The Justice Department announced today it has secured a settlement agreement with the San Bernardino City Unified School District to resolve the department’s investigation into the district’s educational program for English learners.
The department investigation, conducted jointly by the United States Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, concluded that the district was not providing English learners with the necessary services and supports to become fluent in English, or to meaningfully participate in core content classes like math, science or social studies.
The district has agreed to improve its services so that English learners have access to the same crucial educational opportunities as their peers. Continue reading →

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NOTICE
FBN 20220010440
The following person(s) is(are) doing business in SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY as:
BRIGHT SPOT HOME SOLUTIONS
[and]
LEGACY 1 HOLDINGS
9375 ARCHIBALD AVE SUITE 110 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730: C & R INVESTMENT GROUP 11812 SILVER LOOP MIRA LOMA, CA 91752
Mailing Address: 11812 SILVER LOOP MIRA LOMA, CA 91752
Business is Conducted By: A CORPORATION registered with the State of California as 4673871
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/ AMANDA MEZA, Chief Executive Officer
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN BERNARDINO on: 11/10/2022
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: November 1, 2022.
County Clerk, G8420
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 11/25, 12/02, 12/09 & 12/16, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NOTICE
FBN 20220010691
The following person(s) is(are) doing business in SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY as:
VINCIMUS PERFUME 6658 MONTRESOR PLACE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91737: JOSE G RAIMONDO 6658 MONTRESOR PLACE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91737
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/ JOSE G RAIMONDO, Owner
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN BERNARDINO on: 11/21/2022
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: October 31, 2022.
County Clerk, J2108
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 11/25, 12/02, 12/09 & 12/16, 2022.

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San Bernardino County’s dispossessed appear to be in for a rough go of it this winter of 2022-23, which is likely to be colder than 2021-22, if the weather and storm patterns of November and early December are an accurate indication.
Moreover, a significant factor with regard to the region’s homeless is that San Bernardino County’s current sheriff, Shannon Dicus, appears to be every bit as indulgent of the more sadistic element of his department’s deputies who have been given license to persuade those who are living on the streets, beneath railroad trestles, in the nooks and crannies of freeway overpasses, beneath bridges and along the banks of the Mojave and Santa Ana rivers to simply move along.
Under the guise of “helping” the homeless in Barstow, Cajon, Chino Hills, Loma Linda, Ludlow, Mentone, Muscoy, Victorville, Yucaipa and other locations over the past two weeks, sheriff’s officers have gone into homeless encampments and shanty towns, insisting that layers of cardboard used as insulation from the ground as well as blankets, bedding, sleeping bags and tents which those who are destitute use to make it through the night are declared, in their words, “debris,” and discarded. Continue reading →

The Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree has been designated as a level IV trauma facility.
At its November 15 meeting, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors approved a $25,000 annual contract between the Hi-Desert Medical Center and Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency, conferring the level IV designation, the lowest level of trauma center licensing, on the hospital.
The designation allows Hi-Desert Medical Center staff to evaluate injured patients and initiate treatment if in their professional judgment the care needed falls within the medical center’s capability. In most cases, patients will require a greater degree of treatment than Hi-Desert Medical Center can provide, and the subjects will be transferred to a higher-level trauma center.
The designation allows doctors to stabilize patients before they are transported to a larger hospital.
The Hi-Desert Medical Center is the most comprehensive medical care venue in the neck of the woods involving Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley and the Morongo Basin. Continue reading →

By Mark Gutglueck
In a cruel twist of fate, a bicyclist on the streets of Redlands was run down and killed by a motorist, less than a day-and-a-half after the Redlands City Council, in the face of an intense and concerted protest of city residents who stood up against it doing so, voted to raise the speed limit at more than two score locations throughout the 36.43-square mile city.
On October 28, 2022, the City of Redlands released and posted traffic surveys that had been undertaken by RK Engineering Group, Inc with regard to various street segments throughout the city. Such studies, done in accordance with California Vehicle Code and standards outlined in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, are generally completed in most California municipalities every seven to fourteen years under the supervision of those cities’ engineering divisions.
Conceptually and in accordance with state standards, those surveys monitor the average speed of vehicles along specific spans of roadway, such that in accordance with those speed averages, a determination of the appropriate speed limit along those roadways at those points is set. Although the average speed of cars measured during the survey period is not the sole criterion used in ascertaining the appropriate speed limit along a given span of roadway, the application of elements of the vehicle code, jurisprudence standards used in California traffic courts, case law and other considerations have resulted in those cited for exceeding the posted speed limit having their citations dismissed upon a demonstration that the posted speed is below the 85th percentile of the actual free-flow collective actual speeds of vehicles measured passing along that particular corridor. Thus, a loose standard among traffic engineers and cities has evolved where cities use a standard of the 85th percentile of the average speed along a given road as the speed limit that is to be posted. Continue reading →

The West Valley Water District’s hiring of William Fox is being hailed inside and outside the district as a major stride forward, beyond the financial misfeasance crossing into the arena of malfeasance that agency engaged in under the leadership of its two most recently departed board presidents.
Fox has both a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. According to the West Valley Water District, he has “more than four decades of experience in auditing and public finance,” which includes being the director of finance and treasurer for the City of Vernon, chief financial officer for the Las Vegas Water District, assistant general manager of finance and risk management for the City of Glendale and internal audit manager for Southern California Edison. His most recent foray into the public sector was as the contract interim finance director with the City of South El Monte in 2020.
Of note is that in addition to being a certified public accountant, Fox holds licenses as a certified internal auditor and certified fraud examiner. Continue reading →

In a move some have said represents an illegal suspension of the California Elections Code and violation of the California Constitution, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has bypassed the county’s voters and appointed currently acting County Assessor Christopher Wilhite to serve as assessor from next month until January 2025.
The board in September appointed Wilhite to serve as assessor, recorder and county clerk, less than two months after the July 23 death of the incumbent assessor/recorder county clerk, Bob Dutton.
Dutton, who served as a Rancho Cucamonga councilman from 2000 until 2002, as an assemblyman from 2002 until 2004 and as state senator from 2004 to 2012, was first elected county assessor in 2014 and was reelected without opposition in 2018.
It was shortly after the 2018 election that signs of the prostate cancer that would kill Dutton first manifested, ones which he ignored. By 2020, Dutton’s cancer had advanced to the point of being inoperable and terminal, a condition he shared with only a handful of those closest to him. Despite recognizing that he would not be likely to serve out a full third term as assessor, he opted to seek reelection this year, filing for and qualifying his candidacy in February for the election to be held in conjunction with the June 6 California Primary. Based on his status as a two-term incumbent, his familial wealth and his fundraising capability, Dutton was able to ward off any opposition, despite the consideration that former San Bernardino County Fifth District Supervisor Josie Gonzales was interested in acceding to the assessor’s post and, upon creating a campaign committee for a run for the office, had accumulated $495,147.83 toward such a campaign. Similarly, outgoing Second District Supervisor Janice Rutherford was said to be interested in serving as assessor, and she had $32,437.74 left over in her dormant supervisor’s campaign account she could have readily converted toward use in a run for assessor. Continue reading →