It appears the prospect of former Fontana Assistant Police Chief Alan Hostetter overcoming entirely his four felony convictions growing out of his action in the nation’s capitol on January 6, 2021 will substantially or even infinitely improve by January 20 with Donald Trump’s inauguration to a second as president. At the very least, the anticipated January 16 resignation of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia which Trump’s pending ascendancy is prompting will enhance the viability that Hostetter’s 11-year and three-month prison sentence will be reduced.
Hostetter, who personally – directly or indirectly – had a hand in putting thousands of actual or alleged lawbreakers in jail or prison cells over the course of his 23-year law enforcement career, is now himself doing time in the Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution in Louisiana.
Hostetter’s declension from a straight-laced upholder of the law who achieved the distinction of serving as a police chief to Federal Inmate #49779-509 is an engaging story.
In 1986, after more than three years in the Army, Hostetter was hired by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. In 1989, he made a lateral transfer to the Fontana Police Department. Continue reading →

In an effort to prevent delays in closure for the Schumacher and Caccavari families, Superior Court Judge Rasheed Alexander has sentenced Arthur Davies to 25-years-to-life following his November conviction for involuntary manslaughter and related assault resulting in the death of a child in the February 2018 death of 17-month old Parker Schumacher.
Judge Alexander’s sentencing telegraphs that he is primed to reject a yet-pending motion by Davies’ attorney, Zulu Ali, that his client be granted a new trial because of juror misconduct.
Any prospect that the 41-year-old Davies will take up residence outside of a penal institution now hinges on efforts Ali or Davies’ appellate attorney can make to convince California Fourth Appellate District in Riverside that the judge who heard pretrial motions before Judge Alexander officiated over the trial wrongfully excluded evidence and testimony Ali believes might have exonerated Davies at trial. In addition, Ali is gravitating toward exploiting another facet of the actual trial he contends put Davies at an unfair disadvantage with the jury. Under this theory, Judge Alexander wrongfully permitted the prosecution to shop around for charges to apply against the defendant. Judge Alexander allowed the prosecution to present a case during Davies second trial that alleged the defendant had willfully but without premeditation murdered the child but then allowed that theory to be withdrawn, and let the allegation of guilt transition into involuntary manslaughter just before the matter went to the jury. Continue reading →

2024 closed out with Dalton Rakestraw of Fontana having put his city on the map with his fifth place finish in the 2024 World Horseshoe Pitching Championships held at the
Toyota Center in Tri-Cities Washington from July 29 to August 4.
Rakestraw had the fifth most impressive sustained performance overall with a percentage of 65.90. He had a single game score of 82.35 percent against Nathan Williams, another competitor from California, the seventh-place finisher.
Throughout the championship round, Rakestraw racked up a record of ten wins and five losses, competing against the cream of the world’s horseshoe pitchers. Continue reading →

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SUMMONS CROSS COMPLAINT – (CITACION JUDICIAL – CONTRADEMANDA)
CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) CVRI2301609
Short Name Of Case:
JESUS AVALO QUINTERO vs. MICHAEL MICHAELS
NOTICE TO CROSS-DEFENDANT
AVISO AL CONTRA-DEMANDADO
DARIO GONZALEZ, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND ROES 1-20, inclusive
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY CROSS-COMPLAINANT:
(LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL CONTRADEMANDANTE):
GREEN ROOF DESIGNS, INC., a California corporation;
MICHAEL MICHAELS, an individual
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):
RIVERSIDE SUPERIOR COURT
4050 MAIN STREET
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante es):
LAW OFFICES OF DARREN P. TRONE, APC
3838 ORANGE ST
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 686-2985
DATE (Fecha): 3/15/2024
Clerk (Secretario), by D. BROWN
Published in the SBCS Rancho Cucamonga on December 20 & 27, 2024 and January 3 & 10, 2025.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIV SB 2434925
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: RITA NASSER filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: RITA NASSER to RITA RASHID
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: 01/28/17/2025, Time: 09:00 AM, Department: S24
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District-Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415,
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: 12/17/2024
Judge of the Superior Court: Gilbert G. Ochoa
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on December 20 & 27, 2024 and January 3 & 10, 2025.

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Despite its relatively diminutive size, Big Bear Lake over the last several years and two or three election cycles has generated almost as much controversy and political tension as most other cities in widespread San Bernardino County ten and twenty times its size. It now appears, with the addition to the city council of a personage whose views do not line up with the panel’s two most dominant and long-serving members, that the city council contretemps in Big Bear Lake is likely to remain a reality.
Big Bear Valley, which covers roughly 135 square miles, lies within the San Bernardino Mountains and includes the unincorporated San Bernardino County communities of Big Bear City, Fawnskin, Holcomb Valley, Sugarloaf, Erwin Lake, Baldwin Lake and Lake Williams, as well as the incorporated municipality of Big Bear Lake, a 6.42 square-mile city that lies along the south shore of Lake Big Bear.
The City of Big Bear Lake, with its 5,046 residents, is San Bernardino County’s second-smallest city population-wise, slightly ahead of Needles, and the county’s third-smallest city land-wise, ahead of Montclair and Grand Terrace.
Because of its location, the City of Big Bear Lake is involved with as a co-participant in or in some fashion coordinates with several of its neighboring communities through various governmental agencies, including the Big Bear City Community Services District, the Big Bear Fire Authority, the Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency, the Bear Valley Community Healthcare District, the Big Bear Valley Recreation and Park District, the Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority, and the Big Bear Lake Department of Water.
Despite its vaunted and more advanced status as a full-fledged municipality and the prestige that confers upon it, within the context of the San Bernardino Mountain communities and Big Bear Valley, the City of Big Bear Lake is not the largest entity either in terms of land, population or political muscle. Big Bear City, which despite its name is not actually a municipality, is larger in area – at an expansive 32.03 square miles – with 12,738 residents. The City of Big Bear Lake has 2,929 registered voters. Big Bear City has 7,843 voters. While common interest unites the majority of Big Bear Valley’s residents with regard to many issues, there have been over the years matters which have split the populace, and on occasion those divisions have put a significant number of Big Bear Lake residents on the other side of the question than the general sentiment that prevailed with Big Bear City residents, such that by virtue of their sheer numbers, those in Big Bear City prevailed when a decision was ultimately rendered. This has not sat well with Big Bear Lakes leadership, particularly its elected leadership, i.e., its city council. Continue reading →