,500 sets.

Caltrans declined an interview request.

“After we started printing hard copies of the contract standard book sets, Caltrans received feedback from stakeholders that the digital version of the books was sufficient, and there was no longer the same need for as many printed copies of these books as in years past,” spokesman Matt Rocco said in an email. “Also, Caltrans staff in the field was able to transition to the digital version much sooner than expected.”

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Emails suggest Sutliﬀ, the chief engineer and Chung’s boss, had doubts in the middle of printing in October 2018 about whether to continue with the process she had outlined. She said she was unavailable for comment.

The Bee’s August 2019 request to Caltrans for all emails and spending records related to the printing of the standards didn’t produce any emails from Sutliﬀ, who had a decision-making role in what to do about the books. She retired in September, according to Caltrans.

In an Oct. 3, 2018 email related to ﬁnishing the books, Chung wrote, “Karla has some instruction, let’s talk this morning. Need some quick action this week.”

In a followup email, Chung asked Mohsen Sultan, chief of the Oﬃce of Construction Contract Standards, for contracts and other agreements related to the books, anticipating “questions likely from Karla.”

The back-and-forth continued for months, with Chung asking Sultan about various options, storage fees and other details and Sultan relaying answers from the Oﬃce of State Publishing. Sultan repeatedly explained Caltrans’ contractual obligations while reminding Chung that executive managers had been kept informed about the process all along.

Reducing the number of books to bind wouldn’t save money, due to the discounts Caltrans was receiving based on the large volume of the order, Sultan wrote. The publishing office had already contracted with vendors to fulfill parts of the order at lower prices than the office would able to offer on its own, according to emails to Sultan from the office.

On Oct. 30, Sultan wrote the following in an email to Chung:

“It seems we continue to be on a fact ﬁnding mission. The reality is we printed 30,000 copies and the decision to print was made by a higher authority than us alone in Project Delivery. The more we try to undo the past, the more we are costing the taxpayers in return for much less value and that goes against our Mission and Goals.”

In response, Chung asked about another detail of binding costs.

Chung’s emails reﬂect uncertainty about how much demand there would be for the printed books. Three big contractors told Caltrans they only needed one hard copy each, and otherwise could go digital, according to the emails.

Sultan told Chung that demand for the books had been based partly on how many of the books from 2015 had sold. Caltrans printed about 15,000 sets of the 2015 standards and sold nearly all of them in a year and four months, according to an email from Sultan. A waiting list accrued after that.

In December, Chung launched an online survey among project a group of contractors to estimate demand. When a third responded, requesting a total of 800 copies, Chung multiplied that number by three and determined there was demand for 2,400 books. Based on that, he and two other executives decided on 3,000 books. https://www.sacbee.com/article237326579.html 3/9 11/15/2019 Caltrans destroyed 20,000 sets of books it paid to print | The Sacramento Bee The publishing office said in January that it could bind as few as 5,500 books based on the logistics involved. On Jan. 31, Division of Design staffer Grace Tsushima relayed an order to the publishing office to bind 5,500 books and to continue storing the 19,500 books at a price of $5,000 per month.

ANOTHER PUBLISHER SELLS THE BOOKS

As delays lengthened, contractors and public agencies started asking about the new books.

When Caltrans still wasn’t selling them in 2019, customers started getting them from another source: a publisher based in Vista, California named BNI Building News that prints and binds the standards.

Nevada County Public Works oﬃce administrator Kim Williamson told Caltrans on June 6 that she bought a copy from BNI after Caltrans told her they still didn’t have the books.

Sultan raised the issue of copyright infringement with the Caltrans legal office. Deputy Attorney Maria Sapiandante told him Caltrans bought a copy from BNI and reviewed it, finding it was nearly identical to the Caltrans book. Sapiandante said the office was considering next steps.

The books are still available for order on BNI’s website.

The three-volume sets of books include two volumes that make up the 2018 Standard Speciﬁcations, totaling 1,352 pages, and one volume of Standard Plans, which is 632 pages.

BNI sells the two-volume speciﬁcations for $59.95, according to its website. Caltrans sells it for $78. BNI sells the Standard Plans book for $49.95, while Caltrans sells it for $63.

BNI’s publisher did not respond to attempts to reach him Wednesday.

Contractors said demand varies for hard copies of the books.

“I like having the physical copy, maybe because I’m 56 years old,” said Souder, of O.C. Jones in Berkeley. “I don’t like reading stuﬀ on the computer screen.”

Other contractors prefer to look at the standards on electronic tablets, due to the ease of navigating by searching for speciﬁc terms, said John Cooper, director of labor relations for the Southern California Contractors Association.

Caltrans has sold 2,500 sets of books since July, Rocco said.

MORE MONEY, FEWER BOOKS

On June 11, Joe Cole, a customer service representative at the Oﬃce of State Publishing, emailed Sultan saying the $565,000 that Caltrans had agreed to pay for 30,000 sets of the books had been depleted.

That left Caltrans with only 10,500 bound sets of books after paying for 30,000 sets.

And the department owed the Oﬃce of State Publishing $75,000 more for freight, storage and extra costs that resulted from the oﬃce having to complete several parts of the order in-house that it originally planned to pay a vendor for, including lamination.

The $75,000 estimate for added costs was based on the publishing oﬃce storing the books through the end of June. The oﬃce was moving to a new location and couldn’t store them past July, Cole said.

On June 20, Chung left a voicemail telling Sultan to instruct the publishing oﬃce to recycle the remaining 19,500 sets.

The publishing oﬃce originally told Caltrans it would cost $12,500 to recycle the roughly 19 million pages, but decided against charging the department for that.

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Residents filled a room during the Upland Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 to express opposition to the Bridge Development project, a proposed warehouse development that may include the tenant, Amazon. The Planning Commission did not take any action. A vote could take place in January. (Photo by Steve Scauzillo/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

By STEVE SCAUZILLO | [email protected] | San Gabriel Valley Tribune  PUBLISHED: November 15, 2019 at 9:02 am | UPDATED: November 15, 2019 at 9:02 am

Upland residents are making clear their objections to a proposed logistics warehouse they say will add to street traffic, foul air quality and lower property values.

In a packed City Council chamber on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 11 people spoke to the Planning Commission during public comments — and all were against building a 276,250-square-foot warehouse containing a retail and logistics center on 50 acres at the north side of Foothill Boulevard near the terminus of Central Avenue. M “It doesn’t belong in a bedroom community,” Glenn Bozar, a former council member, told the commission.

The proposal, submitted by applicant Bridge Development Partners, is rumored to become an Amazon fulfillment center, although the developer would not name the proposed tenant.

It would attract 25 big-rig trucks per day. Of those, 20 would be arriving at night and five during the day.

A developer wants to build a 276,000- The warehouse is described as “a last-mile center for e- square-foot warehouse near Cable Airport in Upland for an unspecified “e-commerce commerce” in which “Upland residents will likely receive delivery” business. (Photo by David Allen, packages faster and more efficiently,” according to documents Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) filed by Bridge Development.

The developer reduced the project in scope by 90% since introducing it in June, from three buildings comprising 977,246 square feet to one building, 47 feet high with a 10,000-square-foot office/mezzanine.

The revised project will provide 350 parking spaces and 1,486 spaces for delivery vans and automobiles and 25 dock-high loading spaces, the city reported. Big-rig trucks would use Central Avenue via Foothill Boulevard; autos and delivery vans would use Central Avenue and two other entrances from Foothill Boulevard and 13th Street but 13th Street would not accommodate trucks.

Some speakers said the logistics warehouse would not fit with Upland and that these large warehouses that serve as e-commerce distribution centers are better suited for Fontana, Eastvale and other parts of the Inland Empire.

Despite the substantial downgrading, those who spoke said the project still is not a good fit for Upland.

“The project will clog our streets and pollute our air,” said Irmalina Osuna, a 16-year resident.

Carl Bunch said delivery vans entering and exiting from Foothill Boulevard “is a terrible idea” that will cause traffic jams and collisions. “They will have up to 1,000 delivery vans every day. It is going to be a mess,” he told the commission.

Shannan Maust said the city is in the midst of surveying residents about the type of businesses they’d like to see in Upland. She said the Planning Commission should wait for those results before moving forward.

And Barbara Alejo said the City of Gracious Living should seek out less impactful businesses. “Why doesn’t our city reach out to hotel chains?” she asked the commission.

Bridge has promised the city a one-time payment of $2.25 million to offset city costs. But many in attendance, including City Councilwoman Janice Elliott, indicated that amount would not be enough to pay for street paving and additional police patrols.

“That doesn’t seem like that is enough,” Elliott said in an interview Thursday, Nov. 14.

She remains “open-minded” about the project, she said, at least until the city and Bridge complete environmental studies on soil, water, truck traffic and air quality.

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last one took place on Oct. 21. The Planning Commission After 3 years of local control, Ontario could vote on the project in January, Elliott said. airport has more passengers but transit options remain iffy The project would only come before the Upland City Council if a council member or a citizen appealed the Planning Commission’s decision.

“We have to wait until we have the data,” Elliott said, adding that she was impressed with the residents who spoke Wednesday night. She said she’s heard from others who also don’t want to see the project built.

“Some of my constituents are terrified of it,” Elliott said.

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LOCAL NEWS Fontana residents, Southern California Edison officials clash over recent power outages 'I'I refuserefuse toto allowallow thisthis toto bebe thethe newnew normalnormal forfor Fontana,'Fontana,' MayorMayor AcquanettaAcquanetta WarrenWarren saidsaid

Fontana resident Bill Stadler asks questions to Terry Ohanian, director of the Southeast Distribution Construction and Maintenance for Southern California Edison, during an informational meeting at the Jesse Turner Community Center in Fontana on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. The meeting was held to address the residents’ complaints over SCE’s public safety power shutoff during the recent high wind events. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

By BRIAN WHITEHEAD || [email protected] || SanSan BernardinoBernardino SunSun PUBLISHED: November 14, 2019 at 1:50 pm || UPDATED:UPDATED: November 14, 2019 at 5:36 pm

At any one time, longtime northern Fontana resident Bill Stadler has six adults, a 4-year-old and a tank full of fish beneath his roof.

And for nearly 60 hours across four days late last month, he had no power.

On Wednesday, Nov. 13, the 53-year-old was one of dozens of Fontana residents to air their grievances with Southern California Edison over the company’s decision to shut off power inin theirtheir partpart ofof towntown toto preventprevent firesfires fromfrom startingstarting andand spreadingspreading duringduring the recent extreme weather conditions..

“We work hard,” said Lorna McWells, another longtime northern Fontana resident whose power was shut off in October. “We want to come home to a lit-up house and enjoy our community. And we can’t.”

At a well-attended informational meeting inside the Jessie Turner Community Center Wednesday evening, Edison officials explained how they decide to shut off power in communities across Southern California andand whatwhat they’vethey’ve donedone andand planplan toto dodo toto adaptadapt toto whatwhat theythey calledcalled aa 12-12- $0 month fire season.

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Terry Ohanian, director of Edison’s southeast Distribution Construction and Maintenance division, said the company takes a “surgical approach” to shutting off vulnerable circuits in high-risk fire areas, resulting in some houses losing power while others nearby – and businesses inin thethe areaarea –– remainremain lit.lit.

Stadler, for one, said that despite being on the same power grid as neighboring residential communities and businesses such as Stater Bros. and Target, he was among those in a “black hole” late last month.

Fontana Chamber of Commerce President Phil Cothran noted that the power outages cost Fontana businesses about $500,000.

Stadler, a grandfather, rented a generator for $300 a day to power his refrigerator, fish tank and other items, but said he spent most of his time sans power near candlelight without a phone, Internet and other utilities.

“You really are cut off from everything” without electricity, he said.

While Edison officials said affected homeowners can file claims to recoup money lost on spoiled food, McWells, 60, said she believes it’s highly unlikely those claims would be approved.

And, like many in the audience, McWells contested Edison’s reasoning for shutting off power in the area, saying her neighborhood is free of trees, brush and overhead power lines.

“This is just a joke what they’re saying,” she said. “They’re just trying to appease us and it’s not working. We’re not stupid people. We’re educated, middle-class people who know this is a farce and we’re not going to stand for it.”

At the outset of the meeting, Mayor Acquanetta Warren told those in attendance that she would take their concerns to local and state representatives to help find a solution.

“We can’t live without power,” she said. “We can’t continuously have our food spoiling, our children unable to attend school, or eat fast food for meals because we’re unable to cook.

“I refuse to allow this to be the new normal for Fontana.”

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Adelanto City Council approves budget increases amid scrutiny By Martin Estacio Staff Writer Posted Nov 14, 2019 at 6:01 PM Updated Nov 14, 2019 at 6:07 PM ADELANTO — A recommendation to increase the city’s budget by $60,000 was scrutinized Wednesday night by councilmembers who questioned the need for a Washington D.C. lobbying trip and a city marketing campaign.

The expenditures in question were approved by the Council, but at the lower amount suggested by Councilmember Ed Camargo: $25,000 instead of a recommended $50,000 for “Advertising and Publications” and $7,000 instead of $10,000 for “Accommodations/Transportation.”

The reasons for the increases were not provided in agenda documents.

Adelanto Finance Director Ward Komers said the $10,000 was requested by Mayor Gabriel Reyes for a trip to the nation’s capital for “lobbying activities,” and the $50,000 for “some PR and advertising” only after an inquiry by Councilmember Stevevonna Evans.

The proposed amendments come as the city struggles to tackle a $6.3 million structural deficit.

City Manager Jessie Flores has said one of the reasons for the shortfall is a lack of economic development within the city. He explained the Washington trip would be needed to build relationships and “attract the much-needed resources that our city needs.

“I realize that there’s a fiscal emergency, but I feel that these resources are well spent working directly with these federal and state agencies,” Flores said.

Flores indicated meetings were scheduled with FEMA officials and Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20191114/adelanto-city-council-approves-budget-increases-amid-scrutiny 1/2 11/15/2019 Adelanto City Council approves budget increases amid scrutiny - News - vvdailypress.com - Victorville, CA

Camargo questioned whether there was a need to send five city representatives, the number upon which Reyes said the $10,000 estimate was based.

Flores said it was possible to have fewer city representatives attend the meetings.

Also scrutinized was a proposed allocation of $50,000 for what Flores described as an “aggressive marketing plan” which would include publicizing Adelanto globally and consulting services by marketing professionals.

Evans said she had agreed in the past to update the city’s website, but that she was thinking fiscally now.

“We’re just not in a financial place to spend $50,000 on advertising. We’re just not. Not when there’s so much free advertising available to us,” she said.

She suggested the money might better be spent on hiring an employee to “personally market.”

Cost-cutting measures to address the deficit have already taken place, with four city employees being let go in September.

Evans voted no on both items, after Camargo’s proposal to reduce the proposed marketing cost in half, to $25,000, and the D.C. trip money to $7,000. Camargo, Reyes and Mayor Pro Tem Gerardo Hernandez voted yes on the expenditures, with Councilmember Joy Jeanette absent.

Increased expenditures also approved were $3,000 for training for the Planning Commission and $3,000 for the city’s “Movies in the Park” program.

Martin Estacio may be reached at [email protected] or at 760-955-5358. Follow him on Twitter @DP_mestacio.

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A customer enters the Sears at Montclair Plaza on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. The Montclair Sears location is one of 51 stores across the country scheduled to close in February. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

By STEVE SCAUZILLO | [email protected] | San Gabriel Valley Tribune  PUBLISHED: November 14, 2019 at 8:00 am | UPDATED: November 14, 2019 at 9:44 am

Now that the Sears store located in the middle of Montclair Place is closing, the question becomes: What will take its place?

The owners of the mall, CIM Group, and Montclair City Hall have been discussing the potential loss of Sears for several years, said Mayor John Dutrey. But no definite plans for the site have arisen.

“What do you do with that site? That conversation has been going on for a while,” he said during an interview Monday, Nov. 11. S CIM would not answer direct questions about potential future tenants. “We will make an announcement when additional information is available,” the company said in an email.

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Sears announced on Friday, Nov. 8, the closure of the Montclair Place location, plus stores in West Covina, and San Bernardino, leaving a string of empty stores roughly along a stretch of the 10 Freeway corridor. Stores in Victorville, Moreno Valley, Palm Desert, Riverside, Temecula, North W

Hollywood and Los Angeles also will close. Sears announced closures will take place by February. By Out-of-business sales are slated to begin Dec. 2, announced Transformco, the company that earlier this year bought the remaining assets of Sears Holdings Inc.

Those interviewed from City Hall and retail economic firms seemed to agree that the three-story M department store in Montclair most likely would be split among different tenants. Finding a single occupant for a building that large may be impossible.

“Either the entire building gets demolished or a portion does,” Dutrey said. “There may have to be more entertainment, restaurants and some retail on that site.”

Councilman Bill Ruh cited the North Montclair Specific Plan, which calls for housing, retail and transit. “I would love to see a combination of something that involves housing and mixed-use,” he said.

A plan submitted to CIM Group two years ago called for demolishing the Sears and building luxury condos, with retail on the ground floor, City Manager Edward Starr said on Wednesday. But that proposal may no longer be viable, he said, and it never reached the city’s planning department. The city is developing a Montclair Place District Specific Plan that will be introduced to the City Council in early 2020, he said.

Shoppers Alexi Zarco and Isabella Espinoza rarely buy anything from the Sears, they said. They were hanging out Monday at the mall, which is undergoing a major renovation and recently changed its name from Montclair Plaza to Montclair Place. A new, modern video sign alerts motorists along the 10 Freeway of the transition. The old Broadway Department store was demolished and in its place a new AMC Theatres and entertainment complex is being built.

“Maybe we can get more food restaurants,” Zarco said. “Maybe an In-N-Out.”

The mall has added a modern food court and an indoor kids playground. A school event held recently featured “College Survival Night.” In the past few months, it has hosted a Halloween trick-or-treat, a winter light show and photos with Santa.

“I know they are trying to make it more family-friendly,” said Nick Cisneros, a Montclair resident who was shopping at Sears on Julian Lopez, 6 months, of Chino, plays in the ball pit in the Tots Area at Kids Empire, Monday. a new indoor playground, at Montclair Place in Montclair on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The effort is to bring in more families. Sears merchandise, such as appliances under the Kenmore (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, brand and tools under Craftsman, are available at other stores, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) such as Lowe’s. Cisneros said from now on he’ll shop at these other stores or online for appliances or tools, or visit Best Buy.

A Costco is located in Montclair and a Walmart Superstore is in nearby Ontario, perhaps nixing the idea that a discount big-box store can fill the space at the mall.

Besides housing, another option is to turn to entertainment venues, said Burt P. Flickinger III, managing director of the Strategic Resource Group, which studies retail trends in Southern California.

“It is possible for them to build a mini theater for e-gaming and e-sports,” Flickinger said in an

interview on Wednesday. “These are becoming the most popular entertainment venues in the region.”

Other possibilities include a bowling alley or a Dave & Buster’s, an arcade/restaurant usage, he said.

If CIM had to fill a Sears in south Chicago or Detroit, it RELATED LINKS would have a much harder task, Flickinger said. But in the

Inland Empire, the economy is healthy and the heavy Sears closing Montclair store, 7 other population of families, including people who own pets, Inland locations makes it a more viable shopping venue. Also, being located Removal of Montclair Plaza sign literally a along the busy 10 Freeway between eastern Los Angeles signal of change at long-standing mall and San Bernardino counties makes the site extremely visible. Canyon Montclair opens Friday, April 5 with Vince Neil “The good thing for CIM is that this is one of the best areas in the country for retail, entertainment and restaurants,” This new concert venue is coming to the inside of a Montclair mall Flickinger said.

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A cross blocks the sun at the Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery in Colton on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

By JENNIFER MAHER | [email protected] | Daily Bulletin  PUBLISHED: November 14, 2019 at 2:50 pm | UPDATED: November 14, 2019 at 2:50 pm

On the south end of Colton, surrounded by industrial businesses, sits a little piece of history. The Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery is all that’s left of the one-time bustling communities of Agua Mansa and La Placita that lined the Santa Ana River in the 1800s.

Once the site of the San Bernardino Valley’s first church and school, these two settlements made up the largest community of settlers between New Mexico and Los Angeles during the 1840s, until a great flood destroyed a majority of both settlements in January of 1862 from which they never really S recovered, according to the San Bernardino County Museum’s website.

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1 of 13 A headstone sits partially submerged in the sand at the Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery in Colton on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. This California State  Historical Landmark is all that remains of Agua Mansa and La Placita, two thriving farming communities along the Santa Ana River during the 1840s, decimated by a great flood in January of 1862. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Today, the cemetery is a California State Landmark and a branch of the San Bernardino County Museum. The grass may be brown and some of the grave markers are damaged or missing, but the history remains.

The Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery is located at 2001 E. Agua Mansa Road in Colton. Hours of operation and admission prices can be found here: http://www.sbcounty.gov/museum/branches/agua.htm

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By ADRIA WATSON | CALmatters  PUBLISHED: November 14, 2019 at 4:00 pm | UPDATED: November 14, 2019 at 4:00 pm D

Californians have all but adapted to a new normal. In the last four years, the state has experienced 10 of the most destructive wildfires in its history. M

The 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County that destroyed nearly 19,000 structures and killed 85 people was the deadliest on record. And though the 2019 fire season has not been as active, the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County triggered the evacuation of some 200,000 residents while the Getty Fire last month forced Angelenos from Mount St. Mary’s University to LeBron James’s neighborhood in Brentwood to flee.

State and fire officials are adapting by changing firefighting tactics, improving emergency response plans and adding high-tech cameras, radar and infrared equipment to their arsenal of fire-fighting

tools. But for all that the government is doing, the public needs to pitch in, because one in three homes is located in the urban-wildland interface. With an estimated 11 million residents living in high fire-threat areas, it’s no wonder Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are demanding property owners take responsibility for fireproofing their homes.

This year, the Legislature passed several bills aimed at encouraging home hardening. Among them: AB38 by Democratic Assemblyman Jim Woods of Santa Rosa, requiring property sellers in high fire- threat zones to disclose fire safety improvements. And SB190 directs the state fire marshal to develop a defensible space program. The bill by Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa gives local governments the authority to impose an abatement lien if they fail to create and maintain defensible space around their homes.

So how can homeowners now help themselves?

First, find out whether your home is located in a high fire threat area. The California Public Utilities Commission recently developed a searchable fire map to help residents determine their fire risk.

If you are in the high-risk zone, Cal Fire has recommendations for hardening a home for wildfire season. Some suggestions are high-cost, such as replacing wood or shingle roofs and single-pane windows, or using ignition-resistant materials for decks, patios and fences.

But if spending tens of thousands of dollars isn’t in your budget, there are still many low-cost preventive measures worth trying. Here are a cheap and effective few:

California lilac is a fire-resistant shrub recommended by Cal Fire. (Photo via Creative Commons)

1. Fire-resistant landscaping

Cost: $20 and up

French lavender, red monkey flower, sage, California fuchsia, and California lilac. These are only a

few of the beautiful and affordable fire-resistant plants that can be used to strategically resist the spread of fire to your home. A gardener can re-landscape your home in an afternoon for a few hundred dollars, or a family can turn it into a fun weekend do-it-yourself project. An added bonus? Fire-resistant plants are usually also drought tolerant.

Gardeners and tree-trimmers can make a house more fireproof, as can a do-it-yourselfer with gardening shears. (Photo via Pixabay)

2. A good pair of pruners

Cost: $30 and up

Cal Fire suggests trimming trees, branches and clearing bushes around defensible spaces — areas that are usually up to 5 feet from the home. Trees should be cut regularly so that branches are a minimum of 10 feet from other trees. Remove branches that hang over a roof and keep dead branches 10 feet away from a chimney. A gardening crew can do this for a few hundred dollars, but homeowners on a budget can also do it themselves.

Wire mesh can keep flying embers out of vulnerable attic vents. (Photo via Flickr)

3. Ember-resistant vents

Cost: About $50 per vent

Open vents act as backdoors for embers. Hours after a blaze appears to be extinguished, a smoldering wildfire fragment can ignite a new fire from inside a home. Fire officials recommend covering vent openings with ⅛-inch or ¼-inch metal mesh. The wire mesh should be very small and stay away from material that can melt and burn such as fiberglass or plastic — fireproof vents are also available at your local hardware store. Again, homeowners can pay a handyman or contractor a modest fee to do this, or do it themselves.

The ability to hose down a property and landscape can make a big difference as wildfire approaches. (Photo via Pixabay)

4. Garden hoses

Cost: $10-$100

Keep multiple gardening hoses on your property. Make sure they are long enough to reach around the house and other structures. Fire officials also recommend getting a pump if you have a pool.

Dead leaves, plants and pine needles can act as kindling in a homeowner’s yard. (Photo via iStock)

5. Rakes

Cost: $20 and up

President Donald Trump was razzed for suggesting that Finland has fewer wildfires because of all the “raking and cleaning” Finns purportedly do in their forests. Finns were flummoxed by the remark — their fire management apparently doesn’t hinge on raking — but fire officials recommend it highly for homeowners in fire-prone neighborhoods. Clearing all dead plants, leaves and pine needles from your yard will go a long way toward removing fuel for wildfires. It’s also a good idea to get up on a ladder and pull out any vegetation that may have collected in rain gutters. Gutter cleaning services will do this for a couple hundred dollars for homeowners who don’t want to do it themselves.

Gaps under garage doors can trap dangerous embers. (Photo via Flickr)

6. Weather stripping

Cost: $10 and up

Just as you want to stop embers from blowing into vents, you should also block them from slipping through doorways. Pro tip: Don’t forget to install weather stripping around and under the garage door. This can be DIY, or homeowners can spend a few hundred dollars on a service. As a bonus, weather stripping also helps keep down your heating and cooling bill.

Goats can reach overgrown areas where mowers and chemicals cannot be used. (Photo courtesy of Living Systems Land Management)

7. The goat-to option

Cost: About $1,000 an acre

Goats can help with vegetation management by eating tall grass or dried brush that could spread without containment. Goat Central owner Roy Austin in El Dorado has been renting goats for 20 years and said these four-legged fire mitigators can “go where machine and chemicals can’t be used.” Plus, they provide fertilization.

Goats tend to cost less than hand crews. The city of RELATED ARTICLES Laguna Beach put out a wildfire mitigation report pegging

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outages acre for a herd of goats, depending on vegetation and labor, Austin said. And the more acreage, the more likely California regulators order inquiry into power outages you can negotiate a lower price.

Brush fire in Prado Basin affects Corona Act fast, though. Austin says recent demand is driving up airport prices. He’s commanding $1,800 per acre right now.

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Eastbound 60 Freeway lanes are eerily empty at the 15-60 interchange in Jurupa Valley on July 26, when Caltrans launched the first of 15 weekend-long, full freeway closures. The 15th and final edition of the 60 Swarm returns this weekend. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

By DAVID DOWNEY | [email protected] | The Press-Enterprise  PUBLISHED: November 14, 2019 at 12:31 pm | UPDATED: November 14, 2019 at 1:58 pm

Are we there yet?

Perhaps you’ve been asking that question about the 60 Swarm, which started in late July.

The answer?

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Caltrans’ logo for the 15-weekend shutdown of the 60 Freeway between Ontario and Riverside, which heads into its final weekend of full freeway closures late Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans)

The last such closure is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, and end by 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18. For 55 hours, all westbound lanes of the 60 Freeway will close from the 60-91-215 interchange in Riverside to the 15-60 interchange in Jurupa Valley, near Ontario, Caltrans officials said. The eastbound lanes will remain open.

But wait. There’s more.

On this particular weekend, Caltrans spokeswoman Kimberly Cherry said, drivers must put up with another nearby closure, something that is also part of the 60 Swarm.

Construction workers plan to tear down half of the Benson Avenue bridge in Chino, she said, triggering alternating closures on the 60 Freeway there.

All westbound lanes of the 60 are scheduled to close from Mountain Avenue to Central Avenue, starting at 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, and ending at 6 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, Cherry said.

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The state agency that manages Oroville Dam is on the PR offensive nearly three years after its spillways collapsed, triggering the evacuation of nearly 200,000 Sacramento Valley residents.

The latest public relations effort cost California water ratepayers $29,000 to produce an eight-page color advertising insert that ran in recent days in six Sacramento Valley newspapers including The Sacramento Bee. The advertorial praises the dam and profiles the Department of Water Resources employees who manage it.

Critics argue it’s inappropriate for a state agency to be spending public money on an advertisement that they say serves little purpose other than to try to make the government look good.

“It’s propaganda,” said Butte County Supervisor Bill Connelly, a longtime critic of the DWR. “I didn’t know the government had money to do that, to prop themselves up. It would be illegal for me to use county money to prop myself up.”

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“Oroville Dam: Part of Our Community,” the color newspaper insert, includes the Department of Water Resources’ logo on the front and details the dam’s record on flood protection, the spillway repair efforts, Lake Oroville’s role as a water-storage facility for millions of Californians, and features interviews with state officials.

Headlines declare: “Safety for the region,” “Stewards of California’s Water” and “Lake Oroville: Destination Beautiful.”

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The advertorial “is part of DWR’s ongoing effort to educate and inform the public about the role Oroville Dam and the State Water Project play in managing and protecting our state’s water systems,” DWR spokeswoman Erin Mellon said in an email. “The insert provides information about the history of Oroville Dam, the benefits it provides for the Oroville community and surrounding region, how the facility is operated and maintained, and what went into the reconstruction efforts on the main and emergency spillways.”

Mellon said the $29,000 campaign was paid with funds from the State Water Project, which is financed by a consortium of public water agencies that bill ratepayers for maintaining Oroville Dam and other state-run water facilities that supply irrigation and drinking water. The largest water project contractor is the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a public water wholesaler based in Los Angeles that serves 19 million people.

The messaging campaign didn’t go over well with taxpayer advocates.

Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, said there are times when it’s appropriate for the government to spend public funds on messaging campaigns such as when agencies have to explain to ratepayers the justification for why they need to increase their bills.

But this isn’t one of those times, he said, adding the expense was especially galling given DWR’s failures at Oroville Dam.

“If it’s nothing more than a puff piece, this is kind of thing that taxpayers would react negatively to,” Coupal said. “When they look at what happened with the Oroville Dam and the failure to maintain even basic safety protocols, the expenditure of any dollars, no matter how minor, in relative terms, they would look at that rather suspiciously and not favorably.”

Along with The Bee, the advertisements appeared in The Chico News & Review, The Chico Enterprise- Record, The Gridley Herald, The Marysville Appeal-Democrat, and The Sacramento News & Review, Mellon said. The inserts were printed by News & Review Publications, a subsidiary of the newspaper chain, Mellon said. The writing was handled by freelancers, and state employees only worked on it for a couple of hours, she said.

2017 OROVILLE SPILLWAY CRISIS

“One of our many goals at DWR and (the State Water Project) is continued communication and public education,” Mellon said in an email. “As examples, SWP funds are used for public education at three visitors centers that educate Californians about the state’s water supply and the SWP, which is one of the state’s most important infrastructure projects.”

She said other examples of SWP funds being used for public outreach include educational tours of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and DWR’s water safety campaign.

“We’re committed to sharing information and always looking for new ways to get that information into the hands of Californians, especially those who interact with or benefit from the SWP,” she said.

Oroville Dam’s 3,000-foot-long main spillway fractured in two during a heavy rainstorm in February 2017. Hoping to minimize the damage, dam engineers limited water releases on the spillway. Water levels in Lake Oroville rose to unprecedented heights, and water flowed over the adjacent emergency spillway, a concrete lip sitting atop an unlined hillside, the first time it had ever been used.

A day later, engineers spotted dangerous erosion on the hillside and feared that spillway would crumble and release a “wall of water” into the Feather River below. That triggered the evacuation of 188,000 people below the dam. The state eventually was able to get the water levels under control, and residents were able to return home after two days. No one was injured.

Fixing the two spillways has cost at least $1.1 billion.

FRUSTRATION OVER DAM The crisis caused decades-long frustration with DWR to bubble to the surface in Butte County, where residents like Connelly, the county supervisor, argue that California broke promises it made to residents in the 1950s and 1960s when the dam was being planned and built.

Before the nation’s tallest dam was completed, flooding California’s second-largest reservoir, state officials sold local residents on Oroville Dam by saying they would build the community a steam train and a monorail, a major resort featuring a 250-seat restaurant and a 1,000-seat amphitheater. As many as 5 million visitors a year would show up, creating a major economic driver for the community.

Once the dam was finished, none of those amenities were built, and the Oroville region has long struggled economically while its water has flown to more affluent regions like Los Angeles. Residents used the Oroville crisis to demand the state do more to keep its promises.

In the months after the crisis, DWR said it was going to spend $3 million for facilities improvements from its “supplemental benefits fund” to go to recreational amenities around the lake.

Critics said it was too little, too late and a public-relations move following the spillway fiasco.

Juan-Carlos Molleda, a public relations professor at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, said the newspaper insert might not have been necessary given the other, less costly channels the DWR could have used, such as news releases and social media accounts.

“Can we achieve the same public information goal ... by providing information without spending that amount of money?” he said. “The question is: could you have avoided this expense and have achieved the same thing?”

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The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has released a draft of Connect SoCal, its 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy, identifying $638 billion in mobility, land-use and air- quality improvements.

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) on Nov. 14 released a draft of Connect SoCal, its 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy, identifying $638 billion in mobility, land-use and air-quality improvements. https://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/business/scag-outlines-draft-plan-which-aims-to-improve-transportation-and/article_6d4310f8-0721-11ea-b033-fb… 1/5 11/15/2019 SCAG outlines draft plan which aims to improve transportation and air quality in Southern California | Business | fontanaheraldnews.com The draft plan represents a signicant milestone in meeting the mobility and quality-of-life needs of one of the fastest-growing population centers in the United States, SCAG ocials said.

According to SCAG research, the six-county region is expected to grow by nearly 3.7 million people over the next quarter century to 22.5 million –-- a 19 percent increase.

Connect SoCal was developed by SCAG’s sta as part of an extensive planning and visioning process that included the active engagement of residents and stakeholders across the region. It is built around a core vision that centers on maintaining and better managing the current transportation network for moving people and goods, while expanding mobility choices through land-use decisions and increasing investment in transit and complete streets.

“There is no one-size-ts-all solution for our regional transportation challenges. We have to explore an integrated web of creative strategies, which is what Connect SoCal sets out to do,” said Bill Jahn, the SCAG president.

As the metropolitan planning organization for six counties and 191 cities (including Fontana), SCAG is mandated by law to develop a long-term regional transportation and sustainability plan every four years. This year’s plan focuses on a series of key connections between land-use, transportation and innovation, and leveraging new technologies and partnerships to accelerate and meet regional planning goals. Those connections include the development of smart cities and job centers, housing supportive infrastructure, Go Zones, shared mobility and the increased electrication of the transportation eet.

https://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/business/scag-outlines-draft-plan-which-aims-to-improve-transportation-and/article_6d4310f8-0721-11ea-b033-fb… 2/5 11/15/2019 SCAG outlines draft plan which aims to improve transportation and air quality in Southern California | Business | fontanaheraldnews.com Through the integration of all of these, Connect SoCal would reduce congestion and improve air quality in a region where the average commuter currently wastes more than 100 hours per year stuck in trac, SCAG said. Specically, the plan projects:

• A 4 percent reduction in overall vehicle-miles traveled.

• A 22.8 percent reduction in daily miles driven per capita.

• A 7 percent increase in overall walking and bicycling trips.

• A 40 increase increase in daily transit boardings.

• Achieving the region’s targets for reducing greenhouses gases from autos and light-duty trucks by 19 percent per capita, from 2005 levels, by 2035.

Other benets would include:

• 167,100 new jobs supported by transportation investments.

• 195,500 new jobs supported by improved competitiveness.

• $350 million saved per year in health-care spending.

• $138 million saved per year on air pollution-related health incidences

• An overall return of $1.54 for every $1 spent.

“A key to building an eective regional transportation strategy is understanding local growth patterns, which allows us to focus attention on those areas experiencing signicant change and increases in transportation needs,” said Kome Ajise, SCAG executive director. “More broadly, being able to recognize the relationship between land use and transportation management – such as supporting more mixed-use and transit-oriented development, helping to reduce travel times and costs, and improve air quality.”

----- AMONG THE specic strategies included in Connect SoCal:

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• Emphasize land-use patterns that facilitate multimodal access to jobs, schools and other destinations. Today, High Quality Transit Areas – priority growth areas within one-half mile of an existing or planned transit stop – represent less than 3 percent of the region’s acreage but are projected to comprise nearly 55 percent of new households between 2016 and 2045.

• Expand the use of ber networks, virtual access and smart technologies to reduce the need for vehicle trips.

• Support local eorts to streamline and eliminate barriers to housing development, particularly in and around job centers.

• Promote low-emission technologies such as neighborhood electric vehicles, car sharing, bike sharing and scooters by providing supporting and safe infrastructure (dedicated lanes, charging and parking/drop-o spaces).

• Support cities in the establishment of Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (EIFDs), Community Revitalization and Investment Authorities (CRIAs) and other tax-increment or value- capture tools to nance sustainable infrastructure and development projects.

• Support local policies for renewable energy production, reduction of urban heat islands and carbon sequestration.

Invest in the operation and maintenance of our roadway system. The plan includes $68 billion toward preservation of the state highway system and $20.88 billion for local roads.

• Facilitate goods movement through the development of grade separations, improved port terminals and projects that relieve auto and truck bottlenecks.

https://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/business/scag-outlines-draft-plan-which-aims-to-improve-transportation-and/article_6d4310f8-0721-11ea-b033-fb… 4/5 11/15/2019 SCAG outlines draft plan which aims to improve transportation and air quality in Southern California | Business | fontanaheraldnews.com The Connect SoCal draft is now available for public review and input. A nal version of the plan is expected to be presented to SCAG’s Regional Council for approval in early 2020.

For more on Connect SoCal, visit www.connectsocal.org.

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Orange County Human Relations campaign provides a ‘toolkit’ for schools to prevent hate crimes

Gideon Bernstein and Jeanne Pepper Bernstein, parents of the late Blaze Bernstein, speak during the O.C. Human Relations Council’s annual hate crime report release event in Irvine on Sept. 26. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

By BEN BRAZIL

NOV. 14, 2019 3:46 PM

In response to increasing hate crimes and incidents, Orange County Human Relations is rolling out its first statewide anti-hate program to equip schools with the resources to launch their own educational and awareness campaigns.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-14/orange-county-human-relations-campaign-schools-hate-crimes 1/5 11/15/2019 Orange County Human Relations campaign provides a 'toolkit' for schools to prevent hate crimes - Los Angeles Times The nonprofit will provide schools with a “toolkit” that contains the necessary components for an anti-hate campaign, including templates, documents, posters and digital content.

O.C. Human Relations staff will hold the first workshops for educators on Dec. 6 and 7 at their office in Santa Ana. Staff members will provide workshops across the state over the next year.

A “Day of kNOwHATE” will be held on April 30 on California campuses. Students will be asked to wear green as a show of solidarity and use social media to spread awareness of the campaign.

The “kNOw Hate” campaign is the largest the nonprofit has ever initiated.

“We are trying to reach young people at a preventative level,” said Alison Edwards, chief executive of O.C. Human Relations. “We hope we can prevent folks from participating in hateful activities and encourage others to report them.”

According to O.C. Human Relations, hate crimes and incidents have increased each of the last four years in Orange County.

The nonprofit’s report for 2018 found a 12% increase in hate crimes from the previous year.

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The parents of Blaze Bernstein, who in 2018 was allegedly murdered for being gay by a former classmate with ties to a hate group, spoke during the O.C. report’s release in September.

“I think it reflects the divisions in our country,” Edwards said. “As a nation, we seem to be more prone to othering people and dehumanizing our fellow Americans. There are a lot of areas in Orange County that are going through demographic change. For some people, it might be a challenge to find out how to approach that.”

She said the statistics may be a sign of those struggles.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-14/orange-county-human-relations-campaign-schools-hate-crimes 2/5 11/15/2019 Orange County Human Relations campaign provides a 'toolkit' for schools to prevent hate crimes - Los Angeles Times “We envision a county where everyone feels safe, respected and valued,” Edwards said of the kNOw Hate campaign. “This is how we build that county.”

Brazil writes for Times Community News.

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Ben Brazil is a features writer for TimesOC. He previously covered Huntington Beach for the Daily Pilot. Before joining the Daily Pilot in September 2016, he was a reporter for City News Service, a Southern California-based news service. Brazil earned his bachelor’s degree in anthropology at UC Berkeley. (714) 356-1396