In what one district employee called a “nonsensical resolution that resolves nothing” the Rialto Unified School District Board of Trustees this week terminated Superintendent Cuauhtémoc Avila, who was put on paid administrative leave more than nine months ago over suspicions of professional misconduct that have never been specified or articulated.
The board cited no cause in the action taken against Avila on Wednesday in its 4-to-0 vote, which involved two of Avila’s supporters turning the page on a chapter that had at its center a mystery which continues to confound virtually everyone who knows anything about it other than the members of the school board, one or two of the district’s top administrators, the district’s legal counsel and a limited set of lawyers with a law firm retained to look into the matter involving Avila.
Simultaneously, some of the district’s teachers, some parents of students in the district and a few students are suggesting that the only explicable reason for the otherwise inexplicable behavior on the part of the involved district officials is that they are seeking to bury a sex scandal that upon exposure would potentially result in tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in liability that would bankrupt the district.
The circumstance involving Avila, the board, and less than a dozen other district higher-ups entails a handful of facts that are known and some of which are hinted at or can be partially inferred and even more that lapse off into the province of the unknown. Continue reading →

What was originally believed to be the shooting death of a woman during a purse snatching gone awry at the Burger Point restaurant on Mill Avenue about five minutes before noon on January 10 was actually an elaborate murder for hire commissioned by the dead woman’s husband, the San Bernardino Police Department revealed on Tuesday.
At a news conference held at the San Bernardino Police Department on February 18, San Bernardino Police Chief Darren Goodman, together with the lead investigator on the case, Detective Dominick Martinez, and District Attorney Jason Anderson revealed the series of events by which authorities were able to determine in short order that the killing of Yesenia “Jessica” Torres, a successful businesswoman from Highland with assets valued in the eight figures was not a random robbery but the work of her husband and four accomplices he had employed to knock her off to further his financial interests in the midst of a bitter divorce.
On January 10, it was reported that a woman, later identified as Torres, was shot and killed by an armed male who had forcefully taken her purse as she was getting into her vehicle, a late model Mercedes Benz, parked in front of the restaurant located at 444 W. Mill Street in San Bernardino at about 11:55 a.m.
Paramedics were summoned and they pronounced the victim dead at the scene shortly after noon.
It was reported at the time that the suspect had fled by foot and homicide investigators were investigating the incident, which was being compared to a similar occurrence at the McDonalds on Second Street in downtown San Bernardino on January 2. Continue reading →

A 15-year-old Redlands resident who is suspected of engaging in a spree of robberies and burglaries in Los Angeles and San Diego counties was taken into custody by Redlands police on February 9.
The youth was taken into custody after he fled from officers in a stolen vehicle in an apparent effort to avoid being arrested. In his headlong pursuit to avoid capture, he crashed and wrecked the car he was in, collided with two others and injured himself and two others.
Because of his age, the miscreant’s name is not being released. Despite his youth, he has a demonstrated talent for interrupting the lives of others in ways that are generally not considered pleasant.
The youth’s developed mode of operation seems to involve engaging in strongarm and armed robberies or burglaries in places well removed from where he lives, a sophistication of his criminality rather uncharacteristic of sociopaths his age.
It appears that in this case, despite not having a driver license, he stole a Kia in Redlands and then used it to drive first to San Diego, where he engaged in an armed robbery and then drove to East Los Angeles, where he again robbed a victim at gunpoint. He drove eastward to West Covina, abandoning the car there. He then sole a 2017 Hyundai Elantra, which he drove back to Redlands.
Between the time he had stolen the second car and his arrival in Redlands, however, the vehicle had been reported stolen, with its description and license plate numbers/characters having been disseminated to multiple Southern California law enforcement agencies.
A Redlands Police patrolmen spotted the car, with the suspect in it, in the parking lot of the Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant in the 1400 block of West Lugonia Avenue on Sunday, February 9.
When the patrol car approached the Hyundai, the driver hastily pulled away, according to a police report of the incident. A chase was then on, with the driver accelerating and taking evasive action. The car was consistently exceeding 55 miles an hour and reached a speed exceeding 70 miles per hour during the pursuit.
While moving at a high rate of speed, the Hyundai ran a red light at the intersection of Fern Avenue and Cajon Street, hitting two vehicles and then a curb, rolling over multiple times.
The suspect was injured but not critically. He was taken into custody. The drivers of the other vehicles sustain light to medium injuries.

Outspoken and high-stepping LaVar Ball, the patriarch of one of basketball’s most celebrated families, underwent the amputation of his right foot recently in the aftermath of what was characterized as a “serious medical issue.”
The Chino Hills resident, who has parlayed his status as the father two current NBA stars and another professional basketball player who has played internationally into a lucrative sports apparel business, has a flare for making controversial and attention-grabbing comments on topical matters or those pertaining to the sports world, basketball in particular.
Upon his eldest son Lonzo submitting to the NBA draft after his freshman year at UCLA and turning pro in 2017 by signing with and playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, LaVar Ball immediately capitalized on the notoriety he had, boosting attention to himself, and ultimately his business ventures by making a series of outrageous statements. Included among these was his boast that in his prime hew would have beaten Michael Jordan in a one-on-one game.
He parlayed the notoriety and attention into the creation of a new basketball league in which two of his sons briefly played and the clothing/sports shoe line Big Baller Brand. Continue reading →

FBN 20250000601
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
GILES REAL ESTATE COMPANY 6081 HELLMAN AVENUE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91737: GILES INDEPENDENT REALTY LLC 6081 HELLMAN AVENUE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91737
Business Mailing Address: 6081 HELLMAN AVENUE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91737
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY registered with the State of California.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ BRADLEY GILES, Managing Member
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 1/22/2025
I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office San Bernardino County Clerk By:/Deputy K3379
Notice-This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on January 31 and February 7, 14 & 21, 2025.

FBN 20250000557
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
CARWASH MAFIA 18737 OUTER-HWY 18 APPLE VALLEY, CA 92307: CALIFORNIA CAR WASH COMPANY, LLC 31500 GRAPE STREET STE 3-163 LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92532
Business Mailing Address: 31500 GRAPE STREET STE 3-163 LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92532
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY registered with the State of California under the number 201036210223
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: JULY 1, 2024.
By signing, I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime (B&P Code 179130). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
/s/ SHELLY BARRIOS, Manager
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 1/21/2025
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 J4646
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 January 31 and February 7, 14 & 21, 2025.

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