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SUMMONS CROSS COMPLAINT – (CITACION JUDICIAL – CONTRADEMANDA)
CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) CVRI2301609
Short Name Of Case:
JESUS AVALO QUINTERO vs. MICHAEL MICHAELS
NOTICE TO CROSS-DEFENDANT
AVISO AL CONTRA-DEMANDADO
DARIO GONZALEZ, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND ROES 1-20, inclusive
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY CROSS-COMPLAINANT:
(LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL CONTRADEMANDANTE):
GREEN ROOF DESIGNS, INC., a California corporation;
MICHAEL MICHAELS, an individual
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 is 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):
RIVERSIDE SUPERIOR COURT
4050 MAIN STREET
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante es):
LAW OFFICES OF DARREN P. TRONE, APC
3838 ORANGE ST
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 686-2985
DATE (Fecha): 3/15/2024
Clerk (Secretario), by D. BROWN
Published in the SBCS Rancho Cucamonga on December 20 & 27, 2024 and January 3 & 10, 2025.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER CIV SB 2434925
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: RITA NASSER filed with this court for a decree changing names as follows: RITA NASSER to RITA RASHID
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: 01/28/17/2025, Time: 09:00 AM, Department: S24
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino District-Civil Division, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415,
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel in San Bernardino County California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing of the petition.
Dated: 12/17/2024
Judge of the Superior Court: Gilbert G. Ochoa
Published in the San Bernardino County Sentinel on December 20 & 27, 2024 and January 3 & 10, 2025.

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Despite its relatively diminutive size, Big Bear Lake over the last several years and two or three election cycles has generated almost as much controversy and political tension as most other cities in widespread San Bernardino County ten and twenty times its size. It now appears, with the addition to the city council of a personage whose views do not line up with the panel’s two most dominant and long-serving members, that the city council contretemps in Big Bear Lake is likely to remain a reality.
Big Bear Valley, which covers roughly 135 square miles, lies within the San Bernardino Mountains and includes the unincorporated San Bernardino County communities of Big Bear City, Fawnskin, Holcomb Valley, Sugarloaf, Erwin Lake, Baldwin Lake and Lake Williams, as well as the incorporated municipality of Big Bear Lake, a 6.42 square-mile city that lies along the south shore of Lake Big Bear.
The City of Big Bear Lake, with its 5,046 residents, is San Bernardino County’s second-smallest city population-wise, slightly ahead of Needles, and the county’s third-smallest city land-wise, ahead of Montclair and Grand Terrace.
Because of its location, the City of Big Bear Lake is involved with as a co-participant in or in some fashion coordinates with several of its neighboring communities through various governmental agencies, including the Big Bear City Community Services District, the Big Bear Fire Authority, the Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency, the Bear Valley Community Healthcare District, the Big Bear Valley Recreation and Park District, the Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority, and the Big Bear Lake Department of Water.
Despite its vaunted and more advanced status as a full-fledged municipality and the prestige that confers upon it, within the context of the San Bernardino Mountain communities and Big Bear Valley, the City of Big Bear Lake is not the largest entity either in terms of land, population or political muscle. Big Bear City, which despite its name is not actually a municipality, is larger in area – at an expansive 32.03 square miles – with 12,738 residents. The City of Big Bear Lake has 2,929 registered voters. Big Bear City has 7,843 voters. While common interest unites the majority of Big Bear Valley’s residents with regard to many issues, there have been over the years matters which have split the populace, and on occasion those divisions have put a significant number of Big Bear Lake residents on the other side of the question than the general sentiment that prevailed with Big Bear City residents, such that by virtue of their sheer numbers, those in Big Bear City prevailed when a decision was ultimately rendered. This has not sat well with Big Bear Lakes leadership, particularly its elected leadership, i.e., its city council. Continue reading →

On time and on budget, the $1.5 billion Foothill Gold Line light rail extension from Glendora to Pomona reached substantial completion today. The 9.1-mile rail line addition connects the four furthest-east stations on the Metro A Line, those in the cities of Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne and Pomona. The design-build contract was completed by Kiewit-Parsons, as part of a joint venture involving the two companies, over the last five years. The contract involved all elements of the light rail project, including construction of four new stations and associated parking facilities, 19 bridges, 21 at-grade crossings, the light rail system – including the track, power, train control, communications and safety systems – nine miles of relocated freight track, 10 miles of decorative retaining walls and sound walls, and more.
Metro officials used the term “substantial completion,” meaning that the Glendora-to-Pomona portion of the system is now ready to be turned over to Metro for final testing, training and preparation for passenger service, among other tasks that will take place in the months ahead. This milestone follows months of testing of the new systems by the Metro Rail Construction Authority and Kiewit-Parsons, and determination that the new extension is safe to operate. An opening date has not yet been determined; Metro will announce the date in the future.
“The Kiewit-Parsons team did an outstanding job designing and constructing the light rail project, despite significant and unprecedented challenges,” stated Gold Line Construction Authority CEO Habib F. Balian. “It is unusual for a large infrastructure project to come in on time and on budget, but Kiewit-Parsons was partners with the construction authority from the start and found ways to innovate and keep the project moving through the COVID-19 pandemic, historic heatwaves and historic rains. I am pleased to say that we not only completed the project on time and on budget – we ended as partners.” Continue reading →

Legal proceedings against Arthur Davies, whose actions nearly seven years ago were a causal or heedless factor in the death of his then-girlfriend’s 17-month-old son, will likely draw to a close later this month, three months after Davies’ conviction on involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a child resulting in death charges in November.
There remains a slight but unrealistic chance the judge who heard the case against him that ended in a conviction will grant Davies’ defense lawyer’s motion for a third trial on grounds of juror misconduct. Thereafter, Davies’ hope of walking free once more any time before he is an elderly man will hinge on his lawyer’s contention that there was judicial error when the court allowed the prosecution, which had failed to obtain a premeditated degree murder conviction against him in 2023 and then went after him on an unpremeditated murder charge in his second trial last year, to reduce the charge mid-trial to manslaughter.
Davies in 2023 was found not guilty of first degree murder in the February 12, 2018 death of Parker Schumacher, who died from blunt-force trauma to the head. The same jury was unable to reach a verdict on charges of second-degree murder and assault.
At his second trial held last year, Jury selection began on October 7, continuing on October 8, 9 10 and 14, 15 and 16, with Tsuei beginning the presentation of its case, evidence and witnesses on October 22 and continuing on October 23, 24, 28, and 29, at which point the prosecution rested. Beginning on October 31, Ali initiated his defense, continuing with the presentation of witnesses and evidence on November 4 and 6, at which point the defense rested. The jury began deliberations on November 12, and continued to deliberate on November 13, 14 and 19. On November 19, the voluntary manslaughter charge was amended to involuntary manslaughter. Thereupon, the jury found Davies guilty of involuntary manslaughter and assault on a child causing death, both felonies. Continue reading →

Sam Friedman and Ben Toffey and their company, Belfield Landing, Ltd, have applied with San Bernardino county for land use permits to construct a hotel on the 5.7-acre property located on Belfield Boulevard north of Reche Road in Landers.
Both Friedman and Toffey represent themselves as Landers residents, in their parlance, Landroids.
They say the hotel they are proposing will be called “The Landing.”
Though they maintain The Landing will be an upscale hotel, they said they do not want to impact the town any further than constructing and operating the hotel, which they insist will not disturb the rustic nature of Landers.
“This won’t change Landers at all,” Friedman said.
Their project will consist of a 35-room hotel, a lodge, an observatory, a bar, restaurant and market contained on the property. The project is to replicate, to some degree, the glory days of Landers, where George’s Sky Room, a hotel had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s before it fell into disrepair and disuse in the 1970s.
The bar, restaurant and market will provide conveniences for the town’s exisiting residents, according to Toffey. The major advantage will be that Landers residents will no longer need to sojourn to Yucca Valley or Joshua tree to buy groceries, he said.
A primary feature/attraction of the hotel is an onsen — a facility that is best described as a community spa popular in Japan.
When pressed, Toffey said it was not right to think of the onsen as “a typical American private spa. Those have separate treatment rooms. This will be communal.” Continue reading →

Investors Paying Top Dollar To Purchase Already Leased Fontana Warehouses & Manufacturing Space

Three investment groups from outside San Bernardino County recently acquired warehouses in Fontana.
Rexford Industrial Reality, Incorporated, a Los Angeles-based industrial property owner and developer, purchased the 279,000-square-foot warehouse located at 13201 Dahlia Street in Fontana currently occupied by Eaton, a manufacturing company, for $70.1 million. Rexford agreed to pay $251 per square foot for the building.
According to JLL’s Mark Detmer, who led a sales and advisory team that marketed the property and counted among its members Patrick Nally, Evan Moran, Mike McCrary, Jeff Bellitti, Ruben Goodsell and Hunter McDonald, the property fetched the $70.1 million because it was fully leased and featured a “strategic location in one of the nation’s most competitive industrial markets together with unique functionality.
Toronto, Ontario-based BentallGreenOak paid Panattoni Development $240 million from developer – $348 per square foot – for a 691,000-square-foot building that was already being leased by Campbell Soups.
BentallGreenOak, an institutional investor, was interested in the newly constructed and fully leased warehouse in Fontana, which features 40-foot minimum clear heights, 92 dock-high loading doors, 46 mechanical dock levelers and a 225-kilowatt solar rooftop solar array, because, those involved in the sale said, the “building offers the advantage of being in a prime location in the west Inland Empire submarket adjacent to major transportation hubs.”
Previously, in August, Cabot Properties purchased from Transwestern Development Company the 236,129-square-foot Almeria Logistics Center in Fontana for $76.8 million, or $325 per square foot. The two-year-old Class A logistics center was fully leased through 2027 to LC Logistics Services at the time of the sale. The warehouse includes 2,000-amp power outlets and a uniform 36-foot height clearance.
Michael Kendall of Colliers Industrial Brokerage marketed the property in conjunction with Gian Bruno, Kenny Patricia and Kylie Jones, Thomas Taylor, Steve Bellitti, Joey Jones and Scott Sanders.