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Census deliveries Norwalk warns against resume this week illegal firework use

NORWALK - The U.S. Census Bureau, in operation on March 18 due to the and paper questionnaires at Although Norwalk’s coordination with federal, state COVID-19 pandemic. the front doors of roughly 5.1 annual Independence Day and local health officials, will million stateside households Temporary field staff have fireworks show has been begin to drop off 2020 Census with 25,001 households within been trained to observe all canceled due to COVID-19, questionnaire packets at front Los Angeles County and 8,093 social distancing protocols and residents can still celebrate doors of households in select Los households in Riverside.This will wear official government- at home with their own safe Angeles and Riverside County operation is crucial to ensure a provided personal protective and sane fireworks. regions this week. This is done complete and accurate count of equipment for their safety and in areas where the majority of all communities, which helps Norwalk has a zero the safety of the public. This households do not receive mail guide hundreds of billions of tolerance policy for illegal operation is contactless and at their physical address. dollars in public and private fireworks and individuals follows the most current federal sector spending per year. will be held accountable The Census Bureau began health and safety guidelines. for the possession, storage, hand-delivering census People are strongly The Census Bureau will sales, and discharge of materials on March 15 but encouraged to respond deliver 2020 Census invitations illegal fireworks on their suspended all fieldwork for this promptly to the 2020 Census properties. using the ID number included in the questionnaire packet. Offenders will be subject In Memory of Responding with a census ID or to fines ranging from the paper questionnaire helps $1,500 to $3,000. Illegal Julius L. Romo ensure the best count of their fireworks activity may be April 6, 1921 - June 3, 2020 community. People can respond reported anonymously at online, by phone or by using the (562) 929-5333. Getty Images Julius L. Romo, born in Los paper form in the packet. Additional regulations: Angeles, passed away peacefully – 10 p.m. from July 1 – July 4. Department within one hour on June 3, 2020, at his home in Fireworks may only be Fireworks are prohibited any after confiscation. possessed from 10 a.m. July 1 other day. Norwalk, CA. through 10 p.m. July 4. No one shall possess or Services will be at Rose Hills Only Safe and Sane fireworks discharge fireworks on City Fireworks may only be Memorial Park & Cemetery can be discharged in the City of property, including City parks, discharged between 10 a.m. Norwalk. streets, and sidewalks, unless a located at 3888 Workman Mill Rd., permit has been issued. Whittier. The funeral will be held In Memory of Fireworks can only be sold July 1st to July 4th between the As part of ongoing efforts on Monday, June 22, at 11:00 a.m. John Cornelius Vanderham hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. to encourage the community to at the Hillside Chapel followed by celebrate responsibly, the City is You must be 18 years of age focusing on a proactive fireworks Graveside service at 12:00 p.m. March 20, 1942 - May 31, 2020 or older to purchase fireworks. safety campaign via the City Those under the age of 18 must Julius L. Romo, was born to Joseph and Evelyn Romo on John Cornelius Vanderham, website, social media and be accompanied by a responsible April 6, 1921. He was a proud Eagle Scout in his younger Date of Birth March 20, 1942, Date monthly community newsletter. person 21 years of age or older. years and earned many merit badges. He graduated from of Death May 31, 2020. Born in In addition, the Public Safety No minor under the age of Belmont High School, before enlisting into the U.S. Navy Artesia, CA to parents Jon and Nell Department is hosting the 18 shall possess, fire, set off, annual “Say No to Dangerous on October 12, 1942, and was honorably discharged on Vanderham, John was survived by discharge, or use any fireworks Fireworks” Art Contest, which October 7, 1945. Julius Romo was a Truck Driver for Crescent Wife Tanya Genece Vanderham, unless they are physically showcases local youth’s artistic supervised by a person over the Oil, and later worked for the Los Angeles Unified School Daughter Suenell Aletta Nelson, skills and shares the importance age of 21. District, where he retired as a Truck Dispatcher. Son John Edison Vanderham, of fireworks safety. The contest He married Angelina Fuentes in November, 1947, and Son Bradley James Downs, Sister Minors under the age of is open to students under the age of 18 who live in Norwalk had been married for 73 years. He leaves behind his wife, Katherine Hoogsteen. John was a 18 who are in possession of fireworks and not directly and submissions must be mailed Angelina, his sister, Betty Brewer, Children, Arturo & Kerry life long Dairy Farmer. John owned and operated his dream supervised by someone 21 years to City Hall by Thursday, June Romo, Daniel & Sharon Romo, Eileen Gray, Gilbert Romo business Norwalk Dairy until 2012, when he was stricken of age or older can have those 25. Winning entries will be and Natalie Trejo, Grandchildren, TJ Romo, & Kerry Gray, with Alzheimers. John was truly one of the finest people fireworks confiscated by any announced on the City’s social law enforcement officer, Fire media and displayed at City Hall. Jason & Julia Gray, Kristina & Jennifer Romo, and Great ever on this earth. The saying “They don’t make them like Department employee or any For more information, please Grandchildren, Reannah & Sabrina Gray, Nicole Gray, Riley that anymore” truly describes John. He will be greatly adult. The confiscated fireworks call Public Safety at (562) 929- must be delivered to the Fire and Hayden Vlasak. missed. 5732. ATTORNEY • ABOGADA Eva Juárez Malhotra ATTORNEY AT LAW

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By Judge Andrew Napolitano For two months now, most of America has endured a government- imposed lockdown. I hate to use that word — lockdown — as it connotes locking prisoners into their cells during prison disturbances. But it is the word that the government itself uses when referring to its orders of confinement. Today, we are the government’s prisoners. Wear your mask. Stay at home. Don’t go to work. Don’t open your business. Don’t go to church. And, for heaven’s sake, don’t gather in any group larger than 25 — unless it is to speak words of which the government approves. Here is the backstory. When the United States was founded, the folks who framed the new government shared many political and philosophical views. Some of those views were reprehensible, unnatural and contrary to the others — most notably that the new Constitution would permit the states to enforce a system of human slavery. That colossal error brought us 75 more years of human degradation, a horrific war, the military occupation of the southern states, Jim Crow, lynching, the advent of the KKK, official segregation and the denigration of blacks by much of the government even today. When the pre-Civil War Supreme Court was asked to rule on whether a slave who made it to the north could sue his former captors for permanent freedom, the Court ruled that blacks were not persons, as contemplated by the Constitution, and thus did not enjoy the rights of persons that the Constitution protects. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy attends a Black Lives Matter protest despite his stay-at-home orders. The Dred Scott decision not only triggered the Civil War but also the abuse of blacks, which has followed to this day. them. To paraphrase the poet William Makepeace Thackeray, folks were shaking their fists in the tyrant’s face. A small number of people The public torture and murder of George Floyd — a 46-year-old The stated purpose of the lockdown is to shield us from infection. got arrested for violence, but no one got arrested for violating a black man — by white Minneapolis cops has crystallized the public But this raises very serious questions about our relationship to gubernatorial lockdown order. awareness of our collective history of looking the other way when government. We never authorized the government to shield us from these horrors have happened. infection. We never authorized it to lock us down. We never authorized When New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was asked why he violated his the police to enforce anything other than legislatively enacted statutes. lockdown orders by personally marching in one of those large peaceful The same framers who were willing to compromise on slavery were We never authorized the police to murder confined prisoners. assemblies while his police were issuing summonses for participation unwilling to compromise on other issues. Among them were that the in other assemblies, he observed that racism is more troubling than purpose of government is to protect rights and that no government is Here in New Jersey, the police are handing out summonses that closed nail salons. Good for him. moral or lawful absent the consent of the governed. The latter requires look like parking tickets. In the place where they are supposed to write that we have not only consented to the existence of the government the statute that the recipient has allegedly violated, they have written But he cannot use the power of government to support assembly, but also to the powers that we have given it. “Violation of Governor’s Executive Order...” This is madness. Crimes travel and speech with which he agrees and punish that with which he consist only of behavior properly condemned in writing by a popularly disagrees. That’s why we have a Constitution. This theory — embraced by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of elected representative body. It is not a crime to refuse to comply with Independence and by James Madison in the Constitution — mandates What a gross misunderstanding of the American ethos he has. He the paternalistic wishes of one person. that human beings are born free, that we have natural rights integral to will bar your work. He will permit you to shop for a car but not for a our humanity, that we are free to surrender a small part of those rights If the governor of New Jersey can haul you into court for violating book. You can walk with your family down an aisle at Walmart but not to a government, that the purpose of the government is to protect the his executive orders, can he be hauled into court for violating our basic up to an altar to receive Holy Communion. rights we have not surrendered, that the government (today) must be liberties — which are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights he swore to George Floyd died because the government itself put a knee on colorblind and that the government only has the powers that we have protect? his throat. In New Jersey, the governor — without the consent of the surrendered to it. When the Black Lives Matter movement manifested its disgust governed and thus without any lawful authority — has his knee on the Stated differently, if we, as free people, did not consent to giving with government failures to restrain the police, huge gatherings of state’s throat, choking the air and lifeblood out of those yearning to certain powers to the government — like the powers state governors people defied lockdown orders of governors. Most were peaceful. Most be free. have exercised to lock us down or the police exercised to murder Floyd were the quintessential exercise of the freedom to travel, to assemble How much longer will free people accept this? — the government, quite simply, lacks those powers and should be and to tell the government what you think of it. removed from office by an angry citizenry when it tries to exercise 7 days in June: war and peace

By Jaime Stiehm so he could walk to a church and scowl. He coerced his top military peace. One said that if he wasn’t wearing the uniform, we’d have a commander and Secretary of Defense to trail him, to their everlasting different conversation. That afternoon, I met a handful of protestors, In June light, the American president waged war against the shame. one a boy of 13. people. In a mass mobilization, the people won a peaceful victory, wresting the nation’s meaning from the maw. Two female leaders I asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., if she knew the The old military brass is mad at Trump for his boastful misuse of made all the difference. Lincoln Memorial would be seized as “battlespace.” She replied: arms. His former Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, broke a long “No, no. And I would like to know who they are.” She challenged silence and blasted his old boss. Apparently, seeing Mark Milley, I heard it first from a fighter pilot named Smash. Active duty Trump on the rows of unidentified law enforcement and Bureau of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wearing battle camouflage to military must never be deployed at home. That’s un-American. Prisons officers and said police reform is coming. She added: “What the protest scene set him off. Who needs the army or marines, I might add, when police forces are they did on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial was so stunning. ... It militarized anyway? Mattis is the noblest Roman of them all, so his words carry was scary.” weight, even if late. Yet President Donald Trump called heavily armed soldiers out on Call it blasphemy against the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s our city streets, concentrated in the capital. They rained on protests Then there was Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s baleful memory. A preacher of nonviolent change for civil rights, King gave against police violence — with helicopters, pepper spray and rubber opinion piece in The New York Times, all in for military force against the lofty “I Have a Dream” speech on those steps. bullets. The 82nd Airborne Division stood ready. Trump even amassed demonstrators. So harsh and wrong was he that Times staffers military might on the sacred shrine of freedom, the marble Lincoln Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington defied Trump in an inspired mutinied and burned it to the ground. The editorial page editor got Memorial. way. A woman of color, Bowser had “BLACK LIVES MATTER” painted fired. in huge block letters on the road leading to the White House. What a That was the cruelest cut, the most profane act against democracy That reminds me that in April, Trump claimed he loved “Mutiny spirited street protest, King’s nonviolent power in action. ever by a president. on the Bounty,” the movie and true story of a verbally abusive ship Like a coward, Trump retreated to a bunker and built a fortress captain’s overthrow. Civil War President Abraham Lincoln, the eloquent giant, freed 4 around the White House as anger rose to high tide across American million enslaved people. It’s beyond irony that “law and order” was The people returned to the Lincoln Memorial and took it back on towns and cities. The world witnessed a collective outcry and revolt sent to that site to squelch peaceful protests against racial violence. the sixth and seventh days of June. Not a soldier in sight. The siege against racial abuse from police. Case in point: George Floyd’s Lincoln was tragically slain before he put the broken pieces together was over. Few things in life are as sweet as rising up under the sun dehumanizing arrest and murder. Perhaps a civilian dam broke, too, for a more just union. for democracy. over the stream of insults Trump dishes out daily. Over seven days in June, never forget, peaceful resisters against Said Pelosi: “A time to heal.” At the midway point, I visited the majestic Lincoln to speak with police brutality were called “mobs.” One evening, Trump cleared some National Guard soldiers. Why were they there? Just guarding street marchers with a violent attack as he spoke in the Rose Garden the memorial, they said. But soldiers are trained for war, not keeping Let them risk their lives

By John Stossel First, they inject the volunteers. Half get the test vaccine; half But some doctors say it shouldn’t be done. get a placebo. Then, the test subjects resume their normal lives, and Deaths from COVID-19 are dropping, but we probably can’t resume “We need to wait,” says Dr. Jennifer Miller, bioethics professor at researchers watch to see who gets sick. normal life until someone develops a vaccine. Experts say it will take Yale Medical School. at least 12 to 18 months. For that research to work, there must be enough of the coronavirus She says a challenge trial may not save much time. “You have to around for enough volunteers to get the coronavirus. Why so long? develop the challenge virus strain... test it in animals... figure out the But now COVID-19 cases are declining. Researchers worry that correct dose. That can take 6 to 18 months.” Because to make sure a vaccine works, researchers must recruit there won’t be enough sick people to test it on. lots of volunteers and wait for them to get sick. Maybe. Virologist Stanley Plotkin, developer of the rubella Fortunately, there’s a way to speed testing up, if regulators allow vaccine, says it could take just two months. it. It’s called a human challenge trial. I argue that the length of time shouldn’t matter. “If individuals “’Challenge’ means that you intentionally expose people to the want to experiment, shouldn’t it be their choice?” I ask Miller. “Why coronavirus... ‘challenging’ them with the virus,” explains Carson doesn’t the volunteer get to say, ‘I’m an adult. It’s my body, I get to Poltorack in my new video. make the decision!?’” Poltorack is a member of One Day Sooner, a group of mostly healthy “We have moral limits to what you can do with your freedoms,” young people who volunteered to be infected with the coronavirus. replies Miller. “We mandate that you wear helmets when you ride So far, 24,000 people from 100 countries have volunteered. They are bicycles in some states. We say you have to wear a seatbelt for your willing to risk their lives if it means the world get a vaccine sooner. protection... I’m not sure the added risks to the participants are justified.” “It’s the right thing to do,” says Poltorack. “That’s a decision that each individual informed volunteer can The idea of a challenge trial is not new. Such trials were used to make for themselves,” says Poltorack, wisely. find treatments for malaria, typhoid, dengue fever and cholera. But there were treatments for those diseases. So far, we have no reliable I obviously agree. I asked Poltorack, “One month’s difference in treatment for COVID-19. the development of a vaccine could save a thousand lives?” “People your age do die from COVID,” I say to Poltorack. “No, probably far more than that,” he answers. “Probably in the range of tens to hundreds of thousands.” “Absolutely.” He responds. “I’m 23. The risk of somebody from 18 to 30 is about 3 in 10,000, the same as if you were to donate a kidney.” Some bureaucracies have come around to the idea. Recently, the World Health Organization released a paper on challenge trials. Poltorack volunteered after reading a paper where bioethicist Thirty-five members of Congress wrote the FDA asking it to consider Nir Eyal argued that challenge trials would develop a vaccine sooner, a challenge trial. without much added risk. We adults should be allowed to make our own decisions about “We put people through risks in clinical trials all the time,” says what we do with our own bodies. Eyal. If some people want to get infected, let them! Young people are more likely to take such risks. Some volunteer to fight wars. Fighting this pandemic, say One Day Sooner volunteers, is like that. One recorded a video where she says it is “maybe the most important thing I will ever do.” 04 Friday, June 12, 2020 The Norwalk Patriot

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The user might try taking BEACH CA 92658 of the DIR’s determination of the prevailing court at the hearing indicated below to show 17541 17TH ST., STE 100 has led to a huge rise in alcohol more of the drug to achieve the Articles of Incorporation or Organization rate of per diem wages at each job site. This cause, if any, why the petition for change of TUSTIN CA 92780 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: C2244073 Project is subject to compliance monitoring name should not be granted. Any person 6/5, 6/12, 6/19/20 sales; some estimates show more same high. These brain adapta- REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ALBERT and enforcement by the DIR. objecting to the name changes described CNS-3369790# than a 60% increase. This may, in tions lead to the person becoming INDUSTRIES LTD., 16160 SCIENTIFIC above must file a written objection that THE NORWALK PATRIOT WAY, IRVINE CA 92618 BONDS. Each Bid must be accompanied includes the reasons for the objection at part, be a sign less and less able to derive plea- State of Incorporation: CA by a cash deposit, cashier’s check, certified least two court days before the matter is CNS 3369790 of a dramatic sure from the other things they THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a check or Bidder’s Bond issued by a Surety scheduled to be heard and must appear at The Norwalk Patriot increase in once enjoyed, like food, exercise, Corporation insurer, made payable to the City and the hearing to show cause why the petition 6/5/20, 6/12/20, 6/19/20 The date registrant started to transact in an amount not less than ten percent should not be granted. If no written objection mental health sex, or social activities. business under the fictitious business name (10%) of the total Bid submitted. Personal is timely filed, the court may grant the petition and particularly or names listed above: 05/2015 or company checks are not acceptable. without a hearing. TRUSTEE SALES Long term drug use can also I declare that all the information in this Upon Contract award, the Contractor shall NOTICE OF HEARING addiction is- cause changes in other brain statement is true and correct. (A registrant provide faithful performance and payment Date: MARCH 25, 2020, Time: 1:30 p.m., sues. Of course, who declares as true any material matter T.S. No.: 19-22311 A.P.N.: 8022-025-020 chemical systems and circuits, Bonds, each in a sum equal to the Contract Department: C, Room: 312 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE long before pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business Price. Before acceptance of the Project, The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk affecting learning, judgment, and Professions Code that the registrant IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST the Contractor shall submit a warranty or Blvd., Norwalk 90650 DATED 10/18/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE this worldwide decision making, handing stress, knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor maintenance Bond that is valid for one A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall punishable by a fine not to exceed one ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, pandemic, we memory and behavior. year from acceptance, in the amount of ten be published at least once a week for four IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. thousand dollars ($1,000). percent (10%) of the final Contract Price; in successive weeks prior to the date set became aware of the opioid crisis, S/ ALBERT INDUSTRIES LTD., CFO, IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF Why do some people become lieu of that Bond, the Contractor may submit for hearing on the petition in the following THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING and long before that, drug and TRACY MULLER proof from the Surety that the performance newspaper of general circulation, printed in addicted and not others? A num- This statement was filed with the County AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT alcohol addiction has existed as a Bond has been extended for the appropriate the county, The Norwalk Patriot A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the ber of factors change the odds. Clerk of Los Angeles on MAY 15, 2020 duration of time. All Bonds must be issued by JANUARY 24, 2020 serious and tragic problem. Notice - In accordance with Subdivision highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check Biological factors, including the a California admitted Surety insurer using the Judge Margaret M. Bernal drawn on a state or national bank, check (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name forms set forth in the Contract Documents, Judge Of The Superior Court Addiction is a mental disor- genes that we are born with, gen- Statement generally expires at the end of drawn by a state or federal credit union, or or in any other form approved by the City Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per a check drawn by a state or federal savings der, which compels the victim der, ethnicity, and the presence five years from the date on which it was filed Attorney. Failure to enter into the Contract GENE ARYN GUZMAN in the office of the County Clerk, except, as and loan association, or savings association, to repeatedly use substances or with the City, including the submission of all 205 LEUCADIA RD or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of other mental disorders, have provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, required Bonds and insurance coverages, LA HABRA HEIGHTS, CA 90631 engage in behaviors even when where it expires 40 days after any change in of the Financial Code and authorized to a significant influence. Environ- within fifteen (15) Days after the date of the 714-397-3651 do business in this state will be held by the the facts set forth in the statement pursuant mailing of written notice of contract award there are harmful consequences. mental factors include family to Section 17913 other then a change in the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of Addiction destroys relationships to the Bidder, may subject the Bid security The Norwalk Patriot all right, title, and interest conveyed to and influences, friends, socioeco- residence address of a registered owner. A to forfeiture to the extent provided by law. 5/22/20, 5/29/20, 6/5/20, 6/12/20 new Fictitious Business Name Statement now held by the trustee in the hereinafter and careers, and threatens one’s nomic factors, economic status described property under and pursuant must be filed before the expiration. Effective LICENSES. Each Bidder shall possess a health and safety. Nearly every and quality of life, peer pressure, January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business to a Deed of Trust described below. The valid Class Class A or C-8 Contractor’s PROBATE sale will be made, but without covenant or family is touched in some way by Name Statement must be accompanied by license issued by the California State physical and sexual abuse, early the affidavit of identity form. warranty, expressed or implied, regarding addiction. exposure to drugs, stress and Contractors License Board at the time of the title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay The filing of this statement does not of itself Bid submittal. The successful Contractor NOTICE OF PETITION TO authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: the remaining principal sum of the note(s) · Alcohol is the most widely parental guidance. These genetic must also possess a current City business secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest Business Name in violation of the rights of license prior to start of construction. JOHNNY YEON CHUNG AKA abused substance in this country. and environmental factors inter- another under Federal, State or Common and late charges thereon, as provided in the JOHNNY CHUNG note(s), advances, under the terms of the It is likely that 6% of Americans act with developmental stages. Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. This is a project and Professions Code). CASE NO. 20STPB03249 Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges have an alcohol disorder, yet only Areas of the brain that control for ongoing repairs citywide for the period To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, and expenses of the Trustee for the total extending from the date of execution of contingent creditors, and persons who may 7% of those addicted ever receive decision-making, judgment, and The Norwalk Patriot amount (at the time of the initial publication the contract through June 30, 2021. Work otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated treatment. Worldwide, alcohol self-control are not fully devel- 6/5/20, 6/12/20, 6/19/20, 6/26/20 locations will be provided to the contractor or both of JOHNNY YEON CHUNG AKA to be set forth below. The amount may be may be a factor in one in every 20 oped in the teenage years, so an periodically on Work Order Listings (WO). JOHNNY CHUNG. greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY Each WO listing would have a value of A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE deaths. early start to drug use makes an GOVERNMENT approximately 20% of the contract value. filed by PAUL YUN HUNG CHUNG in the TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor: RICARDO addiction more likely. There will be a 20 working day deadline for Superior Court of California, County of LOS ALFREDO HENRIQUEZ, A SINGLE MAN · Opioids are a class of CITY OF NORWALK each WO list issued commencing seven (7) ANGELES. AND MARISOL HENRIQUEZ, A SINGLE drugs that block pain and cause Can drug addiction be cured or calendar days after issuance of the WO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests WOMAN, ALL AS JOINT TENANTS Duly NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR THE Liquidated damages of euphoria, and pose a high risk prevented? When we treat chronic CITYWIDE SIDEWALK/CONCRETE $500 per calendar that PAUL YUN HUNG CHUNG be appointed Appointed Trustee: Carrington Foreclosure day would apply after the 20 working day as personal representative to administer the Services, LLC Recorded 10/28/2005 as for addiction and overdose. They diseases like diabetes, asthma or REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT deadline for completion of each individual estate of the decedent. Instrument No. 05-2604654 in book , page are controlled substances, but are heart disease, we don’t necessar- CITY PROJECT NO. 3302 20-21 listing issued. THE PETITION requests authority to Loan Modification recorded on 7/25/2007 administer the estate under the Independent often sold illegally. In particular, ily find a cure. Instead, the goal is NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City as Instrument No. 20071758770 of Official RETENTION SUBSTITUTION. Five percent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority Records in the office of the Recorder of Los heroin mixed with fentanyl has to control the disease. Similarly, of Norwalk will accept bids for this project (5%) of any progress payment will be will allow the personal representative until the hour of eleven o’clock A.M. on Angeles County, California, Described as withheld as retention. In accordance with to take many actions without obtaining follows: As more fully described in the Deed contributed significantly to the addiction is treatable and can be June 30, 2020. City Hall is experiencing Public Contract Code Section 22300, and at court approval. Before taking certain very reduced hours and special conditions for of Trust Date of Sale: 6/30/2020 at 10:30 AM opioid epidemic in the United successfully controlled. The most the request and expense of the Contractor, important actions, however, the personal Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located public access due to COVID-19. City Hall securities equivalent to the amount withheld representative will be required to give notice States. Both legally prescribed successful treatment plan is tai- is closed to the public. Therefore, all bids in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic may be deposited with the City or with a State to interested persons unless they have Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount and illegal opioids have lead to a lored to the individual’s drug use submitted must be mailed or delivered to the or federally chartered bank as escrow agent, waived notice or consented to the proposed Information Center at Norwalk City Hall, prior of unpaid balance and other charges: surge in deaths over the past two pattern and any existing medical, which shall then pay such moneys to the action.) The independent administration $333,719.61 (Estimated) Street Address or to 11:00 AM on June 30, 2020 – no bids will Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of authority will be granted unless an interested decades. psychological, or social problems, be accepted via email. Bid openings will be other common designation of real property: the Project, the securities shall be returned to person files an objection to the petition and 12035 GRIDLEY ROAD NORWALK, and may be a combination of ad- by videoconference with access numbers the Contractor. Alternatively, the Contractor shows good cause why the court should not For most of us, having a drink provided in an addendum to planholders. CA 90650 A.P.N.: 8022-025-020 The may request that the City make payments grant the authority. undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability or taking a pill is an experience diction treatment medicines with of earned retentions directly to an escrow A HEARING on the petition will be held in for any incorrectness of the street address behavioral therapy. OBTAINING BID DOCUMENTS. Bidders agent at the Contractor’s expense. No this court as follows: 09/15/20 at 8:30AM in we can walk away from without may obtain free copies of the Plans, or other common designation, if any, shown such substitutions shall be accepted until Dept. 99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS above. If no street address or other common needing more. It’s not easy to The number of addicts in Specifications and other Contract Documents all related documents are approved by the ANGELES, CA 90012 online by visiting https://www.norwalk.org/ designation is shown, directions to the truly understand why or how oth- the United States is staggering. City Attorney. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the location of the property may be obtained by businesses/rfp-posts-list. Potential Bidders petition, you should appear at the hearing ers become addicted. Addiction is Prevention is aimed at family, may also obtain the Bid Documents for sending a written request to the beneficiary BIDDING PROCESS. The City reserves the and state your objections or file written within 10 days of the date of first publication a complex disease; quitting may schools, religious organizations, the Project from Norwalk City Hall, 12700 right to reject any Bid or all Bids, and to waive objections with the court before the hearing. Norwalk Boulevard, Room No. 12, California, of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable take more than good intentions, and communities. If you or some- any irregularities or informalities in any Bid Your appearance may be in person or by to convey title for any reason, the successful 90650 for a non-refundable fee of $10.00 or in the bidding, as deemed to be in its best your attorney. moral principles, or a strong will. one you know has a substance per set, or $20.00 per set if mailed. The bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be interest. No bidder may withdraw his bid for IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and While the initial decision to take abuse problem, there is help City must receive payment before the a period of sixty (60) days after the date and creditor of the decedent, you must file your Contract Documents will be provided. For the successful bidder shall have no further time set for the opening thereof. claim with the court and mail a copy to the recourse. If the sale is set aside for any a drug is voluntary, repeated drug available, and I urge you to seek questions regarding this project, contact personal representative appointed by the the Engineering Division at (562) 929-5723. reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be use can lead to changes in the medical attention. BY ORDER OF THE NORWALK CITY court within the later of either (1) four months entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. COUNCIL of the City of Norwalk, California from the date of first issuance of letters to a brain that challenge self-control REGISTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT The Purchaser shall have no further recourse this 2nd day of June 2020. general personal representative, as defined against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the and interfere with the ability OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. In in section 58(b) of the California Probate accordance with Labor Code Sections 1725.5 Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously to resist the drug. These brain Theresa Devoy, CMC______Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing been discharged through bankruptcy, and 1771.1, no contractor or subcontractor City Clerk Of The City Of Norwalk or personal delivery to you of a notice under changes can persist, which is shall be qualified to bid on, be listed ina you may have been released of personal section 9052 of the California Probate Code. liability for this loan in which case this letter why addicts are at increased risk bid proposal, subject to the requirements of The Norwalk Patriot Other California statutes and legal authority Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or is intended to exercise the note holder’s 6/12/20 may affect your rights as a creditor. You rights against the real property only. THIS for returning to drug use even engage in the performance of any contract may want to consult with an attorney for public work, unless currently registered NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE after years of sobriety. Therefore, knowledgeable in California law. OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS and qualified to perform public work pursuant YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the treatment must not only be ongo- to Section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions for NOTICES ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON court. If you are a person interested in the BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER ing, but permanent. bid purposes only under Labor Code Section estate, you may file with the court a Request 1771.1(a)]. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS As the addict continues to use FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED a drug, the brain adapts by reduc- FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding How to prepare your on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not finances for life automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be after coronavirus responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, The COVID-19 pandemic has Deferments on your mortgage priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the upended the financial lives of or other loans won’t last forever. county recorder’s office or a title insurance millions — and continues to do Review deferment terms so you company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either so. But as state economies slowly know when payments will restart of these resources, you should be aware that reopen, now is the time to begin and how much you will owe at the same lender may hold more than one preparing personal finances for a that time. Then, create a plan you mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The post-coronavirus world. can plug into your budget. If it is sale date shown on this notice of sale may overwhelming, or you need extra be postponed one or more times by the “Trying to predict the assistance, consider a free online mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, future is folly,” said Michael pursuant to Section 2924g of the California credit counseling session. Civil Code. The law requires that information Sullivan, a personal financial about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a consultant with Take Charge Expand income: Having courtesy to those not present at the sale. America, a national nonprofit a little extra income will go a If you wish to learn whether your sale date credit counseling and debt long way toward setting up your has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale management agency. “While we finances for a post-pandemic of this property, you may call (844) 477- may not know what tomorrow world. In addition to gig work 7869 or visit this Internet Web site www. STOXPOSTING.com, using the file number will bring, the country is slowly like Postmates or Instacart assigned to this case 19-22311. Information reopening — and that requires opportunities, you may consider about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the a reassessment and plan for our a part-time retail job as many scheduled sale may not immediately be finances. Being proactive ensures stores have expanded hiring. reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify we are better prepared for what Other possibilities include postponement information is to attend the comes — even if we don’t know creative services like graphic scheduled sale. Date: 5/26/2020 Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC 1500 South what it may be.” design or copywriting through Douglass Road, Suite 150 Anaheim, CA freelancing sites like Fiverr. You Sullivan shares several steps 92806 Automated Sale Information: (844) can also earn a little extra cash 477-7869 or www.STOXPOSTING.com for to prepare finances for a post- NON-SALE information: 888-313-1969 Tai through services like Ebates, coronavirus life: Alailima, Director where you earn cash back for STOX 925861 Reassess your budget: shopping through the site. The Norwalk Patriot During the pandemic, your 6/5/20, 6/12/20, 6/19/20 Rebuild your savings: If you budget likely changed as you dipped into savings, now is the spent more on groceries and time to start rebuilding so you’ll utilities while saving on gas and be ready for the next emergency. CLASSIFIEDS entertainment. But as economies Even if you’re still wading reopen, it’s time to reassess your through the present pandemic, SERVICES budget based on your specific putting away a few bucks here circumstances. Will you work and there will establish the PLANS, PERMITS from home permanently? Do saving habit. Then, when you’ve you have a scheduled furlough? CONSTRUCTION regained stability, you’ll find it How will you handle childcare? Project Design, easier to increase your savings With a new lifestyle, you need to until your emergency fund is New Construction, reallocate spending categories to fully replenished. Remodeling & Additions ensure you don’t slip into debt. Lic. #936419 Plan for deferred payments: Call Jeff (562) 869-1421 06 Friday, June 12, 2020 The Norwalk Patriot Athletes of the year dominated over multiple sports

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Oginni’s highlight in sports in high school came in her junior year when she was on the CIF- Southern Section Division 4-A. Championship team. Both Oginni and Givens, like so many seniors that were on spring teams that were cut short because of the pandemic, vividly remember their last time in competition. Givens, who was off to another great start to the baseball season after his big junior year, remembers playing La Serna in a Del Rio League game. “I walked in my last at bat, but my last memory of my play on the base paths was when I was being waved in from third by coach (Pierre Romo) after a hit. “I wasn’t expecting to go home and it was a bang, bang play, as I tripped the catcher. I was kicked out of the game for that play. It was a play I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” Givens, who was also the senior class president, was a clutch hitter for Romo and was one of his better center fielders he has coached. “He’s just a stud and a great student,” Romo said. Givens, a three-year varsity player, was offensive player of the year in 2019 in the Del Rio League. “I absolutely love that kid, with his work ethic and maturity,” added Romo. ”In any sport he was a leader and he’s passionate in anything he does.” One major program Givens was involved in was a national program that high schools showcase every couple of years - “Every 15 Minutes.” It’s a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about drinking and driving. “I remember he pulled me aside in a practice to tell me of his interest in the program,” Oginni competed in basketball, volleyball and track and field. Givens played Baseball and Basketball. (Photos by Keith Durflinger) Romo remembered. “He had a message to pass on to friends. “He was one of the first ones bull by the horns,” Romero said. (Personal record) and was really “She is the embodiment of “(Tomi) is one of the players sports.” “He laid it all out on the line. happy to break the 5 foot barrier. Athlete of the Year. It’s great to on the team that the players to rally other students to get With sports now behind her, There are certain things I look There’s a lot of memories I’ll have her name on the banner. admire,” added Saiza. “She is involved. That’s why I respect college is the next step. him. Whatever he does in life, he for during my years of coaching remember from school.” These are the two reasons why really humble and a hard worker. - that was just awesome. It just they are special athletes,” Geren If we didn’t have her in the paint, “I want to get a bachelor’s will do it.” Track coach Mike Geren said blew me away. said. we wouldn’t have won as many degree in Public Health at UC of Oginni: “She’s an amazing As for basketball, Jason was games. I’m going to miss her.” San Diego and get my Masters “From the platform he comes kid. I’ve known her for four Oginni, who was a four-year the leader on and off the court. in nursing,” Oginni said. “As from, he is a student-athlete.I years. Just to watch her progress varsity basketball player who Oginni was first team All-CIF “That’s one coach (Leonard of right now,I’m expected to be love everything about him.” was amazing. She’s a competitor stands at 6’0”, also received in 2019 and All-League in 2020. Romero) I’ll never forget,” on campus with just a couple of and it’s cool to watch her, a quiet high praise from her coach, Givens said. “They (basketball) Oginni, who had a big interest As for the stoppage of sports classes online.” confidence.” Jackie Saiza. put out great men in the in music in high school playing and school, Oginni said, “...I was Geren said of Givens and community and going through various instruments in the Oginni was a four-year “She was dominant in really sad. At first I was hopeful Oginni. This is going to be a good the program, I learned a lot from marching band and jazz band, varsity track and field athlete. basketball and a great team to go back to school, but there’s class and it’s a shame to not him - in life.” had a slightly happier memory leader,” said first-year nothing you can do about it.” On winning the Athlete of get to see both of them in their than Givens in her last action on basketball coach Saiza, who One thing Givens might the Year Award, Geren said: At the end of her junior year, respective sports this year.” the track and field team. “It felt graduated from Santa Fe in 2012 have learned was leadership and “Three-sport athletes don’t Tomi made the decision to just good to be back on the track this and played basketball. “She is a that came at a down time of the come along very often. She is concentrate on college. That year. Last year I wasn’t as good beast.” season, with the team headed in 100% deserving and an amazing meant her career in sports would and wanted to have a good senior the wrong direction. athlete. To be good in three Oginni, who was also come to a close after her senior year. After losing two straight, sports is also amazing.” involved in ASB, totalled 57 year. “I felt like I was improving blocks in her career, averaging Givens called a team meeting. This was her first year playing “I tried to talk her out of this year. My last event was the 2.5/game. She was a big asset on volleyball, as she concentrated ‘retirement’,” Geren said. “I was “He called everyone to a high jump in a tri meet against La defense. on basketball and track. shocked that she said no more meeting and this kid just took the Mirada and Fullerton. I had a PR In LA County, more businesses allowed to reopen

Los Angeles County is following sectors on June 12: monitor the spread of the virus acceleration of new cases capacity and enhanced cleaning facilities, theme parks and moving forward on the Roadmap and the capacity of the healthcare that threatens to overwhelm and disinfecting procedures. festivals. Click here for a detailed Gyms and fitness facilities to Recovery and reopening system to provide residents with the healthcare system, the People feeling sick should stay list of what is open and closed in key economic and community Professional sports without essential services. Department of Public Health and home L.A. County. sectors, including day camps, live audiences the Board of Supervisors may With these reopenings, These additional re-openings Los Angeles County is still fitness centers, spectator-free need to limit future re-openings Los Angeles County will be in follow other significant elements under a Safer At Work And In professional sports, museums, Day camps or close reopened sectors. Phase 3 of the State’s Resilience of the economy and community The Community order and public campgrounds and entertainment Museums, galleries, zoos and Roadmap. Going to the gym, visiting that have begun reopening and private gatherings of people production. aquariums a museum or going to camp and operating with limits and outside of a single household However, this major step In the most comprehensive will be very different than it safeguards, including hair salons, unit are not permitted except for Campgrounds, RV parks and forward does not mean the threat reopening since strict public was before the pandemic. Each barber shops, religious services, public protests and faith-based outdoor recreation of COVID-19 is gone. Residents health guidelines were put in sector reopening will have strict retail, restaurants, beaches and services. must continue to practice place in March, today the Los Music, film and television infection control directives in trails. physical distancing, wear cloth Everyone must continue to Angeles Department of Public production place. face coverings and follow public Still closed are nail salons, follow physical distancing and Health announced that the Hotels, lodging and short- health directives. Just as is required for all out- tattoo shops, bars and wineries, infection control protocols and Health Officer Order will be term rentals for tourism and of-home activities, visitors and movie theaters, live performance wear a cloth face covering when modified tomorrow to include If at any time, the County’s individual travel staff will have to practice physical theaters, entertainment centers, in contact with others not from infection control and distancing rate of infection and other key distancing and wear cloth face concert halls and venues, your household. requirements for re-opening the The county continues to metrics demonstrate a rapid coverings. There will be limited stadiums, arenas, gaming The Norwalk Patriot 07 Friday, June 12, 2020 Cal High band director named OC health director resigns after backlash

2020 Teacher of the Year The chief health officer in attendees brought a poster Orange County resigned this with Quick’s photo on it, with a week after receiving pushback Hitler mustache on her face and — and even death threats — swastikas. over her mandate that everyone WHITTIER – When California Quick voluntarily resigned in the county wear face masks High School Band Director Doug Monday, and the county agreed amid the coronavirus pandemic, Nordquist first arrived to Whittier to pay her $75,000 in severance, according to new reports. Union as a music teacher in 1982, according to the report. he was literally jumping for joy, Dr. Nichole Quick faced Her settlement and release in the midst of competing to win immediate resistance from agreement stipulates that a spot as a high jumper on the residents and elected officials County Executive Officer Frank 1984 U.S. Olympic team. when she issued the face mask Kim won’t disparage work done mandate in late May, the Los With a parallel career as by Quick during her time of Angeles Times reported. an Olympic-level athlete, employment, and Quick agreed Nordquist began striving for During a county board of not to criticize the county or the excellence in the classroom, supervisors meeting last month, board of supervisors, the paper teaching multiple subjects and a woman who identified herself reported. eventually establishing Cal as an attorney disparaged Quick’s “It was too much for her,” High’s Entertainment Unit, a experience in the medical field music program that has enabled Orange County Fourth District and even read her home address thousands of Whittier Union supervisor Doug Chaffee told out loud. students to find their calling and the Orange County Register of achieve high levels of discipline The woman threatened to Quick’s decision to resign. “She and success. take a group to Quick’s home and has three young children and “do calisthenics in masks on her she’s been severely criticized by During a recent virtual front doorstep” in an attempt people who came out demanding meeting, Nordquist received the to prove that face coverings are her resignation, demonstrations surprise of his educational career when he was named Whittier unsafe, according to the Times. in front of her home.” Union’s 2020 Teacher of the She echoed other critics’ “She’s done her best to give Year. He joins his father, Neil California High School Band Directo Doug Nordquist claims that face masks can pose her medical opinion and it’s not Nordquist, who was Whittier a danger to people’s oxygen popular so she has resigned,” he Union’s Teacher of the Year in levels. added. 1986. excellence, a focus on playing the wrong note, you’re done. You Through it all, Nordquist by the rules, a strong work- can’t run from hard work. I teach remained focused on teaching The CDC has previously said Dr. Clayton Chau, director of “This is very humbling, I did ethic, a commitment to civic my students to set goals and then and instilling in his students that children younger than 2 and the Orange County Health Care not expect this,” Nordquist said. responsibility and patriotism, meet those goals.” lessons that go beyond music anyone with a breathing issue Agency, was appointed to take “When I go to the boardroom and and a masterful attention to or athletics. During the school should not wear masks. her place. Nordquist came to the District see my dad’s picture up there, detail,” Hawkins said. “He cares closures brought on by the shortly after graduating from along with so many other teachers very deeply about his students COVID-19 virus, Nordquist has “When people start dropping It’s unclear what will happen Washington State University, that I have had the honor to work and they emerge from the received many emails from his like flies, and they will,” the to Quick’s mask order, but Chau where he was team captain of the with over the years, it’s always Entertainment Unit as lifelong colleagues, praising his students woman added, “I am going to has defended it on the basis that track and field team as well as very special. This is a tremendous learners, team players, stronger for being so dedicated to their ask every first responder in a it’s necessary when residents drum major. Nordquist qualified honor.” leaders and better humans.” studies. 30-mile radius to roll lights and cannot stay six feet apart, for the U.S. Olympic team and sirens to her front door, and you according to the Register. Nordquist began his career at Under Nordquist’s leadership, competed in the 1984 games in “I have known Doug since our had best pray they can revive Whittier Union as a band, reading Quick has said she issued the CHS Entertainment Unit has Los Angeles. Though he fell just earliest days at the District, where whoever went down because if and woodshop teacher at Santa Fe the order out of concern that become renowned for its long short of medaling, finishing in I have seen the bands at Santa they can’t … I will be asking the High School before transitioning COVID-19 cases would rise history of top awards at festivals fifth place, his high jump career Fe and Cal have consistently OC DA’s office to charge it as to Cal High in 1996. When choir as residents interact more and competitions. In addition was just taking off. achieved and maintained murder.” director Dan Hawkins began to directing the unit, Nordquist excellence,” Superintendent with relaxed stay-at-home Nordquist’s stature as an teaching at the school in 2001, also conducts the pit orchestra, Martin Plourde said. “His Orange County Board of regulations, the paper reported. international athlete grew he was immediately impacted coaches Cal High’s high jumpers students are both outstanding Supervisors Chair Michelle Steel exponentially during the 1980s Quick is the third high- by Nordquist’s character and and runs the annual Condor musicians and citizens. On behalf said later that week that “no – as an Olympic qualifier, a ranking health care executive work ethic, qualities he sought to Leadership Academy. of the entire Whittier Union one deserves to be threatened TAC track and field national to leave the county amid the emulate. family, we congratulate Doug or intimidated the way [Quick] “High jumping and music are champion in 1986 and 1988 and as pandemic, according to the on his recognition as our 2020 was” and stressed that “it should “Doug’s training as a similar as they are performance- a gold and silver medalist at the Times. Teacher of the Year.” never happen again.” musician, woodworker and USA based and require discipline,” 1986 and 1990 Goodwill Games, Olympic team member have Nordquist said. “If you knock the respectively. At another meeting, some instilled in him a pursuit of bar over, you’re done. If you play 08 Friday, June 12, 2020 The Norwalk Patriot COVID-19 gym safety Mens Health: A topic not to be tips

Are some workouts, like yoga common thing to wipe sweat off ignored or spinning classes, less safe than your forehead,” said Dr. Kristin critically important. is some commonality,” said others? Should I wear a mask? Do Englund, an infectious disease Dr. Juan-Carlos Zuberbuhler, a The following factors can I need more than six-feet apart expert at Cleveland Clinic. “But if board-certified child/adolescent/ elevate risk of prostate cancer: in cardio classes where there’s you wipe past your eyes or nose, adult psychiatrist with Kaiser panting and heavy breathing? you’re going to be carrying the 1) Presence of close male Permanente Southern California. virus there.” There are many legitimate members of the family who had “Common depression symptoms concerns about how gyms and CARDIO prostate cancer. include a loss of interest in work fitness studios can safely reopen and family, exhibiting anger, Cardio workouts and fitness 2) Inherited genetic without furthering the spread feeling restless, feeling a need for classes may pose increased risks. mutations, such as BRCA1/BRCA2 of the novel coronavirus. But alcohol or drugs in order to escape genes and Lynch syndrome. infectious disease experts say “Being on an elliptical or avoid the anguish they are risk can be greatly mitigated by machine and breathing very 3) A non-cancerous feeling, and becoming more and following some simple rules. heavily on that, those activities enlargement of the prostate gland more isolated. If any of that occurs, make me anxious about being can increase risk. it’s important to seek treatment. “There may be scenarios able to spread the virus more Taking care of your mental health where (the gym) can’t develop 4) A diet high in red meats, heavily because people are going and asking for professional help a system whereby your risks processed foods and high- to be panting and sweating,” is a sign of courage and strength, are lower, so the responsibility fat dairy and low in fruits and Englund said. “I think there’s not weakness. A major trait of falls to you,” said Dr. Deverick vegetables. a greater risk for taking classes resilient men is that they both Anderson, director of the give and reach out for help when where you are going to be doing a According to a 2017 survey by High Blood Pressure 5) Obesity. Duke Center for Antimicrobial they need it.” lot of cardio.” the Centers for Disease Control Stewardship and Infection Also known as hypertension, 6) Men older than 65 have a and Prevention (CDC), 12% of men Kaiser Permanente offers Prevention. Anderson agrees that there high blood pressure typically has higher risk. aged 18 and older in the United information online on how to should be at least six feet of no signs or symptoms, making So: States are considered to be in fair 7) African-American men better cope with depression. distance in cardio settings — it that much more dangerous. or poor health. Because many and Caribbean men of African WASH, REWASH, REPEAT along with an understanding that Unless treated, however, the Sleep Apnea men often don’t see a doctor until ancestry are more likely to be the risk there is “not the same as consequences to men’s health can “When you put down in the later stages of physical/ diagnosed with prostate cancer. walking into the grocery store six be serious. According to the American that dumbbell, you’ve got to mental ailments, it’s important Sleep Apnea Association, it feet apart.” “That’s why discussing immediately wash your hands. to know that catching a disease African American men is estimated that 33 million appropriateness of screening for You’ve got to assume that if you MASKS in its early stages can often be the are more likely to suffer from Americans suffer from sleep prostate cancer is critical as men were to accidentally touch your difference between life and death. hypertension, which can be apnea, with 80 percent of Anderson acknowledges that get older, even when there are no eyes, you’re putting yourself at attributed to that community’s moderate and severe obstructive it’s impractical to wear masks With Men’s Health Week being clear symptoms,” said Dr. Michael risk,” Anderson says. extra sensitivity to salt, a major sleep apnea (OSA) cases being while sweating, but he suggests recognized nationally June 10-16, Soleimani, a family medicine factor that can cause high blood undiagnosed. OSA is caused by Bring your own towel, wash wearing them to enter and exit Kaiser Permanente is providing physician and director of quality pressure. blockage of the airway during every piece of equipment before facilities. Employees, he says, health advice and tips on how with Kaiser Permanente Southern sleep, and is most commonly and after using it so you’re not should definitely be wearing men need to better identify and That is why it’s important California. “When it comes to diagnosed in men age 40 and relying on whether someone masks. understand some of the ailments for African Americans to better prostate health, I encourage men older, especially those who are before you followed the rules. that commonly affect them. understand this health condition, to not ignore this health issue, An abundance of signs overweight or obese. Most gym wipes aren’t strong and know how to protect and to ask their doctor if testing stressing hand washing and Heart Disease enough, so bring your own themselves such as lowering is advisable. The fact is, when equipment cleaning protocol is “If left untreated, this sleep disinfectant or inquire what the According to the CDC, heart their salt intake, as well as the detected early, prostate cancer is helpful, at first, but eventually disorder can cause major health gym is using. And before you disease is the leading cause of importance of exercise. High highly treatable.” people become inured to them, problems,” said Dr. Dennis hop on the treadmill or grab your death in the United States for blood pressure typically has no Hwang at Kaiser Permanente he says. Depression weight, let the spray sit on the men in most racial/ethnic groups. signs or symptoms, which makes Southern California Sleep Center equipment for a minute or two, PERSONAL CHOICE The CDC notes that half of men it that much more dangerous. Depression can strike any in San Bernardino. “That includes he says. who die suddenly of coronary In fact, it’s for that reason that person at almost any age. high blood pressure, heart failure, To some degree, since heart disease have no previous hypertension is often called a However, depression is a major atrial fibrillation, stroke and other Surfaces, not people, may guidance varies by city and state, symptoms, adding between 70% “Silent Killer.” mental health concern among cardiovascular problems. Sleep offer more opportunities for your workout will be as safe as and 89% of sudden cardiac events men, because many men who apnea is also associated with contact with the virus. Experts you choose to make it. Each Prostate Cancer occur in men. are depressed may show anger type 2 diabetes and depression. have said different things, but facility is bound to have folks About 12 out of 100 men will or aggressive behavior instead The good news is that several some believe the virus can last who are and aren’t following “A diet lacking in fruits, be diagnosed with prostate cancer of being sad, according to the therapies are available that are for up to 24 hours on cardboard safety precautions. vegetables and whole grains; during their lifetime, according National Institute of Mental proven to improve sleepiness, and up to two or three days smoking, high blood pressure, and to the National Cancer Institute. Health. Furthermore, the quality of life, and possibly on plastic and stainless steel. Bottom line: Is it worth it? high LDL cholesterol levels are If detected early – and with NIMH notes men are less likely cardiovascular risk.” But the federal Centers for the of the most critical risk factors Says Anderson: “For many proper treatment – most men will than women to recognize, talk Disease Control says — and for heart disease among men,” Sleep apnea care instructions people, I think the answer to survive prostate cancer. about and seek treatment for re-emphasized last week — that said Dr. Columbus D. Batiste provided by Kaiser Permanente that is yes. For some people, the depression, although this mental surfaces are not thought to be a II, a cardiologist with Kaiser are available on Kaiser’s website. answer to that is still no as we For African American men, health disorder affects a large major path for transmission. Permanente Southern California. learn more and more about this the risk of dying from low-grade number of males and requires “Other medical conditions and If respiratory droplets from disease and who is at most risk.” prostate cancer is double that of medical attention. poor lifestyle choices that will an infected person do land on men of other races, according to Courtesy WHYY and PBS. put men at a higher risk of heart surfaces, “they absolutely can the National Cancer Institute. “Men with depression exhibit disease include being overweight be spread there, and it’s a very That is why early treatment is so different symptoms, but there or obese, diabetes, uncontrolled stress, a lack of exercise and excessive alcohol use.” Kaiser Permanente offers tips Cerritos Library launches curbside online on how to keep a healthy heart. service CERRITOS - Cerritos Library Library patrons can call (562) Patrons are required to wear a has launched a Sidewalk Service 916-1342 to place up to 10 items cloth face covering when picking for cardholders. on hold, and will receive a phone up items. call when their items are ready. 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