Five San Bernardino County residents are among twenty Southern California residents who have been criminally charged by federal prosecutors after they were caught in a dragnet conducted the by federa Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police agencies.

A coalition of Joshua Tree residents has sued San Bernardino County over the approval of a 64-home project in the midst of that 6,767-population rustic community, asserting the board of supervisors merely rubberstamped the development without doing an adequate environmental analysis.

A former City of Big Bear Lake code enforcement officer has sued the city, maintaining he was fired when he resisted what he and his lawyer say is the city’s practice of unfairly and unevenly applying the city’s codes in favor of those who were politically connected and against those who were at odds with the city’s top elected and staff officials.

A 32-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man got exactly what he deserved when he mixed it up with deputies who had been called to an apartment complex in March 2024 in response to his erratic behavior and he ended up dead, those proud of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department say.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE
NUMBER CIV SB 2432345
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: DYLAN NATHANIEL SANCHEZ filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: DYLAN NATHANIEL SANCHEZ to DYLAN LUCIFER-SENAI SANCHEZ.
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: 06/09/2025, Time: 08:30 AM, Department: S 28
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, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: 11/08/2024
Judge of the Superior Court: Gilbert G. Ochoa
Nuvia Rivera, Deputy Clerk of the Court
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on May 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2025.

FBN 20250003700
The following entity is doing business primarily in San Bernardino County as
ANNA MED SPA, RANCHO CUCAMONGA 10601 CHURCH STREET #123 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730: ANNA REQUENA
Business Mailing Address: 10601 CHURCH STREET #123 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: APRIL 17, 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/ ANNA REQUENA, Owner
Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 04/18/2025
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 K4616
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 May 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2025.

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Antoinette Jensen, Whistleblower, Filed Safety Reports and Was Constructively Terminated

Rancho Cucamonga, CA — Submitted public documents confirm that Etiwanda School District (ESD) operated a preschool program where Transitional Kindergarten (TK) students were placed into preschool classrooms staffed by individuals without the required credentials. During this time, the district collected monthly tuition from families while also receiving public funding through LCFF, Special Education, ELO-P grants, and Medi-Cal billing.

Between 2022 and 2023, Antoinette Jensen, a former early childhood educator and mandatory reporter, submitted internal safety and credentialing complaints. She was later constructively terminated.

Financial Summary (2008–2023)

• Parent Tuition Revenue: $4.5 – $9 million
  
• Public Funding Received: Approx. $15 million
   (Includes LCFF, SPED, ELO-P, and Medi-Cal billing)
  
• Total Estimated Program Funding: $19.5 – $24 million
   (Combined private tuition and public funding in the same program)
  

Key Findings from Public Documents

• TK students were enrolled in the CLOUDS preschool program under a dual-enrollment model as described in the district’s 2022 UPK Plan.
  
• Classrooms were staffed by Child Development Permit holders, not credentialed TK teachers.
  
• The Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) confirmed that TK assignments require a multiple-subject credential.
  
• The district’s 2021 LCAP reported “zero teacher mis assignments” during the same time period.
  
• The district declined participation in the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), avoiding standard state oversight.
  
• ELO-P grant funds were applied to instructional hours, contrary to program intent.
  

Alta Loma USD Comparison

Alta Loma School District’s CHAMPS preschool program also charges tuition to general education students enrolled in special education inclusion classrooms. On May 7, 2025, the district approved a tuition increase to $360/month, with a $50 registration fee, per its public board agenda. The CHAMPS program operates on public campuses and uses public staff while collecting fees from families.

This model mirrors practices documented in Etiwanda USD, where families were also charged tuition while the district received multiple public funding streams.

Lack of Transparency in Local Control and Accountability Plans

Neither Etiwanda USD nor Alta Loma USD disclosed tuition revenue from general education students in their Local Control and Accountability Plans. Both districts accepted public education funds while running preschool programs that required monthly tuition payments from families. These practices do not appear in budget sections, funding goal narratives, or compliance reporting tables in the most recently available LCAPs.

Requested Oversight Actions

• California Department of Education (CDE) – program compliance audit
  
• Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) – credential review
  
• State Controller and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit – financial review
  
• San Bernardino County Grand Jury – governance and retaliation investigation(etiwanda.k12.ca.us, Cloudinary, alsd.k12.ca.us)
  

Supporting Public Documents

• 2021 ESD LCAP: https://www.etiwanda.org/page/lcap-documents
  
• 2022 UPK Plan: UPK Planning Template – Elementary (CA Dept of Education)
  
• Alta Loma Board Agenda (CHAMPS Tuition Increase):5.7.25_Agenda.pdf
  

Contact:
 Antoinette Jensen, Whistleblower
 📧 tonijensen333@gmail.com
 📧 CJPAM512@gmail.com

Submitted Public Documents Confirm Credentialing and Funding Violations in Etiwanda USD Preschool Program

Antoinette Jensen, Whistleblower, Filed Safety Reports and Was Constructively Terminated

Rancho Cucamonga, CA — Submitted public documents confirm that Etiwanda School District (ESD) operated a preschool program where Transitional Kindergarten (TK) students were placed into preschool classrooms staffed by individuals without the required credentials. During this time, the district collected monthly tuition from families while also receiving public funding through LCFF, Special Education, ELO-P grants, and Medi-Cal billing.

Between 2022 and 2023, Antoinette Jensen, a former early childhood educator and mandatory reporter, submitted internal safety and credentialing complaints. She was later constructively terminated.

Financial Summary (2008–2023)

• Parent Tuition Revenue: $4.5 – $9 million
  
  
• Public Funding Received: Approx. $15 million
   (Includes LCFF, SPED, ELO-P, and Medi-Cal billing)
  
  
• Total Estimated Program Funding: $19.5 – $24 million
   (Combined private tuition and public funding in the same program)
  
  

Key Findings from Public Documents

• TK students were enrolled in the CLOUDS preschool program under a dual-enrollment model as described in the district’s 2022 UPK Plan.
  
  
• Classrooms were staffed by Child Development Permit holders, not credentialed TK teachers.
  
  
• The Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) confirmed that TK assignments require a multiple-subject credential.
  
  
• The district’s 2021 LCAP reported “zero teacher mis assignments” during the same time period.
  
  
• The district declined participation in the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), avoiding standard state oversight.
  
  
• ELO-P grant funds were applied to instructional hours, contrary to program intent.
  
  

Alta Loma USD Comparison

Alta Loma School District’s CHAMPS preschool program also charges tuition to general education students enrolled in special education inclusion classrooms. On May 7, 2025, the district approved a tuition increase to $360/month, with a $50 registration fee, per its public board agenda. The CHAMPS program operates on public campuses and uses public staff while collecting fees from families.

This model mirrors practices documented in Etiwanda USD, where families were also charged tuition while the district received multiple public funding streams.

Lack of Transparency in LCAPs

Neither Etiwanda USD nor Alta Loma USD disclosed tuition revenue from general education students in their LCAPs. Both districts accepted public education funds while running preschool programs that required monthly tuition payments from families. These practices do not appear in budget sections, funding goal narratives, or compliance reporting tables in the most recently available LCAPs.

Requested Oversight Actions

• California Department of Education (CDE) – program compliance audit
  
  
• Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) – credential review
  
  
• State Controller and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit – financial review
  
  
• San Bernardino County Grand Jury – governance and retaliation investigation(etiwanda.k12.ca.us, Cloudinary, alsd.k12.ca.us)
  
  

Supporting Public Documents

• 2021 ESD LCAP: https://www.etiwanda.org/page/lcap-documents
  
  
• 2022 UPK Plan: UPK Planning Template – Elementary (CA Dept of Education)
  
  
• Alta Loma Board Agenda (CHAMPS Tuition Increase):5.7.25_Agenda.pdf
  
  

Contact:
 Antoinette Jensen, Whistleblower
 📧 tonijensen333@gmail.com
 📧 CJPAM512@gmail.com

With the heightened scrutiny the Upland City Council has been subjected to in the course and aftermath of the effort to place Upland residents’ utility bills on the county tax roll, calls are being heard to arrest what is now widely perceived to be the pay-to-play ethos at the basis of that failed initiative.
While city officials in less affluent Fontana and Rialto, with their less educated and unsophisticated and largely politically apathetic populations were able to get their residents to hold still for placing their sewer and trash bills on the county tax roll, when Upland officials sought to do the same, a firestorm of controversy and resistance eventually erupted, the intensity of which last week dissuaded the council from continuing with the plan. Before the opposition in Upland had fully developed and elected officials were yet under the impression that those inveighing against the change were few and isolated, they ruthlessly tore into those questioning the wisdom of loading landowners’ property tax bills with added charges that would need to be settled on a twice-yearly basis. Those against the idea were obstructionists getting in the way of good governance and efficiency, the council members said, and they belittled any of their constituents unwilling to accept the new billing methodology petty troublemakers.
As more and more of the city’s homeowners became aware of what was happening, however, the numbers of those questioning what the city was ramrodding through grew into legions. In formulating the proposal, it assigned the city’s special projects consultant, Chris Alanis, to put together the report/recommendation for making the change. That report enumerated all of what Alanis touted as the benefits of placing city residents’ sewer service charges, trash service charges and a storm drain assessment/fee the city had begun levying on homeowners at some indeterminate point onto each individual homeowner’s twice-yearly tax bill. Continue reading →

An eight-man, four-woman jury on Thursday found Justin Halstenberg guilty on nine of the 12 arson counts he was charged with relating to setting three fires in Highland on September 5, 2024, the last which took hold and burned up the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains and across the San Bernardino National Forest, charring 44,780 acres in its northeasterly progression all the way to the outskirts of Big Bear in becoming the fourth largest fire in recorded county history.