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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD

■ A New York City housing program Santa’s begun in the 1970s to encourage new construction has enabled huge reduc- tions in property taxes on certain build- ings in Manhattan, and those savings continue to this day (and at least through next year and maybe beyond). Little Among the beneficiaries: Yankee short- stop Derek Jeter, who saves $130,000 a year on his $4 million Trump World Tower apartment; designer Calvin Klein ($134,000 savings on his penthouse); and actress Natalie Portman (saving Helper $26,300 a year on her $5.8 million condo) (according to an October New York Post report). Death by Snake SM man answers ■ A 48-year-old woman died from a tim- ber rattlesnake bite during services at the East London Holiness Church in Christmas wishes London, Ky., in November. The church features a monthly snake-handling serv- ice, during which people can prove they BY KEVIN HERRERA are true believers by not getting bitten. Daily Press Staff Writer ■ In Shamokin, Pa., in October, Terry Jackson, 36, distraught for an undis- closed reason, kept police at bay in a OCEAN PARK — While he may not suicidal standoff in which she wielded have a bushy white beard, nine tiny five poisonous snakes (from an aquari- um in her home). They bit her hand and reindeer or a belly that shakes like a face numerous times, leaving her bloody, bowl full of jelly, Andrew Cabello will until police subdued her with a Taser gun. She was hospitalized in critical con- be in the guise of Santa Claus for a dition but survived and will face charges handful of children living in poverty. for threatening police. For the last six years, Cabello, a No time like the present Fabian Lewkowicz [email protected] Santa Monica resident who runs a TODAY IN HISTORY Kathleen Rawson, executive director for the Bayside District, wraps gifts along with her 8-year-old daughter Claire during the legal graphics business, has made a “Silent Night,” written by ‘Its a Wrap Party’ on Friday. Community leaders and volunteers wrapped more than 250 gifts that were collected during the journey down to the Los Angeles 1818 Franz Gruber and Father Winterlit ‘Best Gift Ever’ gift drive, which were then distributed to children who might otherwise go without presents today. Processing and Distribution Center Joseph Mohr, was performed for the first of the U.S. Postal Service to hand- time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria. pick letters addressed to St. Nick that William the Conqueror was were written by youngsters whose 1066 crowned king of England. parents can’t afford to give gifts. General George Washington 1776 and his troops crossed the Retailers show profits from unused gift cards “I came from a poor neighbor- Delaware River for a surprise attack hood in Boyle Heights and made against Hessian forces at Trenton, N.J. By The Associated Press “It can be fun to get them, but ed a $43 million gain in fiscal 2006 success of myself and my business, Hirohito became emperor of then I forget about them,” said from cards that hadn’t been used in so I want to give back to the commu- 1926 Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito. (Hirohito was LOS ANGELES — Shoppers across Deborah Cabaret, 46, who has hun- two or more years. Limited Brands nity in any way I can,” Cabello, 49, formally enthroned almost two years later.) America have millions of gift cards dreds of dollars worth of unused Inc. recorded $30 million in 2005 said.“I know what it’s like to be poor New York’s Metropolitan tucked away in envelopes, drawers cards. “Or I walk into the store, I revenue because of unredeemed and, for me, there’s no better way to 1931 Opera broadcast an entire opera over radio for the first time: and wallets. And some of the look around, I don’t know what I cards. spread the spirit of Christmas than “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert nation’s largest retailers are profiting want, and I leave.” to help out a family in need.” Humperdinck. as a result. Last winter, Best Buy Co. report- See GIFT CARDS, page 7 This year, Cabello grabbed 10 let- ters from children living in South WORD UP! and East Los Angeles and distributed COMMUNITYPROFILES THOMAS STEPHENS several others to friends and family, wassail \WAH-sul; wah-SAYL\, noun: asking them to participate as well. 1. An expression of good wishes on a fes- tive occasion, especially in drinking to “You can’t imagine the look on someone. Survivor settles in SM their faces when they wake up INDEX BY MELODY HANATANI seeing for the first time ever — See SANTA LETTERS, page 7 Daily Press Staff Writer Stephens, now 24, felt fear, excite- Inside Scoop Virgin Mary in Vegas 3 ment, anxiety and the hope of start- National SANTA MONICA PIER — Gazing out ing anew. Travel troubles 13 at an endless sea of blue water was Two days after the hurricane hit Surf Report somewhat surreal after having left a New Orleans and changed his life Water temperature: 60° 17 hometown submerged in water. forever, the survivor landed in Horoscopes Thomas Stephens felt a slew of Southern California, where a friend Be helpful tonight, Libra 16 emotions when he first stepped foot in West Covina had offered Stephens MOVIETIMES on the Santa Monica Pier after a place to stay until he got back on Feel the reels 19 escaping a decimated New Orleans his feet. Wearing the same clothes Comics & Stuff in 2005, shortly after the city was for days, Stephens came to Santa Strips tease 20-21 torn to shreds by a heartless Monica to wait for the friend to Photo courtesy Classifieds Hurricane Katrina. As he glanced WISH LIST: Each year thousands of Find your place 22-27 out to the ocean — a sight he was See STEPHENS, page 8 PHOTO COURTESY children send letters to Mr. Claus. 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CITYWIDE — With the cold winter air finally arriving in Santa Monica this holiday season, many will choose to stay inside and get cozy. But don’t get too cozy — your heat source could make you sick, or worse. Carbon monoxide poisoning kills almost 500 people and sends another 15,200 to hos- pitals each year in the United States, accord- ing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Carbon monoxide, an odorless, colorless and toxic gas, can come from fuel-burning machines, such as gas-fired appliances, char- coal grills, wood-burning furnaces and fire- places, and motor vehicles, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Fabian Lewkowicz [email protected] That means your home’s gas-fired heater MR. POPULARITY: According to a recent poll, Santa Claus remains in the holiday spotlight with 86 percent of participants believing in him as a could produce carbon monoxide if it’s not child. Even with skepticism on the rise and a multiethnic mix in the nation, Santa remains a dominate figure in Christmas celebrations. properly maintained or vented. Even heat sources outside your home could produce the gas in harmful amounts. Poll says, Santa “Self-contained fire pits might [burn] Mark resembling Virgin Mary under the overhang of a patio deck, and the [carbon] monoxide builds up and seeps remains real in through your windows,” said Santa Monica draws the faithful in Las Vegas Assistant Fire Marshal Joe Paneno.“You have By The Associated Press shrugged off the woman’s comment, but to be very cautious.” said the woman advised them to look at the holiday spirit Paneno said that incomplete combustion LAS VEGAS — To the faithful, the Virgin wall. WASHINGTON — Santa has lots going against is what produces carbon monoxide. Mary appears as an apparition on a retaining “I am not religious at all, but it seems him — school-yard rumors, older brothers “Probably the most obvious [culprit] is wall attached to Freddy Montero’s garage. there is a shadow of her,” Chilee Montero who think they know the deal and tattle to the having warming fires in a confined room,”he “As soon as you walk up to it, you can feel said. “You can see it best at night. I kid you young ones, errant price tags, the tell-all said. “Isolated heating units — [those with- her presence,” visitor Stacy Veloz said as she not.” Internet and so many Made in China labels it out] forced air — their ventilation system stood in the Monteros’ driveway and The couple called their Catholic friends, seems the North Pole has outsourced to Asia. will be clogged, so all the [carbon] monoxide admired the image, half-hidden behind who visited and spread the word. Chilee Humbuggers everywhere. But no worries. will emit into the room and back up, which scrub brush at the edge of a red rock yard. Montero also posted a notice on an online It’s a wonderful life for Santa. is not uncommon. We do get these cases “She’s trying to touch people that aren’t message board. An AP-AOL News poll finds him to be an every now and then. It’s a sad state when believers, to say, ‘I’m here. I’m real. What do The gawking peaked at midnight Dec. 11, enduring giant in the lives of Americans. those things happen.” you think now?"’ Veloz told the Las Vegas when a small group gathered to light candles Fully 86 percent in the poll believed in The last time Santa Monica had a carbon Sun. “I have the chills right now.” in celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Santa as a child. And despite the multiethnic monoxide fatality was about two years ago, Montero said he was washing his car early whose apparition is celebrated annually on nature of the country, more than 60 percent according to Paneno. The heating unit in the this month at his home in northwest Las Dec. 12. of those with children at home consider Santa person’s apartment had not been properly Vegas when he was approached by a woman Holy images that appear in mundane important in their holiday celebrations now. maintained. who told him that the house had burned, forms, such as on a grilled cheese sandwich That’s an approval rating President Bush Carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms but the previous owners were spared a fiery or the side of someone’s garage, must be for- and most in Congress could only dream are flu-like and include headaches, dizziness, death by the grace of the Virgin Mary. mally investigated before the Catholic about these days. (If Santa were a politician, Montero said he and his wife, Chilee, Catholics and the nonreligious would be his See CARBON MONOXIDE, page 10 knew their home was once in a fire. He See HOLY IMAGE, page 10 base.) GRAND OPENING SPECIAL Since 1967 % Quality & Value Always! 50 OFF Open 6am - 2:30pm Mon. - Fri. Sushi & Rolls 6am - 4pm Sat. - Sun. Happy New GREAT 310-399-7892 PRICING! 2732 Main St. Year from TAKEOUT AVAILABLE Santa Monica 1928 Lincoln Blvd. SM (310) 396-4037 all the staff! M-F 11:30-2:30 5-9:30 SAT-SUN 4:30-10 Opinion Commentary 4 MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2006 A newspaper with issues

PUBLISHER LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Ross Furukawa The greatest gift is [email protected] Feeling the pain of war EDITOR Editor: Michael Tittinger President Bush says there are painful losses ahead in [email protected] Iraq. Painful for the families of our dead soldiers ... not a soldier’s sacrifice STAFF WRITERS painful for him. Kevin Herrera McGinnis the Silver Star and his captain has [email protected] Mike Kirwan nominated him for the Medal of Honor Venice (America’s highest award for combat valor), Melody Hanatani MY WRITE which could take two years for the Pentagon [email protected] BY BILL BAUER to award. Amazingly, only one U.S. service- man has received the Medal of Honor since NIGHT EDITOR Gentile is a gentle word Lori Bartlett Editor: the war on terrorism began in 2001, [email protected] A quick look at the dictionary will show Julia Reeves although a handful of others are under con- (“A disparaging word,” Dec. 18, page 4) that the term I’ve been reading the “military obituar- sideration. Lori Luechtefeld “gentile” has nothing linguistically to do with the term ies” since Santa Monica Police officer and Ross wasn’t the best student. His parents [email protected] “infidel” (nonbeliever) nor is it used to express “superior- U.S. Marine Corps Reservist, Major Ricardo told the local media their son wasn’t an ity and denigration.” A. “Rick” Crocker was killed in Al-Anbar academic, but described him as “hands SANTA MONICA PARENTING Nina Furukawa “Gentile” is a neutral term to describe someone who is province in Iraq on May 26, 2005. on.” Indifferent about his studies at [email protected] not Jewish. (Frankly, I think it is a more polite term than An “obit” in the Dec. 10, 2006, Los Keystone Junior/Senior High School in defining someone else as a “non” entity — i.e. non-Jews or Angeles Times caught my eye. Knox, he had signed up for the Army’s STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER non-Christians). Contrary to what Ms. Reeves proclaims, “Ross A. McGinnis, 19, of Knox, PA; private delayed enlistment program when he Fabian Lewkowicz religious differences don’t have to be “polarizing.” first class, Army. McGinnis was killed Monday turned 17 and pledged to enlist right after [email protected] Diversity can also be respectful. One can uphold one’s reli- when he smothered a grenade that was thrown graduation, say news reports. ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES gion; one can elect to wear different clothes, eat different into his Humvee in Baghdad, saving the lives of “I know medals never crossed his mind,” Robbie P. Piubeni foods, worship in different ways and in a different lan- four other soldiers in the vehicle ...” said his father, Tom McGinnis. “He was [email protected] guage while honoring the uniqueness of other religions, as I had to find out more about this young always about friendships and relationships. well. hero. So, I researched the Pittsburgh news- He just took that to the ultimate this time.” Rob Schwenker papers and the Clarion News. Knox is locat- Although he was thinking about working [email protected] Rabbi Jeffrey A. Marx ed in the rural Appalachians, northeast of on high performance sports cars and even Andrew Swadling Santa Monica Synagogue Pittsburgh. took classes in auto mechanics at the Clarion [email protected] An article by Milan Simonich in the Dec. County Career Center, the kid who liked 16 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette video games and mountain biking left for ADVERTISING ASSISTANT Not getting the signal began: “They will gather tomorrow in basic training a week after receiving his high Cynthia Vazquez Editor: Clarion County to celebrate a lackluster stu- school diploma in June 2005. [email protected] Since Time Warner Cable took over (“Cable causing dent, a scrawny teenager, a brave soldier and “There were doubts about whether he friction,” Dec. 22, page 1), the signal breaks up on average a selfless man. At 19, Army Pfc. Ross would even qualify physically for service. TRAFFIC MANAGER Connie Sommerville once per program. The screen is pixelated for several sec- McGinnis was all of those.” I was hooked. McGinnis was a skinny kid, almost frail. He [email protected] onds and the audio pauses. It is distracting and annoying. According to the article, “McGinnis died was 6 feet tall, but never filled out. He But to say that the franchise is not exclusive and suggest when he threw himself on a grenade that an weighed only 136 pounds the day he died,” PRODUCTION MANAGER other cable systems could serve the same area simultane- insurgent flung from a rooftop into the said the Post-Gazette. Alejandro Cesar Cantarero II ously? Would they be using the same hardware? How is Humvee that carried five soldiers who were on “His unit, Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th [email protected] that likely to improve things? This is one of the earlier patrol in Baghdad. McGinnis, who was atop the Infantry Regiment, headed to Kuwait in July. PRODUCTION ARTIST cable systems. Who will invest in the necessary upgrades? Humvee in the gunner’s hatch, saw the grenade It moved into Iraq a couple weeks later. Once Io Still No one so far. coming and tried to bat it away. He missed and in Iraq, the smalltown teenager who had [email protected] the device landed inside the vehicle.” always been something of a comedian, and a Linda Morris “‘An average man would have leapt out of gangly boy with style and bite, took on a dif- CLASSIFIEDS SALES MANAGER Santa Monica the gunner’s cupola to safety,’ the Army said ferent, more serious personality as a soldier Annie Kotok in its official account of the life-or-death — and the youngest member of his unit.” [email protected] episode. ‘Pfc. McGinnis decided to stay with Even after another young soldier in his CIRCULATION SIGN UP TO GET FREE his crew. Unhesitatingly and with complete company died a painful death in a military Keith Wyatt disregard for his own life ... he threw his burn unit after being injured in a roadside Glenn Bolan AMBER ALERTS back over the grenade to pin it between his bomb, Pfc. McGinnis continued to believe in ON YOUR CELL PHONE. body and the truck’s radio mount.’” his cause. He told his family he thought he INTERNS It detonated, piercing Pfc. McGinnis’ was fighting so a society (Iraq) could be free. Maya Meinert [email protected] wirelessamberalerts.org body armor, killing him instantly. McGinnis was cremated and will eventu- Even though he turned himself into a ally be buried in Arlington National SPECIAL PROJECTS human shield, the force of the blast was still Cemetery. Dave Danforth powerful enough to badly injure another “Instead of doing something for us, do [email protected] soldier, who is in a military hospital facing a something for a soldier or for a veteran. Tell months-long recovery. Shrapnel hit a third them it’s from Pfc. Ross McGinnis,” his EDITOR-AT-LARGE soldier, tearing a ball of flesh from his shoul- father said. Carolyn Sackariason [email protected] A child is calling for help. der. All four survived because of Pfc. And pray for peace. McGinnis’ sacrifice. The Army already has awarded Pfc. Bill Bauer can be reached at [email protected]. A newspaper with issues

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Watch my smoking cessation program Hypnotherapy can help you turn ‘Santa Claws’ is coming performed live! on the no-smoking sign for good Sunday, Dec. 31 at In this season of holiday joy and gifts, the passed earlier this year, has given the presi- 8pm on the TLC’s image of Santa Claus is everywhere. The dent the power to order the indefinite deten- new show jolly old elf and his reindeer-drawn sleigh, tion of any person, anywhere in the world — “Resolutionaries” his oversized bag of toys and his “ho ho ho” including U.S. citizens in the United States are passed on by parents to children as part — without the right to a trial and without of our cultural tradition. the historic right of habeas corpus. The pres- Since the 1930s, the U.S. government has ident, or his officers, need only certify that John McGrail, C.Ht. (310) 235-2883 www.hypnotherapylosangeles.com gotten into the Santa Claus game by increas- one is an “enemy combatant,” which is a ing the generosity of welfare and subsidy term not defined in the law. programs. The Congress in recent years has Of course, this power will never be used increased government spending to $2,654 by our president for bad purposes; no, of billion — doubling the size of government course not. Only terrorists will be impris- during the Clinton and Bush administra- oned and tortured, but environmental RECYCLE NOW! tions. Politicians run for re-election on the activists should be careful, too. Right-to-life $ record of how much of other people’s tax activists who protest outside abortion clinics CRV ALUMINUM CANS: 1.40 per lb. money they have captured for spending back need to watch their step. If the military draft (Up to $1.60 per lb.) Drop-off donation bins available 24 hours in front home, just like 535 little Santa Claus elves is established again, as Congressman Charles cheerily making gifts to the happy voters. Rangel (D-NY) wants, be careful not to Santa Monica Recycling Center MICHIGAN The Santa Claus spirit is shown by infamous protest or resist the draft, as millions of 2411 Delaware Avenue in Santa Monica X spending earmarks such as the “bridge to Americans did in the 1970s. 24TH (310) 453-9677 DELAWARE AVE. CLOVER- nowhere” in Alaska and thousands of other The Patriot Act adopted a few years ago 10 WEST special pork projects, and expensive new provides for warrant-less searches of our entitlements like the Medicare prescription homes and businesses, along with spying on drug benefit. our library records, our Internet activity and In the Santa Claus story, however, the toys our bank accounts. The Real ID act provides and gifts he brings are made by magic, so for a nationwide system of photo identifica- GERMAN CAR SERVICE they are free. In the real world, parents have tion, and Congress is seriously looking at a Specialist in Repair of Porsche • VW • Audi • BMW to crowd into stores during the busy retail national data bank of DNA and other bio- season and pay real money for those things. logical identification measures. The U.S. I Best alternative to high dealer prices Yet, magical thinking still dominates our Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that Larry I Complete service and repair nation’s political philosophy, at least in Hilbel did not have the right to refuse to regard to government spending. show identification to a police officer, even I All work guaranteed But the Santa Claus story should be taken though he was not suspected of any crime. 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So be good for goodnesssake! at risk of abduction and abuse. IF YOU SEE NEWS HAPPENING OR HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT, In the past six years, if not for as long as How did we manage to transform this CALL THE SANTA MONICA PRESS AT OUR NEW TIPLINE! memory will serve, this is now the story of “land of the free” into a modern totalitarian our government. The idea that Americans state? Perhaps we just invited Santa Claws to have some constitutional rights to private come to town and he “knows when we’ve CALL [310] 285-TIPS property and personal freedom are becom- been bad,” or at least when we are thinking ing mere historical footnotes. “Santa Claws” about the freedom we have lost. Visit us online at smdp.com has come to town, and he is gathering infor- mation about every aspect of our lives. “He Joe Cobb was chief economist for the United States knows when you’ve been bad or good, so be Senate and is a past president of the National good for goodness sake.” Association of Business Economists, National Capital The new Military Commissions law, Chapter.

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TELL SANTA MONICA WHAT YOU THINK! Judge overturns decision to reject WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR tiger salamander protection BY TERENCE CHEA The Center for Biological Diversity, EMAIL TO: [email protected] OR FAX TO (310) 576-9913 Associated Press Writer which sued the commission in February 2005 after its petition to list the salamander Visit us online at smdp.com SAN FRANCISCO — A judge has overturned was rejected, hailed the judge’s decision a decision by state wildlife regulators to Wednesday. reject a petition to give protected status to “The decision holds the commissioners the California tiger salamander. accountable to base their decisions on sci- Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd ence rather than political considerations,” G. Connelly ordered the Fish and Game said Kassie Siegel, an attorney for the conser- Commission to conduct a 12-month review vation group, which filed petitions to list the to determine whether to list the yellow-and- salamander in 2001 and 2004. black amphibian as an endangered or threat- Officials at the Fish and Game ened species. Commission had not seen the ruling Connelly said the commission “misstated Wednesday and could not comment, said or ignored substantial evidence” and “relied Jon Fischer, the commission’s assistant exec- on conflicting information of doubtful scien- utive director. tific value” when it voted 3-2 two years ago to The tiger salamander, which lives in reject the petition to list the salamander woodlands, grasslands and vernal pools, has under the California Endangered Species Act. been in decline throughout California for In the Dec. 14 opinion released years with the expansion of urban and agri- Wednesday, Connelly wrote that “all compe- cultural development. Environmentalists say tent scientific evidence in the record sup- the amphibian has lost 75 percent of its orig- ports a finding of a substantial possibility inal habitat. that (a salamander) listing could occur.” Facing multiple lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and During the yearlong review period, the Wildlife Service in recent years has listed sala- salamander will be given protected status mander populations in Sonoma and Santa that makes it illegal to harm or kill the Barbara counties as “endangered” and popula- species. tions in Central California as “threatened.”

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SANTA LETTERS, from page 1 a project called Arctic Phenomenon, designed by the University of Lapland to Christmas morning to find study the letters written to Santa. Some are presents,” said Cabello. “The kids and their saved for posterity, like the letter written on parents are just so grateful and choked-up. birch bark by two Polish schoolboys that is They are just so grateful and it really feels now proudly displayed in the wall of the good to be able to help someone who is less Santa Claus Main Post Office, located on the fortunate than you are. Arctic Circle in Lapland. “That’s what Christmas truly means to Of course, most of the letters written to me.” Santa are wish lists itemizing the gifts the Cabello isn’t alone. Every year, thousands writer would love to find under their tree on of letters are answered by major corpora- Christmas morning. tions, churches and other non profits as well There are exceptions, however. Many peo- as postal employees who often know the chil- ple write simply to wish Santa well. And dren writing to the North Pole because they some write for other reasons. One couple live along the postal workers’ routes. wrote wishing Santa would respond so they This year, the Los Angeles facility that could tell their unborn baby that Santa really processes mail for the entire Westside, existed. Others discuss their hopes and fears. including Santa Monica, received more than Some bring tears to the eye, like the one from 3,000 letters addressed to Santa’s workshop. a homeless 7-year-old who wanted nothing “We’ve been doing this for over 50 years,” for himself, just diapers for his infant sister. said Larry Dozier, a spokesman for the Postal “Some of the letters just really tug at your Service. “It’s a longstanding tradition to ful- heart strings,”Cabello said.“A lot of them are fill these children’s wishes.” asking for the bare necessities. I had a child Despite what people may think after write that they didn’t need any toys and had- watching films such as “Miracle of 34th n’t asked for anything from Santa except a Street,” the Postal Service does not just sit on coat because it was cold. Both his parents had Santa’s letters. just lost their jobs.” “We try to distribute as many as we can to While it is too late to give gifts this year, those who are interested in helping out,” those interested should contact their local Dozier said. post office next year, Dozier said. So what happens to all the missives full of “We’re here, the letters are here, so come hope and wishes that do not make their way on down and look through them,” Dozier into the hands of a giving individual? said. “There really is a need.” At least some of them have become part of [email protected] Card sales up from last year GIFT CARDS, from page 1 is: use it or regift it.” Even so, this holiday season is likely to see Some gift cards get spent faster than oth- record sales of gift cards. The National Retail ers. Supermarkets and gas stations have close Federation, a trade group, estimates that to 100 percent redemption rates, said Bob shoppers will buy $24.8 billion worth of Skiba, who runs the gift card division of cards, up 34 percent from last year. Ceridian Corp.’s Comdata gift card division, More places offer gift cards these days, based in Louisville, Ky. including drugstores, jewelers, spas and even “You don’t have to buy a sweater every supermarkets. Shoppers are buying cards day, but you do have to eat and fill up your with higher dollar values, and more stores car,” Skiba said. are packaging the cards with accessories to Retailers say they would rather see cus- make them look less like plastic money. tomers use the cards. About 6 percent, or $4.8 billion, of this “They have money in their pockets that’s year’s gift cards will go unused, estimated pointed to our store,” said John Fleming, Laura Lane, vice president of unclaimed Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s marketing chief and a property services for Keane Co., a compli- former Target Corp. executive. ance and risk management consulting firm. In addition, a retailer can’t report revenue Consumer Reports put the figure even from a gift card when it is sold. The revenue higher, estimating that 19 percent of those is recognized as the card is used or after it who received cards last year had not used has gone a long time without being used. them because the cards were lost or expired. 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Associated Press Writer “I’m from the projects and the project housing is made out of brick,” he said. “I NEW ORLEANS — Water is unforgiving to the lived through hurricanes and I was dead and by the time the crews arrived, the always all right.” men were missing their eyes. Rather than leave town like the rest of his Carefully, the workers slipped them family, he decided to await the hurricane at into black, zippered bags, placed them home, snapping photos of and recording the inside a van and drove them 70 miles to an storm as it progressed. Following the storm, emergency morgue which had been set up Stephens stepped outside, stretching his inside a refrigerated tent. Over the months arms and grinning. He had weathered that followed, investigators cut them, another storm. Thomas Stephens Special to the Daily Press prodded them, photographed them, X- But the grin slowly disappeared as he WATERS RUN DEEP: Stephens snapped photos and recordings following Hurricane Katrina. As rayed them and removed pieces of their realized the water was constantly rising. At the waters rose, he caught a bus to escape the devastation and moved to the West coast. DNA, all in an attempt to coax their bod- this point, Stephens was unaware that the ies into spitting out names. levees had failed the city. Rodriguez said on Friday. offered him the administrative assistant job In neat rows beside them are the coffins of After assessing that the situation was The two started talking and Rodriguez full-time. 27 other anonymous souls, their bodies stuck worse than anticipated, Stephens left his learned about Stephens’ story. Sam Porgess, managing partner for Booz in a forensic purgatory — unknown, house, walking through water that went as “Come back sometime and hang out with Allen Hamilton, met Stephens at a holiday unclaimed and unable to be buried more high as his neck until he arrived at a bridge. my friends,” Rodriguez said. party a few weeks ago and learned about his than 15 months after Hurricane Katrina He witnessed the chaos that ensued as And so he did. story. Hiring Stephens was a no-brainer, made landfall. people began killing each other, running “He’s a cool guy,” said Olivia Banegas, 19, Porgess said. There were those among Katrina’s dead down the streets with weapons and breaking of Santa Monica. “I met him the next day “Here is someone doing a good job and who succumbed alongside people they knew; into stores. With his trusty camera, Stephens [after Stephens met Rodriguez]. He treats needs help,” Porgess said. “I wish I would’ve slips of paper or damp cardboard, inscribed began snapping photos, documenting as me like I’m his little sister.” known earlier.” with their names, were tucked into their much as he could. One photo he took was of After living for a month in West Covina clothes. But many more drowned alone, their a dead man who lay at the bottom of a and realizing the living situation with his LOOKING FORWARD bodies drifting in the black water, getting bridge. Half of his face was smashed. friend would not work out, Stephens decid- The past year would have even been more snagged on fence posts, coming to rest Stephens managed to escape the city ed to move to Santa Monica since his friends unbearable had it not been for the emotion- beneath freeway overpasses, in the rubble of when he got word that there was a bus, lived in or around the city. al and familial support provided by uprooted homes. reserved for the bus company employees and But it was hard for Stephens to get back Stephens’ friends. It’s a fate which continues to torture the their families, departing the city. on his feet. After expending all his FEMA “I’m really happy that he was able to living as they struggle to give the dead what “I just came back from the supermarket money, the unemployment insurance, which come out here in LA and make friends so the dead are owed. with food and I hadn’t eaten in two days. provided $200 a week, kicked in. quickly,” Rodriguez said. “A lot of us helped A body can only say so much about itself. Since I had food with me, they didn’t say In May, Stephens decided to start work- him with his troubles. He was holding in a It can tell its sex, for instance, its height, a anything,” Stephens said. ing and contacted a temp agency, which lot.” race. Bones can speak of past accidents. The bus arrived at Louisiana State placed him in an administrative assistant Stephens is not sure whether he wants to But the elements and simple decay can University in Baton Rouge, where Stephens position at Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategic return to New Orleans. He now has a perma- erase much of the rest. More than a week stayed overnight in a hotel. Holding his last management and technological consulting nent job and a great place to live in a city he passed before the first crew arrived to paycheck from his job, Stephens made his firm in El Segundo. could only dream of before. retrieve the more than 1,300 people who way to the Golden State. But the work at Booz Allen Hamilton Thoughts of New Orleans and how much died in Louisiana and by that time, many of provided inconsistent hours, with Stephens he misses his hometown keep Stephens the bodies were bloated beyond recognition. BEGINNINGS OF A ‘REVOLUTION’ being called on as needed. With the disaster awake at night sometimes. He misses the Besides their eyes, the two men were miss- When Stephens arrived in Santa Monica, relief funding set to expire in two months, food, his family back home and his friends. ing their finger- and toenails. Soaking in the he walked over to the arcade on the pier, Stephens was becoming desperate. But it’s time to start anew. He’s consider- coarse water, their skin color changed; the where he met his first local friend. The full-time job hunt began. Stephens ing attending Santa Monica College and workers who retrieved them couldn’t tell if Cruz Rodriguez, 24, of Westchester, was sought help wanted signs and advertise- exploring his options in photography, the men were black or white. playing Dance Dance Revolution, a popular ments, but whenever an opportunity would Japanese or engineering. ——— game where the video gamer has to follow present itself, Stephens would freeze from “There are different things here, differ- The two bodies had been lying in the mud certain dance steps that pop up on a televi- fear, unable to take the next step, and would ent cultures and different races,” Stephens inside the locked apartment at 224 De La sion screen, when Stephens, a video game fall back into his shell. said. “I actually feel more comfortable Ronde Drive for at least 16 days when the fanatic himself, joined. It’s a fear that he believes was caused by here than back at home. It’s like this is white, unmarked van pulled up. “Normally, I keep to myself, but there was the trauma of Hurricane Katrina. where I should be.” With orders to save the living, the something about his character that made me Luck finally turned Stephens’ way two National Guard had already searched the want to talk to him and be friends,” weeks ago when Booz Allen Hamilton [email protected] building, but could do little more than mark it with the words “2 dead” and a spray-paint- ed X. They painted a red arrow over the muddy weeds, pointing to apartment 4D, before moving on. Then the rescue crew from Kenyon International Emergency Services arrived, slipping into white Tyvek suits and strapping on respirators. They broke down the door. With their gloved hands, they lifted the two bodies from a carpet of wet mud and placed them into two plastic body bags. Then they carried them out feet first, as they walked in life, said Kenyon CEO Robert Jensen, a veteran of the U.S. Army’s mortu- ary service, where he learned the ritual. “We can’t give them a lot, but we do what

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that he, too, was white. before their genetic code could be unraveled. place that might store two-by-fours, or PVC Deep in disaster In the bag with him was a single packet of Like the living, the dead would learn early pipes, an anonymous product, sold in bulk. KATRINA AFTERMATH, from page 8 Sweet’n Low. on to wait. For the first time, they were laid to rest in ——— ——— handsome, silver coffins. Inside, the brothers we can to give them a little bit of their digni- Each man was tagged with a number, their In December, the bone fragments were cut still lie in their body bags, but the bags now ty back,” he said. name in the afterlife until their real ones could into halves and carefully rewrapped. rest against the silken, ivory crepe that lines Under police escort, they were driven out be found. Then they were wheeled to different The first piece was sent to a DNA lab in the caskets. Priests and ministers of different of the disaster zone to the tiny town of St. compartments in the tent, each one with a dif- Virginia. The second to a lab in Bosnia, set up faiths came to bless the coffins lying in the Gabriel on the winding banks of the ferent identifying function. to unravel the identities of people retrieved warehouse, murmuring prayers. Mississippi River. At the X-ray booth, morgue workers took from mass graves. “It kills me that we can’t identify them,” In the Bible, the archangel Gabriel stands full-body images of the corpses. They hoped In Baton Rouge, a family assistance center says Julia Powers, chief of the forensic identi- at the gates of heaven. Here, Blackwater to find a pacemaker or a hip implant — a was fielding calls from the relatives of the fication unit handling the Katrina deaths. guards greeted the dead, ushering them into a piece of steel inserted inside the body that more than 13,000 people initially reported When she got word that the men were broth- refrigerated tent where the fresh, cold air was might yield a serial number. missing. More than 1,000 mouth swabs were ers, Powers could barely contain her excitement: not enough to disperse the odor of death — a The men had none. collected from the families of those presumed “I mean, how many people are missing two fruity smell, like that of a distorted, stinking They also looked for evidence of trauma, a dead and a database of their DNA was estab- white, elderly brothers?” she asked. peach. healed fracture, perhaps, that could be pinned lished. Back in New Orleans, investigators At her desk inside the New Orleans “I always knew how fragile life is. But I had to a relative’s memory of a car accident or bad were venturing into the rubble, retrieving Forensic Center, she searched the database. never seen so many people in that terrible con- fall. hair brushes, nail clippers, socks, anything For keywords, she tried variations of “white,” dition before,” said Dr. Frank Minyard, 77, There were none. that might offer specks of the genetic barcode “brothers” and “over 65” — but got no hits. Orleans Parish’s coroner since 1973. “They At another station, investigators tried to of the missing. Almost all of it was contami- No one, it appeared, has been looking for were bringing them in by the truckload. All in lift their fingerprints, but their skin slipped nated by the floodwaters. two brothers from a street of flooded 1970s- body bags. All badly deteriorated. As tough as I off like a glove. Relatives were asked to bring Christmas era apartment buildings in the white, blue- am — and I think I’m tough — it affected me. They took X-rays of their teeth in the hope and Mother’s Day cards in the hope that a collar community of Chalmette, La. I lost the joy in my heart.” that dental records salvaged from New Orleans trace of saliva could be found behind the ——— In a loading bay, the bags containing the could help them attach a body to a name. crusty stamp. From the beginning, the identification of two men were lifted onto two aluminum (Back in the submerged city, Doug Cross, It would be spring before the two labs the dead, like every aspect of the post-Katrina tables and unzipped. The mud was washed a dentist whose own practice was underwater, returned their findings: Their DNA didn’t recovery, was marred by bureaucratic red tape. from their bodies, and the investigators donned a Hazmat suit and ventured inside match any of the samples donated by families Eventually, a state-of-the-art morgue, nick- recorded what few details were apparent, flooded dentists’ offices. It would take him an of the missing. But it turns out, the genetic named the “forensic Taj Mahal,” would be starting with the men’s personal effects. hour or more to open a bloated filing cabinet material distilled from the four tiny pieces of erected inside the shell of a building in The first man had on a fancy, short- and meticulously pull apart each crusty fold- thigh bone was nearly identical. Carville, not far from St. Gabriel. sleeved dress shirt. On it, a pattern of red, sin- er. Files crumbled in his hands. Others The two men from apartment 4D are But as federal dollars dried up, it would be gle-stem roses. In his pocket, $60. On his remained stuck together like a child’s botched brothers. packed up, and the forensic team disbanded. shoulder, a blue tattoo of a sailing ship. paper mache project.) ——— The remaining dead were shipped back to He was 6 feet tall and at least 65 years old. In another compartment of the tent, a In April, the bodies of the two brothers New Orleans. Relief agencies that had collect- Several weeks would pass before his skull and piece of each man’s right tibia, or shinbone, made the 70-mile trip back to New Orleans in ed information on the missing packed up, facial bones were measured and investigators was extracted, and from the inner core of the another refrigerated truck. too, and some took their databases with could say with certainty that he was white. bone, his DNA. The warehouse which was to become their them. When they opened the second bag, they The specimen was put on ice, but the men temporary home is on a street of flowering By spring, only a few scientists remained. found a naked man. He was also over 65 and would have to wait three more months, until weeds not far from Interstate 10, in a desert- New employment contracts, unlike their pre- around 6 feet tall. Measurements would show the state finalized a contract with a DNA lab, ed, industrial corridor downtown. 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Sanick P.Dela Cruz, SINCE 1984 LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED That is what happened recently in a separate case at could not be reached for comment. Camp Pendleton, when seven Marines and a Navy corpsman Prosecutors have their work cut out because all the were charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi civil- Marines seem to agree about the circumstances surrounding ian in the town of Hamdania. Four pleaded guilty in return the killings, said Gary Solis, a former Marine Corps prosecu- Take control of your for reduced charges and prison sentences of less than two tor and judge who teaches law of war at Georgetown years. They have agreed to testify against the others, who are University Law Center. awaiting trial. “I still foresee the possibility for one of the accused offer- weight & your life. Military prosecutors are not discussing the Haditha case, ing to testify in return for immunity, but in this case there which has created a firestorm of controversy in Iraq. Friends isn’t as much to reveal,” Solis said. Tiger attacks trainer at zoo BY TERENCE CHEA they’re still wild animals,” Jenkins said. “You have to Associated Press Writer have a healthy respect for them and be aware of what can happen.” SAN FRANCISCO — A 350-pound Siberian tiger attacked and The zoo houses two types of tigers, Sumatran and injured her trainer shortly after a public feeding Friday at the Siberian. The tigers are fed fortified horse meat at the so- San Francisco Zoo, according to zoo officials. called Lion House facility. The Sumatran tigers can weigh Factual Weight Loss The unidentified woman may lose one of her arms as a up to 350 pounds, while the Siberian males can weigh up result of her injuries, and was in surgery Friday at San to 600 pounds. 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There were no previous incidents front paws shortly after 2 p.m., zoo officials said. of aggression against humans involving the tiger, said Ana At least 50 visitors were at the zoo’s big cat exhibit, called Bowie, a Denver Zoo spokeswoman. the Lion House, when the tiger attacked, said Robert Jenkins, The mauling was the first tiger attack against a human at director of animal care and conservation at the zoo. They San Francisco Zoo, Jenkins said. were quickly evacuated following the incident. The zoo conducts tiger feedings six days a week, a popu- The trainer has been an animal keeper at the zoo since lar attraction for hordes of children, parents and nannies 1997. Her main job is taking care of the zoo’s four lions and who visit daily. three tigers, Jenkins said. According to its Web site, San Francisco Zoo is one of the “No matter how familiar you get with these animals, only zoos in the U.S. where visitors can see big cat feedings.

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Even the Brazilian air force was spent a second night on the hard floors and ways Saturday at Denver’s airport after a busiest travel times of the year, with 9 mil- called in to help move passengers with its a few cots, hoping to get a place at the front two-day blizzard as airlines struggled to lion Americans planning to take to the air fleet of eight passenger jets. of long lines at ticket counters. move thousands of holiday travelers strand- during the nine-day Christmas-to-New At Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport officials did not have an estimate of ed across the country. Year’s period. An estimated 64.9 million Airport, Army Spc. Nicholas Silva, of how many people were still there Friday night. Some people had given up hope of people will travel more than 50 miles from Aurora, curled up on a bench Friday for a As planes began taking off again at noon spending Christmas with loved ones, howev- home by air, rail and road during the holi- third night in a terminal. He said he just Friday, passengers with long-standing reser- er, as airlines were running at near-full days, according to AAA. hoped he could board a plane for home vations filled most of the outbound flights. capacity with little room for the people In addition, flights were delayed by low Saturday evening. That was bad news for those waiting to whose earlier flights were canceled. visibility Friday in Atlanta and by wind in “I’ve slept in worse areas so this doesn’t rebook flights canceled during the storm. The busiest carrier at Denver Philadelphia. bug me all that much,” said Silva, who spent Airline officials tried to explain to unhap- International, United Airlines, planned to Overseas, fog had grounded flights for last Christmas stationed in Iraq and was py travelers at the airport that they cannot operate a full schedule of 900 departures and most of the week at London’s Heathrow heading home for the first time in two years. simply bring in extra planes to clear the arrivals Saturday for the first time since the Airport, stalling tens of thousands of people “I’ll be home for Christmas. I can see my backlog, and those stranded learned it could storm blew in Wednesday, spokeswoman who had planned on taking flights at family. Does it really matter after that?” be Christmas — or later — before they can Robin Urbanski said. Flights were running Europe’s busiest airport. The fog finally Denver International closed to all flights catch a plane at DIA. “close to on schedule,” she said. started to lift on Saturday, and British Wednesday when the blizzard buried the city in “When we get an airplane, we run it 10 hours The airport, the nation’s fifth-busiest, Airways pledged to operate 95 percent of its 2 feet of snow, closing schools, offices and stores a day every day,”Frontier spokesman Joe Hodas expected to have all six runways cleared by scheduled flights. at the height of the Christmas rush. More than said. “It’s not like we can decide Dayton’s not Sunday, but there was no telling when the In South America, flight cancellations 3,000 incoming flights alone were canceled or important and just pull some planes from there.” Hawaiian group launches Obama for ’08 presidential election BY TARA GODVIN pot of mostly Asian, Polynesian and European collect local signatures on a national petition office for comment was not immediately Associated Press Writer cultures and religions — and Indonesia would to “respectfully request and encourage” a returned Thursday. have provided the Illinois senator with a wider Hawaii native son to run for the presidency. His advisers have said he would consider HONOLULU — His name may not immediately world view than had he been reared on the “For the last six years we’ve been governed his choices over the holidays, after his annu- tip off anyone he’s a local, but a group that mainland, Nishihara said. by fear — fear of terrorists, fear of other al Christmas trip to Hawaii to visit his wants to draft Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to The son of a black student from Kenya countries, even fear of the other party ... grandmother. He does not have any sched- run for president says his island roots and aloha and a white mother from Kansas, Obama was everyone is governing by fear and Barack uled party appearances during the trip. spirit single him out as the best choice for 2008. born in heavily Democratic Hawaii where his Obama changes all of that. He wants to gov- But Obama attracted big crowds at two “The United States at this point in time father had come to study. Obama graduated ern the United States by hope,” said Brian appearances last weekend during his first needs someone as president who can see the from the prestigious Punahou high school in Schatz a former state representative, congres- visit to the early presidential primary state of whole world as it is, not just the European Honolulu, then went on to Columbia sional candidate and now the state director of New Hampshire, where he spoke about view — not just what NATO does and this University and has a Harvard law degree. Hawaii’s effort to urge Obama to become an health insurance for all Americans, alterna- kind of stuff,” said state Sen. Clarence A group of a dozen or so Hawaii official presidential candidate. tive energy sources and developing the Nishihara, D-Waipahu. Democratic leaders gathered at the state A telephone message left by The nation’s diplomatic power to match its mili- Growing up in Hawaii — with its melting Capitol Thursday to announce their effort to Associated Press at Obama’s Washington tary might. National 14 MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2006 A newspaper with issues New study Dig against drought says ocean’s Arizona farmers, ranchers fight to maintain against the elements BY SHAUN MCKINNON ranchers tend crops — growing, cutting and numbers remained, resulting in a loss of ecosystems The Associated Press storing hay. Before the snow flies, ranchers $400 million in revenue. Using a formula to bring the cattle back, corralling them in pas- measure the effects on the total economy, PHOENIX — The tawny flats of Warbonnet tures, where they will be fed all winter. Kattnig said the real loss to the state was are safe Ranch shivered as a stiff wind rummaged Without snow, cattle can graze all year, closer to $2.8 billion. through grass coaxed from the ground by moving from pasture to pasture. It works as Ranching has suffered losses in the state BY TARA GODVIN summer rain. long as the summer rains and mountain even without the extended drought. Since Associated Press Writer The grass and the rain, scant though they snows keep the forage growing. When 1986, the number of beef cattle dropped were, bought Larry Todd another season, drought strikes, so do the realities of ranch- from about 293,000 head to an estimated HONOLULU — Could Hawaii’s beloved ahi maybe two. And on the parched ranges of ing in the desert. 190,000 this year, according to the U.S. poke soon be a dish of the past? A new study southeastern Arizona in the middle of a Warbonnet Ranch encompasses about Department of Agriculture. The number of by a University of Hawaii researcher and drought, a rancher and his cattle can’t ask for 17,000 acres, but Todd owns just a fraction cattle operations fell from 3,000 to about other scientists says “no,” challenging earlier much more. Unless it’s just more. of that. In Arizona, almost no rancher can 1,900 in the same period. findings that the ocean’s ecosystems face col- “This is good country if you get the rain,” afford to own all of the land that ranching Some effects do not translate well to sta- lapse within a few decades. said Todd, who bought the Warbonnet in requires. Forage — the brush, grass and trees tistics. Cattle raised and grazed on the range Dire predictions for such seafood delica- 1980 after fleeing the cooped-up Montana that cows eat — grows sparsely and cattle know the country and they teach it to their cies as the marinated raw tuna side dish made winters. “We had a pretty good summer, but can chew through an acre quickly. calves. headlines last month when a study appeared it’s getting pretty daggone dry again. If we So ranchers lease grazing rights from the “They know where the water is, the in the journal Science warning that don’t get something this winter and spring ... state and the federal government under the trails,”Todd said.“The new ones don’t.”That unchecked overfishing and pollution could it’s gonna be tough.” 1934 Taylor Grazing Act. Ranchers pay $1.56 makes more work for ranch hands, who destroy most global fishing industries by Todd knows tough. Drought forced him a month for each cow and calf on federal chase down more strays and spend more 2048. to sell nearly all of his cattle five years ago lands and $2.52 a month on state trust lands. time guiding the animals to watering holes. “I think that our main point is that the and take a job in town to keep groceries in Environmentalists have long complained Wilma Renken is a rangeland manage- impact of fisheries on the ecosystem is not as the pantry. But he refused to sell the ranch about grazing fees, arguing that they amount ment specialist in the Willcox office of the extreme as portrayed in the popular press,” and has rebuilt the herd to about 250 head, to welfare for ranchers. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation said John Sibert, manager of the University of still only about half of what he had owned. But what federal rules can give, drought Service. She spends many of her days out Hawaii’s Pelagic Fisheries Research Program. His story rings true to most Arizona and poor range conditions take away. The with ranchers, helping them learn how to “We understand what’s going on and we ranchers, battle-weary veterans of an 11- federal agencies that oversee grazing pas- keep cattle in an impossible environment. have the tools to fix it,”said Sibert, lead author year-old drought that has bruised their bil- tures, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau Renken’s job is to help monitor the land. of the new study published Friday, also in lion-dollar industry, pushing another of the of Land Management, assess the range each She takes ranchers out and shows them what Science. vaunted “5 C’s” of the state’s traditional year and determine how many cattle the to look for. The latest study was prompted by a report economy (cattle, citrus, climate, copper and land can support. “You have to listen to what the soil tells published in 2003 in the journal Nature that cotton) closer to extinction. But more have Arizona’s ongoing drought reminded you,” she said. “When you lose the soil, you said that over the course of the last 50 years weathered the drought than have surren- ranchers of that reality. In 2002, the driest lose it all.” commercial fishing has cleared the world’s dered, and despite mounting losses, many year of this cycle, the Tonto National Forest Todd listens to what Renken tells him. He oceans of 90 percent of the populations of insist they won’t quit. sharply reduced the number of cattle has adopted conservation measures and has large tuna, swordfish, marlin and other fish “It’s gonna have to get a lot tougher than allowed to graze, and by fall, the herds had spent money installing pipelines to keep species. it is before we’ll sell,” Todd said. “I’m not shrunk to barely 8 percent of normal capac- waterholes full. He can’t hide his love for the “For us that just didn’t pass the common- sure where a person could go anyway ... ity, according to University of Arizona live- land. sense test,” Sibert said. There’s drought everywhere.” stock specialist Robert Kattnig. “If we didn’t take care of the land, it A telephone message left Friday for Boris The Warbonnet Ranch compound When the government cuts grazing wouldn’t pay us,” he said. “If you don’t pro- Worm of Dalhousie University in Halifax, crouches in a ragged box canyon 18 dust- rights, ranchers face two choices: Buy hay tect the resources you have, after a while, Nova Scotia, an author of both the 2003 and choked miles from town. and food supplements or reduce the herd. they’re gone.” November studies, was not immediately Snow falls in the highest reaches during Few ranchers can afford to buy hay on the He said he believes he can make it returned. the winter but not enough to shut down the market for a large herd, so most sell, often through to spring. A decent winter will get Using models based on data from Pacific ranch, and that’s why Todd uprooted his for prices far below what they could have him past summer. Continued drought will tuna fisheries from 1950-2004, the scientists family from Montana 26 years ago to scratch gotten normally. push him toward decisions he’d rather not completing the latest study compared the cur- out a life in Arizona’s low desert. The economic effects of the drought consider. But he has made one decision rent populations of four major species of tuna “I got tired of the cold, windy winters,”he could take years to measure, but in his study, already. as well as the North Pacific blue shark to what said. “I was spending too much time haying the UA’s Kattnig predicted huge losses. In “We’re planning on staying here as long they might be if they weren’t fished. or irrigating. I wanted to spend more time 2000, he said, calves and yearling cattle sales as we possibly can,” he said. “This is a good The authors concluded that the species’ riding.” in Arizona generated more than $600 mil- ranch. The good Lord is going to send us populations were between 36 percent to 91 In the cold country, cattle graze the range lion. During the worst years of the drought, some rain sometime. We have to trust in him percent of what they would be without fish- during the spring and summer while the only about one-third of the typical herd and do what we can until it comes. ing — all within most fisheries management standards. “I’m not saying that’s a good thing. But as a society that’s the choice we have made,” Sibert said. Sibert said he had just recently returned from an international meeting in Apia, Samoa, where he tried to help devise conser- vation measures for bigeye and yellowfin tuna, which the study had both cited as being on the verge of overexploitation. “We know what to do to allow these stocks to recover. The hard part is getting the politi- cal will among the 26 countries that depend on these fish populations to reduce their fish- ing activities,” he said. Generally, there is an unwillingness to make those sacrifices, he said. Janet Larsen, director of research at the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute, said Friday she would be more inclined to agree with the conclusions of the earlier studies. Catch data from the U.N Food and Agriculture Organization show that three- quarters of oceanic fisheries are exceeding their sustainable yields — meaning more fish are being taken through fishing than can nat- urally be regenerated, she said. National Visit us online at smdp.com MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2006 15 Travelers may Lynx released to wild spend holiday By The Associated Press Mountains between Beaver and Milford. “They had been in the state, and we Both animals were in good condition, were not aware of it,” he said. “Once we SALT LAKE CITY — Two wayward Canada said Kevin Bunnell, mammals coordinator realized they were in some vulnerable in Denver lynx have been captured in Utah after being for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. places, we decided we better move them. treed by dogs, Utah wildlife officials said. The animals migrated to Utah from There was some miscommunication; it BY CHASE SQUIRES The animals, which are listed as threat- Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, where a won’t happen again.” Associated Press Writer ened on the Endangered Species List, were lynx reintroduction program was started Utah officials moved quickly to capture caught Dec. 7 and Dec. 12. Both were tran- in 1999. Animals in the program are fitted the lynx because they feared the animals DENVER — Thousands of frustrated holiday quilized by wildlife officers and transported with tracking collars, although some kit- could be mistaken for bobcats. Trapping sea- travelers queued up at the ticket counters, to Colorado for release. tens may wander undetected out of son for bobcats, which are not federally pro- desperate for a flight out as Denver The first lynx, a female, was caught on the Colorado. tected, opened Nov. 16 in Utah. International Airport prepared to reopen its north end of eastern Utah’s Book Cliffs by In the past, Colorado officials notified The last lynx captured in Utah was in runways after a two-day blizzard shutdown. federal wildlife officers. A male lynx was Utah wildlife offices when animals migrated November 2004. Prior to that no lynx had Airline officials weren’t offering much caught a week later in the Mineral west, but that didn’t happen this time. been seen in the state since the 1970s. cheer: It could take days to clear out the backlog, and some passengers might not make it home for Christmas. “We’re asking for their patience as we work to get people where they need to be as Next year could be a wet one for Texas soon as we safely can,” said United Airlines BY BETSY BLANEY lar percentage is enduring extreme drought, dropped lake levels to their lowest point for spokesman Jeff Kovick. Associated Press Writer Texas Cooperative Extension drought spe- this time of year since 1978. More than 2,000 flights were canceled cialist Travis Miller said. Lake levels fell 1 percent from October to Wednesday through Friday at Denver, the LUBBOCK, Texas — Texans are about to bid The first 11 months of 2006 rank as the November and are down 7 percent from a nation’s fifth-busiest airport, causing a ripple farewell to a dry, hot year that had the 31st driest January-through-November year ago, according to the latest Texas Water effect that disrupted air travel around the nation’s No. 2 agriculture state reeling from stretch since 1895. Average rainfall for that Development Board report. country just as the holiday crush began. Rain the worst single-year losses for crops and period was 23 inches, down from the nor- The drought cost the state — the east of the Mississippi river added to the livestock. mal of 26.02 inches, the National Weather nation’s leading producer of cotton and mess, causing delays in Chicago, Cleveland “We’re going to have to start to sell cows Service said. cattle — $2.5 billion in lost crops and and Washington, among other cities. if we don’t get some rain,”said rancher John Compounding the lack of rainfall is a $1.6 billion in livestock losses. Many of the travelers stranded in Denver Welch, who manages up to 10,000 head of statewide average temperature of 68.9 The cotton crop, coming off a record 8.5- found themselves on standby Friday morn- cattle on Spade Ranches across West Texas. degrees, the second warmest January million-bale harvest in 2005, was projected ing, hoping to get on another flight at a time The forecast through April could through November on record. to be down 32 percent for 2006. About when open airline seats are scarce. improve conditions. A weak to moderate El “You put those together and it’s not three-fourths of the state’s hay crop didn’t “It’s like the movie ‘(The) Terminal,’ Nino weather pattern shows increased good,”National Weather Service meteorolo- make it, forcing cattle ranchers to pay more except it’s real,” said Joanna Snyder, a teacher chances for above normal rainfall statewide. gist Victor Murphy said. for what remained or pay higher prices for from Jackson, Wyo., referring to the 2004 As much as 20 percent of the state The drought, now in about its 20th hay trucked in from out of state. moving starring Tom Hanks as a European remains in exceptional drought and a simi- month, also sparked deadly wildfires and stranded at a U.S. airport. Grand Opening HYUNDAI SANTA MONICA COME Early Bird Oil Change OIL $ 95 SEE OUR CHANGE 25 NEW

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NFL Chiefs hold slim playoff hopes heading into game against Raiders BY JOSH DUBOW A month ago in Kansas City, Oakland AP Sports Writer quarterback Aaron Brooks was intercepted in the end zone by Jarrad Page in the final OAKLAND, Calif. — The scenarios existed for minute of a 17-13 loss. the Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs. There’s also been Larry Johnson running A loss by Denver, another by Jacksonville, for the winning score on the final play of a two for Cincinnati, and it goes on. game last year, game-winning field goals by Three straight losses have dropped the Lawrence Tynes and Morten Andersen, and Chiefs to .500 and taken their playoff hopes a Monday night game in 2003 that ended out of their control. With so much help need- with Tim Brown being tackled at the 1-yard ed to make it to the postseason, the Kansas line to preserve a 17-10 Kansas City victory. City players have pretty much given up hope “They tend to always commit a foul or do even if they can win their final two games. something to mess something up at the end of “Oh, 9-7 in the AFC, I don’t think that’s the game,”Allen said.“Yeah,we’re confident. We going to get it done,”defensive end Jared Allen know we can beat them at the end of the game said. “To tell you the truth, we’re pretty much because we’ve done it the last seven times.” counting ourselves out. Mathematically, I The Chiefs are playing with heavy hearts guess there’s still a chance, but that’s not really following last week’s death of team owner a focus around here. Just get to 9-7.” Lamar Hunt, a longtime rival of Raiders To finish with a winning record the owner Al Davis dating back to their days in Chiefs (7-7) must start by beating the the AFL. Hunt was also one of the league’s Oakland Raiders (2-12) on Saturday night. biggest proponents of expanding the play- If they do win, they can settle down on offs from 12 to 16 teams, a move that would their couches and try to figure out which be a great benefit to the Chiefs this season. teams to cheer for on Sunday and Monday. Kansas City coach Herm Edwards is in But none of that will matter if they can’t beat favor of adding more teams because with the the Raiders. expansion to four divisions in 2002, only “I think we kind of have to put the whole two teams can qualify as a wild-card partici- playoff thing out of the picture and just win pant. a game,” quarterback Trent Green said. “Really we have more teams in the league so “We’ve lost three in a row and we’re frustrat- it’s more competitive,”Edwards said.“It would- ed by that, and it’s been tough how it has n’t water it down at all, in my estimation.” unfolded the last month.” It would take all 32 teams making the If the Chiefs are going to get back on the playoffs for Oakland to have any chance. The right track, they picked the perfect opponent Raiders’ season was lost weeks ago and now to do it against. Of late, Kansas City has they’re just playing out the string hoping to dominated its longtime rival, winning the accomplish a few small goals. last seven meetings. The Chiefs are looking They’d like to avoid their second straight to become the first team ever to beat the winless season in the division and snap a 13- Raiders eight straight times. game losing streak to AFC West rivals; get Despite the recent success and Oakland’s their first road win next week against the poor record this season, Kansas City isn’t New York Jets; and finish with the No. 1 taking this game for granted. The seven wins rated pass defense and one of the top three in the streak have all been decided by seven defenses in the NFL. or fewer points, with often one play at the But even accomplishing that won’t erase end deciding the game. all that went wrong in Oakland this season. International 18 MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2006 A newspaper with issues WORLD BRIEFS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. BEIJING Space shuttle Discovery lands at Cape Canaveral after Failing to get what it wants, blustery North Korea could some last-minute suspense raise stakes further

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Friday When North Korea doesn’t get what it wants, it prods the world into paying attention after some last-minute suspense over which landing site to use, closing out a year in the only way it knows how: raising the stakes, doing everything from launching missiles which NASA finally got construction of the international space station back on track. to its recent nuclear test. Its arrival announced by its signature twin sonic booms, the spaceship touched down The failure this week of the latest arms talks with the communist nation opens the on a floodlit runway in the early evening darkness after a smooth, 13-day flight during door for the North to increase tensions once again, possibly by setting off another atom- which the astronauts rewired the space station and delivered U.S. astronaut Sunita ic explosion deep beneath the mountains that dominate its rugged landscape. “Suni” Williams to the orbiting outpost for a six-month stay. The main U.S. envoy on Friday warned the North against such a move, as he criticized “We’re just really proud of the NASA team that put it together,” said Discovery com- the country for failing to send negotiators into the nuclear talks with the authority to mander Mark Polansky. “We think it’s going to be a great holiday.” seek any compromise. The shuttle brought home Williams’ predecessor aboard the space station, German “To explode a nuclear weapon is obviously going to do rather severe damage to the astronaut Thomas Reiter, who felt the pull of gravity Friday for the first time since July. diplomatic process, and I would argue it would bring severe damage to (North Korea) as It was not until about an hour before the landing that NASA decided where to bring well,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said. the shuttle home. There were showers over Florida, and crosswinds at the usual back-up The negotiations in Beijing that ended Friday after five days appeared doomed from landing site, Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. the start, with other delegates saying the North Koreans refused even to talk about DAILY PRESS nuclear weapons or a September 2005 pledge it made to disarm. WASHINGTON DP President, first lady visit wounded soldiers at Walter Reed BAGHDAD, Iraq in annual pre-Christmas tradition Insurgent attacks kill 5 more American troops President Bush presented Purple Hearts to wounded troops on Friday at Walter Reed Insurgent attacks killed five more American troops west of the Iraqi capital, the mili- Army Medical Center, an annual holiday tradition of comforting soldiers that he began tary said Friday, making December the second deadliest month for U.S. servicemen in after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. 2006.So far this month, 75 American troops have died in Iraq, the same number that “We owe them all we can give them, not only for when they’re in harm’s way, but when were killed in all of April. With nine days remaining in December, the monthly total of U.S. they come home to help them adjust if they have wounds, or help them adjust after their deaths could meet or exceed the death toll of 105 in October. time in service,” Bush said after visiting the wounded and presenting medals to 14 men As American deaths in the war pushed closer to 3,000, Iraqis continued to fall victim and women in the Army, Marines and Air Force. to sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunnis. Police recovered 21 more bodies in the “Every time I come to Walter Reed, I am moved by the courage and bravery of the peo- cities of Baghdad, Baqouba and Kut. With 140,000 U.S. troops now in Iraq, President ple I meet,” he said. Bush is considering whether to send thousands more to control the bloodshed. Bush and first lady Laura Bush visited 38 patients among those being treated there for Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew back to Washington on Friday to give Bush his advice injuries suffered mostly in Iraq, but also in Afghanistan. “It’s a remarkable experience to on transforming U.S. policy in Iraq after holding three days of talks in the war zone with military go through the hospital,” Bush said. “It’s remarkable because of the unbelievable compas- and political leaders. Gates was scheduled to see the president at the mountain retreat of Camp sion and care of the people who work at Walter Reed. And it’s also remarkable to me, these David, Md., on Saturday. men and women who have volunteered to serve our country, who’ve received terrible The White House said Bush would meet with his full National Security Council next Thursday wounds, but whose spirits are strong, their resolve is strong, and their dedication to our during a stay at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. That session is designed to whittle down the country remains strong.” options rather than make final decisions, said Dana Perino, a White House spokeswoman. DP DP

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Viewers veered off, too, though. Still, loves Nicole (Andrea Anders), though were big men as presi- MANN'S CRITERION THEATRE Genuine laughter flows from crew CBS had faith in the creators’ successful she’s now married to Yonk, a retired dent — big fat men. He 1313 3rd Street members, especially after legendary sit- track record ("Friends,” “Mad About football star (David Keith). was a very active, vital, (310) 395-1599 com director James Burrows deftly You") and the appeal of the attractive Bernthal feels that, despite the very well read, well-writ- tweaks an actor’s move or timing. young cast. 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NOTICE: THIS MORTGAGE son(s) is (are) doing business as MI PAISANO federal, state, or common law (see Section IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES 2212 Lincoln Blvd in Santa Monica RESTAURANT, 5484 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE LOS ANGELES, CA, 90029. The full name of regis- NO. 06 2656304 FIRST FILING. The following per- SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS trant(s) is/are : ISABEL MONTANO, 709 N. KING- 1-888-FOR-LOAN son(s) is (are) doing business as BARE BODZ, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 statement does not of itself authorize the use in BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED SLEY DR., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90029 This Busi- 175 PIER AVE, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full this state of a fictitious business name state- PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement ness is being conducted by, husband and wife. name of registrant(s) is/are : STEVE MATSON, 100 ment in violation of the rights of another under does not of itself authorize the use in this state of 310 392-9223 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact 27TH ST, HERMOSA BEACH, CA 90254 This Busi- federal, state, or common law (see Section a fictitious business name statement in violation NO. 06 2656301 FIRST FILING. 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RD., TO- THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- This statement was filed with the County Clerk of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 LOS ANGELES County on 11/30/2006. NOTICE: PANGA, CA 90290 This Business is being con- PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED ducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant NO. 06 2656025 FIRST FILING. The following per- THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- son(s) is (are) doing business as KINDER LEARN- IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW commenced to transact business under the ficti- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE RATES PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED ING TOOLS, 3100 SAWTELLE BLVD. APT 204, LOS NO. 06 2721724 FIRST FILING. The following per- tious business name or names listed on FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW ANGELES, CA 90066. The full name of son(s) is (are) doing business as THE TERRIBLE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE (Date)4/12/2006. /s/: BART SARIC statement does not of itself authorize the use in TIME FOR A 30 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of registrant(s) is/are : BENJAMIN EDWARD EGLI, FOLLY , 1211 4TH ST. SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this 3100 SAWTELLE BLVD APT 204, LOS ANGELES, CA this state of a fictitious business name state- LOS ANGELES County on 11/30/2006. NOTICE: The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CHRISTO- ment in violation of the rights of another under statement does not of itself authorize the use in 90066 This Business is being conducted by, an PHER SEAN MULLINGS, 5307 N. SEPULVEDA YEAR FIXED? this state of a fictitious business name state- THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- federal, state, or common law (see Section PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun BLVD., VAN NUYS, CA 91411 This Business is be- ment in violation of the rights of another under to transact business under the fictitious name or 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW ing conducted by, an individual. Signed: Regis- SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish federal, state, or common law (see Section names listed herein.. /s/: BENJAMIN EGLI trant has not yet begun to transact business un- RATES AS LOW AS 6% 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this This statement was filed with the County Clerk of der the fictitious name or names listed herein.. SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish LOS ANGELES County on 11/30/2006. NOTICE: 30 YEAR FIXED 6% statement does not of itself authorize the use in /s/: CHRIS MULLINGS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- 10 YEAR/1 ARM 6% this state of a fictitious business name state- This statement was filed with the County Clerk of NO. 06 2616256 FIRST FILING. The following per- PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED LOS ANGELES County on 12/7/2006. NOTICE: THIS 7 YEAR/1 ARM 5.75% ment in violation of the rights of another under son(s) is (are) doing business as END ELECTRI- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES 5 YEAR/1 ARM 5.75%** NO. 06 2656300 FIRST FILING. The following per- federal, state, or common law (see Section CAL COMPANY, 1677 CLIFFBRANCH DR., DIA- 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE 3 YEAR/1 ARM 5.5%** son(s) is (are) doing business as BIRTH REALM, MOND BAR, CA, 91765. The full name of regis- SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS % JACQUELINE DAVEY, BIRTH REALM.COM, MEN- trant(s) is/are : SUKIE REISTER A.K.A. SOCORRO 1 YEAR/1 ARM 5.25 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 statement does not of itself authorize the use in BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED REISTER, 1640 RANGE CT., DIAMOND BAR, CA, % STRUAL MAMMAS, MENSTRUAL MAMMAS.COM, 6 MO./6 MO. ARM 5 this state of a fictitious business name state- PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement 91765 This Business is being conducted by, an 1 MO./1 MO. ARM 1%* 1837 19TH STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404. ment in violation of the rights of another under does not of itself authorize the use in this state of The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JACQUELINE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to *Rates subject to change federal, state, or common law (see Section a fictitious business name statement in violation THERESA DAVEY, 1837 19TH STREET, SANTA NO. 06 2601591 FIRST FILING. The following per- transact business under the fictitious business * As of November 12, 2006 son(s) is (are) doing business as PLUMB DIS- 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). of the rights of another under federal, state, or ** Denotes an interest only loan MONICA, CA 90404 This Business is being con- name or names listed on (Date)12/13/2001. /s/: PLAY, PLUMB LINE ART AND DESIGN, PLUMB SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business SOCORRO REISTER ducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY commenced to transact business under the ficti- CREATIVE SERVICES, 1518 NINTH STREET, UNIT E, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of reg- PRESS to publish 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, LOS ANGELES County on 11/27/06. NOTICE: THIS tious business name or names listed on 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 (Date)1/1/2006. /s/: JACQUELINE DAVEY istrant(s) is/are : RICHARD WAINWRIGHT, 1518 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES NEW CONFORMING NINTH STREET, UNIT E, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of NO. 06 2570419 FIRST FILING. The following per- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE LOS ANGELES County on 11/30/2006. NOTICE: This Business is being conducted by, an individ- son(s) is (are) doing business as ORAMA, ORAMA OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS ual. Signed: The registrant commenced to trans- NO. 06 2721727 FIRST FILING. The following per- BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED LOAN AMOUNTS THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- PICTURES, ORAMA FEATURES, ORAMA FILMS, son(s) is (are) doing business as VANCE WEALTH PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED act business under the fictitious business name ORAMA PRODUCTIONS, ORAMA ENTERTAINMENT, PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement or names listed on (Date)10/1/2005. /s/: RICH- MAANGEMENT, 28494 WESTINGHOUSE PLACE does not of itself authorize the use in this state of 1 Unit $417,000 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW 844 6TH ST. #2, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The SUITE #108, VALENCIA, CA 91355. The full name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE ARD WAINWRIGHT full name of registrant(s) is/are : NIKOLETTE OR- a fictitious business name statement in violation 2 Units $533,850 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of of registrant(s) is/are : JOHN M. VANCE, 27819 of the rights of another under federal, state, or FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this LANDOU, 844 6TH ST. #2, SANTA MONICA, CA COLDSPRINGS PLACE, VALENCIA, CA 91355 This 3 Units $645,300 statement does not of itself authorize the use in LOS ANGELES County on 11/22/2006. NOTICE: 90403 This Business is being conducted by, an common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- Business is being conducted by, an individual. and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY 3 Units $645,300 this state of a fictitious business name state- individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to Signed: The registrant commenced to transact ment in violation of the rights of another under PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED transact business under the fictitious business PRESS to publish 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 4 Units $801,950 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW business under the fictitious business name or 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 federal, state, or common law (see Section name or names listed on (Date)11/17/2006. /s/: names listed on (Date)12/1/2002. /s/: JOHN M. 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE NIKOLETTE ORLANDOU VANCE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this This statement was filed with the County Clerk of This statement was filed with the County Clerk of NO. 06 2616254 FIRST FILING. The following per- 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 statement does not of itself authorize the use in LOS ANGELES County on 11/20/2006. NOTICE: this state of a fictitious business name state- LOS ANGELES County on 12/7/2006. NOTICE: THIS son(s) is (are) doing business as COAST TO THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE ment in violation of the rights of another under COAST REAL ESTATE; UNIVERSAL MONEY, 2641 W. PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE NO. 06 2493149 FIRST FILING. The following per- federal, state, or common law (see Section BEVERLY BLVD., MONTEBELLO, CA, 91765. The IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS son(s) is (are) doing business as STECAMI 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). full name of registrant(s) is/are : SOCORRO REIS- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED GROUP, 5377 W. WASHINGTON BLVD, #12, LOS SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish TER A.K.A. SUKIE REISTER, 1640 RANGE COURT, FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement ANGELES, CA 90016. The full name of 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 DIAMOND BAR, CA, 91765; FERNANDO NUNEZ, statement does not of itself authorize the use in does not of itself authorize the use in this state of registrant(s) is/are : STELLA MOLINE, 5377 W. 767 N. KEENAN ST., MONTEBELLO, CA, 90640; this state of a fictitious business name state- a fictitious business name statement in violation WASHINGTON BLVD, #12, LOS ANGELES, CA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NIKOGOS KOSOYAN, 1640 RANGE COURT, DIA- ment in violation of the rights of another under of the rights of another under federal, state, or 90016 This Business is being conducted by, an NO. 06 2656302 FIRST FILING. The following per- MOND BAR, CA This Business is being conducted federal, state, or common law (see Section common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun son(s) is (are) doing business as PACIFIC by, co-partners. Signed: Registrant has not yet 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY to transact business under the fictitious name or PAINTWORKS, 1927 17TH ST, SM, CA 90404. The begun to transact business under the fictitious SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish PRESS to publish 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, names listed herein.. /s/: STELLA MOLINE full name of registrant(s) is/are : ABEL LOPEZ, name or names listed herein.. /s/: SOCORRO RE- 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of 1927 17TH ST, SM, CA 90404 This Business is ISTER; FERNANDO NUNEZ; NIKOGOS KOSOYAN LOS ANGELES County on 11/9/2006. NOTICE: THIS being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of registrant commenced to transact business un- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE LOS ANGELES County on 11/27/2006. NOTICE: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES NO. 06 2721726 FIRST FILING. The following per- NO. 06 2494704 FIRST FILING. The following per- FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE der the fictitious business name or names listed son(s) is (are) doing business as FILMFILMFILM, THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- on (Date)1/1/2005. /s/: ABEL LOPEZ son(s) is (are) doing business as STRAWBERRY PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS 832 11TH STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The SUNDAYS; STRAWBERRY SUNDAY; STRAWBERRY BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED This statement was filed with the County Clerk of full name of registrant(s) is/are : DORIS BETTEN- IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW LOS ANGELES County on 11/30/2006. NOTICE: SUNDAYS LOS ANGELES; STRAWBERRY SUNDAYS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement COURT, 832 11TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 ORANGE COUNTY; STRAWBERRY SUNDAYS LA; does not of itself authorize the use in this state of THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- This Business is being conducted by, an individ- FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this ROB PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED STRAWBERRY SUNDAYS OC; SUPER STRAWBERRY statement does not of itself authorize the use in a fictitious business name statement in violation ual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to SUNDAYS; CLUB STRAWBERRY SUNDAYS; STRAW- of the rights of another under federal, state, or IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW transact business under the fictitious name or this state of a fictitious business name state- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE BERRY SUNDAYS CALIFORNIA; STRAWBERRY ment in violation of the rights of another under common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business names listed herein.. /s/: DORIS BETTENCOURT SUNDAYS USA, 8818 GARVEY AVE, ROSEMEAD, SCHULTZ and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this This statement was filed with the County Clerk of federal, state, or common law (see Section statement does not of itself authorize the use in CA, 91770. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). PRESS to publish 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, LOS ANGELES County on 12/7/2006. NOTICE: THIS EDGAR MIRANDA, 8818 GARVEY AVE, ROSEMEAD, BROKER 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 this state of a fictitious business name state- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish ment in violation of the rights of another under CA, 91770 This Business is being conducted by, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 LICENSED CALIFORNIA FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet be- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE federal, state, or common law (see Section OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BROKER #01218743 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). gun to transact business under the fictitious FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2601204 FIRST FILING. The following per- BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED name or names listed herein.. /s/: EDGAR MI- son(s) is (are) doing business as LIVE ART SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement NO. 06 2645858 FIRST FILING. The following per- 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 RANDA son(s) is (are) doing business as OMAR'S STORE, PLANTSCAPES, INC.; AI #/ON 1998599, 3351 LA does not of itself authorize the use in this state of This statement was filed with the County Clerk of CIENEGA PLACE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90016. The a fictitious business name statement in violation 2801 S. VERMONT AVE #2, LOS ANGELES, CA, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE LOS ANGELES County on 11/9/2006. NOTICE: THIS full name of registrant(s) is/are : LARRY TABEL- of the rights of another under federal, state, or 90007. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JE- NO. 06 2656303 FIRST FILING. The following per- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES ING, 14942 BURBANK BLVD., #205, VAN NUYS, CA common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business SUS HERNANDEZ, 2908 RAYMOND AVE., LOS AN- son(s) is (are) doing business as PALM WEST FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE 91411 This Business is being conducted by, a and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY GELES, CA, 90007 This Business is being con- PROPERTIES, 423 ASHLAND AVE, E, SANTA MON- OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun PRESS to publish 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, ducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has ICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED to transact business under the fictitious name or 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 not yet begun to transact business under the fic- is/are : HEATHER LORRAINE NESIS, 423 ASHLAND PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement titious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JESUS names listed herein.. /s/: LIVE ART PLANTSCAPES, does not of itself authorize the use in this state of INC., PRESIDENT, LARRY TABELING AVE, E, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious HERNANDEZ is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The a fictitious business name statement in violation This statement was filed with the County Clerk of This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Business Name of the rights of another under federal, state, or Real Estate Wanted LOS ANGELES County on 11/22/2006. NOTICE: registrant commenced to transact business un- Document Record # 06 2696298 LOS ANGELES County on 11/29/2006. NOTICE: der the fictitious business name or names listed common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- Current File No. 02 1494506 and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED on (Date)11/28/2006. /s/: HEATHER NESIS State of California, County of Los Angeles PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED WE BUY HOUSES, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of PRESS to publish 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW The following person(s) has/have abandoned the 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 APTS, & LAND! FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE LOS ANGELES County on 11/30/2006. NOTICE: use of the fictitious Business name: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this ALL CASH, AS-IS, FAST CLOSE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this HEADED YOUR WAY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE statement does not of itself authorize the use in PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED located at 4116 SOUTH ST., LAKEWOOD, CA, statement does not of itself authorize the use in David (310) 308-7887 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW NO. 06 2593135 FIRST FILING. The following per- this state of a fictitious business name state- this state of a fictitious business name state- 90712 son(s) is (are) doing business as NORWALK PIPE ment in violation of the rights of another under FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE The fictitious business name referred to above ment in violation of the rights of another under FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this AND SUPPLY, 10622 NORWALK BLVD., SANTA FE federal, state, or common law (see Section Business Opps federal, state, or common law (see Section was filed on 07/01/02 SPRINGS, CA, 90670. The full name of 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). statement does not of itself authorize the use in In the county of LOS ANGELES. 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). this state of a fictitious business name state- registrant(s) is/are : SOUTHANONG WILLIAM VAN- SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish MITZI WILLIAMS, 3106 ECKLESON ST., LAKEWOD, NARATH, 1205 EDINBURG CT., POMONA, CA, WANT TO own, start, or buy a restau- 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006 ment in violation of the rights of another under CA, 90712; YETUNDE PRICE, 4116 SOUTH ST., 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 federal, state, or common law (see Section 91766 This Business is being conducted by, an rant, bar or club? LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712 individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). 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12TH ST. #5, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 This FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS MONTE, CA, 91731. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE Business is being conducted by, an individual. NO. 06 2696256 FIRST FILING. The following per- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact son(s) is (are) doing business as KID RAP RADIO; PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement /s/ FELIPE ZEPEDA statement does not of itself authorize the use in business under the fictitious name or names AI # ON: 200326710036, 20434 S. SANTA FE AVE., 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 does not of itself authorize the use in this state of This statement was filed with the County Clerk of this state of a fictitious business name state- listed herein.. /s/: LEONORA CHIANELLO LONG BEACH, CA, 90810. The full name of regis- a fictitious business name statement in violation Los Angeles County on 12/04/06. Published: ment in violation of the rights of another under This statement was filed with the County Clerk of trant(s) is/are : ASCENDANT MARKETING & ME- of the rights of another under federal, state, or SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS 12/18/2006, federal, state, or common law (see Section LOS ANGELES County on 12/7/2006. NOTICE: THIS DIA, L.L.C., 20434 S. SANTA FE AVE., LONG FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES BEACH, CA, 90810 This Business is being con- NO. 06 2696320 FIRST FILING. The following per- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE ducted by, a limited liability. Signed: Registrant son(s) is (are) doing business as MEDIA POSTAL PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007 MAIL, 4660 W. WASHINGTON AVE., LOS ANGELES, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS has not yet begun to transact business under the 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 NO. 06 2684668 FIRST FILING. The following per- BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: AS- CA, 90016. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : son(s) is (are) doing business as ARTURO TRUCK- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement CENDANT MARKETING & MEDIA L.L.C.; DYLAN ADENIYI BAMIRO, 4660 W. WASHINGTON AVE., FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE ING, 420 S. ESSEY AVE., COMPTON, CA, 90221. NO. 06 2766459 FIRST FILING. The following per- does not of itself authorize the use in this state of MARER; MANAGER LOS ANGELES, CA, 90016 This Business is being NO. 06 2780717 FIRST FILING. The following per- The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ARTURO son(s) is (are) doing business as UNITE CARS, AI a fictitious business name statement in violation This statement was filed with the County Clerk of conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant son(s) is (are) doing business as PATCH STUDIOS, PULIDO, 420 S. ESSEY AVE., COMPTON, CA, 90221 #/ON 2856433, 1010 N. GAFFEY ST. SAN PEDRO, of the rights of another under federal, state, or LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS has not yet begun to transact business under the PATCH #1, PATCH A, 4028 S. HOBART BLVD. LOS This Business is being conducted by, an individ- CA 90732. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ANGELES, CA 90062. The full name of ual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to UNITE CARS, 154 PISMO DRIVE, CARSON, CA and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE ADENIYI BAMIRO registrant(s) is/are : ELMER DELEON, 4028 S HO- transact business under the fictitious name or 90745 This Business is being conducted by, a PRESS to publish 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of BART BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90062 This Busi- names listed herein.. /s/: ARTURO PULIDO corporation. Signed: The registrant commenced to 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS ness is being conducted by, an individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of transact business under the fictitious business PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact LOS ANGELES County on 12/4/2006. NOTICE: THIS name or names listed on (Date)12/13/2006. /s/: does not of itself authorize the use in this state of FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE business under the fictitious name or names FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES UNITE CARS, PRESIDENT, RICHARD UNITE a fictitious business name statement in violation OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS NO. 06 2697029 FIRST FILING. The following per- listed herein.. /s/: ELMER DELEON FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of of the rights of another under federal, state, or BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED son(s) is (are) doing business as SYNC WIRE- This statement was filed with the County Clerk of OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS LOS ANGELES County on 12/13/2006. NOTICE: common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement LESS, YOU'VE GOT MAIL; AI #/ON 279562. 18860 LOS ANGELES County on 12/14/2006. NOTICE: BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY does not of itself authorize the use in this state of VISTA DEL CANON #E NEWHALL, CA 91321. The THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, a fictitious business name statement in violation full name of registrant(s) is/are : EXETER COM- PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED does not of itself authorize the use in this state of IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 of the rights of another under federal, state, or MERCIAL CORPORATION (CALIFORNIA) 18860 common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW a fictitious business name statement in violation FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE VISTA DEL CANON #E, NEWHALL, CA 91321 This and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE of the rights of another under federal, state, or FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this Business is being conducted by, a corporation. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business statement does not of itself authorize the use in Signed: The registrant commenced to transact NO. 06 2684780 FIRST FILING. The following per- 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 statement does not of itself authorize the use in and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY this state of a fictitious business name state- business under the fictitious business name or son(s) is (are) doing business as LA K.D. ENTER- this state of a fictitious business name state- PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, ment in violation of the rights of another under names listed on (Date)8/1/2006. /s/: EXETER TAINMENT INC., AI #/ON: 2490651, 163 LIME- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE ment in violation of the rights of another under 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 federal, state, or common law (see Section COMMERCIAL CORP., PRESIDENT, ABHIJEET OS- STONE ROAD, CLAREMONT, CA, 91711. The full NO. 06 2684682 FIRST FILING. The following per- federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). MAN name of registrant(s) is/are : DE NIERIS INC., 163 son(s) is (are) doing business as RUBEN HER- 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LIMESTONE ROAD, CLAREMONT, CA, 91711 This NANDEZ - SNAP ON TOOLS, 9504 MAXINE ST., SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish NO. 06 2684693 FIRST FILING. The following per- 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007 LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS Business is being conducted by, a corporation. PICO RIVERA, CA, 90660. The full name of regis- 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 son(s) is (are) doing business as CABALS INTER- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact trant(s) is/are : RUBEN HERNANDEZ, 9504 MAX- NATIONAL, 1411 SUNSHINE CT., SAN GABRIEL, CA, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE business under the fictitious name or names INE ST., PICO RIVERA, CA, 90660 This Business is FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE 91776. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : NO. 06 2731548 FIRST FILING. The following per- OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS listed herein.. /s/: DE NIERIS, INC.; GASTON DE being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Regis- NO. 06 2701606 FIRST FILING. The following per- GUANGHUO CHEN, 1411 SUNSHINE CT., SAN GAB- son(s) is (are) doing business as GORRILLA TELE- BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED NIGRIS; CEO trant has not yet begun to transact business un- son(s) is (are) doing business as ALOHA DIS- RIEL, CA, 91776; ZHENDONG JIANG, 1411 SUN- COM, 10916 FARNDON ST. S. EL MONTE, CA PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement This statement was filed with the County Clerk of der the fictitious name or names listed herein.. COUNT STORE, 14115 S. WESTERN AVE., GAR- SHINE CT., SAN GABRIEL, CA, 91776 This Busi- 91733. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : does not of itself authorize the use in this state of LOS ANGELES County on 12/4/2006. NOTICE: THIS /s/: RUBEN HERNANDEZ DENA, CA, . The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ness is being conducted by, co-partners. Signed: DORA VICTORIA GONZALEZ GUERRERO, 10916 a fictitious business name statement in violation FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of TAE HWAN PACK, 980 CAMINO CABALLO, NIPOMO, Registrant has not yet begun to transact busi- FARNDON ST. EL MONTE, CA 91733 This Business of the rights of another under federal, state, or FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE LOS ANGELES County on 12/4/2006. NOTICE: THIS CA, 93444 This Business is being conducted by, ness under the fictitious name or names listed is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet be- herein.. /s/: GUANGHUO CHEN; ZHENDONG JIANG registrant commenced to transact business un- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE gun to transact business under the fictitious This statement was filed with the County Clerk of der the fictitious business name or names listed PRESS to publish 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS name or names listed herein.. /s/: TAE HWAN LOS ANGELES County on 12/4/2006. NOTICE: THIS on (Date)8/20/2006. /s/: DORA GONZALEZ 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007 does not of itself authorize the use in this state of BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PACK FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of a fictitious business name statement in violation PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement This statement was filed with the County Clerk of FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE LOS ANGELES County on 12/8/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE of the rights of another under federal, state, or does not of itself authorize the use in this state of LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES NO. 06 2732060 FIRST FILING. The following per- common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business a fictitious business name statement in violation FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE son(s) is (are) doing business as RINASCIMENTO and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY of the rights of another under federal, state, or FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS WINE COMPANY, 635 OZONE AVE, SANTA MONICA, PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS does not of itself authorize the use in this state of BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED a fictitious business name statement in violation PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement R. JUSTIN GALLEN, 635 OZONE AVE, SANTA MON- PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement of the rights of another under federal, state, or does not of itself authorize the use in this state of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, ICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 does not of itself authorize the use in this state of common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business a fictitious business name statement in violation by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet NO. 06 2684779 FIRST FILING. The following per- a fictitious business name statement in violation and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY of the rights of another under federal, state, or son(s) is (are) doing business as MARCA REGIS- begun to transact business under the fictitious FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE of the rights of another under federal, state, or PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business TRADA; AI # ON: 2490651, 163 LIMESTONE ROAD, name or names listed herein.. /s/: R. JUSTIN GAL- NO. 06 2696255 FIRST FILING. The following per- common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY CLAREMONT, CA, 91711. The full name of regis- LEN son(s) is (are) doing business as SINGER'S AD- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, trant(s) is/are : DE NIGRIS, INC., 163 LIMESTONE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of VANTAGE: AI # ON: 200326710036, 20434 S. PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007 ROAD, CLAREMONT, CA, 91711 This Business is NO. 06 2739669 FIRST FILING. The following per- LOS ANGELES County on 12/8/2006. NOTICE: THIS SANTA FE AVE., LONG BEACH, CA, 90810. The full 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Regis- son(s) is (are) doing business as ROUTE 3, 4119 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES name of registrant(s) is/are : ASCENDANT MAR- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE trant has not yet begun to transact business un- HIGUERA ST. CULVER CITY, CA 90232. The full FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE KETING & MEDIA, L.L.C., 20434 S. SANTA FE AVE., Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious NO. 06 2753893 FIRST FILING. The following per- der the fictitious name or names listed herein.. name of registrant(s) is/are : PHILLIP DOUGLAS OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS LONG BEACH, CA, 90810 This Business is being Business Name son(s) is (are) doing business as L.R.'S BARBER /s/: DE NIGRIS INC.; GASTON DE NIGRIS; CEO LEE II, 4119 HIGUERA ST. CULVER CITY, CA 90232 BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: Regis- Document Record # 06 2701607 SHOP. A.A.'S BARBER SHOP, 11927 1/2 INGLE- This statement was filed with the County Clerk of This Business is being conducted by, an individ- PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement trant has not yet begun to transact business un- Current File No. 06 2672131 WOOD AVE, HAWTHORNE, CA 90250. The full LOS ANGELES County on 12/4/2006. NOTICE: THIS ual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to does not of itself authorize the use in this state of der the fictitious name or names listed herein.. State of California, County of Los Angeles name of registrant(s) is/are : LUZ MARIA RUIZ, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES transact business under the fictitious name or a fictitious business name statement in violation /s/: ASCENDANT MARKETING & MEDIA, L.L.C., DY- The following person(s) has/have abandoned the 4619 W 130TH ST. HAWTHORNE, CA 90250 This FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE names listed herein.. /s/: PHILLIP DOUGLAS LEE II of the rights of another under federal, state, or LAN MARER, MANAGER use of the fictitious Business name: Business is being conducted by, an individual. OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business This statement was filed with the County Clerk of ALOHA MARKET Signed: The registrant commenced to transact BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED LOS ANGELES County on 12/11/2006. NOTICE: and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS located at 14115 S. WESTERN AVE, GARDENA, business under the fictitious business name or PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES CA names listed on (Date)12/12/2006. /s/: LUZ does not of itself authorize the use in this state of PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE The fictitious business name referred to above MARIA RUIZ a fictitious business name statement in violation IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS was filed on 12/01/05 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of of the rights of another under federal, state, or FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED In the county of LOS ANGELES. LOS ANGELES County on 12/12/2006. NOTICE: common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this FILE NO. 06 2707450 FIRST FILING. The following PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement TAE HWAN PACK, 980 CAMINO CABALLO, NIPOMO, THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY statement does not of itself authorize the use in person(s) is (are) doing business as DR BROD- does not of itself authorize the use in this state of CA, 93444. PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, this state of a fictitious business name state- SKY, 11050 STRATHMORE ROAD #421, LA, CA a fictitious business name statement in violation This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 ment in violation of the rights of another under 90024. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : of the rights of another under federal, state, or /s/ TAE HWAN PACK FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE federal, state, or common law (see Section MARC BRODSKY, 11050 STRATHMORE ROAD common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business This statement was filed with the County Clerk of FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). #421, LA, CA 90024 This Business is being con- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY Los Angeles County on 12/05/06. Published: statement does not of itself authorize the use in NO. 06 2696297 FIRST FILING. The following per- SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish ducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS 12/18/2006, this state of a fictitious business name state- son(s) is (are) doing business as HEADED YOUR 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007 not yet begun to transact business under the fic- 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 ment in violation of the rights of another under WAY, 4116 SOUTH ST., LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. federal, state, or common law (see Section titious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MARC The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MITZI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE BRODSKY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). WEATHERS WILLIAMS, 4116 SOUTH ST., LAKE- NO. 06 2696280 FIRST FILING. The following per- NO. 06 2684753 FIRST FILING. The following per- NO. 06 2714014 FIRST FILING. The following per- SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish This statement was filed with the County Clerk of WOOD, CA, 90712 This Business is being con- son(s) is (are) doing business as SADDLE PEAK LOS ANGELES County on 12/6/2006. NOTICE: THIS son(s) is (are) doing business as TAK CHI WONG son(s) is (are) doing business as ALPHA PROFES- 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007 ducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant DBA CARNATION FLORISTS, 809 N. HILL ST. #F, SIONAL AGENCY; ALPHA CARE AGENCY; ALPHA PRODUCTIONS, 21801 SADDLE PEAK ROAD, TO- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES commenced to transact business under the ficti- PANGA, CA 90290, P.O. BOX 1310, TOPANGA, CA FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE LOS ANGELES, CA, 90012. The full name of regis- PHYSICAL THERAPY SRVCS, 3532 MEEKER AVE. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE tious business name or names listed on trant(s) is/are : TAK CHI WONG, 809 N. HILL ST. #4, EL MONTE, CA, 91731. The full name of regis- 90290. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : NO. 06 2754022 FIRST FILING. The following per- OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS (Date)7/1/2002. /s/: MITZI WEATHERS WILLIAMS DOROTHY REIK, 21801 SADDLE PEAK ROAD, TO- BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED #F, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90012 This Business is be- trant(s) is/are : FELIPE P. ZEPEDA, 3532 MEEKER son(s) is (are) doing business as SUPER VITAMIN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of ing conducted by, an individual. Signed: The reg- AVE. #4, EL MONTE, CA, 91731 This Business is PANGA, CA 90290 This Business is being con- CENTER, 16202 A CRENSHAW BLVD. GARDENA, PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/06. NOTICE: THIS ducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has does not of itself authorize the use in this state of istrant commenced to transact business under being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Regis- CA 90249. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES the fictitious business name or names listed on trant has not yet begun to transact business un- not yet begun to transact business under the fic- EVA V. CARRAL, 13102 ROSE ST. CERRITOS, CA. a fictitious business name statement in violation FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE titious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DORO- of the rights of another under federal, state, or (Date)12/5/2006. /s/: TAK CHI WONG der the fictitious name or names listed herein.. 90703 This Business is being conducted by, an OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of /s/: FELIPE ZEPEDA THY REIK individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED This statement was filed with the County Clerk of and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of transact business under the fictitious business PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES LOS ANGELES County on 12/4/2006. NOTICE: THIS LOS ANGELES County on 12/6/2006. NOTICE: THIS name or names listed on (Date)1/1/1994. /s/: EVA PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, does not of itself authorize the use in this state of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES V. CARRAL a fictitious business name statement in violation OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of of the rights of another under federal, state, or BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS LOS ANGELES County on 12/12/06. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED FILE NO. 06 2780718 FIRST FILING. The following PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY does not of itself authorize the use in this state of PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE person(s) is (are) doing business as YO MAMA PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, does not of itself authorize the use in this state of YOGA, WISE YOGA, WISE WOMAN DOULA SERV- a fictitious business name statement in violation does not of itself authorize the use in this state of OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 of the rights of another under federal, state, or a fictitious business name statement in violation a fictitious business name statement in violation BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED ICES, 1423 14TH ST. # C SANTA MONICA, CA of the rights of another under federal, state, or 90404. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KA- common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business of the rights of another under federal, state, or PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business does not of itself authorize the use in this state of TIE WISE, 1423 14TH ST. # C SANTA MONICA, CA NO. 06 2696391 FIRST FILING. The following per- and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY 90404 This Business is being conducted by, an PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY a fictitious business name statement in violation son(s) is (are) doing business as GELATOLICIOUS, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 PRESS to publish 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, PRESS to publish 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, of the rights of another under federal, state, or individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to 3300 PRIMAVERA ST., PASADENA, CA, 91107. The 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007 transact business under the fictitious business 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business full name of registrant(s) is/are : BEKMEZIAN & FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY name or names listed on 5/25/2006. /s/: KATIE BEKMEZIAN INC., 14170 DARTMOUTH CT., FON- Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE WISE NO. 06 2696257 FIRST FILING. The following per- PRESS to publish 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, TANA, CA, 92336 This Business is being con- Business Name NO. 06 2767926 FIRST FILING. The following per- 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of son(s) is (are) doing business as KARAOKE CLUB; son(s) is (are) doing business as MARYA INTERI- ducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has AI # ON: 200321310105, 20434 S. SANTA FE AVE- Document Record # 06 2684756 LOS ANGELES County on 12/14/2006. NOTICE: not yet begun to transact business under the fic- Current File No. 06 2504220 ORS, 1846 CLOVERDALE AVE. LOS ANGELES, CA THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- NUE, LONG BEACH, CA, 90810. The full name of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE titious name or names listed herein.. /s/: GELA- State of California, County of Los Angeles 90019. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : NO. 06 2753892 FIRST FILING. The following per- PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED registrant(s) is/are : IN TUNE PRODUCTS, L.L.C., SHAUNA MARY COUCH, 1846 CLOVERDALE AVE., TOLICIOUS; ARA BEKMEZIAN; PRESIDENT 20434 S. SANTA FE AVENUE, LONG BEACH, CA, The following person(s) has/have abandoned the son(s) is (are) doing business as SOUTH BAY FI- IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW This statement was filed with the County Clerk of use of the fictitious Business name: LOS ANGELES, CA 90019 This Business is being FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE 90810 This Business is being conducted by, a NANCIAL INVESTMENTS, 1820 CARSON ST. SUITE LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS ALPHA PROFESSIONAL AGENCY, ALPHACARE conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant 224 TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA 90501. The full FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this limited liability. Signed: Registrant has not yet has not yet begun to transact business under the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES begun to transact business under the fictitious AGENCY, ALPHA PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES name of registrant(s) is/are : SOUTH BAY FINAN- statement does not of itself authorize the use in FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE located at 14022 RAMONA BLVD. STE. A, BALD- fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: this state of a fictitious business name state- name or names listed herein.. /s/: IN TUNE PROD- CIAL INVESTMENTS, 1018 W. 103RD STREET, LOS OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS WIN PARK, CA, 91706 SHAUNA COUCH ANGELES, CA 90044 This Business is being con- ment in violation of the rights of another under UCTS, L.L.C.; DYLAN MARER; MANAGER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED This statement was filed with the County Clerk of The fictitious business name referred to above ducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has federal, state, or common law (see Section PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement was filed on 11/13/06 LOS ANGELES County on 12/13/2006. NOTICE: 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). LOS ANGELES County on 12/5/2006. NOTICE: THIS not yet begun to transact business under the fic- does not of itself authorize the use in this state of In the county of LOS ANGELES. THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- titious name or names listed herein.. /s/: SOUTH SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED a fictitious business name statement in violation FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE FELIPE ZEPEDA, 3532 MEEKER AVE. #4, EL BAY FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS, IVAN R. 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007 of the rights of another under federal, state, or IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW

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NOTICE: by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet statement does not of itself authorize the use in THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- begun to transact business under the fictitious this state of a fictitious business name state- PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED name or names listed herein.. /s/: FRED CHAVEZ ment in violation of the rights of another under IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW This statement was filed with the County Clerk of ’05 Mini Cooper $21,995 ’04 Toyota Corolla Sedan ’05 Accord EX Hybrid $24,900 federal, state, or common law (see Section FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE LOS ANGELES County on 12/8/2006. NOTICE: THIS Auto, Best Buy – 4-Cyl., 1.8L Turbo, Alloy wheels 6 Cyl., leather, low miles 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES Come See This One! 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The full name of registrant(s) Auto, A/C, Moonroof, 4-Cyl., 1.8L Turbo, A/C, CD, ACTUAL CAR NOT SHOWN name or names listed on (Date)11/6/2006. /s/: is/are : MUSTAPHA RAMRAM, 9715 CHARNOCK PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED Full power package Air Bags, Moonroof, Alloy (YZ325514) IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW MONEE QUACH AVE. #108, L.A. CA 90006, BACHIR CHOUGUI, Toyota Santa Monica FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of 10908 ROSE AVE #3 LA, CA 90034 This Business (2L016796) (I6311A) FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this LOS ANGELES County on 12/13/2006. NOTICE: is being conducted by, co-partners. 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