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Jerry Lewis, dies at 91

By Desert Star Staff US comedy legend, Jerry Lewis, renowned for his stage partnership with Dean Martin, starring in the ‘Nutty Professor’ and hosting the Labor Day telethon, has died in Las Vegas at the age of 91.

“Legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today of natural

causes at 91 at his home with family by his side,” his loved ones said in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Lewis died at 9:15am Sunday, his agent confirmed, according to Variety and other media.He is survived by his second wife SanDee Pitnick and their adopted daughter.

Throughout his life, Lewis

endured several serious health issues, which included openheart surgery in 1983 and being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1992. He survived a heart attack in 2006. The screen legend also suffered from chronic lung disease.

Apart from the Martin and Lewis sketches, Jerry Lewis was propelled to fame through

the films ‘The Bellboy’ (1960) and ‘The Nutty Professor’ (1963), making him Hollywood’s highest paid actor at the time.

Lewis starred in a total of 50 movies and a number television shows, earning two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – one for cinema and the other for TV. One of Lewis’ most

commendable efforts was his annual Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) telethon, which he created and hosted from 1966 until 2010. During those years, the initiative raised some $2.45 billion dollars for MDA, and even got Lewis nominated for the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize.

Nina Rao Performs at Bhakit Fest 2017

Headlining with Krishna Das

By Jackie Devereaux Joshua Tree, CA – The 9th annual Bhakti Fest returns to the high desert at the Institute of Mentalphysics from Sept.

7-12 for six days of continuous Kirtan music, yoga and meditation where thousands of festival-goers search for spirituality and personal growth.

One of the musical headliners, Nina Rao, will perform at the predominately Hindu and Vedic-themed fall festival in a number time slots, and alongside with 2013 Grammy-nominated headliner Krishna Das. Rao was born in Queens, New York but don’t let that

all-American fact fool you.

Both of her parents were from Bangalore, India, and she learned the sacred Kirtan chants from her grandfather as a child, singing them in the traditional Indian way.

Rao didn’t come to the music industry straight-away.

She took a long detour working first in banking on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor in the 1980s. She left banking and started practicing yoga in the 1990s, which led her to meeting Krishna Das who led the chanting at a 1996 yoga retreat Continues on Page 12

Bhaki Fest 2017 – Journey of the Heart

By Jackie Devereaux Joshua Tree, CA Known as “The Spiritual Woodstock of The New Millennium,” Bhakti Fest 2017: Journey of the Heart, returns Sept. 7-11 to the Institute of Mentalphysics for 100 hours of yoga and non-stop sacred music performances on two stages.

Kirtan musicians and singers chant the names of God continuously mixed in with a wide variety of musical genres including blues, rock, pop, gospel, traditional, and hip-hop. Several thousand participants will share the sacred space in the high desert with teachers of diverse spiritual knowledge, yoga, dance, meditation, and breath-work. The festival, produced and promoted by the Joshua Tree Retreat

Center, will feature 12 hours of daily yoga classes in four venues for all levels.

Workshop offerings include sessions taught

by Indian spiritual leaders, along with an video interview with Bhakti Fest elder and spiritual icon, Ram Dass, whose acclaimed book, Be Here Now, helped bring Eastern philosophy to the West in the 1960s.

Bhakti Fest is considered the premier yoga, sacred music and personal growth festival in the United States.

Since 2009, for six days every September, fans get a chance to interact up close and personal with the best yoga teachers and Kirtan musicians in the world.

Bhakti Fest is part of the nonprofit group, the Center for Spiritual Studies which

supports charities across the globe, mainly in India.

Proceeds generated at both Bhakti and Shakti festivals go to these causes after costs.

Bhakti Fest celebrates the devotional paths of yoga, sacred music, and meditation. The festival is a drug and alcohol free venue for the evolution of human consciousness through a heart-centered focus.

Bring your yoga mats this September to the idyllic Institute of Mentalphysics and practice strengthening your conscious contact with God through yoga, meditation, prayer and music. Some on-site accommodations and camp sites are still available. Go to bhaktifest.com for tickets and booking information.

Beat The Dog Days of Summer with Yappy Hour

Bring Your Pooch and Celebrate The Westin Mission Hill’s Dog Adoption Program

By Desert Star Staff RANCHO MIRAGE, CA – In this dog-eat-dog world, take a break, grab your favorite furry friend, and cool off at The Westin Mission Hills’ Yappy Hour and adopted dog “reunion” event from 4-6 p.m. on Aug. 25. The complementary special event celebrates the hotel’s partnership with Animal Samaritans animal shelter and the successful adoption of 86 dogs.

“Through our partnership with Animal Samaritans we host an adoptable dog in our lobby. The dogs live in a fancy dog house while they await the opportunity to find their forever home. Usually, that home is found within just a few days as these sweet pups and our guests interact,” said Tom Scaramellino, General Manager of the Westin Mission Hills.

“We have been operating this program for a little more than two years and we are thrilled to host this annual reunion event.”

All dogs and their owners are invited to attend, with doggie-VIP status granted to dogs who were adopted through the Adopt-aPet program. The Westin Mission Hills is a dog-friendly hotel that caters to canine guests year-round with a special Patio Pooch Menu and Heavenly™ Dog Beds available during their stay.

At the Yappy Hour on August 25th, human guests will enjoy a howlin’ good time with drink specials like the Regal Beagle (whisky, peach schnapps and sweet and sour) or the Frisky Chihuahua (hotspiced Margarita). Four-legged partygoers will enjoy haute hound cuisine from the Patio Pooch Menu with nibbles like

doggy Crudo, Canine Chicken Casserole and a sweet peanut butter and banana cookie. No bones about it, your pup will be begging for a doggy bag.

The pooch pampering continues with Heavenly Dog Beds available for dogs to

use during the event, a photo booth so you and Fido can commemorate the event, and a special screening of a dog-themed movie. All dogs will receive a free dog toy. A representative from Animal Samaritans will speak at the

event. Information on how you might adopt through The Westin will be available.

Local canine-related vendors will round out the event with information booths about their goods and services.

By Desert Star Staff STERLING, Ill., Aug. 22, 2017 -- Sissy came to her rescue so badly matted it was difficult to tell she was a dog.

Her ears were matted to the side of her head, her chin was matted to her chest and her four paws were the size of boxing gloves. After a full eight hours of grooming, her true beauty was revealed and she was quickly adopted. Sissy’s dramatic transformation not only got her a second chance at life, but the title of America’s top shelter dog makeover in the 2017 Dirty Dogs Contest. The annual effort from pet industry leaders Wahl and GreaterGood. org demonstrates the power of

grooming, and awards the top three dog makeovers with grant money for their local shelters.

“Without proper grooming, shelter dogs are often perceived to be ‘damaged goods’ and overlooked by adoptive families,” says Shay Moeller, pet product manager for Wahl.

“However, by providing shelters with much-needed grooming supplies, we can help in their efforts to transform these dogs into the healthy, fun loving pets they really are. The end goal is for all dogs to find a forever family, just like Sissy did.”

The story about “Sissy” Sissy is 12 years old and a Lhasa Apso so badly matted it was difficult to tell

that she was a dog. She was one of five Lhasa’s that came to Suncoast Animal League in horrible condition.

The five dogs came into Suncoasts Animal League’s possession at 12:30 am on February 23, 2017. I made the hour drive and arrived at 1:30 am at Island Dog Outfitters to begin grooming the dogs. The drive was not a pleasant one given the horrendous odor associated with the dogs.

When it came time to start the grooming process on Sissy, it was difficult to figure out where to start. Her ears where matted to the side of her head. Her chin was matted to her chest and her face was so matted

that her muzzle no longer fit into a bowl. Feces hung like dreadlocks to her backside and her four paws were the size of boxing gloves. Her nails barely protruded through the matting and later on, we found them to be over four inches long. The matting over her eyes prevented her from seeing and we would later find out that the matting caused permanent damage to her eyes. Her teeth were wrapped with matted hair. Her body was entombed within the matted hair. The grooming that began at 1:30 am and ended at 9:30 am, with all five dogs, who would come to be known as the Fab Five, being groomed.

That same day, all five dogs

were seen and examined by a veterinarian. It would begin a medical odyssey that would cost over $7,000 and end on April 2nd with Sissy and the other four Fab Five members, getting adopted at a “Lunch with the Lhasa’s”event. In between, the Fab Five became FaceBook phenoms.

Sissy is thriving in her new home and is getting the individual attention she so richly deserves. It goes without saying that Sissy would not have been adopted without being groomed but the truth of the matter is, she wouldn’t have survived without being groomed. Grooming freed her from her own body and provided her with a new life.

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It’s My Balcony And My Vine, Right?

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Hello Mr. Richardson, I own a two bedroom condo with a balcony. We live in the area where a lot of smoke from a busy boulevard, so the balcony needs to be washed often. We put tile on the balcony. Now the HOA is painting the balconies and will remove tile. Do we have any rights to fight not to remove tile? I would really appreciate your response.

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Your balcony is most likely exclusive use common area (if the governing documents do not say so, Civil Code 4145(b) does), but it is still common area under HOA authority. Adding tile is modifying the common area.

The tile, depending on how it was installed and what is underneath, could cause longterm damage to the balcony membrane. Water damage could cause dry rot, which could cause your balcony structure to be compromised.

You may want to have a contractor advise you and the HOA regarding whether or not the tile adversely affects underlying common area. If the HOA allows you to keep the tile, you may be asked to enter into a common area alteration agreement, in which you take responsibility for the tile and any problems it might cause in the future.

Any time a homeowner wishes to add something to

common area or change it in any way, the best approach is to check first with the association – not afterward.

Best regards, Kelly

Dear M.R.: If your association is a condominium, most likely that exterior wall is common area, and therefore likely to be the association’s repair and maintenance responsibility Dear Mr. Richardson, (your HOA legal counsel can I received the draft of the check this by reviewing the minutes regarding a vine that governing documents). If has grown on the stucco wall of my and my neighbor’s home, the association is a planned development, the exterior stating that the vine has to be removed, and any damage will wall probably falls under the association architectural be the owner’s responsibility. control. Since the HOA In my neighbor’s opinion is referencing damage it looks good, she wants responsibility, I assume to keep it growing and will assume responsibility for it is a condominium. paint damage. I like it too. I Condominiums association can admit that the vine can architectural policies should chip the paint and stucco address vines on buildings, when pulled from the wall. because vines attached to the My question is regarding building surface can damage the authority of the board that surface. It is most likely within the association’s to mandate the removal. responsibility and authority to Are the outside walls the protect the exterior building domain of the HOA? Thank you, M.R., Monrovia surface. However, sometimes associations will permit owners to keep an alteration, so long

as they take full responsibility for the alteration. Perhaps the board would allow you and your neighbor to keep the vines while taking full financial responsibility for damage to the stucco. That agreement should be recorded on your condominium units, so later owners are notified of the ongoing agreement with the HOA. Be careful, you may get what you wish for, and then discover that stucco damage is a significant expense.

Thanks for your question, Kelly Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and Managing Partner of Richardson Harman Ober PC, a California law firm known for community association expertise. Submit questions to KRichardson@ RHOpc.com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront. com. All rights reserved®.

By Janice Gough Approximately one out of ten people over the age of 60, have experienced some form of elder abuse.

Some estimates range as high as 5 Million elders who are abused each year. One study estimated that only one in 14 cases of abuse are reported to authorities.

Abusers are both women and men. In almost sixty percent of elder abuse and neglect cases, the perpetrator is a family member. Two thirds of perpetrators are adult children or spouses. Abusers may pretend to be your trusted friend or a loving relative, but then steal you blind.

Being isolated socially or having a mental impairment, like dementia or Alzheimer’s, are two factors which places the elderly in a more vulnerable situation. Recent studies show that nearly half of those with dementia experienced abuse or neglect. Violence also occurs at disproportionately high rates among adults with disabilities.

There are many forms of abuse: Physical, Neglect and Mistreatment, Verbal and Emotional, and Financial.

When I hear a story about someone who is famous, wealthy, who may have people all around them, and then learn that they lived their later years in abuse and neglect or how they have been robbed financially, it is apparent that this subject must have a better “awareness campaign”.

Many people do not address their abuse, especially when a family member is involved. The fear of more abuse and, also,

that the abuser may lose employment and livelihood if an incident were reported.

Those who are born during the 30s, 40s, 50s, or 60s were taught to be polite to everyone. They desire for others to like them. Con artists recognize these aspects, and understand that these age groups are easier to Con for those reasons. Also, the fact that most, own their own home and have acquired other significant assets are the reason they are targeted. No matter what age you are, there is not a sole alive who has not been Conned by someone. It is so easy to be trusting and not see the signs of abusers.

The following are real life stories that may increase your awareness: An attorney from Minneapolis was convicted of Elder Abuse and sentenced in January of 2017 to a correctional facility for 41 months. She embezzled $50 Million dollars from her 90-year old aunt.

In Westlake Village, Ca. in 2008, a 78-year old lady’s daughter, administered Fentanyl to the mother, then changed her will. Her mother died in four days with her

money in film making, which served his own personal gain and lost most of her fortune.

Financial exploitation is selfreported at rates higher than emotional physical and sexual abuse or neglect, buy due to “self- pride”, many cases go unreported. Elders who have been abused have a 300 percent higher risk of death.

Financial abuse and fraud costs older Americans an estimated $36.5 Billion per year. Most have penalties for those who victimize older adults. Increasingly, across the country law enforcement officers and prosecutors are trained on elder abuse and ways to use criminal and civil laws to bring abusers to justice.

It is important to review Elder Justice Laws and other State resources, compiled by NCEA. Janice Gough is a Financial Advisor in Palm Springs. She can be reached for Comments at janice@goughfinancialsvcs. com or call (760) 251-7724 or Cell (650) 200-8291. We have a great comprehensive Guide for our readers, ….”The Consumer’s Guide to Taxes in Retirement”. Call today to receive yours! Or our book “Growth without Risks”.

Elder Abuse Awareness Can Save your Life and Assets estate going to the daughter.

In Palm Desert, Ca., a 76-year old retired gentleman, who resided in a board and care facility, while being heavily medicated, signed a holographic will, which was re-written and given to him by his brother. The new will transferred his home in Sun City and other assets to the brother, while cutting his only daughter out of everything.

In Palm Springs, Ca., a 74year old women, who mother’s estate was to be split between her two daughters, learned her sister terminated the will and the new will gave the 74 year old sister a house filled with old furniture, while the younger sister inherited $3.5 Million in Municipal Bonds and property.

The mother’s granddaughter then took the house and sold it, keeping all the profit.

Again, during the time the will was changed the younger daughter made sure the mother stayed heavily medicated.

An incident was reported in May, in which a wealthy lady from Palm Desert gave $30 Million to her advisor to invest safely. He advised her that the investment was doing great until most of the money was gone. He invested the

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California May Restrict Pesticide After Feds Refuse to Ban It

A 2011 UC Berkeley study of mothers and children in Salinas linked chlorpyrifos exposure to lower IQ scores and developmental delays. (Wasan Gredpree/iStockphoto)

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif.

-- California regulators have moved one step closer to placing big restrictions on the use of a pesticide that President Donald

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency refused to ban earlier this year.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation just released an updated draft risk assessment for chlorpyrifos.

It’s one of the most widelyused pesticides in the state, applied to golf courses and about 50 crops, including almonds, grapes, walnuts, oranges and cotton.

But Cheryl Watson,

assistant director of communications with Cal EPA said chlorpyrifos is a dangerous neurotoxin that can float toward schools and homes in low-income farm communities.

“This pesticide has been in use for more than 50 years,” Watson said. “But a review of the latest science by the Department of Pesticide Regulation shows that they are finding that it has a possible risk to children’s developing brains when it’s airborne.”

In March, as one of his first official acts, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, went against the advice of his agency’s scientific advisors and decided not to ban chlorpyrifos, just weeks after meeting with the CEO of Dow Chemical.

In 2015, California restricted the sale of chlorpyrifos, so only people

with special training and a permit from county agricultural commissioners can buy it.

Craig Cassidy, public information officer with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, said the state is considering further restrictions, despite federal inaction.

“Right now, we already have a required buffer zone of 150 feet between sensitive sites and applications.

We could maybe triple that,” Cassidy said.

The public comment period on the risk assessment is now open for 45 days. By next month, the state will share guidelines with county agriculture commissioners to expand the distance between the fields and communities so as to lessen the risk of accidental exposure. A final decision from the state could come late next year.

First images of damaged & flooded USS John S. McCain after collision

By Desert Star Staff First footage showing a significantly damaged US guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain has emerged online. The warship collided with a merchant vessel near the coast of Singapore.

The video shows the 505ftlong USS John S. McCain heading to Singapore with a huge dent in its left-hand side, which it received in a collision with a 600ft oil and chemical tanker, the Alnic MC. The US Navy confirmed that the warship sustained significant damage and that some compartments were flooded.

“Significant damage to the hull resulted in flooding to nearby compartments, including crew berthing, machinery, and communications rooms.

Damage control efforts by the crew halted further flooding,” the US Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement on Monday.

Five crew members of the McCain were injured in the collision, four of whom were evacuated to a local hospital with “non-lifethreatening injuries” while one more sailor “does not require further medical attention,” according to the US Navy.

Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for 10 missing sailors, with US Air Force MH-60S helicopters and MV-22 Ospreys assisting Singapore Navy vessels.

On Monday, US Defense Secretary James Mattis announced that the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) will be investigating 7th Fleet operations related to “incidents at sea.”

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in just two months involving a US destroyer colliding with a merchant vessel. Seven sailors died when the USS Fitzgerald was struck by a container ship in June.

Twelve crew members have been punished by the Navy, including the ship’s commander and executive officer.

The Alnic MC, which sails under the flag of Liberia, is a 600ft oil and chemical tanker with a gross tonnage of 30,000.

The vessel sustained “damage to her Fore Peak Tank 7m above the waterline.” None of its crew members were injured.

The vessel arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore with significant damage and several flooded compartments.

Significant damage to the hull resulted in flooding to nearby compartments, including crew berthing, machinery, and communications rooms.

Damage control efforts by the crew halted further flooding,” the US Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement.

The statement adds that four injured crewmembers were sent to a military hospital, with “non-life-threatening injuries,” while one more injured person “does not require further medical attention.”

The US warship hit the Alnic MC vessel, which sustained “damage to her Fore Peak Tank 7m above the waterline, with no crew injuries,” said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

“There is no report of oil pollution and traffic in the Singapore Strait is unaffected,” the MPA added. The tanker was carrying some 12,000 tonnes of fuel oil from

The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, in Singapore waters August 21, 2017. © Ahmad Masood / Reuters Taiwan to Singapore, a crew member told Reuters earlier on condition of anonymity, confirming there was no spill.

At least 5 sailors have been injured and 10 are missing after a US guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain “sustained damage” in collision with a merchant vessel while on a routine port visit to Singapore, the US Navy has said.

Although the US warship is sailing on its own power and heading to port, the Navy announced that a searchand-rescue mission was under way in coordination with local authorities.

Tug boats, coast guard and Singapore navy vessels and helicopters are all involved in the rescue efforts, in addition to MV-22s and SH-60s aircraft from the USS America.

Admiral John Michael Richardson, who currently serves as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations, said the Navy’s top priority was “determining the safety of the ship and crew,” promising to share more August 23, 2017

details of the incident when it becomes available.

On Monday, US Defense Secretary James Mattis announced that Richardson will be investigating 7th Fleet operations related to “incidents at sea.”

Meanwhile, Senator John Sidney McCain III, after whose father and grandfather – both US admirals – the vessel was named, tweeted words of support to America’s sailors.

The merchant vessel Alnic is 182 meters (600 feet) long and has a dead weight of 50,760 tons, the Washington Post reported.

The ship has a 30,000+ ton oil/chemical tank and was built in 2007. The Alnic sails under the Liberian flag and is reportedly operated by Stealth Maritime Corporation S.A. The USS McCain is a 505-foot-long Arleigh Burkeclass destroyer based at the 7th Fleet’s home port in Yokosuka, Japan, and was commissioned in 1994. Earlier this month, it sailed within a 12-mile range of Mischief Reef

in the disputed Spratly islands chain in the South China Sea. US President Donald Trump also referred to the warship as a show of force during the latest verbal exchange amid escalating tensions with North Korea.

The incident marks the second US warship collision with a trade vessel this summer. On 17 June 2017, seven American sailors were killed after the destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with some 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan.

In May this year, a guidedmissile cruiser, the USS Lake Champlain crashed into a 60-foot South Korean fishing boat. No one was injured during the open sea incident.

Roughly a year ago, on August 19, a nuclear ballisticmissile submarine, the USS Louisiana, collided with a military sealift command support vessel, the USNS Eagleview off the coast of Washington State. No one was injured in the collision. www.desertstarweekly.com

Historic 1993 Protest Got Cheeky with The Klan

By Desert Star Staff RICHMOND, Va. — Most Americans will be gazing up at the sky today for a view of the total solar eclipse - when the moon slips between the Earth and sun. But almost 25 years ago, a “moon” of a different sort caught people’s attention.

Some folks in Austin, Texas, were tired of annual Ku Klux Klan rallies at the State Capitol, and staged the Great Mass Mooning of the KKK in January 1993.

Some participants in the huge counter-protest dropped their pants on cue to show the klansmen they were the real butt of the joke.

Richard Boland was one of the hundred or so to bare his... opinion.

“I remember it because it was such a good time.

I enjoyed it,” Boland said.

“It ended up being a lot

bigger counter-protest than I expected. Naked disrespect, by all means.”

He said he isn’t sure if that form of counter-protest was any more effective than the others, but he did hear of a few other so-called mass moonings in the years that followed. And the Klan never did come back to the Texas State Capitol.

Contemporary white supremacist rallies and counter-protests have taken on a much more serious tone. Police and authorities say they’re concerned about the presence of assault rifles and other weapons.

But documentary filmmaker John Spottswood Moore has been researching the mooning for his movie, “When We Were Live.” He said it worked to confront the Klan’s self-importance.

In 1993, the Great Mass Mooning of the KKK helped mark the last Klan rally at the Texas State Capitol. (Hank Sinatra/ACTV/Youtube) “I think that it’s a great tactic,” Moore said. “We can be comical, we can be creative. They want you to yell and scream, and fight and give them reasons why they can

say, ‘Look, these people are just as bad as us.’ We don’t have to stoop to their level.”

Moore said there was even a theme song for the mooning - a reworking of, “If

You’re Happy and You Know It.” He recalled it included the lines, “If you’re happy and you know it, bare your butt to show it - if you’re happy and you know, it moon the Klan.”

By Desert Star Staff PHOENIX -- Civil rights and immigrants’ rights groups are planning a giant protest Tuesday outside the Phoenix Convention Center where President Donald Trump is set to hold a campaignstyle rally at 6 p.m.

Organizers are expecting thousands to protest a possible pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who faces six months in prison for flouting a court order to stop racially profiling Latinos as suspected undocumented immigrants.

James Garcia is communications director with PAZ, one of several groups organizing the rally. He called the idea of a pardon hypocritical.

“This is the same

contingency of people who insist that the law is the law and this is why there should be zero tolerance towards the presence of undocumented immigrants,” Garcia said.

“And yet, after a federal judge convicts Sheriff Arpaio, the President seems quite willing to come and essentially say, ‘The law doesn’t matter.’”

Arizona Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva will headline the protest, with contingents from multiple groups including Puente, Indivisible, and Somos America. Trump supporters are expected to flock to the event as well, and mount a counter-protest outside.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton asked the President to delay his trip, in light of the violence last weekend in

Charlottesville, Va., but the request was disregarded.

Garcia said he worries extremists may have taken heart after the President’s initial tepid response to Charlottesville.

“The death of the young woman there speaks to the worst that can happen when essentially, you allow and inspire folks who somehow believe that it’s perfectly fine to be racist; it’s perfectly fine to be white supremacist,” he said.

The Phoenix Police Department is putting plans in place to prevent any clashes between the two sides in the hopes that the event will remain peaceful, much like the anti-hate demonstrations over the weekend in Boston and Dallas.

Massive Protests Planned to Counter Trump’s Phoenix Rally

President Donald Trump is moving forward with a Phoenix rally on Tues., despite a request to delay it from the city’s mayor. (Wikimedia Commons)

On DACA’s 5th Anniversary, CA Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Press On

By Desert Star Staff SAN FRANCISCO – Immigrants’ rights advocates are speaking out - because today is the fifth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. California is home to more than 220,000 people who were brought to the U.S. as children and gained the right to work here when President Obama signed an executive order in 2012.

President Trump promised on the campaign trail to show great heart with regards to the so-called “dreamers.”

But Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, points out that his new chief of staff – former Homeland Security chief General John Kelly - wouldn’t vow to protect them during www.desertstarweekly.com

his confirmation hearing.

“We pressed thenSecretary Kelly, asking him to make a commitment to keep America’s promise to these young people, that we would not share their information with ICE, which would lead to their deportation,” she says.

“And he refused to do so.”

Trump did sign an extension of DACA in June. But nine states’ attorneys general are threatening to sue if Trump doesn’t rescind the program.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions - a hard-liner on immigration - has not said whether the Justice Department will fight to keep DACA. Harris co-sponsored the DREAM Act to permanently reauthorize the program and says she supports comprehensive

immigration reform.

Felipe Salazar’s parents brought him to the U.S. from Colombia when he was ten. He has since earned a master’s in computer engineering - and says he was able to find a job at a high-tech firm in San Francisco - thanks to DACA. “Since then, my life has changed in a multitude of ways,” he says. “I can drive and I can work. I can support myself and my family. And I have been able to contribute to society to the fullest extent of my skills.”

There are 800,000 DACA recipients in the U.S. Harris estimates that removing those people from the workforce would cost California $11 billion in annual GDP and cost the country $433 billion over the next ten years.

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More than 800,000 people have benefited from the DACA program since its inception in 2012. (avidcreative/iStockphoto)

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NC Health Centers Meet Needs of LGBTQ Community

By Desert Star Staff ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Community health centers across North Carolina meet the medical needs of a diverse population, many of whom aren’t finding adequate care elsewhere.

One such group is the LGBTQ community, and Western North Carolina Community Health Services, or WNCCHS, has just received a $10,000 grant to help serve this population.

It’s from the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE), and Rev. Jasmine BeachFerrara, the group’s executive director, says the need for these health services is great.

“LGBTQ people, unfortunately, continue to be second-class citizens under the law, and also continue to experience disproportionate health disparities in a number of different areas – including mental health issues, including depression and anxiety, and then oftentimes, just access to care where

people will be treated with cultural competency and respect,” she states.

WNCCHS runs the only Transgender Health Program in the region, serving more than 200 patients a year.

This fall, WNCCHS and CSE will run a series of free clinics on topics ranging from safety concerns to legal issues.

Buncombe County has a higher percentage of samesex couples than any other county in the state. Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh already offer similar resources.

Scott Parker, WNCCHS director of development and collaboration, says it serves 18 counties in western North Carolina, and this collaboration is just the beginning.

“Our hopes are to help other community health centers, especially in the deep South – offer them best practices for how to make your health center a very welcoming place for the LGBTQ community,

Western North Carolina Community Health Services has received a $10,000 grant from the Campaign for Southern Equality to expand medical services to the LGBTQ community. (justgrimes/Flickr) and that it doesn’t need to be a secret,” he states.

“You need to be able to promote that, so people will see that and know it.”

Beach-Ferrara maintains teaching other health centers across the state can make a big difference.

“What’s often missing,

though, is the access to the kind of training and support that can allow a clinic to go from saying, ‘Hey, we’re open to this and we’re ready to do this,’ to saying, ‘We’re going to institutionalize these practices, so from the second an LGBT person walks in the door of this

clinic, they know that they’re welcome,’” she stresses.

According to The Williams Institute, more than 336,000 LGBTQ people call North Carolina home, including 38,000 transgender individuals. They also are more likely to live in poverty and without health insurance.

Barcelona on Thursday in an operation at Subirats, just outside Barcelona, following a manhunt which began last Thursday.

Trapero also confirmed that Imam Abdelbaki Es Satty, suspected of being the mastermind behind the operation, was killed in an accidental explosion at the cell’s base of operations in Alcanar.

The bomb disposal unit deployed a robot at the scene to inspect what they thought was an explosive belt worn by Abouyaaqoub.

Abouyaaqoub was shot as he approached a police vehicle. Local media claim that police helicopters are searching the area for a suspected accomplice and authorities have asked people in the area not to broadcast the location of checkpoints

as the security operation is ongoing. Earlier Monday, police released an image of Younes Abouyaaqoub, seeking information on his whereabouts. “The driver of the van is dangerous and may be armed. Wanted for his role in the attack in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas, which occurred on August 17,” Catalan law enforcement said.

A total of 15 people died as a result of the terrorist attacks in Catalonia on Thursday. Thirteen died in the attack on Las Ramblas, while one other was killed in the attack in the resort town of Cambrils later that day.

The driver of a car used as an escape vehicle by the suspected van attacker succumbed to his injuries today having been stabbed multiple times.

old Younes Abouyaaqoub, was shot and killed by police the day before the first hearing. The manhunt came to an end in Subirats, west of Barcelona, after officers received a tipoff on a suspicious man wearing an explosive belt.

Abouyaaqoub is believed to have driven a rented van into pedestrians in Barcelona before escaping on foot.

As Chemlal, Driss Oukabir, Mohamed Aallaa and Salh El Karib gave their statements on the double attacks at the court, a Spanish prosecutor reportedly requested that the

judge detain the four without bail, according to EL Pais.

Two of the suspects told the court that imam Abdelbaki Es Satty was the instigator, Spanish media reported, adding that the public prosecutor had asked the judge to send all four to jail while investigations continued.

The four may face jail terms on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, murder and possession of explosives, El Pais reported, citing the prosecution

Barcelona attack prime suspect dead, all 12-terrorist’s dead or in custody

By Desert Star Staff Catalan police confirmed the shooting death of Younes Abouyaaqoub, the main suspect in the Barcelona

attack on Las Ramblas in which 14 people died and over 100 were injured.

All 12 members of the terrorist cell which carried out

the attack are either dead or in custody, but the authorities are not closing the investigation.

Today the 12 names that we have always referred to are in the hands of the justice system, or sadly, as a result of their actions, have been killed,” Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero told a press conference Monday evening, as cited by Reuters.

Despite Abouyaaqoub’s death, Trapero stated that the international probe into the attack “should not be considered closed,” adding instead that “new lines of investigation have been opened up and there will be further developments in the coming weeks.”

Trapero confirmed the death of Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, the suspected driver in the terrorist attack on Las Ramblas in

By Desert Star Staff A suspected member of the terrorist cell which carried out attacks in Catalonia said the group planned a bigger attack with explosives, Spanish media report. The testimony comes as four alleged group members appear at the high court in Madrid.

The testimony came from Mohamed Houli Chemlal, who was first to testify. The alleged terrorist group member didn’t specify the target for the larger attack initially plotted by the group, EL Pais reports, citing unnamed judicial sources.

However, a conflicting report by El Mundo claims that Chemlal provided details of an initial plot. He reportedly told the judge the group was going to attack major Barcelona monuments, including the Sagrada Familia cathedral, confirming a previous statement he gave to Catalan police.

Chemlal appeared in court with three other surviving suspects on Tuesday.

The four are believed to be members of the group responsible for the Thursday carnage at tourist hotspot Las Ramblas in Barcelona,

which left 13 people dead and scores injured, as well as the Cambrils attack that followed hours later, in which a woman was stabbed to death.

While the five assailants of the attack in Cambrils were shot by police in a standoff, two other suspected cell members, including the possible mastermind of both assaults, imam Abdelbaki Es Satty, died earlier in an accidental blast in a house in Alcanar. There, police found 120 butane canisters believed to be used in bomb manufacturing.

The last suspect, 22-year-

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New Net-Metering Law Sparks Rush to Install Solar

Power and Light (IPL), a faith-based organization that works to educate people about the need to conserve energy and go green, vigorously opposed it.

Trisha Tull, the group’s program facilitator, says IPL has been holding climate workshops around the state for religious leaders, community members and teachers.

“Because there are so many people who think it’s just a political issue and that it shouldn’t be talked about, because it’s been politicized by people who are climate deniers and don’t want us to The amount utility companies have to pay for excess energy do anything,” she explains. decreases after this year. (ipl.org) Utility companies back the legislation, saying other

By Desert Star Staff companies have to pay for customers currently are INDIANAPOLIS – Across excess energy produced subsidizing solar users Indiana, there’s a rush to by home solar systems. install solar panels before Senate Bill 309 reduces the to be on the grid.

Solar workshops are being the end of the year, because payback through net metering held this week in Noblesville legislation passed this year over time. Environmental and Fort Wayne with another lowers the amount utility groups and Hoosier Interfaith

in South Bend, Indianapolis and Carmel next month.

IPL has 41 chapters across the country and helps religious institutions install solar panels on their roofs.

Tull says IPL also encourages church leaders to talk to congregations about the need to turn to cleaner energy.

She stresses climate change is a moral conversation that should take place.

“Because climate change is already affecting the poorest people in the world who have the least to do with creating the problems, it’s already affecting nature itself and it will be affecting future generations,” she states.

Advocates say Indiana homeowners who get locked into the current net-metering system will be able to pay the cost of it off sooner.

Study of Heartland’s Unsung Heroes Finds Trust, Not Power, is Key

By Desert Star Staff KANSAS CITY, Mo. – When you want to make substantive changes to your community and do meaningful work, it’s natural to first seek out the most powerful people in town.

But just concluded research from an anthropologist and data scientist suggests something different.

Karen Stephenson spent several months in Kansas City looking for what she calls key connectors – simply people who get things done.

She notes that her list of more than 200 key connectors doesn’t mirror the typical who’s who of local power brokers because money and notoriety aren’t at the core. “’Your word is your bond’ is another kind of power,” she points out. “It’s called soft power. But it’s, in fact, more durable and more sturdy than ascribed power.”

Stephenson explains the phenomenon by noting that innovation and entrepreneurship

Anthropologist Karen Stephenson says soft power or trust yields innovation in metropolitan areas such as Kansas City. (Jay Castor/Pixabay) thrive when people are comfortable exchanging ideas and information. That doesn’t necessarily occur in the presence of political and business leaders.

Stephenson has conducted similar research in other large metro areas, but this is the first work she’s done in the Midwest.

The list of connectors she compiled in Philadelphia only contained a 1 percent overlap of the annual publication of

the city’s 100 most influential.

She says people who get things done are willing to go out on a limb with other risk takers who have a heart for their communities.

“That doesn’t always happen with elected officials or ascribed positions in leadership positions like in companies and for-profits and not-for-profits,” she points out.

“I’m not saying that it can’t happen, I’m just saying that many times it isn’t there.”

Brewers and Anglers to EPA: Keep Headwaters Clean

By Desert Star Staff DENVER – Beer makers plan to join forces with outdoor recreation businesses and conservation groups today at the EPA’s Denver headquarters.

They’re protesting the agency’s plan to roll back the 2015 Clean Water Rule.

Tyler Baskfield with the group Trout Unlimited says the move could undermine protections for 20 million acres of wetlands and 60 percent of U.S. streams, www.desertstarweekly.com

which provide drinking water for one in three Americans.

“These streams are important to sportsmen, they’re important to business owners, they’re important to people who use drinking water here in the state,” he says. “And it’s a big part of our identity to keep protections on these streams, and keep our livelihood and way of life protected moving forward.”

The Obama-era rule clarified which headwaters

and wetlands would be protected by the Clean Water Act. In June, EPA chief Scott Pruitt officially kick-started a process to repeal the measure, saying it hinders businesses.

According to E-and-E News, Pruitt recently appeared in an agribusiness video urging farmers and ranchers to submit comments on the proposal.

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Stephenson says hierarchies that were effective in the 1900s are giving way to more interconnected systems because innovation increases when people work laterally across trust-based networks.

Stephenson notes that while key connectors work in trust-based networks, they are also individuals who push beyond their comfort zones and establish diverse community relationships.

wetlands and headwaters feeding into lakes and rivers clean. He says in Colorado, removing protections could be devastating for trout species that are especially sensitive to pollution.

“It’s a big part of what comprises our fisheries, even the fisheries that are lower down depend on these headwaters for sustaining fish populations,” he adds.

Last week, the EPA extended the public comment period on its proposal to repeal the Clean Water Rule to September 27.

PALM SPRINGS Kal David Unplugged on

Thursdays at 8 p.m. at 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive. For information, 760-322-4422 Palm Springs Villagefest Street Festival every Thursday The Congo Room presents “Wet Wednesday” 10pm2am P: 760-322-7353 PS disco Heat II, Disco Caliente at The Reef Bar at the Caliente Tropics Hotel August 18 August Splash House Pool Party in Palm Springs August 11 Palm Springs LGBT Pride November 3 @ 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 2nd Annual Comic Con Palm Springs at The Convention Center August 25 Modernism Show and Sale at the Palm Springs Convention Center October 20 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

PALM DESERT The Choreography

Festival at The McCallum Theatre Nov. 11 Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott Perform at The McCallum Theatre Nov. 9 @ 8:00 PM Dia De Los Muertos Live at The McCallum Theatre Oct. 28 @ 8:00 PM 6th Annual Family Fun Day at The McCallum Theatre Oct. 22 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends on Stage at the McCallum Oct. 7 @ 8:00 PM American Cancer Society Relay For Life Civic Center Park Oct. 7 @ 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert Presents Pat Lash Retrospective Aug.30 @ 8:00AM - 5:00PM 4th Annual Three Pianos-Six Hands, at The McCallum Theatre Nov. 14, 2017 @ 7:00 PM - Jan. 16, 2018 @ 7:00 PM Relay For Life Civic Center Park Oct. 7 2017 Coachella Valley Heart & Stroke Walk Civic Center Park, Nov.18 @ 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Dave Koz 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour at The McCallum Theatre Dec. 19 @ 8:00 PM The Kingston Trio Perform at The McCallum Theatre Nov. 19 @ 3:00 PM Comedian Bob Newhart Live at The McCallum Theatre Nov.18 @ 8:00 PM 2017 Coachella Valley Heart & Stroke Walk Civic Center Park, Nov. 18 @ 7:00 AM Continued on page 18

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

You find it important to have beauty, peace and harmony at home. Along with nourishing and nurturing things. Look around your environments and create the needed comfort. You think about your childhood home, your parent’s marriage, the intelligence and love imparted there.

You either imitate this way of living or revolutionize it.

TAURUS You always choose to be kind, tolerant, tactful, doing no harm. This makes you very likable. You learn during these eclipse weeks that you are very creative. You also learn to provide others with more recognition. You’re sensitive, diplomatic, and often you remain silent. You have very high intelligence which you hide. You are also, at times, mischievous & ornery. Everyone likes you.

GEMINI It’s important to hear during these times that you are creative, intelligent, loving, cared for and appreciated.

You may not verbalize these words to others often, but you need to have them spoken to you. Inform loved ones that you feel safe and secure with them. And thank them. What you seek most right now are

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things simple, trustworthy and genuine. Soul qualities.

You waver between depth and impersonality, all the while wanting to trust. You’re here and there with your thinking.

You want to feel empowered but sometimes daily life feels wounding. Relationships change for the better.

SAGITTARIUS

Several things keep coming to the surface or showing up in your life. The usual The planets are affecting you things – money, sharing in such a way that you are finances, deep intimate more sensitive, vulnerable, connections, dividing power, more aware, perceptive and discussing emotional topics.

LIBRA intuitive. Give to yourself all All of these are important. Then that you need during this time. there’s the unusual, where You may need to tend to your A very expansive new sense of routine becomes a grave health and well-being with more self is growing within and you dissatisfaction. The appeal is focus. Less acidic foods, more will be surprised in the future other people, faraway places, alkaline for balance. You will who and what you become. In attractive and charming and feel the difference. Research relationships, you harmonize rather exotic. You are to attract Chaga (medicinal mushroom) rather than challenge. In groups and then synthesize all of it. and dried green barley grass. of friends you are the change CAPRICORN Use them in smoothies. maker, the radical social one.

Someone makes you very LEO happy. You value their love.

Pay special attention to They teach you how to love partners, intimates, friends and Parts of your life become more. You protect them from those close to you. Personal, more hidden for a while. In harm. Safeguarding them. You one-on-one interactions terms of love it’s as if you don’t talk about these things. are needed by those who closed the door and went Sometimes there’s sadness. love you. Offer yourself, with into hiding. Secrets become intention and dedication, to interesting, you or others be more present, to just love SCORPIO speak in whispers. There’s a more. Observe carefully the real feeling that some essential You’re recognized for your needs of those in your life. things - people, situations, unceasing work performance.

One can radiate love yet still events, the past - have ended. You’re seen as a bit radical, be unaware of the real needs Loss is always accompanied responsible, likeable, with of others. Do you recognize by sadness and melancholy. appropriate authority, able to the subtle difference?

This too passes. But you negotiate and be social at the AQUARIUS realize what you are lonely for. same time. All in terms of your profession. There’s VIRGO some ambition for something Above all other things you do new, something managerial this month, make sure the work You seek someone to share mixed with art, creativity environment is harmonious your interests. You seek and your particular talent. and peaceful, friendly and tidy, happiness and friendships Opportunities come your generous and a pleasure for and group interactions. You way. Keep a sensible everyone. Call for team spirit, seek peacefulness, a bit of heart throughout. But ask everyone to be cooperative romance tinged with friendship. listen to the siren calls. and share tasks. The outcome

CANCER

is everyone begins to recognize your gifts and appreciates you more and more. Wherever you are tend carefully to all resources, finances and be aware of what you value.

PISCES There is perhaps a wounding being experienced. A feeling that a new reality is needed.

The one you’ve been living in no longer serves you. This is part of the eclipse playing out, part Chiron (the wound) and Neptune (things dissolving).

There is a need for change, for a new environment, new ways of daily living, new rhythms, new resources and more choices. Create a magnetic field around you by visualizing the needs being fulfilled. Write, draw, paint them. Let this be your new daily creative endeavor.

Then watch what happens.

Risa D’Angeles is the founder and director of the Esoteric & Astrological Studies Research Institute: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology. She can be reached at risagoodwill@gmail.com.

How to Help Your Child Prepare for Kindergarten

By Desert Star Staff Kindergarten is an exciting time for children, but it can also be a stressful time of change -- not just for little ones, but for parents, too.

Although each child is unique and develops at his or her own pace, most educators and experts agree that four key areas of development are essential for further growth and achievement in school.

To help your child prepare for kindergarten and make a smooth transition, here are a few ways to support these key areas of development at home: • Vocabulary and Oral Language Development: Encourage your child to communicate through words.

Have your child tell you a story, asking questions that invite description. For example, if your child says a dog was chasing a stick, ask what color was the dog? Did he run fast or slowly? Was the stick big or small? In public, give your child opportunities to speak for him or herself or make requests. If he or she is asked what they want to eat and drink at a restaurant, let your child reply, even if you know the answer.

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• Social-Emotional Skills: Children will use socialemotional skills every day once in kindergarten, whether they’re asking a teacher for help, being polite to classmates or following instructions. Scheduling a fun, unstructured play date is a great way to let children interact with peers, helping them learn to share and express themselves through play.

• Small Motor Control: Developing small motor skills can be as easy as coloring with your child and cutting with scissors -- anything that gets those fingers and toes moving! Other great activities include putting puzzles together, building with blocks, throwing, catching and kicking a ball, riding a tricycle as well as activities like running, jumping and climbing.

• Attention to Sensory and Visual Detail: Paying attention to one’s senses is a mindful practice that can help prepare children for the academic world of kindergarten.

Noticing textures, smells and tastes, and using language to describe these details, fosters vocabulary development and encourages children to

compare and contrast their experiences. At snack time, ask your child to describe the food with words like sweet or sour, crunchy or juicy, rough or smooth. When playing with puzzles, ask your child to sort the puzzle pieces and then describe what colors, patterns, edges, or other visual details the pieces share.

Parents may find certain tools useful towards helping children learn core school and life skills. For example, LeapFrog’s LeapStart Learning System gets kids excited about counting, learning to read, problem solving and more with fun, re-playable activities. An ergonomic stylus reads invisible dots on every page, triggering questions, challenges, songs, jokes and more. Engaging new content featuring popular children’s characters and the availability of LeapFrog’s acclaimed Learn to Read series give children the tools they need to build tomorrow’s skills today.

Don’t worry if your child hasn’t mastered all his or her letters, sounds and numbers by the time school starts.

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Something for Every Age Group on DVD

Nature’s Great Race

Where oh where has the summer gone? It seems like only yesterday when school let out for summer vacation. Now school is back in session, and the world has just experienced a total eclipse of the sun. With so much going on in our world, perhaps it’s time to chill out, relax and take time to enjoy some recent movie and TV titles now available on DVD. There are many choices on hand for every age group and here are a few suggestions.

From PBS Masterpiece, there is “Prime Suspect Tennison.” This is the eagerly awaited prequel to “Prime Suspect,” a PBS hit that starred Dame Helen Mirren in the role of Jane Tennison, a formidable London police detective.

In the prequel, this visuallystunning drama rewinds to 1970s London to portray the early career of Tennison, now played by Stefanie Martini At this point she is an ambitious, single-minded 22-year-old probationary officer. It is evident from the start that she is dedicated with an instinctive approach as she is thrown into a brutal murder investigation, witnessing first-hand the devastating effects of violent crime, as well as experiencing tragic ramifications herself.

The show also immerses us in the music, fashion and politics that defined a generation.

DVD’ bonus material includes: Cars of the 70s, Dressing the 70s, Hair of the 70s and Policing in the 70s.

For the younger set, there’s “Room on the Broom” from PBS, a tale of a kind witch who invites a collection of animals www.desertstarweekly.com

to join her on her broom, which frustrates her cat. When she encounters a fierce and hungry dragon, her animal friends come to her rescue.

To reward them, she gets a magnificent new broom with plenty of room for everyone.

The animated film is based on the beloved children’s picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

The characters are voiced by Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon, Martin Clunes, Simon Pegg and Timothy Spall. Special features include: “Behind-the-Scenes the Scenes Documentary,” “Julia Donaldson Live Performance” and “Artwork Gallery.”

Animal lovers of all ages will thrill to PBSs “Nature’s Great Race.” In this epic adventure, you get to follow three iconic animals—caribou, elephants and zebra—on three breathtaking wildlife adventures, journeying across hundreds of miles of Canadian arctic wilderness and African bush.

As cameras follow individual animals every step of the way, you will witness their close calls, their successes and failures.

You will also discover the true driving forces that compel them to risk everything. Approximately 180 minutes in length.

For an animal thrill ride, there’s “Kong: Skull Island” from Warner Bros. This adventure is pure fantasy as an intrepid group head to the very mysterious Skull Island, not located on any map. Somehow John Goodman convinces the government to fund his mission against their better judgement.

To help protect Goodman and his colleagues, he is provided

with a group of US soldiers who were scheduled to return stateside following the end of WW II. The small unit assigned to them is headed by Samuel L. Jackson. When they fly through the shrouded mist covering this uncharted island, they incur the wrath of the gigantic ape, Kong whose mission is to protect the animals on Skull island from any form of predator. Others in the cast include Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson and John C. Reilly as a soldier whose plane crashed over the island at the beginning of the great war. To capture the primordial landscape of this island director Jordan VogtRoberts and his team filmed across three continents—Oahu, Hawaii, Australia’s Gold Coast and Vietnam— for six months in order to create Skull Island.

As thing’s heat up, we and the

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group, encounter all sorts of very large beasts under the protection of the mighty Kong.

It is a fun thrill ride, but it would have been even more exciting if there had been a little less of Samuel L. Jackson’s character and more of the mighty Kong.

The DVD is filled with added features, including “Creating a King: Realizing an Icon,” “On Location: Vietnam,” deleted scenes and more. Running time is 118 minutes. The film is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action and for brief strong language.

“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” debuted on Blu-ray and DVD on August 8th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

In this tale, the child Arthur’s father is murdered by Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur’s uncle, who then seizes the crown.

Robbed of his birthright and

with no idea of who he truly is, Arthur grows up the hard way, in the back alleys of the city.

But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life changes drastically, and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy, whether he likes it or not. The Blu-ray Combo Pack contains many special features, including: “Arthur with Swagger.” Played

by Charlie Hunnam, Arthur is a gentleman, a hunk and a rebel, setting new standards as king and brand new rules with the ladies. The combo pack also contains many other features, including “Parry and Bleed,” showing how Hunnam and cast members got a crash course in swordplay, Vikings vs Saxon’s style. Running time is 126 minutes. It is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, some suggestive content and brief strong language.

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Valley Pet Lovers Come Out To Clear The Shelters KMIR Tyler Harrison Palm Springs, CA - Cold noses and warm hearts filled the Palm Springs Animal Shelter on Saturday as hundreds of locals looked for their next, “forever friend.”

KMIR News along with NBCUniversal spearheaded the 3rd Annual “Clear The Shelters” pet adoption event.

This nationwide event has helped save nearly 250,000 shelter animals over the past three years by matching them with a loving family.

“We won’t have these pets here tonight, they’ll all be resting

in a nice bed,” said Daniel Sumner, Palm Springs Animal Shelter Director of Operations.

“A lot of our dogs and cats they will adopt a human,” said Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon.

Adoption fees at participating shelters was only $20 which helped make finding your new “best friend” a lot easier. It also allowed adopters to budget for a few extra toys and treats in the process.

“We the like the ones that are the most cuddly and most friendly,” said Giorgio Barone from Rancho Mirage. He and his sister, Stefani Barone, are

new cat owners. “All animals need a home so its good to adopt animals cause they need a home,” said Giorgio.

However, finding forever homes is sometimes easier said than done. “It’s not easy and its expensive and you see all the volunteers here, it takes a tremendous amount of work, people volunteering to make this all work, “ said Mayor Moon.

This year’s event helped find 61 cats and 29 dogs a new home. Source: KMIR

People Who Are Blind View Eclipse in Real Time

By Desert Star Staff LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 22, 2017 -- For the first time in known history, people who are blind experienced the solar eclipse, as it happened, thanks to a developing technology that allowed them to feel a real time, changing image.

Employees of the American Printing House for the Blind (APH), the co-inventor of the Graphiti™, and students of the Kentucky School for the Blind gathered together to “touch” the sun and experienced this historic event with their friends, family, and co-workers.

Graphiti, a device being developed by APH and Orbit Research, combines an array of 2400 movable pins with image software to create a tactile representation. A camera provided the eclipse image, and the shape of the moon and sun crossing paths refreshed every 10 seconds.

For people who are blind, the experience of “touching” the sun, in real time, was a thrill. It also gave participants the opportunity to share

in a worldwide event.

“No one was sitting on the sidelines today,” said APH President Craig Meador.

“Learning equality is not just about providing the same information that people who are sighted have. It’s about providing the same social, historical and other experiences that everyone else is enjoying.”

The prototype Graphiti used at the eclipse viewing is currently the only one in existence, but APH hopes to have them ready for sale next year. “Ideally we would have had units for everyone around the world today,” said Larry Skutchan, one of the Graphiti’s developers. “We are excited to see how Graphiti will be used in science classrooms, business workplaces, museums … the possibilities are endless. Just imagine where this technology will be by the time of the next eclipse!”

Learn more about Graphiti and the work of the American Printing House for the Blind at: www.aph.org.

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The current pay rate is $11.50 per hour.

Applicants of the Registry must meet the following minimum requirements:

The Desert Star Weekly welcomes news and photos of local interest.

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The deadline is each Friday at 5 p.m.

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Wireless Tips for Boomers

By Desert Star Staff There are currently more than 93 million Americans in the U.S. over age 55, according to Census data, and the vast majority (74 percent) of them have a smartphone. And that number keeps growing.

In addition, Baby Boomers spend an average of 149 minutes a day on their smartphones -- about as much as smartphoneobsessed Millennials at

171 minutes per day.

Despite these figures, and the fact that members of this generation were the inventors of the wireless industry, many mobile plans for Americans aged 55 plus are still designed for a time before the Internet. They come with limited minutes, and no data.

“The fact is that many ‘senior’ plans offer limited services that only work with basic phones. This

doesn’t make sense for most of today’s modern, mobile adults,” says John Legere, CEO and president of T-Mobile. “Unfortunately, many carriers and plans treat these generations like they’re stuck in the past.”

But even without the dumbed down “senior” plans, empty nesters aren’t given great options. When kids leave the house and are off the family plan, most major carriers raise

the per line cost by almost 60 percent, costing customers a hefty sum when it’s time to pay the bill each month.

So how can you find the best deal for your needs?

When looking for a plan, consider the following.

• How many lines do you need? Virtually every wireless provider has a lower per line cost for four lines instead of two. So, if you only need two lines, look for a plan that won’t penalize you for not having four.

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amount of data you use. Lately, unlimited plans have become incredibly affordable and popular again. If you don’t want to ever have to worry about your data use, it may be time to take advantage of these deals and switch to an unlimited plan.

Consider new options like the recently launched T-Mobile ONE Unlimited 55+, which is designed specifically for today’s modern mobile adults. For just $60 a month, with taxes and fees included in the price, those who are 55 and older can get T-Mobile ONE, with unlimited talk, text and 4G LTE data, as well as the already mentioned other perks. It also comes with the ability to use your number on other compatible phones, tablets and PCs. It’s limited to those aged 55 and older, so bring your ID when you go to sign up. To learn more, visit t-mobile.com/unlimited55.

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Thoughtful Gift Ideas for Babies and Toddlers

By Desert Star Staff More babies are born in September than any other month of the year, and if there are a lot of new babies in your life, you may be wondering what the best gifts are to welcome them into the world.

Remember, many babies will be inundated with onesies which they will quickly outgrow, so why not consider gifts that will encourage them to meet their developmental milestones in the coming years?

“Playtime is not only fun, it’s the ideal opportunity for children to pick up new information and skills, from numbers, language and vocabulary to handeye coordination,” says Dr. Clement Chau, director of learning at VTech, a world leader in age-appropriate and developmental stagebased electronic learning

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Congressman Raul Ruiz Holds Charlottesville Discussion

By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, CA Congressman Raul Ruiz invited community members and leaders to discuss the violence that broke out after the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA. “We had multiple faith based leaders. We had Muslims, we had Christians, we had the Jewish community, we had LGBT members, Latinos and immigrants,” Ruiz said, listing off the variety of community members who attended.

The congressman said it was important for community members to address the violence in Charlottesville.

“We’ve been hearing from community members who are experiencing a strong sense of isolation, anxiety and fear because of what happened

in Charlottesville,” Ruiz said.

Fr. Howard Lincoln with Sacred Heart Church said he’s still in shock from what happened.

“It’s hard to believe that there’s people like that in our country, and we fought a second world war to defeat Nazism,” Lincoln said.

Religious leaders shared their opinions on how to prevent what happened in Charlottesville from happening in the Coachella Valley “This is about the phenomenon of hatred in American society, and what do we do here in the Coachella Valley to keep things safe,” said Rabbi David Lazar with Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs.

Lincoln said everyone agreed they need to be role models and be vocal.

By Desert Star Staff HELENA, Mont. – The white supremacist rally in

Charlottesville has put the country on high alert for hate groups, and the Southern

“We have a moral responsibility to speak out against all hatred and to denounce it,” he said.

Ruiz said he and other

leaders will stand behind anyone who experiences any type of hatred.

“We are going to stand to protect you. It doesn’t

matter if you are republican, democrat, if you are an elderly person or a young person, if you’re gay or straight or affluent or indigent,” Ruiz said.

Poverty Law Center says they aren’t just a problem in the southern U.S. Research from the center has found Montana has the highest concentration of hate groups for its population in the country, with ten considered ‘active’ statewide.

Rachel Carroll Rivas, codirector of the Montana Human Rights Network, says events like the Charlottesville protests can increase membership for extremist groups, but her organization focuses on stopping people before they join.

“Our work is really with our friends, and neighbors and family, who are maybe unengaged or maybe they’re somewhat sympathetic but

are probably not necessarily deep into activists as white supremacists,” she explains.

Rivas says while the rally in Virginia might inspire white supremacists, events like this usually have the opposite effect - prompting people to speak out against racism as well.

To combat the threat of increasing hate crimes, the Human Rights Network has a rapid-response guide on its website at mhrn.org.

Rivas says another danger after Charlottesville is bringing fringe ideas into the political mainstream, and that people should pay close attention to reactions from politicians.

“We need to make sure that our leaders, our elected

officials, are not emboldening the white supremacists and farright patriot movements with their ideas; and then also that they’re not supporting them in ways that maybe don’t seem as obvious, through discriminatory policies,” she adds.

It might be tempting to meet hate groups on the streets - like the violent clashes between protestors and counter-protestors seen in recent weeks - but Rivas calls that counterproductive.

“We need to not do it on their terms,” she says.

“We need to sort of switch it - be clear about what it is, but then go forward with actually what we would like our community to look like.”

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Nina Rao Performs at Bhakit Fest 2017

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of the time attending most weekend events. Bhakti Fest “It (suddenly) all came back is an annual event for the two musicians but there is not to me from the time singing with my grandfather,” Rao said enough time to attend both in a recent telephone interview the spring and fall festivals.

She released her first CD, a from her Brooklyn, New York home. “I knew this was what I double disc, Antarayaami: wanted to do, and have never Knower of All Hearts, four years ago and plans to release stopped chanting since.”

Rao became Krisha Das’ her second CD, a single disc sometime in 2018. Her new business manager. “I set CD will have compilations of up his email and webpage, old, original chants she learned assisted him, and performed as his drummer full time in from her grandfather in India.

2002. Now, he tours all year Rao says that lots of artists converge at Bhakti round but she doesn’t. Rao Fest to connect and interact has a teenage daughter with each other. “It’s a who does travel with her pilgrimage for people to learn when she’s out of school. and immerse themselves in It’s all business between chanting – to just go with it.”

Rao and Das. They are both Go to www.bhaktifest married to other people. for tickets, camping and Rao does try to travel on-site accommodations. with Das about 70 percent

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Events like the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., often also prompt more people to speak out against racism. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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Will Florida Utility Customers Pay Now for Future Power?

By Desert Star Staff TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A federal appeals court hears arguments this week in a case challenging a Florida law that leaves utility customers on the hook for speculative nuclear projects.

The controversial nuclear cost-recovery law passed in 2006, at a time when nuclear power appeared to be making a comeback, but things have changed with the rise of renewable energy.

Utility watchdog J.R. Kelly, public counsel for the Florida Office of Public Counsel, is asking regulators to reject the latest multi-billion dollar request by the state’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light.

“We have a fundamental concern that ratepayers should not be paying profit on these costs when it is

unknown if the facility is even going to be built,” Kelly states.

The plaintiffs contend the nuclear cost-recovery law is unconstitutional and seek to recoup $2 billion they say utility customers have already paid.

FPL says it isn’t the right party to be sued – that it is following state law, so the State of Florida should be on the hot seat. But the plaintiffs say it’s the utility collecting money from consumers.

Attorney George Cavros with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says ratepayers should be outraged over Florida’s nuclear cost-recovery law.

Florida ratepayers are left on the hook for failed nuclear projects. (Mark Goebel/Flickr) “All the risk, all the costs, effectively fall upon their customers,” he stresses. “So, when they don’t make sense, recovery, essentially.” case, prompting the plaintiffs these utilities are encouraged because they can recover, A federal district judge to go to the U.S. Court to keep pursuing projects even and they’re guaranteed last year dismissed the of Appeals in Atlanta.

Amber Alert: 9-Year-Old in Danger, Suspect Armed

KMIR News Staff Coachella Valley Region - A car believed to have been used in the abduction of a 9-year-old

boy in Santa Maria, prompting an Amber Alert in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, was found

abandoned today, but the child and the suspect remained missing and were believed to be traveling in another vehicle.

According to the Santa Maria Police Department, Daniel Morozov was abducted at 8:39 p.m. Monday following a fatal shooting in Santa Maria in Santa Barbara County by 48-yearold Konstantin Morozov.

Police initially said the suspect was last seen driving a blue 2015 Volkswagen Golf hatchback with license number 7JGG242, but that vehicle was found abandoned Tuesday morning in Santa Maria.

Police said the boy and the suspect now may be in a black, 2017 Jeep Cherokee, license number 7XZK698.

Police told the Los Angeles Times the suspect is the boy’s father, and he is suspected of killing the boy’s mother. Officers

A jury in Los Angeles, California, has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a woman who claimed the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder caused her ovarian cancer.

The verdict follows a series of court rulings against J&J over the product.

The plaintiff, Eva Echeverria, alleged that J&J had failed to adequately warn consumers about its talcum powder’s potential cancer risks when used for feminine hygiene.Echeverria had used the baby powder on a daily basis since the 1950s until two years ago, according to court papers.

She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007. Her lawsuit said she developed the cancer as a “proximate result of the unreasonably dangerous and defective

nature of talcum powder.”

“Mrs. Echeverria is dying from this ovarian cancer and she said to me all she wanted to do was to help the other women throughout the whole country who have ovarian cancer for using Johnson & Johnson for 20 and 30 years,” her attorney Mark Robinson said.

J&J will appeal the jury’s decision, claiming that scientific evidence supports the safety of Johnson’s baby powder, according to the company’s spokeswoman Carol Goodrich.

The Los Angeles jury verdict is the latest and largest in a series of rulings against J&J for its baby powder, the regular use of which hundreds of women claimed caused their ovarian cancer.

In May, a court in St. Louis, Missouri ordered J&J to pay over $110 million

to a Virginia woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after decades of using its talcum powder.

Earlier, three other lawsuits in St. Louis against the company and its baby powder had similar outcomes — with juries awarding damages of $72 million, $70.1 million and $55 million, respectively.

While the verdicts were awarded to women who regularly used the company’s baby powder for feminine hygiene, the question whether the product does any harm to babies did not come up.

Over 2,000 lawsuits were filed in different US cities accusing J&J of insufficient warning to consumers about cancer risks connected to its talc-containing products.

Some of the lawsuits were tossed out. In March, a St. Louis jury rejected the claims of a Tennessee woman

with ovarian and uterine cancer who blamed talcum powder for her cancers. A judge in New Jersey tossed

went to the shooting scene at 230 N. College Drive in Santa Maria Monday night and found a person dead, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. As a result of the investigation, police asked for an Amber Alert for Daniel.

Daniel is white, 4-foot5, 90 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans. Konstantin Morozov is white, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.

Anyone who sees Daniel or Konstantin Morozov was asked to call 911. Source: KMIR

out two similar cases saying the plaintiffs’ lawyers did not present reliable evidence linking talc to ovarian cancer.

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MUSIC

BY ROBERT KINSLER

Rock and pop shine on album releases

Two fantastic live albums featuring the Rolling Stones, an eagerly-anticipated return from power pop hero Matthew Sweet and an under-the-radar instrumental tribute to The Beatles make for an essential mix of releases available now.

Artist: The Rolling Stones Title: Ladies & Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones (Eagle Rock Entertainment) You might like if you enjoy: The Rolling Stones, Mick Taylor Tell me more: Previously available only as a standalone DVD release, it is wonderful that “Ladies & Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones” is finally available on audio CD and digitally (as an MP3 or via streaming). The 16-track performance captured during the band’s four-night stint in Texas during the “Exile On Main Street” tour in 1972 stands as one of the British band’s best performances.

Indeed, many fans of the Rolling Stones consider the band’s late ‘60s and early ‘70s material their strongest, and this performance is filled with standout tracks from their catalog delivered

with passion and firepower.

Listen no further than the wild “Brown Sugar,” jaunty “Happy” (love Mick Taylor’s guitar work on that one), introspective “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and rowdy “Street Fighting Man.” Information: eagle-rock.com.

Artists: Muddy Walters and The Rolling Stones Title: Checkerboard Lounge: Live Chicago 1981 (Eagle Rock Entertainment) You might like if you enjoy: The Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters Tell me more: While the Rolling Stones’ 2016 “Blue & Lonesome” celebrated the band’s blues influences, a unique trek to Buddy Guy’s intimate club in Chicago in November 1981 showcased a more immersive commemoration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers’ links with blues music. In the middle of the band’s ambitious American tour that year (which attracted approximately 3 million concertgoers), the Rolling Stones dropped by the Checkerboard Lounge to see one of the group’s most influential heroes, Muddy Waters, perform. It wasn’t

long before Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Ian Stewart were on stage performing with the legend.

The quality is excellent, as are the loose and authentic performances. Standouts abound, with Muddy Waters’ leading the charge on “You Don’t Have to Go,” members of the Stones joining Waters for animated takes on the bona fide blues classics “Baby Please Don’t Go” and “Hoochie Coochie Man,” and a true allstar ensemble with Waters and members of the Stones joined

by Chicago blues greats Buddy Guy and Junior Wells for a frantic “Got My Mojo Workin’.”

Information: eagle-rock.com.

Artist: Matthew Sweet Title: Tomorrow Forever (Honeycomb Hideout/RED) You might like if you enjoy: Marshall Crenshaw, the Bangles, the Raspberries Tell me more: Prior to the release of “Tomorrow Forever,” power pop hero Matthew Sweet had not issued a new studio album since 2011.

“Tomorrow Forever” finds Sweet back with a welcome vengeance, bolstered by a marathon-length 17-song collection that fits on a single

audio CD disc but comes packaged as a double LP if you purchase it on vinyl.

Sweet dealt with a number of life-changing events leading up to the release of “Tomorrow Forever” (including the death of his mother and a move from Los Angeles to Omaha, Nebraska), and there is a definite depth and purpose to the songs this time around. The driving “Trick,” swirling psychedelic-edged “Entangled,” tender “You Knew Me” (a beautiful tribute to his mother) and the longing rocker “Bittersweet.” In addition to his long-time rhythm section (bassist Paul Chastain and drummer Ric Menck), guests on “Tomorrow Forever” include Debbi Peterson (drummer of the Bangles), Jason Victor (Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3), Gary Louris (the Jayhawks), Val McCallum (Jackson Browne) and keyboardist Rod Argent (of The Zombies). Information: matthewsweet.com.

Artist: Jason Falkner Title: Bedtime With The Beatles: Instrumental Versions of Classic Beatles Songs (Sony Wonder) You might like if you enjoy:

The Beatles, Laurence Juber Tell me more: Thanks to Jason Falkner’s continuing high-profile role as a touring member of Beck’s band and his acclaimed collaboration with R. Stevie Moore earlier this year (“Make It Be”), now is an excellent time to catch up on Falkner’s previous releases.

I was recently introduced to Falkner’s 2001 release “Bedtime With The Beatles,” which features 11 instrumental versions of Fab Four classics.

The Beatles’ time-tested tunes are solid enough to have fueled an endless parade of tributes, but it are Falkner’s singularly dazzling talents as multi-instrumentalist and arranger that make these artful versions rank alongside Laurence Juber’s fingerstyle guitar recordings as the finest instrumental interpretations of Lennon/McCartney compositions I’ve heard. A lush “Across The Universe,” haunting “I’m Only Sleeping,” dreamy baroque take of “Here There And Everywhere” and gentle guitar-meetskeyboards dance of “In My Life” are among my favorites.

But the truth is every track on the disc is outstanding.

Information: JasonFalkner.net.

‘We won’t talk troop numbers’: Trump vows ‘clear definition of victory’ in Afghanistan

By Desert Star Staff President Donald Trump will loosen the rules of engagement for US troops in Afghanistan, but did not specify any changes in numbers of troops during his national address on the war at the Army’s Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, next to Arlington National Cemetery.

Trump began his remarks addressing the recent violent political divisions, most vividly seen in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week.”When one part of America hurts, we all hurt,” Trump said, adding, “Loyalty to our nation demands loyalty to one another.”

Trump added that US troops fighting wars abroad “deserve to return to a country that is not at war

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with itself at home.”Trump acknowledged that his “instincts” told him to pull out troops from Afghanistan.

“Historically, I like following my instincts,” Trump said. He concluded differently, however.

“A hasty withdrawal,” Trump said, would create a “vacuum” for terrorists.

Trump lamented the 20 terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the “highest concentration in any region, anywhere in the world,” he said.

“Pakistan often gives safe haven to agents of chaos,” he said, noting that there is nuclear-powered tensions between Pakistan and its neighbor India.

Trump called terrorists “nothing but

thugs and criminals and, that’s right, losers.”

“We will not talk about numbers of troops,” Trump said.

“Conditions on the ground,” not public timetables, will determine the US’ strategy, he said.

“I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will,” he added.

“We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists,” he said.

“Our troops will fight to win,” Trump said, and he insisted victory in Afghanistan would be clearly defined.

“But we will no longer use American military might to construct democracies in far away lands, or try to rebuild other countries in our own August 23, 2017

image – those days are now over,” Trump said. “Instead, we will work with allies and partners to protect our shared interests. We are not asking others to change their way of life, but to pursue common goals that allow our children to live better lives. This Principled Realism will guide our decisions moving forward.”

Trump was widely expected to heed the advice of his senior advisors Monday evening and announce an increase of the number of US troops in Afghanistan, which currently stands around 8,400.

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FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: JACKIE’S CLEANING SERVICES, 47589 BISON CT, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: BAUDELIA- -SOTO, 47589 BISON CT, INDIO, CA 92201. Business is conducted

by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above on MAY 2016. 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: BAUDELIA-SOTO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on August 7, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201710424. 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). DSW17-5198 August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: AQUATIC SOLUTIONS OF COACHELLA, 41224 DOAK ST, INDIO, CA 92203. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: CRYSTAL BLUE POOLS REO II, 41224 DOAK ST, INDIO, CA 92203/CA. Business is conducted by Corporation.

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 BRIAN THOMAS FRYE, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on August 22, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201711064. 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). DSW17-5206 August 23, 30, September 6, , 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: CLEAN SKY, 23386 HEMLOCK AVENUE #205, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92557 Riverside County. Full name of registrant: KHAJA- -QAIS, 23386 HEMLOCK AVENUE #205, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92557. 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 KHAJA- -QAIS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on August 18, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201710940. 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). DSW17-5205 August 23, 30, September 6, 13, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: LUVLASHINGOUTBEAUTYBAR, 1500 S. PALM CANYON SUITE #4, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264 Riverside County; 85115 STAZZANO PLACE, INDIO, CA 92203. Full name of registrant: CAROL MARIA ROYE, 1500 S. PALM CANYON SUITE #4, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92203. 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: CAROL MARIA ROYE. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 14, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709400. 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).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: AURAS CLEANING SERVICES, 31890 AVENIDA LA PALOMA, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: AURA MARITZA DONIS HERNANDEZ, 31890 AVENIDA LA PALOMA, 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: AURA MARITZA DONIS HERNANDEZ. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 27, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709944. 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). DSW17-5196 August FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE 9, 16, 23, 30, 2017 FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY SER- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE VICES, 34450 GATEWAY DR., SUITE 100, PALM FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIDESERT, CA 92211 Riverside County. Full name of NESS AS: FASTECH DEVELOPMENT, 3774 ROOregistrant: HARRIS & SONS FLOOR COVERING, SEVELT ST #5, RIVERSIDE, CA 92503. Riverside INC., 71370 18TH AVE., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, County. Full name of registrant: RAFAEL- -INIGUEZ CA 92241/CA; MANUEL GARCIA MARTRINEZ, ZAZUETA, 3774 ROOSEVELT ST #5, RIVERSIDE, 80868 SONGBIRD AVE., INDIO, CA 92201. Busi- CA 92503. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. ness is conducted by Co-partners. Registrant Registrant has not yet begun to transact business has not yet begun to transact business under the under the fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the that all the information in this statement is true information in this statement is true and correct. and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, (A registrant, who declares as true, information information which he or she knows to be false, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a is guilty of a crime) Signed: RAFAEL- -INIGUEZ crime) Signed ERICA LEIGH HARRIS, SECRETARY. ZAZUETA. This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County Clerk Clerk of Riverside County on August 4, 2017. Peter of Riverside County on August 17, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201710338. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSIR-201710904. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEBEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5195 August 9, PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5204 August 23, 16, 23, 30, 2017 30, September 6, , 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIFOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- NESS AS: KEVIN O’CONNOR DESIGN, 35891 NESS AS: FLEABAG ENTERTAINMENT, 77619 GLISSANT DR, WINCHESTER, CA 92596. Riverside CALLE LAS BRISAS SOUTH, PALM DESERT, CA County; 30724 BENTON RD., STE C302, #494, 92211 Riverside County. Full name of registrant: WICHESTER, CA 92596. Full name of registrant: ALICIA RASUL ABID, 77619 CALLE LAS BRISAS KEVIN JOHN O’CONNOR, 35891 GLISSANT SOUTH, PALM DESERT, CA LIFORNIA 92211. DR., WINCHESTER, CA 92596; ROSE ANN Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant LATRAGNA-O’CONNOR, 35891 GLISSANT DR., has not yet begun to transact business under the WINCHESTER, CA 92596. Business is conducted fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the by Married Couple. Registrant commenced to information in this statement is true and correct. (A transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed registrant, who declares as true, information which above on 1/1/17. I declare that all the information in he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who Signed ALICIA RASUL ABID. This statement was declares as true, information which he or she knows filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed: KEVIN JOHN August 16, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201710852. 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). DSW17-5203 August 23, 30, September 6, , 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: FACILITY CARE JANITORIAL & MAINTENANCE, 2380 S. BRENTWOOD DR., PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: CLIVE REDMOND ONGLEY, 2380 S. BRENTWOOD DR., PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264; ROBERT MONTANO MARTINEZ, 2380 SO. BRENTWOOD DR., PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264.

Business is conducted by Co-partners. 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 CLIVE REDMOND ONGLEY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 28, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201710016. 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). DSW17-5200 August 23, 30, September 6, , 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE

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O’CONNOR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 18, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709533. 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). DSW17-5194 August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: COURAGEOUS CUISINE, 72301 COUNTRY CLUB DR SUITE 110, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ANTHONY ESCOBEDO CRUZ, 82955 WHEATLEY COURT, INDIO, CA 92201; WILLIAM PATRICK STURGESS, 501 COTTONWOOD RD #4, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Business is conducted

by General Partnership. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above on 07/31/2017. 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: ANTHONY ESCOBEDO CRUZ. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on August 1, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201710120. 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).

DSW17-5193 August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DESERT EYE A MEDICAL CORPORATION, 1180 N. INDIAN CANYON DR., STE E130 PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: DESERT EYE A MEDICAL CORPORATION, 1180 N. INDIAN CANYON DR., STE E130 PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262/CA. Business is conducted by Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above on 1994. 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: DAVID V. LEARNING, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 25, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709833. 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).

DSW17-5188 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: CASA DE MISERCORDIA ASAMBLEA DE DIOS DHS, 11-777 WEST DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County; 66136 ESTRELLA AVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

Full name of registrant: RODOLFO- -ANDRADE CAMACHO, 66136 ESTRELLA AVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. 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: RODOLFO- -ANDRADE CAMACHO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 31, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201710024. 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). DSW17-5187 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: E-Z ALIGNMENT, 68680 RAMON RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County.

Full name of registrant: E-Z ALIGNMENT, INC., 68680 RAMON RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234/ CA. Business is conducted by CORPORATION. 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: CARLOS ALBERTO ESPINOZA, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 25, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709787. 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

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NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5186 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: K&E PRO TIRES, 68680 RAMON RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County.

Full name of registrant: K&E PRO TIRES, LLC, 68680 RAMON RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234/ CA. Business is conducted by LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 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: CARLOS ALBERTO ESPINOZA, MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 25, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709786. 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).

DSW17-5185 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: Schrader Construction, 64543 Brae Burn Ave., Desert Hot Springs, California 92240.

Los Angeles County. Full name of registrant: Phillip Michael Schrader, 64543 Brae Burn Ave., Desert Hot Springs, California 92240. 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: Phillip Michael Schrader. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 26, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709852. 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). DSW17-5183 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: RP Insurance Services, 13525 Palm Dr Ste 1A, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: R.P. Insurance Inc., 13525 Palm Dr Ste 1A, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240/CA. Business is conducted by Corporation.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above on 12/1/2013.

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: Rosalio Plata, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 27, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709911. 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). DSW17-5182 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006397806 Title Order No.: TSG1511CA-2818941 FHA/VA/PM No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/20/2007.

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 and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/03/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0298038 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: GEORGE P CONNOR AND ELLINE W CONNOR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS,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: 09/26/2017.

TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: IN FRONT OF THE CORONA CIVIC CENTER, 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA, CA 92882. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 31450 CHIMAYO ROAD, THOUSAND PALMS AREA, CALIFORNIA 92276. APN#: 651071048-2.

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,

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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 $653,830.52. 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 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www. servicelinkASAP.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000006397806. 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:AGENCY SALES and POSTING 714-730-2727 www.servicelinkASAP. com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 08/18/2017 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4630885 08/23/2017, 08/30/2017, 09/06/2017. DSW17-5202 T.S. No.: 9508-1661 TSG Order No.: 8699672 A.P.N.: 656-032-004-6 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/30/2005. 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 01/03/2006 as Document No.: 2006-0002247, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by: HUBERT M. THOMPSON AND JACQUELYN M. THOMPSON, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS , 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: 09/13/2017 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: 14777 PALM DR SPC 9, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240 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: $94,480.41 (Estimated) as of 08/31/2017. 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,

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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.# 9508-1661. 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: 916-9390772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, 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. NPP0313961 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 08/23/2017, 08/30/2017, 09/06/2017. DSW17-5201 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006655542 Title Order No.: 730-170244070 FHA/VA/PMI No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/30/2006.

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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 07/21/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0535539 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: FRANCES MARTINEZ, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, 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: 09/15/2017 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: In front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 . STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12725 BEECH AVENUE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92240 APN#: 644-096-008-1 The land referred to in this Report is situated in the City of Desert Hot Springs, County of Riverside, State of California, and is described as follows: Lot 25 of Desert Hot Springs Highlands, Unit No. 5 in the City of Desert Hot Springs, County of Riverside, State of California, as shown by map on file in Book 34, Pages 88 and 89 of Maps, records of Riverside County, California. Except therefrom all oil, gas, minerals, and other hydrocarbon substances lying below the surface of said land, but with no right of surface entry, as provided in deeds of record.

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 $234,505.83. 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 800-758-8052 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.homesearch.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000006655542. 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: XOME 800-7588052 www.homesearch.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 08/11/2017 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4629821 08/16/2017, 08/23/2017, 08/30/2017.

DSW17-5199 T.S. No.: CR17-1051 A.P.N.: 693-054-016-6 Order No.: 170029858 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/21/2013. 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

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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: GILBERT WEEMS JR Duly Appointed Trustee: COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC. Recorded 11/1/2013 as Instrument No. 20130520208 in book , page 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 4/25/2017 in Book Page , as Instrument No. 2017-0163771 of said Official Records. Date of Sale: 9/5/2017 at 3:00 PM Place of Sale: At the front steps to the entrance of the former Corona Police Department located at 849 West Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $65,727.13 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 32180 OAKLAND HILLS STREET THOUSAND PALMS, CA 92276 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844/477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case CR17-1051. 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: 8/1/2017 COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC. 4952 WARNER AVENUE #105 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 PHONE #: (714) 846-6634 FAX #: (714) 846-8720 TRUSTEE’S SALE LINE (844) 477-7869 Sales Website: www.stoxposting.com HOAI PHAN COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC., TRUSTEE DIVISION. Publish August 9, 16, 23, 2017. DSW17-5192 APN: 685-050-032-9 TS No: CA08001916-15-1 TO No: 5924487 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).)

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED September 18, 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On September 7, 2017 at 09:00 AM, in front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on September 27, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0712624, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by JOSEPH DIPUZO, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: LOT 47, TRACT 30160-1, IN THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 325, PAGES 87 THROUGH 91 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS, AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES LYING BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND, BUT WITH NO RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS PROVIDED IN DEEDS OF RECORD. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 126 CLEARWATER WAY, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270 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 without covenant or warranty, express 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. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $500,917.52 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a 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 California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee.

In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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.

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

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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 In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08001916-15-1. 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: July 27, 2017 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08001916-15-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Myron Ravelo, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic. com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 33340, Pub Dates: 08/09/2017, 08/16/2017, 08/23/2017, DESERT STAR WEEKLY. DSW17-5191 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-178244-CS Order # 170152237-CA-VOI Loan # 9804906726 [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE Section 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/21/2004. 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 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 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): PATRICK JOSEPH CARNEY AND SUSAN GLADYS CARNEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS. Recorded: 4/27/2004 as Instrument No. 2004-0304794 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, California; Date of Sale: 9/5/2017 at 9:00 AM. Place of Sale: In front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $54,526.24. The purported property address is: 67590 EL SERAPE TRAIL DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92241. Assessor’s Parcel No. 657311-005-6. 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

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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 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkasap. com, using the file number assigned to this case CA-17-8244-CS. 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 property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. 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. 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. If the sale Is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 7/27/2017 SUMMIT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC 16745 W. Bernardo Dr., Ste. 100 San Diego, CA 92127 (866) 248-2679 (For NON SALE information only) Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.servicelinkasap.com Reinstatement Line: (800) 401-6587.

Cecilia Stewart, Trustee Sale Officer. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. A-4628320 08/09/2017, 08/16/2017, 08/23/2017. DSW17-5190 T.S. No.: 2017-00016-CA A.P.N.:641-064-007-0 Property Address: 66155 Desert View Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. 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: 본첨부문서에정보요약서 가있습니다NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTOTALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIPLƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/12/2006. 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. Trustor: Connie C. Taylor, A Widow Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 10/19/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0769575 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, Date of Sale: 09/06/2017 at 09:30 AM Place of Sale: THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRWAY TO THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA, CA 92882 Estimated

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amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 135,836.40 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL 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, A 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 the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 66155 Desert View Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 A.P.N.: 641-064-007-0 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. 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 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: $ 135,836.40. Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt.

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 of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S 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 this 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 (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices. aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2017-00016-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. Date: July 27, 2017. Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Publish August 9, 16, 23, 2017. DSW17-5189

N. Korea will ‘never step back an inch’

A soldier salutes from atop vehicle carrying a missile past a stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the parade, in Pyongyang. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

By Desert Star Staff A North Korean envoy to a UN disarmament forum has refused to negotiate its nuclear program, accusing the US and South Korea of using joint military drills to carry out “an aggressive war scenario” and “a secret operation” against the North’s leadership.

“The DPRK will never place its self-defense nuclear deterrence on the negotiating table or step back from the path it took to bolster the national nuclear force,” a North Korean diplomat stated at the UN disarmament forum in Geneva, as cited by Reuters.

The envoy accused the US and its ally in the region, South Korea, of worsening the situation on the Korean Peninsula, saying that the ongoing joint military drills “would certainly add fuel to the fire.”

Pyongyang considers the Ulchi Freedom Guardian maneuvers as “an aggressive war scenario,” targeting North Korea and its leadership, according to the envoy.

“As long as the US hostile policy and nuclear threat remains unchallenged, the DPRK will never place its selfdefensive nuclear deterrence on

the negotiating table,” Ju Yongсhol, a North Korean envoy, stated at the UN disarmament forum on Tuesday.

Ju also said that the bolstering of North Korea’s nuclear program “is justifiable and a legitimate option for selfdefense in the face of such apparent and real threats.”

The North has repeatedly called on the US to refrain from military exercises which could “ignite a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula at any cost,” according to the North’s state news agency KCNA. “The situation on the Korean Peninsula has plunged

into a critical phase due to the reckless north-targeted war racket of the war maniacs,” KCNA reported on Monday.

Meanwhile, Pyongyang has again threatened to strike the US base in Guam, which it earlier promised to attack if “provoked” by Washington.

“As you know, we have completed the preparation of the Guam strike. Everything will depend on whether the United States acts sensibly or not. If they do not do so, they will be shamed yet again on the Korean Peninsula in front of the whole world,” Jin Jong-hyop, a representative of the North Korean embassy in Russia, told Sputnik.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have been rapidly increasing amid American drills in the region and the recent UN Security Council sanctions in response to continuous missile launches

by North Korea. Russia has proposed a “double freeze” initiative, suggesting both sides suspend their military activities.

Some 40,000 American and South Korean troops are taking part in the Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills on land, air and sea, along with civilian South Korean government personnel who train their civil defense responses. The exercises kicked off on Monday amid calls to cease tensions, and will run till August 31.

Native Americans seek to reclaim ancestral land from Brown University

By Desert Star Staff More than 50 members of the Pokanoket Nation and their supporters have set up an encampment in Rhode Island, arguing that the land bequeathed to Brown University was illegally taken from them hundreds of years ago.

Over a dozen tents have been pitched at Po Metacom Camp on Mount Hope, or Potumtuk, a hill overlooking the Narragansett Bay. The activists have brought in firewood, food and water and set up toilet facilities, according to AP. The Pokanoket Tribe said they will pray for healing and repatriation of their spiritual lands that they claim “Brown University has been unlawfully occupying,” according to video posted

by The Fang Collective on social media on Sunday.

“We would like to sit down with Brown University right here on this property and break bread with them and talk about repatriating the lands back to the stewards of the land, the original peoples, the original inhabitants,” Sagamore William Guy (Po Wauipi Neimpaug) said on the video. A tribe’s sagamore is the chief of chiefs.

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A Course in Miracles discussion and study group. Every Friday at 4 p.m. at 67735 Loma Vista Rd. For info 805-440-9149.

Come join the community walk with Bobby from One one One Fitness every Wednesday at 6pm. Meet in the parking Palm Drive.

Twinges in the Hinges Water Exercise every Tuesday & Thursday from 6 - 7pm at the Wardman Park Pool For info call 760-329-3212.

Lap Swimming/Water Walking Monday thru Thursday 7 - 10am & 3 - 7pm at the Furbee Aquatics Center For info call 760-251-1605.

Swimming Lessons Wardman Park Pool & Furbee Aquatics Center.

Call for more info, 760-329-3212.

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Sucky Biker Bowling 1st & 3rd Thursday each month For info, Halle Fetty at Valley V-Twin Motorcycle Sales 760-342-1199.

Open Air Market every Wed-Sat 4-10p.m.at 46350 Arabia St. For info, call 800-222-7457.

Celebration of the music of Metallica Spotlight 29, Aug 19 All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Presented at The McCallum Theatre Dec 3 @ 7:00 PM 2017 Indio International Tamale Festival Dec 2 @ 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Mexican Alternative Rock Band, Cafe Tacvba Performs at Fantasy Spring Casino Oct 21 @ 8:00 PM

RANCHO MIRAGE

LoSt 80’s LiVe at The Show at Agua Caliente Casino August 19 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Styx Performance at Agua Caliente Casino September 15 @ 9:00 PM J Balvin Performance at Agua Caliente Resort October 7 @ 8:00 PM

YUCCA VALLEY A Course In Miracles

“We have done everything to engage with the powers at Brown, and they just do not want to talk to us, so this is the next step in trying to reach out. But they’ve acted as though we are an invisible people, so this time was the only means left open to us,” the sagamore said. he Pokanoket have a pending lawsuit against Bristol and the state of Rhode Island, and have recorded public and constructive notices to the town authorities, according to EarthFirst.

The tribe claims Brown

University does not have an aboriginal title to the land. The Wampanoag chief Metacomet (also known as “King Philip”) and his descendants never signed over their right to the land hundreds of years ago, the Pokanoket said in a statement.

In a statement issued Sunday, the Ivy League university said it upholds the right of people to assembly peaceably “provided that their actions do not infringe upon the rights of others.”

Tribe members and supporters have set August 23, 2017

up checkpoints at the access road to the 375acre (152-hectare) parcel, which is located about half an hour’s drive from the university campus in Providence. Brown houses an extensive archaeology collection and environmental lab on the grounds.

The university said the land had been donated in parcels over a period of years beginning in the 1950s and it claims the ownership was legally transferred.

(ACIM) study group held at the Center for the Open Rose every Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. Bring a potluck snack. Call Tom Devereaux at 760-5675890 for directions. Cost $5 donation.

Distance and Reiki Healing group session held every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. (after ACIM) at the Center for the Open Rose. Call 760-567-5890 leave message. Donations accepted.

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Restoring the North River: Fish, Water Quality, Tourism for Shenandoah

Anglers say they’re seeing more and better brook trout since the North River has been restored closer to its natural state. (Mossy Creek Fly Fishing)

“Moving some of the roads so they wouldn’t be flooded and washed out, replacing some culverts that were impassible for fish, to help the stream get back to where it wants to be in a natural state,” he says.

He also says the changes mean more cool, deep pools where trout like to live, plus better water quality downstream, all the way to the Shenandoah.

This Thursday, the groups doing restoration host a public tour of similar projects on other waterways. They’re gathering at noon in Harrisonburg.

Harrisonburg is halfway between the George Washington National Forest and Shenandoah National Park, and much of the local economy is based on outdoor tourism - hiking, biking, rock-climbing and fishing.

Colby Trow, the owner of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing, says they’re about 40 minutes

from the restoration project in the GW. He says projects like this are a big deal for those who make their living from forest recreation.

“It’s gigantic,” he exclaims.

“Better habitat means more fish - and the more and bigger and healthier fish you have, the better the fishing. And the better the fishing, the more people that come to the area to fish.”

According to Coffman, the coalitions they built can be used for other, similar river restoration projects in the area.

He says in all, the projects will mean better drinking water for towns and cities on the rivers, and ultimately give a boost to efforts to clean up the bay.

“We’re sending cleaning water downstream, which in turn is going to have beneficial impacts on the water quality in the Chesapeake Bay, but it also helps to maintain clean water for those communities,” Coffman added.

By Desert Star Staff RICHMOND, Va. – Restoring the North River is bringing better trout habitat, cleaner drinking water and more economic development to the Shenandoah, according

to folks close to the project.

One main objective has been to help the river respond flexibly to floods and droughts, by taking out man-made structures.

Seth Coffman, fisheries

By Desert Star Staff LAS VEGAS, -- Wolfgang Puck’s legendary flagship restaurant Spago, recognized for igniting Las Vegas’s dining scene into a culinary epicenter, will open its doors at Bellagio Resort & Casino in spring 2018. Marking 25 years since the fine-dining phenomenon debuted in Las Vegas, Puck’s now revolutionary restaurant heralded the era of celebrity chefs and haute cuisine that continues to define the city’s restaurant scene today.

The new restaurant will offer an elevated experience, featuring an open-air patio with prime views of the iconic Fountains of Bellagio.

“Just as Spago is credited with beginning the Las Vegas culinary revolution, Bellagio transformed the casino-resort industry when it opened with the first collection of worldfamous chefs and restaurants,” said Wolfgang Puck. “My partners and I are thrilled to join the Bellagio family and introduce our new Spago to the thousands of international guests the resort welcomes daily. We reimagined Spago in Beverly Hills more than 20 years ago and look forward to doing the same in Las Vegas.”

Bellagio President and COO Randy Morton said, “Wolfgang Puck is known worldwide for delivering exceptional restaurant hospitality. From cuisine to service and, of course, style, he is intricately involved in all aspects of the business, providing first-class culinary experiences for his guests.

Puck’s high standards are the same as those to which we hold our resort culinary program, making this an ideal partnership to continue

elevating our dining scene.” coveted seats will undoubtedly magnificent Bellagio Fountains the place of Todd English’s Globally influenced be on the patio, where guests as they dine al fresco.

Olives, which will close this seasonal fare and signature will enjoy a front row view of the The restaurant takes winter. Source: PRNewswire Wolfgang Puck touches, such as gourmet pizzas topped with salmon and caviar, will be the focus of Spago’s marketdriven menus, which will be presented with the outstanding level of service for which the restaurant is known. For lunch and dinner, guests will have the option to choose from an à la carte menu or explore the best of the West with Puck’s multi-course California Tasting Menu. A special bar menu of Wolfgang Puck favorites also will be available, along with an artisanal cocktail program and extensive international wine list to accompany the chef’s culinary masterpieces.

Designed by architects Massimiliano Locatelli and Annamaria Scevola of CLS Architetti, and inspired by Spago’s original flagship location in Beverly Hills, the new venue will have a sleek look and feel. Guests will enter the venue from Via Bellagio on the resort’s north side, arriving into Spago’s chic lounge and bar.

Adorned with brass fixtures, rich smoked-oak wood floors, leather chairs and couches, the focal point will be a spectacular bar and wine room lit by a stunning neon light fixture commissioned for the space.

Partnering with you to ensure that future In the main dining room, generations have access to the same beautiful floor-to-ceiling floating resources we enjoy today. glass windows will surround the space, imparting picturesque MSWD.org/Conservation views of Bellagio’s famed lake.

Two exquisite chandeliers will highlight the room’s Mission Springs Mission Springs Water Water District District modern art pieces, while bold 66575 accents featuring rich hues of 66575 2nd 2nd StreetStreet black iron, velvet walnut and Desert Hot Springs, Ca. 92240 Desert Hot Springs, Ca. 92240 polished grey will express a www.mswd.org www.mswd.org contemporary aesthetic.

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