The long-anticipated report of the investigation into Barstow Mayor Paul Courtney’s activities and alleged abuse of authority was released earlier this month, done verbally as a report of discussion that had taken place during a closed session of the council and its attorney at the November 7 city council meeting.
Coming as it did, in a fleeting announcement by City Attorney Matthew Summers without being provided in written form and a day before the November 8 election, the report was largely ignored by the public. Continue reading →

By Mark Gutglueck
First District San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Cook is digging his heels in as momentum is building toward what those with regard for his legacy had hoped would be his voluntary resignation and what increasingly appears will be his forced removal from office.
At issue is the 79-year-old’s residency in Yucca Valley within the county’s Third Supervisorial District, outside the First District, which he has represented since December 2020. County officials have tacitly acknowledged that Cook, first in declaring and then qualifying his candidacy for the supervisor’s post in 2019, misrepresented that his domicile was in Apple Valley. At that time, the abrupt dismissal of questions from those who were aware of Cook’s longtime residency in Yucca Valley dissuaded the public from pursuing an examination of whether Cook in actuality had changed his residence to the First District. Cook had been a councilman and mayor in Yucca Valley in the early 2000s, where in 2004 he built a 3,527-square foot home built on a 1.15-acre lot on Country Club Drive overlooking the 12-hole Hawk’s Landing Golf Course. That was his declared residence when he successfully ran in 2006 to represent the 65th Assembly District in the California Legislature and was reelected in 2008 and 2010, as it was in 2012 when he was elected to represent California’s 8th Congressional District and was reelected in 2014, 2016 and 2018. Continue reading →

Those who are inclined to do so can give a little happiness to a child by donating a toy to the Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County this season. The intent is to support local communities and provide toys to children in need. The partnership has set a goal of provoking the generosity of the more fortunate so joy can be brought to hundreds of families in San Bernardino County over the holidays.
The most pressing need is gifts for 14-to-17-year-olds. This could be sports equipment, electronics, board games, art supplies, self-care essentials, etc.
Unwrapped toys can be dropped off or mailed to:
Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County
Attn: Family Development Program
696 S. Tippecanoe Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92408
Monetary donations can be made at:
www.capsbc.org/holidayvirtualtoydrive
Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to serving those in need since 1965.

The intensity of land use and traffic will increase at the periphery of Don Lugo High School in accordance with the Chino Planning Commission’s October 17 approval of a mixed-use project north of the campus.
Involved is the 1.89 acres at the northwest corner of Pipeline Avenue and Chino Avenue, immediately across the street from Don Lugo High School.
The applicant, Creative Design Associates, asked for an entitlement to proceed with a one-story 14-unit medical/professional office totaling 23,719 square feet, along with 96 parking spaces.
The planning commission’s approval of the project further cleared the way for the property owner, Rowland Heights-based Contai Chino, LLC, to develop the remaining 0.86 of an acre on the property into condominiums. Continue reading →

The musicians of the Ontario Chaffey Community Show Band and Memory of Mary Watson Ortiz are proud to present Holidays Around the World on Monday, December 19, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium located on the campus of Chaffey High School, 1250 N. Euclid Ave. in Ontario.
Early concertgoers are invited to arrive at 7:00 p.m. to be entertained by the “Woodwind Celebration” ensemble in the lobby while enjoying complimentary coffee and cookies. The performance is free to the public.
The December concert celebrates the season with a repertoire of holiday music from countries around the world. Featured artists include the special guest appearance of former Show Band concertmaster and vocalist Chris McAleer. She will sing several holiday classics that include What Child Is This, My Favorite Things, the timeless holiday song White Christmas, a medley of sing-along Christmas carols, and a narration of Twas, The Night Before Christmas. Continue reading →

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIVSB 2221266
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner VERANIZ NELSON filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
VERANIZ MAGANA CERDA to VERANIZ CERDA
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: DECEMBER 15, 2022
Time: 8:30 AM
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,
County of San Bernardino, 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: 11/03/2022
Judge of the Superior Court: JOHN M. PACHECO
Veraniz Nelson, In Pro Per
346 Ashbury LN
Upland, CA 91784
(626) 758-0315
vera.nel@outlook.com
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on November 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2022.

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By Mark Gutglueck
Sacramento’s loss is San Bernardino County’s gain, according to word emanating from the Fifth Floor of the County Administrative Complex.
Sometime next month, after Thurston Smith leaves the California Assembly as a result of his being defeated on November 8 in his contest for reelection, he will very likely check in as San Bernardino County’s newly appointed First District supervisor, displacing Paul Cook, the former assemblyman and congressman who abandoned those two higher offices when he ran successfully for supervisor in 2020.
According to well-placed individuals within the county’s governmental structure, the current First District Supervisor, Paul Cook, does not meet the residency requirement to hold his elective post. His departure as supervisor is imminent, the Sentinel was told.
The Republican establishment, or that wing of it that surrounds the county’s center of power, is insistent that the gap to be created with Cook’s departure be filled with Smith, a deviation from the previous expectation that Cook would be succeeded by his handpicked successor, his chief of staff, Tim Itnyre.
Cook, who had joined the Marine Corps in 1966 after he had obtained a bachelor’s degree in education at Southern Connecticut University in anticipation of becoming a teacher, served in Vietnam, was highly decorated and achieved the rank of colonel before he retired in 1992. Relatively late in his career, he was stationed at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, during which time he began a transition back to the civilian existence he had abandoned at the age of 23. Continue reading →