The mental stability of a Yucaipa couple who engaged in a series of staged accidents which netted them several hundred thousand dollars in insurance payouts appears to be in question as they wend their way through the justice system.

FBN 20230002097
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as J’S TOUCH 11553 FOOTHILL BLVD RANCHO CUCAMONGA 91730: JAILYN E ELLINGTON 1423 WHITE CLOUD LN BEAUMONT, CA 92223
Mailing Address: 1423 WHITE CLOUD LANE BEAUMONT, CA 92223
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: FEBRUARY 28, 2023.
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/ JAILYN ELLINGTON
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 3/6/2023
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 I9576
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on March 17, 24 & 31 and April 7, 2023.

FBN 20230002044
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as RVR AHA 420 E ST NEEDLES, CA 92363: RUTH MUSSER-LOPEZ 420 E ST NEEDLES, CA 92363
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/ RUTH MUSSER-LOPEZ, Manager
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 3/2/2023
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 J3108
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on March 17, 24 & 31 and April 7, 2023.

FBN 20230002479
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as FMZ AUTOSALES 1680 S E STREET SUITE B-202 SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408: FRANCISCO MARTINEZ 10332 COUNTRY GROVE DR. MORENO VALLEY, CA 92557
Mailing Address: 10332 COUNTRY GROVE DR. MORENO VALLEY, CA 92557
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: MARCH 6, 2023.
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/ FRANCISCO MARTINEZ, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 3/14/2023
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 M4750
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on March 17, 24 & 31 and April 7, 2023.

FBN 20230002419
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as BRIGHT FOREST BOUTIQUE 1621 WEST RIALTO AVE F117 FONTANA, CA 92335 JAMES J SHERWOOD 1621 WEST RIALTO AVE F117 FONTANA, CA 92335
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 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/ JAMES J SHERWOOD, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 3/13/2023
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 J2523
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on March 17, 24 & 31 and April 7, 2023.

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By Mark Gutglueck
The lackluster response of the multiple state and governmental agencies to the challenges of the February and March blizzard conditions in San Bernardino County’s mountain communities was in large measure a reflection of the lack of timely reaction and dearth of emergency management training, experience, and education by the county deputy executive officer overseeing the San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services and his failure to coordinate with the county’s chief executive officer in getting equipment, supplies and manpower in place, sources familiar with the county’s managerial echelon and its emergency protocol have told the Sentinel.
What came about over the last week-and-a-half of February and into the second week of March had its roots in County Executive Officer Leonard Hernandez’s penchant for promoting into the county’s top managerial posts individuals loyal to him rather than those whose demonstrated competence would otherwise have qualified them for department leadership positions, according to several middle- and high-ranking county employees.
In the instant case of what is now referred to as the Blizzard of ’23, Assistant County Executive Officer Daniel Muñoz’s understanding and functional familiarity with the county’s so-called FAST Plan, meant to provide a blueprint of the emergency response to a whole host of anticipated weather disasters that could beset the county, was at best sketchy, according to those who have worked with him in the county’s two primary emergency response divisions. As a consequence of that, it appears, Muñoz for ten days failed to trigger a set of prearranged procedures in response to what were deteriorating weather conditions and then a fully manifested weather system. Continue reading →

What appeared to be clear sailing toward the routine approval of a proposal to establish a resort hotel in the desert community of Wonder Valley ran into a ruinous typhoon when public input revealed the extent to which the project proponents had attempted to conceal from county land use officials conditions relating to the property on which the development was to take place.
After a four-hour 37-minute and 45-second public hearing, the San Bernardino County Planning Commission March 23 rejected the San Bernardino County Land Use Services staff’s recommendation and denied a proposal by Jason Landver and Alan Greenburg to construct the Wonder Inn on what would roughly total 12 acres within a 21.22-acre parcel and an adjoining 3.18 parcel located at 78201 Amboy Road, not too distant from the southwest corner of Amboy Road and Gammel Road.
Going into the meeting, Landver and Greenberg had the momentum of a county land use services department staff recommendation that the planning commission endorse the project to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, which as the county’s ultimate elected decision-making body, alone has the authority to adopt the mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring and reporting program for the project, adopt the findings for the approval of the project and approve changing the RL-5 zoning, allowing for rural residential living consisting of a single residential home on five acres, which applied to 21.22 acres of the property to CS, zoning, that is commercial service use, and approve the conditional use permit for the project to proceed. Continue reading →

Several score parents in the southernmost area of Ontario were given an object lesson in how unfairly they and their children can be treated by the combination of local government, the development community and the school district they have entrusted to educate their children using a state law that allows the financial burden for building schools to fall on them without any assurance their children will be allowed to attend them.
Historically in California, developers were required to defray the cost of the infrastructure built to accompany their projects, such as streets, curbs, sidewalks, water lines, sewers, sewer lines, schools and parks. Oftentimes those builders were required to construct the improvements outright; in others, they would contribute money to a municipal fund that paid for the needed accessory equipment and foundations to service the homes being built and the people living in them.
In 1945, the California Legislature enacted the Community Redevelopment Act with the stated intent of assisting local governments eliminate blight through development, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of residential, commercial, industrial, and retail properties. This allowed cities to form redevelopment districts in which the property tax collected therein – referred to as tax increment – would come under the exclusive control of the redevelopment agency. The redevelopment agency would borrow against that future tax increment revenue, generally in the form of issuing municipal bonds which would be sold to investors. The proceeds from those bond sales would then be used by the redevelopment agency, which was a subentity of the city, to rid the redevelopment district of its blight, thereby encouraging the development of the property. The development of the property, in turn, would increase the property’s value, increasing the property tax/tax increment it yielded, allowing the bond holders to be debt serviced.
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The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors this week committed the county to a concerted effort to reduce homelessness throughout the 20,105-square mile jurisdiction they oversee, saying they will utilize $72.7 million in federal, state and county resources to support what has been dubbed the 2022 Homeless Strategic Action Plan.
Referencing that plan, which was approved by the slightly differently constituted board last June, Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman said, “As a board, we are leveraging all of the resources at our disposal and thinking outside the box by linking housing and other services to give people who are struggling a foundation of stability.”
Hagman said it was hoped the approach would enable “people to break through the challenges they are facing and get back on their feet and off the streets. Addressing the root causes of homelessness is the most effective means of reducing the numbers of people experiencing homelessness and providing a path forward for the individuals and the community at large.” Continue reading →