Scattered showers around the SoCal area remained until Wednesday afternoon and will continue, creating a stronger storm
Southern California is expected to briefly dry up before heading into another rainstorm within the coming week.
Forecasters predicted this storm to be “fast-moving” but strong. The storm exited the area much earlier than was predicted. However, there is a lot more rain that is expected to come for the region.
Temperatures will begin to warm up starting Thursday and ending on Saturday. This makes for a few sunny days before we head into another rainstorm that is set to begin on Sunday.
This forecast calls for much colder and stronger rainfall. It is expected to last up until Wednesday, with a possibility of snow in the higher regions.
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Los Angeles and Orange Counties can expect around a 70% chance of morning showers with temperatures between 53 and 64 degrees.
Valleys and the Inland Empire can also expect a 70% chance of rain with a high of 63 degrees and a low of 53.
Desert areas will be getting a 40% chance of rain with wind gusts. Palm Springs will get as high as 72 degrees, with other areas remaining between 57 and 47 degrees.
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Mountain areas will receive a high of 42 degrees and reach a low of 25. Some areas are expected to get 0.1 to 1 inch of rain with a possibility of 3 inches of snow in the higher elevations.
After only allowing landlords to apply for cash assistance, a second round of Los Angeles County’s emergency rent relief program for survivors of the 2025 wildfires and for households impacted by federal immigration crackdowns begins on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
This time, tenants themselves can initiate the application, which can prompt awards for back rent and for payments owed utilities, such as electric power and water.
But there is a catch: Although the tenant can apply, their application must be accompanied by a second document from the landlord. If the tenant meets income eligibility requirements, and indeed owes back rent or utility bills, as long as the landlord agrees, the application can go through, according to rules from the county’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA).
Each applicant can receive up to $15,000. All awards go to the landlords or property owners, who clear the back rents or pay the utilities of the tenant applicant. The window for tenant applications opens Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. and closes Wednesday, March 11 at 4:59 p.m.
“The County’s Emergency Rent Relief Program has reaffirmed what we already know to be true – Los Angeles County residents are navigating undue hardship and financial challenges due to emergencies like federal immigration enforcement and the 2025 wildfires,” said Los Angeles County Board Chair and First District Supervisor, Hilda L. Solis in a prepared statement.
For those affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires, the rent relief includes those laid off if their place of employment was destroyed or their work hours were reduced, resulting in lost wages. Even more than a year later, those displaced by the fires still need help paying rent or mortgages and would be eligible for up to six months of rent relief, not to exceed $15,000.
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed 11,000 homes and 2,000 businesses. Some groups report only about 30% are rebuilding. A majority are still paying temporary rental charges and allotments from their insurance is expiring.
“For families still recovering from the Eaton Fire, housing stability is essential to getting back on their feet,” said Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger in a prepared statement.
In the first round, which closed Jan. 23, a total of 4,644 applications were received, the county reported. It is not known how many awards were given out since most of these are still being vetted, said Keven Chavez, spokesperson for the DCBA. Small landlords in unincorporated areas whose units sustained damage are eligible for six months of rent relief not to exceed $15,000, as long as the units were returned to the rental market. Landlords may still apply in the next round.
For those tenants, including both in unincorporated county communities and in cities, who have sustained economic hardships such as a sudden loss of income due to federal immigration raids, are eligible for up to six months of rent relief not to exceed $15,000.
“The urgent need for housing stability and to keep people housed is the reason behind LA County’s Emergency Rent Relief program,” said Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell in a prepared statement.
The reopening of the $30 million program so that tenants can apply directly comes at a time when families are losing income due to the arrest of main breadwinners placed in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, said Third District Supervisor Lindsey Horvath.
“My intent was always for tenants to be included because access to relief should not depend on who initiates the application. Allowing tenants to apply directly helps remove barriers and ensures assistance reaches families who need it most,” said Horvath.
“With the opening of Round 2, by expanding that access to allow tenants to initiate the process, that reduces the barriers, allows more people to get the process started, get them access and to the finish line,” Chavez said.
Marisa Prietto, a communications specialist and volunteer with The Rent Brigade, a grassroots group keeping track of rising rents in LA County, has found rents had increased in many areas by 300%, as landlords took advantage of the increased demand.
Prietto said even now, the rent relief program is necessary to help those displaced by the January 2025 fires in Altadena and the Palisades. But she said the county program is not perfect.
For example, many landlords who did not apply in the first round could more easily evict tenants, then rent out the unit at a much higher rent to a new tenant. Even with tenants’ applications, the landlords could simply look at the economics and not accept the deal and instead find a tenant willing to pay more per month, she said.
“The main problem with it is the eviction protections aren’t strong enough to incentivize landlords to use the program (which is voluntary),” she said.
The DCBA is hoping more tenants apply in this round than landlords did in the first round. But the application process is not yet open. The application will be open at the website: lacountyrentrelief.com
“This program is an important first step that will bring much needed relief to some of the most vulnerable in our community,” said Chris Baca, director of humanitarian & migrant assistance at Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). “Our hope is for this program can bring relief to as many people who need it, and that it becomes a model of how to respond to the housing crises caused by disasters and other unforeseen emergencies.”
In the meantime, Chavez encourages all tenants who think they may be eligible to go to the website anyway and put in their preliminary information and get on the program’s notification list. They can become familiar with the questions they will be asked, such as income, living situation and how they’ve become affected by either emergency.
For those not tech-savvy, they can reach out to DCBA partners who can guide them through the application process. The following partners are available for help: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, (323) 697-3952, jcoria@cluejustice.org; Klimt Consulting LLC, (424) 265-1700, landlord@klimtllc.com; Chinatown Service Center, (323) 909-7385, socialservices@cscla.org; Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), (213) 341-9659, Angeln@mycielo.org or Info@mycielo.org.
“Rent relief is about stability — keeping people safe in their homes and making sure landlords stay whole,” said Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn in a prepared statement. “This is real help, not a loan, and it does not depend on immigration status.”
When viewers first see her, Rose, a Native American woman in her 60s, is inside her second-hand shop in the town of Derry, Maine, in 1962.
She speaks with another character about the woman’s son. The scene ends with Rose staring after the woman with an unreadable expression.
The role of Rose in “It: Welcome to Derry” is more than the next acting gig for UC Riverside professor Kimberly Guerrero.
It’s another important step by a Native American actor in a Hollywood that has seen few significant Native characters in movies and TV shows.
UC Riverside professor Kimberly Guerrero portrays Rose in “It: Welcome to Derry,” an HBO Max series. (Courtesy of Brooke Palmer/HBO)
UC Riverside professor Kimberly Guerrero, left, is seen with Taylour Paige in “It: Welcome to Derry,” a new HBO Max series. (Courtesy of Brooke Palmer/HBO)
Kimberly Guerrero, a UC Riverside professor, plays Rose in “It: Welcome to Derry.” (Courtesy of Brooke Palmer/HBO)
UC Riverside professor Kimberly Guerrero attends the Los Angeles premiere of the HBO Max series “It: Welcome to Derry” at Warner Bros. Studios on Oct. 20, 2025, in Burbank. (Courtesy of Araya Doheny/Getty Images for HBO)
UC Riverside professor Kimberly Guerrero attends the Los Angeles premiere of the HBO Max series “It: Welcome to Derry” at Warner Bros. Studios on Oct. 20, 2025, in Burbank. (Courtesy of Araya Doheny/Getty Images for HBO)
Kimberly Guerrero, a UC Riverside professor, seen Aug. 3, 2023, has a role in “It: Welcome to Derry,” a series on HBO Max. (Courtesy of Stan Lim, UC Riverside)
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UC Riverside professor Kimberly Guerrero portrays Rose in “It: Welcome to Derry,” an HBO Max series. (Courtesy of Brooke Palmer/HBO)
For example, a 2023 USC study found that 1% of roles in top-grossing films over a 16-year period had Native American characters. Less than a quarter of them were speaking roles.
Guerrero said that, looking back at cinema through the decades, there was little Native representation — and what there was wasn’t written by Native Americans or directed by them.
Guerrero, an actor, screenwriter, producer, director and UCR professor of acting and screenwriting, is doing her part to change that.
Guerrero plays Rose, a reoccurring character in the HBO Max series that is a prequel to Stephen King‘s 1986 horror novel “It,” which has been translated to film.
She said it was a powerful opportunity for her to stand in Rose’s shoes.
The character has lived in her ancestral home in Maine all her life and is deeply linked to the history and songs of her people, Guerrero said.
“Somebody that is so intimately and powerfully connected to the land, to the water, to the air, to those who have gone before her and understanding her place in the world,” Guerrero said. “… There was an ease with playing her.”
At this point, viewers have seen the creature It, later known as Pennywise the Clown, a shape-shifting monster that has been on earth for millennia and feeds on humans in 27-year cycles. Rose, a member of the local tribe, is living through her third encounter with the creature.
Guerrero, born in Oklahoma in 1967, is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and of Salish-Kootenai descent, a 2023 UCR news release states.
Guerrero’s most well-known role came in the 1990s as Jerry’s Native American girlfriend on “Seinfeld.” In 2020, things changed when she played Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller in the Gloria Steinem biopic “The Glorias.” In 2021, she played Auntie B. in Reservation Dogs, a TV show about four Native American teens in Oklahoma.
Guerrero’s love of acting started well before she appeared on television. And she noticed the lack of diversity in the industry well before then as well.
As a child, a moment that stood out for Guerrero was watching “The Brady Bunch” at a time when the portrayal of her people was very much “cowboys and Indians,” she said.
In a popular story arc, the Brady family visits the Grand Canyon and meets a Native American boy, Jimmy Pocaya, played by Michele Campo, she said.
“It was just so liberating for me as a kid who didn’t really see anybody that looked like me on television,” Guerrero said.
The character was cool, she said, and talked like a normal kid. It was something she’d not seen before.
The study examined speaking or named characters in movies to understand how Native American roles were portrayed on screen. It found that less than one-quarter of 1% of all speaking roles went to Native American characters and that Native American roles did not exceed 1% of roles available in the 16 years studied.
During that time, there was one film in which a Native actor had a leading role. Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of all Native American speaking characters were inconsequential to the plot, and a third filled secondary roles, the study found.
When Native American characters did appear, more often than not they were male, at 77%. Women characters comprised 23%. In 1,581 movies of the 1,600 examined, there were no women with speaking roles. Sometimes their characters didn’t even have names.
Many shows have moved away from leaning into blatant stereotypes and characters are more well-rounded and better represented. But it is still not perfect, he said.
Shows such as “Reservation Dogs,” a 2021 comedy series “blew the lid off it” and there has been a surge in Native film companies, directors and actors in the past 10 years.
Guerrero entered the industry in the 1990s after graduating from UCLA. Coming out of college, she said casting agents didn’t know what to do with her. She filled a particular “niche” as a Native American woman.
Things had progressed and characters were given more depth when she came into the industry, Guerrero said. One huge “watershed moment” came after the 1990 film “Dances with Wolves,” starring and directed by Kevin Costner. The film employed Native American actors such as Graham Greene and Rodney Grant.
“There was some really cool things happening,” Guerrero said. “The Indigenous people that I was playing were really kind of fleshed-out human beings.”
Things were moving in a positive direction, she said. At the end of the 1990s, things changed.
“Then, all of a sudden, the door closed so hard, so profoundly,” Guerrero said.
Guerrero went back to school in the 2010s. She attended UCR, earned a master of fine arts and became a professor in 2017. Guerrero said a pivotal moment was the 2016 Standing Rock protests that fought against an oil pipeline through Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands in North Dakota.
Millions of people watched the standoff in real time. Suddenly, it was not about explaining that Native people belonged in contemporary settings and that let the proverbial horse out of the barn, she said.
“I think you have a global audience that wants to see more Indigenous representation and not just, like, slotted into shows where we kind of make sense,” Guerrero said.
The Stephen King universe is influenced by Native history, Guerrero said. The author’s influence from growing up in Maine has given a foundation to many of his tales, something she said was an exciting part about being on the show.
“I think it’s a perfect time, you know, in Native American Heritage Month just to gently … kind of reflect on the world and the people and the cultures and the beautiful rich stories that were here before America was America,” Guerrero said.
“And that is part of American history.”
Episodes of “It: Welcome to Derry,” are being released on Sundays through Sunday, Dec. 14.
Mourners exhibiting their depth of feeling struggled at times to pay tribute during the funeral service on Tuesday, Nov. 18, for San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez, who was slain as he arrived at a home in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27 in an attempt to rescue a woman who authorities say was being forced into a car at gunpoint by her ex-husband.
Nunez, 28, had been a deputy for six years when a man identified as Angelo Jose Saldivar hid behind a building and fired a single shot when Nunez got out of his patrol car on Hollyhock Drive. Saldivar fled on a motorcycle and was arrested after a deputy used his car to knock over Saldivar’s bike as it sped away on the 210 Freeway in Upland. Saldivar has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted kidnapping and other charges.
“There was a victim in distress, and Andrew got to her as soon as possible,” sheriff’s Capt. Mike Smith, who was Nunez’s commander at the Rancho Cucamonga station, said at the Toyota Arena in Ontario. “He ran toward danger to protect a victim he did not know. His life was taken by the senseless act of a coward.”
Nunez is survived by his wife, 2-year-old daughter and an unborn daughter.
A San Bernardino County sheriff’s Honor Guard fold the flag a top slain Deputy Andrew Nunez’s casket during funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus salutes during funeral services for slain Deputy Andrew Nunez at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
San Bernardino County sheriff’s Sgt. David Rayenhartz speaks about his close friend slain Deputy Andrew Nunez during funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The San Bernardino County Sheriff Department Honor Guard stand watch over the casket of slain Deputy Andrew Nunez during funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The San Bernardino County Sheriff Department Honor Guard stand watch over the casket of slain Deputy Andrew Nunez, as Nunez’s family, top, sit near by during funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
San Bernardino County sheriff deputies salute as the casket containing slain Deputy Andrew Nunez enters Toyota Arena during funeral services in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus salutes during funeral services for slain Deputy Andrew Nunez at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The San Bernardino County Sheriff Department Honor Guard walk off stage during the funeral services for slain Deputy Andrew Nunez at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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A San Bernardino County sheriff’s Honor Guard fold the flag a top slain Deputy Andrew Nunez’s casket during funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The stage was adorned with photographs and flowers. An honor guard stood watch beside the casket draped with an American flag.
Nunez’s mother, Yolanda, described her son as having strong convictions, fearless, impulsive, “stubborn at times, yes … ready to embrace life with both hands. He always looked out for me, that I was loved, that I was OK.”
A supporter rubbed Nunez’s arm as she spoke through her tears.
“He loved praying. He loved playing golf …
“I can’t … Nunez said, unable to continue.
The supporter took over Nunez’s eulogy.
“I will forever carry the honor of having loved him and the even bigger honor of having been loved by him,” she said.
Nunez’s wife, Roxana, wore dark glasses as she spoke inside the 11,000-seat arena that hosted law enforcement officers from Southern California and beyond.
“He was an incredible father and loving partner,” she said. “He was ambitious and fearless, always pushing himself. But he had the softest heart when it came to our family.”
She inhaled deeply.
“He was proud to stand beside all of you,” Nunez’s wife said. “He made things lighter, he made things better. And if he were here now, he’d be laughing at us for crying. … I love you, baby.”
Andrew Nunez grew up without a strong father figure in his life, Roxana Nunez said, so as the eldest child in the family, he pushed his four siblings to “never give up and be strong. As he got older, he learned to step back a bit, but he never truly left. He was always there on the sideline, ready to help.”
When it came to sports, Nunez was rarely on the sideline. He played football, basketball and soccer, and he was a member of the football team at Los Osos High in Rancho Cucamonga, Deputy Chief Ernie Perez said. And Nunez was a fan of the Lakers and Dodgers.
“Especially the Dodgers,” Perez said.
Nunez dreamed early on of becoming a sheriff’s deputy and patrolling Rancho Cucamonga, where he attended church at the time of his death. He told anybody who’d listen, including co-workers at a cellular company.
“Andrew’s friend told me he talked too much to customers and he talked himself right out of sales,” Capt. Smith said, adding that Nunez made sure to tell his bosses when he exceeded sales goals.
Nunez graduated from the sheriff’s academy in September 2019 and worked in the jails and in transportation before getting the call to realize his dream by reporting to the Rancho Cucamonga station for patrol duty almost three years ago. Most recently, he was assigned to the theft detail at Victoria Gardens, where he kept his partners entertained with his witticisms and good-natured sarcasm, Smith said.
Nunez was training harder and eating healthier foods as he sought a coveted position on the SWAT team.
“I have no doubt you were going to be a member of the SWAT team,” Smith said.
Sheriff Shannon Dicus remembered Nunez as “a servant, a guardian and a protector.”
“To Andrew, it didn’t matter that they were strangers. What mattered was that it was his duty as a peace officer and most of all, it was his duty to his lord and savior, Jesus Christ. He established a legacy of service that will echo far beyond this moment in the hearts of everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.”
A colleague and friend, Sgt. David Rayenhartz, said he would counsel Nunez on how to improve his work, and he did. Rayenhartz exhorted Nunez to exceed the sergeant’s accomplishments and said Nunez did, as a father, husband and cop.
Rayenhartz paused a few times to compose himself.
“He was simply Andrew … he was like a son,” Rayenhartz said.
Toward the end of the two-hour ceremony, a video showed images of Nunez with family and friends at various stages of his life. It concluded with his eldest daughter pulling a photo of her father, in his deputy’s uniform, off a table. She placed it on the floor and kissed it.
“Daddy!” she exclaimed.
Law enforcement and guests arrive for the funeral of slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez prior to funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The funeral procession for slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez arrives at Toyota Arena in Ontario prior to funeral services on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
On lookers show their support for slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez as the deputies funeral procession arrives at Toyota Arena in Ontario Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The funeral procession for slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez arrives at Toyota Arena in Ontario prior to funeral services on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Law enforcement and guests arrive for the funeral for slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
On lookers show their support for slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez as the deputies funeral procession arrives at Toyota Arena in Ontario Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
San Bernardino County Fire Department firefighters Jeremy Hanson, Craig Lynde and Blake Nakaoka stand on their engine as they wait along the procession route for slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot while on duty in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
The procession for San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez travels along the westbound 10 Freeway in Ontario as law enforcement officers and firefighters pay tribute on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot while on duty in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
San Bernardino County Fire Department firefighters Blake Nakaoka, Craig Lynde and Jeremy Hanson stand atop their engine and salute as the procession for slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez passes by in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot while on duty in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
A picture of slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez is seen prior to funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Law enforcement and guests arrive for the funeral of slain San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez prior to funeral services at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nunez was shot to death in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga on Oct. 27. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
PERRIS — Despite nine total interceptions it was still a one-point game in the end.
Agoura senior quarterback Gavin Gray was intercepted six times, but junior slotback George Hastings stepped up to finish the job as Agoura defeated Orange Vista 27-26 in overtime on Friday night in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 quarterfinals.
“I was just the right guy at the right time,” Hastings said. “I always knew we were going to rally and win this game.”
Hastings, who had six catches and three touchdowns last week in a first-round win over Summit, led the Chargers (10-2 overall) with 16 carries for 60 rushing yards and scored the game-tying touchdown in overtime before senior Luke Bussiere kicked the point-after attempt to win the game.
“We got down in the game in the second half and I think this team just wants it more,” Hastings said. “You could see everyone coming together to will us to this win.”
Senior quarterback Khalil Abdul-Aziz was just 9 for 22 with three interceptions and also fumbled twice in his final high school appearance as Orange Vista (9-3) lost for the first time since Week 1.
“We started the game off with fumble after fumble,” Orange Vista coach Shawn Fleming said. “Wet weather definitely affected our quarterback. It took a little bit away from our best player.”
Junior safety Devin Sandville returned two interceptions for touchdowns as Orange Vista battled back from a 17-6 deficit to take a 20-17 lead in the fourth quarter.
“We knew it was going to come down to the wire,” Fleming said. “Our defense played a great game to keep us in it.”
The Coyotes held that advantage until Bussiere kicked a 30-yard field goal to tie the game with less than 5 minutes remaining, and Bussiere even had a chance to win the game with a 37-yard field goal, but it was blocked as time expired in the fourth quarter.
“I feel more fortunate than I’ve ever felt,” Agoura coach Dustin Croik said. “I haven’t been a part of a game that has come down like that, and at the end we just dug it out and did what we needed to do.”
Orange Vista lost the coin flip to start overtime and took possession of the ball. Sophomore running back Bobby Greer (27 carries for 151 yards) got into the end zone in five plays for a 26-20 lead, but the PAT was blocked.
Hastings, who replaced Gray under center late in the fourth quarter, went around the left side for 20 yards in overtime to set up a game-tying 3-yard scoring plunge over the goal line.
“Everybody believes in (Hastings),” Croik said. “They call him ‘Captain America’, and for good reason. He’s the man. He rises to the occasion.”
Bussiere knocked through the ensuing PAT through the uprights to end the 3-hour, 47-minute game.
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office will seek a minimum 31-year sentence for Cabazon resident Jake Haro when he is sentenced Monday, Nov. 3, for murdering his 7-month-old son Emmanuel, while the Public Defender’s Office will argue for a term of 15 years to life, court documents filed Friday show.
Haro, 32, on Oct. 16 pleaded guilty at the Riverside Hall of Justice to second-degree murder, assault on a child under 8 causing death and filing a false police report.
“There is nothing in the law or before this court that should lead a sentencing judge to believe that this man deserves anything but the maximum sentence allowed by law,” Assistant District Attorney Brandon Smith wrote.
Second-degree murder carries a sentence of 15 years to life. The term for a child assault conviction is 25 years to life. The DA’s Office said that the murder and assault were part of the same act. Under California law, a defendant can be sentenced on only one charge if one act resulted in convictions on multiple charges.
Typically, a judge will sentence the defendant on the count that carries the longest prison sentence. But Superior Court Judge Gary Polk is not bound by that practice.
Smith proposed in his filing on Friday that Haro first be sentenced to six years for violating his probation.
Haro had pleaded guilty to the court in 2023 to child abuse causing great bodily injury after he and his wife abused their 10-week-old daughter, Carolina, in 2018 to the point where she cannot use her arms and legs and has cerebral palsy, Smith wrote. Haro was ordered to serve 180 days in custody, and a six-year prison term was suspended as long as Haro did not break more laws. But on the same day Haro admitted killing Emmanuel, he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition.
After Haro finishes that six-year term, Smith wrote, he should begin serving a sentence of 25 years to life for assaulting Emmanuel. A one-year sentence for a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report — Haro and wife Rebecca claimed that Emmanuel had been kidnapped — should run at the same time, Smith wrote.
“Jake Haro murdered seven-month-old Emmanuel, but in reality, he comes before the court having taken the lives of two young children,” Smith wrote. “If there are lower forms of evil in this world, I am not aware of them.”
A makeshift memorial for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro is seen outside his Cabazon home on Oct 16, 2025. Prosecutors have proposed that his father, Jake Haro, be sentenced to a minimum of 31 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to assaulting and killing the baby that Haro and his wife originally claimed was kidnapped. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Deputy Public Defender Allison Lowe, in a document also filed Friday, said Haro should receive credit for admitting his guilt and doing so at an early stage of the case. Because of that, Lowe wrote, Polk should sentence him on the lighter of the two felonies, the murder charge that carries a penalty of 15 years to life.
Lowe added that Haro does not have the ability to pay fines or fees.
“Prior to his arrest, Mr. Haro was not working and was on disability,” Lowe wrote.
Rebecca Haro, 41, is also due in court on Monday. Court records show that her attorney, Jeff Moore, plans to object to the judge’s order that made private a document related to a so-called Perkins operation in which a suspect is placed in a jail cell with an inmate who, being paid by law enforcement, attempts to elicit a confession.
No one has revealed which of the Haros was involved in that ruse.
Rebecca Haro has pleaded not guilty to the same charges to which her husband admitted.
The case has garnered national attention, with local residents building a makeshift memorial to the baby outside his home and going on impromptu, hopeful ground searches. Others, fluent in social media, have devoted hours of coverage to the case, in some instances breaking news ahead of the mainstream media but in others creating a burden for detectives who authorities said have had to devote time to investigating ultimately false claims.
Their names hardly do them justice: Mother Dragon, Fish, Two-Headed Dragon, Starfish, Octopus and Tripod.
Six colorful, whimsical, playground sculptures surrounding Legg Lake within the expansive Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte have become beloved park icons for kids and adults alike for more than six decades.
Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
One of the crowd-sourced photos turned in to LA County Department of Arts and Culture by a county resident. (images courtesy of LA County Department of Arts and Culture
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Back in the 1960’s a sculptor named Benjamin Dominguez created several works of art inspired by fantasy sea creatures that were placed in playgrounds all around Whittier Narrows Recreation Area park on Oct. 24, 2025 in South El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
In order to find out more about them, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture is asking the public to send them their personal photos of themselves and their children or grandchildren playing on the sculptures, captioned with memories of a mid-century era when parks intertwined public art, interactivity and a child’s imagination.
“Depending on the response, how many photos we receive, we will have a phase two to determine creative ways to share them with the public,” wrote Laleña Vellanoweth, the county’s civic art conservation and collections manager in a statement released Thursday, Oct. 23.
Erica Rojas was in the park on Friday, Oct. 24 with her husband. They were training their dogs to walk and behave on the trails, when Rojas noticed the theme of ocean life after passing by the Octopus and Two-Headed Dragon sculptures.
“I love any artist that has inspiration from both land and sea,” she said.
The county’s project has two parts: conservation and historical research, Vellanoweth wrote.
The department is bringing on apprentices to comb through the photos, people’s comments and dig out letters and other records for clues on how the sculptures got here and why. They will also digitize and catalog the data. Conservation goals include: upkeep of the outdoor artworks that are subject to wear-and-tear, weather and seismic activity.
The outdoor, interactive artworks were designed by Mexican artist Benjamin Dominguez (1894-1974). He studied art at Academia de Artes Plasticas at the University of Mexico and graduated in 1925. He perfected a centuries-old faux-bois craft, known as “concrete wood” while at the university and used it to create these unique park sculptures.
Dominguez emigrated to the United States at age 62 and was commissioned to make tiger and lion enclosures at a zoo in El Paso, Texas. But he first began building his concrete-and-steel sea creatures at a park in Las Vegas, which was recently bulldozed to make room for a development. All the sculptures were destroyed.
In 1961, Dominguez was commissioned to make the six playground sea creatures for Whittier Narrows park by Frank G. Bonelli, the father of parks and recreation in LA County and a former county supervisor. A nature park in San Dimas bears his name.
“We noticed that the Dominguez sculptures at Vincent Lugo Park has tons of historical information and wanted to create that type of archive for our sculptures,” wrote Vellanoweth.
The county has consulted with Eloy Zarate, a history professor at Pasadena City College and co-founder of the San Gabriel-based Friends of La Laguna. The group raised $1.1 million to restore the La Laguna playground art, which includes a lighthouse with a slide kids love to go down. As a child, he played on the interactive sculptures in San Gabriel where he grew up, he said.
“We are the ones that brought Benjamin Dominguez to life. We said, ‘Hey, this guy was important,” said Zarate.
He said the six Whittier Narrows sculptures are similar to the ones Dominguez designed in Las Vegas, especially Mother Dragon, her yellow-orange body dotted with blue spikes and surrounded by red-and-white mushrooms.
Zarate has offered to write the nominating papers for the Whittier Narrows artworks so they can be accepted on the National Register of Historic Places.
“That is one of the last things we will do,” he said, noting the 20 years he and his group have given to preserving the artist’s unique playground artworks.
Besides San Gabriel and Whittier Narrows park, the third place where his work is preserved is Atlantis Play Center in a park in Garden Grove, at 13630 Atlantis Way, Zarate said. That park features Sandy Sea Serpent, with its tail winding up a hill that kids slide down. “All these structures are meant to be played on,” Zarate said.
His works in these parks represent “a rare example of handcrafted, mid-century playgrounds, when parks were designed to be creative and interactive rather than standardized,” wrote the Los Angeles Conservancy.
The works at Legg Lake were preserved in 2015 through the support of then L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina, according to the inscription on the informational display in front of one of the sculptures. It concludes by saying Dominguez’s works are an example of the contributions made by immigrants to Southern California.
In today’s political climate, in which ICE raids are resulting in the arrest of hundreds of immigrants, including those undocumented who’ve made a living and raised a family in Southern California for decades, the recognition of Dominguez at an L.A. County park is made more meaningful, Zarate said.
He hopes the county in its crowd-sourcing effort will acquire many photos, letters and documents relating to the Whittier Narrows park artworks.
“It is important particularly in today’s environment to understand people who come to this country and work, who give a significant amount to the country they’ve settled in,” Zarate said.
One can’t go into Whittier Narrows park without noticing the iconic serpent, or the octopus, for example, which are closer to the entrance on Santa Anita Avenue and the Pomona (60) Freeway.
“I mean, they are part of the park, and you recognize it,” said Armando Salcido on Friday, Oct. 24. Salcido and a friend were heading to get a closer look at some of Dominguez’s other sculptures scattered within the vast county park. “It is the first time I’ve seen the dragon. It’s really nice.”
For questions or for help converting your physical images into digital images or submitting over 10 images, contact Danielle Galván Gomez, civic art registrar, at dgalvangomez@arts.lacounty.gov.
Submission deadline is Dec. 12 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $6 million to a former Cal State San Bernardino administrator who alleged she was subjected to “severe or pervasive” gender harassment that her attorneys claim is systemic across the Cal State system.
Attorney Courtney Abrams, who represented Anissa Rogers, the former associate dean at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert campus, said in a statement that the jury award Monday, Oct. 20, represented “a resounding rejection of CSU’s long-running denials of gender bias within its ranks.”
“Dr. Rogers stood up not only for herself, but also the other women who have been subjected to gender-based double-standards within the Cal State system,” Abrams said following the three-week trial before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maurice Leiter.
Problem ‘systemic’
Rogers and Clare Weber, the former vice provost at the Palm Desert campus, sued Cal State San Bernardino President Tomas Morales, Jake Zhu, the former dean of the Palm Desert campus, and the Board of Trustees of the California State University system, which comprises 23 campuses statewide and is the largest four-year public university system in the United States, employing nearly 56,000 faculty and staff.
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Cal State San Bernardino President Tomas Morales, on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016.
The lawsuit, filed in March 2023, alleged a pattern and practice of discrimination and sexual harassment against female employees in the CSU system in violation of the state’s Equal Pay Act. Rogers and Weber claim they were either forced to resign or fired for speaking out against mistreatment of and pay disparity for female employees.
“This case exposed what women inside Cal State have been saying for years: the mistreatment of women within the Cal State system is not just a series of one-off incidents; the problem is systemic and structural,” said Andrew Friedman of Helmer Friedman, an attorney who represented Rogers in the lawsuit.
In an email Tuesday, Oct. 21, CSUSB spokesman Alan Llavore said: “We were disappointed by the verdict reached by the jury (Monday) morning, and we will be reviewing our options to assess next steps.” He declined further comment.
Officials at the California State University Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach also declined to comment.
Forced out
Rogers, who was hired as associate dean at the Palm Desert campus in August 2019, alleged in the lawsuit that on Oct. 15, 2021, she fielded multiple complaints from female employees who attended a “coffee with the dean” meeting Zhu hosted in which two male department heads berated a female administrator for about a half-hour. Zhu allegedly witnessed the conduct but did nothing.
Rogers confronted Zhu about what happened the same day after hearing about it from the other employees who attended the meeting. Zhu, according to the lawsuit, subsequently targeted Rogers for termination, pretextually complaining about vacation time she took and for attending an event at her daughter’s college that he initially approved.
On Jan. 1, 2022, Rogers, according to the lawsuit, was “constructively terminated” when she was forced to resign her position.
Evidence presented at trial showed that in addition to Rogers, several other current and former CSUSB employees brought forth complaints that Zhu treated women worse than men, but neither the university’s human resources department nor its Title IX offices ever launched an investigation into the allegations, said David deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm in Studio City, who served as the lead trial attorney for Rogers.
Weber alleges in the lawsuit that she wrote to Morales in July 2022 raising concerns that female vice provosts at the university were being paid less than their male counterparts. She said she was one of the lowest paid vice provosts in the CSU system, despite her large assignment portfolio. She called the alleged practice “highly offensive, totally discriminatory, and retaliatory.”
Weber, according to the lawsuit, asked Morales to put an end to the alleged practice and requested an investigation into her concerns. The next day she was fired.
Zhu retires
Two months after Rogers and Weber filed their lawsuit, CSUSB announced Zhu was retiring, commending him for, among other things, being “instrumental in moving the Palm Desert campus forward” and growing the campus to meet the needs of students in the Coachella Valley.
Zhu testified during trial that his retirement was unrelated to the lawsuit, and that he wanted to take care of his ailing mother and spend more time with his children, who were getting older, deRubertis said.
He said evidence at trial showed that allegations of female employee mistreatment by Zhu were brought up during a faculty meeting at the Palm Desert campus on Sept. 20, 2022, and that CSUSB Provost Rafik Mohamed and Morales already were planning to replace him due to so-called “leadership issues” before Zhu decided to retire.
Problems ignored
DeRubertis argued during trial that the gender-based mistreatment of Rogers was “an inevitable result” after CSUSB ignored a climate survey suggesting a culture of fear, intimidation, gender-based mistreatment and bullying at the university. The survey recommended that the university adopt an anti-bullying policy and an audit of HR practices and policies.
Morales acknowledged during trial that neither recommendation was implemented, deRubertis said.
The no-confidence vote and faculty senate resolution was a point of contention in the lawsuit, which described the resolution as “scathing.” It noted that within there years of Morales’ appointment as university president, 89% of the faculty, staff and administrators who were surveyed reported that the climate had become worse, and that Morales had failed to implement the bulk of the recommended changes.
“President Morales continues to be unwilling to acknowledge the severity of the problems of fear and distrust among employees,” according to the lawsuit.
Weber’s case, which was separated from Rogers’ case at trial, is expected to go to a jury next year.
Los Angeles County eligible voters who want to vote in the Nov. 4 statewide election must be registered to vote.
The last day to register is Monday, Oct. 20. That is the deadline not only to register to vote, but also to receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the Nov. 4 Statewide Special Election.
Voter registration applications are available at most government buildings, including libraries, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and also at the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk offices throughout the county.
Also, registering to vote can be completed online by going to: LAVOTE.GOV.
If any voters miss the deadline for registration, they won’t get a vote-by-mail ballot. But they can still vote in person at any of the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk vote centers beginning Oct. 25. There are 251 Vote Centers that will be open. Their hours are: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Election Day, Vote Centers will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
If you’ve already registered, you should have received a mail-in ballot. After completing the ballot, it can be sent via mail, or deposited into one of 418 ballot official drop boxes or left at a vote center. The drop boxes will remain open through Election Day.
Voters will decide during the special election whether to approve or reject Proposition 50, which would redraw congressional districts mid-decade to give California Democrats an opportunity to pick up five more House seats in next year’s midterm election. The effort, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is in response to a similar gerrymandering effort by Texas Republicans hoping to ensure that the GOP retains control of the House in 2026.
Voters can request to receive their materials in their preferred language by returning the Language Request Form on the back of the Sample Ballot Book, or by calling 1-800-815-2666, option 3. Spanish-speaking voters may also call 213-358-2701 for direct assistance, the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk reported.
The relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux are displayed inside the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Royal Oak, Michigan. (National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica via AP)
The Rev. John Bettin, rector of the National Shrine of The Little Flower Basilica, looks Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, at a relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux inside the basilica in Royal Oak, Michigan. (AP File Photo/Mike Householder)
A relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, pictured in a book of Catholic saints, can be viewed at the El Carmelo Retreat House in Redlands on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Photo by Mark Acosta, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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The relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux are displayed inside the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Royal Oak, Michigan. (National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica via AP)
At El Carmelo, people can venerate the relic, which consists of remains inside a container, at the retreat center’s chapel from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. There is no admission fee.
Guests can park around the neighborhood or at Eastside Christian Church,1000 Roosevelt Road. Visitors may walk up the main drive — about a quarter-mile uphill trek — to the retreat chapel, or take shuttles that will be available.
There will be partial closures on Highland Avenue, and between Roosevelt Street and Cimarron Street, to allow for foot traffic.
At 7 p.m., a closing blessing will be held before the relic is removed from the site, organizers said. The retreat center and its gardens will be adorned with hundreds of roses, commemorating “The Little Flower” who loved Jesus.
St. Thérèse’s relic also visited the Carmelite-run retreat house 25 years ago, in 2000 — during the last Jubilee Holy Year in the Catholic Church — garnering thousands of visitors, organizers said.
“You feel close to God at El Carmelo,” said Tammy McCarty, chairman of the relics committee and the El Carmelo auxiliary. “It will be amazing to see how people feel when they come to see her relic.”
The Rev. Jose Luis Ferroni, a Carmelite friar and member of the relics committee, called the visit of St. Thérèse’s relic a “spiritual, miraculous cultural event” for Redlands. He hopes that visitors will leave feeling “showered and renewed.”
“In a time like this, it’s a breath of fresh air, to bring peace to each and every one of us, to our world,” Ferroni said. “Her message is very simple: Have gratitude and surrender. As Thérèse says, it doesn’t matter what you do for God — God does not look for great things that you do, but for the love that you do them.”
Take a look at some of the Southern California News Group’s top photos from the Week 4 games Friday, Sept. 19.
Jordan Johnson (5) of Thousand Oaks brings down Simi Valley’s Quentin McGahan (17) during their game at Simi Valley High School Sep. 19, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
The Jordan Panthers take the field as they get ready to take on Long Beach Poly in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep defenders tackle Bellflower’s Jordan Hunter (4) in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Yorba Linda running back Vaughn Sharp finds some room to gain yardage against Tustin in a nonleague football game in Yorba Linda on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Harry Johnson (14) is lifted by Tyler Gaines (57) as they celebrate a Jackrabbit touchdown in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Thousand Oaks quarterback Jackson Taylor (7) throws a pass against Simi Valley during their game at Simi Valley High School Friday, Sep. 19, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Mira Costa running back AJ McBean rushes the ball during the Mustangs’ game against San Juan Hills on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Mira Costa wide receiver Luke Meeker runs with the ball after making a catch during the Mustangs’ game against San Juan Hills on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Zion Anderson (6) is all smiles after making a big catch for the Jackrabbits in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep’s Tyler Dang (2) carries against Bellflower in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Zion Anderson (6) forces Jordans Kymani Hill (4) out of bounds in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Tustin wide receiver Hayden Koo, left, makes the touchdown catch in front of Yorba Linda cornerback Thomas Knutson in the first quarter in a nonleague football game in Yorba Linda on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep quarterback Yanick Diaz (4) is under pressure against Bellflower in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
San Juan Hills celebrates a touchdown during the Stallions’ game against Mira Costa on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep’s Noah Penunuri (31) sacks Bellflower quarterback Darion Richardson (15) in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Simi Valley’s Zane Tryon (14) gains yards against Bret Warner (49) of Thousand Oaks during their game at Simi Valley High School in Simi Valley on Friday, Sep. 19, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Luke Sullivan (4) carries the ball for Thousand Oaks as they play Simi Valley High School Friday, Sep. 19, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
San Juan Hills wide receiver Ryan Matheson catches the ball during the Stallions’ game against Mira Costa on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Zion Anderson (6) scores another Jackrabbit touchdown as they lead Jordan in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Mira Costa wide receiver Luke Meeker catches the ball during the Mustangs’ game against San Juan Hills on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
San Juan Hills wide receiver Luke Frith rushes after a catch during the Stallions’ game against Mira Costa on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Jordan Johnson (5) runs the ball for Thousand Oaks as they travel to Simi Valley High School for a game Friday, Sep. 19, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Tustin wide receiver Hayden Koo pushes Yorba Linda cornerback Thomas Knutson away after catching a pass in a nonleague football game in Yorba Linda on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Jaden Hernandez (9) is tripped up by Jordans Jordan Thomas (5) in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Thousand Oaks quarterback Jackson Taylor (7) is sacked by Simi Valley’s Caleb Power (31) during their game at Simi Valley High School Friday, Sep. 19, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
San Juan Hills quarterback Timmy Herr throws the ball during the Stallions’ game against Mira Costa on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep quarterback Yanick Diaz (4) is under pressure against Bellflower in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Jordan’s Jordan Thomas is on Long Beach Polys Jaden Hernandez (9) as he tries to catch a touchdown pass in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Tustin quarterback Ayden Edwards makes a big gain on a keeper against Yorba Linda in a nonleague football game in Yorba Linda on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Mira Costa quarterback Liam Meeker rushes the ball during the Mustangs’ game against San Juan Hills on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Mira Costa wide receiver Luke Meeker runs with the ball after making a catch during the Mustangs’ game against San Juan Hills on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Kymere Smith tries to get past Jordans defense in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep’s Nathaniel Shinei (12) carries against Bellflower in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Yorba Linda quarterback Noah Trujillo drops back to pass against Tustin in a nonleague football game in Yorba Linda on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
The San Juan Hills defense brings down the runner during the Stallions’ game against Mira Costa on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Jordan’s Marcus Williams (24) tries to get through Long Beach Polys Kymere Smith (12) and Kingston Pierre (25) in Long Beach, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Mira Costa running back AJ McBean rushes the ball during the Mustangs’ game against San Juan Hills on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
The San Juan Hills defense brings down the runner during the Stallions’ game against Mira Costa on Sept. 19th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep defenders tackle Bellflower’s Amir Neal (9) in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep’s Christian Lee (3) carries the ball against Bellflower in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep’s Tyler Dang (2) carries for a touchdown against Bellflower in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Rio Hondo Prep defenders body slam a Bellflower ball carrier in a non-league game at Bellflower High School on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
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Jordan Johnson (5) of Thousand Oaks brings down Simi Valley’s Quentin McGahan (17) during their game at Simi Valley High School Sep. 19, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
A tenant in the Inland Empire was arrested for the murder of her landlord in an Inland Empire town.
The investigation began as a missing person’s report and led officials from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department to a rental property owned by the landlord, identified as 72-year-old Mindy Kum.
After finding Kum’s remains at the home, the tenant, Margaret Minier, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
A neighbor said he saw cars from the sheriff’s department parked outside the home, saying he was shocked to see law enforcement activity on the quiet street.
“It’s kind of freighting actually,” Scott Pinkerton said.
The district attorney’s office did not file official charges against Minier as of Monday afternoon.
A brush fire ignited Friday evening near Jurupa Valley, prompting evacuation orders in the nearby communities of Jurupa Hills and Sunnyslope.
Dubbed the Pyrite fire, it was reported at 5:19 p.m. as a 15-acre vegetation fire burning in “light flashy fuels” near Pyrite Street and Granite Hills Drive, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Riverside Unit.
The blaze had grown to 200 acres by 8 p.m., leading authorities to expand evacuation warnings as hand crews and firefighting helicopters worked to combat the flames. A map of affected areas can be viewed here.
An evacuation center has been set up at Jurupa Valley High School, 10551 Bellegrave Ave. An animal shelter is located at 6851 Van Buren Boulevard.
Nearly 300 firefighting personnel were assigned to the incident, alongside 40 engines, two helicopters and two water tenders, according to Cal Fire.
Throughout the evening, the fire burned toward the San Bernardino County border, where residents in the nearby city of Fontana could clearly see the flames burning from the hillside.
Shawn Millerick, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District, urged Fontana residents not to panic as crews were making “really good progress” slowing the forward progression of the fire. So far no evacuation warnings or orders have been issued for the Fontana area.
The Fontana Police Department said that Sierra Avenue will be closed from Jurupa Avenue to Armstrong Road to allow fire crews to access the burn zone.
“At this time, Fontana residents are not impacted, but smoke may still be visible throughout the region,” the department said. “Stay alert and follow official updates for any changes.”
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced Wednesday, Aug. 27, that a 7-month-old infant whose parents have been charged with his death is believed to have suffered prolonged physical abuse before he died.
“The filing in this case reflects our belief that Baby Emmanuel was the victim of child abuse over time, and that, eventually, because of that abuse, he succumbed to those injuries,” Hestrin said during a news conference at the District Attorney’s Office in Riverside.
Emmuel’s mother, Rebecca Haro, reported him abducted from a Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. Investigators now believe the boy is dead, but his remains have not been located.
Hestrin also told a throng of reporters during the conference that investigators have some ideas of where Emmanuel’s remains are, but he declined to reveal specifics.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco speaks to the media while Riverside County Assistant District Attorney Brandon Smith, left, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin, second from left, San Bernardino County Sgt. Nicholas Clark, second from right, and San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, right, listen in as they give an update on suspected murder of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. The infant’s body has not been found. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin, left, speaks to the media as Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, San Bernardino County Sgt. Nicholas Clark and San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus listen in as they give an update on the suspected murder of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. The child’s body has not been found. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco speaks to the media as they give an update on the murder case of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jake and Rebecca Haro, of Cabazon, were each charged on Tuesday, Aug. 26 with one count of murder and one misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. Rebecca Haro reported that her child was kidnapped outside the Big 5 Sporting Good store in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. The child’s body has not been found. She stopped cooperating with investigators when confronted with inconsistencies in her initial account. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, left, speaks to the media as Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, right, listens in as they give an update on the murder case of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jake and Rebecca Haro, of Cabazon, were each charged on Tuesday, Aug. 26 with one count of murder and one misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. Rebecca Haro reported that her child was kidnapped outside the Big 5 Sporting Good store in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. The child’s body has not been found. She stopped cooperating with investigators when confronted with inconsistencies in her initial account. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin, left, speaks to the media as Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, right, listens in as they give an update on the murder case of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jake and Rebecca Haro, of Cabazon, were each charged on Tuesday, Aug. 26 with one count of murder and one misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. Rebecca Haro reported that her child was kidnapped outside the Big 5 Sporting Good store in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. The child’s body has not been found. She stopped cooperating with investigators when confronted with inconsistencies in her initial account. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin, left, speaks to the media as Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, right, listens in as they give an update on the murder case of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jake and Rebecca Haro, of Cabazon, were each charged on Tuesday, Aug. 26 with one count of murder and one misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. Rebecca Haro reported that her child was kidnapped outside the Big 5 Sporting Good store in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. The child’s body has not been found. She stopped cooperating with investigators when confronted with inconsistencies in her initial account. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus speaks to the media while Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin, San Bernardino County Sgt. Nicholas Clark and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco look on as they give an update on the murder case of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jake and Rebecca Haro, of Cabazon, were each charged on Tuesday, Aug. 26 with one count of murder and one misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. Rebecca Haro reported that her child was kidnapped outside the Big 5 Sporting Good store in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. The child’s body has not been found. She stopped cooperating with investigators when confronted with inconsistencies in her initial account. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jake and Rebecca Haro appear in court for their arraignment on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at the Riverside Hall of Justice. The couple were arrested Friday on suspicion of killing their son, Emmanuel Haro, who is 7 months old. The arraignment was continued to Sept. 4, 2025. Photo taken at the Riverside Hall of Justice in Riverside Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times / Pool)
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco speaks to the media while Riverside County Assistant District Attorney Brandon Smith, left, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin, second from left, San Bernardino County Sgt. Nicholas Clark, second from right, and San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, right, listen in as they give an update on suspected murder of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro in downtown Riverside on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. The infant’s body has not been found. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
“We have a pretty strong indication of where the remains of Baby Emmanuel are, so that investigation is ongoing at this time,” said Hestrin, who also declined to elaborate on why investigators believe the boy had suffered prolonged physical abuse.
Rebecca Haro, 41, and Emmanuel’s father, Jake Haro, 32, both of Cabazon, were each charged on Tuesday, Aug. 26, with murder and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. They both appeared in court Tuesday at the Riverside County Hall of Justice for an arraignment, but did not enter pleas. They will next appear in court on Sept. 4.
Rebecca Haro told San Bernardino County sheriff’s investigators on Aug. 14 that she was changing her son’s diaper outside the Big 5 store when she was assaulted and knocked unconscious by an unknown man. When she awoke, she told investigators, her child was gone.
But within 24 hours, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, detectives found inconsistencies in Haro’s statements, prompting a massive joint investigation involving his department, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office’s High Tech Crimes Unit.
Investigators interviewed several people, including the Haros, but when confronted with inconsistencies in her initial account, Rebecca Haro declined to answer further questions. San Bernardino County sheriff’s investigators later said her account was a lie — and the couple were arrested on Aug. 22.
The day before their arrest, Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were sent to the 23000 block of Cottonwood Avenue in Moreno Valley on a report of child abuse made by Jake Haro, Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco said.
In a jailhouse interview Wednesday at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, Jake Haro said his and Rebecca Haro’s 2-year-old daughter, McKenzie, was removed from their custody by Riverside County Child and Protective Services. He said their daughter was “fine” and there was “not a bruise on her” when she was removed from their home.
But when he subsequently visited McKenzie at the county children’s services office on Cottonwood Avenue in Moreno Valley, he said, “She looked like she got hit by a truck that then reversed and ran over her again.”
After the news conference Wednesday, Bianco said Jake Haro “was the reporting party alleging abuse allegations that were determined to be unfounded.” The sheriff considered that to be “possibly a deliberate attempt to distance himself from future abuse allegations.”
On Sunday, Haro, wearing a red jail jumpsuit, was accompanied by investigators as they looked for Emmanuel’s body in a brushy area off of the 60 Freeway near Gilman Springs Road in the Riverside County Badlands. It was unclear if Haro led investigators to that location or they wound up there based on other leads.
Dicus did, however, say during the news conference that investigators have been receiving “some level of cooperation with the suspects,” but it wasn’t clear if that cooperation was related to the Badlands area search.
Hestrin said Emmanuel’s suspected death was preventable. He cited Jake Haro’s 2023 guilty plea to charges of abusing his 10-week-old daughter by a previous marriage in 2018, leaving her permanently bedridden with cerebral palsy. Hestrin said his office pushed for mandatory prison time, but the judge instead cut Haro a “big break” and he received a suspended four-year sentence and 180 days of work release.
Hestrin said the girl’s extensive injuries — fractured ribs that were either fresh or in various stages of healing, a partial bone fracture of the skull, a brain hemorrhage and a healing leg fracture — were presented to the judge.
“This is severe abuse for an infant,” Hestrin said. “Someone who does that to a child belongs in prison, period.”
This time, Hestrin said, his office is not interested in any plea agreements with the Haros.
“We’re interested in a trial and getting justice,” he said.
The parents of baby Emmanuel Haro have been arrested on suspicion of murder a week after his mother reported that he had been kidnapped outside an Inland Empire sporting goods store, according to authorities.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Friday morning in an email that both Jake and Rebecca Haro had been arrested, but did not provide information about why they were taken into custody.
In a post on X, the agency said the parents were arrested on suspicion of murder Friday morning at their residence in Cabazon, located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. The department said it is continuing to search for Emmanuel.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday it is aware of reported sightings of Emmanuel Haro, including in Kern County, but details about the reports and locations were not immediately available.
Earlier this week, a car belonging to the baby’s father was seized by authorities.
NBCLA attempted to contact a family member at the family home, but did not receive a response.
The sheriff’s department issued a statement Wednesday morning in an update on the search.
“We know the community is deeply concerned about this case and we will continue to provide information, to the extent it does not jeopardize the investigation,” the agency said. “Our investigators have followed up on the reported sightings of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, but he has not yet been located.
“While Emmanuel’s father has retained an attorney, if the parents choose to work with detectives, we welcome their cooperation as we continue efforts to locate Emmanuel.”
The statement also mentioned a fire reports at a property near the Haros’ home in Cabazon, saying there is no indication the fire is related to the disappearance of Emmanuel.
The car belonging to the father of a missing baby was seized by authorities. Video broadcast Wednesday Aug. 20, 2025 on Today in LA.
The investigation has unfolded over the past week, beginning with the reported kidnapping last Thursday in the parking lot of a Big 5 sporting goods store.
“I took him out of the car seat and laid him on the chair. I had his diapers here, and someone said, ‘Hola.’ I couldn’t turn, and I don’t remember nothing. I got up from the floor and didn’t see my child. Someone took him from me,” mother Rebecca Haro said last week.
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Rebecca Haro was “confronted with inconsistencies in her initial statement and declined to continue with the interview.”
Deputies returned to the family’s Cabazon home Tuesday and appeared to visit neighboring properties. They were seen speaking with the infant’s father, Jake Haro, outside the family’s home Sunday night.
“We start from within the home and we work our way out,” said private investigator Moses Castillo, a former member of the LAPD who investigated crimes against children for 20 years. “So anybody and everybody that had access to this child gets a very thorough interview. They’re very methodical in these type of searches. So you might see that. And they might even set up some special observations and following people that may be involved to see where they go, what they do.”
Authorities are still searching for a seven-month-old baby who went missing in Yucaipa. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2025.
According to law enforcement, Jake Haro was convicted in 2021 for cruelty to a child and in 2024 for being a felon in possession of a handgun.
An arrest warrant was filed for Jake Haro in the child cruelty case in October 2018 involving a baby girl. Authorities responded to his home after the girl was admitted to a hospital with multiple broken bones. According to the court documents, Jake Haro told investigators that he accidentally dropped the girl on a sink as he bathed her. Doctors reported rib and skull fractures, and a brain hemmorage, according to the court documents.
Jake Haro pleaded guilty to felony child endangerment and was sentenced to felony probation for four years and ordered to serve 180 day in jail on a work release program, the Riverside County District Attorney said.
The couple also has a 2-year-old child, who has since been taken into custody by Riverside County Child Protective Services, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Community member gathered Sunday night for a candlelight vigil for Emmanuel outside the Big 5 sporting goods store in Yucaipa, located about 70 miles east of Los Angeles.
A description of the attacker was not available. Anyone with information on the case is urged to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department at 909-387-8313.
Investigators in the Inland Empire are continuing efforts to locate the baby boy who was reported as kidnapped late last week, as antsy community members rally for his safe return.
Rebecca Haro, of Cabazon, reported her 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro, as kidnapped on Thursday after she said she was attacked in the parking lot of a Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Yucaipa while changing her son’s diaper in the car.
“I took him out of the car seat and laid him on the chair. I had his diapers here, and someone said, ‘Hola.’ I couldn’t turn, and I don’t remember nothing. I got up from the floor and didn’t see my child. Someone took him from me,” she said.
Since then, the Cabazon and Yucaipa communities have rallied for the missing boy.
“This is a child’s life and we need to find this baby,” said Mary Espinoza, an Inland Empire woman.
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Rebecca was “confronted with inconsistencies in her initial statement and declined to continue with the interview.”
Detectives were seen speaking with the infant’s father, Jake Haro, outside the family’s home Sunday night. According to law enforcement, Jake was convicted in 2021 for cruelty to a child and in 2024 for being a felon in possession of a handgun.
A 7-month-old boy was reported missing in the Yucaipa area. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on Aug. 15, 2025.
Details on both cases were not immediately available, but a former colleague of Jake said she was surprised to learn about the convictions.
“He was nice, he was cool. Just a cool, nice guy,” said Christina Topper, who worked with Jake at Walmart in 2016. “This has been messing with me since I found out. That poor baby.”
Community members held a candlelight vigil on Sunday for Emmanuel outside the Big 5 store. They say they’re committed to keeping the child’s best interest in mind and hope for his well-being.
“When a child is missing and he’s nowhere to be found, the community needs to rise up,” said a woman who wished not to be identified. “We need to search and we need to find baby Emmanuel.”
The infant weighs approximately 21 pounds and stands 24 inches tall. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a Nike onesie.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department at 909-387-8313.
While an Inland Empire family prays endlessly for the full recovery of a toddler who’s been hospitalized after a near-drowning, they’re using the daunting experience as a warning for other families.
The Uriarte family has been praying nonstop for 2-year-old Jaxson, who somehow made his way into the backyard of the Moreno Valley family’s home. That’s where tragedy struck.
“He really had no access to the backyard,” said Eric Uriarte, the boy’s grandfather. “He had to get to three different doors and unfortunately, all three of them were slightly open, where he was able to go through.”
Eric Uriarte described the discovery in the pool as heart-shattering.
“It was my worst nightmare to see my little baby boy, his lifeless body getting dragged out of the pool,” he said.
In order to survive, the toddler may need to be under the care of a Louisiana-based doctor who specializes in drowning victims.
Tammi Graham of the department First 5 Riverside County said children’s drowning can be preventable.
“Making sure the pools are locked, they’re secure,” she advised. “We’re making sure that in some instances if families can have an alarm on their pool so that if something falls into the pool, they’re alarmed. A double lock on their sliding glass door, the door going out to the pool, a fence around the pool.”
According to the World Health Organization, the highest drowning rates around the world are among children 0 to 4 years. It is one of the leading causes of death among children ages 1 to 14.
To learn more about drowning statistics from WHO, click here.
Both operations rely on a chemical known as ethylene oxide to sterilize equipment, but the carcinogen can lead to an increased risk of lymphoid and breast cancers.
A bankruptcy court has approved affordable housing developer National Community Renaissance’s acquisition of a bankrupt 309-key hotel near Ontario Airport, The Real Deal has learned.
The non-profit, known as National CORE, bought the Ontario Airport Hotel and Conference Center, a 10-story property at 700 North Haven Avenue, for $20.7 million, court records show. The 200,000-square-foot hotel houses a Chinese restaurant called Mr. J and has rooms with advertised nightly rates starting at $90, according to Expedia.
The purchase price covers the $18.2 million of debt on the property and includes an additional $2.5 million in cash. However, the Rancho Cucamonga-based firm may end up paying more than the $20.7 million total, since it is also on the hook for an unspecified amount in “cure costs” relating to the hotel’s leases and contracts.
The transaction comes six months after the previous owner of the property, Morgan Holding Group, filed for bankruptcy. The firm, managed by Jianhua Jin, was seeking to block lender Cathay Bank, which was trying to push the property into receivership. Cathay provided a $15 million construction loan on the hotel in 2019.
National CORE entered into contract on the property on Aug. 2, according to a declaration from Robert Diaz, the firm’s general counsel. In a court order dated Aug. 13, Judge Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux approved the transaction, saying that a quick sale was necessary to “maximize the value” of the asset.
National CORE’s California portfolio consists of 87 residential properties, according to its website. Its properties include newly built housing complexes such as Las Dahlias, a 78-unit housing complex in East Los Angeles, and Nestor Senior Village, a 73-unit property in San Diego.
In 2024, National CORE plans to complete construction of 544 apartments and start construction on another 295 units. The firm did not respond to a request for comment.
