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The New River is shown where it crosses the Sea to Salton Sea international border from Mexico into the United States in Calexico. U.S. State Depart- ment officials plan to address cross-border pollution issues, including at the New River, with Mexico counterparts in March, a local representative for Congressman Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, told the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Feb. 9. | KENNY ROBERTSON PHOTO Vargas Rep.:

The Sea of Cortez is shown from U.S. to Talk the vantage point of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico. One long-term fix for The carcass of a sea bird blends in with a rock near the southern edge of the Salton the Salton Sea now being eyed is the Sea, not far from the site of a new wetlands restoration project that broke ground in New River importation of ocean water from the January. | LUKE PHILLIPS PHOTO Sea of Cortez. | COURTESY PHOTO Sewage Spills Could Ocean Water Import with Mexico By ELIZABETH VARIN & RICHARD MONTENEGRO BROWN Be A Long-Term Fix? CALEXICO CHRONICLE The highly polluted New River is go- By LUKE PHILLIPS County to quench their thirst, further ing to be part of the discussion when CALEXICO CHRONICLE reducing the possibility that Colorado U.S. State Department officials meet River water could ever factor into the with Mexico officials in March. n many ways, California has restoration of Salton Sea levels? The news was presented to the Im- stepped up in its commitments to In a race against time to avert perial County Board of Supervisors by the Salton Sea as tens of millions ecological disaster from becoming far Tomas Oliva, local representative for Iof dollars have flowed toward resto- worse, local stakeholders and environ- U.S. Congressman Juan Vargas, D-Ch- ration efforts for smaller-scale projects mental and social justice advocates for ula Vista, during the county board’s planned over the next 10 years. the Salton Sea are bringing attention to meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Those projects will largely address a possible long-range solution for the “Congressman Juan Vargas has sent potentially hazardous conditions to sea that again is gaining attention from many letters throughout the years and human and animal life brought on by the state as the first phase of the Salton more so within the last several months exposed seabed and loss of bird habitat An aerial image of Laguna Salada near Mexi- Sea Management Plan gets underway. to the (U.S. Environmental Protection from ever-shrinking inflows of water. cali is shown. The dry lakebed and lagoon are Recently, nonprofit media company Agency), the State Department and Yet the reality is, these efforts are but a possible path by which ocean water could and sea restoration advocates, EcoMe- the (International Boundary and Wa- baby steps and Band-Aids to the larger be moved from the Sea of Cortez north to the dia Compass, hosted a virtual forum ter Commission) to express concerns crisis of overall elevation of the sea Salton Sea as a long-term fix for the receding to highlight one potential solution for regarding cross-border pollution be- Salton Sea. | COURTESY IMAGE and a lack of water to replenish a large restoring the ancient lakebed that was tween California and Mexico,” said Ol- landlocked lake that has no natural and Alamo rivers. refilled in 1905 when a vast irriga- iva, specifically pointing out raw-sew- inlet or outside tributaries aside from Where is the big-picture fix, as tion-infrastructure project to divert age spills into the New River from a pair of agricultural drains in the New outside interests look to Imperial See SALTON SEA, PAGE 12 See NEW RIVER, PAGE 4

EDUCATION Calexico High School’s Godfrey Gym Gets Major Facelift

By RICHARD MONTENEGRO BROWN — which was first opened on Feb. 21, passed by the community we have been “Word art” meant to CALEXICO CHRONICLE 1939, at Seventh and Mary Streets be- able to move from small changes to a inspire Calexico High fore being moved to its current location complete renovation,” Calexico High School physical educa- CALEXICO — Although the re- on Encinas Avenue in the winter of 1954 Principal Gabrielle Williams-Ballesteros tion students and staff vamped Godfrey Gymnasium at Calex- can be seen on the wall — was finished in December as part of said. “It has been dear to my heart for of the newly renovated ico High is not quite finished and it will the second phase of the Godfrey mod- years. It is an iconic, historic building in Godfrey Gymnasium. be some time before students will be ernization project. this school that was in need of upgrades. Video monitors still able to take her for a spin, the school dis- “Godfrey Gym has been on my radar “I am excited for our students. I can in their plastic wrap trict is showing off a bit of the facility’s for years. I have been trying to make im- already see them walking into Godfrey can be seen mounted new shine. provements with site funds as much as and being inspired and motivated to around the gym. COURTESY PHOTO The interior renovation of the gym possible. Thanks to the recent measure See GYM, PAGE 2 Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 2 Letter to the Editor: EC Council OKs $580K in Calexico Homelessness, Transitional Housing Discussed -Food and nutrition CDBG Grant Allocations -Substance abuse and (Editor's note: The city of Calexico was to host a home- $10,000 would go toward mental health strate- lessness and transitional housing community forum on JULIO MORALES asbestos testing or abatement on gy Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, via Zoom, which is past those rehabilitated properties, the -Camp safety this newspaper's deadline. To that end, the Calexico The El Centro City Council list of recommended CDBG -Amenities needed Chronicle invited City Council member Raul Ureña to recently approved the distribu- grants stated. (showers, bathrooms, pen a letter addressing the aims of the forum.) tion of about $580,000 in The department's Fair kitchens) Community Development Block Housing Program will receive The Valley has one the keys to a clean- -Other matters arising Grant (CDBG) monies to fund 11 about $47,000, a funding activity always had relatively er and safer city that is concerning the opera- quality of life initiatives within required by the CDBG program, abundant land, Yuma, better for business. tion the city. while another approximate and Mexicali to cover Affordable housing This will be one of Some of those initiatives $116,000 will go toward assisting Calexico City Council up the increases in hous- means more expendable many opportunities include a local senior nutrition the department's personnel with member Raúl Ureña ing prices, but now it is income in people's where we will be able to program, assistance for a shelter the administration of the CDBG COURTESY PHOTO upon us: $700 to 800 pockets to drive the dream together for a for homeless women and chil- monies. studios in Calexico with local economy. better Calexico. We dren, fair housing services and "Managing these grants is a BY RAUL UREÑA a minimum wage of $14 The community is in hope to have more and sidewalk improvements, to name tough, tough gig," Nava said dur- per hour and still mostly constant conversation, I better forums to work as a few. ing the council meeting. I would like to take low-wage jobs in the always invite anyone a community on our The $580,000 CDBG funding Another approximate this opportunity to Valley. The perfect with an opinion to most pressing needs like allocation represents about half $134,000 was awarded to the thank the readers in the storm for homelessness please put it at my parks, road safety, and of the more than $1.1 million that city's Public Works Department community for closely in our communities. doorstep. Through text, business and commerce. had been requested by several to construct Americans With following all of our aid People are pushed email, or social media. We will keep you updat- public and private entities for the Disabilities Act-compliant side- efforts for homeless, into homelessness, and City cell phone: 760- ed as this makes 2021-2022 grant cycle. walks. The department had farmworker, and home- during homelessness 623-2566; city email: progress. The council unanimously requested more than $368,000 for less farmworker com- their lives continue to [email protected] approved the funding recommen- the project's construction costs. munities. Brown Bag spiral out of control ; other council mem- Warm regards, dations during its Feb. 2 regular The city's code enforcement Coalition, Familias Del without the right sup- bers: www. calexico.ca. Councilperson Raúl meeting, following a presentation program was awarded about Valle, Catholic Charities port. People are dam- gov /mayor council Ureña by Adriana Nava, El Centro $78,000 to assist with temporary and others. Thank you aged by hunger, untreat- The city will have *What is transitional Community Services Director. staffing, training and legal fees. for your efforts. ed addiction, insecurity. hosted a formal commu- housing? The grant awards were rec- Of the non-city entities that Political leaders As time goes on without nity forum on the topic Transitional housing ommended by city staff based on applied for and received grant across the region now action, people become of transitional housing* can take many forms: the requirements of the CDBG funds, a total of $32,500 will go need to step up to find more damaged and by the printing of this safe parking lots for program, the community's needs, toward three separate initiatives more permanent solu- harder to rehabilitate letter. We will be dis- people that live in their the council's previous input and proposed by Catholic Charities. tions and Calexico is from their conditions. cussing the details of a cars, safe camp sites, the past successes of the grant The largest of its grant awards, ripe for an innovative That is why it is impor- transitional housing* tiny homes, extended applicants. $12,500, will help with staffing model. I am a strong tant to intervene as early proposal for City hotel stays. It is tempo- The Community Services and supplies at its House of Hope believer that out of chal- as possible, even as Council. For a project rary housing meant to Department will receive about shelter for homeless women and lenge comes innovation. early to prevent it. like this collaboration give someone shelter as $328,000 in total to support a children. We are not alone. Every dollar going from nonprofits and they recover from their number of its initiatives. Another $12,000 was award- Many other counties into housing is an other government agen- conditions. As part of that overall award, ed to Catholic Charities' senior across the state (and the investment in safety, cies is necessary. *What is affordable about $150,000 will fund housing nutrition program, with the coun- nation) have been cleanliness of our com- We will be talking housing? rehabilitation efforts for low- and cil approving the stipulation that impacted by the housing munity that pays in the about some basic ele- Permanent housing moderate-income households. 70 percent of that award must be crisis for much longer short-term and long- ments to give me some that is affordable for a That award represented the used to purchase food. and have implemented term. Getting transition- homework to make the community's typical largest grant included in the city's Both the $12,000 and the some transitional hous- al housing and afford- project a reality: wages. 2021-22 CDBG program. $12,500 grant awards represented ing models. able housing could be -Location An additional $5,000 was the amount that Catholic allocated for the department to Charities had formally requested. Gym...... from page one help reduce or eliminate lead- based paint hazards on rehabili- Continued on page 5 change their health style,” she lege-level physical fitness center,” tated properties, while another said. Limon said. GILGAR The 10,215-square-foot Among the new bells and Godfrey Gym is part of a three- whistles inside Godfrey proper are phase renovation project that start- video monitors, including those Calexico's Ureña Suggests Fixed Farmworker Camp ed in late 2019 and will finish this hanging from the rafters, that have coming fall, and span funding been installed throughout the gym from both voter-approved bond that will allow teachers to display packages, Measure V (2016) and health information, model workout Measure Q (2020), and from the routines by health professionals, school district’s general fund, and any other information aligned according to Calexico Unified to the physical education, or sports School District Public Information programs, Limon stated. Officer Alejandra Limon. “A cycling corner with a mon- Phase one, which was itor is also included in the building $578,000 funded through the dis- to allow students to enjoy a work- trict budget and Measure V, was out routine led by a cycling for new heating, ventilation, and instructor. Other gym equipment air-conditioning systems, paint, will also be available for students’ and a new roof. use. This new equipment is sched- Phase three, which is now in uled to arrive within the next three the planning phase, will be funded weeks. The gym is now equipped through a portion of the $47 mil- with a sound system to play music lion Measure Q bond package and as well,” she added. involve the complete renovation of Calexico High School Athletic all shower, locker rooms, rest- Director Mariano Velez III called rooms, office, and storage areas, the work to Godfrey “a transfor- according to the district. mational renovation,” adding that The entire project will see the “it is exciting to know that this gym converted to a co-ed fitness iconic building will continue to center with state-of-the-art gym serve our students for years to equipment that is scheduled to come.” arrive by the end of this month, Limon stated. Continued on page 5 “The renovated facility has been redesigned to mirror a col-

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The Imperial Valley Weekly, Calexico Chronicle, Holtville Tribune is a newspaper of general circulation for the publication of legal notices, as defined in Section 4460 of the Political Code, State of Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 3 County Official Wants Calexico Clears Up TTHM Problem Voice in QSA Meetings at Water Plant Amid $10M Year levels to customers when those to Restore Salton Sea BY RICHARD levels become higher than accept- MONTENEGRO BROWN able state or federal drinking- BY ELIZABETH VARIN water standards, and Calexico ran Through June 30, the city of into that issue — like a handful of At least one Imperial County official wants a say Calexico has undertaken or has Valley cities in recent years — on projects funded by the Quantification Settlement still planned a total of nearly $10 sourced to high readings at a water Agreement to restore the ailing Salton Sea. million in major work to its water sampling station located at District 4 Supervisor Ryan Kelley asked Imperial The receding Salton Sea is shown from its western treatment plant and water distribu- Sapphire Street and Cantu Avenue County staff to work with Riverside County to come edge near the community of Desert Shores in this July tion network to replace or repair on the east side of the city. up with a way Imperial County could have a voice on 2020 photo. GETSOMEPHOTO aging pieces of a core system built With well over 170,000 in 1949, then rebuilt three times municipal water systems in the the QSA joint-powers authority that decides on fund- at several different projects that have been proposed since. United States, disinfecting billions ing projects to restore the Salton Sea. to restore the receding sea level. Most recently, the Public upon billions of gallons of raw Kelley, whose district encompasses the southern “People making those choices should be able to Works Department finished the water, an industry standard is to end of the sea, made the request during the county hear from the county, because we represent the peo- second phase of upgrades on Jan. use some form of chlorine to kill board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9. ple living here,” Kelley said, adding that he doesn’t 30 to its Eastside Water Reservoir, water-borne diseases, and some 84 The Quantification Settlement Agreement, signed represent just water users, state agencies, or a metro- installing a more than $212,000 percent of all large water-treat- in 2003 by the Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella politan water district, as some of the agencies on the aeration system that Calexico’s ment systems (serving 10,000 Valley Water District, San Diego County Water JPA do. “I believe it’s a benefit to the JPA to have the water systems supervisor, Jose people or more) were using the Authority and Metropolitan Water District of land-use authorities involved in what’s happening Saldaña, said will put an end to the element in 2000, according to the Southern California, implements water transfers and around the Salton Sea.” city’s violations of total tri- American Water Works supply programs that allows California to live within Intergovernmental Relations Director Rebecca halomethanes, or TTHMs. Association. the state's 4.4 million-acre-foot basic annual appor- Terrazas-Baxter said she would work with Riverside tionment of Colorado River water. The agreements County to come up with a way the county could have came in response to California consistently using a voice at the JPA meetings. more than its annual share of Colorado River water. New Fire Substation Possible for Seeley A part of the agreement, a joint-powers authority County officials are looking at a new fire substa- was created to decide on Salton Sea-based projects tion location and cooling facility in the unincorporat- that will mitigate the toll that less water going into the ed community of Seeley. Salton Sea will have on the region. With fewer The county board voted unanimously to purchase Colorado River water being used and better farming a piece of land at 1862 W. Evan Hewes Highway in technique underway in the Imperial Valley, there is Seeley from the Smith Family Living Trust. less excess water flowing through the sea’s only The property is intended to serve as a future fire inlets, the New and Alamo rivers fed by agricultural substation and cooling center facility, said Andrea runoff. Gonzales with the County Executive Office. The Kelley said the JPA was created to mitigate the county plans to spend just more than $131,000 for the receding shoreline of the Salton Sea, but those purchase of the property, escrow, and title fees. Those requirements seem to go unnoticed as the shoreline funds come from the county’s Endowment for continues to ebb. Money is allocated for projects Capital Projects Account, which is also known as the Kept locked up behind fortified gates, the Calexico Water Treatment Facility at 545 Pierce Ave. on the west side of the city stands protected every year, “and the county of Imperial should have a Tobacco Fund. voice in what’s being approved every year,” he said. against any possible threats, a standard for municipal water plants in the The future development of the fire substation and United States since Sept. 11, 2001. The plant and its water distribution sys- The county of Imperial is the agency seeing some cooling center facility will be funded through of the main effects of a receding Salton Sea, like the tem will undergo nearly $10 million in capital upgrades during fiscal California Community Development Block Grant 2020-2021, ending June 30. CAMILO GARCIA JR. PHOTO environmental impacts and commercial impacts. program, she said. A funding contract was executed The announcement was made However, with that wide- “Now it’s always good to take somebody for their in December. during an informative and fasci- spread use comes the threat of word, but it’s better to be engaged in that constructive The development will replace the current leased nating presentation about the chlorination byproducts like tri- conversation,” Kelley said. fire station building at 1828 Park St. in Seeley, she city’s water system by Saldaña halomethanes, which are the result His request is not related to the Red Hill Bay said. and Public Works Manager Liliana of a reaction between the chlorine project, which has been stalled since the project There is no anticipated impact to the general fund Falomir during a Calexico City and natural organic matter in the broke ground in 2015, or the species conservation as the project purchase is through the Tobacco Fund Council meeting on Feb. 3. water that is exacerbated by warm habitat project, he said. and building would be through a grant, she added. Municipal water customers weather and still conditions, hence Rather, it is because that funding stream is being Supervisor Luis Plancarte motioned to approve around Imperial County — around the need for enhanced filtration used in an exceedingly small window of projects, the purchase, with Supervisor Luis Escobar second- the United States, in fact — might and aeration, like the system pur- while the county has been approached and has looked ing. It was approved through a unanimous vote. recognize those scary letters, chased by Calexico and installed “TTHM”; they are the big red-flag on the storage tank on the eastside. warning that appear in notices of Saldaña said the city is guar- violations delivered with many anteed 30 percent removal of Visit us online! water bills when water-treatment TTHM levels, which will return plant operators test for the pres- the city to within state standards Calexicochronicle.com ence of the potentially cancer- and end the notices of violations causing organic compound in that appeared in November 2019 drinking water stores. and January and July 2020. Water-quality regulators require cities to report elevated Continued on page 8

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Stupefied Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 4 Former Calexico Have Faith: Doors Open at Imperial County Churches Pastor Sentenced important that we not let our in 2019 Orange BY MURRAY ANDERSON guard down and continue to prac- tice the measures that have been County The “welcome” mats are back proven to minimize the spread of Molestation Case out at churches throughout the COVID-19 virus.” California, kinda. Holtville’s St. Paul’s Lutheran BY JULIO MORALES “Over the weekend I asked the Church opened its doors on attendees, and overwhelmingly Sunday, Feb. 7, to an enthusiastic A Fullerton man who had once they were in favor of staying out- congregation. served as a Methodist pastor in “Our congregation was excit- side while we can,” said Father Calexico during the 1980s was ed to be able to worship at church Mark Edney, who is in his ninth sentenced to 15 years to life on again. People were in very high year with El Centro Catholic and Friday, Feb. 5, after pleading spirits on Sunday,” said Pastor dean of the Imperial Valley guilty to 13 felony counts of child Mike Beyer from St. Paul’s. Catholic Diocese. “I have been molestation. very impressed with our congre- “Everyone was happy to be back, gation as they think about all of but we are still recognizing the the issues related to COVID. With The front of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Calexico is pandemic and respectful of what shown on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 9. CAMILO GARCIA JR. PHOTO the nice weather we are having the experts and science is telling now, people want to stay outside.” Pentecostal Church, et al. v obviously slowed during the past us.” At Our Lady of Guadalupe Newsom et al., the court partially year, and the ones that were held Beyer, who has been at the Catholic Church in Calexico, granted the application for injunc- were outdoors. Friday’s ruling Holtville church since 2015, said Father Jose Sosa said dealing with tive relief and prohibited the state would open the church for cele- there were about 50 members who COVID and the death and from restricting indoor services of brations to move indoors again, showed up for the indoor service destruction it has caused has been places of worship under Tier 1 but with limited attendance. on Feb. 7, with capacity at the more difficult than attempting to (Purple Tier/Most Restrictive). “I think we would be allowed small church around 300 congre- hold Masses outdoors or online. California Department of to have the celebratory Masses as gants. “At times, the outdoor Masses Public Health officials immediate- long as we followed all the guide- “We still had several people were difficult, and we’d have to ly updated the state’s guidelines to lines and had the limited capaci- who stayed home and enjoyed the deal with the wind or a little rain, reflect that the Purple Tier ty,” Sosa said. “People are happy service via our live stream,” but more difficult was seeing the restricts indoor worship activities to go inside but understandably Beyer said. “We will continue to MCFARLAND to 25 percent of capacity. The they are hesitant as well.” people suffer and die due to this do our Zoom and outdoor gather- John Rodgers McFarland, 68, Imperial County Health Officer Dr. Stephen Munday, Imperial horrible pandemic,” said Sosa, ings for education and studies like was accused of molesting minor Order has also been updated, and County Health Officer, said it is who has been at OLGA in we have been doing since the girls between 2003 and 2017 Calexico for about five years. as a protective measure against important church leaders not let stay-at-home order was issued.” while he served as a pastor at “The real church is not the build- the spread of COVID, singing, their guard down with the court Most churches have been pro- churches in Orange and San Diego ing, it is the people. Families have chanting, shouting, and playing of ruling. viding streaming services to wor- counties. suffered and lost relatives, that has wind instruments (any instrument “As more of the restrictions shipers, which is convenient for He pleaded guilty in Orange made the past year so hard.” played by mouth, such as a trum- that have been put in place as a some but nothing beats the social County Superior Court to five The U.S. Supreme Court ruled pet or clarinet) in religious servic- result of the COVID-19 pandemic aspect of being at the church for counts of lewd or lascivious acts on Friday, Feb. 5, that religious es as well as in any public or pri- are lifted, we must still be mindful Laura Goodsell, a Holtville busi- with a minor younger than 14, services could resume indoors vate venue, both indoors and out- of safety precautions that will ness owner and lifelong churchgo- four counts of lewd or lascivious with modifications to help reduce doors, is prohibited. continue us down the path of er. acts with a minor, and four counts the spread of COVID-19. In the Sosa said Masses to celebrate improvement,” stated Munday in of lewd acts on a child 14 or 15, case of South Bay United weddings and quinceañeras have a release issued on Sunday. “It is Continued on page 5 according to regional media reports. from page one McFarland had potentially New River...... faced up to 179 years to life in prison for his crimes, but instead aging and often broken-down Diego County, was showered menting agreements to the 1944 Proposition 68 water bond for will serve multiple additional sen- Mexicali wastewater treatment with federal dollars over similar- Water Treaty that are negotiated the project, which will see the tences of 15 years to life running plants. ly putrid sewage spills into the between the two countries. city turn ground in the first half concurrently as part of a plea deal. “The State Department has Tijuana River that flowed north Oliva also pointed to the of this year on the long-awaited McFarland was initially confirmed to our office that they through the border at San Ysidro. recent New River legislation three technical components of arrested in December 2018 by have issued a demarche to the At one point, Imperial Vargas has introduced in the project. Escondido police and subsequent- country of Mexico just last County Supervisor Ryan Kelley Congress, titled the California Those three technical compo- ly charged with two counts of month in January 2021 related to suggested the New River be New River Restoration Act. nents include an automated child molestation, according to cross-border pollution through- renamed in Vargas’ honor, an If passed, the act would trash-screen diversion structure news reports. out the United States-Mexico homage to continued federal require the EPA to establish the south of the Second Street bridge Following an investigation, border,” Oliva told the county inaction. California New River where the river crosses the inter- McFarland was arrested again in board. “For those of us that may “This upcoming March there Restoration Program, which national border, the encasement May 2019 by the Fountain Valley not know what a demarche is, a will be a binational bridges would provide grant funding and of the river from north of the Police Department and subse- demarche is an official diplomat- forum and the Department of technical assistance for the plan- bridge to where the river reaches quently charged with 11 child- ic correspondence between two State is specifically requesting ning and implementation of con- the All-American Canal, and a molestation counts for victimizing countries. Essentially, it is a Mexico place cross-border pollu- servation strategies for the New pumpback system/force main seven children between the ages of move. It’s a political move to be tion to be on the agenda so that River and surrounding region. that will tie into the city’s waste- 5 and 15, the Orange County able to put them on notice that both countries can discuss this As locals await this new water treatment plant, clean a District Attorney’s Office reported we are concerned, and we have issue,” Oliva continued Tuesday. round of federal efforts to bear portion of the river water, and at the time. issues regarding cross-border “The Department of State contin- some fruit, California has really provide for a “freshwater” At the time of this May 2019 pollution.” ues to acknowledge that cross- been at the forefront of showing stream along the river basin in arrest, McFarland was serving as Pollution at the New River border pollution is of the utmost leadership on the New River, as the area. head pastor at Orangethorpe has been a problem for Imperial importance and focus from Rep. the Legislature has allocated tens The city has already hired a United Methodist Church in County residents and a headache Vargas, and so they have com- of millions of dollars over the consultant to manage the project, Fullerton. He also had served as a volun- for Imperial County politicians mitted to make sure to address last several years for infrastruc- Jose Angel, the former executive teer chaplain for the Fountain for decades, as federal legislators this issue with their counterparts ture and greenbelt projects at the director of the state Regional Valley Police Department and have made unkept promise after from the country of Mexico.” New River, where it enters Water Quality Control Board, Fountain Valley Fire Department unkept promise to clean-up its The multi-agency U.S.- Calexico. Region 7, Colorado River Basin. at the time. toxic waters rife with human Mexico Binational Bridges and Last week, on Feb. 3, To make way for a portion of Previously, McFarland had waste and heavy metals from the Border Crossings Group meets Calexico City Manager Miguel the DWR funding to start work served as a pastor at Surf City industrial and biological runoff three times a year to further joint Figueroa informed the Calexico on the project, the Calexico City Church in Huntington Beach of more than 1 million people. initiatives that improve the effi- City Council that he had received Council on Feb. 3 unanimously between 2011 and 2016, and as The issue seemed to become ciency of existing crossings and a call from Sacramento earlier approved a budget amendment senior pastor at Fountain Valley almost untenable for the county coordinate planning for new that day informing him the “exe- resolution to make way for United Methodist Church for 26 board in early fall 2019 when it ones, according to the State cution phase” of the city’s fund- $1,088,000 into a capital years from 1988 to 2016, the declared a state of emergency Department’s website. The 10 ing agreement with the state improvement project account. Orange County DA’s Office previ- over conditions in the waterway U.S. and Mexican border states Department of Water Resources Next steps in the improve- ously reported. thanks to continued sewage are active participants in these for $28 million was underway, ment project are securing regula- From 1978 to 1981 he served bypasses from Mexicali sewer meetings. enabling the city to finally start tory permits from the state as a youth pastor at the San plants on the banks of the river. In addition to the State construction on the infrastructure Department of Fish and Wildlife, Dieguito Methodist Church in A year later, in late 2020, Department news, the projects tied to the Calexico the Regional Water Quality Encinitas. McFarland’s first Vargas bore the brunt of much of International Boundary and reach of the New River Control Board, and the U.S. appointment as senior pastor was that frustration when Imperial Water Commission has told Improvement Project. Army Corps of Engineers to at Calexico United Methodist County officials watched from Vargas’ office that it will produce The state last year allocated commence work, and then it’s on Church in Calexico, where he the sidelines as the congress- a new minute specifically tai- $18 million in new money from to the procurement process. served from 1981 to 1988, the man’s other area of representa- lored to the New River, Oliva its general fund and another $10 Orange County DA’s Office tion, the border region of San said. IBWC minutes are imple- million from the 2018 reported. To submit an obituary give us a call at (760) 339-4899 or email us the information to: [email protected] Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 5 The 'Artillery' Arrives: Public Health Hosts ECPD: Arrests Net Stolen Vehicle, Debut Vaccine Clinic Modified Gun and Ordnance

holders have often BY JULIO MORALES BY JULIO MORALES felt outgunned by a "heavily armed" Two El Centro residents were Eighty-two-year-old David adversary. arrested by El Centro police about Burns said he considers himself to "It seems like 11:50 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, after be of sound health and someone we've had BB allegedly being found in posses- who rarely, if ever, comes down guns and hand pis- sion of a stolen vehicle, narcotics, with any illness despite his tols to deal with a firearm, and a military-type ord- advanced age. the deadly enemy nance. Additionally, Burns said he has on the front lines, Roberto Avila, 30, and Alexis David Burns, an 82-year-old Imperial resident, was yet to know anyone who has con- but now finally we Flores, 23, were encountered by El Centro police and Imperial tracted COVID-19 and is someone have some among the first of 1,300 local seniors who received their COVID-19 vaccine during a mass-vaccination police as they exited a motel room County Fire Department bomb whose trust and faith in a higher artillery to assist event at Imperial Valley College on Thursday, Feb. in the 400 block of Wake Avenue, squad personnel gather around an power has kept him from being us in defeating 4. JULIO MORALES PHOTO where police had also located a unknown military-type ordnance overly concerned about the ongo- this horrible and stolen vehicle, according to an El that was recovered from a motel "It's been a very quick turn- ing pandemic. terrible enemy called COVID-19," Centro Police Department press room on Wake Avenue in El around from time of receipt to time The Imperial resident was Kelley said. release. Centro on Sunday, Feb. 7. The ord- of actual vaccination of individu- nance was found to pose no threat nonetheless among the first to Aside from the condolences Officers had detained Avila als," Angulo said during to those in the vicinity. IV LAW receive a dose of the COVID-19 Kelley offered to those whose lives and Flores to determine their Thursday's event. AND FIRE PHOTO vaccine during a drive-through have been impacted by the pan- potential involvement with the As it did for Thursday's event, clinic organized by the county demic, he also offered assurances stolen vehicle, a red Pontiac Grand reported. the department is also relying on Public Health Department on that local officials are working Am previously reported stolen at A search of Flores' person and its partners to help notify local sen- Thursday, Feb. 4. tirelessly with state and federal 9:11 a.m. from the 1600 block of property led to the discovery of iors of such large-scale vaccination "I don't want to get sick, so officials to ensure the county Barbara Worth Drive in El Centro. methamphetamine, while a search clinics as they become available when they offered, I thought why receives an ample supply of vac- While on scene, police were of the stolen vehicle revealed an again in the future. not do it," Burns said shortly after cines to distribute locally. approached by motel staff who illegally modified shotgun and The department's strategy, having received his immunization. The mass vaccination event reportedly observed a military- ammunition, the press release stat- He was one of more than 1,300 was announced to the public by the along with its recently launched type ordnance in the motel room ed. local senior citizens who took part Public Health Department on "Help Us Help Them" campaign, that Avila and Flores had occupied, Flores was cited and released in the mass vaccination event at Wednesday morning, Feb. 3, via is meant to address any issues of according to the release. for possession of methampheta- Imperial Valley College that ran the agency's Facebook page. Less equity that may stem from many Officers evacuated the imme- mine and a stolen vehicle. Avila from 8 a.m. to around 1 p.m. than two hours after the announce- seniors' unfamiliarity with social diate area and contacted the El was booked into the county jail for The event represented the first ment, registrations for a coveted media, which Public Health had Centro Fire Department and being felon in possession of a such one to be organized by Public appointment were completely used to alert the community of its Imperial County Fire Department's firearm, possession of stolen Health and was billed as a momen- booked. first vaccination event for seniors. bomb squad for assistance. checks, and possession of a stolen tous milestone in the county's The two different vaccines, The Help us Help Them cam- After determining the ord- vehicle. ongoing battle with the coron- from Moderna and Pfizer- paign aims to enlist the family, nance did not pose a threat, El Officers are actively investi- avirus. BioNTech had arrived in the coun- friends, and neighbors of senior Centro police conducted a proba- gating the origin of the recovered Indeed, county Board of ty on Tuesday, Feb. 2, and were citizens to help keep this vulnera- tion compliance check of Avila's ordnance. Anyone with informa- Supervisors Chairman Michael reviewed on Wednesday to ensure ble population informed of property and the associated motel tion about this investigation is Kelley's remarks to local media they were not compromised, and COVID-related events and devel- room and reportedly discovered encouraged to call El Centro during the event framed that ongo- made available to the public a day opments. the keys to the stolen vehicle, Detective Adrian Chilpa at 760- ing battle in stark terms and later, Public Health Director stolen checks, and other miscella- 335-4662 or the Detective Bureau acknowledged that local stake- Janette Angulo said. Continued on page 8 neous items, the department at 760-337-4502. Gym...... from page two Churches...... One of the cool fea- education staff during the from page four tures of the renovated instructional day. interior that can be seen is Moved to the new “Being part of a church fami- a wall full of “word art” campus in on trailers in ly is really something special,” that Limon stated was cre- the 1950s, the building Goodsell said. “We hear a lot ated to inspire and moti- wasn’t always named about the suicide rate and depres- vate students and staff Godfrey — that’s a rela- sion and that is what we are here using the space. tively new moniker. for, to help people in their time of “The CHS Bulldogs Limon said it was rededi- need.” are hard-workers, com- cated in memory of Linda Goodsell was part of the 50 mitted, and strong, and Godfrey, a PE teacher at people who attended the St. Paul’s this will be an ongoing Calexico High during the Lutheran service on Sunday and, reminder that everyone 1970s and ’80s. (LEFT) Construction crews can be seen working on the inside of Calexico High School’s as an insurance agent, said she Godfrey Gymnasium, which recently wrapped up the second phase of a renovation proj- was “cautiously excited” to see can achieve their health “On behalf of the ect that started in late 2019. (RIGHT) The word Bulldogs in painted in stylized text in the people in the building. goals,” she said. Calexico Unified School signature Calexico High School colors of garnet and white inside the newly renovated “For me, it has been horrible Godfrey Gym is one District administration, Godfrey Gymnasium. Video monitors still in their plastic wrap can be seen mounted to see the empty church, even of two gymnasiums on student population, and around the gym. COURTESY PHOTOS when we see the streaming serv- campus, both of which CHS staff, we would like Our vision to have a state- Carlos R. Gonzales. “The School facilities and other ice,” Goodsell said. “I was happy will be utilized for differ- to express our gratitude to of-the-art high school additional funds allocated much-needed site projects to be back and see people at a safe ent reasons, Limon stated. the community of campus is now becoming by Measure Q will contin- for the benefit of our stu- distance. Even if we were masked Godfrey Gym will be pri- Calexico for supporting a reality,” stated Calexico ue to help us renovate and dents.” and sanitizing and socially dis- marily used by physical bond measures V and Q. Unified Superintendent expand Calexico High tancing, it was still great to see people in the pews.” The Imperial Valley’s CDBG...... from page two Catholic Diocese was to have a However, a major funding must submit its final plan to the meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 10, request to assist with staffing, U.S. Department of Housing and to discuss how Catholic churches utilities, and consultancy services Urban Development (HUD) by throughout the Valley would adapt to the new order. Edney, for the organization's planned no later than May 13. father for El Centro Catholic (Our homeless day center to be estab- "What's in front of us and Lady of Guadalupe and St. lished at its Orange Avenue loca- being proposed is the best that we Mary’s), said several of his wor- tion did not fare so well. Of the can do with every little bit of shippers wanted to remain out- $250,000 it had sought, only money," Mayor Cheryl Viegas- doors. $8,000 was awarded. Walker said during the Feb. 2 Edney did say the first indoor The smallest of the city's meeting. the (water treatment plant) serv- Parts needed for the approved ing the entire city," the resolu- repair project are expected to Mass would likely be scheduled CDBG recommended alloca- During its meeting, the coun- for Feb. 21 at Our Lady of tion's report stated. "Should it become available in a couple tions, about $7,300, went to Sure cil also approved the expenditure Guadalupe in El Centro. He said a fail, the city could be without months, with construction itself Helpline Crisis Center, with 70 of $300,000 to $500,000 in water reservation system would be water for an extended period of expected to last a couple of days percent of that award earmarked enterprise funds to conduct emer- implemented for the Mass and time." and requiring the plant's shut- to pay for fees, the list of recom- gency repairs of a water main at about 250 members of the 4,200- The repair project will require down, Campos said. mended CDBG grants stated. the city's water treatment plant. strong congregation could be the installation of a second water When asked by council mem- With the council's approval of The water main in question accommodated. main exiting the treatment plant bers whether the city's water the city's recommended grant was recently discovered during “It involves much more plan- to bypass water to a nearby city enterprise fund could accommo- recipients, the city will now draft routine maintenance work to ning as we will have ushers take its Annual Action Plan for CDBG have been corroded, Public water main pipe. The proposed date the unexpected expenditure, them to their seats, and we can program year 2021-2022. A draft Works Director Abraham secondary line would provide an Campos said the fund was have families sit together but will action plan will be available for Campos told the council. added benefit of improving serv- "healthy" and the expense should have to socially distance others,” public comment from April 7 to "Unfortunately, this pipe is ice reliability going forward, the not be an issue. Edney said. May 12, after which time the city the one single pipe coming out of agenda report stated. Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 Page 6 Scholar Talks Racial Terrorism During SDSU-IV Lecture

BY JULIO MORALES

To many Americans, the mob violence that descended on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was an unexpect- ed aberration that did not reflect the nation’s democratic principles or the rule of law. But in the estimation of Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus and renowned expert on race and education, the events were all too familiar. University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus For someone who has exten- Gloria Ladson Billings, a renowned expert on race and sively researched African American education, speaks during a UW-Madison School of history and the terrorism Blacks in Education event. Billings was the guest lecturer during this country have often been sub- a San Diego State University-Imperial Valley lecture jected to, the Jan. 6 insurrection series on race that debuted Feb. 3. PHOTO COUR- bore the hallmarks of a violent act of white supremacy, she said. The response of critical race Such outbreaks of violence are theorists such as Ladson-Billings rooted in dangerous ideology and has been to advocate for a collective rhetoric and are defined by behav- and sustained effort to confront iors that embrace conspiracy theo- America’s history of terror and rec- ries and the glorification of the ognize the violence endured by nation’s racist past, she added. Black people, she said. “It’s part of a pattern, it’s not an In her own experience, Ladson- anomaly, it’s not something out of Billings said that she has found the blue,” Ladson-Billings said on young students can be very capable Wednesday, Feb. 3. “This is what of discussing and understanding the historical facts suggests.” matters of racial inequality, since Her remarks came during a vir- they are equipped with an innate tual presentation called “We Told sense of what is and isn’t fair. You This Would Happen: The Rise Yet, she acknowledged that of Racial Terrorism.” Her lecture teaching about the nation’s history was part of a series hosted by San of racial violence in the classroom Diego State University-Imperial can be challenging and that educa- Valley’s Division of Education tors may experience pushback from titled “Talking Race in the members of the community or Borderlands,” which kicked off school board members. Feb. 3 with Ladson-Billings. “I think the challenge is to try to An adherent of critical race the- figure out how to begin having ory, which has at its focus the rela- these conversations,” Ladson- tionship between race, racism, and Billings said. power, Ladson-Billings said it is During her lecture, Ladson- important to speak honestly about Billings also expressed dissatisfac- the nation’s racist past even though tion with the term “achievement many white people may get offend- gap,” which describes the dispari- ed and consider it un-American. ties in the academic performance of Indeed, part of her lecture was subgroups of students often defined devoted to highlighting some of the by gender, race, ethnicity, and more notorious acts of violence that socioeconomic status. were directed at both African Ladson-Billings said stakehold- American individuals and commu- ers in the field of education should nities since the nation’s founding. also acknowledge other social and Her list of notable incidents economic conditions that contribute included the 1921 Tulsa Race to poor academic performance for Massacre, where racial animosity students, such as gaps in familial motivated a white mob to kill more wealth, healthcare accessibility, and than 100 Blacks and burn their school funding. homes, businesses, and churches in For her part, Ladson-Billings the Greenwood District of Tulsa, said she prefers to use the term Oklahoma. “education debt,” which refers to Ladson-Billings even drew a the rightful resources that should be historical line between such overt invested in educating disadvantaged and deadly acts of racism with other communities. acts of rebellion by early American The SDSU-Imperial Valley lec- settlers, including Shay’s Rebellion ture series “Talking Race in the of 1786 and the Whiskey Rebellion Borderlands” continues next month of 1794. Both of those deadly insur- with a presentation titled, “The rections, she explained, were in Construction of Raciolinguistic direct response to government taxes Border in Bilingual Education that participants felt had placed an Policy and Practices.” unfair financial burden on them. The virtual lecture is scheduled At the same time, the incidents for 1 p.m. March 3, and will be pre- highlight the extreme measures sented by Nelson Flores, University white settlers took in opposition to of Pennsylvania Graduate School of government policies they felt were Education associate professor. illegitimate. A similar kind of disre- Registration is required. gard can be observed in the succes- More information about the lec- sive generations of Americans who ture series and how to register can have not only opposed legislation be found on the campus’ Facebook aimed at empowering historically page, or by contacting Belen disenfranchised communities and Hernando-Llorens, SDSU-Imperial individuals, but actively and vio- Valley School of Teacher Education lently denied those groups equal assistant professor, at bhernandol- rights by enforcing compliance with [email protected] a racial hierarchy that benefits Hernando-Llorens is also a whites at the expense of others, scheduled speaker, and at 1 p.m. Ladson-Billings said. April 21, will present her virtual “It has been the very substance lecture titled, “Historicizing the of what America is all about,” she Making of the Bilingual Child of said. Color as an Educational Problem.” Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 7 Stream n’ Chill: An Expected Unexpected Guest As 'Cocktail Party' Resumes (Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a new column reviewing films that can be found on the various online steaming services now available.) Netflix ers, vying for coveted seats in the adopt critical outsider-type Tom manship: intricately designed So, it's going to be one of those Federalist and Nationalist parties at Townsend (Edward Clements), (hand-drawn!) frames, well-paced awards seasons. The Spike Lee a week-long session dedicated to who struggles to understand or storytelling, satisfying character Joint follows four African government education. Chaos (nat- adjust to their lifestyle. Despite arcs, etc. Prepare to be blown American veterans, who return to urally) ensues. The unintentional their superficiality, the yuppies are away. and reunite in Vietnam to retrieve genre-blending is just ... wow. likable (it's called exceptional dia- I look up. Bill's gone. He didn't what they believe is rightfully Comedy, melodrama, and horror - logue). Put it this way: when Nick even have the courtesy to whisper, deserved - and long overdue: gold you can be the judge of the latter. (Chris Eigeman) proclaims that "No one will ever believe you." To and "Stormin' Norman's" (the late It's Texas, so gun rights, abortion, "the cha cha is no more ridiculous add insult to injury, he only provid- Chadwick Boseman) remains. and Prius drivers are hot-button than life itself," I didn't want to ed me with the first four digits of Miranda Montenegro From "Apocalypse Now" homages issues - for 17-year-old boys. Now, punch him. his automated phone line … 1-800. COURTESY PHOTO to a three-minute opening montage where is "Girls State"? "Hey, have you ever seen Man, you got to love him. of 1960s footage, Lee toes the line *name-drops ______to be hip- ______?" BY MIRANDA between the real and the reel, ster* "Dude, I recommended that to Miranda Montenegro is an El MONTENEGRO emphasizing that the wars aren't "Metropolitan" (Whit Stillman, you years ago!" Centro resident, a graduate of over - Vietnam and freedom. Look 1990) "Spirited Away" (Hayao Southwest High School, and a This is a disaster. Heaven for- no further than every single scene Showtime, HBO Max Miyazaki, 2001) March 2020 graduate of University bid you meditate and accidentally Delroy Lindo graces us with as a Watching this film is the cul- HBO Max of California Los Angeles with a fall asleep - again. disturbed, conflicted veteran to tural equivalent of raising your Face masks, yoga, and Bachelor of Arts degree in English I'm dealing with uninvited plus understand why his Golden Globes pinky finger and drinking some- Miyazaki films. That's what I call and concentration in Film, ones, coffee spills, and my high snub was downright wrong. His thing unaffordable. Whit Stillman's self-care. In the Studio Ghibli tour Television and Digital Media. school government teacher scarf- performance is a masterclass in directorial debut follows young de force, Chihiro is left to fend for Montenegro, who has interned at ing down salami from the pre- acting. Manhattan socialites (think well- herself in an unfamiliar world of Sony Pictures Entertainment, packaged party trays. "Oh, you don't know the Holy spoken, less-fashionable Chuck spirits, monsters, and steam baths Montecito Picture Company/Ghost Nobody seems particularly Trinity? Allow me to introduce you Basses and Blair Waldorfs), who after her parents are turned into Corps Inc., and Focus TV Network, sociable tonight. Sporting their to ______." attend winter debutante balls and pigs, working under the witch has written and directed a couple Tom Wolfe-like suits and corduroy "Miu Miu Women's Tales #12: dive into uncalled-for monologues Yubaba to return to normalcy. of short films and is currently dresses, the guests walk around That One Day" (Crystal Moselle, (that we enjoy anyway) while play- Simply put, after 20 years, the applying to graduate film school. mumbling to themselves. 2016) ing bridge and smoking cigarettes. anime holds up as the apex of ani- As I politely excuse myself to YouTube The "urban haute bourgeoisie" mation and arguably, pure crafts- scream into the abyss ("Damn you, From the 12th "Miu Miu REM sleep!"), an uninvited Women's Tale," Skate Kitchen and attendee nudges me: "Is that who I Betty were born. The short film think it is?" captures Rachelle's (Rachelle A hush falls over the room. Bill Vinberg, credited as Rachelle Murray, wearing a Garfield t-shirt Martinez in the film) wonderland- (in my dream, he doesn't regret esque day at the skatepark, show- making it), struts into the formal ing up male skateboarders and dining room and grabs the micro- skating with her dream female phone (that somebody casually had tribe. Also, notable, Moselle intro- on them). He goes straight into duces us to her frequent collabora- "Danke Schoen." The ice shatters tors and repertory-players cast: into a million pieces. Vinberg, Moonbear, Dede The sad-looking appetizers Lovelace, Ajani Russell, and Nina transform into Ina Garten- Moran. When the betties perform approved charcuterie boards. tricks in their Miu Miu ensembles, Guests are wearing things like chills. Literal chills. Every time I jeans and asking things like "How watch this, I want to try skate- are you?" boarding, but I know gravity has This is it. Of all the people, in different plans for me. all the cocktail parties, in all the "______is so…Orwellian." world, he walks into mine. Ol' Blue "How original." Eyes himself (sorry, Frank) sits "Boys State" (Amanda down and has no choice but to lis- McBaine and Jesse Moss, 2020) ten to my faves (he cringes at the Apple TV-Plus Legal 9011 Publish: Feb. 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 2021 term "faves"). … Or Kafka-esque, since "______was snubbed. Big arguably no one really knows the time." definition or meaning of either. "Da 5 Bloods" (Spike Lee, This award-winning documentary 2020) highlights four Texas high school- Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 8 Vaccine Clinic...... from page five "We understand there are will go to those 65 and older, day. that was set up to treat COVID- appointments, with participants access issues, not everybody has Angulo said. "It was extremely important 19 patients whose condition did asked to show up no more than a computer or internet," Angulo Recently, the county and for us kids and for them as well to not require hospitalization. 15 minutes in advance. said. local municipalities had sent a get vaccinated," Verdugo said. Dr. David Duncan, CAL- "I was very impressed with She also offered assurances to joint letter to Gov. Gavin And even though Concepcion MAT director, said the mass vac- how fast the line moved," 88- the public that additional mass Newsom requesting up to 8,000 Verdugo said she enjoys the con- cination event brought him a year-old Imperial resident Joan vaccination events are being vaccines a week for the county, stant phone calls her children great sense of relief and happi- Moore said. "I like the way it was planned for other parts of the but have yet to receive any place to her Brawley home in ness, considering the toll that the handled." county, even as local stakehold- response, Angulo said. place of their normal visits and is pandemic has taken locally. Moore said one of her grand- ers deal with the uncertainty sur- The pandemic has taken a grateful for the essential items "You're certainly in the top- daughters had initially alerted her rounding vaccine allocations. severe toll for Brawley resident that her children have been drop- five hardest-hit counties in the to the event and was registered Typically, state public health Adrian Verdugo, who recently ping off for her and her husband country," Duncan said. "I'm real- shortly afterward by a daughter. officials will notify the county lost two members of his extended to help them avoid venturing out ly looking forward to seeing this Getting vaccinated has been a top every Tuesday of the number of family due to COVID-19. in public, the quality of their lives thing in my rearview mirror." priority for Moore, who lives vaccines it has been allocated. It has also kept him and his has changed considerably. Ten different stations were set alone but has been getting togeth- Sometime next week, the county siblings from visiting their elder- "It's been hard," she said. up in a parking lot on the north- er regularly with her family amid is expecting about 1,775 doses of ly parents as often as they had The mass vaccination event ern grounds of the campus to the pandemic. vaccine to arrive. and would like to. was a collaborative effort involv- administer the vaccination to par- "We're expecting, but we "We do stop by but as little as ing a variety of agencies, includ- ticipants who remained in their don't know if they're actually possible," Verdugo said as he sat ing Public Health, the county's vehicles. Different time slots going to make it here," Angulo in his car with his 82-year-old executive office, Office of were established to handle the said. mother, Concepcion Verdugo, in Emergency Services, Public Plans call for those 1,775 an IVC parking lot designated as Works, Sheriff's Office, Social Water Plant...... from page three vaccines to be administered to an observation area to assist any Services, and Area Agency on senior citizens and individuals individual who may have devel- Aging. Meanwhile, the city’s water- gallons of raw water at its tank on who fall into tiers 2 and 3 of the oped an adverse reaction to the Additional support was pro- treatment system and its network V.V. Williams Avenue. state's recommended prioritiza- vaccine. vided by IVC faculty, nursing of distribution lines are getting Falomir said Calexico uses a tion list, which includes commu- Verdugo said Thursday's and fire academy students, AMR much love in fiscal 2020-2021, maximum of 9 million gallons of nity health workers, those event was the first one that he and ambulance services, American with $9.385 million in upgrades, treated water a day and a max of which include big-ticket items like 2.2 billion gallons a year. employed at primary care and his siblings had attempted to reg- Red Cross, and the California a $2 million water pipeline On the distribution end, she dental clinics, as well as pharma- ister their parents to attend. His Medical Assistance Teams (CAL- replacement, and a $5.2 million said there are 106 miles of water cy and laboratory workers, to sister was scheduled to bring MAT), which has been onsite at new clarifier and filtration system. lines in the city and five distribu- name just some. About 80 per- their father to his vaccination IVC for the past six months oper- Next up, Saldaña and Falomir tion pump stations, four large cent of those expected vaccines appointment at IVC later in the ating the Alternate Care Facility explained, is the switch from pumps each capable of moving PUBLIC NOTICE volatile and potentially hazardous 4,000 gallons per minute and one chlorine gas in the treatment smaller pump that can move 1,000 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS This business is conducted by: Common Law. process to a more stable and “bet- gallons a minute. NAME STATEMENT Joint Venture Filed with the Imperial County ter for the environment,” Saldaña Saldaña briefly explained the FILE NO.: 21-44 Registrant commenced to trans- Clerk-Recorder on: January 26, said, liquid chlorine, also called process the city uses to clean the The following persons are con- act business under the Fictitious 2021. “hyprochlorine.” raw Colorado River water the city ducting business as: Business Name(s) listed above NOTICE: This statement expires That changeover will cost buys in bulk from the Imperial L & A Construction on: December 1, 2020. on: January 25, 2026. A new about $400,000, and Falomir said Irrigation District, to the point it 53 W Pheasant St. I, Declare that all of the informa- statement must be filed prior to on Feb. 3 that a related agenda reaches the tap of Calexico resi- Heber, CA 92249 tion in this statement is true and the expiration date. item will come before the City dents’ homes. County of Imperial correct. Chuck Storey/County Clerk- Council at an upcoming meeting. In short, it is a process that Full Name of Registrants: Signature: Luis Andrade, Recorder In taking the council and the involves moving large volumes Luis Andrade Manager Elise Puyot, Deputy public through the city system, across the city to the Pierce 53 W Pheasant St. The filing of this statement does Legal 6459 Falomir explained the plant at 545 Avenue plant, where it goes Heber, CA 92249 not of itself authorize the use in Publish: Feb. 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, Pierce Ave. was first built in 1949, through clarification, filtration, Jorge Laguna this State or a Fictitious Business 2021 with major overhauls in 1968, and disinfection processes before 2454 La Guardia Ave. Name in Violation of the Rights 1986, and 2000. The current residing in one of three storage Imperial, CA 92251 of another under Federal, State or capacity of the system can treat 16 tanks (two 6 million-gallon tanks, million gallons of water at a time, including the eastside tank, and PUBLIC NOTICE with the storage capacity to hold one 4 million-gallon tank), and ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE change of name should not be A copy of this Order to Show that 16 million gallons of treated onto the distribution network. FOR CHANGE OF NAME granted. Any person objecting to Cause shall be published at least water and hold another 25 million CASE NUMBER: ECU001748 the name changes described once each week for four succes- TO ALL INTERESTED PER- above must file a written objec- sive weeks prior to the date set PUBLIC NOTICE SONS: Yaneth Yvette tion that includes the reasons for for hearing on the petition in the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Signature: Manuel Gutierrez Orduno Fernandez filed a petition with the objection at least two court following newspaper of general STATEMENT The filing of this statement does not this court for a decree changing days before the matter is sched- circulation, printed in this county FILE NO.: 21-11 of itself authorize the use in this State names as follows: uled to be heard and must appear (specify newspaper): Calexico The following person is conducting or a Fictitious Business Name in Present name: at the hearing to show cause why Chronicle/ Imperial Valley business as: Violation of the Rights of another Fernanda Escamilla Fernandez the petition should not be grant- Weekly Easy Print under Federal, State or Common Jocelyn Escamilla Fernandez ed. If no written objection is Date: February 4, 2021 699 Wake Avenue Apt. 15 Building 2 Law. El Centro, CA 92243 Filed with the Imperial County Nathan Fernando Escamilla timely filed, the court may grant Jeffrey B. Jones County of Imperial Clerk-Recorder on: January 11, Fernandez the petition without a hearing. Judge of the Superior Court Full Name of Registrant: 2021. Proposed name: NOTICE OF HEARING Filed Manuel Gutierrez Orduno NOTICE: This statement expires on: Elizabeth Fernandez Date: April 5, 2021 Superior Court of California 699 Wake Ave. Apt. 15 Building 2 January 10, 2026. A new statement Jocelyn Fernandez Time: 8:30 a.m. County of Imperial El Centro, CA 92243 must be filed prior to the expiration Nathan Fernandez Dept.: 7 02/04/2021 at 04:52:44 PM This business is conducted by:An date. THE COURT ORDERS that The address of the court is: By: Fabian Felix, Deputy Clerk Individual Chuck Storey/County Clerk- all persons interested in this mat- Superior Court of California, Legal 6456 Registrant commenced to transact Recorder ter appear before this court at the County of Imperial Publish: Feb. 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, business under the Fictitious Victoria Camarillo, Deputy Business Name(s) listed above on: Legal 6455 hearing indicated below to show 939 W. Main Street 2021 December 4, 2015. Publish: Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 cause, if any, why the petition for El Centro, CA 92243 I, Declare that all of the information in this statement is true and correct. PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF IMPERIAL California Auction Ad

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE WHICH ADDS CHAPTER 10B TO THE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the per- IMPERIAL MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE MANDATORY COMMERCIAL AND sonal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING property Pursuant to Lien Sale per California Self Storage Act Chapter 10. Undersigned will sell the items at www.storagetrea- Notice is hereby given that on February 3, 2021 the City Council of the City of Imperial adopted sures.com sale by competitive bidding ending on February 26th, at Ordinance No. 811 making certain additions to the Imperial Municipal Code regarding mandatory com- 10:00am. Where said property has been stored at which are located mercial and multi-family residential recycling. The following is a summary of the proposed Ordinance: at StaxUP Storage - Portico, 2420 Enterprise Blvd., Calexico CA 92231 County of Imperial, State of California. The following tenant: The Ordinance sets forth requirements for the collection and recycling of recyclable materials and the pro- Jose Luis Maldonado, Paul Van Dolah, Salvador Esparza, Irma cessing of organic materials generated from commercial premises and multi-family residential dwellings. Fernandez, Cindy I Meraza, Timoteo Salgado, Enrique Hernandez. Such requirements include the provision for adequate levels of service for recyclable and organic materi- Items to be sold include but not limited to personal property contain- als, adequate containers for the segregation and storage of recyclable and organic materials, and the col- ing boxes, household items, clothing, and tools. Purchases must be lection of such materials. This Ordinance provides requirements for the self-hauling of recyclable and paid at the time with Cash Only. All purchases sold as is and must be organic materials. This Ordinance authorizes the Director of the Community Development Department to removed within 24 hours of the time of sale. Sale subject to cancel- enforce its provisions. lation up to the time of sale, company reserves the right to refuse any online bids. To this end, the Ordinance adds Chapter 10B the new chapter being named Mandatory Commercial and Multi-Family Residential Collection and Disposal. Auction by storagetreasures.com Phone: 855-722-8853 A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance is posted at the office of the City Clerk, 420 South NCT 2324030 1017 Imperial Avenue, Imperial, California. Legal 6051 Feb. 11, 18, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE The Council member voting for and against the ordinance are as follows: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Business Name(s) listed above on For: Robert Amparano, Katie Burnworth, Geoff Dale, and Karin Eugenio STATEMENT February 12, 2019. Against: None FILE NO.: 21-45 I, Declare that all of the information The following persons are conduct- in this statement is true and correct. Absent: James Tucker ing business as: Signature: Martin Aguirre, Partner M & M Bazaar The filing of this statement does not Debra Jackson 1103 Ollie Ave. Ste A of itself authorize the use in this State City Clerk Calexico, CA 92231 or a Fictitious Business Name in County of Imperial Violation of the Rights of another Legal 6457 Mailing Address: under Federal, State or Common Publish: Feb. 11, 2021 2362 McConnell Rd. Law. El Centro, CA 92243 Filed with the Imperial County Full Name of Registrants: Clerk-Recorder on: January 26, Martin Aguirre 2021. 2362 McConnell Rd. NOTICE: This statement expires on: To submit an obituary give us a call at El Centro, CA 92243 January 25, 2026. A new statement Malaquias Guzman must be filed prior to the expiration 2362 McConnell Rd. date. (760) 339-4899 El Centro, CA 92243 Chuck Storey/County Clerk- This business is conducted by: A Recorder or email us the information to: General Partnership Elise Puyot, Deputy Registrant commenced to transact Legal 6049 holtvillenews@aol. business under the Fictitious Publish: Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 9 PUBLIC NOTICE T.S. No.: 2020-01649-CA A.P.N.: AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR Election to Sell to be recorded in the county tion, if conducted after January 1, 2021, pur- 049-171-006-000 CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK DRAWN ON A where the real property is located. suant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Property Address: 1250 EAST J STREET, STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Code. If you are an "eligible tenant buyer," you BRAWLEY, CA 92227 DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CRED- NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If can purchase the property if you match the last NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE IT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A you are considering bidding on this property and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN lien, you should understand that there are risks you are an "eligible bidder," you may be able to and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMA- ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You purchase the property if you exceed the last and TION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SEC- will be bidding on a lien, not on the property highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY TION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auc- are three steps to exercising this right of pur- OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN tion does not automatically entitle you to free chase. First, 48 hours after the date of the THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE THIS STATE: and clear ownership of the property. You should trustee sale, you can call (866)-960-8299, or TRUSTOR. All right, title, and interest conveyed to and also be aware that the lien being auctioned off visit this internet website http://www.alti- NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE now held by the trustee in the hereinafter may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid- source.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManage INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT described property under and pursuant to a der at the auction, you are or may be responsi- ment/TrusteeServices.aspx, using the file num- ATTACHED Deed of Trust described as: ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien ber assigned to this case 2020-01649-CA to More fully described in said Deed of Trust. being auctioned off, before you can receive find the date on which the trustee's sale was Street Address or other common designation of clear title to the property. You are encouraged held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and real property: 1250 EAST J STREET, to investigate the existence, priority, and size of the address of the trustee. Second, you must BRAWLEY, CA 92227 outstanding liens that may exist on this proper- send a written notice of intent to place a bid so A.P.N.: 049-171-006-000 ty by contacting the county recorder's office or that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability a title insurance company, either of which may after the trustee's sale. Third, you must submit for any incorrectness of the street address or charge you a fee for this information. If you a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY other common designation, if any, shown consult either of these resources, you should be described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil OWNER: above. aware that the same lender may hold more than Code, so that the trustee receives it no more YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED The sale will be made, but without covenant or one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. than 45 days after the trustee's sale. If you think OF TRUST DATED 09/12/2006. UNLESS warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The you may qualify as an "eligible tenant buyer" or YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR possession, or encumbrances, to pay the sale date shown on this notice of sale may be "eligible bidder," you should consider contact- PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB- remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, ing an attorney or appropriate real estate pro- LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA- by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to fessional immediately for advice regarding this TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO- provided in said note(s), advances, under the Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. potential right to purchase. CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and The law requires that information about trustee CONTACT A LAWYER. expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts creat- sale postponements be made available to you Date: January 30, 2021 Trustor: FRANK A WATERS, AND LA ed by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of and to the public, as a courtesy to those not Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for VERNE O. WATERS, HUSBAND AND the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether beneficiary WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS the property to be sold and reasonable estimat- your sale date has been postponed, and, if C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Duly Appointed Trustee: Western ed costs, expenses and advances at the time of applicable, the rescheduled time and date for Ventura, CA 93003 Progressive, LLC the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: the sale of this property, you may call (866)- Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 Deed of Trust Recorded 10/05/2006 as $ 123,799.83. 960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource.com/MortgageService Instrument No. 2006-047444 in book ---, page- Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/ s/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx -- and of Official Records in the office of the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx ______Recorder of Imperial County, California, possible that at the time of the sale the opening using the file number assigned to this case ______Date of Sale: 04/07/2021 at 02:00 PM bid may be less than the total debt. 2020-01649-CA. Information about postpone- Trustee Sale Assistant Place of Sale: AT THE NORTH If the Trustee is unable to convey title for ments that are very short in duration or that ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURT- any reason, the successful bidder's sole and occur close in time to the scheduled sale may WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE HOUSE 939 MAIN STREET, EL CENTRO, exclusive remedy shall be the return of not immediately be reflected in the telephone ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR CA 92243 monies paid to the Trustee, and the success- information or on the Internet Web site. The ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reason- ful bidder shall have no further recourse. best way to verify postponement information is ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY ably estimated costs and other charges: The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has exe- to attend the scheduled sale. BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. $ 123,799.83 cuted and delivered to the undersigned a writ- NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Feb. 11, 18, 25, 2021 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE ten request to commence foreclosure, and the NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right Legal 6460 THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC undersigned caused a Notice of Default and to purchase this property after the trustee auc- PUBLIC NOTICE

T.S. No.: 20-4528 time of the initial publication of the highest bid at a trustee auction does available to you and to the public, as to exercising this right of purchase. Notice of Trustee's Sale Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated not automatically entitle you to free a courtesy to those not present at the First, 48 hours after the date of the Loan No.: *******721 APN: 059- to be set forth below. The amount and clear ownership of the property. sale. If you wish to learn whether trustee sale, you can call (877) 440- 357-012-000 You Are In Default may be greater on the day of sale. You should also be aware that the your sale date has been postponed, 4460, or visit this internet website Under A Deed Of Trust Dated Trustor: Rogelio Ramos And Cynthia lien being auctioned off may be a and, if applicable, the rescheduled https://mkconsultantsinc.com/trustee 12/15/2006. Unless You Take Action C Ramos, Husband And Wife As junior lien. If you are the highest bid- time and date for the sale of this s-sales/, using the file number To Protect Your Property, It May Be Joint Tenants Duly Appointed der at the auction, you are or may be property, you may call (877) 440- assigned to this case 20-4528 to find Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need Trustee: Prestige Default Services responsible for paying off all liens 4460 or visit this Internet Web site the date on which the trustee's sale An Explanation Of The Nature Of Recorded 1/17/2007 as Instrument senior to the lien being auctioned off, https://mkconsultantsinc.com/trustee was held, the amount of the last and The Proceeding Against You, You No. 2007-001682 of Official Records before you can receive clear title to s-sales/, using the file number highest bid, and the address of the Should Contact A Lawyer. A public in the office of the Recorder of the property. You are encouraged to assigned to this case 20-4528. trustee. Second, you must send a auction sale to the highest bidder for Imperial County, California, Date of investigate the existence, priority, Information about postponements written notice of intent to place a bid cash, cashier's check drawn on a state Sale: 2/26/2021 at 2:00 PM Place of and size of outstanding liens that may that are very short in duration or that so that the trustee receives it no more or national bank, check drawn by a Sale: Front entrance to County exist on this property by contacting occur close in time to the scheduled than 15 days after the trustee's sale. state or federal credit union, or a Courthouse, 939 Main Street, El the county recorder's office or a title sale may not immediately be reflect- Third, you must submit a bid so that check drawn by a state or federal sav- Centro Amount of unpaid balance insurance company, either of which ed in the telephone information or on the trustee receives it no more than ings and loan association, or savings and other charges: $139,755.36 may charge you a fee for this infor- the Internet Web site. The best way to 45 days after the trustee's sale. If you association, or savings bank speci- Street Address or other common des- mation. If you consult either of these verify postponement information is think you may qualify as an "eligible fied in Section 5102 of the Financial ignation of real property: 1246 resources, you should be aware that to attend the scheduled sale. Notice tenant buyer" or "eligible bidder," Code and authorized to do business Sapphire St Calexico California the same lender may hold more than To Tenant: You may have a right to you should consider contacting an in this state will be held by the duly 92231 A.P.N.: 059-357-012-000 The one mortgage or deed of trust on the purchase this property after the attorney or appropriate real estate appointed trustee as shown below, of undersigned Trustee disclaims any property. All checks payable to trustee auction pursuant to Section professional immediately for advice all right, title, and interest conveyed liability for any incorrectness of the Prestige Default Services. Notice To 2924m of the California Civil Code. regarding this potential right to pur- to and now held by the trustee in the street address or other common des- Property Owner: The sale date shown If you are an "eligible tenant buyer," chase. Date: 1/15/2021 Prestige hereinafter described property under ignation, if any, shown above. If no on this notice of sale may be post- you can purchase the property if you Default Services 1920 Old Tustin and pursuant to a Deed of Trust street address or other common des- poned one or more times by the mort- match the last and highest bid placed Ave. Santa Ana, California 92705 described below. The sale will be ignation is shown, directions to the gagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, at the trustee auction. If you are an Sale Line: (877) 440-4460 /s/Briana made, but without covenant or war- location of the property may be pursuant to Section 2924g of the "eligible bidder," you may be able to Young, Trustee Sale Officer ranty, expressed or implied, regard- obtained by sending a written request California Civil Code. The law purchase the property if you exceed Feb. 4, 11, 18, 2021 ing title, possession, or encum- to the beneficiary within 10 days of requires that information about the last and highest bid placed at the Legal 6043 brances, to pay the remaining princi- the date of first publication of this trustee sale postponements be made trustee auction. There are three steps pal sum of the note(s) secured by the Notice of Sale. Notice To Potential Deed of Trust, with interest and late Bidders: If you are considering bid- charges thereon, as provided in the ding on this property lien, you should note(s), advances, under the terms of understand that there are risks the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, involved in bidding at a trustee auc- fees, charges and expenses of the tion. You will be bidding on a lien, Trustee for the total amount (at the not on the property itself. Placing the

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS tion in this statement is true and FICTITIOUS BUSINESS An Individual Common Law. NAME STATEMENT correct. NAME STATEMENT Registrant commenced to trans- Filed with the Imperial County FILE NO.: 21-25 Signature: Raj Kakkar, Owner FILE NO.: 21-35 act business under the Fictitious Clerk-Recorder on: January 25, The following persons are con- The filing of this statement does The following person is conduct- Business Name(s) listed above 2021. ducting business as: not of itself authorize the use in ing business as: on July 18, 2016. NOTICE: This statement expires Kennedy’s Market this State or a Fictitious Business Montessori Quest Family I, Declare that all of the informa- on: January 14, 2026. A new 70 E Main St. Name in Violation of the Rights Childcare tion in this statement is true and statement must be filed prior to Heber, CA 92249 of another under Federal, State or 1257 E Pedroza St. correct. the expiration date. County of Imperial Common Law. Calexico, CA 92231 Signature: Elsa M. Martinez, Chuck Storey/County Clerk- Full Name of Registrants: Filed with the Imperial County County of Imperial Owner Recorder UTTAM3 Clerk-Recorder on: January 19, Full Name of Registrant: The filing of this statement does Elise Puyot, Deputy 70 E Main St. 2021. Elsa M. Martinez not of itself authorize the use in Legal 6046 Heber, CA 92249 NOTICE: This statement expires 1257 E. Pedroza St. this State or a Fictitious Business Publish: Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 This business is conducted by: A on: January 18, 2026. A new Calexico, CA 92231 Name in Violation of the Rights Corporation statement must be filed prior to This business is conducted by: of another under Federal, State or Articles of Incorporation: the expiration date. C4626918 Chuck Storey/County Clerk- PUBLIC NOTICE Registrant commenced to trans- Recorder FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Individual Filed with the Imperial County act business under the Fictitious Elise Puyot, Deputy STATEMENT Registrant commenced to transact Clerk-Recorder on: January 22, Business Name(s) listed above Legal 6453 FILE NO.: 21-33 business under the Fictitious 2021. on January 15, 2021. Publish: Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 The following person is conducting Business Name(s) listed above on: NOTICE: This statement expires on: I, Declare that all of the informa- business as: January 10, 2021. January 21, 2026. A new statement Mendoza AG Express I, Declare that all of the information must be filed prior to the expiration PUBLIC NOTICE 897 S. 10th St. in this statement is true and correct. date. El Centro, CA 92243 Signature: Edward Mendoza, Owner Chuck Storey/County Clerk- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Owner County of Imperial The filing of this statement does not Recorder NAME STATEMENT The filing of this statement does Full Name of Registrant: of itself authorize the use in this State Elise Puyot, Deputy FILE NO.: 20-721 not of itself authorize the use in this Edward Mendoza or a Fictitious Business Name in Legal 6452 The following person is conducting State or a Fictitious Business Name 897 S. 10th St. Violation of the Rights of another Publish: Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 business as: in Violation of the Rights of anoth- El Centro, CA 92243 under Federal, State or Common Towers Enterprises er under Federal, State or Common This business is conducted by: An Law. 502 East 4th St. Law. PUBLIC NOTICE Holtville, CA 92250 Filed with the Imperial County County of Imperial Clerk-Recorder on: December 29, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Calexico, CA 92231 Law. Full Name of Registrant: 2020. STATEMENT This business is conducted by: An Filed with the Imperial County Daniel Tejeda Torres NOTICE: This statement expires FILE NO.: 21-12 Individual Clerk-Recorder on: January 11, 502 East 4th St. on: December 28, 2025. A new The following person is conducting Registrant commenced to transact 2021. Holtville, CA 92250 statement must be filed prior to the business as: business under the Fictitious NOTICE: This statement expires on: LA Computers Business Name(s) listed above on: January 10, 2026. A new statement This business is conducted by: An expiration date. 245 Hernandez St. January 1, 2021. must be filed prior to the expiration Individual Chuck Storey/County Clerk- Calexico, CA 92231 I, Declare that all of the information date. Registrant has not commenced to Recorder County of Imperial in this statement is true and correct. Chuck Storey/County Clerk- transact business under the Elise Puyot, Deputy Mailing Address: Signature: Andres J. Beltran, Owner Recorder Fictitious Business Name(s) listed Legal 9007 PO Box 147 The filing of this statement does not Victoria Camarillo, Deputy above. Publish: Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, Calexico, CA 92232 of itself authorize the use in this State Legal 6045 I, Declare that all of the informa- 2021 Full Name of Registrant: or a Fictitious Business Name in Publish: Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 2021 tion in this statement is true and Andres J. Beltran Violation of the Rights of another correct. 245 Hernandez St. under Federal, State or Common Signature: Daniel Tejeda Torres,

PUBLIC NOTICE T.S. No.: 2020-01883-CA CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK DRAWN ON A Election to Sell to be recorded in the county auction, if conducted after January 1, 2021, A.P.N.: 054-093-010-000 STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK where the real property is located. pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Property Address: 219 Horne Road, EL DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Civil Code. If you are an "eligible tenant CENTRO, CA 92243 CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If buyer," you can purchase the property if you NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE BYA STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND you are considering bidding on this property match the last and highest bid placed at the PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSO- lien, you should understand that there are trustee auction. If you are an "eligible bidder," and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMA- CIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. you may be able to purchase the property if TION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL You will be bidding on a lien, not on the prop- you exceed the last and highest bid placed at ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSI- erty itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee the trustee auction. There are three steps to COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT NESS IN THIS STATE: auction does not automatically entitle you to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO All right, title, and interest conveyed to and free and clear ownership of the property. You hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can THE TRUSTOR. now held by the trustee in the hereinafter should also be aware that the lien being auc- call (855)-976-3916, or visit this internet NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE described property under and pursuant to a tioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the website https://tracker.auction.com/sb1079 , INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Deed of Trust described as: highest bidder at the auction, you are or may using the file number assigned to this case ATTACHED More fully described in said Deed of Trust. be responsible for paying off all liens senior 2020-01883-CA to find the date on which the Street Address or other common designation to the lien being auctioned off, before you can trustee's sale was held, the amount of the last of real property: 219 Horne Road, EL CEN- receive clear title to the property. You are and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. TRO, CA 92243 encouraged to investigate the existence, prior- Second, you must send a written notice of A.P.N.: 054-093-010-000 ity, and size of outstanding liens that may intent to place a bid so that the trustee The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liabil- exist on this property by contacting the coun- receives it no more than 15 days after the ity for any incorrectness of the street address ty recorder's office or a title insurance compa- trustee's sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY or other common designation, if any, shown ny, either of which may charge you a fee for remitting the funds and affidavit described in OWNER: above. this information. If you consult either of these Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED The sale will be made, but without covenant resources, you should be aware that the same the trustee receives it no more than 45 days OF TRUST DATED 08/12/2005. UNLESS or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding lender may hold more than one mortgage or after the trustee's sale. If you think you may YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the deed of trust on this property. qualify as an "eligible tenant buyer" or "eligi- PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB- remaining principal sum of the note(s) NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The ble bidder," you should consider contacting an LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA- secured by the Deed of Trust with interest sale date shown on this notice of sale may be attorney or appropriate real estate profession- TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO- thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, postponed one or more times by the mort- al immediately for advice regarding this CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, gagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur- potential right to purchase. CONTACT A LAWYER. charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Date: January 27, 2021 Trustor: MARISSA VASQUEZ, A SINGLE trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total Code. The law requires that information about WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPA- amount of the unpaid balance of the obliga- trustee sale postponements be made available Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for RATE PROPERTY tion secured by the property to be sold and to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those beneficiary Duly Appointed Trustee: Western reasonable estimated costs, expenses and not present at the sale. 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Chuck Storey/County Clerk- Recorder Victoria Camarillo, Deputy Legal 6052 Publish: Feb. 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 2021 Weekly-Chronicle Thursday, February 11, 2021 PAGE 12 Salton Sea...... from page one the Colorado River broke free of continue to advocate, but it doesn't presented a comprehensive plan its chains created (or recreated) seem like the wheels have turned that would refill Laguna Salada, the Salton Sea. in that direction yet," he said. redirect the New and Alamo rivers Known as the "sea-to-sea" Board of Supervisors back to Mexico, and build three project, a series of representatives Chairman Michael Kelley agreed pipelines north to the Salton Sea, from private companies presented that the sea-to-sea concept is the powered by solar panels on the their ideas to save the dwindling best hope for the long-term pipelines themselves. Salton Sea by importing ocean restoration of the sea, but also The easternmost pipeline water from the Sea of Cortez in expressed frustration at the lack of would also connect to a state-of- Mexico, roughly 120 miles to the action from the state and federal the-art geothermal facility on the south. governments, saying that the plans East Mesa that would use ocean "This is a place where some of have been reviewed several times water from the pipeline to gener- the greatest minds around envi- but "it never seems to go any- ate electricity, potable water, and sioning a future for the Salton Sea where." Agess Inc. presented one of nine plans during a Zoom conference Jan. 31 use the geothermal brine to extract region have come together to "My preference would be the to move ocean water from the Sea of Cortez to the Salton Sea. An Agess battery-grade lithium. Lakic said share their vision of what this sea-to-sea concept to restore the slide shows the company's plan to add water to the Salton Sea via a the project has the potential to cre- place truly can become and what Salton Sea," Michael Kelley said pipeline from Laguna Salada, a dry lakebed that would be flooded to cre- ate more than $1 billion in revenue the Salton Sea deserves," said on Feb. 1. "And, if it's financially ate a reservoir for ocean water from the Sea of Cortez. COURTESY each year. A second phase would Kerry Morrison, founder, and unfeasible, then get the federal IMAGE involve an additional pipeline executive director of EcoMedia government involved. I told the the sea and create some kind of to change the weather of the entire from Long Beach to the north Compass, who hosted a Zoom governor himself - it was Gov. ongoing funding for this project to southwestern United States, shore of the Salton Sea. conference on Jan. 31 to reac- (Jerry) Brown at the time - I guar- be built out ... it's got to be some- restore the declining levels of "It's a comprehensive design, quaint the public with the "sea-to- antee you if the Salton Sea issue thing that's financially viable. water in the Colorado River Basin it's huge," Lakic said. "It's the sea" concept. was in the Sacramento Valley, or "They're going to have to fig- and restore wildlife habitats at project of the century. It could be Representatives from six dif- the L.A. basin, or the San Diego ure out the benefits. There are true Laguna Salada and the Colorado compared to the Hoover Dam in ferent companies presented six area, it would be taken care of in a costs associated with conveying River Delta. the '30s." different plans to move the heartbeat. the water across," Ryan Kelley Agess' proposed project would Roberto Cossio, president of Mexican seawater to the Salton "We don't have the population explained. "We took up that sup- use tidal power to return ocean Mexicali-based Quadrant II, was Sea, including building one or to muster enough votes to turn port because we realized that there water to Laguna Salada and then pessimistic about the idea of refill- multiple pipelines, flooding the people over in the Legislature. So, are benefits to it, having a stable pipe it from the border to the ing Laguna Salada, saying that it dry Laguna Salada lakebed west we're just a stepchild to the state," shore, having commercial activity, Salton Sea. White's hypothesis is would cause social issues with the of Mexicali and building a the chairman added. and residential development and that reintroducing warm water to Cocopah tribe, which owns one- pipeline from there, or extending The California Natural industrial." Laguna Salada would add water to third of the land in question. the existing Coyote Canal, which Resources Agency decided to Michael Kelley agreed that the Colorado River Basin through "They don't want La Salada stretches from the Sea of Cortez move forward with a feasibility commercialization of the project evaporation. flooded and there are many rea- through a portion of Laguna study of ocean water import in should be a key component and He theorized that the evaporat- sons for that and most of them are Salada, north to the Salton Sea. November 2019 and issued a that it has been "part of the plans ed water would bolster seasonal social," Cossio said. "We cannot The plans are ambitious, and Request for Proposals to conduct since day one." monsoons throughout the deposit residual hypersaline so would be the cost for such an the study, but as of 2021 they have "I've heard that many, many Southwest, dumping more water waters in Mexico, we cannot cause undertaking, estimated as high as back into the river basin. White social distress. Those are things $26 billion, which has been a added that the "atmospheric con- that we have to take into consider- sticking point for getting the proj- veyor belt" would push the ation for each one of these proj- ect funded at the state and federal increased moisture as far north as ects." levels. Wyoming. Right now, Quadrant II holds Imperial County Reacts to "This project actually goes exclusive development rights in Costly Concept beyond just the ability to affect the Laguna Salada, and Cossio Past studies, including those these three regional areas," White said that he sees his company as conducted by the Salton Sea said Jan. 31. "We can evaporate a "facilitators" who would like to Authority and the U.S Bureau of lot of water into the Colorado partner with an American entity. Reclamation, showed the idea of River Basin, so this is really a Quadrant II would bring water to importing seawater to be too cost- national restoration of the the border via a 100-kilometer ly to be feasible, but the idea has Southwest. All this water that pipeline from a series of 160 again gained traction. evaporates in this region and these beach wells in the Colorado River After inflows were further wetlands around Laguna Salada Delta and seek an American part- reduced to the sea in 2018 as part The shoreline of the Salton Sea has been receding for decades due to and the Salton Sea can add water ner to bring it the rest of the way to of the 2003 Quantification decreased agricultural runoff, leaving behind a toxic mix of sand, pesti- to the Colorado River Basin, the Salton Sea. Settlement Agreement water trans- cides, and other toxins known as playa that can become airborne and which is a little different from the Cossio was one of the many fer component with the San Diego cause health problems for residents in surrounding communities. other projects you'll see here voices calling on all of those County Water Authority, the con- LUKE PHILLIPS PHOTO tonight, that we can actually fully working on separate plans to come cept started to be talked about restore and add precipitation in the together. publicly. not received any responses to the times," the county board chairman Colorado River Basin." "I think it's time to make a list As the sea's shores recede at requests. said. "There's so many options, so Richard Coles, senior vice of weaknesses and strong points of an accelerated pace and the threat In January, several communi- many variables, there's so many president of water infrastructure at all the projects in order to put of ecological, financial, and health ties on the sea's North Shore stories on the sea-to-sea concept, Cordoba Group, presented a less together a real solution," he said. disasters loom large through adopted resolutions supporting but it never has gotten off the bat- fleshed-out plan and noted that the "We cannot prevail by making a exposed seabed and the fear of comprehensive analysis of the dif- tery box, and I don't know why. company is still considering alter- solitary effort. We need to find asthma-triggering - and potentially ferent alternatives for importing "I just don't understand why natives and feasibility. common ground and push this toxic - dust storms, some activists ocean water and asking the state to people have dropped the potential Cordoba Group is putting project to the end." and politicians from both Imperial aggressively pursue an independ- of pursuing something that would together a plan that would pipe The final presenter at the con- and Riverside counties have bol- ent panel review of the alterna- be so critically important to the water from the Sea of Cortez, ference, Tom Sephton with stered their calls for seawater tives. restoration of the Salton Sea. I starting either at San Felipe or Sephton Water Technologies, said import to become the long-term The state has a Dec. 31, 2022, heard everybody is wanting to get Golfo de Santa Clara, and running that selling salt byproducts would plan for Salton Sea restoration. deadline to develop a long-term on board with it, but nothing is along either the west side or the be key to the success of any of the Members of the Imperial plan for the restoration of the sea happening. It's a long-term plan, east side of the Imperial Valley, projects, pointing out that the County Board of Supervisors have as prescribed by the National but it shouldn't be a long-term respectively. Coles said that one of value of and demand for salt has also voiced their approval of the Environmental Policy Act. The plan, it should be an immediate the biggest hurdles his company is been growing steadily in recent sea-to-sea transfer plan but long-term plan is being developed plan." looking to overcome is how to years. expressed skepticism about the while the state's shorter-term, 10- Several Sea-to-Sea Plans So manage the salt byproducts of any Sephton's plan involves using idea being funded at the state or year plan is being implemented. Far desalination plan. a canal to bring water north from federal level. Several small-scale wetland Imperial Valley businessman "Salinity management is a the Sea of Cortez, through Laguna "We're not high on the list in restoration projects are being Gary Jennings has been working huge issue," Coles said. "We Salada, and then to a desalination the seats of the state and federal implemented around the sea, on a low-cost version of the sea- believe that management of that plant that would produce electrici- government, so it's easy to forget including a 4,110-acre project that to-sea import plan for more than a salt would be critical to the long- ty, potable water, and 15-20 mil- about what's happening down broke ground near the mouth of decade, and at the EcoMedia term success of the project itself." lion tons of salt per year. The proj- here," said Ryan Kelley, Imperial the New River in January. Compass conference on Jan. 31, Michael Clinton, a former ect would cost $600 million to County supervisor for District 4, Although the importation con- he called on all of those proposing general manager of the IID, now build, and Septhon said that it has which is home to a portion of the cept is gaining favor, there is also ideas for the plan to come together with Las Vegas-based GEI the potential to bring in billions of Salton Sea. the perimeter lake idea that has and develop the cheapest, most- Consultants, also expressed con- dollars in profit every year. "We do see the value in it and been publicly advocated in the feasible version of the project pos- cern about what could be done "Salt is worth, ton for ton, a share that goal of having a stable past by both the Salton Sea sible to present to the state in with the estimated 100 million hundred times as much as purified Salton Sea that draws people into Authority and the Imperial hopes that they will fund the proj- tons of salt that would need to be water," Sephton said. "You have to development and recreation, but Irrigation District, under the direc- ect. removed from ocean water every use a canal to efficiently deliver it's going to have to be a win and a tion of longtime Salton Sea advo- Jennings' plan involved year before it is introduced into water, salt being a hundred times continued support that's going to cate, former IID General Manager extending the existing Coyote the Salton Sea. more valuable per ton, you can be able to take care of the infra- the late Kevin Kelley, who spoke Canal in Mexico to the border, and Clinton said that his company afford to bag it, load it on a rail car structure being built," he said dur- of the district's support for a then piping the water from there to is looking at different ways to dis- or truck, and ship it to customers ing an interview on Monday, Feb. "smaller, more sustainable sea." the Salton Sea. The Coyote Canal pose of the salt, including dump- outside the area. You can also use 1. Supervisor Ryan Kelley, the was built in the 1970s to take agri- ing it in abandoned mines or pos- salt for various industrial process- Kelley said that he and the late Kevin Kelley's younger broth- cultural runoff away from sibly back into the ocean. He said es, leather tanning, food process- Board of Supervisors have contin- er, said that he believes the idea of Mexicali to the Laguna Salada that he's been working on a solu- ing ... both relevant in Imperial ually advocated for the Salton Sea importing water from the Sea of wilderness area. tion for the Salton Sea since the County." at the state and federal levels but Cortez could come to fruition one "This is just a ditch project," late 1990s. EcoMedia's Morrison ended have not been able to garner much day, but it would need to contain a he said. "California is not going to "The potential solution has the proceedings with another call support for funding projects that commercial component that would spend billions of dollars on this. come to a point where we see a for unity. will require billions of dollars and use the water coming from the We need to build the Kmart of few constraints that are difficult to "There are some overlapping may or may not become financial- project to produce some sort of canals. And I don't think any of us overcome," said Clinton, adding ideas and there are some concepts ly self-sustaining. byproduct that could be sold, be it are going to win this fight unless that, like Agess, GEI has also that can complement each other, "I applaud everyone for trying salt, electricity, or fresh water. we all work together," Jennings started looking at solutions that so we encourage you to find a way to bring attention to this, but I "It has to be commercially said. "We all must work together will help to restore the Colorado to work together and present some want to be realistic and say that, viable," Ryan Kelley said. for our mutual benefit. If we don't River Basin as well as the Salton of these plans either as one or sim- you know, you can take a look at "Somebody is going to have to cooperate with each other, we Sea. plify this so that it's the state's the New River (for reference). agree, and it would be a larger fail." "Unless there is an augmenta- obvious choice," he said. "You are That's been sitting here for quite a entity like the state of California, At the other end of the spec- tion program for the Colorado all experts, let's find a way to while, the dirtiest river in North to buy water from Mexico. They're trum, Agess Inc. Chief Executive River, there is no solution to the make the state understand that this America, and it's still flowing. ... not going to just send it here for Officer Nathan White described a Salton Sea," he said. is the obvious complimentary We have advocated in Washington free, and how that becomes a com- large-scale plan that would aim to Geothermal Worldwide choice." and in Sacramento, and we will modity and is utilized to restore not only restore the Salton Sea, but President and CEO Nikola Lakic

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