Oscar Miranda said, “My drive to become a member of Montclair’s city council is fueled by my desire to improve the engagement and transparency between our city government and Montclair’s residents. I would like to promote the importance of local governance to our residents and increase local awareness of city, state, and federal policies. By being on the city council, I might have a better opportunity to not only discuss local matters with Montclair residents as their representative, but also be in a position to give a voice to the residents who lack the time to research all the local policies that are affecting them directly.”
In discussing his relative qualifications to hold the position of city councilman, Miranda said, “I hold no belief that I am qualified or unqualified. I am simply a person who has a track record of successfully completing the tasks I’m presented with. And while one should never assume he is going to succeed in one venture simply because he was successful in another, one can get a perspective on the amount of work and dedication required to simply have a chance at success through past experiences. So, in the category of engagement and dedication, I have no doubt these skills will serve me well to better my odds of being a positive representative for my fellow Montclair residents.”
Asked what distinguishes him from his opponents for the position on the council he is seeking, Miranda said, “While I don’t like to compare myself to my ‘opponents,’ speaking only about my accomplishments could lead one to believe that I have a fair amount of experience in various fields. I am a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran, which could help me to understand the needs of citizens who may require assistance in their daily lives. Serving in the military also gave me a perspective into putting the goals of the group ahead of one’s own personal desires. Another experience that displays my work ethic comes from the time I spent at Cal State University Long Beach while completing my bachelor of science degree in business administration. While doing so, I often took twice the workload of the average student, eight to ten courses per semester, to stay on track to complete my degree within a two-year window once I transferred in. The only way I was able to accomplish this was by focusing on the task at hand and limiting any outside distractions. After completion of my degree, I started my own business that I grew with increased profits year after year while employing unionized workers who were well compensated in pay, benefits and a pension funding.”
Miranda said, “One of the most vital issues that will be facing the City of Montclair as well as many other municipalities in the State of California will be the increased cost associated with the pension funding for the California Public Employees Retirement System. This has been a growing issue and has already started to impact every other program Montclair oversees. It has become an issue that has put stress on the city’s financials while taking a predominant role in all city budgeting workshops. Without addressing this issue, it will continue to hinder many conversations concerning other city programs and agendas.”
Miranda said the problem is a daunting one.
“I don’t know how to remedy the continued underfunding of the California Public Employee Retirement System pension program,” he said. “There are several approaches by other municipalities that can be examined; however, those options don’t seem to bring about a resolution without negatively impacting the community and its city employees. It is a problem that will require numerous individuals working together to find a creative resolution as soon as possible because without one, Montclair as well as most cities in California will have a difficult time continuing to fund a program that continues to financially stress our city budget.”
Miranda weighed in on the city’s current efforts to come to terms with its financial challenges.
“Unfortunately, the current city council has decided to place the funding burden on the citizens of Montclair and our surrounding neighbors by seeking a sales tax increase though a tax measure placed on this November’s ballot,” he said. “While I disagree with the means by which the city will go about in informing the public as to why the additional funds from the tax are needed and will be utilized, I cannot disregard the need for such funds based on a number of financial shortcomings the city will be facing in the near future. The only thing I can say is that my access to all available funding options is currently limited, so I cannot comment on whether all available options were genuinely considered prior to the city council’s decision to seek funding through a tax measure.”
In sizing up what previous experience relating to government he possesses, Miranda said his company’s articulation with government agencies at various levels provided him with practical knowledge of how the government works and carries out its function in conjunction with the private sector.
Miranda created and expanded a company that did street and road sweeping and cleaning in connection with road and freeway construction projects.
“My company subcontracted for many companies who were contracted on federal, state, and city projects,” Miranda said. “This is relevant because it has given me an understanding of how work is accomplished in the public sector. Most people wonder why certain things like placing a speed bump on your street can take so long. Well, I no longer wonder about that because I understand the various obstacles such a small project can entail. I have also been able to navigate many programs that helped to increase the working opportunities for my former company. Having this experience will help me in both the short and the long term of any of my decision-making as a city representative.”
Miranda has lived in Montclair for more than six years. “I purchased my home in Montclair in the middle of 2014,” he said.
Miranda grew up in Los Angeles and went to high school in Boyle Heights. He has a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from California State University Long Beach.
Miranda told the Sentinel, “I am currently enjoying semi-retirement after selling my company that I started in 2011. At present, I am helping my wife, who is an occupational therapist, to establish her company, Playhouse Therapy Center, Inc,. that will work in the advancement of children with special needs. With nothing else on my plate, I will dedicate the reminder of my free time to helping to improve upon the infrastructure, social, and educational programs and opportunities of Montclair.”
He and his wife have two children, ages two and one.
Miranda said, “My candidacy is focused on challenging current systems in place in an attempt to improve upon the present programs. I am not going to try to change things because I foolishly believe I know better than the current council, but simply desire to question the manner in which things are now being run in order to try and maximize the efficiency by which Montclair conducts its business.”
-M.G.

Adelanto Councilman Ed Camargo’s girlfriend’s employment by the GEO Group proved crucial last week in allowing that company to augment the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, a 1,940-bed illegal immigrant detention center it operates on behalf of the federal government within the 35,000 population, 56-quare mile city, with the 750-bed Desert View Modified Community Correctional Facility it previously ran proximate to the site. GEO’s proposal was to convert the smaller correctional facility, which until February held inmates for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, into an annex to hold the ever-greater number of illegal aliens the federal government wants to house in Adelanto.
GEO, in a move that its corporate officials said would preserve 150 existing jobs and provide the federal government with the capacity to meet a burgeoning immigration law offender population burden, said it wanted to convert the facility into an annex for or extension of the detention center. That expansion, the company said, would entail an economic boost for the community as a whole, as it would increase the annual salaries of entry-level detention center employees from $34,474 to $60,788.
Since the onset of the Donald Trump administration in 2017, federal immigration law, its enforcement and the detention of immigration law offenders have been issues of considerable controversy. GEO and its Adelanto operation have been caught up in that contretemps.
After federal officials carried out a series of surprise inspections, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General in 2018 issued a report which said that the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and GEO had engaged in “improper and overly restrictive segregation, and untimely and inadequate detainee medical care” at the Adelanto facility. Advocates for the inmate population have called upon the federal government to dispense with contractual detention facilities altogether and the shutdown of the Adelanto facility specifically. Litigation that has been launched since the advent of the COVID-19 crisis seeks to severely limit the population inside the Adelanto facility to head off the spread of the virus within the captive population. Last year, the California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom touched off an intensive legal battle over immigration policy when the legislature in October 2019 passed and Newsom signed Assembly Bill 32, which phased out private prisons and detention centers, effective on January 1, 2020. In a ploy to overcome that restriction, the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and GEO, in December before Assembly Bill 32 became law, entered into a 15-year contract to expand the Adelanto ICE Processing Center from 1,940 beds to 2,690 beds, essentially on the basis of folding the Desert View Modified Community Correctional Facility into the processing center.
GEO joined with the U.S. Department of Justice in suing the State of California, Newsom and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, contesting the legality and constitutionality of Assembly Bill 32, and asserting it improperly intrudes upon federal prerogatives and the legitimate function of the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Taking a second bite at the apple, California’s political establishment, including Newsom, Becerra and Democratic members of California’s congressional delegation, decried the manner in which federal officials were entering into deliberately-drafted last-minute contractual arrangements with California-based providers of private detentions services to “evade” the law. Thereafter, protests by groups militating and advocating on behalf of immigrants reached a crescendo.
Thus, the matter relating to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center put the Adelanto community at the forefront, the epicenter and ground zero of the bitter national debate over immigration policy.
On Februry 19, the Adelanto Planning Commission on a 4-to-1 vote, with Commissioner JayShawn Johnson dissenting, approved GEO making the expansion. Immigrant rights organizations, including the San Francisco-based Immigrant Legal Resource Center and the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice appealed that decision, placing the authority over the ultimate fate of the plan by the federal government to hold ever larger numbers of those detained for having come into the country illegally and attempting live undocumented among both the native, naturalized and legally documented populations into the hands of the city council. The removal of the decision into the province of the city council presented a dilemma. Councilman Ed Camargo for years has steered clear of any issues relating to GEO because his girlfriend/fiancee, Regina Duran, is employed by GEO. Mayor Gabriel Reyes, whose commitment to economic development and the creation and maintenance of financial activity within the city outruns his sensitivity to and willingness to comply with the wishes of those protesting against the private prison on the basis of social causes such as that relating to the federal government’s treatment of immigrants, placed him on GEO’s side of the issue. For him, that GEO is the city’s major employer and a provider of more than $960,000 in mitigation payments and administrative fees to City Hall is reason enough to be positively receptive to GEO’s expansion plans. By allowing the expansion to proceed, Reyes knows, the 450 workers employed at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center will soon be joined by the 150 GEO employees who stood to lose their jobs with the closure of the Desert View Modified Community Correctional Facility in February. He is backed in his support of GEO by Councilwoman Joy Jeannette.
Councilwoman Stevevonna Evans, who is active in Democratic political circles including the San Bernardino County Democratic Central Committee, and Councilman Gerardo Hernandez not only found the position taken by those advocating liberal immigration policies persuasive, but were among those making a case against the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Thus, the council found itself in a 2-to-2 deadlock on whether to grant the appeal of the planning commission’s February approval of the expansion.
After twice delaying a vote on the matter, the city council last week, at last considered the matter in a meeting that began on Wednesday, September 9 but which lasted into the wee hours of Thursday morning, September 10. The meeting was held by means of a teleconference, owing to the danger of the ongoing COVID-19 situation.
Some 91 members of the public weighed in on the matter through a queue of phone calls to the number 1-415-655-0001, with the lion’s share seeking to persuade the council to block GEO’s expansion plans. Some of those calling in were identified by name if they chose to give it and some were identified only by a numbered designation.
One caller, a man with the designation 626347, said, “The GEO people came on board under false pretenses with bribes, and I don’t know what else they did.” He said the pay rate for the jobs to be added was not what it was represented as being, and would range from $10.79 to $12.43 per hour. “It’s not going to take people out of poverty,” caller 626347 stated. “It’s just going to take them off welfare. This is oppression. What side of history is the council of Adelanto going to be on in 20 years? Right now you’re creating some kind of containment place to house people that are there for just wanting to look for a better life.”
Caller 626347 said there had been one suicide and three attempted suicides at the facility.
A woman caller designated as number 626482 said, “From listening to the GEO counsel, it sounds like there is a pay-to-play situation going on or a corrupt arrangement between GEO and the City of Adelanto. There are just too many questions that are not being answered. It is outrageous that the volunteer work program going on within Adelanto only pays detainees one dollar per day for the same work that a staff member would make somewhere between $12-and-$22- per hour. How can GEO justify such negligible wages to detainees when GEO’s total revenue in 2019 was $2.48 billion? What kind of city council would want to be in cahoots with a corrupt organization like GEO? The only reason that GEO wants to expand the detention center is they want to reap more profit off the backs of the detainees. Please overturn the decision to expand the detention center. It’s the only acceptable and humane decision you can make.”
A woman caller identified by the nomenclature 760792 said she was “an employee of GEO Group …for over five years. They are an awesome company to work for. They pay very well. I’m actually trying to purchase a house in Adelanto to further expand the economy and the community. But unfortunately, if this expansion does not go through, not only myself but many hundreds of employees that work for GEO will be out of jobs, will not be able to support the economy, will probably have to move out of the city. Talking about the treatment of the detainees: I work in the visitation department. Actually, they are treated very well. I have had family members thank me that we’re not cruel and inhumane towards them. Most of us are minorities that work with them. So, it’s their own people who are here. I’m a minority myself. We are watching over our own, and making sure that nothing horrible is happening to these guys, because we do care, because everyone is human at the end of the day.”
When the council got around to voting on the matter sometime shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday morning, they were unable to come to a consensus. They approached the vote from different angles. Mayor Gabriel Reyes and Councilwoman Joy Jeannette put forth a motion to deny the appeal and allow the expansion. That approach failed, with Hernandez and Evans evening the score with two votes against it. Camargo did not participate in the matter, having recused himself from taking part in the decision.
Equally futilely, Councilwoman Stevevonna Evans and Councilman Gerardo Hernandez floated a motion to uphold the appeal and deny GEO’s expansion plan. That failed 2-to-2.
Based upon the planning commission’s approval of the expansion proposal involving the conversion of the Desert View Modified Community Correctional Facility into an augmenting wing to the Adelanto Ice Processing Center, City Attorney Lloyd Pilchen said the planning commission’s February vote remains intact, such that GEO is now eligible to proceed with the expansion.
The legal team representing the appellants, in particular Grisel Ruiz with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, is propounding the novel theory that the tie vote by the council on the appeal nullifies the planning commission’s original vote, which runs contrary to custom, law, tradition and precedent, which holds that unless an appealed decision is clearly overturned, it remains in place. Ruiz has suggested that because a majority of the council failed to either deny the appeal or approve the expansion, adequate authority for the city – by means of a council decision – to give passage to GEO’s request for expansion has not manifested. Indications were that a legal challenge of the project will now ensue.
During the course of the meeting, Councilwoman Evans referenced what she suggested was collusion or a “pay-to-play” circumstance that had arisen when the GEO offered last year to continue its bed tax payments to the city as well as an additional annual payment of $50,000 for “facilitating the intergovernmental services agreement” that exists between the city and the federal government relating to the prison even while the Desert View Modified Community Correctional Facility remained shuttered.
Meanwhile, the federal government and GEO, which have been limiting the number of inmates being located into the facility to the point that it is now functioning at well under 50 percent capacity, are on the brink of loading the prison full of prisoners in light of their inability to get clearance to add 1,400 beds to GEO’s immigrant holding facility in the community of McFarland in Central California earlier this year.
-Mark Gutglueck

Jacqueline Diaz is seeking one of two positions up for election on the Adelanto City Council this year, she said, “because I believe Adelanto has the potential to be a great city and outstanding place to live once it has been built up to the standards of endless possibilities.”
She is qualified to serve in the capacity of city councilwoman, she said, as a result of her station in life, character and willingness to take on challenges.
“I have built myself up from the ashes of poverty and disadvantages so I am very well aware of what it takes to fight through a struggle,” she said. “What distinguishes me from my opponents for this position is my passion and unwillingness to give up.”
Diaz said, “I consider the major issues facing the city to be lack of employment opportunities, community resources and structure, and people’s unwillingness to get involved in the upkeep of the community. I believe these issues can be addressed by creating business contracts that will help provide more resources and employment as well as providing opportunities for community involvement. I propose that the city appoint a team that seeks out business contracts that contribute to the development of the community, and not just the city. I am also advocating for the city making multiple and even redundant applications for governmental grants for certain projects that will serve to redress some of the issues affecting the financial difficulties Adelanto is currently experiencing.”
Diaz openly acknowledge that “I have no previous experience relating to government,” which at least some observers of Adelanto politics see as a plus rather than a drawback.
Diaz has lived in Adelanto for 3 years.
“I did not attend high school in Adelanto,” she said. “I attended high school in the city of Bellflower. I graduated vocational school for training as a licensed practitioner nurse, but have not yet taken the state board for licensure. I also graduated from Long Beach City College where I received my phlebotomy certification and licensure. I have been employed with my current company for 5 years, handling Medicare claims.”
Diaz is a single mother who has raised four children.
“I want the Sentinel’s readers to know that I have decided to plant roots here for my family and will continue to fight for the improvement of this community, no matter if I am elected or not,” Diaz said. “Keep an eye out for me. My passion doesn’t start or stop with this election.”
-M.G.

Saying “Hesperia has suffered through aimless leadership and stagnation long enough,” Mark Dundon indicated his impatience with the status quo has formed the basis of his effort to displace current Mayor Larry Bird in this year’s election.
“So, I am running for Hesperia City Council because I have a comprehensive plan of specific steps to bring many jobs to Hesperia, pave more roads, and improve our safety with more police officers and firefighters, as well as traffic measures that will reduce stop sign running,” he said.
For the first three decades of its existence as a municipal entity, Hesperia held at-large elections. But under threat from Hispanic voting rights advocates, the city adopted by-district voting in 2018. That year the council held elections in the Second, Third and Fourth districts. This year, the city is holding elections in its First and Fifth districts. Hesperia does not directly elect a mayor, but rather follows a tradition of elevating one the council’s five members to serve one-year terms as mayor.
Larry Bird, elected to an at-large council position in 2016, was appointed mayor in December 2018 and reappointed to that honorific in December 2019. As a resident of District Five he is now standing for election. Dundon is opposing Bird.
Dundon said he is qualified to hold the position of city councilman. “My education includes a bachelors’ degree in business and a masters’ degree in administration,” Dundon said. “As a business owner, I have run my own real estate and tutoring businesses. As a leader, I have served the Hesperia Unified School District as a governing school board member and clerk for two years. As a professional educator, I have served in several leadership positions where I have learned to very effectively collaborate with people to find our shared need to be successful and steer us toward making the best decisions possible in every situation.”
Dundon said, “There are two major distinctions between myself and my opponent. I am a strong supporter of our Hesperia businesses and will streamline the business and building departments to greatly reduce the burden on our local business owners. To grow our bedroom community into the city it was always meant to be, I will create a business enterprise zone along the freeway corridor with tax incentives and advertising to encourage high paying job growth that will generate the tax revenue we need to improve our safety and pave our roads. There will be no increase in taxes, period.”
The second distinction, Dundon said, consists of the fashion in which Bird involved himself in removing former City Councilman Jeremiah Brosowske from the city council in September 2019, ostensibly on what Bird and councilmen Bill Holland and Cameron Gregg maintained were residency violation grounds.
“I hold our U.S. Constitution and the rights it establishes as our most consecrated guarantees in our American way of life,” Dundon said. “My opponent, our mayor, led the charge with two other Hesperia city councilmembers to vote to overturn the results of the 2018 Election and eject a duly elected councilmember, which violated the 4th and 15th Amendments to our U.S. Constitution and the California Constitution. At the same time, I consider this a crime against our American values, for elected officials to violate their oaths of office and violate the rights of 1,688 Hesperia voters. All Hesperians are victims of this crime that deeply offends me and disrespects our serving military and veterans. I will protect all of our rights, whatever it takes.”
Dundon said Bird, Holland and Gregg “appointed their political ally who lost the election. It is time for the Hesperia City Council to quit playing petty political games and seriously work to improve our city in meaningful ways.”
In enumerating the major issues facing the city, Dundon cited “the skyrocketing crime rate in certain parts of Hesperia, up to a 300 percent increase; few local jobs; stifling, burdensome overregulation of our local businesses; bad road conditions in many parts of Hesperia; corruption within Hesperia operations and leadership; complete disregard for our Constitutional Rights to vote and entitlement of due process of law, including disregard of the voice of the people in election results.”
Dundon said, “All of these issues will be completely resolved if I am elected because I am so frustrated by the continued failures of the Hesperia City Council that are only getting worse and more dangerous. To alleviate the undue burden on our local businesses, I will work to revamp the Hesperia business and building departments to streamline their processes and reduce fees to stimulate our economy immediately. I will work to create a priority list and schedule the funding of public safety improvements and road paving. To transform our city to a prosperous balance of city and suburb, I will work to create a business enterprise zone to entice higher wage businesses to open and expand into Hesperia. In order to accomplish this, I will work to annex more land along the I-15 Freeway corridor, rezone it for business use, and offer tax and other incentives to bring economic prosperity to our community.”
Dundon said, “I know I can do this because I have done it before. As a Hesperia school board member, I added 50 percent more police officers to protect our schools and invested in our infrastructure. I will bring order, mutual respect, problem-solving, and respect for our U.S. Constitution back to Hesperia City Hall to serve our people by delivering prosperity to everyone in a balanced manner that preserves our way of life.
“To correct the corruption within operations and leadership, I will hold all council members responsible for any inappropriate actions and statements as well as replace any city staff who are not willing to perform their duties objectively and by the book,” Dundon continued. “To correct the wrongs of violating a council member’s and 1,688 Hesperia voters’ Constitutional Rights, I will completely obey and cooperate with the coming circuit judge’s ruling on the lawsuit brought forth by the wronged council member that has been ratified by the California State Attorney General.”
In addressing how he proposes for the city to pay for the solutions he suggests, Dundon said, “The growth and expansion of Hesperia’s business tax base produced by the streamlining of the Hesperia business and building offices and the Hesperia Business Enterprise Zone will,” he said, create a revenue stream with “which to sufficiently fund Hesperia’s growing needs in a proper and quality manner.”
He has sufficient previous experience relating to government to be able to carry off the strategy he is advocating, Dundon said.
“For two years, I have served on the Hesperia Unified School District’s governing board,” Dundon stated. “For five years, I served as president or an executive officer for a local chapter of the Association for California School Administrators, in support of government and school-based programs. From Cal State, San Bernardino, I have earned a master’s degree in school and public administration to expand upon what I learned in earning my bachelor’s degree in business.”
Dundon has lived in Hesperia for 22 years. He attended Cal Poly Pomona, where he achieved a bachelor’s degree in business, with heavy course work in finance, real estate, and law. After obtaining his first teaching credential at the University of Redlands, he later added five more teaching credentials and two master’s degrees in school and public administration and special education from Cal State San Bernardino. His teaching credentials are in the areas of mild-moderate special education, moderate-severe special education, multiple subject and single subject in the disciplines of biology, geosciences, and social sciences.
He is currently employed as a teacher and a business owner of a tutoring service.
“I am happily married for 23 years, with 3 children who all attend Hesperia USD schools, including one at Victor Valley College,” he said.
Dundon said, “Throughout my life, I have always felt the need to do meaningful things to help people in significant ways. That is why I became a family man, a teacher, and a school board member. Now, I want to help all the people in our city by improving their quality of life with less crime, more employment, less commuting, more good roads, lower taxes, and more safety for the sake of all of our families.”
-M.G.

Anthony Rhoades, who is one of three candidates in the first electoral contest ever in Hesperia’s District 1, said he is “running to give a voice to the most disadvantaged in our community. Our children, seniors, and veterans need a voice during this tumultuous period of time. Our future depends on the ability to get the story out and protect them from administrative evil, which can be classified as the status quo. We need new blood, new ideas, and innovation to ensure the stability of the future of this country.”
In 2018, after Hesperia had for the first 30 years of its existence as an incorporated municipality held at-large elections, it transitioned to by-district elections. That year, contests were held in Districts 2, 3 and 4. This year, the residents of Districts 1 and 5 are to elect their representatives on the council for the next four years. In District 1, incumbent Councilwoman Rebekah Swanson is seeking to remain as a member of the council, challenged by former Councilman Mike Leonard and Rhoades.
Rhoades ran for city council previously, in 2016, when the city held its last at-large election.
He is as qualified to hold the position of city councilman as any of the members of the city’s Old Guard, Rhoades said.
“As a former candidate, I have learned from experience what it takes to hold the position,” he said. “I am not perfect, but believe life has prepared me for an elected position though humility and the goal of reducing the divide we currently experience. The moral compass that exists inside me has a responsibility and accountability to be the voice of the people with a goal of reaching the veil of ignorance and the original position suggested by philosopher John Rawls, which consists of conceptually placing oneself in the least advantaged position and making decisions with the mindset of knowing that at any moment in time I could be in that position and would want representation to fight as well.”
In giving a practical example of what he has contributed to the community so far, Rhodes said, “As former chair of the Public Safety Commission, I advocated for safer intersections. Researching the traffic light interval and the process the City of Hesperia used to determine the method helped reduce traffic accidents in problematic intersections.”
Asked what distinguishes him from his opponents, Rhoades responded, “Each person has their unique abilities to contribute to society. Both candidates have served in different capacities in the City of Hesperia, and it’s time for a new direction of leadership that can bring new opportunities to the community and empower the youth. Millions of Americans are out of work, and we need to open new industries that economically enable our dollars to channel other places instead of the same corporations and technologies that are outdated.”
The major issues facing the city, Rhoades said, are ‘financial shortfall, greed, public safety and the lack of social interaction and the suppression of public opinion.”
Rhoades said those issues can be redressed through “managing budgetary concerns by reducing unnecessary spending and quid pro quo contracts, by increasing awareness of special populations and advocating for federal tax dollars to serve those populations. That will assist in better service for the city overall. Electing new members to the council with new ideas will enhance services to our constituents. In addition, I intend to host remote council meetings in different areas of the city where as a councilman I can participate with the public, with provided food and amenities that will make for a family night involving younger generations enjoying the festivities.”
The solutions he is suggesting, Rhoades said, can be paid for through donations from civically-minded individuals. “Public-private partnerships can bridge the gap between government needs and societal desires while adding little to no cost to the city,” he said. “For instance, enforcement on homelessness costs taxpayers through law enforcement and jail, yet we can re-allocate funding to be preventive in place of reactive-style enforcement. This will alleviate the taxpayer burden through service providers and make tax dollars more efficient.”
He has previous experience relating to government, he said.
“I was appointed to the City of Hesperia Public Safety Commission by former Councilmember Jeremiah Brosowske,” Rhoades said.
He has live in Hesperia for 22 years and attended Hesperia High School. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California at Riverside in 2014 and his master’s degree in public administration from Arkansas State University in 2019. He is on a trajectory to receive his doctorate in public administration from California Baptist University in 2023.
He ran and sold a business, Arrive GPS Solutions, and is in the midst of transferring the assets which were sold to another corporation. He is currently involved in contract consulting and substitute teaching with the Adelanto Elementary School District.
Unmarried, he is a single father to a 14-year-old son.
Rhoades said, “I’m here to listen and bring the voices of the people to the forefront. Equating public service to military service means that the position should provide services without self-interest and provide service to the people with the intention of running it where others can make money on their schedule while confirming to Assembly Bill 5.
-M.G.

By Carlos Avalos On July 14, 2020, Mt. Zion Church of Ontario lead by Pastor Brian Eric Kennedy and the Ontario Police Department held an online community forum with prominent public service professionals in San Bernardino County. San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson, Ontario Police Chief Derek Williams, Upland Police Chief Darren Goodman, Fontana Police Chief William Green, and Chief Investigator Eric Hopley of the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office were all in attendance. The topic was “Change From The Inside Out in Local Policing.” From May 25, the day George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis police, until now, criminal justice reform, police brutality, and people taking to the streets to voice their concerns about policing have been major issues at the forefront of American society. All the parties mentioned, who are some of the most influential and powerful people in the county, wanted to jump out ahead of what is happening nationally and convey to the people of San Bernardino County a simple message. This was conveyed by Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren, who said, “We are reading your emails and messages. We hear you.” This online community event started off with each person stating his name, position, and his law enforcement stance. Routinely, as usually happens, up and down the line they all condemned the actions of the Minneapolis Police Department. Most of the panel admitted or alluded to the fact that minorities, specifically African Americans, are not treated fairly when it comes to the criminal justice system. This is at every level of law enforcement, and at every stage of the criminal justice system, from arrest, conviction, to sentencing, they collectively acknowledged. There were three or four specific topics discussed before the question and answer part of the symposium took place. The topics were the typical we care/ there’s a problem/we are with you type of talk. When the live questions started pouring in, observers remarked that the symposium on behalf of S.B County law enforcement officials, rather than the Mt. Zion Church, was being done for show rather than as a forum for the discussion of serious reform. Softball questions were answered. After the participants had warmed up, some real hardball questions were posed, ones that were directed mostly to William Green, the Fontana Police Department’s police chief, and San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson. Some residents sought to impose upon Green a question about Ismael Banda, David Michael Tyler and Fermin Rincon, three men killed in a span of five months while in Fontana police custody, all by the same group of officers. One of those was Obie Rodriguez, who retired prematurely after press reports on the incidents. Chief Green was accused of excessive force many times over the course of his career. In 2003 Green and the Fontana Police Department’s so-called SMASH unit, the anti-gang detail known as the San Bernardino Movement Against Street Hoodlums, were sued by attorney Dale Galipo for the in-custody deaths of the three minorities. To clear Green and the other SMASH officers, FPD hired a team of experts to investigate the deaths, which were all eloquently explained away. All of the involved officers were promoted and soared upward in the organization, including Green, who is now chief. A question was submitted that inquired into a rumor that one of these men was thrown off of an industrial building, which had proximately led to that man’s death. This question was not asked of William Green by the panel. William Green’s demeanor changed after the first hardball question was submitted to the panel by a member of the public. A video of the symposium shows the subdued and quiet Green looking off into space most of the time. Upon being confronted with the first aggressive question, the Fontana police chief’s body language and facial expressions changed notably. While questions came in from members of the public participating in the forum, and the questions were then displayed to those watching the forum, the hosts had ultimate discretion as to which of the incoming questions were to be posed to the panelists. Though Green was given a reprieve from having to actually field some of the more pointed questions relating to his department, he could see them coming in as the participants logged in. Green was asked about former Fontana Chief of Police Edward Stout. One question intended for Green related to reports that Stout had swastikas tattooed on his forearms, which several members of the department had seen on occasion. The questioner sought to determine whether former Fontana Police Sergeant Darren Robb had indeed testified about Stout’s tattoos during depositions. The question was not asked of Green by the panel. Another set of related questions intended for Green consisted of whether he was familiar with the Jimmy Burleson murder case handled by the Fontana Police Department in which the victim’s corpse was desecrated by a Fontana police official and whether the incident was ever investigated and if he would at this point call for an investigation into this crime. The question dwelled on Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren’s alleged knowledge of what had occurred and that she had turned a blind eye to finding out the truth because of the bad publicity. The panel elected not to ask Green that question. Another question a member of the public had for Green related to whether the Fontana Police Department has a problem with racial disparity. Those hosting the forum decided not to put Green on the spot by pressing him on that matter. District Attorney Jason Anderson was asked if he saw a conflict of interest in allowing law enforcement agencies to conduct investigations into incidents wherein those agencies became involved in the use of force. Anderson replied that doing it any other way would involve what he said would be re-inventing the wheel. Deflecting the question’s suggesting that the current arrangement involved an inherent conflict of interest, he sought to substitute a reference to the community input concept he had championed during his successful 2018 election campaign. He spoke about the community commission he intends to create composed of community leaders from each of the county’s five supervisor districts. Anderson’s thought process behind this, he indicated, was to “better inform the community about how the criminal justice system works, and get their feedback on ways to use the offices’ resources.” Anderson indicated he had no problem stacking the commission with members of the political establishment handpicked by the members of the board of supervisors with a final look over by the district attorney’s office. In his response, Anderson seemed more fixated on propounding the appearance of community involvement, seemingly unconcerned that the question pertained to the shooting of the disenfranchised members of the community whose interests are far afield, indeed contrary to any fake community commissions and yes men and women the county’s most powerful personages are willing to appoint. Anderson was not pressed as to whether he considered whether those who supported him in his run for San Bernardino County district attorney did so believing he would substitute a commission chartered to deliver a whitewash of police activity for accountability. Anderson also touched on his creation of a team/taskforce which is to respond to cases in which officers or deputies use force, one which is comprised of deputy district attorneys and investigators. In a 2019 article Anderson stated that “it would benefit everybody to have a professional team that is going to make the right decision. We are the final arbitrators. Why aren’t we out there getting into it at the beginning?” When citizens participating sought to question the district attorney as to whether he agreed that it would be better for those who police the police to originate from an outside unbiased agency or entity, the question was killed as dead as certain San Bernardino County residents who have had fatal encounters with various police agencies. The topic of police officers and their agencies being held accountable for breaking the law to the same standard applied to common citizens came up in the discussion. Anderson claimed that his office is not blinded by color, agency, or political party. If someone breaks the law, police officer or not, he said, the officer will be prosecuted. When members of the public in response suggested that Anderson be asked how many times the district attorney’s office has filed charges against police officers as well as how many civil cases for racial discrimination or police brutality have ever been successful within the County of San Bernardino, the panel considered it to be impolite to ask the district attorney those questions. The only question vaguely approaching the characterization of hardball that the panel consented to to ask Green concerned the remodeling of the Fontana Police Station. He was asked why the department opted, in its choice of décor, for exhibiting old photos from civil rights protests, which showed police and police dogs surrounding black people as well as photos of police officers detaining and arresting minorities. Green first responded by adamantly saying that was not true. Green went on to say that there are no pictures of officers surrounding minorities during the civil rights protests, and that the pictures in the station only show officers performing their duties. This contradicted multiple retired and current police officers who informed the Sentinel that in fact the Fontana Police Station did have that type of décor, backed up by a dozen photos taken at various locations within headquarters, both downstairs and upstairs. After his initial demonstrably false statement, Green conceded that “Pictures of arrests will show more minorities in Fontana because the city is comprised of mostly minorities.” Over the years, little has changed within the Fontana Police Department with regard to diversity. Photos taken at the inception of the Fontana Police Department in the 1950s show virtually no officers of what today is referred to as protected minorities under U.S. Law – African Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Asians. Currently, Fontana’s police department remains the least diverse police agency in the Inland Empire. In answering the one question set that was passed on to him by the forum’s panel, Green characterized as hyperbole and misinformation suggestions that the policing profession in America originated for the purpose of capturing runaway slaves.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS2016393
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Renee LaNiece Jones filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Jaelani Ariel Jones to Jaelani Ariel Scott
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: 09/29/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S16
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: August 13, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/28/20, 9/4/20, 9/11/20, 9/18/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO-20200007507
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: EC Tax Firm, 158 W. Foothill Blvd ‘A’, Upland, CA 91786, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1844, Upland, CA 91785, Ramiro A. Lupercio, 2520 Euclid Crescent E, Upland, CA 91784
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Ramiro A Lupercio
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/19/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 1/1/2017
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 8/28/20, 9/4/20, 9/11/20, 9/18/20
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERTO MARTINEZ VELASQUEZ
CASE NO. PROPS 2000591
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ROBERTO MARTINEZ VELASQUEZ
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MAYRA ALEJANDRA VELASQUEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MAYRA ALEJANDRA VELASQUEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S-35 at 1:30 p.m. on OCTOBER 1, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for the Petitioner: MICHAEL C. MADDUX, ESQ.
1894 COMMERCENTER WEST, SUITE 108
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408
Telephone No: (909) 890-2350
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/04, 9/11 & 9/18, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARILYN JANE IRVINE
CASE NO. PROPS 2000592
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MARILYN JANE IRVINE aka MARILYN J. IRVINE
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JASON AARON GREEN in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JASON AARON GREEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S-35 at 1:30 p.m. on OCTOBER 1, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for the Petitioner: MICHAEL C. MADDUX, ESQ.
1894 COMMERCENTER WEST, SUITE 108
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408
Telephone No: (909) 890-2350
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/04, 9/11 & 9/18, 2020
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM L. SWARTZ
CASE NO. PROPS 2000605
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of WILLIAM L. SWARTZ
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JASON AARON GREEN in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JASON AARON GREEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in Dept. No. S-35 at 9:00 a.m. on DECEMBER 23, 2020 at Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino District.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for the Petitioner: MICHAEL C. MADDUX, ESQ.
1894 COMMERCENTER WEST, SUITE 108
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408
Telephone No: (909) 890-2350
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/04, 9/11 & 9/18, 2020

SUMMONS – (CITACION JUDICIAL)
CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) CIVDS 1923151
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO DEMANDADO): JOHN SULLIVAN
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL CONTRADEMANDANTE):
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
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 and legal papers are 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):
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino Civil Division 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415, San Bernardino Justice Center.
The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s  attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del contrademandante, o del contrademandante que no tiene abogado, es):
REA STELMACH, Esq., (State Bar No. 296671)
SILVERMAN THEOLOGOU, LLP
11630 CHAYOTE STREET, SUITE 3, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049  213-226-6922
DATE (Fecha): AUGUST 2, 2019
Clerk (Secretario), by Melissa Perez, Deputy (Adjunto)
Published in San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/4, 9/11, 9/18 & 9/25, 2020

FBN 20200007905
The following person is doing business as: SPONGEE 1513 W ARROW HWY, #18 UPLAND, CA 91786 EFREN C DY AGUILERA 1513 W ARROW HW SPACE 18 UPLAND, CA 91786
This Business is Conducted By: AN INDIVIDUAL
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ EFREN C. DY AGUILERA
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/28/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy l1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/4, 9/11, 9/18 & 9/25, 2020

FBN 20200007664
The following person is doing business as: WEB ADA PRO 8215 ROCHESTER AVE SUITE 110 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 ATLAS BUYING GROUP, INC 8215 ROCHESTER AVE SUITE 110 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730
This Business is Conducted By: A CORPORATION
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ MARC STEINORTH
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on:
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, Deputy
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/4, 9/11, 9/18 & 9/25, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS2017086
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MY-KEL KYON SCRUGGS filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
MY-KEL KYON SCRUGGS to KEL KYON TAO
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: 010/13/2020
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S-17
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: AUGUST 28, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/04, 9/11, 9/18 & 9/25, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT FILE NO-20200007107
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Rags of Riches; Fine and Paid, 320 North E Street STE 306, San Bernardino, CA 92401, 1971 Darby Street, San Bernardino, CA 92407, Kimmy Wilson LLC, 320 North E Street STE 306, San Bernardino, CA 92401
Business is Conducted By: A Limited Liability Company
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Kimberly Wilson
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/10/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 07/03/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
9/4/20, 9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20
FBN 20200008358
The following entity is doing business as C & SAVE EMPIRE TRUCKING LLC 15071 VALENCIA AVE FONTANA, CA 92335 C & SAVE EMPIRE TRUCKING LLC 15071 VALENCIA AVE FONTANA, CA 92335
Mailing Address: 15071 VALENCIA AVE FONTANA, CA 92335
This Business is Conducted By: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ CESAR J GONZALEZ
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 09/10/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy I5199
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/11, 9/18, 9/25 & 10/2, 2020.
FBN 20200007745
The following entity is doing business as SWIFT FRAMING & DRYWALL LLC 15071 VALENCIA AVE FONTANA, CA 92335 SWIFT FRAMING & DRYWALL 15071 VALENCIA AVE FONTANA, CA 92335
Mailing Address: 15071 VALENCIA AVE FONTANA, CA 92335
This Business is Conducted By: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ OMAR A MARTINEZ
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/26/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: AUGUST 17, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy I1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/11, 9/18, 9/25 & 10/2, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO-20200007278
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: AR Wiltshire Enterprises, 7950 Etiwanda Avenue, Apt 24101, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739, Ann R. Wiltshire, 7950 Etiwanda Avenue, Apt 24101, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Ann R. Wiltshire
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/12/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO-20200007272
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Educational Ties, 7317 Rosebay Place, Fontana, CA 92336, Irishia Williams, 7317 Rosebay Place, Fontana, CA 92336
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Irishia Williams
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/12/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 8/6/2020
County Clerk, s/ I1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO-20200007016
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: English Beard Oil, 1680 W Arrow Rte, 162, Upland, CA 91786, Michael D. English, 1680 W Arrow Rte, 162 Upland, CA 91786
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Michael D. English
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/6/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 7/1/20
County Clerk, s/ H7178
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO-20200007532
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Rock-N-Stilettos, 10347 Mendicino Rd, Adelanto, CA 92301, Tabitha Y. Webster, 10347 Mendicino Rd, Adelanto, CA 92301
Business is Conducted By: An Individual
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Tabitha Webster
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/19/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: N/A
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO-20200007933
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Msperuviandelight, 8471 Greenleaf Lane, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, Sergio Hatto, 8471 Greenleaf Lane, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, Monique Buffum, 8471 Greenleaf Lane, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Sergio Hatto
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 8/31/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 8/18/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CIVDS2018607
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KELLY ANN WILMS filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
KELLY ANN WILMS to KELLI ANN WILMS
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: 11/10/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S17
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: August 31, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/18, 9/25, 10/02 & 10/09, 2020.
FBN 20200007447
The following entity is doing business as KORA LEIGH PHOTOGRAPHY 933 FAIRWAY DRIVE APT. 200 COLTON, CA 92324: KORA L CARRASCO KORA LEIGH PHOTOGRAPHY LLC 933 FAIRWAY DRIVE APT. 200 COLTON, CA 92324
This Business is Conducted By: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
S/ KORA CARRASCO
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/18/2020
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: JUNE 22, 2020
County Clerk, Deputy I1327
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2 & 10/9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO-20200008561
The following person(s) is(are) doing business as: Town & Country Real Estate; Steller Realty, 16923 Sierra Lakes Pkwy #101, Fontana, CA 92336, Mailing Address: 3700 Inland Empire Blvd Ste #200, Ontario, CA 91764, TNC Realty, 3700 Inland Empire Blvd Ste #200, Ontario, CA 91764
Business is Conducted By: A Corporation
Signed: BY SIGNING BELOW, 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 17913) I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing.
s/ Nasim Ahmed
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 9/17/20
I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.
Began Transacting Business: 08/23/20
County Clerk, s/ D5511
NOTICE- This fictitious business 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 name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et. Seq. Business & Professions Code).
9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/02/20, 10/09/20

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER  CIVDS2017968
TO  ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Synclaire Dang Nguyen filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Synclaire Dang Nguyen to Synclaire Jackie Dang
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: 10/20/20
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Department: S17
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District – Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, Same as above, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210, San Bernardino
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: August 19, 2020
Lynn M. Poncin
Judge of the Superior Court.
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/02/20, 10/09/20

NOTICE OF SALE OF AUTOMOBILE
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 3071 of the Civil Code of the State of California the undersigned will sell the following vehicle(s) at lien sale at said address below on: 09/25/2020 09:00 AM
Year of Car / Make of Car / Vehicle ID No. / License No. (State)
2017 TOYOTA 4T1BF1FK3HU783448  783448X CA
To be sold by XCLUSIVE KUSTOM COLLISION AUTO 10060 LINDEN AVE BLOOMINGTON CA 92316
Said sale is for the purpose of satisfying lien for together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.

NOTICE OF SALE OF AUTOMOBILE
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 3071 of the Civil Code of the State of California the undersigned will sell the following vehicle(s) at lien sale at said address below on: 09/25/2020 09:00 AM
Year of Car / Make of Car / Vehicle ID No. / License No. (State)
2017 CHEVY 1GC1KUEY9HF207158  207158X CA
To be sold by ALYSSA GUTIERREZ 11327 EL FUEGO CT FONTANA CA 92337
Said sale is for the purpose of satisfying lien for together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.

NOTICE OF SALE OF AUTOMOBILE
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 3071 of the Civil Code of the State of California the undersigned will sell the following vehicle(s) at lien sale at said address below on: 09/25/2020 09:00 AM
Year of Car / Make of Car / Vehicle ID No. / License No. (State)
2017 DODGE 2C3CDXGJ7HH598821  8BHV611 CA
To be sold by LEE’S AUTO REPAIR 8898 EMERALD AVE FONTANA CA 92335
Said sale is for the purpose of satisfying lien for together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.

NOTICE OF SALE OF AUTOMOBILE
Notice is hereby given pursuant to
Sections 3071 of the Civil Code of the
State of California the undersigned will
sell the following vehicle(s) at lien sale at
said address below on: 09/25/2020 09:00 AM
Year of Car / Make of Car / Vehicle ID No. / License No. (State)
2018 MAZDA 3MZBN1V37JM275640  8HHL556 CA
To be sold by XCLUSIVE KUSTOM COLLISION AUTO 10060 LINDEN AVE BLOOMINGTON CA 92316
Said sale is for the purpose of satisfying lien for together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
FBN 20200007181
The following person is doing business as: TAQUISAS ALVAREZ 10724 LOCUST AVE HESPERIA, CA 92345; MARIA E ALVAREZ GAMEZ 10724 LOCUST AVE HESPERIA, CA 92345
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/27/2020
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/ MARIA ALVAREZ, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/11/2020
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
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 09/04/2020, 09/11/2020, 09/18/2020, 09/25/2020 CNBB35202001IR

FBN 20200007883
The following person is doing business as: DARKWING EXPRESS 276 SOLANA ST SAN JACINTO, CA 92582; REGINALD D MONTGOMERY 276 SOLANA ST SAN JACINTO, CA 92582
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
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/ REGINALD D. MONTGOMERY, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/27/2020
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
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 09/04/2020, 09/11/2020, 09/18/2020, 09/25/2020 CNBB35202002IR

FBN 20200007878
The following person is doing business as: ANGEL SKY 1516 WEST 18TH STREET #107 UPLAND, CA 91786; SERGEY HOVHANNISYAN 1516 WEST 8TH STREET #107 UPLAND, CA 91786
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL
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/ SERGEY HOVHANNISYAN, OWNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/27/2020
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
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 09/04/2020, 09/11/2020, 09/18/2020, 09/25/2020 CNBB35202003MT

FBN 20200007880
The following person is doing business as: FONTANA WINDOW TINT 8608 JUNIPER AVE FONTANA , CA 92335; MARA L VELASQUEZ GUEVARA 8608 JUNIPER AVE FONTANA, CA 92335; MARVIN D MARTINEZ BARRIOS 8608 JUNIPER AVE FONTANA, CA 92335
The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE
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/ MARA L. VELASQUEZ GUEVARA, WIFE Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/27/2020
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
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 09/04/2020, 09/11/2020, 09/18/2020, 09/25/2020 CNBB35202004MT

FBN 20200007876
The following person is doing business as: EL BORREGO RESTAURANT 12345 MOUNTAIN AVE. SUITE E,F CHINO, CA 91710; JORGE COVARRUBIAS 12345 MOUNTAIN AVE. SUITE E,F CHINO, CA 91710; MARGARITA MARINEARENA 12345 MOUNTAIN AVE. SUITE E,F CHINO, CA 91710
The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
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/ JORGE COVARRUBIAS, GENRAL PARTNER Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/27/2020
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
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 09/04/2020, 09/11/2020, 09/18/2020, 09/25/2020 CNBB35202005IR

FBN 20200007874
The following person is doing business as: CENTRAL FIRESTONE 11195 S CENTRAL AVE ST #5 BONTARIO, CA 91762; JSW INFINITY, INC 11195 S CENTRAL AVE ST #5 ONATRIO, CA 91762
The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION
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/ JULIE A ROBERTS, CFO Statement filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on: 08/27/2020
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
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 09/04/2020, 09/11/2020, 09/18/2020, 09/25/2020 CNBB35202006MT

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Sentinel 09-11-20

With the 2020 balloting in which he is due to stand for reelection less than two months away, Needles Mayor Jeff Williams has fallen seriously ill to the point that his life is reportedly in danger.
Because of privacy restrictions in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a 1996 Federal law that limits access to individuals’ private medical information, precise details about the mayor’s condition are not available.
This is not the first major health crisis Williams has faced. In 2015, the then-53-year-old Williams began experiencing kidney issues. In 2016, doctors discovered and removed a cancerous growth on his right kidney. Thereafter, Williams has constantly, three days a week, undergone an exhausting four-hour dialysis session.
Reportedly, Williams experienced a major cardiac episode as well as another nephrological crisis, and is now intubated and undergoing dialysis. It was said that his condition has grown so critical that he remains hospitalized, and is being kept alive mechanically.
Already a legend, which is perhaps apocryphal in some or all of its particulars, has risen with regard to the mayor’s travail. According to that narrative, Williams is hospitalized at the Colorado River Medical Center, where he is under the watchful care of none other than Dr. Ed Paget, for decades Needles’ leading physician. Going back more than a decade, Williams and Paget have alternated holding the mayor’s position, which in Needles consists of a two-year term. Williams, a former sheriff’s deputy who later worked as an investigator for the public defender’s office, was first elected Needles mayor in 2000. He ran unopposed for mayor in 2006 and in 2008 held off a challenge by longtime Needles political figure Roy Mills. In 2010, Paget, who had and continues to have tremendous visibility and popularity in Needles as a physician who cares for many in what is the county’s smallest city population-wise at less than 5,000 residents, challenged Williams for the mayor’s post, besting the incumbent 634 votes or 56.76 percent to Williams’ 483 votes or 43.24 percent. In 2012 and 2014, Paget was unopposed in his mayoral electoral bids. In 2014, Williams reentered Needles politics, successfully running for city council. In 2016, Paget was again unopposed in running for mayor. In 2018, Williams ran for mayor and Paget opted to instead run for city council.
As elected official colleagues, since 2014, Paget and Williams have built a rapport. Indeed, a father-son relationship between the 81-year-old Paget and the 58-year-old Williams appears to have evolved.
With Williams felled by his current health issue, he found himself under the care of Paget, who a decade previously, had been his political rival.
So serious, apparently, is Williams’ condition that Paget has found himself engrossed in seeking to keep his one-time opponent alive. An indication of that came this week after Paget was obliged to leave Williams’ bedside at the hospital to attend the city council meeting. As the vice mayor, Paget officiated over the meeting in Williams’ place. But because the lion’s share of his waking hours for the previous days had been spent in looking after the wan and fading Mayor Williams, Paget did not have time to familiarize himself with the agenda for the meeting. Indeed, so distracted was Paget, that he was dependent upon City Manager Rick Daniels prompting him with regard to the agenda’s contents and guiding him through the proceedings. Immediately upon gaveling the meeting to adjournment, Paget departed at once to the hospital to ensure that Williams was able to make it through the night.
While any brush with death is unwelcome, Williams’ ordeal comes at a particularly inauspicious time, with the November election approaching. Williams is locked in a race against Sandra Queen Noble, a politician and mayoral hopeful of national note. Noble ran unsuccessfully for Cincinnati mayor three times, including in 2005, when she received 121 votes. She ran for Congress representing Washington, D.C., in 2010, challenging Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, receiving 785 votes. Noble was a candidate for U.S. president in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She was a candidate for mayor in Springfield, Missouri at one time, and ran for mayor in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, as well as for a position on the Los Angeles City Council. Noble is the founder of the H.E.R.O.S.H.E.R.O. Party. The mother of two, she has stated she is an “innate law enforcement officer,” and that she holds a “Jim Crow Education K-12 Ph.D.” She further describes herself as a political rapper. She has been employed as a fashion designer and special education assistant. She once filed a $994 trillion lawsuit against the “Stolen United States of America,” as she termed it in court papers.
Because Noble is Williams’ only competitor in the mayor’s race, it appears that her run in Needles may offer her the best chance at success in her long quest to achieve elected office in the many locales she has resided throughout the country.
-Mark Gutglueck