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As LA burns, congressional Republicans propose tying wildfire aid to debt ceiling debate

By Staff

In an unfolding political standoff, House Republicans have proposed attaching wildfire disaster aid for Southern California to a federal debt limit increase, a strategy met with staunch opposition from California Democrats.

The idea was floated during meetings with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Republican legislators, wielding a narrow majority, face a monumental challenge in securing votes necessary to raise the debt ceiling without Democratic support, posing an economic hurdle for the incoming administration.

"I think there should probably be conditions on that aid,” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters Monday. “That's my personal view. We'll see what the consensus is. I haven't had a chance to socialize that with any of the

members over the weekend because we've all been very busy, but it'll be part of the discussion."Earlier on Sunday, Senate Republican John Barrasso of Wyoming told “Face the Nation” that he expects "strings attached to money that is ultimately approved.”

Democrats, however, were not entertaining such proposals.

California Rep. Ted Lieu, vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, was among those criticizing the notion of conditional fire relief.

"Why would you be trying to link completely unrelated issues?” Lieu told Politico. “We've always helped victims of disasters, and to leverage their pain and suffering on totally unrelated issues — that is inappropriate.”

Funding to help areas rebuild after natural disas-

ters usually receives bipartisan support with few if any conditions. In December, Congress approved more than $100 billion in emergency funding to address hurricane recovery in states that included Florida and North Carolina.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., expressed skepticism over the GOP's tactic to make aid for California conditional.

"If (Johnson) wants to raise the debt ceiling, he's going to have to talk to Democrats, not try to condition disaster aid," Moskowitz told Politico.

“Congress is like high school: when one side breaks the norm, the other side will return the favor,” Moskowitz added.

That sentiment was echoed by California Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, who in an interview with Politico described the

proposal as a “non-starter."

He added, “Disaster aid should never be tied to the debt ceiling, which I think is a crazy approach.”

Some House conservatives expressed doubts over the viability of intertwining disaster assistance with

ceiling negotiations.

Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, the Freedom Caucus chair, wants the GOP to address the debt limit as part of a budget reconciliation bill coupled with strict spending cuts.

“I’ve said we shouldn’t

have to negotiate with Democrats,” Harris told Politico. Harris is in favor of Republicans tackling the debt limit issue as part of a party-line budget reconciliation bill paired with significant spending cuts.

District attorney charges 8 with looting homes during wildfires

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

Eight individuals who allegedly looted homes during the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County have been charged with residential burglary and two others have been charged with other offenses, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Monday.

One of the nonburglary

charges was for alleged arson in connection with a fire set at an Azusa park.

“These crimes are appalling and represent a direct attack on our community during a time of unprecedented loss and vulnerability,” Hochman said in a statements. “Let me be clear: If you exploit this tragedy to prey on victims of these deadly fires,

we will find you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”

Roy Sims, 18; Ryan Sims, 19; Naquan Dewey Reddix, 22; and Pierie Obannon, 19, each were charged with one count of first-degree residential burglary. The alleged looters are believed to have taken a variety of items from a home in Altadena on

Jan. 8, including an Emmy Award that belonged to the resident, Hochman said at a media briefing Monday in downtown LA.

Rudy Salazar, 19, and Lucia Jilrara Perez, 36, each were charged with two counts of first-degree residential burglary. The pair allegedly entered two homes and stole property during

the Eaton Fire in Altadena on the afternoon of Jan. 8, the district attorney said.

Martrell Peoples, 22, and Damari Bell, 21, were charged with one count each of first-degree residential burglary and looting during an emergency or evacuation involving a home. The alleged looting occurred in LA's Mandeville Canyon area

between the late evening hours of Jan. 8 and the early morning of Jan. 9 and was caught on a Ring camera, the DA said.

Peoples is a possible third-strike defendant who could face life in prison if convicted, and Bell is a potential second-strike

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House Speaker Mike Johnson. | Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

County offers Care Camps for kids affected by Eaton Fire

Daily Care Camps will open at several Los Angeles County parks starting next week in an attempt to offer a fun and supportive space for children and teens affected by the Eaton Fire in the San Gabriel Valley, officials announced Saturday.

The camps aim to help families under mandatory evacuations, displaced due to the fires or directly affected by the wildfires by providing a space where children ages 5-12 "can learn, play, and thrive while parents focus on recovery," according to the LA County Parks and Recreation Department. Some locations will offer programming for youth ages 12-17.

"The events from this week have been tragic and traumatic experiences for all of our communities, but especially for residents displaced by the wildfires that have swept through many parts of our County," 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement. "We want to support the emotional and physical well-being of children and families during these challenging times. LA County Parks is partnering with the Dodgers Foundation, the Natural

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LA County Arboretum, LA Philharmonic and Altadena Libraries, to provide field trips, activities, and nutrition at no cost to families. It takes a community to rebuild, and we are determined to do our part."

Care Camps are coordinated by trained staff with a 1:5 staff-to-participant ratio with the goal of providing personalized attention and care for every camper, officials said. Each camp also will include parent lounges, where parents may drop in periodically or stay for the entire duration of the camp.

The camps will provide music, arts and crafts,

sports and field trips to the LA County Natural History Museum, La Brea Tar Pits, Dodger Stadium and more.

Two Care Camp locations will have teen centers for ages 13-17 with extended program hours and age-appropriate activities. Officials said the aim is to provide "a safe space for older youth to connect, engage, and receive support" amid very difficult times.

"LA County Parks is part of the fabric of the Altadena and Greater Altadena community," department Director Norma E. GarcíaGonzález said in a statement. "LA County Parks staff want to make sure that our youth

and families know they are not alone. We are here to support the community in this time of need with Care Camps."

Care Camps will operate through Jan. 31. Kids camps for ages 5-12 are open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Teen camps for ages 13-17 are from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Each child will receive two snacks in the morning and afternoon plus a lunch. Teen attendees also receive a supper in the evening. The camps are located at:

- Pamela Park, 2236 Goodall Ave. in Duarte. This has both children and teens' camps.

- Arcadia Park , 405 S. Santa Anita Ave. This camp also accommodates both kids and teens.

- Crescenta Valley Community Regional Park , 3901 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. This camp is for youth ages 5-12.

- LA County Arboretum, 301 N. Baldwin Ave. in Arcadia. This is also for youths 5-12.

To register online, visit parks.lacounty.gov/carecamps.

More information is available by emailing recprograms@parks.lacounty.gov.

Japan donates $2M to wildfire recovery efforts

apan is donating $2 million to victims of the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires through the American Red Cross, officials said Wednesday. "Japan will actively provide assistance for the relief of the victims and the earliest possible recovery of the affected areas," according to a statement from the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles

On Monday, Consul General Kenko Sone issued a

message of condolence to the area.

"A heartbreaking and tragic week has passed since the Palisades and Eaton Fires started on January 7th. Struggles continue. The devastation and challenges are beyond our imagination," Sone wrote.

"Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the fires. ... Even under such difficult circumstances, it is encouraging to see so many organizations, volunteers, and

individuals donating food, supplies and time to help with ongoing efforts. The perseverance and resilience of Angelenos is amazing and what the City of Angels represents.

"Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles is now working with Japanese and Japanese American businesses and communities to join these relief efforts. Japan is a nation that has experienced natural disasters and we are thankful for the generous

support supplied by Southern California when it was needed the most. We stand with you all to support immediate needs and will do our best to collaborate with authorities, communities, and all of you to rebuild communities devastated by the fires," the message continued.

"If you need assistance or resources, please reach out, and we will do our best to help together with Japanese and Japanese American communities."

History Museum, the La Brea Tar Pits,

The county park in Arcadia. | Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Parks Department

Why the burgeoning plastics problem is more than a waste issue

By Shi En Kim for Sierra.

Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting

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Plastics are a problem that knows no boundaries. These intractable incarnations of fossil fuels have found their way into the atmosphere, our kitchen produce, and even the deepest part of the ocean. They choke wildlife to death and sully the world’s natural landscapes. In microscopic form, plastics are arguably even more pernicious— micro- and nanoplastics have infiltrated into reproductive organs, lodged themselves in the brain, wreaked havoc on cardiovascular health, and contaminated mammary glands.

In early December, representatives from around the world gathered to devise the first-ever global treaty to slow the tide of plastics pollution. But they blew it. After two years of recurring talks, an agreement failed to materialize between members of the United Nations. Many of the representatives wanted to phase out or curtail the production of plastic, but they were stymied by a small group of leaders from oil-producing countries. “The outcome of those treaty talks is disappointing,” Melissa Valliant, the communications director of the advocacy network Beyond Plastics told Sierra.

An ambitious antiplastic coalition, mainly small island nations and those from the Global South, said regulations on plastics after they become waste didn’t go far enough. Plastics had to be regulated before they hit the shelves.

Historically, recycling has never made a significant dent in waste. Only 9 percent of the world’s plastic is recycled to date. In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the 2018 national recycling rate was a paltry 8.7 percent (most of it goes into landfills). But even this figure is a lowball, experts say. Recycling numbers only account for plastic collected for recycling, not the fraction that’s

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actually recycled. In some places, such as Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City, Utah, plastic waste that’s collected for recycling is burned. Now, recycling rates are set to decrease in the coming years as plastic production ratchets up and recycler countries like China, which once was the dumping ground of the United States’ plastic waste, close their ports to American trash exports.

The other trouble with recycling is that plastics simply aren’t cut out for it.

Polymer products contain a variety of additives, up to 16,000 different chemicals, and they complicate the sorting process for each category to be recycled effectively. A content labeling mandate on plastic products or simplifying the formula would help, but the chemical makeup for plastics is often proprietary. Processing waste is also riddled with social injustices. Landfills, recycling centers, and incineration facilities, not to mention petrochemical plants, are often located in minority or low-income neighborhoods. A 2016 report found that people of color are twice as likely as white residents to live within a mile of indus-

trial facilities in the Houston area. Residents in these polluted areas face about a 25 percent higher respiratory hazard and cancer risk than the rest of Houston’s households. This pattern of fenceline communities disproportionately paying the price repeats across the US and the rest of the world.

While waste regulation is indispensable, it won’t address the other upstream environmental impacts of plastics incurred long before these products enter our bins. Production is an energy-intensive and leaky process, and it accounts for 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a footprint that’s three times as large as that of aviation's. That may sound puny, but the plastics industry is actually the fastest-growing source of emissions—it’s poised to reach 19 percent of the world’s entire carbon budget by 2040.

“We're on course for an exponential increase of plastic production because the petrochemical sector is scaling up massively,” Sirine Rached, the global plastics policy coordinator at the advocacy group GAIA, said. As the world increasingly electrifies transportation and power generation, petro-

chemical companies are making up for lost sales by doubling down on plastics.

Environmentalists say that plastics regulation needs to kick in at the production level to nip the problem in the bud. This includes product bans, reducing plastics production, or setting caps. Without these measures, our plastic traffic is set to balloon by 70 percent in 2040 compared with 2020 levels.

“The only way to reduce waste disposal is to reduce material production because every single pound or ton of material that we bring into the world will become waste eventually,” Roland Geyer, an industrial ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said. “There’s no way around it.”

What cap level is appropriate? Anything helps, given the soaring trend of plastic production. A recent study in Sciencecalculated that curbing annual virgin plastic synthesis at 2020 levels alone can reduce waste by 40 percent and emissions by 18 percent. Another report suggested that freezing at projected 2025 levels eliminates 5.1 billion tons of waste, shrinking the world’s trash

dropped 75 percent in six months, and the number of wayward bags contaminating local waterways fell by 72 percent. Another study found that banning singleuse plastic bags eliminates nearly 300 bags per person from entering circulation per year. As of January 2024, 12 American states have instituted such a ban.

heaps by a third. These are still generous allowances, and even these limits can wrench the plastic growth curve downward if not flatten it.

Even though the UN negotiations ended without a treaty, the fight for a global treaty isn’t over— further talks will be held sometime next year to continue working toward a global agreement. However, experts have expressed doubt about whether the outcome will be any different. Unfortunately, forprofit companies can’t be counted on either. Earlier this year, Coca-Cola, named the world’s top plastic producer for six years in a row, walked back on its commitment to make all of its packaging 50 percent recycled plastic by 2030, whittling that goal to at most 40 percent by 2035.

Instead of relying on companies and international treaties, local government policy is needed to make a substantial difference, Valliant said. For starters, bans or fees on single-use plastics can bring material change. After the District of Columbia mandated food businesses charge customers five cents per disposable bag in 2009, plastic bag use

In the US, anti-plastics legislation takes effect in a patchwork across states and cities. Elsewhere, other countries have enacted tighter stances. The UK and the European Union have levied a plastic tax on nonrecycled waste. Another shining beacon is Rwanda, which has prohibited all businesses from dealing with plastic bags and bottles since 2008. Since 2019, the African nation has imposed a complete ban on all single-use plastics.

The US has scant federal laws concerning plastics. Just last September, a bipartisan recycling bill came into fruition, and it aims to standardize the 9,000 or so recycling jurisdictions across the US. It also mandates a 30 percent minimum of recycled content in packaging. A few more proposed bills are also plodding through Congress. The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021, perhaps the US’s most ambitious framework yet, proposes phasing out a variety of single-use products and making businesses responsible for managing the waste that arises from their products. Most of these bills, however, don’t address the plastics problem at the source, only at the post-consumer stage.

“This is not rocket science. We know the solutions,” Valiant said. “It's all about the government putting in the necessary effort to prioritize people and the planet over industry profits so that society can move toward a world with less unnecessary plastic.”

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Recording Academy, MusiCares pledge $1M to support music professionals impacted by LA fires

As the devastation unfolds from the wildfires in Los Angeles, the Recording Academy and MusiCares have launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to support music professionals impacted by the crisis, and made a combined pledge of $1 million to kick off the efforts. For many in the music community, disasters like this can disrupt even the most basic needs. If you or someone you know in the music industry is affected by these wildfires, reach out to MusiCares at musicaresrelief@musicares.org or 1-800-687-4227. If you or someone you know has been affected by the LA County fires, visit https:// musicares.org/get-help to apply for relief today.

Duarte

Duarte officials warn to stay safe around local wild birds

H5N1, also known as avian flu, is a contagious disease in birds that spreads via direct contact or contaminated surfaces like clothing, shoes, water, and feathers. Wild birds at the highest risk of infection include waterfowl (swans, geese, diving ducks), waterbirds (gulls, terns, cranes, herons, shorebirds), and birds that prey on these species such as eagles, hawks, falcons, and vultures. It is possible for wild birds to be infected and not show any signs

of illness, but common neurological signs include swimming in circles, lack of coordination, and difficulty breathing. sIn a press release, City of Duarte officials urge residents to avoid unprotected exposures and to always wash hands thoroughly afterward if wild birds must be handles. Protective equipment such as safety goggles, disposable gloves, or an N95 mask should be worn when in close contact with sick or dead wild birds or materials potentially contaminated with the bird flu virus.

Long Beach

Long Beach’s State of the City benefits LA wildfire victims

The City of Long Beach has partnered with the California Community Foundation to support Los Angeles County wildfire victims and evacuees. During Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson’s 2025 State of the City Address on Tuesday, Mayor Richardson conducted a special call to action for the community to provide charitable monetary donations online through California Community Foundation or by texting LB2LA to 707070. In response to the ongoing fires in Los Angeles County, the city has launched a dedicated webpage (https://longbeach.gov/press-releases/ city-launches-webpageactivates-call-center-toprovide-public-healthand-safety-informationand-resources-for-longbeach-residents-amidla-county-fires/) to provide vital public health and safety information,

resources and various real-time updates for the community and has temporarily activated its call center, available at 562-570-INFO (4636), to further uplift these efforts.

Orange County

OC Clerk-Recorder extends Valentine's Day hours

Orange County ClerkRecorder Hugh Nguyen will once again extend ceremony hours until 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, at the Anaheim, Laguna Hills, and Old County Courthouse in Santa Ana for marriage services only. The extended hours aim to accommodate couples looking to tie the knot or renew their vows on the most romantic day of the year, Valentine’s Day. Appointments are highly recommended to avoid delays; however, walk-ins will be served on a firstcome, first-served basis. Before arriving, couples must complete a marriage license application online at: https://ocweddings.ocrecorder.com. For more information, call (714) 834-2500 or visit OCRecorder.com. The information line is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays.

Knott's Berry Farm to celebrate 75th anniversary with new attractions

In honor of the 75th anniversary of the first publication of Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip, Knott's Berry Farm will debut a brandnew musical show, "Let’s Celebrate," and the limitedtime exhibit, “The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz.”

The"Peanuts"-inspired festivities will continue at the Bird Cage Theatre, where the park offers an experience that teaches the young and the young at heart how to draw their favorite "Peanuts" characters. A western escapade occurs with Franklin and Linus at Calico Park as they transform into cowboys in the "Peanuts" Cowboy Jamboree. The boys want to challenge guests with some of Calico's root-toot-tootiest games. Also in Ghost Town is Pigpen's Pig Pen, where everyone's favorite messy pal will join the rest of the Peanuts gang as he hosts a special meetup at the Livery Stables with some animal friends. For tickets and more information about Knott's Berry Farm, visit knotts.com or download the Knott's Berry Farm app.

Riverside

Jose Medina sworn in as Riverside County First District Supervisor

At the first board meeting of 2025, Jose Medina was sworn in as the supervisor for Riverside County’s First District. Medina’s oath of office marks the first time the majority of the Board of Supervisors is held by Latino supervisors, following Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez, who joined the board in March 2017 and January 2023, respectively. Supervisor Medina begins as First District Supervisor after serving as Assemblymember for California’s 61st Assembly District. The First Supervisorial

District includes the cities of Riverside and Perris, and the unincorporated areas of Good Hope, Highgrove, March Air Reserve Base, Mead Valley, and Meadowbrook.

Corona

Corona to host rock ‘n roll and laser show

Stop by the Historic Civic Center Theater on Jan. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. to enjoy an evening of rock with Echoes of Cadence performing rock classics from artists like Journey, Styx, Rush, Loverboy, Don Henley and many more. The music will be highlighted with a vibrant laser display. Get your tickets at https://secure.rec1.com/ CA/corona-ca/catalog/inde x/77389b78e64886492316a 017042ac7ae.

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Old West Days coming to San Bernardino County museums

Old West Days at the San Bernardino County Museum is a two-day event that runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18 and Sunday, Jan. 19 with card games, live music, frontier arts and crafts, historic demonstrations, tasty treats and more. Museum galleries will be open during the event and regular admission applies. Old West Days at the Victor Valley Museum is a one-day event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 with card games, live music, frontier arts

and crafts, historic demonstrations, tasty treats and more. Museum galleries will be open during the event and regular admission applies. General admission is $10 (adult), $8 (military or senior), $7 (student), and $5 (child ages 6 to 12). Children five and under and museum members are admitted free. Parking is free. The museums are accessible to persons with disabilities. For more information, visit museum.sbcounty.gov/ events.

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City of San Bernardino receives $14M to build EV charging stations

The City of San Bernardino has announced it has received a $14,055,578 Charging and Feuling Infrastructure Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration to build the city’s first public charging network. The project, in partnership with Arcadia-based EVCS, will construct and operate 101 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at parks, libraries, senior centers, and other locations across the city. The project will install 77 Level 2 and 24 DC fast chargers at 15 municipally owned locations, including six parks/ community centers, a soccer complex, the main library, City Hall, the Police Department, the City Yard, and several downtown parking locations. All sites will include Level 2 and DC fast chargers, Level 1 outlets for micro-mobility to charge e-bikes and scooters, and a 200kWh Battery Energy Storage System for reliability and resiliency.

Ontario Museum exhibitions celebrate printmaking as voice for community issues

By May S. Ruiz mayrchu56@gmailcom

The Ontario Museum of History & Art presents two exhibitions that portray community issues and cultural stories. “Mission Gráfica: Reflecting a Community in Print” and “Centered in Ink: Printmaking in the Inland Empire” opened concurrently on Thursday, January 9, and will run through March 9, 2025.

A community reception was held on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m., with light refreshments and a chance to meet the artists from Centered in Ink. Additionally, OMHA will host an artist talk with featured artists from the exhibitions on Feb. 1, from 2 to 3 p.m.

“Mission Gráfica: Reflecting a Community in Print” is a touring exhibition developed in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library that features dozens of screenprints from Mission Gráfica, a community print center of diversity and cultural ferment in San Francisco. Founded in 1982 as part of the Mission Cultural Center, Mission Gráfica became the most sought-after political poster center in the Bay Area in the 1980s. Designed to capture attention on the street, the posters urged political action as well as celebrated culture and life.

This exhibition reflects a variety of styles, approaches, and sensibilities from nonprofessional and emerging artists to well-known figures such as Carmen Lomas Garza, Nancy Hom, Rupert Garcia, Mildred Howard, Jean La Marr, Ester Hernandez, Michael Roman and the San Francisco Print Collective. It explores themes of U.S. Imperialism, gender inequality and women’s empowerment, cultural celebrations, Indigenous America, and more — many of which continue to resonate today.

Its companion exhibition, “Centered in Ink: Printmaking in the Inland Empire,” showcases a diverse array of printmakers and screen printers of the Inland Empire who employ their artistic skills to address pressing community issues

and ignite conversations that resound with viewers. Using their printmaking practices to create powerful visual statements, the artists delve into thought-provoking themes such as identity, activism, and environmental awareness.

Participating artists include Briar Rosa, Adam Aguilar, L.Akinyi, Micah Amaro, BA Soul, Kenia Cruz, Cesar Garcia, Jorge Heredia, Duan Kellum, Stephanie Lagos, Eduardo Raul Muñoz-Villagaña, Erick Revollo-Paz and Sarah Vazquez.

Twenty-seven prints from Mission Gráfica and thirty artworks for Centered in Ink are exhibited in the museum’s North Wing Galleries.

Samantha Herrera, exhibition curator, said by email that the two shows were purposefully meant to run together. “Centered in Ink was planned to pair with Mission Gráfica," she said.

"With most of the traveling exhibits we host, we try to complement them with the Inland Empire’s fascinating history and exciting art communities.

“We searched in our local art community for a similar group of printmakers working together at a local art center who were producing artwork with a socially conscious theme and providing an outlet for creativity to the community at large,” Herrera said further.

“I wasn’t familiar with the Mission Gráfica art collective until recently. But I did recognize some of its artists, such as Esther Hernandez, from my studies of the Chicano rights movement in

college,” disclosed Herrera. “During that period, Esther’s work centered on themes of women’s rights and the struggles of Chicano farmworkers, using her art to amplify their voices and issues.”

“The printmakers we are featuring in Centered in Ink, all have connections to the Garcia Center for the Arts in the city of San Bernardino, similar to the artists in Mission Grafica, hosted by the Mission Cultural Center of Latino Arts in San Francisco,” explained Herrera. “Most of the local printmakers we are presenting are influenced by the Oaxaca woodcut print art form, originating from the Mexican state of Oaxaca.”

Herrera declared, “Through their creative process, the artists in both exhibitions reflect various styles, approaches, and sensibilities. They explore societal struggles, weaving personal narratives into broader discussions that connect the individual to their community. These works spark dialogue on identity, place, and belonging, using diverse materials and symbols to share stories and encourage reflection. We hope the work resonates with you as much as it did with us and continues to inspire dialogue among members of the Inland Empire community.”

Through the decades and spanning cultures, artists have spoken their truths and effected social reform. Would that we, who view this exhibition, engage with their works and act on what we learn.

Briar Rosa’s “Queen III” in the Centered in Ink Exhibition. | Photo courtesy of Ontario Museum of History & Art

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In the last years before the fires that destroyed Pacific Palisades, California, the great civic debate in my hometown was over the meaning of a shopping mall.

Some residents feared that the Palisades Village, a 3-acre archipelago of posh boutiques and restaurants that opened in 2018, was driving a gleaming stake through the heart of the place where we grew up. That “Old Palisades” was a mythologized, uppermiddle-class community where people knew one another, raised happy families and tempered even the old, analog status-seeking of Malibu and Beverly Hills.

The Village, with its Gucci and Saint Laurent stores and its nouveauMcMansion architectural style, marked our final conquest by overly tanned, overly toned immigrants from Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Who else would stroll into the Erewhon grocery and tap down $20 for a Hailey Bieber Strawberry Glaze Skin Smoothie?

But plenty of people did. They liked the “bespoke, walkable village,” as the developers advertised it, seeing it as an overdue upgrade from Mort’s Deli and the family-run stores that the developer (and later mayoral candidate) Rick Caruso bulldozed away. They seemed happy to pay $27 for a seat in the Bay Theatre, a luxury multiplex that pirated its name and iconic facade from the long-closed movie house on Sunset Boulevard where my friends and I snuck into films like “Billy Jack” and “Big Wednesday.”

On either side of the mall debate, people rarely paused to note that these were rich

After the Palisades Fire, what can we really rebuild?

By Tim Golden, ProPublica

people’s problems.

Unlike neighboring Santa Monica, an incorporated city with a spirited government, the Palisades didn’t raise its own taxes or run its own services. We call it a town, but it’s really a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles. Still, there is a community council and a couple of local newspapers, and none of them worried more than occasionally about the threat that catastrophic wildfires might sweep down on us as they had on so many other California towns.

We had been lucky, and we knew it.

On New Year’s Day, a handful of my old friends from Paul Revere Junior High were texting to that effect. “We have it so good,” my lawyer friend Eric wrote. He was looking out at the Pacific from the deck of his new home, having moved triumphantly back to the Palisades after years away. It went without saying that our blessings included having grown up in a place where we could spend blissful days at the beach, attend very good public schools, learn how to work at miserable after-school jobs and get into trouble with minimal consequences.

Homes in that bygone Palisades could still be had for less than $100,000. We didn’t want to be Malibu or Brentwood. There were many wealthy Palisadians even then, but our baroque teenage hierarchies had little to do with who had money and who had less. There were Reagan Republicans and liberal Democrats, but the prevailing political vibe was tolerant and democratic.

The Palisades was still very white. There were separate beach clubs for WASPs and Jews; for years, some did not admit Blacks. But about a third of our classmates at Palisades High were bused from heavily African American neighborhoods like Crenshaw and Baldwin Hills. Whatever its failings, that integration shared what was arguably the city’s best public high school with thousands of less-privileged students. It also taught the white kids something about living in a more diverse society.

An impressive proportion of my classmates from those varied backgrounds went on to build meaningful lives. There are professors and social workers and doctors and film people. A star defensive tackle on the

The businesspeople include a couple of zillionaires. For some, the ultimate marker of success was to afford a home in the neighborhood and send their kids to our old schools.

The Palisades changed a lot after I left for college. Despite the dangers, wealthier people built bigger, fancier homes, pushing out over the canyons and higher into the hills. We had long understood that we were living our nice lives in defiance of some powerful forces. I can still see the terror on my mom’s face one afternoon in the fall of 1978, as a wildfire swept toward us from Mandeville Canyon and we frantically packed the car with the most precious possessions we could gather up.

Even as they leveled quaint, old bungalows to build lot-to-lot monstrosities, many of the Hollywood people who flocked to the Palisades came for the sort of things that had always brought us together — the 10K runs and the Fourth of July parade; the beaches and parks and schools; the great hiking trails that wove into the Santa Monica Moun-

tains from almost every hillside in town.

On New Year’s Day, my friend Eric closed our text conversation with a photograph of the evening’s spectacular sunset. The next images in the chat came a week later, in a video shot from the other side of his deck. A wall of gray-black smoke was billowing behind the ridge, not far from the home where my family lived for almost 50 years.

Less than an hour after he took the picture, Eric, his wife and their son fled down Chautauqua Boulevard, named for the high-minded Methodist educational movement that established the Palisades in the 1920s. Their home, along with the one my parents built and those of many friends, soon burned to the ground.

In photographs, the remains of the Palisades now evoke the streets of Aleppo or Homs, in Syria. Unlike most of my hometown friends, I’ve seen streets like those before. In Mexico City and San Salvador after devastating earthquakes in the 1980s. In Gaza. In the wastelands of Kabul, where American largesse never quite bandaged the scars of the Soviet war.

Imagery might be the

only valid comparison between our tragedy and those in which tens of thousands of people were killed. Many Palisades residents displaced by the fire have enviable resources; they are reported to be filling fourand five-star hotels from Montecito to Laguna Beach. Compared with Syrians or Gazans or refugees from the Ukraine, the Palisadians have a far better shot at rebuilding their lives. But the trauma remains overwhelming. To have our past so violently erased makes me wonder what we can really rebuild. Big developers are likely to snap up the burned-out lots of people who were uninsured or underinsured. What takes their place will inevitably be bigger and more generic construction, much of it in the nouveaux-McMansion style.

Even my friends in their early 60s have been weighing whether they will have the time and fortitude to rebuild their homes. And whose Palisades, they wonder, will be rebuilt around them? For now, the only section of the town center that stands somewhat unscathed is the Palisades Village mall, where Caruso called in private firefighters and water trucks to protect his investment.

As a young foreign correspondent, I spent a lot of time in Managua, a city that had been leveled by an earthquake in 1972. After years of war and revolution, Nicaragua was destitute; there was no money for street signs. But the Nicaraguans had a powerful collective memory, and I came to understand it as one of their great strengths.

In those days, a typical Managua address might be, “Del arbolito, tres cuadras hacía el lago,” or, “From the old tree, three blocks toward the lake.” The old tree hadn’t existed for years. But everyone remembered. Republished with Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

football team, who also sang in the chorus, became the actor and director Forest Whitaker.

Alameda FD OES Engine 409, with 4 members, was assigned to the Palisades Fire. | Photo courtesy of Alameda Fire Department / Facebook

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Monrovia City Notices

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the following sums of money, which the Treasurer of the City of Monrovia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, has attempted to pay out to the following individuals or entities, have remained unclaimed in the treasury of the City for a period of over three (3) years. Any remaining unclaimed property will become the property of the City of Monrovia on March 3, 2025, a date not less than forty-five days nor more than sixty days after the first date of publication of this notice in accordance with California Government Code Sections 50051-50055.

NOTICE THAT UNCLAIMED FUNDS WILL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF MONROVIA

If you are the individual or entity named below, in order to make a claim for these funds, please contact the Administrative Services Department at 626-932-5515, or you may file a written claim with the City of Monrovia, Administrative Services Department, 415 S. Ivy Avenue, Monrovia, CA, 91016, which includes the claimant’s name, address, and telephone number, check number, and amount of claim, with supporting documentation as described on the form. The written claim form is available on the City’s website at https://monroviaca.gov/unclaimedproperty.

/s/ Alice D. Atkins, MMC, City Clerk Publish Thursday January 16 and January 23, 2025

CHENAULT, ARMEEN

$ 147.50 7/25/2019 General CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA SOCIETY 223047 $ 315.00 10/17/2019 General

CHU, CHRISTINE 214537 $ 99.00 7/5/2018 General COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES COURT HOUSE 217528 $ 502.54 12/6/2018 Water COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES HEALTH CENTER 217527 $ 502.54 12/6/2018 Water CRUZ, REV. GEORGE 202720 $ 50.00 9/15/2016 General

DEAN & WILMA JOHNSON FAMILY 230313 $ 33.05 3/18/2021 Water

DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER 216650 $ 335.85 11/1/2018 General

ESCOBAR, JOSE 219846 $ 18.20 4/18/2019 General

FAST AUTO & PAY DAY LOANS INC 216907 $ 210.00 11/15/2018 General

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GAO, YUNXIANG 206102 $ 108.00 4/6/2017 General

GARCIA, JUVENAL 219389 $ 175.00 3/21/2019 General

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GUTIERREZ, PETER

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HENDRICKSON, STEVEN 201045 $ 150.00 6/16/2016 General

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JUAREZ, FRANK MAXWELL 217173 $ 50.00 11/29/2018

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of the City of Monrovia at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible on January 21, 2025, in the City Council Chambers, 415 South Ivy Avenue, Monrovia, California to consider Resolution No. 2025-01 to increase the City’s Traffic Impact Fee from $2,575 to $2,634 per net new afternoon peak hour trip generated by each project

The Monrovia City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2019-05 and Resolution No. 2019-43 to implement the City’s Traffic Impact Fee which was imposed to generate funds to construct improvements to mitigate the anticipated traffic impacts associated with growth that will be caused by new development. The Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) Study for the City of Monrovia (April 2019) was adopted to assess the potential impacts of new development, determine appropriate capital projects to mitigate the impacts, estimate the costs to construct the improvements and calculate a methodology for the assessment.

An increase to the City’s Traffic Impact Fee based on the provisions of Ordinance 2019-05, based on the California Construction Cost Index (CCCI) is proposed and will be considered by the Monrovia City Council. For the calendar year 2024, the CCCI increased 2.3%. The City Council will consider an increase in the Traffic Impact Fee for new development projects in the impact areas from $2,575 to $2,634 per net new afternoon peak hour trip. All documents have been prepared in accordance with the Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code Section 66000 et seq.)

The City Council will review the Traffic Impact Fee Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 concurrently. The report was released for public review on December 16, 2024 and is available at the City of Monrovia website and in the Office of the City Clerk in Monrovia City Hall.

Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and the City’s local CEQA Guidelines, City staff has determined that there is no possible significant effect directly related to the adoption of Resolution No. 2025-01, therefore no further action is required under CEQA. Additionally, the project is statutorily exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15273 as a means to establish charges by the City for the purpose of financing necessary capital projects.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009(b), if this matter is subsequently challenged in court, the challenge may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Monrovia at, or prior to, the public hearing.

The Staff Report pertaining to this item will be available a minimum of 72 hours prior to the public hearing at Monrovia City Hall, 415 South Ivy Avenue, Monrovia, California as well as on the City’s website.

If you need additional information on this matter or have questions, please contact the Planning Division at (626) 932-5565 or e-mail at planning@monroviaca.gov.

Este aviso es para informarle sobre una junta pública acerca del decreto indicado más arriba. Si necesita información adicional en español, favor de ponerse en contacto del Departamento de Planificación al número (626) 932-5565.

Sheri Bermejo, Director of Community Development

PUBLISHED ON January 9, 2025 and January 16, 2025 MONROVIA WEEKLY

San Gabriel City Notices

Public Notice: City of San Gabriel Notice of Public Hearing Before the City Council

You are invited to participate in a public hearing before the San Gabriel City Council. You will have an opportunity to present your opinion regarding this item at the meeting or in writing prior to the meeting. Please submit all written comments to the City Clerk Department, in person or electronically using the online public comment form at https://www.sangabrielcity.com/ PublicComment by the hearing date to be considered by the City Council. The meeting will be broadcast on the City of San Gabriel’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/CityofSanGabriel

Hearing Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 TIME: 6:30 p.m.

Location Of Hearing: Council Chambers located on the second floor of San Gabriel City Hall (425 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776) The meeting can be viewed live at: https://www.youtube.com/CityofSanGabriel

Project Address: 405 S. Del Mar Avenue, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Project Description: The City of San Gabriel has the opportunity to utilize Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) funding for eligible housing activities as identified in the PLHA grant guidelines. The Los Angeles County Development Authority has allocated $135,222 for funding towards an eligible project. The allocation of the $135,222 will be used to assist the City in developing its first potential affordable housing project at 405 S. Del Mar Avenue, which is an eligible activity under the grant guidelines.

Questions: For additional information or to review the application, please contact Samantha Tewasart, Assistant Director of Community Development at (626) 308-2806 ext. 4623 or stewasart@sgch. org.

Environmental Review: The proposal would be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section

15061(B)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, under the common sense exemption, because it can be seen with certainty that it would not have a significant effect on the environment and, thus, is not subject to CEQA review.

Per Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to only raising the issue you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing.

SAN GABRIEL CITY COUNCIL

By Julie Nguyen, City Clerk

Published on January 16, 2025

SAN GABRIEL SUN

Public Notice: City Of San Gabriel Notice of Public Hearing Before the Design Review Commission

You are invited to participate in a public hearing before the City’s Design Review Commission. Members of the public may submit public comments by U.S. Mail addressed to Community Development Department, Attn: Public Hearing Comment, 425 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776, which must be received by the hearing date, or electronically using the online public comment form at http://sangabrielcity.com/DRComment, by 5:00 p.m. of the hearing date to be considered by the Design Review Commission. The meeting will be broadcast on the City of San Gabriel’s YouTube channel at the link shown below:

Hearing Date: Monday, January 27, 2025 TIME: 6:30 p.m.

Project Address: Assessor Parcel Number: 5364-025-007

Project Description: The application, Project No. SPR24-038 is for a Site Plan Review for the approval of a new two-story, single family residence with an attached three-car garage. The project site is located in the R-1 Zone (Single Family Residence).

Questions: For additional information or to review the application, please contact Christine Song, Senior Planner at (626) 308-2806 ext. 4625 or csong@sgch.org.

Environmental Review: The project was reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA, per Guidelines Section 15303(a), Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures).

Project Address: 1522 Stevens Avenue, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Project Description: The application, Project No. PPD23-009 is for a Precise Plan of Design for the construction of a five-unit condominium development. The project site is located in the R-NC zone within the Valley Boulevard Specific Plan area. The Planning Commission approved a Tentative Tract Map for the subdivision of the units for condominium purposes on January 13, 2025.

Questions: For additional information or to review the application, please contact Christine Song, Senior Planner at (626) 308-2806 ext. 4625 or csong@sgch.org.

Project Address: 1346 Elm Avenue, San Gabriel, CA 91775

Project Description: The application, Project No. PPD23-011 is for a Precise Plan of Design for the construction of a nine-unit condominium development. The project site is located in the R-3 zone. The Planning Commission approved a Tentative Tract Map for the subdivision of the units for condominium purposes on September 9, 2024.

Questions: For additional information or to review the application, please contact Christine Song, Senior Planner at (626) 308-2806 ext. 4625 or csong@sgch.org.

Project Address: 101 E. Valley Boulevard, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Project Description: The application, Case No. MSP24-003, is for an amendment to a Public Art Program for a mixed-use project at the address 101 E. Valley Boulevard. The project site is in the Mixed-Use Transit (MU-T) zone within the Valley Boulevard Specific Plan (VBSP) area.

Questions: For additional information or to review the application, please contact Samantha Tewasart, Assistant Community Development Director at (626) 308-2806 ext. 4623 or stewasart@sgch.org

Environmental Review: This project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA), per Guidelines section 15303, Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). Class 3, which consists of construction of small accessory structures.

Per Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed actions in court, you may be limited to only raising

those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Division at or prior to the public hearing.

SAN GABRIEL DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION By Samantha Tewasart, Assistant Community Development Director

Published on January 16, 2025

SAN GABRIEL SUN

EL Monte City Notices

CITY OF EL MONTE PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Hablamos Español favor de hablar con Jeni Colon (626) 258-8626

TO: All Interested Parties

FROM: City of El Monte Planning Division

PROJECT LOCATION: 3248 Santa Anita Avenue / APNs: 8580-018-027, 8580-018-028 & 8580-018-029

APPLICATIONS: Design Review (DR) No. 06-2024 and Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 10-2024

REQUEST: The applicant is requesting approval to demolish an existing 2,494 square foot commercial structure and construct a new 3,614± square foot (SF) drive-through restaurant operated by “McDonald’s” that will consist of a double-lane drive-through on an approximately 32,324± SF property. The property is located in the C-2 (Neighborhood Commercial) zone. This request is made pursuant to the requirements of Chapters 17.122 (Design and Minor Design Reviews) and 17.123 (Conditional and Minor Use Permits) of the El Monte Municipal Code (EMMC).

PROPERTY OWNER: Power 2626 LLC

APPLICANT: Bickel Group Architecture / Elena Mashin

ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: Article 19. Categorical Exemptions – Class 32, Section 15332 (In-Fill Development Projects) in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970 and the CEQA Guidelines, as amended.

PLACE OF HEARING: Pursuant to State Law, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to receive testimony, orally and in writing, on the proposed project. The public hearing is scheduled for:

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: El Monte City Hall City Hall East – Council Chambers 11333 Valley Boulevard El Monte, CA 91731

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Attend the meeting in person at the City’s Council Chambers. (2) Turn your TV to Channel 3.

(3) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/Council-Meeting-Videos.

(4) Call-in Conference Line at (669) 444-9171; Meeting ID 890 6173 4276, then press #, press # again when prompted for participant ID.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Call-in Conference Line at (669) 444-9171; Meeting: ID 890 6173 4276, then press #, press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. (2) E-mail – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the Planning Division’s general e-mail address: planning@elmonteca.gov. All questions/comments must be received by the Planning Division no later than 3:00 pm on January 28, 2025

The staff report on this matter will be available on or about January 23, 2025, on the City of El Monte website, which may be accessed at https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/AgendaCenter/Planning-Commission-2 or by e-mailing selias@elmonteca.gov.

Americans With Disabilities Act: In compliance with Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132) and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof, the Agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability. Should you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office by calling (626) 580-2016. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

record. Written comments shall be sent to Sandra Elias; El Monte City Hall West; 11333 Valley Boulevard; El Monte, CA 91731 or at selias@elmonteca.gov. If you challenge the decision of the City Planning Commission, in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

For further information regarding this application please contact Sandra Elias at (626) 258-8621. Monday through Thursday, except legal holidays, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

PUBLISHED DATE: Thursday, January 16, 2024, by Sandra Elias, City Planner and Planning Commission Secretary

Published January 16,2025 EL MONTE EXAMINER

CITY OF EL MONTE PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Hablamos Español favor de hablar con Jeni Colon (626) 258-8626

TO: All Interested Parties

FROM: City of El Monte Planning Division

PROJECT LOCATION: 12015 Lower Azusa Road / APN 8547-009005

APPLICATIONS: Major Revision to an Approved Project (REV) No. 3-2023

REQUEST: The applicant is requesting approval to demolish an existing 1,104 square foot residential dwelling and construct a two-story 2,430 square foot residential dwelling on an 8,017± square foot lot associated with Tentative Parcel Map No. 82649 and Design Review No. 19-22 on an existing 28,424± square foot property within the R-1B (One-Family Dwelling) zone. This request is made pursuant to the requirements of Chapters 17.122 (Design and Minor Design Reviews), Chapter 16.10 (Subdivisions), and 17.10.130 (Revision to an Approved Project) of the El Monte Municipal Code (EMMC).

PROPERTY OWNER: Zhaopha Investment LLC

APPLICANT: Michael Wang

ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: Article 19. Categorical Exemptions – Class 15, Section 15315 (Minor Land Divisions) and Class 3, Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversions of Small Structures) in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970 and the CEQA Guidelines, as amended.

PLACE OF HEARING: Pursuant to State Law, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to receive testimony, orally and in writing, on the proposed project. The public hearing is scheduled for:

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: El Monte City Hall City Hall East – Council Chambers 11333 Valley Boulevard El Monte, CA 91731

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Attend the meeting in person at the City’s Council Chambers. (2) Turn your TV to Channel 3.

(3) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/Council-Meeting-Videos.

(4) Call-in Conference Line at (669) 444-9171; Meeting ID 890 6173 4276, then press #, press # again when prompted for participant ID.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Call-in Conference Line at (669) 444-9171; Meeting: ID 890 6173 4276, then press #, press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.

(2) E-mail – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the Planning Division’s general e-mail address: planning@elmonteca.gov. All questions/comments must be received by the Planning Division no later than 3:00 pm on January 28, 2025

ensure accessibility to this meeting.

Persons wishing to comment on the environmental documentation or proposed application may do so in writing prior to the meeting date and must be received by 3:00 p.m., the day of the meeting. Public Comments of no more than 3-minutes shall be read into the record. Written comments shall be sent to Sandra Elias; El Monte City Hall West; 11333 Valley Boulevard; El Monte, CA 91731 or at selias@elmonteca.gov. If you challenge the decision of the City Planning Commission, in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. For further information regarding this application please contact Sandra Elias at (626) 258-8621. Monday through Thursday, except legal holidays, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

PUBLISHED DATE: Thursday, January 16, 2024, by Sandra Elias, City Planner and Planning Commission Secretary

Published on January 16, 2025 EL MONTE EXAMINER

Probates Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

CHEN MAN YU WU AKA

MANYUN C WU

CASE NO. 24STPB14478

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CHEN MAN YU WU AKA MANYUN C WU.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LILY LI MEI YUN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LILY LI MEI YUN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent-ed to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/14/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

DANIEL FONG, ESQ. - SBN 248397 FONG LAW GROUP

300 S. GARFIELD AVE., #207

MONTEREY PARK CA 91754

Telephone (626) 289-8299 1/9, 1/13, 1/16/25 CNS-3884084# ARCADIA WEEKLY

Case No. 25STPB00205

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CARMELLA PISCITELLI

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Michael Piscitelli in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Michael Piscitelli be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's lost will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. Copies of the lost will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 2/11/2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90012, STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BLANCA ESTELA BALDWIN CASE NO. 25STPB00028

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of BLANCA ESTELA BALDWIN.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID MICHAEL BALDWIN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID MICHAEL BALDWIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/05/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

In Pro Per Petitioner DAVID MICHAEL BALDWIN 716 E. HALTERN STREET AZUSA CA 91702 1/9, 1/13, 1/16/25 CNS-3884785# AZUSA BEACON

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CARMELLA PISCITELLI

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Feb. 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

Attorney for petitioner: JOHN S MORRIS ESQ SBN 173014

MORRIS & MORRIS

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 150 N SANTA ANITA AVE STE 300

ARCADIA CA 91006

CN113260 PISCITELLI Jan 16,20,23, 2025 ARCADIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN GAMBLE LEWIS CASE NO. 25STPB00215

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN GAMBLE LEWIS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARK W. LEWIS in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARK W. LEWIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with full authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Clayton D. Wilson, SB#40339 414 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006 Telephone: 626-574-1890

1/16, 1/20, 1/23/25 CNS-3886822# ARCADIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH L. WARREN CASE NO. 25STPB00303 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOSEPH L. WARREN.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PAULA J. BRADLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that PAULA J. BRADLEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/10/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Containment of Eaton Fire reaches 45%; 16 people killed

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

Crews on Wednesday achieved 45% containment of the deadly Eaton Fire, which has killed at least 16 people and burned 14,117 acres in the northwestern San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.

Over the weekend, search and rescue crews from the LA County Sheriff's Department made the grim discoveries in Altadena and Pasadena after searching through hundreds of fire-ravaged properties.

"As these searches continue, I unfortunately anticipate that those numbers will increase," Sheriff Robert Luna said Sunday, adding that the department "will start a similar operation in the northern side of the county here very soon."

Luna said Monday the sheriff's department has received 17 missing persons reports in the Eaton Fire area and six in the area of the Palisades Fire, which has burned nearly 24,000 acres and was 19% contained Wednesday. The sheriff's department announced that family assistance centers were available for people looking for missing loved ones.

The LA County Medical Examiner Department reported Tuesday eight people have died as a result of the Palisades Fire and three were injured.

Six firefighters have suffered undisclosed injuries battling the Eaton Fire, officials said.

Powerful winds that were expected Tuesday never fully materialized. The National Weather Service changed high-wind warnings to less serious wind advisories, and to delayed issuing a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" red flag warning until 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Firefighting efforts on Wednesday "focused on mop up and reinforcing containment lines to ensure perimeter control," Cal Fire reported. "Hazard trees along

roadways are being mitigated to protect both firefighters and the public. The fire is expected to remain within its current footprint, with aircraft continuing to support firefighters with retardant drops in inaccessible terrain.

"As repopulation efforts progress, the focus remains on ensuring that people are brought back into a safe and secure environment," fire officials said. Contingency resources are strategically prepositioned and ready to respond throughout communities along the fire’s western edge to due to the Santa Ana wind conditions."

High winds were expected to persist through early Wednesday morning, increasing the risk of spot fires, downed trees and power lines, and also intensifying flames in areas with unburned brush to further fuel the wildfire.

"Crews will conduct tactical patrols and mop-up operations, addressing smoke and heat sources to minimize the chance of fire escaping the perimeter," according to Cal Fire. "Structure defense in the WildlandUrban Interface (WUI) along the southern edge of the fire will remain a top priority."

Search and rescue, infrastructure assessments, hazardous material response and damage assessment operations are ongoing in the areas on the Eaton Fire's southern edge.

"These operations are unprecedented in size and scale and are critical for mitigating existing hazards, confirming missing persons reports, and obtaining accurate number of structures loss," officials said.

Personnel fighting the Eaton Fire totaled 3,392 Wednesday, according to Cal Fire.

State fire officials warned about an inaccurate social media post circulating on Facebook. The post claims individuals may travel to California to join a clean-up crew in fire-affected locations.

"This information is false, and we would like to clarify that there is no such opportunity available," officials said. "We kindly ask that you refrain from calling in to inquire about this."

The fire has destroyed 4,627 structures, many of them residences, and damaged 486, the LA County Fire Department reported Wednesday. Those totals were expected to increase considerably, and nearly 29,000 structures were threatened.

"Damage estimates from remote sensing technologies indicate over 7,000 structures may have been damaged or destroyed," according to Cal Fire on Monday. "While this is a preliminary estimate, the number of structures damaged and destroyed listed at the top of this page have been verified by on-theground damage inspection teams. Damage inspection teams have completed inspections of 26% of all structures within the fire footprint."

An evacuation center was established at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St. The Pasadena Humane Society is on-site to accept small pets for boarding.

Small animals were also being accepted at Baldwin Park Animal Care Center, 4275 Elton St., and large animals were accepted at Industry Hills Expo Center, 16200 Temple Ave. in the city of Industry.

The county opened Local Assistance & Disaster Resource Centers, which operate daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Westside center is at UCLA Research Park West, 10850 West Pico Blvd. in LA. Another location is in Pasadena at the City College Community Education Center, 3035 E. Foothill Blvd.

For updates on evacuations and other fire-related information, visit fire.ca.gov/ incidents/2025/1/7/eatonfire.

The city of Pasadena and

other authorities have issued warnings indicating that tap water in evacuation zones is not safe to drink and advised residents to use bottled water until further notice.

Health officials have also cautioned about poor air quality resulting from the wildfires.

A curfew was in effect nightly from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the mandatory evacuation areas. Only firefighters, law enforcement and utility workers are allowed in those zones. So far 29 people have been arrested, 25 in the Eaton Fire area and four in the area of the Palisades Fire.

Sheriff's Capt. Jabari Williams said Sunday that deputies monitoring the fire zone had arrested another two people who were suspected of flying drones in the Eaton Fire area. Williams said the public should coordinate with law enforcement officials and keep out of the areas under evacuation.

The fire was reported at about 6:20 p.m. Jan. 8 in the area of Altadena Drive and Midwick Drive in the hills above Altadena during a hurricane-force Santa Ana

windstorm, according to Cal Fire. The cause of the fire under investigation.

The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center was among the buildings destroyed in the fire. The LA County Department of Parks and Recreation reported that the Eaton Canyon Nature Center, Farnsworth Park's Davies Community Center, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Altadena Golf Course Club House and adjacent buildings were destroyed. The blaze also consumed The Bunny Museum in Altadena.

As a precaution, the entire Angeles National Forest was closed through at least Jan. 15.

The U.S. Forest Service, LA County Fire Department, Pasadena Fire Department, Arcadia Fire Department, Sierra Madre Fire Department, Pasadena Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were working under a unified command.

Southern California Gas Co. officials said they had temporarily shut off natural gas service to 16,700 customers Saturday in Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre. The utility could take days or possibly weeks to fully restore service due to the large number of impacted customers.

Santa Anita Park in Arcadia canceled racing this weekend due to the wildfires in the county. Track and city officials said the facility was being used to support relief efforts, including a large charity drop-off that moved Friday afternoon from the Rose Bowl to Santa Anita Park's south parking lot.

Southern California Edison is using the entire north parking lot as its base camp to restore power to those in the affected areas, and track officials are working with other response organizations in need of space.

The Pasadena Unified School District, which includes Altadena, closed schools until at least Friday.

The fire prompted school districts in Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Alhambra, South Pasadena, San Marino, La Cañada, Arcadia and Monrovia to cancel classes for the week, as did Pasadena City College.

A crew hoses down the smoldering remains of a building in Altadena. | Photo courtesy of Cal Fire_Official/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Ambitious LA water recycling plan could serve half a million households

By Pooja Mamnoor, LA Post via Stacker

Anew UCLA study has confirmed Los Angeles' ambitious wastewater recycling initiative would strengthen the city's water security amid growing climate challenges and potential natural disasters, LA Post reports.

The analysis, conducted by researchers at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, examined the city's Pure Water Los Angeles project. It's a $6 billion infrastructure investment aimed at recycling all of the city's wastewater for drinking water by 2035. The project would generate more than 250,000 acre-feet of potable water annually to serve over half a million households.

"Supporting wastewater recycling infrastructure at scale now would be a strategic investment to address immediate water supply challenges and offer long-

term economic and water security benefits," Nicolas Chow, a researcher affiliated with both UCLA Luskin Center and Oxford University, said.

Through the year, sanitation districts clean wastewater of over 5 million residents and convert them into resources. 11 wastewater treatment facilities treat at least 510 million gallons of water per day.

The research team developed the OpNEXT Resilience Analysis Model to evaluate approximately 100,000 different scenarios, assessing the project's potential impacts on water security and economic benefits. Their findings indicate that the infrastructure investment would substantially reduce the city's vulnerability to earthquakes and drought-related water shortages while minimizing risks associated with

aging infrastructure and uncertain water imports.

Gregory Pierce, research director of UCLA Luskin Center, emphasized the urgency of developing local water sources.

"Because climate uncertainty will be the largest driver of the city's water shortage, the city must adapt by developing more local, reliable supplies," Pierce said. "Operation Next is by far the biggest opportunity the city has to do so."

The study's methodology could serve as a blueprint for other major metropolitan areas facing similar water security challenges. Cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas rely heavily on imported water and could apply similar analytical approaches to evaluate their water infrastructure investments.

Previously known as Operation Next, the Pure

a critical component of the city's strategy to achieve water independence. The LA Department of Water and Power's commitment to invest at least $6 billion in the initiative reflects the growing recognition of wastewater recycling as a viable solution

for urban water security.

The UCLA analysis suggests the project would enhance local water supply resilience and deliver substantial regional economic benefits. The findings come as cities worldwide grapple with the challenges of securing sustainable water

Water LA project represents

sources in the face of climate change and population growth. This story was produced by the LA Post and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. The article was copy edited from its original version. Republished with CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Hyperion sewage treatment plant in Playa del Rey is across the street from Dockweiler State Beach.

| Photo courtesy of Christina House/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images/Stacker

Feds, local law enforcement launch wildfires task force

By City News Service

Leaders of federal and local law enforcement agencies have partnered to create a joint task force to investigate and prosecute fire-related crimes -- including arson, looting, burglary, fraud and illegal drones -- as Los Angeles County recovers from devastating wildfires, it was announced Wednesday.

The Joint Regional Fire Crimes Task Force will focus on investigating and prosecuting people who try to exploit the wildfire crisis, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Members of the group will coordinate to discuss leads, develop and share crime intelligence, and facilitate the prosecution of fire-related crimes.

Authorities said the task force will focus on four areas: -- looting, burglary and impersonation offenses; -- arson; -- illegal drone activity; and -- financial fraud targeting disaster victims and people trying to make charitable donations.

"We will not permit

The task force includes representatives of the U.S. Attorney's Office; the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Homeland Security Investigations; the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office; the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office; the Los Angeles Police Department; and the county Sheriff's Department.

victims to be re-victimized,"

U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement. "Our community has suffered tremendously, and we are here to support them. The Joint Fire Crimes Task Force is committed to addressing crimes coming out of the fires, including any looting, arson, illegal drone flights and fraud. As the rebuilding process begins and donations and relief funds come in, we must ensure that those seeking to take advantage through criminal activity are held fully accountable."

CITY OF EL MONTE

| Photo courtesy of FBI Los Angeles / Facebook

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024255704 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Catalyst – El Monte (2). Catalyst El Monte (3). Catalyst – Valley Blvd (4). Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary El Monte (5). Catalyst Cannabis –El Monte , 12154 Valley Blvd, El Monte, CA 91732. This business is conducted by a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: EEL – EL MONTE LLC (CA-201907010236, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, Ca 90802; Elliot Lewis, MANAGING MEMBER. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 18, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024252096 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Catalyst

(3).

Cannabis Dispensary Long Beach – Cherry , 3170 Cherry Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Alternative Therapeutic Solutions, Inc. (CA-3236714, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, Ca 90802; Elliot Lewis, CEO. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 12, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024257420 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Corner Office Latinas (2). Diana Bernal , 6730 N Ruthlee Ave, San Gabriel, CA 91775. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Diana O’Leary, 6730 N Ruthlee Ave, San Gabriel, CA 91775 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 20, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024251742 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Catalyst Bellflower (2). Catalyst –Bellflower (3). Catalyst Cannabis Bellflower (4). Catalyst Cannabis – Bellflower (5). Catalyst Cannabis Co. – Bellflower (6). Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary Bellflower , 9032 Artesia Blvd Building B, Bellflower, CA 90706. This business is conducted by a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Catalyst – Bellflower LLC (CA-

202354616819, 9032 Artesia Blvd Building B, Bellflower, CA 90706; Elliot Lewis, Managing Member. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 12, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024252115 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Catalyst –Pine (2). Catalyst Cannabis – Pine (3). Catalyst Pine (4). Catalyst Cannabis Pine (5). Catalyst Cannabis Co – Pine (6). Catalyst Cannabis Co. DTLB (7). Catalyst Cannabis DTLB (8). Catalyst – DTLB (9). Catalyst Cannabis – Downtown Long Beach (10). Catalyst – Downtown Long Beach (11). Catalyst DTLB (12). Catalyst Cannabis – DTLB (13). Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary – DTLB (14). Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary – Downtown Long Beach , 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, Ca 90802. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Casey Crow Collective (CA-C3984907, 433 Pine Ave Unit 500, Long Beach, CA 90802; Elliot Lewis, CEO. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 12, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024255728 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). CATALYST – BELMONT SHORE (2). CATALYST BELMONT SHORE (3). CATALYST CANNABIS CO BELMONT SHORE (4). CATALYST CANNABIS BELMONT SHORE (5). CATALYST CANNABIS CO –BELMONT SHORE (6). CATALYST CANNABIS DISPENSARY LONG BEACH – BELMONT SHORE , 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, Ca 90802. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: 562 DISCOUNT MEDM, INC. (CAC3296184, 5227 2nd Street, Long Beach, CA 90803; Elliot Lewis, CEO. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 18, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 202456834 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Attractive Nails & Spa, 200 W Foothill Blvd #2, Azusa, CA 91702. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Kelvin Chau, 2451 Parkway Dr, El Monte, Ca 91732 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 19, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of

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a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 2024256458.

The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: F& j dollar plus, 12601 Harris Avenue, Lynwood, CA 90262. Mailing Address, 13680 Telegraph Rd, Whittier, CA 90604. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on: October 12, 2022 in the County of Los Angeles. Original File No. 2022221777. Signed: Filiberta Moctezuma Moctezuma, 12601 Harris Avenue, Lynwood, CA 90262 (Owner). This business is conducted by: a individual. This statement was filed with the Los Angeles County RegistrarRecorder on December 18, 2024. Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024256017

NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 49th St, 3812 Florence Ave, Bell, CA 90201. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Daniel D Andrade, 3812 Florence Ave, Bell, CA 90201 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 18, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024255124

NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Catalyst – Normandie (2). Catalyst Cannabis – Normandie (3). Catalyst Cannabis Normandie (4). Catalyst Normandie (5). Catalyst Cannabis Normandie (6). Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary South LA –Normandie (7). Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary – Normandie , 8300 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90044. Mailing Address, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. This business is conducted by a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: 1539 Manchester Holdings LLC (CA201924010532, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, Ca 90802; Timothy Lewis, Member. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 17, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024252419 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Catalyst – Venice Blvd (2). Catalyst Cannabis – Venice Blvd (3). Catalyst Cannabis Co – Venice Blvd (4). Catalyst – 4th Ave. (5). Catalyst Cannabis – 4th Ave. (6). Catalyst Cannabis Venice Blvd (7). Catalyst Venice Blvd (8). Catalyst – DTLA (9). Catalyst Cannabis – DTLA (10). Catalyst Mid City (11). Catalyst Cannabis Mid City (12). Catalyst Cannabis – Mid City (13). Catalyst – Mid City (14). Catalyst Cannabis Co. – Mid City (15). Catalyst Cannabis Dispensary Los Angeles – Mid City , 3318 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019. This business is conducted by a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: 4158 Pico

Holdings LLC (CA-201924010470, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, Ca 90802; Elliot Lewis, Member. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 12, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024248891 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Golden Gem Jewelry, 17515-D Colima Rd, Industry, CA 91748. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Allora Fine Jewelry Inc (CA-4207938, 17515-D Colima Rd, Industry, CA 91748; Belinda Ngo, CEO. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024261105 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Comfort Dental Group (2). Prime Dental Group , 9068 Tampa Ave, Northridge, CA 91324. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Signed: Ovsepyan Dental Corporation (CA-3729104, 9068 Tampa Ave, Northridge, CA 91324; Tigran Ovsepyan, President. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 27, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024254361 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Wild Nature Skin Studio, 4110 W Riverside Dr Unit 4, Burbank, CA 91505. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on December 2024. Signed: Rachel Clisby, 2005 Fair Park Ave, Apt 2, Los Angeles, Ca 90041(Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 17, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024260884 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CHERRI’S DONUTS PLUS, 10216 Alondra Blvd, Bellflower, CA 90706. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant commenced to transact business

under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on May 2019. Signed: (1). Navy Ly, 10216 Alondra Blvd, Bellflower, CA 90706 (2). ROSALYN LY, 10216 Alondra Blvd, Bellflower, CA 90706 (General Partner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 27, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024 249512 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as All Smog Center, 23222 Valencia Blvd C, Valencia, CA 91355. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on June 2010. Signed: Magdi Awad, 23222 Valencia Blvd C, Valencia, CA 91355 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024

249510 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as British Connection, 17450 Clark Ave, Bellflower, CA 90706. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on May 2000. Signed: John F Haines, 17450 Clark Ave, Bellflower, CA 90706 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024 249514 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as D&S Construction Company, 1503 S Centre, San Pedro, CA 90731. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on March 2020. Signed: David Eugene Northrup, 1503 S Centre, San Pedro, CA 90731 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025 sc

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024 249539 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Instant Shoe Repair, 1812 W 38th Place, Los

Angeles, CA 90062. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on February 2020. Signed: Jonathan Castaneda, 1812 W 38th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90062 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025 sc FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024 249518 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Mary & Lucy’s Beauty Salon, 20935 Van Owen St #107, Canoga Park, CA 91303. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on April 2020. Signed: Mary Cruz Loorman, 20935 Van Owen St #107, Canoga Park, CA 91303

this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025 sc

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024 249516 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Murillos Insurance Agency, 13949 Amar Rd Ste B, La Puente, CA 91746. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on March 2010. Signed: Imelda Murillo, 13949 Amar Rd Ste B, La Puente, CA 91746 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025 sc

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024 249508 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Newell Roofing, 14359 Plantana Dr, La mirada, CA 90638. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on February 2002. Signed: Dan Newell, 14359 Plantana Dr, La mirada, CA 90638 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2024. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025 sc

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2024249520 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Pure life

County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 17, 2024. NOTICE:

This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025004817 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Liza Brereton Law (2). Boxing Law Group , 7950 W Sunset Blvd. # 533, Los Angeles, CA 90046. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Signed: Liza M. Brereton, P.C. (CA-4797191, 7950 W Sunset Blvd. # 533, Los Angeles, CA 90046; Liza M. Brereton, CEO. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 8, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025003486 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Jane Lily Crafts and Collectibles, 1809 South Hidalgo Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on November 2024. Signed: Jane ODell, 1809 South Hidalgo Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 7,

2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025005169 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Sumo Sell, 720 S Stimson Ave, City of Industry, CA 91745. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2025. Signed: Red Panda Inc (CA-4591655, 720 S Stimson Ave, City of Industry, CA 91745; Yolanda Huang, President. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025006211 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). NORAC PHARMA (2). NORAC PHARMA , 405 South Motor Avenue, AZUSA, CA 91702. This business is conducted by a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2012. Signed: S&B Pharma LLC (CA-7928289, 405 South Motor Avenue, AZUSA, CA 91702; Lester S Ordway, Manager. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from

the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025003067

NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Cedacal LLC (2). Cedarglen Home , 5663 Cedarglen Drive, Azusa, CA 91702. This business is conducted by a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on October 2017. Signed: Cedacal LLC (CA201730510222, 5663 Cedarglen Drive, Azusa, CA 91702; Rowie Jucal, Managing Member. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025006184

NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Aviary Creative Works, 4215 Warner Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2025. Signed: Monica Miklas, 4215 Warner Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing

of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code). Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025005392 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Claim Catchers, 41123 Hawthorne Blvd #432, TORRANCE, CA 90503. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2025. Signed: Raymond Scott, 41123 Hawthorne Blvd #432, TORRANCE, CA 90503 (Owner).

The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025001883 NEW FILING.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Airmoso, 1296 baywood ave, POMONA, CA 91767. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2025. Signed: Meliza MendozaCastellon, 1296 baywood ave, POMONA, CA 91767 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 6, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common

law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025005174

NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Jukeboxagogo, 1113 North Cedar Street, Glendale, CA 91207. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2025. Signed: Gamma Ray VFX, Inc. (CA-3866382, 1113 North Cedar Street, Glendale, CA 91207; James Kelly, President. The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2025005153 NEW FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Harmony Services, 230 South Garfield Avenue Suite 200, Monterey Park, CA 91755. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2025. Signed: Farmaeliane Lai, 230 South Garfield Avenue Suite 200, Monterey Park, CA 91755 (Owner). The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (See Section 14400 et seq., Business and Professional Code).

Pub. Monrovia Weekly 01/16/2025,

Monterey Park City Notices

CITY OF MONTEREY PARK

320 West Newmark Avenue

Monterey Park, CA 91754

Take Notice that the City of Monterey Park is holding funds as set forth below. If funds are not claimed by February 3rd, 2025 these funds will become the property of the City of Monterey Park in accordance with Government Code § 50052. Funds may be released to the depositor, their heir, beneficiary, or duly appointed representative provided a claim form is completed with the necessary information. The required information is as follows:

 Name, address, telephone number and social security number (or FEIN).

 Amount of claim.

 Proof of identity, such as a copy of driver’s license, social security card or birth certificate.

 Grounds on which claim is founded.

The Unclaimed Money Claim Form is available at the City of Monterey Park Finance Department located at 320 West Newmark Avenue, on the 1st floor. Funds on deposit for over three (3) years are:

Published Jamuary 16, 23, 2025 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

Pasadena City Notices

Notice of Public Hearing City Council

Master Plan Amendment and Termination of Development Agreement for Fuller Theological Seminary Master Plan

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant, Fuller Theological Seminary, has submitted a Master Plan Amendment application to amend their Master Plan, which was adopted in 2006. The Amendment would revise the Master Plan’s boundaries to include only 29 Fullerowned properties (15 “core” properties and 14 “non-core” properties); subdivide 261 N. Madison Avenue into two lots and change the General Plan land use designation from Institutional to Medium Mixed Use and the Zoning from Public-Semi Public (PS) to Central District Residential Multi-Family (CD-RM-87) for one of the newly created lots; and terminate the Development Agreement. In addition, the Amendment provides that the 14 “non-core” properties owned by Fuller would be subject to the Master Plan until sold or leased for non-Fuller purposes. No development is proposed as part

PROJECT LOCATION: Fuller Theological Seminary Master Plan area, bounded by Corson Street and the 210 Freeway to the north, Union Street to the south, Madison Avenue to the east and Los Robles Avenue to the west, in Pasadena CA.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: An Addendum to the 2015 Pasadena General Plan Environmental Impact Report (GP EIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2013091009) was prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Cal. Public Resources Code Section 21000, et. seq., as amended) and its implementing guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Section 15000 et. seq.). This Addendum found that the proposed Amendment will not result in any potentially significant impacts that were not already analyzed, and no conditions described in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration have occurred.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: On October 9, 2024, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the staff recommendation with an additional recommended condition of approval that allows Fuller to provide shared parking with neighboring commercial and residential uses.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed Zoning Code Amendments and proposed environmental determination. The hearing is scheduled for:

Date: Monday, February 3, 2025

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Place: Council Chambers, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA.. The meeting agenda will be posted by Friday, January 31, 2025, at https://ww2.cityofpasadena.net/councilagendas/council_agenda.asp.

Public Information: All interested persons may submit correspondence to correspondence@cityofpasadena.net prior to the start of the meeting. During the meeting and prior to the close of the public hearing, members of the public may provide live public comment. Please refer to the agenda when posted for instructions on to how to provide live public comment. If you challenge the matter in Court, you may be limited to raising those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing, or in written correspondence sent to the Council or the case planner at, or prior to, the public hearing.

For more information about the project:

Contact Person: Martin Potter, Principal Planner Phone: (626) 744-6710

E-mail: mpotter@cityofpasadena.net Website: www.cityofpasadena.net/planning

Mailing Address:

Planning & Community Development Department Planning Division, Community Planning Section 175 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101

ADA: To request a disability-related modification or accommodation necessary to facilitate meeting participation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office as soon as possible at (626) 744-4124 or cityclerk@ cityofpasadena.net. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability.

Publish January 16, 23, 30, 2025 PASADENA PRESS

Introduced by: Councilmember Cole

ORDINANCE NO. 7441

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 13, CHAPTER 13.04 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE, THE LIGHT AND POWER RATE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE DIRECT ACCESS AND RELATED TARIFFS AND TO AMEND LONG-TERM CONTRACT PROVISIONS

The People of the City of Pasadena ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. This ordinance, due to its length and corresponding cost of publication, will be published by title and summary as permitted in Section 508 of the Pasadena City Charter. The approved summary of this ordinance is as follows:

“Summary

This proposed ordinance repeals and amends provisions of Title 13, Chapter 13.04 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, the Light and Power Rate Ordinance, to end Direct Access Service and related tariffs and update requirements for Long-term contracts for energy and energy related products and services. This proposed ordinance repeals Sections 13.04.095, 13.04.096, and 13.04.097 concerning Direct Access Service and amends Sections 13.04.170 and 13.04.173 to remove references to Direct Access Service. This proposed ordinance also amends Section 13.04.075 concerning Long-term contracts to update eligibility requirements and end prescriptive equity adjustments.

LEGALS

Ordinance No. 7441 shall take effect upon publication.”

SECTION 2. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 13, Chapter 13.04.075 - Long-term contracts is amended to read as follows: “13.04.075 – Long-term contracts.

A. For the purposes of this section, certain terms used herein are defined as follows:

"Energy and energy-related products and services" means only the energy, products and services provided by the Department.

"Long-term contract" means a contract between the department and eligible customers for a minimum of five years pursuant to this section.

“Peak Demand” means the highest kW of measured maximum demand recorded in the last 12 months, including the current billing month at the time of application. Demand is determined to the nearest kW.

“Primary Voltage” means customers receiving electric service on the distribution system at 1.3kV.

“Sub-transmission voltage" means customers receiving electric service on the distribution system at 34.5kV.

“Transmission voltage” means customers receiving electric service on the transmission system at 69kV or greater.

B. Applicability.

1. PWP at the discretion of the General Manager may enter long-term contracts to provide energy and energy-related products and services.

2. Customers that receive electric service at primary, sub-transmission voltage, or transmission voltage and that have a Peak Demand equal to or greater than 10,000kW are eligible for long-term contracts. For new customers that do not have an existing load profile or consumption data establishing a Peak Demand equal to or greater than 10,000kW, PWP may accept, in the sole discretion of the General Manager, a customer-provided load profile as evidence of qualifying Peak Demand.

3. Customers must own and maintain customer equipment and infrastructure beyond PWP’s metering location.

C. Character of Service Furnished. 3 phase at applicable customer delivery voltage, 60 cycle alternating current service.

D. Metering of Demand. Demand meters for Long-term contracts will be adjusted to measure the maximum integrated demand over a 15-minute interval, or if the demand is of an intermittent character, PWP may adjust the meters to measure the demand during a shorter interval.

E. Rates. Long-term contract customers shall pay charges as applicable to the level of service(s) provided customers by PWP.”

SECTION 3. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 13, Chapter 13.04 (the Light and Power Rate Ordinance), Sections 13.04.095 –Direct access service, 13.04.096 – Direct access transition charge, and 13.04.097 – Direct access service charge are repealed in their entirety.

SECTION 3. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 13, Chapter 13.04 (the Light and Power Rate Ordinance), Section 13.04.170 –Transmission services charge, shall be amended to read as follows: “Section 13.04.170 – Transmission services charge.

A. The transmission services charge is designed to capture the transmission revenue requirement and net cost savings from joining participating transmission owner with California Independent System Operator as defined in subsection (C)(4) of this section and shall be based on actual data obtained from the city's accounting system, forecast data obtained from the annual operational plan approved by the city council, and updated forecast data prepared monthly by PWP.

B. PWP shall calculate the TSC on a quarterly basis, and the revised value for this charge shall remain in effect for three months.

C. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

"Full service customers" means customers who choose PWP as their energy supplier.

"Net cost savings from being a participating transmission owner with California Independent System Operator (NCS PTO CAISO)" means all PTO revenues received from CAISO, including, but not limited to, PTO TRR, net firm transmission right (FTR) revenues, and high voltage wheeling revenues less all expenses paid to CAISO including, but not limited to, transmission access charges (TAC) and grid-management charges. NCS PTO CAISO shall be subject to an adjustment by CAISO transmission revenue balancing adjustment account.

"System energy sales" means the estimated total energy sales delivered to all customers.

"Transmission revenue requirement" means the sum of all costs related to the high-voltage transmission of energy, including, but not limited to, all transmission contracts, wheeling fees, pertinent labor and operating costs, associated general fund transfer, operating margin, debt service, and ISO access fees, less the sum of all wholesale revenues received in connection with the sale of any transmission entitlements.

D. The transmission services charge shall be calculated quarterly as follows:

1. Commencing July 1, 2002, a separate transmission services charge fund (TSCF) account shall be maintained for balancing costs and revenues associated with high-voltage transmission and related services. Any transmission access charge fund (TACF) over

collection or under collection existing on July 1, 2002 shall be deposited in the TSCF balance.

2. The TSCF account balance shall be calculated as the sum of actual revenues from the TSC less the actual TRR plus NCS PTO CAISO.

3. The transmission services charge shall be calculated based on the forecasts for the following twelve months for TRR, NCS PTO CAISO, system energy sales, and the TSCF balance as follows: [TRR Forecast - NCS PTO CAISO Forecast - TSCF Balance] [System Energy Sales Forecast]

4. The result of the formula shall be rounded to the nearest mill per kilowatt-hour. This shall be the transmission service charge to be implemented.

5. The transmission services charge for customers served under Schedules M-2 and L-2 or for service metered and delivered at 17kV or higher shall be reduced by $ 0.00019 per kWh.”

SECTION 4. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 13, Chapter 13.04, Section 13.04.173 – Power cost adjustment is amended to read as follows: “Section 13.04.173 – Power cost adjustment.

A. Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) shall be added to the energy services charge set forth in the service schedules of this chapter. Each customer shall pay the applicable energy services charge plus a PCA for each kWh delivered to the customer.

B. The PCA shall be based on actual data obtained from the city's accounting system, forecast data obtained from the annual operational plan approved by the City Council, and updated forecast data prepared monthly by PWP.

C. PWP shall recalculate the PCA each month, and the resulting values for these charges shall be automatically implemented on the first day of the following month.

D. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

1. "Energy Costs" means the sum of all costs related to the procurement and generation of energy for delivery to Full Service Customers, including, but not limited to, Power Production Costs and Purchased Power Costs, operating margin, debt service and the general fund transfer associated with these costs.

2. "Energy Cost Forecast" means the forecast of projected Energy Costs for the twelve months immediately following the last actual billing period. This forecast shall be updated monthly by PWP.

3. "Energy Services Charge Revenue Forecast" means the forecast of projected Energy Services Charge Revenue for the twelve months immediately following the last actual billing period. The energy services charge set forth in the schedules reflects the energy cost forecast as of July 1, 2002, based on the approved rate restructuring plan approved by the City Council adjusted to each customer group's load profile, and shall remain in effect until modified by Ordinance.

4. "Energy revenue credit" is a percentage of the Wholesale Net Income used to reduce the Energy Charge. The Energy Revenue Credit shall be applied when the Wholesale Net Income is greater than zero and shall be determined at least quarterly based on the actual accounting data as follows: (i) 75% of the Wholesale Net Income shall be applied as a credit; (ii) additional amounts may be authorized by Council Resolution.

5. "Energy revenue forecast" means the forecast of projected Energy Revenue Credits for the twelve months immediately following the last actual billing period. This forecast shall be updated monthly by PWP.

6. "Fuel costs" means the sum of the cost of fuel gas consumed, the cost of fuel oil consumed, and the cost of procuring, scheduling, testing and in-plant handling of that fuel gas and fuel oil. Fuel oil includes both residual fuel oil and distillate fuel oil.

7. "Full service customers" shall mean customers who choose PWP as their energy supplier.

8. "Full service energy sales forecast" means the forecast of projected energy sales (in kilowatt-hours) to Full Service Customers for the twelve months immediately following the last actual billing period. This forecast shall be updated monthly by PWP.

9. "Power production costs" means the sum of all costs for the generation of electric energy at facilities owned and operated by PWP, including, but not limited to, Fuel Costs, labor, operating and maintenance expenses, materials, and emissions credits.

10. "Purchased power costs" means the cost of energy and ancillary services, including, but not limited to, capacity and energy charges from third parties and all non-transmission charges charged by the California Independent System Operator (ISO).

11. "System energy sales" means the estimated total energy sales delivered to all customers.

12. "Wholesale net income" means the sum of revenues realized from wholesale energy and ancillary service sales, less the associated production cost and purchased power cost attributable to the wholesale sales.

H. The PCA shall be added to the energy service charge

LAPD: Stabbing suspect fatally shot near USC was a treatment facility resident Ex-boyfriend pleads not guilty in killing of Azusa teen cheerleader

Authorities identified the stabbing suspect who was fatally shot by police near USC as a resident of a nearby treatment facility.

Officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 900 block of West 23rd Street, in the University Park area south of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, about 11 a.m. Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. They discovered the victim stabbed in the face with a folding knife, and the suspect at the scene.

Police later identified the suspect as Brian Rolstad, and the victim as a staff member of the multi-unit residential treatment facility, according to the department.

"As officers approached the location, they met with the victim and witnesses and attempted to ascertain Rolstad's location," the LAPD said in a statement.

Additional patrol units arrived and formed a tactical team to callout Rolstad, during which authorities said, "Rolstad emerged from the location and began to advance on the team of

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officers armed with a knife."

When he allegedly did not comply with police instruction to drop the weapon, an officer discharged four rounds from a Beanbag Shotgun, which was "momentarily effective."

As Rolstad continued to advance, officers attempted to redeploy onto the sidewalk and street, when the shooting occurred.

Rolstad was struck in the chest by gunfire and dropped to the ground, police said. An arrest team then approached and took him into custody, and he was transported to a local hospital along with the victim.

Rolstad was pronounced deceased by hospital staff, while the victim was treated for his stab wound and discharged, according to the LAPD. No further description of Rolstad or the victim were available.

It was unclear what led to the conflict.

Police said they located a black 6-inch folding knife with an approximately 2 1/2-inch blade in the roadway where Rolstad collapsed, and booked it as evidence. Bodycam footage and other surveillance videos were also being investigated as evidence.

No officers were injured.

An 18-year-old man pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge stemming from the stabbing of a 17-yearold Azusa High School cheerleader, whose relatives described him as her ex-boyfriend.

Daniel Rodriguez is charged with the Dec. 20 killing of Angelina Camillia Gonzales, along with an allegation that he used a deadly weapon.

The teenage girl was found dead that night at a home in the 300 block of North Soldano Avenue, near Third Street and west of the Azusa High School West Campus, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which assisted Azusa police in the investigation.

Family members said Rodriguez was Angelina's ex-boyfriend, although it was unclear what may have motivated the attack.

According to relatives, Rodriguez picked up the victim after she attended a cheerleading banquet, and she never returned home.

Her stepfather told ABC7 he was able to track

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her cell phone location to the Soldano Avenue address, where authorities found her suffering from stab wounds. She died at a hospital.

Rodriguez was arrested the next morning and has remained behind bars since then, according to jail records.

Angelina recently joined the Azusa High wrestling team and she would have turned 18 on Jan. 7, rela-

tives said. Rodriguez is due back in a Pomona courtroom Feb. 26. A date is scheduled to be set then for a hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to allow the case against him to proceed to trial.

He could face up to 26 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

LA County to crack down on price gouging during wildfire disasters

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As firefighters battle multiplefires throughout the Los Angeles area that have forced mass evacuations, county officials on Friday warned businesses against the illegal practice of price gouging and urged residents to report suspected violators.

California law considers price gouging during a declared emergency a serious offense. Businesses are prohibited from raising prices by more than 10% on "essential goods and services" that include hotel rooms, rental housing and some supplies.

"Los Angeles County residents should not have

to be burdened with price hikes by unscrupulous businesses when they are already dealing with the disruption and stress of life-threatening emergencies," Director Rafael Carbajal, director of the LA County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, said in a statement. "We stand ready to investigate reports of price gouging and to hold violators accountable."

Price-gouging protections are in effect for 30 days after an emergency declaration and may extend up to 180 days for contractorrelated services.

Business owners and

operators must maintain detailed records of pricing before, during and after a declared emergency, according to the DCBA. Penalties for violations include fines up to $10,000, a year in jail or both.

Officials said consumers who suspect price gouging should keep receipts, invoices or other records. To report violations, visit stoppricegouging.dcba.lacounty.gov or call 800-593-8222.

County investigators are monitoring prices in fireimpacted areas and coordinating with local prosecutors to address alleged violations, officials said.

"Price gouging laws have

been enforced in recent months during crises such as the Rancho Palos Verdes landslides, the Bridge Fire in the Angeles National Forest and the Franklin Fire in Malibu," according to the

County supervisors reactivated gouging enforcement when the board declared a local emergency Jan. 7 due to the winds and fires.

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Anglelina Camillia Gonzalez. | Photo courtesy of Leticia Pimentel Caraballo/GoFundMe

Fire recovery centers open in West LA, Pasadena

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Two Disaster Recovery Centersopened Tuesday,providing resources for Los Angeles County residents dealing with the aftermath of the deadly, destructive fires that have been burning since last week.

On the Westside, a center opened at UCLA Research Park, formerly known as the Westside Pavilion in West LA, 10850 W. Pico Blvd. An eastern center opened at the Pasadena City College Community Education Center, 3035 E. Foothill Blvd. Hours of operation were 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and beginning Wednesday the centers will be open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Services will be available for people who have lost

records such as birth certificates, death certificates, driver licenses and social security cards. Fire victims who have lost homes or businesses may apply for disaster relief loans.

Mental health counseling and other services will also be available.

Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which had provided assistance at eight LA County libraries. Those efforts will now transfer to the two Disaster Recovery Centers.

"These Resource Centers will bring federal, state, and local officials together under one roof to offer vital services to residents impacted by the wildfires,"

according to the county assessor's office.

By the time all the damage in assessed, the fires are expected to constitute one of the costliest disasters in U.S. history. A preliminary estimate by AccuWeather put the damage and economic losses so far between $135 billion and $150 billion.

Gov. Gavin Newsom told NBC News on Sunday that he believes the fires will be the worst natural disaster in U.S. history "in terms of just the costs associated with it, in terms of the scale and scope."

More than 38,000 acres have burned as a result of the county's multiple wildfires filed by intense winds last week.

defendant who could face a nearly 23-year sentence, according to the DA's office. They were tracked to an apartment in Koreatown, where the suspects were arrested while allegedly in possession of items that had been stolen, Hochman said.

Travon Coleman, 27, allegedly accompanied Bell and Poeples outside of the Koreatown apartment, fled in another vehicle that went through a traffic light and struck another vehicle causing an occupant to suffer a concussion, the district attorney said. Coleman is also facing a potential third-strike with a life sentence if he is convicted of a felony count of hit-and-run causing great bodily injury, according to Hochman.

The 10th suspect is 39-year-old Jose Gerardo Escobar. He was charged with one count each of arson, arson during a state of emergency and attempted arson involving a blaze that was quickly knocked down Friday night at Pioneer Park in Azusa.

Escobar is accused of trying to set fire to a large tree that had fallen to the ground at the park, located at 1360 N. Dalton Avenue.

Azusa police arrested Escobar, who they said was experiencing homelessness. He was being held in West Covina on $20,000 bail, Hochman said. If convicted, Escobar faces nine years in prison.

Carranza-Escobar's last known address was in Azusa, police said. The Azusa Police Department has staffed extra officers on duty due to

Looting

the ongoing fire situations.

Anyone with any information regarding the alleged arson in Pioneer Park was urged to call the Azusa Police Department, 626-812-3200. Anonymous tipsters may call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submit tips online via lacrimestoppers.org.

Hochman highlighted the importance of complying with curfews in fireaffected areas.

“These curfews are in place to protect residents and ensure public safety," he said in a statement. "Anyone who violates them will face serious consequences,” Hochman said. “Our office is fully committed to getting these criminals off the streets and putting them on alert: We will not tolerate this kind of lawlessness.”

LA County Sheriff Robert

Luna urged people who do not have any "legitimate business" in active curfew areas between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. to stay away.

The sheriff reported earlier that over 30 people had been arrested for looting and other crimes in the burn areas.

"Whether we are talking about burglary, looting, we're talking about scams, we're talking about the misuse of drones, whatever it is, we're going to get you," Luna said. "Do not make this worse than it already is. We're in the middle of this. We have a lot of work to do."

In Santa Monica near the area of the more than 23,000-acre Palisades Fire, police have arrested more than 40 people, mostly for curfew violations, but some for burglary or possession of burglary tools.

The Pasadena City College Community Education Center at 3035 E. Foothill Blvd. will host a Disaster Recovery Center for fire-impacted residents starting this week. | Photo courtesy of Pasadena City College Foothill Campus - Noncredit Division/Facebook

A police officer arrests Jose Gerardo Escobar for alleged arson in Azusa. | Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office