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Sports Legends Dinner The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis’ 2014 Great Sports Legends Dinner Honorees at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

Honorees Include Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Orianne and Phil Collins, Live Performances by The Beach Boys and The Pointer Sisters.

By Desert Star Staff NEW YORK, - The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis will honor a group of prominent Sports Legends and Honorees when it hosts its 30th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The annual event, hosted by NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti and his son Marc, and chaired by Mark

Dalton, raises funds to support the ground-breaking spinal cord injury research done by researchers at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis – the world’s most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center, which is based at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. NBC News Icon Tom Brokaw will serve as Master of Ceremonies and the event will feature live

performances by The Beach Boys and The Pointer Sisters.

The 2015 Great Sports Legends include Jorge Posada, Karl Malone, Ray Lewis, John Stockton, Michelle Kwan, Victor Espinoza, Jennifer Capriati and Chip Ganassi. Honorees for the evening include Gloria and Emilio Estefan who will receive The Buoniconti Fund Inspiration Award, and Humanitarian Award

ED/OP Pepe Escobar Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz has said that the US, on the financial front, is “on the wrong side of history.” As for the Republican candidates chasing the nomination for the 2016 US presidential race, well, they may qualify only for the ‘wrong’ side of the bargain, as they hardly know what ‘history’ means.

And that brings us to a mammoth specimen of entertainment/reality TV; the first

Republican debate, no less than a seemingly-eternal 15 months before the actual US presidential election.

It definitely started with a – what else? - celebrity TV bang.

Would anybody raise their hands if they were mulling running as a third-party candidate, and ignore the eventual Republican nominee?

Up goes the lone raised hand of billionaire real estate speculator-cum-reality TV

celebrity Donald Trump. And true to form, The Donald pulled a – what else? – Trump; he would keep hedging his bets, while swearing on live television to support the Republican nominee and not be a third-party candidate if he was, well, the Republican nominee.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s response to that was exemplary; Trump was “hedging

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recipients Orianne and Phil Collins.

The 2015 Great Sports Legends include: Jorge Posada – Former catcher for 17 seasons with the New York Yankees and a fourtime World Series champion.

Karl Malone – Nicknamed “The Mailman,” Malone is a NBA Hall of Famer, two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and was a

power forward for 18 seasons in the NBA with the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers.

Ray Lewis – Lewis is a future Hall of Famer and is considered one of the greatest ever to play middle linebacker in the NFL. He played his entire 17-year career for the Baltimore Ravens, was Defensive Player of the Year in Continues on Page 2

Republican 2016 U.S. presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump answers a question at the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015. © Brian Snyder / Reuters

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his bets”. After all, he “buys and sells politicians.” And Paul doubled down, hinting that Trump was an actual Trojan Horse who will, in the end, support The Hillarator ‘we came, we saw, he died’ Clinton.

The Hillarator, by the way, took no prisoners, announcing to the whole social media universe that she was not watching the debate; she was hangin’ out in LA with – who else? – a bunch of reality TV ‘royalty’.

But she did commit the mortal sin of attending one of Trump’s weddings, as The Donald himself admitted.

We only care about our $2bn The reality TV spectacular even had a warm-up, like those preliminary bouts on UFC. Cynics might have preferred iron chick Ronda Rousey immobilizing all the Republican contestants in the octagon in less than 30 seconds, but still the arguable winner of the warm-up was Carly Fiorina, former (booted out) CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Cynics, once again, might have preferred the other Carly (Simon) singing ‘You’re so Vain’, but that’s just nostalgia.

On foreign policy, the warmup highlight was an actual prewarm-up, as South Carolina’s wacko job Lindsay Graham told Japanese media on the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, “If I were President Truman, I would have dropped the bomb.”

Predictably, the main ‘debate’ was an anti-abortion and illegal immigration ‘drop the bomb’ fan fest.

Trump, predictably, trumped them all. His master plan to solve illegal immigration: The Great Trump Wall of Mexico, including “a big beautiful door in that wall so people can get into this wall legally.”

Marco Rubio’s response; “El Chapo built a tunnel under the fence and we need a solution to deal with that too.” Trump didn’t elaborate on how he would deal with the notorious Mexican drug lord’s underground tactics.

As this was a reality TV spectacular generating huge ratings – and not a real

Photo courtesy of © Brian Snyder / Reuters ‘debate’ - it was micromanaged to the millimeter by Fox News.

Some of the questions unveiled Fox’s real agenda; dress down Trump a notch and give a chance to the other Muppets to say something, anything, mildly respectable.

Fox News’s demographics hover around 68 as the median age; angry, aging, white, exceptionalist American males.

Fox – essentially a Republican PR asset - made $794 million in profits in 2014. The network is worth at least $2 billion a year to parent company 21st Century Fox, part of the Murdoch empire.

Trump made mincemeat of any idea of a level playing field. He was on a roll, including a full 30 seconds to expand on his claim that the Mexican government is sending rapists and murderers to undermine the American dream.

“Our leaders are stupid. Our politicians are stupid. And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning, and they send the bad ones over because they don’t wanna pay for them, they don’t wanna take care of them, why should they when the stupid leaders of the United States are doing it for them?” he asked.

So political America – as in the Beltway – is stupid. That much was already known by the whole Global South. Now coming from a billionaire who knows all there is to know about making it

big, that certainly adds gravitas.

Gravitas, of course, in a trash TV sense. Even rightwing pundits are now waking up to the fact that The Donald’s act is actually a re-run of comedian Norm MacDonald’s impersonation of Burt Reynolds from the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch.

Which makes total sense, as far as American pop culture is concerned. If even George ‘Dubya’ Bush can become an American president, why not an impersonator from a fake celebrity TV personality?

‘We don’t win anymore!’

Foreign policy at the reality TV spectacular was a blast.

Rand Paul said, “[Islamic State, IS formerly] ISIS rides around in a billion dollars’ worth of Humvees. We didn’t create ISIS, ISIS created themselves, but we will stop them.” No wonder the arguably science-based Obama administration is puzzled on how to deal with a creationist IS. Jeb! The billionaire candidate too cowardly/savvy to use the toxic family name was forced to talk about the Iraq war: “Knowing what we know now … it was a mistake. I wouldn’t have gone in.”

Yet “the US has to finish the job in Iraq”, Obama “abandoned Iraq, and when he left Al-Qaeda was done for and ISIS was created.” The creationist myth once again - with a twist.

And, predictably, considering the profile of some of his billionaire backers, Jeb! has an Iran hardon; “We need to stop the Iran agreement for sure because the Iranian mullahs have blood on their hands and we need to take out ISIS with every tool at our disposal.”

Yet Jeb! paled compared to Ted Cruz, who got terribly excited describing an elaborate TehranKremlin conspiracy to unleash a vicious cyber-attack against the Pentagon’s IT network.

Scott Walker jumped in, stressing that, “Russian and Chinese hackers probably know more about Hillary Clinton’s email server than do members of Congress.”

Walker actually should try to get the job of Dr. Strangelove, sorry, Gen. Breedlove/hate at NATO; “I would send weapons to Ukraine, I would work with NATO to get forces on the eastern border of Poland.” And he wants missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic to boot.

So before the next war, what do to about the economy?

Jeb! has the answer: “You fix a convoluted tax code, you go in and replace every regulation that’s a job killer.”

The Donald – who had four of his companies bankrupt – turned the whole argument around; “Every company virtually in Atlantic City just went bankrupt… I had the good sense

[to leave] seven years ago…

“I’ve made a lot of money in Atlantic City and let me tell you I am very proud of that.”

Now that’s your metaphor of America as two-bit casino racket Atlantic City.

In the end, all reality TV contestants played to the concerns of their ‘base’.

American exceptionalism faces three horrible, compound threats even Pentagon think tanks could not come up with; China, IS and a horde of illegal Latino immigrants.

But Ted Cruz will be able to prevent Armageddon. He will “rescind every illegal action taken by Barack Obama.” He will defend “religious liberty.”

He will destroy the Iran nuclear deal. And he will transfer the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

Whatever. Because the winner of the show on Google search data was – who else?

–Trump. The Donald laid down the law: “Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t win anymore.

We don’t beat China or Mexico or Japan; those countries make so many cars. We don’t do anything right. Our military has to be strengthened.”

So come January 2017, there’s got to be a war. Ukraine?

Iran? “Syraq”? Russia? China?

Why not all of them at once? “We don’t win anymore!”

I think it’s time to enlist Ronda Rousey.

The 30th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner Continued from Page 1 2000 and 2003 and two-times Super Bowl Champion.

John Stockton – Stockton is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, and is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time.

He holds the NBA records for most career assists and steals and played his entire career as a point guard for the Utah Jazz.

Michelle Kwan – Widely considered one of the greatest

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figure skaters of all time, Kwan is a two-time (1998 and 2002) Olympic medalist, a five-time (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2003) World champion and a nine-time (1996, 1998–2005) U.S. champion (tied for the alltime record).

Victor Espinoza – The first jockey in history to enter the Belmont Stakes with a third opportunity to win the Triple Crown, finally winning that elusive

honor this year on American Pharaoh, becoming the oldest jockey and first Hispanic jockey to win the award.

Jennifer Capriati – A former World No. 1 professional tennis player and International Tennis Hall of Fame member, Capriati won three women’s singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments and a Gold Medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Chip Ganassi – A former American racing driver, Ganassi is the owner and CEO of Chip Ganassi Racing, which operates August 12, 2015

teams on the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and Tudor United SportsCar Championship. He has been involved with the North American auto-racing scene for more than 30 years and is considered one of the most successful as well as most innovative owners.

Honorees for the evening include: The Buoniconti Fund Inspiration Award Recipients, Gloria and Emilio Estefan– Twenty-six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning power couple

Emilio and Gloria Estefan, whose highly-anticipated biographical musical On Your Feet! Starts performances on Broadway October 5, will receive this year’s Buoniconti Fund Inspiration Award.

H u m a n i t a r i a n Aw a rd Recipients, Orianne and Phil Collins– Phil Collins is one of the most successful songwriters and performers of all time.

Orianne is a jewelry designer and philanthropist and serves as chairman of the Little Dreams Foundation. www.desertstarweekly.com

Young Adults are Wise to begin Financial Planning Early

By Janice Gough As advisors, we should help younger clients bridge that gap between what their life is today and what it may be like later.

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With young clients the problem is that that they may not have yet accumulated enough assets in which they feel like a financial advisor is necessary and their investments may not meet the minimum investment required by an advisor.

When one begins to understand the importance of saving for a rainy day, it is a starting point and an important time in which they need to invest themselves in learning. Most have never been trained to save or feel the need to, as most have live comfortable lives with all their needs filled by their parents. I applaud all parents today who make their children get jobs, so that they can begin to pay their own way. More may be learned from working your way thru college, than the studies themselves. There are certain attributes that one gains in struggle. They are appreciation, pride of accomplishment, cocoordinating efforts with others, goal setting, time management, respectability, overcoming failures and the ability to set

goals. These traits will provide more security for a young person than having a ton of money to spend and a cushy life.

It does not matter the amount that one can save out of every paycheck, it is far more important to establish a habit of saving. Savings should be placed on auto-pilot, because as soon as that hard cold cash reaches one’s hands, there are thousands of things on their wish list, and the thing that they spend the most time doing, the internet, will provide a gazillion more ways to spend easily. When our rainy day arrives, we all experience the rewards of saving and planning financially.

When a younger person begins to make money this is the most important time to become educated on financial planning.

Including a basic financial course in their studies is important in any career. Investment clubs are very inspiring and a great learning tool.

When you are young invincible, and on your way up, why think about a will, a

medical or a financial power of attorney? Young people feel that it is so far into the future, they do not give it priority. Young adults may not actually need a will until they are married with children or have accumulated assets significant enough to need protection. Once they have children a will is necessary to designate a guardian for the minor children. No one is invincible, and accidents can happen. It’s important to prepare for these situations, no matter how remote the possibility may be. Over the age of 18, parents no longer have automatic rights to access medical records or to make legal or financial decisions on their children’s behalf.

As financial educators, we help young adults envision how life will look 40 years from now, and visually place themselves in that picture. Most younger adults have experienced family medical situations and deaths.

They have experienced the problems of what the caretakers and descendents have had to face when there has been lack

of planning and preparedness.

Getting them to think about the importance of their own will is a starting point. Many youth believe that, if they’re young and do not have a lot of money, they don’t need an estate plan. That is simply not true. They should begin having a conversation with their parents to discuss how the parent’s estate plan may impact them. Financial websites, like www.nolo.com and www.

Rocketlawyer can provide tools and a fillable form, in which a “State specific”, Will, Power of Medical and Financial Attorney can be written.

board. As to variable board size, I am not a fan. Allowing fluctuation of the board’s size could allow a future board to decide to shrink or expand the board to help their political aims in the community.

Pick an appropriate board size, and stay with it.

Best regards, Kelly

quorum sufficient to elect their replacement, or to reelect them, the directors continue to serve.

Hope this helps, Kelly

you: The loss of your immunity as a volunteer under the Business Judgment Rule; the loss of your immunity under your directors and officers insurance under Civil Code 5800; and the loss of the good will of your neighbors, who will question whether you are working for the good of the community or just to get paid. Any form of compensation, whether cash or assessment credit, is not worth the harsh consequences.

Stay a volunteer, and help build the culture of volunteerism.

Thanks, Kelly

Janice Gough in a Financial Advisor in Palm Springs. We welcome any person seeking help on their Financial questions by providing a Complimentary consultation. You may reach us by calling (760) 251-7724 or Cell (650) 342-7744 or email: Janice @goughinsurance.com. Visit our website: www.Goughinsurance. com.

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Board Size, Tenure and Compensation Dear Kelly: At our last annual meeting there wasn’t a quorum to elect directors. Our current CCR’s and Bylaws do not mention what should happen when there isn’t a quorum. What happens now?

Does the present board continue until the next annual meeting or must another meeting have to be held?

J.S., Encino

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Good Morning Mr. Richardson, Our association wants to amend our bylaws to increase the number of persons elected to the board. Do you have to fix the number to be elected or is it permissible to say “up to” a certain number of board members.

We have a small association Dear J.S.: and may not be able to fill a fixed Corporations Code Section number on the board.

7220(b) says that directors are Thank you, J.T., Anaheim elected or appointed to serve their term and hold office until Dear J.T.: a successor has been elected.

Under Corporations Code So, unless and until there is a Section 212, bylaws must state board size, which must be at least 3. The section allows a variable number of directors, so long as the board cannot double. In other words, a board could vary from 5 to 9 directors but could not vary to 10, which is double the minimum board size.

Many boards are too large for their communities. I frequently encounter boards which are 2025% of their entire community.

There is no hard and fast rule, but I think for up to about 25 members, 3 directors is fine, and for about 50 or more members, 5 directors is usually sufficient.

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Mr. Richardson, I am the VP of my HOA. I noticed that everyone except the board members get paid for their time. I understand I volunteered, but I also know involved, fiscally prudent board members work many hours outside of normal meetings. Can HOA board members vote themselves a stipend and if so how would you gauge the amount (title, amount of time spent, etc.), or can board members vote themselves a waiver of dues for the months they attend meetings?

Thank you for your time. I enjoy reading your column.

Sincerely, K.S., Chula Vista

Kelly G. Richardson CCAL is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and Managing Partner of Richardson Harman Ober PC, a law firm known for community association advice. Send questions to KRichardson@ Dear. K.S.: RHOpc.com. Past columns at The law does not prohibit www.HOAHomefront.com. All some form of compensation rights reserved®. for HOA directors or officers.

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Californians Put Convenience Over Wi-Fi Security

By Desert Star Staff Californians often are putting convenience ahead of safety when they use free public wireless networks, according to a new AARP report that found that a quarter of adult Internet users access public Wi-Fi at least once a week and are vulnerable to cyber attacks. “Recently, AARP conducted a survey of people’s online safety and security,� said Amy Nofziger, director of AARP’s Fraud Watch Network. “And found out that tens of thousands admit to engaging in activity that could put them squarely in the sites of hackers looking to steal their personal information.�

Nofziger listed four things you should never do on

public wireless networks: * Don’t access your email, credit card or bank accounts. * Make sure the network is authentic, not a fake using a name similar to that of the coffee shop or hotel. * Check your settings; don’t let your device connect automatically to Wi-Fi. * If you must go online to shop, use your cellular signal, which is more secure than WiFi. Nofziger said the FBI estimates that more than $800 million was lost through cyber crime in 2014. In response, AARP has launched the “Watch Your Wi-Fi� campaign, which provides security tips and details scams frequently used

by hackers. Despite the risks, Nofziger acknowledged, the Internet can be a lifeline. “But we just want to be safe,� she said. “So, use the free public Wi-Fi to surf your favorite sports sites, check the news, check the weather.

But do not put any personal or private information into your mobile device or tablet when you’re on a free public Wi-Fi.�

For more information on how to safely connect on public wireless networks, AARP has a page on its website: aarp. org/watchyourwifi. The AARP survey is at aarp.org/research. -

Social Security: Not just for seniors in Washington

By Desert Star Staff SEATTLE - The 80th birthday of Social Security is next week, and every 2016 presidential candidate has ideas for changing the system - whether that means strengthening it or scrapping it.

It’s expected to be among the topics of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders’ remarks this weekend in Seattle.

More than 1.2 million Washingtonians receive Social Security benefits.

While the importance of Social Security to seniors is most often in the spotlight, said Marilyn Watkins, policy director for the Economic Opportunity Institute, the program also has helped stabilize the economy overall. “Even in times when the economy collapses, Social Security income continues to come in,� she said. “It helps not only families survive, but it helps

local businesses stay strong. It’s amazingly important in smaller communities.�

The current income cap is slightly more than $118,000.

For people who earn more, their additional income isn’t subject to the Social Security tax. There’s been much discussion of raising the cap, so that wealthier people contribute more. Some consider that more fair; others see it as unfair.

More than nine in 10 Washingtonians age 65 and older are Social Security recipients, but another 213,000 people with disabilities, their spouses or children, receive benefits - as well as about 110,000 family members of workers who have died. Watkins once was part of those statistics, when her husband passed away, leaving her with two sons, ages 9 and 11. “Within three weeks, we had

our first benefit checks coming in,� she said. “Every month until my younger son turned 18, Social Security income continued to come into our household. It just made a huge difference. It just helped us weather that storm.�

Until the 1980s, survivor benefits continued for children until they finished college. Now, they end when a child turns 18 and graduates from high school.

Watkins would like to see the college benefit reinstated.

Another potential change is to calculate benefits by averaging fewer years of a worker’s income. Watkins said that would benefit those who are unemployed for a time, or must take time off for family care giving - and those zero-income years affect their benefits later in life. “Changing that from 35 years to 30 years would just provide that adjustment that allows for

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Locals Celebrate Social Security’s 80th Birthday

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After Failing Air Quality Report, Improvements Suggested

By Desert Star Staff JOSHUA TREE, Calif. – As smoke from multiple wildfires chokes the air across California this summer, air quality has again become a hot topic in the Golden State. But despite the current bout of wildfires, the biggest source of smog in California remains the state’s 33.5 million vehicles. California is moving to promote air quality, especially in the wake of a new report from the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) that gives Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Sequoia and Kings Canyon an “F” for air quality.

Ulla Reeves, clean air campaign manager with the NPCA, says all four iconic National Parks have unhealthy levels of ozone.

“Between oil and gas plants and vehicles, all of this pollution piles up together and

contributes to degraded air quality,” she says. “Vehicles, in particular, are a huge problem in California.”

Governor Jerry Brown set a goal last year of one million zero-emissions cars on the road by 2023, and signed a bill to make electric cars more affordable. Three years ago, the state mandated that 15 percent of cars sold in California be all electric, hybrid or hydrogen vehicles, beginning in 2018.

Reeves says the Regional Haze Rule of the Clean Air Act needs to be tightened to force additional action on the issue around the country.

Environmental advocates are pushing for more zero-emissions vehicles and changes to the EPA’s Regional Haze Program “That rule, unfortunately, in the wake of a new report that gives California national parks like Joshua Tree failing grades for air quality. Photo credit: has some loopholes and Tommy Hough weaknesses that are allowing states and polluters to essentially game the system and often administration to strengthen the Commerce has criticized claim the rule has stood in the avoid cleaning up,” she says. regional haze rule.” the regional haze rule as too way of construction of hundreds “We’re calling on the Obama The U.S. Chamber of stringent, and has made the of new power plants.

Environmental Advocates Push for Govt. Inspections of Oil Pipelines

Environmental advocates are pushing for government inspections of coastal oil pipelines after a spill in May near Santa Barbara. They say the industry isn’t doing a good enough job of policing itself. Photo credit: MSR Photo/iStockphoto.com.

By Desert Star Staff SANTA BARBARA, Calif.

- The federal government should immediately inspect all the oil pipelines on or near the California coast. That’s the request in a legal petition filed Thursday by the Center for Biological Diversity to the U.S. Interior and Transportation Departments.

The request comes in the wake of the Refugio oil spill in May near Santa Barbara, when a 28-year-old pipeline owned by Plains All American burst, killing hundreds of animals and fouling 100 miles of coastline.

“That’s just not acceptable,” says Kristen Monsell, staff attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. “The federal

government needs to step up and take a more active role, so that problem areas are identified and fixed before another oil spill happens, not after.”

Under the current system, the oil companies police themselves, doing their own inspections on pipes in environmentally sensitive areas, including the ocean, approximately every five years.

But the preliminary government probe into the Refugio spill indicated much more serious corrosion than the company had reported.

The petition doesn’t specify a deadline for the additional inspections, but calls the need “immediate.”

Opponents point out

government inspections would cost taxpayers millions. Monsell counters that the cost of not doing them would be much higher.

“The coastal environment just can’t handle another spill like this,” she says. “If the federal government doesn’t have the resources to do these inspections, then it really should just decommission all of this aging offshore infrastructure.”

The petition asks for the inspection of at least 213 miles of pipeline in federal waters and state near-shore waters.

Monsell explains much of it was built in the late 1960s and early 1980s, making it older and more vulnerable than the pipeline that burst.

China stages biggest currency devaluation in 20 yrs to revive exports

By Desert Star Staff The central bank of China has cut its daily reference rate by 1.9 percent, making its biggest downward adjustment since 1994. The People’s Bank insists Tuesday’s measures are a one-off aimed at reviving faltering exports.

The bank’s announcement prompted the yuan exchange rate to tumble against the US dollar. As of 8:15am GMT on Tuesday, the yuan (renminbi) was trading at 6.33 to the dollar, 1.9 percent lower than Monday.

Over the weekend, Beijing said July exports dropped 8.3 percent, compared to a year before. The weaker the yuan, the bigger revenues exporters get from their foreign sales.

The tough move may also indicate that Beijing is allowing the market more freedom to determine the yuan rate.

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has astutely combined a move to weaken the yuan with a shift to a more market-determined exchange rate,” Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University professor and former China representative of the IMF told the Wall Street Journal.

Becky Liu, a Hong Kongbased senior strategist for Standard Chartered, said the bank’s move was “big… and bolder” than predicted.

“The new fixing will be quoted based on the previous day’s closing, which is a real market level. The band will become the real band. This is a big step, and bolder than we expected,” she told Bloomberg News.

Tuesday’s devaluation comes a decade after Beijing’s key decision to replace the hard peg against the US dollar by a link to a basket of currencies. The exchange

rate was simultaneously set within a band of around 8.11 to the US dollar, marking a 2.1 percent move from an 8.28 yuan exchange rate in place before 2005. In those 10 years, the yuan has risen 33 August 12, 2015

percent, becoming one of the world’s most-traded currencies, while Beijing has staked out its position as the world’s secondbiggest economy.

The adjustment could complicate Beijing’s goal of

making the yuan the world’s leading currency. On the other hand, becoming more marketoriented is a solid step towards greater openness.

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25th Anniversary Bowl-a-Thon in Cathedral City

By Corban Baker CATHEDRAL CITY -- One of the longest tenured charity organizations in the valley, “United Cerebral Palsy of the

Inland Empire” held it’s annual Bowl-a-Thon in Cathedral City earlier Saturday The event helps to raise funds for after school programs

throughout the valley.

For the past 26 years the United Cerebral Palsy Center of the Inland Empire has provided services to children with

disabilities to help them lead a life without limits.

Earlier Saturday at Palm Springs Lanes in Cathedral City, the organization held it’s 25th annual Bowl-A-Thon to help raise funds for after school programs and it was certainly a packed house.

“All twenty-eight lanes... We actually oversold the lanes. We had thirty-two business sponsors pay two-hundred and fifty dollars to sponsor a lane and many of them give them lanes back so our kids can bowl today as well,” said Greg Wetmore, the president and CEO of United Cerebral Palsy of IE. Wetmore says it is one of their most popular events, and something the children look forward to year in and year out.

“Consistency and continuity.

Our kids are so very special and all we want for them is to be included in all the things that you and I just take for granted in

the things we do and it’s so very important to us.”

During the day’s festivities one lucky girl was the recipient of a brand new bicycle, and some long time service employees were honored for their dedicated service.

“It’s a great crowd. Earlier today we had a presentation to a young lady as a result a variety a children’s charity. A young lady named Nia received a very special bicycle. We also acknowledged a twenty-three long service employee Kathy McKinnie, and also the lady that started the bowl-a-thons twentyfive years ago. We honored her as well, Jan Warner. “ Certainly an exciting and fun day was had by all, and the event was a complete success.

“We raised close to nine thousand dollars on this event.

We have a silent auction and it’s a very fun day,” said Wetmore.

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Clash of Kings Launches First Asian Campaign

SEOUL, South Korea, -- Clash of Kings, one of the top-grossing mobile games in the world, has tapped South Korean idol singer and television personality Hani, for its first Asian marketing campaign that uses traditional media. The first of several spots featuring Hani has premiered on television in South Korea.

Hani, better known as a member of the South Korean girl group EXID, is seen in a fantasy chainmail on a futuristic foreign planet background in her new commercial for the videogame Clash of Kings. Complete with a knight’s outfit, Hani wears armor and yields a sword, allowing her to blend right into the theme of the game.

The singer stars and cosplays as a warrior in the 15-second commercial, which has been uploaded on YouTube here. Hani is role-playing as one of the fighters that go into battle in order to bring glory for their kingdom.

While the campaign is geared to show off the world of the game—and the fantastic visual effects do so quite well—it is another example showing off how players enjoy being warrior princesses and gorgeous knights in the Clash of Kings world, and display a mysterious sense of fun and beauty, giving them a powerful and dangerous appearance and feeling.

Clash of Kings is a free-toplay real-time strategy game released last year on Android and iOS, and it has been downloaded over 60 million times worldwide.

In Clash of Kings, you build a city and gather resources. You can join an alliance and fight other cities and alliances.

Clash of Kings has managed to gain quite a bit of popularity, not only because of its amazing graphics, revolutionary gameplay or some sort of remarkable advancement in technology, but also the continuous celebrity endorsements and events being run in major cities to create wide

EXID singer Hani is a very rugged and tough warrior and sexy gladiator in Clash of Kings’s new commercial.

interactions with the public and attract more new players.

ELEX, the game developer, has been very diligent in maintaining a high level of quality for the title and listening to player

feedback. That’s why it has been in the top 5 highest grossing list of mobile games for nearly a year now.

While still being able to maintain an alluring appearance,

the commercial gives suggest to viewers for downloading and playing the game on their phones or tablets. Source: PRNewswire

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By Desert Star Staff Twentynine Palms, CA HStars of the 1973 Motion Picture Rock Opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” will be in the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area, Thursday evening September 24th promoting a new digitally restored and remastered print of the film.

Ted Neeley (Jesus), Barry Dennen (Pilate), and Kurt Yaghjian (Annas) will be at the Cinemas Palme d’Or in Palm Desert for a Q&A session before the movie and a meet

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and greet afterwards. This is the only stop in the Palm Springs area of a national screening tour that has been selling out at all venues. Come see the movie as you’ve never seen it before and meet with three of the beloved cast members. Movie starts at 6:00 pm. For VIP tickets and more information go to http:// tedneeley.com/.

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Imprisonment policy in US begets more crime

By Desert Star Staff The mass incarceration policy in America over the last 40 years has created more problems than it has solved. The longer the term served, the higher the rate of reconvicted felons, a new study reveals.

The research from University of Michigan economics professor, Michael Mueller-Smith, has proven that prison terms don’t rehabilitate a criminal and turn them into a law-abiding citizen.

The US penal policy just doesn’t appear to be working.

The criminal world is expanding, despite more and more criminals being incarcerated and isolated from society.

The American practice of imprisoning people for even the most trivial offences, not only ruins lives, but tends to act as a college for crime.

Up to 75 percent of former prisoners are rearrested within 5 years of their release date.

The study says that every year spent in prison increases the probability of a return to crime by 12.4 percent (5.6 percent a quarter). Also, those once accused of committing lesser crimes often go on to commit more serious offences after serving a term in prison.

Spending time in prison does little for a person’s chances of finding a decent job. According to Mueller-Smith, a year in prison reduces post-release employment prospects by 24 percent. This is aggravated by a loss of professional skills while serving a jail term.

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It’s a vicious circle that puts people either on welfare or back on the criminal path.

Prison and marriage are also things that are generally incompatible, the study shows.

According to Mueller-Smith, a one-year prison term would only be justified economically if it prevents at least 2.2 assaults, 2.5 robberies, 62 larcenies, 0.4 less rapes, or helps 4.8 people not to become drug addicts.

Yet general stats suggest the deterrent effect isn’t nearly as effective, the study says. There is “little evidence” that a long prison sentence is much of a crime deterrent at all.

Young people under 18 often commit crimes impulsively and without considering the possible consequences, according to the study. At 18 they can still avoid serious punishment for their deeds and get off with a plea bargain. So the deterrent policy isn’t working because the going to prison option remains vague and uncertain for young people.

For decades, the simplest way to deal with criminals was to put more police on the streets of America, which resulted in a rapid growth of the number of arrests and crime rates falling.

For example high criminal rates in New York in 1990s were curbed

by a 35-percent growth in police ranks.

A 10-percent increase in arrests yields a 3-5 percent drop in crimes, reports Quartz, while a 50-percent increase in the police presence in Florida resulted in a 43-percent decrease in car theft and a 15-percent decrease in burglaries.

The study concludes that expanding police forces helps to decrease crime rates in the short term, while long sentences create more hardened criminals and more crime in the long term.

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Anza Brush Fire 20% Contained; Highway 74 Remains Closed

By KMIR News Staff A brush fire in east Anza had consumed 500 acres and is about 20 percent contained, authorities announced this morning.

The fire, which broke out late yesterday morning, briefly prompted some evacuations and led to the closure of Highway 74, said April Newman, a spokeswoman for the Riverside County Fire Department and CalFire in the county.

A smoke advisory was issued late Monday by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, warning of unhealthful air from the fire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

A fire in an RV about 11:45am along Highway 74 near Route 371 on the outskirts of the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation is being blamed as the cause of the fire. It spread quickly to surrounding vegetation, burning into the San Bernardino National Forest.

One person suffered seconddegree burns over 3 percent of the victim’s body, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. Three firefighters were also hospitalized with minor injuries.

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were evacuated to Hamilton Forty-six engine companies, to establish containment High School in Anza, but the eight water tenders and five hand lines. Some 350 firefighters evacuation order was lifted crews from the county and U.S. were deployed to fight the fire. around 7 p.m. Monday.

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HOROSCOPES

AUGUST 12 – 19, 2015 ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST BY RISA D’ANGELES

ARIES

talents and skills, reconnect with past relationships and ask Your creativity is being called for more comfort and ease at forth this month and next. home. Seeking comfort increases Perhaps there’s a long held throughout the year. creative art you’ve forgotten or put aside. Creativity allows us to CANCER step both inward and outward simultaneously, accessing our There’s a strong focus on inner imaginative selves while resources, money, finances & also producing something in form the values you live by. It’s most and matter. Children, expressing important to make a list of your values, leisure and play your values - what you value, unexpectedly fulfills your need whom and why – defining and for contact. recognizing them for yourself.

List your valuable possessions.

TAURUS Then list your talents and gifts.

List what is of comfort to you There’s a strong focus on home and security. Eventually your selfand family, on things domestic, worth begins to shine through. your foundation and heritage. Something thought lost is found.

With Venus retro it’s possible you’re safeguarding things from LEO the past. Releasing this past allows you to step forward into It’s a most fortunate time for the future. It’s needed, actually. you. It’s also a time of selfWe begin releasing the past awareness, developing new (physical things, emotional, areas of your nature that have mental) by saying, “I’m willing.” been hidden for many years.

Then we’re liberated and a new Allow yourself to be in the present/future plan emerges. spotlight. Then allow yourself to withdraw, contemplating on and GEMINI considering your values. Know that you are of great value. You You might be out & about, here can be charming, impulsive and & there, and sometimes feel even overly active (aggressive) at that you’re nowhere. Ideas flow times. Good fortune trails you. through your mind too fast to Share everything. comprehend. While tending to multiple tasks and errands VIRGO notice an assessment of previous issues. You may rediscover Things hidden come into

view for your recognition and assessment. So much from the past, private and not shared with others, comes forth. First you remember the past, then it slowly fades away. Eventually the best Virgo qualities, a greater sense of confidence and a depth of spiritual awakening, different than before, emerges. Talk only with those who love you.

LIBRA Libra is the social sign of the zodiac. This month and next all things social increases dramatically. Group focus, networking, friendships, c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e a re emphasized. You may feel overwhelmed and unprepared for such a force of energies.

Summon poise and balance (your gifts), seek joy in all interactions.

Tend to money carefully. Be aware that all your hopes, wishes and dreams will seek fulfillment.

Rest.

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and groups that join you on heart. There’s a concentration on your life journey. You experience relationships like no other time happiness. of the year. Concerning needs, know that it’s through friends that Aquarians are able to find SAGITTARIUS and acquire things. Friends from There’s a focus on an the past may re-appear. You’re important journey, on travel, beginning a new yearlong cycle new adventures, culture, and of support. Ask, from your heart, learning. Many surprises are for all that you need. It will be occurring amidst a sense of joy given. and gratitude. Opportunities will be offered so it’s important PISCES now to review hopes, wishes, dreams and goals, pursuing Health, right diet, food, daily only what’s most important to routines, tending and caring you. There may be a struggle for the self is important. You’re concerning choices, as many learning how to manage and will be available. Stand under organize the needs for each day. the Will-to-Good.

Unhappiness creates a tension leading to attention pushing CAPRICORN you to make needed changes.

Trust yourself. Have faith in your You will step behind a veil for a feelings and knowing your needs. while into realms that allow for Call forth courage (and angels) transformation and regeneration. to meet those needs. Everything You will think about money that is plenty comes your way. owed, money held in common, resources of all types. You seek Risa D’Angeles is the founder a deeper, richer, meaningful and director of the Esoteric & experience in all relationships. Astrological Studies Research Soon, if not already, the veils will Institute: Risa’s Esoteric part and you enter into a garden. Astrology. She can be reached The air is clear, the soil vital and at risagoodwill@gmail.com. moist, the sky is blue. You’re happy.

It’s a very promising time concerning your work in the world, being recognized, your performance, career, public life, achievements and reputation. It is a time for you to assess and AQUARIUS then re-assess who you want to be in the world, who you’ve been It’s important to make deep and if this is enough. Soon new personal connections with friends appear, new networks people. One-on-one, heart to

2015 Candidates Forum for the City of Desert Hot Springs

By DHS Chamber of Commerce Please come out and join us for the 2015 Desert Hot Springs Candidates Forum taking place at the Desert Hot Springs High School Theater on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 6pm.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

We will hear from candidates seeking election to the following: Desert Hot Springs City Council Mayor of Desert Hot Springs.

The Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce has a history of involvement in local political activities that predates

the incorporation of the City.

In fact, it was through active engagement of the Chamber that both the Water District and the City were established!

As a 501(c)(6) organization, the Chamber may participate in political events and may be involved in advocacy.

For the 2015 election, the business community, represented through the Chamber, has a particular interest in the policies and perspectives of the candidates as they pertain to the pressing issues faced by the City. As a service to our business partners,

the Chamber, with its co-hosts and event sponsors, has coordinated the 2015 Desert Hot Springs Candidates Forum.

Please note that the Chamber is non-partisan and is not currently taking a position for any candidate. However, following the September 10th forum the Chamber Board may vote to endorse.

The date and format of the 2015 Desert Hot Springs Candidates Forum has been determined by numerous factors, such as: 1. Ensuring that candidates would have an opportunity to

address the community in a forum setting prior to absentee ballots being returned.

2. No candidate was consulted or shown favoritism in development of the event.

3. Location/venue availability to facilitate the 2015 Desert Hot Springs Candidate Forum.

The Chamber Board is hopeful that this event will be informative to the community as well as provide an opportunity for the candidates to explain their positions on numerous topics of importance. The Chamber is interested in facilitating this event to help the community

identify the most desirable candidates to support in leading the community into a bright and prosperous future.

Board of Directors for MSWD 2015 Election. There were no challengers filed for Mission Springs Water District Board of Directors as of the August 7th deadline. Therefore John Furbee, Randy Duncan and Russ Martin have been elected to the MSWD Board of Directors for another 4-year term and will not be on the ballot in November 2015.

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars post vandalized over the weekend

By KMIR News Staff DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Ca. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Desert Hot springs was vandalized over the weekend, Riverside County Sheriffs officials said. Rocks smashed three windows at the post. As of Monday, officials did not have any leads on possible suspects.

The post has been around for about 30 years and had been damaged several times before. The parking lot and

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patio area have been vandalism previously. The club serves about 400 members, most of them Vietnam and Korean War veterans.

Volunteers of the club do not understand why anyone would want to vandalize the property. “It is disrespectful to all of our veterans when they do something like this,” D.S.W. volunteer Peggy Garver said.

The Post Commander George Mader said he was unsure how much the damages

would cost. Several clubs and organizations in the Coachella Valley have reached out to the Mader to ask how they can help with the repairs.

The investigation is still ongoing. The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to call Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station at 760-836-1600.

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Bringing Zoo worlds together

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and former President Shimon Peres flank Zoo Director Shai Doron on the occasion of the zoo’s 20th anniversary (Sasson Tiram) Photo courtesy of the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem

By Pamela Price The Living Desert in Palm Desert, The San Diego Zoo and the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, also known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Israel have a lot in common, and it’s more than their mutual dedication in maintaining an optimal living conditions for rare animals, birds and threatened species.

Their programs focused on educating youth are creative and produce results. One such project, between the San Diego Zoo and The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem, Israel now in its fourteenth year is a success story. At their annual luncheon event held at the TreeTops Room at the San Diego Zoo on August 6th fifteen Youth Exchange participants from Israel were introduced to guests

by Shai Doron. Mr. Doron is the Director General of the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in

Jerusalem, which is also known as the “The Biblical Zoo.” This was followed by a presentation of Congressional Certificates for each youth volunteer by Congresswoman Susan Davis representing California’s 53rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The young volunteers described their assignments at the San Diego Zoo during their nine-day visit and mingled with guests answering questions about their impressions and how they will share their experiences when they return to Israel. Among guests seated nearby were David Edick, Jr President of the San Diego World Affair’s Council and Mark Edelstein co-publisher of the San Diego Jewish Journal.

Helena Galper of Coronado, CA associate with this project remarked that Teddy Kollek, the Mayor of Jerusalem for twentyfive years was instrumental in the

establishment of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo which now covers 62 acres amidst a lovely valley surrounded by green hills and new neighborhoods, encircling a small lake located near the entrance and is ”accessible to all”. The unique aspect to the zoo is partly derived from its impressive collection of Biblical animals.

Guests were seated at tables dominated, in a big way with thanks to an assortment of stuffed animals, on loan from the Zoo’s Gift Shop, with lions, hippos, elephants, chimpanzees sitting comfortably displayed in the center. Zoo gossip dominated table talk when Cindy Kjaergaard of Indian Wells, CA remarked that the Living Desert in Palm Desert reported a male giraffe was born there on July 3rd when one of the Israeli volunteers mentioned that the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo has species mentioned in the Bible,

Gaby the first Asian elephant born in Israel via artificial insemination Photo courtesy of the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem such as the Arabia oryx, Persian fallow deer, Syrian brown bear and the Negev tortoise. ”It was an afternoon of true zoo chatter,” said Anthony Grant, visiting from Tel Aviv.

“This year’s event was in memory of Elaine Hirsch, with special thanks to Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Rivkin and Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Fuerstein,” Ms. Galper said.

For those traveling to Israel, be sure to plan for an afternoon at the Jerusalem Zoological Garden. www.jersalemzoo.org.il Pam Price is a Forbes.com contributor

Burger King: One Direction, Buzzfeed spurred chicken fries

By Candice Choi NEW YORK (AP) - Fans of Burger King’s chicken fries may have the boy band One Direction and the website Buzzfeed to thank for the return of the skinny fried sticks.

At an event to hype a spicy version of the chicken fries coming out this week, Burger King said it decided to resurrect the fries last year after seeing the enthusiasm they generated on social media.

Eric Hirschhorn, chief marketing officer for Burger King North America, said the company noticed a spike in chicken fry mentions in January 2014 that was traced to a Buzzfeed post titled “35 Foods From Your Childhood That Are Extinct Now.” One of the items on the list was chicken fries, which Burger King sold between 2005 and 2012.

A few months later, Hirschhorn says there was an even bigger surge when a One Direction member mentioned them. The company pointed to tweet by Liam Payne that reads, “I’m so fulllllll!!! Think I just ate my body weight in chicken fries www.desertstarweekly.com

and sides owwwwww.”

The tweet, which has more than 94,000 retweets, is confusing because Burger King hadn’t yet brought back chicken fries. That raises the possibility that Payne just left out a comma, and meant to say he ate chicken and fries - not chicken fries.

A preceding tweet also made it appear that Payne was eating at KFC, noted business news outlet Entrepreneur. That tweet included an image of Colonel Sanders and the words “the kernel god bless you and your original recipe.”

A representative for Payne said the singer wasn’t available for comment. A Burger King representative said in an email: “Whatever he meant, it certainly helped catapult ‘Chicken Fries’ into pop culture consciousness as a follow up to the Buzzfeed story.”

Even if Burger King misinterpreted Payne’s tweet, it worked out for the company.

The return of chicken fries as a limited-time offer last summer was successful enough that Burger King added them to its permanent menu this March. A

Chicken fries and a soft drink are posed for a photo at a Burger King restaurant, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. Fans of Burger King’s chicken fries may have the boy band One Direction and the website Buzzfeed to thank for the return of the skinny fried sticks. (AP Photo/John Raoux) nine-piece box costs around $3.

Hirschhorn said people tend to get them as an extra, which drives up the amount people spend. Last month, Burger King’s parent company Restaurant Brands International August 12, 2015

said sales rose 7.9 percent at established stores in the U.S. and Canada for the latest quarter.

Burger King may have brought back chicken fries even without the social media encouragement.

Since being taken over by investment firm 3G Capital, the chain has leaned heavily on its past for ideas. In addition the King and Subservient Chicken characters, it has resurrected its Big King sandwich and Yumbo ham sandwich.

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4 Easy Ways to Prep for Back-to-School

By Desert Star Staff As more technologies enter the With the back-to-school season gearing up, getting the kids prepped and ready for a successful academic year can quickly add up.

Discount retailer Dollar General is sharing tips to make the experience easier and more affordable.

Use the List: Schools usually provide supply lists to ensure the classroom is wellstocked and students have

what they need for the year. To ensure you are getting exactly what your student needs, take some time to review classroom necessities before making purchases.

Ta x - F re e We e k e n d s : Several states and localities offer tax-free weekends prior to the start of the new school year.

Tax-free items include school and office supplies, backpacks, lunch boxes, clothes and some electronics. Take full advantage of the savings opportunity when

shopping online or at local retailers like Dollar General, for supplies ranging from folders, pencils, pens, notebooks and binders, to backpacks, lunch coolers and clothing basics.

Think Outside the Lunchbox: Back-to-school also means back to making early morning breakfasts and packing lunches and snacks. Stock up on easy school meal needs, from bread, eggs and cereal to peanut butter, jelly and chips. To feed your hungry students, find

quick and delicious meal ideas at DG Meals www.dg.com/ easymeals.

Save Time and Money Online: No more time wasted in traffic. No more extra expense at the pump. Online ordering is a great way to save money, gas and time while having all your school and home supplies just a click away. For example, Dollar General offers the same selections online as you will find in-store. Visit www. dollargeneral.com or text JOIN

to 34898 for exclusive digital coupons which can help you save even more on back-toschool needs. You can also sign up for auto-renewal of your favorite items and have them delivered to your door on your schedule.

Back-to-school is back again. But if you shop smart, you can send your students to the classroom with quality supplies and the latest fashions, conveniently and affordably.

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Mental Tricks to Help Raise Grades

By Desert Star Staff Maintaining strong grades in every subject can be tough on even the brightest of the bunch.

This is especially true these days, as students routinely are taking on more extracurricular activities and part-time jobs while enrolled in school.

Students looking to grasp complicated class material -- and still have time left at the end of the day -- can stand to benefit from tried-and-true systems for learning, say experts.

“Every student from a young age should learn speed reading, speed math and mnemonics,” says Harry Edelson, venture capitalist, managing director of Edelson Technology Partners and author of the new book, “Positivity: How to be Happier, Healthier, Smarter, and More Prosperous.”

Edelson, the son of an illiterate Russian immigrant, attributes his triumph over childhood poverty and success in the classroom and business

world, to the adoption of key mental tricks and a positive attitude. In “Positivity,” he delves into how others may follow suit.

Here he shares a few insights.

Speed Reading: Speed reading allows a reader to take in written material much more quickly than traditional reading.

While those wishing to improve their speed reading skills once had to attend seminars or enroll in a course, now lessons are widely offered online. Free software, as well as apps available for download to your phone, can offer training in this useful art.

Speed Math: Like speed reading, speed math can help students finish their homework faster and with more precision.

Additionally, learning this skill offers students a deeper understanding of mathematical operations. A range of books on the subject, as well as online tutorials, can supplement classroom learning.

Mnemonics: So much of school testing involves the

need for recall and recitation, especially as schools nationwide adopt Common Core Standards.

Mnemonics are a classic and effective method of memorization and information retention. Depending on the material, students can turn to existing mnemonic

devices or create their own.

Positive Thinking: “I consider myself to be very lucky. I have been happy all my life even though I started out as poor as a child could be,” says Edelson, who says positivity can lend itself to success. “Take control of your senses, determine to be happy

and develop a frame of mind that will make you and all those around you happy.”

For an edge this semester, don’t reinvent the wheel. Consider first the academic techniques and personal philosophies that have worked so well for others..

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To Make Smart School Lunches, Think Like a Kid

By Desert Star Staff Making school lunch can feel like a thankless job, but it doesn’t have to be a major chore. Here are some ways to make school lunches successful, not stressful:

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Don’t Over-Pack: Does your child come home with untouched food? For a distracted youngster, lunchtime flies by in an instant.

By the time the bell rings, little Suzie has barely peeled the top

off her yogurt. Keep portions kid-sized and don’t include more than four or five items in the lunchbox.

Think Food Groups: Think of the lunchbox as a four-piece puzzle. The basic components are protein, grain, fruit/vegetable and dairy.

Try making lunch kebobs with cold cut slices and chunks of cheese (your dairy and protein groups), add a handful of grapes (fruit) and a bagful of popcorn (grain). Or pack hummus, carrots and wheat pita (protein, grain and veggie), along with applesauce (fruit) and a cheese stick (dairy).

Olives or pickles add extra flavor without too much extra fat or calories.

Let Them Assemble: Pack individual ingredients kids can assemble, which makes them feel like they’re more in control of what they eat. For example, include a half bagel with a container of shredded mozzarella, tomato sauce and August 12, 2015

some sliced olives or pepperoni slices so they can make their own pizza. Add a piece of fruit to round out the meal.

Pick Portable Foods: Nothing’s worse than a lunchbox explosion. Whenever possible, opt for dry foods and tight lids.

Pack trail mix, dried fruit, granola bars or snacks in single-serve cups, such as Pearls Olives to Go! black ripe pitted or sliced olives. Such foods usually have the added advantage of not spoiling, which means they can be saved for afternoon snacking.

Keep Snacks in the Car: Kids always seem to want an afterschool snack. If home is a bit of a drive, keep snacks on hand. Nuts, trail mix, single-serve olive cups and fruit are better options for a ravenous child.

Keep in mind, hungry kids are more likely to try novel foods they might otherwise be reluctant to try.

Get Input: If your child is not eating enough, find out

why. Ask your child to create a list of foods every few months, as tastes change and broaden.

Add favorites to the rotation.

Remember, just because your child eats a certain food at dinnertime doesn’t mean it will be a popular lunch item.

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FILM Coming to DVD: ‘Walt Disney Short Films Collection’

BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

On August 18, Disney will be releasing the “Walt Disney Short Film Collection,” a compilation of 12 Disney short features suitable for all ages. Anyone from 2 to 92 will enjoy this eclectic variety of animated stories filled with humor, romance and heart. This extraordinary collection features award wining and beloved short films like “Frozen Fever,” with Anna, Elsa. Olaf. Sven and

Kristoff from the Disney smash hit “Frozen,” the poignant “The Little Match Girl” and Oscar winners “Paperman” (2012) and “Feast” (2014). How to hook Up Your Home Theater” had my friend Jo Ann laughing out loud as Goofy attempts to assemble a super sophisticated home TV unit with all types of surround sound equipment. If you are technically clueless like the two of us are,

you will appreciate the humor as Goofy nearly destroys his house in the process of installing a supper fabulous home theater by himself.

“Paperman” is a sweet little love story featuring a young man and woman who meet briefly at a train station. Just as they are about to make a connection she gets on her train and disappears. How he tries to find her is romantic and involves lots and lots of paper and paper airplanes. Will they find each other again? Well see this little charmer and find out.

“Tick Tock Tales” takes place in—you guessed it—a clock store that also does repairs.

One little clock has been put on sale and is looked down on by the more sophisticated, elegant clock in the store. But one night when a burglar breaks in this under appreciated little clock saves the day.

My personal favorite is “The Little Match Girl: beautifully told without words. In this, haunting fairytale a little girl is trying to sell her matches on a very, very cold evening just before Christmas As the street empties, she goes next to a building and tries to stay warm by lighting her matches.

In the brief warm glow, she sees images from her past when her beloved grandma was there to care for her. The story unfolds wordlessly as classical music

plays in the background.

“The Ballad of Nessie” is about a little dragon who has to leave her beloved lake. When she can’t find a wonderful watery area, she starts to cry and cry and cry, and eventually a new lake is formed—Loch Ness, Ness, where she swims happily to this day.

“Feast” won an Oscar and the adorable little puppy who loves to eat will win your heart in this tale about a dog, his master and what happens next. The story is actually yummy.

“Tangled Ever After” is based on the story of Rapunzel.

In this story we get to go to her wedding, but all sorts of things happen. If you saw the film “Tangled” you will be happy to see that she gets married despite lots of strange things that happen before the loving couple says, “I do!” The star in this humorous adventure is not the couple, but the groom’s faithful horse.

This delightful collection has plenty of extras, including introductions and interviews with the Disney animators themselves.

Another bonus extra is an inside look at how an animated short is produced,

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In the fourth season of ABC-TV’s “Once Upon A Time,” Storybrooke has frozen over and added a whole new cast

of characters to this episodic fairytale fantasy for grownups.

Now, on August 18, you can relive all 23 thrilling episodes and enjoy the magic and mystery on DVD and Blu-ray.

In this season, Emma and Hook unwittingly bring Elsa of Arendale to Storybrooke and encounter the mysterious Snow Queen as a result. Unfortunately for all concerned the Snow Queen is obsessed with both Emma and Elsa. On a happier note, Regina has at last found true love with Robin Hood, but how will she react when her happy ending is thwarted yet again by a twist of fate?

Along with the new characters’ Queens of Darkness, Maleficent, Ursula and Cruella De Vil also is part of the story.

“Defrosting Frozen” features conversations with the actors who play Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and the Snow Queen. This bonus segment also explores how the Disney animated blockbuster film was adapted for the small screen.

In “Behind the Magic Tour, Josh Dallas and Ginnifer Goodwin take you on an exclusive back stage tour of the stages featured in the series. You will see the sets, meet the crew and learn what makes this TV show such a magical experience. Other extras are: “The Fairest Bloopers of Them All,” Deleted Scenes and Audio Commentaries.

Dodge Debuts Plum Crazy Heritage Hue for 2016 New 2016 Dodge Challenger 392 HEMI Scat Pack Shaker and Charger R/T Scat Pack Models in Plum Crazy Will Be Shown.

By Desert Star Staff AUBURN HILLS, Mich Back for a limited-production run, iconic Plum Crazy exterior paint will be made available on 2016 Dodge Challenger and Charger models, including the ultimate-in-performance, 707-horsepower SRT Hellcat models and 485 best-in-class naturally aspirated R/T Scat Pack models.

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and high-impact hues since Charger and Challenger’s return to market in 2006 and 2008, respectively.

Limited-edition models and limited-production paint colors add collectability, accounting for less than 11 percent of the entire global production of Dodge Charger and Challenger to date.

Beyond its rich muscle car legacy, which is highlighted today by the Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat models – the most powerful muscle cars ever, Dodge continues to produce some of the most recognizable high-impact and heritage hues that have ever hit the blacktop. And for this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise, Dodge will debut the next limited-edition color from its archive: Plum Crazy.

“Powerful muscle cars painted in impactful colors make Woodward Dream Cruise the perfect setting for Dodge to debut the newest generation Challenger and Charger models in Plum Crazy,” said Tim Kuniskis, President and

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MUSIC Roots and blues fans can celebrate via three new releases

BY ROBERT KINSLER

A crucial reissue of the B.B. King & Eric Clapton collaboration “Riding With The King,” as well as new albums from Lindi Ortega and Whitney Rose are sure to please fans of blues and roots music.

via Marshall Blonstein’s Audio Fidelity label as a limited edition Hybrid SACD (that plays on all SACD and CD players) is worth discovering again (or for the first time). The set originally earned the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album, and time has only amplified the strength of the material and performances captured on the disc. Among the gems on the album are a rollicking cover of John Hiatt’s “Riding With The King” featuring King and Clapton sharing lead and harmony vocals, King’s original blues ballad “Ten Long Years,” the buoyant rockabilly-styled “Days of Old” and the heartfelt “Marry You.” Information: audiofidelity.net.

Artists: B.B. King & Eric Clapton Title: Riding With The King (Audio Fidelity) You might like if you enjoy: Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Robert Johnson Tell me more: Originally released in June 2000, “Riding With The King” was the first – and ultimately only – full-length studio collaboration teaming blues greats B.B. King and Eric Clapton.

With Riley B. King’s death in Artist: Lindi Ortega May 2015, the sterling reissue Title: Faded Gloryville of the dozen-track collection (Last Gang Records)

You might like if you enjoy: Nikki Lane, Whitney Rose, Emmylou Harris Tell me more: When Lindi Ortega sings the title track on her most recent album “Faded Gloryville,” the songstress is recounting her own path while also singing for the countless other great artists who have created an amazing body of work while working mostly under the radar. A singer and songwriter of incredible depth, the Canadian native now based in Nashville had released a trio of albums before “Faded Gloryville” that earned uniformly-strong critical acclaim but failed to bring her muchdeserved commercial success.

“Faded Gloryville” continues to cast a bright light on the talented Ortega; the Juno Award winner has a voice capable of mining

the deepest of emotions as evidenced by the confessional “Ashes,” tender “Someday Soon” and a remarkable version of the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody.”

Fusing rockabilly, alt country, folk and Americana into an original soundscape is the final masterstroke in Ortega’s winning approach on the wonderful “Faded Gloryville.” Information: LindiOrtega.com.

album “Heartbreaker of the Year” (available on Aug. 21, 2015) is a beautiful collection that straddles the worlds of neotraditional country and classic girl group-styled ‘60s pop.

There are gorgeous authentic country ballads (“The Last Party,” “Lasso”), spirited pop-rock (“Little Piece Of You,” “Only Just A Dream”), tunes that blend both styles (“My First Rodeo,” “Ain’t It Wise”), a touch of country Artist: Whitney Rose blues (“The Devil Borrowed My Title: Heartbreaker Boots”) and a captivating cover of the Year (Cameron of the Ronnettes’ “Be My Baby” House Records) featuring Rose trading vocals with You might like if you enjoy: Ralo’s tenor – all delivered with a Emmylou Harris, Dolly contemporary energy that both Parton, Kacey Musgraves celebrates and defies the wealth Tell me more: Produced by of retro influences that add luster celebrated Mavericks frontman to the rich collection. Information: Raul Malo, singer-songwriter whitneyrosemusic.com.

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Prince to release new album, HITNRUN

By Desert Star Staff NEW YORK, -- Multiplatinum music icon Prince, and global music and entertainment platform TIDAL, today confirmed that the next release from the entertainer will be exclusively on TIDAL on September 7, 2015.

The upcoming release, the experimental, HITNRUN, was first announced by his band, 3RDEYEGIRL, on BBC radio late last month, following the release of the critically praised first single, “HARDROCKLOVER”. Minutes after the song was released on July 1st, critics raved with The Guardian saying, “Prince is back to his old sensual self ‘ripping jeans’ and ‘making women scream’ on this minimal slow jam.” Billboard called the single “A dreamy rock song”, and Rolling Stone described it as simply “Wild”.

“Super hardcore Prince fans that know every song he’s ever recorded - we refer to them as ‘The Purple Collective’ or ‘The Purple Army’ - this album is absolutely for them, because it’s super funky,” reported

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3RDEYEGIRL. “There are a lot of experimental sounds. It’s just hit after hit and definitely caters to those fans who just love to hear what Prince has to say, rather than wanting to always hear that classic Purple Rain Prince sound.” Prince worked with co-producer Joshua Welton on HITNRUN – Welton was also a co-producer on Prince’s ARTOFFICIALAGE album, released late last year.

The Prince/TIDAL partnership has been in the works for some months, but was quickly cemented out of mutual admiration and respect and a profound belief in artists’ rights. The relationship began in May with TIDAL live streaming the first hour of Prince’s RALLY 4 PEACE concert in Baltimore.

TIDAL hosted live audio of the event and matched funds for donations made on TIDAL.com.

The music icon stated, “After one meeting, it was obvious that Jay Z and the team he has assembled at TIDAL recognize and applaud the effort that real musicians put in2 their craft 2

achieve the very best they can at this pivotal time in the music industry. Secondly, TIDAL have honored Us with a nonrestrictive arrangement that once again allows Us to continue making art in the fashion We’ve grown accustomed 2 and We’re Extremely grateful 4 their generous support. And lastly, in the tech-savvy, real-time world We all live in 2day, everything is faster. From its conception and that one & only meeting, HITNRUN took about 90 days 2 prepare its release. If that’s what freedom feels like, HITNRUN is what it sounds like.”

JAY Z added, “Prince has always been a visionary, a freethinker. We’re honored to offer his breadth of work, “1999,” “Purple Rain,” etc., music that has inspired so many, on TIDAL. We’re also excited to be the home for his new upcoming Prince Inks Exclusive Deal With TIDAL To Release Much Anticipated New Album, album, HITNRUN. Both Prince HITNRUN. Release Date Set For September 7th, 2015 (PRNewsFoto/TIDAL) and TIDAL share the belief that all creative’s should have the opportunity to speak directly Prince represents TIDAL’s delivery of artistry to the world.” to those that love and support philosophy in its truest form, Source: Tidal them. This partnership with a 1 to 1 connection and direct August 12, 2015

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Easy as ABC: Google gets new CEO

By Desert Star Staff A major restructuring at internet search giant Google will see the birth of a new parent company, dubbed Alphabet, described as a “collection of companies” including Google, Life Sciences and Calico, and a reshuffling of the company’s top executives. “[This] is a very exciting new chapter in the life of Google – the birth of Alphabet,” Larry Page, co-founder and chief executive of Google, wrote in a blog post on Monday.

“We liked the name Alphabet because it means a collection of letters that represent language, one of humanity’s important innovations, and is the core of how we index with Google search.”

Page will become the CEO of Alphabet and Google’s cofounder Sergey Brin will become Alphabet’s president. Eric

Schmidt will be the executive chairman at Alphabet, and Sundar Pichai is taking over as Google’s CEO. “Our company is operating well today, but we think we can make it cleaner and more accountable,” said a statement from Page, who co-founded the tech giant 17 years ago with Brin.

Alphabet will replace Google as the publicly traded company on the stock market, with all Google shares becoming Alphabet shares, and Google becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet.

Google will continue to retain its core search and advertising business, as well as its maps division, YouTube and Android, according to an SEC filing. Most of the other ventures will be run separately under the Alphabet umbrella.

The restructuring comes as Google has broadened into

other development areas such as drones, pharmaceuticals, selfdriving cars, and venture capital, “none of which make much money and which had spooked Wall Street investors,” according to the New York Times.

Under the new structure, analyst Trip Chowdhry told AFP, a French news outlet, that “an investor will be able to see how

the core business is performing, what kind of margins they are getting,” and “also keep an eye on…new innovations.”

The move was made in order to “keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities” currently being explored within Google, Page said in his blog post.

The reorganization also

comes at a time when Google is facing regulatory and legal issues, such as an antitrust battle in Europe.

After the announcement, Google’s share price jumped six percent to $672 in afterhours trading, adding tens of billions of dollars to the company’s value.

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Startup energy brings Disney’s BB-8 droid toy to life

By Ryan Nakashima GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - If it weren’t for someone willing to entertain a new idea, the new “Star Wars” droid, BB-8, wouldn’t be rolling into living rooms this holiday season.

The robot - which looks like a mechanical head on a spinning ball - was the brainchild of filmmakers behind “Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens,” who were unaware their puppetry-animated character could function in real life.

But in July 2014, the CEO of Lucasfilm-parent Disney, Bob Iger, showed secret images of BB-8 to a startup company called Sphero.

It was one of the inaugural class of companies Disney brought into a three-month program meant to nurture their entrepreneurial spirit and maybe generate a moneymaking product.

It was like Force lightning hitting pay dirt.

Sphero’s founders dummied up a functioning prototype that very night, an innovation that now sits in a special locked room in its headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.

“Imagine sitting down with Bob Iger and him pointing to something the whole world wants to know about,” said Sphero CEO Paul Berberian. “And you get to see something that you’ve been working on. What a magical stroke of luck.”

Disney’s “accelerator” is the kind of program being adopted by big companies like Microsoft, Barclays, Nike and Volkswagen.

The idea is to invest a small amount in a handful of startups, set them up in cheap office space, mentor them, and launch them on a trajectory for more funding, product development, and possibly business deals.

Disney now plans to give the BB-8 toy made by Sphero a big push in September online and in Disney Stores before the movie

opens in December. It also took a minority stake in Sphero, which has raised $81 million so far.

Kevin Mayer, Disney’s chief strategy officer, says the accelerator program is less about earning a quick profit and more about dreaming up innovative products and injecting Disney’s upper management with energy and ideas.

“There’s a different form of excitement that you get when you have new people whose company is on the line and it’s a make-or-break moment for them,” Mayer said. “All the executives who came in and mentored - to a person - enjoyed it tremendously and came out feeling more energized than they went in.”

The secret to success?

Corporations must “give first” in other words, be free with their time, advice and contacts without an expected return, says David Cohen, the CEO of TechStars, which administers 18 different accelerators, half of which are linked to major corporations.

Seeking an immediate benefit through an exclusive distributor relationship or a guarantee of a future equity stake at a predetermined price can limit good ideas and turn away potential applicants on the cusp of trying to broaden their market reach.

“That’s what corporate America is still learning,” Cohen said. “Once (corporations) are helpful, in turn, (the startups) are probably happy to have them invest more or buy the company.”

Already funded with roughly $30 million before joining Disney’s accelerator, Sphero didn’t need the $120,000 investment that all participants are awarded.

Instead, it was looking to tap into Disney’s storytelling expertise to humanize its toy and gain access to Disney’s senior management team.

The relationship helped open

In this July 24, 2015 photo, project managers Bryan Rowe, right, and Bill Cullen, play with Sphero remote controlled toys at Sphero, a fast-growing toy robotics company, in Boulder, Colo. The company has collaborated with Lucasfilm-parent Disney to develop the BB-8, a droid character which will be featured in “Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.” (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) the door to Sphero becoming the licensed maker of the BB-8 toy, get distribution agreements with major retailers and polish its instore presence. “I can’t express how much they’ve essentially backed up the truck to help us,” Berberian said. “It’s humbling.”

Accelerators are becoming an increasing source of innovation for major companies. Accelerator operators like TechStars and Plug and Play Tech Center pair large companies like Home Depot, Johnson and Johnson, Citibank and Coca-Cola with startups that could benefit from their connections and experience.

Meanwhile, large companies are scouring the landscape for ideas that can help them stay ahead.

Microsoft has run 410 c o m p a n i e s t h ro u g h i t s accelerator program since 2012, and even acquired one in 2013 - MetricsHub - which helps IT managers keep an eye on their cloud computing resources and save money through automation.

The product is now given to customers of the Windows Azure cloud computing service for free.

But not all accelerators work.

Media Camp, an accelerator run

by Time Warner Inc.’s Turner and Warner Bros. units, was shut down last year after three years.

Hal Gregersen, executive director of the MIT Leadership Center, says embracing new ideas can be difficult for large organizations, especially those focused on results, execution and improving profits from existing business lines.

“New ideas will never be nurtured for success by resultsdriven executives who either don’t know how to innovate themselves, or truly don’t honor others who do,” he said.

“Because most of these ideas are long leaps of faith.”

This year’s class of 10 startups has already taken up residence at the Disney space in Glendale, across the street from its interactive and consumer products division. On a recent visit, the startups’ CEOs introduced themselves and their projects as Mayer walked around the room asking questions.

MakieLab, the maker of custom-made dolls made using 3-D printers, was looking to

explore pairing its technology with Disney characters, like its Princess line. Mayer thought out loud about teaming up MakieLab with a graduate of last year’s class, Tyffon, which adapted its zombifying photo app for Disney characters from “Frozen” to “Star Wars.”

“If you could mesh that with a 3-D printer and have the whole thing come out in a 3-D doll, now we’re talking,” Mayer said.

Tan Le, CEO of Emotiv, said she hoped her brainwave-reading headset might follow in Sphero’s footsteps. Software developers have proven they can use the headset to direct self-driving cars. Other applications include helping disabled people drive wheelchairs.

Le was well aware her device imparts upon its wearer powers eerily reminiscent of the Force from “Star Wars.”

“The opportunity to embed a product into the ‘Star Wars’ franchise is enormous,” she said. “We think our relationship with Disney can be a real game changer for us as well.” Source KMIR

Armed militia group’s return to Ferguson raises concern

By Alan Scher Zagier FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) - The return of an armed militia group patrolling the streets of Ferguson drew criticism Tuesday from both protesters and the county police chief overseeing security amid ongoing demonstrations marking the anniversary of 18-year-old

Michael Brown’s shooting death.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the overnight presence of the Oath Keepers, wearing camouflage bulletproof vests and openly carrying rifles and pistols on West Florissant Avenue, the hub of marches and protests for the past several

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Belmar plans to ask county prosecutor Bob McCulloch about the legality of armed patrols by the far-right anti-government activist group, which largely comprises past and present members of the military, first responders and

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John Karriman, a representative of the group who has taught at the Missouri Southern State University police academy and ran unsuccessfully as a Libertarian Party candidate for county sheriff in southwest Missouri, did not immediately respond to a cellphone message seeking comment. The group’s membership coordinator referred an inquiry to founder Stewart Rhodes, who studied constitutional law at Yale University.

Oath Keepers previously showed up in Ferguson in November after a grand jury declined to indict former Ferguson officer Darren Wilson

in Brown’s death, saying they stationed themselves along several downtown rooftops to protect businesses from rioting and looters.

County police ordered them to leave then, but group members intermittently returned. About a half-dozen Oath Keepers, all of whom appeared to be white, interacted freely with police late Monday and early Tuesday but endured catcalls and jeers from demonstrators.

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MISCELLANEOUS

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at 1-800424-8590.

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Toll free numbers may or may not reach Canada. California law requires that contractors taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor and/ or materials) must be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. State law also requires that contractors include their license number on all advertising.

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Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201508213 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 BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT 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 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 2015.. DSW15-5178 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: A.E.G. WINDOW CLEANING 75-337 KELSEY CIRCLE SOUTH, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ANDRIAN EDUARDO GUERRERO 75-337 KELSEY CIRCLE SOUTH, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct.

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NESS AS: DHS BUY & SELL 12230 PALM DRIVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: DONNIE RAY BATTENFIELD 9380 VISTA DEL VALLE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: DONNIE RAY BATTENFIELD. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on August 05, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201508428 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 BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT 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 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 2015. DSW15-5171 AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: PROFORMA PRINT & PROMOTIONS 41655 REAGAN WAY, SUITE 1, MURRIETA, CA 92562. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: D.R. SISK, INC. 41655 REAGAN WAY, MURRIETA, CA 92562. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06-26-2015. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: DENNIS RAY SISK, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 25, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R201506653 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 BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT 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 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015 August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 2015. DSW15-5149 AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: WHOLESALE TIRE DISTRIBUTORS 14350 MACAW STREET, LA MIRADA CA 90638. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: KATANA RACING, INC. 14350 MACAW STREET LA MIRADA CA 90638. Business is conducted by CORPORATION: Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/17/2010. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime).

Signed: ARA TCHAGHLASSIAN PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on April 9, 2015. Peter Aldana, signed. T. VARGAS File No. R-2015-03475. 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 BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT 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 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Pub April 22, 29, May 6, 13, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015.

August 12 19, 26, September 2, 2015 DSW15-5093

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. RIC 1508798, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 4050 Main St., (P.O. Box 431), Riverside, CA 92502-0431, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MICHAEL STEVEN BRENTON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present Name: CLAUDE LYLE BARRERA JR. to Proposed Name: MICHAEL STEVEN BRENTON 2.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: September 8, 2015 Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: 2. The address of the court is: 4050 Main St, Riverside, CA 92502-0431, County of Riverside 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): Desert Star Weekly 13-279 Palm Drive, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Dated: July 27, 2015, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE Judge of the Superior Court, Pub August 5, 12, 19, FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- 26, 2015. DSW15-5167 NESS AS: CAMM TRANSPORT 11924 VERBENA DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside CALIFORNIA AUCTION AD Notice is hereby given County. Full name of registrant: MAIRA DE LOS that the contents of the following units will be ofANGELES MENDIVIL VEGA 11924 VERBENA DR, fered for sale by publication to the highest bidder DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. CONCEP- for enforcement of storage lien. The auction will be CION- -AMAYA MATUTE 11934 VERBENA DR, held on August 20th, 2015 9AM. Location: Desert DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is Self Storage 66251 Dillon Road Desert Hot Springs, conducted by: MARRIED-COUPLE. Registrant CA 92240 Terms: CASH ONLY. __Desert Self Storcommenced to transact business under the fictitious age___ reserves the right to refuse any bid or to canbusiness name(s) listed above on 03-25-2015. I cel the auction. Name of Auctioneer: AMERICAN declare that all the information in this statement AUCTIONEERS Bond #: FS863-20-14 The followis true and correct. (A registrant, who declares ing units are scheduled for auction: UNIT# NAME: as true, information which he or she knows to be DESCRIPTION: B052 GREGORY false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: MARIA DE LOS GOEHNER HOUSEHOLD, B14D DOC ANGELES MENDIVIL VEGA. This statement was BERKLEY HOUSEHOLD, C028 ARLEEN filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on SANDOVAL HOUSEHOLD,, E028 INAMAR August 7, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County VARGAS HOUSEHOLD, E105 FERNANDO Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201508489 NOTICE — REYES HOUSEHOLD Please Print: August 5 2015 THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT and August 12 2015. DSW15-5165 EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING BUSINESS AS: QUICK CUTS 68955 RAMON RD OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHO- SUITE #3, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS County. 66042 DESERT VIEW AVE, DESERT HOT BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS SPRINGS, CA 92240 Full name of registrant: ELSY OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COM- MARINA ESCOBAR 66042 DESERT VIEW AVE MON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSI- DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is NESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 12, conducted by: Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 19, 26, September 2, 2015. DSW15-5173 business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE information in this statement is true and correct. (A FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- registrant, who declares as true, information which NESS AS: ALECTRIC 66697 3RD STREET, DESERT he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime).

HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92240. Riverside Signed: ELSY MARINA ESCOBAR. This statement County. Full name of registrant: JORGE- -SALAS was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County 66697 3RD STREET, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA on July 30, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County 92240. Business is conducted by: Individual. Reg- Clerk Recorder File No. R-201508148 NOTICE — istrant has not yet begun to transact business under THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS that all the information in this statement is true and FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, informa- A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEtion which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE a crime). Signed: JORGE SALAS. This statement FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTIon August 7, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE Clerk Recorder File No. R-201508484 NOTICE — RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015. DSW15-5164 A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHO- FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIRIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS NESS AS: COACHELLA FRESH DATES 29800 BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS PUSHAWALLA ROAD, INDIO HILLS, CA 92240.

OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COM- Riverside County. Full name of registrant: LUIS MON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSI- GUERRA HUERTA 29800 PUSHAWALLA ROAD, NESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 12, INDIO HILLS CA 92241. Business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact 19, 26, September 2, 2015. DSW15-5172 business under the fictitious business name(s) listed FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE above. I declare that all the information in this stateFOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- ment is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares

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as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: LUIS GUERRA HUERTA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 16, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201507552 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 BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT 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 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015. DSW15-5162 AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: MINDSET SANDWICHES 29275 AVE LA PAZ UNIT B, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. P.O. BOX 3033, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92235.Full name of registrant: EDRICK- -PINEDA 29275 AVE LA PAZ UNIT B, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: EDRICK-PINEDA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 10, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201505960. 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 BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT 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 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 29, August 5, 12, 19, 2015 DSW15-5138.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: ABRAMS INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE GROUP 27290 MADISON AVE #200, TEMECULA, CA 92590. Riverside County. 14201 N. HAYDEN RD #A3, SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85260.

Full name of registrant: JASON DAVID ABRAMS 471 SMITH AVE BIRMINGHAM MI 48009. Business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime).

Signed: JASON DAVID ABRAMS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 13, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201507285 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 BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT 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 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Pub July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2015. DSW15-5160 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. RIC 1508296, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 4050 Main St., (P.O. Box 431) Riverside, CA 92502-0431, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. EMILY AMIHERE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present Name: EMILY JO-LYNN AMIHERE to Proposed Name: EMILY JO-LYNN GUMUCIO 2.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: Sept 9,, 2015 Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: 2. The address of the court is: 4050 Main St., (P.O. Box 431) Riverside, CA 925020431, County of Riverside 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): Desert Star Weekly 13-279 Palm Drive, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Dated: July 15, 2015, Judge of the Superior Court, Pub July 22, 29, August 5,12, 2015. DSW15-5159 T.S. No.: CRI5-1003 A.P.N.: 641-211-014-0 Order No.: 150013996 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/12/2014. 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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The 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 the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: DIA-CJ BETTER WAYS INVESTMENTS, LLC Duly Appointed Trustee: County Records Research, Inc Recorded 1/23/2014 as Instrument No. 20140026957 in book, page and Rerecorded on --- as Instrument No. of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 1/9/2015 in Book Page, as Instrument No. 2015-0009009 of said Official Records. Date of Sale: 9/8/2015 at 3:00 PM Place of Sale: In front of the building near the flagpoles 849 W. Sixth Street, (Northeast corner of West Sixth Street & South Buena Vista Avenue), Corona, California 92882 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $107,656.63 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 13395 EL CAJON DRIVE DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240 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

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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 888-988-6736 or visit this Internet Web site salestrack.tdsf.com, using the file number assigned to this case CR1 5-1003. 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. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Date: 8/7/20 15 County Records Research, Inc 4952 Warner Avenue #105 Huntington Beach, Ca 92649 Phone #: (714) 846-6634 Fax #: (714) 846-8720 Trustee’s Sale Line (888) 988-6736 Sales Website: Salestrack.

Tdsf.Com Hoai Phan County Records Research, Inc., Trustee Division TAC: 976024 PUB: 8/12, 8/19, 8/26/15. DSW15-5174 Trustee Sale No. : 00000004737190 Title Order No.: 730-1403811-70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/06/2007.

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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 07/18/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0465406 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: JOHN M RINCON, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized

by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 09/02/2015 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: 2410 WARDLOW ROAD # 104, CORONA, CA 92880. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 20 BUCKINGHAM WAY, RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA 92270 APN#: 676-530-052-4 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, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $900,160.04. 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 to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. 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 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000004737190. 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC ONE MAUCHLY IRVINE, CA 92618 800-280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee Dated: 07/30/2015 NPP0253106 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 08/12/2015, 08/19/2015, 08/26/2015.

DSW15-5170 T.S. No. 13-2468-11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本 文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서 에 정보 요약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY PLEASE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(d)(1) THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THIS DOCUMENT BUT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED AND THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION NEED ONLY BE MAILED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/26/2006. 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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The 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 the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: LAURA CORDOVA MONTOYA, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 6/14/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0427777 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, Street Ad-

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dress or other common designation of real property: 13387 JULIAN DRIVE DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA A.P.N.: 641-193-012-3 Date of Sale: 8/26/2015 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $157,598.73, estimated The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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 (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 13-246811. 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. Date: 8/3/2015 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale Information Only: (916) 939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com Sindy Clements, Foreclosure Officer NPP0252823 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 08/05/2015, 08/12/2015, 08/19/2015. DSW15-5168 T.S. No.: 9551-2266 TSG Order No.: 00308414 A.P.N.: 638-192-025-8 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 04/17/2007. 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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 04/24/2007 as Document No.: 2007-0272006, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by: DAVID A HATCHER AND PAZ B HATCHER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale 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). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 08/25/2015 at 09:00 AM Sale Location: At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 66624 MISSION LAKES BLVD, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240-1904 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 in an “AS IS” condition, 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 the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $275,322.63 (Estimated) as of 08/21/2015. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. 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, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www. nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9551-2266. 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. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting.com or Call: 916939-0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Kim Coker, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. NPP0252984 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 08/05/2015, 08/12/2015, 08/19/2015. DSW15-5163 APN: 748-270-010-9T.S. No. 024377-CA NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEIMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/21/2006.

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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYEROn 9/2/2015 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust record-

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ed 1/2/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-0001993, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: CHRISTINE E JOHNSON AND JOHN RONALD JOHNSON MARRIED TO EACH OTHERWILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON 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: AUCTION.COM ROOM, 2410 WARDLOW ROAD #104, CORONA, CA 92880all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUSTThe street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be:39296 FERNWOOD GLENN

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COURTPALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92211The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is:$470,571.06 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.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

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Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.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

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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 (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 024377-CA. 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. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 280-2832 Publish: 8/5/2015, 8/12/2015, 8/19/2015. DSW15-5161

US population at risk of damaging earthquake

By Desert Star Staff About 143 million Americans in the 48 contiguous states reside in areas vulnerable to earthquakes, with about nine percent, or 28 million, living in areas with a “high potential” for hazardous quakes.

Around 18 percent of Americans, or 57 million people, live in areas deemed “moderate” hazard zones, according to a new report published in journal Earthquake Spectra. The study utilized US Geological Survey data to predict which areas of the US were most at-risk.

The numbers are nearly twice that of the latest estimate from two decades ago that found about 75 million people in 39 states were exposed to a possible damaging quake.

The increase is due to an uptick in overall US population and the further concentration of population in especially risky areas like California, according to Mark Petersen, co-author of the study and chief of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Modeling Project. Advanced research methods have also added more earthquake risks, including the Cascadia Subduciton Zone in the Pacific Northwest.

Much of the population facing mid- to high-risk lives in

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In the lower Midwest and upper South, the New Madrid Fault stretches from southeastern Missouri into Arkansas and Tennessee. Other states -- including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi -could potentially feel the effects of a large quake.

Other high-hazard areas include eastern Tennessee, the Carolinas, and the Northeast, mainly northern New York

near the Ramapo Fault. While these areas could get a damaging quake, “many of these places are not going to experience a rash of earthquakes,” Petersen said, according to The Washington Post.

“There are places in the United States where we think ground shaking could be significant and we ought to look at those areas to see if they are built to the safe levels that would correspond to these ground shaking levels.”

The report found that there is a “significant number of critical infrastructure facilities located in high earthquake-hazard areas.”

Petersen added that it’s “important that people who live in these areas understand they live in earthquake country and they need to understand that

they should maybe prepare themselves.”

The research team analyzed the risk of earthquakes within a 50-year timeframe.

The report did not include information about earthquakes caused by human activity, such as those stemming from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

To unleash oil or natural gas, fracking requires blasting large volumes of highly pressurized water, sand, and other chemicals into layers of rock.

States such as Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, and Ohio have experienced a major increase in the incidence of minor earthquakes that scientists have attributed to modern fracking operations.

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Gold King Mine Spill Hits Farmington Hard

While the community of Farmington, New Mexico, has a 90 day supply of water, there are concerns the region’s tourism season may be over as the Animas River remains a toxic brew of mine waste, following an accidental spill upstream. Photo courtesy of Environmental Protection Agency

By Desert Star Staff FARMINGTON, N.M. – No drinking, cooking or bathing with water from the Animas River. Those are the rules now in place in Farmington, New Mexico, following the Gold

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King Mine spill in Colorado.

Three million gallons of toxic sludge escaped into the Animas, part of the larger Colorado River system.

Shana Reeves with the City of Farmington says, as of

Monday, the waters of the Animas River were still orange. Despite the water use ban, Reeves says the city is fortunate to have water reserves.

“We do have 90 days sitting in Lake Farmington,” she says. “If we need to go further than that, we have means of drawing from other sources rather than just the Animas.”

According to Reeves, the city’s water sources are the Animas and San Juan rivers, which merge near Farmington.

The water use ban also applies to farmers who use the river for irrigation and livestock watering.

The EPA says its own crews accidentally caused the release of three million gallons of water containing dissolved metals from the abandoned Gold King Mine last Wednesday.

The agency says it’s still testing the sludge for toxicity levels, and is treating contaminated

water in containment ponds.

Reeves says the American R e d C ro s s a n d o t h e r organizations are distributing drinking water in the community.

She adds there’s a concern the spill may devastate the rest of the summer tourism season in the area, which is directly tied to the river. “We just started our branding campaign and one of our taglines is, ‘Farmington is a place where outdoor lovers and active families thrive,’” she says. “It’s the heart of our recreation, and it’s the heart of our community.”

Reeves says the EPA has not indicated, even in general terms, how long the ban on using Animas River water will last – and there are questions about the effects the contamination may have as it enters Lake Powell in Utah. Lake Powell and Lake Mead in Nevada are the two primary reservoirs for the Colorado River. Source KMIR

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Andrew Michael De Los Santos Murder Trial Begins

By KMIR News Staff INDIO (CNS) - Cathedral City resident, who grew increasingly furious over repeated denials by a young man he suspected of orchestrating a burglary of his condominium, took the victim to a remote desert area and shot him in the head, a prosecutor alleged today.

During his opening statement in the kidnap-murder trial of Andrew Michael De Los Santos, Deputy District Attorney Manny Bustamante told jurors that the 30-year-old defendant overheard Shane Ayala making suspicious comments to someone during a cell phone call, moments before returning to find the condo ransacked.

Believing Ayala had set him up, De Los Santos and an accomplice, Luis Raul Diaz, beat up the 21-year-old victim and demanded he confess that he organized the burglary as the

three men rode to Indio to buy black tar heroin, the prosecutor alleged. ``(Ayala) wouldn’t admit to stealing from him,’’ Bustamante said, referring to the alleged motive for the August 2011 slaying.

De Los Santos ordered Ayala to take a shower, don a hoodie to cover his busted lip and swollen, bruised eye, then ordered the victim to walk quietly through the Cathedral Canyon Country Club complex to Diaz’s Toyota Camry, the prosecution alleges.

The three drove to Sky Valley, north of Thousand Palms, where De Los Santos ultimately murdered Ayala and then came back months later and set fire to the remains, Bustamante alleged.

Diaz, 37, was convicted in a separate trial for his role in the kidnapping and slaying and was

sentenced last November to life in prison.

Defense attorney John P. Dolan told jurors that it was Diaz, not De Los Santos, who killed Ayala and that De Los Santos feared he might be next.

De Los Santos admits he beat up Ayala at the condo over the burglary and that he wanted to take Ayala out to the desert, beat him further, and then leave him out there to ``teach him a lesson,’’ the lawyer said.

But Diaz, a convicted felon who had spent time in prison, was using heroin and cocaine that day and became so high and jumpy that he accidentally fired a pistol round inside the condo while Ayala was in the shower, Dolan said. ``(De Los Santos) is fearful.

He is concerned. He’s wondering what’s going to happen,’’ his attorney said.

Ayala voluntarily climbed

By Michael Graczyk HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) Texas inmate Daniel Lee Lopez has been trying to speed up his execution since being sent to death row five years ago for striking and killing a police lieutenant with an SUV during a chase.

On Wednesday, he’s hoping to get his wish.

The 27-year-old prisoner is set to die in Huntsville after getting court approval to drop his appeals. It’s the first of two executions scheduled this week in Texas, the nation’s most active death penalty state.

Lopez is facing lethal injection for the 2009 death of Corpus Christi Lt. Stuart Alexander. The 47-year-old officer was standing in a grassy area on the side of a highway where he had put spike strips when he was struck by the sport utility vehicle Lopez was fleeing in.

Last week from death row Lopez said: “It’s a waste of time just sitting here. I just feel I need to get over with it.”

Attorneys representing Lopez refused to accept his

intentions, questioning federal court findings that Lopez was mentally competent to volunteer for execution. They appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the punishment, arguing his crime was not a capital murder because he didn’t intend to kill the officer, and that Lopez had mental disabilities and was using the state to carry out long-standing desires to commit suicide.

“It is clear Lopez has been allowed to use the legal system in another attempt to take his own life,” attorney David Dow told the high court.

Lopez, who also wrote letters to a federal judge and pleaded for his execution to move forward, said a Supreme Court reprieve would be “disappointing.”

“It’s crazy they keep appealing, appealing,” he said last week of his lawyers’ efforts.

“I’ve explained it to them many times. I guess they want to get paid for appealing.”

L o p e z w a s p ro p e r l y examined by a psychologist, testified at a federal court hearing about his desire to drop appeals and was found to have no

mental defects, state attorneys said in opposing delays in the punishment.

Alexander had been a police officer for 20 years. His death came during a chase that began just past midnight on March 11, 2009, after Lopez was pulled over by another officer for running a stop sign in a Corpus Christi neighborhood. Authorities say Lopez was driving around 60 mph.

Lopez struggled with the officer who made the stop and then fled. He rammed several patrol cars, drove at a high speed with his lights off and hit Alexander like “a bullet and a target,” said an officer who testified at Lopez’s 2010 trial.

When finally cornered by patrol cars, Lopez used his SUV as a battering ram trying to escape and wasn’t brought under control until he was shot, officers testified.

“It’s a horrible dream,” Lopez said from death row. “I’ve replayed it in my mind many times.”

Deputies found a dozen packets of cocaine and a small

into Diaz’s Camry, but became concerned when they reached the isolated desert area, jumped from the car and started running, according to Dolan. Diaz gave chase, pointed the gun and threatened to shoot Ayala if he didn’t stop, the attorney alleged.

De Los Santos said he heard three shots, after which Diaz said he had killed Ayala and would kill De Los Santos if he said a word, the defense attorney alleged.

All three men had been using drugs, and the precise day of the killing in late August 2011 remains murky.

Ayala’s sister, Destiny, said she last received a text from her brother on Aug. 21 of that year. She reported him missing on Sept. 2, 2011, and a family of hikers found his charred remains 3 1/2 months later -- on Dec. 19 -- in the desert several miles north of Thousand Palms

Canyon and Dillon roads.

Dolan said jurors would hear from prosecution witness Ashley Prieto, who will testify that De Los Santos told her during a party in October 2011 that he fired the fatal shots. The defense attorney told the panel that Prieto was a heroin addict who owed money to De Los Santos, and alleged she made up the story to avoid paying the debt.

De Los Santos, Dolan said, played absolutely no role in Ayala’s killing. ``Factually, he is innocent,’’ he said.

De Los Santos is charged with first-degree murder and a special circumstance allegation of kidnapping in the commission of a murder.

Prosecutors decided against seeking the death penalty, so he faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.

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Texas inmate who dropped appeals headed to execution

(AP Photo/Michael Graczyk). In this Aug. 5, 2015 photo, Daniel Lee Lopez, 27, speaks from a visiting cage outside death row at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas. scale in a false compartment in the console of the SUV. Records show Lopez was on probation at the time after pleading guilty to indecency with a child in Galveston County and was a registered sex offender. He had other arrests for assault.

Lopez would be the 10th inmate executed this year in

Texas. Nationally, 18 prisoners have been put to death this year, with Texas accounting for 50 percent of them.

Another Texas prisoner, Tracy Beatty, 54, is set to die Thursday for the 2003 slaying of his 62-year-old mother, Carolyn Click, near Tyler in East Texas.

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By KMIR News Staff PALM SPRINGS, Ca. - The Salsa Extravaganza is set to begin in the Renaissance Hotel in Palm Springs this weekend. Fans and producers are calling the event the biggest salsa convention in Southern California.

The event will include a series of concerts, competitions, classes and workshops for “Salseros” and all Latin music lovers in the Coachella Valley.

The four-night event will bring 52 salsa teams, 50 shows and

over 70 workshops. Numerous DJs and live Salsa bands will play throughout the three nights. A total of 850 people all over the country are expected to attend.

The organizers of the event want this to be an opportunity for people to have fun and enjoy the Latin culture. The event, which has been around since 1991, began as a series of salsa classes, but now it has become one of the biggest Latin music festivals in Southern California.

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Salsa Extravaganza 2015 Kicks off in Palm Springs

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Ashley Monroe’s old soul captivates country legends

By Kristin M. Hall NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As a child, Ashley Monroe says she’d often start crying as she was listening to the radio because she was overwhelmed by the emotion coming from country singers like Vince Gill and Dolly Parton.

These days, those roles are reversed, as those very same stars are just as enthralled with her singing and songwriting. Gill, who co-produced Monroe’s latest album, “The Blade,” met her when she was just 15 years old.

“I said, ‘How does a kid this young have that depth to write songs?’” said Gill. “It was like she was born to write novels. It was captivating from note one, from the first songs I heard.”

Even Parton, to whom Monroe often gets compared, wrote her a letter in 2004 to say that the two of them had a lot in common. After all, they are both blond singer-songwriters from East Tennessee who grew up on gospel and mountain music. “(Parton) had gotten a hold of some of my demos,” Monroe

said. “It was even before I had a record deal. She was saying, ‘You remind me a lot of myself in the way that you phrase everything.’”

She also got support from exes Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. Just days after they announced their divorce, the two were playfully tweeting at each other about Monroe’s album release.

Monroe said having Gill, arguably one of the finest country singers, help produce her last two albums has pushed her to live up to all those expectations from big stars.

“When I sing in front of him, he’s such an amazing singer that it’s a lot of pressure for me to sing in front of him,” Monroe said. “But I think that’s healthy pressure, because I think that makes sure I sing my heart out.”

She’s been slowly building a fan base in country music since arriving in Nashville as a teenager and has scored big collaborations such as singing with Shelton on his single, “Lonely Tonight,” and as part of the Pistol Annies trio

By Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON (AP) - People looking for a shooting star to wish upon may find Wednesday overnight to be a dream come true.

Celestial timing will help people see more of the oldest meteor shower known to Earth, the Perseids, when they peak 3 a.m. local Thursday, according to astronomers.

That’s “because the moon is almost new and there’s no moonlight to mess with the show,” said NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke. The last time the Perseids (pur-SEE’-uhdz) peaked with little moonlight was 2007.

If the weather is good, expect one shooting star a minute, maybe more, said Cooke.

The skies will be clear for an unusually large section of the United States, said Weather Underground meteorology

director Jeff Masters. Much of from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. EDT explaining what’s happening in Online: NASA: http://www. the East, Midwest and far West with Cooke and other experts the skies. nasa.gov Source: KMIR/AP will be almost cloudless. But the forecast isn’t as nice for Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, Sue Sheehan, Cancer Survivor gets a Pink Ribbon Utah and Idaho.

The sky show is pieces of comet Swift-Tuttle hitting Earth’s atmosphere at more than 133,000 mph and burning up. The best way to watch is to lie down and look up - no telescopes needed.

Meteor showers just touch people in a special way, said planetary scientist Sheila Kanani of the Royal Astronomical Society in London.

“For a lot of people, it’s a make-a-wish kind of mentality,” Kanani said. “There’s something quite romantic about a meteor shower.”

If your skies aren’t clear or there’s too much light, NASA is broadcasting the Perseids

with Lambert and Angaleena Presley. Her 2013 album, “Like A Rose,” was a critic’s favorite, but her singles fizzled when it came to radio play. “The Blade,” debuted at No. 2 for country albums behind Alan Jackson.

She is a skillful interpreter of musical styles, able to move deftly from pop melodies to jazzy rhythms and can even make a waltz sound contemporary.

“I listen to all kinds of music, so I am not afraid to be influenced by all kinds of music, from bluegrass to the honky tonk on ‘Winning Streak,’ to a little more sleek on ‘If Love Was Fair,’” Monroe said.

Chris Stapleton, a powerhouse singer himself and a songwriter who has penned hits for Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney and George Strait, said Monroe works extremely hard at her craft, but there’s also a natural gift that comes along rarely.

“She’s one of those people that is just kind of made out of music,” Stapleton said. Source KMIR

Photo by Sanford Myers/Invision/AP, File). FILE - In this June 10, 2015 file photo, Ashley Monroe arrives at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn.

Monroe’s 2013 album, “Like A Rose,” was a critic’s favorite, but the singles fizzled at radio.

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