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Joshua Z. Weinstein Lifts the Veil on the Hasidic Community in “Menashe”

By Beverly Cohn Joshua Z. Weinstein is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer for over a decade with 20 shorts and features under his belt including, “Elaine Stritch: Shoot One Engine.” “Menashe” is his first narrative fiction feature and is loosely based on the real life

experience of Menashe Lustig, a devout member of the Hasidic community, and the lead character in this poignant film. The story begins with the death of his wife Lea and his valiant struggle to maintain custody of his son Rieven. Under the community’s strict laws, a child must be

raised by both parents, so the elders have ruled that his son must be turned over to Menashe’s married brotherin-law. Menashe’s Rabbi decides to grant him one week to spend with Rieven prior to Lea’s memorial.

Their time together creates sweet moments of father-son

bonding as well as giving him a final chance to prove to his skeptical community that he can be a capable parent.

What makes this film particularly compelling is not only the fascinating story line, but the fact that, lifting the veil of secrecy, it was shot in the non-secular

community in Brooklyn’s Borough Park, so that we get a peek into this private Orthodox world. Weinstein’s gift as both a director and a cinematographer accounts for the stunning performances from his cast of non-actors,

KMIR News Staff Palm Springs, CA Barbara Sinatra, a longtime Coachella Valley resident, philanthropist, and the widow of Frank Sinatra, has died at the age of 90.

Barbara Marx Sinatra was born Barbara Blakeley in 1927. Mrs. Sinatra was a model and showgirl and came to the Desert with her husband at the time, Zeppo Marx of the Marx brothers.

In 1973, she was living at Tamarisk Country Club with Zeppo, but the Marx’s had a neighbor who had taken a liking to Barbara, that man was Frank Sinatra.

Barbara was the fourth

and final wife of old blue eyes.

They were married in July 1976 at the estate of Walter and Leonore Annenberg and remained married until his death in 1998.

But, her and Frank’s biggest impact on the valley may well be the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center in Rancho Mirage, which they opened in 1986. The center is on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center.

The non-profit facility provides individual and group therapy for young victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and no child has ever been turned away by the center.

She was a vocal supporter

of several valley charities and was the host of the Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament for

more than 20 years. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the the Palm Springs Walk of Stars

was dedicated to Barbara Sinatra. Source: KMIR

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Barbara Sinatra, Wife of Frank Sinatra, Dead at 90

Living Desert Named Among America’s 10 Best Zoos

KMIR News Staff Palm Desert, CA The Living Desert in Palm Desert was named one of the 10 best zoos in the country by Conde Nast Traveler, calling it ``undoubtedly the best desertthemed zoo in America.’’ ``The Living Desert is extremely proud to make this list along with other prestigious zoos across the country,’’ said President and CEO Allen Monroe. ``It’s always gratifying to be recognized for our uniqueness, and we’ll continue to make it a one-of-a-kind experience for our guests.’’

The Living Desert was sixth on Conde Nast Traveler’s list, which was published last week. ``Because land is fairly plentiful in the middle of the California

desert, seeing the animals here feels a little like stepping onto the set of `The Lion King,’’’ Conde Nast said of the Coachella Valley attraction. ``The desert animals roam free with little inhibition, while visitors can roam the 50 gardens of 1,400 different plant and animal species.’’

The San Diego Zoo was number one on the list, with the Indianapolis Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, St. Louis Zoo and Bronx Zoo also making the top five. Rounding out the top 10 were the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, and the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois. Source: KMIR

Disneyland Railroad Returns with Stunning New Views

America. The sensational of an Indian Chief’s horse, “Fantasmic!” adventures come a Riverboat captain’s voice, alive with new mist screens and an emotional score and innovative projection mapping more. As the tour continues, technology to create visuals conductors narrate the that are brighter and more trip with stops at Mickey’s vibrant than ever before.

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Just before pulling into the are enjoying the return of the Main Street Station, guests are popular Rivers of America transported to a new place and entertainment, they are making new time as they view dioramas sure to experience the family fun that will soon be gone. of the Grand Canyon and The Main Street Electrical Primeval World. Updated for the first time since opening in 1958, Parade continues nightly performances at Disneyland, the Grand Canyon section creates a dramatic experience through August 20, with favorite with refurbished flora and fauna, scenes such as Cinderella’s DISNEYLAND RAILROAD RETURNS (ANAHEIM, Calif.) – The Disneyland Railroad, a Disneyland icon, some fun surprises and the ball, the appearance (and now travels a scenic route with breathtaking views along the north bank of the Rivers of America. orchestral Grand Canyon Suite disappearance) of Elliot,

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Now It’s Our Plumbing?

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Hi Kelly, My spouse and I read your column regularly.

Recently our HOA called a meeting to let us know they want to change our CC&R’s specifically to have homeowners be responsible for the pipes inside our walls.

They claim they are having problems with pipes breaking and leaks, and it is draining HOA funds. They also said that having homeowners responsible for their own pipes is a “trend” in HOAs and suggested we could go through our insurance company if we

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of the association. Either way, the plumbing needs to be repaired, but I often find that owners appreciate having control over the plumbing serving their unit. However, to permanently transfer full responsibility (and therefore also control) over the plumbing could require a membership Dear M.B.: I am assuming your vote to amend the CC&Rs. If the plumbing system association residences are configured as “townhouses” in is failing, owners will pay for the repair either way – either that they are connected side individually by hiring for the to side, and not “apartment” condominiums in which owners repairs or collectively through regular or special assessments live over other owners. In the townhouse configuration, each if the HOA handles it. residence is usually (not always) Switching responsibility for repair of a failing plumbing constructed with a separate system has pros and cons. On water plumbing system, unlike the one hand, the HOA may apartment type buildings in which pipes are shared. be able to get a better deal Two issues are in play for doing all the repairs at once. the association. The first is However, on the other hand whether each owner will be some owners may individually given control and responsibility desire and be able and pursue for their own plumbing, instead repairs sooner than others. had a problem. They said if they don’t get the CC&Rs change they most likely will have to charge an assessment.

I am curious as to what your take is on all this.

Sincerely, M.B., Huntington Beach

The second consideration is the role of insurance coverage. In the event of water damage, not only from plumbing, but from roofs, windows, or otherwise, a “bare walls” approach means the HOA will only restore the unit framing and drywall. In a bare walls approach, the association would not repair or replace cabinets or floor or wall coverings – the unit is restored to a shell condition, ready for finishes and fixtures. To accomplish a transition to “bare walls” repairs, an association should check with its legal counsel and its insurance broker. Since insurance cost is one of the reasons associations switch to “bare walls,” checking with the association’s insurance broker is essential.

Association members in “bare walls” associations should make sure they have individual insurance covering what the association does not cover. The policies are normally not expensive, and are known generically as “HO6” policies.

Some associations switch to a “bare walls” plan without checking first to confirm their governing documents permit such an approach. Other associations switch to bare walls system but neglect to modify the HOA’s insurance to match that more limited liability.

Before making such a major change, careful associations should consult with the members, association legal counsel, and its insurance broker.

Thanks for your question, Kelly

Associates, Accel and Bessemer. Most of the biggest Silicon Valley firms have at least one investment in this category.

But while it looks like large sums are going into insurance deals, the figures may underestimate the breadth of activity. One reason is that many fast-growing players in the insurance space operate in other industries too, such as financial services. A case in point is Credit Karma, the credit score company, which now offers auto insurance quotes

alongside offers for credit cards and other financial products.

Most of the biggest Silicon Valley firms have at least one investment in this category.

Janice Gough is a Safe Financial Adviser in Palm Springs. She can be reach at janice@goughfinancialsvcs. com or by calling (760) 2517724 or (650) 200-8291. We have a new Financial Guide for Seniors containing answers to most FAQs …If you enjoy our articles, you will love this Guide...”Free” for our readers.

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®.

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Insurance Sector for Investing has Huge Growth Potential

By Janice Gough Considering the diversity of insurance and venture capital business, one would feel like these two industries make an odd couple. Venture capital is all about taking big risks for the potential of even bigger payouts down the road, while insurance is all about quantifying and mitigating risk.

In small allocations, however, venture capital can actually be a strategy for reducing risk, as it allows large players to track and take stakes in the upstart ventures that could reshape their industries. Considering that the largest insurance companies have histories that date back a couple of centuries and would not have lasted this long without some ability to adapt to changing times.

In the next few years, we will see a transformation of the type of plans offered and the delivery systems used. There are vast sums of venture dollars going into insurance deals. Investment has risen dramatically, with VCs betting that, in the coming years, we’ll see major shifts in both how we buy insurance and what types of items we insure with it.

The worldwide market, excluding Asia, have raised more than $700 million this year. Since 2014, VC funding has more than doubled. Asia sees fewer deals but some large ones. The biggest to date is Zhong An, a China-based online insurance company that raised more than $900 million two years ago.

Much of the funding boom comes from big insurers themselves, who are backing and leading more rounds for insurance startups, as well as companies in related areas like,

financial services. A sizeable chunk of the financing comes from insurance companies whom have dedicated venture arms. The most active by round count looks to be AXA Strategic Ventures, the VC arm of French multinational insurer AXA. The two-year-old fund has invested in over twenty- four companies in the past two years, including a $6.5 million round it led this month for QLoo, which maps cultural tastes. MassMutual Venture, the VC arm of insurance giant MassMutual, has also backed 19 companies in the past three years. Other large carriers with VC Arms are American Family, Transamerica, XL Catlin, and Munich Re. There are plenty of smaller and mid-sized rounds getting done, also. Over the past year, at least 75 companies in the insurance field have raised rounds of $1 million or more, and about a quarter of those were for $20 million or more. They cover a wide range of business models, including new insurance categories, online platforms for comparing and purchasing coverage and tools for providers to better assess risk.

Insurance investment totals are heavily driven by a few large rounds. Over the past year, the two biggest funding recipients are tech-enabled health insurer, Bright Health, and pay-by-themile auto insurer Metromile, which raised $160 million & $153 million, respectively. In 2016, Oscar Health took in $400 million for growth funding, more than 40 percent of all insurance startup investment.

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Families Celebrate Anniversary of Medicaid

By Desert Star Staff BISMARCK, N.D. – This weekend marks the 52nd anniversary of the Medicaid program, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965.

Medicaid provides insurance for children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, seniors and lowincome adults, and 114,000 North Dakotans currently are enrolled in the program.

Amy Thom is a social worker whose daughter Emory suffers from epilepsy due to a rare disorder called SturgeWeber Syndrome. Emory has undergone numerous therapies and receives therapy in school thanks to Medicaid.

Thom says she and her husband also get in-home services for her daughter.

“We aren’t able to just leave her with a typical babysitter and

maybe go out to supper one night, or even to just run out and do a couple errands,” she points out. “And so, Medicaid has helped that piece. We have the in-home supports that we can hire respite to come in an hour or two here or there.”

Thom notes that both she and her husband are insured and use Medicaid as supplemental coverage for Emory. She says her family would pay about $11,000 outof-pocket each year without it.

Friday at noon, speakers will be on the Burleigh County Courthouse lawn in Bismarck, celebrating the anniversary of Medicaid’s signing.

The Trump administration and the U.S. House have proposed massive cuts to the program to bring down the federal deficit. Along with changes to the Affordable Care Act in the American Health

Care Act, the House budget would slash $1.5 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade.

Mike Chaussee, associate state director for advocacy at AARP North Dakota, says an unlikely alliance has formed to oppose cuts.

“It’s not always that the health care industry and the consumer advocates are fighting for something together,” he states. “And in this fight, we all agree on how important it is to save Medicaid.”

Chaussee says the program has been especially helpful for seniors who aren’t able to fully cover nursing or in-home costs through Medicare. He calls the program a “lifeline” for many seniors.

Thom says she wants to The Trump administration and the U.S. House have proposed advocate for the people who massive cuts to Medicaid. (Elvert Barnes/Flickr) can’t advocate for themselves.

“I think it’s incredibly lives, and it affects the quality and there’s amazing services important because it’s people’s that they’re able to have, out there,” she stresses.

ADA Anniversary: Law “Desegregated” U.S. for People with Disabilities

People in Washington and across the country see passage of the American with Disabilities Act, 27 years ago today, as a major civil-rights victory. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By Desert Star Staff SEATTLE - The Americans with Disabilities Act turns 27 today, and its advocates are celebrating the legislation and also looking at the future of their movement for equality.

The ADA changed the landscape of the country and made it easier for people with disabilities to seek accommodations, although the struggle to improve accessibility in many cities rages on.

But Tina Pinedo, director of communications for Disability Rights Washington, credited the ADA for “desegregating” the country between people with and without disabilities.

“The ADA really was something that we could all get behind, right? We just want

equal rights,” Pinedo said, “and I think it’s an important reminder, especially during the anniversary, to think about it as a civil-rights movement.

It’s just a group of people that want equal access.”

Pinedo said a very human moment finally pushed Congress to pass the bill. About 100 activists with physical disabilities shed their chairs, crutches and other assistive devices and climbed the steps of the Capitol building, urging senators to act on the legislation. Their action became known as the “Capitol Crawl.”

The work of Disability Rights Washington also includes advocating for people with mental-health issues. Pinedo said the largest

disparities in accessibility and services exist in prisons and jails, and pointed out that the ADA also applies to people who are incarcerated.

“We’re focusing a lot on implementation of those rights that people have,” Pinedo said, “and working with policy within jails and prisons to make it easier for everyone, including the staff, to accommodate someone with a disability.”

Pinedo said her organization’s Avid Prison and Avid Jail projects focus on accessibility issues in Washington state. The group also is part of the Protection Advocacy Network, a federally funded program that investigates abuse and neglect in prisons and jails.

that said the children had been kicked out of the house or ran away from home.The reports also contain several references to guns being kept in the house, including one from 2015 that says Krystal called to report both her parents had ganged up on her. Police reported there was blood on the wall and guns in the house.

Another report from 2009 said that Makayla Bell, one of the children adopted by the Bells who was permanently removed from the home when she was 17, told police that she was “being abused by her parents and she will not go back home.” After her adoptive parents were arrested, Makayla told KCCI that she lived in constant fear of being abused when she was living in the Bell house.

“Joyce had kicked me in the face several times, and I

didn’t even realize how bad it was until about three or four days after when I looked in the mirror and couldn’t recognize myself,” Makayla said. “It was bad enough to the point where I didn’t want to live anymore.”

Makayla was placed in a shelter after photos were taken of her injuries. Joyce was not charged in that incident.

Makayla told the Register that her adoptive parents started physically abusing her about a year after she was adopted. She reported the abuse but said that her adoptive parents acted friendly and downplayed situations when police and social workers came to the house, and they did not investigate the claims further.

She added that all of the children had mental and physical disabilities ranging from bipolar disorder to mental retardation to cerebral palsy.

Krystal said that, at one point, all nine adopted children and one biological child were living in the three-bedroom house at the same time.

“The other two bedrooms were where all the kids slept, or in the living room on the floor, or in the back room on the floor.

Sometimes we slept down in the basement,” Krystal told WHO. The Register reported that Iowa puts no limits on the number of children that foster parents are legally allowed to adopt, and pays foster parents up to $12,333 a year per child. With the Bell family adopting nine special needs children, they could make as much as $110,000 a year.

One of the Bell children, who has a mental illness, said that after being removed from the house, John kept the money she received from her Social Security disability checks.

Iowa couple who adopted 9 kids with disabilities charged with abuse

By Desert Star Staff Police were reportedly called to a house in Ankeny, Iowa, 68 times over the past 10 years to investigate allegations that a couple was abusing their adopted children with disabilities before making an arrest.

John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested Thursday on felony charges of child endangerment causing bodily injury, according to the The couple were arrested after their 21-yearold adopted daughter, Krystal Bell, gave the Ankeny Police Department videos she secretly filmed for more than a year, documenting the extent of the abuse at the Bell house.

“I actually feel happy. I feel relieved a little bit, but then at the same time I feel like we haven’t had enough justice yet.

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they have right now,” Krystal said, according to WHO. One of the videos reportedly shows John repeatedly hitting his 16-year-old autistic son.

“I will hit you in the f***ing mouth,” John screamed, according to the Des Moines Register.

The state Department of Human Services reportedly removed the two remaining children from the home earlier this month after receiving a call about child abuse. They have been placed in a shelter, reported the Register.

The police became aware of the videos in March 2016, the Register reported, and the police were called to the house 68 times since 2007.

According to the Register, the police were called multiple times a year for reports of fighting, assault, sexual abuse, attempted suicide, and others

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Four CA Marine Sanctuaries Under Review, Could Be Downsized

By Desert Star Staff MONTEREY, Calif. - Four marine sanctuaries off the California coast are at risk of being downsized, possibly to make way for oil-drilling operations - and people only have until tomorrow to put in their two cents.

The public comment period is coming to a close on a review ordered by President Trump of all national marine sanctuaries and marine monuments designated over the past ten years.

Geoff Shester, California campaign director and chief scientist at the nonprofit Oceana, says he believes this is the beginning of an effort to restart drilling off the California coast, which has been frozen for decades.

“This is really an attack on everything that Californians hold dear,” he says. “This is about our coast. They call these sanctuaries the ‘Serengetis

of the Sea’ because highly migratory animals are coming from all over the world. And these are just extremely valuable in so many ways.”

The targets of the review include boundary expansion areas comprising about 3,500 square miles at four sanctuaries off the California coast, including waters at the Channel Islands, Cordell Bank, Greater Farallones and Monterey Bay. Jane Davenport, senior staff attorney for the group, Defenders of Wildlife, says any potential profits for the oil companies are far outweighed by the risk of a catastrophic oil spill like the BP disaster or the Exxon Valdez - especially now that oil prices are so low.

“Why would we even consider risking that marine wildlife and all the benefits to the people of California and the rest of the United States for oil that we don’t even need?” she asks. “It just

Purple Coral thrives in the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary off the California coast, which is under federal review. (Dr. Steve Lonhart) makes no sense whatsoever.”

Conservation groups have vowed to sue if the administration decides to downsize the marine

sanctuaries unilaterally by executive order.

Davenport says any changes would have to adhere to the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act, which lays out a long rule-making process, with extensive public input.

You can weigh in on the Federal Register’s website.

Veterans’ access to medical marijuana blocked by Republicans

By Desert Star Staff Veterans hoping to use medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder have had their hopes extinguished after Republicans shot down the Veterans Equal Access amendment to allow doctors to discuss medicinal cannabis with patients.

Republicans on the House Rules Committee rejected the ‘Veterans Equal Access’ amendment this week that would allow Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to discuss medical marijuana treatment with veterans in states where it is legal.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who sponsored the amendment said he was “bitterly disappointed” veterans had been failed, despite the amendment receiving bipartisan support from 9 Democrat and 9 Republican co-sponsors.

The lawmakers wouldn’t let the amendment be included in the House’s proposed VA funding bill for next year, meaning it won’t even be up for debate on the House floor. www.desertstarweekly.com

While medical marijuana is legal in 29 states, it remains illegal on a federal level, so VA doctors are prevented from discussing it with patients.

The amendment would have allowed VA doctors to recommend and place patients on state medical marijuana programs.

“We would be far better off if our veterans had access to medical marijuana and less reliance on opioids, which is literally killing them,” Blumenauer told Stars and Stripes.

“Under this amendment, marijuana would not be dispensed by the VA or consumed on federal property — it simply ends the current gag rule that says doctors can’t talk to their patients about it, even if they think it’s appropriate.”

Veterans and support groups in the US have long pushed for access to marijuana, particularly for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as further research into its effects.

these compelling stories from veterans about how cannabis has made their lives better,” spokesman Joseph Plenzler said.

“They were able to use it to get off a whole cocktail of drugs prescribed by VA doctors, that it is helping with night terrors, or giving them relief from chronic pain.”The VA has come under fire for its failure to adequately treat returning soldiers.

Prescription drug abuse rates are higher among vets than the general public, with opioid pain medications proving to be the most problematic.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), pain relief prescriptions by According to VA statistics, doctors in the military increased between 11 and 20 percent four-fold from 2001 and 2009. of veterans of the Afghanistan “Those with multiple and Iraq wars live with PTSD. deployments and combat For context, the VA says exposure are at greatest risk 30 percent of all Vietnam vets of developing substance and 12 percent of Gulf War vets use problems,” the NIDA battle the disorder each year. found, citing “the stresses The American Legion, a of deployment during two million-strong conservative wartime and the unique veterans group, called for culture of the military.” a reduction in marijuana “We need treatment that restrictions last year and, works,” Nick Etten of the in May, called on President Veterans Cannabis Project said Donald Trump to allow in May. “We need treatment marijuana research for veterans. that is not destructive. The “We were hearing VA has been throwing opiates

at veterans for almost every condition for the last 15 years.

You are looking at a system that has made a problem worse the way they have approached treatment.”

Blumenauer introduced a similar amendment last year, which passed both the House (233-189) and the Senate (89-8). However, it was part of a larger appropriations bill that didn’t make the final cut after negotiations.

“This is a subject that has gained a great deal more attention and momentum,” Blumenauer told McClatchy.

“More people recognize that the VA has really failed our veterans when it has come to pain management, opioids and opioid dependency.”

There is some hope that the amendment will be approved, as the Senate’s Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill contains a similar amendment.

However, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is staunchly against marijuana and penned a letter in May asking Congressional leaders to undo federal medicalmarijuana protections.

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Justice Department Says Gay Workers Not Protected

By Desert Star Staff NEW YORK – The U.S. Justice Department says federal civil rights law doesn’t protect lesbians and gay men from workplace discrimination.

In 2010, Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor working on Long Island, was fired after revealing he was gay. He sued, charging a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Now, the Justice Department argues that Congress has not extended Title VII to include sexual orientation.

The brief was circulated Wednesday, a day that Greg Nevins, director of the Employment Fairness Project at Lambda Legal, says felt like a double-barreled assault on LGBT rights by the Trump administration.

“In the morning, the hideous attack on transgender

service members who are living and dying for our country,” Nevins states. “And then in the evening, the attorney general’s office came at us with the other barrel.”

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a brief supporting Zarda’s claim, but the Justice Department says the EEOC was “not speaking for the United States.”

According to Nevins, other courts have long held that the law’s protections are not confined to narrow definitions of race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

“These things often have very different roots, very different social histories, but they’re all prohibited to the same extent,” he stresses.

“So, the fact that discrimination against one group is not rooted in believing them to

be inferior doesn’t mean it’s not prohibited by Title VII.” Lambda Legal has successfully argued similar cases in Seattle, Chicago and Washington.

In April, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied Zarda’s claim, but said he could have a new trial if the full Appeals Court agreed.

Nevins notes that the three judges were bound by precedent, but the full court is not.

“The mere fact that the court is willing to all get together to hear this shows that they are very, very interested in the argument that their prior precedent should be overruled,” he points out.

Arguments in the case are scheduled for Sept. 26.

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Under U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Justice Department argues the Civil Rights Act doesn’t cover sexual orientation.

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Local Man Impacted by Transgender Ban

By KMIR News The Commander in Chief is changing military policy, and he announced it Wednesday morning on Twitter.

President Trump is putting a ban on transgender

individuals entering the military, and reversing a policy initially approved by the Pentagon under former President Barack Obama.

“I love my country, I love my country. It’d be cool to

have that I served for my country kind of thing.”

Aiden Stockman of Yucca Valley wants to join the Air Force, but an announcement from President Trump will now keep him grounded.

By Desert Star Staff After a Christian conservative judge denied two requests by a lesbian mother to have himself recused from her divorce case for his religious beliefs, but she refused to give up and appealed to a higher state court.

Alabama native Tiara Brooke Lycans, who is divorcing her husband Zachary Thomas Lycans, has twice unsuccessfully filed motions this year asking trial judge

Shaunathan C. Bell of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court to recuse himself from the case. Bell declined both of the requests.

After a Christian conservative judge denied two requests by a lesbian mother to have himself recused from her divorce case for his religious beliefs, but she refused to give up and appealed to a higher state court.

Alabama native Tiara Brooke Lycans, who is divorcing her husband Zachary

Thomas Lycans, has twice unsuccessfully filed motions this year asking trial judge Shaunathan C. Bell of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court to recuse himself from the case. Bell declined both of the requests.

Bell was sworn in as a judge to the Circuit Court in 2013, and also serves as a pastor at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Alabama. During his swearingin ceremony, scriptures from the Bible were read aloud.

“My old name used to be Victoria Rose Stockman.... I started my hormones junior year and then my senior year went really well after that,” said Stockman.

President Trump announced through Twitter a ban on transgender people serving in the military citing medical costs and disruption.

“I’m in physical good shape, nothing will hold me back from excelling in a branch, it bums me out,” said Stockman.

What isn’t clear yet is what will happen to transgender people currently serving in the military.

“That’s something that the Department of Defense and the White House will have to work on as implementation takes place and is done so lawfully,” said White House Press Secretary Sarah

Huckabee Sanders.

Aiden graduated from Yucca High in 2015, and said his life opened up when he transitioned.

“The whole support system that I had from everyone in high school, I got to live the experience of being on homecoming court and things like that.”

Aiden felt included, but this recent announcement he says sends the opposite message.

“Like why would you take that away, when you see the world is changing, schools are changing.”

Aiden is part of the Transgender Community Coalition, an organization in the valley that helps the local community.

Meanwhile, lawmakers are reacting for and against the President’s order Senator McCain, a veteran, among those criticizing the decision. Source: KMIR

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Immigrants’ Supporters Reject Trump Visit

President Donald Trump has used MS-13 gang violence to justify harsh immigration enforcement, immigrant advocates say. (DHS)

By Desert Star Staff BRENTWOOD, N.Y. – Community leaders gathered on Long Island on Thursday to issue a unity statement in

opposition to what they call President Donald Trump’s “criminalizing” immigrants.

The president is visiting Long Island Friday to discuss

measures to eliminate MS13, a violent gang based in Los Angeles and El Salvador, linked to several murders in the area.

The victims were all young Latinos and Latinas.

But Maryann Slutsky, executive director of the immigrant advocacy group Long Island Wins, says in the name of fighting gang violence, Trump is enforcing policies that target all immigrants.

“We won’t let him use the tragedies of our community that have suffered at the hands of gang violence to be the face of immigrants,” she states.

The president’s visit is in response to last week’s announcement that 15 members of MS-13 had been arrested in connection to five murders on Long Island.

But Slutsky maintains Trump is exploiting gang violence for political gain.

She says his emphasis on law enforcement and deportations has paralyzed

the entire community.

“They’ve instilled so much fear in the community,” she stresses. “And not just the immigrants. Children are terrified. They’re terrified of the gangs, they’re terrified of the police, they’re terrified of ICE.” Slutsky adds that communities such as Brentwood and Central Islip, home to many immigrant families, have suffered from years of neglect by government at all levels, and says what they really need are more resources, beginning with the schools.

“That is really where repairing the community has to start, and preventing the youth in the community from falling prey to gang violence,” she states.

Slutsky says where police have failed, education, job training and opportunity can succeed in helping communities become safe and secure for everyone.

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First of Three Job Fairs Friday for New Palm Springs Hotel

KMIR News Staff Palm Springs, CA Downtown Palm Springs’ newest hotel, slated to open this fall, will be seeking prospective employees during the first of three job fairs held in Palm Springs tomorrow.

Those interested in positions at the Rowan Palm Springs hotel can apply from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Palm Springs Convention Center’s Primrose Ballroom.

The hotel is seeking to fill about 150 available jobs, including guest service agent, conference service manager, director of housekeeping, general maintenance engineer, lead bartender, assistant F & B director, pastry chef, sous chef and more. Candidates who attend the job fair are encouraged to bring a resume.

Those who miss Friday’s fair will have a chance to apply at two more job fairs scheduled for next month, one Aug. 7, the other Aug. 21. The 153-

room hotel is one of several properties at the center of a major downtown Palm Springs redevelopment project.

Grit Development, formerly Wessman Development, recently announced a slate

of tenants that comprise the revitalization project, which included the Rowan Palm Springs.

Other tenants include H&M; Free People; Francesca’s; Kiehl’s; Tommy Bahama

Restaurant and Bar; Starbuck’s Reserve; Stout Burgers & Beers; and Il Corso. Furniture retailer West Elm opened last year, while Blaze Pizza began operating in March. Source: KMIR

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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

There may be that tug-of-war in all interactions - with intimates, close family, partners and friends. A new creative cycle begins in all relationships. Love and equality will be needed by and for everyone. You can help this occur by offering freedom, the result of unconditional love. With children, freedom is offered through loving disciplines and intelligent structures. Like Montessori. A question for you to ask yourself is, ”How can I love more?”

TAURUS It is time to begin a new cycle of planning, new structure and new goals concerning your health, daily work and interactions with co-workers.

Each day, it seems there’s a change or emergency.

Adaptation is needed. It’s important to know everyone is always in service. Articulate this so everyone understands.

New skills will be developed as new opportunities come forth.

Family resources need tending.

GEMINI Jupiter in your house of creativity calls you to greater self-expression along with “being more of love than of everything”, all of which prepares everyone around you for the unexpected future.

Mercury, your very own planet, retrogrades mid-August. You (everyone) will assume the qualities of Virgo, pondering upon things deeply, especially your communication. You

AUGUST 2 – 8, 2017 ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST BY RISA D’ANGELES

must communicate creatively, with love and wisdom.

always. Step more closely to the Path of Return.

CANCER

LIBRA

You ponder upon home and family, partners and parents.

You remember early childhood years and wonder if there was love enough for you to thrive.

You consider what you are doing where you presently live and if you are to expand from there. You seek a more abundant foundation. You want to live, work and garden in a true community. You need a Gate to walk through, a sense of leadership to lead with and rose bushes.

LEO Do all your environments need tending? Walk through the rooms of your home to see what care and upkeep they need. Be in touch with siblings, family and relatives, creating a deeper level of communication. If this week is your birthday, talk with your angels. They want to help you navigate the new times to come and direct you to the Raincloud of Knowable Things.

VIRGO If you listen quietly to your heart and mind and observe carefully your daily life and values, you will realize much has changed over the years. You are different now. You no longer maintain previous values. Your values will eventually expand into greater, more mature and responsible levels of harmony toward all. You lovingly serve

Something is occurring in the way you think and in your physical body. Perhaps it’s a health-discipline that will change the shape of your body. Perhaps it’s your selfimage where you begin to value yourself and begin to understand your childhood and purpose within the family.

Perhaps you’re forced to adopt newer disciplines to maintain a better quality of your life.

Whatever is changing, it’s good and loving and purposeful.

You are always forgiven.

SCORPIO Something in your life is being gathered into a bountiful harvest. Perhaps the result of great sorrows or death, perhaps it’s from a realization of all you’ve done and all there is yet to do. Perhaps it’s a gathering of gifts offered to those in need. A great compassion is opening your heart. You realize life isn’t a movie or film. It’s real and you play the leading role. And this life determines your next. A benevolent meditative thought.

SAGITTARIUS You may soon find yourself going to and fro between old and new. Between previous hopes, wishes and dreams, and new ones. The latter will appear slowly. Some already have. You will also consider what goals, ambitions

and views of the world are shifting. You realize you need a new group to work with, new people, creating a new future that better defines your new self. Balance, work with and tend to finances.

CAPRICORN In the public eye you are a rarity, a person of many gifts and talents. Sometimes you’re not quite fully understood.

You bring both a special force and stability to all you do in the world. A new cycle, an expansion begins with your work, and profession, and who you are in the world. There will be more responsibilities, praise, recognition, perhaps a promotion. Allow your intuition to come forth more and more.

abundant, more appropriate to the coming times, to be available. Be prepared for unexpected losses. But this has been occurring for a while now and you have become somewhat adaptable. Take Ignatia Amara (homeopath) for grief. Learn mudras.

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.

AQUARIUS There are many possibilities for Aquarians in the coming months based upon their states of awareness. Influenced by a new cycle of learning, possible teaching, long and adventurous journeys and for some, the building of the new era community. For all Aquarians, a wider view of reality emerges and this propels you into new areas of work and a different daily life. One you hoped for.

PISCES It’s good to begin to eliminate what is unnecessary in your life, especially what has not been used in the past many months. This will allow newer, finer energies and resources, infinite and

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‘Incredible shrinking airline seat’ : Court orders FAA review of seats on US flights

By Desert Star Staff A US court has ordered the Federal Aviation Authority to review seat sizes after an advocacy group alleged that passengers’ lives were at risk due to cost and spacesaving initiatives on board commercial flights.“This is the case of the incredible shrinking airline seat,” Judge Patricia Millett wrote in her ruling. “As many have no doubt noticed, aircraft seats and the spacing between them have been getting smaller and smaller, while American passengers have been growing in size.”

The seat pitch, or the distance between the back of a seat and the back of the seat in front of an average airline seat in economy class in the US has decreased from 89 cm (35 inches) in the ‘70s to 79cm (31 inches).

Meanwhile, the average width of an airline seat has narrowed from 46cm (18 inches) to 42 cm (16.5 inches) over the last decade.The

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FAA had argued that it was a non-issue as seat sizes did not impact evacuation procedures on board aircraft in emergency situations.

“That makes no sense,” Judge Millett wrote, drawing the analogy of conducting “a study on tooth decay that only recorded participants’ sugar consumption” but did not look at brushing and flossing.“We applaud the court’s decision, and the path to larger seats has suddenly become a bit wider,” said Kendall Creighton, a spokeswoman for Flyers Rights, as cited by the Guardian.All three sitting judges on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia voted in favor of the proposed review which would oblige the FAA setting a minimum airline seat size.

A study conducted in 2014 found that, between 1999 and 2012, the average American male’s waist grew from 38.9 inches to 39.7 inches with women showing

a slightly larger growth from 36.3 inches to 37.8.

For context, the “abdominal obesity” zone starts at 40.2 inches for men and 34.6 inches for women, according to USA Today.

The FAA “does consider seat pitch in testing and assessing the safe evacuation of commercial, passenger August 2, 2017

aircraft. We are studying the ruling carefully and any potential actions we may take to address the court’s findings,” the agency’s spokesman Greg Martin wrote in an e-mail as cited

by Reuters.The ruling does not require a review of the potential impact on the health or comfort of passengers,

merely the threat posed by shrinking seat sizes in the event of an emergency.

A bill currently under consideration in the House of Representatives would require the FAA to set minimum seat sizes as well as a minimum distance between rows.

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‘Grantchester’ The Complete 3rd Season Now on DVD

Many things in life can be addictive. For me it’s the PBS Masterpiece Mystery series “Grantchester” starring James Norton as the young vicar Sidney Chambers and Robson Green as his best friend, Detective Inspector Geordie Keating. The third season ended this past Sunday on PBS and is now available on DVD. (For more information visit PBS.org.)

“Grantchester” is based on a series of six books written

by James Runcie whose father Robert was Archbishop of Canterbury. Runcie, a prolific writer, published the first novel in the Sidney Chambers series in 2012 entitled “Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death.” Five other novels, with six mysteries in each, followed and he is now working on a prequel which involves Chamber’s WWII service in the Scots Guards prior to his decision to become a vicar. Hopefully this too will be a part of the Masterpiece Mystery series.

If you have never watched “Grantchester,” Sidney Chambers is the vicar in the small Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. Besides his church duties he also works on cases with his friend Geordie.They make a great team, and if Sidney had not become a vicar he would have been a fine detective. Their relationship is integral to the

story. While Sidney is spiritual, Geordie is an atheist or at least an agnostic. But this doesn’t hinder the wonderful friendship and chemistry they share. Other characters in the series include Sidney’s feisty housekeeper Mrs. Maguire who loves him as if he were her own son, Leonard, the young clergyman who works with Sidney, and Amanda, the love of Sidney’s life.

In the third season Sidney and Geordie are still solving crimes of passion, murderous plots and unexpected tragedies, but both Sidney and Geordie have personal problems of their own to cope with as well. Chambers is conflicted when he is forced to choose between the woman he loves, Amanda, and his life in the Church.

Special features include “The Making of Grantchester 3,” “Behind the Scenes” and “Inside the Christmas Special.”

Season 3 is approximately 380 minutes long on 3 discs.

Note: all three seasons of “Grantchester” are available on DVD

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For the younger set, check out Warner Bros. “The Lego Batman Movie.” Adults will also find it fun, especially if they were Lego builders in their youth. This film has the same fanciful, irreverent spirit as “The Lego Movie” which

came first and was a great success. This time the big star is Lego Batman who must save Gotham from the evil clutches of The Joker who is planning a hostile takeover of the city. Now Batman has to drop the lone-vigilante thing and learn to lighten up. Lots of fun for all ages. From Warner Bros., rated PG for some rude humor and action.

Also from Warner Bros., the action-packed thriller “Kong: Skull Island” which was released on DVD and Blu-ray July 18. The film stars Tom Hiddleston (“The Avengers,” “Thor: The Dark World”), Samuel L. Jackson (“The Color Purple,” “Pulp Fiction”), John Goodman (“Argo”), Oscar winner

Brie Larson (Best Actress, “Room,”) and John C. Reilly.

To fully immerse audiences in the mysterious Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and his team filmed across three continents over a six month period, capturing the primordial landscapes on Oahu, Hawaii, Australia’s Gold Coast and Vietnam. Some of the locations have never been seen on film before.

This compelling, original adventure tells the story of a team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers uniting to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific which is as dangerous as it is beautiful.

Far from civilization, the team ventures into the territory of the mighty Kong and the

ultimate battle between man and nature begins. Soon their mission of discovery becomes one of survival where they must fight to escape this primal eden in which humanity does not belong.

The Blu-ray and DVD versions have many additional special features that include: “Director’s Commentary,” “ Creating a King: Realizing an Icon,” “Creating a King: Summoning a God,.” “On Location: Vietnam,” “Deleted Scenes” and more. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action and for brief strong language.

Also check out Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” which is a delight for the whole family.

catapults, because the new systems were “no good.”

Yet, last week, President Trump helped commission the USS Gerald R. Ford, calling it a “100,000-ton message to the world.”

“Mr. President, one of your predecessors famously remarked, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick.’ We offer you sir, a big stick,” acting Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley remarked, as

cited by Wood TV, saying the warship was available for the president’s use.

Named after the country’s 38th president, the most technologically advanced warship in the US Navy can sail for 20 years without needing to refuel. According to the US Department of Defense, the USS Gerald R. Ford is expected to be in operation in 2020.

The commission comes as Washington is increasingly showing a strong military presence in the Asian region amid brewing tensions with North Korea.

President Trump adopted a much harder line on Pyongyang than his predecessor, Barack Obama, repeatedly calling on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs and threatening that all options are on the table. North Korea has refused to back down, conducting a second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on Friday.

Trump also accused

China of not doing enough to diffuse the situation, tweeting on Sunday that “We will no longer allow this to continue.”

There are also ongoing tensions with China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where the same waters are also claimed by Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei. Washington has repeatedly slammed Beijing’s claims to nearly all of the resource-rich South China Sea and its construction of military facilities on islets there.

Meanwhile in China, President Xi Jinping gave a speech at large scale military parade at a remote army base on Sunday, calling on the 2.3 million-strong People’s Liberation Army to “unswervingly follow the absolute leadership of the Communist party of China.”

“We need to build a strong people’s military more than any other time in history,” the Chinese leader told his troops.

US carrier Gerald R. Ford completes first landing & launch of aircraft

By Desert Star Staff The US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the $12.9 billion warship USS Gerald R. Ford, has completed its first launch and landing of a fixed-wing aircraft using an electromagnetic launch system off the coast of Virginia.“Great work by the Ford team and all the engineers who have worked hard to get the ship ready for this milestone.”

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(Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System) is a motor drive-based aircraft catapult system that helps to accelerate jets for takeoff, while the AAG (Advanced Arresting Gear) is used to rapidly decelerate when landing.

US President Donald Trump had previously lambasted the carrier’s systems to launch and land fighter jets, urging the Navy to go back to using steam

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BY ROBERT KINSLER

Old and New Music Treasures Highlighted

that graced the airwaves in television’s formative years.

Information: eagle-rock.com.

A mix of old and new treasures play out via several legendary television specials featuring many of the greatest singers of the 20th century, a collaboration between composer John Williams and classical pianist Simone Pedroni, and two new albums featuring outstanding emerging artists.

Title: The Frank Sinatra Collection; The Timex Shows Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 You might like if you enjoy: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Lena Horne, Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald Tell me more: The four hour-long episodes that play out across volumes 1 and 2 of “The Frank Sinatra Collection” are true time machines. Volume 1 features two episodes of the Sinatra series, including the first episode broadcast on Oct. 19, 1959 and featuring guests Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Mitzi Gaynor. The second episode (broadcast in late 1959) is highlighted by several appearances by legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald, including the beautiful “There’s a Lull in My Life.” Kicking off the second volume is an early 1960 episode titled “To The Ladies” featuring Sinatra joined by guests Lena Horne, Mary Costa, Juliet Prowse and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The final episode serves as a tribute to Elvis Presley, with Sinatra and a cast of notables welcoming home Presley when he returned from his U.S. Army service in March 1960. But that episode also features Ol’ Blue Eyes delivering a stirring live version of “Witchcraft” while Sammy Davis Jr. sings “Come On Bess” from “Porgy and Bess”; the show comes to a dramatic close with several performances featuring the King of Rock and Roll including Sinatra and Presley joining forces for a creative medley of “Witchcraft” and “Love Me Tender.” The comedy, dancing and music across the two discs is top-rate, and the episodes really serve as a time machine for the style of musical variety programming

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Artist: Chris Fullerton Title: Epilepsy Blues (Eight 30 Records) You might like if you enjoy: Corb Lund, Michael Ubaldini, Townes Van Zandt Tell me more: Austinbased singer-songwriter Chris Fullerton is the rare modernday artist able to tap into the traditional sounds personified

by Hank Williams and Hank Snow while delivering wry and insightful lyrics that capture life’s myriad of of challenges and joys in the here and now.

The title of Fullerton’s new album “Epilepsy Blues” is not merely a clever phrase; Fullerton has epilepsy and that reality informs many of the songs on the 10-song disc. “Bad Winds” is delivered with minimal accompaniment, Fullerton’s deep baritone deciphering the pain of dark places; the title track chronicles the struggles of his condition, including enduring epileptic seizures as he sings: “The first time’s bad but the second time it’s worse / the third time’s sad and the fourth time it just hurts / but it’s all downhill from there, it don’t get no worse.” Elsewhere the magic of life plays out in sharp contrast to the bad times. The sparse “Float On Up & See” is as beautiful and affecting as any love song released in memory, and the acoustic ballad “Come On In” is almost equal to that master stroke with its quiet power.

Information: chrisfullerton.com.

Artist: GospelbeacH Title: Another Summer of Love You might like if you enjoy: Dawes, Tom Petty, Beachwood Sparks Tell me more: While it has been 50 years since the original Summer of Love enraptured the world in 1967, the Brent Rademaker-fronted troupe GospelbeacH conjures up that mythical season on its aptly-titled disc “Another Summer of Love.” With a shimmering sound that recalls the Laurel Canyon sound of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Rademaker’s pleasing voice and acoustic guitar is adorned with lush arrangements

that make for folk rock that is melodic and ambitious.

The breezy “In the Desert,” driving “California Fantasy,” alt country-spirited “You’re Already Home” and “The City Limits,” and Byrds-meetsTom Petty gem “(I Wanna See U) All the Time” featuring Jason Soda’s 12-string guitar textures. Other musicians whose notable contributions help create the beautiful soundscape that helps define “Another Summer of Love” include keyboardist Jonny

Tell me more: Composer John Williams and famed classical pianist Simone Pedroni have joined forces for one of the more interesting and successful collaborations in memory. Williams and Pedroni each transcribed about half of the pieces included on “John Williams: Themes and Transcriptions for Piano,” with Williams’ own piano Niemann, drummers Derek suites from his “Lincoln” and Brown and George Sluppick, “The Book Thief” among the bassist Ben Reddell, backup highlights. All of the piano-only singers Miranda Lee Richards arrangements dazzle thanks and Pearl Charles. Information: to Pedroni’s incredible talents Alive-Records.com. at the Steinway Concert Grand piano. Fans of Williams’ Artists: John Williams, enduring “Star Wars” and composer; Simone “Harry Potter”-related scores, Pedroni, piano as well as his soundtrack for Title: John Williams: Themes “Schindler’s List” and others and Transcriptions for Piano will find this a dynamic listening (Varèse Sarabande Records) experience allowing Williams’ You might like if you timeless compositions to be rediscovered. Information: enjoy: John Williams, VareseSarabande.com.

Simone Pedroni

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Mccallum Theatre’s Choreography Festival

By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, CA McCallum Theatre Education will present exciting original choreography by choreographers from across the nation at the 20th Annual Choreography Festival.

This one of a kind festival, scheduled for Saturday,

136 submissions, come from all over the country and will perform before an audience and a panel of judges. Over $26,000.00 in cash awards are up for grabs. Finalists include festival favorites as well as a large number of choreographers new to the Festival whose works promise to engage, provoke and entertain.

“Our Choreography Festival continues to engage and expand its reach. Over the years we’ve earned a great name thanks to our genuine dedication to nurture and support emerging artists, and the desert communities have wholeheartedly embraced this event as an annual highlight,” says Kajsa ThuressonFrary, Festival producer and McCallum’s long-time Director of Education. “We are privileged to work with a dynamic Festival team, including Festival founder Shea New, and enjoy the support of a dedicated group November 11th at 7pm in two divisions, educational of volunteers and sponsors. and Sunday, November opportunities including Turning twenty is quite thrilling.”

12th at 4pm continues to workshops and residencies, The Choreography Festival promote dance as an art and honors those who have also includes dynamic outreach form by creating a venue for made outstanding contributions projects, among them: the emerging and established to dance through a Lifetime East Valley Dance Project, now choreographers and developing Achievement Award. in its 11th year and The 7th new dance audiences.

This year’s Finalists, Annual Studio Project. These The Festival features a selected by a distinguished projects give dancers from choreography competition Festival screening panel from local studios and students

from Desert Mirage High, Toro Canyon Middle and Coachella Valley High Schools in Thermal an opportunity to explore and create with professional choreographers. Participants in the projects will learn an original piece of choreography and perform on the McCallum stage in conjunction with the Division II performance on November 12th at 4:00pm.

“When we arrived at the McCallum they greeted us like we were family, says Amber Clavel from Desert Mirage High School. “Performing in East Valley Dance Project with Coachella Valley High School was the biggest highlight. It made me see that it is possible to work alongside our rivals.

Dance requires teamwork, dedication and confidence.”

Tickets for the Division I performance of The Choreography Festival on Saturday, November 11, 7:00 p.m. are $42/37/27/17.

Tickets for the Division II performance on Sunday, November 12, 4:00 p.m. are $32/27/22/14. Tickets are available now at the McCallum Theatre Box Office by calling 760-340-ARTS, online at www.mccallumtheatre. com or by walk-up.

By Desert Star Staff SEATTLE – Washingtonians finally looking to catch some rays need to be careful to avoid damage to their skin.

Dr. Katie Osley, a dermatologist at Kaiser Permanente, says avoiding overexposure from the sun can mean wearing a layer of clothes – she advises something lightweight and cotton – staying in the shade or making sure sunscreen is close at hand.

Osley usually suggests rash guards for children because less of their skin is exposed and they can go in and out of the water.

When it comes to sunscreen, she says not to worry about the brand.

“People shouldn’t really get caught up in that so much,” she advises. “I think that the most important thing is that you have 30 SPF or higher or one of the zinc or titanium dioxide based sunscreens, and you need enough of it.”

Osley says people having

fun in the sun should reapply every two hours and that an average-sized person needs to apply at least a shot glass’s amount each application.

She warns people whose skin becomes tan in the sun face the same risk of skin damage from too much exposure.

Osley says it’s important for people of any age to avoid sunburns.

“I never like for people to say things like, ‘Well, I’ve already done the damage, why don’t I just go out in the sun now?’” she states. “’It’s not going to make a difference.’

“That’s not true it all. It exponentially gets worse the more you do it. So, even if you’re in your 50s, 60s, 70s, still be really careful in the sun and try not to get sunburned.”

Too many sunburns can lead to damage and even skin cancer. There are a number of different types of cancer.

Osley says melanoma is the least common, but

should go to a doctor and get that spot checked out.

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Joshua Z. Weinstein Lifts the Veil on the Hasidic Community in “Menashe” Continued from Page 1

and the highly textured look of the film. One of the only movies performed in Yiddish in nearly 70 years, what unfolds is a deeply moving portrait of family, love, connection, and community. This is a movie for all denominations as it is a life-affirming story about the universal struggles inherent in the human condition and the challenges placed upon us when we are not in control of our own destiny.

Weinstein recently sat down with your reporter for an exclusive interview and the following has been edited for content and continuity for print purposes.

What attracted you to tell a story about that private world?

Joshua: As a documentary filmmaker, I’ve been just about to every borough and neighborhood in New York doing camera work.

New York is really interesting because behind every street there’s a story that hasn’t been told before. I’ve always been fascinated by Hasidic Jews and there has never really been a film made that shows authentically what that life is like. Anytime Hollywood has tried, it’s laughable in its “authenticity.” People are speaking English, the hair is wrong, the way they observe is wrong. They just throw in a Yiddish word every ten words that are already part of the English language. It just felt like this community deserved more than that and somehow I was lucky enough to maybe have the tools to tell the story.

How close is the script to Menashe’s real story?

Joshua: Menashe is really a widower and does not have custody of his son. Everything else is fictional. We did use his actual apartment. (He laughs.)

I took a lot of photos and replicated it for the film. He inspired a lot of the script, but at the same time, there was never a memorial meal. There was never a special week.

There never was a brotherin-law. It was truncated. But it’s not a documentary. It’s a film that depicts something that hopefully we can relate to and understand.

How did being a documentary filmmaker inform moving into the narrative?

Joshua: For me, cinema is not about plot – it’s about those moments that transcend us and make us want to understand a community. I was always more interested in 10,000 Orthodox people coming to dance and sing around a bonfire to celebrate the Jewish holiday of LadBaOmer or I was interested in what it’s like for a man to spiritually wash himself in the mikgvah,* or how a portrait of a rabbi can keep mice away from your house.

These are the moments that I wanted to make in the movie because I learned from them and hope that the viewers will learn from them too.

Did you change your appearance in any way so that you didn’t stand out?

Joshua: I already had a beard. I just wore a yarmulke sometimes and a white shirt. But, people knew right away that I wasn’t part of the community when I couldn’t speak the language and didn’t know a lot about Judaism. But I did everything possible to try to fit in and get people to open up and be involved in the movie.

You were introduced to Menashe through Lipa Schmeltzer known as The Hasidic Lady Gaga.”

Do tell me about that.

Menashe (Menashe Lustig) lights a memorial candle for his deceased wife. Courtesy Photo.

Joshua: Danny Finkelman is one of the producers of the film. He’s Lubovitch, which is part of the Chabad movement.

He directs and produces Lipa Schmeltzer music videos.

They’re like these late 1990s MTV pop videos with bright lights, big costumes, but no women dancers. It’s just men dancing and singing. It was eye opening for me. I had never seen real Hasidic Jews in any videos before, so I spoke to Danny and he helped me get access. He wanted Lipa to star in the movie and that’s how I met Menashe who is Lipa’s brother-in-law. They were doing this commercial for a health-care provider. I was blown away by Menashe, this Charlie Chaplinesque sad clown and just knew that he could hold the movie together.

Was there anything that you felt uncomfortable witnessing in the community?

Joshua: I call what I’m doing emotional ethnography.

You try not to be judgmental of what you don’t understand and try to understand it from their perspective. So this

film is a humanization of the community and it’s an honest portrayal. It’s not a whitewashing. We see many things that happen in this community that as outsiders we can’t condone. But at the same time I think it’s worth trying to understand what is foreign to us. This film is about trying to understand this community.

Were you concerned that this film would be of no interest to the non-Jewish community and would not generate good box office?

Also, what are some of the films that influenced you as a filmmaker?

Joshua: (Laughs) No one makes a Yiddish film with non-actors because they’re trying to make money. This is not a Jewish movie – it’s a movie about Jews. My references for this movie are some of the greatest movies in cinema history such as, “The Bicycle Thieves,” “The Apu Trilogy,” and “A Woman Under the Influence.” I was just synthesizing everything I love in cinema and tried to put it in my own voice.

What kind of reaction of you getting?

Joshua: The secular world immediately embraced the film, way before the

(Foreground) Widower Menashe played by Menashe Lustig receives word from his rabbi that he is losing custody of his son because in their belief system children must be raised by two parents.Courtesy Photo.

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Jewish world did.

Did Jews help finance the film?

Joshua: I thought it was going to be easy to raise money. It was almost impossible, as Jews did not want to fund this movie. I understand that many affluent Jewish people do not like the Hasidic community for a variety of reasons and choose to fund Israel, Israel Defense Fund, or any Jewish related organizations in which they believe.

During the rehearsal process, you rehearsed in English, but filmed in Yiddish, which has a variety of dialects. Was that a challenge?

Joshua: Yes. Everyone spoke different dialects. We had incredible translators on set who helped us get through this. They understood my voice and also understood the actors. They tried to make sure that my voice was as close to what the actors’ voices were. Whenever there was a disagreement, it became Talmudic** and people would argue and argue and argue. We could waste a half hour about a single word.

It definitely created a host of time-sucking difficulties.

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Report Lists AR Water Quality Issues by System

By Desert Star Staff LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A new guide compiles test results from public water systems in all 50 states so people can double check their local water quality.

It says many systems in Arkansas contain contaminants at levels in violation of Environmental Protection Agency standards.

The nonprofit Environmental Working Group released its Guide to Safe Drinking Water with test results from 55 public water systems in Arkansas and almost 50,000 systems across the nation.

“What we’ve done is made it interactive,” explains David Andrews, a senior scientist with EWG. “You can type in your ZIP code or search by a map to find your local water utility, and pull up information on the test results from your utility and how those results

of water contaminants compare to the legal limit.”

Andrews says some systems reported contaminants that are known to cause cancer, birth defects or illnesses, and were ordered to make corrections.

Utilities are ranked on a point system based on the number of water quality violations reported between 2011 and 2016.

Since the EPA hasn’t updated the list of known contaminants for several years, Andrews says legal limits for some have not been established. He says water treatment plants treat the incoming water based on what’s in it when it arrives.

“You have to use greater amounts of chlorine and you form greater amounts of disinfection byproducts when the source water is

more contaminated,” he explains. “Increases in farm runoff, increases in pollution from urban areas upstream, impacts what’s going into the water treatment facility.”

Andrews says people don’t have to drink their local water right out of the tap if they’re concerned about it. The group also has a consumer guide to water filtration systems.

“There are a few simple steps that you can do in your home in terms of installing either a filter that screws on to your tap, a pitcher-type filter, or a slightly more expensive filter that goes under your sink that will greatly reduce or eliminate most of these contaminants,” he explains.

Andrews adds that, despite its popularity, bottled water isn’t a solution, both because of the cost and the added waste created by the bottles.

A new report shows tap water in many communities in Arkansas and across the country contains potentially dangerous contaminants. (Pixabay)

Bad Credit Can Mean Higher Auto Insurance Rates

By Desert Star Staff LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – If you have a good driving record but think your car insurance is too high, a new survey says your credit score could be the problem.

A report by the online marketing firm WalletHub found five of the largest insurance companies that write auto policies use credit ratings as a factor in determining insurance premiums.

And the difference between good credit and bad can be substantial.

In Arkansas, a low credit

score can increase premiums as much as 73 percent.

Jill Gonzalez, an analyst for WalletHub, explains low credit doesn’t mean companies think a person is more likely to be in an accident.

“It has to do with, ‘Do you have a history of paying your bills, and do you think that history will carry on when paying out your insurance premiums?’” she explains.

“I think that’s really where the mindset is here. I would say it’s more of a cost risk than an actual driving risk.”

The report shows the

effect a credit score can have on the cost of an auto policy varies widely. Gonzalez says WalletHub found companies such as Farmers and Allstate weigh credit scores heavily in calculating premiums, while for GEICO and Progressive, low credit is much less of a factor.

She says costs also vary between states.

The survey found bad credit in New Jersey can raise rates as much as 100 percent, while in California, poor credit adds very little to the cost of a policy.

Some critics say using

credit scores to rate policies can unfairly raise insurance rates for lower-income families and communities of color.

“Depending on where you live and who your provider is, people with no credit – so, those are people who may be recent grads, people who are simply unbanked, people with no credit – pay on average 65 percent more for car insurance than people with excellent credit do,” Gonzalez explains.

Gonzalez adds avoiding accidents and tickets will do the most to keep insurance rates down. But paying bills

on time can help, too.

“If you are currently shopping around for a new policy or a new provider, then actively be trying to improve your credit score at the same time, because chances are the more you improve it, the lower that premium will be,” she advises.

Gonzalez says some companies are more transparent than others about how they use credit scores.

Check the fine print on an insurer’s website or call the company and ask it directly.

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Some of these nonactors had never seen a film. How did they react to the camera?

Joshua: It was hysterical.

They would give me advice on where to put the camera.

(Laughs) Some people would tell me my lighting was bad.

(Laughs) You know that joke about “How many Jews does it take to change a light bulb?”

It was kind of like that. But what I loved about the people in this film was that there was this naïveté, which, because they had never acted before, they weren’t shameful of the camera. They could just do things that many non-actors or even actors would never do. It was about being ready to capture those moments.

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had to be prepared for their slip-ups or their mistakes with some of their mistakes being the best part of the movie.

How did you set up the scenes?

Joshua: It wasn’t all that different. You just had to be slower. Maybe I would be more direct with them. I would give them more directions – like stand here, look to the right, don’t emote. (Laughs) Sometimes you had to be very specific about what you wanted and then pray.

Did you get any obstacles from the elders or the rabbis?

Joshua: Of course we did. Originally, one of the characters was suppose to be a father-in-law, but two weeks before filming, the “actor” got cold feet. I suspect he was pressured to drop out. Then we had a different brother-inlaw “actor,” who we loved, but someone also pressured

him and he decided that he couldn’t be in the movie.

Menashe had many people tell him that he shouldn’t be in this movie. Danny also had people call him to say that he should not be involved because it would be a blight on the community. We would also lose locations. Other days, we’d be shooting on the street and would have crowds watching the shoot.

Kids, adults, women, and old people – they would laugh.

They would see Menashe walking down the street and would be so happy to see his acting. As many people who were against it, there were just as many people who were for it. But, it was definitely a split and was definitely difficult.

Many people who were happy to talk to us and happy to watch us would never be in the camera because they believe the camera can only create negativity in their lives.

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funniest moment?

Joshua: (Laughs) We were shooting one scene after Menashe gets drunk. He’s on the street with his son who he’s trying to get him not to be angry with him. It’s nighttime. We have lights and all the cameras outside and we’re filming this scene where Menashe is pouring his heart out to this son. Out of the blue, this man walks up to him in the middle of the scene with a box. He says: “Menashe, I have this box.

Are you going back to Munsie tomorrow? Do you think you can bring it? (Laughter) Did you keep aspects of your work hidden from the community?

Joshua: We didn’t want the community to know what was going on completely because a lot of them didn’t want this film to happen.

We didn’t write about it on Facebook or Twitter and we didn’t do a lot of press. We

wanted to keep it as quiet as possible until it was done.

What did you hope to accomplish with this film?

Joshua: The response has been huge. It sounds a bit crass to say that. But I believe the film reaffirms that humanity is the same everywhere –whether you live in Borough Park or a slum in Durbin, South Africa, humanity is not that different. It reaffirms my belief that cinema can bring us closer as humans.

This is a special film and I wish you the best of luck with it.

Joshua: Thank you so much. *A bath in which certain Jewish ritual purifications are performed. **Making extremely fine distinctions; overly detailed or subtle; hairsplitting.

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Senate sends new Russia sanctions bill to Trump’s desk

By Desert Star Staff The US Senate has approved further sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, and now the bipartisan bill goes to President Donald Trump’s desk, where it may be vetoed or signed into law.

The vote was 98 to 2.The sanctions target Russian gas and pipeline developments by codifying six of former President Barack Obama’s executive orders implementing sanctions on Russia.

Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), ranking member of the foreign relations committee, opened floor discussion Thursday evening.

The committee’s chairman, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), then yielded to Senator John McCain (R), who lauded the bipartisan process that supported the bill.

“We will not tolerate attacks on our democracy!”

McCain, who chairs the armed services committee, insisted from the Senate floor. “That’s what this bill is all about.”

All three countries were

accused of violating “the international order” by Senator Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey), a former chairman of the foreign relations committee.

Opposition to the bill was bipartisan as well, but scarce, with only Senators Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) voting against.Leadership in the House and Senate agreed on the details of the sanctions bill late Wednesday, following the near unanimous vote in the House on Tuesday, 419 to 3. Senate passage sends the sanctions bill directly to Trump’s desk, and lawmakers expressed mixed expectations on whether the president would sign it into law.The new sanctions are a clear attempt by Congress to tie the hands of President Trump, who publicly said he wanted to improve relations with Russia, but as a foreign policy measure they are short-sighted and ineffective, retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski told RT. “It is intended to damage

that relationship [with Russia].

I think it’s important to see that this is a Congressional act intended to damage Mr. Trump and his ability to conduct foreign policy,” Kwiatkowski said.“They’re certainly attempting to limit [Trump’s] powers, and I think anybody who has watched American politics for the past six or seven months understands the panic that is present in our Congress amongst the opposition party and certain members of his own party.

They’re very frightened at his ability and desire to execute power, to use the power of that office,” Kwiatkowski said.

“Clearly, the Congress, the House and the Senate have overstepped their abilities to understand and influence foreign policy. They don’t understand the impact of sanctions by extending these sanctions to other, allied companies… That is the height of arrogance and, mostly, ignorance,” Kwiatkowski argued, saying that the voting revealed that only a handful

of “independent thinkers” are present in the Congress.

Kwiatkowski believes Trump himself is against the new measures as he is aware that sanctions are “largely ineffective” and “not a smart way to run foreign policy.”

She added: “Historically, they have not worked.

Historically, they have hurt the very people they’re intended to help.”

Trump intends to sign ‘final version’ of Russia sanctions bill – White House President Donald Trump will sign into law new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, according to the White HAccording to a statement late Friday, Trump “read early drafts of the bill” and after negotiating “critical elements,” has reviewed the final version approved nearly unanimously

by Congress. The Senate back it 98-2 Thursday, and the House 419-3 earlier this week.

The president “has now reviewed the final version and, based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves

the bill and intends to sign it,” the statement read.ouse.The sanctions target Russian gas and pipeline developments by codifying six of former President Barack Obama’s executive orders implemented near the end of his term.

They also take aim at Russia’s major defense, mining, shipping and railway industries.

The bill has alarmed the EU as it would harm the European companies taking part in Russian-EU energy projects, with Nordstream II pipeline being the prominent example. Top European officials, including those of Germany and Austria, have called the sanctions unacceptable and warned of retaliatory economic measures.

Moscow on Friday responded to the series of sanctions imposed by Washington by demanding to downsize of the number of US diplomatic service staff in Russia to the same number of Russian diplomats in the US, or about 455 people, by September 1.

By Desert Star Staff US President Donald Trump blasted China for essentially “doing nothing” to help resolve the North Korean crisis, promising to put an end to it in yet another twist in the president’s rhetoric towards Beijing.

“They [China] do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue,” President Trump tweeted, adding that it shouldn’t take much for Beijing to “solve this problem!”The statement comes just two days after Pyongyang test-fired what it claims to be its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which could reach any place within the US mainland, according to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The first ICBM test was carried out on July 4. While both were considered to be ICBMs by the US and South

Korean military, the Russian assessment is that they were intermediate range missiles (IRBM), meaning that they are not capable of hitting the US. The latest tweets apparently show another change in Trump’s attitude to China, while the countries remain at odds over how to deal with North Korea.

Earlier in July, Trump boasted of an “excellent meeting” he had with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 meeting in Hamburg, saying he appreciated what had been done regarding North Korea and calling China “a great trading partner.”

However, in late June, the US imposed sanctions on a Chinese bank for allegedly laundering money for North Korea. Restrictions were also placed on two Chinese citizens as well as a shipping company for allegedly assisting North Korea’s nuclear

and missile programs.

After Xi’s visit to the US in April, Trump said he would make Xi a better trade deal if China solves the “North Korean problem” itself. He added, however, that the US may have to do it on its own. While the US and China

agree that North Korea is a “top security threat,” the approaches of both states in solving the crisis remain a point of contention. The US approach to dealing with North Korea involves restrictive measures and military deterrence, holding

military drills with its allies in the region and deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea to protect it from its communist neighbor.

China has serious concerns over THAAD, considering it a threat to its own security.

‘Very disappointed’: Trump blasts China for ‘doing nothing’ with N. Korea

US ‘successfully’ tests THAAD by launching ballistic missile over Pacific

By Desert Star Staff The US military has successfully tested the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system over the Pacific Ocean, the country’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) chief said in a statement.

“The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army soldiers of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from Fort Bliss, Texas, conducted a successful missile defense test today using the

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Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system,” the statement reads, as cited

by NBC.“A medium-range target ballistic missile (MRBM) was air-launched by a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean,” the announcement says further, adding that part of the THAAD system stationed in Alaska pinpointed and intercepted the target.The ‘Flight Experiment THAAD’ test was aimed at gathering

“threat data from a THAAD interceptor in flight,” according to the US military. The launch also allowed necessary data to be collected to “enhance the THAAD weapon system” and ensured the “ability to stay ahead of the evolving threat,” Greaves is quoted as saying.The THAAD test was conducted just two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Following the August 2, 2017

launch, the US and South Korean militaries responded by firing surface-to-surface missiles amid increasing tensions on the peninsula.

Earlier this month, the THAAD system for the first time shot down an IRBM target launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska.

South Korea wants to deploy four additional THAAD launchers after the North’s

latest test, causing serious concern in Beijing. China opposes the positioning of the system, considering it a security threat and urging for a peaceful solution to the Korean crisis to be found.

The THAAD system deployment, which started April, was previously delayed after South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered an environmental probe.

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CALIFORNIA AUCTION AD Notice is hereby given that the contents of the following units will be offered for sale by publication to the highest bidder for enforcement of storage lien. The auction will be held on August 17th 2017 9AM. Location: Desert Self Storage 66251 Dillon Road Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Terms: CASH ONLY. Desert Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel the auction.Name of Auctioneer: AMERICAN AUCTIONEERS Bond #: FS863-20-14 The following units are scheduled for auction: Name Unit Loiacano, Greg A040, Newton, Amanda B67D, SIMMONS, ERVINC021, YOUNG, TONIC072, Fuentes, KitrinaC085, DOLAN, WHITNEYC092, TOWNSEND, KINDRAC148, MIQUIRRAY, CHARLOTTEC167, Sullivan, DiannaC173, CRABTREE, JOEC181, SALAS, JONATHANC185, JAVIER, CHERYLLD031, ORTEGA, SAMUELD061, SMITH, DIANED070, Rivera, EduardoD101, SANNER, LLOYDD108, Gonzalez, JuanE026, RAMIREZ, YENYE030, CANTU, ABIGAILE082, Griner, RyanE129, Martinez, PedroE131, Moon, AaronE134, FRANCO, JESSICA E158, Ramirez, FloraE173, All the units are labeled as Household Please Print: 7/26/2017 and 8/2/2017. DSW17-5171 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. PSC 1703852, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92263, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. CIDRO MARTINEZ AKA CIDRO ARAGON AKA THEODORE C. ARAGON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present Name: CIDRO MARTINEZ AKA CIDRO ARAGON AKA THEODORE C. ARAGON to Proposed Name: TED C ARAGON. 2.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: September 13, 2017 Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: PS3, b. The address of the court is: 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262, County of Riverside 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): DESERT STAR WEEKLY 13279 PALM DRIVE SUITE 5, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Dated: July 19, 2017, Judge of the Superior Court, Publish July 26, 2017, August 2, 9, 16, 2017. DSW17-5175 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 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

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NESS AS: K&E PRO TIRES, 68680 RAMON RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County.

Full name of registrant: K&E PRO TIES, 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 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

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Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: LUIS ALONSO LOPEZ BENITEZ. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 10, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709143 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 PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017. DSW17-5176 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: NU LOOK HOUSE WASHING SERVICE, 39905 BIRD LANE #14, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ANTONIO VICTOR MCCAIN, 39905 BIRD LANE #14, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: ANTONIO VICTOR MCCAIN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 19, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709553 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 PROFESSIONAL CODE).

Pub July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017. DSW17-5173 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE ) DOING BUSINESS AS: THUNDERBIRD ONLY, 70390 HIGHWAY 111, SUITE 105, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270.

Riverside County; PO BOX 2153, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Full name of registrant: TBO PROPERTIES, INC., 70390 HIGHWAY 111, SUITE 105, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270/CALIFORNIA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/26/17.

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: CARY GERKIN, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 17, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709425 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 MUS T 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 PROFESSIONALCODE). Pub July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017. DSW17-5172

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, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING 9, 16, 23, 2017 BUSINESS AS: MARTIN ROJO GARDEN & TREE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE SERVICE, 85457 VALENCIA LN., COACHELLA, FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- CA 92236. Riverside County. Full name of regisNESS AS: California Cool Roof, 77899 Wolf Rd, trant: MARTIN ROJO AVINA, 85457 VALENCIA Suite 108, Palm Desert, CA 92211. Los Angeles LN., COACHELLA, CA 92236. Business is conCounty. Full name of registrant: Scott’s Construc- ducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet tion Services Inc., 77899 Wolf Rd Suite 108, Palm begun to transact business under the fictitious Desert, CA 92211/CA. Business is conducted business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the

by Corporation. Registrant has not yet begun information in this statement is true and correct. (A to transact business under the fictitious name(s) registrant, who declares as true, information which listed above. 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, Signed MARTIN ROJO AVINA. This statement was who declares as true, information which he or she filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed: Scott June 27, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Carter President. This statement was filed with the Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708730 NOTICE — County Clerk of Riverside County on July 24, 2017. THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS No. R-201709716. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEYEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTIFILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN- SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE).

OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON Pub July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 2017. DSW17-5170 LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5181 July 26, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING August 2, 9, 16, 2017 BUSINESS AS: THE BHAVA NETWORK, 6906 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE OROZCO DRIVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92506. Riverside FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- County. Full name of registrant: AMRITHAVARSHININESS AS: Manx Farms, 8000 Sunset Blvd. B200, -MURALIKRISHNAN, 6906 OROZCO DRIVE, West Hollywood, CA 90046. Los Angeles County. RIVERSIDE, CA 92506; BASANTH- -MURALIFull name of registrant: Plutus, Inc., 1809 S Street, KRISHNAN, 6906 OROZCO DRIVE, RIVERSIDE, Suite 101-145, Sacramento, CA 95811/CA. Busi- CA 92506. Business is conducted by: GENERAL ness is conducted by Corporation. Registrant PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun to has not yet begun to transact business under the transact business under the fictitious business fictitious name(s) listed above. I declare that all the name(s) listed above. I declare that all the inforinformation in this statement is true and correct. (A mation in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime).

Signed: Ivy Bader, Secretary/Treasurer. This state- Signed: AMRITHAVARSHINI- -MURALIKRISHment was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside NAN. This statement was filed with the County County on July 17, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor- Clerk of Riverside County on June 12, 2017. PeCounty Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201709442. ter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME No. R-201708080 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTINAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANUNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5180 July 26, AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017 August 2, 2017. DSW17-5168

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NESS AS: CULTURE CLUB, 10900 AMBROSIO DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: TAMARA MARIE WARMAN, 10900 AMBROSIO DRIVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240; RACHEL LYNN CANFIELD, 12600 AVENIDA ALTA LOMA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: CO-PARTNERS . Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime).

Signed: TAMARA MARIE WARMAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 27, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708700 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 PROFESSIONAL CODE).

Pub July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 2017. DSW17-5167 T.S. No.: 9636-0545 TSG Order No.: 8681362 A.P.N.: 650-251-019-5 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/08/2006. 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. 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 05/17/2006 as Document No.: 2006-0359181, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by: DAVID K. SCORE, AN UNMARRIED MAN , as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 08/15/2017 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: 31425 SAN MIGUELITO DRIVE, THOUSAND PALMS (Unincorporated Area), CA 92276 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: $260,595.20 (Estimated).

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www. nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9636-0545. 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. NPP0312821 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 07/26/2017, 08/02/2017, 08/09/2017. DSW17-5179

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006586622 Title Order No.: 170040319 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 046-9752666-703 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE ) DOING BUSI- FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: NESS AS: FANTASY NAILS, 72785 HIGHWAY 111, STE B2, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: HANH MY LAI, 75367 KELSEY CIR SO., PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/23/2015. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: HANH MY LAI. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on June 29, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201708836 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 MUS T 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 PROFESSIONALCODE). Pub July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017. DSW17-5178

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: PRIME SERVICES, 82953 RUSTIC VALLEY DRIVE, INDIO, CA 92203. Riverside County.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE Full name of registrant: LUIS ALONSO LOPEZ FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- BENITEZ, 82953 RUSTIC VALLEY DRIVE, INDIO, CA 92203. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL.

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THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/04/1996. 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 09/12/1996 as Instrument No. 347013 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: MARY WARD, A SINGLE 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: 08/30/2017. TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: 2410 WARDLOW ROAD # 104, CORONA, CA 92880. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 66126 6TH STREET, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92240. APN#: 639-182-050-6. 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 $49,326.05. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000006586622. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:AUCTION.COM, LLC 800280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 07/21/2017 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-4627893 07/26/2017, 08/02/2017, 08/09/2017.

DSW17-5177 T.S. No.: 9646-0055 TSG Order No.: 160104176-CA-VOI A.P.N.: 661-132-001-0 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/16/2015.

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 09/23/2015 as Document No.: 2015-0423482, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by: JOEL M. GARCIA, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 08/16/2017 at 09:00 AM Sale Location: 2410 Wardlow Road #104, Corona, CA 92880 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9621 SIWANOY DRIVE, 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: $186,561.87 (Estimated).

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible

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that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 1-800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www. auction.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9646-0055. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not

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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.auction.com or Call: 1-800-280-2832.

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. NPP0312413 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 07/26/2017, 08/02/2017, 08/09/2017. DSW17-5174 T.S. No.: 2013-02030-CA A.P.N.:641-052-035-8 Property Address: 66396 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

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THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/07/2006. 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: JOHN BROWN, A SINGLE MAN AND ISABELLE GONTHIER, WIDOW, AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 09/25/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0706763 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, Date of Sale: 08/23/2017 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 amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 374,748.75 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: 66396 Desert View Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 A.P.N.: 641-052-035-8 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any,

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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: $ 374,748.75. 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,

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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 2013-02030-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 11, 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. Pub 7/26/17, 8/2/17, 8/9/17. DSW17-5169

Putin: 755 US diplomats to depart Russia

By Desert Star Staff More than 750 American diplomats will have to leave Russia as a result of Washington’s own policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an exclusive interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

“The American side has made a move which, it is important to note, hasn’t been provoked by anything, to worsen Russian-US relations. [It includes] unlawful restrictions, attempts to influence other states of the world, including our allies, who are interested in developing and keeping relations with Russia,” Putin told channel host, Vladimir Solovyov, Sunday.”We’ve been waiting for quite a long time that maybe something would

change for the better, we had hopes that the situation would change. But it looks like, it’s not going to change in the near future... I decided that it is time for us to show that we will not leave anything unanswered,” the Russian president added.

Earlier this week, following the US Congress’ approval of new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, the Russian foreign ministry announced that Moscow told Washington to reduce the number of its diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people.

The number of US diplomatic service staff in Russia was ordered to be reduced in order to equal the number of Russian diplomats in the US by September 1. As of now, it “greatly exceeds”

the number of Russia’s embassy staff in the US, the ministry said. The American diplomatic mission includes more than 1,200 personnel.

“From the perspective of a working diplomatic mission, [the measure] is fairly sensitive,” Putin said.

The US State Department responded to Moscow’s move with regret, arguing that it was an “uncalled-for act.”

“We are assessing the impact of such a limitation and how we will respond to it,” a statement from the department said.

However, the State Department declined to comment on the exact number of embassy and consular staff in Russia, Reuters reports.

The Russian leader went

on to say that there is a number of “important spheres of cooperation” between Moscow and Washington, which he hoped would not suffer because of America’s anti-Russian policies. Those mostly include the joint fight against terrorism, obligations in nuclear arms control, and space projects rather than economic relations, Putin said.

Moscow has much wider trade and economic relations with China, the EU and other countries than with the US, the president added.

Putin however underlined that Moscow and Washington had recently reached “concrete” results in deescalating the crisis in war-torn Syria, which are in the interests of the entire Middle East

More Grandparents are Raising Grandkids

By Desert Star Staff From single parents to traditional and multigenerational households, modern families come in all shapes and sizes.

But did you know there’s an uptick in the number of grandparents raising grandkids?

According to data from The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2.9 million grandparents were raising their grandchildren in 2015 compared with 2.5 million in 2005.

Oftentimes, grandparents become primary caregivers due to unforeseen circumstances.

Here are three things those taking on this responsibility should consider.

Protect their Financial Future: A recent study found 30 percent of all households don’t have life insurance, according to LIMRA, a life insurance research organization.

Grandparents should be sure

this coverage is up to date.

They might also consider purchasing term insurance -- life insurance issued for a limited period of time. More affordable than a whole life policy, it provides financial security for the golden years, helps supplement retirement income and can assist with final expenses. A term life insurance policy can even help pay off a mortgage -so grandparents have peace of

mind knowing that dependents have a roof over their heads -- and can also be used for other child-rearing expenses, such as college tuition.

Keep Them Safe: Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for children up to 14 years old, and more than a third of accident-related deaths happen in the home, reports KidsHealth.

To create a safe living environment for younger children, secure large furniture to walls, purchase safety gates for staircases, and install outlet covers, corner protectors, security locks and appliance latches. It might also be a good time to update in-home safety features for grandparents, too.

Handrails provide better grip on staircases, and anti-slip mats and grab bars in the bathroom can add extra stability.

Promote Smarter Driving: As teens get behind the wheel, encourage them to drive safely. A 2015 statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says six teens die every day in car crashes in the US, and this is

region.”We also work together on fighting illegal migration and organized crime in a broad sense. There are also issues of cybersecurity,” Putin pointed out, having also referred to joint Russia-US scientific projects in space, such as plans to jointly explore Venus.

“The main thing is, that we have a multi-faceted cooperation in many fields.

Of course, Moscow has a lot to say and there is a number of spheres of cooperation that we could potentially cut and it would be sensitive for the US side. But I think we shouldn’t do it. It would harm development of international relations. I hope it won’t get to that point. As of today, I’m against it.”

the number one killer of teens.

Distracted driving is the cause of 58 percent of teen-involved traffic crashes, according to the National Organization for Youth Safety. Remind grandkids about the dangers of texting, using apps and changing the radio station while driving.

Also, reevaluate your auto insurance policy. Talk to an agent about whether it makes more sense to add grandchildren to an existing policy or take one out for them specifically. Grandparents may be able to add grandkids as secondary drivers on a policy, but should be prepared to pay higher rates since teens may be considered high-risk. Look for a cost-effective solution, such as the Youthful Driver Discount offered by Erie Insurance.

Eligible licensed drivers 20 and under can save up to 20 percent on their car insurance.

Plus, drivers under age 21 who complete an accredited driver’s education course may also be eligible for discounts.

Caring for grandkids can be overwhelming. However, preparation can help ensure your family’s safety and security. StatePoint

DHS Man Shot Five Times During Home Invasion Robbery

Crime Scene: 9700 Block of Vista Del Valle in Desert Hot Springs KMIR News Staff Desert Hot Springs, CA A Desert Hot Springs man has been transported to Desert Regional Medical Center after being shot 5 times, once to the head following

a home invasion robbery.

According to Desert Hot Springs Police, On Sunday morning at approximately 6:45am officers responded to the 9700 block of Vista Del Valle in Desert Hot

Springs in reference to a home invasion robbery where one victim had been shot.

As responding officers arrived to the scene, an adult male suspect was seen fleeing the area on a

motorcycle. Officers initiated a traffic stop however the suspect fled and led police officers from numerous agencies on a pursuit through several different cities.

The suspect was arrested in Palm Springs at the conclusion of the pursuit.

The victim of the home invasion robbery sustained numerous gunshot wounds and was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center in critical condition where he underwent surgery.

The suspect was booked into RSO Banning Jail for PC 664/187-Attempt Murder, PC 212.5-Home Invasion Robbery, PC 215-Carjacking and several other related charges.

The suspects name and photograph is being withheld for further investigation into additional unrelated crimes. Source: KMIR

Potentially Devastating Citrus Disease Found In Riverside County

KMIR Lauren Day Indio, CA - A disease that could potentially wipe out citrus plants is now in Riverside County.

The disease is called Huanglongbing disease, better known as, Citrus Greening Disease. Citrus farmers here in the Coachella Valley said it could be absolutely devastating for the industry if it comes here.

A local farmer, Arthur Futterman, said the bacteria can spread quickly.

“It spreads by a little bug, a little tiny bug that’s an 1/8th of an inch long, that little rascal is not much bigger than a gnat,” Robert Williams, the owner of Bob Williams Nursery in Indio, said if the disease came out to the valley, it could wipe out the industry.

“Conceivably we would have to destroy our inventory, and possibly we wouldn’t be able to sell citrus for a

while,” Williams explained.

Futterman said infected trees may have blotchy yellow leaves, and the fruit won’t ripen.

“The fruit tends to not be sweet. It tends to be really small. The color won’t color up,

some people say it can taste a little salty,” Futterman explained.

Even small farmers like Futterman are worried it’ll spread to the Coachella Valley.

“I just have a 100 trees, so to me it’s disappointing and

sad and some expense, but for someone who makes their living off of citrus it’s devastating,” he said about the potential damage. Source: KMIR

By Desert Star Staff NASHVILLE, Tenn. – People accused of drunk driving in Tennessee no longer face additional charges if they refuse a blood alcohol test.

Tennessee lawmakers say they were forced to pass a new drunk driving law after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that implied-consent laws were unconstitutional, saying that states cannot criminalize a DUI suspect’s refusal to submit to a forensic test.

The new law took effect July 1 and has the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving charging that the rights of drunk drivers are being considered above those of victims.

Phaedra Marriott-Olsen, an underage drinking specialist with MADD in Tennessee, is a survivor of an incident with a drunk driver.

“It comes down to this – that drunk driver made two choices,” she states.

“The first choice he made was to drink, and the second choice he made was to drive – so, when it comes to drunk

driving, the ability to be able to just find a shortcut out of it or an easy way to get out if it, is not what we need to be doing.”

Drivers in all 50 states can still have their licenses revoked for refusing to take a bloodalcohol test, but can’t face additional fines or jail time.

Marriott-Olsen is now wheelchair-bound and says that as a result of the incident that injured her, she faces ongoing medical problems.

“I live it every single day of my life,” she states. “Every time I look at my scars, every time I look at my wheelchair, every time I push myself up a hill, I’m reminded how a drunk driver changed my life in just one instant.”

Tennessee faced the potential loss of federal revenue if the state didn’t change its law. Currently, drivers must either give consent for a blood test, or a warrant must be obtained.

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“Dunkirk “A Powerful and Visceral Motion Picture Experience

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic Movies being shown today are surgically produced for specific audiences. Whether its millennials, baby-boomers, or seniors, producers have resorted to targeting audiences by their age demographic as a way of capturing more box office dollars.

Millennials, apparently are drawn to stories set in the dystopian future, and loaded with visual pyrotechnics of super-human heroes, aliens, and end-of-world scenarios (matching the images they see 24/7 on their IPhones and home videos). Perhaps, escapism is their way of expressing their displeasure with their lives in the 21st century.

The Baby-Boomers have territorial and film interests that live in two age demographics.

Heavily influenced by the 60’s and 70’s that include the unpopular Viet Name war and its aftermath, and the guilt over the success of consumerism at the expense of the American dream and its growing social and economic disparity, are just two issues that shaped the boomers’ stories, novels, and screenplays.

In the senior category age demographic, there is a bygone element when it comes to describing the interests of seniors The popularity of “Turner Classic Movies” on television underscores their penchant for looking backward to a time when the world was less chaotic A time when life moved at a pace that allowed society to adjust and better prepare for the inevitable Alpha and Omega ‘bell jar curve’ for the journey we all call life.

The epic British film “Dunkirk”, written and directed

by Christopher Nolan, boldly incorporates its powerful text, photography, sound effects, and editing in its effort to cross age demographic lines to tell a human story of heroism that helped change the face of Europe and the world during those early and very dark days of World War II. “Dunkirk”, opened nationwide on July 21, 2017.

Obviously, it’s too early to say how box office receipts will reflect the movie-going public’s interest concerning the plight of some 400,000 British, French, and allied soldiers trapped, and facing annihilation by German troops on a slender stretch of a French beach in the city of Dunkirk during 1940.

Only time, will tell us that.

America was not officially involved in “Europe’s War” with Hitler. Not until December 7, 1941 following the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the Empire of Japan, did America declare war on Germany and the Axis powers.

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mini history lesson, but faced with the fact that very few American public schools no longer teach history, civics, geography, or even cursive writing, I feel a factual, historical backstory might prove helpful in putting the film in its proper perspective and provide better understanding of the events that took place 77 years ago.

Relatively speaking, there are no ‘star turns’ from “Dunkirk’s” actors that propel the movie forward. Nolan has decided that a non-linear ensemble approach works best for his film. There are no “The Longest Day” sequences with stars recreating the effects that combat does to human beings.

In Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan”, the audience was given glimpses, both physically and emotionally, of war’s capriciousness when it comes to who lives and who dies. One of the most powerful and devastating scenes in that movie, for me, was the scene where an American military vehicle is seen approaching a rural mid-west home as seen from the inside looking out the front door. As the American officer gets out with an envelope in hand and approaches the front porch, a middle age woman watching him approach slowly begins to slump, to melt, as it were. As each footstep gets closer and closer to the front door, she quietly begins to sob, while crawling toward the front door. The scene has no dialogue. It is one of the ‘purest’ cinematic moments in film history. No dialogue was necessary to convey the obvious message that war is the scourge of civilization.

Director Nolan films the events of the evacuation operation from Dunkirk back to England and temporary safety, by dividing those events into three segments. The ‘the land’ or beach sequences, the at sea sequences, and the aerial combat sequences.

All three components were filmed in the actual locations, wherever possible. Everyone seen by the camera is fully engaged and in their onscreen moments reminding me of the verisimilitude of the great French film classic “The Battle for Algiers”, that was shot documentary style; blurring the lines for the audience between scripted scenes and actual combat footage. It was all scripted.

“Dunkirk”, also is a taut, riveting, and immersive film experience, thanks to the herculean effort on the part of Nolan’s immensely talented technical team. Led by cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, the cameras capture the smallest of details in the tiniest of spaces, as well as the sweeping shots of the action and mayhem taking place in all sequences. These scenes are not only intense but ‘Hitchcockian’ in their

use of the suspense aspect; especially while filming both above and below the water.

The combat aerial photography also is spot-on and nail-biting.

“Dunkirk”, like “The Battle for Algiers”, was totally scripted.

Nolan has assembled a wonderful ensemble cast of principal actors to tell the “Dunkirk” story led by Kenneth Branagh, as Naval Commander Bolton, who must make the critical decisions involved in the evacuation. The cast also includes: Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, as civilian flotilla boat owner Mr. Dawson, Tom Hardy and Jack Lowden as RAF pilots, James D’Arcy as Colonel Winnant, Harry Styles as soldier Alex, Fionn Whitehead as soldier Tommy, Aneurin Barnard as Gibson, and Cillian Murphy as a battle-fatigued soldier.

Director Christopher Nolan, production designer Nathan Crowley, film editor Lee Smith, and an army of sound editors and technicians should all be on the 90th Oscar’s nominations list come March 4, 2018. These people created the designs for all the grittiness, grime, and realism seen and heard on the screen. A clever directorial touch

by Nolan is the continuous sound track of either airplane

Photo by Anders Rosqvist engines, music or sound effects of bullets or bombs thudding into bodies on the ground or piercing the fuselages of the airplanes. That creative input originally came from “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo” with the continuous sound of airplane engines droning throughout all the air sequences to heighten the tension and keep the viewers focused on the visuals and the bombing mission at hand.

If I had any misgivings or disappointment with the production, it would come in the form of the music and sound effects, great as they are, being played too loud; drowning out some of the dialogue. Dialogue is usually the best way to communicate and thanks to

NPR, the BBC, and Masterpiece Theatre, we Yanks are getting better at understanding those unfamiliar and challenging, accents of Northern England, London, the southern coast and the west-country.

The thrust and premise of Nolan’s movie, none the less, is magnificently produced and stirringly summed up at the conclusion by English Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s famous and inspiring words of his “we will never surrender” speech to his countrymen and the free world, which still resonate today.

“Dunkirk” is now in general release in a theatre or a multiplex near you. Don’t Miss It.

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