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December 2, 2020 Vol. 16 No. 105

‘Save the Children’

Schools Team Up with Nonprofits to Combat Child Hunger

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif.

-- COVID-19 has caused a significant spike in poverty, and now California has the country’s highest number of children experiencing

hunger, with 2.2 million kids living in food-insecure households, where at least one family member does not have enough to eat.

Tamara Sandberg, advisor for U.S. food security and

nutrition at the nonprofit Save the Children, said the organization has partnered with rural school districts to distribute meals.

“California has seen the highest increase in the

number of children living in food-insecure households, with over 860,000 California kids experiencing hunger now compared with before the pandemic,” Sandberg explained.

Santa Handbags for Christmas

By Pamela Price While Santa Claus delivers gifts carrying an oversized bag of goodies, Timmy Woods who has a legacy of her own in the desert, delivers Santa inspired bags with panache.

“I remember visiting Palm Springs in the 1950s when my uncle, photographer Julius Shulman was in the desert capturing the soul of midcentury modernism homes,” says Timmy.

She debuted her 2020 collection of Santa inspired handbags on San Pablo off Hwy 111 last week at a Christmas-inspired event organized by Venus de Fido, which is currently closed due to Covid-19.

Timmy’s collection of Santa-themed handbags was created ten years ago and continues to be used to accentuate Christmas decorations, says Timmy, and is a collector’s handbag.

“They have increased in value during the last decade, and the crystal-studded Santa was recently valued at over $2,000 on a website. The Santa handbags are carved in the Philippines from wood and sold worldwide in stores, and she also manages the www.TimmyWoods.com website which resembles an art gallery of her diverse handbags, which also feature a mélange of fascinating dogs (of all breeds), cats, pianos, cameras, horses, rabbits and

flowers. Phyllis Eisenberg, when celebrating her 80th birthday this summer, chose to carry a hand-carved hot dog brimming with all the trimmings while greeting over a 100 guests at her outdoor, drive through party.

This year, as during the past ten years, Timmy’s Black Santa collection is popular.

“Diversity is inspiring when it comes to handbags,” says Timmy. The woodcarvers I have been working with during the last 25 years have created a gallery of handbags. The Cathedral City Public Art Commission exhibited a diverse array of handbags in 2018, which was a joy to curate,” said Timmy.

Photo by Timmy Woods

Volunteers distribute meals at drive-up locations and are even driving school buses packed with meals out to more remote Continues on Page 7

5 Ways to Design with Authentic Materials Creating a welcoming and relaxing space may be easier than you expect when you give natural materials a leading role in your design. Elements like natural stone, wood, fiber, metals and even plant life can allow you to express a sense of unique personal style that is broadly appealing.

Most inviting rooms share one quality: ample natural light, which creates a subtly vibrant and energetic ambiance. Other aspects of an enticing design may be less obvious to the casual observer. Special touches like custom craftsmanship lend a special aesthetic to furnishings and decor, and bring authenticity to your home.

Similarly, items that are made in America using an artisanal approach can elevate the character of a room when compared to things that are mass manufactured.

For example, choose a single piece of artwork from a talented artist rather than multiple pieces of massproduced art from a retailer.

You can incorporate natural and hand-crafted materials into your spaces in countless ways, but these ideas can be achieved regardless of what your budget may be.

Natural Stone: When many people think about designing with stone, features like countertops or flooring come to mind. Incorporating stone in more unexpected ways can make an even bigger impression. You might choose a coffee table or end tables that are made of stone or feature stone accents. Accessorizing with stone also introduces an earthy appeal; think agate bookends or decorative items like sculptures.

Hardwood Flooring: The floor is often the largest design element of a room, so utilizing authentic materials for your flooring makes a strong statement about the overall tone and feel of the room. An artisan-crafted hardwood flooring option like Carlisle Wide Plank Floors is crafted individually – one board at a time – so the emphasis is on the natural beauty of the wood. You can choose a completely custom look, from wood species and grade to texture and color, or make your selection from a collection of popular tried-and-true finishes.

Natural Fiber Textiles: Careful attention to detail is important for a cohesive design, so be sure to keep

thinking natural when selecting textiles. Linen and rough cotton fabrics bring distinctive textures that maintain an organic vibe. Natural textiles can also be quite durable, making them practical selections for often-used spaces. Elements to consider include window treatments, fabric components of any furnishings and accents like pillows or throws. Jute or wool rugs and textile artwork may also work well with this motif.

Plant Life: Vegetation is a central element to landscape

design, so when your goal is to create an inviting indoor space with a connection to nature and the outdoors, it makes sense to incorporate plants as part of your design.

Options vary greatly, so it may take some work to narrow your selections. If the rest of your space reflects a specific region, choose plants native to that area. You’ll also want to consider lighting and watering requirements as well as the level of care you’re able to dedicate.

Metals: Adding metallic

components like iron, copper, gold or silver to your space can bring everything from an edgy style to graceful beauty. While furnishings and accessories are common ways to incorporate metallic flair, also think in terms of lighting and hard features like railing spindles and window treatments.

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Nutritional Inspiration for the New Year

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new year brings new opportunities for personal changes and improve­ ment from taking steps forward in a career to bettering personal relationships and – perhaps most common – starting on a path toward better health. For many, the worthwhile challenge of enhancing physical health begins with the foods and beverages you eat and drink.

Step one is to leave behind the habit of turning to unhealthy meals and instead focus on dishes that call for fresh fruits and veggies like this Quinoa Salad with Orange Cilantro Salad Dressing. Simply start with cooked quinoa and mix together with your preferred produce like orange slices, grapefruit and diced avocado. Add feta cheese, lime juice and diced red onion to bring the flavor to life and drizzle with the light, zesty dressing.

Making nutritious choices goes beyond just your meals, however. Take your commitment to the next level with beverages that don’t cancel out your effort to eat healthy. This Spiced Citrus Ginger Mocktail combines a concentrate made of orange juice, orange peel, lime juice and lime peel with zero-sugar, zero-calorie ginger ale.

These health-conscious recipes are made possible with the flavor enhancement of Zevia beverages, which are naturally sweetened with stevia and include no artificial ingredients, colors or preservatives. Ranging from sodas to organic teas, energy drinks, sparkling water and mixers for cocktails and mocktails, the zero-sugar beverages fit nearly any lifestyle including eating patterns like paleo, keto, intermittent fasting and gluten­free.

Visit Zevia.com/recipes to find more nutritious food and drink solutions.

Spiced Citrus Ginger Mocktail Yield: 1 mocktail Concentrate: 1 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice 1/2 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice 1 orange peel 1 lime peel 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, lightly crushed 5 cardamom pods, lightly crushed 2 cinnamon sticks, lightly crushed Mocktail: 1/3 cup concentrate 1 can Zevia Ginger Ale

ice lime wedge, for garnish (optional) orange wedge, for garnish (optional) To make concentrate: In small saucepan, combine orange juice, lime juice, orange peel, lime peel, black peppercorns, cardamom pods and cinnamon sticks.

Bring to boil over high heat then turn to low; simmer until liquid has reduced by half, 3­4 minutes. Let cool and strain out solids. Transfer to glass jar and store until ready to use.

To make mocktail: Combine concen­ trate with ginger ale over ice.

Garnish with lime wedge or orange wedge, if desired.

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Quinoa Salad with Orange Cilantro Salad Dressing Yield: 2 cups Dressing: 1/2 cup Zevia Orange Soda 1/4 cup lime juice 1/2 cup olive oil 1 cup fresh cilantro 1/2 avocado 1 teaspoon garlic Quinoa Salad: 1 cup quinoa leafy greens (optional)

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1 orange, cut into pieces (optional) 1 grapefruit, cut into pieces (optional) 1 lime, juice only 1/2 avocado, diced (optional) 1/4 cup feta cheese (optional) 1/4 cup diced red onion (optional) To make dressing: In food processor, pulse orange soda, lime juice, olive oil, cilantro, avocado and garlic until consistency is smooth.

To make quinoa salad: Cook quinoa according to package directions and let cool.

Once quinoa is cool, add to bowl with orange pieces, if desired; grapefruit pieces, if desired; lime juice; avocado, if desired; feta cheese, if desired; and diced onion, if desired. Top with orange cilantro salad dressing.

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The Economic Outlook for the Coming Year 2021

By Janice Gough The Covid 19 virus made a significant impact on the world economy.

Global markets crashed, companies closed, and many closed permanently, jobs disappeared, and massive government stimulus packages were enacted.

Although the pandemic brought global economies to their knees, at least the U.S. economy bouncing back for the rest of this year is mainly due to government stimulus.

Trillions of dollars of stimulus money have been pumped into the global economy, but because most of it was used to

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prop up people and businesses hurt by the pandemic, the threat of this money surge to cause higher inflation is low.

Due to the pandemic, companies will prioritize stability over profitability by rerouting supply chains, moving production inside their home countries and building healthier balance sheets. The pandemic has altered economic growth trajectories and highlighted flaws in the capitalist financial system itself. Specifically, it has forced companies to focus more on stakeholders, employees, customers, and community than shareholders.

But change is happening, and every large company is thinking about its obligations to create a more diverse workforce, to invest back in the community, that we all have a stake in making sure society succeeds broadly. It’s not a ‘winner- take all environment”.

This change also means a powerful dynamic for stakeholders shifts, which has not been appreciated by the market yet.

U.S. equities are forecast to grow at a fiveyear annualized rate of 4.7% versus 10.8% in the last five years. Don’t expect much more for 2020.

Now we must plan for 2021.

Globalization is taking a step backward from what is optimal. A significant change has been that Former

President Donald Trump had a mercantilist policy focused on the strength of the export sector, the domestic economy’s strength, versus really thinking about the leadership role the U.S. has played historically.

There is an ongoing risk of a trade war with China, which will not disappear anytime soon. This means that market volatility will continue. The U.S. and China will have to learn to live on the same planet with their opposing views on economic policy. Collaboration may not be possible and will lead to inefficiencies. That means the United States will have to cut its reliance on products from China. But U.S. strength in technology and biotechnology should shield it from the downside this will cause.

Ultimately, there will be less growth to go around, but there is no forecast of a recession; as a result of this, it will slow things down as additional frictions get created as part of this adjustment process. We will see new supply chains opening, which are the companies moving from China to Malaysia or Vietnam, which is already is in progress. The critical point is that a slowdown of global economic growth is happening.

Technology may help with growth, but even that is being threatened with potential new regulations. Some of these global technology companies are getting so big and massive that they are challenging government and fair competition. This challenge leads to a reaction

that will probably slow things down. Technology is going to be a political issue in 2021, which is pro-business versus privacy issues.

The consumer and the experience of COVID-19 will not disappear for a long time.

U.S. Growth was 2.6% this year, and it could be dropping to 1.7% over the next five years; it is positive, however.

Janice Gough is a Financial Consultant. We are located at 471 E. Tahquitz Cyn. Way, Palm Springs, Ste 221. Contact us for a review of your Financial plan. You may need to adjust it to the New Normal. We can be reached by calling (760) 251-7724 or Mobile (650) 200291 or email us at Janice@ GoughFinancialSvcs.com.

Questions About HOA Disclosures (Part 1)

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Dear Mr. Richardson: Are homeowners allowed to read or copy committee minutes? Our manager says no because they are not “standing committees” like the architectural committee. I say all records, receipts, minutes can be read and copied except for executive minutes.

The Davis-Stirling Act is little confusing on this subject.

Sincerely, P.W., Beaumont

Dear P.W.: Committee meeting minutes are treated differently than minutes of board meetings. If the committee has decision-making authority, then Civil Code Section 5210(a)(2) requires that minutes of such a committee be kept permanently and provided to members upon request. However, most committees do not make final decisions but instead make recommendations to the board, and so would not have “public” minutes. Committees normally make reports, not

minutes. The one exception would be the architectural committee, which normally has decision-making authority over architectural applications.

Normal committees also are not required to comply with the Open Meeting Act, unless the committee has a quorum of the board participating – then under Civil Code 4090 it is also considered a “board meeting” triggering compliance with the Open Meeting Act. Thanks for your question- Kelly Dear Kelly, I recently attempted to obtain a copy of our HOA rules from our association’s web site. They were dated 2016. The next day our manager sent me a copy of updated rules as of 2018. Isn’t it illegal to hide governing documents from the membership, especially rules that were implemented two years prior to a request? G.C., San Diego Dear G.C.: Under Civil Code Section 5200(a)(11), governing documents must be made available to any requesting member. Civil Code December 2, 2020

Section 4530(a) requires the association to provide those documents within ten calendar days of a member’s written request. An increasing number of HOAs now post their governing documents in their web sites, but it is important to make sure the posted documents are current. If the rules are changed but the new rules are not posted on the web site, some owners could argue the rules were not published and so they have no actual notification of the rules and so are not bound by the rules.

Best regards, Kelly

Hi, Kelly: In recent years, the management company mailed out the annual budget statement and annual policy report in the form of a summary, but the summaries were incomplete. This year’s summary cover sheet stated a complete summary is available upon request at no charge via email, a hard copy will be at a charge. How can we receive the full reports and what happens if they don’t comply?

Sincerely, M.M., Ontario Dear M.M.: The Annual Budget Report

and Annual Policy Statement are collections of important disclosure documents required by Civil Code Sections 5300 and 5310 to be prepared and sent annually to the members. If the HOA sends out a summary, it must also advise members of their right to receive a free full copy (not, as your HOA said, a “full summary”) of the report.

The failure to timely distribute the Annual Budget Report (30-90 days before the fiscal year ends) means that the HOA board cannot increase assessments during that year without a membership vote.

There appears to be no direct penalty for failing to issue the Annual Policy Statement.

Regards, Kelly Kelly G. Richardson Esq., CCAL, is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and a Partner of Richardson | Ober | DeNichilo LLP, a California law firm known for community association advice. Submit questions to Kelly@rodllp. com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront.com.

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

You’re out and about, in and of the world. You can’t help it. The world, people, events, food, travel, adventures, mountain peaks, plains, cultures, culture, civilization– all summoning you to participate. Perhaps you will consider writing a book, perhaps publishing becomes interesting, Think deeply on your goals. Create more.

Ponder upon this statement, “I see the goal, I reach that goal and then I see another.”

TAURUS I ask that you also read and ponder upon the statement at the end of Aries. Then observe the many and varied goals, dreams, hopes & wishes filtering through your mind each day. There’s not enough time each day to accomplish everything, Time seems to have changed, accelerated.

You have many plans to fulfill. Visualize yourself in the midst of abundant resources and money. See yourself as the Law of Attraction, accomplishing all dreams.

GEMINI What are you planning for the holidays? Will you prepare with family and friends?

With someone in particular?

Tend carefully to the one closest to you. A silver light is shining on your relationship.

Communicative intimacy is being called for. Past, present and future seem to be bundled together. You and another need to travel...down a river or lake somewhere.

Blue mountains ahead.

DECEMBER 2 – 8, 2020 ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST BY RISA D’ANGELES

CANCER

Your health at this time is what matters most. Focusing on health is good because you have the capacity to purify, harmonize and heal more quickly now. Foods are also on your mind. Are you considering preparing food to give as gifts?

Are endless tasks and responsibilities appearing moment by moment? Till you have no time? Say no to some. You need rest.

LEO Your heart seeks more adventure, fun, play and being tended to in a very creative way. You need to accept invitations to parties and festivities, be with friends, attend plays, art shows, dances, and visit other people’s homes. You need both a Christmas tree and a Hanukkah bush with lights and candles everywhere. You need to be loved, cared for, recognized and then loved some more. Who can do this?

Being out and about in the neighborhood, dropping in on neighbors, driving around town seeking the most dramatic holiday decorations, having dinner with friends, gathering holiday decorations, seeing relatives, talking on the phone, sending holiday cards – all these you love to do You look forward to the beauty of this season all year long. Who is your family these days?

SCORPIO For the next several weeks you sense a light shining on you. You’ll feel lucky, able, capable, resourceful, wealthy, emotionally supported. Don’t run out, however, and buy everything you fancy and shining brightly. Unless it’s for a loved one. Then be lavish.

However, most appreciated would be your heart, given to another. Even if it’s to a friend.

We think of you as internal, hidden, watchful. Give a little more of yourself for a while.

SAGITTARIUS

All parts of you are active, VIRGO energetic, hopeful (we hope).

You also become a bit more You are the light of the world impulsive, quick to anger, to your family. You are the impatient, wanting your own one who must connect them, way (for a time). We see you one to the other, create as being more assertive, festivities that make them feel daring like a warrior. You at home. You must begin to become very attractive. plan a large gathering so that However, be careful with those who have no family are everything – communicating, welcomed (where you are). driving, walking running, using You must merge separate tools, implements. Things red, realities, unify oppositions, and hot and sharp (all of which, to synthesize all the parts and some, you are) might attack. pieces. You love these tasks.

You’re laughing. That’s good.

Caution with language.

LIBRA

CAPRICORN

You may feel fatigued, weary and often in need of rest.

Soon you will need to be out and about in the public more, so take this time to draw back, do less work.

Pluto, the lord of deep and permanent transformation has been working on your self-identity for years now.

You are changing day by day. Continue to plan and create goals. However, take time acting upon them. Make health, rest, and well-being your central focus. Allow these to be your directives for at least a month. Are you writing a book?

hopeful, patient, accepting, acquiescing, yet you are also wary, cautious, circumspect, careful and coiled like a kundalini snake, its body filled with seven rays of Light.

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 As you go out and about be careful not to be too reckless. You have energy and enthusiasm, you have hopes and wishes, you have opportunities and invitations.

Amidst the many possibilities, attend only one or two at a time. Say thank you, exit gracefully, then focus on several more. Pay all bills promptly, don’t worry about money. You always have the needed resources and resourceful people. You always will. Write down your needs by hand in a journal.

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PISCES You become more public, more of your leadership qualities are summoned.

A forum or group invites you to teach, to offer your gifts of communication, counseling, intelligence and knowledge. You prepare.

However, you are aware that at any time, things may dissolve away. So, you are

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As Patients Skip Screenings, Doctors Warn of ‘Late-Stage Cancer Pandemic’

By Desert Star Staff Doctors call it an alarming trend - new cancer diagnoses have dropped since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, likely because people are letting routine cancer screening and other medical appointments lapse.

Dr. Joshua Ofman is Chief Medical Officer at GRAIL, Inc, a healthcare company that focuses on cancer detection.

He said the earlier a person’s cancer is detected, the greater the odds they’ll survive. He’s concerned this year, many Americans might be missing the window for early diagnosis.

“The COVID pandemic is causing what’s been referred to as a ‘second pandemic,’ which will be of late-stage cancer diagnoses, which have inferior outcomes,” Ofman said.

The American Cancer Society says more than 17,000 Arkansans were diagnosed

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with cancer this year.

Ofman said current recommendations suggest routine screenings for five cancers, including breast, cervical, colorectal, prostate, and for smokers, lung cancer.

He noted screening frequency depends on age, family history, and lifestyle factors.

One survey found more than one-third of American adults have skipped their scheduled cancer screenings during the pandemic. And in the first few months of the crisis, weekly diagnoses fell by nearly half for the top six types of cancer.

Ofman believes the consequences of fewer cancer screenings will likely be felt over the next decade.

“And so the estimates are that could result in well over 10,000 deaths - just from breast and colorectal cancer - over the next 10

Millions of people have opted to put off their routine cancer screenings out of fear of exposure to COVID-19 at hospitals and doctors’ offices. (Adobe Stock) years, and that we’re probably Before the pandemic, U.S. missing about 80,000 cancer death rates declined, cancer diagnoses due to dropping by 25% in the past the pandemic,” he said. two decades. However, December 2, 2020

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Arizona certifies Biden winner of 2020 election

By Desert Star Staff Biden as the winner of the Arizona’s state government 2020 presidential election, has certified Democrat Joe opening the door for further

legal challenges by the Trump administration’s lawyers.

Secretary of State Katie

Hobbs officially certified Biden as the winner in the battleground state of Arizona on Monday, with several other state politicians including Governor Doug Ducey attending as witnesses.

The certification kicks off a five-day period during which anyone can contest the results. State Republican Party chairwoman Kelli Ward announced she would be in court Monday with a lawsuit already filed to secure documents she hopes to use to challenge Biden’s victory.

Trump is expected to challenge both Arizona and Wisconsin’s results, which also plans to certify Biden’s victory on Monday. Most of his post-Election Day legal challenges have been thrown

out, though recently-dismissed Trump legal team member Sidney Powell filed a massive lawsuit of her own last week alleging sweeping voter fraud.

The Trump legal team has already dropped one suit against Arizona that sought to have all ballots cast on Election Day reviewed. While lawyers had initially suspected Trump votes were discarded as “overvotes,” the number of actual overvotes was found to be relatively minimal, and the remaining unreviewed ballots would not have been able to exceed Biden’s margin of victory.

Arizona has been in particular focus since Fox News – usually the most pro-Trump of the major networks – called Biden’s state with less than a third of precincts reporting.

Self-Care Strategies to Help Stay Healthy This Holiday Season

By Desert Star Staff With the COVID-19 pandemic added to the typical cold and flu season, many Americans are wondering what they can do to protect themselves and others this holiday season and how to respond if they get sick.

“As we enter this cold and flu season, it’s so important to practice self-care,” said Dr. Ian Smith, a physician, bestselling author and host of “The Doctors.” “Key preventative measures like washing your hands often and covering your nose and mouth with a tissue or the inside of your elbow when you cough or sneeze can be extremely effective in preventing the spread of germs. With COVID-19 also in the picture, there are a lot of questions on everyone’s mind around how to stay healthy and correctly identify and treat symptoms of the cold and flu or COVID-19.”

Flu vs. COVID-19 If you get sick this season, your first question will likely be whether it’s the flu or COVID-19. Both the flu and COVID-19 are contagious

respiratory illnesses caused by viruses. The flu is caused by the influenza virus and COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Some of the symptoms of flu and COVID-19, like fever and cough, are similar, making it difficult to tell the difference based on symptoms alone. Testing may be required for a proper diagnosis. If you have questions or concerns about your symptoms or about COVID-19, consult your health care professional.

Cold and Flu Treatment For the common cold or flu, there are a variety of products available that contain several active ingredients commonly used to treat symptoms of respiratory viral infections.

For example, Mucinex DM contains dextromethorphan, which helps to control cough and guaifenesin to help thin and loosen mucus and lasts 12 hours when used as directed. You can identify the right formula to provide relief based on symptoms you are experiencing by using the online tool at Mucinex.com, where you can also find more information

Photo courtesy of Getty Images regarding self-care remedies.

Holiday Gatherings If you’re hosting or attending a gathering this holiday season, check local and state health sites for restrictions on gathering and guidance beforehand. Take appropriate measures to protect yourself and others,

and remind fellow guests to take similar precautions. Don’t attend or host an event if you’re sick or have had close contact with someone who is sick. If feasible, keep the event outdoors or ensure the space is well ventilated with open windows. Limit the number of attendees so safe social

distancing can be maintained between people not from the same household, and wear masks when less than 6 feet apart or indoors. Frequent hand washing and limiting food preparers or servers can also help reduce the spread of germs. Family Features

Poll Shows Strong Support for Programs to End Poverty

By Desert Star Staff A new poll shows low-income Americans overwhelmingly support government programs that could end poverty and hunger.

Pollsters spoke with more than 800 adults earning less than 50,000 dollars a year and found those living near or below the poverty line face multiple barriers to getting ahead; barriers made worse by the economic impact of COVID-19.

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polled faced three or more such barriers and said they want to see government policies that would make it possible to thrive.

“Policies that would guarantee living-wage jobs for all adults, make quality housing and health care affordable, and eliminate the ‘benefits cliff’ that penalizes people when they work extra hours,” Berg urged.

He noted the Heroes Act would provide relief, including raising SNAP benefits. It was passed by the House in May but hasn’t yet made it to the Senate floor for consideration.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., pointed out with so many businesses closed by the coronavirus, thousands more New Yorkers are now lining up at soup kitchens and food pantries to get enough to eat.

“We are the wealthiest country in the world,” Gillibrand observed. “It is outrageous that we have so much hunger in America today. We have to end hunger in our lifetime. We have to marshal the resources and marshal the will to do the work to end hunger.”

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She has joined with U.S. Representative Joseph Morelle, D-N.Y., in introducing the HOPE Act; she said she would modernize and streamline access to benefits and services.

Congressman Morelle said government agencies need to find more innovative ways to work together and use new technologies to improve access to social services when people need help.

“They don’t need more bureaucratic problems,” Morelle maintained. “They don’t need more red tape,

especially now when we’re trying to take every step possible to uplift families during this extraordinary time of need and to make sure that no American is ever left behind.”

He said even in regular times, 25% of the working poor and 55% of people over age 60 who qualify for SNAP benefits don’t receive them.

Disclosure: Hunger Free America contributes to our fund for reporting on Hunger/Food/Nutrition.

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Loopholes Saddle Some with Surprise Bills for COVID Tests

COVID-19 tests should cost nothing if you have health insurance, but some people have been billed for related fees through loopholes in the system. (Adobe Stock)

By Desert Star Staff LEXINGTON, Ky. -- With or without insurance, some residents are receiving surprise medical bills for fees related to COVID-19 testing. Legal

experts say those bills should be contested and explain why loopholes in the law could result in expensive bills.

Under the Families First Response Act and the CARES

Act, along with Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive orders, no Kentuckian should have to pay a co-pay or be billed for coronavirus testing. Surprise medical bills often occur

Read Part 1 of this story in last weeks edition.

CalEnviroScreen, the system used by the state to identify at-risk populations, his neighborhood falls in the highest fifth of pollution-impacted communities in California. It ranks in the 94th percentile for poverty and roughly 90% of residents are people of color.

In Wilmington, a predominantly Latino community in south Los Angeles, Dulce Altamirano says her children and grandchildren suffer from headaches, rashes, nose bleeds, and respiratory problems caused by pollution.

“The air quality is very bad,” 45-year-old Altamirano says in Spanish, with a sigh. “I personally have many problems with breathing, with my throat. ... There have been times when my husband wanted to call the paramedics.” The city sits between numerous refineries, oil wells and storage facilities, shipping ports, and high-traffic roads, and some neighborhoods rank in the top tenth of CalEnviroScreen scores.

Climate policies present an opportunity to address these issues because greenhouse gases and harmful air pollutants often come from the same sources, like industrial smokestacks and vehicle tailpipes. In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law-which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020-supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone.

But environmental justice

advocates grew concerned that these benefits would not be equally distributed when the California Air Resources Board decided to adopt a cap-andtrade program as part of its strategy to implement the law.

CARB turned to capand-trade in part because it had broad support from both environmental groups and industry players, and was already in use by a coalition of East Coast states and the European Union to tackle greenhouse gases. (In 2014, Quebec joined California’s market and several other states and countries have considered or adopted their own versions in recent years.) However, community activists worried that the system would allow companies to find ways to keep emitting, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

“Anytime to you have that kind of pay-to-pollute scheme, the communities that already were being sacrificedthat becomes a business decision,” Zucker says. And some evidence suggests that these fears have come true.

A 2018 study led by Lara Cushing, now at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that more than half of the facilities covered under capand-trade actually increased their in-state emissions during the first three years of the program. These facilities were also more likely to be located in disadvantaged communities.

(In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced

when out-of-network labs or doctors provide services.

Betsy Davis Stone, a health law fellow with the Kentucky Equal Justice Center, billed her husband more than $162 for a COVID-19 test earlier this year.

Stone sent an appeal letter to the insurance company on behalf of her husband.

She said the company made an exception but maintained the charge was valid.

“But essentially, their letter said, ‘We think there’s a loophole in the CARES Act and the federal act that allows us to do this because while it says no cost-sharing, our plan doesn’t define cost-sharing as out-of-network charges. So out-of-network charges don’t fall under that,’” Stone said.

Some providers also charge facility fees or other fees that can show up on a bill. Stone said a template is available on the Kentucky Equal Justice Center’s website that people can use to appeal any medical bill related to coronavirus testing.

The template is available at kyequaljustice.org. Local

legal-aid organizations also may be able to help.

Stone said patients could ask questions to ensure they won’t be billed and confirm will send lab tests to an in-network provider. But she said it’s unrealistic and unfair to place the burden of navigating a complex health care system onto consumers.

She said both state and federal legislation had been proposed in recent years to stop surprise medical bills.

“These bills often get stymied by insurance companies not wanting to move through the process because this is a perfect way for insurance companies to make money,” Stone said. “But also sometimes providers are hesitant to want to change the status quo, too.”

And it’s not just testing.

Many Americans are struggling to pay off medical debt related to coronavirus treatment.

One new study found some hospitals are charging patients significantly more than the cost of care during the pandemic.

emissions elsewhere.)

A 2019 report by the environmental group Food and Water Watch found similar results for the East Coast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative-a cap-andtrade program that regulates the power sector.

However, a new analysis by economists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, paints a slightly brighter picture in California. The researchers used a model to simulate how pollution spreads in the atmosphere to study how emissions translate to exposure. Like others, they found glaring disparities between disadvantaged communities and their Whiter, more prosperous neighbors.

But while this so-called environmental justice gap increased in the years before cap-and-trade took effect, it fell by 20-30% afterwards in the areas where facilities were covered by the program.

The California studies, which took different approaches, do not offer a clear answer about whether cap-and-trade has helped or harmed disadvantaged communities in the state. Both had to wrestle with outside factors that affected emissions,

like the Great Recession and California’s other climate policies. But activists say that there is another even more important question that has mostly gone unasked: what would have happened if California had adopted a different policy altogether?

Many feel that their communities would have seen greater progress if the state had regulated emitters directly, says Katie Valenzuela.

She grew up in the town of Oildale-in a major oilproducing region in California’s Central Valley-and now serves as policy and political director for the California Environmental Justice Alliance.

In recent years, state regulators have made a concerted effort to tackle inequalities in air quality. But Valenzuela says that officials have leaned on cap-andtrade instead of embracing more aggressive climate policies-often at the expense of vulnerable communities.

“It’s been 14 years, and we’ve still never had a meaningful discussion about reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.”

Groups Question Effectiveness of CA Cap-and-Trade Program Part 2

By Julia Rosen The Air Climate change is usually seen as a global problem.

But its effects are profoundly local, and often refract through long-standing patterns of inequality and racism.

In the U.S. and elsewhere, low-income residents and people of color shoulder an outsized share of the climate burden. They face greater risks from heat waves, floods, and other climate-related impacts. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels.

These pollutants, which include particulate matter, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, and toxic substances like benzene, have been linked to health problems ranging from respiratory disorders to reproductive problems to cancer. And numerous studies show that polluting facilities and their emissions tend to concentrate in disadvantaged communities.

“Me and my five cousins, we all have asthma,” says Abe Francis, 15, of Sacramento.

When Francis was young, doctors prescribed him medication because they feared he might stop breathing in his sleep. He still struggles to catch his breath when he plays basketball at the park. “It’s incredibly scary for me,” says Francis, who is African American.

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Marijuana and Health Risks: Do You Know All the Facts?

By Desert Star Staff With recreational or medical use of marijuana now legal in most states, one group wants to ensure that Ohioans fully understand its potential health risks.

Prevention Action Alliance Executive Director Fran Gerbig explained that little is known about the safety implications of marijuana use. She contended too many decisions are being made and publicized that aren’t based on scientific evidence.

“When you do a quick Google search, it felt very anecdotal and not factual,” said Gerbig. “Citizens deserve better than anecdotal, and sometimes wrong, reports of efficacy. They deserve the same standards of evidence that we require for prescription drugs.”

The alliance has culled evidence from scientific trials and other research on marijuana use and complied a series of free fact-sheets to help Ohioans make health-related

choices. They’re online at ‘preventionactionalliance.org.’

Medical marijuana was legalized in Ohio in 2016. However, Gerbig explained it is different than pharmaceutical medications that have undergone thorough scientific trials.

“It’s not like getting the medicine that you get from your doctor that writes you a prescription,” said Gerbig. “That you go to your pharmacist and you get a list of side effects. You get a list of warning signs that you know that you call immediately if you experience these. We don’t have that same level of confidence with marijuana.”

Gerbig said the factsheets include topics on marijuana’s interactions with other drugs, how its use may affect adults over age 50 and its potential for being addictive.

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Next Tuesday is “Giving Tuesday.” People who want to help can text the word PLATE to 20222 to make a one-time $10 donation.

In related news, families that are part of the federal free or reduced-price lunch program will be receiving an extra two months’ worth of grocery money via the Pandemic EBT program.

Benefits cards will be mailed out before the end of the year.

Disclosure: Save the Children contributes to our fund for reporting on Children’s Issues, Early Childhood Education, Education, and Poverty Issues.

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neighborhoods in Fresno, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Tulare counties. Go to savethechildren.org to find out if your school district is participating.

Sandberg noted the program has distributed 9 million meals nationwide since March.

“So here in rural California alone, Save the Children staff has helped distribute about 700,000 nourishing meals for children in some of the state’s most impoverished rural communities,” Sandberg reported.

As attitudes towards marijuana use change, one group is voicing concerns that Ohioans don’t have all the facts. (Adobe Stock) avoid accidental poisoning.

“Unfortunately, a lot of things can be misinterpreted as a treat or as a food product, when really it does not have that role,” said Gerbig. “And

By Desert Star Staff Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals (REP) will deliver a truck loaded with pallets of food to Food Now on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m.

A forklift will be provided by Desert Concept Construction Company of Indio, as well as volunteers from both companies and Food Now to unload the pallets of food.

“We want to make sure that Food Now has enough food for the Christmas holidays, just like we did for Thanksgiving,” said Royal Emerald CEO Mark Crozier.

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Crozier donated $10,000 for Thanksgiving turkeys and hams while Royal Emerald employees helped collect donated side dishes at the Grocery Outlet Bargain Market on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 & 8th to make sure everyone in Desert Hot Springs had a nice Thanksgiving.

According the Food Now Executive Director Dana Johnson, “This was the best Thanksgiving we’ve ever had.

Because of Mark’s generous donation, we supplied 600 families with turkeys or hams and all the trimmings, including pies and desserts.”

“Five years ago, we had fist fights break out in our waiting room because we didn’t have

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At a drive-up distribution, a Save the Children staff member hand-delivers food to children and families. (Shawn Millsaps/Save the Children)

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Rockin’ Gift Guide Here is a crop of terrific releases including spectacular classic rock returns, an essential autobiography from a rock and roll great, as well as several fantastic new holiday music titles in tune with the season.

will excite collectors and diehard fans alike, including digital, CD, and deluxe versions.

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intoxicating “Cast a Stone” from liner notes and information on last year’s “Dreamers,” intimate each of the memorable tracks.

“Song for Juli” and potent Information: umgcatalog.com.

“Darkness, Darkness.” He also revisits several Youngbloods classics, including offering up a reworked bluesy take on the Americana rocker “Sugar Babe” and George Remaily’s “Euphoria.” Information: JesseColinYoung.com.

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Artist: AC/DC Title: Power Up (Columbia Records Group) You might like if you enjoy: AC/DC, Deep Purple Tell me more: Few bands have faced their demons and battled back with the kind of aplomb displayed by AC/DC. This is band that was seemingly doomed from the time founding lead singer Bon Scott died in February 1980. Major hearing issues for long-time vocalist Brian Johnson that led him to being temporarily replaced by Axl Rose in 2016, the death of founding rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017 and legal issues aplenty for drummer Phil Rudd were somehow overcome as evidenced on the hard rockers’ brilliant return “Power Up.” Those worrying the Australia-spawned troupe have lost a step fear not; this album rocks as hard as anything in their storied discography.

My favorite tracks are the head-banging “Shot In The Dark” and “Systems Down,” catchy instant-classic “Witch’s Spell,” bluesy “Kick You When You’re Down” and “No Man’s Land,” and probing “Through The Mists Of Time.” Truth be told, every cut on the album rocks. “Power Up” is available in multiple configurations that

Artist: Jesse Colin Young Title: Highway Troubadour (BMG) You might like if you enjoy: The Youngbloods, Jesse Colin Young, Bruce Cockburn Tell me more: Singersongwriter/guitarist Jesse Colin Young has just returned with “Highway Troubadour,” his 22nd solo album (but first truly solo acoustic record since his 1964 debut “The Soul of a City Boy”).

Beloved for his work as lead singer for The Youngbloods in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Young went on to establish an equally successful career thanks to strong albums such as “Song for Juli” (1972), “Songbird” (1975) and “On the Road” (1976). Now 79, Young’s signature vocals and virtuoso finger style guitar work shine across “Highway Troubadour.” A true survivor, Young put his recording career on hiatus in 2012 when he was diagnosed with Lyme disease.

He returned to the ring with his highly-acclaimed February 2019 release “Dreamers” and is now back with a disc full of compositions pulled from across his catalog; the sessions were recorded with two two AEA A440 ribbon microphones — one for his voice and one for his Taylor 910 CE guitar. Highlights abound; an

Artist: Gypsy Soul Title: Comfort and Joy (Off The Beaten Track Recordings) You might like if you enjoy: Gypsy Soul, Clannad Tell me more: Talented duo Gypsy Soul is back with a new holiday-minded album, “Comfort and Joy.” Released on Nov. Artist: Peggy Lee 27, the album features six new Title: Ultimate Christmas recordings; all other tracks on (Capitol Records) the 14-track disc have been You might like if you enjoy: remastered. Cilette Swann’s Peggy Lee, traditional expressive vocals (which span holiday music four octaves) and Roman Tell me more: With 2020 Morykit’s skills on a multiple marking the 100th birthday of instruments are able to of the late jazz and popular musically deliver the warmth and music singer Peggy Lee, the jubilation of the season to be yuletide set “Ultimate Christmas” sure, including their jazz-meetsfeatures 22 holiday favorites world music versions of “God including “Winter Wonderland,” Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “We “The Christmas Song,” “Happy Three Kings of Orient Are,” “The Holiday,” “The Christmas First Noel” and other traditional Waltz,” Winter Wonderland” favorites. Other standouts and the rare “Peace on Earth.” include “Little Drummer Boy” Several of the selections were and “Away In A Manger.” Their written by Lee, including the own “The Snow, The Sea” is a cheerful “Christmas Carousel” welcome addition on the set. (the title track from her 1960 Many modern-day Christmas holiday album), sparkling music collections are stuffed “Don’t Forget to Feed the with an excess of bombast and Reindeer” and radiant “The artificial sweetening; Gypsy Tree.” Lee’s signature topSoul’s “Comfort and Joy” is a tier vocals and the wonderful genuinely beautiful and touching orchestral arrangements tribute to the holiday season. captured between 1949 and Information: GypsySoul.com.

1968 on audio CD are bolstered by a colorful booklet filled ROCK ‘N’ ROLL READ with historical Christmastime Title: Time Between: My photos of Lee and detailed Life as a Byrd, Burrito

Brother and Beyond Author: Chris Hillman Publisher: BMG Books Hardcover: 315 pages Tell me more: In his moving “Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother and Beyond,” Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chris Hillman provides a compelling and fascinating look at his life and career. A founding member of the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, the SoutherHillman-Furay Band and the Desert Rose Band, Hillman reflects on the ups and downs of a life spent in the music world but mines equal depth with his reflections on love, family, faith and the loss of so many of his musical mates. He writes in a straightforward way, completely immersing the reader in a wideranging life spanning legendary gigs, recording sessions, band breakups, overcoming seemingly-fatal health scares and — his biggest joys — his wife Connie and their children.

His relationships with greats ranging from Gram Parsons and David Crosby to Roger McGuinn, Richie Furay and Tom Petty come alive in the wonderful autobiography.

Country great Dwight Yoakam pens the foreword Information: bmg.com.

Organizations Call for Action on COVID Relief

By Desert Star Staff More than fifty advocacy organizations have sent a letter to Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation urging immediate action on a new COVID relief package.

Ten months into the COVID pandemic, more than 1.3 million Pennsylvania households report they are struggling to put food on the table, and half a million households have fallen behind in their rent.

Jeff Garis, outreach director for the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, said many provisions of relief packages passed early this year, such

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as extended unemployment assistance and the moratorium on eviction, will expire if Congress doesn’t act they return from the Thanksgiving recess.

“We need to know that when people get to the holidays, they’re not going to find themselves cut off from the vital aid that they need,” Garis emphasized. “So, we are calling on our members of Congress and our Senators, don’t be the Grinch this year.”

The House passed the HEROES Act, an expanded relief bill, in May, but so far, the Senate has failed to pass a supplemental relief bill.

Garis contended the two so-called “skinny relief” packages proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would do little to meet the growing need.

“In both cases, he didn’t have enough votes to even pass that,” Garis observed. “So, we have to see a renewed emphasis in the Senate on getting realistic about the kind of relief that people across Pennsylvania and across the country need.”

He said with millions set to lose benefits on the day after Christmas, Congress at least needs to pass what he calls a short-term down payment December 2, 2020

the program that used to be called food stamps,” Garis noted. “We want to see that increased by 15% to help on a broader relief bill. families put food on the table.”

Garis hopes such a package A recent report from The would include extensions of Century Foundation found the eviction moratorium and without congressional action, unemployment assistance.

12 million people nationwide will “We are also calling for lose federal benefits on Dec. 26. an increase in SNAP benefits,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DAVID SANCHEZPOOL SERVICE, 44007 CALLE LUNA, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County.

Full name of registrant JESUS DAVID SANCHEZ SAUCEDO, 44007 CALLE LUNA, INDIO, CA 92201.

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 JESUS DAVID SANCHEZ SAUCEDO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/09/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011720. 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., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020 DSW20-2251

FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS VEGAS POOL SERVICE, 15685 PALM DR ESP #5, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant OSCAR ARMANDO VEGA, 15685 PALM DR ESP #5, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10-19-2015. 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 OSCAR ARMANDO VEGA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/29/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011148. 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., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020 DSW20-2246

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS EUGENIO MORALES POOL SERVICE, 33089 SKY BLUE WATER TRL, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. Full name of registrant EUGENO- -MORALES PARRA, 33089 SKY BLUE WATER TRL, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. 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 EUGENIO- -MORALES PARRA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/04/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011512. 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., BUSINES SAND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November 18, 25, NAME, CASE NO. PSC 2004383, SUPERIOR December 2, 9, 2020 DSW20-2250 COURT OF CALIFORNIA 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262, COUNTY OF RIVER- FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSISIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. LOREN NESS AS PINOCCHIO IN THE DESERT, 134 E CLYDE WRIGHT filed a petition with this court for TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present 92262. Riverside County. Full name of registrant Name: LOREN CLYDE WRIGHT to Proposed Name: JUAN CARLOS DE LEON ARAMBULA, 27698 LOREN CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT. THE COURT VALENCIA, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant comshall appear before this court at the hearing indi- menced to transact business under the fictitious cated below to show cause, if any, why the petition business name(s) listed above on 11/12/2020. I for change of name should not be granted. Any declare that all the information in this statement is person objecting to the name changes described true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, above must file a written objection that includes the information which he or she knows to be false, is reasons for the objection at least two court days guilty of a crime) Signed JUAN CARLOS DE LEON before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must ARAMBULA. This statement was filed with the appear at the hearing to show cause why the peti- County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/12/2020. tion should not be granted. If no written objection is Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File timely filed, the court may grant the petition without No. R-202011777. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: FEB 26, BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE 2021 Time: 1:30pm., Dept.: PS1. The address of YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE the court is: 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTISprings, CA 92262County of Riverside 3.a. A copy TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS least once each week for four successive weeks STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS following newspaper of general circulation, printed NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANin this county (specify newspaper): DESERT STAR OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON WEEKLY 13279 Palm Drive Suite 5, Desert Hot LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES Springs, CA 92240 Dated” September 30, 2020, SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November Judge of the Superior Court, Publish November 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020 DSW20-2249 18, 25, December 2, 2020. DSW20-2222 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS MOPARS UNLIMITED, 353 E VIA BUSINESS AS 5 STAR POOL SERVICES, 50701 ESCUELA, UNIT 226, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262.

WASHINGTON ST APT 812, LA QUINTA, CALI- Riverside County. Full name of registrant TERRENCE FORNIA 92253. Riverside County; P.O. BOX 708, GAYWEN CHEW, 353 E VIA ESCUELA UNIT 226, INDIO, CALIFORNIA 92202. Full name of registrant PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Business is conducted JUAN MANUEL TORRES, 50701 WASHINGTON by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact ST APT 812, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Business business under the fictitious business name(s) is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not listed above on 12/4/2017. I declare that all the yet begun to transact business under the fictitious information in this statement is true and correct. business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the (A registrant, who declares as true, information information in this statement is true and correct. (A which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a registrant, who declares as true, information which crime) Signed TERRENCE CHEW. This statement he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County Signed JUAN MANUEL TORRES. This statement on 10/22/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202010744. NOTICE — on 10/21/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202010680. NOTICE — EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEFILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTIFILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTI- RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE).

OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. Publish November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020 SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW20-2248 Publish November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020 DSW20-2253 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS HILL STREET STAMPS, 2956 DAVID ST., RIVERSIDE, CA 92506. Riverside County. Full name of registrant DAVID PAUL GORDON, 2956 DAVID ST., RIVERSIDE, CA 92506. Business is conducted

by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has yet 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 DAVID PAUL GORDON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/28/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011029. 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., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November 11, 18, 25, December 2, 2020 DSW20-2244

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. MVC2004922, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 13800 HEACOCK STREET STE. D201, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. MELISSA RODRIGUEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present Name: MELISSA RODRIGUEZ to Proposed Name: MELISSA JUNIPER LETHE LUNA. 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: DECEMBER 17, 2020 Time: 1:00PM., Dept.: MV2. The address of the court is: 13800 HEACOCK STREET STE. D201, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553, 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: October 15, 2020 Judge of the Superior Court, Publish November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020. DSW20-2252

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS 1ST RESPONDER REALTY SERVICES (1STRRS), 25070 BIRCHTREE COURT, CORONA, CA 92883. Riverside County; 11762 DE PALMA ROAD, SUITE 1-C #63, CORONA, CA 92883. Full name of registrant JONES CAPITAL, INC., 11762 DE PALMA ROAD, SUITE 1-C #63, CORONA, CA 92883/CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA. Business is conducted by CORPORATION. Registrant has yet 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 NATALIE JONES, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/09/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011672. 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., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Publish November 11, 18, 25, December 2, 2020 DSW20-2243 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS TWW INVESTMENTS DEL TACO #961, 69070 RAMON RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234.

Riverside County: P.O. BOX 11527, PALM DESERT, CA 92255. Full name of registrant DESERT FOODS INVESTMENTS, INC., 38895 EL DESIERTO ROAD, PALM DESERT, CA 92211/CA; STELLA-TEPLOW, 2997 CALLE GUACHO, SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673. Business is conducted by GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/27/1997. 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 JERRY LEE WALKER, GENERAL PARTNER, PRESIDENT FOR DESERT FOODS INVESTMENTS, INC. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/04/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011476. 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., BUSINES SAND

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PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November 11, 18, County Clerk of Riverside County on 11/04/2020.

25, December 2, 2020 DSW20-2241 Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011528. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE NESS AS WWT INVESTMENTS DEL TACO #881, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI78468 HWY 111, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE County: P.O. BOX 11527, PALM DESERT, CA FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS 92255. Full name of registrant DESERT FOODS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE INVESTMENTS, INC., 38895 EL DESIERTO ROAD, USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS PALM DESERT, CA 92211/CA; STELLA-TEPLOW, NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN2997 CALLE GUACHO, SAN CLEMENTE, CA OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON 92673. Business is conducted by GENERAL LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES PARTNERSHIP. Registrant commenced to trans- SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November act business under the fictitious business name(s) 11, 18, 25, December 2, 2020 DSW20-2237 listed above on 10/27/1997. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A T.S. No. 19-21119-SP-CA Title No. 191181875-CAregistrant, who declares as true, information which VOI A.P.N. 612-432-009-7 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) SALE. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF Signed JERRY LEE WALKER, GENERAL PARTNER, TRUST DATED 06/24/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE PRESIDENT FOR DESERT FOODS INVESTMENTS, ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY INC. This statement was filed with the County BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXClerk of Riverside County on 11/04/2020. Peter PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDAldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. ING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT R-202011479. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- by a state or federal savings and loan association, MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN savings association, or savings bank specified in THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER to do business in this state; will be held by the duly UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November 11, 18, trustee in the hereinafter described property under 25, December 2, 2020 DSW20-2240 and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below.

The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay NESS AS WTW INVESTMENTS DEL TACO #813, the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured 74617 HWY 111, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges Riverside County: P.O. BOX 11527, PALM DESERT, thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under CA 92255. Full name of registrant DESERT FOODS the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, INVESTMENTS, INC., 38895 EL DESIERTO ROAD, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the PALM DESERT, CA 92211/CA; STELLA-TEPLOW, total amount (at the time of the initial publication of 2997 CALLE GUACHO, SAN CLEMENTE, CA the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set 92673. Business is conducted by GENERAL forth below. The amount may be greater on the PARTNERSHIP. Registrant commenced to trans- day of sale. Trustor: Guadalupe Sanchez, a single act business under the fictitious business name(s) woman Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default listed above on 10/27/1997. I declare that all the Servicing Corporation Recorded 07/05/2005 as information in this statement is true and correct. (A Instrument No. 2005-0532342 (or Book, Page) of registrant, who declares as true, information which the Official Records of Riverside County, CA. Date he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) of Sale: 01/22/2021 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Signed JERRY LEE WALKER, GENERAL PARTNER, In front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth PRESIDENT FOR DESERT FOODS INVESTMENTS, Street, Corona, CA 92882 Estimated amount of INC. This statement was filed with the County unpaid balance and other charges: $341,611.79 Clerk of Riverside County on 11/04/2020. Peter Street Address or other common designation of real Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. property: 83222 Plaza De Oro Avenue Coachella, R-202011480. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- CA 92236 A.P.N.: 612-432-009-7 The undersigned NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE of the street address or other common designation, OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS if any, shown above. If no street address or other BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED common designation is shown, directions to the BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- location of the property may be obtained by sending MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish November 11, 18, and the successful bidder shall have no further 25, December 2, 2020 DSW20-2239 recourse. The requirements of California Civil Code 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE Section Notice of Default was recorded. NOTICE TO FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- the BIDDERS: If you are considering bidNESS AS ONE ELEVEN DEL TACO #7, 81566 HWY POTENTIAL on this property lien, you should understand 111, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County: P.O. BOX ding there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee 11527, PALM DESERT, CA 92255. Full name of that You will be bidding on a lien, not on the registrant DESERT FOODS INVESTMENTS, INC., auction. itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee 38895 EL DESIERTO ROAD, PALM DESERT, CA property auction does not automatically entitle you to free 92211/CA; STELLA-TEPLOW, 2997 CALLE GUA- and clear ownership the property. You should CHO, SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92673. Business is also be aware that theof lien being auctioned off may conducted by GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the commenced to transact business under the fictitious auction, you are or may be for paying business name(s) listed above on 10/27/1997. I off all liens senior to the lienresponsible auctioned off, declare that all the information in this statement before you can receive clear being title to the property. is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as You are encouraged to investigate existence, true, information which he or she knows to be false, priority, and size of outstanding liens the that may exist is guilty of a crime) Signed JERRY LEE WALKER, on this property by contacting the county GENERAL PARTNER, PRESIDENT FOR DESERT office or a title insurance company, eitherrecorder’s of which FOODS INVESTMENTS, INC. This statement was may charge you a fee for this information.

If you filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County consult either of these resources, you should be on 11/04/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County aware that the same lender may hold more than one Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202011482. NOTICE — mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS this notice of sale may be postponed one or more FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE Civil Code. The law requires that information about FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF trustee sale postponements be made available to AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTI- you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). property, you may call or visit this Internet Web site Publish November 11, 18, 25, December 2, 2020 www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number asDSW20-2238 signed to this case 19-21119-SP-CA. Information FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT about postponements that are very short in duration THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may BUSINESS AS OPPORTUNITY RIVERSIDE, 3780 not immediately be reflected in the telephone inforMARKET STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501. Riv- mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way erside County: 5419 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, C289, to verify postponement information is to attend the LOS ANGELES, CA 90027. Full name of registrant scheduled sale. Date: 11/16/2020 National Default BLENDED IMPACT INC., 5419 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., its C-289, LOS ANGELES, CA 90027/CA. Business agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA is conducted by CORPORATION. Registrant com- 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888-264-4010 Sales Line menced to transact business under the fictitious 855-219-8501; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com business name(s) listed above on 10/12/20. I By: Rachael Hamilton, Trustee Sales Representative declare that all the information in this statement is 12/02/2020, 12/09/2020, 12/16/2020 CPP350770. true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, DSW20-2254 information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed STACY CUMBERBATCH, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the

Redistricting Seen as ‘Next Big Thing’ for AZ, Other Key States

By Desert Star Staff PHOENIX -- With the 2020 election behind them, the next political event in Arizona and other battleground states will be the once-in-a-decade redistricting process. Starting in 2021, states will redraw district boundaries for Congress and state legislatures based on the results of the 2020 census.

Some observers anticipate significant changes in boundary lines in Arizona based on the growing numbers of Latinos in the state over the past decade.

However, Lisa Sanchez, associate professor of political science at the University of Arizona, warns Arizona’s muchanticipated “blue wave” may not have arrived just yet.

“The idea that Arizona went

blue during this last presidential election, I wouldn’t interpret it such that the politics on the ground - in particular the partisan affiliation of individuals in Arizona - have shifted fundamentally,” Sanchez said.

While Arizonans did elect Democrats in the presidential and Senate races, Sanchez said it was business as usual for Republicans in congressional seats and the state Legislature. She said the state’s electorate remains almost evenly divided between the two major political parties.

While Latinos and other people of color showed up at Arizona’s polls in record numbers this year, she said that doesn’t necessarily translate into a Democratic

advantage in future elections.

“The benefit of having a majority-minority district is you are highly likely to get a coethnic or co-racial candidate,” she said. “So in the 1990s, we started to see record numbers of Latinos and Blacks being elected to Congress, but surrounding districts now didn’t have any minority influence.”

Maricopa Country Democratic Party chair Steven Slugocki is taking a long-term view of the gains his party made in 2020 and the effect on redistricting.

“Whenever the maps are done, we’re going to have to evaluate them, compare them and see the way that they look and see the breakdown of them

and make sure again that we have fair maps,” Slugocki said.

Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission, not the GOP-dominated Legislature, will redraw districts in 2021.

The bipartisan panel, created by a ballot initiative in 2000, will begin its work in February and finish - hopefully - in time for the 2022 midterms.

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FAMILY FEATURES

tress and anxiety are all too familiar to many Americans, this year especially, and the added pressure of the holiday season may provide a new set of challenges. Practicing selfcare and nurturing your mental health can help you navigate these potentially isolating times, especially if you’re tackling this season single.

With so many other demands in life, taking care of yourself, including your emotional and mental well-being, may not always be at the top of your list. However, putting more emphasis on yourself and your needs can be achieved in small, measurable ways and may not only help boost your spirits but can affect your approach to dating, too.

“We believe happy and healthy relationships start with happy and healthy individuals,” said Stefan Harvalias, head of global marketing for Plenty of Fish, one of the largest global online dating companies.

Harvalias points out there are a number of ways you can alleviate stress and anxiety. While there’s no one magic formula that fits all, many people find coping easier with activities like these.

Listen to music. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits of music in managing mental health. Slow, mellow music can help the mind shift into a lower gear and has even been shown to influence the body’s physical state such as reducing blood pressure, pulse and heart rates. For someone with anxiety, music can be a welcome distraction from the troublesome thoughts occupying the mind. For others, music is simply a way to escape from reality and focus on something enjoyable.

Talk with friends and family. Although COVID-19 may be creating physical distance, there’s one way it can bring people together: by acknowledging your shared stress to one another.

While the impacts of the pandemic vary greatly, everyone has been navigating uncertainty and change that comes with such a widespread event. A weekly check-in call or video chat with friends and family members can help you feel less alone with your feelings and experiences. Topics like mental health and mindfulness have risen to the surface of everyday discussions, removing a lot of the stigma they once had.

Seek out tools to help you unwind. If you’ve never given much thought to managing your mental health, you may not know where to begin practicing better self-care, and that’s OK. That’s where you can benefit from resources like those available through Plenty of Fish. Knowing the toll the pandemic is taking on singles, the dating app partnered with Shine, a leading self-care app, to create two free dating-related meditations developed to help singles better manage anxiety and improve mental health and wellness.

Navigating dating, work and your personal life can feel like an intense juggling act. To help find balance and feel less pressure, consider listening to the “Balance Dating While Busy” guided meditation and reflect on your energy and priorities so you can make space for dating in your life.

Although dating may look and feel different right now, it’s still doable. Shift your mindset and reflect on ways to adapt with an option like the “Navigate Dating During COVID” guided meditation.

Recognize the role of physical wellness. The mind and body are intrinsically connected, and how you take care of your body can have an impact on your mental state. This includes eating well to ensure you’re getting proper nutrition, which can positively impact your mood. Additionally, exercise releases feel-good hormones, so a quick walk around the block or a 10-minute exercise video can benefit you both physically and mentally.

Give yourself permission to disconnect. When life feels uncertain, being closely tied to an information source like your smartphone can give you a sense of security, but it can also add to your everyday stress. If you’re working from home, you may find you never fully shift out of work mode. However, it’s easy to become addicted to refreshing your newsfeed, allowing your devices to cut into time you could spend more productively. Limit your screen time to force yourself to focus on the present and activities that bring you pleasure while allowing your brain to rest, like spending time with loved ones or enjoying a good book or movie.

Find more resources to support your mental health and dating experiences this holiday season at blog.pof.com.

Keep COVID from Crushing Your Dating Game As if single life and dating didn’t bring enough uncertainty on their own, a global health crisis has only heightened the anxiety many singles feel. Dating pressures and anxiety tied to COVID19 were the subjects of a study by Plenty of Fish, which showed just how challenging dating has been for singles this year.

According to the survey of singles: n n n

60% have experienced feelings of anxiety before going on a date 29% have canceled a date due to anxiety 44% are anxious about their date not wearing a mask

When it comes to the benefits of self-care, a majority of surveyed singles reported: n n n n n

66% practice self-care regularly 87% said self-care activities reduce stress 78% said they feel less stressed after a self-care routine 50% meditate Alone time, exercise and pampering were listed as the top self-care activities

“Prioritizing your mental health matters more than ever,” Harvalias said. “Self-care and wellness mean something different to everyone – all that matters is that you find an outlet to disconnect and do what makes you happy.”

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