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Family Game Night Sunday 73˚ DATE: Friday, April 14 70⁰ TIME: 6 pm Saturday LOCATION: Columbia Memorial Space Center THINGS TO DO APRIL 19 Downey Sister Cities Assoc. meeting DATE: Friday, April 19 TIME: 6:30 pm LOCATION: Embassy Suites

APRIL 22 Liliana Hernandez is flanked by council members Rick Rodriguez, Blanca Pacheco and Alex Saab. Egg Hunt City of STEM Science Festival Photo courtesy Jerry Caligiuri Saturday - Norwalk City Hall, 12:30 pm DATE: Saturday, April 22 An Easter egg hunt for kids ages 1-10. Plus games, crafts, face-painting, and TIME: 9 am DOWNEY – Downey eighth grader Liliana Hernandez was Outside of her contributions to the city, Michele spent a week in the Easter Bunny. LOCATION: Columbia Memorial honored last month as “Woman of the Year” by Assemblymember New Orleans in March of 2006, where she participated in Hurricane Space Center Cristina Garcia for her efforts in steering girls towards opportunities Katrina relief efforts. Michele helped restore a damaged store and in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). helped transform it into a home for the Neighborhood Story Project. Cops & Kids Day The project is a literacy program that partners with the University of Liliana is a founding member of Girls in STEM, a club at Downey’s DATE: Saturday, April 22 New Orleans. Most recently, she was appointed by LA County’s 4th Columbia Memorial Space Center. She has rallied District Supervisor Janice Hahn to Artesia’s Cemetery District. TIME: 11 am her fellow club members to take part in hands-on LOCATION: Furman Park STEM explorations, field trips and service projects. Outside of her work with Girls in STEM, Liliana Christina Padilla-Birkey (Bellflower): Christina, known by her APRIL 26 is a longtime member of the Girl Scouts of America peers as “Chrissy,” is currently the Executive Director of “Kingdom L.A. Fight Club State of the City and serves as her class president. Causes”, a community-based organization that focuses on bringing together local churches and city residents to build a strong, thriving Friday - Belasco Theater, 5:30 pm DATE: Wednesday, April 26 In her spare time, Liliana builds robots and community. Chrissy spearheads the organization’s various efforts Live boxing presented by Golden Boy TIME: 11:30 am regularly competes in the Team America Rocketry to combat homelessness, engage the community, create affordable Promotions. LOCATION: Rio Hondo Event Challenge, which is the world’s largest student housing, create access to better employment and job training Center rocket contest and is integral in the aerospace and defense industry’s opportunities. strategy to build a strong U.S. workforce in science, technology, APRIL 27 engineering and math. Chrissy has been with Kingdom Causes since its inception and has furthered her education and work skills by attaining her Masters in A discussion with Joel Tator Liliana aspires to one day become a doctor. Urban Affairs. DATE: Friday, April 27 Assemblymember Garcia honored one woman from each of the Outside of her work for Kingdom Causes, Chrissy is a member of TIME: 7:30 pm cities she represents, which includes Downey, Artesia, Bellflower, Bell the Bellflower Kiwanis Club, which is a service club that strengthens LOCATION: Barbara J. Riley Gardens, Cerritos, Commerce, Montebello, Norwalk and Pico Rivera. communities by helping children and young adults. She also sits on Community Center Beer & Oyster Festival Her district Woman of the Year, Dr. Veronica Obregon, was the Executive Board for Caring Connections, a non-profit organization honored at a ceremony at the State Capitol. based in Bellflower that seeks to meet the needs of children and Saturday - Shoreline Park in Long APRIL 28 Beach, 12 pm families in need. Defying Gravity Below are brief biographies on each of the winners. A celebration of craft beer, oysters, Chrissy is also a tireless advocate for combating homelessness gourmet food, and live music. 21 and DATE: Friday, April 28 and providing much-needed services both within the scope of older. TIME: 8 pm Michele Diaz (Artesia): Michele Diaz has been a resident Kingdom Causes and outside of it. Whether it is her work within LOCATION: Columbia Memorial of Artesia for over 34 years and has been active member in her Kingdom Causes or her broader efforts to tackle homelessness, and Space Center community since then. current incarceration rates, Chrissy’s motto is to “not only provide direct services, but to mobilize stakeholders in the community to get Michele has served on the City of Artesia’s Planning Commission APRIL 29 involved in these issues.” for the past 18 years; she has also served as the Commission’s Carnival of Champions Chairperson multiple times. In addition to her vast experience in city DATE: Saturday, April 29 planning, Michele is entering her thirteenth term as President of the Reyna Reyes (Bell Gardens): After leaving her country of TIME: 9 am Friends of the Artesia Library. Honduras in 1995, Ms. Reyna Reyes started a new chapter here LOCATION: Warren High School The Friends of the Library is a self-supporting program that in California. She settled in the City of Bell Gardens, where she is Blessing of the Animals aims to increase awareness of the library and its importance in their currently raising her three young boys. With her ambition to create a Saturday - Olvera Street, 12 pm Electronic waste collection communities. Michele has helped organize fundraisers from book safe community, Reyna quickly became involved with the Bell Gardens Bring your pets for a public blessing DATE: Saturday, April 29 sales to dinner events that attract over several hundred attendees. Neighborhood Watch Program. conducted by the Archbishop of Los TIME: 9 am Angeles. In addition to serving on the city’s planning commission, Michele For the past fifteen years, Reyna has not only connected her LOCATION: Stonewood Center has participated in and organized neighborhood cleanups, tree immediate neighbors to the program but has extended invitations plantings, and vine trimmings. She has also assisted on the restoration to many families in her surrounding community. Through her efforts, of Artesia’s Historical Fire Station, which is known as LACFD Station MAY 5 See WOMEN OF THE YEAR, page 2 Casino Night fundraiser #30. DATE: Friday, May 5 TIME: 6:30 pm LOCATION: Rio Hondo Event Center Downey man gets 6 years in prison Lupe Fiasco MAY 7 for robbing fruit vendors Saturday - The Observatory, 8 pm Downey Ride & Stride Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco performs live at the Observatory in Santa Ana. DATE: Sunday, May 7 Tickets are $30. TIME: 10 am DOWNEY – A 26-year-old Downey man was sentenced last week LOCATION: Various parts of to six years in state prison for robbing fruit vendors over a span of five Downey months, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. TWEETS OF THE WEEK Downey Street Faire At the court appearance on April 5, Miguel Rodriguez pleaded @Captain_Sawyer: Sunday, May 7 guilty to one count of second-degree robbery. DATE: Anybody know where I 10 am TIME: He also admitted that he was previously convicted of second- can get a legit raspado in Downey Avenue, degree robbery in 2007. LOCATION: Downey? between Phlox and Stewart & Gray A restitution hearing is scheduled for July 5 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Long Beach Branch. @RealSeanAshton: Thank JUNE 2-4 you to all of our Downey Deputy District Attorney Simone Shay, who prosecuted the case, Downey Greek Festival said Rodriguez robbed three separate fruit vendors on Sept. 11, Library volunteers! There were over 8,000 hours DATE: June 2-4 2016, Jan. 17, 2017 and Feb. 2, 2017, in the 6900 block of Paramount volunreered in 2016. TIME: 10 am Boulevard in Long Beach. LOCATION: St. George Greek On Feb. 14, Rodriguez was arrested in connection with the Orthodox Church Follow us! muggings. @DowneyPatriot The case was investigated by the Long Beach Police Department. 2 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, April 13, 2017

Assemblymember honors Women of the Year Continued from page 1 the Hawaiian Senior Club, where she engages the youth and exposes guidance over a prolonged period of time. them to the Hawaiian culture. Mary Jane is also a member of various She also has served as an administrator for the Norwalk Sheriff the program has had a turnout of 60 to 70 community members per clubs, including the Soroptimist International Artesia-Cerritos Club Station’s “Personal Responsibility in Developing Ethics” (PRIDE) meeting. Reyna also cooks home-made meals to provide food at these and the Cerritos Optimist Club. Program for the past seven years. This mentorship programs helps meetings, which incentivize residents to attend. Outside of her efforts to engage disadvantaged communities, at-risk youth redirect their lives and teaches the lessons of taking Through her efforts, the City of Bell Gardens has developed an including youth and women, Mary Jane’s self-declared great passion responsibility for one’s actions. active Neighborhood Watch Program that keeps families aware of is volunteering for the “Go for Broke Organization.” “Go for Broke” While serving as the PRIDE Program Administrator, Mercedez recent crimes, educates families on crime prevention and encourages strives to honor the virtue and valor of World War 11 Japanese- visited countless homes and helped at-risk youth connect with families to report suspicious behavior. Aside from volunteering American veterans. It also recounts the dark chapter of history for valuable social services. Due to her tireless efforts, she was recognized around her neighborhood, Reyna serves as a parent liaison between many Japanese-Americans who were forcibly relocated in intermittent by former Los Angeles County’s 4th District Board Supervisor, Don Bell Gardens Elementary and the Bell Gardens Police Department. camps. Knabe, as the 2013 Volunteer of the Year. Reyna’s passion for public safety is also evident in her participation at Overall, Mary Jane continues to live her life according to her the National Night Out and at National Police Week, where she helps She also has served on the SARB (School Attendance Review Board) parent’s wisdom that it is “not about money but the giving from the with outreach and attendance. Moreover, she shares this passion with Panel and SART (School Attendance Review Team) for the Norwalk/LA heart.” her three boys, who also volunteer and accompany their mother in Mirada School District. It was her time working with SARB and SART passing out information, brochures, and safety tips. Vanessa Perez (Commerce): For Vanessa Perez, a lifelong that she discovered a need for helping young students develop their Commerce resident, things have come full circle. Vanessa spent her attitudes and improve their academic success. Lastly, Reyna is an active member of the Citizen’s Patrol, a teenage years frequenting the City of Commerce Teen Center. She has community led program where volunteers survey local areas to Bethania Perez (Pico Rivera): Bethania Perez is currently a senior since made her career there by working her way up to the position of identify suspicious behavior or criminal activity and report it to law at El Rancho High School and is on route to be the first in her family the Teen Center Senior Recreation Leader. enforcement. to attend a college. She is a leader in various clubs and organizations Vanessa first began working for the city’s center as a Teen Leader, within her school and carries a passion to help first-generation Mary Jane Fujimura (Cerritos): Originally born in Hawaii, Mary where she helped expand various programs. Under her supervisor at students like her pursue a higher education. Jane was raised in a family whose parents and grandparents instilled a the time, Vanessa expanded the center’s annual camping trip, which sense of community and giving back. She was recently selected to be part of former First Lady Michelle is now known as “Adventure Club”. Vanessa transformed the club and Obama’s “Better Make Room” Student Advisory Board. The application Mary Jane has volunteered all throughout her youth and college organizes various excursions for the teens. Not only do the students for this competitive position drew in over 300 applications and career. Always carrying a passion for the arts, Mary Jane became gain valuable volunteer experience, Vanessa says she enjoys taking Bethania was one of two students chosen from the State of California. involved with the “Friends for the Performing Arts”, an organization the city’s youth to different places to expand their horizons and visit The Campaign promotes higher education and a “college-going” based in the city of Cerritos that supports the performing arts and places they “would not be able to go otherwise”, such as visiting Skid culture in high schools throughout the county. provides scholarships to students excelling in their field. Row. Vanessa undertakes the responsibility of fundraising for the trip, including the expenses for students’ room and board and all excursion Bethania is currently the president of her school’s California As an educator, Mary Jane has served on the Teacher’s Board and fees. Scholarship Federation and is a link crew member, where she mentors later chaired the Guild for the Friends. She also serves on the board for middle school students as they make their transition into high school. Vanessa has worked at the Center for over 14 years and currently This program creates a welcoming environment for high school leads a “Girlology”, a program at the Teen Center that provides young freshman as they adjust to a new environment. girls with the skills and resources to empower themselves. Under the program, young girls have the opportunity of going to various In addition, Bethania is a peer advisor at El Rancho High School, excursions and journaling about their experiences. Most recently, where she is one of 12 advisors that help their fellow students Vanessa took the students to see “Hidden Figures,” a film on the navigate various college applications and complete the FAFSA form to untold story of African American Women working at NASA. Vanessa is determine eligibility for federal student aid. not only a role model in her community, but a true asset that inspires In the near future, Bethania has her sights to attend Columbia young individuals to become invested in their community. University, where she would like to pursue a major in biomedical Sona Fundukian (Montebello): Sona Fundukian is the proud engineering and hopes to make a positive impact for females pursuing parent of 3 children and 2 grandchildren. She has been happily careers in STEM fields. married for 55 years. Sona is currently the Chairperson of the Nairy Dr. Veronica Obregon (Montebello): Dr. Verónica Obregón is a Chapter of the Armenian Relief Society (ARS), which was established in mental health expert with over 15 years of mental health consultation Montebello in 1968. The Nairy Chapter of the Armenian Relief is one experience. She is a licensed clinical social worker and educational of ARS’s 26 chapters and is dedicated to offering humanitarian aid, psychologist with a pupil personnel services credential authorizing education, and various social services to those in need. ARS aims to work in schools. promote and preserve the rich traditions of the Armenian culture by educating Armenian youth about their heritage. Dr. Obregón received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the USC Dworack-Peck School of Social Work and her Doctorate Degree During her time on the Executive Board, Sona realized there was in Education with an Educational Psychology concentration from the a need to educate the local Armenian-American youth in and around USC Rossier School of Education. A well-educated therapist, she built her community. In 1982, she helped establish a Saturday School in the her expertise working in urban communities in Central Los Angeles. City of Montebello, which provides young Armenians the resources to learn their language, history and culture. Dr. Obregón began her career at the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. She moved on to practice as a Sona also sits on several committees, including the ARS Scholarship psychiatric social worker at the Los Angeles Unified School District- Committee, which she originated. More specifically, she was School Mental Health Program. As a mental health consultant she instrumental in the creation of the “Nairy Scholarship,” which awards worked with teen moms to help them stay in school, provided mental deserving Montebello High School students of Armenian descent. health consultation with school administrators and staff about student Outside of her work for ARS, Sona has a teaching career spanning and staff mental health and socio-emotional needs, provided crisis over 33 years, including 5 years of teaching for the Sacred Heart of intervention and worked with district staff to engage parents in their Mary High School in Montebello and 28 years at Bell High School. She child’s education. has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Dr. Obregón was born in Mexico City and raised in East Los (NEH) in 1995. Angeles. Growing up in this community inspired Dr. Obregón to work Mercedez Quintanilla (Norwalk): Mercedez Quintanilla is for a just and well-organized society. That is why she pursued a career the current Executive Director and Founder of Door of Hope, an as a social worker after she graduated with a bachelor’s degree from organization committed to providing supportive and caring team UCLA. She now shares her passion and expertise gained as a licensed members that will serve as mentors to the youth. Mercedez is an clinical social worker with aspiring social work students, as a part-time action oriented leader, she saw a need for after-school programing adjunct faculty at the California State University Los Angeles School of for at-risk youth she knew that they would benefit from the sustained Social Work. Spring Worship Guide Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Downey Patriot | 3

Author, television news producer to Free admission to Downey space speak in Downey center next week DOWNEY – Longtime Los Angeles television producer Joel Tator DOWNEY – Admission to the Columbia Memorial Space Center will be the guest speaker at the Downey Historical Society’s general will be free the week of April 17 -- spring break in the Downey Unified meeting April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Barbara J. Riley Center. School District -- as the space center celebrates City of STEM. Born in New York City, Tator attended UCLA and in 1960 went to City of STEM is a month-long, community-focused celebration of work in the KTLA mail room. By 1963 he was directing KTLA newscasts scienc,e technology, engineering and math. which featured George Putnam, Tom Snyder, Hal Fishman and many others. During the month of April, the space center will present STEM programming throughout the community, engaging diverse From 1966 to 1973, Tator directed the KNBC newscasts with Tom audiences at various locations throughout Downey and the greater Brokaw and Jess Marlow before leaving to direct various specials for Los Angeles area. HBO, NBC and ABC. City of STEM culminates with its Big Science Fest on Saturday, Between 1978 and 1986, he produced and directed “2 on the April 22. Also free, it will feature hands-on activities and more than Town” for KNXT/KCBS with Steve Edwards, Connie Chung and Melody two dozen exhibors showing off their STEM work. Rogers, along with anniversary shows. He returned to KTLA in 1986, serving as executive producer for the KTLA Morning News with Sam Rubin, Mark Kriski and Eric Spillman. CERT classes start in June He remained there until 1998. DOWNEY – The city of Downey is now taking sign-ups for its U.S. Air Force Airman Justin Hays graduated from basic military training Tator’s first book, “Los Angeles Television,” was published in 2015 spring Community Emergency Response Team class. at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. by Arcadia Publishing and is available on Amazon. It talks about the Classes are June 3, June 10 and June 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included first original seven stations that went on the air from 1947-49. Students must attend all three days of classes to complete the training. training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical Tator is currently working on his second book about the history of fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Training will take place at Fire Station No. 1 on Paramount NBC’s “Tomorrow Show” with Tom Snyder. Boulevard. Classes are open to residents ages 18 and older. Hays is the son of Rae Lynn and Jonathan Hays of Eureka, Mont. He is a Tator’s presentation with the Downey Historical Society is free and 2011 graduate of Downey High School. For more details, email [email protected]. open to the public.

Family support group offering Police patrolling for distracted drivers DOWNEY – The Downey Police Department is deploying extra blue ribbons traffic enforcement officers this month in search of distracted drivers. DOWNEY – In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention and “Downey PD is spreading the message that distracted drivers are Awareness Month, the Exchange Club Family Support Center in not only a danger to themselves, but everyone else on the road,” the Downey is distributing blue ribbon pins throughout the month of department said in a statement. April. Officers will especially be searching for drivers distracted by their The blue ribbon campaign originated as a grandmother’s tribute cell phones. to her grandson, who died because of abuse. She wrapped a blue ribbon around her car atnenna as a way to remember him and to alert “[Most] drivers aren’t aware that just talking on a cell phone, hand her community to the dangers of child abuse. held or hands free, can lead to ‘inattention blindness’ as critical brain functions needed for driving are used for cell phone talking,” the Anyone interested in receiving a blue ribbon pin, or would like a department said. speaker for their group, should contact the center at (562) 904-9590.

Downey’s AYSO boys under 12 Extra team, Xtreme, beat out 900 AYSO Extra teams from Nevada, Arizona, Washington, and Oregon to become Western States Champions over the weekend of March 25-26 in Carson City, Nevada. They won the semi-final versus Agoura Hills, 1-0, then proceeded to beat Rancho Cucamonga, 2-0, in the final. Trop row, from left: assistant coach Jose Jaimes, Joseph Jaimes, Chris Ferrufino, Esteban Varela, Julian Fraile, Jason Aguiniga, Daniel Castillo, Chris Almaguer, Ethan Gonzalez, Asst coach Rolando Gonzalez Head coach Steven Hernandez. Bottom row: Julio Jimenez, Johnny Vargas, Andrei Pater, Diego Sarmiento, Adrian Diaz, Jesse Ramirez, Steven Hernandez. 4 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, April 13, 2017

In Memory of Angie Esguerra, longtime resident, Melba Bailey, retired teacher, dies passes away at age 101 Byron Joseph (Bud) Buck DOWNEY – Melba Prieta Thompson Bailey was born to Ada Lutz DOWNEY – After a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Angie Thompson and Ford Thompson, Nov. 9, 1915, in Attalla, Alabama. She September 25, 1940 - April 6, 2017 A. Esguerra, a long-time resident of Downey and a former member passed away Dec. 10, 2016, in Red Bluff, Calif. Bud was born in Wausau, Wisc. of the St. Raymond’s Catholic community, passed away April 6 at Silverado The Huntington in Alhambra, where she lived for the past Melba and her younger sister, Pearl, lost their father who died To Byron and Lillian. He was the four years. of typhoid fever in 1920. Ada relocated with the girls to Bakersfield, third of four children. His family where she worked odd jobs to support her family. moved to Mipls., MN when he was Born August 2, 1935 in Mauban, Philippines, the youngest of a child. He met his wife Carol when five children to Sergio and Soledad Abcede, Angie When Ada contracted tuberculosis she could no longer care graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s for the girls. In 1923, Melba and Pearl journeyed by he was 15 and she was 13. It was of Science degree in Commerce from Far Eastern train from Bakersfield back east to Cullman, Alabama love at first sight. They married in University in Manila. where they entered the Alabama Odd Fellows Home 1958 and moved to California with for children. There they joined about 200 children Angie immigrated to the United States with her his family. They lived most of their in the care of the “Home.” Their father had been a husband Del and three children, and purchased a member of Odd Fellows, which had as a benefit the lives in Downey, where they raised house in Downey in 1978. Angie worked for the care of children under the age of 16 if their parents their three children, Chris, Lance and LaNean. Department of Water & Power, where she managed became unable to care for them. Bud owned and operated his machine shop for 40 years. the Financial Planning Department and retired after 31 years of civil His father taught him the business and now his sons are service. It was there that Melba met an older 10 year old boy, Quinton C. Bailey. He was in the home with several of his brothers and sisters both in the same profession. She was preceded in death by her siblings Angel and Jose following the death, in 1918, of his parents, from the great influenza He was a proud member of the Downey Elks 2020 for 15 (Catherine); her husband Del; and her daughter Laura Esguerra pandemic. years and was the Exalted Ruler 2014/2015. He loved the Adams. She is survived by her son Angel Esguerra; her daughter Elks and the people. He loved family camping trips all over Celia Winstead; her sons-in-law James Adams and Jim Winstead; her Following graduation from Cullman County High School in 1935, but enjoyed Lake Powell the most. Then he took to golfing, siblings Adelaida del Banco and Reynaldo Abcede; and numerous Melba enrolled in a teacher education program at State Teachers rain or shine. cousins, nieces, and nephews. College in Jacksonville, Alabama, where she worked her way through college. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 1938 in Elementary He is survived by his wife Carol, son Chris (Stacy), son Lance In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Angie Education with a minor in Physical Education and a Special Education (Shirleyann-Fiance), daughter LaNean (Guy) – 8 grand kids, Esguerra’s name to Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (http://www.curealz.org). credential. 5 great-grand kids, 3 sisters, Joan Crooks, Margaret Putnam and Karen Douglas – numerous nieces and nephews and Quinton and Melba were married in Downey on Sept. 11, 1938, a his special Johnny Cash singing buddy Alec. marriage which lasted 69 years until Quinton’s death in 2007. He will be missed by all. The Baileys continued to reside in Downey where she obtained Celebration of Life will be held at Downey Elks Lodge Jack Archer, 91, owned insurance her first part time teaching job home schooling critically ill or disabled 2020 on April 22, 2017 at 5:30 pm. children. She was not employed full time because female teachers agency in Downey were not allowed to be married. A World War II shortage of teachers DOWNEY – Jack Allen Archer, 91, passed away in his home in ended the marriage restriction enabling her to teach full time for 11 Altadena on March 17. years in Southern California. At the same time, Quinton was working Funeral services scheduled for Born in Alhambra to Luella M. and Ernest B. Archer, he lived most in the aircraft industry as a machinist. of his life in San Marino and Mammoth Lakes, Calif. David Mitchell In 1950 the family decided to return to rural life, and purchased DOWNEY – David Mitchell, a beloved father and brother, passed Jack is survived by his wife of 66 years, Rebecca an almond/walnut orchard in Durham, California. Melba taught in the away April 6 in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Archer, his three children John (Alyson) Archer of New Durham Unified School District for 26 years until 1976, but continued David was raised in Downey and graduated from York (grandchildren Casey, Miles, Kyle), Julie (Frank) to substitute teach for 17 more years until 1993. Rizzo of Massachusetts (grandchildren Anna, Mark, Downey High in 1982. Melba and Quinton had three children, three granddaughters Zachary) and Paul (Andrea) Archer of Los Angeles and nine great-grandchildren. The children are Gwendolyn Curran He is survived by his son Gunner Mitchell and (granddaughter Rhiannon). sisters Mimi (Mitchell) Gransden and Wendy Mitchell. (Claude) of Ashland, Oregon, born in 1940, Vicki Bailey, born in 1945, He is also survived by his sister Lorraine Muirhead and Craig Bailey (Jan) born in 1949. Both Vicki and Craig reside in Services are scheduled from 2 -5 p.m. on Sunday of Arcadia, and sister-in-law Barbara Archer of Altadena, and devoted Red Bluff, California. Melba and Quinton’s granddaughters are Kirstin April 23, at the Realtor Conference Center in Lake nieces and nephews. Jack was pre-deceased by his brother Gene Curran Cronin (Tom) of Talent, Oregon and their children, Hayley, Havasu, Ariz. Archer and brother-in-law Thomas Muirhead. Kelsey and Lilly; Mardiss Curran Madden (Mike), also of Talent and their children, Taylor, Sean, and twins Aidan and Scott; and Kasia Jack served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Curran Mannix (Seamus) of Milwaukie, Oregon, and their children then built a successful insurance agency in Downey. He retired to Epifania Aguirre mourned Annora and Deagan. PICO RIVERA – Services were held Tuesday for Epifania Aguirre, Mammoth Lakes, where he was a member of the Rotary Club. A memorial service was held March 31 in Durham. In lieu of born April 7, 1920. A private ceremony was held with immediate family. In lieu of flowers, the family requested donations be made in Melba’s name flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Glennwood House, She died April 5, two days shy of her 97th birthday. to the Durham Volunteer Fire Department, C/O Durham Community 2130 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651. Capilla De Funeraria Del Angel Pico Rivera hosted services, with Foundation, PO Box 454, Durham, California 95938. Mass at Iglesia De San Francisco Xavier in Pico Rivera. Thursday, April 13, 2017 Opinion The Downey Patriot | 5 Here’s what you can do for Middle East Avocado Pitts Dear Editor: Now that the region north of Firestone and Rives has been peace christened Orange Estates, I respectfully submit that the area south thereof be designated Avocado Pitts.

These changes are important. Why Avocado? Because why Orange? For more than a decade, officials have been warning that the Why Pitts? Because it provides a way to say with ironic pride and window of opportunity for realizing the two-state solution is closing. perhaps a dash of sass that those of us on the south side of the tracks This begs the question: Do these changes mark the formal closure are well aware of our locale and just as proud of our place in Downey as are our neighbors to the north. of the Middle East peace process? And, if so, what does that mean? Allison Holland Israel’s settlement policy has long stood in the way of a two- Downey state solution. By putting Israeli homes on Palestinian land, they make it nearly impossible to draw a border between Israel and a viable future Palestinian state. In the early 1990s there were approximately 110,000 Israeli ‘Defying Gravity’ settlers in the West Bank and another 150,000 in East Jerusalem Dear Editor: settlements. Today, there are over 350,000 settlers in the West Bank My mom and dad are producing a play. It is called Defying Gravity. and more than 300,000 in East Jerusalem. In total, settlements now It is a play about the Challenger space shuttle disaster. control over 43 percent of all West Bank land. Directed by Lana Wahlquist. Located at the Columbia memorial So, what should those concerned with peace do? space center. It opens April 28th. Simply speaking out is no longer enough. Neither is calling for I hope you all can come! (It is best for ages 12 and up.) a return to the established peace process, which has failed for a Peer Wahlquist quarter-century now. Age 9 Downey David Friedman Instead, what’s needed now are actions to impose a cost on Israel for its settlement building and continued occupation. By Mike Merryman-Lotze For governments, that means cutting bilateral assistance programs, modifying or ending special trade arrangements, and While news swirled around health care and climate rules last Leaky hydrant, overgrown trees implementing sanctions. For individuals, it could mean boycotting month, another potentially momentous development slipped Dear Editor: and divesting from companies complicit in Israel’s settlement through the cracks. enterprise and military occupation. We often go to the Downey Landing for shopping or eating at It was the Senate’s quiet confirmation of David Friedman to the local food places. We have passed by this fire hydrant on several It’s these concrete actions, not just words, that will make change. serve as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel. That vote threatens to occasions and there is a slow drip, which has been there for some time create a mess of new problems in the already troubled Middle East. At the same time, the international community must also take since it now has mold growing from it. time to evaluate the peace process to understand why it’s failed. Friedman, a Trump appointee, strongly supports Israel’s Quick suggestion: please have them correct that, although we have We must ask what a new goal might look like if two states can’t be settlements on Palestinian territory, which are illegal under had lots of rain, we still are not out of the woods with our drought. achieved. international law, and opposes the formation of a Palestinian state. Another issue I have are the trees down Lakewood Boulevard. I What does it mean to build peace in a post-two state Support for a Palestinian state — and opposition to Israeli understand we need green, but when the roots of these trees destroy environment? How can equality and justice be achieved for all our sidewalk and cover up the nice blue lights all down the street, then settlements — has been the basis of U.S. policy for years. But Palestinians and Israelis regardless of where they live? What might they are a problem. Friedman’s appointment represents a shift. a peace process look like if it were based on the idea of achieving Am I wrong to say that the persons who planted these trees should Since Trump took office, the Israeli government has approved justice and equality rather than ethnic separation? have known about their roots? The size they would grow and the the construction of over 6,000 new Israeli homes in West Bank and Exploring these questions won’t bring immediate relief to people maintenance issues of these trees. They should have told the City of East Jerusalem settlements. And in early April, Israel approved the whose land is being confiscated or who are victims of violence, but Downey of the downsides of these trees. construction of its first completely new settlement in 20 years, deep answers may open paths to change. And change is needed. in the heart of the West Bank. We are now maybe contemplating fixing these cement plates Meanwhile, the status quo isn’t working, and continuing down a around the trees. They are a hazard while walking or running. I am The U.S. response? Near silence. path that has failed for nearly 25 years won’t bring peace. sure that when someone does address this, the taxpayers again will Under past administrations, we could have expected immediate have to pay for these errors. Mike Merryman-Lotze has worked with the American Friends condemnation. But earlier this year it took four provocative Service Committee as the Palestine-Israel Program Director Hope someone hears about these because the problems will only settlement announcements to elicit even a tepid U.S. response. since 2010. get worse as these trees grow. Maria Romero Downey A tax plan only a 1 Percenter could love Time is right for gas tax By Josh Hoxie even more conservative views, the paper points out. Dear Editor: After the failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Perhaps unsurprisingly, the study shows, the wishes of the I want to thank our California legislators for passing SB1, the transportation bill to fix our roads and bridges, which are badly in Obamacare), the Trump administration has set its sights on its next wealthiest citizens are much more likely to make it into public policy need of repairs. big project: so-called “tax reform.” than those of the less affluent. One person, one vote be damned. Starting November 1, this law will raise the gas tax 12 cents a And the “reform” they seek appears guaranteed to elicit disdain Every year Gallup puts out the same poll asking people about gallon, about $10 per month for the average driver, which is less than from all sides — with the notable exception of the ultra-wealthy. taxes. Every year they get the same response: Over 60 percent the cost of a movie ticket, and will also raise vehicle registration fees, want to see the wealthy pay more in taxes. More than half believe Let’s first acknowledge that tax reform is hard. The system is according to the value of one’s vehicle. “government should redistribute wealth by taxing the rich.” held in place by entrenched interests who don’t want to see their The gas tax, which goes for road and highway repairs, had not favorite loopholes taken away. That’s a big reason why it’s been over Earlier this year, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin seemed to agree. been raised in over 20 years, since Governor Deukmejian was in office, 30 years since the last major tax overhaul, championed by Ronald He promised in no uncertain terms that this administration wouldn’t and the money collected is now only worth half what it was then. In Reagan in 1986. seek to cut taxes for the “upper class.” addition, the population of California has increased and the cars and Adding to the complexity of tax reform is the fact that all of the Unfortunately, that was a bald-faced, pants-on-fire, inexplicable trucks we drive use less gasoline on average. Electric cars have paid White House people working on it are resplendently wealthy. lie. no gas tax at all. (They will pay a separate annual $100 fee under the new law). All these factors have made it impossible to keep up with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trump economic adviser Trump’s plan does redistribute wealth, it turns out — but maintaining our essential transportation infrastructure. Gary D. Cohn are each worth hundreds of millions. In fact, Trump’s it’s towards greater inequality, not less. It takes serious mental cabinet is the wealthiest in history. That might have something to gymnastics to argue that what Trump’s team has proposed on taxes The latest rains have done more damage to already pothole- do with Trump, himself a billionaire, being the wealthiest president would benefit the average working Joe or Jane. damaged roads, adding nearly a billion dollars to the cost of repairs in history. in California. As the roads deteriorate, the cost of fixing them goes up. The plan eliminates the federal estate tax, a levy that only impacts According to Governor Brown, if this law had not passed, it would have Put simply, the folks making the rules around taxes may not have the wealthiest 0.2 percent of heirs and heiresses. It was put in place a cost twice as much for repairs in 5 or 6 years. working families’ interests in the forefront of their minds. Crowding hundred years ago with the express goal of reducing inequality and To me, this is a win-win law: Jobs will be created in California and them out are the wishes of the ultra-rich friends they see regularly preventing aristocracy. people will buy more fuel-efficient cars and trucks, which will help in their glitzy country clubs and gated communities. The plan also cuts the effective tax rates on the wealthiest reduce global warming pollution. A seminal study by Professors Benjamin Page, Larry Bartels, individuals and most profitable corporations, those doing As far as complaints that the money may be used for other and Jason Seawright in 2013 showed that the policy preferences phenomenally well right now. purposes, we as citizens have the obligation and responsibility to of the wealthiest 1 percent are “much more conservative than the Meanwhile, the administration has proposed massive budget communicate with our representatives in order t make sure the money American public as a whole” when it comes to “taxation, economic cuts eliminating whole programs for working people. is spent for the purpose it was intended, for fixing the roads. regulation, and especially social welfare programs.” Anita Rivero This draconian effort would intentionally and literally push The top 0.1 percent, those with assets over $40 million, have Downey working families into the cold, by zeroing out the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. If that weren’t savage enough, the administration also wants to cut the Women Infant and Children (WIC) food program that provides nutrition assistance to about half Far-right distractions the babies born in this country. Dear Editor: The poor in this country often don’t see themselves as poor, the Again, I would like to thank the Downey Patriot for allowing late author John Steinbeck noted, but as “temporarily embarrassed different points of view in its publication. A true democracy allows for millionaires.” Maybe that’s why some working class people support the discourse of all. this administration. It is so obvious that Rush Limbaugh tries to do the job of the far But what’s really embarrassing is what they’ll get in return. right to distract the public from the real issue affecting our country: Josh Hoxie directs the Project on Taxation and Opportunity at the Russian interference in our affairs. the Institute for Policy Studies. The issue is not Obama and his administration. Even President Trump conceded recently that he is in charge now. So futile and laughable what Limbaugh tries to do: put the blame of today’s problems on yesterday’s leaders. It is like a fox trying to Roybal-Allard: Trump was right convince the hens that the problem lies with the previous occupants of the coop. to strike against Syria What we should focus on now is to find out whether the President Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard: While the president’s strike against or his team collaborated in the Russian interference in the elections Syria was an appropriate response to the Assad regime’s despicable and how much the Russians are still interfering with our way of life. chemical attack, he must now seek congressional authority for any Remember when candidate Trump asked the Russians if they were future military action in Syria. listening, to look into Hillary’s e-mails, as he already knew that the In addition, I urge the president to do the right thing and support Russians were meddling with our affairs. Syrian refugees’ entry into America. It’s unconscionable to decry We need the truth now in order to regain our trust. the slaughter of innocent Syrian children in one moment and then And please, Limbaugh, don’t try to confuse us with your distractions. continue to deny innocent Syrian children sanctuary in the next. Stop being a fox. Guido Rivero Downey 6 | The Downey Patriot Comics/Crossword Thursday, April 13, 2017 SPEED BUMP DAVE COVERLY

On This Day... April 13, 1861: At the start of the Civil War, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederate forces as the Union commander, Maj. Robert Anderson, agreed to surrender in the face of relentless bombardment. 1964: Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award, for “Lilies of the Field.” 1997: Tiger Woods, 21, became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament and the first person of African heritage to claim a major golf title.

You can contact puzzle editor Stan- ley Newman at his e-mail address: [email protected]. Or write him at P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762, Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you’d like a reply. Thursday, April 13, 2017 Health/Wellness The Downey Patriot | 7 Paging Dr. Frischer... 1-in-4 students say they’ve been exposed By Dr. Alan Frischer to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes I’m frequently asked about dietary supplement, which means blood pressure medication, as About one in four U.S. middle among Hispanics, 21.7 percent Secondhand e-cigarette the supplement Coenzyme Q10 that it is regulated as a food and it could lower blood pressure and high school students— among other non- Hispanic aerosol exposure is (CoQ10). It experienced a surge not as a drug. to dangerous levels, leading to nearly 6.5 million youths —report races, and 15.3 percent among preventable in popularity around 2009, when Consequently, evaluation and dizziness and fainting. being exposed to secondhand non-Hispanic blacks. To protect the public, statins came FDA approval is not required ■ CoQ10 can lower blood aerosol from e-cigarettes at ■ 0 percent among students both youth and adults, from into common before marketing, as long as no sugar levels, so monitoring is least once within the past 30 exposed to secondhand both secondhand smoke and use for the health claims are made about the necessary for diabetics, and for days, according to data from the smoke from combustible secondhand aerosol, states treatment of supplement. those taking other medications Centers for Disease Control and tobacco products; 8.5 percent and communities can consider high cholesterol. Coenzyme Q10 is, as its or supplements that may lower Prevention (CDC). among students not exposed modernizing smoke-free air While statins name indicates, a coenzyme, blood sugar. This includes about 4.4 to secondhand smoke from policies to include e-cigarettes. clearly decrease and coenzymes are similar to Decisions to take million students who are not combustible tobacco products As of January 2017, eight cholesterol vitamins. They help enzymes supplements can be complex current e- cigarette users, and ■ 8 percent among current, states (California, Delaware, levels and work to digest food and perform and overwhelming. I see patients more than 1 million students who 28.9 percent among former, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, North reduce the risk of heart disease, other processes. The body who bring in bags full of different are not exposed to secondhand and 16.4 percent among never Dakota, Oregon, and Vermont) they also decrease the body’s manufactures it, and it is found in bottles. When I ask why they are smoke from combustible tobacco e-cigarette users and more than 500 communities level of CoQ10. every cell, where it is utilized to taking each one, some admit that products like cigarettes, cigars, have adopted comprehensive ■ 5 percent among current, Long before any scientific produce energy needed for cell one was recommended by their and hookahs. smoke-free laws that prohibit 32.3 percent among former, and studies were published on any growth and maintenance. hairdresser, and another by their both tobacco smoking and e- The U.S. Surgeon General 16.8 percent among never users potential benefits or risks of brother-in-law. cigarette use in indoor areas of It is an antioxidant, which has concluded that e-cigarette of other tobacco products CoQ10 supplements, statin users protects cell membranes and I urge my patients to limit aerosol can contain harmful and workplaces, restaurants, and bars. started taking CoQ10 to make up DNA from damage. The body their supplements to those with potentially harmful substances, for that decrease. produces less of it as we age. at least some science behind including nicotine. E-cigarettes Since then, claims about CoQ10 also exists in small them, and with some potential can also be used to aerosolize the benefits of CoQ10 have amounts in a wide variety of benefit to their particular health marijuana and other illicit drugs. multiplied. Does it really lower foods, including organ meats like issues. The data, the first to document blood pressure, reduce migraine heart, liver, and kidney, as well as Of course, just because a well- the extent of secondhand aerosol headaches, improve symptoms beef, soy, sardines, mackerel, and controlled study has not been exposure among the nation’s of Parkinson’s disease and peanuts. conducted yet doesn’t mean that youth, comes from the 2015 depression, stop dementia, and CoQ10 interacts with several the supplement is of no value. National Youth Tobacco Survey even slow the aging process? important drugs, so caution is If you are considering using (NYTS) and are published today Is it beneficial for those with necessary: CoQ10 as a supplement, discuss it in JAMA Pediatrics. cancer, muscular dystrophy, and ■ CoQ10 can impact those with your physician to determine “We know that secondhand periodontal disease? Does it who have bleeding disorders whether it might be worthwhile. e-cigarette aerosol is not boost energy and speed recovery or who are taking drugs that Dr. Alan Frischer is former chief harmless,” said Brian King, from exercise? increase the risk of bleeding. It of staff and former chief of Ph.D., M.P.H., deputy director I am always skeptical when reduces the effects of the blood medicine at Downey Regional for research translation in CDC’s I see so many and such diverse thinner warfarin (Coumadin), and Medical Center. Write to him in Office on Smoking and Health claims. interacts with aspirin. CoQ10 care of this newspaper at 8301 and a co-author of the study. “It’s CoQ10 was first recognized should be discontinued one week E. Florence Ave., Suite 100, critical to protect our nation’s in the 1950s, when researchers in prior to a surgery. Downey, CA 90240. youth from this preventable health risk.” Great Britain carried out studies ■ CoQ10 can lower blood on cellular structure. Several pressure, which is especially Findings from the study companies now distribute it as a relevant for those who are on Overall, exposure to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes in an indoor or outdoor place was reported by 24.2 percent of students. By Dead bat found in Walmart salad, subgroups, exposure was: ■ 9 percent among males; prompting recall 26.7 percent among females Organic salad mix sold in continues to investigate the The prepackaged salad mix ■ Walmart stores was recalled situation. The packages affected is only sold in Walmart stores in 0 percent among non- this week after a dead bat was are sold in clear 5 oz. containers the Southeastern region of the Hispanic whites, 24.5 percent reportedly found in a package in with the production code United States. The chain has since Florida. G089B19 and the “best if used removed the items from store The CDC was testing the bat by” date of April 14. shelves. for rabies, but conclusive results “Fresh Express takes matters The CDC said anyone who may not be possible due to the of food safety very seriously and already ate the recalled product, animals’ deteriorated condition, rigorously complies with all food and didn’t find “extraneous officials said. safety regulations including the animal matter,” are not at risk of Fresh Express issued a recall proscribed Good Agricultural contracting rabies. of the Organic Marketside Spring Practices,” the company said in a Mix as a precaution as the CDC statement. 8 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, April 13, 2017 Whittier eighth-grader overcomes physical challenges to lead team in STEM competition

WHITTIER – Los Nietos Middle School eighth-grader Jared Avalos an exercise he repeats each evening. He attends physical therapy lets his imagination soar each time he meets with classmates for three times per week and has shown steady improvement. Jared can the school’s Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement MESA now walk with the aid of a walker, though he typically travels in a Program, escaping all his day’s real challenges. wheelchair. His obstacles have done little to curb his love of soccer and video games like Dragon Ball Z – the kind of game he would like MESA is particularly meaningful for Avalos, who has trouble to design someday. walking due to a neurological condition called transverse myelitis. Avalos is unhindered, however, when exploring math and science. His “He never complains. He knows this is just an obstacle in life that talent for both is helping LNMS send six teams to the MESA Regional he will get through with the help of God, family and the community,” Competition on April 8 at UC Irvine. said Sergio Avalos, Jared’s father. “His experience has helped him relate with others and have empathy, because everyone experiences “I have a lot of fun in MESA because it gives me a chance to create their own challenges.” with my friends, and also compete,” said Jared, an honors student with a 3.8 G.P.A. Avalos confronted his son’s challenge by volunteering at LNMS during all of last year, helping Jared through physical exercises Jared will be competing in the Mouse Trap Car and Prosthetic Arm throughout the day. categories as he engineers projects with his classmates. Los Nietos Middle School has a strong tradition of MESA, which is a part of the “Sergio was always around our campus helping out and assisting school’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Jared in physical education,” LNMS Principal Shanonn Zelaya said. (STEAM) coursework strand, and has reached the MESA prelims and “Our District is all about family and the Avaloses are an important Los Nietos eighth-grader Jared Avalos with his mother, Nora, and his regionals competitions in each of the last five years. part of ours.” father, Sergio. Jared has excelled in the MESA program and beyond Jared’s road to the competition has been more challenging Jared is working toward a strong performance this week at the despite a neurological condition that makes walking difficult. than most. Three years ago, he suddenly lost the ability to walk, MESA Regionals, though he has already scored a high mark with his confounding his family. Only after several tests was he diagnosed community and fellow competitors. with transverse myelitis. Superintendent Jonathan Vasquez said. “Our MESA Program is meant “Jared is a shining example that our children can overcome to inspire our students to produce their best, but in Jared’s case he is Each morning, Jared wakes up an hour early to stretch his legs, any obstacle with the right support around them,” Los Nietos inspiring our program.” Paramount hosts March Madness competition and raises $95,000 for student scholarships

PARAMOUNT – Paramount Unified schools ran a full-court press “At Jackson, we are continually looking for novel ways to raise money during the District’s inaugural March Madness fundraiser, generating for PEP, and turning it into a friendly competition motivated our teachers more than $95,000 for student scholarships. and students to raise their game further,” Jackson Principal Kelly Anderson said. “Once it became a district-wide competition, we knew that all the Modeled after the popular college basketball tournament, 18 other schools would want to knock us out so we had to raise our game Paramount schools participated in the fundraiser. Jackson Middle School even further!” scored a slam dunk, collecting more than $31,000 in donations for the Paramount Education Partnership (PEP) and outdistancing rival Paramount Jackson set a fundraising goal of $20,000, and offered fun incentives West High School to win the championship. for its students such as an afternoon of Bubble Soccer or Gaga Ball for classrooms that raised the most money. Faculty and staff effectively “Paramount Unified is dedicated to providing a college-going culture employed online resources like GoFundMe to reach beyond the Paramount for all students, and supporting PEP scholarships with fundraising events city limits, raising nearly $5,000. such as March Madness really helps to bring the community together,” PUSD Superintendent Dr. Ruth Pérez said. “The schools had a lot of fun Mokler Elementary School raised over $2,000 through a variety of an elementary school student will be raising money to help pay for their with the competition and every campus found distinctive ways to raise events aimed at raising awareness of college and career – raffles for college.” money for their future.” teachers, a silent auction for parents during Mokler’s Open House on Paramount Unified partners with the City of Paramount and the March 24, and a two-week Penny Wars competition for the students. In 2016, Jackson Middle School held its own March Madness Paramount Chamber of Commerce to provide scholarship money for competition, with individual classrooms vying against each other, and the “We used the March Madness fundraiser to help the students PUSD graduates as a way to make college education financially accessible school raised more than $10,000 for PEP. This fundraising format proved conceptualize higher education,” Mokler Principal Linh Roberts said. “We for all students. Fundraisers such as Pennies for PEP have helped fund the so successful that Dr. Perez encouraged all District schools to participate wanted to emphasize that they were helping their older brothers and organization for more than a dozen years, while educating students on the in 2017. sisters realize their dreams, and that one day when they are in high school, benefits of pursuing college education.

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Torres does just that by rapping about the struggles of a young man trying to find himself and navigate his way Al Green Baron Davis Ty Dolla $ign through life. R&B singer basketball player rapper 71 38 32 The 24-year-old Norwalk native has been working on his 16 song debut mixtape entitled “The Beginning” for the past year and is finally ready to release it later this Rapper Chris Torres of Norwalk is set to release his debut mixtape “The Beginning,” which explores topics of love, youth month. and police brutality. Photo | William Odis Martin Torres incorporates his like smoking marijuana with role models as they can find. their actions. life into his lyrics. At times friends, hanging out with Although Torres admits he is in the mixtape, it seems to Part of Torres’ story ran in a girls at parties and throwing not an angel, his words could be an intimate reading of February issue of The Norwalk back some brews like in his be what someone needs to his personal diary. His song Patriot featuring a group of song “Good Times,” Torres hear to counter the negativity “Change” opens up about young skaters and musicians also taps into real life themes that swarms lower-income the purpose of his music and called Forever Dedicated like going to work, social communities. introduces his thoughtful who are collectively trying to Britney Spears announces end issues like police brutality, approach to writing. In his song “Justice,” catalyze positive change in and interpersonal themes like Torres writes about the police the city. to Las Vegas show “At the beginning of this falling in love. shooting that occurred across Britney Spears this week An estimated 700,000 people mixtape, I was just trying “We are all trying to His song “She” is an the street from Cerritos announced the end of her have seen the show, which takes to find myself,” said Torres. grind and all trying to be intimate love letter to his College. It was written around residency at the Planet Hollywood place in The AXIS at Planet “I didn’t tell anyone I was somebody. This is not about girlfriend. “Pushin” is a the same time the Black in Las Vegas. Hollywood. making it.” getting rich and famous. It is tailormade radio hit with Lives Matter movement was Spears will continue to It’s possible Spears will about spreading a positive His poetry was his therapy. double time rap style that calls building momentum after perform the show, titled “Pieces continue performing in Las message,” Torres said. of Me,” through the end of this Vegas, but at a different location. “Eventually I found my out the mumble rap culture the series of videos showing “I had a passion for skating year. Tickets to the remaining voice and felt like I could make that is currently prevalent in police-related homicides “We are done with this show, but now I put that passion shows go on sale Friday. a difference with music. I built popular rap music. around the country. and our next move is undecided,” into my music. I was grinding, “As I prepare to say goodbye her manager, Larry Rudolph, up the confidence to put “Those guys aren’t about Unlike Mike Brown or putting in work at all kinds of to ‘Pieces of Me,’ I had no idea told the Las Vegas Review- myself out there in December telling stories, [but] I like to Eric Garner, this incident warehouses trying to make how magical this experience Journal. “We are still talking with of last year and plan to keep be real and just tell it like seemed to be getting a lot ends meet but now I have would be,” Spears said in a Caesars Entertainment and other pushing this for the next year it is,” he said. “I feel like my less attention so he let his statement. “Having my fans from interested parties in Las Vegas.” direction. I have a purpose. I and have two more mixtapes story can help people with emotions bleed onto his around the world come see my am only getting better from planned down the line. That is similar struggles get through notepad and express the show has been amazing. I love Las here. That’s why I called it The the goal.” the tough times.” frustration of having to live Vegas and will miss performing Beginning.” this show.” in fear of yet another deadly While not afraid to have The next generation of gang in the city, the police, To check out his music, The pop star began her Vegas a little fun and rap about kids within the community who according to Torres, could visit his soundcloud by residency in 2013, amassing more traditional hip hop topics need as many positive male kill without repercussions for searching “Chris Torres FD.” than $100 million in ticket sales.

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The Downey Council PTA held its first-ever Color-A-Thon fun run Saturday at Columbus High School, a colorful fundraiser in which hundreds of participants run or walk a course while celebrating with colored powder. Photos courtesy Claudia Cano Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Downey Patriot | 11

Shared Stories: Can anyone spell ‘manic episode?’

Gail Earl’s stream of from stars than dark knew? She had to be 100 years POETRY MATTERS consciousness one sleepless with nothingness. old back then. Her and that night takes her from a bedside darned yardstick. I think she That reminds me candle, to apple orchards, to whacked me everyday! of a passage I either her daughter’s peach allergy, heard or read once Now Mr. Chichecki was the At Santa Monica and Western and Sister Cornelius. Many of that was talking coolest teacher I ever had. I us can relate to this problem. about the sky being had him for both 6th and 7th You’ve been touched up Shared Stories is a weekly so full of stars that grade. He taught both. I loved and your game’s gone south. column featuring articles it looked like “little him! Now who in the world fails Now you’re just a battered pitcher by participants in a writing holes in the floor of kindergarten? Yes I really did. class at the Norwalk Senior in black relief heaven.” Of course there was a really Center. Bonnie Mansell is the against the sun blanched corner good explanation for it!!! instructor for this free class Speaking of at Santa Monica and Western. offered through the Cerritos holes, I wonder if the Why do I care about this College Adult Education corner donut shop now? Can’t I think about all A long red light Program. Curated by Carol still sells donut holes. these very important things in compels us to watch your windup. Kearns. write. I’m sure that will help. They were so yummy. the daytime like most human You pull at your cap, When my son was in junior high beings? I wonder how many Oh wait, I can’t start pound your glove, we’d stop on the way to school human beings there are in the and check the runners, By Gail Earl tomorrow. I don’t think I’ll be and grab a donut. world. I wonder how many sleeping any tonight and my of them are leading a happy shake off signs I haven’t had this many His was always blue. Who two granddaughters will be life. And what the heck is the and whisper the count thoughts all week. Why now, at eats blue donuts? I’m just here at 6 a.m. meaning of life anyway? Why with lips that never stop moving. 2:30 a.m., is my brain filled with saying: chocolate – yes, maple are we here? useless information? I wonder what we can do –yes, vanilla - yes. What the You arm wrestle with the wind, for fun tomorrow. We got free heck is blue? I should buy new bedding I am not sure why I felt the passes to a couple of zoos this for this room. I wonder what quite delirious with your stuff need to look out my upstairs We’d always pass the same week when we went to the color I like. Should I change and you wait for the medicine to work. window now. All I see are several Mustang on our way out of the Science Museum. Maybe we the bedding in my room too Just like the rest of us. other houses (all lights off), the donut shop parking lot, and my can – oh, never mind. It will be or just leave it? Do I really care occasional car zipping down the son would wave to the pretty too hot for me to spend the day enough? I wonder if – I - O.K., street, and one lone opossum young girl inside who was also at the zoo. this is just stupid. I need some exploring my driveway. being driven to school. I can’t -Rick Smith, Whispering in a Mad Dog’s Ear sleep. I wonder if those Sleep Oh, let me check my email believe that they have been I’m watching him intently, Number Beds are any good? Poetry and baseball, the great American metaphor for life, take - nothing much going on married for 19 years already. like it matters where he’s going. center stage this month. On April 20, Poetry Matters will feature there. Face book – no. Guess Why won’t my brain shut And that car that just drove Where did all that time twenty poets reading from Poet’s Calendar, a collection from everyone’s sleeping. Why do I off? It would be different if I was away, where is he going at this go? Time - is it morning yet? I appearances over the past two years at Stay Gallery. Smith, a have such trouble sleeping at solving some world problems. hour? think I might be a little crabby clinical psychologist, master blues harpist and poet has been night? I have for years. featured in two previous Poetry Matters anthology publications, all tomorrow. Do you know that Nope, no world problem This candle on my bookshelf I wonder how sweet Ms sponsored by the Downey Arts Coalition. The public is invited to Sister Cornelius, 2nd grade, solutions. Just donut holes - the event, which starts at 7:30. Poetry Matters is curated by Lorine looks like a tree in the Johnson is doing. She lives in was the crabbiest person I ever story of my life. Parks. moonlight. You know the best that house right there. She’s trees, ever, were the trees in the blind and lives alone in that big orchard when I was a kid. We’d house. I suppose there’s never have crab apple wars and peach any lights on there. I never pitching contests. I wonder why noticed. my grand daughter is allergic to peaches. Wow, my plants in the front yard look really nice. The moon My mind is racing about a is so perfectly full tonight. Boy, book I’ve wanted to write for my oldest grandchild Elizabeth 4 years and wonder how will loves stargazing with the big I ever get it finished if I can’t telescope on the driveway at seem to get it started. Maybe the river. The sky is so clear I really will start tomorrow with there that there is more light a designated time everyday to

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NORWALK – Norwalk Sherriff’s Station has a new captain in the form of James Tatreau. Tatreau says that he feels he was destined to be an officer, coming from a lineage of public service. “I come from a law enforcement family. My dad, he was an LAPD commander,” said Tatreau. “I think I was destined to be a police officer. I really think being a police officer was a job created for me…I truly love helping people, and helping people in my sense of that word was being a guardian over those people that needed that help and couldn’t do for them what I could do for them as a police officer.” Tatreau’s career started when he was 20 years of age when he spent around five and a half years at the Men’s Central Jail, moving on to Pico Rivera and eventually to Norwalk, where he originally was a deputy. He has spent a fair amount of time at the Norwalk Station throughout his tenure, however spent some time away after moving on to Headquarters Bureau and being promoted to sergeant and arriving at Lennox Station. “I’ve hit this station at every rank,” said Tetreau. “It seems to be kind of like my home, if you will, because I keep coming back…I’ve only been gone a year and a half, so I know it very well still.” Photo | City of Norwalk Now as captain, Tatreau says he intends to “lead from the front.” “To lead by example and to show the deputies by example what it means to be a professional law enforcement officer, and how to foster and cultivate good working Perez, Rios, and Ayala sworn into relationships with the business owners, the community people, and the kids as well as the seniors in this community,” said Tatreau. office, Vernola selected as new mayor “It’s those relationships that help us do our job more effectively.” The local community has expressed concern about an increase in crime and violence – By Alex Dominguez direction,’” said Perez. “Now The task was accomplished notably an increase in shootings - over the last several years. Staff Writer is the time to combine our extremely quickly, thanks in efforts and our courage with part to two of the Council’s This has not gone unaddressed by the new captain. purpose and direction and newest members Ayala “I’m concerned as they are with the shootings. Shootings are up; there has been an NORWALK – For the first make this year successful.” and Perez, who nominated time in nearly a year, Norwalk’s and seconded veteran increase in shootings,” said Tatreau. “I’ve got a couple plans in place to tackle that…I “There is much to be done, City Council once again sits councilmember Luigi hope to have some success there.” but it’s not impossible,” said at a complete five individuals Vernola into the position. Rios. “Together, we will move When asked what some of his strategies might be, Tatreau said that it has to do with after Margarita Rios, Jennifer Council approved the move Norwalk forward.” bringing more personnel in from outside of Norwalk. Perez and Tony Ayala were unanimously. all officially sworn in Tuesday “I’m looking forward Leonard Shryock was soon “It’s not a lot of secret stuff,” said Tatreau. “It’s bringing in people and showing that evening. to a very productive year, after unanimously voted as we’re here and that we’re going to do some enforcement.” especially in the areas of Flanked by each of their Vice Mayor. potholes, public safety and Tatreau has been in his new position for just over a week now. He asks the community families, Rios, Perez and Ayala senior citizens; I think we’re on Vernola and Shryock will for its continued support. all stood before a packed room the same page when it comes now take lead for the new within the council chambers “Continue to be a good partner with us,” said Tatreau. “If you’re skeptical, give us a to that,” said Ayala. council, unique in that it is and took the oath of office chance…For those who have had a negative experience with us in the past, I just ask that made up of a majority of fresh before sitting amongst their “Really the only thing that you not judge all of us by that one experience because we all make mistakes.” faces. fellow councilmembers. makes sense to say right now Tatreau continued: “Just because I’m wearing this uniform doesn’t mean I’m going to as I sit here and look out at all “The people are the Each said a few words. defend my people blindly; I will defend them, but I will also be reasonable and fair.” -- of you is to say thank you from backbone, the blood, the Alex Dominguez, staff writer “As I was preparing for this the bottom of my heart.” water, the sweat of this moment tonight ladies and community,” said Vernola. The newly formed council’s gentlemen, I was reminded of “We all have to work together, first matter of business was a quote from John F Kennedy. no matter what it is or what it the appointment of the new ‘Efforts and courage are not entails for the betterment of Mayor and Vice Mayor. enough without purpose and all.” Shryock described it as a “new era.” Rios, Perez, and Ayala all also appointed their representatives to the Planning Commission, naming Rosa Barragan, Kim Apoadoca and Linda Lopez, respectively. Several other individuals were also appointed to several commissions and advisory bodies as well. Thursday, April 13, 2017 Legal Notices The Downey Patriot | 13 NAME STATEMENT FORWARDERS, 14409 E. TERRYKNOLL State of Incorporation: (1) N/A This statement was filed with the County NAME STATEMENT Fict. Bus Name File Number 2017056107 DR., WHITTIER CA 90604, LA COUNTY This business is conducted by an Individual Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 8, 2017 File Number 2017075207 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Articles of Incorporation or Organization The registrant commenced to transact NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) WEATHERIZE Number (if applicable): AI #ON: business under the fictitious business name (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) FLORENCE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS YOUR HOME NOW, 5725 HARDING AVE, 201707410486 or names listed above on N/A Statement generally expires at the end of HOMES, 6745 WASHINGTON AVE #142, NAME STATEMENT SOUTH GATE CA 90280, LA COUNTY REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) H L I declare that all information in this statement five years from the date on which it was filed WHITTIER CA 90601, LA COUNTY File Number 2017088473 Articles of Incorporation or Organization HAWAII FORWARDERS LLC, 14409 E. is true and correct. (A registrant who in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Articles of Incorporation or Organization THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A TERRYKNOLL DR., WHITTIER CA 90604 declares as true information which he or provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Number (if applicable): AI #ON: 2815872 DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ALEX REALTY REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ANGELA State of Incorporation: (1) CA she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) where it expires 40 days after any change in REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) REAL CORPORATION, 14057 PARAMOUNT HERNANDEZ, 5725 HARDING AVE, This business is conducted by a Limited S/ CHRIS YONGHI LEE, OWNER the facts set forth in the statement pursuant CONSULTANTS MORTGAGE AND BLVD. STE. B, PARAMOUNT CA 90723, SOUTH GATE CA 90280 Liability Company This statement was filed with the County to section 17913 other than a change in the REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC, 6745 LA COUNTY State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The registrant commenced to transact Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 17, 2017 residence address of a registered owner. A WASHINGTON AVE #142, WHITTIER Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by an Individual business under the fictitious business name NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision New Fictitious Business Name Statement CA 90601 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: 3986331 The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on N/A (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name must be filed before the expiration. Effective State of Incorporation: (1) CA REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ALEX business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement Statement generally expires at the end of January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business This business is conducted by a Corporation REALTY CORPORATION, 14057 or names listed above on N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who five years from the date on which it was filed Name Statement must be accompanied by The registrant commenced to transact PARAMOUNT BLVD. STE B, PARAMOUNT I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or in the office of the County Clerk, except, as the affidavit of identity form. business under the fictitious business name CA 90723 is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, The filing of this statement does not of itself or names listed above on 03/2017 State of Incorporation: (1) CA declares as true information which he or S/ H L HAWAII FORWARDERS LLC, CEO, where it expires 40 days after any change in authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious I declare that all information in this statement This business is conducted by a Corporation she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) GERARDO AVILA the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Business Name in violation of the rights of is true and correct. (A registrant who The registrant commenced to transact S/ ANGELA HERNANDEZ, OWNER This statement was filed with the County to section 17913 other than a change in the another under Federal, State, or common declares as true information which he or business under the fictitious business name This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on APRIL 3, 2017 residence address of a registered owner. A law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) or names listed above on 04/2017 Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 6, 2017 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision New Fictitious Business Name Statement Professions Code). S/ REAL CONSULTANTS MORTGAGE I declare that all information in this statement NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name must be filed before the expiration. Effective AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC, is true and correct. (A registrant who (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The Downey Patriot PRESIDENT, DEVLIN DUARTE declares as true information which he or Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed Name Statement must be accompanied by 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 This statement was filed with the County she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as the affidavit of identity form. Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 24, 2017 S/ ALEX REALTY CORPORATION, in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, The filing of this statement does not of itself STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision PRESIDENT, LIDIA CASTILLO provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name This statement was filed with the County where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Business Name in violation of the rights of NAME Statement generally expires at the end of Clerk of Los Angeles on APRIL 7, 2017 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the another under Federal, State, or common 2017083761 five years from the date on which it was filed NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business File Number 2014011749 DATE FILED: in the office of the County Clerk, except, as (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement Professions Code). JANUARY 15, 2014 provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Statement generally expires at the end of New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective NAME OF BUSINESS(ES): F.O.M GROUP, where it expires 40 days after any change in five years from the date on which it was filed must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The Downey Patriot WELL & WILL the facts set forth in the statement pursuant in the office of the County Clerk, except, as January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP to section 17913 other than a change in the provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. CODE: 945 S WESTERN AVE SUITE #105, residence address of a registered owner. A where it expires 40 days after any change in the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself FICTITIOUS BUSINESS LOS ANGELES, CA,90006 New Fictitious Business Name Statement the facts set forth in the statement pursuant The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious NAME STATEMENT REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) HAIYAN must be filed before the expiration. Effective to section 17913 other than a change in the authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of File Number 2017073753 XU, 945 S WESTERN AVE SUITE #105, January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business residence address of a registered owner. A Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) LOS ANGELES CA 90006 (2) HONGIL KIM, Name Statement must be accompanied by New Fictitious Business Name Statement another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) NEPTUNE 945 S WESTERN AVE SUITE #105, LOS the affidavit of identity form. must be filed before the expiration. Effective law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). SEAFOOD PURVEYOR, 9324 HORLEY ANGELES CA 90006 The filing of this statement does not of itself January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Professions Code). AVE, DOWNEY CA 90240, LA COUNTY State of Incorporation: N/A authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Name Statement must be accompanied by The Downey Patriot Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by a Married Business Name in violation of the rights of the affidavit of identity form. The Downey Patriot 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17, 5/4/17 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Couple another under Federal, State, or common The filing of this statement does not of itself 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) GIBRAN I declare that all information in this statement law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious FICTITIOUS BUSINESS RUBIO, 9324 HORLEY AVE, DOWNEY is true and correct. (A registrant who Professions Code). Business Name in violation of the rights of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT CA 90240 declares as true information which he or another under Federal, State, or common NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017074344 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) The Downey Patriot law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business File Number 2017068734 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) This business is conducted by an Individual S/ HONGIL KIM, OWNER 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 Professions Code). THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) STONEWOOD The registrant commenced to transact This statement was filed with the County DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) KUSTOM 1 REALTY, 8255 FIRESTONE BLVD, STE business under the fictitious business name Clerk of LOS ANGELES on APRIL 4, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The Downey Patriot WAREHOUSE, 14903 MARQUARDT AVE, 306, DOWNEY CA 90241, LA COUNTY or names listed above on N/A NAME STATEMENT 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17, 5/4/17 SANTE FE SPRINGS CA 90670, COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization I declare that all information in this statement The Downey Patriot File Number 2017049812 OF LOS ANGELES Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) GEORGE declares as true information which he or DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ETE FACTORY NAME STATEMENT Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A OLMOS, 11879 HERCULES ST, NORWALK she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS OUTLET INC, 8415 ATLANTIC AVE, File Number 2017068877 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) VALERIE CA 90650 S/ GIBRAN RUBIO, OWNER NAME STATEMENT CUDAHY CA 90201, LA COUNTY THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) GODBOUT, 14903 MARQUARDT AVE, State of Incorporation: (1) N/A This statement was filed with the County File Number 2017075306 Articles of Incorporation or Organization DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) DYNAMIC SANTE FE SPRINGS CA 90670 (2) This business is conducted by an Individual Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 23, 2017 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: 3980557 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, 11802 STUART WRIGHT, 14903 MARQUARDT The registrant commenced to transact NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) MEDIA PIXEL REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ETE HOLSTON AVENUE, LA MIRADA CA AVE, SANTE FE SPRINGS CA 90670 business under the fictitious business name (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name CORP, 7840 FIRESTONE BL. #2016, FACTORY OUTLET INC, 8415 ATLANTIC 90638, LA COUNTY State of Incorporation: (1) N/A or names listed above on N/A Statement generally expires at the end of DOWNEY CA 90242, LA COUNTY, 8404 AVE, CUDAHY CA 90201 Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by a General I declare that all information in this statement five years from the date on which it was filed BORSON ST., DOWNEY CA 90242 State of Incorporation: (1) CA Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Partnership is true and correct. (A registrant who in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by a Corporation REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JUAN The registrant commenced to transact declares as true information which he or provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A The registrant commenced to transact SEVILLA, 11802 HOLSTON AVENUE, LA business under the fictitious business name she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) where it expires 40 days after any change in REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CARLOS business under the fictitious business name MIRADA CA 90638 or names listed above on 02/2012 S/ GEORGE OLMOS, OWNER the facts set forth in the statement pursuant E. MOSQUERA VILLEGAS, 8404 BORSON or names listed above on 02/2017 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A I declare that all information in this statement This statement was filed with the County to section 17913 other than a change in the ST, DOWNEY CA 90242 I declare that all information in this statement This business is conducted by an Individual is true and correct. (A registrant who Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 23, 2017 residence address of a registered owner. A State of Incorporation: (1) N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who The registrant commenced to transact declares as true information which he or NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision New Fictitious Business Name Statement This business is conducted by an Individual declares as true information which he or business under the fictitious business name she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name must be filed before the expiration. Effective The registrant commenced to transact she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) or names listed above on N/A S/ VALERIE GODBOUT, PARTNER Statement generally expires at the end of January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business business under the fictitious business name S/ ETE FACTORY OUTLET INC, I declare that all information in this statement This statement was filed with the County five years from the date on which it was filed Name Statement must be accompanied by or names listed above on 03/2017 PRESIDENT, ALEXIS MARISA PICHARDO is true and correct. (A registrant who Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 17, 2017 in the office of the County Clerk, except, as the affidavit of identity form. I declare that all information in this statement This statement was filed with the County declares as true information which he or NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, The filing of this statement does not of itself is true and correct. (A registrant who Clerk of Los Angeles on FEBRUARY 28, she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name where it expires 40 days after any change in authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious declares as true information which he or 2017 S/ JUAN SEVILLA, OWNER Statement generally expires at the end of the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Business Name in violation of the rights of she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision This statement was filed with the County five years from the date on which it was filed to section 17913 other than a change in the another under Federal, State, or common S/ CARLOS E. MOSQUERA VILLEGAS, (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 17, 2017 in the office of the County Clerk, except, as residence address of a registered owner. A law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business OWNER Statement generally expires at the end of NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, New Fictitious Business Name Statement Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County five years from the date on which it was filed (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name where it expires 40 days after any change in must be filed before the expiration. Effective Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 24, 2017 in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Statement generally expires at the end of the facts set forth in the statement pursuant January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The Downey Patriot NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, five years from the date on which it was filed to section 17913 other than a change in the Name Statement must be accompanied by 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name where it expires 40 days after any change in in the office of the County Clerk, except, as residence address of a registered owner. A the affidavit of identity form. Statement generally expires at the end of the facts set forth in the statement pursuant provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, New Fictitious Business Name Statement The filing of this statement does not of itself FICTITIOUS BUSINESS five years from the date on which it was filed to section 17913 other than a change in the where it expires 40 days after any change in must be filed before the expiration. Effective authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious NAME STATEMENT in the office of the County Clerk, except, as residence address of a registered owner. A the facts set forth in the statement pursuant January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Business Name in violation of the rights of File Number 2017070079 provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, New Fictitious Business Name Statement to section 17913 other than a change in the Name Statement must be accompanied by another under Federal, State, or common THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) where it expires 40 days after any change in must be filed before the expiration. Effective residence address of a registered owner. A the affidavit of identity form. law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) HAPPY the facts set forth in the statement pursuant January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business New Fictitious Business Name Statement The filing of this statement does not of itself Professions Code). CARITAS (2) CALIVERA, 12036 164TH to section 17913 other than a change in the Name Statement must be accompanied by must be filed before the expiration. Effective authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious ST., NORWALK CA 90650, LA COUNTY residence address of a registered owner. A the affidavit of identity form. January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Business Name in violation of the rights of The Downey Patriot Articles of Incorporation or Organization New Fictitious Business Name Statement The filing of this statement does not of itself Name Statement must be accompanied by another under Federal, State, or common 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A must be filed before the expiration. Effective authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious the affidavit of identity form. law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) MONICA January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Business Name in violation of the rights of The filing of this statement does not of itself Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS LILLIAN CONDE, 12036 164TH ST., Name Statement must be accompanied by another under Federal, State, or common authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious NAME STATEMENT NORWALK CA 90650 the affidavit of identity form. law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Business Name in violation of the rights of The Downey Patriot File Number 2017053846 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The filing of this statement does not of itself Professions Code). another under Federal, State, or common 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) This business is conducted by an Individual authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) GOLDEN AUTO The registrant commenced to transact Business Name in violation of the rights of The Downey Patriot Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS INSURANCE AGENCY, 6320 FLORENCE business under the fictitious business name another under Federal, State, or common 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 NAME STATEMENT AVE #D, BELL GARDENS CA 90201, LA or names listed above on 01/2017 law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business The Downey Patriot File Number 2017076536 COUNTY I declare that all information in this statement Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Articles of Incorporation or Organization is true and correct. (A registrant who NAME STATEMENT DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SANTIAGO Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A declares as true information which he or The Downey Patriot File Number 2017060498 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS READY MIX, 638 E 107TH ST, LOS REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ERIKA she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) NAME STATEMENT ANGELES CA 90002, LA COUNTY ROA, 6320 FLORENCE AVE #D, BELL S/ MONICA LILLIAN CONDE, OWNER DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) GOOD FAITH File Number 2017073954 Articles of Incorporation or Organization GARDENS CA 90201 This statement was filed with the County FICTITIOUS BUSINESS TAX SERVICES, 3025 W ARTESIA BLVD THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A State of Incorporation: (1) N/A Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 20, 2017 NAME STATEMENT SUITE 113, TORRANCE CA 90504, LA DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) JACKIE’S REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ARTURO This business is conducted by an Individual NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision File Number 2017076481 COUNTY FOUNDATION (2) JACKIE FAMILY LOPEZ SANTIAGO, 638 E 107TH ST, LOS The registrant commenced to transact (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Articles of Incorporation or Organization SERVICES, 9101 E. SLAUSON AVE. ANGELES CA 90002 business under the fictitious business name Statement generally expires at the end of DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) DUARTE Number (if applicable): AI #ON: SUITE B, PICO RIVERA CA 90660, State of Incorporation: (1) CA or names listed above on N/A five years from the date on which it was filed BARBER STUDIO, 6142 ATLANTIC BLVD, 201629510082 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES This business is conducted by an Individual I declare that all information in this statement in the office of the County Clerk, except, as MAYWOOD CA 90270, LA COUNTY REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) Articles of Incorporation or Organization The registrant commenced to transact is true and correct. (A registrant who provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Articles of Incorporation or Organization ENTERPRISE INVESTMENTS SOLUTION Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A business under the fictitious business name declares as true information which he or where it expires 40 days after any change in Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A LLC, 3025 W ARTESIA BLVD SUITE 113, REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) or names listed above on N/A she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) the facts set forth in the statement pursuant REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) GILBERT TORRANCE CA 90504 GERALDINE GRANDA, 9101 E. SLAUSON I declare that all information in this statement S/ ERIKA ROA, OWNER to section 17913 other than a change in the DUARTE JR, 907 DUFF AVE, LA PUENTE State of Incorporation: (1) CA SUITE B, PICO RIVERA CA 90660 is true and correct. (A registrant who This statement was filed with the County residence address of a registered owner. A CA 91744 This business is conducted by a Limited State of Incorporation: (1) N/A declares as true information which he or Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 3, 2017 New Fictitious Business Name Statement State of Incorporation: (1) N/A Liability Company This business is conducted by an Individual she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision must be filed before the expiration. Effective This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant commenced to transact The registrant commenced to transact S/ ARTURO LOPEZ SANTIAGO, OWNER (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name business under the fictitious business name This statement was filed with the County Statement generally expires at the end of Name Statement must be accompanied by business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A or names listed above on 03/2017 Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 28, 2017 five years from the date on which it was filed the affidavit of identity form. or names listed above on 03/2017 I declare that all information in this statement I declare that all information in this statement NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision in the office of the County Clerk, except, as The filing of this statement does not of itself I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who is true and correct. (A registrant who (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or declares as true information which he or Statement generally expires at the end of where it expires 40 days after any change in Business Name in violation of the rights of declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) five years from the date on which it was filed the facts set forth in the statement pursuant another under Federal, State, or common she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/ ENTERPRISE INVESTMENTS S/ GERALDINE GRANDA, OWNER in the office of the County Clerk, except, as to section 17913 other than a change in the law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business S/ GILBERT DUARTE JR, OWNER SOLUTION LLC, CEO, TIONNA LABAT This statement was filed with the County provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, residence address of a registered owner. A Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 23, 2017 where it expires 40 days after any change in New Fictitious Business Name Statement Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 28, 2017 Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 9, 2017 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision the facts set forth in the statement pursuant must be filed before the expiration. Effective The Downey Patriot NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name to section 17913 other than a change in the January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of residence address of a registered owner. A Name Statement must be accompanied by Statement generally expires at the end of Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed New Fictitious Business Name Statement the affidavit of identity form. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS five years from the date on which it was filed five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as must be filed before the expiration. Effective The filing of this statement does not of itself NAME STATEMENT in the office of the County Clerk, except, as in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious File Number 2017080995 provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in Name Statement must be accompanied by Business Name in violation of the rights of THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS where it expires 40 days after any change in where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant the affidavit of identity form. another under Federal, State, or common (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) RTM the facts set forth in the statement pursuant the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the The filing of this statement does not of itself law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business CONSULTING FIRM, 7448 ADWEN to section 17913 other than a change in the to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Professions Code). STREET, DOWNEY CA 90241, LA residence address of a registered owner. A residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement Business Name in violation of the rights of COUNTY New Fictitious Business Name Statement New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective another under Federal, State, or common The Downey Patriot Articles of Incorporation or Organization must be filed before the expiration. Effective must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by Professions Code). REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ROCIO Name Statement must be accompanied by Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS TERRAZAS MORALES, 7448 ADWEN the affidavit of identity form. the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself The Downey Patriot NAME STATEMENT STREET, DOWNEY CA 90241 The filing of this statement does not of itself The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 File Number 2017074104 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) This business is conducted by an Individual Business Name in violation of the rights of Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common FICTITIOUS BUSINESS DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) KNOCKOUT The registrant commenced to transact another under Federal, State, or common another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business NAME STATEMENT BAIL BONDS, 3821 GAGE AVE, BELL business under the fictitious business name law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). File Number 2017078815 CA 90201, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES or names listed above on N/A Professions Code). Professions Code). THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Articles of Incorporation or Organization I declare that all information in this statement The Downey Patriot DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) KING FIO Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who The Downey Patriot The Downey Patriot 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 TRUCKING, 15627 ELMCROFT AVE, REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) MOTA declares as true information which he or 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 NORWALK CA 90650, LA COUNTY, BAIL BONDS INC., 3821 GAGE AVE, BELL she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 12325 IMPERIAL HWY #202, NORWALK CA 90201 S/ ROCIO TERRAZAS MORALES, OWNER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT CA 90650 State of Incorporation: (1) CA This statement was filed with the County NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017054428 Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by a Corporation Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 31, 2017 File Number 2017076411 File Number 2017067994 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A The registrant commenced to transact NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) CAL-VET REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) KING FIO business under the fictitious business name (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) BLUE CAP DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) JDM TRUST TRANSPORT (2) CALVETTRANSPORT (3) TRUCKING, LLC, 15627 ELMCROFT AVE, or names listed above on 05/2011 Statement generally expires at the end of PLUMBING, 847 S. GREENWOOD AVE MOTOR LLC, 3716 ALAMEDA ST, CAL VET TRANSPORT, 11912 HIGHDALE NORWALK CA 90650 I declare that all information in this statement five years from the date on which it was filed #5, MONTEBELLO CA 90640, LA COUNTY VERNON CA 90058, LA COUNTY, 3716 ST, NORWALK CA 90650, LA COUNTY State of Incorporation: (1) CA is true and correct. (A registrant who in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Articles of Incorporation or Organization ALAMEDA ST, VERNON CA 90058 Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by a Limited declares as true information which he or provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Liability Company she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) where it expires 40 days after any change in REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) RUDY The registrant commenced to transact S/ MOTA BAIL BONDS INC., CEO, the facts set forth in the statement pursuant GREGORIO ARRIAGA PINTLE, 847 S. REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JDM OMAR MIRANDA, 11912 HIGHDALE ST, business under the fictitious business name RICHARD MOTA to section 17913 other than a change in the GREENWOOD AVE #5, MONTEBELLO TRUST MOTOR.COM LLC, 3716 ALAMEDA NORWALK CA 90650 or names listed above on N/A This statement was filed with the County residence address of a registered owner. A CA 90640 ST, VERNON CA 90058 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A I declare that all information in this statement Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 23, 2017 New Fictitious Business Name Statement State of Incorporation: (1) N/A State of Incorporation: (1) CA This business is conducted by an Individual is true and correct. (A registrant who NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision must be filed before the expiration. Effective This business is conducted by an Individual This business is conducted by a Limited The registrant commenced to transact declares as true information which he or (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The registrant commenced to transact Liability Company business under the fictitious business name she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Statement generally expires at the end of Name Statement must be accompanied by business under the fictitious business name The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on 03/2017 S/ KING FIO TRUCKING, LLC, MANAGING five years from the date on which it was filed the affidavit of identity form. or names listed above on N/A business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement MEMBER, JENNIE DONNELLY in the office of the County Clerk, except, as The filing of this statement does not of itself I declare that all information in this statement or names listed above on 03/2017 is true and correct. (A registrant who This statement was filed with the County provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious is true and correct. (A registrant who I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 30, 2017 where it expires 40 days after any change in Business Name in violation of the rights of declares as true information which he or is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision the facts set forth in the statement pursuant another under Federal, State, or common she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) declares as true information which he or S/ RUDY OMAR MIRANDA, OWNER (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name to section 17913 other than a change in the law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business S/ GREGORIO ARRIAGA PINTLE, OWNER she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) This statement was filed with the County Statement generally expires at the end of residence address of a registered owner. A Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County S/ JDM TRUST MOTOR.COM LLC, Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 3, 2017 five years from the date on which it was filed New Fictitious Business Name Statement Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 28, 2017 PRESIDENT, RAHIMDAD RAHMANI NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision in the office of the County Clerk, except, as must be filed before the expiration. Effective The Downey Patriot NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision This statement was filed with the County (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 17 , 2017 Statement generally expires at the end of where it expires 40 days after any change in Name Statement must be accompanied by Statement generally expires at the end of NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision five years from the date on which it was filed the facts set forth in the statement pursuant the affidavit of identity form. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS five years from the date on which it was filed (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name in the office of the County Clerk, except, as to section 17913 other than a change in the The filing of this statement does not of itself NAME STATEMENT in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Statement generally expires at the end of provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, residence address of a registered owner. A authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious File Number 2017059088 provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, five years from the date on which it was filed where it expires 40 days after any change in New Fictitious Business Name Statement Business Name in violation of the rights of THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) where it expires 40 days after any change in in the office of the County Clerk, except, as the facts set forth in the statement pursuant must be filed before the expiration. Effective another under Federal, State, or common DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SORIA’S the facts set forth in the statement pursuant provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, to section 17913 other than a change in the January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business MARKET, 8535 E. WASHIGNTON BLVD. to section 17913 other than a change in the where it expires 40 days after any change in residence address of a registered owner. A Name Statement must be accompanied by Professions Code). SUIT A AND B, PICO RIVERA CA 90660, residence address of a registered owner. A the facts set forth in the statement pursuant New Fictitious Business Name Statement the affidavit of identity form. LA COUNTY New Fictitious Business Name Statement to section 17913 other than a change in the must be filed before the expiration. Effective The filing of this statement does not of itself The Downey Patriot Articles of Incorporation or Organization must be filed before the expiration. Effective residence address of a registered owner. A January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business New Fictitious Business Name Statement Name Statement must be accompanied by Business Name in violation of the rights of REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) BLANCA Name Statement must be accompanied by must be filed before the expiration. Effective the affidavit of identity form. another under Federal, State, or common FICTITIOUS BUSINESS R SANCHEZ, 7304 LUXOR ST., DOWNEY the affidavit of identity form. January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The filing of this statement does not of itself law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business NAME STATEMENT CA 90241 The filing of this statement does not of itself Name Statement must be accompanied by authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Professions Code). File Number 2017068322 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious the affidavit of identity form. Business Name in violation of the rights of THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS This business is conducted by an Individual Business Name in violation of the rights of The filing of this statement does not of itself another under Federal, State, or common The Downey Patriot (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) BOLD The registrant commenced to transact another under Federal, State, or common authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 CONSTRUCTION, 7766 OTTO ST, business under the fictitious business name law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Business Name in violation of the rights of Professions Code). DOWNEY CA 90240, LA COUNTY or names listed above on 03/2017 Professions Code). another under Federal, State, or common FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Articles of Incorporation or Organization I declare that all information in this statement law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business The Downey Patriot NAME STATEMENT Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who The Downey Patriot Professions Code). 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 File Number 2017082932 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CHRIS declares as true information which he or 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) YONGHI LEE, 7766 OTTO ST, DOWNEY she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The Downey Patriot DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) H L HAWAII CA 90240 S/ BLANCA R SANCHEZ, OWNER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 14 | The Downey Patriot Legal Notices Thursday, April 13, 2017 COURT, BAKERSFIELD CA 93313, LA The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on 03/2017 to comply with attending the mandatory should not be granted. If no written objection FICTITIOUS BUSINESS COUNTY business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement bidder’s conference. is timely filed, the court may grant the petition NAME STATEMENT Articles of Incorporation or Organization or names listed above on 03/2017 is true and correct. (A registrant who without a hearing. File Number 2017077537 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: CA FILE I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or The District has obtained from the Department NOTICE OF HEARING THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) NO. C2575079 is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) of Industrial Relations the general prevailing Date: May 03, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SOUTHWEST REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) TMC declares as true information which he or S/ JESUS A. GUZMAN, OWNER rate of per diem wages and the general Department: C, Room: 312 CUSTOM DESIGN, 12401 WOODRUFF PEST MANAGEMENT, 5010 LISA MARIE she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) This statement was filed with the County prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk AVE #5, DOWNEY CA 90241, LA COUNTY COURT, BAKERSFIELD CA 93313 S/ VALENTIN HUERTA JR., OWNER Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 21, 2017 for the Los Angeles County area for each Blvd, Norwalk, CA 90650 Articles of Incorporation or Organization State of Incorporation: (1) CA This statement was filed with the County NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision trade, craft, classification, or type of work A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A This business is conducted by a Corporation Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 29, 2017 (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name needed to execute the contract. Holiday be published at least once a week for four REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) MARIA The registrant commenced to transact NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Statement generally expires at the end of rates shall be paid as specified in the successive weeks prior to the date set ESTHER CARINO, 10210 HILDRETH AVE, business under the fictitious business name (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name five years from the date on which it was filed collective bargaining agreement applicable for hearing on the petition in the following SOUTH GATE CA 90280 or names listed above on 10/2016 Statement generally expires at the end of in the office of the County Clerk, except, as to each particular trade, craft, classification, newspaper of general circulation, printed in State of Incorporation: (1) N/A I declare that all information in this statement five years from the date on which it was filed provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, or type of work employed on the project. the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT This business is conducted by an Individual is true and correct. (A registrant who in the office of the County Clerk, except, as where it expires 40 days after any change in March 02, 2017 The registrant commenced to transact declares as true information which he or provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Copies of schedules of rates so determined Judge Margaret M. Bernal business under the fictitious business name she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) where it expires 40 days after any change in to section 17913 other than a change in the are available on the Internet at (http://www. Judge Of The Superior Court or names listed above on 03/2017 S/ TMC PEST MANAGEMENT, the facts set forth in the statement pursuant residence address of a registered owner. A dir.ca.gov/DIR/S&R/statistics_research. Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per I declare that all information in this statement PRESIDENT, ALFRED H. TRELEVEN III to section 17913 other than a change in the New Fictitious Business Name Statement html) and are on file and available at the Geraldine Felix Rivera is true and correct. (A registrant who This statement was filed with the County residence address of a registered owner. A must be filed before the expiration. Effective District Office address noted above. In Geraldine Felix Rivera declares as true information which he or Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 22, 2017 New Fictitious Business Name Statement January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business accordance with Section 1773.2 of the 6040 ¼ Lubec St she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision must be filed before the expiration. Effective Name Statement must be accompanied by California Labor Code, the Contractor Bell Gardens CA 90201 S/ MARIA ESTHER CARINO, OWNER (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business the affidavit of identity form. shall post a copy of the determination of (562) 964-6898 This statement was filed with the County Statement generally expires at the end of Name Statement must be accompanied by The filing of this statement does not of itself prevailing rate of wages at each jobsite. (323) 908-7261 Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 29, 2017 five years from the date on which it was filed the affidavit of identity form. authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious The schedule of per diem wages is based [email protected] NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision in the office of the County Clerk, except, as The filing of this statement does not of itself Business Name in violation of the rights of upon a working day of eight (8) hours. The (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious another under Federal, State, or common rate for holiday and overtime work shall The Downey Patriot Statement generally expires at the end of where it expires 40 days after any change in Business Name in violation of the rights of law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business be at time plus one-half. The Contractor 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 five years from the date on which it was filed the facts set forth in the statement pursuant another under Federal, State, or common Professions Code). and any subcontractor(s) shall pay not less to section 17913 other than a change in the law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business than the specified prevailing rates of wages SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, in the office of the County Clerk, except, as COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, residence address of a registered owner. A Professions Code). The Downey Patriot to all workers employed by them in the New Fictitious Business Name Statement 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 execution of the contract. In accordance ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE where it expires 40 days after any change in FOR CHANGE OF NAME the facts set forth in the statement pursuant must be filed before the expiration. Effective The Downey Patriot with provisions of the Public Contract Code January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Section 22300, substitution of eligible and CASE NUMBER: VS029944 to section 17913 other than a change in the NAME STATEMENT TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner residence address of a registered owner. A Name Statement must be accompanied by equivalent securities for any monies withheld the affidavit of identity form. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS File Number 2017068243 to ensure performance under this contract Rebekah Arce filed a petition with this court New Fictitious Business Name Statement NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) for a decree changing names as follows: must be filed before the expiration. Effective The filing of this statement does not of itself will be permitted at the request and expense authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious File Number 2017053620 DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SOLMAR of the Contractor. Present name (1) Andrew Junior Villalobos January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) MARINE AND POWERSPORTS, 6522 Arce to Proposed name (1) Ajay Junior Name Statement must be accompanied by Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) GG & A, 13017 BECK AVE, NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA No bidder may withdraw their bid for a period Espinoza Arce the affidavit of identity form. LA MANCHA ST., LA MIRADA CA 90638, 91606, LA COUNTY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons The filing of this statement does not of itself law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business of ninety (90) days after the date for the Professions Code). LA COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization opening of bids. interested in this matter appear before this authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A court at the hearing indicated below to show Business Name in violation of the rights of Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) GEORGE cause, if any, why the petition for change of another under Federal, State, or common The Downey Patriot All bidders and their subcontractors MUST 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ARELLYS PEREZ, 6522 BECK AVE., NORTH be registered with the Department of name should not be granted. Any person law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business MARTINEZ, 13017 LA MANCHA ST., LA HOLLYWOOD CA 91606 objecting to the name changes described Professions Code). Industrial Relations (DIR) and possess a FICTITIOUS BUSINESS MIRADA CA 90638 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A current and valid DIR registration number above must file a written objection that NAME STATEMENT State of Incorporation: (1) N/A This business is conducted by an Individual at the time of bid submission. includes the reasons for the objection at The Downey Patriot File Number 2017088923 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant commenced to transact least two court days before the matter is 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name The District reserves the right to reject scheduled to be heard and must appear at FICTITIOUS BUSINESS DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SL CLEANING business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 03/2017 any and all bids or to waive irregularities the hearing to show cause why the petition NAME STATEMENT SERVICE, 7041 DINWIDDIE ST, DOWNEY or names listed above on 03/2017 I declare that all information in this statement in any bid. should not be granted. If no written objection File Number 2017055528 CA 90241, LA COUNTY I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who is timely filed, the court may grant the petition THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Articles of Incorporation or Organization is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or The Downey Unified School District is an without a hearing. DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) YARMANY Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) “Equal Opportunity” employer. Qualified NOTICE OF HEARING INVESTMENTS, 11931 LONGVALE AVE., REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) SANDRA she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/ GEORGE PEREZ, OWNER Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises Date: May 10, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, LYNWOOD CA 90262, LA COUNTY LARIOS, 7041 DINWIDDIE ST, DOWNEY S/ ARELLYS MARTINEZ, OWNER This statement was filed with the County (DVBE) are encouraged to participate in Department: C Articles of Incorporation or Organization CA 90241 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 17, 2017 this project. The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A State of Incorporation: (1) N/A Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 3, 2017 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Blvd., Rm. 101, Norwalk, California 90650 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ISRAEL This business is conducted by an Individual NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Darren Purseglove, C.P.M. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall MANI, 11931 LONGVALE AVE., LYNWOOD The registrant commenced to transact (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of be published at least once a week for four CA 90262 business under the fictitious business name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed Darren Purseglove successive weeks prior to the date set State of Incorporation: (1) N/A or names listed above on 04/2017 five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as for hearing on the petition in the following This business is conducted by an Individual I declare that all information in this statement in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Director, Purchasing and Warehouse newspaper of general circulation, printed in The registrant commenced to transact is true and correct. (A registrant who provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the county, THE DOWNEY PATRIOT business under the fictitious business name declares as true information which he or where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Downey Unified School District January 26, 2017 or names listed above on 03/2017 she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the Margaret M. Bernal I declare that all information in this statement S/ SANDRA LARIOS, OWNER to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A Los Angeles, County, State of California Judge Of The Superior Court is true and correct. (A registrant who This statement was filed with the County residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per declares as true information which he or Clerk of Los Angeles on APRIL 7, 2017 New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective The Downey Patriot Rebekah Arce she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business 4/13/17, 4/20/17 7810 Wilcox Avenue S/ ISRAEL MANI, OWNER (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by Cudahy, CA 91201 This statement was filed with the County Statement generally expires at the end of Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING (323) 490-5093 Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 06, 2017 five years from the date on which it was filed the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself FOR BIDS NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision in the office of the County Clerk, except, as The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious The Downey Patriot (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 where it expires 40 days after any change in Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common Downey Unified School District (“District”) Statement generally expires at the end of SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, five years from the date on which it was filed the facts set forth in the statement pursuant another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business of Los Angeles County, California, acting by to section 17913 other than a change in the law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). and through its Governing Board (“Board”), COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES in the office of the County Clerk, except, as ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, residence address of a registered owner. A Professions Code). will receive up to, but not later than, 2:00 New Fictitious Business Name Statement The Downey Patriot p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, sealed FOR CHANGE OF NAME where it expires 40 days after any change in CASE NUMBER: VS030256 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant must be filed before the expiration. Effective The Downey Patriot 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 bids for the award of a contract for: January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner to section 17913 other than a change in the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Yvonne Denise Blumberg filed a petition with residence address of a registered owner. A Name Statement must be accompanied by ASPHALT REPAIRS/REPLACEMENT AT the affidavit of identity form. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL, GALLATIN this court for a decree changing names as New Fictitious Business Name Statement NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017071498 follows: must be filed before the expiration. Effective The filing of this statement does not of itself AND IMPERIAL SCHOOLS authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious File Number 2017059493 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Present name (1) Yvonne Denise Blumberg January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ROSAURA’S to Proposed name (1) Yvonne Denise Name Statement must be accompanied by Business Name in violation of the rights of Bid #15/16-26 another under Federal, State, or common DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) VANTAGE FUNITURE, 6614 EASTER AVE., BELL Rosales the affidavit of identity form. POINT LABORATORY PARTNERS, 10200 GARDENS CA 90201, LA COUNTY, 6612 THE COURT ORDERS that all persons The filing of this statement does not of itself law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business All bids shall be made and presented on a Professions Code). PIONEER BLVD. SUITE 500, SANTA FE SELFLAND AVE, BELL GARDENS CA form furnished by the District. Bids shall interested in this matter appear before this authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious SPRINGS CA 90670, LA COUNTY 90201 court at the hearing indicated below to show Business Name in violation of the rights of be received in the office of the Director, The Downey Patriot Articles of Incorporation or Organization Articles of Incorporation or Organization Purchasing and Warehouse and shall be cause, if any, why the petition for change of another under Federal, State, or common Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A name should not be granted. Any person law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17, 5/4/17 opened and publicly read aloud at the above REGISTERED OWNERS(S): REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) GABRIEL stated time and place. objecting to the name changes described Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS (1) PHYSICIAN’S AUTOMATED VILLASENOR PEDRAZA, 6612 SELFLAND above must file a written objection that NAME STATEMENT LABORATORY, INC., 10200 PIONEER AVE, BELL GARDENS CA 90201 Each bid must conform with and be includes the reasons for the objection at The Downey Patriot File Number 2017079766 BLVD. SUITE 500, SANTA FE SPRINGS State of Incorporation: (1) N/A least two court days before the matter is 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 responsive to the contract documents, THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) CA 90670 This business is conducted by an Individual copies of which are on file and may be scheduled to be heard and must appear at FICTITIOUS BUSINESS DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ROYAL FILMS, State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The registrant commenced to transact obtained electronically on or after April 13, the hearing to show cause why the petition NAME STATEMENT 16504 LA QUINTA WAY, WHITTIER CA This business is conducted by a Corporation business under the fictitious business name 2017 - Contact Bob Genevie at bgenevie@ should not be granted. If no written objection File Number 2017078464 90603, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on 03/2017 rachlinpartners.com is timely filed, the court may grant the petition THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Articles of Incorporation or Organization business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement without a hearing. DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SKIP SKIP, Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A or names listed above on 01/2017 is true and correct. (A registrant who A mandatory bidder’s conference and NOTICE OF HEARING 10419 BOGARDUS AVE SUITE 100, REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) RICHARD I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or job-walk will be conducted at Columbus Date: June 14, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, WHITTIER CA 90603, LA COUNTY SAENZ, 16504 LA QUINTA WAY, WHITTIER is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) High School, 12330 Woodruff Ave, Downey, Department: C Articles of Incorporation or Organization CA 90603 declares as true information which he or S/ GABRIEL VILLASENOR PEDRAZA, CA 90241 (and will then move to Gallatin and The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A State of Incorporation: (1) CA she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) OWNER Imperial) on April 21, 2017 at 8:00 a.m.: No Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) DANIEL This business is conducted by an Individual S/ PHYSICIAN’S AUTOMATED This statement was filed with the County bid shall be accepted from any bidder failing A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall DEAN DUPONT, 10419 BOGARDUS AVE The registrant commenced to transact LABORATORY, INC., PRESIDENT, Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 21, 2017 to comply with attending the mandatory be published at least once a week for four SUITE 100, WHITTIER CA 90603 business under the fictitious business name STEPHEN R. SHUMPERT NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision bidder’s conference. successive weeks prior to the date set State of Incorporation: (1) N/A or names listed above on N/A This statement was filed with the County (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name for hearing on the petition in the following This business is conducted by an Individual I declare that all information in this statement Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 09, 2017 Statement generally expires at the end of The District has obtained from the Department newspaper of general circulation, printed in The registrant commenced to transact is true and correct. (A registrant who NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision five years from the date on which it was filed of Industrial Relations the general prevailing the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT business under the fictitious business name declares as true information which he or (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name in the office of the County Clerk, except, as rate of per diem wages and the general April 07, 2017 or names listed above on N/A she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Statement generally expires at the end of provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work Judge Margaret M. Bernal I declare that all information in this statement S/ RICHARD SAENZ, OWNER five years from the date on which it was filed where it expires 40 days after any change in for the Los Angeles County area for each Judge Of The Superior Court is true and correct. (A registrant who This statement was filed with the County in the office of the County Clerk, except, as the facts set forth in the statement pursuant trade, craft, classification, or type of work Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per declares as true information which he or Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 30, 2017 provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, to section 17913 other than a change in the needed to execute the contract. Holiday Yvonne Denise Blumberg she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision where it expires 40 days after any change in residence address of a registered owner. A rates shall be paid as specified in the 17643 Windward Terrace S/ DANIEL DEAN DUPONT, OWNER (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name the facts set forth in the statement pursuant New Fictitious Business Name Statement collective bargaining agreement applicable Bellflower, CA 90706 This statement was filed with the County Statement generally expires at the end of to section 17913 other than a change in the must be filed before the expiration. Effective to each particular trade, craft, classification, (562) 505-0506 Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 29, 2017 five years from the date on which it was filed residence address of a registered owner. A January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business or type of work employed on the project. [email protected] NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision in the office of the County Clerk, except, as New Fictitious Business Name Statement Name Statement must be accompanied by (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, must be filed before the expiration. Effective the affidavit of identity form. Copies of schedules of rates so determined The Downey Patriot Statement generally expires at the end of where it expires 40 days after any change in January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The filing of this statement does not of itself are available on the Internet at (http://www. 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17, 5/4/17 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Name Statement must be accompanied by authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious dir.ca.gov/DIR/S&R/statistics_research. five years from the date on which it was filed SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, in the office of the County Clerk, except, as to section 17913 other than a change in the the affidavit of identity form. Business Name in violation of the rights of html) and are on file and available at the residence address of a registered owner. A The filing of this statement does not of itself another under Federal, State, or common District Office address noted above. In COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE where it expires 40 days after any change in New Fictitious Business Name Statement authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business accordance with Section 1773.2 of the must be filed before the expiration. Effective Business Name in violation of the rights of Professions Code). California Labor Code, the Contractor FOR CHANGE OF NAME the facts set forth in the statement pursuant CASE NUMBER: VS030235 to section 17913 other than a change in the January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business another under Federal, State, or common shall post a copy of the determination of Name Statement must be accompanied by law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business The Downey Patriot prevailing rate of wages at each jobsite. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: residence address of a registered owner. A Petitioner Corina Franco-De La Torre on New Fictitious Business Name Statement the affidavit of identity form. Professions Code). 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 The schedule of per diem wages is based The filing of this statement does not of itself upon a working day of eight (8) hours. The behalf of Sebastian De Le Torre filed a must be filed before the expiration. Effective STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT petition with this court for a decree changing January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious The Downey Patriot rate for holiday and overtime work shall Business Name in violation of the rights of 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS be at time plus one-half. The Contractor names as follows: Name Statement must be accompanied by NAME Present name (1) Sebastian De La Torre the affidavit of identity form. another under Federal, State, or common and any subcontractor(s) shall pay not less law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 2017066235 than the specified prevailing rates of wages to Proposed name (1) Sebastian Franco The filing of this statement does not of itself NAME STATEMENT File Number 2016025478 DATE FILED: De La Torre authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Professions Code). to all workers employed by them in the File Number 2017062973 2/2016 execution of the contract. In accordance THE COURT ORDERS that all persons Business Name in violation of the rights of THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS NAME OF BUSINESS(ES): LOVETTA’S interested in this matter appear before this another under Federal, State, or common The Downey Patriot with provisions of the Public Contract Code 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) HAIR PRECIOUS BLOOD Section 22300, substitution of eligible and court at the hearing indicated below to show law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business INNOVATIONS, 13710 WHITTIER BLVD STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP cause, if any, why the petition for change of Professions Code). equivalent securities for any monies withheld FICTITIOUS BUSINESS SUITE #106, WHITTIER CA 90605, LA CODE: 12034 ORR AND DAY ROAD to ensure performance under this contract name should not be granted. Any person NAME STATEMENT COUNTY NORWALK, CA 90650 objecting to the name changes described The Downey Patriot will be permitted at the request and expense File Number 2017091301 Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JOSEPH of the Contractor. above must file a written objection that 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A LORENZO TAYLOR, 12034 ORR AND includes the reasons for the objection at FICTITIOUS BUSINESS DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) KISS MY REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JENNIE DAY ROAD, NORWALK CA 90650 (2) GAIL No bidder may withdraw their bid for a period least two court days before the matter is NAME STATEMENT STYLE, 7317 MILTON AVE APT #B, VICKERS, 6203 SOUTHWIND DR, TAYLOR, 12034 ORR AND DAY ROAD, of ninety (90) days after the date for the scheduled to be heard and must appear at File Number 2017064235 WHITTIER CA 90602, LA COUNTY WHITTIER CA 90601 (2) JESSICA J NORWALK CA 90650 opening of bids. the hearing to show cause why the petition THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Articles of Incorporation or Organization PALMQUIST, 6203 SOUTHWIND DR, State of Incorporation: N/A should not be granted. If no written objection Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A WHITTIER CA 90601 This business is conducted by Copartners is timely filed, the court may grant the petition DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) B & C VINYL All bidders and their subcontractors MUST LEISURE, 16020 OCEAN AVE., WHITTIER REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) PALOMA State of Incorporation: (1) N/A I declare that all information in this statement be registered with the Department of without a hearing. CA 90604, LA COUNTY, 16020 OCEAN D ROMERO PEREZ, 7317 MILTON AVE This business is conducted by a General is true and correct. (A registrant who Industrial Relations (DIR) and possess a NOTICE OF HEARING AVE., WHITTIER CA 90604 APT#B, WHITTIER CA 90602 Partnership declares as true information which he or current and valid DIR registration number Date: June 07, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, Articles of Incorporation or Organization State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The registrant commenced to transact she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) at the time of bid submission. Department: C, Room: 312 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A This business is conducted by an Individual business under the fictitious business name S/ JOSEPH LORENZO TAYLOR, The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on 08/2002 COPARTNERS REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) BRENT W The District reserves the right to reject Blvd., Norwalk, California 90650 RUSSELL, 16020 OCEAN AVE., WHITTIER business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement This statement was filed with the County A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall or names listed above on 04/2017 is true and correct. (A registrant who Clerk of LOS ANGELES on MARCH 15, any and all bids or to waive irregularities be published at least once a week for four CA 90604 (2) CHRISTINA M RUSSELL, in any bid. 16020 OCEAN AVE., WHITTIER CA 90604 I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or 2017 successive weeks prior to the date set State of Incorporation: (1) N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) The Downey Unified School District is an for hearing on the petition in the following This business is conducted by a Married declares as true information which he or S/ JESSICA J PALMQUIST, PARTNER The Downey Patriot “Equal Opportunity” employer. Qualified newspaper of general circulation, printed in Couple she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) This statement was filed with the County 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises the county, THE DOWNEY PATRIOT The registrant commenced to transact S/ PALOMA D ROMERO PEREZ, OWNER Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 13, 2017 (DVBE) are encouraged to participate in April 04, 2017 business under the fictitious business name This statement was filed with the County NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision this project. Margaret M. Bernal or names listed above on 03/2017 Clerk of Los Angeles on APRIL 11, 2017 (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Judge Of The Superior Court NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Statement generally expires at the end of Government Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per I declare that all information in this statement Darren Purseglove, C.P.M. is true and correct. (A registrant who (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name five years from the date on which it was filed Corina Franco-De La Torre declares as true information which he or Statement generally expires at the end of in the office of the County Clerk, except, as NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING Darren Purseglove 9602 Julius Avenue she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) five years from the date on which it was filed provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, FOR BIDS Downey, CA 90240 S/ BRENT W RUSSELL, HUSBAND (CO- in the office of the County Clerk, except, as where it expires 40 days after any change in Director, Purchasing and Warehouse (323) 385-0014 OWNER) provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, the facts set forth in the statement pursuant NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the This statement was filed with the County where it expires 40 days after any change in to section 17913 other than a change in the Downey Unified School District (“District”) Downey Unified School District The Downey Patriot Clerk of Los Angeles on MARCH 14, 2017 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant residence address of a registered owner. A of Los Angeles County, California, acting by 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 to section 17913 other than a change in the New Fictitious Business Name Statement and through its Governing Board (“Board”), NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Los Angeles, County, State of California SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name residence address of a registered owner. A must be filed before the expiration. Effective will receive up to, but not later than, 1:30 New Fictitious Business Name Statement January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Statement generally expires at the end of p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, sealed The Downey Patriot must be filed before the expiration. Effective Name Statement must be accompanied by bids for the award of a contract for: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE five years from the date on which it was filed 4/13/17, 4/20/17 FOR CHANGE OF NAME in the office of the County Clerk, except, as January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business the affidavit of identity form. Name Statement must be accompanied by The filing of this statement does not of itself ASPHALT PAVING AND PARKING CASE NUMBER: VS030138 provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: where it expires 40 days after any change in the affidavit of identity form. authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious LOT LIGHTING FOR THE GALLEGOS The filing of this statement does not of itself Business Name in violation of the rights of ADMINISTRATION CENTER Petitioner John Dean Ignar filed a petition the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Notices with this court for a decree changing names to section 17913 other than a change in the authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious another under Federal, State, or common Business Name in violation of the rights of law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Bid #17/18-06 as follows: residence address of a registered owner. A SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, Present name (1) John Dean Ignar to New Fictitious Business Name Statement another under Federal, State, or common Professions Code). law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business All bids shall be made and presented on a COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Proposed name (1) John Dean Rose must be filed before the expiration. Effective ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Professions Code). The Downey Patriot form furnished by the District. Bids shall 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 be received in the office of the Director, FOR CHANGE OF NAME interested in this matter appear before this Name Statement must be accompanied by CASE NUMBER: VS030077 court at the hearing indicated below to show the affidavit of identity form. The Downey Patriot Purchasing and Warehouse and shall be 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17, 5/4/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: cause, if any, why the petition for change of The filing of this statement does not of itself opened and publicly read aloud at the above Petitioner Geraldine Felix Rivera filed a NAME STATEMENT stated time and place. name should not be granted. Any person authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious FICTITIOUS BUSINESS File Number 2017070680 petition with this court for a decree changing objecting to the name changes described Business Name in violation of the rights of NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) names as follows: above must file a written objection that another under Federal, State, or common Each bid must conform with and be Present name (1) Olinsse Ortega to File Number 2017078240 DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) MARIACHI responsive to the contract documents, includes the reasons for the objection at law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) CORAZON CAMPERO DE JESUS “CHUY” Proposed name (1) Anthony Olinsse Ortega least two court days before the matter is Professions Code). copies of which are on file and may be THE COURT ORDERS that all persons DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) KREATE, 14812 GUZMAN, 8833 DALEWOOD AVE, PICO obtained electronically on or after April 13, scheduled to be heard and must appear at GRIDLEY RD. #34, NORWALK CA 90650, RIVERA CA 90660, LA COUNTY interested in this matter appear before this the hearing to show cause why the petition The Downey Patriot 2017 - Contact Bob Genevie at bgenevie@ court at the hearing indicated below to show LA COUNTY, PO BOX 40521, DOWNEY Articles of Incorporation or Organization rachlinpartners.com should not be granted. If no written objection 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 CA 90239 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A cause, if any, why the petition for change of is timely filed, the court may grant the petition Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JESUS A. name should not be granted. Any person without a hearing. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS A mandatory bidder’s conference objecting to the name changes described NAME STATEMENT Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A GUZMAN, 8833 DALEWOOD AVE, PICO and job-walk will be conducted at the NOTICE OF HEARING REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) VALENTIN RIVERA CA 90660 above must file a written objection that Date: May 17, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, File Number 2017072186 Gallegos Administration Center (District includes the reasons for the objection at THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) HUERTA JR., 14812 GRIDLEY RD. #34, State of Incorporation: (1) N/A Office), 11627 Brookshire Ave, Downey, CA Department: C NORWALK CA 90650 This business is conducted by an Individual least two court days before the matter is The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SPRAGUE 90241 on April 21, 2017 at 7:00 a.m.: No scheduled to be heard and must appear at PEST SOLUTIONS, 5010 LISA MARIE State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The registrant commenced to transact bid shall be accepted from any bidder failing Blvd, Norwalk 90650 This business is conducted by an Individual business under the fictitious business name the hearing to show cause why the petition A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall Thursday, April 13, 2017 Legal Notices/Classifieds The Downey Patriot | 15 CLASSIFIEDS Employment Services Services Services Services

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be published at least once a week for four Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section may be a junior lien. If you are the highest NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE responsible for paying off all liens senior to successive weeks prior to the date set or personal delivery to you of a notice under 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law bidder at the auction, you are or may be OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, the lien being auctioned off, before you can for hearing on the petition in the following section 9052 of the California Probate Code. requires that information about trustee sale responsible for paying off all liens senior to YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. receive clear title to the property. You are newspaper of general circulation, printed in Other California statutes and legal authority postponements be made available to you the lien being auctioned off, before you can BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER encouraged to investigate the existence, the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT may affect your rights as a creditor. You and to the public, as a courtesy to those receive clear title to the property. You are and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee priority, and size of outstanding liens that March 14, 2017 may want to consult with an attorney not present at the sale. If you wish to learn encouraged to investigate the existence, under and pursuant to Deed of Trust may exist on this property by contacting the Judge Margaret M. Bernal knowledgeable in California law. whether your sale date has been postponed, priority, and size of outstanding liens that Recorded on 04/10/2007 as Instrument No. county recorder’s office or a title insurance Judge Of The Superior Court YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the and, if applicable, the rescheduled time may exist on this property by contacting the 20070854550 of official records in the office company, either of which may charge you Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per court. If you are a person interested in the and date for the sale of this property, you county recorder’s office or a title insurance of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES a fee for this information. If you consult John Dean Ignar estate, you may file with the court a Request may call, 916-939-0772 for information company, either of which may charge you County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED either of these resources, you should be 9947 Foster Road for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this a fee for this information. If you consult BY: SERGIO S CORTEZ, AN UNMARRIED aware that the same lender may hold Downey, CA 90242 of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting. either of these resources, you should be MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO more than one mortgage or deed of trust (562) 714-7468 or of any petition or account as provided in com, for information regarding the sale of aware that the same lender may hold more HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY Probate Code section 1250. A Request for this property, using the file number assigned than one mortgage or deed of trust on the CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form OWNER: The sale date shown on this The Downey Patriot Special Notice form is available from the to this case, T.S.# 9551-3774. Information property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: of payment authorized by California Civil notice of sale may be postponed one or 3/23/17, 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 court clerk. about postponements that are very short The sale date shown on this notice of sale Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, Attorney for petitioner: in duration or that occur close in time to may be postponed one or more times by the lawful money of the United States). DATE OF trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, JOHN A BUNNETT ESQ the scheduled sale may not immediately mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, SALE: 05/08/2017. TIME OF SALE: 11:00 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SBN 107690 be reflected in the telephone information pursuant to Section 2924g of the California AM. PLACE OF SALE: BY THE FOUNTAIN requires that information about trustee sale ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE LAW OFFICE OF JOHN A BUNNETT or on the internet Web site. The best way Civil Code. The law requires that information LOCATED AT 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, postponements be made available to you FOR CHANGE OF NAME 8136 2ND ST to verify postponement information is to about trustee sale postponements be made POMONA, CA 91766. STREET ADDRESS and to the public, as a courtesy to those CASE NUMBER: VS030143 DOWNEY CA 90241-3624 attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee available to you and to the public, as a and other common designation, if any, of the not present at the sale. If you wish to learn TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CN935278 FELDMAN is unable to convey title for any reason, courtesy to those not present at the sale. real property described above is purported whether your sale date has been postponed, Veronica M. Arreola filed a petition with this Mar 30, Apr 6,13, 2017 the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive If you wish to learn whether your sale date to be: 8423 EVEREST ST, DOWNEY, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time court for a decree changing names as remedy shall be the return of monies paid has been postponed, and, if applicable, the CALIFORNIA 90242. APN#: 6261-002-018. and date for the sale of this property, you follows: CN935278 to the Trustee and the successful bidder rescheduled time and date for the sale of this The undersigned Trustee disclaims any may call 714-730-2727 for information Present name (1) Hennesie Alize Rodriguez The Downey Patriot shall have no further recourse. NBS Default property, you may call (714) 730-2727 or visit liability for any incorrectness of the street regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this to Proposed name (1) Hennessy Alizé 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite this Internet Web site www.servicelinkASAP. address and other common designation, if Internet Web site www.servicelinkasap. Rodriguez 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 com, using the file number assigned to any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, com for information regarding the sale of THE COURT ORDERS that all persons For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: this case 2016-00271. Information about but without covenant or warranty, expressed this property, using the file number assigned interested in this matter appear before this www.nationwideposting.com or Call: 916- postponements that are very short in or implied, regarding title, possession, to this case 20110015002135. Information court at the hearing indicated below to show Trustee Sales 939-0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, duration or that occur close in time to the or encumbrances, to pay the remaining about postponements that are very short cause, if any, why the petition for change of Nicole Rodriguez, Foreclosure Associate scheduled sale may not immediately be principal sum of the note(s) secured by in duration or that occur close in time to name should not be granted. Any person T.S. No.: 9551-3774 TSG Order No.: This communication is an attempt to collect reflected in the telephone information or on said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, the scheduled sale may not immediately objecting to the name changes described 160208717-CA-VOO A.P.N.: 6363-009- a debt and any information obtained will be the Internet Web site. The best way to verify as provided in said note(s), advances, be reflected in the telephone information above must file a written objection that 010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU used for that purpose. However, if you have postponement information is to attend the under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, or on the Internet Web site. The best way includes the reasons for the objection at ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF received a discharge of the debt referenced scheduled sale. Date: 3/24/2017 SUPERIOR charges and expenses of the Trustee and to verify postponement information is to least two court days before the matter is TRUST DATED 01/30/2008. UNLESS herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not LOAN SERVICING, BY: ASSET DEFAULT of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE scheduled to be heard and must appear at YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT an attempt to impose personal liability upon MANAGMENT INC., AS AGENT FOR THE The total amount of the unpaid balance of SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: the hearing to show cause why the petition YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD you for payment of that debt. In the event TRUSTEE 24013 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200 the obligation secured by the property to AGENCY SALES and POSTING 714-730- should not be granted. If no written objection AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN you have received a bankruptcy discharge, Calabasas, California 91302 Sale Line: (714) be sold and reasonable estimated costs, 2727 www.servicelinkasap.com BARRETT is timely filed, the court may grant the petition EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF any action to enforce the debt will be taken 730-2727 Barbara Johnson, Sr. Trustee Sale expenses and advances at the time of the DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, without a hearing. THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, against the property only. NPP0305178 Officer A-4614624 03/30/2017, 04/06/2017, initial publication of the Notice of Sale is LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, NOTICE OF HEARING YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS To: DOWNEY PATRIOT 04/13/2017, 04/13/2017 $515,251.22. The beneficiary under said Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) Date: May 17, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed 04/20/2017, 04/27/2017 Deed of Trust heretofore executed and 795-1852 Dated: 03/30/2017 BARRETT Department: C Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of The Downey Patriot delivered to the undersigned a written DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust The Downey Patriot 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17 Declaration of Default and Demand for LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR Blvd., Norwalk CA 90650 Recorded 02/07/2008 as Document No.: 4/13/17, 4/20/17, 4/27/17 Sale, and a written Notice of Default and ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall 20080227463, of Official Records in the NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Election to Sell. The undersigned caused ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE be published at least once a week for four office of the Recorder of Los Angeles NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. Sale No. : 20110015002135 Title Order said Notice of Default and Election to Sell USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4614928 successive weeks prior to the date set County, California, executed by: RAFAELA No.: 2016-00271 Loan No.: SLS-051816 No.: 7341611 FHA/VA/PM No.: ATTENTION to be recorded in the county where the real 04/06/2017, 04/13/2017, 04/20/2017 for hearing on the petition in the following H ROLON, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as APN: 6287-007-072 NOTE: THERE IS A RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL newspaper of general circulation, printed in Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on The Downey Patriot the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES this property lien, you should understand 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 March 14, 2017 (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO that there are risks involved in bidding at Judge Margaret M. Bernal cashier’s check drawn by a state or national DATED 4/18/2016. UNLESS YOU TAKE THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a Judge Of The Superior Court bank, a check drawn by a state or federal ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE lien, not on the property itself. Placing the Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per credit union, or a check drawn by a state IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT highest bid at a trustee auction does not Veronica M. Arreola or federal savings and loan association, IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT automatically entitle you to free and clear 9348 Somerset Blvd #27 savings association, or savings bank THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED ownership of the property. You should also Bellflower, CA 90706 specified in section 5102 of the Financial AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT 04/03/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION be aware that the lien being auctioned off (562) 758-5603 Code and authorized to do business in this A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY may be a junior lien. If you are the highest [email protected] state). All right, title and interest conveyed highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU bidder at the auction, you are or may be to and now held by it under said Deed of drawn on a state or national bank, check The Downey Patriot Trust in the property situated in said County drawn by a state or federal credit union, or 3/30/17, 4/6/17, 4/13/17, 4/20/17 and state, and as more fully described in a check drawn by a state or federal savings the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale and loan association, or savings association, Date & Time: 05/04/2017 at 10:00 AM Sale or savings bank specified in Section 5102 Location: Behind the fountain located in of the Financial Code and authorized to Probate Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center do business in this state will be held by the Plaza, Pomona CA The street address and duly appointed trustee as shown below, of NOTICE OF PETITION TO other common designation, if any, of the all right, title, and interest conveyed to and ADMINISTER ESTATE OF STEVEN real property described above is purported now held by the trustee in the hereinafter to be: 9814 TRISTAN DR, DOWNEY, CA described property under and pursuant C. FELDMAN aka STEVEN CARL to a Deed of Trust described below. The FELDMAN 90240 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street sale will be made, but without covenant or Case No. 17STPB02357 warranty, expressed or implied, regarding To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay contingent creditors, and persons who may the remaining principal sum of the note(s) otherwise be interested in the will or estate, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest or both, of STEVEN C. FELDMAN aka and late charges thereon, as provided in STEVEN CARL FELDMAN title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the the note(s), advances, under the terms of A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, by Richard Feldman in the Superior Court of note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said charges and expenses of the Trustee California, County of LOS ANGELES. for the total amount (at the time of the THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, initial publication of the Notice of Sale) that Richard Feldman be appointed as reasonably estimated to be set forth below. personal representative to administer the charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed The amount may be greater on the day of estate of the decedent. sale. Trustor: FREDERICK LILO ESPE AND THE PETITION requests authority to of Trust, to-wit: $922,980.19 (Estimated) as of 04/26/2017. Accrued interest and SUTIDA ESPE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS administer the estate under the Independent JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Administration of Estates Act. (This authority additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that SUPERIOR LOAN SERVICING Recorded will allow the personal representative 5/2/2016 as Instrument No. 20160492163 of to take many actions without obtaining at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. Official Records in the office of the Recorder court approval. Before taking certain very of Los Angeles County, California, Date of important actions, however, the personal NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, Sale: 4/19/2017 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: representative will be required to give notice By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center to interested persons unless they have you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid waived notice or consented to the proposed balance and other charges: $441,871.72 action.) The independent administration will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee Street Address or other common designation authority will be granted unless an interested of real property: 10236 GAYBROOK person files an objection to the petition and auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. AVENUE DOWNEY, CA 90241 A.P.N.: shows good cause why the court should not 6287-007-072 The undersigned Trustee grant the authority. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are disclaims any liability for any incorrectness A HEARING on the petition will be held of the street address or other common on April 20, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens designation, if any, shown above. If no 11 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, street address or other common designation CA 90012. senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. is shown, directions to the location of the IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the property may be obtained by sending a petition, you should appear at the hearing You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding written request to the beneficiary within 10 and state your objections or file written days of the date of first publication of this objections with the court before the hearing. liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL Your appearance may be in person or by BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding your attorney. a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. on this property lien, you should understand IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent that there are risks involved in bidding at a creditor of the decedent, you must file your If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may trustee auction. You will be bidding on a claim with the court and mail a copy to the lien, not on the property itself.” Placing the personal representative appointed by the hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY highest bid at a trustee auction does not court within the later of either (1) four months automatically entitle you to free and clear from the date of first issuance of letters to a OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or ownership of the property. You should also general personal representative, as defined be aware that the lien being auctioned off in section 58(b) of the California Probate more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, 16 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, April 13, 2017 Your 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners

The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes, honoring excellence in journalism and the arts, For agenda-setting reporting on Vladimir Putin’s efforts to project Category: Fiction were announced Monday. Russia’s power abroad, revealing techniques that included assassination, Winner: The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead online harassment and the planting of incriminating evidence on opponents. (Doubleday) Below is a full list of winners. Category: Feature Writing For a smart melding of realism and allegory that combines the violence Category: Public Service Winner: C. J. Chivers of The New York Times of slavery and the drama of escape in a myth that speaks to contemporary Winner: New York Daily News and ProPublica America. 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Winner: Staff of East Bay Times, Oakland, CA For rising to the moment with beautifully rendered columns that Category: History For relentless coverage of the “Ghost Ship” fire, which killed 36 people connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the Winner: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and at a warehouse party, and for reporting after the tragedy that exposed the nation’s most divisive political campaigns. Its Legacy, by Heather Ann Thompson (Pantheon) city’s failure to take actions that might have prevented it. Category: Criticism For a narrative history that sets high standards for scholarly judgment Category: Investigative Reporting Winner: Hilton Als of The New Yorker and tenacity of inquiry in seeking the truth about the 1971 Attica prison Winner: Eric Eyre of Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, WV riots. For bold and original reviews that strove to put stage dramas within a For courageous reporting, performed in the face of powerful opposition, real-world cultural context, particularly the shifting landscape of gender, Category: Biography or Autobiography to expose the flood of opioids flowing into depressed West Virginia counties sexuality and race. Winner: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, by with the highest overdose death rates in the country. Hisham Matar (Random House) Category: Editorial Writing Category: Explanatory Reporting Winner: Art Cullen of The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake, IA For a first-person elegy for home and father that examines with Winner: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, controlled emotion the past and present of an embattled region. McClatchy and Miami Herald For editorials fueled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate Category: Poetry For the Panama Papers, a series of stories using a collaboration of more agricultural interests in Iowa. than 300 reporters on six continents to expose the hidden infrastructure Winner: Olio, by Tyehimba Jess (Wave Books) and global scale of offshore tax havens. (Moved by the Board from the Category: Editorial Cartooning For a distinctive work that melds performance art with the deeper art of International Reporting category, where it was entered.) Winner: Jim Morin of Miami Herald poetry to explore collective memory and challenge contemporary notions Category: Local Reporting For editorial cartoons that delivered sharp perspectives through flawless of race and identity. Winner: The Salt Lake Tribune Staff artistry, biting prose and crisp wit. Category: General Nonfiction For a string of vivid reports revealing the perverse, punitive and cruel Category: Breaking News Photography Winner: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by treatment given to sexual assault victims at Brigham Young University, one Winner: Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer Matthew Desmond (Crown) of Utah’s most powerful institutions. For powerful storytelling through images published in The New York For a deeply researched exposé that showed how mass evictions after Category: National Reporting Times showing the callous disregard for human life in the Philippines the 2008 economic crash were less a consequence than a cause of poverty. Winner: David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users. (Moved Category: Music into this category from Feature Photography by the nominating jury.) For persistent reporting that created a model for transparent journalism Winner: Angel’s Bone, by Du Yun in political campaign coverage while casting doubt on Donald Trump’s Category: Feature Photography Premiered on January 6, 2016, at the Prototype Festival, 3LD Arts and assertions of generosity toward charities. Winner: E. Jason Wambsgans of Chicago Tribune Technology Center, New York City, a bold operatic work that integrates Category: International Reporting For a superb portrayal of a 10-year-old boy and his mother striving to vocal and instrumental elements and a wide range of styles into a harrowing Winner: The New York Times Staff put the boy’s life back together after he survived a shooting in Chicago. allegory for human trafficking in the modern world. Libretto by Royce Vavrek. Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Downey Patriot | 17 Flipping houses -- it’s not like TV

Flipping a house can seem agent to get access to the like a walk in the park when it’s multiple listing service (MLS), wrapped into a few montages a directory of homes that during a half-hour TV segment. are for sale. Others look for Find a run-down property. Buy homes that are for sale by it. Take out a few walls, paint, owner (FSBO) or use direct replace carpets, upgrade the mail campaigns to reach out kitchen and voilà – you could to prospective sellers. make tens of thousands of Once you buy the home, dollars in just a short time. there’s another race against Reality is seldom so time to complete the work straightforward. Flipping a and make a sale. Working with home can be risky, and there’s a trusted contractor and real no guarantee you’ll profit. estate attorney could expedite The past presidents of the Downey Chamber of Commerce were the project. Once you’ve honored at the chamber’s anniversary luncheon on Tuesday. Finding and buying the developed a strong working Pictured cutting the cake is John Lacey (2000), Jim Reynolds (1983), right house at the right relationship, you may even Dee Bakus (1992), Jan Scott (2012), Diane Boggs (1984), Dave Gafin price point can be difficult: want to invite others to join (1991), Cindy Kovach (2015), and Rick Rodriquez (2009). The shows often start with your team and contribute their the submission of a winning work in exchange for a cut of offer on a home. You may the profits. not realize that it takes a lot of work to determine what a Bottom line: Flipping potentially good flip looks like homes can be profitable, and find a property to match. particularly for those who have professional real estate Experienced flippers have experience, but don’t expect learned how to estimate costs it to be easy money. Months and work backward. A rule of lenders don’t necessarily offer unexpected contingencies, of hard work can go into a thumb in the industry is to take financing for flips, especially you’ll be stuck before you flip without any guarantee of 70 percent of the potential if you’re trying to fix up a even start. success. selling price (what’s known as dilapidated home. Even when In addition to the purchase the after-repair value, or ARV), they do, you might not be able Nathaniel Sillin directs price, you’ll need money subtract the renovation costs to borrow enough to cover all Visa’s financial education for renovations, upgrades, and use that as the maximum your expenses. programs. buying price. inspections and permits. Also, Instead, some flippers turn consider the cost of ownership You’ll need a lot of to hard-money lenders, private between the purchase and background information, individuals or companies that sale. Carrying costs, including including comparable selling issue short-term loans backed utilities, financing, insurance prices of similar homes, to by real assets (such as the and property maintenance, figure out the right numbers. home you’re buying). With can add up each month. The ability to be honest with either traditional or hard- You want to move fast: yourself while estimating the money lenders, expect the One thing you pick up from TV cost of parts and labor is also financing costs to be higher is that time is of the essence. important. than what you’d pay for a In competitive markets, you’ll mortgage if you’re buying a For example, if you estimate need to move quickly to home to live in. that you could sell your evaluate a home and put in renovated home for $200,000, Keeping an eye on your an offer before someone else you’d start at $140,000 (70 total budget is essential. If buys it. percent of a $200,000). If you you borrow enough money Successful flippers may calculate that the renovation to make the purchase but have a real estate license costs will be $40,000, you’ll don’t have cash on hand to or work with a real estate arrive at the maximum buying pay for the renovations and price of $100,000. The 30 percent margin that remains if everything goes according to plan isn’t entirely profit; you may still have expenses like closing costs or reimbursing your investors. You need a lot of working capital: While paying cash for a home can expedite the sale and increase profits, it might not be an option for beginner flippers. However, traditional 18 | The Downey Patriot Real Estate Thursday, April 13, 2017