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Sculpture in the Garden on the grounds of the historic Maloof residence.Sculpture in the Garden on the grounds of the historic Maloof residence.

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When will the Inland Empire get itsWhen will the Inland Empire get itsshare of state arts and cultureshare of state arts and culturefunding?funding?

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The Inland Empire gets snubbed when it comes to arts and culture.The Inland Empire gets snubbed when it comes to arts and culture.

It’s not that our region doesn’t have an assortment of museums and culturalIt’s not that our region doesn’t have an assortment of museums and cultural

offerings. From two Smithsonian-affiliates (the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundationofferings. From two Smithsonian-affiliates (the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation

for Arts and Crafts in Rancho Cucamonga and the Museum of Riverside) to thefor Arts and Crafts in Rancho Cucamonga and the Museum of Riverside) to the

interactive San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands and the historic Foxinteractive San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands and the historic Fox

Theater in downtown Riverside, we have a plethora of high-quality arts.Theater in downtown Riverside, we have a plethora of high-quality arts.

We are also home to many historical sites, including the Mission Inn in Riverside, theWe are also home to many historical sites, including the Mission Inn in Riverside, the

Agua Mansa Cemetery in Colton, the John Rains house in Rancho Cucamonga, theAgua Mansa Cemetery in Colton, the John Rains house in Rancho Cucamonga, the

Ramona Bowl Amphitheater in Hemet and long stretches of Route 66, as well as aRamona Bowl Amphitheater in Hemet and long stretches of Route 66, as well as a

trove of Native American history and culture.trove of Native American history and culture.

No, the Inland Empire — for that matter most of inland California — gets snubbed onNo, the Inland Empire — for that matter most of inland California — gets snubbed on

public funding to support these vital institutions and landmarks.public funding to support these vital institutions and landmarks.

This should be the year to change that. The state budget gave arts funding aThis should be the year to change that. The state budget gave arts funding a

significant boost in the 2019-20 budget — from $18 million last year for Californiasignificant boost in the 2019-20 budget — from $18 million last year for California

Arts Council to $27 million. Even so, California ranks 29th in the United States in perArts Council to $27 million. Even so, California ranks 29th in the United States in per

capita grant-making for the arts. Rhode Island, which ranks first, spends more thancapita grant-making for the arts. Rhode Island, which ranks first, spends more than

$10 per capita. In California, we spend about 66 cents per capita.$10 per capita. In California, we spend about 66 cents per capita.

There isn’t a per-capita public arts spending estimate for the Inland Empire, but outThere isn’t a per-capita public arts spending estimate for the Inland Empire, but out

of more than 1,300 grants awarded by the Arts Council last year, only 24 of themof more than 1,300 grants awarded by the Arts Council last year, only 24 of them

went to arts projects here. That means that although we have about 11% of thewent to arts projects here. That means that although we have about 11% of the

state’s population, the Inland Empire only received slightly more than one percent ofstate’s population, the Inland Empire only received slightly more than one percent of

its public art grants.its public art grants.

Unlike our coastal neighbors, who draw support from affluent residents and privateUnlike our coastal neighbors, who draw support from affluent residents and private

foundations, Inland Empire arts organizations rely on public funds and the morefoundations, Inland Empire arts organizations rely on public funds and the more

modest patronage of our region’s middle-class families. In most years, the majority ofmodest patronage of our region’s middle-class families. In most years, the majority of

California’s public art funding goes to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San DiegoCalifornia’s public art funding goes to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego

counties.counties.

The Los Angeles area has many amazing museums, art galleries, and other culturalThe Los Angeles area has many amazing museums, art galleries, and other cultural

offerings, but Inland Empire residents shouldn’t have to drive an hour and a half orofferings, but Inland Empire residents shouldn’t have to drive an hour and a half or

more to enjoy or be inspired by the arts.more to enjoy or be inspired by the arts.

Directing existing arts funding our way will do more than give our residents betterDirecting existing arts funding our way will do more than give our residents better

access; it will also create opportunities to attract more visitors to our region andaccess; it will also create opportunities to attract more visitors to our region and

boost our local economy. And it reminds our younger generation that creativity andboost our local economy. And it reminds our younger generation that creativity and

expression are critical parts of their well-being, as well as the thread that can bindexpression are critical parts of their well-being, as well as the thread that can bind

our community together.our community together.

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In addition to attracting tourism and helping cultivate artistic talent here, grants inIn addition to attracting tourism and helping cultivate artistic talent here, grants in

support of public art programs help keep the arts within reach of everyone — notsupport of public art programs help keep the arts within reach of everyone — not

just those who live in wealthier enclaves.just those who live in wealthier enclaves.

Art experiences help enable lives of discovery and imagination, and we shouldArt experiences help enable lives of discovery and imagination, and we should

ensure our residents — especially our youth — have the opportunity to have thoseensure our residents — especially our youth — have the opportunity to have those

experiences here.experiences here.

To be fair, arts and culture organizations in our region don’t apply for as many grantsTo be fair, arts and culture organizations in our region don’t apply for as many grants

as our coastal neighbors, often because they don’t have the required matching funds.as our coastal neighbors, often because they don’t have the required matching funds.

We need to do a better job of uniting Inland Empire communities to build a strongWe need to do a better job of uniting Inland Empire communities to build a strong

and well-funded support network for the artsand well-funded support network for the arts

We also need to make state arts funders aware of the disparity our region facesWe also need to make state arts funders aware of the disparity our region faces

when it comes to public arts funding. So take a moment to send your statewhen it comes to public arts funding. So take a moment to send your state

Assemblymember and senator an email or a letter to thank them for the boost inAssemblymember and senator an email or a letter to thank them for the boost in

funding for arts and culture in this year’s budget and letting them know howfunding for arts and culture in this year’s budget and letting them know how

important it is that our region gets its fair share of those dollars.important it is that our region gets its fair share of those dollars.

Janice Rutherford is a member of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. ChuckJanice Rutherford is a member of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. Chuck

Washington is a member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Jim Rawitsch isWashington is a member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Jim Rawitsch is

executive director of the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Craft.executive director of the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Craft.

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Matt Brown, the former chief of staff for erstwhile San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane, has been appointed to the same position for San Bernardino MayorJohn Valdivia.

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He replaces Bill Essayli, who left City Hall last month.

Brown, the county’s Assistant Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector the past nine years, started Monday, Aug. 5.

“It’s an honor to serve San Bernardino as Mayor Valdivia’s chief of staff,” he said. “I look forward to supporting the mayor and council in their efforts to encourageeconomic development, job creation and enhance public safety.”

Brown, Biane’s chief of staff upon his election as 2nd District supervisor in 2002, was a key prosecution witness in the Colonies corruption trial, a marathon and failedcriminal case concerning a sophisticated bribery scheme to fix a $102 million settlement between the county and Rancho Cucamonga developer Colonies Partners inNovember 2006.

While he cooperated with prosecutors and district attorney investigators at the outset of the case, Brown was declared a hostile witness by Judge Michael A. Smithduring the 2017 trial after claiming during testimony that he could not recall much of what he told the grand jury in 2011, much less alleged events that had occurredmore than a decade prior.

Brown’s trial testimony wound up backfiring on prosecutors.

Ultimately, defendants Biane, Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum, former county assistant assessor Jim Erwin and Mark Kirk, who served as chief of staff toformer county supervisor Gary Ovitt, were acquitted.

Brown’s hiring comes in the wake of a claim filed against the city by former top administrator Andrea Miller, who allegesshe was suspended and ultimately dismissed this year for exposing a “hostile” and “untenable” work environment createdby Valdivia and his staff.

City Attorney Gary Saenz and City Clerk Gigi Hanna also detail contentious relationships with the first-year mayor andthose in his office in a claim they filed against the city late last month.

The two elected officials are suing the City Council for reducing their pay ahead of the fiscal year that began July 1.

Staff writer Joe Nelson contributed to this report.

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APPLE VALLEY — Many High Desert residents are expected to participate inTuesday’s National Night Out, an event designed to build and strengthen therelationship between neighbors and members of law enforcement.

The annual community-building campaign includes large public gatherings thatinclude various activities such as a meet-and-greet with public safety personnel,first responder vehicle tours, inflatables, food, vendors, music, exhibits, facepainting, activities for the kids, resources and more.

“We took our son Daniel to a National Night Out party in Apple Valley one yearand he fell in love with a few sheriff’s deputies who let him sit in their patrolcar,” said Cheryl Osterman, who lives in Apple Valley. “Now, every time we see asheriff’s car, he tells us that he wants to be a policeman.”

“These National Night Out events are the perfect place for young people toconnect with those that protect and serve our community,” retired teacherKendra Davis-Malone, 68, told the Daily Press.

“In today’s society, we need to teach our children that the police are here toprotect them and that they shouldn’t fear them,” said Davis-Malone, who lives inVictorville. “They also need to know that the police department is made up ofpeople who are moms, dads, brothers, and sisters.”

High Desert National Night Out events on Tuesday include:

- Apple Valley: 5 to 6 p.m at Apple Valley Commons/Super Target ShoppingCenter, 20288 Hwy. 18

- Barstow: 6 to 9 p.m. at Dana Park, 850 Barstow Rd.

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- Hesperia: 5 to 6 p.m at Civic Plaza Park, 15833 Smoke Tree St.

- Silver Lakes: 5 p.m. at Silver Lakes North Shore, 27722 Lakeview Dr.

- Victorville: 5 to 8 p.m. at Victorville City Hall, 14343 Civic Dr.

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Inland leaders defend natural gas in homes, businesses

They say Californians should be able to keep their gas-powered stoves and heaters, but others call that

stance industry propaganda

Paul Granillo, CEO of the Inland Empire Economic Partnership and vice chair of Californians for Balanced

Energy Solutions, speaks Monday, Aug. 5, during a news conference in Riverside. The event aimed to

rally public opposition to efforts to end natural gas use in California homes and businesses. (Photo by

Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

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There’s no need to take away Californians’ gas-powered stoves and heaters and raise their energy costs

to fight climate change, Inland elected officials, business leaders and representatives of the natural gas

industry said Monday, Aug. 5.

The Inland Empire Economic Partnership joined Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions at a Riverside

news conference to urge state officials not to eliminate the use of natural gas in homes and businesses

as part of an effort to slash greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change.

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They were confronted by about 20 sign-waving and surgical mask-wearing protesters who demanded an

end to natural-gas use. Their chants – “Zero emissions now!” among others – threatened to drown out

speakers at the news conference in front of the County Administrative Center.

About 90% of homes in Central and Southern California use natural gas for cooking and heating,

according to the balanced-energy group, which describes itself as “a coalition of natural and renewable

gas users.” Its board members include representatives of utility workers’ unions and the Western

Propane Gas Association.

Sierra Club organizing manager Nidia Erceg, of Pasadena, yells Monday, Aug. 5, in protest as Californians

for Balanced Energy Solutions and the Inland Empire Economic Partnership host a news conference in

Riverside. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Natural gas emissions contribute to climate change. SB 1477, a state bill signed into law last year, seeks

to foster zero-emission technology in homes, and many environmentalists and scientists argue that

natural gas, while emitting less carbon dioxide than coal, needs to go as part of a serious strategy to cool

the earth before it’s too late.

“In fact, cheap and abundant natural gas appears to have helped keep some 160 new coal-fired power

plants from being built, which would have spewed hundreds of millions of metric tons of (carbon

dioxide) over the years,” read an August 2015 article in Scientific American.

However, natural-gas power plants “will still spew (carbon dioxide) …” the article read. “In a world

aimed at zero emissions, that reduction is not good enough ultimately.”

Those at Monday’s news conference said the choice between fighting climate change and keeping

natural gas is a false one. They’re alarmed at what they describe as regulations being pondered by the

California Public Utilities Commission and state Energy Commission to eliminate natural gas use in new

and existing homes in favor of electric-only energy, a move critics warn will send residents’ electric bills

skyrocketing.

“If natural gas was eliminated as an affordable fuel option, our homeowners and businesses would

suffer,” said Paul Granillo, Inland Empire partnership CEO and vice-chair of the balanced-energy group.

“When you think about living in California … you do not put all your energy eggs in one basket,”

Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries said. “If we tell every resident in this state ‘You need to

depend on one source of energy and one source only,’ it’s a foolish mistake.”

A public utilities commission spokesman said SB 1477 “will absolutely not eliminate consumer choice.”

“The (commission)’s draft staff proposal for implementing SB 1477 … says nothing remotely close to

calling for a ban on natural gas,” Terrie Prosper wrote in an email. “All of the programs proposed by …

staff to fulfill the requirements of SB 1477 are pilot programs that would be entirely voluntary …”

Rather than do away with natural gas, speakers at Monday’s event urged state officials to consider

utilizing renewable natural gas – methane captured from agriculture, wastewater and other sources. By

doing so, the state can reduce greenhouse emissions much more cheaply than an all-electric approach,

said speakers including Riverside City Councilman Andy Melendrez.

“Why would you choose a solution that costs a lot more and takes away something that people prefer?”

he said. “People can’t afford to put solar panels on their homes and businesses. They can’t afford to rely

solely on wind power and they certainly afford to switch all their natural-gas appliances to electric.”

City councils in more than 20 Inland cities passed resolutions “supporting inclusive energy policies, in

response to state agencies’ moves to eliminate the use of natural gas in the state,” read a news release

from the balanced-energy group. The list includes Fontana, Hemet, Perris, Riverside, Rancho

Cucamonga, San Jacinto, Upland and Yucaipa.

Natural gas providers are using scare tactics and misinformation, said Luis Amezcua, senior campaign

representative for Sierra Club California.

“The state recognizes that they have to de-carbonize their buildings to achieve their climate goals,”

Amezcua said. “(The natural-gas industry is) going to dig in their heels and push for these backward

policies that don’t get us to where we need to go … they want to keep Californians hooked on gas.”

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A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy sustained minor injuries Saturday, Aug. 3, after a traffic collision involving one other motorist in Highland.

The deputy was responding to a call for service at about 2:12 p.m., and was stopped at a stop sign on 9th Street and Palm Avenue at the time of the crash, sheriff’sdepartment officials said. A driver behind the wheel of a vehicle that was traveling south toward the intersection lost control and collided with the patrol car. It did nothave its lights and siren activated, Sgt. Jeff Allison said.

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The 2019 HARD Summer Music Festival drew more than 170,000 fans to Auto Club Speedway in

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It was the most popular event in Fontana's history and attracted fans from all over the country.

During the two-day event, 15 people were taken to local hospitals for conditions related to heat

exposure, dehydration, injuries and alcohol and drug consumption, according to the San

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The event provided free parking within Auto Club Speedway. However, many attendees parked

vehicles in the area surrounding the venue and reported damage and thefts from their vehicles,

the Sheri�'s Department said.

The annual festival, which was being held in Fontana for the third time, featured many of the

top acts in electronic dance music (EDM) and hip hop. It was coordinated by Insomniac.

Last year's festival attracted 155,500 attendees.

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For all the power of the Ridgecrest earthquakes — the strongest with an epicenter in Southern California in nearly two decades —

the only death related to the temblors may have actually occurred outside the state.

The death in Nevada is illustrative of the significant earthquake risk the Silver State, though not as bad as California, still endures.

The Reno area, for instance, has a seismic risk that approaches that of the San Francisco Bay Area, according to Nevada state

geologists.

Troy Ray, 55, was apparently working underneath his car in his hometown of Pahrump, Nev., 95 miles northeast of the epicenter,

when the vehicle is believed to have fallen on him.

The sudden movement from an earthquake may have shifted the car, causing the man to die of traumatic asphyxia, Sgt. Adam

Tippetts of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. He also suffered blunt force injury.

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Ray’s body was found on July 9, five days after the first significant Ridgecrest quake.

It is plausible that Ray’s car fell from the shaking felt in Pahrump from the magnitude 6.4 earthquake on July 4, the foreshock to

the magnitude 7.1 quake that came a day later, according to U.S. Geological Survey research geophysicist Morgan Page.

According to the USGS shake map, weak shaking (intensity level 3 on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale) was probably felt in

Pahrump from that quake.

There has never been a documented death from an earthquake in Nevada, according to Craig dePolo, earthquake geologist at the

state Bureau of Mines and Geology, who has exhaustively researched records of the 23 earthquakes with epicenters in Nevada of

magnitude 6 or greater. “If indeed Mr. Ray’s death was caused by an earthquake, it would be the first time it’s been recorded,” he

said.

He did not go as far as to say the death was definitively Nevada’s first on record caused by an earthquake.

“We don’t know absolutely whether the death in Pahrump was caused by the earthquake, but it appears to have been,” dePolo said.

“It’s not definitive as I understand it. Nobody saw it actually happen.”

It’s possible that there have been deaths from Nevada quakes that have not been documented, dePolo said. There has been a

tradition of towns in rural Nevada to avoid publicizing damage or injuries from disasters such as fires, for fear of scaring away

investors. “Earthquake information tends to be a private thing.… It definitely is a Nevada thing,” he said.

Nevada has been largely quiet of destructive earthquakes since the 1960s, except for the magnitude 6 Wells earthquake of 2008,

which caused an abandoned two-story building to collapse and two more buildings to partially collapse, and damaged about 30

others. Officials reported $19 million in damage.

But from the 1850s to the 1950s, there were 22 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater in Nevada.

“Up until about the 1960s, Nevada was very active,” dePolo said. “It used to be known as an earthquake state, just like California.

But we’ve lost a lot of the folklore because there’s been fewer earthquakes. Awareness is moderate to low.”

Nevada is farther away from the main plate boundary dividing the Pacific and North American plates, but the state still gathers

seismic strain over the decades that must be released in earthquakes eventually. “The handle is turning, and the box is there — it’s

just a matter of time before the jack-in-the-box pops out.”

The Reno area has an earthquake risk approaching that of San Francisco, dePolo said; Las Vegas’ risk is less, but still exists. Faults

in the basin Reno sits in is capable of generating earthquakes as big as magnitude 6.8; a larger fault in the Carson Valley just south

of Reno could generate a quake as large as magnitude 7.4.

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Just east of Las Vegas is Frenchman Mountain, and on the east side of the mountain lies an earthquake fault capable of producing

an earthquake of possibly magnitude 6.7, dePolo said.

Ray is survived by three children and four grandchildren, according to KTNV-TV Channel 13 in Las Vegas. The TV station quoted

his son as saying that Ray was hardworking and loved to work on his cars.

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Opening Ceremonies for the Western Regional Little League tournament were held on Saturdayafternoon at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino.

Four teams from the West region and four teams from the Northwest region will compete and thewinners of each of the two regions will advance to the Little League World Series tournament inWilliamsport, PA beginning on Aug. 15.

The regional tournament games begin Sunday and the final games are scheduled for Saturday, Aug.10.

This year’s Southern California team is from Sweetwater Valley Little League in Bonita near San

Members of Oregon’s Sprague Little League team walk across home plate during the Western Regional Little League Tournamentopening ceremonies at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (Photo by John Valenzuela, ContributingPhotographer)

1 of 7Members of Oregon’s Sprague Little League team walk across home plate during the Western Regional Little League Tournament openingceremonies at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (Photo by John Valenzuela, Contributing Photographer)

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By ROBERT GUNDRAN | rgundran@scng.com |PUBLISHED: August 5, 2019 at 10:06 pm | UPDATED: August 5, 2019 at 10:07 pm

A man died after he was hit by a truck while walking across lanes of the 210 Freeway in SanBernardino on Saturday night.

The crash happened at around 9:25 p.m. when the 39-year-old Fontana man was walking acrosslanes of traffic on the eastbound 210, the California Highway Patrol said.

He was hit just west of Riverside Avenue by a 54-year-old man from Upland driving a Toyota Tundra.

The Fontana man was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. His name has been withheld

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By RICHARD K. DE ATLEY | rdeatley@scng.com | The Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: August 5, 2019 at 9:08 am | UPDATED: August 5, 2019 at 9:08 am

Fontana police have arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in anearly-morning street shooting of two homeless people in late July.

Devale Malik Damond Wright, of Fontana, was taken into custody on July 30 as he was leaving hishome in the 7400 block of Topanga Avenue, the department said Monday, Aug. 5.

Wright did not know the people who were shot, and the motive for the alleged shooting is unknown,police said.

Both victims, the 20-year-old man who died and the 40-year-old woman who survived, weretransients, Fontana police officer Daniel Romero said Monday.

Wright was being held without bail Monday at the West Valley Detention Center, with a courtappearance scheduled for Thursday, jail records show.

The shooting was reported at 4:25 a.m. July 27 in the 9800 block of Poplar Avenue. Both victims were

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found on the street, and taken to hospitals. The man died, the woman was treated and released,police said

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8/6/2019 Two L.A. County residents are sick with West Nile — the county's first cases of 2019 - Los Angeles Times

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Two L.A. County residents are sick with West Nile — the county’s first cases of 2019

A mosquito in a backyard in Silver Lake. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLASTAFF WRITER

AUG. 5, 20193:56 PM

Two people in Los Angeles County have been diagnosed with West Nile virus, in what officials say are the first two cases in the

county this year.

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Both people became ill with West Nile, which is transmitted to humans through a mosquito bite, late last month and are recovering,

officials said Monday. One lives in the San Fernando Valley and the other in the southeastern region of L.A. County, they said.

“We are glad to hear that these two people are recovering from their West Nile fever infections and wish them well. Every year in

Los Angeles County, we see cases of West Nile virus infection, which can be serious, even deadly, especially for people over 50 and

those who have existing health problems,” L.A. County health officer Dr. Muntu Davis said in a statement. “Mosquito bites aren’t

just annoying, they may make you sick.”

West Nile virus kills Californians every year. Last year, 11 people in the state died of West Nile, and 44 in the previous year.

An Imperial County man died last month after contracting West Nile virus, the first death caused by the disease this year in the

state, officials said.

Health officials recommend that people protect themselves from West Nile by applying bug repellent, clearing their yards of

standing water that attracts insects and wearing long sleeves and pants at dawn and dusk, when mosquitoes are most active.

Only 1 in 5 people who catch West Nile have any symptoms. But 1 in 150 who are infected develop a serious illness that can be fatal,

according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though serious illness can occur in people of any age, it is most

likely among people older than 50.

West Nile virus, first detected in Uganda, wasn’t introduced to California until 2003. The first time scientists in the state isolated

the virus was in mosquitoes in Imperial County.

Since then, nearly 7,000 Californians have been diagnosed with West Nile virus and more than 300 have died from the illness,

according to state data. The virus has become the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease in the United States.

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Health experts say that warm temperatures make it more likely for mosquitoes to breed and infect humans with the virus. This year

in particular, late spring rains have left standing water, which provides fertile ground for mosquitoes to breed and spread the

illness.

To monitor West Nile levels across the state, health workers test mosquitoes for the virus and collect data on dead birds.

Mosquitoes transfer West Nile to birds, which can kill them, making the birds a reliable indicator of how many mosquitoes are

carrying West Nile in a region.

This year, dead birds that tested positive for West Nile have been found in L.A. County as well as Orange, Sacramento, San Diego,

Fresno, Merced, Tulare and San Joaquin counties, according to the state’s West Nile website.

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APPLE VALLEY — The normally sleepy sidewalk outside town hall brieflyawoke Sunday afternoon as about 20 residents marched starting from outsideRep. Paul Cook’s local district office up to Highway 18 chanting protest slogans.

The Vigil to End Gun Violence included calls for tighter restrictions on assaultweapons in the wake of two recent shootings, making for a vocal, yet sombermarch.

“We’re here because of the shootings,” said Fernando Hernandez, from Phelan.“To bring some attention to it here in the High Desert.”

Mass shootings on Saturday in Ohio and Texas sieged television news and socialmedia cycles over the weekend. As of Monday, a total of 31 people were dead.

The slayings came a week after a gunman killed three festival goers at the GilroyGarlic Festival in Northern California, a 6- and 13-year old among them.

Residents first met in front of Apple Valley Town Hall — where Cook’s HighDesert district office is also located — before crossing the street to protest closerto the Apple Valley Commons. The group then traveled south on Dale EvansParkway before reaching the final destination at the corner of Highway 18.

From there the protest transitioned into a vigil.

Residents held up lanterns and cellphone flashlights during a moment of silencefor victims of gun violence. An organizer read off a lengthy list of mass shootingsin recent history, including those in San Bernardino and Thousand Oaks, beforethe group sang John Lennon’s “Imagine” in tandem.

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Some attendees focused their attention on the High Desert’s lone congressionalrepresentative, Cook and his conservative approach to gun rights.

“Paul Cook hasn’t supported background checks,” said Kareema Abdul-Khabir,who helped organize the event. “He hasn’t helped the problem any.”

Abdul-Khabir was referring to a slate of a gun control legislation on which Cookhas voted no this year. She also called the Republican congressman out for his Arating from the National Rifle Association, which includes past endorsementsand thousands in campaign contributions.

In February, Cook declined to support a bill that seeks to make FBI backgroundchecks mandatory nationwide, and another bill that would increase from threedays to 20 days the time gun sellers have to wait to hear from the FBI regardingbackground checks.

Both bills passed the House of Representatives and are awaiting action in theU.S. Senate.

“I don’t really care what Paul Cook does, but do something,” Hernandez said.“Stand up and say something.”

But despite honks from several car horns in support of the protestors, somepassersby were less than enthusiastic about calls for stricter gun control.

“You want to save lives?” yelled a man driving a pickup truck with an AmericanFlag waving from its post in the bed. “Carry a gun.”

The man referenced several signs emblazoned with the March for Our Liveslogo held by protectors.

March for Our Lives began as a single day demonstration in Washington, D.C.in the days after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School inParkland, Florida in which 14 students and three staff members were killed inMarch 2018.

In response, a group of high school students who survived the shooting helpedcoordinate the event which saw upwards of 200,000 attendees, CBS Newsreported, catapulting the student-led movement into a national phenomenon.

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A local March for Our Lives chapter is run out of Hesperia and led by SultanaHigh School students.

Garrett Bergthold can be reached at GBergthold@VVDailyPress.com or at 760-955-5368.

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Trump won’t get a citizenship question on the census, but Latino kids may still beundercounted

Erick Arriaga, 5, walks along the bank of the Rio Grande in Laredo, Texas. (Callaghan O’Hare / For The Times)

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LAREDO, Texas — eanette Silva still hasn’t decided what she will do when a census packet arrives at her home

a few miles from the banks of the Rio Grande.

The 40-year-old pastor feels conflicted — torn between what she sees as the benefits it could

offer her community, including her daughter, along with the potential risks for her

undocumented husband.

“My little girl will have more support,” said Silva of the couple’s 4-year-old, Deborah. “But there

is always an uneasiness, a fear — especially right now — of federal officials.”

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Last month, as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, President Trump abandoned his efforts

to add a citizenship question to next year’s census. Now activists nationwide are campaigning to

assure immigrants it is safe to participate in the once-a-decade tally that determines how federal

money and power is apportioned.

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But many here fear that irreparable harm already has been done, and they are bracing for a

record undercount.

Among the groups most at risk of not being fully tallied are children younger than 5. For

decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has struggled to count that demographic. In 2010, roughly 2

million were omitted, more than any other age group.

The problem is more severe for Latino children, who accounted for 40% of those under 5 who

were missed in the last tally.

Webb County, Texas, home to Laredo, ranked the worst nationwide, according to data provided

by William O’Hare, a demographer who has studied the 2010 undercount for the Census

Bureau.

The most pronounced undercounts have come in areas that, like Laredo, have large populations

of undocumented immigrants, O’Hare found.

Some demographers expect the pattern to worsen.

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Laredo is predicted to have one of the lowest response rates to the 2020 census, according to the

Census Bureau. Southern California cities like Los Angeles and border communities also rank

among the country’s toughest to fully count.

The impacts of another undercount will be far-reaching, said Cassie Davis, a research analyst at

the Center for Public Policy Priorities, a think tank based in Austin.

“When young children are not counted properly,” Davis said, “it affects them for their whole

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Census data is used to distribute nearly $900 billion in annual federal funding, supporting

schools, healthcare, food stamps, foster care and special education. Latino children, who

disproportionately live in poverty, are among the most in need of government help.

In Texas, some local officials have estimated that they will receive as much as $1,578 less per

year in federal funding for each person who is not counted in next year’s census.

The Census Bureau says a complex set of social and economic challenges contribute to why

Latino children are overlooked, citing, among other factors, language barriers and frequent

moves between rental units for some families. The agency is banking on outreach, education and

reforms to how the count is administered to encourage as many people as possible to

participate.

Potentially frustrating those efforts is Trump’s failed attempt to add a citizenship question to

next year’s count. The move aligned with the president’s vows to crack down on illegal

immigration but ultimately faltered despite his threats to move forward even after the Supreme

Court ruling. Nonetheless, the White House effort drew wide publicity and many here in Webb

County are now concerned that information collected by the census could be used to find and

deport people who are in the country illegally. The agency, for its part, says census responses are

confidential and can be used only for statistical purposes.

“To most people the Census Bureau is not any different from ICE,” said Deborah Griffin, a

retired Census Bureau researcher, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which

conducts deportations.

In Webb County, where 96% of residents are Latino, “everyone knows someone who is

undocumented,” said Arturo Garcia, director of the Laredo Community Development

Department.

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Garcia sits on the recently formed Complete Count Committee, which is made up of city and

county leaders, and is focused on ensuring that nobody goes uncounted. Recent headlines about

ICE raids, he said, have put the community on edge.

“One parent might be undocumented and the other a U.S. citizen.... Well, their kids are

American citizens who need to be counted,” Garcia said. “But it’s difficult because on one hand

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people have a genuine fear of the federal government, but on the other we’re asking them to

trust the federal government.”

In an effort to inform the community, the panel recently released a series of web and television

ads, in English and Spanish, urging participation. The videos stress that any information shared

with census officials is confidential.

Pastor Jeanette Silva speaks with her daughter, Deborah, 4, after a service at church. (Callaghan O’Hare / For TheTimes)

Since last year, more than two dozen states have created similar committees, with several others

at the local level. Lawmakers in California have set aside more than $150 million in budget

funds for programs to ensure a complete enumeration of vulnerable populations.

But Texas — the state with the second largest Latino population in the country — hasn’t targeted

any money to tackle an undercount. In 2010, Texas lost the most federal funding of any state —

$119 million — from five federal programs because of the undercount of young children,

according to research by Count All Kids, an umbrella group of national, state and local

organizations.

Several outreach groups, including NALEO Educational Fund, a national organization that

advocates for Latino participation in civic life, are working in communities including Laredo to

ensure an accurate tally.

“We need to educate adults because children can’t make themselves count,” said Arturo Vargas,

the group’s chief executive officer.

A report by the Leadership Conference Education Fund, a Washington-based civil rights group,

found that funding for programs that many Latino children rely on — special education grants,

childcare, foster care — could be severely affected by an undercount.

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The federal government allocates $8.3 billion each year for Head Start, the pre-kindergarten

programs aimed at helping children develop early reading and math skills. The report found

that 37% of Latino children nationwide participate in Head Start.

While the funding for such programs is crucial to help Latino children, activists say it’s difficult

to ease concerns and avoid an undercount amid near-constant headlines about raids.

Mike Smith eats cake with his daughter, Eva, 3, after a service at the Holding Institute, a community center he oversees.(Callaghan O’Hare / For The Times)

On a recent afternoon, Mike Smith, who runs a community center in Laredo that has housed

families seeking asylum, sat behind a desk stacked with fliers announcing upcoming protests

and vigils.

Smith, who also serves as a pastor at a Laredo church, said that his phone at the community

center, less than a mile from the border, has been ringing for months with calls of concern.

People are even afraid to go to work, Smith said.

As Smith sees it, an undercount is inevitable and next year’s will be worse than those in the past.

“There is no question of another undercount, probably more so than last time,” said Smith, who

grew up in Laredo and has family members living in the country illegally. “You can tell a lot of

these families that the information will be confidential, but there is a lot of fear and rightfully

so.”

Smith works alongside local groups that hold sessions informing people that they don’t have to

live in the shadows and that they have rights. But a fear of the federal government persists, he

said, adding that many also are concerned about state measures such as a 2017 Texas law

banning sanctuary cities.

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Ilse Mendez walks with her daughters Aaliyah, 5, and Aalizah, 3, at the outlet mall in Laredo, Texas. (Callaghan O’Hare /For The Times)

In spite of the fears, some in Laredo say they take pride in having their children counted. They

say it represents an official acknowledgment of their existence and role in the U.S.

“I may never count on paper, but they will,” said Ilse Mendez, 32, whose family moved to Laredo

from its sister city in Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, when she was 2 years old.

Mendez’s mother crossed with her into Texas through the Rio Grande, inspired largely by a

desire to get better medical treatment for Mendez’s sister, who was born with a birth defect.

Because Mendez was 2 at the time, she qualified in 2013 for temporary protection to stay in the

country under an Obama-era policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The

policy, DACA for short, is now before the Supreme Court, which is set to rule on whether the

Trump administration can rescind the protections.

For Mendez, who works in the healthcare system, it’s critical that her two youngest children —

Aaliyah, 5, and Aalizah, 3, both U.S. citizens — be counted.

“They are just as American as any child,” she said on a recent afternoon as she and her children

sat on benches in a park along the banks of the river. Across the Rio Grande in Mexico, men held

fishing rods in the water and teenagers dipped their feet in the slow current to escape from the

heavy humidity.

Silva, the pastor, said that although the issue continues to weigh on her, she too is leaning

toward filling out the survey.

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Kurtis Lee is a national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, who frequently reports on the

nation’s debate over guns, marijuana legalization and how Trump administration policies are

affecting states. He’s filed reports from the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., chronicled Donald Trump’s

rise to the presidency and explored issues surrounding voter ID laws. Prior to joining The Times

in August 2014, Lee worked at the Denver Post where he covered state and national politics.

Silva preaches to the congregation at the small community church she leads. (Callaghan O’Hare / For The Times)

On a recent Sunday inside her tiny storefront church, Silva preached a message of love and

belonging — immigrants and asylum seekers, she said, belong here in the United States.

“They deserve our love, our protection,” she said, her eyes closed and hands pointing at the tile

ceiling. “We are all one.”

In recent weeks, many of her congregants have skipped church, she said, fearing ICE officials

might show up. At the end of her 30-minute sermon, the few congregants in attendance filed out

quickly into the muggy afternoon air.

“We’re a blended family,” Silva said. “We all count and should not be fearful.”

Lee reported from Laredo and Kambhampati from Los Angeles.

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