More than ten months after former Upland Public Works Director/City Engineer Bradon Yu was forced to leave his post with the City of Gracious Living over his bridling at being forced to postpone critical street repairs for what he and others considered “political reasons,” city officials have issued a response to the grand jury’s critique of the controversy in which they have exonerated themselves of any [misbehavior/wrongdoing].
Upland’s residents have consistently over the years turned back the efforts by city officials to get them to approve imposing on themselves higher taxes to augment the sales tax, property tax and state and federal grants and other subventions the city receives to make up the revenue side of its budgetary ledger. Under California’s Constitution, any new taxes must be approved by those voters in the jurisdiction in which the tax is to be applied. While residents in many nearby cities in both San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, such as Chino, Ontario, Claremont and Pomona have voted to increase the sales tax they pay within their various city limits, that has not been the case in Upland. In 2022, the Upland City Council used its authority to place Measure L, which called for a one-cent per dollar sales tax increase, pushing the 7.75 percent sales tax rate to 8.75 percent. Upland voters participating in the November 8, 2022 election rejected Measure L, with 10,222 voters or 44.6 percent in favor of it and 12,697 voters or 55.4 percent opposed to it.
Disappointed in and disapproving of what they considered to be the city’s voter’s stinginess and angry with a small but committed contingent of Upland residents who campaigned against higher taxes, Upland city officials, led by Mayor Bill Velto, who had taken the voters’ rejection of Measure L quite seriously and personally, resolved to persist in the effort to get the city electorate to acquiesce in a tax regime that would provide City Hall with revenue beyond the $61.3 million it had in its annual general fund operating budget. A strategy that was arrived at was to limit or discontinue altogether funding for street repairs and for Foothill Boulevard – Historic Route 66 – the city’s major east/west thoroughfare. Continue reading →

The H5N1 bird flu, which was first detected in San Bernardino County in January, is spreading locally.
The malady, which so far has been primarily confined to the animal world but carries with it potential yet mostly unmanifested hazards for humans, has made its presence felt most poignantly with the sharp escalation in the pricing on eggs. Based upon the progression into agricultural hosts, it appears the situation with regard to the contagion is on a trajectory to get worse before it will get better.
Yesterday, March 6, San Bernardino County Public Health Department officials announced that the bird flu has turned up at no fewer than four of San Bernardino County’s dairy farms.
“While the risk of bird flu to the general public remains low, the detection of this virus in animals across multiple farms serves as a reminder to practice caution when handling animals or animal products,” said San Bernardino County Health Officer Sharon Wang. “It’s crucial to avoid raw milk consumption and follow proper food safety practices to reduce any potential risk of exposure.”
In January, there were outbreaks in both San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
While H5N1 appears to have originated in birds, it has jumped to a variety of mammals. Currently, it has manifested in 48 species. In 2023, it had migrated to South America, where it resulted in a die-off of 23,000 sea lions.
The condition made its first known appearance in North America in 2021. Continue reading →

“You want to hear a story about that boy? He owned a dairy farm, and his old ma, she was kind of sick, you know? And the doctor, he called him over and said, ‘Your ma is lying there and she’s just so sick and weakly, I want you to try to persuade her to take a little brandy, see, just to pick her spirits up.’ ‘Ma, she’s a teetotaler,’ he says. ‘She wouldn’t touch a drop.’ ‘Well, I’ll tell you what to do,’ that’s the doc. ‘You bring in a fresh quart of milk every day and put some brandy in it, see, and you try that.’ And so he did, and he doctored it all up with the brandy, the fresh milk, and he gave it to his mama, and she drank a little bit of it. So, next day, he brought it in again, and she drank a little more. So, it went on that way. The third day, just a little more and the fourth day she took a little bit more. And then finally, one week later he gave her the milk and she just drank it down, she swallowed the whole thing and she called him and she said, ‘Son, whatever you do, don’t sell that cow.” -Gene Hackman, in the character of Buck Barrow in the 1967 movie “Bonnie & Clyde,” his breakout role in which he earned his first Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.

San Bernardino native Gene Hackman, a two-time Academy Award-winning actor, died on or about February 18 under circumstances that initially were unclear and led to widespread speculation when his death was announced last week.
At issue was that Hackman’s wife was found dead in the couple’s New Mexico mansion at the same time, as well. The results of her autopsy indicates that her death preceded his and was not directly related to his passing, but might have been an indirect contributory factor as the actor was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and was isolated in their home for as long as a week after she expired. Continue reading →

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIV SB 2501472
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: BRENDA LUCIA MIRANDA TERRIQUEZ filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
BRENDA LUCIA MIRANDA TERRIQUEZ to BRENDA LUCIA TERRIQUEZ
[and]
LEAH GRACE MIRANDA to LEAH GRACE TERRIQUEZ
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: 03/25/2025, Time: 09:00 AM, Department: S32
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.
Filed: February 11, 2025
Judge of the Superior Court: Gilbert G. Ochoa
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on February 14, 21, 28 & March 7, 2025.

FBN 20250001544
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
PARADISE THERMAL SOLUTION 16300 LOZANO ST UNIT #1 FONTANA, CA 92336: JESSICA Y. ROJASOVIEDO
Business Mailing Address: 16300 LOZANO ST UNIT #1 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: February 10, 2025.
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/ JESSICA Y. ROJASOVIEDO, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 02/13/2025
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 K1583
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 February 14, 21 & 28 and March 7, 2025.
FBN 20250000914
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
BRCM COMPANY 3257 STRATFORD AVENUE CHINO HILLS, CA 91709: BRCM COMPANY LLC 8605 SANTA MONICA BLVD. #397230 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069
Business Mailing Address: 3257 STRATFORD AVENUE CHINO HILLS, CA 91709
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY registered in 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/ RAMIRO J. NUNEZ-VILLELA, Manager
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 01/30/2025
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 J7527
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 February 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2025.

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