Upland Solons Using Ballot In Business License Reset Attempt

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Venturi

Upland’s most successful businesses would see the cost of their city business licenses jump by a whopping 3,240 percent, from the current $864 to $28,000, if a majority of the city’s voters support a measure the Upland City Council on August 3 placed on the upcoming November ballot.
All five of the council’s members – Mayor Bill Velto, First District Councilwoman Shannon Maust, Second District Councilman James Breitling, Third District Councilman Carlos Garcia and Fourth District Councilman Rudy Zuniga – voted to place a measure revamping the city’s business licensing regulations, including the pricing schedule on yearly registrations on the November 3 ballot.
Two years ago, the Upland council initiated a similar move, only to lose its nerve in the face of questions about what it was trying to accomplish. On July 22, 2024, the council voted to send to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters a measure revising the city’s business license schedule for inclusion on the November 5, 2024 ballot. While that plan called for making a modest $4 reduction in the cost of a business license for 2,930 of the city’s 3,083 business grossing under $100,000 per year, it entailed a somewhat complicated formula for calculating any particular business’s licensing fee, such that 618 of the city’s 2,049 businesses making over $100,000 but less than $1 million per year and 18 of the 596 business in the city making over $1 million per year were also to see their annual licensing fees reduced, while, 153 businesses making under $100,000, 1,422 businesses making $100,000 to $1 million and 578 businesses making over $1 million per year would have their taxes increased. The measure, if passed, would have meant that those operations in the top earning brackets would have seen their permits to conduct business in the city jump from $864 to $29,500, subject to an annual consumer price index increase of up to 5 percent per year. Continue reading →

August 14 Sentinel Legal Notices

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Venturi

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE
NUMBER CIV SB 2609610,
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ,Lori Christine Beard, filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Lori Christine Beard to Lori Christine Chronis, THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: 08/31/2026, Time: 08:30 AM, Department: Civil The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District-Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the SBCS ? Upland in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: 04/14/2026
Judge of the Superior Court: Joseph Ortiz
Published in the SBCS Upland on 7/24/2026, 7/31/2026, 8/7/2026, 8/14/2026

SUMMONS – (CITACION JUDICIAL)
CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) CIVRS2602139
NOTICE TO ANIL ANIL aka ANIL KUMAR, JEEVAN DASS and DOES 1 to 10
(AVISO DEMANDADO):
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:
(LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE):
SAMANTHA MARQUEZ and ADDISON SAENZ
NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons is served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.
There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.
¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion
Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una repuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entreque una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no le protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar on formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulano que usted puede usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida si secretario de la corta que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corta le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.
Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conace a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de referencia a abogados. Si no peude pagar a un a un abogado, es posible que cumpia con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratu de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov), o poniendoso en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación da $10,000 o mas de vaior recibida mediante un aceurdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corta antes de que la corta pueda desechar el caso.
The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y la direccion de la corte es):
San Bernardino Superior Court
8303 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga California 91730 Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse
The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demendante que no tiene abogado, es):
Robert A. Zermeno
500 N. State College Bl., Ste. 1100
Orange CA 92868
Telephone: 855-952-9477
DATE (Fecha): 03/05/2026
Clerk (Secretario), by Sabrina Jamison, Deputy
Published in the SBCS Rancho Cucamonga on: 07/24/2026, 07/31/2026, 08/07/2026, 08/14/2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIVSB2621051
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SIH WIDI ROMADHONA filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
SIH WIDI ROMADHONA to DONNA SIHWIDI ROMADHONA
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: AUGUST 31, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S28
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Raymond Rojas, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: July 20, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7 & 14, 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIV SB 2621048
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RUBI ESMERALDA CHAIDEZ filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ to MIGUEL ANGEL CHAIDEZ
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: AUGUST 31, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S28
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Raymond Rojas, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: July 20, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7& 14, 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIV SB 2621047
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RUBI ESMERALDA CHAIDEZ filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
MIA ESMERALDA GONZALEZ to MIA ESMERALDA CHAIDEZ
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: AUGUST 31, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S28
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Raymond Rojas, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: July 20, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7& 14, 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIVSB2620687
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KENDALL DARIAN RAND filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
KENDALL DARIAN RAND to KENDALL DARIAN TILLMAN
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S35
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Erika Hernandez, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: July 10, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 17, 24 & 31 and August 7, 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIVSB2621414
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOSEMIGUEL GONZALEZ GAMINO filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
JOSEMIGUEL GONZALEZ GAMINO to JOSEMIGUEL GAMINO
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S23
7th Floor
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Janai Piedra, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: July 10, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 17, 24 & 31 and August 7, 2026.

Once trust collapses, power decides the outcome.

FBN20260006379
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
THE BAGEL LAB 4863 S MONARCH PL ONTARIO, CA 91762: FOODIEWORKS LLC 4863 S MONARCH PL ONTARIO, CA 91762
Business Mailing Address: 4863 S MONARCH PL ONTARIO, CA 91762
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY registered with the State of California.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ MARIANO CHANG, CEO
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/08/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy I4100
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7 & 14, 2026.

FBN20260006137
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
KAR COMPANY 17334 FOOTHILL BLVD FONTANA, CA 92335: KUNAL VERMA
Business Mailing Address: 17334 FOOTHILL BLVD FONTANA, CA 92335
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 1, 2022.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ KUNAL VERMA, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/30/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K7211
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7 & 14, 2026.

FBN20260006527
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
VANGUARD PARTITION SPECIALTIES 9431 HAVEN AVE SUITE 100 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730: JUAN E LOPEZ SR
Business Mailing Address: 9431 HAVEN AVE SUITE 100 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: JUNE 15, 2026.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ JUAN E LOPEZ SR, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/13/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K4616
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7 & 14, 2026.

FBN20260006387
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
CALIFORNIA ADU PROFESSIONAL 7912 CYPRESS AVE FONTANA, CA 92336: RENE SILVA-GONZALEZ
Business Mailing Address: 7912 CYPRESS AVE FONTANA, CA 92336: RENE SILVA-GONZALEZ
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: JULY 8, 2026.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ RENE SILVA-GONZALEZ , Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/08/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy J3256
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7& 14, 2026.

FBN20260006208
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
TRUSTWORTHY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 1748 W SUMMIT AVE RIALTO, CA 92377: CLAUDE O NUGENT
Business Mailing Address: 1748 W SUMMIT AVE RIALTO, CA 92377
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on: JUNE 1, 2026.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ CLAUDE O NUGENT, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/30/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K9236
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on JuLY 24 & 31 and August 7 & 14, 2026.

FBN20260005290
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEA, LLC 13062 LOIRE VALLEY DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739: CONVERSATIONS WITH THEA, LLC 13062 LOIRE VALLEY DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739
Business Mailing Address: 13062 LOIRE VALLEY DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY registered with the State of California under the number B20260230557.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ LA-THEA SONYA DAVIS, Managing Member
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/04/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K7211
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on June 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2026. Corrected on July 24 & 31 and August 7 & 14, 2026.

FBN20260005652
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
CH-BRIDGE FUTURE FUND 9229 UTICA AVE STE 140 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730: EXPRESS WORKFORCE FOUNDATION 9229 UTICA AVE, SUITE 140 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730
Business Mailing Address: 9229 UTICA AVE STE 140 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730
The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION registered with the State of California.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on: MAY 10, 2020.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ THERESA JONES ZAROUR, CEO
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/15/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K9232
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 24 & 31 and August 7 & 14, 2026.

FBN20260004636
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
MY HEART WERXS 1752 E. LUGONIA AVE. 117 #228 REDLANDS, CA 92374: CHARLEY J DUNCAN
Business Mailing Address: 1752 E. LUGONIA AVE. 117 #228 REDLANDS, CA 92374
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on: May 13, 2026
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ CHARLEY J DUNCAN, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 05/18/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K3379
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on June 26 and July 3, 10 & 17, 2026

FBN 20260005958
The following person is doing business as: WRIGHT MOUNTAIN METAL WORKS 8079 MIRA MAR RD PHELAN CA 92371;[ MAILING ADDRESS 8079 MIRA MAR RD PHELAN CA 92371];
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
TIMOTHY M MACDONALD
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: NOV 03, 2009
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ TIMOTHY M MACDONALD, OWNER
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/25/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 07/03/2026, 07/10/2026, 07/17/2026, 07/24/2026 CNBB27202601MT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
Estate of Patricia Ann Duchay Case NO. PROVA2600518
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Estate of Patricia Ann Duchay A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Cherie D. Evans in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority., Cherie D. Evans be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. F1 at 09:00 AM on 08/19/2026 at Superior Court of California, County of Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino Fontana Division, , San Bernardino, 17780 Arrow Boulevard, Fontana, California 92335, Fontana Division
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Diane E. Robbins:
201 West F Street Ontario CA 91762
Telephone No: (909) 391-9000
Published in the SBCS Rancho Cucamonga on:
07/31/2026, 08/07/2026, 08/14/2026

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
HENRY MARQUES JR Case NO. PROVA2600542
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of HENRY MARQUES JR A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Ricky Marques in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority., Ricky Marques be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. F2 at 09:00 AM on 08/31/2026 at Superior Court of California, County of Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino Fontana Division, , San Bernardino, 17780 Arrow Boulevard, Fontana, California 92335, Fontana Division
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Soon O Kim:
12600 Brookhurst St #102 Garden Grove CA 92840
Telephone No: 323-810-6633
Published in the SBCS Rancho Cucamonga on:
07/31/2026, 08/07/2026, 08/14/2026

FBN20260006907
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
RIZO TECH REFRIGERATION 6327 OPAL ST RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701: SALVADOR RIZO
Business Mailing Address: 6327 OPAL ST RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 1, 2026.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ SALVADOR RIZO, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/24/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K7325
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 31 and August 7, 14 & 21, 2026.

FBN20260006419
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
INFERNAL COFFEE 13495 QUAIL CT FONTANA, CA 92336: ANTHONY D HERNANDEZ [and] ADRIAN R HERNANDEZ
Business Mailing Address: 13495 QUAIL CT FONTANA, CA 92336
The business is conducted by: COPARTNERS.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: August 31, 2024.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ ANTHONY D HERNANDEZ, General Partner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/09/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy F3010
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 31 and August 7, 14 & 21, 2026.

FBN20260005152
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
DJ MOTORS LLC 12520 RECHE CANYON COLTON, CA 92324: DJ MOTORS LLC 12520 RECHE CANYON COLTON, CA 92324
Business Mailing Address: 2097 E WASHINGTON ST STE 1E PMB 309
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY registered under the number B20260247559.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 26, 2026.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ DIEGO A MACEDO CAMACHO, CEO
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/03/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K3379
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2026.

FBN20260005255
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
RC PIANO LESSONS 8006 HENBANE STREET RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739: LINO LEVERAGE GROUP INC. 8006 HENBANE ST. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739
Business Mailing Address: 8006 HENBANE STREET RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739
The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION registered with the State of California.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on: June 1, 2026
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 17913). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ KIMBERLY LINO, Secretary
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/04/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy J9676
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on June 26 and July 3, 10 & 17, 2026

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JUANITA BLANCO GOODSON aka JUANITA B. GOODSON
CASE NO. PROVA2600596
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JUANITA BLANCO GOODSON aka JUANITA B. GOODSON: a petition for probate has been filed by MICHAEL GOODSON in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MICHAEL GOODSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
The PETITION requests the decedents will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held September 10, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. at
San Bernardino County Superior Court Fontana District
Department F3 – Fontana
17780 Arrow Boulevard
Fontana, CA 92335
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for Michael Goodson:
R. SAM PRICE SB 208603
PRICE LAW FIRM, APC
454 Cajon Street
REDLANDS, CA 92373
Phone (909) 328 7000
Fax (909) 475 9500
attorneys@pricelawfirm.com
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on August 7, 14 & 21, 2026.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM BLANCO GOODSON aka WILLIAM GOODSON, JR.
CASE NO. PROVA2600574
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of WILLIAM BLANCO GOODSON aka WILLIAM GOODSON, JR.: a petition for probate has been filed by YVONNE CORINE SANCHEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that YVONNE CORINE SANCHEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held September 22, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. at
San Bernardino County Superior Court Fontana District
Department F2 – Fontana
17780 Arrow Boulevard
Fontana, CA 92335
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for Yvonne Corine Sanchez:
R. SAM PRICE SB 208603
PRICE LAW FIRM, APC
454 Cajon Street
REDLANDS, CA 92373
Phone (909) 328 7000
Fax (909) 475 9500
attorneys@pricelawfirm.com
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on August 7, 14 & 21, 2026.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
SHARON LOVEJOY AKA SHARON LYNN WARFORD Case NO. PROVA2600586
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of SHARON LOVEJOY AKA SHARON LYNN WARFORD A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by AARON LEIMANN in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority., AARON LEIMANN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. F3 at 09:00 AM on 09/09/2026 at Superior Court of California, County of Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino Fontana Division, , San Bernardino, 17780 Arrow Boulevard, Fontana, California 92335, Fontana Division
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
AARON LEIMANN:
7250 PAINTER AVE. WHITTIER CA 90602
Telephone No: 323-328-7490
Published in the SBCS Ontario on:
08/07/2026, 08/14/2026, 08/21/2026

SUMMONS
CASE NO. CASE NO.: D-26-731629-D
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: FEI XIAO
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: YUXIA PENG, Plaintiff
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA
DEPT.: T
A Complaint for Divorce has been filed by Plaintiff YUXIA PENG against you. The object of this action is divorce. Plaintiff seeks a decree dissolving the marriage and the other relief requested in the Complaint for Divorce filed in this case.
If you intend to defend this lawsuit, within 21 days after this summons is served on you (not counting the day of service), you must:
1. File with the Clerk of Court a formal written answer to the Complaint for Divorce.
2. Pay the required filing fee to the court, or file an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and request a waiver of the filing fee.
3. Serve a copy of your answer upon Plaintiff YUXIA PENG at the address shown below.
If you fail to respond, Plaintiff can request your default. The Court can then enter a judgment against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint for Divorce.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DEPT.: T
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA
CASE NO.: D-26-731629-D
YUXIA PENG, Plaintiff,
vs.
FEI XIAO, Defendant.
STEVEN D. GRIERSON CLERK OF COURT By: Cecilia Dixon Date issued: 06/24/2026 Eighth Judicial District Court Family Courts and Services Center 601 North Pecos Road Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF: YUXIA PENG, Self-Represented 4110 SANDERLING CIRCLE #432 LAS VEGAS, NV 89103
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel August 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIV SB 2622340
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner STACY MARIN GARCIA filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
STACY MARIN GARCIA to STACY GARCIA
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: September 18, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S27
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Janai Piedra, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: August 4, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on August 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE
NUMBER CIVSB2621360
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioners CHRISTINA and BRIAN TAYLOR filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SOPHIA ROSE COLLINS-TAYLOR to SOPHIA ROSE TAYLOR.
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: 09/08/2026, Time: 08:30 AM, Department: S30
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District-Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: 07/24/2026
Indian Cuen, Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court
Judge of the Superior Court: Joseph T Ortiz
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel August 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2026.

FBN 20260004957
The following person is doing business as: CORRAL DESIGNS; CORRAL GLAM EVENTS 7551 MUMS CT FONTANA CA 92336;[ MAILING ADDRESS 7551 MUMS CT FONTANA CA 92336];
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
ANN M. CORRAL OSORIO
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ ANN M. CORRAL OSORIO, OWNER
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 05/28/2026
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 06/12/2026, 06/19/2026, 06/26/2026, 07/03/2026 CNBB232610MT CORRECTION DATES 07/17/2026, 07/24/2026, 07/31/2026, 08/07/2026

Wapner Stepping Down From All Committee, Commission, Board & Adjunct Posts, Effective Friday

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Venturi

By Mark Gutglueck
Electing to jump rather than being shoved, Ontario City Councilman is resigning all of his appointive assignments growing out of his status as a city councilman. That will include his beloved position[s] as both a member of the Ontario International Airport Authority Board of Directors and that panel’s president. He will also walk away from his membership, as the City of Ontario’s representative, on the board of directors of Omnitrans, which oversees local rapid transit operations consisting essentially of bus lines and of which he is the current president; the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, of which he was formerly the president; the San Bernardino County Council of Governments, of which he was formerly the president; the Southern California Association of Governments, of which he was a past president; the National Association of Regional Councils; the California Association of Councils of Government.
He dropped his letter of resignation off at the Ontario City Clerk’s Office unsigned on Tuesday, saying he would return on Friday, August 14, to sign it and make it official and binding. Thus, at present, he retains his status as a member of all of the boards, commissions, committees and governmental adjunct positions conferred upon him, most of which came as the result of a voted by the city council, of which he remains a member.
The crisis which has forced the resignations materialized on July 28, when the FBI served search warrants at Wapner’s home, the home and office of San Bernardino County Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman, who is also a board member with the airport authority; Frank Lizarraga, a one-time Ontario planning commissioner who is Wapner’s personal attorney; James Su, the owner of EDI Media; the business office of Andy Sehrmelis, a major campaign donor to Wapner, Hagman and other local elected officeholders; and at a mansion in the 600 block of North Canon Drive of Beverly Hills. The day of those raids, the FBI also served subpoenas for the production of documents at Ontario City Hall and the administrative offices of the Ontario International Airport and the Ontario International Airport Authority.
Word emanating from informed sources in government and the Ontario/West San Bernardino County community is that the pay-to-play culture that both Wapner and Hagman were steeped in was brought to the attention of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office too many times and with concrete examples of graft, quid pro quos, payoffs, kickbacks and bribes which could not be ignored. Wapner, who has been on the city council since 1994, has in that time collected at least $3.8 million in campaign contributions, making him the most prolific political fundraiser among municipal and county elective officeholders in county history. Wapner’s technique in raising funds is legendary, one feature of which is his buttonholing anyone and everyone with business before the City of Ontario or the various commissions or governmental entities of which he is a board member and then asking for support, without making any overt threat but implying that for the prospective donor’s pending project, franchise application or contract that has or is coming before the governmental entity in question to be met with approval, a donation to his political war chest is in order.
A shockingly high percentage of those businesses and entities which have obtained project approval and secured franchises and contracts with the City of Ontario and the Ontario International Airport Authority are identified as donors on the campaign financing disclosure documents Wapner, like all elected officials in California, is required by law to fill out twice annually during non-election years and more often in election years.
According to some of those who approached the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in regard to Wapner over the past several years, Wapner was able to sidestep being brought to account by local and state authorities, most notably the Ontario Police Department and the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, primarily, in the case of the police department, because he was formerly a police officer, detective and lieutenant with that agency and now has tremendous influence over the department as a council member, and, in the case of the district attorney, because District Attorney Jason Anderson was formerly one of Wapner’s city council colleagues, formerly served as a lawyer representing Wapner when Anderson was in private practice and Anderson has tapped into the same political support network within the Ontario and San Bernardino County establishment that has backed Wapner in his run as a public official for more than thee decades. It was for that reason that those disturbed by the manner in which Wapner was prioritizing government action to favor his personal and political associates turned to federal authorities.
Wapner on Tuesday deferred his resignations on the multiple committees and boards he is on until Friday so that he could attend two critical meetings involving a subcommittee and another delegation of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority on Thursday, August 13. On that day, tomorrow, the SBCTA Transit Committee is to meet and selected members of the authority are also scheduled to participate in the Metro Valley Study Session. The authority’s transit committee often sets the parameters for what the discussions and votes of the entire 29-member authority board, which consists of a representative in the form of a mayor or council member from the county’s 22 cities, two incorporated towns and the county’s five supervisors. In this way, the transit committee in the past has controlled what projects were to be considered and which were to be taken off the table, whether freeway commuting options were to be prioritized over rail transit options and whether certain proposals would be previewed to the entire board or rejected without further discussion.
The Ontario City Council at its August 18 meeting is set to consider a vote to remove Wapner from all of his committee, commission, board and adjunct assignments. Indications were that as recently as last weekend, Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, Wapner was intent on engaging in some very serious arm-twisting of Councilman Jim Bowman, his longstanding ally on the council, in seeking to exploit Bowman’s various vulnerabilities, including his alcoholism, financial constraints and some questionable political trade-offs involving past votes on the city council and the Ontario International Airport Authority Board of Directors. Wapner’s belief was that with his own vote, that of Bowman and that of Councilwoman Daisy Macias, he could prevent the council from achieving the three votes to remove him from his appointed assignments.
By Monday, however, Wapner had discarded that approach.
The Sentinel is informed that someone who was not identified convinced Wapner that he should do as Hagman did in the days after the July 28 FBI raids, in which Hagman stepped down from all of the committee and other assignments he had taken on as adjuncts to his position as Fourth District County supervisor.
Wapner’s resignation will have historic implication, as he has been the only president of the Ontario International Airport Board of Commissioners since its inception in 2012. It is anticipated that Councilwoman Debra Dorst-Porada will be appointed to replace him on August 18.

Lee & Associates Principal Plowman Disputing Involvement In Wapner Graftfest

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Venturi

By Mark Gutglueck
An attorney for Carol Plowman, a senior vice president and founding principal of Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services in Ontario, this week characterized as “categorically false” reports linking her to an effort by Alan Wapner, the president of the Ontario International Airport Authority Board of Directors, to force airport staff to undertake the sale of 198 acres of airport property to a consortium consisting of Lee & Associates and Sares Regis at a price far below the actual market price of that land.
“Ms. Plowman did not participate in the proposed acquisition of the airport property, provide campaign funds in exchange for governmental action or any business benefit, or enter into any bribe, payoff, or quid pro quo with Wapner or any other public official,” Theodore Stream, of the law firm Stream Kim Hicks Wrage & Alfaro, which represents Plowman told the Sentinel in a letter dated August 11.
The letter was precipitated by the Sentinel’s July 28 coverage of developments in the FBI’s nine-year ongoing investigation into activity involving the Ontario International Airport Authority that had taken place that day in the form of FBI and other federal agents serving search warrants at the homes and offices of Wapner, who in addition to being the president of the airport authority is also an Ontario city councilman; San Bernardino County Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman, who is also a board member with the airport authority; Frank Lizarraga, a one-time Ontario planning commissioner who is Wapner’s personal attorney; James Su, the owner of EDI Media; the business office of Andy Sehrmelis, a major campaign donor to Wapner, Hagman and other local elected officeholders; and at a mansion in the 600 block of North Canon Drive of Beverly Hills. The day of those raids, the FBI also served subpoenas for the production of documents at Ontario City Hall and the administrative offices of the Ontario International Airport and the Ontario International Airport authority.
Stream’s registering of objections with the July 28 article, which ran in the July 31 edition of the Sentinel, extended to a passage within it that chronicled the experiences of Kelly Fredericks, who served as the first executive director of the airport authority and manager of the airport following the transference of ownership and management of the airport to the City of Ontario/the Ontario International Airport Authority from the City of Los Angeles in 2016, and Mark Thorpe, who succeeded Fredericks as the airport authority’s executive director in 2017. The Sentinel article cataloged how Wapner, shortly after the local takeover of the airport, began pressuring Fredericks to inventory airport property to ascertain what parcels might be classified as “surplus,” and be sold off to interested buyers. The article related how Fredericks was reluctant to have the airport/airport authority divest itself of property, even it was not at that time being put to aviation-related use, in that it might be later needed for operational expansion, and described how Fredericks’ resistance to Wapner’s demands ultimately resulted in his being pushed out of the executive director/airport managerial role by the board, essentially at Wapner’s insistence.
Also contained in the July 28 Sentinel narrative was a description of Thorpe’s experience as the airport authority’s executive director, which paralleled that of Fredericks’, but played out over a longer period. The Sentinel related how, while Thorp was running the airport, Wapner’s previously amorphous demand that the airport administration ready what he characterized as “surplus airport property” for eventual sale grew into a more sharply defined instruction that 198 acres east of the runway be readied for sale in accordance with an offer tendered by Lee & Associates and the Sares Regis Group at a price of $101 million. The Sentinel article provided a description of how Thorpe, who shared Fredericks’ reservations against selling off airport property piecemeal or in any fashion based upon its potential for use in future aviation applications, in essence dragged his feet and resisted those instructions until a denouement materialized in which making that sale was not necessary. That resolution, the Sentinel article reported, consisted of an arrangement involving San Antonio, Texas-based USAA Real Estate Company and McDonald Property Group of Newport Beach, functioning as a joint venture under the title of CanAm Ontario, leasing the 198 acres for 55 years rather than purchasing the property outright at an overall cost of $625 million, a number that dwarfed the $101 million offer by Lee & Associates/Sares Regis. The agreement specified that CanAm Ontario was to make a non-refundable $10 million deposit with the airport authority, after which USAA Real Estate Company/McDonald Property Group, functioning jointly, were given time to obtain local jurisdictional entitlement and environmental approvals to construct buildings and improvements on the property. In the first five years, CanAm Ontario agreed to pay the airport authority $25 million per year and in the second five years, $30 million per year, such that at the end of the first ten years, the airport authority will have received $275 million. Over the remaining 35 years of the lease, CanAm was to pay the authority an average of $10 million per year.
The July 28 Sentinel article, in the context of delineating the significance of the FBI’s activity that day and its relationship to the investigation of Wapner and Hagman that had been ongoing at least since 2018, dwelled at length on what were alleged by those who had alerted the FBI to be quid pro quos, i.e., bribes, involving the two members of the airport authority. Under state law, specifically Government Code § 84308, appointed governmental officials in California from 1982 until 2023 were prohibited from accepting $250 or more from a donor and then voting or taking action on any matter impacting that donor financially or otherwise. In 2022, Government Code §84308 was altered, effective January 1, 2023 so that it was made further applicable to elected officials with a threshold donation amount of $500. Those who had lodged the initial complaints with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office with regard to Wapner and Hagman had done so because of the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office’s unwillingness to pursue action against the pair based on their violations of Government Code §84308, and sought an examination of the prospect of prosecuting Wapner and Hagman, as well as another member of the airport authority board, Jim Bowman, on those areas of U.S. federal law which parallel Government Code §84308, including but not limited to 2 Code of Federal Regulations § 200.303 and related provisions in the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, which governs conflicts of interest and prohibited contributions for governmental agency officials involved in awarding contracts, grants, or other entitlements.
In illustrating what the FBI had been asked to investigate, the Sentinel reported that corporate officers with both Lee & Associates and the Sares Regis Group had provided Wapner with at least $219,040.07 in political donations between 1998 and 2024, making the further clarification that $123,444 of that came from partners/employees within Sares Regis and $95,596.07 came from individuals associated with Lee & Associates. The Sentinel identified those making the donations on behalf of Sares Regis as that company’s principals John Hagestad and Peter Rooney as well as its employees Larry Lukanish, Kenneth Coatsworth, Patrick Russell, Vincent Ciavarella and William Thormahlen. The Sentinel delineated those connected with Lee & Associates who had made the donations as Joe McKay, Mike Wolfe and Carol Plowman.
The Sentinel’s July 28 narrative propounded the theory pursued by the FBI that Wapner’s and Hagman’s demonstrable pattern of accepting campaign donations from donors, who were not solely limited to but did include the Lee and Associates and Sares Regis principals and employees, and then taking action in their official capacity as airport authority directors that was beneficial to those donors potentially constituted bribery and/or soliciting bribes (18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B)) and honest services wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 371), which approximate the California state offense of violating Government Code §84308.
In his letter to the Sentinel, Stream took issue with the Sentinel including reference to Plowman in the series of events that led to the FBI investigation and constituted the issues being explored by investigators and evaluated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution. In this way, Stream asserted, the Sentinel article contained “false and defamatory statements” at least insofar as Plowman is concerned and that the Sentinel had “no factual basis for grouping her with the other identified individuals” who had provided donations above the $250 limit formerly specified in Government Code §84308 or the $500 limit the current version of Government Code §84308 imposes on both appointed and elected public officials.
According to Stream, Plowman “did not make the substantial campaign contributions the article attributes or imputes to her. To the extent the article attributes any portion of the stated $95,596.07 or $219,040.07 collective totals to Ms. Plowman, that attribution is false and materially misleading.”
In his letter, Stream implies that Plowman gave no money to Wapner.
“The article identifies no communication between Ms. Plowman and Wapner concerning the airport property, no role she played in the proposed transaction, and no contribution she made in exchange for official action,” Streams letter states. “Instead, the Sentinel aggregated alleged contributions by numerous people over more than two decades, inserted Ms. Plowman’s name into those collective totals, and then accused the named individuals of graft, bribery, and paying off a public official.”
In suggesting that Plowman did not provide money to Wapner as the July 28 Sentinel article reported, Stream cites the article’s failure to provide the precise dates and amounts contributed to Wapner by Plowman to insinuate that the donations were never made.
“The article provides no breakdown identifying any amount supposedly contributed by Ms. Plowman, no dates of any purported contributions by her, and no factual basis for grouping her with the other identified individuals and attributing that substantial sum to them collectively,” Stream wrote.
While the Sentinel did not include a blow-by-blow description of the donations from the Lee & Associates and Sares Regis principals and employees in the July 28 article, it had previously reported on the generosity shown to Wapner by Lee & Associates in sponsoring his political activity. In an article published on February 20, 2026, the Sentinel reported that Lee & Associates and its various principals/employees had provided Wapner with at least $97,153.14 in political contributions. In an article published in the Sentinel’s July 18, 2025 edition, it was noted that Lee & Associates had endowed Wapner’s political war chest with at least $95,596.07. In a Sentinel article published on August 2, 2024, it was reported that Lee & Associates had provided Wapner with, at minimum, $95,596.07 for use in his electioneering efforts. In an article published on October 7, 2022 pertaining to Wapner having pressured Thorpe and other airport staff members to sell the 198-acre airport property to the Lee & Associates/Sares Regis consortium, the Sentinel reported that between 1999 and that month, McKay, Wolfe, Plowman and Lee & Associates had supplied Wapner with $95,596.07 in campaign funding.
Available California Form 460 campaign funding disclosure records filed by Wapner in connection with his campaigns going back to his first run for the city council in 1994 that are in the possession of the Sentinel are marred by, two instances of an entire missing year and in a third and a fourth case missing reports covering at least six months each. That incomplete record shows that Plowman provided Wapner with $1,000 on December 8, 1999; $1,000 on November 28, 2000; $1,000 on December 27, 2001; $1,000 on January 28, 2003; $500 on May 29, 2003; $1,000 and $99, both on June 9, 2005; $1,000 on February 6, 2006; $1,000 on June 1, 2006; $1,000 on December 12, 2007; $1,000 on September 8, 2009; $1,000 on February 18, 2009; $1,000 on February 27, 2012; $1,000 on February 25, 2013; $1000 on May 19, 2014; $5,000 on October 17, 2014; $1,000 on March 20, 2015; $1,000 on February 16, 2016; $1,500 on February 17, 2017; $99 on May 31, 2018, $1,000 on February 3, 2020; $2,500 on February 5, 2021 and $2,500 on April 12, 2022..
Stream’s letter implied that Plowman did not contribute to Wapner’s campaign fund.
“To the extent the article attributes any portion of the stated $95,596.07 or $219,040.07 collective totals to Ms. Plowman, that attribution is false and materially misleading,” Stream wrote. “During the past 24 months, Ms. Plowman’s only contributions were two checks to the Business Roundtable—one for $1,000 and one for $3,000. No contribution by Ms. Plowman had any connection to Wapner, the proposed property transaction, or any governmental action.”
As Stream did not acknowledge in his August 11 letter to the Sentinel that Plowman provided any money to Wapner’s campaign fund, he did not offer any explanation of what Plowman’s purpose was in the more the more than $28,000 investment she has made in Wapner’s political career. He makes no reference to Government Code § 84308, which prohibited Wapner from engaging in any action, as the president of the Ontario International Airport Authority, concerning or impacting Lee & Associates and Sares Regis, given the political contributions he had received from those companies, their principals and employees. Nor did he reference the parallels in federal law to Government Code § 84308 – 2 Code of Federal Regulations § 200.303, 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C. § 371 – which formed the basis of the FBI’s investigation of possible bribery or solicitation of a bribe on the parts of Wapner and Hagman.
Stream did write in his letter to the Sentinel, “Ms. Plowman categorically denies every statement and implication that she participated in, knew of, authorized, facilitated, funded, or benefited from any bribe, payoff, graft, quid pro quo, pay-to-play arrangement, or other corrupt transactions.”
Stream withheld judgment as to whether Hagestad, Rooney, Lukanish, Coatsworth, Russell, Ciavarella, Thormahlen, McKay and Wolfe, in providing political contributions to Wapner, were engaged in an attempt to influence his decision-making as the president of the Ontario International Airport Board of Commissioners, but insisted that his client was engaged in no such illicit effort. He demanded that the Sentinel “[c]orrect the false and misleading attribution to Ms. Plowman of having participated in supplying substantial campaign funding to Wapner” and that it [r]emove Ms. Plowman’s name from the portions of the article associating the identified contributors with criminal or corrupt conduct.”
Stream demanded that the Sentinel retract those portions of the July 28 article which related to how “Ms. Plowman supplied campaign funding constituting or contributing to ‘graft,’ a “classic quid pro,’ ‘a bribe to a public official’ or payment intended to benefit persons “paying [Wapner] off.”
Stream further wants the Sentinel to back off from any reportage that “Ms. Plowman participated in, funded, knew of, or benefited from bribery, graft, a payoff, a quid pro quo or any other corrupt transaction.”

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Its Marijuana Graft Now Passé, Adelanto Council Preparing Data Center Grift

Posted on August 7, 2026 by Venturi

By Mark Gutglueck
A decade after the marijuana meltdown in Adelanto which resulted in Adelanto’s mayor and one of its councilmen going into federal prison and a third councilman narrowly ducking the same fate, at least three of Adelanto’s current city leaders have latched onto a different political grift, but one which they will put into their own pockets untold millions of dollars, again believing they can sidestep the regulatory regime that is supposed to be applied to the controversial business they are now promoting.
In this go-round, it appears that the city’s current mayor and possibly three and more likely four of the council’s members believe that instead of devoting square miles of land within the city limits to growing, processing, refining and distributing marijuana and cannabis products, the city can allow dozens or maybe even scores of data centers to set up operation and flourish.
The sense of déjà vu is palpable to those who witnessed the Kerr-and-Wright-led debacle, which includes the recognition that the practical issues that felled the effort to turn Adelanto in the marijuana capital of the world – the lack of adequate electrical utility output and an insufficient supply of water – are equally applicable to the current pipedream. And just like a trio of former councilmen thought they could outsmart a team of FBI agents and a quarter dozen assistant U.S. Attorneys who were monitoring their moves, the current council comes across as believing they can take money from some deep-pocketed entrepreneurs and promise them shelter from federal, state and local regulations.
With the clean sweep that was effectuated in the 2014 election when Rich Kerr ousted Mayor Cari Thomas and John Woodard and Charles Glasper defeated Steve Baisden Charles Valvo, Kerr joined forces with incumbent Councilman Jermaine Wright and Woodard to embrace the long-in-coming liberalization of California’s marijuana laws that were fully effectuated with the passage of Proposition 64 in 2016. Presciently anticipating Proposition 64’s passage, the three spent 2015 acclimating the city’s populace to the concept of simply allowing a limited number of warehouses in the city industrial park zone to operate as indoor marijuana farms where medical marijuana was to be cultivated. Continue reading →

August 7 SBC Sentinel Legal Notices

Posted on August 7, 2026 by Venturi

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIVSB2620226
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ROBYN PORTER filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
ROBYN JODI PORTER to ROBYN JODI ABRAMS
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: AUGUST 24, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S24
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Aryanna Sheehe, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: July 10, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 17, 24 & 31 and August 7, 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIV SB 2620549
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DANIEL JAMES MILES filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
DANIEL JAMES MILES to DANIEL JAMES WAGNER
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing:
Date: September 3, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Department: S28
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino District-Civil Division
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Joseph T. Ortiz
Judge of the Superior Court.
Adilene Gutierrez, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Dated: July 15, 2026
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on July 17, 24 & 31 and August 7, 2026.

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Macias Enters Ontario Mayoral Race

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Venturi

In a bid to assist Alan Wapner in his mayoral effort, Ontario Councilwoman Daisy Macias is jumping into the November 3 race.
At the behest of Wapner, who has offered her assistance in funding what both have agreed will be a token campaign not intended to succeed in getting her elected but rather to divide the city’s Hispanic vote, Macias took out mayoral candidacy papers, Ontario Assistant City Clerk Claudia Isbell confirmed on August 4.
Wapner was first elected to the Ontario City Council in 1994, and had contemplated running for mayor in the 2005 special election to replace former Mayor Garry Ovitt after Ovitt left the mayoral position to serve as Fourth District San Bernardino County supervisor following his election to that post in 2004, but did not do so when Paul Leon, who had been on the city council since 1998 beat him to the punch by declaring he was going to seek the office. Leon prevailed in that contest over Sam Crowe, Ontario’s former city attorney and former city councilman.
Wapner and Leon thereafter found themselves on the same electoral cycle, such that each was up for reelection, Leon for mayor and Wapner for councilman, in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. At each juncture, Wapner deferred his ambition to become mayor to some future point. Wapner was hampered from achieving the city’s highest elective post by the consideration that Leon held the upper hand of being the incumbent and the even more important advantage of his Spanish surname, which redounded to Leon’s benefit in a city which at that time had a population that was then 63 percent Latino and which in the last 21 years has transitioned into being 68.8 percent Hispanic.
At various times during their combined tenure as city leaders, the relationship between Leon and Wapner has broken down and broken into open hostility. In 2009, their enmity reached what was previously a nadir, when Wapner joined with two other members of the council to reduce the mayor’s stipend by $30,000 to match what was paid council members and he hired attorney/private investigator Loerena Nesci to dig up dirt on Leon, and then had Nexci trumpet to the community that Leon was carrying on with Diana Huizar, an executive secretary working at the Ontario Convention Center. Wapner had hoped the matter involving Huizar would damage Leon’s reputation sufficiently to dim the mayor’s prospects for reelection in 2010 or convince him to discontinue in office entirely. When a pollster who took the pulse of the community reported back to Wapner that the Huizar affair had not made sufficient inroads on Leon’s popularity with the city’s electorate and that polls showed Wapner losing to Leon in an head-to-head contest, Wapner opted out of running for mayor in 2010. Instead, he engineered a rapprochement with Leon, and Leon, Wapner and Jim Bowman, another incumbent councilman who shared the same re-election cycle, represented themselves as “Team Ontario,” the trio of dedicated and competent city fathers who were responsible for Ontario being the most economically successful of San Bernardino County’s 24 municipalities. All three were reelected, and in the election years since, Leon and Wapner remained in their respective mayoral and council lanes, endorsing one another for reelection, along with Jim Bowman.
In 2024, the veneer of civility that had existed between Leon and Wapner began to crack when Wapner poached Daisy Macias from Leon as one of his allies. Leon had long been grooming Macias as a potential member of the city council, having hired her to work as a secretary at the church where he is pastor, then assisting her in getting positions in the real estate industry, including most recently a high-profile and lucrative position with Community Renaissance, an affordable housing developer founded by Jeff Burum, who has proven over the years to be one of the deepest-pocketed donors to San Bernardino County politicians, including Leon and Wapner. In a move to begin a redraft of Ontario’s political landscape, Wapner transferred $40,000 out of his political war chest to Macias to assist her in what was to Leon a surprise run for the city council in Ontario’s recently-formed Fourth Council District. Wapner then arranged for a host of donors he had come to rely on to fill out his own campaign coffers to make donations to Macias. In this way, Macias proved successful and was elected Fourth District councilwoman. Once in office, she aligned herself with Wapner.
Last year, when Leon downplayed the concerns expressed by some of the city’s residents about the aggressive tactics of federal law enforcement officers with the onset of Donald Trump’s second term as president, in particular Border Patrol and Department of Immigration and Customs rounding up undocumented aliens, Wapner perceived that to be a major stumble on the mayor’s part, one that would alienate him from a portion of his natural constituency. He seized the day, making statement to the effect that he was horrified by the Leon’s insensitivity to the Latino community. He then reformulated his campaign committee, which was formerly intended to raise money for his 2026 council reelection campaign, instead declaring that he was seeking the mayoralty. Wapner then moved to secure the backing of all of Ontario’s municipal employee unions, including AFSCME, SEIU, the Firefighters Association, the Ontario Police Officers Association and the Ontario Police Management Association. In addition, Wapner, who over the three decades he had been in office had already established himself as the most prolific fundraiser among local elected officials in San Bernardino County history, outhustled Leon in preparing for the 2026 election. From January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, Wapner took in $326,100 in political donations. In the same timeframe, Mayor Leon collected $48,600 in contributions. In the first six months of this year, Wapner brought in another 323,199.08 in donations. Leon was able to touch his supporters for $47,849 from January 1 until June 30, 2026. In this way, Wapner was able to obtain $652,248.08 in political donations to fuel his effort in the 2026 mayoral contest, which was 676 percent of the $96,449 in political contributions Leon put together.
With his endorsements and monetary lead, Wapner was confident that he would be able to overcome the two advantages Leon possessed, namely being the incumbent and the readiness of Ontario’s predominantly Hispanic population to embrace a Latino as mayor rather than a Caucasian.
Wapner, however, encountered a major speed bump in the race to become mayor on July 28, when the FBI served search warrants at his home and business office, as well as at the headquarters of the Ontario International Airport Authority, where he is the president of the airports board of directors, as well as at the homes and offices of two of his closest associates, San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman, who is a member with Wapner of the airport authority board, and Wapner’s personal attorney, Frank Lizarraga. Word on the street was that the FBI already had strong indication that Wapner and Hagman were taking bribes and receiving kickbacks, and that in serving the search warrants the federal agents were looking for even more damning evidence in that regard.
Seeing what had occurred as a major setback to to his mayoral elective effort, Wapner called upon Macias to enter the mayor’s race. Though some saw having another challenger run against Mayor Leon as a questionable strategy, Wapner’s logic is that Macias will siphon off something close to 20 percent of the city’s Latino vote and only a negligible number of the voters that will be voting for Wapner. In this way, Wapner believes, Macias’s presence on the November 3 ballot, will redound to his benefit and likely result in his being able to outpoll Leon, thereby allowing him to take possession of the mayor’s gavel.

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Graft Probe Targeting Wapner & Hagman Advances With FBI Raids

Posted on July 31, 2026 by Venturi

By Mark Gutglueck
The homes and offices of Ontario Councilman and mayoral candidate Alan Wapner and Fourth District San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman were the targets of raids by the FBI on Tuesday July 28.
Both politicians have long been the focus of investigations into pay-to-play politics within the Inland Empire community where they serve as elected officials, as well as ones into their efforts on behalf of foreign governments, corporations and business interests, including the secreting of what was alleged to be bribe money into the country.
The raids relating to Wapner and Hagman took place inside and outside San Bernardino County, where the duo are both career politicians based in the Fourth Supervisorial District, the most geographically compact and densely populated of the county’s five subjurisdictions. San Bernardino County’s Fourth District includes the entirety of the cities of Chino Hills, Chino, Montclair and Ontario, the southern portion of Upland, along with the unincorporated communities of Carbon Canyon, Los Serranos, Velano, Yorba, West End, Prado, Narod, Ballou, Racimo and Guasti.
Hagman’s career as a politician began with his election to the Chino Hills City Council and later ascension to mayor, followed by his election to the California Assembly, his acceding to the position of chairman of the San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee, and his election as Fourth District San Bernardino County supervisor and reelection to that post three times.
Wapner, who was employed as a police officer, detective and later a sergeant with the Ontario Police Department, began his political career as a member of the Ontario-Montclair School District Board of Trustees and was first elected to the Ontario City Council in 1994, having been reelected to that post seven times. He is currently vying for Ontario mayor.
In carrying out the raids, FBI agents were seeking evidence and documentation pertaining to quid pro quos – bribes or kickbacks – provided to Wapner and Hagman by individuals, business entities, business owners and principals in businesses which had applications for project approval with the city, the county or the Ontario International Airport Authority, which were competing for contracts with the city or county or which were seeking franchises granted by the city, the county or the airport authority that ultimately were subject to approval by the Ontario City Council, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors or the Ontario Airport Authority Board of Commissioners. Continue reading →

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