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An open letter to Chairman Hagman and the Board of Supervisors By Joseph W. Brady Posted Jun 23, 2019 at 6:37 AM Dear Chairman Hagman and Members of the Board:

With negotiations currently underway between San Bernardino County and the Sheriff’s Employee Benefits Association, it is imperative that I once again call your attention to the need for more law enforcement personnel to be deployed to the High Desert portion of the County, as well as the importance of offering competitive compensation to the County’s law enforcement officers.

After going without pay increases for five years during the Great Recession, SEBA negotiated a nine percent pay increase (three percent annually from 2016- 19) in an effort to close the gap between compensation offered by our county and law enforcement salaries in neighboring jurisdictions. With these recent increases, the salaries paid to our sheriff’s deputies are now more competitive; it is essential that this progress be maintained in the current round of negotiations.

Of even greater importance is the need to increase Sheriff’s Department staffing, particularly in the High Desert. In a recent conversation I had with Sheriff John McMahon, he indicated that 52 additional deputies were needed in the High Desert in order to reach appropriate staffing levels.

It is, therefore, not sufficient to merely maintain salaries at a competitive level; the number of deputies must be significantly increased as well.

Over the past several years on the pages of the Daily Press, I have written extensively about the crime problems we face in the High Desert and the negative effects that high crime and the public’s perception of our region as a high crime area have had on housing sales and commercial and economic development. We all know that state laws such as Assembly Bills 109, 47 and 57 have made it more difficult for local law enforcement by putting more criminals out on the streets of our communities. https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20190623/open-letter-to-chairman-hagman-and-board-of-supervisors 1/2 6/24/2019 An open letter to Chairman Hagman and the Board of Supervisors - News - vvdailypress.com - Victorville, CA

This cannot, however, continue to be used as a justification for the problems we face. We must adjust our law enforcement staffing levels in response to this challenge.

Based on numerous conversations I have had with business and community leaders, comments on various social media sites and letters to the Daily Press, it is abundantly clear that many of us no longer feel safe on the High Desert. This, in turn, makes businesses reluctant to relocate here, homebuyers less likely to consider raising their families here and customers reticent to patronize our shops and restaurants.

To put it simply, we need a much stronger and visible law enforcement presence on the High Desert.

I hope, therefore, that in addition to building upon the progress made in the most recent SEBA contract concerning officer compensation the Board of Supervisors will make significant increases in the number of sheriff’s deputies deployed in Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, Adelanto and outlying areas of the County in future budgets.

Increased law enforcement staffing is an essential prerequisite to the ongoing economic recovery of the High Desert.

Joseph W. Brady is president of the Bradco Companies, based in Victorville.

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On Tuesday June 11th, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted to take six days of food off the tables of county residents – and hand it over to County Fire.

According to the California Budget and Policy Center, a family of four in San Bernardino County spends $773 per month, or $25.77 per day, to feed itself.

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Via a four-to-one vote, county supervisors approved placement of the Fire Prevention Zone Five (FP- 5) special tax on the rolls for the next scal year. Residents located largely, but not entirely, in the unincorporated areas of the county will pay an additional $157.26 per year to fund County Fire – six days of meals for a family of four.

Hungry residents may have a chance to get those meals back after a multi-year wait.

In response to the outcry from residents affected by the tax, the Board modied the motion presented by County Fire. The motion initially called for a three percent increase in the FP-5 tax, to 161.98, in addition to placing the tax on the roll for the next scal year. The special tax was to remain on the rolls in perpetuity with the potential for a three percent increase each year.

Rather than grant the three percent increase, the Board held the line at the current scal year charge and added two items to the resolution.

The motion, as amended by the board, “Directs the CEO and interim Fire Chief to explore funding mechanisms to pay for re and emergency services in San Bernardino County that must be put to voters by January 1, 2021, and return to the Board within 90 days to discuss those funding alternatives.” In addition, the motion “directs staff to set a date on which funding for FP-5 will sunset.”

What is FP-5’s backstory?

In June of 2018, the Board approved a course of action to expand Service Zone FP-5. The plan, oated by senior leadership within the county bureaucracy, was to use Fire District law and expand FP-5 to include the entire unincorporated area of the county, along with some incorporated areas. Originally approved by 1,022 voters in Helendale, the tax tied to FP-5 is a per parcel special tax. The resulting annexation would yield a $26.9 million increase to County Fire’s coffers – with the potential to increase at three percent per year indenitely.

Senior county leadership reasoned this scheme could also be accomplished without voter approval. By leveraging a poorly reasoned and overly broad interpretation of Citizens Association of Sunset Beach v. Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission, and borrowing a so-called “protest procedure,” the county concocted an approach to impose the tax without approval by residents.

There was, however, an inconvenient truth. Article XIII C, section 2, subsection d, of the Constitution of the State of California states:

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No local government may impose, extend, or increase any special tax unless and until that tax is submitted to the electorate and approved by a two-thirds vote.

Affected residents, roused by this blatant attempt to circumvent their Constitutional rights, fought the expansion in both the political and legal arena over the course of the year.

What did county residents actually gain in their effort to assert their rights? The supervisors decided not to extract an additional $4.72 from county residents. They decided to place an illegal tax on the roll that was imposed in violation of the California Constitution. The board members then “gave” voters their rights by approving an unenforceable promise that would put a County Fire funding mechanism on a ballot by 2021 – two tax years and 36 meals down the road.

A thoughtful skeptic may nd little to please, and much for concern in the Board of Supervisor’s motion.

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Here are facilities that weren’t closed but had other significant issues in their inspections.

The taco shop at a Shell gas station at 1194 S. Waterman Ave. in San Bernardino was visited June 18 in response to a complaint that the facility “is disgusting” and had live and dead bugs in the cooler where sandwiches and burritos are kept. The inspector did find bugs there, as well as in the hand-dip ice cream area. Additionally, there was no soap at a handwashing sink. The facility was not issued a grade but was told to eliminate the bugs and thoroughly clean.

Lupe’s Bakery, at 1460 W. 5th St. in San Bernardino, was visited June 13 for a complaint investigation and elevated-risk inspection. Someone complained about finding a “roasted fly” in a loaf of bread purchased at

the bakery, and that the place looked unsanitary. The inspector found a dead fly inside a cooking pot and a dying cockroach in the back kitchen area. The inspection resulted in a grade of 84/B with one critical violation, for an employee not washing hands with soap (there was no dispenser at the front counter sink). The inspector also noted that all of the floors, walls and ceilings were “dirty and in poor condition.”

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Indeed, private philanthropic foundations have significantly increased their investment in the Inland Empire over the past several years, from $61.3 million in 2013 to $115 million three years later. This increase has mostly been driven by investments from outside the region that more than doubled, from $46 million to $98 million. Our Center for Social Innovation was created from these kinds of investments, with nearly $2 million in seed investments from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, and Weingart Foundation in 2018, and an additional $1.2 million since.

We are not resting on our laurels, however, and neither is the region. Last month, officials and stakeholders from throughout the Inland Empire, Central Valley and the state gathered in Riverside for the first regional summit of Inland California Rising – an unprecedented effort to find common cause and attract even more investments to regions like ours that represent the future of California.

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Foundation leaders attended, too, including four CEOs and senior program officers from Southern California funders like Weingart, to statewide funders like the James Irvine Foundation, to national and global funders like the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. All are interested in learning about the progress being made, and are committed to increasing public, private, and philanthropic investments in the Inland Empire and Central Valley. And we are already seeing tangible signs of progress, such as the creation of Opportunity Zone fellowships from FUSE Corps that will benefit Fresno and the Inland Empire alike, and engagement from Milken Institute and others to build a stronger tech ecosystem in the region.

California’s future is inland. Critical investments in the region’s innovation economy, civic leadership, health, and education, are vital to ensuring prosperity in the region and fulfilling the promise of “California for all.”

Karthick Ramakrishnan is professor of public policy at the University of California, Riverside, and co-founder of Inland California Rising.

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About 2,000 businesses in the Inland Empire did not survive the housing market’s collapse and the ensuing recession. But a new study indicates those losses have been erased in large numbers.

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study’s author, said in a statement that “the region has shown impressive Emergency-exit doors were resilience on a number of fronts” since the downturn. designed to wait 15 seconds b opening

As of 2016, there were 71,807 active businesses in the Inland Empire. Lake Elsinore ready to open ne 9 high-tech, campground The timing of this rebound didn’t surprise Vincent McCoy, executive 10 Do you recognize this man? director of the Inland Empire Small Business Development Center, a Riverside County hospital offic seek public’s help counseling service. More than 1 ton of illegal aeria 11 fireworks seized in Moreno Va The recession cut investments in small businesses and the decline in the stock market in the fall of 2008 led to a freeze in lending by many Cockroaches, rodents, no wate 12 Restaurant closures in Riversid financial institutions, McCoy said. Also, people with stock portfolios saw County, June 13-20 their savings shrink.

“Some people still did have the money but they didn’t want to make investments in new businesses in 2008,” McCoy said. “We didn’t start seeing any kind of recovery until three years after that.”

The sector that saw the most growth in the number of businesses in the five-year period was health care, with 914, followed by the food and hotel industry and construction, with 876 and 858 establishments, respectively. The sector with the most locations is retail, which grew at a 4.8% clip and now has 10,136 locations.

The only sector that saw a loss in businesses over the five years was agriculture which, the study notes, had been shrinking before 2011.

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statewide. The logistics-based sector represents only 4.3% of all the business in the Inland Empire but 9.2 percent of the five-year gain.

Twelve other sectors saw double-digit increases, led by information services (23.9%), utilities (17%), arts, entertainment and recreation (16.8%), real estate and rental property management (16.7%), wholesale trade (14%) and health care (11.7%).

The study points out that the arts and entertainment sector’s 16.8% growth suggests more discretionary spending by the population.

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“The Inspector General’s report focuses on events that occurred prior to the arrival of new director Karandeep Sraon, who is committed to moving the facility forward and implementing each of the Inspector General’s recommendations,” Hall said. “Sraon looks forward to speaking with the lawmakers about the improvements VA Loma Linda is making to improve the quality, accessibility and convenience of the department’s health care services.”

The whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel prompted an unannounced federal inspection at the Pettis Medical Center in March 2018, followed by a second visit two months later.

Takano and Aguilar said in the letter to Sraon that they are concerned by the significant turnover among Pettis Medical Center managers and staff responsible for implementing and monitoring infection control.

The Office of Inspector General has provided Sraon with a dozen recommendations to correct deficiencies. Many center around improved training to support infection prevention. Others address the need to fill vacancies and properly notify clinical staff when Legionella is detected.

Although Sraon concurs with all of the recommendations, Takano and Aguilar are dissatisfied with his response.

“Your responses to most of the recommendations are no more than a couple of sentences,” the congressmen wrote to Sraon. “The comments lack clarity about which individuals you have assigned responsibility for developing and monitoring the completion of each action plan.

“Your responses also do not indicate whether you have adequately assessed the resources needed to implement each recommendation. Therefore, it is not clear that you have developed realistic milestones and target completion dates.”

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Congressmen demand meeting 6 VA Loma Linda director followi A: Re-striping might seem like an easy fix to alleviate traffic, but there’s blistering report more to the idea than meets the eye, said Tim Watkins, chief of the San Crowds extremely light at Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s Office of Legislative and 7 Disneyland for Star Wars: Gala Edge as reservation period end Public Affairs. 8 Why not restripe 210 Freeway Watkins explained that, when the 210 was extended into San Bernardino San Bernardino County to add lanes? County to connect with what was then called State Route 30 (or the Dodgers Dreamfield opens in “Cross Town Freeway” to local folks), studies projected the traffic 9 Fontana for ballplayers with sp demand on this highway over a period of 20 to 25 years, and the freeway needs was built with that capacity in mind. Sheriff’s deputies break up gro 10 150-plus street racers at Coron That stretch of the 210 is about 15 years old – still within that initial strip mall

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studied time period – so currently there are no plans to widen it or add The first 3.6 million REAL IDs i 11 California need a quick fix lanes, Watkins said. 12 Chino, other agencies sue stat Watkins said the shoulders along that section of the 210 were built to over mental health facility prop for men’s prison provide a safe location for drivers that have car trouble. The required standard for a highway lane to handle daily traffic is much greater than for a shoulder.

“It is not as simple as just restriping the shoulders to take on more traffic,” Watkins said. “From an engineering perspective, it just would not be able to survive the rigors of daily traffic, causing safety and maintenance concerns for the traveling public.”

It’s not just a pavement strength issue, either. Watkins said.

“To add capacity to any section of the state highway system, we would first need to complete the required engineering and environmental studies to determine compatibility with current standards as well as the potential impacts of the additional traffic,” said Watkins, who added that officials would then need to find money for such a project.

This isn’t the end of the story for the 210, though.

Some relief may be on the horizon, albeit a ways down the road. Watkins said Caltrans is initiating a “feasibility study” to look at managed lanes along that corridor. (HOV lanes are a form of managed lanes; so are Express Lanes.) In addition, the authority will soon start building Express Lanes on the 10 Freeway, between the Los Angeles County Line and the

15 Freeway.

The addition of managed lanes in this heavily congested area will offer drivers in those lanes a reliable trip time option and should relieve traffic congestion in the rest of the lanes too, as well as on the 210, he said.

“Having that option on this nearby east/west corridor may also see some drivers migrating over from State Route 210 to use the new Express Lanes, providing some secondary benefit to 210 drivers,” Watkins said.

California is now using temporary paper license plates. (Courtesy of DMV)

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A: Our reader is referring to RELATED ARTICLES new temporary paper license

Should your California driver’s license be plates. The requirement for a good for 10 years or more? temporary license plate is a https://www.sbsun.com/...-to-add-lanes/?utm_content=tw-sbsun&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social[6/24/2019 7:39:51 AM] Why not restripe 210 Freeway in San Bernardino County to add lanes? – San Bernardino Sun

new law that took effect this Is there hope for fixing 215 Freeway year, under Assembly Bill 516. potholes, rough spots between Riverside and Perris area? Vehicles sold by California

These drivers are allowed to wear glasses licensed dealers after Jan. 1, during DMV vision tests 2019, now must display temporary paper license California’s temporary paper license plates or permanent license plates aren’t indestructible plates from the Department of Motor Vehicles. So, when you buy a new car, the dealership prints temporary license plates for you and attaches them to the car before it leaves.

The new law was passed to help law enforcement and parking/toll agencies identify vehicles driven without license plates so they can’t avoid tolls. These temporary plates are good for 90 days after they’re issued or until permanent license plates and the registration card arrive by mail, whichever comes first.

According to the DMV, several other states have temporary license plate programs too. They include Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia. For information on California’s, visit the DMV website, https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/templp.

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Yucaipa Mayor Pro Tem David Avila

Yucaipa Mayor Pro Tem David Avila will become new chair of the Omnitrans Board of Directors in July 2019. Montclair Mayor Javier “John” Dutrey was elected to ll the vice chair position. Both will serve a two-year term. https://www.newsmirror.net/news/politics/david-avila-to-lead-omnitrans-board/article_44f0aeae-937b-11e9-a801-af48263ed02d.html 1/3 6/24/2019 David Avila to lead Omnitrans Board | Politics | newsmirror.net Avila succeeds outgoing Board Chair Ron Dailey, a Loma Linda council member. The 19- member Omnitrans Board consists of elected ocials representing each of the 15 cities Omnitrans serves and four San Bernardino County Supervisors.

“Omnitrans plays a vital role in our community, transporting thousands of people to work, school, shopping, medical appointments, recreation and safely back home again,” said Avila. “As Board chair, I want to ensure that we continue to meet customer needs while also being scally responsible.”

Avila joined the Omnitrans Board in January 2017 and has served on the Board’s Administrative & Finance and Executive Committees. He also represents Yucaipa on the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) Board of Directors.

A 30-year resident of Yucaipa, Avila has served on the City Council since 2014. He had a 32-year career with Cal Fire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) before retiring as a battalion chief. He received his Associate of Science degree from Crafton Hills College and his BA from California State University, Fullerton.

Dutrey was appointed to the Omnitrans board in 2017 after serving as an alternate since 2003. He joined the Montclair City Council in 1996 and was elected mayor in 2018.

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“I look forward to helping set the course for Omnitrans to adapt to our evolving multi-modal transportation landscape,” said Dutrey. “An eective, integrated transportation network is critical for our growing region.”

Dutrey also represents Montclair on the SBCTA Board and serves on the Tri-City Gold Line Joint Powers Authority Committee. He holds a BA in Political Science and a Master’s in public administration, both from California State University, San Bernardino. He is employed with the City of Rialto, serving as a Project Manager in the Development Services Department.

For more information, visit the website, www.omnitrans.org.

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LOCAL NEWS Ontario’s downtown revitalization gets a $5 million cash infusion from the state The money will go to help finance affordable workforce housing and spaces that support business development.

Ontario Mayor Paul S. Leon said it took two decades to finalize the downtown revitalizationrevitalization plans.plans. HeHe andand otherother locallocal andand statestate dignitariesdignitaries announcedannounced thethe city’city’s $5 million grant to help finance affordable housing, a technology incubator and a workforce development center, at an event at Ontario Town Square in Ontario, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press- Enterprise/SCNG)

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Ontario will receive more help to revitalize its downtown, in the form of $5 million in California’s newly adopted state budget.

“Sometimes, people think this is work that can be done overnight,” Mayor Paul Leon said at a news conference Friday, June 21. “But the reality is all of the stars have to lineline up.up. TheThe Age of Aquarius hashas toto arrive,arrive, andand thenthen wewe startstart seeingseeing thethe fruitionfruition ofof thethe work that we put in motion decades ago.”

On Friday, Leon and other elected officials gathered at Ontario Square, near City Hall, to announce one fruit of their labor: $5 million budgeted by the state Legislature for Ontario’s “Heart of Downtown” project.

Adopted as part of the budget on June 13, the money will go to help finance 65 units of affordable workforce housing (including both low- and moderate-income housing), build a 2,500-square-foot workforce development center and an 11,000- square-foot business technology incubator and co-working space.

“The time is now. The iron is hot,” Leon said. “We’re creating everything that new businesses need, including coaching, that will help them be a success in the region.”

Assembled officials stressed the coordination between local and statewide officials at Friday’s news conference.

“Our success relies on partnerships,” Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez, D-Chino, said. “We want to make sure everyone has a roof over their head and a job to be proud of.”

Rodriguez said he expects Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign the approved budget soon.

“Representation matters. And you should expect that all of your elected officials work together,” said state Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino. “When we work together, we win together. Today I think is a good example of that.”

The new money comes about 18 months after the city received a $35 million grant to revitalize the downtown area. That grant, from the state’s California Transformative Climate Communities Program, funded with cap-and-trade program auction proceeds, was intended to improve public transportation and pedestrian access, increase affordable housing and solar energy, and expedite plans to turn the city’s metro area into a modern urban village. https://www.dailybulletin.com/2019/06/21/ontarios-downtown-revitalization-gets-a-5-million-cash-infusion-from-the-state/?utm_source=twitter… 2/4 6/24/2019 Ontario’s downtown revitalization gets a $5 million cash infusion from the state – Daily Bulletin The funds have been spent on the construction of a sustainable apartment complex on Holt Boulevard.. OtherOther plansplans includeinclude thethe community-runcommunity-run OntarioOntario CarbonCarbon Farm,Farm, which will take green waste from local restaurants and convert it to compost; the planting of 365 trees downtown; and installing rooftop solar on 100 single-and multi-family homes.

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BUSINESS Status Update: 3 warehouses, 1.4 million square feet, $56 million in leases Low vacancy rates have helped to push up commercial real estate rents for the region, includingincluding thesethese facilitiesfacilities inin SanSan BernardinoBernardino County.County.

Commercial real estate broker Colliers International has completed three lease deals forfor 1.41.4 millionmillion squaresquare feetfeet worthworth $56$56 million,million, thethe companycompany saidsaid inin aa statement.statement. Redial,Redial, a multinational e-commerce company, has leased a 475,555-square-foot warehouse in Rialto at the Prologis Park Rialto I-210 Distribution Center. The six-year lease is valued at $16,361,683. (Courtesy of Colliers International)

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Commercial real estate broker Colliers International has completed three lease deals for 1.4 million square feet worth $56 million, the company said in a statement.

The largest of the three will be a logistics hub for Burlington Distribution of California. The 800,444-square-foot facility at 27852 Pioneer Ave. in Redlands was leasedleased forfor roughlyroughly sevenseven yearsyears withwith aa termterm valuedvalued atat $32.5$32.5 million.million.

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Redial, a multinational e-commerce company, has leased a 475,555-square-foot warehouse in Rialto at the Prologis Park Rialto I-210 Distribution Center. The six- year lease is valued at $16,361,683.

Amphaster Pharmaceuticals, a specialty company, leased a 92,259-square-foot facilityfacility atat 92819281 PittsburghPittsburgh Ave.Ave. inin RanchoRancho Cucamonga.Cucamonga. TheThe 10-year10-year leaselease isis worthworth $7,206,694.

The Inland Empire leases closed during an extended period of tight vacancy with rates hovering between 2% and 4%, effectively driving up rents, said Mark Zorn, a Colliers International senior executive vice president, in a statement.

Walmart shelf space

Two Inland Empire-based entrepreneurs will soon be selling their products in Walmart stores.

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The other is Goldenwest Lubricants,, whichwhich makesmakes ProlongProlong EngineEngine Treatments.Treatments. The company is based in Pomona.

The retailer recently hosted an Open Call contest that gives entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their products to the global retailer.

Job leads for vets ahead

A job fair that features information for veterans entering the civilian working world is slated for Thursday, June 27 at the Toyota Arena, formerly the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario.

The event, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., is designed to be a one-stop shop for veterans seeking job information. About 60 vendors will be present.

Potential employers looking to recruit workers include Amazon, Fed Ex, the U.S. Postal Service, Kaiser Permanente, Macy’s, Keolis Transit America and the sheriff’s departments of both Los Angeles and Riverside counties.

All veterans will receive a free lunch.

Two Joann stores to open

Two Joann stores will open this week in the Inland Empire in Hemet and Chino.

The popular craft store chain will hold its opening celebrations simultaneously fromfrom Friday,Friday, JuneJune 2828 toto Sunday,Sunday, JuneJune 30.30. Ribbon-cuttingRibbon-cutting ceremoniesceremonies willwill bebe heldheld atat 8:45 a.m. on Friday for both stores.

The stores are part of a new design firm for the chain called “Joann’s Concept Store.” It includes community space for shoppers who want to take classes, a concierge service that provides sewing for clothes and home decor, and tools available for rent.

Addresses: 2981 West Florida Ave., Hemet and 5545 Philadelphia St., Chino.

Chuze Fitness coming to Fontana

Chuze Fitness, a growing chain of storefront gyms, has signed a lease for a Fontana location and expects to open there early next year.

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Chuze now has 30 locations in four Western states. This site, in the Morningside Marketplace neighborhood center, also has Chase Bank, Pizza Hut and Great Clips among its retailers.

Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the landlord, while Cushman and Wakefield represented Cruze Fitness.

Oakley opens in Temecula

Sports apparel and eyewear maker Oakley opened its newest location Friday at Temecula Promenade, 40820 Winchester Road.

Town Hall for housing questions

The Fair Housing Council of Riverside County will hold a Fair Housing Town Hall on Thursday, June 27 at Moreno Valley City Hall, 14177 Frederick Ave.

The event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The agenda includes information on housing discrimination, the home-buying process, lending and real estate agent advice, reverse mortgages and how to avoid foreclosures.

Counselors certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will be present to discuss fair housing issues. There is no charge to attend.

Stater Bros. refurbishes 4 stores

Stater Bros. held grand reopening celebrations June 19 at four locations.

The stores are at 1430 Beaumont Avenue in Beaumont, 6501 East Spring Street in Long Beach, 161 East 40th Street in San Bernardino and 30712 Benton Road in Winchester.

The refurbishings included new flooring and lighting, cut fruit and sushi stations and expanded selections for wine and beer. The supermarket chain also made $2,500 donations to charities in all four cities.

New credit union in Wildomar

Frontwave Credit Union will host a grand opening for its new Wildomar location fromfrom 1010 a.m.a.m. toto 44 p.m.p.m. Saturday,Saturday, JuneJune 29.29.

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Grand opening activities will include free food, family activities and a chance to win prizes.

Frontwave now has 14 locations in San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Sprizzi unveils new products

Colton-based Sprizzi Drink-Co. has unveiled a new product line of crafted sodas called 1167 Craft Soda.

Varieties include Blue’s Cola, Dr. Spicer, Lemon Fizz, Lemon Fizz Lite, Mountain Rain and Vanilla Bean Cream Soda.

The product line bears this name because 1767 is the year that philosopher and chemist Joseph Priestly discovered he could infuse water with carbon dioxide.

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Cannabis job fair planned for Adelanto Stadium By Garrett Bergthold Staff Writer Posted Jun 21, 2019 at 7:41 PM Updated Jun 23, 2019 at 7:45 PM ADELANTO — There’s work available here for locals eager to enter the budding cannabis industry.

So much so that local cannabis operators are telling Adelanto city officials that they are not able to fill open positions in the city’s green zone.

“They are looking for just about every position available,” Mayor Pro Tem Stevevonna Evans said of one large cannabis operation set to begin production soon.

Evans, in her private capacity as an event planner, decided to try to pair employers with potential employees. Her company is hosting a cannabis career fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 25 in the conference room at Adelanto Stadium.

Evans said six local cannabis companies have so far agreed to provide booths to solicit for jobs. Some openings are as commonplace as a general manager, and some are more industry-specific, like a principle formulation technician.

Companies are asking applicants to come to the career fair with resumes and be prepared for on-site interviews, she said.

Other positions available include trimmers, growers, sales representatives, bookkeepers, office assistants and extraction technicians — the entire spectrum of labor in California’s newest major industry, which was legalized for recreational use in 2016 with the passage of Proposition 64.

The list of local companies hiring includes Goldentree Company Technology Corporation. Evans said Goldentree is ramping up to begin its operation soon, and has several positions to fill.

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The Daily Press previously reported Goldentree began constructing a 50-square- foot facility at 10431 Yucca Road in 2017.

Former Mayor Rich Kerr said in a statement in October 2017 that the facility, once operational, would bring up to $250,000 in cannabis tax revenue for the city each year, and employ 40 workers.

Tikun Olam California, a local wing of a cannabis industry powerhouse from Israel, is getting ready to begin growing and manufacturing cannabis products at its Adelanto location on Koala Road as well.

The company is actively hiring for a few positions in management, but will be on hand Tuesday to collect resumes for the roughly 120 total jobs its facility will have when things are operating at full capacity, Tom Riddle, general manager of Tikun Olam California, told the Daily Press.

He said it will take a few more months before most jobs are filled.

“We know we’re looking for growers. We know we’re looking for production people, so we are using the job fair to meet different people and collect resumes,” he said. “Sort of use it as a pre-screening.”

Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc., which produces cannabis breath strips and bulk extracts locally, will be represented at the job fair and is looking to fill one to two openings, CEO Brad Eckenweiler said Tuesday.

The Jet Room, a cannabis dispensary on Adelanto Road, will also have people in attendance, Evans said.

The cannabis career fair runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, in the conference room at Adelanto Stadium.

For more information contact Stevevonna Evans at 760-987-1689.

Garrett Bergthold can be reached at [email protected] or at 760-955-5368. Follow him on Twitter at @DP_Garrett.

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LOCAL NEWS Here’s the $600,000 plan to ease the homeless crisis in Redlands Agencies are focusing on solutions to help people become self-sufficient so they can stay off the streets permanently.

Volunteers, from left, Jenn Maxwell, of Supportive Services for Veterans and Families; Tammy Freedman, of San Bernardino County; and Cheryl Raine, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Redlands; speak with a homeless man during a homeless count Jan. 25, 2018 in Redlands. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

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With a $600,000 state homeless grant likelylikely landinglanding inin RedlandsRedlands inin July,July, thethe citycity isis moving forward with plans to ease a shelter crisis declared in November..

On Tuesday, June 18, the City Council approved two community outreach police positions toto bebe paidpaid forfor asas partpart ofof thethe two-yeartwo-year grantgrant fromfrom thethe state’sstate’s $500$500 millionmillion Homeless Emergency Aid Program..

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The positions are the foundation of the three-tiered plan the city submitted to lendlend aa handhand toto thosethose whowho cancan bebe immediatelyimmediately helpedhelped offoff thethe streets.streets.

The funding for Redlands comes from $9.4 million the state allocated to San Bernardino County. MoreMore thanthan twotwo dozendozen organizationsorganizations countywidecountywide shareshare thethe grant.

City Councilwoman Toni Momberger, a member of the county’s Interagency Council on Homelessness, said the money must be used for “an emergency response to a crisis.”

According to Momberger, the city is focused on solutions to help people become self-sufficient so they can stay off the streets permanently.

“We want to reduce the homeless population and we want to support permanent solutions,” she said.

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The first piece of the plan is the employment of two police personnel who will make contact with those living on the streets and offer case management.

“We can try and connect them with resources that might help them get out, and be a constant resource for people as they’re trying to emerge from homelessness,” said Redlands police Chief Chris Catren.

He said staff in the grant-funded positions could be more effective than sworn officers.

“There is a population of homeless that views police as intimidating because, obviously, we enforce any kind of rules that they are subject to, so this is a nice way for us to make some headway, hopefully, with this crowd, and try and get some of them connected to services so they can end their status as homeless,” Catren said.

Homeless people will be connected with resources such as Social Security and veteran’s benefits, behavioral health services, first aid, education, drug or alcohol treatmenttreatment andand housinghousing services.services. TheThe latterlatter incorporatesincorporates thethe secondsecond andand thirdthird parts of the city’s plan to combat homelessness.

Under the plan, Family Service Association of Redlands willwill useuse aa portionportion ofof thethe grant to provide “bridge housing,” motel vouchers for those who cannot immediatelyimmediately getget intointo aa homehome inin anan efforteffort toto stabilizestabilize theirtheir situation.situation.

The last portion of the city’s grant, which will get recipients into a home, will be administered by Inland Temporary Homes, doing business as Inland Housing Solutions..

CEO Jeff Little said the group will use its $370,883 share of the grant to help the homeless, primarily families with children, with security and utility deposits, rental assistance, direct supportive services such as case management, and employment referrals.

For some, Momberger said, “their homelessness is perpetuated because (costs likelike securitysecurity deposits)deposits) areare anan insurmountableinsurmountable barrierbarrier forfor them,them, butbut ifif theythey couldcould justjust getget intointo thethe househouse inin thethe firstfirst place,place, theythey couldcould bebe self-sufficient,self-sufficient, theythey couldcould maintain their housing on their own.”

Because the funds only last for two years, self-sufficiency is key, Little said.

“The goal is to empower and motivate and inspire households to increase their incomeincome soso theythey cancan ultimatelyultimately taketake overover andand paypay theirtheir ownown rent,”rent,” hehe added.added. “We“We can’t pay their rent forever, especially with these dollars.” https://www.sbsun.com/2019/06/22/heres-the-600000-plan-to-ease-the-homeless-crisis-in-redlands/?utm_content=tw-sbsun&utm_source=t… 3/6 6/24/2019 Here’s the $600,000 plan to ease the homeless crisis in Redlands – San Bernardino Sun The primary focus will be helping families with children, but there is some wiggle room in the proposal to help individuals, likely single, unaccompanied women.

“A lot of times (these women are) the most vulnerable for neglect and abuse, so we want to make sure we protect them and get them off the streets,” Little said.

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According to the January Point-in-Time Count, Redlands has the third-highest number of homeless individuals inin thethe countycounty withwith 183,183, upup fromfrom 143143 inin 2018. Of. Of thosethose whowho werewere unshelteredunsheltered inin January,January, 9393 tooktook aa surveysurvey indicatingindicating thatthat 2828 werewere women, 20 had become homeless in the previous 12 months, and six had been victims of domestic violence.

The new police coordinators are expected to help about 180 people each year, according to the city. Over the life of the two-year grant, about 120 people will receive bridge housing and other services, and about 35 will receive help with findingfinding permanentpermanent housing.housing.

“Typically we like to underpromise and over deliver,” Little said.

Because the grant is limited to two years, the program is not designed to help thosethose whowho havehave beenbeen onon thethe streetsstreets thethe longest.longest.

“The longer someone is out there, the harder it is to get them back into a unit,” Little said. “It’s very expensive, and then things just kind of pile up.”

People who are chronically homeless typically need a much longer-term intervention,intervention, hehe said,said, andand permanentpermanent supportivesupportive housing.housing.

“We don’t want to set up people for failure,” Little said. “You don’t want to take the guy who has been on the streets for 20 years with major mental illness and put him in a time-limited subsidy program.”

The money, though, “will definitely solve the homeless crisis for multiple families inin thethe citycity ofof Redlands,”Redlands,” LittleLittle said.said. It’sIt’s notnot goinggoing toto completelycompletely solvesolve thethe problem,problem, however, he said, “that’s a bigger conversation we need to continue to have.”

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Dodger pitcher Joe Kelly speaks at the podium during the unveiling of The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation’s 51st Dodgers Dreamfield at at Jack Bulik Park in Fontana, Ca., June 22, 2019. Dodgers Dreamfield #51 is a universally accessible field thatthat providesprovides childrenchildren ofof allall abilitiesabilities aa placeplace toto playplay baseballbaseball andand softball.softball. (John(John Valenzuela/Contributor)

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On Saturday, June 22, ballplayers with special needs rubbed elbows with Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly and third base coach Dino Ebel at the unveiling of the 51st Dodgers “Dreamfield” at Jack Bulik Park in Fontana.

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In a statement, Mayor Acquanetta Warren called the universally-accessible baseball field “a game changer for Fontana.”

“This Dreamfield is not only a remarkable amenity for the City of Fontana,” she added, “but for the entire region.”

Shortly after a ceremonial ribbon cutting and program, Challenger Division Little League teams christened their new digs.

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Mitchell’s Plumbing in Upland is closing June 28, 10 months after the death of owner Tom Mitchell. From left, Anne Mitchell, his wife, with employees Pete Koehler, Susie Giglio and    Susie Ward. (Photo by David Allen)

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For 81 years, Mitchell’s Plumbing has been unclogging drains, selling toilets and installing sinks. But it all ends this week as the family-run business closes up shop Friday.

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“OMG as I sit in choir with my students I start crying,” Tanya Sheehan $180-million lottery winner sell 4 San Bernardino mountain esta wrote on the business’ Facebook page. buffalo ranch and saloon for $2 million “I can’t picture Upland without Mitchell’s Plumbing! Sad day for sure,” 5 Sugarloaf woman identified as Steve Donald wrote. motorist who died in rollover cr San Bernardino Mountains

“This is a real loss to our community,” Margaret Wysocki wrote. This Corona bodybuilding 6 competition was all natural At the 376 N. 2nd Ave. shop Friday morning, they were in the late stages 7 Mom, aunt plead not guilty to of a going out of business sale. murder of 6-year-old Duke Flor Apple Valley Tom Mitchell, the third-generation owner, died last August at age 62, and 8 Dodgers Dreamfield opens in that spelled the beginning of the end of the business started by his Fontana for ballplayers with sp needs grandfather, Allen T. Mitchell, in 1938. 9 Congressmen demand meeting https://www.sbsun.com/2019/06/22/after-81-years-in-upland-mitchells-plumbing-pulls-the-plug/[6/24/2019 8:06:01 AM] After 81 years in Upland, Mitchell’s Plumbing pulls the plug – San Bernardino Sun

VA Loma Linda director followi “It’s not the same without Tom,” his widow, Anne, told me from behind blistering report the counter. “That’s why we’re closing. It needs to close with the last New Loma Linda hospital desig Mitchell gone.” 10 to move up and down during a earthquake Mitchell’s started out of Allen’s garage on 8th Avenue before moving in 11 Unsanitary conditions at Pettis 1942 to the downtown storefront where it’s been ever since. The nifty Medical Center may have led t in potentially fatal infections, V neon sign that says “plumbing, heating, cooling” is believed to have been says installed in the 1950s. 2 injured in Banning crash that 12 sends 40,000 pounds of butter across 10 Freeway

Allen’s son Ellsworth was the second generation. His sons Allen M. and Tom represented the third.

“He was born into it,” Anne said of her husband, who was in the store from childhood.

Tom got a degree in business from the University of Southern California in 1977 and may have entertained thoughts of doing something different with his life. His father encouraged him in that regard.

But Tom joined the family business anyway.

“He wanted to be home. He was born at San Antonio Hospital. He didn’t go far,” Anne said with a smile. “He loved having lunch with his grandfather and father. He loved downtown Upland more than anything.”

When I was on the Bulletin’s Upland beat in 1997, Mitchell was among my favorite sources on downtown and city doings. The mustachioed, ponytailed plumber had a friendly manner and an irreverent sense of

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humor.

After the city in rapid succession named downtown facilities for a former councilman, a former police chief and the then-mayor, I asked Mitchell for his take. He joked that he hoped a trash can downtown would be named the Tom Mitchell Memorial Waste Receptacle.

Bob Nolan, the mayor, was not amused and refused to talk to me for weeks. So that was a successful article.

Mitchell continued to be irreverent. A scroll through the business’ Facebook page shows a lot of toilet and port-a-potty memes. There’s also a short video in which Mitchell, standing in front of a display toilet and holding a plunger, wishes everyone a happy Super Bowl Sunday and says the next day the store would celebrate Super Toilet Bowl Monday.

Mitchell tried to stay out of local politics, at least as far as candidate endorsements went. The later prominence on the Upland political front of another Tom Mitchell was a sore point with him and confused many around town, including yours truly.

When that clean-cut, buttoned-down Tom Mitchell introduced himself to me at a council meeting, I was flummoxed until he explained that he was in real estate, not plumbing. I was relieved to hear it because I had been thinking, “Tom, what happened?”

This brings us back to Mitchell’s Plumbing, which did retail business as well as the service and repair of heating, air conditioning and plumbing items.

Tom and his brother, Allen, operated the business after their father’s death in 2001. Then Allen died in 2017. Tom followed a year later of a rare auto-immune disease.

Suddenly there were no Mitchells at Mitchell’s Plumbing. Each brother had children, but they’ve gone into other careers.

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The decision to close was announced on Facebook May 15 and since then most of the showroom items have been sold. The stock is now down to pipe fittings and parts for showers, toilets and sinks, all displayed in bins around the former showroom.

After a sale that was set for Saturday, the business will be open this week from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday until Friday, which will be the last day. Anything that isn’t sold will be donated to Habitat for Humanity, Anne said.

An overhang above the entry has a row of Little League plaques with faded photos of teams Mitchell’s Plumbing sponsored over the decades.

The remaining staff roster is a legacy too: Pete Koehler has been there 29 years, Susie Giglio 42 years, Susie Ward 15 years. I asked Ward if, as the newest employee, she was still on probation.

Mitchell’s hung in there despite a Lowe’s and a Home Depot in town.

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Everyday activities have new shine at Mitchell here, it’s time. But Pomona Civic Center with camps gone we’re thankful to the community. We couldn’t have Warehouses proposed for Upland, done it without the community panned at workshop being so loyal.” Winn Williams censured for 2nd time by Chino Valley Fire District I asked about her late husband’s business Toyota Arena is Ontario facility’s new, philosophy. compact name “He believed in doing Time capsule in Pomona opened (oops) everything above board. He 31 years late never cut corners,” Anne said. “He always stood behind everything he sold.”

Unless he was standing in front of it, holding a plunger.

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2 injured in Banning crash that 12 sends 40,000 pounds of butter across 10 Freeway “We found a lot of parents couldn’t go to parks around here at all because their kids have asthma and smoke flares asthma,” said Platero, who has taken her own children to parks in neighboring cities to avoid secondhand smoke. “These parents couldn’t even enjoy San Bernardino parks.”

To find a solution, the parents formed an advocacy group.

Joined in their crusade by the American Lung Association and the Colton-based Central Valley Community Prevention Program, or CVCPP, Parents in Action got to work.

Between April and October last year, a group of about 40 adults and children spent up to three hours, sometimes in the blistering heat, collecting cigarette butts from 10 different San Bernardino parks. Miners found cigarette remnants in playgrounds, beneath wood pallets, on play equipment and baseball fields.

“Where we were finding the most was usually where the kids were at,” Platero said. “That’s how we ended up seeing how huge a problem smoking in parks was.”

Rather than disposing the non-biodegradable cigarette butts, Parents in Action and the Central Valley Community Prevention Program, a branch of Mental Health Systems, a nonprofit, turned them into artwork. Now, when advocating for smoke-free parks around the region, the groups have physical proof of the problem.

“If we have events at schools, run booths, we have a photo gallery, as well as that art piece,” said Mirza Andrade-Martinez, a prevention specialist with CVCPP, whose focus is helping local coalitions develop and implement strategies to maintain healthy communities.

“We tell (the parents’) story. We want it to be a travelling exhibit.”

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In recent months, parents also The Arrowhead Country Club pool that have distributed and received was once a community oasis has been back hundreds of surveys restored asking San Bernardino San Bernardino third-graders visit families what they want neighbor’s home garden to celebrate recreational areas to look like Earth Week in the future. San Bernardino groups throw festival Overwhelmingly, Platero said, celebrating the Earth, art, culture and those surveyed called for creativity smoke-free parks.

“San Bernardino is our home, and we want our home back,” she added. “There’s no need to go to neighboring parks to enjoy smoke-free spaces. If we work together, I’m sure it’s possible.”

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With increased use, Adelanto Stadium grapples with eld maintenance By Garrett Bergthold Staff Writer Posted Jun 21, 2019 at 7:49 PM Updated Jun 21, 2019 at 8:20 PM ADELANTO — Smoke from Secret Sesh, a recreational cannabis festival, hovered above the field at Adelanto Stadium on the first Saturday in June.

The following Monday, the High Desert Yardbirds baseball team, playing in their third season as part of the independent Pecos League, hit the field at the stadium.

Days after the Yardbirds’ game and hours before the semi-pro High Desert Elite soccer team continued their inaugural season there, staff converted the baseball field into a soccer field.

Marijuana festivals and soccer matches are just some of the new events taking place on the grass field inside the former Maverick Stadium over the past few years.

From rodeos, to pot festivals, to infield motocross races that historically had been kept outside the stadium, the field once used mostly for baseball and occasional concerts has transitioned into an multi-use events center.

Because of the many events, the field has taken a beating. Brown, dry patches of turf were visible on the field as of Friday.

The field’s state has some High Desert residents nostalgic for the days of High Desert Mavericks baseball, when the field was a lush green from 1991 to 2016.

Kelly Depue, of Phelan, said it was a sad day for the community when the Mavericks left. She said she hasn’t been to the stadium since the team and city parted ways.

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“I actually worked for the Mavericks for three years,” she said. After viewing images of the field, she called it “disgusting.”

Stadium management says conditions should be fixed within a week, and that the field’s ragged condition stems from something inherently positive — increased use.

“From September to June, we’ve hosted 75 events,” said Darrel Courtney, co- manager of Adelanto Stadium. “We started doing stuff like festivals, RV shows and concert series.”

This will be stadium management’s first year accommodating two sports teams on one field. And with it comes growing pains.

Aaron Korn, Courtney’s partner, offered a short list of mishaps the duo has learned from this year, including shutting off water during Secret Sesh and not properly accounting for preseason field maintenance given the amount of use expected from both baseball and soccer.

“The field will come back,” Courtney said. “With the multi-use facility (where) we have concerts, we got baseball and we got soccer, yeah, the field is getting a workout.”

With the stadium in baseball and soccer season, few cannabis-related events are planned for the rest of the year, but Courtney and Korn are planning for a Stars and Stripes event on the Fourth of July.

Christmas-themed events are also in the works, as is a haunted house in October, Courtney said.

The High Desert Elite, playing in the National Premier Soccer League, is co- owned by Courtney, Korn, Fidel Gonzales and Brad Eckenweiler, CEO of Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc., which produces the cannabis breath strip brand CannaStrips in town.

The team’s first game in March saw more than 1,200 fans show up, an overwhelming show of community support as many of the players are High Desert locals.

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When asked, Eckenweiler confirmed he’d be open to the idea of buying the city- owned Adelanto Stadium in past conversations with the Daily Press.

To accommodate soccer, the dirt base lines and infield portions of the field were nixed for this year’s Yardbirds season. A man-made pitching mound, constructed out of $500 worth of plywood, graces the center of the baseball diamond instead of dirt as well. The only dirt portions of the field are at home plate.

Korn said current field conditions developed during Secret Sesh, a by-product of both the normal wear and tear that comes with big events, and a one-time maintenance error to be remedied soon, he said.

“They are going to be fertilizing it and aerating it later this week,” Korn said. “In the next week or two we are really hoping to get it back into the condition we are used to it being in.”

Dedicated in 1991, Maverick Stadium was renamed Heritage Field at Stater Bros. Stadium in 2007, which lasted until the Adelanto City Council abruptly ended its lease with the Mavericks’ ownership group in 2016.

A lawsuit stemming from the lease’s termination was settled in March for $3.8 million.

Courtney and Korn signed a two-year contract in September 2018 for $480,000. The city receives tax money from cannabis events and rental fees.

Korn initially arrived at the field as a baseball field operations manager. He was hired by the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds when fairgrounds management was briefly in charge in the post-Mavericks era.

Garrett Bergthold can be reached at [email protected] or at 760-955-5368. Follow him on Twitter at @DP_Garrett.

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Police ocers served as waiters and waitresses in the restaurant, and all of the tips they received were donated to Special Olympics. According to Abbey Leer, Special Olympics Regional Director of the Inland Empire Region, 10 athletes participated along with law enforcement ocers, and Special Olympics received $3,138 in tips that night. American Road Trip donated an additional $616, making the total $3,754.

“There’s a bond between the police force and special needs athletes,” said Lieutenant James Porter. Porter said he enjoyed his “new job” as a host and was glad to help with the fundraiser. The athletes also enjoyed working alongside their heroes.

“They love the recognition and working with the police,” said Amy Swanston, local coordinator of Special Olympics, referring to the athletes. “This gives them a great opportunity to show o.”

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Tip-a-Cop is a national event that has been held at restaurants such as Red Robin, Claim Jumper, and Chili’s in the past. Visit sosc.org for more information. A calendar of future Tip-a- Cop events and locations is also available on the website.

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By Martin Estacio Staff Writer Follow Posted Jun 20, 2019 at 5:06 PM Updated Jun 20, 2019 at 5:06 PM     VICTORVILLE — Imagine a large truck equipped with an arcade game-like crane and a claw.

Instead of picking up stuffed animals, this claw grabs and lifts sofas, mattresses and even abandoned watercraft.

Tuesday night, the City Council approved the purchase of one of these specially equipped vehicles, known as a grapple truck, for nearly $200,000.

Jenele Davidson, director of the Community Services Department, said the truck will likely make the slow and cumbersome process of cleaning up illegal dumping sites much more effective.

Four workers assigned to the Illegal Dump Abatement Program clean up dump sites every day and also patrol problem areas, city spokesperson Sue Jones said.

They commonly f nd items such as clothing, papers and construction material, all of which is manually loaded into a trash truck.

Employees must also load larger, more cumbersome items, which have included a stolen car.

Davidson said at the meeting that the bulky items also are “very hard on the equipment,” a small trash https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20190620/grappling-with-dumping[6/21/2019 4:23:25 PM] Grappling with dumping - News - vvdailypress.com - Victorville, CA

truck with a compactor.

“As illegal dumping volumes have grown in recent years, the city began looking into more eff cient ways to clean up debris,” Jones said.

City data shows that between 2014 and 2018, the program has taken more than 1,000 tons of illegally dumped material to the city’s landf ll.

Last year was the busiest ever, with 310 tons collected. That total included 1,192 sofas and 1,606 mattresses.

Looking into alternative ways of picking up trash, Victorville city staff discovered that the city of Lancaster was using the specialized truck, also known as a “lightning loader,” to pick up and haul debris.

Crews in Lancaster were removing over 1,000 tons of material per year with the grapple, Jones said.

Victorville staff decided to try one out in March.

Employees drove a model to a problematic dumping site and began using the hydraulic arm with the claw attachment to pick up items such as a sleeper sofa.

That’s when Davidson said her employees told her: “Let’s really put this to the test. Let’s pick up a boat.”

“And believe it or not, there are quite a few boats that end out in our desert,” she said.

On Tuesday, Davidson showed the council a video of the grapple at work, lifting a red-and-white catamaran into the truck’s open-top, roll-off container.

The loader has a reach of about 20 feet, and can lift an item weighing 3,200 to 7,100 pounds, depending on how far it swings out.

Davidson said that even with the sea vessel loaded, there was still room for more debris in the container.

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One benef t to the grapple truck is that instead of four workers going out, the grapple can be operated by one person.

The truck will cost about $199,000, which was already budgeted as a capital improvement for f scal year 2017-2018 and rolled over to the coming f scal year. Jones said the lead time for the truck is about 400 days.

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

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Chris Abel talks about re risk areas and what Southern California Edison is doing to help reduce risks during a community meeting at Yucca Valley High School Wednesday. Turiya Autry The Desert Trail

YUCCA VALLEY — Fireghters and Southern California Edison ocials urged the people of the Morongo Basin to be prepared for wildres and power outages during a community meeting at Yucca Valley High School Wednesday.

“We are taking a number of signicant steps to reduce the wildre risks with our system,” said Jennifer Cusack, government relations manager with Southern California Edison.

www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_2f776e0a-9475-11e9-a606-f71ab76d1403.html 1/4 6/24/2019 Edison and fire chief warn of dangers | News | hidesertstar.com The utility recently announced it may turn off the power during hot, windy weather to reduce the danger of starting a wildre like the Camp Fire, which was sparked in 2018 by Pacic Gas and Electric power lines.

Many have expressed concerns about power shut-offs. Representatives from SCE explained the process.

“We’re not planning any power outages right now,” Cusack said.

“We have a protocol called the Public Safety Power Shut-Off and, when certain weather or re conditions are met, then that is something that we might enact, if we feel like the weather and our power lines would pose a threat to the safety of the public,” Abel added.

In an ideal scenario, people will receive alerts starting 48 hours in advance. Then there would be follow-up alerts the day of the shut off and once power is restored.

SCE is taking other steps to improve safety this year.

Utility workers are monitoring power lines using both helicopters and ground crews. Their coverage area includes approximately 400,000 poles.

Workers are also replacing the old wood poles with new ones made out of composite material.

“Most of our wires are bare wires out there, so we’re putting this coating over them that’s called covered conductor,” said Chris Abel, principal manager of local affairs for SCE. “So if a palm frond ies into this, it’s not going to ignite. If this falls down, there’s less of a chance that it is going to cause an ignition if it has this coating. We’re shooting for 7,500 circuit miles of the covered conductor.”

Residents at the community meeting asked about brush control.

“I’ve got a bunch of trees growing under their power lines and normally they would come by, see that they’re getting close to the power lines and cut them,” said Ray Truver, who has lived in the area for more than 30 years.

“Well, they’re getting really close now and I haven’t seen anyone come by to do anything.”

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“That’s a ton of tree trimming work. We’re going to trim on the lines of 900,000 trees this year,” Abel said.

Changes in climate mean all seasons are potentially re seasons. Added vegetation from plentiful rains adds even more risk.

“2018 was the worst wildre season in California history in terms of lives lost, homes destroyed and acres burned,” said Scott Tuttle, a battalion chief with the county re department.

“More than 100 people lost their lives, almost two million acres were burned and thousands of structures were destroyed.”

Tuttle said wildre danger is high this year.

“All that green grass and wildowers from spring, that all dried up, and it’s ready to burn,” he said.

“We’ve already seen several res here in the Morongo Basin, several small res: one, two, ve acre res and it’s pretty early in the season.”

There are two critical aspects of wildre awareness: prevention and preparedness.

“The vast majority of res are human caused. That means that most res are preventable. We can’t prevent all res, but what we can do is be prepared,” said Tuttle.

Tuttle also stressed the importance of timely evacuations.

“One of the diculties we have, when we’re going into a re area, is people who stay behind thinking they would be OK until the last minute, when they’re all congested in streets while we’re trying to go into neighborhoods. So please, go early.”

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By Ry Rivard. Following a series of catastrophic fires, insurance companies are beginning to dump customers who live in fire-prone areas of the state, including rural San Diego.

That’s sent California homeowners scrambling to find another insurance company in places like Alpine, a town of 15,000 near the Cleveland National Forest.

The changes in the insurance market since the major fires last year are hard to measure, but it’s certain that some companies are no longer writing new policies in high-risk areas, others are going so far as to drop long-time customers and almost everyone is raising rates.

It’s no surprise that insurance companies are reacting this way – 10 of California’s 20 most destructive fires have occurred in the past five years. In the past two years, state homeowners insurance companies paid out over $1.70 for every dollar they collected, according to state figures.  www.publicceo.com/2019/06/in-risk-prone-areas-fire-insurance-is-getting-harder-and-harder-to-come-by/ 1/5 6/24/2019 In Risk-Prone Areas, Fire Insurance Is Getting Harder and Harder to Come By | PublicCEO

But it’s still surprising to homeowners, especially those who have had the same insurer for years.

Alpine Fire Marshal Jason McBroom said homeowners are calling him frantic because they’re unable to find a company that will ensure their home, even though local fire officials have worked for years to increase the community’s fire readiness.

“It’s a ripple effect from the Northern California fires,” McBroom said.

Of course, Alpine is also no stranger to fires. Last summer, the West Fire burned 500 acres and destroyed over 50 homes and outbuildings.

Steve Cope, a jeweler in Alpine, said his insurer told him late last year that it wouldn’t be renewing his home insurance policy. He started to get desperate when he found other insurers weren’t writing new policies in his area.

A lot is at stake when people have trouble finding insurance, because mortgages require insurance, so someone can lose their home to the bank unless they can find insurance.

Cope eventually found a policy, but he’s worried about what happens if there’s another fire.

“I think people would accept the insurance to be a little bit higher because of where we live,” he said. “But what’s hard is when you’re totally dropped off.”

Industry officials and state regulators have been keeping an eye on the scarcer options and higher prices for 1.3 million homes in high-risk areas, including 140,000 homes in San Diego County. A recent report by the governor’s wildfire commission found the insurance market is “marching toward a future” where home insurance is unavailable or unaffordable for people who live near fire-prone wildlands.

Search Search Insurers generally don’t comment too specifically about their plans, but it is clear major companies are asking for rate increases and also trying to scale back how many homes they cover in areas where fire is inevitable.

Cope’s old insurer, AAA, declined to comment for this story but has said elsewhere it is looking to trim the number of homes it insures in fire-prone areas.

In a January call with investors, Michael Klein, an executive at Travelers insurance company, said the company had already worked to “restrict our new business underwriting appetite” and to “implement some nonrenewal action in the state of California to address some of the more significant wildfire exposures in the portfolio,” which is insurance-speak for writing fewer policies. It’s also talking about raising rates. And it’s working with a private firm to beef up fire prevention efforts in high-risk areas.

Each home insurance policy lasts one year. As the term winds down, insurance companies have to give customers 45 days’ notice but are generally given leeway to drop people, as long as they apply their standards equally across the state.

“It doesn’t matter if you’ve been with that same insurer for 20 years, never had a loss, never made a claim, never been late with your premium, mitigate your own risk,” Joel Laucher, a senior official at the state’s insurance department, told the governor’s wildfire commission this spring.

Bob Watkins, a local businessman and civic leader who lives in Alpine, said USAA dropped his homeowners policy and then he had trouble finding another insurer.

“There needs to be something done so these companies can’t come in and just cherry-pick what business lines they want without taking some of the ugly stuff,” Watkins said.

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When people get dropped, they have three basic options.

They can find another insurer that is regulated by the state of California, as all the major companies are.

They can get coverage from a “surplus” insurer that sells insurance in California but doesn’t have to follow California insurance rules – some regulated companies have subsidiaries that offer these surplus lines.

Or homeowners can get a last-resort policy from the California FAIR Plan Association, an insurance provider that covers homeowners in areas where there are wildfires or riots. Because this association exists, industry officials and regulators do not believe there is an immediate crisis.

But the FAIR plan’s prices have risen, as have the number of people who are turning to it for insurance.

Since last fall, new business has tripled, said Tammy Schwartz, FAIR’s vice president of underwriting and operations.

“We haven’t ever grown in the last 10 years until now,” she said.

Schwartz said FAIR is charging more than it used to, maybe $3,000 or $5,000 for a policy, but that’s inexpensive compared with policies from surplus insurers that cost as much as $15,000. Schwartz said they seem to be getting a lot of business from people turned away by Farmers, Allstate and AAA.

None of those three companies replied to an email seeking comment.

The insurance industry points to data that show people are more likely to change policies because they’re shopping around than because their old insurer wants to drop them. But that data comes from a recent RAND study that also found the difference between company-initiated and customer-initiated non-renewals “can be blurry.”

McBroom, the Alpine fire marshal, said he’s seen three non-renewal notices sent by Allstate that give homeowners the option of keeping their policy, if they create 500 feet of defensible space around their home. The state standard for defensible space – an area free of flammable vegetable – is just 100 feet. Some people on smaller lots can’t possibly clear 500 feet around their home because they don’t even control that much land.

“Granted, they are giving you an option,” McBroom said of Allstate, “but it’s an unrealistic option.”

McBroom said he’s talked to Allstate agents who said the requirement is coming down from the top. McBroom said he’s been able to help some homeowners by writing a letter on their behalf that talks about Alpine’s efforts over the years to prepare for a fire, efforts that included adding more fire hydrants and getting a backup fire engine.

Right now, many major insurers are asking for rate increases and using formulas that allow them to charge more to homeowners who live in fire-prone areas. They lean on models, like one known as FireLine, that rate an area’s fire risk on a scale of 1-30.

Rex Frazier, the head of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, an industry trade group, said almost half the insurers are asking for rate increases, so state insurance regulators need to figure out how to balance competing interests. If prices are too high, some people won’t be able to afford insurance; but if prices are too low, companies may not be able to write policies at any price in risky areas because they can’t hope to recoup potential losses.

“The regulator has a huge impact on what happens in the marketplace and trying to find the balance between prices low and keeping insurance widely available, that is a difficult task for any regulator,  much less a regulator dealing with a state as large and complex as California,” he said. www.publicceo.com/2019/06/in-risk-prone-areas-fire-insurance-is-getting-harder-and-harder-to-come-by/ 3/5 6/24/2019 In Risk-Prone Areas, Fire Insurance Is Getting Harder and Harder to Come By | PublicCEO

Bob Soto, an insurance agent in Alpine, said he’s heard that most major insurers are pulling back or won’t write policies for new customers. He’s advising people to begin thinking about insurance before they put an offer down on a home. He’s also among those who wonder how an insurer’s pricing may affect the affordability of new homes that developers are planning to build in high-risk areas.

“They are going to have to think about that, because it doesn’t do you much good to build if they aren’t going to sell,” Soto said.

State Farm, the state’s most popular insurer, declined to comment on its strategy, but several people in the Alpine area said they’ve heard the company is no longer writing new policies in some areas, though it is not yet canceling policies for existing customers.

State Farm spokeswoman Angie Harrier said the company is in the business of selling insurance so is always trying to provide coverage.

“Those efforts, however, must be balanced with the responsibility we have to all our customers to make good decisions in choosing the properties we insure so that we can continue to provide coverage and pay claims,” she said in an email.

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You give them ownership and agency. In the next class, each student was given a coast live oak seedling. They decorated pots, named their plants and took a seedling home. That was the first small shift I saw, when a tiny bit of nature was theirs.

As their oaks grew, the kids came to class reporting on the first new leaf, complaining about the sister who almost knocked over their plant and then marveling about the amazing shoots of green they saw under their care. In class, they were imagining being an oak and writing about their seedlings’ future lives.

Tasked with bringing a “weekly wild” to class, they started telling me about surprise sightings of a bear, a bobcat, and everyone wanted to talk about the impossibly massive migration of painted lady butterflies this year.

Then, they went on a field trip to Rivers & Lands Conservancy’s Cienega Canyon Preserve in Calimesa. The kids stood amazed under the aged and massive oaks, imagining how majestic their seedlings could become.

Nicole Padron, director of land stewardship, led them on a guided hike, and every bird, insect and plant stirred interest and wonder. Roxanne Roosevelt, liaison for the Indian Education Program, and aides from the program shared what the landscape meant to the tribes that were the original owners and caretakers.

When the kids settled in under the canopy of a giant oak to write, I was in awe of their stillness and concentration. Were these the same middle school students from a month ago?

When the six-week class ended, some of the students’ oak seedlings were planted in their families’ yards. Others were brought back to class after flourishing under their caretakers. This included a particularly robust plant named Crunchy Flaming Hot Cheetos. While Doritos are still not on my personal list of favorite things in nature, I can now officially add Cheetos.

They weren’t the same middle school youths anymore. They were also students of the land, and the land tells us the most inspiring stories.

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Kelly Parkinson, the Hi-Desert Medical Center’s education coordinator, helps load cereal boxes June 14 in Joshua Tree. Jenna Hunt Hi-Desert Star

MORONGO BASIN — Thousands of cereal box donations will help children keep hunger at bay this summer.

Hospitals and clinics owned by the Tenet corporation in the Morongo Basin and Coachella Valley collaborated on cereal drives to provide desert children and adults with healthy breakfasts during the summer. The Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive took place June 7-14. www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_c42f0eaa-9474-11e9-83b8-8ff686158bc3.html 1/3 6/24/2019 Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation, so hospitals donate cereal | News | hidesertstar.com The grand total: 9,231 boxes of cereal, or 142,081 servings, were donated. At Hi-Desert Medical Center, people donated 1,837 boxes of cereal to the Way Station and gave $2,385 for FIND Food Bank, which supplies Morongo Basin and Coachella Valley food distribution nonprots.

“The blessings we have received are incredible,” said Jeff Mabus, on staff with the Way Station in Joshua Tree. “This is amazing. It touches my heart.”

The medical team and staff at Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree helped Mabus and others with local food charities box up hundreds of donated cereal boxes June 14.

“This helps the nutrition for the kids when they are home,” Mabus said.

Eight out of 10 schoolchildren in the Morongo Basin live in households with incomes low enough that they qualify for free or reduced-price school meals.

“At our hospitals, we see the health issues children and their families face from hunger and poor nutrition,” Michele Finney, CEO of Tenet’s desert hospitals, said in a press release. “We recognize the importance of beginning each day with a nutritious breakfast and, through this drive, we hope to help the many in our community struggling with food insecurity.”

The Hi-Desert Medical Center held contests among departments to energize the employees and create a buzz to boost donations. A silent auction held June 13 raised more than $625, said Karen Faulis, CEO of Hi-Desert Medical Center.

The labor and delivery department won top honors in a box-decorating contest. A bright yellow Sponge Box Cereal Pants box took second.

“This was new this year,” Faulis said of the creative contest.

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https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trump-immigration-sweeps-police-explainer-california-20190622-story.html[6/24/2019 7:42:43 AM] Trump delays immigration sweeps. Here’s why California police say they won’t take part - Los Angeles Times

An ICE sweep in San Diego last year. (Associated Press)

Many California law enforcement agencies said they will not be cooperating with the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps.

The sweeps were supposed to occur Sunday, but Trump announced Saturday he was postponing them for two weeks.

“At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border. If not, Deportations start!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Some agencies, including the Los Angeles Police Department, have rules against enforcing many immigration laws. The argument is that police need cooperation from those here illegally in crime investigations and that police don’t want them to feel threatened by deportation if they come forward. Those policies have put the agencies at odds with Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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Both LAPD Chief Michel Moore and Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva have expressed deep concerns about the raids, as have many California politicians.

Q: What is the history here?

Los Angeles, with its huge immigrant population, was one of the first cities to deal with the question.

And to the surprise of some today, the tolerant posture toward the immigrant community came from L.A.’ s hard-line police chief at the time, Daryl Gates.

Special Order 40 prohibited officers from initiating contact with anyone for the sole purpose of learning their immigration status and ruled out arrests for violation of U.S. immigration law.

Its purpose was to build trust so that fear of deportation would not dissuade immigrants who were crime victims or witnesses from cooperating with police.

The policy has faced repeated attacks both from factions within the LAPD as well as anti-immigration activists who have challenged it on constitutional and practical grounds, saying it gives a free pass to criminals in the country illegally.

But it has stood the test of time, even in the Trump era. Many other cities now have similar policies.

California has also become a center of the “sanctuary” movement, with many communities — and even the state itself — declaring they are safe havens for those here illegally.

The term dates to the 1980s, when Berkeley and a few other municipalities declared themselves as such

to accept migrants from Central America. At the time, U.S. immigration policies allowed some Central Americans, but not others, to enter the country.

Other places, including San Francisco, adopt far-reaching policies, such as taking steps to cut ties with federal immigration officials and refusing to fully cooperate with them.

San Francisco declared itself a sanctuary city in 1989, and city officials strengthened the stance in 2013 with its "Due Process for All" ordinance. The law declared local authorities could not hold people for immigration officials if they had no violent felonies on their records and did not currently face charges.

L.A. recently declared itself a sanctuary city.

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Q: What are officials saying about the latest sweeps?

Top government officials — from L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti to Gov. Gavin Newsom — came out against them, as did top law enforcement officials.

“I strongly oppose President Trump’s threats of mass deportations,” Villanueva said. “His actions are irresponsible and unnecessary if, in fact, the president is truly concerned with removing violent undocumented felons to ensure your public safety. We cannot ensure public safety if undocumented residents are afraid to report a crime.”

Moore added: “We know how unsettling and scary this is for the community. We are not an extension of ICE…. I do worry about the intimidation it can create.”

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo urged migrants targeted to know their rights and report the federal actions to a group of rights activists.

He encouraged residents to “inform themselves about their rights and remain vigilant for ICE agents entering a home or business without consent or a valid warrant.”

He asked residents to report the location of ICE activity; description of ICE vehicles; and any badge numbers, photos or other information to an immigrant rights group called the Rapid Response Network “so that we can gather the information and, where appropriate, take legal action.”

Q: What will happen Sunday?

Many details about the action remain unclear.

Moore said the LAPD had learned that about 140 individuals targeted in Southern California.

It’s part of a larger national operation that federal officials said is targeting 2,000 people who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security.

Immigrant rights groups say their phones have been ringing off the hook.

Emilio Amaya, a longtime immigrant advocate in the Inland Empire, spent much of the day Friday taking calls from a frightened community.

Some people had called the San Bernardino Community Service Center because of rumors, which turned out to be unfounded, that immigration raids were already underway in their neighborhoods. Others shared that they had bought food and other basics so that they would not have to leave their homes next week. Still others said they would not be taking their children outside in the coming days.

“The effect is terror,” Amaya said. “We’re getting call after call after call. There is a lot of fear.”

Isn’t this part of a larger battle?

Yes. Trump and California have been exchanging volleys over immigration since the president took office.

Most recently, Trump threatened to send immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities, a move many experts said would likely be illegal.

Following the passage of Senate Bill 54, the law signed by former Gov. Jerry Brown that limited cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration agents, the Trump administration sued California to nullify it and two other laws designed to protect immigrants in the country illegally.

At least seven federal courts have ruled previous attempts by the Trump administration to cut off federal funding to cities and states, including California, for resisting cooperation with immigration authorities as unlawful. The U.S. Supreme Court also has ruled on several occasions that the federal government can’t coerce states and cities into helping it implement federal immigration policies.

Times staff writers Paloma Esquivel and Cindy Carcamo contributed to this report.

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LOCAL NEWS Threats of ICE sweep – sooner or later – have Southern California immigrant community on edge Says one: Trump is "just scaring people"

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President Donald Trump’s announcement lastlast weekweek thatthat “millions“millions ofof illegalillegal aliens” would be rounded up on Sunday, June 23 sent panic through Southern California’s immigrant community. News that he delayed the sweep forfor aa couplecouple of weeks did little to lessen fears.

“The president’s tweet about deportation increased the already existing fear that my family and I endure daily,” said Lancaster resident Diana, 18, who declined to give her last name. “We’ve had to go over our ‘deportation plans’ more times than I can count.”

“We can’t even go to the store without fear that we will be stopped by the police,” she said. “My neighbors and extended family are confused and scared.”

Trump tweeted Saturday thatthat thethe deportationsdeportations areare onon holdhold whilewhile DemocratsDemocrats andand Republicans “work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border. If not, Deportations start!”

Sunday’s operation would really not have targeted millions of people, immigration experts said, and would only have gone after those who either already were ordered deported by a judge or did not show up for court, along with unaccompanied minors who have turned 18.

Despite the president’s two-week cooling-off period, which he said came at the request of Congressional Democrats, the increasingly intense immigration debate appears to be driving officials to more extreme stances. Thoughtful compromise doesn’t appear to be imminent.

Backers of the deportation sweeps say they’re upholding the law and could deter more undocumented immigrants from entering the country. But Southern Californian immigrants and their supporters, meanwhile, fear that families with children will soon be broken up.

“People are being held hostage, with a fear of going out in the street and thinking theythey werewere goinggoing toto bebe detaineddetained byby ICE,”ICE,” saidsaid SanSan GabrielGabriel residentresident KarlaKarla Herrera,Herrera, who has friends and family who are undocumented. Trump, she said, “is just scaring people.”

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“It was all downhill from there,” Jared Solis said. “I didn’t get my actual dad back: I got what was left of him.”

Jair Solis’ oldest son, currently serving in the Army in Afghanistan, had encouraged him to begin the immigration process earlier this year. But a ticket Jair Solis had received 23 years go, for driving without a license, something he was ineligibleineligible forfor thenthen,, meantmeant hishis applicationapplication waswas rejected.rejected. AndAnd aa fewfew daysdays later,later, ICEICE agents were at his door.

Jair Solis spent his first three days in a detention cell with 20 other men, no beds and one toilet.

“He will space out and think about it and start to cry,” Jared Solis son said.

“I’m still afraid of them,” the father said. “They broke my whole family and business. I lost my job and I can’t get any work now.”

The fear of deportation didn’t begin with lastlast Monday’sMonday’s announcementannouncement,, saidsaid James M. Tilton, an English teacher at Eastside High School in Lancaster. The student body was 62.7% Hispanic or Latino in the 2018-19 school year, according toto thethe CaliforniaCalifornia DepartmentDepartment ofof EducationEducation..

“Trump’s inauguration is probably when it escalated to its current (state),” Tilton said Sunday. “I noticed a lot of my students were really upset after he won the election. … To be completely honest, it’s been around before that; Obama had more deportations than any president before him.”.”

Still, he said, “It’s hard for students who have friends and family members who are undocumented to focus on school while this is going on.”

Amid the fear, politicians on both side of the aisles agree that immigration reform isis longlong overdueoverdue andand thatthat thethe situationsituation onon thethe borderborder isis notnot sustainable.sustainable.

On Sunday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, the GOP’s leader in the House of Representatives, tweeted his support for Trump’s characterization of an “immigration crisis” along the nation’s southern border.

“Every member of Congress should be required to go to the Southern border to see the crisis for themselves,” McCarthy tweeted.

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“In the instance that my parents were to be deported, it would be my job my take care of my brother,” Diana said. “I would become his legal guardian. I would also have to contact a family friend who’s a lawyer to see what can be done.”

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Yucaipa Valley Water District repaired the damaged sewer mainline, which is now suspended from above until permanent repairs are completed.

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The board of directors approved a $422,555 contract with Borden Excavating at its June 18 meeting to construct 1,300 feet of new 10-inch sewer mainline in Wildwood Canyon Road, from Holmes Street to Sycamore Lane.

That section of Wildwood Canyon Road will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays during construction, with trac routed onto Cherrywood Drive. Wildwood Canyon Road will be open evenings and weekends, according to a water district statement.

The reason for the construction is because winter storms caused signicant erosion downstream of the Wildwood Spreading Basins.

“The erosion from the winter storm was so extensive, that the large boulders dropped about 20 to 25 feet and damaged a sewer mainline located along the northerly bank of Wildwood Creek,” said Joseph Zoba, general manager of the water district.

The damaged sewer mainline received a temporary repair until a permanent one could be completed, Zoba said.

“The district decided that the best permanent x is to relocate the sewer mainline from the unimproved northerly bank of Wildwood Creek to Wildwood Canyon Road,” Zoba said.

The water district is encouraging residents who live in upper Wildwood Canyon and are heading to Interstate 10 to use Mesa Grande Drive and County Line Road to reduce the trac detoured onto Cherrywood Drive. https://www.newsmirror.net/news/local/portion-of-wildwood-canyon-road-to-close-early-july-for/article_961e4cf6-937a-11e9-a5a6-43553d74ce89.html 2/3 6/24/2019 Portion of Wildwood Canyon Road to close early July for sewer line repairs | Local News | newsmirror.net

The water district is mailing notices to customers in the area to make sure they are aware of the construction dates and times.

Those dates and times are subject to change due to unforeseen construction factors, the water district noted in its statement.

For the most up-to-date construction information, contact the Yucaipa Valley Water District at 797-5117.

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FEATURED Wildwood Canyon Villa celebrates 15 years in Yucaipa

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Local dignitaries join Wildwood Canyon Villa sta in celebrating the assisted living and memory care facility’s 15-year anniversary. Photo by Karen daSIlva

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Cupcakes, a taco bar, not to mention a car show, a bounce house, a photo booth and a rae were among the many festivities on June 14 at the care facility on Colorado Street in Yucaipa.

Calderon selected a mango paleta, or Mexican ice pop, and a can of Coke for Kaiser. When she oered him both, he shook his head no at the paleta and yes for the Coke, taking it and popping it open for a sip.

“Well, I guess I’ll just eat this myself,” Calderon said with a chuckle.

Residents like Kaiser weren’t the only ones in attendance. Members of the community along with Yucaipa Mayor Bobby Duncan and representatives from State Sen. Mike Morrell and Third District Supervisor Dawn Rowe’s oce also walked the grounds, chatted with residents and enjoyed cupcakes and tacos.

Field representatives Joshua Monzon, for Morrell, and Heather Perry, for Rowe, each spoke a few words and presented a certicate to Wildwood Canyon Villa.

“Thank you for being so active in the community,” Perry said to sta. “We appreciate all you do and taking care of all these wonderful people.”

Administrator Julius Osorio accepted the certicates on behalf of Wildwood Canyon Villa.

https://www.newsmirror.net/news/local/wildwood-canyon-villa-celebrates-years-in-yucaipa/article_ec8c024a-937a-11e9-91e0-f7792872113c.html 2/4 6/24/2019 Wildwood Canyon Villa celebrates 15 years in Yucaipa | Local News | newsmirror.net “I am honored and humbled to be the administrator here,” he said. “It is really humbling to see how much heart goes into (the Villa) every day.”

Alberta Williams couldn’t agree more.

“They have so much fun here for the people,” she said as she searched photo boards for pictures of her friends participating in activities at Wildwood Canyon Villa.

Williams attended the event with fellow Yucaipa Woman’s Club member Sharon Ring.

“I came to support the Villa and the people who work here,” Williams said.

For more information on Wildwood Canyon Villa, call 206-5063 or visit www.compass- living.com/senior-living/ca/yucaipa/wildwood-canyon.

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A road closure on Citrus Avenue was originally scheduled to end on June 21, but will now be extended to July 3. The closure will be between Whittram Court and Ceres Avenue.

The Citrus Avenue road closure associated with the West Fontana Flood Control Channel construction project that began June 3 will be extended until Wednesday, July 3 due to extra utility work required.

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The road closure, which has greatly impacted trac on the street, was originally scheduled to end on June 21.

During the ongoing closure, there will be no vehicle or pedestrian access on Citrus from Whittram Court to Ceres Avenue. Citrus from Arrow Boulevard to Whittram will be open to local trac only. All trac will be detoured from Citrus to Sierra Avenue.

Persons who have any questions or need more information about the project can contact the Fontana Engineering Department at (909) 350-7610.

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A man died in a single-vehicle trac collision in San Bernardino on June 20, according to the San Bernardino County Sheri Coroner's Division.

At 12:53 p.m., ocers responded to a single vehicle collision near the intersection of Northpark Boulevard and North Little Mountain Drive.

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The San Bernardino P.D. is investigating the collision.

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Mother of eight killed in DUI-suspected crash By Martin Estacio Staff Writer Posted Jun 21, 2019 at 7:44 PM Updated Jun 21, 2019 at 7:44 PM LENWOOD — A mother of eight was killed in a rollover crash Thursday night, with the driver being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter.

Tamara Lynn Fox, 34, was the passenger of a 2004 Kia Optima traveling eastbound on National Trails Highway, west of Sylvan Road at about 10:18 p.m.

According to a California Highway Patrol statement, the driver, 36-year-old Barstow resident Dion Barnett, lost control of the vehicle on a left curve and went off the road and into open desert.

The Kia overturned and Fox was ejected from the vehicle.

Authorities said she was unrestrained and died at the scene.

Barnett was taken into custody after officers determined he had been driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Fox’s life revolved around her children, her brother Angelo Martinez said.

He said Fox wanted to have a big family since the extended one in which they both grew up was “so small.”

So she had eight children, ages ranging from 1 to 17.

“If she could’ve had 50 kids she would’ve. That’s how much she likes being a mom,” Martinez told the Daily Press via Facebook. He said Fox nearly died giving birth to her youngest when her uterus ruptured.

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Martinez said Fox moved to the High Desert from the city of Palmdale about two to three years ago because she thought it would be a safer environment for her kids. CHP authorities said she was from Barstow.

Fox worked in a thrift store where her older brother said she enjoyed “crafting things for kids when they came in.” Martinez said her personality was that of a true Capricorn.

“She’s very strong willed, independent and stubborn,” said her brother, speaking of her in the present tense. “She likes projects. She’s always starting and finishing a project of some kind.”

Martinez said although Fox and their immediate family, consisting of six other sisters and a brother, live far apart, they always kept in touch by using either a Facebook sibling group chat or through video.

“We literally all talk every day all through the day,” said Martinez, who lives in New York and works in advertising and is also an actor who has appeared in the television series “Breaking Bad.”

“I literally was FaceTiming (Tamara) hours before she died,” he said.

He said he didn’t know the driver, Barnett, or his relationship to his sister.

Martinez said his mother is making arrangements to take custody of Fox’s children and raise them, as the children’s father died about six months ago.

Barnett was treated for his injuries and was later booked at the High Desert Detention Center in lieu of $250,000 bail. Court records show he has multiple felony convictions and vehicle infractions.

The crash is currently under investigation. Anyone with information or who may have witnessed the crash is asked to contact CHP’s Barstow Office at 760- 255-5900.

Martinez has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral expenses.

People can visit it at https://www.gofundme.com/burying-tamara.

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A woman died at the scene of a rollover crash Saturday evening on Highway 38 in thethe SanSan BernardinoBernardino Mountains,Mountains, officialsofficials said.said.

The driver of the car was identified Sunday as Sharon Phelps, 69, of Sugarloaf, a small unincorporated community near Big Bear, said the San Bernardino County Coroner’s office.

Her small sedan overturned in the solo crash, killing the woman, the car’s only occupant, according to Eric Sherwin, spokesman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department; and a California Highway Patrol incident log.

Calls about the crash came in at 6:41 p.m., with callers reporting the overturned car blocking northbound lanes on Highway 38 at mile marker 37, Sherwin said. The crash site is southeast of Big Bear.

Paramedics declared Phelps dead at the scene, he said.

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A motorcycle and another vehicle collided in a Colton intersection Sunday night and the motorcyclist died at the scene, the Colton Police Department said.

Police in a news release said officers were called to the crash at 7:13 p.m. Colton Fire Department personnel also responded to the incident at the intersection of Randall and Eucalyptus avenues.

“The cause of the collision is unknown at this time,” the release said, adding the name of the motorcyclist who died was withheld pending notification of family.

The cause of the crash was being investigated by the Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team.

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EDITORIAL EDITORIALS OPINION San Francisco’s e-cigarette ban isn’t just bad policy, it’s bad for public health

By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD    JUN 24, 2019 | 3:10 AM

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A man takes a vaping break from his job at a smoke shop in San Francisco on June 17. (Samantha Maldonado / Associated Press)

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Anyone over 21, and with an ID to prove it, can purchase cigarettes, booze and even marijuana in retail establishments across San Francisco. But as soon as next month, one age-restricted product won’t be available for purchase, not even online. That’s because San Francisco officials, in a misguided attempt to curb teen vaping, are moving to ban sales of all electronic tobacco products to anyone within the city until the federal government adopts regulations on them.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave a tentative thumbs-up to the ban last week, and the supervisors are expected to reaffirm their support in a final vote Tuesday. We hope the supervisors will see the light before then. Not only is it bad public policy to outlaw a legal product that’s widely available just outside the city’s borders, but it’s bad public health policy to come down harder on the lesser of two tobacco evils.

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Electronic cigarettes are new enough that we don’t fully understand the health effects from vaping, which involves inhaling the fumes produced by heated liquid nicotine. Nicotine in any form comes with health risks. But it’s well established that smoke from conventional combustible cigarettes can kill both smokers and bystanders, and that some longtime smokers have been able to quit that deadly habit by switching to vaping.

Granted, teen vaping is a serious concern. While smoking rates have dropped significantly among U.S. middle school and high school students — they’re down to just about 8% — electronic cigarettes are gaining popularity rapidly. In less than a decade, e-cigarette use among U.S. teens has soared from less than 2% to more than 20%. In just one year, from 2017 to 2018, teen use increased by 36%. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that, as of 2018, about one-fifth of all U.S. high school students reported using an electronic cigarette in the last 30 days. By comparison, San Francisco’s Youth Risk Behavior Study determined that as of 2017, just 7% of the city’s high schoolers had reported vaping in the last 30 days.

There are more reasonable ways to attack teen vaping than criminalizing electronic cigarettes for everyone.

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Moreover, the possible consequences of a ban on just this one tobacco product are concerning. In addition to being easy to evade — plenty of e-cigarettes will still be available at retailers a short drive down the peninsula — the prohibition would create an opportunity for black marketers inside the city’s borders. In a perverse twist, that might make it easier for teens to buy vaping equipment because e- cigarette bootleggers are not likely to check IDs.

And here’s an even worse scenario: If adults who vape can’t get their hands on replacement nicotine cartridges, they might take up traditional cigarettes to get their fix.

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There are more reasonable ways to attack teen vaping than criminalizing electronic cigarettes for everyone. The state is already trying one: Two years ago it raised the legal age for all tobacco products from 18 to 21, which cut off legal access to those products for teens who may still be in high school and might purchase electronic cigarettes for their younger school friends. San Francisco adopted another last year: banning fruit and candy flavorings that appeal to teens. The city hasn’t given this narrower ban much of a chance to show results, however. A third possibility would be to restrict e-cigarette sales more tightly, such as by permitting only retail outlets that use point-of-sale ID readers and restricting how many electronic cigarettes can be purchased at one time.

San Francisco has often been a pioneer in smart, progressive public policy, such as when it bucked federal law and began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, or when it became the first U.S. city to ban single-use plastic grocery bags. But in recent years it has imposed a flurry of more intrusive https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-san-francisco-ban-ecigarettes-20190624-story.html 4/7 6/24/2019 San Francisco’s e-cigarette ban isn’t just bad policy, it’s bad for public health - Los Angeles Times restraints, such as forbidding high-tech delivery services and trying to ban company cafeterias. The proposed ban on e-cigarette sales is another overreach in the name of the public good.

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