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Norwalk Florida shooting prompts restaurant questions about campus grades

MARCH 2 Del Taco 10644 Alondra Blvd. Friday 60˚ State of the City safety Weekend Date Inspected: 2/26/18 DATE: Friday, March 2 Grade: A at a TIME: 11 am ► High schools and colleges are Glance LOCATION: DoubleTree Hotel reporting surges in online threats, Toros Taqueria Saturday 6857˚⁰ prompting officials to take a closer 15617 Studebaker Rd. Friday look at school safety. Date Inspected: 2/26/18 MARCH 3 Grade: A Tea Time at DD Johnston-Hargitt Most of the threats were found not to Sunday 63˚ be credible. 70⁰ House Top Donuts Saturday DATE: Saturday, March 3 10939 Alondra Blvd. Date Inspected: 2/26/18 TIME: 1 pm By Alex Dominguez Grade: LOCATION: Johnston-Hargitt Staff Writer A House Museum Tacos y Mariscos Mi Pueblo NORWALK – With the 12001 Rosecrans Ave. MARCH 4 Parkland, Fla., high school massacre Date Inspected: 2/22/18 Soroptimist Quartermania still fresh in memory, local officials Grade: A DATE: Sunday, March 4 are working to keep students and their families calm. TIME: 10:30 am to 3:30 pm A cache of weapons found at a Norwalk home last week. A El Pollo Loco Santa Fe Springs Town LOCATION: It has been around two weeks 16-year-old boy residing at the home was detained for making 11473 Rosecrans Ave. Center Hall since 17 students and teachers threats against a South Whittier high school. Date Inspected: 2/22/18 were shot and killed at Stoneman Grade: A Polar Plunge MARCH 5 Douglas High School on Feb. 14. Saturday - Big Bear Lake, 9 am Public Safety Commission meeting Since the shooting, parents The student was detained for “intruder drills” – to not frighten Pancho’s Grill of students at area schools making criminal threats but has students and “prepare as calmly as Take a dip in the chilly waters of Big DATE: Monday, March 5 12405 Rosecrans Ave. Bear Lake and help raise funds for have voiced concerns over the not been charged, according to possible.” Date Inspected: 2/22/18 TIME: 6 pm the Whittier Daily News. However, Special Olympics Inland Empire. $50 preparedness of students and staff Emergency lockdown and Grade: LOCATION: City Hall his older brother, 28-year-old A in the event that such a tragedy intruder drills have already occurred U.S. Army veteran Daniel Eriberto occurs locally. Those worries were at all schools this year, with a Barcenas was charged with a Panda King MARCH 6 only intensified by several recent second planned for the upcoming misdemeanor count of possession 11556 Imperial Hwy. threats to Downey and Norwalk semester, said the spokesperson, City Council meeting of an assault weapon. Date Inspected: 2/21/18 campuses. Ashley Greaney. DATE: Tuesday, March 6 Grade: A Barcenas pleaded not guilty In response to the concern, DUSD is also using Measure TIME: 6 pm during his arraignment at Downey Unified School District O funds, the school improvement Anticucheria Peruana LOCATION: City Hall Bellflower Superior Court. He faces called parents over the weekend bond passed by voters in 14351 Pioneer Blvd. a sentence of 364 days in county and released a press release, saying November 2014, to “tighten up” Date Inspected: 2/21/18 L.A. Galaxy jail if convicted. MARCH 7 in part: campus security, Greaney said. Grade: A Sunday - StubHub Center, 7 pm Neighborhood Watch meeting Meanwhile, the city of Norwalk “We know the tragedy that These moves include fencing The Galaxy open the 2018 MLS season said it is accelerating its multi- against the Portland Timbers. $26+ DATE: Wednesday, March 7 took place in Florida has truly been and exterior upgrades, camera 7-Eleven faceted school safety plan. TIME: 6:30 pm an emotional event for us all. It has installations at select locations 10962 Alondra Blvd. LOCATION: 13000 block of Halcourt affected us in Downey Unified as “This plan will include and, specifically to Stauffer Middle Date Inspected: 2/21/18 Avenue well as school districts across the strengthening of collaborative School, the relocation of the Grade: A nation. efforts by the city’s Public Safety administration building to the front MARCH 9 “We want to reassure you that Department, Norwalk Sheriff’s of the school so that access to Albert’s Mexican Food Station, the Norwalk-La Mirada the campus can only be obtained 11610 Imperial Hwy. Glow-in-the-Dark Golf Tournament with any potential instances, we work in close partnership with local Unified School District, the District’s through the main office. Date Inspected: 2/21/18 DATE: Friday, March 9 safety officers and the City of La Grade: law enforcement to fully research Los Angeles County Supervisor A TIME: 5 pm Mirada,” Norwalk officials said in a and investigate the circumstances. Janice Hahn acted on the recent statement. Jeff Dunham LOCATION: Don Knabe Golf Center If there is ever a situation when tragedy by proposing to expand LA El Cortez Meat Market Saturday - Citizens Business Bank there is a credible threat, we will “This partnership will focus County’s School Threat Assessment 16214 Pioneer Blvd. MARCH 10 Arena, 5 pm notify you immediately. on joining school security, school Response Team (START), a coalition Date Inspected: 2/21/18 Norwalk Lions pancake breakfast principals and counselors to of principals, counselors, school Grade: A The popular ventriloquist brings his “Unfortunately, since the latest show, “Passively Aggressive,” to DATE: Saturday, March 10 tragic incident in Florida, there identify adverse and or aggressive security officers, and parents Ontario. $45-$58 La Lupita Supermarket TIME: 8-10 am have been numerous instances of behavior at its earliest stage. The worried about students who have team will work together to focus on talked about suicide, exhibited 15704 Pioneer Blvd. LOCATION: Applebee’s young people in the US making inappropriate comments, several the root causes of the behavior and concerning behavior, or made Date Inspected: 2/20/18 even in Downey Unified. Please employ a team approach to assist threats. Grade: A MARCH 12 the student and his or her family in be assured, we do not take any After receiving a credible Community Promotion redirecting the behavior.” Sanchez Restaurant of these instances lightly; we threat, START team members visit Commission Meeting partner with local law enforcement, 12061 162nd St. Date Inspected: 2/20/18 DATE: Monday, March 12 and thoroughly research and Grade: TIME: 6 pm investigate each to establish A LOCATION: City Hall the validity of every occurrence brought to our attention. El Tazumal A Few Good Men 16014 Pioneer Blvd. Saturday - Whittier Community MARCH 14 “Fortunately, none of the Date Inspected: 2/20/18 Theatre, 8 pm instances in our district have been Senior Commission meeting Grade: A A live stage performance of the military deemed credible.” courtroom drama. All ages but contains DATE: Wednesday, March 14 Norwalk-La Mirada Unified Mi Burrito Mexican Grill adult language. $12-$15 TIME: 3 pm School District has also had its 16026 Pioneer Blvd. LOCATION: Norwalk Senior Center share of concerns and issues with Date Inspected: 2/20/18 Planning Commission meeting threats. Grade: A DATE: Wednesday, March 14 At a press conference Feb. 21, Casa Adelita Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim TIME: 7:30 pm 12842 Rosecrans Ave. McDonnell addressed a recently LOCATION: City Hall Date Inspected: 2/20/18 thwarted threat at El Camino High A possible threat against Cerritos College over the weekend School that led to the arrest of a Grade: A MARCH 16 was deemed not credible. Courtesy photo student. Circle K Artastic Lakewood Run “Just two days after 17 people Cerritos College President the school, evaluate the student, 11405 Firestone Blvd. Saturday - Lakewood Sheriff’s Station, Friday, March 16 DATE: were killed in the Florida school Jose Fierro responded to a and go to the student’s home. In Date Inspected: 2/20/18 8 am TIME: 6 pm shooting, security officer Marino different threat over the weekend, most cases, START can recommend Grade: A 5K or 10K for runners, 5K for walkers, LOCATION: Cultural Arts Center Chavez, who works at El Camino sending out a safety alert citing counseling. In more serious cases and 1K for kids. Chip-timed, medals for High School…overheard a 17-year- a “social media discussion about the student might be put on a Marquez Restaurant winners. $15-$40 MARCH 20 old student say that he was going an unconfirmed report of an 72-hour-hold or arrested if a crime 13226 Rosecrans Ave. to shoot up the school sometime unspecified threat to a school in has been committed. Date Inspected: 2/20/18 City Council meeting in the next three weeks,” said Norwalk.” Grade: A DATE: Tuesday, March 20 McDonnell. On average, the team fields “We have learned since then about 15 phone calls per week. Last TIME: 6 pm “Thanks to the outreach efforts that the Norwalk’s Sherriff’s week, they responded to 63 calls of Jersey Mike’s City Hall LOCATION: of our Norwalk station, Mr. Chavez Department has identified and potential threats. 5403 Norwalk Blvd. and our deputies worked together contacted the source responsible Date Inspected: 2/15/18 “In a county of over 10 million MARCH 22 to assess the situation. for the social media post and Grade: A residents, it is clear we need have ruled that the threat is not Neighborhood Watch meeting “Deputies learned that the more than 10 people working on Wiener Dog Races 17-year-old had an extensive credible,” Fierro said. Matchon DATE: Thursday, March 22 this issue,” said Hahn. “We need Sunday - Old World Huntington Beach, discipline history at the school. 16511 S Pioneer Blvd. Ste 107 TIME: 6:30 pm The statement added that there to invest in this team and give 3 pm They also learned that a Smith and Date Inspected: 2/15/18 LOCATION: 10900 block of Lyndora had not been a specific threat them the resources they need to Wesson semiautomatic weapon Grade: A Dachshund wiener dog racing season is St. against the college. Still, campus take every single threat seriously officially here. $2 spectator admission. was registered to his address.” police presence was increased because our children’s lives are at Plus music, food, beer and more. throughout the day Monday. stake.” 3 Amigos Tacos MARCH 24 McDonnell added that 16441 S Pioneer Blvd. Ste JS detectives served a searched Downey public schools Supervisors voted unanimously Date Inspected: 2/15/18 Used oil filter exchange TWEETS OF THE WEEK warrant at the student’s Norwalk participate in drills each year to Tuesday to examine ways to Grade: A DATE: Saturday, March 24 home, where they found a cache prepare for an active shooter, expand the program. @211LACounty: Do you need TIME: 9 am to 1 pm of ordnance, including two AR-15 although a DUSD spokesperson Go Hyang Jib sandbags during the #LARain? LOCATION: O’Reilly Auto Parts, semiautomatic rifles, two pistols, said that the district refrains from 16441 S Pioneer Blvd. Call 2-1-1 more information & 11559 Rosecrans Ave. 90 high-capacity magazines, and calling them “active shooter drills” Date Inspected: 2/15/18 ammunition. locations near you. – opting instead for the term Grade: A Follow us! @NorwalkPatriot 02 Friday, March 2, 2018 The Norwalk Patriot

Norwalk officials question field-sharing arrangement with Santa Fe Springs

► Norwalk lacks access to Little Lake Park on weekends despite paying for half as homelessness, sheriff response and parking, several neighbors did its maintenance costs, officials complain. speak to the speeding prevalent in the north community near the mayor’s residence. By Raul Samaniego Regarding his interaction with a Sheriff during a recent call, resident Contributor Ulysses Ortiz shared his frustration with dealing with sheriff officials when he’s called them regarding issues he has seen in the neighborhood. NORWALK – The Norwalk City Council held its fourth community forum Tuesday evening at Lakeland Elementary School. Marking a Another resident complained that he was told that in order to reserve milestone for this new five-body council, it is almost a year since three a baseball field, he had to obtain a “$2.1 million insurance policy.” new council members were elected last march. According to Shryock, the city pays over $160,000 a year to Santa Fe Freshmen council members Tony Ayala, Jennifer Perez and Margarita Springs for the maintenance of Little Lake Park. According to Shryock, Rios, along with Mayor Luigi Vernola and Vice Mayor Leonard Shryock, “We’re being taken advantage of and it’s not fair to us.” welcomed the warmly-dressed audience as they proceeded to share their Referring to this situation as “Parkgate,” Shryock and the other council concerns about their north Norwalk community. members directed city staff to find out exactly what the city’s arrangement After an introduction from Deputy City Manager Kevin Gano regarding is with Santa Fe Springs. The question of why was Norwalk paying half what the city has done in the last 30 days, he highlighted specific instances the maintenance costs without having access to the athletic fields on of illegally parked vehicle and nuisance abatement in the “boarding up” of weekends was asked. a blighted house as a starting point. Another resident, Elizabeth Alvarado, brought up her concerns of According to Gano, the city completed an “assessment of its internal “racing cars” and traffic enforcement. The idea of placement of speed operations last month,” and has come up with some guidelines. The deterrents in the form of “Speed bumps,” and better sheriff traffic diligence main priority is the goal of hiring more Public Safety Officers as soon as was suggested by Mayor Vernola. possible, Gano said. While the forum topics did tend to accommodate past subjects such Mayor Luigi Vernola and Deputy City Manager Kevin Gano at Tuesday’s community forum. City of Norwalk photo News and notes from Cerritos CERRITOS – Throughout the City of Cerritos, there are approximately clicking on the “E-News” red envelope. After entering your email address, Society (CPRS) Healthy Play Initiative Funding ($60,000). 28,000 trees on public property. select the “Crime Prevention Information” topic underneath the “Safer The enhanced playground structure will promote physical fitness and Cerritos” section. In 2015, the City awarded a contract to Golden West Arbor Services socialization and incorporate six key elements into the design: balancing, to trim trees. Recently, Great Scott Tree Service was also contracted in the spinning, brachiating, sliding, climbing and swinging. endeavor with the goal of returning to the four-year-trim cycle, which is SPRING FESTIVAL: The public is invited to attend Cerritos’ Community The project is currently under way and is expected to be completed by recommended by the International Society of Arboriculture. Spring Festival at the Cerritos Sports Complex from Friday, April 27 to the end of February. The total number of city trees trimmed since April 2015 is 12,776, Sunday, April 29. which includes about 300 trees at the Iron-Wood Nine Golf Course. The festival takes place Friday from 5 to 10 p.m.; Saturday from 1 to Golden West Arbor Services is expected to trim roughly another 4,800 SEWER WORK: The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County is 10 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 to 9 p.m. Entertainment features local talent trees in the current fiscal year. Great Scott Tree Service is expected to trim planning a sewer rehabilitation project in Cerritos along E. 166th Street and professional acts. Gourmet food trucks will provide specialty items for an estimated 2,500 trees. between Gridley Road and the 605 Freeway, and at the Iron-Wood purchase. Nine Golf Course parking lot. The project is scheduled to begin in late Cerritos has also set aside $33,500 for a pine tree inventory to be The Cerritos City Council will officially recognize the City’s 62nd summer/early fall of this year. An informational meeting about the project conducted by Great Scott Tree Service. The company will evaluate each anniversary during a formal ceremony on Saturday, April 28 at 4:30 p.m. will be held on Wednesday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Liberty Park in the pine tree for height and spread, diameter and tree-condition rating, and Fireworks will commemorate the special occasion that evening at 8:30 p.m. Washington Room. will assess the surrounding conditions. The Spring Dance Recital will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 29. Admission is free, but there are nominal fees for some attractions. HOME DEMOLITION: The Cerritos City Council has approved plans CRIME SUMMARY: The Cerritos Sheriff’s Station Weekly Crime Individual ride tickets are 50 cents each. All-day wristbands are available to demolish the residential home adjacent to Heritage Park that the City Summary has a new look for 2018. for $20 at Cerritos City Hall if purchased by Thursday, April 26. Starting recently acquired. The revised weekly report contains more details, statistics and other Friday, April 27, all-day wristbands cost $35. BWW & Company of Redlands was awarded a $270,599 contract to valuable information presented in an easy-to-read format. Those who For more information, call the city’s Recreation Services Division at demolish the house and surrounding block walls. The work also includes receive the Weekly Crime Summary can learn how and where suspects (562) 916-1254. To volunteer, call Heritage Park by Sunday, April 1 at (562) landscaping, irrigation improvements and construction of a new masonry are committing their crimes, and can obtain available suspect or vehicle 916-8570. wall at the southern property line. descriptions. The demolition and landscaping phases of the project will be funded Sign up to receive the Weekly Crime Summary and other crime through a portion of the $950,000 grant that the City received from the Los prevention information by visiting the city’s homepage at cerritos.us and PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS: The Cerritos City Council recently Angeles County Board of Supervisor’s office. Funds for the wall construction awarded a contract for playground improvements at Loma Park. will come from the Program/Parkway Block Wall Improvements. RE Schultz of Orange was awarded $121,503 to install new playground Work is expected to be finished in May. equipment and perform resurfacing at the park. The surfacing portion ($50,000) is covered under Community Development Block Grant funds. The equipment was purchased using California Park and Recreation

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By Michelle Malkin 23 times the shooter’s family or neighbors called deputies to the house. point out in the “good cause” petition for disclosure that I obtained this Open government isn’t just good government. It’s the public’s right. Additional dispatch records obtained by local and national media outlets week: “The District should be required to demand, and the Sheriff’s Office revealed 22 more calls to law enforcement dating back to 2008 that had should be required to deliver, a copy of the video back to the District” in In Florida, the Broward County Sheriff’s office and Broward County not been initially communicated by the selectively disclosing sheriff. order to comply with the “legal requirement that it maintain and disclose school district are fighting to keep exterior surveillance video from the day its own public records.” of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School hidden Moreover, the open records lawsuit notes that Israel has already from view. As journalists and citizens who’ve waged uphill battles against publicly described in detail what the video shows about Peterson’s Third, Deputy Scot Peterson has already resigned, so the sheriff’s office secrecy well know, government agencies too often invoke broad disclosure actions: He arrived at the west side of Building 12, took position, got on should not be able to hide behind the confidential personnel records shield. exemptions in the name of protecting public safety when they’re really his radio, had a view of the western entry of Building 12 but never went in Peterson publicly disputes Israel’s version of events and released his own just trying to protect their own jobs. for “upwards of four minutes” while the shooter slaughtered 17 innocent detailed account of his actions after his former boss blabbed about the students and teachers. surveillance tape at a backside-saving press conference last week. This is Feckless Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel and media-luvin’ school “information the public needed to know,” Israel pontificated last week, yet Superintendent Robert Runcie are defendants in an open records lawsuit In addition, government sources have leaked FBI transcripts of caller tips reporting Nikolas Cruz’s violent threats and tendencies that he is denying the public’s right to see and judge the surveillance videos filed Tuesday by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the Miami Herald and for themselves. CNN. The local officials claim that surveillance videos from cameras outside went unheeded. Unidentified sources leaked school disciplinary records the school are completely exempt from sunshine laws because they would documenting the shooter’s troubles dating back to elementary and middle Israel is a grandstanding publicity hound, enabled by gun control expose the district’s security system plan; are part of an active criminal school. And a Broward Circuit Court judge ordered the release last week of extremists in the media, whose “just trust us” arrogance is an obstacle investigation; and involve an active internal affairs investigation of school a State Department of Children and Families investigation into allegations to the truth. He’s a dime a dozen. Across the country, government resource officer/BSO Deputy Scot Peterson, whom Israel notoriously threw of abuse and neglect in the shooter’s home. control freaks in local, state and federal agencies — both civilian and under the bus last week. “If there were shortcomings,” Broward Circuit Court Judge Charles law enforcement — routinely block public disclosure of information that destroys their carefully spun, job-preserving narratives. Let’s break down these specious excuses for keeping information vital Greene concluded, “the public has the right to know.” Any right to privacy to the public interest locked in a black box. that the shooter may have claimed was effectively waived by his own Release the videos. Let the public, especially competent security bloody actions and outweighed by the public interest. experts, see them. Without transparency, there can be no accountability. First, disclosure of the videos would pose no danger to students Without accountability, “Never Again” is yet another empty, expedient because Building 12, where the shooting took place, will be demolished. The Broward County school district is hiding behind the sheriff’s skirt, claiming that since law enforcement took possession of the videos, its cable TV sound bite in an ocean of self-serving rhetoric. Second, key investigative records, transcripts and logs in the active hands are tied. But that school property is the public’s property, subject Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV. criminal probe against the Parkland school shooter have already been to the state’s public records act. As Fort Lauderdale lawyers Dana McElroy com. Her email address is [email protected]. released to the public. Israel himself coughed up call logs documenting and James McGuire, who filed the petition on behalf of the media outlets,

Middle America must lead on guns

By Froma Harrop At CNN’s town hall discussion, Fred Guttenberg, who lost his 14-year- right-wing trolls. The prominent student journalist David Hogg was America desperately needed a new kind of citizen leader to force old girl, said to Rubio, “I want to like you.” He then pressed forward: “Look predictably targeted by lies about his being an actor rather than a student. political change. She found it in the students, parents and teachers scarred at me and tell me guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids in this The Washington Post called him a “victim of an online conspiracy.” by the massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school. Watch how effective school this week ... and you will work with us to do something about guns.” But Hogg is nobody’s victim. He responded with a verbal shrug. He they’ve been at making the case for tighter gun laws. Watch how they’ve The National Rifle Association routinely cites the Second Amendment’s said his generation will “outlive the NRA.” And he quickly dispatched the alarmed politicians under NRA control. support for a “well regulated Militia.” But history teacher Diane Wolk- NRA’s Loesch: “Everything she’s saying seems like spectacle.” (Can I be Their power stems from their middle-class, tax-paying decorum. Many Rogers smartly challenged NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch: “Explain to David Hogg when I grow up?) of these adults no doubt voted for Donald Trump, Gov. Rick Scott and/ me how an 18-year-old with a military rifle is well regulated.” There’s really little point in seeking middle ground on gun control, or Sen. Marco Rubio — all of whom oppose a broad ban on military- Military leaders have long supported keeping weapons of war out of because the great American majority is already there. Surveys of gun style weapons for civilians. These grieving parents have touched Middle civilian hands. One of them, retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, angrily wrote in owners and non-gun owners, Republicans and Democrats, show broad America in a highly personal way. the New York Post, “The demagogues who grow wealthy by convincing support for stricter gun laws. They are not radicals hurling obscenities. And, something Republican responsible gun owners that some shadowy government agency can’t wait Middle America is increasingly done with the NRA. Such household strategists surely noticed, they are mostly white. to seize their deer rifles will have a great deal to answer for on Judgment names as MetLife, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines and virtually every Day.” The fathers visited the president wearing suits and ties, American flags major car rental company responded to the Parkland outrage by ending on their lapels. Their complaint was simple and stripped of ideology: The Blaming the scourge of school shootings on mental illness is a dodge their special deals for NRA members. availability of an AR-15 rifle let a troubled teen murder their child and 16 to avoid “sensible” control. Who would screen all the depressed teenagers America’s models of rectitude are clearly scaring the daylights out of other innocents in a matter of minutes. and put them on a no-buy list? politicians who’ve been blithely ignoring the sensible middle. May they Without a trace of disrespect or servility, they talked directly to Trump. Scientists looked hard for abnormalities in the brain of Stephen lead the fight against this barbarity and others. “Never ever will I see my kid,” Andrew Pollack said. “I want it to sink in. It’s Paddock, who killed 58 innocents from a hotel window in Las Vegas and Follow Froma Harrop on Twitter @FromaHarrop. She can be reached eternity. My beautiful daughter, I’m never going to see again.” then himself. They found nothing. Paddock was 64. at [email protected]. The Parkland teens have taught big media a lesson on dealing with It’s not 1947 anymore. Let’s not pretend that it is

By Larry Elder doesn’t bother me, it shouldn’t bother anybody. If Isiah tells me it was ESPN recently re-aired a three-part documentary about the long a joking matter, it should be left at that. The NBA is sometimes not the rivalry between two storied NBA basketball teams, the Los Angeles Lakers easiest thing to be in, and after a game like that, in the heat of the locker and the Boston Celtics, and their two marquee players, Magic Johnson and room, it’s probably not the best time to talk to us. I’ve answered a lot of Larry Bird, respectively. questions about it, and talked about it to my family, and they still love Isiah Thomas.” After another devastating Laker loss, this time in the 1984 finals, Laker star Magic Johnson said he felt so disappointed, in part, because Now how about a little perspective? he let down blacks. So many black fans were pulling for him, including, he In 1950, the first black player entered the NBA. The ‘60s saw the discovered, many black residents of Boston. breakout of black superstars like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar As a Los Angeles native, I, too, wanted the Lakers to win. But how did Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Walt Bellamy, Hal Greer and many more. Fast- the Lakers of the era become the “black team” and how did the Bird-led forward to today. As of 2017, 75 percent of the roughly 500 players in the team become the “white team”? Sure, the Celtics were led by Bird — a NBA are black. Of the 30 coaches in the NBA, eight of them — 27 percent white player — but the Celtics’ coach, K.C. Jones, was black, as were several — are black. key players, including guards Dennis Johnson and Gerald Henderson, as Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in the modern major well as center Robert Parrish and forward Cedric “Cornbread” Maxwell. leagues, said, he, too, felt pressured to live up to the expectations of black Meanwhile, the Lakers’ head coach was Pat Riley, a white man. America. He had good reason. There were zero blacks playing in the major No doubt many whites pulled for Bird because he’s white. As a white leagues at the time he entered in 1947. There was a belief among many friend and Larry Bird fan once told me, “White people have pride, too.” whites, and probably blacks, too, that black ballplayers just could not And no doubt that many black people pulled for Magic Johnson over Bird compete against whites. That’s pressure. because Johnson is black. Who cares? Something can be racial without Robinson faced hostility from teammates and opponents, many of being racist. One black Celtic player said it bothered him that some blacks whom attempted to physically harm him while playing. At that time, pre- Since their playing days, their friendship has deepened. Bird even stunned considered him to be playing for a “white team.” But another black player, television, baseball — along with boxing and horse racing — occupied a Celtics fans when, after a tough loss, Bird — during the post-game press M.L. Carr, said he could not have cared less about the black-versus-white much bigger stage for the attention of the American public. Excruciating conference — conceded that Johnson was “the best I’ve ever seen.” Turns nonsense and just wanted to beat Los Angeles. pressure was on Robinson, because what he represented and what he out, when the noise died down, Bird just wanted to beat Johnson, whom It’s also worth noting that Bird never played into the “Great White meant to millions of black Americans transcended baseball. he respected as a player and as a man. Johnson just wanted to beat Bird, Hope” nonsense. When an opposing ballplayer, Isiah Thomas, suggested Because of pioneers like Jackie Robinson, we can now pretty much sit whom he respected as a player and as a man. And that’s how it should be. that if Bird were a black player he “would be just another good guy,” Bird back and just watch a good game. Politics can wait a few hours. Larry Elder is a best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio did not take the bait. He could have fired back and accused the black During their playing days, Johnson and Bird became good friends. talk-show host. player of racism. But he wanted nothing to do with what he perceived as a media-made controversy. When the player apologized, Bird accepted it, and that was that. Bird said: ‘’The main thing is that if the statement A ‘good guy with a gun’ isn’t enough

By Mitchell Zimmerman begin by abruptly pulling out his handgun and shooting the guard. After the massacre of kindergarteners at Sandy Hook Elementary Does anyone really imagine that all day, every day, every guard in School in 2012, the gun lobby offered its usual blame-the-victims, good- every school will have his or her gun at the ready? guy-with-a-gun excuse: If only the teachers had been armed! Perhaps one regular armed guard isn’t enough, then. How about a This time, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, someone did platoon of U.S. Marines at each entrance to every school? And shouldn’t have a gun — but the armed school resource deputy chose to hunker they have their guns drawn at all times, trained on the entering students, down outside while the mass murderer finished his work, rather than safeties off? entering to confront the killer. Would this make our children feel safe? The now former deputy hasn’t explained his failure to act. Perhaps his I know I’m not the only one to think there’s something wrong with this inaction was simply cowardice. picture. Most of us understand full well that more people with guns — or But this good guy with a gun might well have decided, after he heard engaging in an arms race with deranged killers — isn’t the answer. the spray of semi-automatic weapon fire, that his handgun wasn’t going The answer is obvious: There is no good reason for civilians to own AR- to be enough to stop a killer with a high-power assault rifle. 15s or other assault weapons. Such weapons of war should be outlawed. Maybe he thought entering that building would be brave but suicidal. Most Americans appear to agree that stronger gun control is the How admirable it would have been for the deputy to lay down his life answer. But that hasn’t been enough to cause our government to act. for those children. But expecting people to give their lives isn’t really a Why? It’s not enough to say that the NRA and its fanatical supporters are plan for stopping school shootings. Telling school guards, teachers, and too strong. coaches they should be ready to engage in shoot-outs with heavily-armed The real problem isn’t just those who regard guns as sacred. The killers doesn’t fix the problem. problem is ordinary citizens who don’t want assault weapons on the The proposal that armed citizens are the answer to armed killers is streets or in our schools but don’t treat this as a “do-or-die” issue — which out of touch with reality. The suggestion that professional guards can it literally is. do much better is equally unrealistic. Most school guards likely feel they While many people care, they need to care more. Maybe the activism didn’t sign up for urban warfare against military hardware. of the survivors in Florida can change this. There are about 130,000 elementary, middle, and high schools in If you’re appalled when school children are gunned down, but not America. If every single one of them had an armed guard ready to give up appalled enough to hold the people who enable that accountable, you’re his or her life, armed with their own assault rifle, the next mass killer would part of the problem. 04 Friday, March 2, 2018 The Norwalk Patriot

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You can contact puzzle editor Stan- ley Newman at his e-mail address: [email protected]. Or write him at P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762, Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you’d like a reply. The Norwalk Patriot Legal Notices 05 Friday, March 2, 2018 five years from the date on which it was filed for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing shows good cause why the court should not claim with the court and mail a copy to the T.S. No. 17-49396 APN: 8070-019- in the office of the County Clerk, except, as of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets grant the authority. personal representative appointed by the 029 Fict. Bus Name provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, or of any petition or account as provided in A HEARING on the petition will be held in court within the later of either (1) four months where it expires 40 days after any change in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for this court as follows: 03/14/18 at 8:30AM in from the date of first issuance of letters to a NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Special Notice form is available from the Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS general personal representative, as defined YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED NAME STATEMENT to Section 17913 other then a change in the court clerk. ANGELES, CA 90012 in section 58(b) of the California Probate OF TRUST DATED 3/4/2015. UNLESS File Number 2018036370 residence address of a registered owner. A Attorney for Petitioner IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) new Fictitious Business Name Statement SHARON M. ANDERSON - SBN 179937 petition, you should appear at the hearing or personal delivery to you of a notice under YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SOMBREROS must be filed before the expiration. Effective BREANNA M. DOMINGUEZ - SBN 301176 and state your objections or file written section 9052 of the California Probate Code. AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN ARTISAN ROOM, 11829 MORNING AVE., January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business HOLSTROM, BLOCK & PARKE, APLC objections with the court before the hearing. Other California statutes and legal authority EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF DOWNEY CA 90241, COUNTY OF LOS Name Statement must be accompanied by 1897 CALIFORNIA AVE. STE 102 Your appearance may be in person or by may affect your rights as a creditor. You THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU ANGELES the affidavit of identity form. CORONA CA 92881 your attorney. may want to consult with an attorney SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Articles of Incorporation or Organization The filing of this statement does not of itself 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/18 IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent knowledgeable in California law. A public auction sale to the highest bidder Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious CNS-3105404# creditor of the decedent, you must file your YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CINDY Business Name in violation of the rights of THE NORWALK PATRIOT claim with the court and mail a copy to the court. If you are a person interested in the or national bank, check drawn by a state LOU FRONTADO, 11829 MORNING AVE., another under Federal, State or Common personal representative appointed by the estate, you may file with the court a Request or federal credit union, or a check drawn DOWNEY CA 90241 Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business CNS 3105404 court within the later of either (1) four months for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing by a state or federal savings and loan State of Incorporation: N/A and Professions Code). The Norwalk Patriot from the date of first issuance of letters to a of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets association, or savings association, or THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an 3/2/18, 3/9/18, 3/16/18 general personal representative, as defined or of any petition or account as provided in savings bank specified in Section 5102 of Individual The Norwalk Patriot in section 58(b) of the California Probate Probate Code section 1250. A Request for the Financial Code and authorized to do The date registrant started to transact 2/16/18, 2/23/18, 3/2/18, 3/9/18 Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing Special Notice form is available from the business in this state will be held by the business under the fictitious business name or personal delivery to you of a notice under court clerk. duly appointed trustee as shown below, of or names listed above: 02/2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Attorney for Petitioner all right, title, and interest conveyed to and I declare that all the information in this Lien Sales ADMINISTER ESTATE OF IGNACIO Other California statutes and legal authority PAUL JAY FUKUSHIMA - SBN 065868 now held by the trustee in the hereinafter statement is true and correct. (A registrant Z. RECENDEZ may affect your rights as a creditor. You LAW OFFICE OF PAUL JAY FUKUSHIMA described property under and pursuant who declares as true any material matter Case No. 18STPB01533 may want to consult with an attorney 12749 NORWALK BL #111 to a Deed of Trust described below. The pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business Extra Space Storage will hold a public To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, auction to sell personal property described knowledgeable in California law. NORWALK CA 90650 sale will be made, but without covenant or and Professions Code that the registrant contingent creditors, and persons who may YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the 2/16, 2/23, 3/2/18 warranty, expressed or implied, regarding knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor below belonging to those individuals listed otherwise be interested in the will or estate, below at the location indicated: court. If you are a person interested in the CNS-3100598# title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay punishable by a fine not to exceed one or both, of IGNACIO Z. RECENDEZ estate, you may file with the court a Request THE NORWALK PATRIOT the remaining principal sum of the note(s) thousand dollars ($1,000).) A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest S/ CINDY LOU FRONTADO, OWNER 10950 Firestone Blvd by Magdalena Frausto in the Superior Court Norwalk, CA 90650 of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets CNS 3100598 and late charges thereon, as provided in This statement was filed with the County of California, County of LOS ANGELES. or of any petition or account as provided in The Norwalk Patriot the note(s), advances, under the terms of Clerk of Los Angeles on FEBRUARY 12, THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests 03/21/18 11:30am Probate Code section 1250. A Request for 2/16/18, 2/23/18, 3/2/18 the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, 2018 that Magdalena Frausto be appointed as Special Notice form is available from the charges and expenses of the Trustee for Notice - In accordance with Subdivision personal representative to administer the court clerk. the total amount (at the time of the initial (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Tiffany Woolfolk estate of the decedent. Household items Attorney for Petitioner Trustee Sales publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably Statement generally expires at the end of THE PETITION requests authority to PAUL HORN, ESQ. - SBN 243227 estimated to be set forth below. The amount five years from the date on which it was filed administer the estate under the Independent Avis C Brumfield PAUL HORN LAW FIRM, PC TS No. may be greater on the day of sale. in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Administration of Estates Act. (This authority 11404 SOUTH STREET NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE CA- Tools, Household, boxes 16-741791-JB Order No.: 160229264-CA- provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, will allow the personal representative CERRITOS CA 90808 Trustor: JASMINE PARAS, A SINGLE where it expires 40 days after any change in to take many actions without obtaining VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A Jeffrey Robert Bailey 2/16, 2/23, 3/2/18 WOMAN the facts set forth in the statement pursuant court approval. Before taking certain very DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/16/2005. Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax Household items CNS-3099500# UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO to Section 17913 other then a change in the important actions, however, the personal THE NORWALK PATRIOT & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded residence address of a registered owner. A representative will be required to give notice PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE 3/6/2015 as Instrument No. 20150248956 in new Fictitious Business Name Statement Tony Olivera to interested persons unless they have SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED Office files CNS3099500 book, page of Official Records in the office must be filed before the expiration. Effective waived notice or consented to the proposed AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, The Norwalk Patriot THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business action.) The independent administration 2/16/18, 2/23/18, 3/2/18 California, Name Statement must be accompanied by Eddie Sandoval authority will be granted unless an interested SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public Household items auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, Date of Sale: 4/2/2018 at 11:00 AM the affidavit of identity form. person files an objection to the petition and Place of Sale: By the fountain located at The filing of this statement does not of itself shows good cause why the court should not cashier’s check drawn on a state or national Samuel Baker bank, check drawn by state or federal credit 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious grant the authority. NOTICE OF PETITION TO Estimated amount of unpaid balance and Business Name in violation of the rights of Household items A HEARING on the petition will be held on ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings other charges: $342,842.58 another under Federal, State or Common March 19, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. JENELL M. CUMMINS Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business Cora King 57 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CASE NO. 18STPB01652 association, or savings bank specified in Household Items Section 5102 to the Financial Code and right to bid less than the total debt owed, and Professions Code). CA 90012. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, it is possible that at the time of the sale IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the contingent creditors, and persons who may authorized to do business in this state, Nadia Roberts will be held by duly appointed trustee. The the opening bid may be less than the total The Norwalk Patriot petition, you should appear at the hearing otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, debt owed. 2/16/18, 2/23/18, 3/2/18, 3/9/18 Household Items and state your objections or file written or both of JENELL M. CUMMINS. sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding objections with the court before the hearing. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed Street Address or other common designation Joseph Jacobo Your appearance may be in person or by by PAUL J. CUMMINS in the Superior Court title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay Household items the remaining principal sum of the note(s) of real property: your attorney. of California, County of LOS ANGELES. 14335 PONTLAVOY AVENUE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest NAME STATEMENT Chris Bonte and late charges thereon, as provided in NORWALK, California 90650 creditor of the decedent, you must file your that PAUL J. CUMMINS be appointed as Described as follows: File Number 2018037342 Household items claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative to administer the the note(s), advances, under the terms of THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, As more fully described on said Deed of personal representative appointed by the estate of the decedent. Trust. DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) DRINKING Steven Henckels court within the later of either (1) four months THE PETITION requests authority to charges and expenses of the Trustee WATER STORE, 12553 ½ ALONDRA Household items from the date of first issuance of letters to a administer the estate under the Independent for the total amount (at the time of the BLVD., NORWALK CA 90650, LA COUNTY initial publication of the Notice of Sale) A.P.N #.: 8070-019-029 general personal representative, as defined Administration of Estates Act with limited The undersigned Trustee disclaims any Articles of Incorporation or Organization Benjamin III Salgado in section 58(b) of the California Probate authority. (This authority will allow the reasonably estimated to be set forth below. Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Household items The amount may be greater on the day of liability for any incorrectness of the street Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing personal representative to take many address or other common designation, if REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) VINNY or personal delivery to you of a notice under actions without obtaining court approval. sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LIEN, 5447 OXFORD DR., CYPRESS CA Vanessa Guillen any, shown above. If no street address section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Before taking certain very important actions, LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. or other common designation is shown, 90630 Household items Other California statutes and legal authority however, the personal representative will be Trustor(s): MAJOR CHANDLER AND State of Incorporation: N/A directions to the location of the property may may affect your rights as a creditor. You required to give notice to interested persons MARY CHANDLER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, be obtained by sending a written request to THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Darryl Moses may want to consult with an attorney unless they have waived notice or consented AS JOINT TENANTS. Recorded: 1/31/2005 Individual Household items as Instrument No. of Official the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of knowledgeable in California law. to the proposed action.) The independent 05 0223406 first publication of this Notice of Sale. The date registrant started to transact YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the administration authority will be granted Records in the office of the Recorder ofLOS business under the fictitious business name Steven Waller County, California; Date of Sale: court. If you are a person interested in the unless an interested person files an objection ANGELES NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you or names listed above: 02/2018 Household items estate, you may file with the court a Request to the petition and shows good cause why 3/15/2018 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the I declare that all the information in this are considering bidding on this property lien, for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing the court should not grant the authority. Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, you should understand that there are risks statement is true and correct. (A registrant Ceasar Angulo of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets A HEARING on the petition will be held in 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA who declares as true any material matter Construction Items/materials Amount involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You or of any petition or account as provided in this court as follows: 03/22/18 at 8:30AM 90650, in the Vineyard Ballroom will be bidding on a lien, not on the property pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business Probate Code section 1250. A Request for in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS of unpaid balance and other charges: and Professions Code that the registrant Purchases must be made with cash only The purported property address itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee Special Notice form is available from the ANGELES, CA 90012 $314,420.84 auction does not automatically entitle you knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor and paid at the above referenced facility court clerk. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the is: 11439 BRINK AVE, NORWALK, CA punishable by a fine not to exceed one in order to complete the transaction. Extra Assessor’s Parcel No.: to free and clear ownership of the property. Attorney for petitioner: petition, you should appear at the hearing 90650 8015-023-008 You should also be aware that the lien being thousand dollars ($1,000).) Space Storage may refuse any bid and may SHAAN A. ANSARI ESQ and state your objections or file written NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you S/ VINNY LIEN, OWNER rescind any purchase up until the winning are considering bidding on this property lien, auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are SBN 229761 objections with the court before the hearing. the highest bidder at the auction, you are or This statement was filed with the County bidder takes possession of the personal ANSARI & ASSOCIATES LAW OFFICE Your appearance may be in person or by you should understand that there are risks Clerk of Los Angeles on FEBRUARY 13, property. Please advertise March 2, 2018 involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You may be responsible for paying off all liens 505 N TUSTIN AVE your attorney. senior to the lien being auctioned off, before 2018 & March 9, 2018 STE 154 IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent will be bidding on a lien, not on the property Notice - In accordance with Subdivision itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee you can receive clear title to the property. SANTA ANA CA 92705 creditor of the decedent, you must file your You are encouraged to investigate the (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name The Norwalk Patriot CN946588 RECENDEZ claim with the court and mail a copy to the auction does not automatically entitle you Statement generally expires at the end of to free and clear ownership of the property. existence, priority, and size of outstanding 3/2/18, 3/9/18 Feb 23, Mar 2,9, 2018 personal representative appointed by the liens that may exist on this property by five years from the date on which it was filed court within the later of either (1) four months You should also be aware that the lien being in the office of the County Clerk, except, as auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are contacting the county recorder’s office or CN946588 from the date of first issuance of letters to a a title insurance company, either of which provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Notices The Norwalk Patriot general personal representative, as defined the highest bidder at the auction, you are or where it expires 40 days after any change in may be responsible for paying off all liens may charge you a fee for this information. 2/23/18, 3/2/18, 3/9/18 in section 58(b) of the California Probate If you consult either of these resources, you the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing senior to the lien being auctioned off, before to Section 17913 other then a change in the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, you can receive clear title to the property. should be aware that the same lender may COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES or personal delivery to you of a notice under hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust residence address of a registered owner. A section 9052 of the California Probate Code. You are encouraged to investigate the new Fictitious Business Name Statement ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE NOTICE OF PETITION TO existence, priority, and size of outstanding on the property. FOR CHANGE OF NAME Other California statutes and legal authority must be filed before the expiration. Effective ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: may affect your rights as a creditor. You liens that may exist on this property by January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business CASE NUMBER: VS030797 ONETHER BERRY NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: may want to consult with an attorney contacting the county recorder’s office or Name Statement must be accompanied by CASE NO. 18STPB01919 a title insurance company, either of which sale date shown on this notice of sale may Petitioner Eun Kyung Hwang filed a petition knowledgeable in California law. be postponed one or more times by the the affidavit of identity form. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the may charge you a fee for this information. The filing of this statement does not of itself with this court for a decree changing names contingent creditors, and persons who may mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, as follows: court. If you are a person interested in the If you consult either of these resources, you authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, should be aware that the same lender may pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Present name (1) Eun Kyung Hwang to estate, you may file with the court a Request Civil Code. The law requires that information Business Name in violation of the rights of or both of ONETHER BERRY. for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust another under Federal, State or Common Proposed name (1) Geena Hwang A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed about trustee sale postponements be made THE COURT ORDERS that all persons of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business by BERNICE ODOM in the Superior Court of The sale date shown on this available to you and to the public, as a interested in this matter appear before this or of any petition or account as provided in OWNER: courtesy to those not present at the sale. and Professions Code). California, County of LOS ANGELES. Probate Code section 1250. A Request for notice of sale may be postponed one or court at the hearing indicated below to show THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests If you wish to learn whether your sale date cause, if any, why the petition for change of Special Notice form is available from the more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, The Norwalk Patriot that BERNICE ODOM be appointed as trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section has been postponed, and, if applicable, name should not be granted. Any person court clerk. the rescheduled time and date for the sale 2/16/18, 2/23/18, 3/2/18, 3/9/18 personal representative to administer the Attorney for Petitioner 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law objecting to the name changes described estate of the decedent. of this property, you may call (714) 848- above must file a written objection that PAUL JAY FUKUSHIMA - SBN 65868 requires that information about trustee sale THE PETITION requests authority to postponements be made available to you 9272 or visit this Internet Web site www. includes the reasons for the objection at LAW OFFICES OF PAUL JAY FUKUSHIMA elitepostandpub.com, using the file number administer the estate under the Independent 12749 NORWALK BL #111 and to the public, as a courtesy to those FICTITIOUS BUSINESS least two court days before the matter is Administration of Estates Act with limited assigned to this case 17-49396. Information scheduled to be heard and must appear at NORWALK CA 90650 not present at the sale. If you wish to learn NAME STATEMENT authority. (This authority will allow the whether your sale date has been postponed, about postponements that are very short in File Number 2018044264 the hearing to show cause why the petition 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/18 duration or that occur close in time to the personal representative to take many CNS-3103545# and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS should not be granted. If no written objection actions without obtaining court approval. scheduled sale may not immediately be (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: is timely filed, the court may grant the petition THE NORWALK PATRIOT date for the sale of this property, you may (1) R & S Before taking certain very important actions, call for information regarding reflected in the telephone information or on CONTRACT FLOORING, INC., 11239 without a hearing. 800-280-2832 the Internet Web site. The best way to verify however, the personal representative will be CNS 3103545 the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web CRESSON ST, NORWALK CA 90650, NOTICE OF HEARING required to give notice to interested persons site , using the postponement information is to attend the LA COUNTY, P.O. BOX 3528, SANTA FE Date: April 4, 2018, Time: 1:30 pm, The Norwalk Patriot http://www.qualityloan.com scheduled sale. unless they have waived notice or consented 3/2/18, 3/9/18, 3/16/18 file number assigned to this foreclosure by SPRINGS CA 90670 Department: C, Room: 312 to the proposed action.) The independent Articles of Incorporation or Organization the Trustee: CA-16-741791-JB. Information The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk administration authority will be granted about postponements that are very short in Dated: 2/28/2018 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 unless an interested person files an objection Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) R & S A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall duration or that occur close in time to the to the petition and shows good cause why NOTICE OF PETITION TO scheduled sale may not immediately be 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 CONTRACT FLOORING, INC., 11239 be published at least once a week for four the court should not grant the authority. ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Irvine, CA 92606 CRESSON ST., NORWALK CA 90650 successive weeks prior to the date set reflected in the telephone information or on A HEARING on the petition will be held in FREDERICK RAYMOND SCHMITZ the Internet Web site. The best way to verify For Non-Automated Sale Information, State of Incorporation: CA for hearing on the petition in the following this court as follows: 03/29/18 at 8:30AM in CASE NO. 18STPB01305 call: (714) 848-7920 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a newspaper of general circulation, printed in postponement information is to attend the Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 Corporation the county, Norwalk Patriot The ANGELES, CA 90012 contingent creditors, and persons who www.elitepostandpub.com The date registrant started to transact February 07, 2018 disclaims any liability for any incorrectness IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the may otherwise be interested in the WILL or of the property address or other common ______business under the fictitious business name Judge Margaret M. Bernal petition, you should appear at the hearing estate, or both of FREDERICK RAYMOND Christine O’Brien, Trustee Sale Officer or names listed above: 01/2018 Judge Of The Superior Court designation, if any, shown herein. If no and state your objections or file written SCHMITZ. street address or other common designation I declare that all the information in this Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per objections with the court before the hearing. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO statement is true and correct. (A registrant is shown, directions to the location of the Eun Kyung Hwang Your appearance may be in person or by by ANNA HORAN in the Superior Court of property may be obtained by sending a COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY who declares as true any material matter 12440 Firestone Blvd #306 your attorney. California, County of LOS ANGELES. INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business written request to the beneficiary within 10 Norwalk, CA, 90650 IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests days of the date of first publication of this USED FOR THAT PURPOSE and Professions Code that the registrant 714-676-1910 creditor of the decedent, you must file your that ANNA HORAN be appointed as EPP 24793 Pub Dates 03/02, 03/09, knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any [email protected] claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative to administer the reason, including if the Trustee is unable to 03/16/2018 punishable by a fine not to exceed one personal representative appointed by the estate of the decedent. thousand dollars ($1,000).) convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall The Norwalk Patriot court within the later of either (1) four months THE PETITION requests authority to be entitled only to a return of the monies paid The Norwalk Patriot S/ R & S CONTRACT FLOORING, INC., 2/16/18, 2/23/18, 3/2/18, 3/9/18 from the date of first issuance of letters to a administer the estate under the Independent 3/2/18, 3/9/18, 3/16/18 SECRETARY, ANGEL JIMENEZ to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s general personal representative, as defined Administration of Estates Act with limited sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser This statement was filed with the County in section 58(b) of the California Probate authority. (This authority will allow the Clerk of Los Angeles on FEBRUARY 22, shall have no further recourse against the Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing personal representative to take many Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the 2018 or personal delivery to you of a notice under actions without obtaining court approval. Notice - In accordance with Subdivision Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s NOTICE OF PETITION TO section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Before taking certain very important actions, Attorney. If you have previously been (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Other California statutes and legal authority however, the personal representative will be Statement generally expires at the end of ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: discharged through bankruptcy, you may CLASSIFIEDS OLIVIA ELIAS may affect your rights as a creditor. You required to give notice to interested persons have been released of personal liability for five years from the date on which it was filed may want to consult with an attorney unless they have waived notice or consented in the office of the County Clerk, except, as CASE NO. 18STPB01897 this loan in which case this letter is intended To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, knowledgeable in California law. to the proposed action.) The independent to exercise the note holders right’s against provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, contingent creditors, and persons who may YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the administration authority will be granted where it expires 40 days after any change in the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Services otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, court. If you are a person interested in the unless an interested person files an objection Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street the facts set forth in the statement pursuant or both of OLIVIA ELIAS. estate, you may file with the court a Request to the petition and shows good cause why to Section 17913 other then a change in the San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing the court should not grant the authority. NON SALE information only Sale Line: PLANS, PERMITS residence address of a registered owner. A by FRANK ELIAS in the Superior Court of of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets A HEARING on the petition will be held in new Fictitious Business Name Statement 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. California, County of LOS ANGELES. or of any petition or account as provided in this court as follows: 03/12/18 at 8:30AM in qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: CONSTRUCTION must be filed before the expiration. 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The independent administration 3/2/18, 3/9/18, 3/16/18 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS authority will be granted unless an interested NAME STATEMENT person files an objection to the petition and File Number 2018028968 shows good cause why the court should not NOTICE OF PETITION TO THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) grant the authority. ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) STAR 1 A HEARING on the petition will be held in ALICE MARTINEZ CLEANING SERVICES, 14545 ELMCROFT this court as follows: 03/28/18 at 8:30AM in CASE NO. 18STPB01294 AVE, NORWALK CA 90650, LA COUNTY Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, Articles of Incorporation or Organization ANGELES, CA 90012 contingent creditors, and persons who may Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) DELMI petition, you should appear at the hearing or both of ALICE MARTINEZ. GUZMAN, 14545 ELMCROFT AVE, and state your objections or file written A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been NORWALK CA 90650 objections with the court before the hearing. filed by MELISSA JEAN MARTINEZ in the State of Incorporation: N/A Your appearance may be in person or by Superior Court of California, County of LOS THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an your attorney. ANGELES. Individual IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests The date registrant started to transact creditor of the decedent, you must file your that MELISSA JEAN MARTINEZ be business under the fictitious business name claim with the court and mail a copy to the appointed as personal representative to or names listed above: 02/2018 personal representative appointed by the administer the estate of the decedent. I declare that all the information in this court within the later of either (1) four months THE PETITION requests authority to statement is true and correct. (A registrant from the date of first issuance of letters to a administer the estate under the Independent who declares as true any material matter general personal representative, as defined Administration of Estates Act . (This authority pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business in section 58(b) of the California Probate will allow the personal representative and Professions Code that the registrant Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing to take many actions without obtaining knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor or personal delivery to you of a notice under court approval. Before taking certain very punishable by a fine not to exceed one section 9052 of the California Probate Code. important actions, however, the personal thousand dollars ($1,000).) Other California statutes and legal authority representative will be required to give notice S/ DELMI GUZMAN, OWNER may affect your rights as a creditor. You to interested persons unless they have This statement was filed with the County may want to consult with an attorney waived notice or consented to the proposed Clerk of Los Angeles on FEBRUARY 2, 2018 knowledgeable in California law. action.) The independent administration Notice - In accordance with Subdivision YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the authority will be granted unless an interested (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name court. If you are a person interested in the person files an objection to the petition and Statement generally expires at the end of estate, you may file with the court a Request 06 Friday, March 2, 2018 The Norwalk Patriot

Following new tax law, IRS releases updated withholding calculator

The Internal Revenue Service today released an updated Withholding The Withholding Calculator can be used by taxpayers who want to Take a few minutes and plan ahead to make using the calculator on Calculator on IRS.gov and a new version of Form W-4 to help taxpayers update their withholding in response to the new law or who start a new IRS.gov as easy as possible. Here are some tips: check their 2018 tax withholding following passage of the Tax Cuts and job or have other changes in their personal circumstances in 2018. Jobs Act in December. Gather your most recent pay stub from work. Check to make sure it As a first step to reflect the tax law changes, the IRS released new reflects the amount of Federal income tax that you have had withheld The IRS urges taxpayers to use these tools to make sure they have withholding tables in January. These tables were designed to produce so far in 2018. the right amount of tax taken out of their paychecks. the correct amount of tax withholding -- avoiding under- and over- withholding of tax -- for those with simple tax situations. This means Have a completed copy of your 2017 (or possibly 2016) tax return “Following the major changes in the tax law, the IRS encourages that people with simple situations might not need to make any changes. handy. Information on that return can help you estimate income employees to check their paychecks to help ensure they’re having the Simple situations include singles and married couples with only one and other items for 2018. However, note that the new tax law made right amount of tax withheld for their personal situation,” said Acting IRS job, who have no dependents, and who have not claimed itemized significant changes to itemized deductions. Commissioner David Kautter. deductions, adjustments to income or tax credits. Keep in mind the Withholding Calculator results are only as accurate The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made changes to the tax law, including People with more complicated financial situations might need to as the information entered. If your circumstances change during the increasing the standard deduction, removing personal exemptions, revise their W-4. With the new tax law changes, it’s especially important year, come back to the calculator to make sure your withholding is still increasing the child tax credit, limiting or discontinuing certain for these people to use the Withholding Calculator on IRS.gov to make correct. deductions and changing the tax rates and brackets. sure they have the right amount of withholding. The Withholding Calculator does not request personally-identifiable If changes to withholding should be made, the Withholding Among the groups who should check their withholding are: information such as name, Social Security number, address or bank Calculator gives employees the information they need to fill out a new account numbers. The IRS does not save or record the information Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. Employees Two-income families. entered on the calculator. As always, watch out for tax scams, especially will submit the completed W-4 to their employer. via email or phone calls and be especially alert to cybercriminals People with two or more jobs at the same time or who only work for impersonating the IRS. The IRS does not send emails related to the “Withholding issues can be complicated, and the calculator is part of the year. calculator or the information entered. designed to help employees make changes based on their personal financial situation,” Kautter said. “Taking a few minutes can help People with children who claim credits such as the Child Tax Credit. Use the results from the Withholding Calculator to determine if you taxpayers ensure they don’t have too little – or too much – withheld People who itemized deductions in 2017. should complete a new Form W-4 and, if so, what information to put from their paycheck.” on a new Form W-4. There is no need to complete the worksheets that People with high incomes and more complex tax returns. accompany Form W-4 if the calculator is used. The withholding changes do not affect 2017 tax returns due this April. However, having a completed 2017 tax return can help taxpayers work Taxpayers with more complex situations might need to use Publication As a general rule, the fewer withholding allowances you enter on the with the Withholding Calculator to determine their proper withholding 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax, expected to be available on IRS. Form W-4 the higher your tax withholding will be. Entering “0” or “1” for 2018 and avoid issues when they file next year. gov in early spring, instead of the Withholding Calculator. This includes on line 5 of the W-4 means more tax will be withheld. Entering a bigger those who owe self-employment tax, the alternative minimum tax, or number means less tax withholding, resulting in a smaller tax refund or Steps to Help Taxpayers: Do a “Paycheck Checkup” tax on unearned income from dependents, and people who have capital potentially a tax bill or penalty. gains and dividends. The IRS encourages employees to use the Withholding Calculator If you complete a new Form W-4, you should submit it to your to perform a quick “paycheck checkup.” An employee checking their Plan Ahead: Tips for Using the Withholding Calculator employer as soon as possible. With withholding occurring throughout withholding can help protect against having too little tax withheld and the year, it’s better to take this step early on. facing an unexpected tax bill or penalty at tax time in 2019. It can also The Withholding Calculator asks taxpayers to estimate their 2018 prevent employees from having too much tax withheld; with the average income and other items that affect their taxes, including the number of refund topping $2,800, some taxpayers might prefer to have less tax children claimed for the Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit and withheld up front and receive more in their paychecks. other items.

Former track coach gets prison for Norwalk man arrested for owning Pico Rivera man accused of robbing sexual relationships with teens assault rifle cell phone stores NORWALK – A former assistant track coach at Norwalk High School NORWALK – A 28-year-old Norwalk man pleaded not guilty last week PICO RIVERA – A 51-year-old Pico Rivera man has been arrested has been sentenced to three years in prison for having sexual relations to being in possession of an illegal firearm. and charged with committing more than 20 robberies in a span of seven with three underage girls over a four-month period. months. Daniel Eriberto Barcenas, 28, has been charged with a misdemeanor On Jan. 22, Johnny Arellano pleaded no contest to three felony charges count of possession of an assault weapon, an AR-15 style rifle. Michael Anthony Tapia has been charged with 25 felony counts: 24 of having sex with the girls, two of whom were students at Norwalk High. counts of second-degree robbery and one count of kidnapping to commit On Feb. 16, a teenager at a South Whittier high school reportedly robbery. At a Feb. 21 court appearance, Los Angeles County Superior Court made a statement perceived as a threat that was reported to authorities. Judge Joseph Porras sentenced Arellano to three years in state prison and Tapia is scheduled to be arraigned March 13 at the Pomona branch of Law enforcement went to the student’s Norwalk home to see if the ordered him to register as a lifetime sex offender. Los Angeles Superior Court. Bail was set at $2.23 million. teen had any weapons, according to prosecutors. At the home, deputies Between June and October 2017, Arellano engaged in sex acts with allegedly discovered guns that belonged to the teen’s brother, later Prosecutors said Tapia committed 24 robberies across Los Angeles two female students, A concerned adult alerted authorities and Arellano identified as Barcenas. County from June 2017 to January, using a replica handgun. Tapia was taken into custody on Oct. 5, 2017. allegedly targeted cell phone stores. Barcenas is scheduled to return to court March 19 for a pretrial hearing After further investigation, detectives learned of a third teenage girl at Bellflower Superior Court. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of Authorities arrested Tapia at his Pico Rivera home on Nan Street on who was involved in a sexual relationship with Arellano between August 364 days in county jail. Feb. 13. He faces life in prison if convicted as charged. and September 2017.

Shared Stories: Young and Fearless

Gail Earl’s account of a childhood adventure is in our sight. the best tradition of coming-of-age tales. Many readers may have similar memories of youthful Although there was nothing really that we exploration when adults sent them outside to play. could see in this huge field, it didn’t stop us from Shared Stories is a weekly column featuring articles watching each inch of ground with eyes like eagles. by participants in a writing class at the Norwalk You just never knew when you might ride past an Senior Center. Bonnie Mansell is the instructor for interesting bottle cap or piece of plastic that would this free class offered through the Cerritos College beckon you to stop and figure out what it used Adult Education Program. Curated by Carol Kearns. to be a part of. Scraps of paper would draw us into wondering who might have explored this field before us. By Gail Earl As we continued to scour the land, we came across a huge old barrel. The wood was dark and The year was 1960. The place was a new but rotting, the metal bands around it were rough and small suburb of Detroit. There were many open rusty. There was a rather sickening white foam plots of land where future homes would eventually oozing from inside. be built and neighborhoods would grow. We had to immediately dump our bikes in the Life was simple for a young girl just beginning dirt and get a closer look. We spontaneously had to learn about life. With all the open fields and to find sticks to poke at the decaying barrel. After farms and construction of rows of houses going much jabbing and because of our total inability to up, there were always places that needed to be move the heavy barrel, we naturally assumed that explored. there must be a dead body inside. My bike gave me the freedom to find new We peddled in silence as fast as we could adventures every day. I remember the anticipation back to my house to get tools to help us pry open of pulling that garage door open each morning, our new find. We grabbled two large hammers just knowing that the tires inside would carry me and headed back with urgency like we had never off to someplace new. known before. I’m not sure now what the hurry was My small group of friends would ride from one but at the time it seemed appropriate. house to another to pick each other up before we We spent the next several hours striking the would head off to places unknown. The wind flew metal bands and blackened wood. We stood through our hair like the colorful flying streamers in amazement as more of the foul- smelling dangling and twisting from our handlebars. liquid seeped from the barrel. The stench further The clickety-click sound from the baseball convinced us that there had to be a body inside. cards, fastened to our spokes with clothes pins, As the rungs of the barrel began to break grew faster and louder as we sped off in unison. down against the blows of our hammers, more We had no problems or sadness. We had only and more foam and liquid escaped. With one last opportunity, and we took it each day. pound hitting the metal ring, it broke free from its One day my friend Carol and I found ourselves wooden skeleton. As the ground around our feet alone in our exploration. We decided to head over got drenched in ooze, we quickly backed our bikes towards the mushroom farm and see what might up and watched the flow. catch our interest. It was only about a half mile Standing back all sweaty and dirty, we realized, away but because it was across the main mile road, after all, that there was no dead body to be found it was an area that we had yet to explore. that day. What I know today is that it was just an We crossed the heavily trafficked road with old rotting wine barrel in a field but it stills feels like much care and felt like Columbus discovering new one of my best childhood adventures. land. The fields were massive and mostly bare dirt. The mushroom farm must have been way beyond The Norwalk Patriot 07 Friday, March 2, 2018

NEW ON NETFLIX: ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’

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WHITTIER – California High School senior Kelly Clavel’s dreams of From the moment Clavel began her freshman year at Cal High, she finding a cure for cancer were nearly shattered as a child when a south Los has used her organizational skills to distinguish herself as a leader on Angeles elementary school teacher advised her to choose a more realistic campus – becoming an ambassador for the Model United Nations team, a goal. Using the slight as the stimulus to not only excel academically, but member of the Link Crew mentorship program and co-founder of Tutoring inspire young Latinas in impoverished areas to strive for the impossible, the Tiny club, an afterschool program that focuses on mentoring Whittier Clavel has become an exemplary leader on the Cal High campus and a elementary school students. standout student in class. “I became interested in biology after seeing a commercial on television Clavel can now demonstrate that anything – including becoming a that led me to research diseases online, finding out which ones had cures surgeon and find cures for the incurable – is possible after gaining early and which ones didn’t,” Clavel said. admission to Stanford University, one of the top biomedical research An illness of great interest to Clavel is Alzheimer’s disease, ranked as colleges in the country. the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. There are no cures “I am so excited to be accepted to Stanford, where I can get the or medical treatments for Alzheimer’s, though recent biomedical research education and training I need to make a difference in people’s lives,” has offered hope there could be a remedy in Clavel’s lifetime. Clavel said. “I just want to help people in whatever way I can, whether it be “My grandmother fell victim to early onset dementia, and I have seen through research or my actions.” its effects firsthand,” Clavel said. “I have done a lot of research concerning Clavel – who has a 4.63 GPA and is Cal High’s 2018 valedictorian – Alzheimer’s, and I would love to be on the front lines of fighting it. I am received a $65,000 scholarship from Stanford for her freshman year, which so excited to be able to get that chance once I am enrolled in Stanford.” Kelly Clavel, a senior at California High School, has been accepted to covers nearly one year of tuition. Clavel plans to major in bioengineering Clavel is also a semifinalist for the Gates Scholarship, awarded every Stanford University on a $65,000 freshman scholarship. and minor in English. She plans to then pursue medical school to become year to 300 top student leaders across the country. a surgeon and research cures for diseases. “I am so proud of Kelly, who will be representing Condor blue and the surface details of what she is studying; she immerses herself until she “I would like to thank my AP biology teacher Todd Clendenon for gold at one of the most prestigious universities in the world,” Principal Bill has a comprehensive knowledge of her subject, a work ethic that will serve conducting such an engaging class, inspiring me to consider a career path Schloss said. “Kelly is the type of student who is not satisfied with learning her extremely well at Stanford.” where I can use my research skills to help mankind,” she said. Frontier High named one of state’s L.A. County approves best continuation schools tracking program for people with dementia, WHITTIER – Frontier High school graduate prepared for a with a dedicated support system with their educational endeavors School is one of 32 schools in future career or college.” and caring community in which to and increased student pride in the the state to be recognized by the learn,” Principal Margie Moriarty campus. This year, 32 of California’s autism California Department of Education said. 441 continuation schools were Frontier has also earned a six- as a 2018 Model Continuation designated as Model Schools, which The schools were selected year Western Association of Schools LOS ANGELES – Last week, dementia who live in constant fear High School for creating innovative offer exemplary comprehensive based on a comprehensive and and Colleges (WASC) accreditation the Los Angeles County Board of of what might happen if they turn programs that address the services to students behind in high competitive application process in September 2017 – the highest Supervisors unanimously approved their back for just one minute,” academic, social and emotional school credits or in need of a flexible that involves effectiveness, term awarded to schools by the the Bringing Our Loved Ones said Supervisor Janice Hahn, who needs of students who are in need school schedule due to employment assessments and use of data. The WASC commission. Frontier will Home Initiative, a groundbreaking authored the motion. “This program of additional support as they pursue outside of school, family needs or process included a peer review remain fully accredited until 2024. countywide initiative to help locate will not only save lives—it will their paths toward graduation. other circumstances. panel and an on-site visit to validate individuals with dementia or autism provide peace of mind to caretakers “I want to thank Dr. Margie “These model continuation the schools and the programs they who wander. countywide. They will know they This is the seventh time that Moriarty for being the motivational high schools provide a space have implemented to drive student are not alone. The County is just as Frontier has been honored with leader that Frontier High School Wandering is a common where students can feel a sense success. committed to keeping their loved the three-year designation. The needs to push our students to problem associated with dementia, of accomplishment and increased ones safe as they are.” school will be recognized at the Frontier was recognized for new heights, backed by a team Alzheimer’s, and autism. According confidence and receive strong 2018 California Continuation cultivating a culture of respect, of educators who are united in to the Alzheimer’s Association, This Bring Our Loved Ones Home educational support,” State Education Association (CCEA) State inclusion and acceptance on fostering change in the classroom 60% of people with dementia will initiative includes establishing Superintendent of Public Instruction Conference in April. campus that has led to excellent and within our students,” Whittier wander at some point while a study a voluntary system of trackable Tom Torlakson said. “Creating teacher-student rapport, positive Union High School District by the Interactive Autism Network bracelets for at-risk individuals. an academically challenging yet “This designation validates staff morale, improved student Superintendent Martin Plourde found that 49% of children with While the Project Lifesaver bracelet encouraging school climate can what we do as a school every day engagement, partnerships with said. autism will engage in wandering is not under constant monitoring, help turn an at-risk student on the to foster achievement among our local businesses and organizations, behavior. While the vast majority when an individual wearing a verge of dropping out into a high students while providing them “I am proud that Whittier creative solutions to assist students of these individuals are recovered, bracelet goes missing, caretakers Union is home to one of the finest wandering cases can end in tragedy. can inform the Sheriff’s Department continuation schools in the state, who will be able to use helicopter- “Over the course of the last helping to put our students back mounted receivers to locate the year I have talked to the husbands, on track to reach their greatest missing person. potential.” wives, parents, and adult children of individuals with autism and This system is currently being used in Glendale where it boasts a 100% success rate. Last week’s motion instructs the office of the CEO and the Sheriff’s Department to identify $765,000 in one-time costs to purchase Project Lifesaver receiver equipment and develop a marketing plan to inform the public of this program and how to get their loved one enrolled. “We all hope that we can make a significant impact on the life management issues associated with these vulnerable populations, while providing much needed support for loved ones who must deal with wandering behaviors,” said Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who co- authored the motion. Hahn championed this initiative after helping with the search for Nancy Paulikas, a Manhattan Beach resident who suffers from early-onset Alzheimer’s and has been missing since she wandered away from her family while visiting LACMA in October 2016. ATTORNEY • ABOGADA Eva Juárez Malhotra ATTORNEY AT LAW

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