By Shea Johnson
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Posted Nov. 8, 2015 at 6:08 PM
Updated Nov 8, 2015 at 6:41 PM
ADELANTO — Jeanette Ansu walks on the side of a treacherous road on the north end of town in broad daylight with her two jovial mutts, Saint Gabriel of Rialto and Senorita Bonita de Adelanto.
She points to a passing semi-trailer on this small residential street, a two-lane, beat-up stretch of pavement without dotted yellow lines and where desert — not sidewalks — flank the way. It looks like many other streets on the north side. At plenty of corners of her neighborhood, vacant lots offer dangerous shortcuts for school children. Of the few lots that have fences, trash and other debris pile up against the chain-link borders.
Illegal dumping isn’t necessarily more prevalent here, but the area’s more rural framework than its southern counterpart heightens the opportunity, according to city Community Safety Manager Steve Peltier.
Ansu, 53, may be one of the biggest advocates for change on the north side, a place on the lower rung of socioeconomic status with few businesses and lacking infrastructure. Here, abandoned homes have been boarded up and sullied with graffiti. And while fresh produce is advertised at a couple of liquor stores, the nearest proper grocery shop, Stater Bros., is a bus ride away for those without their own vehicle.
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