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By ALICIA ROBINSON | arobinson@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise

October 5, 2017 at 5:57 pm

Under pressure

Success stories

As smaller airports around the country continue to close and fewer people hold pilots’ licenses, some Inland aviators see attracting new

enthusiasts to the hobby as the main hope for slowing an industry decline that’s been happening for decades.

Over the past 20 years, more than 250 public-use airports have closed, leaving the total around 5,100, according to federal statistics. The

number of licensed private pilots has dropped by more than 30 percent in that period, industry data shows.

“I know airport managers throughout the region and they’re having dif culty making ends meet,” said Beth LaRock, who manages Flabob

Airport in Jurupa Valley.

Some Inland airports seem to be bucking the national trend, like Flabob and Riverside Municipal Airport, which have waiting lists for hangar

space.

But even of cials at those airports worry a federal proposal to privatize the air traf c control system is one of the thousand cuts that could

eventually kill even successful airports.

The future health of general aviation is why an Inland pilots group is holding regular events to encourage young people and older adults to try

ying.

“We’re getting gray hair or we have no hair at all, and if we have nobody to pass this on to, it’s going to go away,” said Jim O’Brien, 64, whose

Jurupa Valley-based chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association put on two events in September for prospective pilots.

In some communities, the push to close smaller public airports comes from residents angry about noise and air pollution — Santa Monica is one

such example — or from developers who hope to build on the land.

The latter is what happened in Banning, where council members voted in April to close the airport that one of cial called an “albatross.”

And in Rialto, the municipal airport closed in 2014 and is nally being redeveloped, more than 20 years after of cials began working to shut it

down.

The airport was operating at a loss and few pilots were using it, Rialto Councilman Joe Baca Jr. said. Now it’s part of a larger project that could

eventually include industrial space, 1,300 homes and a 60-acre shopping center with a movie theater — something the city hasn’t had in 30

years, Baca said.

“There’s already been a bump in sales tax and revenue as a result of the (land) sale and some of the new tenants,” he said.

“I think some of the older residents are heartbroken by it, but I think people see the value that it’s going to bring to the city.”

Riverside and Redlands municipal and Flabob airports are all doing well, of cials said. Annual operations — the number of takeoffs and landings

— have rebounded since the recession and hangars are full.

Riverside Airport Manager Kim Ellis and Redlands Airport Supervisor Will Hamilton both said their facilities are self-supporting and don’t

require money from the city’s general fund.

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Pilots wanted

By the numbers

Hamilton attributed the Redlands airport’s vibrancy to a $1.3 million infusion of federal funds to upgrade the facility and the presence of

several active ying groups such as an Experimental Aircraft Association chapter.

Redlands pilots have been actively promoting the airport, through events and by working with the city on making improvements.

In July 2016, the Redlands City Council adopted a business plan which recommends several ways to boost revenues and the economic viability

of the airport.

“It’s really important the airports that are out there are well maintained and attractive to people so they want to rent hangars and base their

operations there,” said Ted Gablin, president of the Redlands Airport Association, a nonpro t focused on supporting the airport and its users.

San Bernardino County has a competitive advantage because it owns six airports — Apple Valley, Baker, Barstow, Chino, Needles and

Twentynine Palms — county director of airports James Jenkins said.

Privately-owned Flabob was purchased in 2000 by Tom Wathen, the namesake of the educational foundation based at the airport. Supporters

are helping foster the next generation of pilots through scholarships, aviation classes and a program for at-risk kids, LaRock said.

“Throughout the country, what we are known for is our youth education,” she said.

Offering education for pilots and aircraft mechanics, attracting new blood and bringing back people who’ve left the industry are key survival

strategies in the Inland area and beyond.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, a national interest group, offers a “Rusty Pilots” seminar to help former pilots pass a required

medical check and get re-certi ed to y, said Bill Dunn, who handles governmental affairs for the association.

Experts predict a coming shortage of commercial airline pilots due to the mandatory retirement age.

“People that have interest in going into aviation careers usually start their ying education at small general aviation airports and while working

at mechanic shops at small general aviation airports,” Gablin said. “This is the birthplace for people with aviation careers, a municipal airport.”

The Experimental Aircraft Association gives young people and adults an overview that includes a hangar tour, pre- ight check of the plane and

a ight during which they get to take the controls.

Hemet resident Qeysha Giles, 31, went to an association event last month at Riverside Municipal Airport and came away determined to have a

second career as a pilot.

A high-school dropout who married young, Giles said she recently earned her diploma to set a good example for her ve-year-old son. A work

injury limited her advancement in a customer service management job, so she’s looking for something she can do sitting down.

She thought she’d be scared during the ight, but, “The second I got in there the fear kind of subsided and the joy of being up in the sky was … so

intense,” she said.

“Now I’m determined to gure out how to get a scholarship” to pay for the necessary classes, she said.

Meanwhile, industry experts are watching Congress to see if a proposal to privatize the air traf c control system will become law.

It can already be a struggle for pilots to pay for their aircraft, hangar rental and fuel, plus taxes, and experts expect privately run air traf c

control would include a fee each time pilots use the system.

“To put another nancial burden on them, they’re going to be ying less,” said Ellis, the Riverside airport manager.

The privatization bill is reportedly supported by the White House and the airline industry lobby, while the Aircraft Owners and Pilots

Association and Experimental Aircraft Association are among those opposing it. It could be voted on sometime this month.

Staff writer Sandra Emerson contributed to this report.

Inland public-use airport of cials say their facilities are doing well, but national statistics show a decline in general aviation, which includes

personal planes but not commercial airlines.

Public use airports

1985: 5,858

1995: 5,415

2005: 5,270

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1985: 311,086

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By SANDRA EMERSON | Press-EnterpriseOctober 5, 2017 at 5:34 pm

Family and friends of Councilwoman Pat Gilbreath will celebrate her life at a

memorial service next week.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at First Congregational Church

of Redlands, 2 W. Olive Ave., followed by a reception at the church and a private

graveside service.

Mayor Paul Foster has ordered ags at all municipal buildings and facilities

throughout the city be lowered to half-staff beginning Saturday, Oct. 7, until

sundown Oct. 12 in honor of Gilbreath, 75, who died Tuesday, Oct. 3, according to

a city news release.

Speakers at the service will include the Rev. Lowell Linden, retired pastor of the

First Congregational Church; the Rev. Steven Davis, current pastor; Larry

Burgess, director emeritus of the A.K. Smiley Public Library; and Foster.

Gilbreath served on the City Council from 1993 to 2010.

Aer an unsuccessful run for state Assembly in 2010, Gilbreath was re-elected to

the council in 2012 and most recently in 2016 for a four-year term.

Gilbreath served as mayor from 1999-2001 and again from 2009-10.

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She represented the city on numerous regional boards and organizations,

including the OmniTrans Board of Directors where she served as vice chair,

according to the news release.

Gilbreath, a retired CPA, kept her eye on the city’s nances and participated in the

annual budgeting process.

She also championed the Healthy Redlands program.

In lieu of owers, the family has requested donations be made to the First

Congregational Church.

“Pat was a wonderful neighbor … so kind and so generous,” Steve and Jacey

Horvath wrote in an email to The Facts. “In the midst of her busy schedule, she

took the time to wave, stop and say hi, and share delicious avocados from her

trees. God bless her family in this time of loss. Thank you for your service, Pat!”

Former police Chief Lew Nelson also wrote aer hearing of Gilbreath’s passing.

“It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Pat Gilbreath,” he said in

an email. “I rst met Pat in the ’80s and learned quickly that she was a person who

cared deeply about the people and the community that is Redlands.

“I also had the opportunity to know her through her work and service in Rotary,”

Nelson continued. “When I became the Chief of Police, Pat was a member of the

City CounciI and I valued her counsel and enjoyed working with a person who

cared so much about the quality of life in the community. We continued to be

friends aer my retirement. I will miss her as will the community.”

Sandra Emerson

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Country star Luke Bryan has rescheduled five tour dates in California, including stops at Glen Helen Amphitheater and Mattress Firm Amphitheatrein Chula Vista. (Photo by Armando Brown; contributing photographer)

Country singer-songwriter and recently announced “American Idol” judge Luke Bryan is rescheduling several stops on his Huntin’, Fishin’

& Lovin’ Everyday tour in California including Friday, Oct. 27, at Mattress Firm Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, which will now take place on

Wednesday, Oct. 25.

The next stop, at Glen Helen Amphitheater in Devore was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, but has been moved to Friday, Oct. 27.

He also rescheduled gigs at Concord Pavilion, which will now take place Thursday, Nov. 2; Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland, now on

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Mental health drop-in clinic to offer support inresponse to Las Vegas shootingPosted: Friday, October 6, 2017 7:32 am

The San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) will open a temporary, one-day nocost mental health wellness drop-in center to assist any San Bernardino County resident experiencingincreased emotional and mental distress as result of the Las Vegas shooting.

The mental health drop-in center will be located at DBH’s Mariposa Clinic, 2940 Inland Empire Blvd., inOntario and will be open on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Confidential services will be offeredfree of charge and insurance is not needed. Clinic phone lines will also be staffed with crisis counselors forindividuals who prefer to call in for mental health support.

“DBH understands that individuals who receive immediate access to professional mental health servicesafter a traumatic experience healthier mental adjustments post trauma,” said DBH Director Veronica Kelley.“DBH is offering this resource to our community to promote individual and collective healing and wellnessfor all affected by this tragic event.”

The temporary drop-in center will provide attendees and callers with services, tools and resources designedto support a healthy adjustment to normalcy and wellness. Services will include individual private traumacounseling with a mental health professional, case management services to aid in navigating one’s ownhealth care services and educational information on how to cope with traumatic events.

For more information on the mental health wellness drop-in center, please call DBH’s Mariposa Clinic at(909) 458-1350.

DBH, through this community resource, is supporting the Countywide Vision by providing behavioralhealth services and ensuring residents have the resources they need to promote wellness, recovery andresilience in the community. Information on the Countywide Vision and on DBH can be found atwww.sbcounty.gov

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Even though San Bernardino County firefighter Dave Arnold is back on the job, he said it's beenhard to sleep knowing that three days ago, he was there when the gunman opened fire on the crowd at a country music festival in LasVegas.

"It wasn't the sound. You could feel the air moving right past your head, your body. You could see the dirt and grass popping up from thebullets hitting the dirt," Arnols said.

It had started out as a great weekend for Arnold and some of his buddies from the fire department.

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"Just doing the Vegas experience, spending time with friends, having a good time," said Arnold.

He said he and firefighter Mike Kordich were about 25 feet from the stage when the shooting started.

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blood, and we look over and we saw someone fall to the ground," Arnold said.

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They ran to the victim and started CPR. "I was trying to hold compressions on his neck while getting assistance from other people," Arnoldsaid.

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All this, while under a hailstorm of bullets.

"The gunshots were getting closer, they were coming over our head and next thing I know is I look over and I see mike's arm get hit, andhe says, 'I'm hit, Dave, I'm hit,'" said Arnold.

Arnold said he helped Kordich up off the ground, and to the car of a Good Samaritan.

Kordich is in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the arm. Arnold said it was just instinct not to run, but to stay and help.

"Most of us have that intuition, being a public servant, helping the person next to you, doing the best to make a difference," said Arnold."You see a person in need, it's hard to run away from that."

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By BEAU YARBROUGH | byarbrough@scng.com | Inland Valley Daily BulletinPUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 8:08 pm | UPDATED: October 6, 2017 at 12:00 am

Las Vegas mass shooting victim Karen Smerber, 47, of Beaumont, recovers from her gunshot wound in the torso at Spring Valley Hospital in LasVegas, Nev. on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. A gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay opened heavy fire on a crowd of more than 22,000 atRoute 91 Harvest outdoor country music festival, which killed 58 people and injured more than 500 people on Oct. 1. (Photo by Rachel Luna, OCRegister/SCNG)

Karen and Mathew Smerber have been together for 17 years, and she was used to worrying about him while he worked for the San

Bernardino County Fire Department.

But when Mathew retired, the couple thought their days of worrying about seeing one another again had passed. They were wrong.

Karen, 47, is one of the nearly 500 people who were wounded when Vegas resident Stephen Paddock opened re from the 32nd oor of the

Mandalay Bay casino resort on the third night of the Route 91 Harvest festival, killing 58 people.

Before that, she had been having a ball at the concert, which she attended with a friend while her husband remained home.

“It was a great time,” Karen said. “I actually made it to the end, both nights. Usually, I want to leave earlier than everybody else. Then we

were on the last singer, Jason Aldean, and then there were the sounds. They sounded like reworks, but they were quite obviously

something else.”

It took less than a minute for her to realize what was actually happening.

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“You start hearing it go by your head, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh,” she said. “I got down on my belly, and that’s when I got hit.”

The bullet entered her right abdomen and came out her le hip.

“It felt gnarly, like it was burning,” Karen said.

Bleeding on the ground, as 22,000 people panicked, ran for their lives or took cover, Karen pulled out her phone and began calling loved

ones to say goodbye.

“I thought I was going to die, so I called Mat, told him I loved him and said sorry.”

“She called me while it was still going on,” said Mathew, 55. “She said ‘I’ve been shot, I’ve been shot.’ And I’m at home in Beaumont. She

said ‘I love you so much,’ and then the phone went dead.”

Karen was rescued by Las Vegas resident Shaun Topper, 24, who scooped her up and carried her out of the festival grounds. He helped

stuff her into a waiting car that took the dozen or so terried passengers to a nearby hospital.

“Never seen him before in my life,” Karen said. “Good Samaritan. … He wouldn’t let me stay there and die.”

Meanwhile, back in Beaumont, Mat had no idea what was going on.

“I tried calling her back, and it went right to her voicemail,” he said. “I waited a minute, and I tried again, but somehow or another, she got

her son, Jonathan, who lives in Yucaipa, and me in a three-way call.”

Topper, who was getting her to safety at this point, made her hang up.

Mat drove to Las Vegas.

“Just as I got off the 15 here in Vegas, the hospital called me,” he said. “They said ‘your wife is in the ICU. … Come right into the emergency

room.'”

Mat spent 33 years as a reghter, serving as captain of a station in Fontana, among other assignments. He was always aware the people he

worked with could be killed on any shi.

“I went through all of the active shooter training right before I retired,” Mat said. “It was because of Dec. 2,” the 2015 San Bernardino

terrorist attack.

But he never dreamed that a country music festival might take his wife from him.

“I kissed her goodbye on Thursday when she le, and then I’m driving up here and thinking, ‘Oh my God, is that the last time? Am I going

to be able to kiss her again?'”

The hospital staff in Las Vegas have told Karen, a mother of four, that she should be back on her feet in about six weeks. She has tickets to

see Luke Bryan play at Glen Helen Amphitheater at the end of October and she may go, if the doctors give her the OK.

“All of her friends are going,” Mat said. “I bet they’ll talk her into it.”

“You’ve got to get back up on that horse,” Karen said.

Mat echoed that sentiment, saying the shooter wasn’t going to take anything more from his wife.

“You can’t just crawl into the mayonnaise jar and close the lid,” he said. “You may have taken eight inches of my wife’s lower intestine, but

that’s all.

And they have praise for the way that Las Vegas has come together.

“The city’s in a way that I’ve never seen it before,” Mat said, choking up. “People have come together, casinos have opened their doors — it’s

overwhelming.”

And they can’t think of enough ways to thank Topper, the 24-year-old who ignored danger to carry a mortally wounded stranger to safety.

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A girl places candles at a memorial for victims of the mass shooting Tuesday, Oct. 3,2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday. Itwas the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with dozens killed andhundreds injured, some by gunfire, some during the chaotic escape. (AP Photo/MarcioJose Sanchez)

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Top brass at the San Bernardino County Fire Department met Thursday with

reghters and other department personnel who attended Sunday’s Route 91

Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas and witnessed the mass shooting.

The purpose of the 1 p.m. meeting at The Way World Outreach church in San

Bernardino was to inform the roughly 20 employees and members of their

families of crisis counseling and other services available to them, Capt. Dave

Burkhart said.

Counselors from San Bernardino-based Counseling Team International and

members of the Fire Department’s Crisis Accountability Response & Education

team, or CARE, were also in attendance, Burkhart said.

“This is to make some initial counseling available and provide them additional

resources if needed,” Burkhart said.

The 18 to 20 county re employees who were attending Sunday’s music festival in

Las Vegas during their off time found themselves in the dual role of victim and

rst responder when gunman Stephen Craig Paddock red a volley of gunshots

into the crowd from a 32nd-oor window at the Mandalay Bay hotel.

Among the wounded were reghter Mike Kordich, attending the concert with

fellow reghter David Arnold, who was shot in the right forearm while treating a

concertgoer felled by gunre. Arnold then came to Kordich’s aid, stopping the

bleeding and whisking him away to a taxi and taking him to the Sunrise Hospital

& Medical Center, where Kordich was still recovering Thursday.

San Bernardino County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig said in a telephone interview

Thursday that Kordich was scheduled to be released from the hospital Friday.

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San Bernardino County Firefighter Mike Kordich recovering Tuesday in LasVegas following Sunday’s mass shooting. Also pictured are Ed Kelly (center),general secretary treasurer for the International Association of Firefighters(IAFF), and Frank Lima (L), 10th District Vice President of IAFF.

Fireghters from other agencies in California and Arizona were also injured in

the shooting.

Two counselors from Counseling Team International, plus three chaplains and

seven peer support members from the CARE team were present during the

debrieng, Burkhart said.

For decades, Counseling Team International has contracted with the county to

provide crisis counseling for sheriff’s deputies and reghters. In 2015, it

extended its services to include general county employees impacted by the Dec. 2,

2015, mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino in which 14

people, including 13 employees of the county Environmental Health Services

Division, died.

The shooting at IRC, committed by county health inspector Syed Rizwan Farook

and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, was declared an act of terrorism by the FBI. Farook

and Malik were killed in a shootout with police hours aer the attack.

Assistant Chief Ron Walls, who oversees the administrative side of the CARE

team, said crisis management resources are essential in helping department

personnel deal with the adverse impacts of the job.

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“The stress, the impacts, the things we are exposed to are like carbon dioxide,”

Walls said. He said healthy habits need to be learned – coping skills – to help

reghters and other employees adjust. And that’s where the CARE team and CTI

come into play – a set of ears and a shoulder to lean on for affected department

personnel who are not comfortable discussing such problems with family or

friends.

Walls said he has been involved in variations of the department’s CARE program

since 2000, when he found himself ensnared in a medical crisis involving a family

member.

“I fell off the face of the earth for six weeks,” said Walls.

Wall said it was his “Fire Department family” who came through for him during

one of his darkest hours.

“Any need I had was met before I even realized I needed it,” said Walls.

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With all the victims of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history now identified, family members and survivors of other mass shootings have come to Vegas to consolethose impacted. (KABC)

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With all the victims of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history now identified, family members and survivors ofother mass shootings have come to Las Vegas to console those impacted. That includes a husband and wife from San Bernardino.

MORE: Southern California victims in Las Vegas mass shooting

"It hurt me a lot. Here we go again. People getting killed. Injured. Just scared," said John Ramos, a survivor of the 2015 San Bernardinoshooting.

John Ramos says his life was forever changed on Dec. 2, 2015 when his San Bernardino County Health Department holiday party was thescene of a mass shooting. He hasn't gone back to work, but says therapy has helped him greatly.

"To let them know that they're not alone, that we do care. Recovery isn't going to happen in a few days or a few weeks. It's continuous,"said Ramos.

MORE: Healing garden being set up in Vegas to honor shooting victims

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"This is our first time here. It's very hard. We're here to help. We know how you feel. And we love Vegas. It means a lot to us too. We comehere a lot," said Ramos's wife, Mary, who also joined him on the trip.

MORE: Chicago man honors Las Vegas victims with crosses

The group will attend a candlelight vigil in Las Vegas Thursday evening. They're calling on Congress to take action and say they willcontinue to make trips to the aftermath of shootings until something is changed.

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10/6/2017 Ontario officer injured in Las Vegas said to be part of city ‘family’ – Press Enterprise

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By DAVID ALLEN | Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 1:30 pm | UPDATED: October 5, 2017 at 4:35 pm

Michael Gracia, the Ontario police officer shot while attending the Las Vegas concertSunday, is seen walking at the hospital Wednesday with fiancee Summer Clyburn, left.(Courtesy photo)

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It’s not oen that a City Council meeting becomes an emotional experience —

well, except when someone becomes angry.

But that wasn’t the case Tuesday night in Ontario, when the shooting of Michael

Gracia in Las Vegas became the prime topic of conversation. Gracia, an Ontario

police ofcer, was off-duty at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival when he

and his ancee were among the nearly 500 injured in the mass shooting Sunday.

“We’re going to do something a little unusual tonight,” said Alan Wapner, the

councilman who led the meeting in the absence of the vacationing mayor as he

opened the proceedings. Wapner said he wanted to address the shooting before

doing anything else. It was the most important matter on everyone’s minds, he

said, affecting “tens of thousands of lives” due to the web of family, social and

work connections.

Gracia, 24, a former Ontario police cadet and jail staffer, has worked as an ofcer

for four years. Wapner and his wife, Judy, who happened to be in Las Vegas last

weekend, visited him in the hospital Monday. His ancee, Summer Clyburn, 23,

was there with their baby, who is two months old. Summer had covered Gracia

with her body aer he was shot in the head and was then wounded herself, but

she was said to already be released.

“A true act of love and heroism,” Wapner said.

“I did promise him we would all pray for him,” Wapner said. “He couldn’t

respond, but he was listening. Whenever I said something he liked, he gave me a

thumb’s up. That’s the only way he could respond.”

Wapner asked the audience to rise for a moment of silence for those killed or

injured.

Council members spoke in support of Gracia and the tight-knit community of

employees.

“We’ll get through it as a family,” Councilman Jim Bowman said.

Sean Harden, president of the Ontario Police Ofcers Association, came to the

lectern. “Every night he had our back. It’s hard not to be there to have his back,”

Harden said, bowing his head briey and going quiet.

But others have stepped in. A sergeant was sent to Gracia’s bedside. The chief and

deputy chief went too. Someone from the department is at the hospital around the

clock. A counseling team was also sent.

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Gracia was photographed Wednesday walking down a hospital corridor hand in

hand with Clyburn, both wearing hospital booties.

Back at the meeting, the minister who was supposed to give the invocation was a

no-show. Wapner offered one himself, saying “we need a prayer tonight.” His

asked God to “console everybody.”

From there, the meeting proceeded in its normal course. Ever since Ruben

Valencia replaced Paul Avila on the council, Ontario meetings now have normal

courses. This must be why I haven’t made attending them a priority.

The next city manager was introduced. Scott Ochoa has been hired from

Glendale, where he was its top executive for ve years aer 18 years with

Monrovia, where he worked his way up from intern to city manager. Now there’s a

man with his eye on the prize.

Ochoa was anked by his wife, Sophia, and daughter, Tessia; his college student

son, Nicholas, couldn’t make it. Ochoa said he was excited by the opportunity to

serve “the premier city of the Inland Empire.” He has childhood memories of

Ontario from when his father would drive the family from Azusa to eat at Grinder

Haven.

He’ll start Nov. 20 and make $310,000 a year — which will buy a lot of sandwiches.

As for Al Boling, the current city manager, he had asked to return to his previous

post of assistant city manager, which set off the search for a replacement. Boling’s

mother has been ill and as her only child, he has been taking her to doctor’s

appointments and the like since May. The council has let him work remotely but

at his request looked for someone who could devote full attention to the position.

“I have to say thank you to them for allowing me to do that and being receptive to

that,” Boling told me Monday.

More on all that another time. Because Gracia was the one who got most of the

attention Tuesday, even in his absence.

During public comment, two speakers said they had raised money for Gracia and

handed over checks to Harden: D’Andre Lampkin, who gave $800, and two bail

bondsmen, who gave $1,500.

Harden told me the ofcers association had given $5,000 to the Gracia family

immediately and that Boling had donated $1,000 from his personal funds.

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Donations may be sent to Ontario Public Employees Credit Union, 202 W. B St.,

Ontario 91762, in care of the Michael and Summer Gracia Fund, or to the Ontario

Police Ofcers Association, 2558 S. Archibald Ave., Ontario 91761, with Gracia’s

name in your check’s memo line.

All proceeds will go to the family, Harden said. There is also a GoFundMe page at

gofundme.com/michael-gracia-and-summer, which has surpassed its $85,000

goal. (GoFundMe takes a percentage of donations.)

Community fund-raisers are in the works as well. Gracia will be off work

indenitely and the family will have medical and other bills, Wapner said.

Gracia wasn’t the only Ontario employee at the three-day festival, which was

attended by 22,000. Six Ontario police ofcers corralled a group of more than 30

concertgoers into a safe place and guarded them until Las Vegas police took over,

ofcials said.

Meanwhile, Ontario reghter Steve Talley was with reghter friends from other

departments. One of them ended up among the 58 victims. Talley and two friends

did what they could for him and then went into paramedic mode, rendering aid

all night and into the morning for the injured.

It’s a good thing so many cops and reghters like country music.

David Allen writes Friday, Sunday and Wednesday, three not so good things. Emaildallen@scng.com, phone 909-483-9339, visit insidesocal.com/davidallen, likedavidallencolumnist on Facebook, follow @davidallen909 on Twitter and buy“Getting Started” and “Pomona A to Z.”

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10/6/2017 For second time in two years, his fiancee texts: 'Active shooter.' And so began a night of hell in Vegas - LA Times

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For second time in two years, his fiancee texts: 'Active shooter.' Andso began a night of hell in Vegas

By David Montero

OCTOBER 5, 2017, 5:05 PM | REPORTING FROM LAS VEGAS

e was running, lungs burning, across the casino floor of the Luxor — leaving his friends behind in a mad, desperate sprint toward the

massacre.

It’s happening again, he thought.

J.C. Monticone had just gotten a text message from his fiancee Sunday night. It was the same two words he’d heard from her on Dec. 2, 2015, when

Melissa Castruita was working in San Bernardino at the Inland Regional Center.

“Active shooter,” the text read.

He ran past people gambling and drinking as if the world were normal. It contradicted everything he knew in his head at that moment. Life and death were

happening outside. How could these two worlds exist simultaneously?

Castruita was crouched down in the VIP area near the stage across the street from Luxor when she texted Monticone. She, her aunt and her cousin had

been singing along with country star Jason Aldean when bullets came pouring down from the 32nd flood of Mandalay Bay some 500 yards away.

“I’m so scared!! Do you hear that? They took jason Aldean’s off stage,” she texted to Monticone.

Castruita used to tell her family that after her work site was shot up by two people in the San Bernardino attack nearly two years ago, she was the safest

person to be around because, well, nobody encounters a second mass shooting.

Her phone rang. It was Monticone. Over the phone he heard more gunshots. Screaming. He reached the doors of the Luxor and realized he could hear

gunfire on his own.

J.C. Monticone, 36, was in Las Vegas when he got a text message from his fiancee, Melissa Castruita, 34, who was attending the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas onSunday night. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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“I’m coming to you,” he told her.

“No, go up to the room and barricade yourself in,” she said.

Monticone saw the tinted glass door open and a man and woman came toward him as he spoke to Castruita.

“They’re just rubber bullets,” the man told Monticone in a rote, dazed voice.

Blood stained the young man’s shirt and pants. Monticone thought some shrapnel had hit him, but wasn’t sure. The woman said that he was her son and

that his friend had been shot next to him. The friend was probably dead.

Monticone, a 36-year-old paramedic with the South Pasadena Fire Department, carried the young man to a bench with his friend, who had caught up with

him after his sprint. He handed the phone to his friend and tried to help the man. He also needed to get to Castruita. He struggled with what to do. “The

hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life,” he said.

He told Castruita that he was helping someone and that he would find her. Don’t lose your phone, he told her. I will find you.

Then he went to work.

Castruita had been celebrating her 34th birthday, and this was the second Route 91 Harvest festival she attended. She’d seen her favorite country act, Sam

Hunt, Saturday night and was excited to see Aldean’s set.

The tickets were VIP, but after a late night of partying Saturday, they had arrived later than planned and missed out on nabbing seats in the outdoor arena.

Her aunt and cousin moved off to the left of the stage and even considered going to the pit area.

It was crowded, though, and ever since her experience with the San Bernardino shooting, Castruita had been skittish in large crowds.

That day in 2015 hung over her and haunted her. She remembered driving to the Inland Regional Center on Dec. 2 after the gunfire had started. She

remembered the terror of knowing people had been shot and killed at the site where she worked. Helicopters buzzed overhead. Police in tactical gear were

everywhere.

A week after that shooting, nobody could go back into the building, so Castruita and Monticone decided to go to Disneyland. The crowds spooked her,

however, and they left.

She was a runner and liked to hit the streets early in the morning, but Castruita remembered that not long after the San Bernardino shooting she was out

running and saw a man with a hand in his pocket. Did he have a gun? She panicked.

But for this year’s Route 91 Harvest festival, she felt OK and had settled into feeling more at ease. Then came the shots. The police in tactical gear. The

helicopters.

She had confidence that Monticone would stay safe. But she knew he would be worried about her — just like he was on Dec. 2 when he drove 95 mph on

the freeway from Santa Clarita to get her in San Bernardino after she told him there had been a shooting and the killers were still on the loose.

Castruita wondered whether the killers were still on the loose in Las Vegas.

The casino area in Luxor had gotten quiet, and the young man in shock was trembling.

“Shooter!” someone yelled.

Monticone looked up and saw a few hundred people streaming through the doors. The woman helped her son up and started to run and fell. Monticone

thought she might get trampled and helped her up. Her phone flew, and he saw the caller ID on it said “Husband.” He grabbed it for her and then they

took off.

When Monticone turned around, a shirtless man in a cowboy hat staggered at him. He was bleeding profusely above the eye and around his mouth. With

no first-aid equipment, Monticone rushed to the bathroom to get some towels. Press it against the wound to stem the bleeding, he told the injured man.

He said he had to find his fiancee.

Monticone rushed out the Luxor and called her again.

Along with her aunt and cousin, Castruita had helped other concertgoers rip down an aluminum wall of the VIP section to escape toward the Tropicana.

Her phone rang. Monticone was still OK. So was she, she said. He was near the Tropicana, too. They could try to meet at the MGM Grand.

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She heard him say he had to go. Another person needed help. They hung up.

Castruita kept moving toward the MGM.

Monticone helped carry a woman with a gunshot wound in her leg to a triage center already set up on Las Vegas Boulevard. He was a paramedic,

Monticone said, and got her an IV before seeing ambulances arriving one after the other.

“I needed to get to Melissa,” he recalled saying as he left the woman with paramedics.

He rushed past some police, into the MGM and started down an escalator. He wondered how hard it would be to find her. He called her again. She said she

was near an escalator at the MGM.

Then she saw him coming down the escalator. They hugged just like they had when he raced from his parents’ home in Santa Clarita in 2015.

Monticone’s clothes, arms and hands were covered with blood. He ducked into the restroom to quickly wash it off when he heard what he thought were

gunshots. Castruita had heard them too and instinctively began to run with her aunt and cousin. But then she stopped and looked for Monticone.

He bolted out of the restroom and saw her. And they escaped.

Together again.

To read the article in Spanish, click here

david.montero@latimes.com

Twitter: @davemontero

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10/6/2017 California residents can apply for aid for medical bills, funeral expenses after Las Vegas attacks - LA Times

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Carmen Alegria recounts her harrowing experience surviving the mass shooting in Las Vegas. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Californians who were injured in the Las Vegas attack may be able to get some

monetary relief.

The California Victim Compensation Board, a state program that offers monetary

support for victims of violent crimes, has released a single application process to

allow people to apply for compensation from California as well as from Nevada's

program, said Julie Nauman, the board's executive director.

A gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas on Sunday

night, injuring almost 500 people and killing 58.

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"Help is available for survivors of those who were killed, anyone who was injured

and those in attendance at the concert, as well as their immediate family members,"

according to a statement the board released Wednesday. The funds can help pay for

various costs, including "funeral expenses, medical bills, mental health treatment,

lost wages."

There's a limit of $70,000 per victim in the California program, but officials from

California and Nevada are working together to maximize resources for

families, Nauman said.

“We want victims to know that this help is available," she said.

California residents can apply at https://victims.ca.gov/lasvegas/ or can call 1-800-

777- 9229.

Staff writer Joseph Serna contributed to this report.

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Crestline, CA – Homeless and low-income individuals and families can access a variety of supportive servicesand resources during the Project Connect event, on October 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St Frances XavierCabrini Church, 23079 Crest Forest Drive in Crestline.

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Project Connect, hosted by the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership (SBCHP), and it’s collaborativepartners, will provide attendees with no-cost medical screenings, legal assistance, employment services, housingsupport services, child care information and referrals to local community service providers.

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In addition, Mountains Community Hospital is giving information about rural clinics, Walgreen’s is providingfree flu shots, Crestline in the Glen hairstylists will be offering free haircuts, and the Mountain BearsDemocratic Club will be registering voters. There will be other local agencies and civic organizations joiningMountain Homeless Coalition in providing referrals to our neighbors experiencing (or in fear of) homelessness.All will provide opportunities to the community in general for volunteering, as well as a greater understanding tothose who would rather donate goods and funds to the organizations where time is not available.

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The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District regulates stationary sources of air pollution and implements air quality regulations across morethan 20,000 square miles. It also recognizes leading efforts to conserve energy and reduce pollution in the region. Reporter Mike Lipsitz has this storyon a local recipient of the district’s top award…

Last month, the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District gave top honors for 2017 to the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center for itsmultipronged approach to conservation and green energy production. It has one of the largest federally-owned solar arrays in existence, whichsupplies more than 5 percent of the Combat Center’s electricity. In the winter, an on-site co-generation plant recovers exhaust and converts it to heatfor a third of its central heating plant. Over time, the base has replaced over 4,000 lights with solar and energy-efficient fixtures to dramaticallyreduce the night-sky imprint and save a half million dollars in energy expenses yearly. A comprehensive recycling program converts millions ofpounds of solid waste into nearly $2 million in revenue each year. The Air Quality Management District singled out the Combat Center for “protectingour freedom while simultaneously protecting the air breathed by … (the 550,000-plus) residents of the Mojave Desert.”

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10/6/2017 Kohl’s to hold hiring events in Glendora, Ontario, Irvine and other area cities – San Bernardino Sun

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By KEVIN SMITH | kvsmith@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley TribunePUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 5:07 pm | UPDATED: October 5, 2017 at 5:51 pm

Kohl’s will hold hiring events at nine stores throughout Southern California onSaturday.

Looking for a job? Kohl’s Corp. has got plenty of them.

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Hiring at stores in Glendora, Ontario, Irvine and more

Total seasonal hiring not announced

The department store chain will hold hiring events at nine Southern California

stores Saturday, and a grand opening will also be held for a new location in

Montebello. Kohl’s is looking to ll full- and part-time seasonal positions for

everything from freight processors and sales associates to customer service

employees and online order takers.

The job fairs will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Kohl’s stores in

Glendora, Northridge, Sun Valley, Downey, Ontario, Upland, Fontana, Irvine and

Laguna Niguel. Each store that’s hosting an event is hiring for that specic

location. Addresses for the stores and details on the hiring process can be found

here.

The company is also hiring seasonal positions for its e-commerce fulllment

center and distribution center, both of which are in San Bernardino.

Kohl’s hasn’t posted the pay scale for its job openings, but gures from Glassdoor

reveal that sales associates at Kohl’s earn a base pay of $9 an hour, and customer

service employees start at $10 an hour. It should be noted, however, that the

prevailing minimum wage in regions through Southern California will boost those

hourly rates.

Los Angeles County, for example, hiked its minimum wage for businesses with 26

or more employees from $10.50 to $12 an hour in July.

Kohl’s will hold hiring events at more than 200 stores throughout the U.S. on

Saturday. The Wisconsin-based retailer declined to reveal the total number of

seasonal workers it plans to hire this year. But in an email, company ofcials said

the hiring will be “at a similar level” to previous years. In 2016, Kohl’s announced

plans to hire more than 69,000 temporary workers ahead of the holidays.

Kohl’s said 14,000 of last year’s seasonal hires became permanent employees.

Other retailers have already announced their seasonal hiring numbers. Target, for

example, plans to 95,000 temporary employees for the holidays. Others include

Toys R Us (13,000), Macy’s (80,000) and J.C. Penney (40,000). Beyond the world of

retail, UPS plans to hire 95,000 seasonal workers and FedEx is looking to hire

50,000.

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Montebello grand opening

Kohl’s’ decision to not reveal its exact number of holiday hires is bucking an

industry trend. Retailers typically announce their planned hiring and economists

and retail analysts use that as a gauge of shopper demand ahead of Black Friday,

which kicks off the traditional holiday shopping season.

Kohl’s reluctance to release a total number may be tied, in part, to declining sales.

The company’s 2017 Fact Book report shows total sales for 2016 topped out at

$18.7 billion, down from $19.2 billion the previous year.

Burt Flickinger III, managing director for the retail consulting rm Strategic

Resource Group, said Kohl’s is executing a strategic shi.

“They are moving to better, higher-quality brands and they are trying to give their

experienced team members more hours per week, which they have been asking

for,” he said. “By giving them more hours and paying higher wages, they will get

higher shopping satisfaction scores.”

Kohl’s is home to a variety of national brands, including Under Armour, Nike,

Adidas, Levi’s, New Balance and FILA Sport, among others.

“Kohl’s is aware that Target and other retailers have been cutting employee hours

over the past couple years and those companies have had a big turnover of

employees,” Flickinger said. “They might see former Target employees show up at

their job fairs — people who are looking for a career with Kohl’s rather than

having their hours whipsawed from month to month.”

The grand opening for the new Kohl’s at 2441 Via Campo in Montebello will be

held at 8:45 a.m. Saturday. The 35,000-square-foot store at 2441 Via Campo will

feature updated check-out stations, newly designed shopping carts and strollers,

redesigned tting rooms and WiFi throughout the store.

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10/6/2017 Ontario Convention Center names new general manager to take over day-to-day operations – San Bernardino Sun

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Ontario Convention Center names new general manager to take over day-to-dayoperations

ONTARIO >> A new general manager has taken over the day-to-day operations of

the Ontario Convention Center, ofcials announced late Thursday aernoon.

Shannon Perry began carrying out her duties overseeing the convention center’s

day to day operations and leading its management team on Oct. 1, Michael

Krouse, president and CEO of the Ontario Convention Center, said in a statement.

Perry, who has spent this week meeting with convention center staff and

familiarizing herself with the facility, said she comes to a well-operated facility

with a highly professional staff.

“I’m not looking to come in and shake things up,” Perry said Thursday.

Perry, who has about 18 years of event planning and facility oversight experience

with Westwood One Radio Network and SMG Worldwide Venue Management, will

be looking for ways to bolster the mix of business activity at the center by

increasing the number and types of events taking place there, she said.

The Ontario Convention Center has strong business sales, she said, so she will

focus on the facilities operations, looking for streamlining opportunities and

places where there is room for efciencies. She also will be working on letting

local residents know about services available at the center.

“Shannon brings years of experience to the team with an extensive background in

signature events and leadership, which will serve her well at Ontario Convention

Center,” Krouse said in the statement.

Perry takes over a post that had been vacant for about a year following the

departure of the last general manager, said Sue Oxarart, convention

center spokeswoman.

10/6/2017 Comedian George Lopez adds restaurateur at San Manuel Casino to his resume – Press Enterprise

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By STEPHANIE SCHULTE | sschulte@scng.com | The Press-EnterpriseOctober 5, 2017 at 11:48 am

Photo by Rachel Luna, The Press-Enterprise/SCNGGeorge Lopez recently opened George Lopez’s Chingon Kitchen at San Manuel Casino in Highland.

Comedian/actor George Lopez has oen reminisced about fond memories of his grandmother whipping up delicious yet simple dishes

when he was a kid.

He has taken that love of food and opened George Lopez’s Chingon Kitchen inside San Manuel Casino in Highland.

“I talk about food a lot in my act,” Lopez said during a recent a phone interview before boarding a plane to Houston for a performance.

“I’ve wanted to open a restaurant for some time. Danny Trejo has one in L.A. and some guys have tequila brands — which I love, by the

way.”

Lopez was approached to take over a frozen Mexican food line about 15 years ago but it never panned out, so when he was asked about

opening a restaurant he was all in.

He said his team worked with the same people that helped launch Kiss members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s Rock ‘N Brews which

has several locations, including one at San Manuel Casino.

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“My restaurant is kind of like if my grandma had a restaurant,” he said. “My grandma didn’t have a real wide menu, but everything she

made was so fresh and good.”

The 6,000-square-foot eatery features an open kitchen a la Chipotle where diners can custom order dishes such as tacos, burritos, bowls

and even a potato, plus choose from herb-crusted rotisserie chicken, spit-red al pastor, wood-red carne asada or vegetarian style llings.

He said he’s especially proud of the massive red rotisserie machine from France that has eight spits and utilizes bricks to retain heat

ensuring perfectly cooked chicken.

There are plenty of toppings to choose from such as habanero, avocado or tomatillo salsas, cheeses, veggies or fresh creme to make your

dish simple or over the top.

“It’s like swimming. You can go in the children’s pool or you can surf some bad ass waves and kick it up. You are deciding what you want on

your food,” Lopez said, adding that he used to love to go to the Olympic Cafe in West Los Angeles where there was a woman making

tortillas by hand. This inspired him to do the same at Chingon Kitchen.

Diners also can satiate their sweet tooth with made-to-order churros dusted with cinnamon and sugar and topped with caramel or

chocolate sauce.

For those who have a hankering for tequila, head to the lounge area of the restaurant, have a seat on a comfy couch — perhaps near the

replace — and take your pick from more than 200 options.

Several margarita and mojito specialties are offered along with beer, wine and micheladas.

Lopez is condent the restaurant will be a success and is already in talks to open other locations including one at LAX.

A diehard Los Angeles Dodger’s fan, Lopez is hopeful he will open one at the team’s home eld.

“Ultimately, if I could get into Dodger Stadium that would be incredible,” he said.

George Lopez’s Chingon Kitchen

Where: San Manuel Casino, 777 San Manuel Blvd., Highland

Hours: 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday-Saturday

Information: 909-864-5050, www.sanmanuel.com

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By Rene Ray De La Cruz Staff Writer Posted Oct 5, 2017 at 3:07 PMUpdated Oct 5, 2017 at 4:33 PM

VICTORVILLE — Vick and Nima Thaker’s entrepreneurial dream will cometrue when they open their Which Wich Superior Sandwiches shop next month.

The Thakers told the Daily Press the doors of their new restaurant will open onOct. 15 on the southern end of Restaurant Row in Victorville.

Located in a 11,300-square-foot multi-tenant building along Amargosa Road,Which Wich will be situated next to Cafe Rio, Starbucks, Nekter Juice, Pieology,Ono Hawaiian BBQ, The Habit Burger Grill and a Cracker Barrel Old CountryStore.

“This is a perfect location for our first store and we’re exciting about bringingWhich Wich to the High Desert,” said Vick Thaker, 31, as workers installedkitchen and dining room fixtures inside the sandwich shop.

The fast casual restaurant, which serves custom made submarine sandwichescalled “Wiches,” boasts 10 categories of sandwiches and 60 topping options fortheir multi-sized creations. The shop also serves gyros, salads, chips, desserts,shakes, drinks, along with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free offerings.

The Which Wich ordering system includes customers using Sharpies to mark uppre-printed sandwich bags that are handed to a sandwich expert. The preparedsandwiches are delivered in the customer’s bag, which may be hung as artworkon a community wall inside the store.

“We fell in love with the Which Wich business concept and their five to 10 yearsmodel of growth,” said Vick Thaker, who lives in Rancho Cucamonga and hasworked in the High Desert for nearly seven years. “It’s a fast growing company

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with its sights set for expansion.”

Nima Thaker said her husband’s experience in the restaurant industry, combinedwith his entrepreneurial spirit, is the perfect recipe for success in the couple’snew venture.

“Vick comes from a family of entrepreneurs so I know he has the skills, theknow-how and lots of family support to run the store,” Nima Thaker said.“Opening a store is a big undertaking, but I know we’re ready for the challenge.”

While researching Which Wich the couple said they were attracted to its PB&Jsandwich program, where the company donates a portion of each peanut butterand jelly sandwich sold to a national and local charity. The company is currentlymatching all open donation up to $10,000, with money going to HurricaneHarvey relieve efforts through the American Red Cross.

Based in Dallas, Texas, Which Wich operates over 400 location across thecountry, with nearly 30 stores located in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and theMiddle East.

The store will employ 25 individuals, including a general and assistant manager,as well as two lead managers. Those interested in working for Which Wich canapply on the company’s website.

Which Wich Superior Sandwiches will be located at 11604 Amargosa Road inVictorville. For general information or to apply for a job, visitwww.whichwich.com.

Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227, RDeLa

Cruz@VVDailyPress.com, Twitter @DP_ReneDeLaCruz and Instagram

@reneraydelacruz.

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10/6/2017 Guns, money and drugs seized during illegal gambling bust in San Bernardino – Press Enterprise

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By BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA | bvalenzuela@scng.com and GAILWESSON | gwesson@scng.comPUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 2:01 pm | UPDATED: October 5, 2017 at 7:41 pm

Police seized several guns, gambling machines, some drugs and in excess of

$100,000 in cash from several locations in San Bernardino — all part of a

crackdown on illegal gambling, police said.

“We’ve got multiple people in custody,” said San Bernardino police Lt. Mike

Madden about the operation that targeted ve businesses and one residence.

Madden identied the owner of the locations as Jihad Saker, 57, of San

Bernardino. He was arrested but information was not immediately available

about the bail amount set.

Fourteen people were arrested but names were not immediately available

Thursday aernoon.

Locations that were raided included a site in the 1700 block of Base Line and

another in the 1100 block of West 17th Street, ofcials said.

Some 35 gaming machines were seized along with computer hard drives.

All ve locations were associated with the same group of people, ofcials said.

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10/6/2017 More than 1,000 engines will rev at San Bernardino’s Rendezvous Back to Route 66 – San Bernardino Sun

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By BRIAN WHITEHEAD | bwhitehead@scng.com | Orange CountyRegisterPUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 3:54 pm | UPDATED: October 6, 2017 at 12:04 am

The Rendezvous Back to Route 66 car show and cruise in downtown San Bernardino,Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. Hundreds of classic cars were showcased during theevent. (Photo by Rachel Luna/The Sun, SCNG)

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In downtown San Bernardino for the third consecutive year, the 5th annual

Rendezvous Back to Route 66 is expected to draw more than 1,000 custom and

classic cars, topping last year’s turnout.

Organizers expect more than 25,000 guests at the daylong celebration of the city’s

roots.

Presented by the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce and the city of San

Bernardino, the Rendezvous is from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, and will

have entertainment, food and merchandise and three beer gardens.

Also, the poker run and open header contest return.

Since relocating the free event to downtown, participation has “exploded,” said

Jack Avakian, a chamber board member and volunteer. More than 400 volunteers

are expected to help with the festivities.

“We can’t run an event like this without the volunteers,” Avakian said.

Five things to look out for:

• For the rst year, there will be a First Responders Row for guests to check out

re engines, police cars, military vehicles and an ambulance. Sherlock, the San

Bernardino Police Department K-9 of the Year, is expected to be there, too.

• The 1.3-mile cruise route will wind around and through the event area, from 2nd

Street to Arrowhead Avenue, north to 5th Street, west on 5th to E Street, south on

E Street, east on 4th Street to D Street, south on D Street to 2nd Street, east on 2nd

to Arrowhead Avenue.

• Court Street Square will be the activity hub. Its parking lot will have a beer

garden and food and merchandise vendors. With American, Chinese, Italian and

Mexican food booths expected, there should be something for everyone’s tastes.

• Free parking is available around the Carousel Mall and in the parking structure

behind Big 5 Sporting Goods.

• The 12-mile poker run begins at 7:30 a.m. at Costco, 1099 E. Hospitality Lane.

Drivers will collect cards at The Art Institute, 674 E. Brier Dr.; Mattel, 1456 Harry

Shepard Blvd.; Norton Air Force Base Museum, 1601 E. 3rd St.; and the historic

McDonald’s Museum, 1398 N. E St. Participants with the best ve-card hands will

win prizes.

For more information: rendezvoustoroute66.com.

10/6/2017 San Bernardino public safety comrades, rivals prep for test of strength at this month’s SBD Fest – San Bernardino Sun

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By BRIAN WHITEHEAD | bwhitehead@scng.com | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 4:20 pm | UPDATED: October 5, 2017 at 4:23 pm

Teams participating in the SB Strong Plane Pull at this years SBD Fest pose for a photo opportunity after a practice session on Thursday, Oct. 5,2017.(Stan Lim, San Bernardino Sun/SCNG)

SAN BERNARDINO – A team of local law enforcement ofcers will line up and grab hold of a 100-foot rope attached to a 116,000-pound 757

airplane. A team of reghters will do the same.

When prompted, they will pull. Ninety seconds later, it will be known which public safety crew is stronger.

Won last year by law enforcement, the SB Strong Plane Pull is but one event scheduled for the third annual SBD Fest on Oct. 21 and 22 at

the San Bernardino International Airport.

On Thursday, the teams got a few reps on the rope in.

“There’s always a friendly rivalry between police and re, but we’re partners in public safety and here to help each other out no matter

what,” re Cpt. Mike McClintock said. “We’re going to try our best, but we’re happy to be here and give it our best run.”

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Proceeds from this year’s competition will benet the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, a cause worth pulling for, McClintock

said.

Joining law enforcement ofcers and reghters on the ropes the day of the pull will be children from the hospital, some whose lives were

saved by its efforts, said Tiffany Hoekstra, a senior development ofcial.

“Our families are always really excited to be a part of something that benets the children’s hospital,” she said. “The Plane Pull, it’s

incredibly exciting to be part of this, to be on the line, to pull the rope and to compete” with public safety ofcers.

Matt Yost, a sergeant with the Sheriff’s Department, said while bragging rights are on the line, the event is one of the many things ofcers

do to stay involved in the community.

Teams consisting of San Bernardino County Fire Department hand crew and members of the San Bernardino city police and countysheriffs departments participating in the SB Strong Plane Pull leave after a practice session on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 at the SanBernardino International Airport. The plane pull, which benefits the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, will be held on day 2 ofSBD Fest.<br />(Stan Lim, San Bernardino Sun/SCNG)

“We want to make sure people see ofcers for who they are, that they are public servants,” he said. “We want them to see that the ofcers

are out there in the eld, doing their job, but also are compassionate, and want to be out in the community and raise money for the right

things.”

In addition to the SB Strong Plane Pull, SBD Fest will have aerobatic performers and concerts – a new wrinkle: bands will play from the

wing of a 737 airplane. Vintage and specialty cars, street rods, trucks, and motorcycles will be on display during a car show.

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Also, the Empire Wrestling Federation will put on a few matches for guests.

“We’ve had really strong engagement from the community on the event,” said Mark Gibbs, the airport’s director of aviation, “and we’ve

looked at ways we can continue to liven up the show and really make it an event that appeals to everyone in the community.

“It’s certainly designed to be fun for the whole family and the community.”

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10/6/2017 San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra concert will be a musically challenging tryout – San Bernardino Sun

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By SHERLI LEONARD | sleonard32@verizon.net | Orange County RegisterOctober 6, 2017 at 6:42 am

File photoSaturday night’s season-opening concert by the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will include the Southern California debut of composer JohnWineglass’ “Big Sur: The Night Sun,” along with music by Copland, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky.

The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra is in the market for a conductor.

“It’s time we did a full search,” said Dr. Anne Viricel, executive director for San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra. “It’s been 27 years since

we did a search, so that’s what we’re doing for this year and next, starting with our season-opening concert.”

The ensemble will launch the 2017-18 season on Saturday at the California Theater for the Performing Arts in San Bernardino, with guest

conductor Anthony Parnther leading the orchestra in what Parnther calls a difcult program for any orchestra. It will open with Copland’s

“Fanfare for the Common Man,” followed by the full Fourth Symphony by Tchaikovsky.

Featured on the program’s second half will be a Southern California premiere of three-time Emmy award-winning composer John

Wineglass’s “Big Sur: The Night Sun,” and “Berceuse and Finale” from “The Firebird” by Stravinsky.

“Copland’s ‘Fanfare’ is well known to the audience, and well-loved, and very demanding for the brass in terms of stamina and range,”

Parnther said. “And that’s followed by the Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony, a huge tour de force for the entire orchestra.”

Parnther, who comes with an impressive musical pedigree of studies and conducting, believes the San Bernardino audience will truly

appreciate the program and the orchestra.

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“I always program music my community wants and needs,” Parnther said. “And although this program was chosen for me, it will certainly

fulll both the needs and wants for San Bernardino’s well-versed and sophisticated audience.”

Parnther has led orchestras throughout the United States, Korea, China and Australia and across Europe and South America. According to

Viricel, he is also in demand as a conductor for Hollywood scoring sessions for motion pictures, television shows, albums, trailers,

commercials, and video game music consumed worldwide.

Composer John Wineglass, who will be in the audience for the concert, composes music for lm and television.

“I’ve worked with Wineglass before,” said Parnther. “This work will further challenge the orchestra with a breadth of expression. He paints

a very direct and clear vision of what he’s trying to describe musically, in this case, the landscape of Big Sur in California. The sounds of

this piece will vividly illustrate that spectacular scene. You will be able to literally close your eyes and see the ocean and the cliffs.

“And then, we close the concert with two monumental movements from Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird’,” he added as he noted a programming

oddity. “Considering the times we’re in, it’s fascinating that we will be performing two works by American composers and two by Russian

composers. It will be fun to consider the juxtaposition.”

Viricel said starting with this program, the orchestra’s agenda of guest conductors, music and soloists is essentially set for two years.

“We had literally dozens of letters of interest in the position of the orchestra’s music director and conductor,” she said. “The audience will

be seeing 10 different conductors over the next two years, and all of them are super exciting.”

According to Viricel, the process to narrow down the numbers was huge, and involved a cross-section of stakeholders, including the

orchestra’s musicians, community members and board members.

“The candidates have to meet a lot of criteria, including what type of music they will conduct, how they will interact with the community,

how they will interact with the musicians,” said Viricel. “The community members will be able to interview the candidates in person, and

the board will hold a special reception to provide more input. We will end up with someone who checks a lot of boxes.”

San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra

When: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7

Where: California Theatre, 562 W. Fourth St., San Bernardino

Tickets: $25-$60; $10 for students and military with ID

Information: 909-381-5388, www.sanbernardinosymphony.org

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10/6/2017 Teacher at Citrus High in Fontana arrested after allegations of misconduct with student – San Bernardino Sun

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By GAIL WESSON | gwesson@scng.com | The Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 6:32 pm | UPDATED: October 5, 2017 at 11:59 pm

Adolf Jasso (Photo courtesy of Fontana Police Department)

A Citrus High School teacher in Fontana was arrested Thursday, Oct. 5, on a misdemeanor count aer allegations of misconduct involving

a female student were brought against him, according to a Fontana Police Department news release.

Adolf Jasso was arrested on suspicion of annoying or molesting a child and is being held without bail at the West Valley Detention Center in

Rancho Cucamonga, according to jail records.

Fontana police received information Thursday from Child and Family Services that a male teacher had been accused of sexually harassing

a juvenile female student at Citrus High, according to the police news release.

Following an investigation, ofcers arrested Jasso, according to the city police news release. Jail records show he was arrested about noon.

“Prior to Jasso’s arrest, the District placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of the preliminary investigation,” according to

a written statement issued by the Fontana School Police Department on behalf of the Fontana Unied School District.

“School administration is conducting additional student interviews to assist in the verication of the allegations,” according to the

statement.

In Fontana, both the city and the school district have police departments. The city agency is leading the investigation, with cooperation by

the school police department, Fontana schools Police Chief Martin J. Sissac said by phone.

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The school police statement said the student involved in the allegations is no longer attending Citrus High.

Sissac said Jasso is a tenured secondary teacher. Because of the ongoing investigation and because it is also a personnel issue, the chief said

he would not address when Jasso was placed on leave nor whether the leave is paid or unpaid.

Jasso has a single-subject teaching credential originally issued in 1999, according to the state Commission on Teacher Credentialing

website. He is authorized to teach social science and English language learners classes.

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Gail WessonGail Wesson has covered news for The Press-Enterprise for decades, mostly in Riverside County, with occasional foraysacross the county line. Datelines on her stories span the county – from the state agricultural inspection station in Blythe,to the Circle in Corona, the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Mira Loma, Temecula before there were trafc signals and to thehighest point in the county, Mount San Jacinto. Most of her time has been spent covering local governments or how

county, state or federal government affects communities. Breaking news, from oods to wild land res and the consequences ofdisasters, watchdog reporting, criminal courts coverage and environmental explainers on water rights/supply issues and why baldeagles and San Bernardino kangaroo rats should be saved are icing on her news cake.

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10/6/2017 Metrolink unveils first of 40 clean diesel locomotives in Southern California – San Bernardino Sun

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By STEVE SCAUZILLO | sscauzillo@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley TribuneOctober 5, 2017 at 5:51 pm

Metrolink introduces its first Tier 4 locomotive at Los Angeles Union Station, Platform 14, Oct. 4, 2017. There will be 40 new locomotives soon.These pollute the air far less than current diesel locomotives. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

Metrolink unveiled its rst-ever clean diesel locomotive on Thursday that ofcials said will emit far fewer smog-forming gases and is more

powerful than its current trains.

The new F125 locomotive, built by Caterpillar, Inc., will begin taking passengers later this month, making the Southern California

commuter rail service the rst transit agency in the nation running the state-of-the-art train, said Sherita Coffelt, Metrolink spokewoman.

By next year, Metrolink will have placed 40 new locomotives in service, nearly replacing its entire eet of 55. When all 40 are running, it

will mean the equivalent of removing the annual emissions of 31,320 vehicles on roadways, Metrolink estimated.

The locomotive swap out also replaces the six-county commuter rail’s aging eet. Metrolink’s locomotives are 25 years old, dating back to

when the agency rst came into existence in 1992.

The F125 has a 4,700-horse power engine, 64 percent more power than current trains, making adding cars to accommodate more riders

easier, said Neil Brown, Metrolink’s eet manager.

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California environmental agencies have been working on getting these nearly pollution-free passenger locomotives onto the rails in

Southern California for years in an effort to bring the region cleaner air, said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources

Board.

Transportation causes more than half of the foul air in Southern California, causing lung disease and, in particular, childhood asthma, said

state Senate President Pro-Tem Kevin de Leon during a kickoff ceremony from Union Station in Los Angeles.

While automobiles have reduced tailpipe emissions through more efcient engines, hybrid cars and electric vehicles, diesel trains have not

kept pace.

California Senate President pro tem Kevin de Leon speaks during the introduction of Metrolink’s first Tier 4 locomotive at Los AngelesUnion Station, Platform 14, Oct. 4, 2017. There will be 40 new locomotives soon. These pollute the air far less than current diesellocomotives. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

“Slowly but surely, we are turning the car capital of the world into a much more transit friendly place and cleaning up our air in the

process,” said de Leon.

The locomotive replacements will cost about $279 million, Coffelt said. Most of the funding comes from state environmental programs —

the South Coast Air Quality Management District contributed $111 million, the state’s Cap and Trade program added $132 million, with the

rest from local and regional grants.

The senator compared the state’s commitment to clean energy and environmentally friendly technology with what he said was the

undermining of such programs by the Trump administration.

“Today, we have something dramatically different than what is happening in dysfunctional Washington D.C., ” he said.

Nichols said cleaner locomotives are a key to helping Southern California meet safe-level standards for ozone. a caustic, odorless gas that

forms in the atmosphere out of emissions from smokestacks and tailpipes.

At the end of smog season on Sept. 30, Southern California recorded 132 days above the eight-hour ozone standard, up from 129 last year,

said Sam Atwood, SCAQMD media relations manager. Most of the rise in unhealthful days is due to warmer temperatures that accelerate

ozone production, he said.

Driving down emissions from trains is part of the SCAQMD’s long-range plan to reduce ozone and particulates. The technology is

expensive, meaning change comes clowly.

“We have been pushing for Tier 4 locomotives for a number of years now. First we were told they couldn’t be made, then we were told they

would be too expensive,” she said in an interview. “We are now looking at Tier 5.”

The Caterpillar clean-diesel locomotives use a unique fuel injection system to allow diesel to burn more completely in each cylinder,

producing less particulate pollution.

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Synthetic urea, a catalyst, is injected into the exhaust stream. This causes a chemical reaction, breaking down toxic oxides of nitrogen into

harmless free nitrogen and water vapor.

As a result, people who live along the commuter service tracks will breathe in less pollution, said Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio, D-

Baldwin Park. Many San Gabriel Valley residents — from Pomona to East Los Angeles — live along the San Bernardino line, the most

popular Metrolink train.

Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson, who also sits on the AQMD board, said nding new ways to reduce ozone levels in the south

coast basin is getting increasingly more difcult. All the low-hanging fruit has been taken.

“We’ve run out of obvious options to get to clean air. What’s le? It is planes, trains and automobiles,” he said.

Experts hope that the cleaner locomotives will spread to other uses, such as freight trains, and to other parts of the state and country.

“Metrolink and California’s leadership will certainly inspire other operators across the nation to operate the cleanest, most advanced

locomotives money can buy,” said Raymond Tellis, director of the Federal Transit Administration.

Metrolink gave rides to politicians and the press from Union Station to its train yard. On Saturday, the commuter rail service will bring the

locomotive to the Metrolink station in Moorpark.

Riders onboard Metrolink’s first Tier 4 locomotive at Los Angeles Union Station, Platform 14, Oct. 4, 2017. There will be 40 new locomotivessoon. These pollute the air far less than current diesel locomotives. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

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10/6/2017 Design OK’d for downtown Riverside’s new $40-million library – Press Enterprise

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By RYAN HAGEN | Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: October 5, 2017 at 3:51 pm | UPDATED: October 5, 2017 at 6:09 pm

Courtesy of City of RiversideAn artist’s rendering shows Riverside’s new Main Library design with an outdoorterrace at right. Photo courtesy of city of Riverside

The design for a $40-million main library in downtown Riverside is back on track.

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The Riverside City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday, Oct. 3, to approve the design for a

three-story oblong building with a prominent front window. The city will move

$9.6 million in Measure Z funds from police headquarters to construction of the

library.

The vote came just under a month aer the same proposal failed to get the four

votes required by the city charter.

This time, the proposal had the support of City Councilman Jim Perry, who

previously opposed it, and of Councilman Steve Adams, who was appointed Sept.

18 to ll a seat that was vacant when the rst vote was taken.

Earlier, Perry was concerned about taking the money from the Riverside Police

Department, where it was set to be used for a new detention facility.

“Aer meeting with staff and representatives of the Police Department, I was

convinced that we can move forward,” Perry said by phone Thursday, Oct. 5. “This

has been such a controversial issue for so many years. It started well before I was

on the council. … Hopefully, when people see the nished product, they will be

happy with it.”

Councilman Chuck Conder remained opposed to the plan’s price tag. He named

several prominent local architects who he said told him they could build the

library for signicantly less.

“I have these gentlemen saying to us, ‘We will come and sit with you for free and

show you how you can save millions of dollars on this building,'” Conder said

during the meeting. “Millions of dollars that could go toward (Councilman) Andy

Melendrez’ s favorite, Riverside Art Museum. It could go toward the homeless

issue that Councilman (Mike) Soubirous is ghting to help but he can’t get any

money for it. It could go toward the mayor’s home rst initiative.”

City Manager John Russo chastised Conder for suggesting city ofcials don’t care

about how taxpayer money is spent.

While the builders Conder mentioned are wonderful, Russo said, they’ve never

built a library — and if they think they can do it for less, they’re welcome to bid on

the construction. Tuesday’s vote only approves the design and the expenditure of

up to $39.7 million.

“It’s like going to a podiatrist asking to do open-heart surgery,” Russo said

Tuesday. “They’re both doctors, but it’s a different thing.”

The cost per square foot of the proposed library — $938 — is less than most other

libraries built in California over the past few years, a city report presented to the

City Council states.

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Melendrez, who isn’t allowed to vote on the proposal because he owns property

within 500 feet of the site, also spoke during the public comment portion of the

meeting to express his support.

While a majority of the members of the public who spoke Tuesday praised the

plan, many comments on social media have panned the design and the price.

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Los Angeles County is expanding a foster care pilot that targets homeless parents and families in unstable housing.

The program provides short-term housing help to parents who could be reunited with their children, but for lack of a home. It also provides housing assistanceto parents whose children are at high risk for removal.

Lack of housing is a growing issue for families involved in the child welfare system, said Ed Fithyan, division chief at the L.A. County Department ofChildren and Family Services.

"Housing in L.A. is very difficult and people are stretched thin, especially the families we work with who are struggling often with other factors," he said.

The problem is statewide. In a letter to state legislators, a group of organizations, including the Corporation for Supportive Housing, Californians for Safetyand Justice, and Housing California, advocates said roughly 30 percent of children in foster care in California cannot be reunited with their parents becausethe family "lacks safe, stable housing."

"Housing remains one of the largest barriers to reunification," they wrote.

In response, the state authorized $10 million worth of "Bringing Family Home" grants to start and expand housing programs for such families, with about $2.5million of that now headed to Los Angeles County.

The county has also invested its own resources in its housing program, planning on spending over $9 million to housing for family reunification over the nextthree years.

L.A.'s program officially got up and running in a pilot phase three years ago, but it's now poised to expand, under the county's comprehensive HomelessInitiative. DCFS plans to offer housing assistance to 200 families in the next year and 400 the year after.

The additional funds from the state will allow DCFS to also provide assistance to 390 families who are still together, but live in unsafe or unstable housing.

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The grant kicks in January 1, 2018.

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Several reporters have asked me what subsidies my city of San Jose may offer to attractAmazon’s new headquarters. My response? None.

Recently, states and cities have been luring companies with subsidies. Wisconsin wooedelectronics manufacturer Foxconn with a $3 billion taxpayer-funded dowry. Iowa gaveApple $213 million in state and local tax incentives to bring a 50-job data center to thestate. The commonwealth of Massachusetts and city of Boston brought General Electricheadquarters to Beantown with a $145 million incentive deal.

Don’t get me wrong, Amazon is a wonderful company. Any mayor would embrace theeconomic vitality of a company branch with 50,000 employees and an anticipatedinvestment of $5 billion. San Jose has benefited from the recent arrival of Amazon’s Lab126 research outpost.

But my city won’t be offering incentives to Amazon. Why? Because they are a bad dealfor taxpayers. With many subsidies, the jobs a company brings to an area don’t generaterevenues commensurate with public expenditures. The GE deal will cost taxpayers morethan $181,000 for every job created in Boston. Most experts insist that other factors—particularly the presence of a skilled workforce—play a far larger role in determiningboardrooms’ corporate location decisions. Moreover, some 95% of Silicon Valley’s jobgrowth comes from new small-business formation and when those homegrowncompanies develop into larger firms.

If anything, the financial “cherry on top” merely reinforces decisions already made—attaxpayer expense. While those incentives might matter to corporate real-estatedepartments tasked with watching every penny, they amount to a rounding error to thebottom line of a company like Amazon, whose revenues last year were nearly $136billion.

So why do public officials throw away taxpayer dollars in subsidies while trying topromote economic development? Perhaps because they can. The subsidy representssomething tangible that officials can point to as the factor that “sealed the deal” tocreate more jobs.

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Why I’m Not Bidding for Amazon’s HQSan Jose won’t offer subsidies for favored corporations, which are a bad deal for citytaxpayers.

At Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, June 16. PHOTO: DAVID RYDER/GETTY IMAGES

Oct. 4, 2017 7:11 p.m. ETBy Sam Liccardo

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The harder work of investing public dollars in schools, infrastructure and amenitiestakes years of concerted effort but has far greater payoff. A healthy economic ecosystemthat supports innovation and growth is what makes a community attractive to acompany like Amazon.

Cities and states should also work to enact policies that welcome business. For example,I’ve supported targeted fee reductions to promote job growth for all qualifyingcompanies during their initial year in business. This has made it easier to develop high-rise housing and attracted airlines to our airport. The key is to craft policies that applyto all fairly competing employers. Cutting special deals with individual companies isn’tthe right strategy.

For San Jose, large corporate subsidies have become a relic of the past, and happily so.Our recent economic development successes—including the doubling of Adobe ’s worldheadquarters and large expansions at the Google and Apple campuses—got donewithout a single cent of taxpayer money being used for subsidies, tax relief or discountson land.

Some may ask: What about cities that don’t have the same skilled tech workforce as SanJose? The truth is a subsidy won’t help. A talent-challenged city might land a call centeror an assembly plant with a tax break, but innovative companies won’t invest in aresearch-and-development center in the hope that computer science and engineeringexpertise will suddenly fall from the sky. Cities should focus on building the workforcefirst—investing in human capital, enacting startup-friendly policies and joining withlocal universities and workforce training programs.

As elected officials, we would do well to resist ribbon-cutting and take the longer view.To attract innovative employers, let’s all stay in our lanes, create safe and attractivecities for talented people to live in, and clear bureaucratic red tape. In other words: Getout of the way.

Mr. Liccardo, a Democrat, is mayor of San Jose, Calif.

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