Thursday, August 6 | Volume 40 No.21

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026

WESTSIDESTORY NEWSPAPER

Perris Native Participates in World's Largest International Maritime Warfare Exercise

San Bernardino's Own: Jayden Daniels Returns Home to Inspire the Next Generation at Second Annual Community Day

-By Angela M. Coggs

THE JAYDEN DANIELS FOUNDATION

For most of the year, Jayden Dan- iels is recognized as the dynamic starting quarterback of the Wash- ington Commanders and one of the NFL's brightest young stars. But on Saturday inside Coussou- lis Arena at California State Uni- versity, San Bernardino, he wasn't just a professional athlete.

He was simply Jayden a home town son who never forgot where his journey began.

The Jayden Daniels Foundation hosted its Second Annual Com- munity Day, welcoming hundreds of local families for a free day of encouragement, generosity, and celebration. The event featured backpack giveaways, complimen- tary snacks and drinks, exciting door prizes including Bluetooth speakers and dozens of Apple iPads and, most importantly, a chance for young people to spend time with someone who once walked the same streets they do today.

For Daniels, giving back to San Bernardino isn't a publicity event it's a promise.

an opportunity. It's something that I had a chance to do when I was a kid," Daniels told the crowd. "Our main thing was, if I was blessed enough to make it, to always give back to the community that helped raise me. So, this is super, super big. It's always a great time of the year to be able to do some- thing like this."

His words reflected a deep ap- preciation for the city that helped shape him long before he became the NFL's 2024 Rookie of the Year.

While fans across the country now cheer his name on Sundays, Daniels continues to invest his heart in San Bernardino, deter- mined to ensure the next genera- tion has opportunities to dream just as he once did.

For many of the children in at tendance, meeting an NFL quar- terback was unforgettable. Yet Daniels hopes they'll remember something even more meaningful than an autograph or photograph.

SQUINTERO

U.S. HAV you. So, you have to walk with confidence and show that you are not afraid to try new things. I ap- ply that lesson here in the Navy by trying to be a better leader and by showing sailors that if I can do it, so can they."

Today, Flores Quintero serves as an aviation ordnance man. As the world's largest internation- al maritime exercise, 31 nations, approximately 40 surface ships, five submarines, 14 national land forces, over 140 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will partic- ipate in RIMPAC 2026. This ex- ercise provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative re- lationships that are critical to en- suring safety at sea and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2026 marks the 30th exercise in a series that began in 1971.

By Megan Lemly, Navy Office of Community Outreach

PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII Petty Officer 3rd Class Ruben Flores Quintero, a native of Per- ris, California, serves aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, a U.S. Navy warship participating in the bien- nial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in and around the Hawai- ian Islands.

Flores Quintero graduated from Perris High School in 2019 and joined the Navy three years ago.

"I joined the Navy because I needed a paycheck," Flores Quin- tero said. "I was going from job to job, and I needed something more stable."

The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Perris.

"I used to work with a lady who taught me to walk with confi- dence," Flores Quintero said. "She told me that if you were timid, people would walk all over

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