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Asm. Cristina Garcia Bilking Taxpayers, Paying for High-End Office in Downey
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CALIFORNIA DAIRIES CLOSES PLANT IN ARTESIA BY BRIAN HEWS This past June 29, Visaliabased California Dairies Inc. (CDI) announced it would cease operations at its manufacturing facility, effective immediately. The shutdown affects approximately 49 employees. CDI will be working closely with impacted employees to assist them and their families with the transition. The Artesia manufacturing facility was constructed in 1958. In 1980, California Milk Producers operated at the location before merging with Danish Creamery and San Joaquin Valley Dairymen in 1999 to become CDI. “As we navigate an ever-evolving
The Assemblywoman could move one block over and pay 23% - $15,000 per year - less. BY BRIAN HEWS The area on Firestone Blvd. bordered by Downey Ave. and La Reina Ave. is one of the busiest in Downey, with the iconic Porto’s Bakery anchoring the upscale community gem. Known as Downtown Downey, thousands of people, even during the pandemic, visit the area every day to exercise social distancing and enjoy the many fast casual restaurants, later walking over to Porto’s for a fabulous butter-laden dessert. Across the courtyard from Porto’s, on the busy corner of Firestone and Downey, is the five-story Downtown Downey Office Plaza, home to Wells Fargo Bank, Keller Williams, Caremore Medical and, according to the Downey Chamber of Commerce directory, former Downey Mayor Mario Guerra. It is a high-end business building, and its location commands some of the highest per square foot rates in Downey. And in Suite 203 of the Downey Plaza is the field offices of Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia. HMG has received documents from a Legislative Open Records Act (LORA) request that shows Garcia occupying the office since 2013. The space originally started at 1,626 sq. ft., then increased by 771 sq. ft to 2,397 sq. ft., or 46 per cent, in 2015. And since 2015, taxpayers have funded the high-end office, complete with six parking spaces, to the tune of $2.21 per sq. ft., $5,300 per month, $63,600 per year. Just down the street on Florence is an office building charging $1.70 per sq. ft. which is the going rate in Downey, according to one local area realtor. That cost is 23% less than the Downey Plaza, but Garcia chose to bilk taxpayers another .51 cents per sq. ft., $1,222 per month, or nearly $15,000 per year to occupy the high-end office space.
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ARTESIA HIGH SCHOOL'S Liyah Salazar won for her in depth depiction of what illegal fireworks can do structures and trees. BY TAMMYE MCDUFF The City of Norwalk held their first annual 2020 Art Contest ‘Say NO To Dangerous Fireworks!’ All young Norwalk residents were invited to participate in the contest that showcased local youth’s artistic skills as
they display why illegal fireworks are dangerous and not to be used. Participation was easy. On an 8 ½” x 11” plain piece of paper, young residents had to write why their family would not use illegal fireworks then, using their creativity, draw, paint or color original
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ASSIST HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY
HELPING OUT: Optum, Wider Circle and Helping Hands Community help prepare boxes filled with food as part of an ongoing initiative that is offering more than 60,000 Optum patients free food packages. According to the LA County Department of Public Health, more than half a million households face barriers accessing nutritional foods. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the problem
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LCCN ARTICLE RESULTS IN RESIGNATION OF CENTRAL BASIN DIRECTOR DAN ARRIGHI BY BRIAN HEWS Hews Media Group-Cerritos News has learned that Central Basin appointed Director Dan Arrighi will be resigning his seat effective tomorrow. The resignation came just one hour after HMG published an article related to John Oskoui, another appointed Central Basin Director. Both directors were appointed under Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia’s controversial AB 1794, which passed in 2016. The article reported on a letter that was submitted to the Los Angeles County District Attorney asking to investigate the obvious incompatible office position Oskoui holds. Oskoui is the assistant city manager for the city Downey, and a director at Central Basin; Downey is a customer of Central Basin. If the DA finds Oskoui in violation, by law he loses his $322,000 a year job as Assistant City manager in Downey.
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RIDING IN A SUBMARINE WITH A SENATOR By David Kinney The President appointed State Senator Bob Archuleta to the Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Bob is a good friend of mine – a shipmate so to speak. Not long ago, Bob shared his story about flying out to an aircraft carrier, experiencing the landing, spending time with the captain and crew, learning about the United States Navy, and taking off. “Bob,” I said, “the next time you get an invitation like that, please be kind enough to ask if you can take your lawyer along.” Unbeknownst to me, he did. Bob later called and instructed me to “check your email.” He sent a United States Navy Submarine Squadron Eleven Waiver and Release of Liability form along with another Photography and Video Release form, plus a detailed questionnaire. Months later we were headed to the Naval Base at Point Loma. Bob mentioned that we would be seeing the United States military at its very best. Approaching the entrance at 5:45 a.m., Navy Security (handling formidable weaponry) greeted us at the gate, and tasked us to an adjacent parking lot. We were introduced to a few other guests, hailing from Berkeley, Stanford, Virginia and Florida (physicists, I reckoned), along with a couple of other naval officers on assignment or acting as escorts; we set out onto the pier with eager expectations. The hills of Tijuana covered the rising sun, yet minutes later the USS Pasadena, SSN 752, a Los Angeles class nuclear submarine, as black as night in the fresh daylight moved along the face of the waters. Alighting onto the deck of the submarine was like every single dream and
poem in my entire life had been formed and inspired for these twenty-five steps before the hatch, almost as if Henry Dana and I were boarding together. The Senator was the first man down. His honors. I was next up. Down the hatch and straight into the crew’s mess room, galley and storage. We waited for the others. They arrived equally as pleased, some already displaying hints of claustrophobia, and exhibiting anxiety over the inevitability of motion sickness Lt. Commander Smith explained the detail, furthered introductions, and completed the welcome aboard. He introduced new officers, as well as other Chiefs of the Boat. He divided the guests into Alpha, Bravo and Charley groups, and we took off. The first Pasadena was a cargo ship originally named the War Beacon (1918), and the second Pasadena, CL 65, participated in several important naval campaigns in the Pacific Theatre during WW II, including bombarding the beaches of Iwo Jima, and striking positions on Okinawa and Kyushu, earning five battle stars. (Fn 1) The USS Pasadena (SSN 752) is the third vessel and the first submarine so named in the United States Navy, designed for anti-submarine and strike warfare. (FN 2) The nuclear power plant provides unlimited endurance, augments agility, and produces incredible speed. To put it mildly, the Captain, officers, and crew are very highly trained and the submarine is extraordinarily versatile; the sub also has 12 vertical launch tubes for Tomahawk missiles, amongst other variants. The control room and attack center was mighty impressive. “Secret” on virtually every screen. Orders issued, “sonar con, aye.”
The USS Pasadena (SSN 752), background, welcomed Senator Bob Archuleta (center) and others onto the Los Angeles class nuclear submarine at Point Loma, pre-pandemic. From the wardroom, at periscope depth, you could monitor the checks and cross-checks, listen to the orders, watch the “deck awash” and witness the descent into the abyss. “Dive, dive!” The Claxton grinding, followed by “dive, dive.” We were two football fields beneath the surface in no time, and set for angles and dangles, as well as ascents. On the surface, things are a little different. More sway, more pitch, more shift, some yaw. So you have to get shackled up. Yep, if you are going to head to the bridge, you have to be suited up, climb two ladders, pass a few hatches, and head 17 feet into the heavens to stand on the top of the conning tower, tethered to a hook, while at sea. My life behind me, and Point Loma in the distance: the platform was incredibly familiar as if atop the largest skateboard, largest surfboard, I had ever been on. The whole experience, incredibly exhilarating and extraordinarily humbling, was suddenly funny. As I disembarked, I harkened back
to my youth, recognized the gift of my challenging career as a lawyer, and for the first time sincerely regretted not recognizing the honor of attempting to become an officer in the United States Navy. My Dad served in the Navy. My Mom thought the world of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a Naval Officer, and Martin Luther King. She loved their words. To the United States Navy, even though I was not rescued from the noise of many waters, nor from the mighty waves of the sea, the sincerest gratitude conceivable – very, very impressive – and never a more grateful guest. To the 14 and 15 year olds in the United States of America, consider this challenge: She works on nuclear reactors “with bashful wings ascending, fading in the firmament, beyond imagination, past all visions, thoughts, and dreams.” Might I add, “though the blessing vanishes, staying as a memory, revealing expectations, eyes toward heaven, ears the sea.” She reappeared. “Sonar con, aye.”
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Health Care Organizations Take Steps to Ensure Patient Safety, Urge Childhood Immunizations PASADENA, Calif. ~ At a time when many parents are concerned about exposing their young children to the novel coronavirus, some are postponing or even canceling appointments to vaccinate their children against childhood diseases – a decision that can have dire consequences. “Pediatricians are always concerned when we see a drop in immunization rates since this could lead to an increase in vaccine preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough,” said Dr. Mark B. Salzman, regional lead, pediatric infectious diseases, with Kaiser Permanente Southern California. “If vaccination rates decline, we may possibly see an increase in some vaccine preventable diseases that can have dire consequences on children’s health.” For parents concerned that vaccinating their children will damage their immune system or result in autism spectrum disorder, Dr. Salzman stressed numerous studies have shown there is no such link. “There’s no evidence to that effect at all,” he stressed. At Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Salzman said a drop in childhood vaccinations started in March, when stay-at-home orders were issued. As the shelter-in-place directive has been lifted, the vaccination rate has improved, but remains below average. Dr. Salzman urged parents not to jeopardize their children’s health by not vaccinating them against common childhood diseases, which pose significant risks to infants and young children who are not immunized. Last year, a measles outbreak occurred across the country due to lack of immunizations.
Although some people are hesitant to vaccinate their children, studies have repeatedly shown that most childhood vaccines are 90 to 99 percent effective in preventing disease and protect our society against the spread of disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several important achievements have been reached in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases: Routine childhood immunization among children born 1994-2018 will prevent an estimated 419 million illnesses, 26.8 million hospitalizations and 936,000 early deaths over the course of their lifetimes, at a net savings of $406 billion in direct costs and $1.9 trillion in total societal costs. Through immunization, we can now protect infants and children from 14 vaccine-preventable diseases before age 2. Vaccines have drastically reduced infant death and disability caused by preventable diseases in the U.S. “In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care organizations have taken important steps to ensure their patients’ safety, and to reassure them that visiting a medical facility for any health reason remains safe, and is critically important to protect one’s health,” Dr. Salzman said. “It’s understandable that some parents have questions about the safety of their children and vaccines,” Dr. Salzman noted. “However, the evidence is clear – vaccination is safe, and we’re taking the necessary steps to ensure our patients’ safety.”
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Teacher Trac Partners With Columbia Memorial Space Center To Prepare Future Stem Educators
A TEACHER TRAC graduating class; they will now team with the Space Center. Cerritos College’s Teacher TRAC program, in partnership with the Columbia Memorial Space Center, received $274,583 in grants from the National Science Foundation for its new BE-STELLAR program. The program will prepare underserved college students to become STEM educators. California’s teacher shortage is acute, especially in high school STEM areas. There is also a widening diversity gap, a disconnect between faculty and student demographics. To address these issues, Cerritos College has partnered with the Columbia Memorial Space Center (CMSC) to build pathways to STEM teaching careers through the new BE-STELLAR program. BE-STELLAR offers mentoring and experiential learning to future STEM teachers through paid internships at the Space Center and STEM faculty mentorships. While developed primarily for Latinx students in order to address the regional diversity gap, the program is open to all Cerritos College students.
The award-winning Teacher TRAC program celebrated its 20th year of preparing students to become highly qualified K-12 teachers this year. The program has provided more than 2,000 students with a seamless transition to earning a bachelor's degree and teaching credential at universities including California State University, Long Beach. To date Teacher TRAC has trained more than 800 teachers who work across Southern California and nationally, and has regional partnerships with five districts and 44 schools. Cerritos College was aided in the preparation of this grant by KickStarter, a technical assistance program that prepares and positions community college Hispanicserving institutions to compete successfully for federal funds with focus on student recruitment and retention in STEM fields. For more information about Teacher TRAC or the BE-STELLAR program, visit www.teachertrac.com.
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VICTOR SANCHEZ RUNS FOR BELLFLOWER DISTRICT 4 BY TAMMYE MCDUFF Long time resident Victor Sanchez announced June 30, 2020 that he will officially put his name in for Bellflower City Council, District 4. Sanchez is the first to file his intentions ahead of the November 2020 election. Council District 4 is one of the five Bellflower City Council districts created by Bellflower voters in 2016. The district covers the southwest portion of the city between Downey Avenue and Ardmore Avenue and between Flower Street and Rose Street. This is the first time District 4 will have a direct representative on City Council. Sanchez has a deep rooted connection with the Bellflower community. He was appointed to the City of Bellflower Planning Commission in 2016 and currently serves as its Chairperson. Dedicated to building a strong local community, Sanchez currently serves as Director of Community and Donor Relations for Community Family Guidance Center, whose mission is to help Southeast Los Angeles County’s under-served children and their families. Sanchez fully believes in the Centers mission, that families can heal from trauma, abuse, emotional, behavioral and mental health issues through proven interventions and compassionate guidance. Prior to his appointment to the Bellflower Planning Commission, Sanchez served on the City’s Parks and Recreation Commission
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marketplace with shifting regional milk supplies, we continue to evaluate our asset network and the products we produce to maximize value to our customers and member-owners,” said President and CEO Brad Anderson. “We deeply regret the impact this decision will have on our Artesia employees and the community and are committed to supporting our employees through this transition,” said Anderson. CDI is the largest member-owned milk marketing and processing cooperative in California, producing 40% of the state’s milk. It is owned by over 300 dairy producers who ship 16 billion pounds of milk annually. CDI manufactures butter, fluid milk products and milk powders, marketing dairy products in the U.S. and in more than 50 foreign countries.
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Street sweeping parking enforcement will resume in Lakewood beginning the week of July 6. Courtesy notices have been placed on windshields of streetparked cars since June 22 as a reminder. The city is observing the 4th of July holiday on Saturday, July 4, and regular street sweeping will occur on Monday, July 6. It's been awhile since streets received an unobstructed sweep because vehicles
were allowed to remain on the street during the height of the Stay At Home health order. For the weeks of July 6 and July 13, the sweepers may make multiple passes to get a thorough sweep of streets now that they will have an unobstructed path. Please help by allowing extra time for multiple street sweeping passes before you return your car to the street.
DEALING WITH 'QUARANTIGUE'-QUARANTINE FATIGUE BY TAMMYE MCDUFF Quarantigue, or Quarantine Fatigue, is a real thing. It occurs when people show lower motivation to comply with safety guidelines and practices. If you have become less diligent lately about washing your hands, staying home, physical distancing or wearing a mask, you are not alone. Many of us are feeling anxious, particularly if it involves financial difficulties. Extra demands of getting through the tasks of the day, working from home and providing education for children, all adds up to an exhausting schedule. It could be at least another year before everyday life returns to normal due to CoVID-19, so it is important to find ways to adapt to current circumstances. Even though we are beginning to see some gradual re-openings, it will still be awhile until life gets back to normal. As quarantine fatigue takes root, it is worth your while to check in with yourself and others to deal with this uncertainty in a healthy way. One particular thing to watch out for is overstimulation from constant information influx and the uncertainty as to what will come from this information. It is tiring. There is also fatigue with a lack of stimulation. Not having a change in environment is difficult. People can be both under stimulated and over stimulated
simultaneously which impacts your mood tremendously. Quarantigue Remedy #1: Change your mind set. Covering our faces, washing our hands and staying six feet apart from others is a rewarding experience because it allows us to get back to our lives and our loved ones sooner. Quarantigue Remedy #2: Know the facts. Because we have been staying home and apart, the risks of CoVID-19 may have started to feel farther away. There is still no vaccination or dedicated treatment for CoVID-19. Protecting each other is just as important as it was in March of this year. Quarantigue Remedy #3: Get out of a sedentary lifestyle. Virtual exercise classes are widely available, and with summer upon us it is a good time to responsibly enjoy some sunshine. Quarantigue Remedy #4: Decompress with alone time. It is really important to maintain some alone time. It differs from person to person in how much we need, but we all need to be able to get rid of the nervous tension or anxiety. It is important to remember that people are resilient and that we have the ability to get through hard times. The pandemic and social distancing guidelines provide us with new opportunities to be creative, work differently and come together as a community.
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Dominic's restaurant keeps dreams and legacy alive despite pandemic BY LAURIE HANSON
Keeping the American Dream alive during the nightmarish pandemic is what Dominic’s Ristorante Italiano faced for the first time since opening 29 years ago in Cypress. The family operated restaurant got its start when owner matriarch Angela Cesario, born in Sicily, brought authentic recipes to a pizza place she had purchased with her life’s savings from a friend named Dominic in 1991. Things were going very well, then the pandemic hit. Undaunted, and with the help of her three daughters and son, they came up with novel ways to stay afloat during COVID-19. When the family found out they had to close their dining room in early March, they brainstormed ideas on how to stay productive and continue to keep employees and customers safe, according to eldest daughter and General Manager Lisa Cisneros. “We came up with curbside pickup, family meal deals, pizza kits, take & bake catering trays, wine, beer and cocktails for takeout as well as more third-party delivery services for those who needed contact-less options such as DoorDash, GrubHub and PostMates,” she said. They communicated all this
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and more by sending out nearly 2,000 emails to customers, and by using Facebook and Instagram. “We believe [through] our long time standing in the community, a lot of local support, and with the many ideas that we brought the table to try and accommodate our community’s needs, that we have been able to stay fairly busy,” said Cisneros. Now fully opened, Dominic’s utilizes dining room social distancing and created a QR code accessible on smart phones at each table to eliminate handheld menus. All 35 employees wear face masks and gloves, and every hour there’s continual sanitizing of counters, doorknobs, and common areas. “We have a professional cleaning crew that comes in to deep clean and sanitize the kitchen areas weekly,” added Cisneros. “Hand sanitizer stations have been added near the entree and exits to the restaurant.” As far as how business is going, Cisneros said their numbers are not 100 percent the same as last year, but sales are still more than what they expected. “We have felt very blessed and appreciated during this time,” she said. “The community has been so gracious and generous, and we have passed that on to our staff as well.” Cisneros explained they were able to employ most of their staff during the pandemic, but with less hours. The few employees that were not working were all brought back in early May, and now all employees have been offered their jobs back. “Because the business itself became different, some of our staff found themselves doing positions they didn’t do before,” she said. “And honestly, it was great to see everyone work
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FAMILY SUCCESS: (from front to back) Dominic’s Ristorante Italiano owner matriarch Angela Cesario with daughters Lisa Cisneros, Gina Cesario, Francesca Cesario, and son Michael Cesario.
together as a team to accommodate the new ‘norm.’” To do takeout only, their dining room became an extension of their kitchen, creating an assembly-line. Takeout business went from 25 percent before COVID-19 to doing 100 percent of the business for a while, according to Cisneros. “We are so proud of our staff and how they all were so willing to make the necessary changes to help our guests feel safe and taken care of,” she said. “Within the first week, we had it down! What an adventure!” Looking now and towards the future, the family proudly carries on their Italian tradition of hard work and dedication while building upon their legacy in Cypress for decades to come. It is the hope of owner, Angela Cesario,
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A La Mirada City TreasureMs. Myllie Taylor Ms. Myllie Taylor passed Friday evening, Jun 26th. A memorial was held at the historic Neff house the following Sunday, June 28th. Mayor John Lewis said “Today we say goodbye to a La Mirada Legend. Myllie Taylor was a gem in a shining city on a hill.” If it happened in La Mirada, then Myllie Taylor either made it happen or knew the story behind it all. Having lived in La Mirada before it even became a city, Miss Myllie was considered to be the quintessence of strength and vitality of the close-knit community. “Myllie was a treasure to this city,” said Councilman Larry Mowles, who has known Taylor for 35 years “You name it, she’s done it,” he added. “She was a force in La Mirada. Most people will say that if it weren’t for Taylor, the city may not even exist.” Taylor was a reporter and photographer for The Whittier Daily News back in the early 1960’s, and at the time the only female on its editorial staff. She lived in and raised her family in La Mirada for more than 60 years. She volunteered on the parks and recreation commission, historical commission and was on the board building and creating the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. “I’ve seen it all, darling,” Taylor said with a wink. It would probably be easier to name the committees or commissions that Taylor did not serve on. Taylor loved to visit classrooms and teach the history of La Mirada, “I get real enjoyment from teaching the students,” she said. “The kids are fabulous.” It was more than just giving facts, figures and dates; Taylor really loved La Mirada and was a keystone to the community. “I want them to learn that even if they don’t succeed on the first try, they must keep trying until they do!” If ever a city had a matriarch, it was the spry and quick witted Ms. Myllie Taylor. Taylor helped organize the incorporation of the City, served on several commissions, Chamber of Commerce and was the originator and first president of the La Mirada Hospital Advisory Council. Her
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dedication to the City was evident through her philanthropy and service. To honor this legacy, the Myllie Taylor Service Award is presented to an individual, or a community based organization or business that is located within the City and has shown extraordinary service or given selflessly of time and talent contributing to the betterment of the community. Even Janice Hahn, Supervisor of Los Angeles County 4th District was acquainted with Taylor. At a former prayer breakfast Hahn’s said “The first moment I walked into the room this morning, Ms. Myllie said come here child, let me look in your eyes,” Hahn continues, “Myllie said ‘yep – I can see your father in your face.’ “ Taylor was a force to be reckoned with, quick witted and quick to point out where you could be a better person. Lewis added “She was always there to help everyone anytime, anywhere. She fought every day for this city and now she is at rest. Godspeed Ms. Myllie. You will be missed. “
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Smallest area school doing the best it can with limited facilities, gymnasium practice time BY LOREN KOPFF @LORENKOPFF ON TWITTER This is the seventh in a series of stories on the athletic programs of the area high schools from the past 15-20 years and the immediate future of most of those sports. Each story will have comments from that school’s athletic director, or one of the coathletic directors on most, if not, all the sports that school competes in. Next up is Whitney High, a school that has bounced around a couple of leagues before settling down in the 605 League, which is set to begin its third year of existence. Whitney athletics have gone all over the Southland for league events, playing the likes of Campbell Hall High, located in Valley Village and Montclair Prep High, located in Panorama City, to the north when it was in the Delphic League and travelling as far south as San Juan Capistrano to play St. Margaret’s High when it was in the Academy League. The one thing that has stood out and will continue to stand out is the fact that Whitney, known more for its academics, has not fielded a football program in its 45 years of existence. Athletic director Jeff Day stated that there’s a lot that goes into putting together a football program, including time and facilities. “It would be a no go,� Day said. “It might be a little bit of a challenge because our school is about 60 percent girls and 40 percent boys. The positive [of not having football] is it give me much more time to focus on all the other sports because, let’s be honest, football takes a lot of an athletic
director’s time all year round. I’m able to put that time in all my other sports.� In the last two years, the Whitney athletic program has been the second best in the 605 League and according to Day, that says something when people think of the school as being all academics. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Because of the two leagues Whitney had been in, and this will be a recurring theme with a lot of the athletic programs, girls volleyball has spent most of the time in the past 20 years finishing in either fourth or fifth place. The last time the program saw a league championship was 2000 when a 17-5 season ended with a quarterfinal loss. The previous season, the team got to the semifinals and was 18-5. Since 2001, the program has seen five coaches, gone to the playoffs six times, and has had three winning seasons, two of which have come the past two seasons as members of the new league. “Volleyball is one of our most popular programs on our campus,� Day said. “I get the most interest for a single gender sport, and a sport that we have to make the most cuts in. From the seventh grade on, it’s a very popular sport with the girls.�
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the program came last season when the Lady Wildcats shared it with powerhouse Cerritos High. But since 2002, Whitney has finished anywhere from second place to fourth place, compiling 75 league victories. “The Academy League, once again, CIF perennial powers,� Day said. “I called it the country club league that we used to be in. We have some really good tennis players [in the city] and we’re lucky that of the students that come to Whitney who qualify to get in, [they] are very talented athletes.� Day added that one of the challenges the program faces is where the tennis teams play. The school doesn’t have tennis courts on campus and has been playing at the Cerritos Sports Complex because there are not enough courts behind the school and adjacent to the Cerritos Olympic Swimming Pool. Whitney has a varsity and a junior varsity team every year and usually has 35-40 girls in the program. Day says he’s very lucky to find Eli Alejo last summer to be the new head coach of the program. The program has also been sending a player or two every three to four years to play collegiate tennis. “Our best players are usually come in ready to go as freshmen,� he said. “We have a lot of four-year varsity players and obviously, Cerritos is currently our biggest challenge in our league.� BOYS WATER POLO/CROSS COUNTRY It’s been hard for the boys water polo program to advance to the postseason
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Day is quick to point out that 95 percent of the past 1520 years, the school was in the Academy League where, for girls volleyball purposes, it had teams that would win CIFSouthern Section divisional championships like St. Margaret’s and Sage Hill High. Factor in a Crean Lutheran High in the later days as a member of the league, and it would be difficult for any Whitney team to finish above fourth place. “Coming in fourth place behind those three teams, so be it,� Day said. “I’m excited now; we’re in a good league that’s fit for us. Girls volleyball, especially in the last 18 months, has more [players] joining club volleyball; more interested in joining volleyball.� Since moving into the 605 League, the program has gone 26-16 with a pair of second place finishes with two coaches. One of them was Ole Nervik, who was the head coach for 12 years before former head coach Alonso Ledezma coached last season’s squad. However, the best season for Nervik was 2018 and Day said Nervik brought consistency to the program, made practices fun and made it family oriented. GIRLS TENNIS The lone league championship for
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Continued from page 11 and in fact, the program has produced 19 league wins since 2002 without a league championship or a second place finish. It’s been tough going to claim either of the top two positions with Cerritos and Warren High predominantly owning the San Gabriel Valley League in this sport. The cross country program has been doing well with numbers and has had a few individuals here and there do well in the ABC District Meet over the years. Last fall, the Wildcats had a league champion. “We represent pretty well with the cross country program,” Day said. “I have 47 coaching positions currently for my high school athletic department and 44 are walk-ons. My two cross country coaches are both full-time teachers at Whitney, which makes it so much easier with communicating with the athletes in that program.” Day said he has more kids that are signed up for cross country this upcoming school year than he has seen in his four years as the school’s athletic director. GIRLS GOLF While Mike Hamada is the head coach, Day is an assistant coach with the program and the Lady Wildcats compete for either the league championship or second place every year. Whitney, which graduated two golfers from last fall’s team, will have its biggest group of girls when the season begins in the fall. The program has over a dozen athletes, which is more than double what the school usually has. “We currently have one of the best freshmen, going into a sophomore, in the state returning in Sarah Yoo,” Day said. “We’ll see what we can do and hopefully we can get out there on the course sooner than later this summer getting ready for
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the fall. Our goal is to battle for a league championship in girls golf.” BOYS BASKETBALL This program is the second most winningest at Whitney in the past 20 years with 204 overall wins. Although there hasn’t been a league title in that time, two teams have finished in second place and four others have claimed third place. There have been eight head coaches with current John Glenn High head coach Ruben Guerrero lasting nine seasons and taking six teams to the playoffs. One other former head coach, Gerald Winston, lasted three seasons from 2002-2005 and took all three teams to the playoffs. There has not been another Whitney team to advance to the playoffs in the past 20 years. “It’s been turnover and turnover and turnover,” Day said of the coaching carousel. “It’s just getting the consistency with the coaching staff and carrying through to the players. Obviously, I was a basketball guy for a long time and was very successful at it. The most important thing is just a regular routine and that comes with the consistency from your freshmen coach to your varsity coach. Having the same coaching staff for three, four, five, six years…we’ve gone through three or four head coaches in the last five or six years. It’s just a start over every year, kind of like the wheels are spinning in the mud.” Whitney has had only four winning seasons in the past 20 years, the last coming in the 2011-2012 season. But, current head coach Lance Convento, who played at Cerritos, won nine games this past season, the most the program has had in four years, and the team has one of the best players in the 605 League in Ethan Wong, who will be a sophomore next month. “Over the last five years, we’ve played a pretty tough schedule,” Day said. “If you look back a couple of years ago, we played Mayfair, we played Sonora…we played pretty tough schedules and honestly maybe
we should have not played. I think we’re finding ourselves, better than we have in the past.” Day said the program has been getting its numbers up and has been making sure to get at least two full squads, sometimes three. He added that once again, it’s all about the lack of facilities and practice time for all the teams. Once the season ends, the basketball teams don’t see the gymnasium in March, April, May and hardly at all in June. GIRLS BASKETBALL With a 306-217 mark, this is the school’s winningest athletic program in the past 20 years. Even though there have been seven head coaches, including Day, who coached for six seasons, went 101-56, won a pair of league titles and advanced to the quarterfinals three times, the program has also seen five losing seasons. The 20092010 season was the only one in which Whitney failed to make the playoffs since the 1998-1999 season. “If you look at the competitive equity stuff that the CIF has out there now, where teams are moving up and teams are moving down [in the divisions], we pretty much have stayed where we’re at,” Day said. “We’ve pretty much been in the same division and that Division 4 AA is a pretty darn tough division. From Division 3 and lower, it’s probably the toughest division. “But not bringing in a single transfer for athletic reasons, I’d have to say we are the only high school that I know of that does not and cannot and does not get kids in because of athletics,” he continued. “Our goal is to win league championships and I feel we can come in the top three in every sport we play.” Day said the school has been lucky with the players it has seen walk through its doors. The program went four straight seasons, under three different head coaches, without losing a league contest. During that time, the Lady Wildcats compiled a 91-20.
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But over the last six seasons, the program has not had a season of more than 20 wins and as put together 89 wins. Since Day stepped away from the coaching reigns, there have been two head coaches in as many seasons with both teams advancing to the quarterfinals, the sixth and seventh times the program has done that since the 2007-2008 campaign. “Being on campus, I’m able to connect with all the girls,” Day said. “We’re able to have our own tournaments. We don’t stray away; we play some good teams and we’ve had some good wins as well as some tough loses.” BOYS SOCCER This is one of six major programs to have won a league championship over the past 20 years, but there have been just three winning seasons. It’s also one of seven major programs to have gone through at least six head coaches since 2000. With that said, 10 teams have advanced to the playoffs with quarterfinal appearances in 2009, 2010 and 2017. “We have a lot of skilled players, we’ve had players who have gone on to play in college, we’ve had MVP’s,” Day said. “We’ve had a pretty good showing. We now have Rob [Sarfaraz] coaching the team. His dad was our coach for many years.” One of those winning seasons came in Sarfaraz’ first season in which he guided the 2016-2017 team to a 13-5-1 campaign, the best the program has had in the past 20 years. That team also finished in second place in league. Day added that the program needs another five to eight players each year in order to have both a varsity and a junior varsity, or freshmen team. He said the younger kids need to play because right now, they’ll have four to 10 kids who are expected to be at practice every day, like the whole team. GIRLS SOCCER There have been three head coaches in as many seasons, but the latest one, Miguel Mendoza, went 14-7-0 this past season and took the team to the playoffs. It was the program’s first trip to the playoffs since 2006 and the third time in the past 20 years. In fact, Whitney has had three other winning seasons since 2001 and has not finished above third place in that time. Leading up to the 2000-2001 season, Whitney had at least three straight winning seasons with a combined 35-12-3 mark. But more recently, the program seems to be coming around as three years ago, former head coach Lyle Stamps guided his team to a 9-8-2 mark and the year after, former head coach Johnny Torres went 10-7-1. From the 2006-2007 season to last season, the program finished in fifth place nine times and fourth place twice. “Once again, all I have to say is country club,” Day said. “The Academy League, with those three spots-St. Margaret’s, Crean Lutheran and Sage Hill-those teams were once again top in their division. So, a fourth place finish wasn’t necessarily that bad for most of this. We’re in a pretty strong league for soccer, boys and girls, and we had a good group of seniors who we’re going to miss a lot. We do have some promising [sophomores] that played a lot on the varsity team [this past season].” Day said that the biggest challenge, which is the same with some of the other programs, is that there are not enough girls participating to field two teams. Going into the fall of 2019, Day didn’t have a coach, but added that Mendoza is one of the best up and coming coaches in the area, if not the CIF. “I’m just holding my breath and going to be happy for as long as we have him because it’s going to be a college coach, probably a college educator,” Day said of Mendoza. “I’ve been very impressed with him this year for a first-year coach right
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Continued from page 12 out of college. He brought in a lot of new ideas, he brought in a lot of discipline, but not in a commanding way. He expected things to be done a certain way and the kids responded. They wanted that and it showed.” GIRLS WATER POLO Last winter was the first time the school had a girls water polo team and was considered a freelance team instead of being place in the San Gabriel Valley League with Cerritos, Gahr High, and La Mirada High, to name a few. “It’s been a long time coming,” Day said. “I asked coach Mark [Johnson] two years ago and just by going to water polo games in the fall and seeing 35 kids there for Whitney setting the pool up and doing the clock and doing everything…I’m looking and said, ‘there are more girls playing boys water polo than boys for Whitney’.” At that point, Day mentioned to Johnson that there should be a separate team. After thinking about it for a full school year, a team was formed. Day doesn’t believe the program will be in a league this upcoming season but is fine for now freelancing. BASEBALL Up until the 2017 season, this has not been a popular sport on campus. The Wildcats failed to win more than five games in any season from 2000 to 2015 and did not even put a team together in 2016. Then came head coach Jason Tani, who has won 26 games in less than four full seasons. From 2000 to 2015, under six different head coaches, the program won 30 games and never finished above fifth place in league. The program has also not been to the playoffs in over 20 years. “Jason has done a good job,” Day said. “He brought in good coaches around him, which is the biggest part of [the success]. Being able to play our baseball games and practice at the park adjacent to our school is tremendous. This year’s team, before we got halted, we were aiming to battle Cerritos in our league. We were expecting, at worst, to come in second place in baseball in our league. That’s where we thought we were going to go.” Day said he wished the numbers would be higher as there were less than 15 in the program and added that baseball can move fast at times and can be very dangerous. He wants to give all the kids who want to play
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an opportunity to plat at the level that suits each kid the best. SOFTBALL The program has been a mixed bag over the past 20 years, finishing anywhere from first to sixth place in league. Of the major programs, it’s the third most winningest at Whitney with 172 wins since 2000. The program has been to the playoffs 10 times, has had nine winning seasons under half a dozen head coaches with the 2000 team advancing to the semifinals. “We’ve had a consistent group of 12 to 18 girls,” Day said. “Most of the time, they’ve played throughout their high school career. We’ve been lucky in that we had a four-year star pitcher who graduated last year. Before that, we had a three-year or four-year star pitcher who graduated. Over the last 10 to 15 years, I think we’ve had three or four pitchers who were able to pitch 90 percent of the games.” Day continued to say that even though you can ride a pitcher as far as keeping a team competitive, you need the position players as well. The program also has its share of challenges as it has had to practice, at times, and play its games at the Cerritos Sports Complex. Because of that, Day believes it has kept some girls away from playing softball. Burt Ojeda is the current head coach but before that, Luis Lavayen had been Whitney’s head coach for 14 years. His last team advanced to the quarterfinals and had a 15-9 record, the program’s best mark since the 2012 team went 15-5. Before Lavayen took over, Whitney had four head coaches in five years. In addition, the program did not field a team in 2009. “Going into next year, as of now, we have more kids that are showing an interest in playing,” Day said. “We have a big group; two or three pretty good freshmen coming in, and it’s one team. It’s varsity softball, so we don’t get to develop those younger girls and bring them up as slow as we want.” Another challenge, according to Day, is that because of the low numbers, everyone who comes out for softball has to know that even if they are a pinch runner or play in the outfield, or spend one year on the team, they have a role and are an important part of the team and will bring something that will benefit the team. It’s a challenge that Day tries to let his coaches know. “We’re pretty young,” Day said. “At least half the team are ninth or 10th graders. From what I’ve been told, obviously our school is a middle school and high school, there’s a pretty good group of seventh, going to be eighth graders as well. Over the next three to five years, if all these things I’m hearing about are true, then we’re going to have a decent squad for softball.” BOYS VOLLEYBALL Although the program has yet to win a league championship, it’s been like the girls program in that there have been a combined 15 third and fourth place finishes
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in league since 2002 with a league mark of 88-100. The old Academy League has had powerhouse teams that have made it hard for Whitney to win a title, and again, there’s the number factor where the school has more girls than boys. “If you’re not in the top three, it’s hard to make the playoffs,” Day said. “Being a school where it’s mostly girls, our boys’ numbers are down. But we have some good boy athletes. The biggest thing going is facilities; gym time.” Day continued to say that of the teams that practice in the gymnasium, they are there for an hour and a half to an hour and 45 minutes. That’s because Whitney only has one gym whereas a lot of schools in the area have enough room to hold at least three basketball and/or volleyball courts. He said Whitney gets about three and a half hours of gym time a day while other schools get 18-24 hours of gym time utilizing all three courts. He also said that Whitney has had a lot of great athletes who have played the sport and they are usually taller than those who play basketball. “It’s a long time coming for them because they don’t get a lot of play in the summer,” Day said. “[They are] probably one of the teams that’s the most anxious to get under way. Good athletes, though. Coach Ole has a lot of fun with the boys and he mentioned this year how this is the most fun he’s had coaching in a long time with this past year.” BOYS TENNIS This is a sport that may not be popular at a lot of high schools, but at Whitney, the program has been one of the more successful ones in league competition. Since 2002, Whitney has gone 120-46 in league play with nine championships, two second place finishes and four third place showings. In fact, over the past 18 years, the 2014, 2015 and 2016 failed to make the playoffs. “Another big sport on campus; one of our sports we actually have to have tryouts for to make cuts,” Day said. “I wish we could have three teams. I wish we could have frosh, j.v. and varsity. Obviously, that’s not a possibility especially not having tennis courts on our campus. But we’re going to be right there, one-two [in league]. We expect to go more than a round in the playoffs every year. Since I’ve been at Whitney for eight years, I want to say every year we’ve had one or more boys advance in individual singles and doubles. There’s a lot of tennis talent in the city of Cerritos.” TRACK AND FIELD Day wishes the numbers would be up
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in the program if Whitney is to compete for a league championship, but anticipates the league going back to cluster meets next season as opposed to dual meets. “Being such a small school, we always seem to have a couple of athletes every year that are competing in an individual league championship in their event,” Day said. “We just graduated Ola Ogan who is the school record holder in the long jump. We have a couple of younger kids who I think would have broken school records and probably would have been league champs this year if they were able to compete into May.” This is another program in which there are limited facilities as the school does not have a track surface. However, in the last three years, Day has updated the discus, long jump and shot-put areas on campus. BOYS GOLF Day says the program can battle in the 605 League and currently has a sophomore who is one of the best two or three golfers in the league. Whitney also recently graduated a couple of four-year starters who had decent years. “Every year we can gain about two or three boys,” Day said. “It’s one of those sports I try to tell all the kids, ‘go out for golf, go out for golf, it’s the one thing you’re going to be able to play for the rest of your life. It will be for enjoyment, or business, or socializing’. We have more than doubled our golf numbers over the last couple of years.” As far as being situated in the 605 League, unlike Artesia High Cerritos and John Glenn High, who got out of the Suburban League, Whitney joined the 605 League because the Academy League was disbanding. Day said the athletic program has benefited tremendously because the school probably kept a couple of studentathletes because of their time commitments in relation to traveling for league contests. He used the example of having tennis teams going to the San Clemente Country Club or golf teams having to play at the Monarch Bay Resort. “Our longest drive was approximately pushing 40-something miles,” Day said. “Our longest drive now is six. Sometimes we had to leave at 12:00-12:15. Now, we leave between 1:30-2:00. That’s huge just right there. Also, the parents; how many of our parents are going to get to go to an away game at St. Margaret’s on a Friday? Our parents can go and support their children more because they can make the games [now]. They’re in our neighborhood, they’re in our backyard.”
Title Order No. 8764506 Trustee Sale No. 84581 Loan No. 399222888 APN: 7027-002-048 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/27/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 7/28/2020 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 1/2/2019 as Instrument No. 20190001925 in book N/A, page N/A of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: RANDOLPH A. RYKSCHROEFF, AN UNMARRIED MAN , as Trustor ATHAS CAPITAL GROUP, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION , as Beneficiary WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE – continued all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described the land therein: LOT 1, OF TRACT NO. 29570, IN THE CITY OF CERRITOS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 804, PAGES 98 TO 100, INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID PROPERTY, BUT WITH NO RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS PROVIDED IN DEEDS OF RECORD. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 13055 CAROLYN STREET CERRITOS, CA 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit $593,702.75 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election of Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 6/26/2020 CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.com CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-477-7869, or visit this internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 84581. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.” CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser Blvd. Anaheim Hills, CA 92808
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RESOLUTION NO. 20-2813 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARTESIA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF ARTESIA STREET LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021 PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PART 2 OF DIVISION 15 OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE, AND APPOINTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING PROTESTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARTESIA HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, ORDERS AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Artesia (the “City Council”) hereby (1) finds that the public interest and convenience requires and (2) declares its intention to levy and collect assessments against the lots and parcels of property within an existing assessment district designated as the City of Artesia Street Lighting Maintenance District (the "District") pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code (commencing with Section 22500) (the "Act") for fiscal year 2020-2021, commencing July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021, to pay for the costs and expenses of the improvements described in Section 3 hereof. SECTION 2. The boundaries of the District are coterminous with the boundaries of the City of Artesia. SECTION 3. The proposed improvements may be briefly described as follows: The maintenance and operation of public streets and sidewalks within the District, including the installation, maintenance and servicing of street lights, traffic signals, and appurtenant facilities located in and along public streets, roadways and rights-of-way in the City. "Maintenance" means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation and servicing of the street lights, traffic signals and appurtenant facilities, including repair, removal or replacement of all or part of any street lights, traffic signals or appurtenant facilities and the cleaning, sandblasting and painting of street lights, traffic signals and appurtenant facilities to remove or cover graffiti. "Servicing,” means the furnishing of electric current or energy, gas or other illuminating agent for the street lights, traffic signals, and appurtenant facilities. SECTION 4. The assessments to be levied and collected against the assessable lots and parcels of property within the District for fiscal year 2020-2021 are not proposed to increase from the assessments levied and collected for fiscal year 2019-2020. SECTION 5. Public property owned by any public agency and in use in the performance of a public function, which is included within the boundaries of the District, shall not be subject to assessment to be made under these proceedings to cover any of the costs and expenses of the improvements. SECTION 6. Reference is hereby made to the Report of the Engineer entitled "City of Artesia, Street Lighting Maintenance District, 2020-2021 Engineer’s Annual Levy Report " on file in the office of the City Clerk for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the District and any zones therein and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District. SECTION 7. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS MONDAY, THE 13th DAY OF JULY, 2020, AT THE HOUR OF 7 P.M., IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, CITY OF ARTESIA, 18747 CLARKDALE AVENUE, ARTESIA, CALIFORNIA 90701, AS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE HEARING OF PROTESTS OR OBJECTIONS TO THE LEVY OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISTRICT. All interested persons shall be afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard. Any interested person may file a written protest with the City Clerk prior to the conclusion of the hearing. A written protest shall state all grounds of objection. A protest by a property owner shall contain a description sufficient to identify the property owned by the signer thereof. The City Council shall consider all oral statements and all written protests made or filed by any interested person. SECTION 8. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of such hearing in accordance with law. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 23rd day of June, 2020. ________________________________ ALI SAJJAD TAJ, MAYOR ATTEST: ________________________________ ERNESTO SANCHEZ, CITY CLERK Published at Los Cerritos Community News 7/3/20 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE(S) (UCC Sec. 6101 et seq. and B & P Sec. 24073 et seq.) Escrow No. 2350-EY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made. The names, Social Security or Federal Tax Numbers, and addresses of the Seller/Licensee are: CARIBBEAN SEA PETROLEUM INC, 5304 PARAMOUNT BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CA 90712 The business is known as: CARIBBEAN SEA PETROLEUM INC AKA ARCO AMPM SITE #42549 The names, Social Security or Federal Tax Numbers, and addresses of the Buyer/Transferee are: PARAMOUNT FUEL, INC, 62 BOMBAY, IRVINE, CA 92620 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/Transferee are: The assets to be sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, GOODWILL, TRADE NAME, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE, FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND ABC OFFSALE BEER AND WINE LICENSE #20-564191 and are located at: 5304 PARAMOUNT BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CA 90712 The kind of license. to be transferred is: ABC OFF-SALE BEER AND WINE LICENSE #20-564191 now issued for the premises located at: SAME The bulk sale and transfer of the alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of: SAPPHIRE ESCROW, 17100 PIONEER BLVD., SUITE 110, ARTESIA, CA 90701 and the anticipated date of the bulk sale is JULY 21, 2020 The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, including the estimated inventory $ZERO, is the sum of $1,941,000.00, which consists of the following: DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT: CASH $511,000.00; DEMAND NOTE $1,430,000.00; TOTAL $1,941,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller/Licensee and the intended Buyer/Transferee, as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Date: NOVEMBER 21, 2019 CARIBBEAN SEA PETROLEUM INC, Seller/Licensee PARAMOUNT FUEL, INC, Buyer/Transferee LA2552130 LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS 7/3/2020
ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE CALLING FOR BID NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ABC Unified School District will receive up to but not later than 4:30 PM on the 3rd day of August, 2020 Proposals for: ABC RFP # 1554 Design Build Solar Photovoltaic System All bids shall be made and presented on a form furnished by the District. Proposals submitted shall conform to the terms and conditions stated on said form. Bids shall be received at jburlew@eci-team.com no later than the time and date above. Bidders may obtain RFP documents by email request to info.purch@abcusd.us A pre-bid jobwalk will be held on July 8 at 8:00 AM sharp at the ABCUSD Parking Lot 16700 Norwalk Blvd, Cerritos. All public works are subject to prevailing wage payments, Valid License valid Class B Contractor's License and DIR Registration will be required. Cerritos Community News: July 3, 2020 Published at Los Cerritos Community News 7/3/20
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LOIS M. PATTERSON CASE NO. 20STPB04674 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of LOIS M. PATTERSON. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CAROL L. LEACH in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CAROL L. LEACH 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. (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: 11/06/20 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 LINDA K. ROSS - SBN 139285, LAW OFFICE OF LINDA K. ROSS 1370 BREA BLVD., SUITE 250 FULLERTON CA 92835 BSC 218431 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/20 CNS-3375448# LA MIRADA LAMPLIGHTER
CITY OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION PLOT PLAN REVIEW No. 995, TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 82890, 82891, AND 82892 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 5550 HARBOR STREET, 5625 JILLSON STREET AND 5555 JILLSON STREET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Commerce has completed an Initial Study of the following described Project. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant, Kim Prijatel, representing City Ventures, is proposing to construct 133 single-family attached residential units on three parcels to be known as Rosewood Village. The Project will be built in three phases. The Project includes the following discretionary approvals as follows: 1) Plot Plan Review for a new Multi-Family Housing project, 2) Development Agreement – covering the details of the City’s sell of the land known as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN) 6335-025-902, 903, 905, and 906, to City Ventures for the development of 133 single-family attached dwelling units; 3) Tentative Tract Map 82890 – creating one (1) lot for 37 residential units; 4) Tentative Tract Map 82891 – creating one (1) lot for 31 residential units; 5) Tentative Tract Map 82892 – creating one (1) lot for 65 residential units; and 6) Demolition – demolition of all existing structures on the three sites. PROJECT LOCATION: The Project consists of three parcels (or sites) located at 5550 Harbor Street, 5625 Jillson Street, and 5555 Jillson Street. The sites are generally bounded by Harbor Street to the North, Commerce Way to the East, Jillson Street to the South, and East Eastern Avenue to the West, in the City of Commerce, County of Los Angeles, California. It is comprised of Tax Assessor parcel numbers 6335-025-902, 903, 905, and 906. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The City of Commerce intends to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project described above. This notice is made pursuant to Section 15072 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Based upon the information contained in the Initial Study and pursuant to the requirements of CEQA, it has been determined that this Project, with the incorporation of mitigation measures, will not have a significant impact upon the environment. The mitigation measures required to reduce or mitigate the impacts of this Project on the environment are included in the Project design and/or the Mitigation Monitoring Program and will be included as part of the Mitigated Negative Declaration for this Project. As a result, the City intends to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for this Project. In accordance with the disclosure requirements of CEQA Guidelines Section 15072 (g) (5), the project site IS NOT listed as a hazardous property as designated under Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. As well, the Project IS NOT a project of statewide, regional, or area wide significance as designated in CEQA Guidelines Section 15206 and WILL NOT affect highways or other facilities under the jurisdiction of the State Department of transportation. Lastly, a scoping meeting WILL NOT be held by the City of Commerce. SAID PUBLIC HEARING MEETING: A virtual public hearing meeting will be held via Teleconference during a Special Planning Commission Hearing on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 6:30 p.m., at which time proponents and opponents of the proposed project will be heard. Instructions for Teleconference access are provided below: Call in phone number: (669) 900-9128 Meeting ID: 936 8760 5928 Password: 838914 PUBLIC REVIEW & COMMENT: As required by Section 15073 of CEQA, the public review, and commenting period for this proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration is June 29, 2020 to July 20, 2020. Copies of the proposed Project plans, and the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study are available for review at the City’s website at www.ci.commerce.ca.us/index. aspx?NID=357. Any interested party may submit written comments prior to the project decision date or submit any information, which may be of assistance to the Planning Commission. Please direct your comments by e-mail or U.S. mail to: Sonia Griego, Associate Planner 2535 Commerce Way, Commerce, California 90040 (323) 722-4805 E-Mail: soniag@ci.commerce.ca.us On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency in California as a result of the threat of COVID-19. On March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 (superseding the Brown Act-related provisions of Executive Order N-25-20 issued on March 12, 2020), which allows a local legislative body to hold public meetings via teleconferencing and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to all members of the public seeking to observe and to address the local legislative body. Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, please be advised that members of the Commerce City Planning Commission will participate in meetings telephonically. Further, in the interest of maintaining appropriate social distancing, and restricting gatherings of over ten (10) people, due to the health risks associated with COVID-19 pursuant to Federal, State and County orders, directives and/or guidelines, this meeting is closed to the public and will instead be streamed live, accessible at www.ci.commerce.ca.us. Members of the public may participate by calling in to the number provided herein. Per Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the above-listed item 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 office, at, or prior to, the public hearing. THE PLANNING COMMISSION Jose D. Jimenez Published at Commerce Community News 6/30/20
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La Mirada Transit is a curb-to-curb shared ride transportation service which continues to offer service to the general public. The City contracts with MV Transportation, Inc. to provide affordable transit services to and from local grocery stores, pharmacies, school, and other locations within La Mirada city limits. Transit services are also offered to Westridge Plaza in La Habra, convenient connections to other transit systems, including Metrolink and up to one mile outside La Mirada city limits for medical appointments. La Mirada Transit operations remain in
place with normal hours of operation. Request for service are taken on first-come, first-served basis. When requesting rides, allow adequate time to reach your destination. Transit service operates as a shared ride and makes frequent stops. Reservations may be requested up to one day before your desired appointment and up to five days in advance if the trip is for a medical appointment. Due to COVID-19, subscriptions are temporarily suspended. Click here for additional transit information, including fare prices or call (562) 943-6776 or (714) 943-6776.
The City of La Mirada continues to monitor information about COVID-19 issued by the State of California and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The response to COVID-19 is ongoing and revisions to Public Health Officer Orders are being made regularly. On July 1, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health updated the Public Health Order to align with the Governor’s announcement that mandated the temporary closure of all indoor activities for counties on the County Monitoring List, which includes Los Angeles County. These orders came as a result of a substantial increase in new daily reported COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The temporary closure includes indoor dining at restaurants and will remain in place for three weeks. For more information, click here. Previously, an updated Health Officer Order issued on June 28, included the closure of bars, wineries, breweries, tasting rooms, and craft distilleries. On June 18, new statewide guidance was issued by the California Department of Public Health requiring Californians to use a face covering in most public settings,
which, combined with social distancing and frequent hand washing, helps reduce the spread of COVID-19. The continued closure of higher-risk businesses remains in place. The City will continue to adhere to guidance from the Department of Public Health to ensure it meets safety protocols to protect the public’s health. Unfortunately, many of the City’s most popular summer events, including the Independence Celebration on July 3, were canceled due to COVID-19. Some programs, however, are beginning to resume. Swimming pools and splash pads in non-residential settings were recently allowed to open at reduced capacity. In response, Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center opened on July 1 for lap swim, recreational swim, and water exercise. Please note that reservations/appointments are required for these activities to meet the capacity requirements. Reservations may be made online at splashlamirada.com. The City appreciates the public’s patience and understanding during these unprecedented times. For more information regarding the City’s response to COVID19, call City Hall at (562) 943-0131.
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Continued from page 1 Garcia recently authored a bill, SB 625 that would place Central Basin Municipal Water into receivership for among other things, bad financial management. Central Basin, which supplies water Garcia’s faucets at the Downey Plaza, is in good financial shape with an $8 million reserve, an $8 million building owned free and clear, and highly rated bonds; the agency was recently rated clean after an independent audit of its financial statements. Yet Garcia’s ignores her own inept financial management of tax payer dollars and goes after Central Basin.
Questionable Political Connections
After HMG discovered the rent, research found that the building is owned by Tricities Cal Properties. The mailing address of Tricities Cal Properties is 3614 W Magnolia Blvd in Burbank, which is the home of Porto’s Bakery in Burbank. A check on the California Secretary of State’s website shows that Tricities Cal Properties is owned by Raul Porto of the Porto Bakery’s family, meaning the Porto family owns the Downey Plaza building.
CITY REMINDS RESIDENTS THAT FIREWORKS ARE PROHIBITED As Independence Day approaches, residents are reminded that fireworks – including the "safe and sane" varieties sold in neighboring cities – are not allowed in Cerritos. Cerritos Sheriff's deputies will strictly enforce the law, which has helped protect thousands of residents from injuries and property damage.
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