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B3 LATIMES.COM Pictographs of a dramatic past gosAnflrics (Hmcs Drawings may depict Indian tribes fleeing the Spanish in 18th century San Diego. By J. Harry Jones merous archaeological sites on the ranch for the purpose of knowing where they are, determining what, if anything, needs to be done to preserve them, and to communicate with our Native American partners," Rupp said. He said Rancho Guejito which sits roughly between California 76 and 78 in Valley Center works hard to keep out trespassers and others who might damage culturally significant areas. "We patrol the ranch with armed guards," Rupp said.

"We are going to do everything we can to protect Native American and California history." The sprawling property has changed little over the last few centuries, since Spain's King Charles III directed Gaspar de Portola in 1769 into what is present-day California. Accompanied by a group of Franciscans led by Junipero Serra, the plan was to establish missions along the coast from San Diego to Monterey Bay. One of the prime reasons for creating the mission system was to convert the region's indigenous population to Christianity. An estimated 133,000 to more than 700,000 Native Americans representing more than 100 tribes were contacted by the Spanish over the next 50 years, according to historical records. Rupp said De Portola's march up the coast, from 1769 to 1770, would have taken place about eight miles west of where the drawings were found on Rancho Guejito.

The next step in documenting and studying the pictographs will be carbon dating, to determine when the art was created, Rupp said. Freers and Hedges also have recommended that experts assess the area and search for signs of a village. "Usually villages are associated with rock art within a quarter-mile," Freers said. "This is too remarkable to be just a stop on a trail." Photographs by JOHN GlBBINS San Diego Union-Tribune ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE cataloging dozens of drawings that cover a 26-foot-wide rock on Rancho Guejito in northeastern San Diego County. The drawings were originally documented in 1960, then largely forgotten.

SAN DIEGO A "remarkable" pictograph site that could date back to the 1700s is hidden on the side of a large boulder in one of the most secluded places in San Diego County, Native American art experts say. Dozens of drawings cover the 26-foot-wide rock in the heart of a massive former land grant called Rancho Guejito in northeastern San Diego County. One drawing appears to be a conquistador raising a sword and wearing an armored chest plate. Beneath him, perhaps protected by a group of eagle feathers, is a stick figure that could represent a Native American who has been slain or is being threatened. "It's an incredibly unusual design," said Steve Freers, a Native American art expert who along with former San Diego Museum of Man curator Ken Hedges was hired earlier this year by Rancho Guejito's owners to examine the pictographs.

The ranch is the last undeveloped, privately owned Mexican land grant left in the United States. The pictographs are in an area of the property that's an hour's drive from the nearest paved road. The drawings originally were documented by an archaeologist in 1960, then largely forgotten. "It's a site we had heard exists but haven't had access to for all these years," said Hedges, who also is an archaeologist. "It's really exciting to see it." Some of the drawings representing three different styles and Native American cultures suggest that the area may have been used as a haven for Indian tribes trying to escape the European invasion that began in 1769.

The rancho's chief operating officer, Hank Rupp, said the pictographs appear to capture a pivotal time in the region's history. STEVE FREEHS, a Native American art expert, says the pictographs on the privately owned land possess "an incredibly unusual design." ONE OF the drawings seems to depict a Spanish soldier. More studies are planned with experts and Native American tribes to verify its origins. "I believe what you're seeing here is a depiction of Native American unhappiness with the Spanish invasion at San Diego," Rupp said. "The Spanish conquistadors came with their church and attempted to foist it on the Native Americans." A report prepared by Freers and Hedges said speculation that the figure could found on public land, state archaeologists would take control.

But because the ranch is privately owned, further study would have to be done at the owner's request. Rupp said more studies are planned, in consultation with experts and local Native American tribes. "We are cataloging nu A gesture of dignity for 193 homeless people who died Brother of double killer is arrested be a Spanish soldier is "plausible." They said the drawings could be analogous to Kumeyaay paintings in Baja California determined to have been painted about the same time the conquistadors would have been around. "The hand implement could be a sword raised in people who had worked with the homeless. Others were part of the homeless community themselves like Eileen Pheland, 51.

She has spent the last six winters at the Fullerton Armory and said she felt compelled to go to the event because she'd had friends who died while living on the streets. "It's a shame," Pheland said. Prayers concluded with a poem by Cecile Mermel-stein, 52, who for years didn't have a particular place to call home. Now she's living at dramatic display," the report said, noting that the body started out as a stick figure but was broadened in the torso area, possibly to give the impression of armor. Both men have strongly recommended that further studies be done on the drawings to verify their origin.

If the pictographs had been Founder's House of Hope in Artesia. "Everyone deserves a home," she said. Mermelstein said she was impressed by the turnout. "I think it's good that they're doing this because there are still people here on the streets, and they need help especially at Christmas time when everybody thinks they have everything they need," she said. "There are people who don't have anything." Alteir is a contributor to Times Community News.

jharry.jones (gsduniontribune.com Jones writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune. TIMOTHY WOZNIAK of Long Beach was arrested Thursday. 32, a Costa Mesa resident who was convicted this year and sentenced to death for murdering Samuel Herr, 26, and Heir's friend Juri "Julie" Timothy Wozniak was charged after authorities learned that his brother had given him evidence, including the murder weapon, to hide or destroy. He previously had pleaded not guilty to the felony accessory charge, but changed his plea as part of a deal offered by prosecutors. In addition to probation, he was sentenced to 10 days in jail time already served and mandatory enrollment in an anger management program, according to Orange County Superior Court records.

hannah.fry latimes.com Twitter: HannahFryTCN Fry writes for Times Community News. An O.C. service pays tribute to those who may not have been recognized in life. By Nuran Alteir One by one, 193 names were read as volunteers carried candles to the front of the chapel at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove. The interreligious memorial service Wednesday evening was intended to bring dignity to the people who had lived on the streets of Orange County and perhaps died there too.

Ultimately, the names that were called out outnumbered the candles. "These people who were homeless may have never had a service, may have never had their name recognized," said Scott Larson, an event organizer and chairman of the county's Commission to End Homeless-ness. Data from the Orange County coroner's office show that homeless deaths have been rising. In 2013, 118 homeless people died. In 2015, that number was 181.

This year's tally so far is 193. "We wanted to make sure that their lives were honored even in their death that they matter," said Gina Se-riel, an event organizer and executive director of Our Father's Table, a street outreach nonprofit. "There were several people, friends of ours, that were on that list that did pass away." The name reading was followed by prayers from re- Timothy Wozniak is suspected of domestic violence. Daniel Wozniak murdered friends in 2010. By Hannah Fry A man who was sentenced last week to three years' informal probation after he pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in his younger brother's double-murder case was arrested Thursday on suspicion of domestic violence, Costa Mesa police said.

Police said Timothy Wozniak, 42, punched a woman in the chest, grabbed her wrist and bit her forearm on Monday while the pair were in a car near South Coast Plaza. The two have a relationship, according to police, who would not elaborate. Wozniak, a Long Beach resident, drove the woman to a hotel in Irvine, where a security guard noticed she was distraught and called police, according to Costa Mesa police spokeswoman Roxi Fyad. When Irvine officers arrived, Wozniak was no longer there, Fyad said. He was arrested just after 3 a.m.

Thursday when he returned to the hotel, police said. On Dec. 15, he pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the crimes of his brother Daniel Wozniak, I 1 Nuran Alteir CANDLES ARE lit during a memorial at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove to mark the growing number of homeless people who are dying in Orange County. ligious leaders, including Muzammil Siddiqi, religious director of the Islamic Society of Orange County; Rabbi Frank Stern, president of the Orange County Inter-faith Network; Jasjit Singh, of the California Sikh Council; and the Rev. Nichelle Madrigal of international Buddhist community Shin-nyo-en in Yorba Linda.

The service, held on National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, was the first of its kind in Orange County, organizers said. Some of the 200 who attended the memorial were.