With the last two-thirds of his life intrinsically bound up in Montclair, it is unsurprising that Robert Pipersky is now vying for a position on the city council in this year’s race. He has been employed as a Montclair police officer for four decades and has lived in the city for a quarter of a century.
“I live in and work in the city,” he said. “I absolutely love the city. This city has done great by me, having lived here the past 25 years. It is a great place to live and work.”
His qualifications for the council position, Pipersky said, consist of his being steeped in every aspect of the community.
“I bring 40 years of experience being a city employee,” he said. “I have an institutional knowledge of the city. I have been an employee in the police department, I know everyone in the fire department, I am familiar with those in human services and most everyone in City Hall. All of this is a result of having been an employee here for 40 years. I have a good working knowledge of how we bring money into our budget. I know the value of the mall in terms of being a revenue producer. I know how to get the most out of what we have.”
When asked what distinguishes him from his opponents for the council position, Pipersky said, “There are several people who are running, and I am sure each one of them has something valuable to offer, so I am not going to make a qualitative comparison between us. I am not going to say anything negative about my opponents. I don’t know what qualifications they may have. The one thing they don’t have is my experience working within the same organization as long as I have. That is in and of itself a plus. If there is something in general that distinguishes me from the others, I would go back to the institutional knowledge I have from working in the community the length of time I have, knowing the policies and procedures of the city.”
Pipersky pointed out that he was employed for nearly four decades on the streets as a working police officer but is now functioning in the capacity of the City of Montclair’s public safety administrative services supervisor, which oversees the city’s emergency response team. In this fashion, Pipersky is the architect of Montclair’s COVID-19 policy.
“It is not accurate to say that I created the city’s emergency operations plan, but I have updated and modernized it,” he said. “Like I said, I have a good institutional working knowledge of the city’s operations. I know what the city’s positions are for. I know most, if not all, of the people in the city.”
In sizing up the major issues facing the city, Pipersky said, “Currently COVID-19, not the disease, but what the disease is doing to us with the shutdown of our economic base is our biggest challenge. We are a retail community, and much of our retail operations have been shut down. That is affecting our tax base. We are working to get money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and doing a comparatively good job to the cities surrounding us, but that is still not close to our actual losses. We’re suffering close to a $4 million budget shortfall. Mr. Starr [Montclair City Manager Ed Starr] has put aside enough in reserves to carry us through, but we are still going to suffer greatly because of the economic downturn. We should be able to recover quickly. One of the effects of the disaster is after recovery starts people will need to buy things, and as a retail community we should see customers starting to spend money here rather than in other places, I would think.”
In the long term, Pipersky said, the city’s overarching problem is its looming pension debt crisis.
“The public employee retirement system is beset with an unfunded liability that is causing a great financial drain on the city as well as other cities,” Pipersky said. He was more sanguine about the situation than a lot of financial prognosticators, however, asserting the city could overcome the problem by growing the size of city government and thereby eventually transferring the burden of paying workers who are no longer working for the city from the city’s residents and taxpayers to future employees who will be paying into the retirement system.
“When we were hiring part-time employees and not filling the positions from behind, once they leave we do not have as many employees making contributions into the retirement system, causing us issues,” he said. “Now, with the unfunded liability, that has become a problem. With the hiring of more employees and increases in the number of employees contributing to the system, the unfunded liability will go down quite a bit. At the present time, the city is looking to address the shortfall with bonds, which is another way to set these financial problems right.”
The city can also use taxes as a temporary stopgap until it redresses its fiscal issues, Pipersky opined.
“Currently the City of Montclair is trying to get passed on the November ballot a one percent transaction use tax that will give us a one percent return on all sales taking place in the city,” he said. “It will bring in up to nine million dollars per year when we are at our full potential retail operation. That transaction use tax will help address some of what we are experiencing, and help pick up some of our losses from COVID-19, bring our manpower levels up to what we should have in public works, human services, the fire department, the police department, City Hall, our people all around, as well as building our infrastructure for the future. We are fortunate. The transaction use tax is supported by 75 percent of the city’s residents. We are a retail community, and so 80 percent of the tax income will come from people outside of our city. As residents, we will pay only 20 percent of the tax and get 100 percent of the benefit. That investment is a win/win.”
He possesses substantial experience relating to government, Pipersky said.
“I am currently working with and have worked with members of the city council for 40 years,” he said. “I have talked to council members on a regular basis throughout that time. I am constantly learning what goes on in the city and how the city works.”
Pipersky is a graduate of Chino High School, Class of 1971.
He has attended Mount San Antonio College, and San Bernardino Valley College. He originally studied ornamental horticulture, as that was the subject most germane to his father’s business, with which he was then employed. He subsequently changed his focus to fire science when he went to work for the California Division of Forestry.
As he is headed into the home stretch on his professional career and sprinting toward the finish line of retirement, his current title is public safety administrative services supervisor. Throughout most of his career with the police department, he was a police officer field training officer. Prior to the advent of the COVID-19 exigency, his daily routine consisted of emergency preparedness for disasters such as earthquakes and fires at the city’s emergency operations center in order to make for fluid and instantaneous incident response and management, transforming the department’s newly acquired police cars for use by the patrol division by outfitting them with guns, lights, sirens and the installation of mobile information processing and communications units. He further oversees the cadet program, consisting of six part-time youthful non-sworn employees on a trajectory toward becoming full-fledged police officers who assist with traffic control and parking tickets.
At present, the city is using federally-provided recovery funds at the emergency operations center in coordinating the city’s reaction to the COVID-19 crisis. He works as the city’s liaison with the county.
He is married, Pipersky said, with what he called “a plethora” of children and even more grandchildren.
Upon becoming councilman, Pipersky said, “What I want to do is ensure the North Montclair Specific Plan is completed and make sure the [light passenger rail] Gold Line comes to Montclair. In working toward completing the North Montclair Specific Plan, we have to start building infrastructure. Montclair at build out will be up to about 75,000 people. We need to start planning to make sure we have the resources, the manpower, to be able to move forward. CIM Group, the company that has Montclair Place [known formerly for a half century as Montclair Plaza] is interested in seeing it grow. We are landlocked. We have to grow to get more population in to be self-sustaining. The city is following a 30-year development plan. I personally would like to see it happen a lot faster. There is going to be population growth on the north end. There is a lot of development ongoing right now on the south end of the city. I want to see industry go into where that is planned. Montclair should provide a safe, healthy environment for all of our residents and businesses. We need to make it a place where people want to come, live and stay.”
Pipersky said, “Previously, my wife, Ester Vargas Pipersky, was the supervisor in the senior center until her retirement this year. We had the best program in the entire valley at that point, prior to COVID-19. I want us to get back to a place where our seniors and youth have top notch senior and youth centers  We need to get those programs back on track.”
Pipersky said, “I look forward to this opportunity to serve the people. Having been an officer within the city for 40 years, I can’t give up. I want to help our employees and residents within the city. I am looking forward to the opportunity to help.”
-M.G.

By Carlos Avalos
As you walk down the grey, dimly lit halls of the Fontana Police department, you are immediately plummeted back to the pre-civil rights era, where minorities were not treated fairly in American society. While some people are not made particularly uncomfortable by this ambiance, it is hardly welcoming to people of color. Predominant in the historic photographs of the department and its personnel displayed throughout police headquarters are white, that is Caucasian, officers. Some of the more modern photographs on the walls are scenes of officers engaged in detentions and making arrests. Other pictures project a sort of Humphrey Bogart glamour, as officers are seen fraternizing with women. As you approach the rollcall room of the station, you can’t help but be reminded that you are surrounded by an old, white male-dominated police force. There are few photos of African-American officers. There is one police ID card of a black officer, amid those for dozens of white officers. If you use a magnifying glass, you may be able to see one civilian, a black female employee standing in police formation, in a crowd of Caucasians.
Over the decades, diversity within the Fontana Police Department has changed imperceptibly and at a glacial pace. Fontana remains the least diverse police agency in the Inland Empire. Out of the department’s 197 sworn officers, there are only two recently-hired African Americans. This recruitment only came after several other minority officers were forced out of the police department. Simultaneously, African Americans represent roughly 12 percent of the city’s population.
While the city of Fontana is approximately 60.2 percent Hispanic, Latinos represent 16 percent of the police force. Most of the police officer positions are reserved for white males, many of whom have a familial association, by blood or marriage, with other white members of the department. Nepotism within the Fontana Police Department has for some time been an issue, and continues to flourish. Meanwhile, other people, specifically minorities, find themselves trying to penetrate what has been characterized as the department’s “good ol’ boy” culture that has traditionally dominated much of American government and its law enforcement agencies.
With considerable frequency, minority youth join police-sponsored programs like the Explorer and Cadet programs, only to be washed out or skipped over for recruits who are well-connected. One recent instance of this occurred in 2018, where two captains’ sons were recruited just after two minority, senior officers were forced out of the department. One of these well-connected recruits was recently arrested for a sexual assault on a minor.
In the department’s hallway of fame, you can see numerous photos of white officers performing their jobs and some standing in common police formation. Even the most eagle-eyed observer will not find any African-American officers depicted separately. This is partly because Negro officers scarcely existed and the few that did exist were simply left out of station décor.
As is often the case in people’s homes, where personal photos, memorabilia and knick-knacks allow guests or visitors to immediately size up what is important to the occupants, the photos and décor in a police department lobby or gracing the walls of its hallways or offices can give department outsiders a glimpse of the organization’s culture and values.
Most minority officers within the so-called Fontana police family are treated like forgotten stepchildren or bastards. Over its 68 years of existence, the Fontana Police Department has only employed a handful of African-Americans. As often as not, once the Fontana Police Department has hired black officers deemed to have met the organization’s standards, those officers’ careers end abruptly, as they have been forced to resign or they were terminated for less than clear, questionable, indefensible or frivolous reasons. There has been no shortage of black applicants for positions with the department, but for reasons that remain unexplained, the vast majority of them are screened out during the hiring process. Increasingly, as more and more potential black and minority candidates for positions on the Fontana force have heard of the difficult and biased hiring process, they refrain from applying, considering doing so to be futile or a waste of their time and effort.
There have never been more than four black police officers at any given time employed at the Fontana Police Department. In recent years, this number has dwindled to one or two black officers. In the history of the Fontana Police Department, there have been four black officers who surpassed the rank of basic police officer or patrolman. The promotional ceiling for three of those four was the rank of corporal, considered to be a non-investigatory patrol-or-basic-enforcement-officer supervisor roughly equivalent in status to that of detective. A single black department employee was able to promote above the rank of corporal. While those four officers were highly decorated and rare, their photos are not displayed on the walls at police headquarters. Out of the scores of photos the department features showing a single officer, none of those is an African-American officer. There are some photos of the department’s few Hispanic officers, and those looking carefully or employing a magnifying glass can discern one or two or three black officers standing in police formation. These photos are located just outside the detective bureau, near the internal affairs office. These photos are used at times to identify officers during investigations of police misconduct.
It is perhaps noteworthy that the department chose to honor one deceased white officer who died off duty out of uniform but opted to not honor two African-American officers with the department who died while in uniform. The department accorded that particular deceased white officer – Aaron Scharff – with the honor of naming the department’s special enforcement detail’s training center after him.
Sergeant Aaron Scharff died in his residence off duty. His photo is displayed at different spots throughout the police station, and the department’s administrators dedicated the special enforcement detail (SED) training center where the special weapons and training team, known by the acronym SWAT, hones its skills, to him.
As you walk further down the station hallway, a turn of the corner brings you to the SMASH unit’s area of the station. SMASH is an acronym for San Bernardino Movement Against Street Hoodlums, implying officers assigned to that division deal primarily with hardened thugs. Indeed, in large measure that is how the officers act when they put on their green polo shirts and cargo pants to patrol the streets of Fontana. Citizens in the community report that SMASH officers act in ways that are indistinguishable from the gang members they are assigned to control. SMASH officers evince a militaristic attitude toward many of those they encounter when in this mode, at times treating citizens as if they are common criminals. On patrol, the SMASH unit, collectively and as single officers, find it challenging to role shift from dealing with gangsters to interacting with the community’s residents who are simply going about their business in territory where the department believes gang members are active. This has provoked a hostile attitude towards the police. Many citizens have complained that SMASH officers take their personal information during questionable detentions and store it in law enforcement databases, which are used inappropriately for gang identification at a later date. This information is used nationwide, as it is by extension reposited into the Cal-Gangs law enforcement database. This blurring of the distinction between bona fide gang members and their victims is doubly disenabling for law enforcement, entailing unnecessary future delays when investigators must sift through a too-numerous suspect pool as well as triggering an uncooperative response from potential witnesses.
The photos on the walls in the SMASH unit area suggest enforcement is primarily focused on minorities. Virtually all of the photos displayed there depict officers detaining and arresting people of color. Meanwhile, there are other volatile, active white gangs in Fontana such as; NLR- Nazi Low Riders, Skin Heads, AB-Aryan Brotherhood, Peni (Public Enemy Number 1) and the Hells Angels. None of the FPD station photos depict these active white gang members being detained or arrested. Conspicuously absent are photos showing positive interactions with the police.
Whereas the bias inherent in the Fontana Police Department’s past operations and culture was open and overt, today it is institutionalized and covert. The department strategically employs a smattering of minorities in a way that successfully obscures the department’s traditional white-dominated structure, using these minority officers as racial camouflage. This allows the department, or elements within it, to carry out unscrupulous acts against other unsuspecting minority members of the community. Some of those minority officers, perceiving that they are tokens being utilized to propagate the agenda of the regime, have rejected the ethos of the department and broken with its command structure. In many of the cases where the department administration has encountered this dissent, those officers have been ostracized, extending to assaults on those officers’ careers.
On the second floor of police headquarters is the department’s traffic division office. The vast majority of the photos in that area show white traffic officers conducting field sobriety tests on Hispanic men. The faces of these Hispanic men are not concealed, a demonstration that the reputations, feelings and dignity of those citizens are insignificant.
The department’s halls are visited by the public during station tours and community events. When the station was freshly renovated in 2013, then-Chief Rodney Jones and Mayor Acquanetta Warren, toured the station with members of the community. Some community members voiced their concern with the militaristic and 1960s-like nostalgia that emanated from the remodel. The early 1940s and into the late 1990s was a time in Fontana where racism was rampant and minorities were accorded cold welcome. Fontana history is replete with the horrific experience of the African-American Short Family, whose members in 1945 were burned to death in their home. In 1980, an African-American man was shot in the back for merely working as a telephone repairman. These incidents were perpetrated by white supremacists affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. To the media, the Fontana Police downplayed racial issues, despite crosses being burned on minorities’ lawns. KKK rallies were launched at City Hall. There were heated protests resisting the Klan in Fontana. During many of the public encounters between the Klan and their detractors, it was not the police but rather the Hells Angels, to their credit, who inserted themselves between the differing parties to preserve the peace.
One photo displayed at the police station, dated August 9, 1980, shows the Fontana Police SED – Special Enforcement Detail – dressed in full riot gear, with a police dog, surrounding an anti-KKK demonstration. The following day Fontana police also responded in full riot gear as the KKK arrived to host their rally in front of City Hall. Buried in the Fontana Herald News’ newspaper archives is a photo not featured in any of the displays on the headquarters hallway walls. That photo accompanies a story about the KKK rally, showing a Fontana police officer standing in close proximity to a Klan member. The officer is holding a confiscated dagger. Possession of such an item is a felony. The caption for the photo reads, “Fontana police officer confiscates knife found in possession of Klan supporter.” No arrest was made. One wonders whether an arrest would have been made if the dagger had been found in the possession of one of the minority anti-Klan protestors.
While members of the general public do not commonly have access behind the locked doors of the police department, officers, police volunteers, civilian employees and Explorer and Cadet program youth do. The depictions in those photos, many embodying a militaristic image of the police department, reinforce an attitude toward minority community members in which they are represented as unwelcome and insignificant, an ethos at odds with the theme of respecting the members of the public the department is sworn to serve.
A photo of one African-American man that circulated in the bowels of the FPD documented the desecration of a black man’s corpse. A Fontana Police Department evidence technician placed an eaten chicken bone in the deceased man’s hand as his corpse lay filleted on the San Bernardino County Coroner’s autopsy table. The photo was taken as some order of a racist joke, based upon the murdered man having been found behind the Kentucky Fried Chicken operation on Sierra Avenue. This crime – the alteration of evidence – was not properly investigated and Fontana Police Department administrators concealed the crime from the survivor’s family, as well as the public. When white Police Corporal Ray Schneider reported the incident, his previously promising career plateaued and he was forced out of the department. The 1994 murder of the victim went unsolved.
Now-retired FPD Lieutenant Bob Morris in 2006 carried out a mock lynching of Martin Luther King Jr. He constructed a makeshift noose and hung an MLK doll in the presence of other officers. The department made denials and resisted any disclosure of the incident when word about it leaked out.
In 2003, three minorities died at the hands of the same group of SMASH officers within 5 months. None of the officers was disciplined or subjected to corrective training to prevent further deaths. All of the officers involved in those deaths were eventually promoted to high ranking positions. Current Police Chief Billy Green is one of those officers. A lawsuit relating to the three suspicious deaths was settled out of court for undisclosed amounts of money. There were two versions of what happened to these three minorities. One version was submitted in official police reports, while another version was told around the police station which suggested the men, after having been identified as priority SMASH targets, were subjected to excessive force that played a role in their deaths.
The city engaged a team of high-priced lawyers to clear Green and the other SMASH officers. The deaths were eloquently explained away as routine police work in a city where in excess of 80 percent of the population are classified as minorities.

By Grace Bernal

What is happening to the beauty world? I see chaos and misrepresentation with regard to hair salons, nail shops, and other spas of the sort. If each city used the necessary perspective and empathy toward salons, eyebrow threading, nail shops, and etc., a better solution would be made instead of making them work outside. In this weather the risk of endangering someone with heat stroke is high. Why not allow one client indoors at a time while each is being tended to? For example, my hairdresser has her own individual room. No other client is permitted. Meanwhile, inside an eyebrow threading establishment, an air conditioner is going full blast inside, but outside the the worker is sweating and heated threading away. That should be a health concern that hasn’t been thought of. We know there’s a dangerous virus out there and people need to work to make ends meet. Of course, despite whatever progress the disease is making, we women need maintenance. How safe is it to work outdoors? It shouldn’t be difficult for a city to send out proper representatives to sample one of these places and figure out a better and safe plan for these small businesses. Everyone loves a good pedicure, hairdo, and other essential beauty needs but no one deserves to be out in the heat. These small businesses pay to be indoors with proper cooling and other accommodations. Perhaps these essential salons may need to operate late at night to compensate for the day heat.
Anything for beauty! If you’re listening out there, we need our essential hair dressers, manicurist, and threaders to be out there safe and happy. The COVID-19 issue is about learning to work around it, and making improvements that fit the small business, the employees, and the clients. I believe that with good perspective and collaboration of ideas, better solutions can come about. Let’s care more and do more for the beauty world that we love so much. Stay safe, and stay beautiful!

“Beauty without expression is boring.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS20131174
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AMBER MARIE WALL filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
AMBER MARIE WALL to MIA MARIE WALL
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: 09/01/2020
Time: 9 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: July 24, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/24/20, 7/31/20, 8/07/20 & 8/14/20
FBN 20200006155
The following person is doing business as CCQ VENTURES 9321 TRYON ST RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730: CHONA C. QUERUBIN 9321 TRYON ST RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ CHONA C. QUERUBIN
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/13/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: June 27, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy l1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/24, 7/31, 8/7 & 8/14, 2020.

FBN 20200004501 The following person is doing business as: BEYOND BELLA SKIN CARE 10601 CHURCH ST. SUITE 101 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 GINA L SMITH 542 E BONNIE BRAE CT. ONTARIO, CA 91764 Mailing Address: 542 E BONNIE BRAE CT. ONTARIO, CA 91764-1803 This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ GINA SMITH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 05/13/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: 04/27/2020 County Clerk, Deputy D5511 NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 5/22/20, 5/29/20, 6/05/20 & 6/12/20.
Corrected on 7/24/20, 7/31/20, 8/7/20, 8/14/20

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
Estelle Leverett
Case NO. PROPS21901235
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Estelle Leverett
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DeOundra Nauls, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DeOundra Nauls be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S36P at 8:30 a.m. on August 31, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino- Probate 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.
Attorney for Petitioner:
Christian U. Anyiam, Esq., Anyiam Law Firm
357 W. 2nd Street, Suite 16,
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Telephone No: 909-383-9500
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on:
7/24/20, 7/31/20, 8/7/20

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS2012974
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Hanaa Yakoub filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
An Habashi to Ann Sadek; Andro Sadek to Andrew Sadek
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: 09/09/2020
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: July 15, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/24/20, 7/31/20, 8/7/20, 8/14/20
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS2013437
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DYLAN PYTKOMUNSON filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
DYLAN PYTKOMUNSON to DYLAN LEE MUNSON
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: 08/31/2020
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Department: S-17
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: June 17, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/24/20, 7/31/20, 8/7/20, 8/14/20
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
AGNES GRETCHEN SKLADANY
NO. PROPS 2000453
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of AGNES GRETCHEN SKLADANY
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NANCY CARRANZA-WARREN in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NANCY CARRANZA-WARREN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’s wills and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S-35 at 1:30 p.m. on AUGUST 27, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
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 the Petitioner: MICHAEL C. MADDUX, ESQ.
1894 COMMERCENTER WEST, SUITE 108
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408
Telephone No: (909) 890-2350
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/31, 8/7 & 8/14, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
MARGARITA S. LOPEZ
NO. PROPS 2000447
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MARGARITA S. LOPEZ aka MARGARITA LOPEZ aka MARGARITA SOCORRO LOPEZ
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARISOL E. LOPEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARISOL E. LOPEZ 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. No. S-37 at 1:30 p.m. on AUGUST 26, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
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 the Petitioner: MICHAEL C. MADDUX, ESQ.
1894 COMMERCENTER WEST, SUITE 108
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408
Telephone No: (909) 890-2350
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/31, 8/7 & 8/14, 2020
FBN 20200006183
The following person is doing business as ARROWHEAD ACCOMMODATIONS 28051 STATE HIGHWAY 189 / LAKES EDGE ROAD
LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIF 92352: HERMINE MURRA-LEVENS 28051 STATE HIGHWAY 189 / LAKES EDGE ROAD LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFO 92352
Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 128 LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIF 92352
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ HERMINE MURRA-LEVENS
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/14/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 07/08/2020
County Clerk, Deputy V0956
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/31, 8/07, 8/14 & 8/21, 2020.
FBN 20200006362
The following person is doing business as MAYRALIUX 11698 WHITE PINE CT FONTANA, CA 92337: MAYRA CALDERA 11698 WHITE PINE CT FONTANA, CA 92337
Mailing Address: 11698 WHITE PINE CT FONTANA, CA 92337
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ MAYRA CALDERA
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/14/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 07/12/2020
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/31, 8/07, 8/14 & 8/21, 2020.

FBN 20200006370
The following person is doing business as TOOTH BOOTH PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 10165 FOOTHILL BLVD, SUITE 4 RANCHO CUCMAONGA, CALIF 91730 LAM DENTAL CORPORATION 10165 FOOTHILL BLVD, SUITE 4 RANCHO CUCMAONGA, CALIF 91730
This Business is Conducted By: A CORPORATION
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ HERMINE MURRA-LEVENS
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/21/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 08/06/2010
County Clerk, Deputy V0956
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/31, 8/07, 8/14 & 8/21, 2020.
FBN 20200006522
The following person is doing business as MY’LOVE & CO 177 WEST SOUTH STREET, APT 514 RIALTO, CA 92376: MYESHA S CUMMINGS 177 WEST SOUTH STREET, APT 514 RIALTO, CA 92376
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ MYESHA CUMMINGS
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/23/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/31, 8/07, 8/14 & 8/21, 2020.
FBN 20200006607
The following person is doing business as USABLE DATA 6587 VIANZA PL RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701 ESTEBAN AYON 6587 VIANZA PL RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91701 This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ ESTEBAN AYON
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/23/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/31, 8/07, 8/14 & 8/21, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006554
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: F.L. Taylor, 1030 N. Mountain Ave. #137, Ontario, CA 91764-2114, Frances L. Taylor, 1512 E. 5th Street, Space 59, Ontario, CA 91764
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Frances L. Taylor
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/23/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
7/31/20, 8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006658
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Performance Delivers, 7168 Vine St., Highland, CA 92346, Marcus A. Guerra, 7168 Vine Street., Highland, CA 92346
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Marcus A. Guerra
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/28/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 7/15/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
7/31/20, 8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
JAMES THOMAS BYRNES
NO. PROPS 2000149
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JAMES THOMAS BYRNES
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JAMES THOMAS BYRNES, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JAMES THOMAS BYRNES, JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’s wills and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S-37P at 9:00 a.m. on NOVEMBER 9, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
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.
Petitioner: JAMES T. BYRNES, JR.
12835 BRITTANIA COURT
MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553
Telephone No: (951) 295-7399
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/7, 8/14 & 8/21, 2020
FBN 201800006225 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: K. CARPENTRY & MILLWORK 555 E FOOTHILL BLVD SUITE #2 UPLAND, CA 91786 KATZ’S LOCK & KEY INC 555 E FOOTHILL BLVD SUITE #2 UPLAND, CA 91786
Mailing Address: 1107 S DOHENY DR LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
STATE OF CALIFORNIA CORPORATION C3730887
The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION
DATE OF CURRENT FILING: 05/25/2018
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino County on 09/202017.
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/ YOGEV KATZ
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/05/2020
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 08/07/2020, 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020 & 08/28/2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006594
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: CVR Tax Services & More; CVR Tax Services Plus, 11934 Citadel Ave, Fontana, CA 92337, Mailing Address: 11934 Citadel Ave, Fontana, CA 92337, Cynthia V. Rodriguez, 11934 Citadel Ave, Fontana, CA 92337
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Cynthia V Rodriguez
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/27/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 3/1/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200005931
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Cargo Contractors, 11167 Cedar Ave., Bloomington, CA 92316, Mailing Address: 12117 Hadley Street, Whittier, CA 90601, Sonia Marquez-Foster, 15403 Los Molinos, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Sonia Marquez-Foster
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/2/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 6/28/2010
County Clerk, s/ H7178
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006757
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: On the Dot Mobile Notary, 8948 Sunflower Ave, Alta Loma, CA 91701-2750, Mailing Address: 8948 Sunflower Ave, Alta Loma, CA 91701-2750, Donna Lynn Gay, 8948 Sunflower Ave, Alta Loma, CA 91701-2750
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Donna Gay
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/31/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ I1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006074
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Panda Artisan Pastry, 11473 Whittier Avenue, Loma Linda, CA 92354, Andre A. Miranda, 11473 Whittier Avenue, Loma Linda, CA 92354, Maria A. Miranda, 11473 Whittier Avenue, Loma Linda, CA 92354
Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Andre Miranda
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/9/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 7/7/20
County Clerk, s/ H7178
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006318
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Bodynamics, 6982 Garden Rose Street, Fontana, CA 92336, Mailing Address: 6982 Garden Rose Street, Fontana, CA 92336, Jessica L. Rice, 6982 Garden Rose Street, Fontana, CA 92336
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Jessica Rice
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/17/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ I1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006658
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Performance Delivers, 7168 Vine St, Highland, CA 92346, Marcus A Guerra, 7168 Vine St, Highland, CA 92346
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Marcus A. Guerra
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/28/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 7/15/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS2014173
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Jiajing Ying filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Jiajing Ying to Brianna Ying
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: 09/10/2020
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: July 02, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/07/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

SUMMONS – (CITACION JUDICIAL)
CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) CIVDS1938493
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO DEMANDADO): EAGLEBATH. INC.; KEITH NGUYEN; AND DOES 1 TO 10, INCLUSIVE
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE):
Pier Special Opportunities Fund LP, Successor-in-Interest to DLI Assests, LLC, Successor in interest to MyBusinessloan.com
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):
Superior Court of California County of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, Central
247 West Third Street,
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210
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):
Law Offices of Gary A. Bemis APC
Gary A. Bemis 92508
3870 La Sierra Ave., Suite 239
Riverside, CA 92505
Telephone: (951) 588-2080
DATE (Fecha): December 19, 2019
Clerk (Secretario), by Mayela Martinez, Deputy (Adjunto)
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

FBN 20200004959 The following entity is doing business as: GROOVE’S KITCHEN 12838 YORBA AVE CHINO, CA 91710 JOAQUIN FLORES 12838 YORBA AVE CHINO, CA 91710 This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Joaquin Flores This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 5/29/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: May 16, 2020 County Clerk, Deputy NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 & 7/10, 2020. Corrected on 8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

FBN 20200004767 The following entity is doing business as: ALLIE’S CRAFT HOUSE 3898 SCARLET OAK CT SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 ALEXANDRA J BECKER 3898 SCARLET OAK CT SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407 This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ ALEXANDRA BECKER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 5/21/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: N/A County Clerk, Deputy NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 & 7/10, 2020. Corrected on 8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006113
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Creative Hair By M, 10828 Foothill Blvd. Ste 100, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, Melinda R Sanchez, 12345 Mountain Ave. Ste N227, Chino, CA 91710
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Melinda Sanchez
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/10/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 7/1/20
County Clerk,
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
JUDITH LUCILLE REYNOLDS
NO. PROPS 2000503
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JUDITH LUCILLE REYNOLDS
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by K. SUSAN REYNOLDS-HOLLON in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that K. SUSAN REYNOLDS-HOLLON 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. No. S35 at 1:30 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 at the San Bernardino Justice Center, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
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 the Petitioner:
R. SAM PRICE, ESQ.
SBN 208603
300 E. STATE STREET, SUITE 620
REDLANDS, CA 92373
Telephone No: (909) 475-8800
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel 8/14, 8/21 & 8/28, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
PAUL AVILA
Case NO. PROPS2000049
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of PAUL AVILA
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Valerie Pineda in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Valerie Pineda 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. No. S37 at 8:30 a.m. on September 17, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino- Probate 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.
Petitioner:
Attorney for Petitioner:
Bridgepoint Law Group, APC
5670 Schaefer Ave Ste P
Chino, CA 91710
Telephone No: 951-407-0211
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on:
8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ELIZABETH MARY SANQUIST
Case No. PROPS2000470
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may other-wise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ELIZABETH MARY SANQUIST
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by James Burlew in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that James Burlew 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 pro-posed action.) The in-dependent 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 on Sept. 1, 2020 at 1:30 PM in Dept. No. S37 located at 247 W. Third St., San Bernardino, CA 92415.
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 knowledge-able in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for petitioner:
GERALD D LANGLE ESQ
SBN53944
542-54TH ST
LINCOLN CA 95648
CN971406 SANQUIST Aug 14, 2020, Aug 21, 2012, Aug 28, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIVDS2013460
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ALEXANDER BARRIENTOS filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
ALEXANDER BARRIENTOS to ALEXANDER ESTRADA
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: 09/29/2020
Time: 9 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: July 24, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20 & 9/04/20.
FBN 20200007081
The following entity is doing business as LUCILLE’S SMOKEHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 12624 N. MAINSTREET RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739: HOF’S HUT RESTAURANTS, INC. 2601 E. WILLOW ST. SIGNAL HILL CA 90755
Mailing Address: 2601 E. WILLOW ST. SIGNAL HILL CA 90755
Business is Conducted By: A CORPORATION
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ BRAD HOFMAN
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/07/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: November 22, 2004
County Clerk, D3780
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/14, 8/21, 8/28 & 9/04, 2020.

FBN 20200006839
The following entity is doing business as SAFE ESCROW A NON INDEPENDENT BROKER ESCROW 10700 JERSEY BLVD #450 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 SAFE INVESTMENT REALTY GROUP 5603 GARIBALDI WAY FONTANA, CA 92336
This Business is Conducted By: A CORPORATION N INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ AKXELEM TEJEDA PATZAN
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/04/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: JULY 20, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, & 9/04, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200006746
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Peaches Boutique, 810 N Parkside Dr, Ontario, CA 91764, Maria D. Jimenez, 810 N Parkside Dr, Ontario, CA 91764
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ Maria Jimenez
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/30/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 7/23/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20, 9/4/20
FBN 20200006183 The following person is doing business as: ARROWHEAD ACCOMMODATIONS 28051 STATE HIGHWAY 189/LAKES EDGE ROAD LAKE ARROWHEAD CA 92352 HERMINE MURRA-LEVINS P.O. BOX 128 LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFO 92352 Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 128 LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIF 92352 This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ HERMINE MURRALEVINS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 7/14/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: 08/25/2017 County Clerk, Deputy NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20, 9/4/20

FBN20200004211 The following person is doing business as: NOTARIZE DOCS 4 U [and] MOSLEY BUSINESS SOLUTIONS 721 N SAN ANTONIO AVENUE UPLAND, CALIF 91786 DOAQUIN MOSLEY 721 NORTH SAN ANTONIO AVENUE UPLAND, CA 91786 Mailing Address: 333 E ARROW HIGHWAY, #1107 UPLAND, CA 91785 This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ DOAQUIN MOSLEY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 05/01/2020 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Began Transacting Business: 01/01/2020 County Clerk, Deputy NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code). Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20, 9/4/20.

FBN 20200006141 The following person is doing business as: C.W.I INDEPENDENT INSPECTIONS. 22387 BLACK BEAUTY TRAILWILDOMAR, CA 92595The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/ABy 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/ JUAN L GARCIA, OWNER, 22387 BLACK BEAUTY TRAIL WILDOMAR, CA 92595Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/13/2020I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/DeputyNotice-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 07/24/2020, 07/31/2020, 08/07/2020, 08/14/2020 CNBB30202002IR

FBN 20200006023 The following person is doing business as: SILENCE NO MO. 17963 PASSIONFLOWER LNSAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/ABy 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/ BARBARA A HARRIS, OWNER, 17963 PASSIONFLOWER LN SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/07/2020I 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 07/24/2020, 07/31/2020, 08/07/2020, 08/14/2020 CNBB30202001L

FBN 20200006555
The following person is doing business as: GRACEFUL BEAUTE 3672 ROSENA RANCH RD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; YARY WALLACE 3672 ROSENA RANCH RD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; JAMES M WALLACE 3672ROSENA RANCH RD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407
The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2019
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/ YARY WALLACE Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/23/2020
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 08/07/2020, 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020 CNBB31202001CV

FBN 20200006558
The following person is doing business as: SMGSONO 17662 LEAFCUP CT SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; SARAH M GAMBOA 17662 LEAFCUP CT SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; MITCHEL O GAMBOA 17662 LEAFCUP CT SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407
The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2020
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 179130. I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ SARAH GAMBOA
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/23/2020
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 08/07/2020, 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020 CNBB31202002CV

FBN 20200006556
The following person is doing business as: SPARKLE DETAIL 3696 ROSENA RANCH RD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; JENNIFER KEYAN 3696 ROSENA RANCH RD SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/05/2019
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/ JENNIFER KEYAN
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/23/2020
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 08/07/2020, 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020 CNBB31202003CV

FBN 20200006798
The following person is doing business as: VAN NESS WATER GARDENS 2460 N EUCLID AVE UPLAND, CA 91784; VNWG, LLC 2460 N EUCLID AVE UPLAND, CA 91784
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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/ VU BUI, MANAGING MEMBER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/03/2020
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 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020, 09/04/2020 CNBB32202001MT

FBN 20200006799
The following person is doing business as: ILL EAGLE TRANSPORT 9291 PEACH AVE HESPERIA, CA 92345; RAUL MARTINEZ JR 9291 PEACH AVE HESPERIA, CA 92345
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/ RAUL MARTINEZ, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/03/2020
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 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020, 09/04/2020 CNBB32202002IR

FBN 20200006395
The following person is doing business as: CH WATERPROOF DECKS 1959 MALLORY ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407; CESAR H HERNANDEZ CASILLAS 1959 MALLORY ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92407
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/ CESAR H. HERNANDEZ CASILLAS, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/21/2020
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 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020, 09/04/2020 CNBB32202003MT

FBN 20200007006
The following person is doing business as: JR AUTO SALES 188 W BASELINE ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410; AXEL J OSEGUERA CASTORENA 188 W BASELINE ST SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92410
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/ AXEL J. OSEGUERA CASTORENA, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/06/2020
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 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020, 09/04/2020 CNBB32202004IR

FBN 20200007001
The following person is doing business as: PACIFIC APPLIANCE SERVICE 14713 ALBERTA LANE FONTANA, CA 92336; BEN C HUR 14713 ALBERTA LANE FONTANA, CA 92336
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/01/1998
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/ BEN C. HUR OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/06/2020
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 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020, 09/04/2020 CNBB32202005MT

FBN 20200007002
The following person is doing business as: LA MADRINA NURSERY 17693 SLOVER AVE BLOOMINGTON, CA 92316; MACARIA CAMACHO AHUMADA 17693 SLOVER AVE BLOOMINGTON, CA 92316
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/ MACARIA CAMACHO AHUMADA, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/06/2020
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 08/14/2020, 08/21/2020, 08/28/2020, 09/04/2020 CNBB32202006MT
FBN 20200005620
The following entity is doing business as CARNITAS URUAPAN [and] CARNITAS URUAPAN ONTARIO [and] CARNITAS URUAPAN MOBILE [and] LAS CARNITAS URUAPAN [and] CARNITAS URUAPAN SAN BERNARDINO [and] CARNITAS URUAPAN RIVERSIDE [and] CARNITAS URUAPAN CORONA
24075 GROVE AVE ONTARIO, CA 91761 MIS PRINCESAS, INC 2106 EAST 5TH STREET SANTA ANA, CA 92703
Mailing Address: 4342 SKYLARK ST IRVINE, CA 92604
This Business is Conducted By: A CORPORATION N INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ ROBERT RENE RODRIGUEZ
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 06/22/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy l4100
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, 8/07 & 8/14, 2020.
FBN 20200006135
The following entity is doing business as MARISCOS EL GUERO [and] MARISCOS EL GUERO UPLAND [and] MARISCOS EL GUERO BAJA STYLE CEVICE BAR 1902 N. CAMPUS AVE. #C UPLAND, CA 91764 POKE DELIGHT, LLC 1902 N CAMPUS AVE. #C UPLAND, CA 91764
Mailing Address: 4342 SKYLARK ST IRVINE, CA 92604
This Business is Conducted By: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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/ ROBERT RENE RODRIGUEZ
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 07/13/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy l4100
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/07, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, & 9/04, 2020.

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Sentinel 08-07-20

By Mark Gutglueck
Ruben Duran, the city attorney in Adelanto when the self-serving profit-taking and graft engaged in by a group of elected officials exploiting that city’s transition to a marijuana-based economy hit its zenith, has been hired as Ontario’s city attorney.
Duran has remained with Best Best & Krieger, LLP, even in the aftermath of his and the law firm’s 13-month association with the City of Adelanto which brought him and his firm, which has been in existence for 129 years and specializes largely in representing municipal entities, under the microscope of the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice. In the months prior to Duran’s resignation as Adelanto city attorney, federal law enforcement agencies were focusing on the degree to which Duran was enabling two members of the city council, who were personally profiting by the liberalization of the city’s marijuana regulations. During Duran’s Adelanto tenure, a third member of the council was arrested by the FBI and indicted for taking bribes from applicants for cannabis-related businesses in exchange for facilitating their licensing and protecting them from regulatory or code enforcement activity once they were up and running.
Despite large numbers of the Adelanto populace having come to recognize that the core of Adelanto’s political leadership was on the take, Duran, true to his own personal professional philosophy and that of his law firm that a city attorney serves his municipality’s elected leadership, remained loyal to the city council throughout and even after his time as Adelanto city attorney.
Duran’s hiring as Ontario city attorney came this week, some 14 months after the Ontario council had seemingly ended its relationship with the Best Best & Krieger law firm. For close to three decades, John Brown, a partner in the firm, had served as Ontario’s city attorney. In June 2019, however, Councilmen Alan Wapner, Jim Bowman and Ruben Valencia moved to terminate Brown’s contract. Wapner, Bowman and Valencia then opted to bring in the law firm of Cole Huber, LLP, which is based in the Northern California city of Roseville but has an office in Ontario, to serve as city attorney.
After 14 months, however, with Scott Huber serving throughout that time as city attorney, the city council on Tuesday, August 4, jettisoned Cole Huber as the firm offering it legal counsel, and approved reentering into a contract with Best Best & Krieger for legal services. While Brown remains a partner with the firm, it is now Duran who will hold the title of Ontario city attorney. Duran with Richard Egger, another Best Best & Krieger attorney, on a number of occasions in 2019 and 2018 filled in for Brown as deputy city attorneys.
Duran is a partner with the firm. In addition to working out of Best Best & Krieger’s Ontario office much of the time, Duran lives in Ontario. In September 2019, Duran replaced Jeffrey Ballinger as Fontana city attorney. He also currently serves as the legal counsel for the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District. Duran was city attorney in Desert Hot Springs from 2006 to 2013.
Duran is a controversial figure in legal and municipal circles, primarily as a consequence of the time he served as city attorney in Adelanto.
In the November 2014 Adelanto municipal election, Rich Kerr, John Woodard and Charles Glasper supplanted, respectively, then-Mayor Cari Thomas, and councilmen Steve Baisden and Charles Valvo.
Kerr and Woodard, as well as Jermaine Wright, who had been elected to the city council in 2012 and would be reelected in 2016, in short order formulated a plan that they said would help the city overcome its financial challenges. In 2013, the city had declared a fiscal emergency, a step preparatory to a declaration of bankruptcy. The troika, taking stock of the reality that throughout San Bernardino County the county government and each of the 24 municipalities within it with the exception of Needles had historically been hostile to the commercial availability of medical marijuana despite the passage in 1996 of the Compassionate Use of Marijuana Act that made pharmaceutical marijuana legally available to those who had a doctor’s prescription for it, saw an opportunity. They would, they resolved, change the city’s codes to make the herb available in the city. In this way, they said, they would seek to transform Adelanto into the marijuana capital of California. In so doing, they maintained, they would rejuvenate the local economy and create a taxing mechanism that would fill the city’s coffers.
Though they had sufficient votes among them to prevail on the matter, Kerr, Woodard and Wright did not want to proceed on a bare 3-to-2 majority, given the sharp turn in direction they were proposing. Councilman Ed Camargo was dead set against allowing any sort of cannabis activity in Adelanto, commercial, medical or otherwise. So, too, was Glasper, an Air Force veteran. Glasper, who had previously served on the city council, at that time was showing vague signs of the dementia that over the next few years would rob him of many of his mental faculties. But at that time he was yet a forceful personality. Kerr, Wright and Woodard lured Glasper into supporting their plan by representing to him that their plan extended only to the cultivation of the plants, and that the product would be sold to dispensaries elsewhere in the Golden State, and that no dispensaries in Adelanto would be permitted, such that the drug would not be sold within the city limits. Glasper went along with the concept. Kerr, Wright, Glasper and Woodard signaled to longtime city manager Jim Hart that he should begin the revamping of the city code to allow the cultivation of marijuana within indoor greenhouses located in the city’s industrial park.
Hart had misgivings about the direction the city was headed in, and just three months into Kerr’s and Woodard’s tenure on the council, in February 2015, he resigned, effective the following month. The council moved to replace him with City Engineer/Public Works Director Tom Thornton, believing he would be amenable to facilitating the designs of the majority of the council for the city. Thornton tried to work with his political masters, but he too was less than enthusiastic about the whole thing. When Kerr, Woodard and Wright began to pressure him to sack Senior Management Analyst Mike Borja, Conservation Specialist Belen Cordero and Public Works Superintendent Nan Moore, whom the council troika considered obstructionists, Thornton had a crisis of conscience, and he moved back into the position of public works director. The city council thereafter moved to replace him with Cindy Herrera, who had been with the city for 26 years, 16 of them as city clerk.
Ultimately, Borja and Nan Moore were unceremoniously fired.
In compliance with what Kerr, Glasper, Woodard and Wright were demanding, then-City Attorney Todd Litfin structured the city code to allow for the indoor cultivation of marijuana within the city’s industrial park district, and then, full of misgivings about what he had just done, resigned immediately after the council in November 2015 passed those code changes into law. Litfin was replaced by Julia Sylva, who gamely sought to facilitate the city’s foray into the largely uncharted territory of making legitimized marijuana production a key element of a community’s economic foundation. Sylva burned out rapidly, leaving in April 2016 as a prodigious number of applicants flooded into City Hall, resulting in the city granting permits to no fewer than 25 cannabis growing operations in five months. Sylva was replaced as city attorney by Curtis Wright, of the law firm Silver & Wright LLP.
Simultaneously, the city hired Jessie Flores as its contract economic development director. Flores’ assignment was to encourage businesses to set up operations in Adelanto. His contract allowed him to concurrently find employment with any other entities, including any of those businesses he was seeking to interest in locating in Adelanto. This created, either inadvertently or purposefully, a potential laundering mechanism for kickbacks. Flores was authorized by the city to negotiate with any or all of the entities wishing to get into the lucrative cannabis cultivation business and offer them incentives to locate in Adelanto. At the same time, those businesses were free to “hire” Flores and pay him a fee for his services. It was soon widely reported that what was actually happening was Flores was making arrangements with the applicants for marijuana cultivation businesses to provide them with certain advantages as their quest for permits and licensing proceeded, which were then facilitated when those companies retained Flores’ services as a consultant. Reportedly, Flores was then sharing the money he received from those applicants with Kerr, Woodard and Wright, who then either voted to approve those applications or directed the city manager to facilitate their further processing.
As 2016 progressed, the statewide initiative Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, qualified for the November ballot. If it passed, which it ultimately did, Californians over the age of 21 would be free to use marijuana not simply for its therapeutic effect but as an intoxicant as well. Anticipating Proposition 64’s passage, Kerr, Woodard and Wright dispensed with the ruse they had used to induce Glasper to support them in 2015, dropping any further pretense of being against the commercial sale of marijuana in Adelanto. They began the active planning of allowing both dispensaries and pot shops into the city, inside and outside of the city’s industrial zone. They further began preparations to welcome manufacturing businesses, ones that refined and converted the plants into various cannabinoids and other chemical substances, including THC – tetrahydrocannabinol – the active psychotropic ingredient in marijuana, for use as palliatives and liniments. By that point, Glasper’s dementia had advanced, and Kerr, Woodard and Wright manipulated him at will, obtaining his cooperation in virtually every action they were taking. Would-be marijuana entrepreneurs with dollar signs in their eyes filed into Adelanto City Hall, some with briefcases full of cash, money that was forked over as payoffs to ensure that the projects they were proposing would gain approval or that the property they were purchasing would be granted zoning for use as a commercially-related business where marijuana sales could take place.
Perceiving that contract City Engineer Wilson So, Assistant City Engineer Aaron Mower, Senior Planner Mark De Manincor and Conservation Specialist Belen Cordero were dragging their feet on making way for ever more cannabis-based operations in the city, Kerr had them fired or forced them into resigning.
In January 2017, Herrera, increasingly concerned about Flores’ activity in conveying the payoffs to the council members, used the opportunity provided her when Kerr was injured in a motorcycle mishap to suspend Flores. Upon recovering and returning to City Hall, Kerr moved to get rid of Herrera, who tendered her resignation as city manager, going without a fight, in return for which, she was allowed to move back into her former position as city clerk.
Kerr then arranged to bring Mike Milhiser in as city manager. Milhiser, who had previously served as city manager in Montclair, Ontario and Upland, was more than a decade into his retirement, and he accepted the temporary assignment in Adelanto. As a caretaker city manager, Milhiser was oblivious to the graft that preceded his tenure as city manager and turned a continuing blind eye to it over the next several months as its manifestations became apparent. Shortly after Milhiser was installed, Flores was reinstated by Kerr into the contract economic development post at even higher pay than he was previously receiving, and the kickback arrangements continued as before.
By late spring 2017, what was transpiring had grown to be too much for Curtis Wright, and he resigned as city attorney. It was at that point, at the recommendation of Milhiser, that Duran was hired as city attorney. If Duran did not know what he was getting into when he signed on as city attorney, he soon found out. Graft was everywhere. At the city council meetings, in front of Man, God and everyone else, including Duran, applicants would come into the council meeting chambers with envelopes full of cash which they would then provide to Misty Kerr, Kerr’s wife, intended for her “charity.”
As a retiree, Milhiser under California’s public employees retirement system was permitted to work only 960 hours per year for a public agency. As July was heading into August 2017, Milhiser had to depart as Adelanto city manager. The council replaced him with Gabriel Elliott, the city’s development services director. Kerr and Woodard confidently predicted when his hiring was officially announced in September that they believed Elliott was an ideal fit as Adelanto city manager.
From the outset, the plan to load the city’s industrial park district with indoor marijuana nurseries and cultivation warehouses suffered a crucial shortcoming. The utilities to service the existing industrial operations that were already located in the district were barely adequate. Water and electricity was in short supply, and the infrastructure and electrical generating facilities to supply them were non-existent. Because the city’s regulations called for the marijuana plantations to be located entirely indoors and fully enclosed, using sunlight as the light source to induce the growth of the plants – as occurs in nature – was out of the question. Similarly, Adelanto, located within the Mojave Desert where water is in short supply, was subject to the adjudication of water rights that had occurred in the 1990s as a consequence of a lawsuit filed against all of the Mojave River’s upstream users by the City of Barstow. To redress the limited availability of electricity and water in Adelanto’s industrial park district was going to require an investment of tens of millions upon tens of millions of dollars, considerable planning and engineering and time. Thus, prospective marijuana growers were caught in a frenzy not only to get business permits and state licensing but to secure properties where there was either existing available power and water or where those services could be readily obtained.
Though Elliott’s tenure as city manager began amidst an atmosphere of confidence that he would be able to work cooperatively with Kerr, Woodard Wright and Glasper to facilitate the marijuanification of Adelanto on a rapid pace that would result in a substantial economic turnaround, very early on in his time as city manager Elliott encountered an issue that virtually instantaneously poisoned his relationship with Kerr and his compadres.
On September 28, 2017, Kerr and Flores came to City Hall and asked Elliott to accompany them to the city’s corporation yard located in the city’s industrial area to meet with C.B. Nanda, a marijuana cultivator who had applied for a permit for his company, American Scientific Consultants, to grow marijuana in Adelanto the previous year. Nanda had been experiencing difficulty, however, finding a property that had the requisite water and electrical utilities that would allow a marijuana cultivation operation to flourish.
Nanda was intent on purchasing the city’s public works yard, located at 17451 Raccoon Avenue, Kerr and Flores told Elliott. The public works yard property included two two-story metal buildings on the property. Given the range of activity at the yard, the facilities there had been augmented with electrical and water utilities and infrastructure to support a cornucopia of city operations. It was spelled out that Nanda already had a deal in the works to sell or lease portions of the property at significant profit to a group of other marijuana cultivators. Kerr offered assurances that the arrangement was going to be a safe and lucrative one from the standpoint of everyone involved in that the ultimate sale of the property was to be to an agent of U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who would in exchange for the sale provide protection to Adelanto from any federal raids of the marijuana cultivation and consumption industry within Adelanto. Flores on the spot offered Elliott a sales agreement conveying the property to Nanda, which he asked Elliott to sign. Elliott, feeling he was being stampeded, stalled for time, saying he would look into it.
Look into the proposed sale Elliott did. Located within one of the buildings was the city’s emergency operations center, which had been constructed on the site and outfitted through a $375,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security the city received expressly for that purpose in 2011. In addition, the buildings and surrounding facilities housed the city’s public works department, its motor pool, its maintenance divisions, indeed the entirely of the city’s physical operations that needed augmentation in terms of equipment functionality, mechanical service support, storage, repair and other applications. Conservatively speaking, the city had invested well over $3 million in establishing the structures and facilities on the property, which in any case could not have been replicated for less than $4 million in 2017 dollars, Elliott calculated. That calculation did not include the value of the 1.5-acre property itself. The amount of money Nanda was offering to make the purchase and which Kerr and Flores were insisting the property be sold for – $1 million – was way under market, Elliott recognized.
Several days later, when Kerr came into the office and demanded that Elliott proceed at once with the sale, Elliott informed the mayor that in good conscience he could not allow the sale to go forward. This sent Kerr into orbit, as he insisted the sale had to be made and not for a penny more than the $1 million Nanda was willing to pay. There were further exchanges between Kerr and Elliott, including escalating demands from Kerr, many of them in rather profane terms. Ultimately, in his inimitable fashion, Kerr gave Elliott to understand that he and Flores were to receive financial kickbacks from the sale of the property, and that this was to be a good deal for everyone involved.
Even with Kerr offering to cut him in on the deal, Elliott refused to budge, at which point the honeymoon between Elliott and the council troika of Kerr, Woodard and Wright came to an abrupt end. Simultaneously, Kerr, Woodard and Wright in private were ordering Elliott to have the city’s code enforcement division “stand down” in its enforcement of the city’s codes and regulations, including restrictions that prevented those businesses from operating before a host of inspections and plan check milestones were reached and signed off on. Additionally, Kerr, Woodard, Wright and Flores were pressuring Elliott to fire several city employees they considered to be obstructionist with regard to the city’s accelerated march toward permitting as many cannabis-related businesses as possible to set up operations in the city.
On October 27, 2017, Elliott made the first of two sojourns to the office of the FBI to make a report of Kerr and Flores’ illicit deal regarding the city’s public works yard and other violations of the law engaged in by city officials. According to Elliott, Duran accompanied him to one of those meetings with the FBI. Elliott disclosed to the FBI that Kerr was provided with a $200,000 bribe for arranging the sale of the city’s public works yard and that a means of obtaining bribes from marijuana-related business permit applicants that Kerr used was through those applicants so-called “donations” to what was represented as Kerr’s wife’s non-profit 501c charity, which, in fact, Elliott reported, never attained non-profit status. Kerr would often solicit these donations from individuals and businesses who were doing business with the city, causing these individuals and businesses to feel “forced” to donate in order to have Kerr “get things done” in the city, Elliott said. Moreover, Elliott, related, Kerr used Flores and other city employees to collect some of the money for him. At one point, Elliott told the FBI, Kerr had received a $30,000 bribe through the city’s then-public works director, Don Woppler.
In November 2017, the FBI moved to arrest Councilman Wright after Wright, who had grown envious of the arrangement that Flores had in which he was able to “legally” accept money in the form of consulting fees provided by applicants for marijuana-related business permits in the city, sought to cash in further on the city’s ongoing marijuana bonanza. Wright had engaged in dialogues with an undercover FBI agent who represented himself as an applicant for a permit and license to operate a marijuana distribution facility in Adelanto. In exchange for money, Wright committed to using his authority as a council member to ensure that the city’s code enforcement division would not interfere with the distribution company’s operations. Wright was arrested after he accepted $10,000 from the FBI agent in form of 200 marked $50 bills that were laid before the councilman during his last encounter with the undercover agent.
While Wright’s arrest momentarily shocked the sensibility of the Adelanto community, it did not seem to give Kerr, Woodard or Flores pause. They continued with their efforts to push the aggressive marijuana-related business development in the city, and the effort to personally profiteer from it.
Duran, as city attorney, acted curiously in the aftermath of the Wright arrest and Elliott’s revelation to the council that he was in contact with the FBI. In at least one regard, that pertaining to the sale of the city’s public works yard, the full details of which had been brought to the attention of the FBI by Elliott, Duran seemed to act forthrightly and support Elliott’s position. On November 9, 2017 Duran in his capacity as city attorney wrote to Dimitri Gross, a lawyer representing Nanda’s company, American Scientific Consultants LLC, that the city was terminating the written purchase agreement which Elliott had been effectively blocking by refusing to sign. Duran told Gross that previous statements by city officials and city staff that Nanda and American Scientific Consultants were relying upon to insist that the city had made a binding commitment to enter into the sales agreement were inoperative because those city staff members, who were acting under illegal orders by Kerr that did not reflect a collective vote of the city council, rendered them null and void. An examination of the arrangements for the sale, Duran wrote, had resulted in the city “recently” discovering that the proposed sale was riddled with conflicts of interest. His letter stated those “legal conflicts of interest may call into question the validity and enforceability of the contract,” raising, Duran stated, “serious questions of public policy and whether the public interest may be harmed by the contract.”
Nevertheless, Kerr, Woodard and Flores continued to militate against Elliott, and Duran remained either neutral or in some cases it appeared supportive with regard to the mayor and Councilman Woodard assailing Elliott.
Despite Duran’s letter to Gross, Kerr publicly asserted that the sale of the public works yard was in the city’s best interest because it could use the $1 million in proceeds from the sale to create needed infrastructure. While Kerr and Woodard were no longer able to count upon the support of Wright, who was in federal custody and in January 2018 was removed from the city council in compliance with state law requiring the expulsion of a councilmember who is absent from regular council meetings for more than 60 days, Glasper was falling further and further into a state of dementia, which allowed Kerr and Woodard to manipulate him. Duran, who had explicit knowledge that Elliott was in touch with the FBI with regard to allegations of illegal activity on the part of Kerr, Woodard and Flores, in no fashion countered efforts by Kerr to remove Elliott as city manager. After scheduling several “performance reviews” of the city manager in closed sessions in November and December 2017 which were attended by Duran, the council in December 2017 suspended Elliott as city manager. Thereafter, the council brought Milhiser back to serve as interim city manager.
With Milhiser in place, Kerr and Woodard in the late winter and spring of 2018, pushed ahead, and in conjunction with Flores facilitated the permitting of ever more cannabis-related businesses, continuing to intimidate the city’s code enforcement and development services divisions into allowing the projects to proceed without close regulation or adherence to code. In May, the council hired Brad Letner, a former Army colonel who was at that point serving as the Hesperia Chamber of Commerce’s executive director, to come in as city manager. Simultaneously, the city was moving toward an election to replace Wright, with Kerr and Woodard advocating for the candidacy of Joy Jeannette, a 79-year-old woman heavily supported by the cannabis industry.
That month, the FBI carried out a raid on Kerr’s home and Adelanto City Hall, seeking evidence tying him to to graft relating to the efforts to establish literally hundreds of marijuana-related business operations in the city.
In June, Jeannette outdistanced her two opponents in the special election to replace Wright, thereafter taking her place on the city council as Kerr’s puppet. With the November 2018 election approaching and both Kerr and Woodard conscious that as a result of the controversy enveloping them and the city they might not politically survive, they became ever more frenzied in their efforts to effectuate the establishment of the cannabis industry in the city and complete a series of favors for those who were lining their pockets while they yet had the authority to do so.
Previously, toward the end of December 2017, American Scientific had sued the City of Adelanto for $5 million for reneging on the sale of the public works yard and breaching the written agreement for its sale. Backed with Jeannette’s vote, Kerr and Woodard settled the suit and the council approved the $1 million purchase and sale agreement relating to the city’s public works yard with AMN, LLC , a subsidiary of American Scientific Consultants, in a specially called rare afternoon meeting on July 16, 2018 which was not attended by Camargo, who was virulently opposed to the sale, or the at-that-point non compos mentis Glasper.
Kerr, Woodard and Jeannette then fired Letner and put into his place Flores, whose reliability in carrying out their every command was an absolute given. Thereafter, money was being exchanged freely between cannabis-project applicants and the city’s political leadership, in particular Kerr and Woodard, in return for which business permits were provided or changes to city zoning effectuated to allow those purchasing property within the city outside the cannabis sales zone to instantaneously increase by four-, five-, six-, seven-, eight-, nine- or ten-fold the value of their real estate by its transformation into commercial property where marijuana sales were permitted.
Concerned that Cindy Herrera, who remained as city clerk and was knowledgeable about all elements of municipal operations, was the weak link in the unbridled pay-to-play free-for-all that was ongoing at City Hall, Kerr and Woodard assented to having Flores, who was still sore at Herrera for her January 2017 suspension of him, fire her.
It was shortly thereafter that Duran, taking stock of the atmosphere of utter lawlessness that had pervaded city operations, concluded that the matter had become unacceptable even to him. He tendered his resignation. In doing so, however, he gave no hint that anything was amiss. Saying he found his “thirteen-and-a-half months legal work” as city attorney “intense, sometimes challenging, but always fulfilling,” Duran stated, “I find that I must regretfully tender my resignation as your city attorney, effective as soon as the council is able to secure a new city attorney. Godspeed and good luck.”
Subsequently, both Elliott and Herrera would file suit against the City of Adelanto, including Kerr and Woodard, alleging they had been unjustifiably terminated and subjected to mistreatment, and were punished for whistleblowing. Duran figures prominently in both of those suits. Elliott calls Duran a “tacit co-conspirator in allowing the illegal conduct to occur without protest or resignation.” Herrera is only slightly more charitable to Duran.
In 2018, in reaction to Elliott’s lawsuit, Duran told the Sentinel, “The allegations in the complaint related to my alleged conduct, action or inaction are utterly without merit, completely untrue and outrageous.”
When pressed as to whether he had been present at any of the meetings Elliott had with the FBI where evidence of the bribetaking by Kerr, Woodard, Wright and Flores was provided to the federal agents and whether he had an explicit understanding of what that evidence entailed, Duran deflected the question. “I am bound by the attorney-client privilege not to disclose the details or content of any communications with or on behalf of my client, and I would never discuss any meetings or interactions with federal law enforcement unless authorized to do so,” he said.
In hiring Duran, Ontario is getting an attorney whose philosophy of legal service is indistinguishable from that of his firm. Throughout Southern California, Best Best & Krieger lawyers are recognized for cutting through the debate on whether city attorneys represent the city council or the city’s residents by interpreting the various city councils that they work for as being the political embodiment of the residents who have elected them. In this way, whenever a question arises as to whether a course of action a council majority wants to take is in the true interest of the residents that council represents, Best Best & Krieger lawyers universally hold that through the elective process the council has obtained the status and right to act as if it embodies the entirety of the citizenry, and is thus absolute in its decision-making authority. Duran repeatedly demonstrated this during his tenure as city attorney in Adelanto.
The five members of the Ontario City Council – Mayor Paul Leon, Councilman Alan Wapner, Councilman Jim Bowman, Councilwoman Debra Dorst-Porada and Councilman Ruben Valencia – have the utmost confidence that in any matter in which they become entailed, Duran is going to be loyal to them.