The Paper 08-06-20

August 6, 2020

Volume 50 - No. 32

By Gary Womble

Luigi DiFonzo has been called the “Sicilian Gatsby of Laguna Niguel”, and with good reason. Like the Gatsby character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book he was at one time extremely wealthy and very mysterious. He had a rags to riches story including a significantly checkered past. Working as an FBI informant somehow brought him to California where he would perpetuate his biggest con.

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built at 3 Inspiration Point, Laguna Niguel, was testament to his vast fortune. The home he built is a 14,700 square-foot castle on a hill with panoramic views, Italian marble floors, spiral staircase, 11 bedrooms, and 12 bathrooms. Although, don’t waste a trip to Laguna Niguel to see it because the community as well as the estate are both gated. And based on personal experience I can tell you the guard at the community entrance is less than friendly to “Looky Lou’s.” To put DiFonzo’s wealth into perspective take the virtual tour online of his mansion and property

on YouTube just use the address shown above.

Who was this larger than life man running his financial empire from a suite of offices in one of the tallest and most pristine buildings in Irvine, CA? Luigi Miguel DiFonzo was a tall, barrel chested Italian looking man who usually sported a beard. He had for a short time been a professional boxer, and he had spent years weight training including during his stints in prison.

In 1971 DiFonzo was hired for a pro-

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fessional writing role as a script editor for the movie “The Godfather” directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

An extremely good job for a guy who never attended college but did have a love for writing as well as the mafia lifestyle. How did this guy from humble beginnings later become a mafia style don with those in his charge kissing the diamond ring on his finger?

In 1998, the year his house was completed, DiFonzo’s wealth was estimated at tens of millions of dollars.

His investment firm was called DFJ

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Italia Ltd. Several professional athletes invested their money with DFJ including former LA Ram Eric Dickerson as well as celebrities such as the fashion supermodel Kim Alexis. DFJ's sales promotion to potential customers included investments in foreign currencies and precious metals all with at least a 20% return on investment.

Luigi DiFonzo had experienced a rough childhood in Massachusetts where his father was a gas station attendant with 4 kids. Luigi was the oldest child and always drew the wrath of his father when his parents fought, which was constantly. In one of his first attempts at writing he drafted a poem when he was 10 years old that read, “Tiny, tiny lips, they bleed, and bleed and bleed/You say it can’t be you it’s because of me/Broken arms, broken knees, tell me why this must be/Am I too little for you to see?” DiFonzo titled his poem, “Too Little to See” and revised it slightly a few years later.

As DiFonzo grew into a man he had a tremendous internal rage and was accused of frequently using physical violence to vent that rage. He did though always have a soft spot in his heart for abused children. Even those that did not like DiFonzo say that he could have been successful at almost anything he put his mind to. But Luigi wanted to distance himself from the boy in the poem who hid

Give Us This Day Our Daily Chuckle This week, a compendium of wit, wisdom and neat stuff you can tell at parties. Enjoy!

A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi, just as it's going by.

As he gets into the taxi, the cabbie says, "Impeccable timing. You're just like Frank."

Passenger: "Who?"

Cabbie: "Frank Feldman. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank Feldman every single time."

Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody."

Cabbie: "Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand-Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros.

He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star

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from the rath of his father. He thought tough guys and con men were the coolest and wanted to be just like them.

So, the fundamental question is, how did this man who was an accused conspirator in the infamous Chicago Purolator vault heist and later a twice-jailed felon sit atop this financial entity? An equally important question is, who in their right mind would trust him with large sums of money to invest for them?

The answer to these questions is both complex and simplistic at the same time.

We’ll start with the Chicago Purolator robbery which would become the largest cash heist in the history of the world as of 1974, some $4.3 million in unmarked bills had disappeared. The money stolen that night would have weighed more than 700 pounds. A few days after the heist authorities arrested the night watchman, Ralph Marerra, as the inside man for the job. Some of the money was recovered at his grandmother’s house under freshly poured cement. A short time after taking Marerra into custody police also arrested Peter Gushi, 27, Pasquale (Patsy) Marzano, 42 who was the alarm man, William A. (Tony) Marzano 32, and James Maniatis, 59 who provided and drove the getaway van. These men were eventually all convicted and sent to federal prison with long sentences.

Authorities also arrested Luigi DiFonzo on Grand Cayman Island.

and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy."

Passenger: "Sounds like he was really something special."

Cabbie: "There's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday.

He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything.

Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank Feldman could do everything right.”

Passenger: "Wow, what a guy!"

Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them.

But Frank, he never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman."

Passenger: "How did you meet him?"

Cabbie: "I never actually met Frank. He died and I married his wife."

He was there trying to deposit almost two hundred pounds of cash in suitcases, more than $1 million. After his arrest DiFonzo claimed he didn't know the money was stolen. He hired a famous Boston based attorney, Joe Oteri, who soon discovered that his client was a world-class con man. Oteri said of DiFonzo, “he was always true to his friends, but he had a thieving mentality when it came to everybody else.” Oteri was widely known for handling high-profile mob, drug and murder cases. In 1990 Joe Oteri was approached to defend General Manuel Noriega, but he turned down the offer stating that he was just too busy.

During the trial several people testified against the accused burglars in the Purolator case, including at least one witness who linked DiFonzo directly to the robbery. Thanks to Oteri’s defense Luigi DiFonzo was acquitted of all charges the only one of the six Purolator defendants set free. "Unbelievable," the infuriated judge said of the verdict of innocent.

Later, much to the court’s chagrin, DiFonzo came away with a six-figure reward for assisting Purolator’s insurer to recover all but $1.3 million of the loot. That amount was never discovered or accounted for during or after the investigation and trials, it remains missing today.

Historically, there has been much speculation over the missing $1.3 million. Some say a portion went to a co-conspirator who died of natural causes before he testified at a grand jury hearing. Some also say that

I just came back from my annual check up. After two visits and exhaustive Lab tests, he said I was doing 'fairly well' for my age.

A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, 'Do you think I'll live to be 80?'

He asked, 'Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer, wine or hard liquor?'

'Oh no,' I replied. 'I'm not doing recreational drugs, either!'

Then he asked, 'Do you eat a lot of steaks and barbecued ribs?'

'I said, 'Not much...my former doctor said that too much red meat is very unhealthy!'

'Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, boating, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?'

'No, I don't,' I said.

He asked, 'Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lots of sex?'

'No,' I said...

He looked at me and said . . . 'Then, why do you even give a damn?

Critical Thinking: day?

Woman: Do you drink beer?

Man: Yes Woman: How many beers a Man:

Usually about 3

Luigi DiFonzo came away not just with the insurance award, but also a good portion of the missing $1.3M. Not long after his trial was over, and he was acquitted Luigi gave Joe Oteri a new Rolls Royce as a thank you gift.

The guard, Marerra, had early on been considered by both federal and local authorities to be at risk because of the mob connections. Before his trial began Marerra was poisoned and almost died while incarcerated. He lived but suffered from significant, life-long physical problems from the poisoning. Years later DiFonzo penned a story about a mob connected Vatican financier named Michele Sindona, who was also poisoned while in jail; but unlike Ralph Marerra’s outcome Michele Sindona died from the poisoning. It is apparent that the mafia believes stringently in the maxim, “dead men tell no tales” (e.g. Jimmy Hoffa).

To say the least 1974 was not Luigi’s favorite year due to his indictment for the Purolator heist. In Chicago DiFonzo had persuaded investors he was a financial genius extremely well educated who held master's degrees and was hugely successful at a very young age. By the time he was 27 years old DiFonzo had been told by the mob to leave Chicago after defrauding thousands of investors in a commodity trading scam.

Supposedly Chicago’s boss of bosses

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Woman: How much do you pay per beer?

Man: $3.00 which includes a tip (This is where it gets scary !)

Woman: And how long have you been drinking?

Man: About 20 years, I suppose Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be approximately $5400 …correct?

Man: Correct Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct?

Man: Correct Woman: Do you know that if you didn’t drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?

Man: Do you drink beer?

Woman: No Man: Where’s your Ferrari?

Just in case ya didn't know...

Minnesota became the 32nd state on May 11, 1858 and was originally settled by a lost tribe of Norwegians seeking refuge from the searing heat of Wisconsin 's winters.

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Back2School Program, Beginning August 17th - The Boys & Girls Club of Oceanside is offering a Back2School program, starting August 17th. Space is very limited! The Back 2 School Program will be held at the Townsite Boys & Girls Club, 401 Country Club Lane, Oceanside, 92054. Hours of the program will be from 7am to 6pm. We want to reassure you that we are here to help your child academically and socially, providing much needed structure and continuity. We are living in an extraordinary and unprecedented time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pre-Registration Requirements: Applications will only be accepted in person at our Townsite location.

For health and safety of staff and each other, we ask that everyone

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Tony “Big Tuna” Accardo decided that DiFonzo was to leave “The Windy City” for good because of the public uproar.

Accardo and DiFonzo shared a Sicilian heritage, although both men were born in the U.S. Accardo originally worked for Al Capone in Chicago and bragged he was one of the hit men in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, although some dispute the assertion. He was though responsible for the murder of 3 burglars and 4 persons close to the burglars who broke into his River Forest, IL home in 1978 while he vacationed at a new house he had recently purchased in Palm Springs, CA. Autopsy results showed that each of the seven men had been strangled and then their throats slit. Years later in 2002 mob turncoat Nicholas Calabrese gave testimony which provided the reason for the murders and helped authorities convict the killers. Accardo had passed away 10 years of natural causes at the age of 86.

After his narrow escape of significant prison time, DiFonzo resolved to go straight. Well straightish anyway and to make a successful career of writing. He tried to sell his first professional writing project as a combination of “The Godfather” and “The Sting.” In truth it was a thinly veiled account of the Purolator heist, because he thought using his own criminal credentials would be benefi-

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responses published in this space.

Here is number 15 in the series.

Question: Is there anything local that has been cited by the Guinness Book of World Records?

Answer: Yes. The popular reference book, now known as Guinness World Records, includes at least two local connections which have been documented. One is a Valley Center couple who were recognized for their explorations and expeditions around the world; the second is the smallest post office in the United States. The post office story will appear here next week.

Anyone with knowledge of other possible local achievements or events listed in the Guinness book is asked to contact the History Museum for further study.

For more information, contact 760.433.8920 or email bgco@bgcoceanside.org.

Guinness Book Recognizes Local Explorers - A question about the famous Guinness World Records and two local people who changed world history is featured in this week's question-and-answer installment from the Valley Center History Museum which remains closed, but is accepting inquiries by mail, email and telephone with

When Helen Armstrong Schreider and her husband Frank Schreider were not at home on North Lake Wohlford Road, which was often,

cial. That idea had worked for him when he went to work as an editor on “The Godfather.” According to the FBI, Luigi Miguel DiFonzo was a well-connected, young Mafioso with ties to the Gambino crime family.

ment banker, defrauded banks in New York and Italy out of approxiReportedly mately $3 billion.

Sindona also laundered heroin drug money in Italy and the U.S. for the Gambino family.

Although his book project was interrupted in 1978, when DiFonzo was imprisoned for filing false documents with securities regulators. During his short prison time he taught creative writing to other inmates. After his release he completed his first book with the assistance of Jesse Kornbluth, a New York magazine writer.

"He had a tremendous lust for success, a hunger that seemed to distort everything," said Jesse Kornbluth.

"Luigi was a fantasist from the word go, truly a Sicilian Gatsby."

Kornbluth said the time he spent with DiFonzo was surreal and felt like they were characters taken directly from the book “Wiseguys” by Nicholas Pileggi, which was later used as the premise for the movie “Goodfellas” directed by Martin Scorsese. Their book was published

by Avon in 1981 under the title "Bucks." Sales of the book were poor, but DiFonzo was not disillusioned.

Next, DiFonzo tried his hand at nonfiction and sold New York magazine a story about disgraced Vatican financier Michele Sindona. His knowledge of Sindona’s activities supposedly were enhanced by his affiliation with New York’s Gambino crime family. Sindona, the pope's invest-

In 1983 DiFonzo used both the information his investigation turned up for the magazine story as well as inside knowledge to complete a biography of Michele Sindona. It was titled "St. Peter's Banker," and traced the links between Sindona, banks, the Mafia and the Catholic Church.

It was called "an enthralling work of investigative reporting" in a New York Times review of the book. It sold more than 20,000 copies and it received several positive reviews by other critics listing it as exciting and well written.

Because of the success of “St. Peter’s Banker” DiFonzo wrote several more books. One was titled "Dreamers and Betrayers," it was the tale of a Mafia money-launderer. His next work was titled "Mouth of the Lion," which was a story about a family caught up in the drug wars plaguing Columbia. Even though he did not have a college degree, he was hired as an instructor at Harvard. School records at Harvard show that Luigi taught courses on beginning fiction writing and advanced film writing in summer school.

None of his other books met the level of success he had with "St. Peter's Banker." The 1980’s decade ended for DiFonzo the way he began it, with him in prison. During the earli-

they could be found circumnavigating the globe retracing the routes of ancient seamen or exploring the Amazon, often on behalf of the National Geographic Society. On one such adventure, the couple outfitted a refurbished WWII amphibious jeep and drove from Valley Center to the tip of South America.

When a rocky road proved impassable or unavailable, they would continue their journey onboard an outboard motor canoe or a gasoline-powered cabin cruiser or balsa raft.

Their recognition by Guinness was a feat called the "Longest Navigable River Journey," an expedition which appears in the 1971 edition. The Schreiders set out to document that the Amazon, not the Nile, was the longest river in the world. They navigated and mapped the entire Amazon concluding that it, in fact, was longer than the Nile.

Although some continued to dispute the findings, a group of Brazilian scientists repeated the journey in 2007 and declared that the Schreiders were correct as did the N a t i o n a l Geographic Society.

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er part of this decade DiFonzo had become interested in a 1983 crime story in which a Minnesota man and his teenage son murdered two bankers. They lured the two bankers, who had foreclosed on their family dairy farm, to a remote location. The man and his son then committed premeditated murder by killing both men. The authorities quickly determined who was responsible, but prior to being arrested the father committed suicide. DiFonzo traveled to St. Paul, MN to observe the court action as the son’s trial was set to begin.

While in Minnesota Luigi worked with the young man’s attorney to purchase the rights to the story for just under $20,000.

DiFonzo never actually completed his book about these murders, but he did become friends with the teenager's defense attorney, Allan Sven Anderson. Not long after the trial was over Anderson died unexpectedly.

Later, DiFonzo was charged with stealing $120,000 of the inheritance Anderson’s widow was to receive.

After pleading guilty in April of 1989 for defrauding Anderson’s widow he received a three-year prison sentence.

He was sent to prison for the second time and DiFonzo’s new cell mate was Angelo Ales, who was serving a 4-year sentence for a check-kiting fraud. Ales shared DiFonzo's taste for the finer things in life. He had a thick Long Island accent, and when not in prison Ales dressed like a Sicilian mobster with silk suits and half-but-

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Local News

The Paper Two North County Gyms Cited for Violating Public Health Orders.

Code enforcement officials were ordered to serve an immediate closure notice to the MetroFlex Gym in Oceanside and a cease-anddesist order to The Gym in Vista, according to a county spokesman.

Statewide health orders designed to slow the spread of coronavirus forbid many indoor activities, from dining and drinking to working out and watching movies.

The 14-day case rate stood at 126 per 100,000 residents, the lowest it has been in a week and progress toward reaching the 100 per 100,000 threshold that would allow the region to be removed from the governor’s watch list and businesses to begin returning to more normal modes of operation.

Oceanside Chief of Police to Retire

Following a law enforcement career that spanns nearly four decades, Oceanside police Chief Frank McCoy will retire in October, city officials announced last week.

McCoy has headed the northern San Diego County police agency since January 2006, making him the longest-serving chief in the history of the department.

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During the tenure of McCoy — who once before stepped down from the post, only to assume it again six months later — the seaside municipality enjoyed a 33% drop in overall crime and a 28% dip in violent offenses, according to the Oceanside City Manager’s Office.

McCoy began his law enforcement career in 1984 with the city of Manhattan Beach. He went on to spend 20 years with the Long Beach Police Department, rising through the ranks to the position of commander.

On Thursday, Oceanside Mayor Peter Weiss offered the city’s thanks to McCoy “for his transformation of the Police Department into one that emphasizes community policing, and for building positive relationships with the community while reducing crime.”

City officials said they will immediately begin a search for a new police chief, a process expected to take several months.

Oceanside Police Officer Shoots Man with Stun Gun

A man accused of carjacking a driver at knifepoint and attempting two other carjackings within a 10minute span in Oceanside pleaded not guilty last week to six felony counts.

David Avila, 32, is accused of attacking the occupants of three vehicles just before 4 p.m. on July

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14. His arrest — authorities took him into custody with the aid of a stun gun — prompted Oceanside’s police chief to order an internal investigation.

Avila is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, carjacking, attempted carjacking and carrying a concealed dirk or dagger.

Deputy District Attorney Ted Minahan said Avila broke out the driver’s side window of one car with a knife, but the victim was able to drive away.

A second motorist was allegedly punched by Avila, who then put a knife to the victim’s neck, according to the prosecutor.

Avila allegedly got into the car, drove off and later got into a fight with an unknown man.

He was arrested shortly afterward.

The officer in front of him can be seen taking several steps toward the man before using his stun gun. The man goes stiff and groans as he falls backward, and his head appears to hit the ground.

Paramedics treated him at the scene before taking him to Tri-City Medical Center for treatment of undisclosed injuries, police said.

The greatest hits from the legendary Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. Drift back to a tuxedoed, glamorous era when every night was a party. This is a highenergy show honoring the 1960s heyday of the Rat Pack’s legendary Las Vegas concerts.

The Rat Pack: Sebastian Anzaldo as Frank Sinatra; Andy DiMino as Dean Martin; and Lambus Dean as Sammy Davis, Jr. General Admission tickets are on sale now for $10.

The other outdoor concert series are Funky Funk Get Down – Big Grooves & Dance Moves and Domingos de Musica y Baile.

The health and safety of the valued guests and team members is paramount to Pala Casino Spa Resort. Pala Casino is committed to following the guidelines and recommendations issued by the Centers for Disease Control for businesses.

Guests will be asked to wear facial coverings and practice safe social distancing throughout each of these events. Seats will be sanitized and pre-set to enforce proper social distanc-

Friedrich is Back!

Brilliant cover story by Friedrich Gomez on the history, culture, and psychology behind Jewish humor.

Who says scholarly and educational pieces can't be entertaining as well as funny as hell? Gomez has a very powerful following out here.

Saw your Pala Casino ad and went with a large group of friends. Word is spreading about Pala! Going back with more families and friends.

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ing review about the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach, California. It focuses on a local gal who is part of the cast. Within the story I mention that while she has been doing this for years she will temporarily withdraw from the cast due to the high cost of gas and the 150 mile daily roundtrip required, the related cost of $800-$1000 she incurred, the fact that she is a volunteer and neither paid nor reimbursed expenses. I also mention that a fellow cast member, a girlfriend of hers, who lives in Carlsbad, a coastal city near us, is in similar straits.

Man About Town

The Rat Pack is back! Yes, Pala Casino Spa Resort, by popular demand, has brought back a Toast to the Rat Pack, Dean, Frank and Sammy. It all happens next Friday, August 14th, in the Starlight Theater,

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ing. Additionally, all guests will have their temperature screened at the entrance to the casino. Select Fridays at 8:00 p.m.

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•••• Happened back in 2010 . . .

I’m guess I’m behind the times.

Act I, Scene I: I write a glow-

The story is published and I find the young lady I have written about is upset because I referred to her “girlfriend.”

Apparently someone teased her about her “girlfriend” and wondered if she preferred girls to boys.

Her upset, in turn, hurts and upsets me.

There was absolutely no sexual connotation to the use of the word “girlfriend.” None. It was simple statement of fact, as I understood it to have been related to me by both the young lady in question as well as her parents. I felt shocked;

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In 1995, not long after the pair got out of prison, they developed their plan for DFJ Italia Ltd. Shortly thereafter they hired Guy Scarpelli, who helped build DFJ's client base using information gained from him having access to records supposedly from John Hancock Financial Services. Scarpelli was handsome and charismatic. He contacted his parents' friends in New Jersey, marketing DFJ Italia to all potential investors. Scarpelli early on had to know something was “fishy” because he also at times delivered large sums of cash which was used as payment of interest to earlier customers.

Potential DFJ customers were often told that the firm's owner was a Sicilian Count. They recruited former pro football player Duval Love as a salesman, and he unwittingly reeled in other athletes including Dickerson. Love had introduced Luigi DiFonzo to Eric Dickerson at a Hall of Fame Dinner in Canton, OH. Love was unaware of the true nature and intent of DFJ Italia because he also convinced his own family to invest heavily with them.

Bill Liotta, a tenured professor at Tulane University, invested $72,000 in DFJ. Liotta said he was a huge LA Rams fan and during one of his visits to the DFJ office he met Duval Love.

People want to believe in these type of schemes, even intelligent, welleducated folks.

DiFonzo and Ales went to great lengths to distance themselves from DFJ Italia primarily because of their felonious backgrounds. Officially, neither of them owned any part of DFJ Italia Ltd. John Loy, DFJ Chief Financial Officer, said in his courtordered testimony that he was instructed by DiFonzo to put his own name on all legal documents for DFJ Italia.

DiFonzo was rarely seen at DFJ's offices, which were sometimes even locked during business hours.

Several employees stated that the linebacker sized DiFonzo ruled the firm through physical intimidation.

DFJ operated using a mob-style hierarchy with DiFonzo as the don, Ales and Loy as caporegimes, and the salespeople were soldiers. Most, if not all, of this was merely bravado by DiFonzo, Ales, Loy, and others at DFJ. They certainly were not committing or sanctioning “mob hits,” but rather they stuck with what they knew, namely cons, Ponzi schemes, and fraud.

Bank and court records show that much of the money taken in went to DFJ's executives. Ales used part of his share to buy expensive jewelry he gave his girlfriend. DiFonzo spent $1M on a vacation to Hawaii for a bunch of his friends. They also used the money for parties in Las Vegas all of which were held at famous Las Vegas casinos.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court documents indicate that money from DFJ went to DiFonzo's film-production company as well as several other shell corporations owned by executives. One of those shell corporations was a Mexican sex-toy business which was owned by Ales. Complaints were also filed against the Luigi DiFonzo irrevocable trust, Guy Scarpelli and Scarpelli Furniture. Additionally, complaints were filed against KED Investments and John Loy who testified that he gave $7 million to DiFonzo in cash payments of $40,000 each week. During testimony Ales said he and other DFJ employees often cashed in chips at Las Vegas casinos spacing their actions at specific time intervals so as not to leave a paper trail.

When it appeared that the fraud was about to become public knowledge both DiFonzo and Ales became very concerned. The two men claimed to have been advised in May 1999 that vast sums of company funds were missing. According to his attorney Ales went to Orange County authorities to report the possibility of fraud at DFJ.

As exposure of the fraud became more and more likely, DiFonzo disappeared for several weeks. He later alleged that Ales and an associate kidnapped him from his home in Laguna Niguel. Supposedly he reported the abduction to both the FBI and the Orange County district attorney's office. No charges were ever filed over his reports. However, records show that the FBI did begin an investigation into DFJ Italia that summer.

The FBI's relationship with DiFonzo began long before DFJ Italia Ltd. was fully functioning in early 1996.

DiFonzo acted as an informant for the FBI, according to them, only for a short time. The disclosure by the FBI was made public because of rumors that the agency turned a blind eye to DFJ's criminal activities. Special Agent, Matthew McLaughlin, insisted that the agency had ended its relationship with DiFonzo before the DFJ Italia startup. DiFonzo's wife Brenda disputes that statement saying her husband spoke to the FBI several times after 1996. And that he kept direct contact numbers handy for two specific FBI agents until his death.

Angelo Ales repeatedly told friends that he was a paid FBI informant the entire time DFJ Italia was operating.

Ales said the FBI’s probe into DFJ began in early 1999 and that he had assisted with their investigation. The FBI would not make any comment on its relationship with Ales.

As DFJ’s scheme began to fall apart DiFonzo became depressed and his overall health deteriorated. He was a man living with significant depression because he was losing the magnificent life he had lived for a long time. He left DFJ in late 1999 but kept his mansion in Laguna Niguel, although he had to borrow from friends to pay expenses.

The DFJ crew, led by Guy Scarpelli, worked to keep the firm from going bankrupt. But like all Ponzi schemes when the incoming cash could not

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cover the interest payments, the jig was up. Investors, led by Duval Love whose parents and friends lost a fortune in the scam, forced DFJ into involuntary bankruptcy. In April of 2000 prosecutors seized DFJ Italia and the once resplendent offices in Irvine became nothing more than a reminder of all that had been.

Even during this period in the U.S. DiFonzo and Ales had put DFJ on a different plateau with their cunning and craftiness. However, DFJ was small potatoes compared to the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernie Madoff. Madoff at one time was chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange and began his $20B scheme in the late 1980’s. Madoff’s fraud was, and still is, the largest Ponzi scheme in world history. He is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Butner, N.C. Ironically, Reuters News Agency reported that Bernie’s closest friend in prison is Carmine “The Snake” Persico, who is head of the Colombo crime family.

Thomas Casey, the U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee for DFJ Italia said, “Luigi DiFonzo, the man depicted in dozens of interviews, court records and personal letters seemed to have lived five or six lives, a lawless Zelig who adopted a more fantastic persona in each reincarnation. Atop DFJ, he occupied the most out-sized fantasy of all, one he had been constructing all his life. He was truly the embodiment of a mafia style don in his role.”

Following DFJ's collapse investors wanted to determine how this could have happened. One woman whose family lost $75,000 stated that she knew her family was in serious trouble after reading DiFonzo’s biography of Vatican financier Michele Sindona. Whatever part the FBI played in these shenanigans will never be fully known, but historically their overzealous efforts to investigate and prosecute organized crime have not been without significant error (e.g. James “Whitey” Bulger, Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano). Lisa Valle stated, "I don't expect to get my money back, but I need to know the truth. Was the FBI protecting him instead of the people he was ripping off?”

Another of the victims, Eileen Goodrich of Bridgewater, NJ said, "The authorities knew Ales and DiFonzo were felons and con men.

Why weren't they watched more closely? How could these two convicted felons operate an investment firm?” Her families’ losses in DFJ’s Ponzi scheme were more than $140,000.

In July of 2000 U.S. Marshalls came to DiFonzo’s mansion in Laguna Niguel with a court order compelling him to appear. Because he had been consistently unavailable, Thomas Casey, the bankruptcy trustee assigned to DFJ obtained the court order. Brenda stood by helplessly as the marshals put DiFonzo in handcuffs and took him into custody.

“It's going to be a long time before you get to the truth," he told the creditors' attorney. “You're going to feel like the biggest ass in the world.”

He told Brenda that he was being

framed by the FBI and Ales but vowed he would be vindicated.

However, during his July 25, 2000 court ordered testimony concerning DFJ Italia, DiFonzo consistently invoked his fifth amendment rights.

Luigi DiFonzo was found dead at his home in Laguna Niguel on Monday August 14th, 2000. A coroner's report concluded that DiFonzo, at the age of 52, committed suicide. But his wife and others who knew him say nothing could be further from the truth.

Sheriff's deputies collected two suicide notes addressed to his fourth wife, Brenda. The first one showed the extent of the despair he was experiencing. "My whole life has been ripped away from me. Everything is gone. My house. My money. My assets. My wedding ring. Even my dignity. I am nothing more than an annoying, inconvenient, middle-aged failure. A great tree turned to kindling. A whisper on the lips of a dead man."

The second note was a final love letter to Brenda and their children. It began with “Cara mia”, and professed his undying love for her and their children. "Tell the children I was ill. Let them know the depths of my love for them and the depths of my failures as a man." Even though both notes read like a final farewell Brenda DiFonzo refused to accept the coroner's conclusion of suicide, insisting her husband died of natural causes or perhaps an accidental overdose.

DiFonzo’s civil attorney, Michael Binning, stated that he was stunned

by DiFonzo's death. "I have no reason to believe it’s a suicide and would be very surprised to learn that it was," he said. "Mr. DiFonzo was a strong person who cared very much about his wife and children,” said Binning. John Barnett, DiFonzo's criminal attorney, said he had spoken to DiFonzo the week before his death and that his client's mood was "up."

In early 2000 it had been discovered that DiFonzo's health was failing. His physician had prescribed medication to combat heart problems as well as depression and anxiety. He took morphine frequently because of persistent back pain. The blood analysis during his autopsy revealed that all the drugs he was prescribed were present in his system when he died.

Brenda stated that the autopsy also discovered that Luigi had kidney cancer which she said was not previously known.

The morning of August 16th Casey won a court order evicting DiFonzo’s family from their home in Laguna Niguel. It was only two days after Brenda found Luigi dead. She had found him lying in a spare bedroom with the patio doors open to let in the summer breeze. Next to his bed was a nightstand with all his prescription medication bottles on it. As soon as she entered the room Brenda said she knew something was wrong because of his chalky white color. She imme-

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diately phoned 911 for help but the paramedics were unsuccessful at reviving him.

A month or so after DiFonzo died Casey held an auction to sell all his remaining belongings. Weeks earlier Casey had seized seven sports cars and various bank accounts. In the backyard of DiFonzo’s mansion sat a tiled hut where he once kept a pet wolf and his elegant swimming pool sat empty. Orange County’s selfinvented mafia style don was dead; the “Sicilian Gatsby of Laguna Niguel” like the character in Fitzgerald’s book was gone forever, beyond justice.

In August of 2001 Ales was released from his latest prison sentence on an unrelated charge. He then almost immediately resumed his extravagant lifestyle. It was reported in bankruptcy court that Ales frequently dines at upscale restaurants in Orange County and often arrives in a chauffeur driven limousine.

Casey told DFJ investors they could expect only a fraction of their money back, but some of the approximately 700 investors continued to seek answers. This same group of DFJ investors openly discussed suing the FBI, but no civil, legal action was ever taken. To these investors amazement no criminal charges have ever been filed despite sworn admissions

by Ales, Scarpelli, and Loy in the bankruptcy case.

Luigi DiFonzo’s family had his ashes scattered in the hills just outside of Palermo, Sicily.

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Patrick Flannigan + big Irish Clan Escondido, San Marcos, Vista, and Oceanside, CA More Friedrich Fans . .

Lyle,thanks for publishing the "You Could Be Jewish" cover story by our favorite writer Friedrich Gomez. It was an insightful journey of cultural humor and how it sustained the Jewish people for thousands of years!

Also, thanks for publishing the Pala Casino Concert series. We're going to the "Selena Tribute Concert" on August 16.

From Maria Contreras-Hauser family and friends, North San Diego County.

And Yet Another . . .

I made the mistake of reading Friedrich Gomez's excruciatingly funny tale, "You Could Be Jewish," (The Paper, July 30) while eating breakfast and almost choked on my corn flakes.

As a Jew, but not a comic, I can declare that Friedrich let no turn unstoned. His remarkable piece would make a great documentary film, and I hope he follows up on this suggestion.

The end credit would picture the epitaph on the grave of the Jewish comic known as the man of a thousand voices (Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, et al), Mel Blanc. It reads: "that's all folks!"

It's at the entrance to historic Beth Olam Jewish Cemetery which borders Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

Abut the Author:

Gary Womble is our newest writer for The Paper.

His credentials include a B.A. Purdue University, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Gold Key Honor Society M.B.A. Indiana Wesleyan University Adjunct Professor Business Administration – Purdue University “Lyle, above probably should include "Certified Moron" for taking a holiday trip to Palm Springs in late July.

Luckily our rental home had a pool and spa which helped tremendously.”

We expect to see even more fine articles from Gary in the near future!

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The man appears to kick something on the ground, possibly the knife he had dropped. He then takes a few steps forward while shouting at the officers, with his hands still on his head. One of the officers then shot him with a stun gun and the suspect fell backwards appearing to hit his head on the ground.

In an open letter, Oceanside Police Chief Frank McCoy wrote, “I have had the opportunity to view this video and it has raised concerns with me. I have asked our Professional Standards Unit to conduct a thorough investigation into this matter.”

Avila is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail and is due back in court Aug. 28 for a readiness conference.

Jobless Claims Highlight Problems

The pandemic has thrown millions out of work and created massive problems at California’s Employment Development Department (EDD), the agency empowered to provide Unemployment Insurance (UI) to laid-off workers.

Between March and May, EDD experienced a 3400% increase in claims compared to January/February. From March 8 to July 18, EDD processed 8.7 million claims, including 6.8 million standard UI claims and 1.4 million Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims. The agency has paid out a total of $49.7 billion in benefits, and reports that 94% of requests for assistance have been approved.

These numbers are impressive, but mask huge problems. The state’s 120 legislative offices often become the last resort for people unable to contact EDD or to get anything resembling a timely response to repeated emails, phone calls and faxes. EDD receives about 700 cases weekly from legislative offices, and even though the number of staff dedicated to handling these requests increased from 1 to 93, it can still take a month or more to get a reply to our inquiries.

This is unacceptable.

Recently, the Governor announced a series of actions aimed at transforming EDD, modernizing technology and improving communications to ensure EDD prioritizes the oldest claims so that badly needed UI benefits get to unemployed Californians who still must pay their bills.

I have long called for modernization and improved technology in state agencies. And based on our experience dealing with just under 1000 EDD inquiries from constituents since mid-March, my office has been working as a liaison from our whole caucus to EDD and the Department of Labor to seek solutions that result in faster responses and fewer glitches.

California’s workers are hurting and EDD has not been up to the challenge. This must change, now!

Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.

5th District Supervisor

Jim Desmond

Open Our Schools

We must get our kids back in school. I know for some that can be a frightening statement, but throughout this pandemic, I’ve made my decisions and opinions based on science and data. Over the last month, I’ve had conversations with doctors, data experts and researches about COVID-19 and one of the most consistent messages has been, we need our young people back in the classroom.

While there are still many questions regarding COVID-19, we do know that young people rarely suffer from the virus. In the state of California, nobody under the age of 17 has died from COVID and the rare kid who does test positive, usually is asymptomatic. While deaths remain at zero, some worry that the kids could spread the virus to the teachers, parents and grandparents, however this is also extremely rare.

Throughout the world, studies have been done showing that the chances of kids passing the virus is infrequent. In Iceland, where a major study was done, the results showed that not one child passed the virus to their parents.

Schools in other countries have opened based on scientific evidence, so why not in California?

It is dangerous not to have schools

open. The cost to our society of kids not going to school, will be detrimental for years to come.

School is much more than just education. Teachers are usually the first to notice and report kids in need.

From abuse, gang clothing, to changes in attitude, schools are the number one reporter of child abuse.

We are denying our children mental, social, and physical outlets by closing our schools during arguably the most critical time in their life.

The closures of our schools will have damaging effects on the future.

To contact North County Office – by appointment only 325 S. Melrose Ave., Suite 5200 Vista, CA 92081 Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Website: www.supervisorjimdesmond.com Email: Jim.Desmond@sdcounty.ca.gov

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like I had been slapped in the face. The story praised both the production as well as the young lady. I had researched the story heavily, spent hours preparing it. An ingrate, I thought. I felt betrayed by the gal.

Fast Forward to Act II, Scene I: Evelyn and I are having lunch with a former client and good friend, a dazzingly beautiful blonde gal. I happen to think of the Festival of the Arts, a showcase closely related to the Pageant of the Masters. I remember I have a number of VIP passes that are good through August. I ask our lunch companion . . .”Are you dating currently?” “No, not really.”

“Do you have any girlfriends?”

(A somewhat startled look. She looks at Evelyn and back at me. I sense I’ve innocently stumbled into a tripwire). “You know,” I sez, “gals you go shopping with, gals you hang with?” “Oh, no, not really,” she sez.

“Well, I have some VIP passes to the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach. I hate to see them go to waste and I thought you and a companion might want to be our guest. Perhaps you and your daughter could use them?”

That, in essence was the conversation.

In the olden days, back when Roy Rogers was King of the Cowboys, when Fleers BubbleGum was cool, and when Flash Gordon ruled outer space, it was perfectly common to talk about a woman and her ‘girlfriends.’ Quite often Evelyn will go to parties and other functions with her ‘girlfriends.’ Usually, sorority sisters . . . but girlfriends nonetheless. It is not an uncommon reference. (Much less common is a reference to “boyfriends” in referring to “pals” or “buddies” of guys).

But the times . . . well, they be a’changin’ . . . and the meaning of words apparently have changed. A happy and “gay group” means quite a different thing than it did 30 years ago.

Apparently a “girlfriend” can now mean something totally different than the original intent. I predict the use of the word “girlfriend” is likely to fall out of favor in common conversation and will be generally restricted to conversations dealing with hot, steamy sex.

I shall have to learn to use the term “girlfriend” judiciously.

It’s a sign of the times.

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A reporter for the Washington Post, whose column was nationally syndicated, said the amphibious jeep should be placed in the Smithsonian "right alongside the Spirit of St. Louis and other other dramatic symbols of famous firsts","

Over the years, they visited 50 countries on five continents, wrote three books, major articles for National Geographic and other magazines, and produced a documentary film.

Frank died in 1994 at age 70; Helen is believed to be 94 today. She was the daughter of Breckenridge and Ina Belle Armstrong, both of whom are buried at Valley Center Cemetery. The Armstrong home on North Lake Wohlford Road was destroyed in the 2003 wildfire, but was rebuilt the following year. The property is still owned by the Armstrong family.

To submit questions for future columns, email museum@vchistory.org or telephone (760) 749-2993.

The museum can also be contacted through its Web site vchistory.org.

Because of the volume of inquiries, all questions cannot be answered in this column, but each one receives a personal response from a museum volunteer.

Republican Club of Ocean Hills August Meeting - On Wednesday, August 19th, at 1pm, the Republican Club of Ocean Hills will hold a meeting using the Zoom program. Featured speakers are Ryan Keim, Oceanside City Councilmember, District 3, and Peter Weiss, Mayor of Oceanside.

They are 2020 Candidates for the City Council of Oceanside; Keim for District 3 and Weiss for District 4.

Ryan Keim was appointed to the City Council in January 2019. In 2004, he served on the Police and Fire Commission until he joined the Oceanside Police Department in 2006. Ryan worked in numerous assignments including the Neighborhood Policing Team and the Gang Suppression Unit. After suffering an on-duty injury, Ryan retired medically then joined SD County Sheriff's Department as Public Affairs Director and member of the Sheriff's Executive Management Team. His priorities are enhancing public safety, increasing and diversifying economic opportunities for the City, and reducing traffic congestion.

Mayor Peter Weiss has elected to run in November for the position of City Councilmember, District 4.

Peter earned his degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.

He is a registered Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor and has been with the City of Oceanside since 1986. Peter was the City Engineer

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Historically Speaking

by Tom Morrow

Michener: Our Most Prolific Writer & Historian

Born Feb. 3, 1907, author and historian James A. Michener never met a story he didn’t write … extensively and lengthy. He was considered one of America’s most prolific historic novelist.

Often his 40 books c o n tained more information t h a n w a s anticipated, many leading off with explanations of particular geographic locales and important history. Each and every one of his tome’s were educational, enjoyable and entertaining. Readers finished his books better educated and more entertained than most writers.

Michener told a reviewer he had more than 1 million of his words had been published over his long life.

Michener attended Swarthmore Swarthmore, in College, Pennsylvania, where he played basketball and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In 1929, after graduating summa cum laude from Swarthmore College he studied in the town of St. Andrews, Fife on the Scottish coast of the North Sea.

In 1933, Michener took a job as a high school English teacher at George School in Pennsylvania.

Later, he attended Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Education. The library at the University of Northern Colorado is named in his honor.

Michener’s stories were often fictional family sagas incorporated into solid local history. He had numerous best-sellers and was known for his meticulous research.

To make sure he gleaned every bit of history needed to tell his stories, Michener often relocated himself for months, even years, to the setting where he worked before moving on. The only place he didn’t move to was “Space,” one of his titles about the history of the space race.

Michener began his writing career during World War II, when as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy he was assigned to the South Pacific as a Naval historian. He later turned his notes and impressions into his first book, “Tales of the South Pacific,” (1947), published at his age of 40.

He won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted “Tales” as their hit

Broadway musical “South Pacific,” which premiered on Broadway in New York City in 1949. The musical was made into feature films in 1958 and again in 2001.

Among his others books are: “Hawaii,” “The Drifters,” “Centennial,” “The Source,” “The Fires of Spring,” “Chesapeake,” “Caribbean,” “Caravans,” “Alaska,” “Texas,” and “Poland,” plus “The Bridges at Toko-Ri,” a Korean War saga. His non-fiction works include “Iberia,” and his memoir, “The World Is My Home.” and “Sports in America.” “Return to Paradise” combines fictional short stories with Michener's factual descriptions of the Pacific areas where they take place.

On a more controversial note, in 1969, Michener wrote an analysis of the United States' Electoral College system in a book condemning it entitled “Presidential Lottery: The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System.” It was republished in 2014 and again in 2016.

Michener tried television writing but was unsuccessful. TV producer Bob Mann wanted Michener to cocreate a weekly anthology series from “Tales of the South Pacific,” serving as narrator. Rodgers and Hammerstein, however, had bought all dramatic rights to the novel and did not relinquish their ownership.

In 1959, Michener did lend his name to a different television series, “Adventures in Paradise,” starring Gardner McKay as Captain Adam Troy in the sailing ship Tiki III.

Michener was a popular writer during his lifetime; his novels sold an estimated 75 million copies worldwide. His novel, “Hawaii” (1959), was well-timed when the Territory became the 50th state. Michener used same historic approach for nearly all of his subsequent novels, which were based on detailed cultural, and even geological research.

“Centennial” (1974), which documented several generations of families in the Rocky Mountains of the American West, became a popular 12-part television mini-series of the same name and aired on NBC television network) from October 1978 through February 1979.

Michener's prodigious output made for lengthy novels, several of which run more than 1,000 pages. The author states in “My Lost Mexico,” (1992), that at times he would spend 12 to 15 hours per day at his typewriter for weeks on end, and that he used so much paper, his filing system had trouble keeping up.

In the Micheners' final years, he and his wife lived in Austin, Texas where they endowed the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. The Center provides three-year Michener Fellowships in fiction, poetry, playwriting and screenwriting to a small number of students.

Suffering from terminal kidney disease, in October 1997, Michener ended the daily dialysis treatment that had kept him alive for four years. He said he had accomplished what he wanted and did not want further physical complications. On Oct. 16, 1997, he died of kidney failure, at age 90. Michener was cremated, and his ashes were placed next to those of his wife at Austin Memorial Park Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

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and Public Works Director before

Ryan Keim, Oceanside City Councilmember, District 3, Candidate for re-election to Dist\rict 3 becoming City Manager. Over the years, he has been active in Boy Scouts and a variety of youth sports programs. Peter is still active in community sports as a coach and referee for the Tri-City Inline Hockey League.

The meeting is sponsored by the Republican Club of Ocean Hills. It will be a virtual meeting using the ZOOM program which will allow all interested members and guests to log on and see, hear, and ask questions of Peter and Ryan regarding their reasons for running and their vision and plans for the City of Oceanside. If you don’t have ZOOM on your computer, smart phone or tablet, download it, it’s

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free. Join us on August 19 at 1:00pm by logging on the website: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8633978 4413.

Mayor Peter Weiss, Candidate for Oceanside City Council, Disrict 4

Miracle Babies 12th Annual Superhero 5K Goes Virtual - The virtual event will be held virtually from August 16th to August 31st.

Participants can walk/run/skip to support families with critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The virtual event allows anyone anywhere to participate in this year’s 5K. The community is encouraged to come together online to show support by posting on social media with the hashtag #MB5K. Miracle Babies has a goal of raising $100,000 to purchase 2 shuttles to transport moms to and from the hospital from their home.

Participants are encouraged to raise

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funds and awareness to support families with critically ill babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by creating a team and a personalized fundraising page. To register now and create a team, visit www.miraclebabies5k.org.

Registration fees are $30 for virtual walkers and $45 for virtual runners; the cost of registration will also include a t-shirt and swag. Swag pickup will take place at Road Runner Kearny Mesa on August 13th from 3pm—6pm, and at Liberty Station from 8am–11am on August 16th. Participants can also choose to have their swag shipped directly to them beginning August 14th.

Miracle Babies mission is to unite families with their critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to reduce NICU admissions through prevention, education and research.

About Miracle Babies: Miracle Babies, founded by Dr. Sean Daneshmand and based in San Diego, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to unite families with their critically ill newborns in the neonata intensive care unit (NICU) and to reduce NICU admissions through prevention, education and research. For additional information, visit www.miraclebabies.org.

Vista & North County Inland Soroptimist The club's "QuarterMania" fundraiser, origi-

nally scheduled for September 28th, 2020, has been postponed. Hope is to hold it later this year if possible.

We will let you know. Visit our website at www.soroptimistvista.org, email us at soroptimistinternationalvista@gmai l.com, or mail to P.O. Box 382, Vista, CA 9285-0382. The Mission of Soroptimists is "To improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment." To learn more about their program, visit www.liveyourdream.org. They're also on Facebook; please LIKE their Facebook Page.

Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Notes - On Friday, August 21st, join business, civic and community leaders as we convene to discuss the State of the Community 2020.

Featuring Carlsbad City Mayor, Matt Hall, and guest panelists from the education, healthcare and business sectors, this year provides a unique opportunity for everyone.

An insider interview on LEGOLAND's Covid-19 status was held with Kurt Stocks, GM of Legoland California Resort. He spoke about the hotel reopening, Covid-19 adjustments made, and his personal journey as the new leader of one of Carlsbad's most important tourist attractions.

Stocks will be a guest panelist at the 2020 State of the Community.

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Regis Philbin's Generosity to Local Family Business Remembered - The passing of beloved TV legend, Regis Philbin, hit very close to home for an Encinitas family business, Passion 4 Life Liquid Vitamins (www.passion4lifevitamins.com) and also founders of Passion 4 K.I.D.S. local non-profit (www.passion4kids.org).

Philbin was a faithful consumer of Passion 4 Life for over 13 years.

August 6, 2020 “Regis was just as wonderful off camera as on camera – genuine, humble, generous, funny, and a true gentleman.

When we left him, he would kiss me and say, ‘you’ll be hearing from me’ and we always did.”

“Regis loved that we were a family run business from San Diego, where he started. He was touched by my story of creating the product for myself to heal my malnourL-R, Linda and Charles Van Kessler, Joy ished and abused body after and Regis Philbin being raised in a Dutch

to help strengthen his immune system before and after surgery along with a note wishing him well. To their shock, several weeks later they got a personal note from Regis thanking them for the vitamins and telling them they were in his fridge and he loved them and would continue being a customer. He sent several unsolicited wonderful testimonials over the years and told the Van Kesslers they were free to use them and never asked for a penny.

This started an ongoing friendship between the couple and Regis. Twice he Left, Regis Philbin with Charles Van invited them to be his guests Kessler at a taping of Live with Regis When Regis was scheduled for and Kelly in New York which triple bypass surgery in 2007, included private extended one on Passion 4 Life Vitamins owners, L- one time with Regis and his wife, Charles and Linda Van Kessler sent Joy. “This is the end of an era once him a bottle of the liquid vitamins again,” says Linda Van Kessler.

orphanage during World War II suffering years of abuse of every kind after the Nazis dragged my family away in front of me at age 2,” Charles Van Kessler explains. “He also loved that we are a ‘Vitamin with a Mission’ since a portion of our profits helps to fund our children’s 501 (c)(3) non-profit, Passion 4 K.I.D.S.” County Small Business Stimulus

Notes from Pala Casino

Pala Casino Spa & Resort have planned on a full-scale outdoor concert series events in the Starlight Theatre.

Superstar Tribute Artists take the stage for your listening and viewing pleasure.

• August 7 – DSB (Tribute to Journey) • August 14 – A Toast to the Rat Pack: Dean, Frank & Sammy • August 21 – Yachtly Crew (Titans of Soft Rock) • August 28 – Wayward Sons (80’s Rock Tribute) Domingos de Musica y Baile Select Sundays at 4:00 p.m.

• Aug 16 – Dreaming of You (Selena Tribute) • Aug 23 – Viva Santana (Santana Tribute) • Sep 6 – Mariachi Divas

Some of the nation’s top tribute artists will bring to life your favorite stars.

Concerts are held on select Fridays Saturdays, and Sunday afternoons.

Since the health and safety of our valued guests is top priority for Pala

ry as of February 14, 2020; and Documentation of financial hardship because of COVID-19.

Additional eligibility details: Grant Amount: No specific grant amount.

Each business will outline, quantify, and document the COVID-19 related activities they need funding for, which can include payroll and employee retention, rent and mortgage, and purchase of PPE; Grant approval process timeframe: Each award will be determined by the Board of Supervisors district offices and presented for approval at future board meetings, which occur 2x a month. Businesses are urged to apply. Applications are available now through Oct. 16 – subject to available funding. For more information, visit www.sandiegocount y. g o v / s t i m u l u s grant/.

The Small Business Stimulus Grant Program is funded by Board of Supervisors allocated federal CARES Act funding. The goal of the Small Business Stimulus Grant Program is to provide a lifeline grant to many local small businesses to get them open, keep them open, and help prevent more from going out of business. The County of San Diego’s Small Business

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Casino Spa & Resort, we ask that all guests wear facial coverings and practice safe social distancing throughout each of these events as well as within the casino itself while gaming.

EVENT INFORMATION:

All shows wll be held outdoors at the Starlight Theater Guests must be 21 years of age or older to attend $10 General Admission Guests who sign up for or have a players card will receive $5 back in Added Play ($5 Added Play valid the day of event only).

Doors open 1 hour prior to start of show Guests will be asked to wear facial coverings and practice safe social distancing.

Tickets are on sale now, with no service charge, at the Pala Box Office, www.palacasino.com and 1.877.WIN.PALA 1.877.946.7252). Tickets are also available at www.etix.com and 1.800.514.3849.

Grants Still Available - The County is still accepting application for the Small Business Stimulus Grant Program to provide economic assistance to local small business and restaurant owners suffering financial losses due to COVID-19.

Funded by Board of Supervisors allocated federal CARES Act funding, the goal of this program is to provide a lifeline grant to many forprofit and nonprofit businesses to get them open, keep them open, and help prevent more from going out of business.

Financial assistance will be allocated to eligible, qualified small businesses, restaurants, and nonprofit entities with final award recommendations made by individual district offices based on the availability of funds, program guidelines, and the submission of all required information and supporting documentation.

To qualify businesses must have: 100 or fewer employees; Headquarters in San Diego County; A minimum 1-year operating histo-

Communicating With Our Elected Officials. Join us here every week!

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Stimulus Grant Funding is to provide economic assistance to help businesses and nonprofit entities impacted by COVID-19. Financial assistance will be allocated to eligible, qualified small businesses and nonprofit entities with final award recommendations made by individual district offices based on the availability of funds, program guidelines, and the submission of all required information and supporting documentation. Also you can contact your Supervisorial District Representative; in North County that is District 5 (Supervisor Jim Desmond) Candyce Yee, 619.531.5555 or candyce.yee@sdcounty.ca.gov.

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Diego County? Do you have a minimum 1-year operating history as of February 14, 2020? Have you experienced financial hardship as a result of COVID-19? These impacts must be documented, quantifiable, and clearly driven by COVID-19.

Art at the Municipal Gallery for August - The Escondido Arts Partnership's artist members show works in glass, ceramic, assemblage, wood carving, fiber, and a variety of traditional artistic mediums for the "Members Only Exhibition" in the Municipal Gallery. The other galleries, artist studios and hall walls are also filled with specific types of art. The ongoing silent auction held by "The Society for Orphaned and Wayward Art", benefiting the EAP, is continThe following links are provided to uing. assist with the grant application, once you’ve been determined eligi- We may not be operating regular ble. Please read through before start- hours at this time; please call for an appointment to visit. Please keep in ing the eligibility determination. mind we will be adhering to all Application Instructions health and safety protocols.

(Download PDF - English) Secretary of State Business Search Reminder: Call for the West Coast Fiber and Book Arts: images deadWebsite line is August 15th; with the exhibiW-9 Form tion to run from September 11 Withholding Form Additional Information for Grant October 2, 2020 Awardees Also, the Escondido Certified Find Your Supervisorial District Farmer's Market runs every Tuesday from 2:30pm to 7pm. Stop Please note, it is recommended that by to grab your fresh locally grown you use the same browser and com- veggies, honey, snacks, locally puter once you start with the eligibil- crafted prducts, hot food vendors ity determination. You will need to and more. do the application in one sitting, so please have all the required forms ready (see Application Instructions).

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Small Business Grant Eligibility: Are you a private for profit or nonprofit business? Do you have fewer than one hundred (100) employees, includimng sole proprietorships and independent contractors? Are you headuartered and operating in San

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Check our menu at our website, or just call. We’ll bring the food to your car!

Open T-Thu 11am-7pm, Fri/Sat from 11am to 8pm

Masks can be your fashion statement. Make a donation to the Escondido Municipal Gallery and accept a Richetts original cotton mask from the Richetts' Space, with my thanks.

Art in Craft Media, a Boutique of Fine Functional Art, locally crafted one of a kind creations make the best gifts.

Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, 262 E. Grand Ave., Escondido, 92025. Call 760.480.4101; email: mail@escondidoarts.org.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday 11am-6pm; Thurs-toSaturday, 11am-4pm.

New Data Shows Which San Diego Residents Are Responding to 2020 Census - How is San Diego doing in responding to the 2020 Census

WHERE ARE WE?

Have you ever been lost and wondered where you were and how you could find your way either back or to some safe place? That has been my experience after having watched two highly recommended TV shows recently.

Suga Mama is a sweet and curious girl who loves being pet and will purr quite loudly to show you how much she appreciates the attention. She is in a foster home, but is ready and waiting for a new home! If you would like to know more about Suga Mama, please set up an appointment with the Escondido Campus at sdhumane.org/adopt!

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The response rates in the city of San Diego are above the national response rate. San Diego has a 2020 Census response rate of 68.1% compared to 62.1% nationally and 63.4% in California.

Looking into the data more deeply, insights for San Diego and sur-

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The Pastor Says...

Pastor Richard Huls (Retired)

a Siamese / Torbie coat.

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Before commenting ,I want you all to know that my comments are mine and not necessarily the way life should be or that all readers need agree with me.

I am grateful that our editor, Lyle Davis, gives me freedom of expression.

My most recent TV experience was watching two shows, the first a series entitled, Yellowstone, produced by Kevin Costner. The second was a movie featuring Tom Hanks, The Greyhound. I would like to contrast these two shows from my perspective.

Yellowstone was a series based on a rancher in Montana, who owned 200,000 acres of ranch land. The theme of the series was the threat of

losing control of the ranch by Indian tribes and big corporation developers.

I did appreciate the struggle which many land owners have with special interest groups, land developers, and politicians in our modern world. That struggle faces every generation. What I found, not only interesting in the production, but the offensive language and sordidness of human behavior. It seemed that the producers dug as deep as they could in the gutter of perversity. One would be hard pressed to find any redeemable virtue in this movie.

Human behavior is bad enough without splashing it all over the screen.

The other movie, featuring Tom Hanks, covered the event in WWII, when the Nazis were using their sub wolf packs to torpedo the merchant supply ships on their way to Europe.

The entire movie was of the destroyer, Greyhound, surviving numerous torpedo attempts to sink them and the success in destroying some German subs. The memorable scenes were the commanding officer, played by Tom Hanks, praying over his meal, and, in the end, after being out of harm’s way, kneeling to thank God for the ship’s deliverance. That I appreciated, having known the threat of war and the violence of storms at sea on a destroyer.

A vivid contrast between the two

movies. Where are we?

Pastor Huls

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A Weekly Message from the Mayor of Your Community published in the belief that it is important for elected leaders to communicate with their constituents and that constituents have a means of hearing from their elected leaders.

San Marcos • Mayor Rebecca Jones

Everything’s fresh and local at the San Marcos Farmers Market

Whether you’re on the hunt for candy-colored bouquets of flowers or searching for the freshest local vegetables to cook on the grill this summer, the San Marcos Farmers Market has got you covered.

It’s currently open from 3-7 p.m. Tuesdays through October 28 at a new location – North City! Winter hours will be 3-6 p.m. Nov. 4March 10, 2021.

Expanding on North City’s sustainable, unique and energy-filled vibe, perusing the openair farmer’s market is truly an exclamation point of summer.

The market is proud to support local farmers and small businesses who bring their fresh fruits and veggies, meats, baked breads, artisan cheeses, fresh flowers, unique gifts and delicious already-prepared treats for community members to enjoy.

To maintain social-distancing protocol and to follow county health guidelines, the market is regulating the number of people allowed inside the market at one time, requires face coverings and monitors shoppers to ensure social-distancing rules are being followed.

Hand sanitizing stations are placed throughout the venue and customers should follow safe handwashing standards and stay home if they are not feeling well.

The San Marcos Farmer’s Market is located at 251 North City Drive. For more information, visit sanmarcoschamber.com/farmers-market and like the San Marcos Farmer’s Market Facebook page. See you at the market!

Escondido • Mayor Paul “Mac” McNamara Greetings Escondido,

Well, if you followed last week’s column, you probably know that the vote to put the one cent tax measure on the ballot failed. And the publication date of today’s column is the last day to submit to the Registrar of Voters, if somehow there was a change of heart and it passed at an emergency meeting.

While I have respect for the decisions of my colleagues, even if I disagree, I think this one should have been reconsidered. There are two points that I think apply. One is the impact and consequence of this tax or lack thereof should be left to the voters not just the council. The other is that Escondido is an older city and so as it grew it didn’t put in those other “taxes” like Mello Roos or CFDs to maintain it until recently. It’s like saying a particular state doesn’t have a state income tax, but maintain services.

Well there is no free lunch, you are going to pay for the services one way or another.

And that’s true for cities as well.

And for the record once again, I don’t like taxes either.

Stay informed, Be Kind, Remember your neighbor, and Stay safe!

Semper Fi,

Chuckles Cont. from Page 2

Mac Paul P. McNamara Mayor of Escondido pmcnamara@escondido.org

Minnesota gets it's name from the Sioux Indian word "mah-nee-sootah," meaning, "No, really... They eat fish soaked in lye."

The state song of Minnesota is "Someday the Vikings will... Aw, never mind."

The Mall of America in Bloomington , Minnesota covers 9.5 million square feet and has enough space to hold 185,000 idiot teenagers yapping away on cell phones.

Madison, Minnesota is known as "the lutefisk capital of the world."

Avoid this city at all costs.

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was set in Minneapolis , Minnesota , and was Mary's first real acting job since leaving the "Dick van Dyke Show. The show about a single woman's struggle to find happiness in the big city was originally titled "Life Without Dick," but that was changed for some reason.

Downtown Minneapolis has an enclosed skyway system covering

52 blocks, allowing people to live, work, eat, and sleep without ever going outside. The only downside to this is that a Norwegian occasionally turns up missing.

Cartoonist Charles M. Shultz was born in Minneapolis , Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul. He was the only artist to accurately depict the perfectly circular heads of Minnesota natives.

The Hormel Company of Austin , Minnesota produces 6 million cans of Spam a year, even though no one actually eats it. Spam is a prized food in Japan & Hawaii--Spam sushi!

Minnesota license plates are blue & white and contain the phrase "Blizzards on the 4th of July - you get used to it."

Frank C. Mars, founder of the Mars Candy Co. was born in Newport, Minnesota . His 3 Musketeers candy bar originally contained three bars in one wrapper, each filled with a different flavor of nougat chocolate, Spam and lutefisk.

Tonka trucks continue to be manufactured in Minnetonka, Minnesota,

Vista • Mayor Judy Ritter

City Helps Restaur ants Shift to Outdoor Service If you haven't heard, indoor dining is out and outdoor dining is in. And so it goes for restaurants across the country as a second wave of shutdown orders are in effect.

Even before the most recent indoor dining ban began July 13, the City of Vista had measures in place to help restaurants and microbreweries shift some of their dining outside. Under a Temporary Emergency Ordinance issued in early June, the City Council and I approved relaxing regulations related to outdoor seating for restaurants and microbreweries due to the crisis. This temporary ordinance and another issued in July are part of the city’s Business Economic Recovery Plan created in May in response to the devastating impacts on the business community as a result of the pandemic. The expansion into designated outdoor areas is bringing much relief to business owners and we are committed to paving a path forward to ensure our businesses survive this challenging time.

Oceanside • Mayor Peter Weiss

The City of Oceanside Housing & Neighborhood Services Department has received Community Development Block Grant funding from the Housing & Urban Development Department to

assist Oceanside COVID-19 impacted residents with temporary assistance through a variety of temporary programs.

Depending upon need and eligibility, individuals and/or households can soon apply for the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program to provide short-term rental assistance from April 10, 2020, through December 31, 2020. City staff are in the process of sub-contracting the TBRA program, and will have an online system with the selected contractor soon.

Additional resources and programs available to assist Oceanside residents will include senior meal distributions, utility assistance program, hotel/ motel vouchers, community food distributions, and Emergency Rental Assistance for a maximum of 3 months.

For more information, please check the Housing/CDBG website at https://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/gov/ns/ housing or contact Cecilia Barandiaran, CDBG Coordinator and Management Analyst at 760- 435-3385.

despite the thousands of GI Joe dolls killed by them annually in rollover accidents. No airbags, no seat belts. These things are deathtraps, I tell ya!

Author Laura Ingalls Wilder was raised at Walnut Grove, Minnesota, and was famous for writing the "Little House" series of books, as well as inventing the "Spam diet" which consists of looking at a plate of Spam until you lose your appetite. Much like the "lutefisk diet" The snowmobile was invented in Roseau, Minnesota so as to allow families a means of attending 4th of July picnics Minnesotans are almost indistinguishable from Wisconsinites. The only way to tell them apart is to ask if they voted for Mondale in '84.

Now... it's up to you to forward this to all your friends If one of them does not forward it to others, he/she will be given an entrance pin to attend the Eelpout Festival in Walker, MN....in February -Cold is a relative thing ya know....

At 65 degrees, Arizonans turn on the heat. People in Minnesota plant gardens.

At 60, Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Minnesota sunbathe.

At 50, Italian & English cars won't start. People in Minnesota drive with the windows down..

At 40, Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.

People in Minnesota throw on a flannel shirt.

At 35, New York landlords finally turn up the heat. People in Minnesota have the last cookout before it gets cold.

At 20, People in Miami all die.

Minnesotans close their windows.

At 0, Californians fly away to Mexico . People in Minnesota get out their winter coats.

At 10 below zero, Hollywood disintegrates. The Girl Scouts in Minnesota are selling cookies door to door.

At 20 below, Washington DC runs out of hot air. (Ya think? Nah.).

People in Minnesota let their dogs sleep indoors.

At 30 below, Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Minnesotans get upset because they can't start the snowmobile.

At 40 below, ALL atomic motion stops. People in Minnesota start saying..."Cold enough for ya, eh?"

At 50 below, heck freezes over.

Minnesota public schools will open 2 hours late.

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Paul & Nome Van Middlesworth, The Computer Factory

www. thecomputerfactory.net "San Diego's Best Computer Store 2015-2020" Union Tribune readers poll

“Times they are a-changin” Bringing high tech with high touch since 1995.

Bob Dylan’s 1964 hit “Times they are a-changin” was all about the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War protests but in 2020, more than fifty years later, it resonates with the drastic lifestyle changes brought on by the Covid19 pandemic and the civil unrest in our major cities.

In the computer industry, keeping up with ever evolving technology has always been a primary survival asset.

Those that do, thrive and those that don’t become irrelevant and disappear. At The Computer Factory we upgrade and repair PCs, set up home and business networks, sell refur-

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rounding areas as of July 21, 2020, include: San Diego County has a response rate of 68.1%. San Mateo and Santa Clara counties lead the state with a response rate of 65.3% each.

Neighborhoods in San Diego county with households that are 30% or more Asian-American have a response rate of 72.3%.

Whereas neighborhoods that are 50% or more White have a response rate of 70% and those that are 30% or more Hispanic have a response rate of 63.1%. Households with a media income of more than $100,000 have a response rate of 75.4 compared to households with a median income of up to $35,000 with a response rate of 58%.

It’s not too late to respond to the 2020 Census online, by phone, or by mail. Due to COVID-19, the deadline to respond has been extended to October 31. Visit https://my2020census.gov/

Cities, counties and states could lose out on billions of dollars in federal funding if people don’t respond to the 2020 Census. More than $675 billion in federal funds annually, and trillions of dollars over the next decade, for critical services such as housing, transportation, health care, education, and emergency response, will be informed by population counts. Census statistics also determine how many seats each state may gain or lose in the U.S. House of Representatives, and how legislative districts are drawn.

Thanks4giving in August Fundraiser - The North County

In late 2019 and early 2020 our major focus was getting business and home users upgraded from Windows7 to Windows10 (including the Carlsbad and Vista Chambers of Commerce).

Microsoft ended support for Windows7 in January and commercial sites were threatening access denial for Windows7 users. By mid-March all that changed. Employees and students found themselves sent home to work and learn. Nearly every home required the basic hardware (notebook, desktop, camera, speakers, headphones) needed to participate in net-meetings. Education, work, health and medical, government and civic organizations all increasingly began to conduct activity through Internet services like Zoom. Low cost, high quality refurbished commercial PCs became the perfect and most cost effective solution. We’ve been able to keep our customers up and connected as the Internet has become a genuine lifeline for many businesses and families.

“High tech with high touch” means using technology (high tech) to provide solutions on a person to person level. “High touch” is understanding individual needs, knowing how technology can meet those needs, and then being able to communicate that information to the person who needs it.

That’s what we do and that’s why we come to work every day. No matter how hard you try, you just can’t get that feeling in a large corporation Nome (my wife of 55 years) and I grew up in “small town” Eastern

Food Policy Council of the Alliance for Regional Solutions invites you to participate in the 3rd annual Thanks4Giving in August Fundraising Dinner on August 29th to support the Turkey Tally Program. The evening will include family-style Thanksgiving Dinner, prepared by Oceanside Kitchen Collaborative, for 4-6 people that can be delivered to your home or picked up, between 5pm and 6pm, at the Green Oceanside Kitchen, El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Drive, Oceanside 92056.

Purchase tickets: www.tinyurl.com/2020Thanks4giving. As we are not gathering for the well-being of family, friends, and neighbors, this year's meal can be enjoyed in your own home. This event is more important than ever and every $16 in proceeds provides a turkey in November for those in need. All proceeds will benefit the North County Food Policy's efforts.

The Alliance for Regional Solutions is located at 550 W. Washington, Escondido 92025.

Don't want the meal, but want to give back? For every $16 donated, an additional turkey will be purchased by North County Food Bank and distributed through nonprofit members of the North County Food Policy Council.

The Turkey Program provides nutritious, protein-rich turkeys (or vegetarian options) to local families in need during the holiday season.

Apparently, we need to prepare for According to our system, you are likely to have been in close proximity to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. This means that you now need to self-isolate for 7 days and take a COVID-19 test.'

Indiana and fondly remembering how we related to our local merchants treating one another as friends with never a thought about being scammed.

We knew that everyone always did their best. We missed that feeling of closeness in later years as our corporate employers move us all around North America. We left the corporate world in 1995 to start our own business. We both envisioned The Computer Factory as the kind of business we knew growing up, small and close to the customers. That’s the way it is today. We’ve designed and built hundreds of workstations for corporations and our computers have been found on every ocean and continent, but the heart of our business is the small local businesses, like us, and the home PC users, like us.

So whether your business needs a dozen Windows 10 workstations or a single notebook PC, it is very likely that we have the most cost effective solution. If you, an employee, family member or friend needs a PC workstation for some special application like gaming, day trading or solids design, we can work with them to develop a design specification, source the components and build and test the system together.

We’ve topped North County’s Computer Store category in the Union Tribunes “Best of San Diego” readers poll for the past five years and we’ve laid claim to being the biggest independent computer store west of the Mississippi. So far nobody has said were not.

845 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, CA. 'OK. Can you tell me who that person was?' 'I'm not able to tell you that.

That is confidential information.''Right. Um... so ....' 'But you do need to be tested within the next 72 hours. So can I just get the best mailing address so that we can send a kit to you?' 'Ok (gives address)' 'Thank you - and I just need to take a payment card so that we can finalize this and send the kit to you.' 'Sorry - a payment card? I thought this was all free?'

'No - I'm afraid not. There is a one-off fee of $50 for the kit and test results.

Could you read off the long card number for me, please, when you're ready.' 'No - that's not right. 'I'm afraid it is. Can you give me the card number please - this is very important, and there are penalties for not complying.'

Puts the phone down.

This is how scammers work. And vulnerable people will fall for it.”

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9011193 The name of the business: Vitalize, located at 1013 Morena Blvd., San Diego, Ca. 92110 Registrant Information: Asttrid V. Velasco 4368 W. Pt. Loma Blvd. #E San Diego, Ca. 92107 This business is conducted by an individual.

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SUMMONS CASE NO. 37-2020-00006193-CU-FR-NC SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO VISTA DIVISION 325 S. Melrose Vista, Ca. 92081 760.201.8094

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: LUIS VARGAS MALDONADO, an individual, and all persons claiming by, through, or under such defendant, and all persons unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in the complaint adverse to Plaintiff ’s title, or any cloud on Plaintiffs title thereto, Unknown Defendants (hereinafter referred to as DOES) and DOES 1 through 20.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: ANTONIO BALTIERRA, an individual, and BERTHA BALTIERRA, an individual.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) your county law library, or the county courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your Response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Service Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org). the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.cortinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar associataion. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: San Diego County Superior Court North County Branch 325 So. Melrose Drive Vista, CA. 92081

The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: James E. Lund 249 E. Fourth Ave., Escondido, CA. 92025 760.747-7800 CASE NUMBER: 37-2020-00006193-CU-FR-NC DATE: February 20, 2020

Clerk, by: N. Fabian, Deputy 7/16, 7/23, 7/30 & 8/06/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9012181 The name of the business: Haldane House, located at 2813 Dove Tail Drive, San Marcos, CA. 92078.

Registrant Information: Amber Haldane 2813 Dove Tail Drive Sn Marcos, CA. 9078 This business is conducted by an individual.

First day of business 7/10/20. /s/ Amber Haldane Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/20/2020.

7/30, 8/6, 8/13 & 8/20/2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9011788 The name of the business: Rachel’s, located at 620 Main Street, Ramona, CA. 92065.

Registrant Information: The Main Course, LLC 620 Main Street Ramona, CA. 92065 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

First day of business n/a /s/ Orrin Day, President Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/10/2020.

7/30, 8/6, 8/13 & 8/20/2020

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Planning Commission)

The Planning Commission of the City of San Marcos will hold the following public hearing telephonically in the City Council Chambers located at San Marcos City Hall, 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069 at 6:30 p.m., on Monday, August 17, 2020.

Project No.: TA20-0001 Applicant: City of San Marcos Request: Request to modify Title 20 (Chapters 20.410 and 20.600) of the San Marcos Municipal Code to conform with the requirements of the 2019/2020 State Housing legislation relating to accessory dwelling units.

Environmental Determination: The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines because there is no potential for it to result in a physical change in the environment, either directly or indirectly. Even if the proposed Ordinance were to be considered a project subject to CEQA, it would be exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed Ordinance would have a significant effect on the environment. Location of Property: City-wide.

Assessor’s Parcel Number:N/A Further information about this notice can be obtained from Planning Manager Joseph Farace, by calling 760-7441050 extension 3248, or via email jfarace@sanmarcos.net.

Executive Order N-25-20: In the interest of reducing the spread of COVID-19, and in conformance with State and County Public Health Orders prohibiting public gatherings, this meeting will be conducted via teleconference. The telephone number and access code to attend the meeting will be included in the Planning Commission Agenda posted on the City’s website the week prior to the meeting. Please visit: https://www.san-marcos.net/departments/cityclerk/commissions-boardscommittees/planning-commission. All relevant project plans, reports, and resolutions will also be posted on the City’s website a week before the hearing date and project presentations will be posted the day of the public hearing. To provide comments on the project during the hearing, follow instructions below. Public Comment: To submit a comment in writing, please email ghenderson@san-marcos.net and write “Public Comment” in the subject line. In the body of the email, include project number TA20-0001 and/or the title of the item as well as your comments. If you would like comment to be read out loud at the meeting (not to exceed 3 minutes), please write “Read Out Loud at Meeting” at the top of the email. Comment emails will be accepted until the end of comment period of the public hearing on this project.

Comments can also be submitted via telephone, by calling (760) 744-1050, extension 3233 and leaving a message indicating that you are “providing public comment for the Planning Commission on TA20-0001,” and then state your comments. All comments received via email will be included in the Public Hearing for the item. Any comments received via telephone by 4 p.m. on August 17, 2020 will also be included in the Public Hearing. Notice: The decision of the Planning Commission on this project will be a recommendation to the City Council and therefore not appealable.

A subsequent public notice will be circulation for City Council Public Hearing whereby a final decision on the project will be made by the City Council. That hearing before the City Council is a de novo hearing and any correspondence submitted to the Planning Commission that you wish presented to the City Council must be submitted for the Council’s consideration.

Contact the City Clerk for resubmittal of any correspondence and/or petition for/or against the project. The Planning Division can be contacted at (760) 744-1050, extension 3233 or via email ghenderson@san-marcos.net.

The City of San Marcos is committed to making its programs, services and activities accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodation to participate in this public hearing or any other City program, service, or activity, please contact the City Clerk’s office at 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069, or call (760) 744-1050, extension 3145.

Phil Scollick, City Clerk, City of San Marcos. PD: 08/06/20.

CITY OF SAN MARCOS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (PW RFP20-03) ON GOING MUNICIPAL STORMWATER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SERVICES

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Marcos, hereinafter referred to as Agency or City, invites proposals for the above stated Project and will be available on line via PlanetBids. Proposals are due up to the hour of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2020.

WORK DESCRIPTION The work consists of providing professional services in support of the municipal stormwater program implementation.

LOCATION OF WORK Citywide.

ESTIMATED BUDGET The estimated budget range is $250,000 - $300,000/YR TERM Three (3) Years, with option to renew for additional two (2) years.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS The City uses PlanetBids to post and receive bids/proposals. Only vendors that are registered will be eligible to submit a bid/proposal for formal solicitations with the City.

PlanetBids is accessible via the City’s website and direct link provided below and provides all documents at no cost to bidders/proposers. http://www.san-marcos.net OR https://www.planetbids.com/po rtal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=39 481 GENERAL The company to whom the Contract is awarded, and any subcontractor under such company, shall hereby ensure that minority and women business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids for subcontracts. Further, there shall be no discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, age, or sex.

DOP: 8/6/2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9012561 The name of the business: WeDoPros, located at 2517 S. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, Ca. 92083.

Registrant Information: Laura Michelle Letuligasenoa 2433 Anderson Lane Vista, Ca. 92084 This business is conducted by an individual.

First day of business 7/16/2020 /s/ Laura Michelle Letuligasenoa Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/25/2020.

8/6, 8/13, 8/20 & 8/27/2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9011760 The name of the business: Mind Body Recess by Pamela Renee, located at 151 E. 3rd Avenue, Escondido, CA. 92025.

Registrant Information: Pamela Renee Miller 436 Paso del Norte Escondido, CA. 92026 This business is conducted by an individual.

First day of business 6/15/2020 /s/ Pamela Renee Miller Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/10/2020.

8/6, 8/13, 8/20 & 8/27/2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9012563 The name of the business: Moving Munchkins, located at 2326 Sentinel Lane, San Marcos, Ca. 92078.

Registrant Information: Hope Murison Reyes 2326 Sentinel Lane San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is conducted by an individual.

First day of business n/a /s/ Hope Murison Reyes Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/25/2020.

8/6, 8/13, 8/20 & 8/27/2020

NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION (Administrative)

The Planning Division Manager of the City of San Marcos has considered the proposed project and does intend to APPROVE the Director’s Permit DP20-0003 on August 17, 2020.

Project No.: DP20-0003 Applicant: J&X Auto Body Repair Request: Director’s Permit Renewal to allow for the continued operation of a 1,400 square foot automotive body repair facility within an existing industrial building at 1404 Descanso Ave., Suite I, in the Transitional Zone “Industrial/Mixed Use-4” (I/MU4) in the Business Industrial District.

Environmental Determination: In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City of San Marcos did find the project categorically exempt (EX20072) pursuant to Section 15301 Class 1 (a) of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), in that this is an existing facility with no expansion.

Location of Property: 1404 Descanso Avenue, Suite I, more particularly described as: Portion of Lot 103, Block No. 102, of Map No. 806 (Rancho Los Vallecitos de San Marcos) in the City of San Marcos, County of San Diego, State of California, as Filed in the Office of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of California, on December 21, 1895.

Assessor’s Parcel Number: 219-122-18-00.

Further information about this notice can be obtained from Jordan Yanke, Assistant Planner, by calling 760-7441050 extension 3204, or via email jyanke@san-marcos.net.

Notice: Any interested person may appeal the decision of the Planning Division Manager to the Planning Commission provided the appeal fee is paid ($20 for residents; $1,155 for non-residents) and a written appeal is submitted to the Planning Division Secretary within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the decision (due no later than 5:30 PM on August 27, 2020. The written appeal should specify the reasons for the appeal and the grounds upon which the appeal is based. The City’s Planning Commission will then consider the filed appeal/s at a later public hearing. The Planning Division can be contacted at 760-744-1050, extension 3233 or Ghenderson@san-marcos.net.

The City of San Marcos is committed to making its programs, services and activities accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodation to participate in any City program, service or activity, please contact the City Clerk’s office at 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069, or call 760-744-1050, extension 3145.

Phil Scollick, City Clerk, City of San Marcos.

PD: 08/06/20.

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION (Administrative)

The City of San Marcos intends to adopt a Negative Declaration ND 20-004 for the project described below. An electronic copy of the Negative Declaration is available for public review on the City’s web site at www.san-marcos.net. A printed copy is available for review at the City of San Marcos, Development Services Department, 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069-2949. Upon request, the document is also available digitally on a CD for a nominal fee.

Project No.: PA180003/ND20-004 Applicant: City of San Marcos Description of Project: The City of San Marcos intends to adopt an update to its Climate Action Plan (CAP) to be consistent with the State’s requirement to meet the Greenhouse Gas reduction targets as stipulated in AB 32, SB 32 and Executive Order S-3-05. To develop the GHG reduction strategies, the City analyzed its baseline 2012 GHG emissions and determined future scenarios for emissions to estimate how emissions can be reduced through climate action strategies. Based on this analysis, the proposed CAP aims to achieve the following GHG reduction targets: > 4 percent below 2012 levels by 2020 (575,000 MTCO2e), and > 42 percent below 2012 levels by 2030 (347,000 MTCO2e). The City has set its 2030 target based upon the trajectory necessary to meet the Statewide 2050 goal. The City’s targets would require GHG emissions to be reduced to 575,000 carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) in 2020 and 347,000 MTCO2e by 2030. To achieve these GHG reduction targets, the proposed CAP accounts for actions taken by State and federal agencies that will reduce emissions in the city (also known as “legislative reductions”) and identifies several sector-based strategies and GHG reduction measures that can be adopted and implemented locally by the City or others. The proposed CAP also includes implementation and monitoring procedures to ensure progress is being made towards achieving the objectives and specific GHG reduction measures.

Location: Various/Applies to all area within the City limits. The California Environmental Quality Act requires this notice to disclose whether any listed hazardous materials sites are present at the project location.

As discussed in Section 3.9, “Hazards and Hazardous Materials,” of the Initial Study/Negative Declaration, there are several locations within the City that are included in a list prepared under Government Code Section 65962.5.

ND Public Review Period: From August 7, 2020 to September 7, 2020.

The purpose of this notice is to give interested persons an opportunity to be informed of the environmental review process and to provide comments during the public review period prior to any action taken by the City. If you have questions about this Notice, you may contact Saima Qureshy, Principal Planner by calling 760-744-1050, Extension 3222, or squreshy@san-marcos.net.

COUNTY CLERK: Please post this notice until September 7, 2020 per Section 21092.3 of the Public Resources Code. *Negative Declaration means a written statement/analysis describing the reasons why a proposed project’s impacts will be less than significant on the environment.

Phil Scollick, City Clerk, City of San Marcos.

PD: 08/06/20.

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