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NEWS FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT Homeless count Patriot Music Sonnen Tuesday on vacation and art show vs Ortiz See Page 9 See Page 2 See Page 3 See Page 3 Wienermobile stops in Downey as part New class of nationwide road trip at Downey Wienermobile was built in 1936. FridayWeekend60˚ “Carl Mayer, Oscar Mayer’s nephew, was actually the first one to at a High: build one,” said Ruiz. Glance Local residents were able to bring their families to take pictures Saturday 62˚⁰ and – of course – get their Oscar Mayer Weenie Whistle. Friday 68 real estate This falls right into what Ruiz described as the mission of the By Alex Dominguez Wienermobile. Staff Writer “The mission of the Wienermobile is always to create smiles. We Sunday 59˚70⁰ always like to say ‘miles of smiles,’” said Ruiz. “Everywhere we go we Saturday DOWNEY – Continuing in always like to see people smiling, telling us how much, you know, ‘oh the mission to prepare students I remember the Wienermobile when I was little!’ Those are always the for their lives and careers after great memories that they have with us… “ graduation, this past year saw the According to Ashley Eisert, the other half of Sunday’s Hotdogger THINGS TO DO introduction of a new Real Estate crew, the Wienermobile appeals across all generations. class at Downey High School. “We definitely get the older generation; those who remember The new class, articulated with when it first came out,” said Eisert. “But then we also get thenew Cerritos College, is the first of its DOWNEY – Downey residents were able to relish in an American generations, and that’s because the grandparents and the parents are kind in the city of Downey. It is bringing their kids to show it off. So it really is a wide range, we like to taught by Business teacher and tradition that they could sink their teeth into when the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile rolled into town on Sunday. say ‘kids of all ages’, who come to see the Wienermobile. It is a great girls swim team coach Sal Castro. tradition and a great memory starter.” “To become a real estate The 27 foot long, 11 foot tall and eight foot wide vehicle shaped Those who missed the Wienermobile while it was in Downey and agent you need three classes, and like a hotdog wiener is a sight hard to miss wherever it goes, however wish to “ketchup” with the classic American Icon are encouraged to Jesse Cook this will take care of the first one,” Sunday afternoon saw it parked in front of Vallarte Market. download the Wienermobile app for updates and locations. Friday - Downey Theatre, 8 pm said Castro. “So that way if they’re Currently, the Wienermobile and its two “hotdogger” crew are The Canadian musician is a three-time interested they can [continue] – By Alex Dominguez, staff writer celebrating its 81st anniversary. winner of “Guitarist of the Year.” online through Cerritos, so by According to “Hotdogger” Francisco Ruiz, the first ever Watch him perform live. the time they turn 18 after they graduate, all they need to do is take the state exam and become a realtor.” Downey’s Real Estate Police officers raise money for Special Principles class is a part of the school’s College and Career Ready strategy. Olympics by working at Lazy Dog “This is definitely just one way to promote a possible career for Women’s March these young kids,” said Castro. the Downey Police Officers Association. “We always come out to these Saturday - Pershing Square, 9 am Castro himself has been events whenever possible, just to show our face, like ‘hey we’re apart Peaceful march for human rights, a realtor for several years. He of you guys too.’ We may be police officers, but we’re a part of you civil liberties, and compassion for shared humanity. hopes that his experience and guys, we’re here to serve you guys in whatever capacity we can. It’s connections may help him in very meaningful for us to come out here and serve people for a good enriching the students’ real estate cause.” education. According to restaurant General Manager Patrick Weyland, this is Currently, the school offers not the first time Lazy Dog has hosted events in conjunction with one four sections of the class with of Downey’s organizations. approximately 120 students “We have done a few events with the city already; some Chamber of enrolled. Curriculum mirrors that Commerce events, we did the Gangs out of Downey golf tournament of Cerritos College, with some for the Ricky Galvez memorial…,” said Weyland. “We’re just trying to other projects and assignments get out there in the community and do everything we can to be a part Uncorked: LA added by Castro. of it and help out as much as we can.” Saturday - Union Station, 5 pm One such assignment will The fundraiser was held in support of the Special Olympics. Wine tastings, champagne bar, gourmet require each student to research Photo courtesy Special Olympics According to Special Olympics athlete and coach Dustin Plunkett, food trucks, blind tasting bar, and estimate the value of their fundraisers such as this one have more of an effect on the participants, live music, and more. own homes. DOWNEY – Downey Police Officers tied aprons around their waists athletes, and community than just raising funds. “What they’re going to do is and served residents in a whole new way as a part of the Tip a Cop “The community gets more knowledgeable about The Special research the value of it, and let’s fundraising event Wednesday evening. Olympics, and these officers get to learn more about the community say they did want to sell it. They’re The event was held at Lazy Dog within the Promenade. that they’re serving in on a daily basis,” said Plunkett. “And for the looking on any of the websites athletes, we just get to be there and meet more kinds of people and to try and get a real market A handful of DPD’s officers took to the restaurant floor assisting value, trying to create the flyer servers with drink orders and other minor server duties, all while they get to hear our story, and our story gets out there to many more to advertise, putting their picture talking to customers about supporting the Special Olympics. people.” as the agent,” said Castro. “You “For me personally, and I think for most officers, it’s just about – By Alex Dominguez, staff writer know, just putting down all the giving back to the community,” said Officer Ralph Diaz, President of R&B Festival criteria to sell it.” Saturday - Microsoft Theatre, 7 pm Castro hopes that the class will Live performances by Jodeci, expand over time. Blackstreet, En Vogue, Ginuwine, SWV, “Hopefully we get into more Downey High advances to finals Jon B, and others. sections,” said Castro. of international robotics tournament ‘Coffee with DOWNEY – The Cosmic Vikings, a team of computer science students work and leadership. a Cop’ this from Downey High School, has qualified to compete in the International Downey High participated in the contest for the first time, gathering Space Station (ISS) finals in the Zero Robotics 2016 tournament on Jan. a few Computer Science students together to compete and test their Wednesday 27. programming skills. DOWNEY – Downey police This team, advised by Downey High computer science teacher The tournament began in September and in the initial phase, the Live Boxing officers will be at the Starbucks Michael Crosby, is led by team captain Akhil Sharma and consists of teams had to compete through a series of 2-Dimension challenges that Saturday -Quiet Cannon Restaurant at 8801 Lakewood Blvd. (at Daniel Castellon, Alex Amparan, Earldrene Dubongco, Andres Guadro. then excelled into 3-D challenges. The competition is open internationally in Montebello, 6 pm Telegraph Road) this Wednesday, The Zero Robotics competition is organized by Massachusetts and this year’s competitors consisted of 174 teams from all ISS member Professional fights featuring up and Jan. 25 for informal discussions Institute of Technology (MIT) in partnership with NASA. This yearly countries (USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, France and Russia). coming boxers. Meet the fighters after with the community. their bouts. competition consists of two tournaments, one for middle school and In November, the top 84 teams moved to the “Alliance Round” where Residents are invited to attend one for high school students. the game was crafted to be even more complex. Downey High’s team, from 6-8 p.m. “Coffee with a Cop” In Zero Robotics, student teams write programs in the computer being ranked higher, led an alliance of two other teams: Gosford High is part of the city’s efforts to build language, C++, to control satellites online in a game that is driven by School from Australia and West Lafayette High School from Indiana. TWEETS OF THE WEEK relationships between police and a current problem of interest to DARPA (Defense Advanced Research MIT encouraged all alliances to submit their code online each day the public it serves. Projects Agency), NASA and MIT. This student written software controls @DowneyTLC: Don’t miss and these would be run in simulations to determine their rankings. Downey 5K for TLC EARLY “We hope that community satellite speed, rotation, direction of travel, etc. Only 14 alliances were finally declared as finalists. The alliance led registration! --Ends January members will feel comfortable Contingent upon the game premise, students must program their by Downey High finished ranked 13th and have been invited to travel to 31st! to ask questions, bring concerns, satellites to complete game objectives (navigate obstacles, pick up MIT to participate in the ISS finals. This final competition, held on Jan. 27, or simply get to know our virtual objects, etc.) while conserving resources (fuel, charge, etc.) and is a live championship aboard the ISS that will be broadcast live. @CityofDowney: Apollo and officers,” said Police Chief Carl staying within specified time and code-size limits. Indepedence Parks have new Charles. “These interactions are An astronaut will run the Cosmic Vikings’ code to compete with The programs are “autonomous,” meaning they are pre-programmed playground equipment! Join the foundation of community other alliances in microgravity and the final results of this competition us Saturday, January 21 for a and students cannot control the satellites during the test itself. partnerships. There has never will be announced in mid-February. special dedication been a more important time for This year’s challenge was to get the satellites to assemble other More details on Zero Robotics can be found at; http://zerorobotics. ‘Coffee with a Cop’ than right satellites while competing against a rival in gathering the building blocks. mit.edu/ now. This program will bring our The game enhances students’ skill in core subjects such as coding, math Follow us! @DowneyPatriot community together and make us and physics; and in addition, promotes “soft-skills” in strategy, team- stronger.” 2 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017

SPORTS: Warren girls soccer shut out Paramount, Volunteers to count Gahr as they seek to defend league title Downey’s were defeated by Paramount at Dominguez Lady Dons tonight, The Lady Vikings traveled to The Lady Vikings defeated By Mark Fetter Paramount 3-1 on 1/10, defeated will travel to Lynwood to face Gahr yesterday to face the Lady Dominguez at Downey on 1/11, Contributor Gahr at Gahr 3-0 on 1/12 and the Lynwood Lady Knights next Gladiators (score unavailable were defeated by Lynwood at homeless played cross-town rival Downey Wednesday and will host the at press time), will travel to Lynwood on 1/13 and defeated DOWNEY – The Warren at Downey to a 0-0 draw on Paramount Lady Pirates next Paramount to face the Lady cross-town rival Warren at Tuesday High School girls’ soccer team Tuesday. Friday. Pirates next Tuesday and will Downey on Wednesday night DOWNEY – Volunteers will currently has an overall record of host the Dominguez Lady Dons (score unavailable at press time). canvass Downey streets Tuesday The Bears hosted Dominguez Warren finished last season 6-8-2 and a S.G.V.L. record of 2-1. in their rematch next Friday. night in an effort to count yesterday (score unavailable with a San Gabriel Valley League The Lady Vikings will host Downey’s homeless population The Lady Bears defeated at press time), will travel to record of 4-6. Coach Palmer, Downey finished last season the Gahr Lady Gladiators and provide them resources to Paramount at Paramount 4-0 Lynwood next Tuesday and will her staff and players are all with a San Gabriel Valley League tonight, will travel to Paramount find suitable shelter. on 1/10, defeated Gahr at Gahr host Paramount next Thursday. looking forward to league play record of 8-2. Coach Fresquez, next Wednesday to face the 9-0 on 1/13 and were defeated and challenging league favorite her staff and players are all Lady Pirates and will travel to Volunteers will meet at First by cross-town rival Downey at Warren finished last season Lynwood for the league title. looking forward to league play Dominguez to face the Lady Baptist Church of Downey at 7:30 Warren 2-1 on Tuesday. with a San Gabriel Valley League Cross-town rival Downey will be and challenging Warren for the Dons next Friday. p.m. for orientation from the Los record of 7-1-2 and a second in the mix as well. league title. Upstart Dominguez Angeles Area Homeless Authority. The Lady Bears traveled to place finish behind league Downey finished last season Dominguez yesterday to face the has looked sharp thus far and champion Paramount. Coach may be tough to beat as well. with a San Gabriel Valley League Volunteers will be assigned Lady Dons (score unavailable at Pena, his staff and players are all record of 7-3. Coach Harris, his neighborhoods and canvass the ■ press time), will host the Lynwood looking forward to challenging The Warren High School staff and players are all looking area in teams. Lady Knights next Tuesday and Paramount for a shot at the boys’ basketball team currently forward to league play and ■ will host the Paramount Lady league title. Downey will be in the has an overall record of 8-10 The Downey High School challenging league favorite “The annual homeless count provides us with the opportunity Pirates next Thursday. hunt for a piece of the league title and a S.G.V.L. record of 1-1. The boys’ soccer team currently has Lynwood for the league title. to reach out to our homeless as well. Bears defeated Paramount at an overall record of 11-4-1 and Cross-town rival Warren will be in Warren finished last season neighbors and offer them the Paramount 63-40 on 1/11, were a S.G.V.L. record of 2-0-1. The the mix as well. with a San Gabriel Valley defeated by Gahr at Warren 71- Vikings defeated Dominguez at resources they need to find a League record of 10-0 and were 48 on 1/13 and played cross- Downey 3-0 on 1/10, defeated home,” said Mayor Fernando ■ undefeated league champions. The Warren High School town rival Downey at Downey Lynwood at Lynwood 5-0 on Vasquez. “We are [committed] girls’ basketball team currently ■ The Downey High School to helping solve homelessness Coach Dussan, her staff and on Wednesday night (score 1/12 and played cross-town rival has an overall record of 11-8 and boys’ basketball team currently in our city and invite our fellow players are all looking forward to unavailable at press time). Warren at Downey to a 0-0 draw a S.G.V.L. record of 2-1. has an overall record of 11-8 and community members to join us league play and defending their on Tuesday. The Bears will host Dominguez a S.G.V.L. record of 0-2. on Jan. 24.” league title. The Lady Bears defeated tonight, will travel to Lynwood The Vikings hosted Gahr Paramount at Paramount 60-31 The Vikings were defeated by Mayor Pro Tem Sean Ashton next Wednesday and will host yesterday (score unavailable on 1/11, defeated Gahr at Warren Paramount next Friday. at press time), will travel to Dominguez at Downey 46-44 on added that the homeless count “is ■ The Warren High School 54-38 on 1/13 and were defeated Paramount next Tuesday and 1/11, were defeated by Lynwood not just statistics and photo ops.” boys’ soccer team currently has by cross-town rival Downey at Warren finished last season will travel to Dominguez next at Lynwood 63-57 on 1/13 and “It’s a meaningful way to an overall record of 4-6-4 and a Downey Wednesday night. with a San Gabriel Valley League Thursday. played cross-town rival Warren safely engage with homeless S.G.V.L. record of 1-1-1. The Bears record of 3-7. Coach Leflore, at Downey on Wednesday night The Lady Bears will host the his staff and players are all Downey finished last season (score unavailable at press time). individuals living in Downey and looking forward to challenging with a San Gabriel Valley help ensure that we have the league favorites Lynwood and League record of 6-3-1 and a The Vikings will host Gahr resources necessary to help our Dominguez for the league title. third place finish behind league tonight, will travel to Paramount homeless neighbors get back on champion Paramount and next Wednesday and will travel their feet,” he said. Warren, respectively. Coach to Dominguez for their rematch next Friday. Volunteers are still needed for ■ The Downey High School Mires, his staff and players are all the count. Online registration is girls’ soccer team currently has looking forward to challenging Downey finished last season available at theycountwillyou.org. an overall record of 5-8-2 and Paramount and Warren for a shot with a San Gabriel Valley League a S.G.V.L. record of 2-1. The at the league title. record of 3-7. Coach Shelton, For questions about the Lady Vikings were defeated by his staff and players are all homeless count, contact Kimberly Dominguez at Dominguez 1-0 looking forward to challenging Barnette, regional planner for on 1/10, defeated Lynwood ■ The Downey High School league favorites Lynwood and Los Angeles Homeless Services at Downey 4-0 on 1/12 and girls’ basketball team currently Dominguez for the league title. Authority, at (213) 507-0169 or defeated cross-town rival Warren has an overall record of 13-6 and [email protected]. at Warren 2-1 on Tuesday. a S.G.V.L. record of 2-1. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 The Downey Patriot | 3 Downey Symphony again combines music and art DOWNEY – The Downey Symphonic Society brings audiences first-rate performances of the world’s most beautiful music. But it adds something extra: an art show in the Downey Theatre lobby that rounds out a memorable evening. “There is something about the combination of music and art Annie Rojes took the Downey Patriot to Seneca Falls, New York last month to Randy and Rica Van Ausdall, residents of Downey for 25 years, spent Christmas that is really satisfying,” says Pat celebrate the 70th anniversary of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” and New Year’s in Singapore, a city of varied magnificent architecture. Gil. She is on the Board of both the Symphonic Society and the All three surviving child actors from the film were together for the first time The main structures pictured here are the Steel footbridge, opened in 2010 Downey Arts Coalition and has in Seneca Falls, which is the town that inspired Frank Capra when directing and inspired by the curved form of the structure of DNA; the Marina Bay led the partnership that creates the movie. Sands, three ultra-modern high-rise buildings, each 57 stories high; and the the art exhibit. ArtScience Museum, the boldly iconic lotus-inspired building. “I forgot to take a picture until we were on our way to the airport to fly home, She adds, “Some 20 local and hence the photo framing,” says Rojes. regional artists will have work on This mask by sculptor Gail Glikmann Students make Dean’s List display for enjoyment, and if a DOWNEY – Seven Downey residents have been named to the patron is so inclined, for sale.” will be one of several pieces of art displayed before the Downey Dinner, live auction gala Feb. 3 Dean’s List at Biola University. The performance and art show DOWNEY – Jan. 27 is the deadline to RSVP for the Downey Symphony concert on Jan. 28. The students are Carlos Aparicio, Nina Austria, Aileen Codesal, is Saturday, Jan. 28. The theme of Symphony Guild’s annual gala fundraiser benefiting the Downey Hannah Larsen, Silvia Martinez, Darlene Obregon and Bethany Shubin. the exhibit is “Dreamscapes.” Symphony’s Music in the Schools program. counselor from Camarillo, who Doors open at 6:30 pm, so To make the Dean’s List, students must earn a minimum 3.6 grade will share three pieces of her The gala is scheduled for Feb. 3 and begins with a 5:30 p.m. social patrons can view the art and point average while enrolled in 12 or more credit units. insightful and whimsical artwork. hour at the Embassy Suites, followed by dinner and both live and silent set the mood for the three auctions. brilliant musicians who will be “Our artists have been very performing at 8 p.m. Violinist supportive of the Symphony, and Tickets are $72. Make checks payable to Downey Symphony Guild Michelle Tseng, baritone Anthony we are glad to benefit from their and mail to Marie Eckstrom, 9700 Garnish Dr., Downey CA 90240. Moreno, and pianist Robert Blake inspiring creativity,” observed will present a variety of short E. J. Ball, one of the exhibition pieces by renowned composers organizers. Murder-mystery show in Long Beach like Debussy and Rachmaninoff Tickets to the concert and art as well as pieces by Spanish show are $30 or $35, depending BELLFLOWER – The Kiwanis Club of Bellflower is selling tickets to and Latin American composers on seating section, and can be a private performance of “A Murder is Announced,” taking place Feb. Ravel, Ginastera, Granados, purchased at downeysymphony. 9 at the Long Beach Playhouse. and Piazzolla, rounding out the org, by calling the Downey Tickets are $25. RSVP by Jan. 27 by contacting Jeff Jones at (562) evening with songs by American Theatre at (562) 861-8211 or in 458-6791 or [email protected]. composers. person at the theater box office. Robert Blake offers a pre- concert talk at 7:15 pm. Among the highlights of the exhibit will be exquisite mixed media masks by figurative sculptor Gail Glikmann as well as a mosaic “Time of My Life” by Downey artist Lindsay Yost. The Downey exhibit draws artists from across Southern California, such as Jennifer Jones, an academic and practical 4 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017

In Memory of Ligaya Miller 100 Kindles donated to Doty Middle School DOWNEY – Last Friday, expressed Doty’s Librarian, Teresa May 8, 1950 - January 4, 2017 Doty Middle School received a Gillette. Ligaya (Linda) Miller, of Downey, donation of 100 Kindle E-readers The Kindles will be available CA passed away on January 4, from the Making Schools Digital for students to check out of the 2017 while on vacation in Oahu, program. school library, similar to checking HI. She was 66. She was born on This donation, which includes out a reading book. The students May 8, 1950 and lived in Tayug, the Kindles and individual cases, at Doty Middle will now be able is valued at nearly $10,000. to read countless books that are Pangasinan, Philippines. While available for digital check-out at working at Subic Bay Naval Base, Through the Books in Students’ Palms project, Making public libraries across the state. she met her husband, George, Schools Digital has greatly aided The Making Schools Digital where he worked on a hospital in the expansion of the library at program is headed by local ship during the Vietnam War. They Doty Middle School. business leaders Anil Patel married in March 1970 and a few months later, she relocated “This will greatly expand our and Raj Bhakta, with generous to Downey to be with her husband and start a family. library’s resources, as the Kindles support from Parvin Bhakta and Ligaya worked as a sales associate at Mervyns will provide a means for students Downey resident Devang Patel, of Department Store in Stonewood Center Mall for 27 years to access a number of extensive the Kamla for Hope Foundation. until they closed their doors in 2008. She also served as a public library collections,” long-time member and two-time board member of the Tayug Association of Southern California (TASC). Everyone that knew her would agree that Ligaya was the sweetest, caring, nonjudgmental, loving person you would Garcia looks to restore taxes on junk food ever meet. She had a heart of gold and always had a smile DOWNEY – Assemblywoman groundwork for a snack tax in According a UCLA Center The cities the on her face. Her family loved her and she loved her family Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) the previous legislative session, for Health Policy Research study Assemblywoman represents are with everything she had. She especially loved watching her on Thursday introduced a during conversations around on pre-diabetes, more than half located in the same region. grandson play baseball and granddaughter dance hula. measure that would roll back exempting menstrual products of adults in California are pre- “I think that Californians can She will be missed by all. the sales tax exemption on high from state sales tax. diabetic or have diabetes. Rates see the inequity of a system Ligaya is survived by her husband of 46 years, sugar, high fat, processed, snack “As I took a closer look at are higher among adults of color that taxes over-the-counter George; children, Rick (Sandra) and Michele (Michael); foods, if approved by voters. our tax code, it became apparent and low income populations. medicines, such as aspirin, cough The cities of Southeast Los grandchildren, Matthew and Samantha; and sisters, Lorna The proposal would amend that while California’s policy is & cold medicines, medicated the California State Constitution, to tax luxury items, the reality Angeles, a region comprised of gum and yes, tampons, while and Josephine (Elmo). disadvantaged communities, A Celebration of Life will be held at Saint Raymond which requires 2/3 vote of is that it’s inconsistent. We tax allowing candy bars, chips & each house of the Legislature necessities like tampons but makes up 50% of the top snack cakes to avoid taxation”, Catholic Church at 10 am on Saturday, February 11th. to approve, as well as voter exempt chocolate bars”, stated ten most overweight cities in concluded Garcia. approval via referendum. Garcia. California. The state constitution states In 1992 voters passed that any sales and use taxes Proposition 163, a constitutional also apply to snack foods and amendment that repealed the Historian returning to Downey for talk candy. Garcia’s legislation, which “snack tax” implemented by will be introduced later, will the Legislature to deal with on John D. Rockefeller define snack foods and candy a $14.3 billion budget deficit for the purposes of the state facing California. Due to that DOWNEY – Nicholas Curry Murder.” constitution’s provisions. referendum, the California will return to the Downey This time, Curry will give a The funds would generate constitution contains a Historical Society on Jan. 26 to be talk on John D. Rockefeller and almost $1 billion per year and permanent ban on taxing most the program’s guest speaker. several philanthropic foundations, could be used to fund essential candy, chips and snacks. Only Curry spoke to the historical including the University of services, Garcia said. a vote by the public can repeal society in March 2015, speaking Chicago, Rockefeller Center, and that action. on Edward Doheny in a program Pratt Institute. Garcia began laying the titled “Money, Mansions and Curry’s talk begins at 7:30 p.m. in the John Downey Room at the Barbara J. Riley Center. Meanwhile, the historical society recently received DVD copies of the 1956 football game between Downey and Anaheim. The DVDs came from Paul Molina, who is creating a documentary on the game titled “The Last Hurrah.” Also, the historical society has colorful collector plates suitable for display, including plates of the Rives Mansion, Downey Grammar School and the Presbyterian church. The plates can be yours for a donation of $25.

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A CNN reporter tried to ask the immigrants, you’re avoided the sort of in-depth, extended public scrutiny Americans deserved. president-elect about the extent of his ties to Russian officials. “No! Not you. No! Your organization is terrible,” responded Mr. Trump, and moved on to the next This is unlikely to change, especially in the White House. As Pete Vernon question. noted recently in the Columbia Journalism Review, with “unabashed boosters against my grandma in the studios of certain Fox News hosts, the morning hours of MSNBC, and the The fact that a politician would seek to sidestep an uncomfortable question pages of Breitbart, as [well as] direct access to 17 million followers through his isn’t unusual. What should cause concern is what happened next: Nothing. The By Mitchell Zimmerman own Twitter feed, Trump has a greater ability than any previous president to push press corps moved on, without protesting or taking up CNN’s line of questioning his message unchallenged.” One day in a Latvian town more than 100 years ago, when my grandmother and pushing for an answer. wasn’t much more than a girl, she heard that the czar’s “recruiters” were coming President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Mr. Trump have held very few open Why do I find this disquieting? Because journalists play a crucial role in to conscript men into the Russian army for 20-year terms. news conferences. We are losing important ways and means of holding politicians our representative democracy’s health. Though power may seem to rest in accountable. Two days before they came, a handsome young man she’d known only Washington, state capitols, and city halls around the country, in the end it is slightly told her he was going to America instead, and asked her to come along wielded by citizens who have the ability to seat and unseat elected officials, Nor are citizens helping. In the modern media universe, they get along with as his bride. She agreed. to organize around issues, and through concerted action to affect the policy only the information they want to believe, look at sources that tell them only agenda. what they want to hear, and shut out anything they don’t like. They seek the Their travels weren’t wholly lawful. Lacking proper papers to enter Germany, media that confirms their views. where they planned to embark on a steamer to New York, they were smuggled But citizens cannot act responsibly if they’re kept in the dark. And it’s the across the border at night, in a cart. media’s role to make sure that does not happen. This is worrisome. But even worse would be a press that doesn’t push on regardless. I want to see media coverage of public affairs that’s dogged, Some 40-odd years later, when I was a small child, my mother would take me Its performance in recent years, however, has not been reassuring. Before the skeptical and aggressive, that investigates actions of government and politicians, to Brooklyn to visit them. I recall grandma as a short, ancient grownup, her face election, how much were you reading or seeing about the depth and intensity of that checks facts, calls candidates and office-holders to account, and flags square and her cheeks jowly. Despite having lived in New York for decades, she the frustrations in large swaths of the country that enabled Mr. Trump’s victory? misstatements, half-truths, and outright lies. I want the media to be very tough still spoke little English — only enough to make halting jokes. I don’t think she How much coverage do you see about climate change, or poverty, or the impact on politicians and candidates and not let them get away with the evasions and ever became a citizen. on our communities and individuals of the income inequality that has become a manipulations they find increasingly easy to practice. hallmark of this era? She and grandpa faced hardship and discrimination. They’d been called Democracy works only with accountability and is strengthened by strict “kikes” and “Jew bastards.” They’d been asked, “Why don’t you go back where Sure, there’s plenty of news coverage of politics. But it’s just that — coverage accountability of elected and appointed officials to the people of the country. you came from?” of politics, polls, personalities, and campaigns, and much less on the substance Without citizens insisting on it and the media demanding it, our system of of policy issues or what’s at stake for the country as they’re debated. Last year, But they stayed, and their children and grandchildren — including my representative government is in peril. early in the primary season, the CEO of CBS said of Mr. Trump’s presidential brother, a journalist, and myself, a lawyer — climbed the ladder to success. run, “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.” He later Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on My grandparents come to mind when I meet my young friend — “Jesús,” contended he’d been joking — but somehow, I don’t find myself reassured that Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global let’s call him, a pro bono client. media corporations today are as committed to serving the public good as they and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Jesús, too, is an immigrant. But he recalls little of coming to America, and less ought to be. Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of of Mexico, his birthplace. He was only 7 when his mother, hoping for a better life Representatives for 34 years. At the same time, politicians have become adept at manipulating the media. and lacking proper papers, carried him here. The president-elect’s news conference, for instance, was held on the same day Jesús grew up in East Palo Alto, California — a small city not far geographically from the prosperity of Silicon Valley, but a world away socio-economically. Plagued by poverty, drugs, and crime, the town was once the murder capital of America. Healthcare repeal is a tax break for millionaires When he reached high school, Jesús found himself behind the kids from the richer towns. But he enrolled in the school’s computer science track, applied By Josh Hoxie millions of whom would also lose their health coverage. himself, and ultimately won a nationwide “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” Great magicians are masters of diversion. They attract our attention with one Remember the story of Robin Hood? It’s just like that, but backwards. competition. hand while using the other to trick us into thinking a supernatural act is taking Poll after poll shows Americans have no idea how concentrated wealth The school offered him little guidance about a path to college, but he found place. inequality is today — it’s far worse than most suspect. his own mentors. Eventually, he earned a B.S. from a small local college, paid for by soccer and academic scholarships — and hard work. But even the best street performers could learn a lesson from the folks A report I co-authored last year looked at the 400 wealthiest individuals in in Congress who are trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as the country. This group together owns more wealth than the entire GDP of India, Jesús meanwhile devoted himself to diffusing conflicts among Latino and Obamacare. a country with over a billion people. black gangs in violent neighborhoods. “When asked about putting himself in When we talk about repealing Obamacare, we almost never talk about the harm’s way,” a counselor informed me, “Jesús said he didn’t want to live in a The report also showed this great concentration of wealth splits largely, world where people hate each other based on the color of their skin.” windfall payday it would bring to multi-millionaires and billionaires. In fact, this although not exclusively, along racial lines. The 100 wealthiest Americans, none massive tax cut is the proverbial card hiding in the sleeve of lawmakers pushing of whom are black, today own more wealth than the entire African-American For some people, this is all irrelevant. All we need to know about Jesús is that repeal. population combined. he’s “illegal” — and so should be deported. A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows the 400 Unsurprisingly, most of us would like to live in a much more egalitarian This would be fundamentally unfair. Jesús, like many others whose parents richest Americans, a group whose average annual income tops $300 million each, society. If we can’t swing it, economist and author Thomas Piketty warns, we’re brought them here, had no say in whether or how he entered the United States. would get a combined annual tax cut of $2.8 billion if the Affordable Care Act is heading towards a hereditary aristocracy of wealth and power, where the children But also like those others, he’s lived an entirely American life. repealed. of today’s billionaires will dominate our economy and our government. I assisted Jesús with his ultimately successful application for DACA status. In other words, people who already have more money than they could spend As we look back at the Obama legacy, we see a number of efforts aimed at in a dozen lifetimes would get a massive pile of cash. This Obama-era program (in full, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) beginning to bridge that massive wealth divide. From expanding opportunities offered a little security to youths like Jesús who arrived as children. If they were Meanwhile, those who make less than $200,000 per year — also known for low-income children and families to asking the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair in school (or graduated) and had no criminal record, they were eligible to remain as “the rest of us” — would see no benefit. That’s because the two taxes that share, progress has been made on this front in the past eight years. in the U.S. for a renewable two-year period. funded the expansion in health care coverage included as part of Obamacare The Affordable Care Act was one of these efforts, and it touched directly on don’t extend to these moderate-income households. With an anti-immigrant administration coming into office, however, many of issues of life and death. these good kids fear being exiled to a land alien to them. I hope Trump has the And many of us would do worse. Don’t be fooled by the smoke and mirrors of today’s illusionists: Repealing it decency to let them be. In fact, about 7 million low-income people would actually see their taxes go will directly counteract this progress. It will further concentrate wealth into fewer Jesús is now 24 years old and works at a tech start-up. He has an American up if the law’s repealed, since they’d lose insurance premium tax credits that were hands and strip low-income families of what little resources they have. wife, son, and baby daughter. His aspirations, like my grandparents’ were, are to enacted as part of the bill. Josh Hoxie directs the Project on Taxation and Opportunity at the Institute educate his kids, work hard and prosper, and continue to inspire others to set So, to be perfectly clear on this point, repealing Obamacare equals payday for Policy Studies. aside despair and reach for the stars. for the wealthiest households and higher taxes for the poorest households — How American those ambitions seem to me. Mitchell Zimmerman is an intellectual property lawyer who devotes much of his practice to pro bono work. The next public health secretary shouldn’t have a record of benefiting from prescription drug profiteering By LeeAnn Hall investments line the pockets of the Georgia Republican Trump picked to lead our In 2015, Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager and CEO of Turing nation’s health care policy. That’s an unacceptable conflict of interest. Pharmaceuticals, drew national ire when he raised the price of a cancer and HIV For most people, prescription drugs are a lifeline. For Representative Tom medication from $13.50 a tablet to $750 as soon as he acquired rights to the Price, Donald Trump’s health secretary nominee, they’re a source of profits. Life-saving drugs are priced out of reach for far too many Americans, with drug. (Shrkreli has also been arrested on allegations of securities fraud.) millions skipping needed medications because of drug corporation price- Indeed, hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug and health corporation gouging. And last year, the drug company Mylan hiked the price of the EpiPen — which saves people from life-threatening allergic reactions — by 400 percent. Take the case of insulin, which people with diabetes depend on for their survival. Drug corporations have raised the price of this medication by more than This kind of gouging has sparked widespread public outrage. Now, 61 200 percent over the past eight years. percent of people in the U.S. agree that lowering the price of prescription drugs should be a top priority for Congress. They also want Congress to lower health “It feels like they’re holding my kid ransom,” the mother of a diabetic son care costs overall. told NBC News in November. More than 80 percent want Medicare and other public programs that pay for While that mother was struggling to keep her son healthy, Price was prescription drugs to be able to negotiate directly with drug makers to help bring legislating on health care in the House — and buying stock in insulin-maker Eli down the price — a position even Trump himself has said he supports. Lilly. That drug corporation ratcheted up the price of its insulin brand by 380 percent between 2004 and last November. Eighty-six percent want drug corporations to have to disclose how they set prices. Many others want to make prescription drugs public goods paid for by Eli Lilly wasn’t Price’s only investment. In March of last year, he also bought the federal government and available to all of us. stock in Pfizer and health insurer Aetna. The value of all three corporations rose soon after his stock purchase. There’s no reason — at least, no good reason — lawmakers in D.C. can’t take action on these priorities. He didn’t stop there. For years, Price and politicians like him have been blocking Medicare from In August, Price put down between $50,000 and $100,000 to buy shares negotiating lower prices. His financial stake in drug corporation profiteering in Innate Immunotherapeutics, which makes a multiple sclerosis drug. He also show us why. If Medicare negotiates more reasonable prices for medications, we bought stock in Zimmer Biomet Holdings — one week before introducing a get a better bargain, but Price gets hit right in the stock portfolio. bill designed to blunt a regulation that would have hurt the company’s profits, according to CNN. Profiteering shouldn’t be at the heart of our health care system — we need less corporate control of our health care, not more. And no one who doesn’t put Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer called for that transaction to be people first should be in charge of setting health policy for our country. investigated as a violation of a law against insider trading. And a public watchdog group asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate his other LeeAnn Hall is a co-director of People’s Action, a national organization stock purchases. working for economic, racial, gender, and climate justice. Beyond raising suspicions of insider trading, Price’s pharmaceutical dealings highlight the profiteering rampant in the entire industry. 6 | The Downey Patriot Comics/Crossword Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 SPEED BUMP DAVE COVERLY

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It is hard to lose a sibling, especially at a relatively young age. When we parked in front of Louie’s residence, to our surprise, a Medicare late fees Yolanda Reyna describes how she coped with the death of her light mist of snow had begun to fall, almost as if he were welcoming us This past holiday season, I found myself in line at the airport counter, brother Louis, an artist and writer who lived in Kansas City. Shared there. I dreaded stepping foot into his home. My first reaction was to waiting to check a bag prior to a flight to visit family and friends. The Stories is a weekly column featuring articles by participants in a go to his room, where he had passed away. gentlemen in front of me got frustrated when the customer agent said he had to pay more to check a bag because he hadn’t paid for it online writing class at the Norwalk Senior Center. Bonnie Mansell is the As I stepped in the front entry, I noticed a living room filled with his beforehand. instructor for this free class offered through the Cerritos College art work on the walls. As I crept on the hard-wood floors and made my I could relate to his irritation since I’d had a similar experience years Adult Education Program. Curated by Carol Kearns way through the narrow hallway, I trembled as I slowly walked. ago. But I was late for my plane and hoped the situation would be remedied When I made my way to his bedroom and stood there in his room, I soon. After talking to a manager and reviewing the terms of the ticket By Yolanda “Yolie” Reyna immediately felt the tears streaming down my face. Jimmy was right by purchase, the man paid the extra fee. The rest of us in line sighed quiet A knife in my heart, shock, grief, a range of emotions. My heart had my side. We both embraced one another and wept. Yet, knowing Louie relief as the clock ticked down to our departure times. been ripped out! I felt withered, then shock became my best friend, passed away in his sleep somehow gave me comfort. Seeing a Bible The gentleman’s reaction made me think of a Medicare beneficiary I not leaving my side. It’s amazing what a phone call can do to you. The and a picture of my mother on his nightstand gave me great comfort. encountered a while back. He’d decided not to enroll in Medicare Part B, phone call that would change me forever was the phone call of the Jimmy and I stayed in Kansas City for six days. I began searching for which helps pay for doctor fees, outpatient treatment, and preventive-care death of my younger brother Louie. any documents that were needed for cremation. Realizing what had to services, when he was first eligible. At the time he declined his Part B benefits, he was in good health. He Inherently, I did not know what to expect with planning a funeral be taken care of gave me enormous strength. rarely saw a doctor, didn’t take prescription drugs, and never had been and having never flown before because I had always been fearful of I didn’t know if any will was ever put in place of my brother’s future. admitted to a hospital. Part B carries a monthly premium (about $109 for flying. Therefore, I wasn’t sure about going to Kansas City. Nevertheless, So I had to contact his employer for any kind of information on a most people in 2017), and the man didn’t think he should pay for something I agreed to go with my eldest brother Jimmy. possible life insurance policy. Thankfully, he did have one. he didn’t need. I had no idea what to expect. Not knowing what Louie died of Finally, the day had come for his body to be cremated. That would Several years later his health declined and he wanted Part B. He signed and with so many thoughts racing through my mind, I came to the be one of the most painful experiences in my life. The agony of sitting up in March but learned that his coverage wouldn’t start until July. And conclusion that no matter how much I was grieving, I had to put my in the mortuary office and answering questions and imagining my since he waited five years to enroll after he was initially eligible (and didn’t emotions aside and get the energy to prepare myself for the inevitable. brother in one of those rooms was eerie and sad. have job-based insurance during that time), he discovered that he’d have to We could not leave right away due to bad weather. Meanwhile, I That evening, Jimmy and I treated ourselves to a dinner in honor pay a late penalty equal to 50 percent of his monthly premium. had been in contact with the mortuary and getting feedback regarding of his cremation. My emotions ran high and low. My eyes were greatly He was very surprised, to say the least. He reached out to Medicare my deceased brother. They informed me that by the time we would swollen, leaving the most burning sensation. Just when I thought I to reduce the penalty, but unfortunately we couldn’t do anything to help. reach our destination, viewing would not be recommended due to could not produce any more tears, they’d come streaming down again. When the beneficiary turned down Part B five years earlier, he signeda document explaining the penalty and the potential for higher costs. He now deterioration. My heart sank after hearing that news. On the last night of our stay in our brother’s home, there was peace must pay this surcharge on his Part B premium for as long as he has Part B. Furthermore, I had never visited Louie in Kansas City. Knowing that in our hearts, minds, and souls. Jimmy and I sat in the living room he had always wanted me to visit sent chills up my spine. The conflict I reminiscing of our time with our beloved brother Louie. We talked Why does Medicare have such penalties? was facing was having an intense impact on me. Still, I was faced with: about the good times and how much he had accomplished in the fifty Like private insurance, Medicare spreads its costs across a “pool” of Why didn’t I ever visit him? He was gone, and I have this enormous three years he had lived, and how much he had always made us laugh, insured people that includes both those who are healthy and those with courage now? I had to battle these thoughts along the trip. I relied on the laughter would fill the room. medical problems. Late-enrollment penalties are meant to ensure that my brother Jimmy for reassurance, guidance, and support. people join the risk pool when they’re healthy, not just when they get sick. Hearing the news of the death of my brother Louis was incredibly Thus, premiums paid by healthy people help offset the costs of those with Remarkably, the flight and trip to Kansas City would be one of the hard on many levels: the grief, the fear of never having flown, but mainly illnesses, keeping the program’s overall expenses as low as possible for best experiences in my life. In a sense, it almost felt as if Louie spiritually the regret of never visiting him. Since then, I have this tremendous everyone. took control. When we arrived in Kansas City, we couldn’t help but courage, force, and somewhat fearlessness. The truth is, I often hear my Late-enrollment penalties can add up. Your Part B premium may go up brother saying to me, “It’s OK, Sis, you’re here now.” notice the beauty and serenity in the town. 10 percent for each full 12-month period that you could’ve had Part B but didn’t sign up for it. (You don’t usually pay a late penalty if you defer Part B while you’re covered by employer insurance.) So please remember: If you don’t sign up for Part B when you’re first eligible, you may have to pay the late penalty for as long as you have Part B. The realities of empty nest syndrome Late penalties also apply to Medicare Part A, which covers hospitalization. Although the vast majority of people with Medicare don’t pay for Part A, You’re supposed to feel youngest child went off to college. there’s gas in the tank. The driver’s so years. those who do must sign up when they’re first eligible or face a potential weepy, forsaken and bereft. “We had 29 years to prepare seat and mirrors are always where When researchers at the penalty. And maybe you do. for empty nest syndrome, but you like them. And there are University of California-Berkley You can also get hit with a penalty for late enrollment in Medicare Part Sometimes. Some days. the symptoms we experienced no mysterious new scratches or tracked 123 women for 18 years D, which helps pay for prescription drugs. The way it’s calculated is more were far different from what we dents. – from their early 40s to their 60s complicated than Part B, but this penalty can add up, too. For details, see But many parents are realizing the 2017 Medicare & You handbook, mailed to every person with Medicare that they also feel exhilarated, expected,” she says. • Meals are what you want, – they found that empty nesters when you want and where you reported greater satisfaction with in the fall. It’s also online at https://www.medicare.gov/pubs/pdf/10050- freer and, yes, sexier, when their Here are some of the things Medicare-and-You.pdf. kids grow up, leave home and go Fell says you can look forward to: want. No more planning around their partners than did mothers Or call us, toll free, any time of day or night, at 1-800-MEDICARE (1- out on their own. your child’s band practice – just with children at home. 800-633-4227). the symphony concert you’re “My husband and I felt like “It might be an empty nest, but Contributed by Medicare • No more arguments over attending with friends. we were two teenagers left there’s no ‘syndrome,’” says Lynda who holds the TV remote, and Cheldelin Fell (www.LyndaFell. • Pretty much every bill you home alone,” Fell says. “All that every light in the house is turned have will go down – and all that apprehension and dread about com), an emotional healing expert off when no one is in the room. and creator of the “Grief Diaries” extra money can be spent in any the empty nest was for nothing.” Your phone charger is where you way you wish. New furniture. series of books. “At least, not in left it – charging your phone. the negative sense. Paris. Or paying off all the bills • The receipt from your weekly you’ve run up over the past 20 or “There’s no malady about trip to the grocery store is less it. It’s more like a club whose than 2 feet long. (And, yes, you members are secretly celebrating read that right: You only have to having more quality time alone, go to the market once a week.) with their friends and with their spouse.” • The bathroom vanity is devoid of the many tools required Magazine articles and TV for young-adult beauty: no more doctors still tend to focus blow dryers, flat irons, makeup on “coping” with this midlife and acne medications to move transition, and the identity crisis aside so you can wash your hands they say could lead to depression, or brush your teeth. Your things alcoholism and divorce. But are in the linen closet where they research reveals an empty nest belong – lids on and cords coiled. can actually reduce stress and And the drain is no longer clogged family conflicts. A 2008 study by with hair. University of Missouri associate professor Christine M. Proulx • You get in the car – and found that parents mostly felt pride and relief that they’d done their job and prepared their kids to live independently. Fell says she and her husband dreaded the day when their 8 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 january 19 birthdays Downey High student Mario Marsetti has been invited to “Charger,” a 1-year-old neutered represent California on the 2017 male terrier, is Southeast Area California Pacific Conference Dolly Parton, Animal Control Authority track and field team. the legendary (SEAACA)’s Pet of the Week. country singer, turns 71 Mario will depart for Charger (ID No. 17-13191) Queensland, Australia on July has unique markings made 3 to compete down under for up of black, brown and white. individual honors and a team He enjoys tummy rubs and championship title. watching (or playing) football. 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Even the flags seemed frozen to their poles, and the men stamping their well-shod feet resembled an army of overcoats. Paul Rodriguez Jeff Van Gundy Shawn Wayans actor basketball coach Actor But we were young and fueled 62 55 46 Girl Scout Troop 5605 presented Downey’s “Pete the Tailor” by hope, our ardor burned away with a certificate of appreciation for his time and dedication to the cold. We were the president’s, the troop. and briefly the president would be ours.

“Pete Patsios owns a tailor shop here in Downey and he’s the The old poet stumbled person we turn to to sew on all the girls’ patches as they earn over his own indelible words, them. Not only is he accommodating but he’s sweet and kind his breath a wreath around his face: a kind of prophecy. to the girls and often refuses payment for his work. He’s had to re-apply patches from the front to back on a moment’s notice because one of the girl’s mothers gave him the wrong - Linda Pastan instructions – with a smile on his face.

“He is a sweet person and true professional. Girl Scout Troop Pastan produces quiet lyrics. She is known for short poems Jodie Sweetin Shawn Johnson Logan Lerman 5605 would truly appreciate if you could print this picture and about the anxieties that exist under the surface of everyday life, poems full of foreboding and acceptance, a wry unsentimental actress gymnast actor print a story letting our community know how wonderful he acceptance of hard truth. “They are valuable as signposts, and 35 25 25 is.” in the end, as arrivals,” says poet May Sarton. Pastan lives in Potomac, Maryland, where she has served as Poet Laureate, and was awarded the 2003 Ruth Lilly Prize. Poetry Matters is curated by Lorine Parks. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 Dining/Entertainment The Downey Patriot | 9 Cirque Éloize combines thrills of acrobatics with Wild Wild West The Cirque Éloize team will bring its 11th original creation, Saloon – A Musical Acrobatic Adventure, to the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside, Calif., for two shows only on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. (1 p.m. doors) and 8 p.m. (7 p.m. doors). Tickets are on sale now and available at the Fox Performing Arts Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com, riversidelive.com, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Inspired by the rich legacy of the Wild West, Saloon transports audiences to a dusty gathering place. Swing open the Saloon doors and rustle up some fun for the entire family with this Bellator 170: Sonnen, Ortiz to meet musical and acrobatic adventure. The stage fizzes and thrums with infectious energy and phenomenal physical feats as 11 top- level cast members perform for a music-packed theatrical thrill- in long-anticipated bout Saturday ride! Prepare to be blown away by a chase worthy of the greatest Westerns. It’s a fight that many mixed martial arts fans thought they’d never see, Campos enters the bout riding a recent string of success, as the “The show was inspired by our thriving power, the same but on Saturday, both Tito Ortiz (18-12-1) and Chael Sonnen (28-14-1) 28-year-old lightweight put together a flawless 2016 campaign that strength that has motivated us for nearly 25 years. We borrow will return to action inside the renovated Forum in Inglewood to headline included a pair of noteworthy victories over Djamil Chan and Melvin from the world of the Wild West, which we have so much in “Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen.” Guillard. “The Stallion” continues to provide entertaining fights, as the common with: a fundamental commitment to moving forward, Lubbock, Texas native has finished opponents in 10 of his 17 victories, In college, the two met on the wrestling mat, in a matchup that including five knockouts and three of the first-round variety. Campos will toughness and the survival instinct, a tendency for irreverence Sonnen won by pinning Ortiz on his birthday. Now, Ortiz will have the be searching for his first three-fight winning streak under the Bellator and a sharing sense of community,” says Jeannot Painchaud, opportunity to avenge that loss when the compete in the Bellator MMA MMA umbrella since 2013. President and Artistic Director of Cirque Éloize and Creative cage. Director of Saloon. Following an explosive start to his professional career, collecting The event will be broadcast live and free on SPIKE at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. victories in 11 of his first 12 bouts, including one no-contest, Anderson This creation also marks the first collaboration between Cirque CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator has continued his success under the direction of Bellator MMA. Since Éloize and the show’s musical director, celebrated Canadian Mobile App. composer Eloi Painchaud (Louis Cyr, La guerre des tuques 3D). joining the Scott Coker-led promotion in 2013, “The Barbaric” has tallied Staying close to the musical roots of the artistic director and Since shocking the world with his surprise signing with Bellator five impressive wins, highlighted by two knockouts and a pair of victories over Patricky Freire. Hailing from San Diego, Calif., Anderson has finished musical director, who happen to be cousins, Saloon mixes country MMA last year, Sonnen has made it clear he wants to fight anyone and everyone – regardless of weight class, or anything else that could stand in 11 of his 14 victims, and will not have to travel far as he prepares for extracts (Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash) with more festive, folk- his way. Sitting atop that list is a name that has sat atop the sport of MMA number 12. With back-to-back victories over the aforementioned Freire inspired compositions. There are four musicians and singers on practically since its inception, Tito Ortiz. and most recently Saad Awad at “Bellator 160,” Anderson has quickly stage, and all the artists sing or play instruments. entered the mix as one of the division’s top contenders. The 26-year- Not one to shy away from any sort of challenge, “The Huntington Saloon director Emmanuel Guillaume has put together an old lightweight will now look to take down the Bellator MMA veteran Beach Bad Boy” wasted zero time welcoming “The American Gangster” Campos and add yet another big name to his admirable resume. acrobatic comedy with 11 top-level, multidisciplinary artists to the fray as only he can, by responding to Sonnen’s call-out with open performing with exuberance and humour: “Saloon is an invitation arms on his social media account. Below is the full main card. To view the full slate of undercard matches, to the party, a fertile ground for emotions where everything is go to bellator.spike.com. permitted. It’s also a meeting of different art forms that were Sonnen spent a vast majority of his 43-fight career with the UFC, a run already part of the rich heritage of this mythical place back then,” where he competed against names the likes of Jon Jones, Anderson Silva Main Event: Tito Ortiz (18-12-1) vs. Chael Sonnen (28-14-1) (2x), Rashad Evans, “Shogun” Rua, Demian Maia, Brian Stann, and current he said. Co-Main Event: Paul Daley (38-14-2) vs. Brennan Ward (14-4) middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Middleweight: Ralek Gracie (3-0) vs. Hisaki Kato (7-2) In addition to his exploits inside the cage, the West Linn, Ore., native has mastered the art of being in front of the camera, doing major Featherweight: Georgi Karakhanyan (26-6-1) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez broadcasting work for both ESPN and Fox Sports. Now, after a three- (13-3) year hiatus from active MMA competition, Sonnen looks to add to his impressive resume by defeating Ortiz. Lightweight: Derek Campos (17-6) vs. Derek Anderson (14-2, 1 NC) Known to the masses as “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” or “The People’s Champion” Tito Ortiz is a fan-favorite all over the world. The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion has always been one of the toughest competitors in the cage, utilizing his wrestling background; Ortiz is a grinder who defended his title an impressive five times. Always with a flair for the dramatic, Ortiz had intense rivalries in the cage with guys like Ken Shamrock, Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, and Randy Couture. Most recently, Ortiz challenged current Bellator MMA 205-pound champion Liam McGeary at “Bellator: Dynamite 1.”

Cirque Eloize will play the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside for Also on the Bellator 170 card is a lightweight feature pitting Derek two shows only Feb. 18. Campos (17-6) against Derek Anderson (14-2, 1 NC).

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GAGE AVE., BELL Escrow No. 13638-JP THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS File Number 2017010879 INC., 7535 SCOUT AVENUE, BELL ALEXANDRA NOIR LLC, 10524 DOLORES CA 90201 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) E&A THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) GARDENS CA 90201 AVE, SOUTH GATE CA 90280 State of Incorporation: (1) CA sale is about to be made. The name(s), LOGISTICS, 945 E 118TH PL, LOS DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) URBAN State of Incorporation: (1) CA State of Incorporation: (1) CA This business is conducted by a Corporation business address(es) to the Seller(s) ANGELES CA 90059, LA COUNTY HEALTH STRATEGIES, 2008 E. ORIS This business is conducted by a Corporation This business is conducted by a Limited The registrant commenced to transact are: ST. ABANOUB FOODS INC, 12008 Articles of Incorporation or Organization ST., COMPTON CA 90222, LA COUNTY The registrant commenced to transact Liability Company business under the fictitious business name LAKEWOOD BLVD, DOWNEY CA 90242 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Articles of Incorporation or Organization business under the fictitious business name The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on N/A Doing Business as: PHILLY’S BEST REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) NANCY Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A or names listed above on 07/1998 business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement All other business name(s) and address(es) CHAPARRO, 945 E 118TH PLACE, LOS REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) BRYAN I declare that all information in this statement or names listed above on 01/1998 is true and correct. (A registrant who used by the Seller(s) within three years, as ANGELES CA 90059 STEVE MOLLER, 2008 E. ORIS ST., is true and correct. (A registrant who I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or stated by the Seller(s), is/are: State of Incorporation: (1) N/A COMPTON CA 90222 declares as true information which he or is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s) is/ This business is conducted by an Individual State of Incorporation: (1) N/A she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) declares as true information which he or S/ FIRST TMS CORP., PRESIDENT, HUGO are: BEST TRIO INC, 12008 LAKEWOOD The registrant commenced to transact This business is conducted by an Individual S/ HIRAD, INC., VICE PRESIDENT, ABBAS she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) CERVANTES BLVD, DOWNEY CA 90242 business under the fictitious business name The registrant commenced to transact SHAMS S/ ALEXANDRA NOIR LLC, CEO, ELSIE This statement was filed with the County The assets to be sold are described in general or names listed above on 01/2017 business under the fictitious business name This statement was filed with the County JARAMLLO Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 12, 2017 as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, I declare that all information in this statement or names listed above on 01/2017 Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 13, 2017 This statement was filed with the County NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, GOODWILL, is true and correct. (A registrant who I declare that all information in this statement NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 21, (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS declares as true information which he or is true and correct. (A registrant who (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 2016 Statement generally expires at the end of AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE and she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) declares as true information which he or Statement generally expires at the end of NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision five years from the date on which it was filed are located at: 12008 LAKEWOOD BLVD, S/ NANCY CHAPARRO, OWNER she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 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 DOWNEY CA 90242 This statement was filed with the County S/ BRYAN STEVE MOLLER, OWNER in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Statement generally expires at the end of provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, The bulk sale is intended to be consummated Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 5, 2017 This statement was filed with the County 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 at the office of: ACT ONE ESCROW, 17918 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 13, 2017 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 PIONEER BLVD, STE 202, ARTESIA, CA (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision the facts set forth in the statement pursuant provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, to section 17913 other than a change in the 90701 and the anticipated sale date is Statement generally expires at the end of (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 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 FEBRUARY 6, 2017 five years from the date on which it was filed Statement generally expires at the end of residence address of a registered owner. A the facts set forth in the statement pursuant New Fictitious Business Name Statement The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform in the office of the County Clerk, except, as five years from the date on which it was filed New Fictitious Business Name Statement to section 17913 other than a change in the must be filed before the expiration. Effective Commercial Code Section 6106.2. provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, in the office of the County Clerk, except, as must be filed before the expiration. Effective residence address of a registered owner. A January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business [If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the where it expires 40 days after any change in provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business New Fictitious Business Name Statement Name Statement must be accompanied by following information must be provided] the facts set forth in the statement pursuant where it expires 40 days after any change in Name Statement must be accompanied by must be filed before the expiration. Effective the affidavit of identity form. The name and address of the person with to section 17913 other than a change in the the facts set forth in the statement pursuant the affidavit of identity form. January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The filing of this statement does not of itself whom claims may be filed is: ACT ONE residence address of a registered owner. A to section 17913 other than a change in the The filing of this statement does not of itself Name Statement must be accompanied by authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious ESCROW, 17918 PIONEER BLVD, STE New Fictitious Business Name Statement residence address of a registered owner. A authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious the affidavit of identity form. Business Name in violation of the rights of 202, ARTESIA, CA 90701 and the last date must be filed before the expiration. Effective New Fictitious Business Name Statement Business Name in violation of the rights of The filing of this statement does not of itself another under Federal, State, or common for filing claims shall be FEBRUARY 3, 2017, January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business must be filed before the expiration. Effective another under Federal, State, or common authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business which is the business day before the sale Name Statement must be accompanied by January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Business Name in violation of the rights of Professions Code). date specified above. the affidavit of identity form. Name Statement must be accompanied by Professions Code). another under Federal, State, or common Dated: 1/13/17 The filing of this statement does not of itself the affidavit of identity form. law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business The Downey Patriot BUYER: BEST TRIO INC authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious The filing of this statement does not of itself The Downey Patriot Professions Code). 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 LA1754082 DOWNEY PATRIOT 1/19/17 Business Name in violation of the rights of authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 another under Federal, State, or common Business Name in violation of the rights of The Downey Patriot FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The Downey Patriot law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business another under Federal, State, or common FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 NAME STATEMENT 1/19/17 Professions Code). law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017013351 Professions Code). File Number 2016307478 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) The Downey Patriot THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) NAME STATEMENT DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) NORWALK 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 The Downey Patriot DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) JEANIES File Number 2017006953 FAMILY OPTOMETRY, 12138 FIRESTONE Fict. Bus Name 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 FINANCIAL SERVICES #6, 1800-1900 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) BL., NORWALK CA 90650, LA COUNTY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS LONG BEACH BLVD., COMPTON CA DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) EXPERT Articles of Incorporation or Organization FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 90221, LA COUNTY, 13985 E, LIVE OAK CARGO INTL CO (2) HORSECAR USA Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A NAME STATEMENT File Number 2016308751 NAME STATEMENT AVE., IRWINDALE CA 91706 CO (3) LOTTO BEEF JERKY CO, 10900 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JOHN File Number 2016311387 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS File Number 2016306789 Articles of Incorporation or Organization E. 183RD STREET STE# 175A, CERRITOS LARCABAL, OD, 12138 FIRESTONE BL., THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) D & B THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A CA 90703, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES NORWALK CA 90650 (2) DIANE ALMANZA, DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SIMCOMM (2) CONSTRUCTION, 14638 DUMONT AVE, DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) TI FIGHTER REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JEANETTE Articles of Incorporation or Organization OD, 12138 FIRESTONE BL., NORWALK SIMCOMM SOLUTIONS, 5200 CLARK NORWALK CA 90650, LA COUNTY INDUSTRIES, 12345 FLORENCE AVENUE, FARID SHALABI, 13985 E. LIVE OAK AVE., Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A CA 90650 AVE 6215, LAKEWOOD CA 90714, LA Articles of Incorporation or Organization SANTA FE SPRINGS CA 90670, LA IRWINDALE CA 91706 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JANG State of Incorporation: (1) N/A COUNTY Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A COUNTY State of Incorporation: (1) N/A SCOTT S, 10900 E. 183RD STREET STE# This business is conducted by a General Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CARMEN Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by an Individual 175A, CERRITOS CA 90703 Partnership Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A SONIA NICOLAI TORREBLANCA, 14638 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A The registrant commenced to transact State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The registrant commenced to transact REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ERIC DUMONT AVE, NORWALK CA 90650 (2) REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) SI business under the fictitious business name This business is conducted by an Individual business under the fictitious business name LEMANN HALL TRUSTEE OF THE JEANK DEMETRIO GOMEZ BARRON, 14638 MOTORSPORTS INC, 12345 FLORENCE or names listed above on N/A The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on 01/2017 LIVING TRUST, 5200 CLARK AVE 6215, DUMONT AVE, NORWALK CA 90650 AVENUE, SANTA FE SPRINGS CA 90670 I declare that all information in this statement business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement LAKEWOOD CA 90714 State of Incorporation: (1) N/A State of Incorporation: (1) CA is true and correct. (A registrant who or names listed above on N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who State of Incorporation: (1) N/A This business is conducted by a Married This business is conducted by a Corporation declares as true information which he or I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or This business is conducted by a Trust Couple The registrant commenced to transact she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) The registrant commenced to transact The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name S/ JEANETTE FARID SHALABI, OWNER declares as true information which he or S/ JOHN LARCABAL, OD, GENERAL business under the fictitious business name business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A This statement was filed with the County she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) PARTNER or names listed above on 12/2016 or names listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 20, S/ JANG SCOTT S, OWNER This statement was filed with the County I declare that all information in this statement I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who 2016 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 18, 2017 is true and correct. (A registrant who is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 10, 2017 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision declares as true information which he or declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/ SI MOTORSPORTS INC, PRESIDENT, Statement generally expires at the end of (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of S/ ERIC LEMANN HALL, TRUSTEE S/ CARMEN SONIA NICOLAI THOMAS ROY MCKENZIE five years from the date on which it was filed Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed This statement was filed with the County TORREBLANCA, WIFE This statement was filed with the County in the office of the County Clerk, except, as five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 27, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 19, provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, 2016 Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 21, 2016 where it expires 40 days after any change in provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision the facts set forth in the statement pursuant where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name to section 17913 other than a change in the the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the Statement generally expires at the end of (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of residence address of a registered owner. A to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A five years from the date on which it was filed Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed New Fictitious Business Name Statement residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement in the office of the County Clerk, except, as 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 New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business where it expires 40 days after any change in provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in Name Statement must be accompanied by January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the facts set forth in the statement pursuant where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant the affidavit of identity form. Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. to section 17913 other than a change in the 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 the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself residence address of a registered owner. A 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 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious New Fictitious Business Name Statement residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement Business Name in violation of the rights of authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of must be filed before the expiration. Effective New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective another under Federal, State, or common Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Name Statement must be accompanied by January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by Professions Code). law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). the affidavit of identity form. Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. Professions Code). The filing of this statement does not of itself the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself The Downey Patriot The Downey Patriot authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 The Downey Patriot 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 Business Name in violation of the rights of authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 another under Federal, State, or common Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Professions Code). law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). File Number 2016313286 NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017002420 Professions Code). THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) File Number 2016305500 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) The Downey Patriot The Downey Patriot DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) THE PRIDE BY THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) CALI AUTO 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 The Downey Patriot 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 HER, 8321 FIRESTONE BLVD, DOWNEY DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SOCAL DEALS, 1704 W. MANCHESTER AVE, LOS 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 CA 90241, LA COUNTY KUSTOMZ, 215 EUCLID AVE SUIT 310, ANGELES CA 90047, LA COUNTY, 1901 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Articles of Incorporation or Organization LONG BEACH CA 90803, LA COUNTY LOCUST AVE, LONG BEACH CA 90806 NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Articles of Incorporation or Organization Articles of Incorporation or Organization File Number 2016307474 NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017008252 REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JULIA Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Number (if applicable): AI #ON: 3973782 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) File Number 2016315508 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) SOLIS, 9504 BRYSON AVE, SOUTH REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JULIO REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CALI DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) JEANIES THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SKYE VISUALS, GATE CA 90280 (2) LLOYD VERNIS, 9504 IXTA, 215 EUCLID AVE SUIT 310, LONG AUTO DEALS, 1704 W. MANCHESTER FINANCIAL SERVICES #11, 17305 E. DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ANGLE NAIL, 10450 TRABUCO ST., BELLFLOWER CA BRYSON AVE, SOUTH GATE CA 90280 BEACH CA 90803 AVE, LOS ANGELES CA 90047 VALLEY BLVD., LA PUENTE CA 91744, 10053 VALLEY BLVD SUITE 1, EL MONTE 90706, LA COUNTY State of Incorporation: (1) CA (2) CA State of Incorporation: (1) N/A State of Incorporation: (1) CA LA COUNTY, 13985 E. LIVE OAK AVE., CA 91731, LA COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization This business is conducted by a General This business is conducted by an Individual This business is conducted by a Corporation IRWINDALE CA 91706 Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Partnership The registrant commenced to transact The registrant commenced to transact Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) KEVIN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name business under the fictitious business name Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) MICHAEL TAYLOR, 16212 CHICAGO AVE., business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A or names listed above on N/A REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JEANETTE CHINO HILLS KITCHEN VIETNAMESE BELLFLOWER CA 90706 or names listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement I declare that all information in this statement FARID SHALABI, 13985 E. LIVE OAK AVE., RESTAURANT INC, 10053 VALLEY BLVD State of Incorporation: (1) N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who is true and correct. (A registrant who IRWINDALE CA 91706 SUITE 1, EL MONTE CA 91710 This business is conducted by an Individual is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or declares as true information which he or State of Incorporation: (1) N/A State of Incorporation: (1) CA The registrant commenced to transact 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.) This business is conducted by an Individual This business is conducted by a Corporation business under the fictitious business name she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/ JULIO IXTA, OWNER S/ CALI AUTO DEALS, PRESIDENT, The registrant commenced to transact The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on N/A S/ JULIA SOLIS, PARTNER This statement was filed with the County PERRY ISICHEI business under the fictitious business name business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 16, This statement was filed with the County or names listed above on N/A or names listed above on 12/2016 is true and correct. (A registrant who Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 28, 2016 Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 4, 2017 I declare that all information in this statement I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision is true and correct. (A registrant who is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name declares as true information which he or declares as true information which he or S/ KEVIN MICHAEL TAYLOR, OWNER (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of Statement generally expires at the end of she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) This statement was filed with the County Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed five years from the date on which it was filed S/ JEANETTE FARID SHALABI, OWNER S/ CHINO HILLS KITCHEN VIETNAMESE Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 11, 2017 five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as in the office of the County Clerk, except, as This statement was filed with the County RESTAURANT INC, PRESIDENT, CANH NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 20, BA LE (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in where it expires 40 days after any change in 2016 This statement was filed with the County Statement generally expires at the end of where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant the facts set forth in the statement pursuant NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 30, five years from the date on which it was filed the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the to section 17913 other than a change in the (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 2016 in the office of the County Clerk, except, as to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A residence address of a registered owner. A Statement generally expires at the end of NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement New Fictitious Business Name Statement 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 New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective must be filed before the expiration. Effective in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Statement generally expires at the end of the facts set forth in the statement pursuant must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business 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 January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by Name Statement must be accompanied by 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 Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. the affidavit of identity form. the facts set forth in the statement pursuant provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, New Fictitious Business Name Statement the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself The filing of this statement does not of itself 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 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious residence address of a registered owner. A the facts set forth in the statement pursuant January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of Business Name in violation of the rights of New Fictitious Business Name Statement to section 17913 other than a change in the Name Statement must be accompanied by Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common another under Federal, State, or common must be filed before the expiration. Effective residence address of a registered owner. A the affidavit of identity form. another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business New Fictitious Business Name Statement The filing of this statement does not of itself law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). Professions Code). Name Statement must be accompanied by must be filed before the expiration. Effective authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Professions Code). the affidavit of identity form. January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Business Name in violation of the rights of The Downey Patriot The Downey Patriot The filing of this statement does not of itself Name Statement must be accompanied by another under Federal, State, or common The Downey Patriot 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious the affidavit of identity form. law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 Business Name in violation of the rights of The filing of this statement does not of itself Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS another under Federal, State, or common authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Business Name in violation of the rights of The Downey Patriot NAME STATEMENT File Number 2016306675 File Number 2016313246 Professions Code). another under Federal, State, or common 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 File Number 2016307476 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) MINTY DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) CHARGER Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) JEANIES CLEANING SERVICES, 6316 MALABAR COURIERS, 7900 PACIFIC BLVD SUITE The Downey Patriot NAME STATEMENT 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 FINANCIAL SERVICES #14, 5212 W. ST APT C, HUNTINGTON PARK CA 90255, G, HUNTINGTON PARK CA 90255, LA The Downey Patriot File Number 2016315316 ADAMS STREET, LOS ANGELES CA LA COUNTY COUNTY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) 90016, LA COUNTY, 13985 E. LIVE OAK Articles of Incorporation or Organization Articles of Incorporation or Organization NAME STATEMENT DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SWISH AVE., IRWINDALE CA 91706 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A File Number 2016309794 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS LIGHTING, 8024 VICKI DR, WHITTIER Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JUAN REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CARMEN THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS NAME STATEMENT CA 90606, LA COUNTY Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A CARLOS MEDINA MITRE, 6316 MALABAR GARCIA VALERA, 7743 LUXOR ST, (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) 1JOB File Number 2016313044 Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) JEANETTE ST APT C, HUNTINGTON PARK CA 90255 DOWNEY CA 90241 PARTNERSHIP, 12524 WILLOWCREEK THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A FARID SHALABI, 13985 E. LIVE OAK AVE., State of Incorporation: (1) N/A State of Incorporation: (1) N/A LANE, CERRITOS CA 90703, LA COUNTY DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SOLAR LOTUS REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) WILLIAM IRWINDALE CA 91706 This business is conducted by an Individual This business is conducted by an Individual Articles of Incorporation or Organization HEALING CENTER, 11016 MYRTLE ST, MARISCAL, 8024 VICKI DR, WHITTIER State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The registrant commenced to transact The registrant commenced to transact Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A DOWNEY CA 90241, LA COUNTY CA 90606 This business is conducted by an Individual business under the fictitious business name business under the fictitious business name REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) ROSALIE Articles of Incorporation or Organization State of Incorporation: (1) N/A The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on 12/2016 or names listed above on 12/2016 CASCONE, 12524 WILLOWCREEK LANE, Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A This business is conducted by an Individual business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement I declare that all information in this statement CERRITOS CA 90703 (2) CHRISTINE REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CRISTINA The registrant commenced to transact or names listed above on N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who is true and correct. (A registrant who FRASER, 13212 DUNROBIN AVE, JIMENEZ, 11016 MYRTLE ST, DOWNEY business under the fictitious business name I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or declares as true information which he or DOWNEY CA 90242 CA 90241 (2) MARIA GUTIERREZ, 11016 or names listed above on 12/2016 is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) State of Incorporation: (1) N/A MYRTLE ST, DOWNEY CA 90241 I declare that all information in this statement declares as true information which he or S/ JUAN CARLOS MEDINA MITRE, S/ CARMEN GARCIA VALERA, OWNER This business is conducted by a General State of Incorporation: (1) N/A is true and correct. (A registrant who she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) OWNER This statement was filed with the County Partnership This business is conducted by a General declares as true information which he or S/ JEANETTE FARID SHALABI, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 28, The registrant commenced to transact Partnership she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 19, 2016 business under the fictitious business name The registrant commenced to transact S/ WILLIAM MARISCAL, OWNER Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 20, 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision or names listed above on 12/2016 business under the fictitious business name This statement was filed with the County 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name I declare that all information in this statement or names listed above on N/A Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 30, NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of is true and correct. (A registrant who I declare that all information in this statement 2016 (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed declares as true information which he or is true and correct. (A registrant who NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) declares as true information which he or (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, S/ CHRISTINE FRASER, PARTNER she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Statement generally expires at the end of in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in This statement was filed with the County S/ CRISTINA JIMENEZ, GENERAL five years from the date on which it was filed provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 22, PARTNER in the office of the County Clerk, except, as where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the 2016 This statement was filed with the County provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 28, where it expires 40 days after any change in to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 2016 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective Statement generally expires at the end of NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision to section 17913 other than a change in the New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business five years from the date on which it was filed (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name residence address of a registered owner. A must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by in the office of the County Clerk, except, as Statement generally expires at the end of New Fictitious Business Name Statement January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, five years from the date on which it was filed must be filed before the expiration. Effective Name Statement must be accompanied by the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself where it expires 40 days after any change in in the office of the County Clerk, except, as January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious the facts set forth in the statement pursuant provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Name Statement must be accompanied by The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of to section 17913 other than a change in the where it expires 40 days after any change in the affidavit of identity form. authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common residence address of a registered owner. A the facts set forth in the statement pursuant The filing of this statement does not of itself Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business New Fictitious Business Name Statement to section 17913 other than a change in the authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious another under Federal, State, or common law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). must be filed before the expiration. Effective residence address of a registered owner. A Business Name in violation of the rights of law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Professions Code). January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business New Fictitious Business Name Statement another under Federal, State, or common Professions Code). The Downey Patriot Name Statement must be accompanied by must be filed before the expiration. Effective law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business The Downey Patriot 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 the affidavit of identity form. January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Professions Code). The Downey Patriot 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 The filing of this statement does not of itself Name Statement must be accompanied by 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious the affidavit of identity form. The Downey Patriot FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Business Name in violation of the rights of The filing of this statement does not of itself 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017007498 another under Federal, State, or common authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious NAME STATEMENT File Number 2017009722 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Business Name in violation of the rights of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS File Number 2016309121 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) RUBIO FOODS, law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business NAME STATEMENT Professions Code). another under Federal, State, or common THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) FIRST TMS 9324 HORLEY AVE, DOWNEY CA 90240, law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business File Number 2017011255 DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ALEXANDRA (2) TRAILER REPAIR SERVICE (3) ACE LA COUNTY Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 Legal Notices The Downey Patriot | 11 CLASSIFIEDS Employment Services Services Services Services

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Articles of Incorporation or Organization Notice is hereby given that a public Contractor, and any Subcontractor Present name (1) Elizaveta Kirillova to above must file a written objection that (562) 630-5504 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A hearing will be held before the DOWNEY under him, shall pay not less than the Proposed name (1) Liza Richards includes the reasons for the objection at REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) IVO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION on specified prevailing rates of wages to THE COURT ORDERS that all persons least two court days before the matter is The Downey Patriot RUBIO, 9324 HORLEY AVE, DOWNEY the 1st day of February, 2017, at 6:30 all workers employed in the execution interested in this matter appear before this scheduled to be heard and must appear at 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 CA 90240 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the of the contract. court at the hearing indicated below to show the hearing to show cause why the petition State of Incorporation: (1) N/A Downey City Hall, 11111 Brookshire cause, if any, why the petition for change of should not be granted. If no written objection SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, This business is conducted by an Individual Avenue, Downey, California. At that All projects require the successful name should not be granted. Any person is timely filed, the court may grant the petition COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES The registrant commenced to transact time and place, consideration will be bidder to possess a valid State of objecting to the name changes described without a hearing. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE business under the fictitious business name given to the following: California Contractor’s License at the above must file a written objection that NOTICE OF HEARING FOR CHANGE OF NAME or names listed above on N/A time of Contract Award, in accordance includes the reasons for the objection at Date: February 8, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, CASE NUMBER: VS029792 I declare that all information in this statement PLN-16-00295 (Site Plan Review & with Section 20103.5 of the Public least two court days before the matter is Department C, Room: 312 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: is true and correct. (A registrant who Zone Change) - A Site Plan Review Contract Code. Pursuant to Section 3300 scheduled to be heard and must appear at The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk Petitioner Reginald James Akers filed a declares as true information which he or to construct a new, two-story, 11,797 of the Public Contract Code, the City the hearing to show cause why the petition Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 petition with this court for a decree changing she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) square-foot medical office building has determined that the Contractor should not be granted. If no written objection A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall names as follows: S/ IVO RUBIO, OWNER and a request to change the existing to whom the subject contract is is timely filed, the court may grant the petition be published at least once a week for four Present name (1) Reginald James Akers to This statement was filed with the County zoning designation from C-2 (General awarded shall possess a valid State without a hearing. successive weeks prior to the date set Proposed name (1) Reginald James French Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 10, 2017 Commercial) & P-B (Parking Buffer) of California Contractor’s License in NOTICE OF HEARING for hearing on the petition in the following THE COURT ORDERS that all persons NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision to C-2. the Classification of C-10, “Electrical Date: April 5, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, newspaper of general circulation, printed in interested in this matter appear before this (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Contractor”. Department: C the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT court at the hearing indicated below to show Statement generally expires at the end of As required by the California The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk December 09, 2016 cause, if any, why the petition for change of five years from the date on which it was filed Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), In accordance with California Labor Blvd., Norwalk CA 90650 Lori Ann Fournier name should not be granted. Any person in the office of the County Clerk, except, as this request has been found to be Code Section 1771.1, no Contractor or A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall Judge Of The Superior Court objecting to the name changes described provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, Categorically Exempt from CEQA, per Subcontractor shall be qualified to (a) be published at least once a week for four Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per above must file a written objection that where it expires 40 days after any change in CEQA Guideline, Section 15332 (Class bid on or be listed in a bid proposal on successive weeks prior to the date set Crystal Amelia Sanchez includes the reasons for the objection at the facts set forth in the statement pursuant 32, In-Fill Development Projects). or after March 1, 2015, or (b) engage for hearing on the petition in the following 7029 Flora Ave. least two court days before the matter is to section 17913 other than a change in the in the performance of this Work after newspaper of general circulation, printed in Bell, CA 90201 scheduled to be heard and must appear at residence address of a registered owner. A If you challenge the proposed actions April 1, 2015, unless registered and the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT (323) 773-9413 the hearing to show cause why the petition New Fictitious Business Name Statement in court, you may be limited to raising qualified to perform the Work pursuant January 03, 2017 should not be granted. If no written objection must be filed before the expiration. Effective only those issues you or someone to Labor Code Section 1725.5. Judge Margaret M. Bernal The Downey Patriot is timely filed, the court may grant the petition January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business else raised at the public hearing Judge Of The Superior Court 12/29/16, 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 without a hearing. Name Statement must be accompanied by described in this notice, or in written Contractor’s performance of the Work Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per NOTICE OF HEARING the affidavit of identity form. correspondence delivered to the described in this Notice Inviting Bids Elizaveta Kirillova SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, Date: February 22, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, The filing of this statement does not of itself Planning Commission at, or prior to, is subject to compliance monitoring 10407 Jackson Ave COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Department: C, Room: 312 authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious the public hearing. and enforcement by the California South Gate, CA 90280 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk Business Name in violation of the rights of Department of Industrial Relations. FOR CHANGE OF NAME Blvd., Rm. 101, Norwalk, California 90650 another under Federal, State, or common For more information contact the The Downey Patriot CASE NUMBER: VS029783 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business Associate Planner Monica Esparza at Each Contractor submitting a proposal 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner be published at least once a week for four Professions Code). 562-904-7154. or bid for his work shall complete and Saeed Bilal Abubakar filed a petition with successive weeks prior to the date set submit with the proposal all of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, this court for a decree changing names as for hearing on the petition in the following The Downey Patriot The Downey Patriot forms included therein, including the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES follows: newspaper of general circulation, printed in 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 1/19/17 Bidder’s Qualifications Statement, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Present name (1) Saeed Bilal Abubakar to the county, THE DOWNEY PATRIOT Designation of Subcontractors, the FOR CHANGE OF NAME Proposed name (1) Saeed Cedric Deshun December 20, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS CITY OF DOWNEY Non-Collusion Affidavit, the Pre-Bid CASE NUMBER: NS033269 Bilal French-Abubakar Lori Ann Fournier NAME STATEMENT NOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS Site Inspection Certification and the TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner THE COURT ORDERS that all persons Judge Of The Superior Court File Number 2016304861 Signature Page. Failure to include any Robert Anthony Gonzales filed a petition with interested in this matter appear before this Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Capital Improvement Project of these documents with the proposal this court for a decree changing names as court at the hearing indicated below to show Reginald James Akers DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ON-SITE No. 14-17 may disqualify the proposal. follows: cause, if any, why the petition for change of 10440 Paramount Blvd F259 ENERGY SERVICES, 8720 MICHIGAN Imperial Highway Traffic Signal Present name (1) Robert Anthony Gonzales name should not be granted. Any person Downey, CA 90241 AVENUE, WHITTIER CA 90605, LA Communications System and The City of Downey reserves the right, to Proposed name (1) Robert Anthony objecting to the name changes described COUNTY Upgrades Project after opening bids, to reject any or all THE COURT ORDERS that all persons above must file a written objection that The Downey Patriot Articles of Incorporation or Organization bids, to waive any informality in any interested in this matter appear before this includes the reasons for the objection at 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bid received, and to be the sole judge court at the hearing indicated below to show least two court days before the matter is REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) FRANK L. sealed bids will be received at the office of the merits of the respective bids cause, if any, why the petition for change of scheduled to be heard and must appear at VILLANUEVA, 8720 MICHIGAN AVENUE, of the City Clerk of the City of Downey received. The award of the Contract, name should not be granted. Any person the hearing to show cause why the petition WHITTIER CA 90605 until 11:00 AM on Thursday, February if it is awarded, will be to the lowest objecting to the name changes described should not be granted. If no written objection Probate State of Incorporation: (1) CA 2, 2017 at which hour the proposed responsible Bidder whose bid complies above must file a written objection that is timely filed, the court may grant the petition This business is conducted by an Individual bids will be publicly opened and read with all the requirements prescribed. includes the reasons for the objection at without a hearing. NOTICE OF PETITION TO The registrant commenced to transact in the City Hall at 11111 Brookshire least two court days before the matter is NOTICE OF HEARING ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARIE business under the fictitious business name Ave, Downey, California for Capital Pursuant to California Public Contract scheduled to be heard and must appear at Date: February 22, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, C. CRITTENDEN, akas, MARIE or names listed above on N/A Improvement Project (CIP) No. 14- Code § 22300, the Contractor at his the hearing to show cause why the petition Department: C, Room: 312 DORIS CRADDOCK, DORIS I declare that all information in this statement 17 - Imperial Highway Traffic Signal sole cost and expense, may substitute should not be granted. If no written objection The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk MARIE CRADDOCK and MARIE is true and correct. (A registrant who Communications System and Upgrades authorized securities for any monies is timely filed, the court may grant the petition Blvd., Rm. 101, Norwalk, California 90650 CRITTENDON declares as true information which he or Project. withheld by the City to ensure without a hearing. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall Case No. 17STPB00218 she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) performance under the Contract. NOTICE OF HEARING be published at least once a week for four To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, S/ FRANK L. VILLANUEVA, OWNER The work shall include the installation Date: February 17, 2017, Time: 8:30am, successive weeks prior to the date set contingent creditors, and persons who may This statement was filed with the County of PVC conduits, innerducts, different All requests for information (RFI) Department: 27 for hearing on the petition in the following otherwise be interested in the will or estate, Clerk of Los Angeles on DECEMBER 16, fiber-optic cables (48 Single Mode Fiber shall be in written form and shall be The address of the court is 275 Magnolia, newspaper of general circulation, printed in or both, of MARIE C. CRITTENDEN, akas, 2016 Optic (SMFO), 24 SMFO, 6 SMFO, directed to: Long Beach, CA 90802 the county, THE DOWNEY PATRIOT MARIE DORIS CRADDOCK, DORIS MARIE NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision etc.), communication equipment in A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall December 09, 2016 CRADDOCK and MARIE CRITTENDON (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name existing traffic signal controller and Mr. Edwin J. Norris, Deputy Director be published at least once a week for four Lori Ann Fournier A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been Statement generally expires at the end of communication cabinets, additional of Public Works successive weeks prior to the date set Judge Of The Superior Court filed by County of Los Angeles Public five years from the date on which it was filed communication cabinet, the installation email: [email protected] for hearing on the petition in the following Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per Administrator in the Superior Court of in the office of the County Clerk, except, as of City-furnished video detection Tel: (562) 904-7110 newspaper of general circulation, printed in Saeed Bilal Abubakar California, County of LOS ANGELES. provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, systems at eight (8) intersections; Fax: (562) 904-7296 the county, THE DOWNEY PATRIOT 10440 Paramount Blvd F259 THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests where it expires 40 days after any change in traffic signal upgrades at up to eight January 04, 2017 Downey, CA 90241 that County of Los Angeles Public the facts set forth in the statement pursuant (8) intersections; the Integration of No inquiries will be accepted later than Judge Ross M. Klein Administrator be appointed as personal to section 17913 other than a change in the the communication system and video five (5) business days prior to the bid Judge Of The Superior Court The Downey Patriot representative to administer the estate of residence address of a registered owner. A detection system into the Traffic opening date as this would not allow Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 the decedent. New Fictitious Business Name Statement Management Center located at City time to respond to all plan holders. Robert Anthony Gonzales THE PETITION requests authority to must be filed before the expiration. Effective Hall and all appurtenant work thereto Phone inquiries will not be accepted. 4643 Falcon Ave. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, administer the estate under the Independent January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business necessary for the proper construction Long Beach CA 90807 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Administration of Estates Act. (This authority Name Statement must be accompanied by of the contemplated improvements, NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED. (562) 394-2845 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE will allow the personal representative the affidavit of identity form. in accordance with plans and [email protected] FOR CHANGE OF NAME to take many actions without obtaining The filing of this statement does not of itself specifications entitled CIP 14-17. CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA CASE NUMBER: VS029861 court approval. Before taking certain very authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Adria M. Jimenez, MMC The Downey Patriot TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: important actions, however, the personal Business Name in violation of the rights of Plans and Specifications for this City Clerk 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17, 2/9/17 Petitioner Teresa Nelle Fernandez-Otano representative will be required to give notice another under Federal, State, or common project are on file in the office of the filed a petition with this court for a decree to interested persons unless they have law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business City Cashier at 11111 Brookshire Ave., The Downey Patriot SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, changing names as follows: waived notice or consented to the proposed Professions Code). Downey, California, where they may 1/12/17, 1/19/17 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Present name (1) Teresa Nelle Fernandez- action.) The independent administration be examined and copies obtained at ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Otano to Proposed name (1) Kitty Nelle authority will be granted unless an interested The Downey Patriot a cost of $50.00 per set. The cost of FOR CHANGE OF NAME Otano person files an objection to the petition and 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17 said Plans and Specifications isnon- CASE NUMBER: VS029867 THE COURT ORDERS that all persons shows good cause why the court should not refundable and purchased Plans and Notices TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner interested in this matter appear before this grant the authority. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Specifications need not be returned. Desiree DiAnn Kirk filed a petition with this court at the hearing indicated below to show A HEARING on the petition will be held NAME STATEMENT Plans and Specifications may be mailed court for a decree changing names as cause, if any, why the petition for change of SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, on Feb. 24, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. File Number 2017004166 for an additional charge of $20 via On- follows: name should not be granted. Any person 99 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) Trac Overnight courier. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Present name (1) Desiree DiAnn Kirk to objecting to the name changes described ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CA 90012. DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) ONEPLUSWE, Proposed name (1) Desiree DiAnn Hay above must file a written objection that IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the 100 W BROADWAY, LONG BEACH CA BIDS MUST BE MADE ON THE FOR CHANGE OF NAME THE COURT ORDERS that all persons includes the reasons for the objection at CASE NUMBER: VS029833 petition, you should appear at the hearing 90802, LA COUNTY PROPOSAL FORM INCLUDED IN interested in this matter appear before this least two court days before the matter is and state your objections or file written Articles of Incorporation or Organization TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: court at the hearing indicated below to show scheduled to be heard and must appear at THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS Petitioner Tsigedengel D. Alemu filed a objections with the court before the hearing. Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT cause, if any, why the petition for change of the hearing to show cause why the petition Your appearance may be in person or by REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) HECTOR petition with this court for a decree changing name should not be granted. Any person should not be granted. If no written objection PROJECT NO. 14-17. Each bid shall names as follows: your attorney. J. BORDAS, 100 W BROADWAY, LONG be accompanied by cash, a certified objecting to the name changes described is timely filed, the court may grant the petition IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent BEACH CA 90802 Present name (1) Tsigedengel D. Alemu to above must file a written objection that without a hearing. or cashier’s check or by a corporate Proposed name (1) Theophilus Alemu creditor of the decedent, you must file your State of Incorporation: (1) N/A surety bond issued by a surety includes the reasons for the objection at NOTICE OF HEARING claim with the court and mail a copy to the This business is conducted by an Individual THE COURT ORDERS that all persons least two court days before the matter is Date: March 15, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, company, admitted to do business in interested in this matter appear before this personal representative appointed by the The registrant commenced to transact the State of California, on the form scheduled to be heard and must appear at Department C, Room: 312 court within the later of either (1) four months business under the fictitious business name court at the hearing indicated below to show the hearing to show cause why the petition The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk furnished by the City as guarantee cause, if any, why the petition for change of from the date of first issuance of letters to a or names listed above on 01/2017 that bidder will, if an award is made should not be granted. If no written objection Boulevard, Norwalk 90650 general personal representative, as defined I declare that all information in this statement name should not be granted. Any person is timely filed, the court may grant the petition A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall to him in accordance with the terms objecting to the name changes described in section 58(b) of the California Probate is true and correct. (A registrant who of his bid, promptly secure Workers’ without a hearing. be published at least once a week for four Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing declares as true information which he or above must file a written objection that NOTICE OF HEARING successive weeks prior to the date set Compensation insurance and liability includes the reasons for the objection at or personal delivery to you of a notice under she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) insurance, execute a contract in the Date: March 15, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, for hearing on the petition in the following section 9052 of the California Probate Code. S/ HECTOR J. BORDAS, OWNER least two court days before the matter is Department: C, Room: 312 newspaper of general circulation, printed in required form and furnish satisfactory scheduled to be heard and must appear at Other California statutes and legal authority This statement was filed with the County bonds for the faithful performance of The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT may affect your rights as a creditor. You Clerk of Los Angeles on JANUARY 6, 2017 the hearing to show cause why the petition Blvd., Rm. 101, Norwalk, California 90650 January 09, 2017 the Contract (“Performance Bond”) should not be granted. If no written objection may want to consult with an attorney NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision and for the payment of claims of A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall Margaret M. Bernal knowledgeable in California law. (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name is timely filed, the court may grant the petition be published at least once a week for four Judge Of The Superior Court materialmen and laborers thereunder without a hearing. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the Statement generally expires at the end of (“Payment Bond”). Said cash, check successive weeks prior to the date set Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per NOTICE OF HEARING court. If you are a person interested in the five years from the date on which it was filed or bidder’s bond shall be in an amount for hearing on the petition in the following Teresa Nelle Fernandez-Otano estate, you may file with the court a Request in the office of the County Clerk, except, as of not less than ten percent (10%) of the Date: March 8, 2017, Time: 1:30 pm, newspaper of general circulation, printed in 5529 Hazelbrook Avenue Department C for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, amount of the bid. The Performance the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT Lakewood, California 90712 of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets where it expires 40 days after any change in and Payment Bonds shall be not less The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk January 10, 2017 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant than one hundred percent (100%) of the Blvd., Norwalk California 90650 Margaret M. Bernal to section 17913 other than a change in the A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall Judge Of The Superior Court total amount of the bid price named be published at least once a week for four residence address of a registered owner. A in the contract. Only bonds issued by Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per New Fictitious Business Name Statement successive weeks prior to the date set Desiree DiAnn Kirk companies admitted to do business in for hearing on the petition in the following must be filed before the expiration. Effective the State of California will be accepted 10644 S. Newcomb January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business newspaper of general circulation, printed in Whittier, CA 90603 in accordance with the Code of Civil the county, Name Statement must be accompanied by Procedure Section 995.311. Failure DOWNEY PATRIOT (702) 210-9822 the affidavit of identity form. January 04, 2017 to submit acceptable Payment and Margaret M. Bernal The filing of this statement does not of itself Performance Bonds as required shall The Downey Patriot authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Judge Of The Superior Court 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 result in a rejection of the bid and a Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per Business Name in violation of the rights of forfeiture of the proposal guarantee. another under Federal, State, or common Tsigedengel D. Alemu SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, law (see Section 14411 et. seq., Business The Contractor shall abide by the 16000 Grayville Dr. #41 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Professions Code). provisions of the California Labor Code La Mirada, CA 90638 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE § 1770-1781, et seq. In accordance with (310) 621-4888 FOR CHANGE OF NAME The Downey Patriot the provisions of the California Labor [email protected] CASE NUMBER: VS029756 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 Code § 1773, the general prevailing TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner rates of per diem wages and holiday The Downey Patriot Crystal Amelia Sanchez filed a petition with and overtime work in the locality in 1/12/17, 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 this court for a decree changing names as which the work is to be performed has follows: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, Present name (1) Crystal Amelia Sanchez to Government been obtained from the Director of the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Department of Industrial Relations, a Proposed name (1) Crystal Amelia Araiza- ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Sanchez CITY OF DOWNEY copy of which is on file in the office of FOR CHANGE OF NAME NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING the City Clerk of the City of Downey and THE COURT ORDERS that all persons CASE NUMBER: VS029828 interested in this matter appear before this ON A SITE PLAN REVIEW will be made available to any interested TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: AND ZONE CHANGE party upon request. The Contractor court at the hearing indicated below to show Petitioner Elizaveta Kirillova filed a petition cause, if any, why the petition for change of PLN-16-00295 shall post a copy of the prevailing rate with this court for a decree changing names of per diem wages at the job site. The name should not be granted. Any person as follows: objecting to the name changes described 12 | The Downey Patriot Legal Notices Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 or of any petition or account as provided in no representation or warranty, the street be sold and reasonable estimated costs, will be bidding on a lien, not on the property not present at the sale. If you wish to learn Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Trustee Sales address or other common designation of expenses and advances at the time of the itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee whether your sale date has been postponed, Special Notice form is available from the the above described property is purported initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: auction does not automatically entitle you and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and court clerk. to be 8400 RIVES AVE, DOWNEY, CA $642,075.08. If the Trustee is unable to to free and clear ownership of the property. date for the sale of this property, you may Attorney for petitioner: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s 90240-2130. Said property is being sold convey title for any reason, the successful You should also be aware that the lien being call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web MARY C WICKHAM ESQ Sale No. CA-FNM-16016974 NOTE: for the purpose of paying the obligations bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the COUNTY COUNSEL PURSUANT TO 2923.3(C) THERE IS A secured by said Deed of Trust, including the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the highest bidder at the auction, you are or file number assigned to this case 048265- LEAH D DAVIS ESQ SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS fees and expenses of sale. The total the successful bidder shall have no further may be responsible for paying off all liens CA. Information about postponements ASSISTANT COUNTY COUNSEL DOCUMENT ATTACHED.[PURSUANT amount of the unpaid principal balance, recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed senior to the lien being auctioned off, before that are very short in duration or that occur LANE R BROWN ESQ TO CIVIL CODE Section 2923.3(a), THE interest thereon, together with reasonably of Trust heretofore executed and delivered you can receive clear title to the property. close in time to the scheduled sale may not PRIN DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED estimated costs, expenses and advances to the undersigned a written Declaration of You are encouraged to investigate the immediately be reflected in the telephone SBN 113366 TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE at the time of the initial publication of the Default and Demand for Sale, and written existence, priority, and size of outstanding information or on the Internet Web site. The 350 S FIGUEROA ST RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $455,300.58. Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The liens that may exist on this property by best way to verify postponement information STE 602 BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you undersigned caused a Notice of Default contacting the county recorder’s office or is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES LOS ANGELES CA 90071 TO THE TRUSTOR.] YOU ARE IN are considering bidding on this property lien, and Election to Sell to be recorded in the a title insurance company, either of which INFORMATION: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR CN932935 CRITTENDEN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST you should understand that there are risks county where the real property is located. may charge you a fee for this information. RECON CORP. 4375 Jutland Drive Suite Jan 19,26, Feb 2, 2017 DATED 2/23/2015. UNLESS YOU TAKE involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You Dated: 1/10/2017 THE MORTGAGE LAW If you consult either of these resources, you 200 San Diego, California 92117 ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, will be bidding on a lien, not on the property FIRM, PLC Adriana Durham/Authorized should be aware that the same lender may CN932935 IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee Signature 41689 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust The Downey Patriot The Downey Patriot IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF auction does not automatically entitle you NORTH, STE. 228, TEMECULA, CA 92590 on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING to free and clear ownership of the property. (619) 465-8200. FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE OWNER: The sale date shown on this AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT You should also be aware that the lien being INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730- notice of sale may be postponed one or NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee NOTICE OF PETITION TO A LAWYER. NOTICE TO PROPERTY auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are 2727. The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC. may be more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, Sale No. : 00000006008494 Title Order ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DENISE OWNER: The sale date shown on this the highest bidder at the auction, you are or attempting to collect a debt. Any information trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section No.: 160131475 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 041- DIANE MARTINEZ notice of sale may be postponed one or may be responsible for paying off all liens obtained may be used for that purpose. 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law 9955378-731 ATTENTION RECORDER: Case No. 17STPB00326 more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, senior to the lien being auctioned off, before NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you requires that information about trustee sale THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section you can receive clear title to the property. are considering bidding on this property lien, postponements be made available to you AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES contingent creditors, and persons who may 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law You are encouraged to investigate the you should understand that there are risks and to the public, as a courtesy to those ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE otherwise be interested in the will or estate, requires that information about trustee sale existence, priority, and size of outstanding involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You not present at the sale. If you wish to learn TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED or both, of DENISE DIANE MARTINEZ postponements be made available to you liens that may exist on this property by will be bidding on a lien, not on the property whether your sale date has been postponed, ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been and to the public, as a courtesy to those contacting the county recorder’s office or itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN filed by Maria T. Soto in the Superior Court not present at the sale. If you wish to learn a title insurance company, either of which auction does not automatically entitle you date for the sale of this property, you may THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE of California, County of LOS ANGELES. whether your sale date has been postponed, may charge you a fee for this information. to free and clear ownership of the property. call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and If you consult either of these resources, You should also be aware that the lien being site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the DATED 11/20/1997. UNLESS YOU TAKE that Maria T. Soto be appointed as personal date for the sale of this property, you may you should be aware that the same lender auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are file number assigned to this case 028519- ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, representative to administer the estate of call 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web may hold more than one mortgage or the highest bidder at the auction, you are or CA. Information about postponements IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. the decedent. site www.lpsasap.com, using the file number deed of trust on the property. WE ARE may be responsible for paying off all liens that are very short in duration or that occur IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE PETITION requests authority to assigned to this case . CA-FNM-16016974. ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, senior to the lien being auctioned off, before close in time to the scheduled sale may not THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING administer the estate under the Independent Information about postponements that are AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN you can receive clear title to the property. immediately be reflected in the telephone AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT Administration of Estates Act. (This authority very short in duration or that occur close WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. You are encouraged to investigate the information or on the Internet Web site. The A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER will allow the personal representative in time to the scheduled sale may not SALE INFORMATION LINE: 714-730-2727 existence, priority, and size of outstanding best way to verify postponement information TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed to take many actions without obtaining immediately be reflected in the telephone or www.lpsasap.com Dated: 12/19/2016 liens that may exist on this property by is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust court approval. Before taking certain very information or on the Internet Web site. The PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., contacting the county recorder’s office or INFORMATION: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR Recorded on 12/04/1997 as Instrument No. important actions, however, the personal best way to verify postponement information AS TRUSTEE, Trustee By Shelley Chase, a title insurance company, either of which RECON CORP. 4375 Jutland Drive Suite 97 1908015 of official records in the office representative will be required to give notice is to attend the scheduled sale. On January Foreclosure Administrator A-4603129 may charge you a fee for this information. 200 San Diego, California 92117 of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES to interested persons unless they have 25, 2017, at 11:00 AM, BY THE FOUNTAIN 01/05/2017, 01/12/2017, 01/19/2017 If you consult either of these resources, you County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED waived notice or consented to the proposed LOCATED AT, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, should be aware that the same lender may The Downey Patriot BY: DARIO DELGADILLO, A SINGLE MAN, action.) The independent administration in the City of POMONA, County of LOS The Downey Patriot hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO authority will be granted unless an interested ANGELES, State of CALIFORNIA, PEAK 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17 on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S person files an objection to the petition and FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., a OWNER: The sale date shown on this T.S. No. 048265-CA APN: 8078-032- CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form shows good cause why the court should not California corporation, as duly appointed NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee notice of sale may be postponed one or 024 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE of payment authorized by California Civil grant the authority. Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust Sale No. 127690 Title No. 3012157 more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in A HEARING on the petition will be held executed by DONRITA S. BELLO, A NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER lawful money of the United States). DATE on Feb. 17, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. SINGLE WOMAN AND MAYNARD ALLEN INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/9/2006. OF SALE: 02/16/2017 TIME OF SALE: 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, JR., A SINGLE MAN AS JOINT TENANTS, ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT requires that information about trustee sale UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: DOUBLETREE CA 90012. as Trustors, recorded on 3/2/2015, as UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED postponements be made available to you PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE HOTEL LOS ANGELES-NORWALK, 13111 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the instrument No. 20150221555, of Official 06/13/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION and to the public, as a courtesy to those SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA petition, you should appear at the hearing Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY not present at the sale. If you wish to learn AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE 90650. STREET ADDRESS and other and state your objections or file written ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA, BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU whether your sale date has been postponed, OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, common designation, if any, of the real objections with the court before the hearing. under the power of sale therein contained, NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On property described above is purported Your appearance may be in person or by WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, date for the sale of this property, you may call 2/14/2017 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON to be:10420 DOWNEY AVENUE #202, your attorney. HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, cashier’s check YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On (714) 730-2727 for information regarding the CORP., as duly appointed trustee under DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA 90241. APN#: IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent drawn on a state or national bank, check 02/08/2017 at 11:00 AM, The Mortgage Law trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 6252-019-055 The undersigned Trustee creditor of the decedent, you must file your drawn by a state or federal credit union, or Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under -www.servicelinkASAP.com- for information 2/5/2007, as Instrument No. 20070236417, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness claim with the court and mail a copy to the a check drawn by a state or federal savings and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded regarding the sale of this property, using the of Official Records in the office of the County of the street address and other common personal representative appointed by the and loan association, or savings association, 06/16/2006, as Instrument No. 06 1327002, file number assigned to this case: 127690. Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of designation, if any, shown herein. Said court within the later of either (1) four months or savings bank specified in Section 5102 in book xx, page xx, of Official Records in the Information about postponements that are CALIFORNIA executed by: CAROLYN A sale will be made, but without covenant or from the date of first issuance of letters to a of the Financial Code and authorized to office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles very short in duration or that occur close MORRISON AS TRUSTEE OF THE 1995 warranty, expressed or implied, regarding general personal representative, as defined do business in this state will be held by the County, State of California, executed by in time to the scheduled sale may not CAROLYN A MORRISON REVOCABLE title, possession, or encumbrances, to in section 58(b) of the California Probate duly appointed trustee as shown below, of Lazaro Garcia and Jacqueline Garcia, immediately be reflected in the telephone TRUST DATED 1/3/1995 WILL SELL AT pay the remaining principal sum of the Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing all right, title, and interest conveyed to and Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, WILL information or on the Internet Web site. The PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with or personal delivery to you of a notice under now held by the trustee in the hereinafter SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST best way to verify postponement information FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), section 9052 of the California Probate Code. described property under and pursuant BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ is to attend the scheduled sale. A-4605181 ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, advances, under the terms of said Deed of Other California statutes and legal authority to a Deed of Trust described below. The CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of 01/19/2017, 01/26/2017, 02/02/2017 A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the may affect your rights as a creditor. You sale will be made, but without covenant or payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK Trustee and of the trusts created by said may want to consult with an attorney warranty, expressed or implied, regarding at time of sale in lawful money of the United The Downey Patriot DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid knowledgeable in California law. title, possession, or encumbrances, to States), By the fountain located at 400 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, balance of the obligation secured by the YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the pay the remaining principal sum of the Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766. SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS property to be sold and reasonable estimated court. If you are a person interested in the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, All right, title and interest conveyed to and T.S. No. 028519-CA APN: 6245-011-037 BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF costs, expenses and advances at the time estate, you may file with the court a Request with interest and late charges thereon, as now held by it under said Deed of Trust in NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED of the initial publication of the Notice of for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing provided in the note(s), advances, under the property situated in said County and CA Civil Code 2923.3 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: Sale is $117,054.03. The beneficiary under of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest State, described as: FULLY DESCRIBED TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN said Deed of Trust heretofore executed or of any petition or account as provided in thereon, fees, charges and expenses of IN THE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. APN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER and delivered to the undersigned a written Probate Code section 1250. A Request for the Trustee for the total amount (at the 6251-012-014 The street address and DATED 2/7/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 all right, title Declaration of Default and Demand for Special Notice form is available from the time of the initial publication of the Notice other common designation, if any, of the ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, and interest conveyed to and now held by Sale, and a written Notice of Default and court clerk. of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set real property described above is purported IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. it under said Deed of Trust in the property Election to Sell. The undersigned caused Attorney for petitioner: forth below. The amount may be greater to be: 7840 5th Street, Downey, CA 90241. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF situated in said County and State described said Notice of Default and Election to Sell CATHERINE GRANT WIEDER, ESQ. on the day of sale. Property is being sold The undersigned Trustee disclaims any THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID to be recorded in the county where the real SBN 105714 “as is - where is”. TAX PARCEL NO. 6367- liability for any incorrectness of the street AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT DEED OF TRUST The street address and property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL LAW OFFICES OF 003-021 LOT(S) 14 OF TRACT NO. 16032, address and other common designation, if A LAWYER On 2/8/2017 at 10:30 AM, other common designation, if any, of the BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on CATHERINE GRANT WIEDER IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY, COUNTY OF any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed real property described above is purported this property lien, you should understand 3223 E BROADWAY LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, but without covenant or warranty, expressed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust to be: 15639 FAIRFORD AVE NORWALK, that there are risks involved in bidding at LONG BEACH CA 90803 AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 354, or implied, regarding title, possession, recorded 2/15/2005, as Instrument No. 05 CA 90650-6252 The undersigned Trustee a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a CN932950 MARTINEZ PAGE(S) 19 AND 20 OF MAPS, IN THE or encumbrances, to pay the remaining 0342716, of Official Records in the office disclaims any liability for any incorrectness lien, not on the property itself. Placing the Jan 19,26, Feb 2, 2017 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF principal sum of the note(s) secured by of the County Recorder of Los Angeles of the street address and other common highest bid at a trustee auction does not SAID COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH THAT said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: designation, if any, shown herein. Said automatically entitle you to free and clear CN932950 PORTION OF THE VACATED STREET provided in said note(s), advances, if any, GERARD B. GORLERO AND MARTHA E. sale will be held, but without covenant or ownership of the property. You should also The Downey Patriot ADJOINING SAID LOT ON THE NORTH under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, GORLERO, HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL warranty, express or implied, regarding title, be aware that the lien being auctioned off 1/19/17, 1/26/17, 2/2/17 SAID VACATED PORTION WOULD PASS charges and expenses of the Trustee and SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST possession, condition, or encumbrances, may be a junior lien. If you are the highest WITH THE CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOT of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK including fees, charges and expenses of bidder at the auction, you are or may be 14. From information which the Trustee The total amount of the unpaid balance of DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL the Trustee and of the trusts created by responsible for paying off all liens senior to deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes the obligation secured by the property to BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining the lien being auctioned off, before you can FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK principal sums of the note(s) secured by receive clear title to the property. You are DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the encouraged to investigate the existence, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, unpaid balance of the obligation secured priority, and size of outstanding liens that SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS by the property to be sold and reasonable may exist on this property by contacting the BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF estimated costs, expenses and advances at county recorder’s office or a title insurance THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED the time of the initial publication of the Notice company, either of which may charge you TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: of Sale is: $8,551.32 If the Trustee is unable a fee for this information. If you consult BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN to convey title for any reason, the successful either of these resources, you should be CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be aware that the same lender may hold more PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 all right, title the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and than one mortgage or deed of trust on the and interest conveyed to and now held by the successful bidder shall have no further property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: it under said Deed of Trust in the property recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed The sale date shown on this notice of sale situated in said County and State described of Trust heretofore executed and delivered may be postponed one or more times by the as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID to the undersigned a written Declaration of mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, DEED OF TRUST The street address and Default and Demand for Sale, and a written pursuant to Section 2924g of the California other common designation, if any, of the real Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The Civil Code. The law requires that information property described above is purported to undersigned caused said Notice of Default about trustee sale postponements be made be: 12313 JULIUS AVENUE DOWNEY, CA and Election to Sell to be recorded in the available to you and to the public, as a 90242 The undersigned Trustee disclaims county where the real property is located. courtesy to those not present at the sale. any liability for any incorrectness of the street NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you If you wish to learn whether your sale date address and other common designation, if are considering bidding on this property lien, has been postponed, and, if applicable, the any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, you should understand that there are risks rescheduled time and date for the sale of but without covenant or warranty, express involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You this property, you may call 800-280-2832 or implied, regarding title, possession, will be bidding on a lien, not on the property for information regarding the trustee’s condition, or encumbrances, including fees, itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee sale or visit this Internet Web site www. charges and expenses of the Trustee and auction does not automatically entitle you auction.com for information regarding the of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to free and clear ownership of the property. sale of this property, using the file number to pay the remaining principal sums of the You should also be aware that the lien being assigned to this case 00000006008494. note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are Information about postponements that are The total amount of the unpaid balance of the highest bidder at the auction, you are or very short in duration or that occur close the obligation secured by the property to may be responsible for paying off all liens in time to the scheduled sale may not be sold and reasonable estimated costs, senior to the lien being auctioned off, before immediately be reflected in the telephone expenses and advances at the time of the you can receive clear title to the property. information or on the Internet Web site. initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: You are encouraged to investigate the The best way to verify postponement $367,835.43 If the Trustee is unable to existence, priority, and size of outstanding information is to attend the scheduled sale. convey title for any reason, the successful liens that may exist on this property by FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be contacting the county recorder’s office or PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC 800- the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and a title insurance company, either of which 280-2832. www.auction.com BARRETT the successful bidder shall have no further may charge you a fee for this information. DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed If you consult either of these resources, you LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR of Trust heretofore executed and delivered should be aware that the same lender may ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY to the undersigned a written Declaration of hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED Default and Demand for Sale, and a written on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The OWNER: The sale date shown on this FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as undersigned caused said Notice of Default notice of sale may be postponed one or Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 and Election to Sell to be recorded in the more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852. county where the real property is located. trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section Dated: 12/29/2016 A-4603944 01/05/2017, NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law 01/12/2017, 01/19/2017 are considering bidding on this property lien, requires that information about trustee sale you should understand that there are risks postponements be made available to you The Downey Patriot involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You and to the public, as a courtesy to those 1/5/17, 1/12/17, 1/19/17

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The Downey Assoc. of Realtors recently honored members who celebrated milestones in real estate.

Top row, from left: John Lacey (50 years), Steve Roberson (30), David Jervis (30), Luis Valdes (56), Mike Rodriguez (25), Bev Baumann (40), Miriam Villanueva (25), Carmen Torres (20), Jan Molinaro (40), Penny Watson (35), Lucy Santamaria (35), Francisco Arevalo (20) and Marina Martin (36).

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