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And The Oscar Went To….

Best Actor: Rami Malek, Best Actress Olivia Colman, Best Supporting Actress Regina King and Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali. Photo courtesy of Twitter.

By Theda Kleinhans Reichman The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on May 16, 1929, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with a private dinner to honor the best films of 1927/28. The first film to receive an Oscar was “Wings.”

This year the 91st Oscar ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre located at Hollywood and Highland. The ABC telecast opened with

music from the film “Bohemian Rhapsody” as the two remaining members of Queen played and Adam Lambert sang. Their performance was a musical highlight of the evening and a tribute to Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen who died on November 29, 1991, at the age of 45.

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” one of the eight films in contention for Best Picture, is a musical

about Freddie Mercury and the iconic musical group Queen-and even though Mercury is gone their music lives on.

There was no host for this year’s telecast since actor Kevin Hart declined on December 6, 2018, and was not replaced.

Instead, an off-stage announcer introduced the actors who then reviewed the nominees and presented the Oscars to the winners in each category.

Kitty Alvarado Forty eight cities in the State of California are not meeting their affordable housing requirements.

Governor Newsom is so serious about cities meeting their goals he’s suing the City of Huntington Beach.

“I don’t want to sue 47 other cities, quite the contrary, I want to work collaboratively with all of the representatives in those communities,” says Governor Newsom at a press conference outside Long Beach Community College.

That’s why he invited the mayors of the cities not in compliance to attend a meeting on Wednesday at

Long Beach Community College. The mayor of Desert Hot Springs was there.

“Out of 47 cities that were called out and invited to this meeting only 17 mayor showed up in the State of California and me being out of the Coachella Valley,” says Desert Hot Springs Mayor Scott Matas.

Desert Hot Springs in the only city in the valley not meeting the requirement.

He says he had a candid conversation with the governor explaining why the city is not not meeting the requirement, “Our housing element is almost complete, we were in a financial crisis in 2014 when it expired and we didn’t

have the consultants or the money to actually update our plan at the time,” adding that when he was elected he made that a priority.

He also made it clear he’s not happy with the formula, “The problem is when the multi species habitat plan you can’t develop in that but that goes against your numbers on how much affordable housing you need to have.”

He says the other problem is working through the definition of affordable housing for each city, “Can we build a house for $150,000 to $300,000 and be affordable

One of the funniest presentations was for Best Costume Design. Melissa McCarthy, in an outlandishly funny salute to “The Favourite,” delivered the prize wearing a regal costume and robe festooned with plush rabbits.

A bunny hand puppet helped McCarthy award the golden statuette to Ruth E. Carter for her work on “Black Panther.”

To shorten the show,

which usually lasts for more than three hours, the Academy considered presenting some awards (i.e., cinematography) off the air during commercial breaks. Justifiably, there was an outcry over this idea.

Instead, each winner was given just ninety seconds to take the stage and complete their acceptance speech.

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Desert Hot Springs Mayor and Governor Newsom Discuss Affordable Housing

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Bernie Sanders’ campaign already has 1 million volunteers after six days

By Desert Star Staff A whopping one million people have already signed up to support Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign since the popular senator announced last week that he would take another shot at the White House in 2020.

After just one week of official campaigning, the

Sanders campaign is shaping up to be a significant political juggernaut. The Vermont senator announced last Wednesday that his campaign had raised a massive $6 million in the first 24 hours since he announced his second bid for the presidency — and now he’s giving his opponents, even more, to worry about.

In a video posted to Twitter on Monday, Sanders announced that one million volunteers had joined up across every congressional district in the country. Even more, concerning for the other 2020 Democratic contenders, more than 324,000 of those sign-ups were new people who were not part of his

2016 campaign — proving that the senator is still able to attract new blood.

The astonishingly quick progress will likely come as a surprise to many on both sides of the political spectrum who had dismissed Sanders as an unfeasible candidate due to his age (77) and his more socialist ideas — a departure from the more centrist, corporatefriendly positions taken by the Democratic establishment.

In 2016, Sanders’ massive grassroots movement shocked the media and political establishment and proved that there was real demand among Democrats for more left-wing and socialist policies. The self-described “democratic socialist” is widely credited with moving the Democratic party to the left on issues like ‘Medicare for All’ and free college tuition.

But Sanders narrowly lost

the party nomination to Hillary Clinton after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) — a supposedly neutral body — was found to be actively working to favor the Clinton camp at his expense, convinced that she was the candidate that could beat Donald Trump, even as polls showed that Sanders had a better chance at beating then-candidate Trump.

Sanders’ campaign has put fellow 2020 candidate Kamala Harris on the defensive, repeatedly having to answer questions about whether she is as “progressive” or a “socialist.”

The California senator, who is also seen as a strong contender among a crowded Democratic field, has said she is progressive but has distanced herself from the “democratic socialist” label.

Popular ‘world’s sexiest fighter’ confirms the next boxing fight

By Desert Star Staff Stunning fighter and former swimsuit model Avril Mathie swapped a bikini babe life for boxing bouts last year, instantly gaining a crowd of fans along the way and now the ticket-selling slugger has announced her ring comeback.

Australian-born Mathie switched from flooring fans on the catwalk to flooring opponents in the ring to make her pro debut in early 2018, and since then has contested her first ever title fight last October.

Her challenge for the American Boxing American Boxing Federation Continental Americas Female bantamweight strap ended in a hard-fought draw

against experienced Texan Samantha Salazar in Florida.

Now the pageant queenturned-pugilist has confirmed her 2019 comeback, announcing on Twitter her March 2 return in association with promoters MTK Global, with the promise to get bums on seats and bring a huge crowd down to the event.

“Solid day at the office today... answering emails, booking fights, selling tickets to said fights, stretching, magnesium bathing, vitamin D supplementation... you know...standard,” the 31-year-old wrote.

“YES I said MTK Global booked my next fight! March 2nd! So excited and thankful for the last minute opportunity

on a show that was already full.

“I convinced them it would be worth their while as I’d sell a lot of tickets, so help

me out here guys and come support! DM me your email to be sent fight and ticket info and come see me in action!”

There was a setback just last week when a fight date for Mathie fell through at the last minute, but now the favorite puncher will be able to showcase her skills to fans after squeezing herself onto a show with an unnamed opponent.

As a model, Mathie won the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Australia in 2012, the 2014 Miss Swimsuit USA International as well as the 2015 Las Vegas International Model Search Originally from Sydney. Mathie had around 20 amateur fights in her home country before moving to

Miami in 2016, is based out of the famous 5th Street Gym, which was formerly the home of boxing icon Muhammad Ali. She’s posted a perfect record of two knockouts and a draw at 118 lbs, her first two fights coming by technical knockout in the first round in the Dominican Republic.

COMPETITIONS. As an amateur, she competed in the USA Golden Gloves and the Ringside Boxing World Championships and says she has “dreams of becoming a boxing world champion, model and role model. I want to have an impact.”

Her next fight on March 2 is the next step on the road to that coveted world title.

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for a working family? That’s what affordable is.”

The mayor says having a seat at the table will make a

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difference when the millions are divided up for housing from the state, “I wanted to make sure the governor was understanding that every city is not the same and we didn’t

want to be put into a box and so when I was there he was very receptive to that and I want to thank the governor for that and i think there was definitely a relationship with the state that February 27, 2019

was made from this small city here in the Coachella Valley.”

The governor told the mayors the state will help cities who are working to solve the affordable housing

shortage with 1.7 billion dollars in funding and tax incentives.

Matas says he’s going to make sure the city gets a fair share of those state funds Source: NBC Palm Springs

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Is Sole Proprietorship still the best legal structure for small businesses?

By Janice Gough Here are some considerations that can help you decide if it’s the right time to incorporate or set up your small business as a limited liability company.

More than 70 percent, according to the S.B.A., (Small Business Administration) are sole proprietorships, the simplest legal structure for businesses. Not only is it easy and inexpensive to set up this type of business, but tax prep isn’t as complicated as it is with other business structures and you keep full control over your company and its profits. With

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this type of entity, there isn’t any legal distinction between you and your business; but beware, in our litigious society, all business earnings, losses and liabilities are yours.

Before you decide to upgrade your business structure from a sole proprietorship to an LLC or corporation, there are some drawbacks to consider. They’re more expensive to set up and maintain, as there are compliance regulations and fees, and they vary depending on the structure you choose and your State. It costs money to set up and dissolve a corporation, and you may have additional recordkeeping and annual reporting requirements.

If your business is small and just starting, those other obligations can outweigh the advantages of incorporating.

One of the most common reasons business owners upgrades their business structure is to reduce personal liability by legally separating personal and business assets. If you have a sole proprietorship or partnership and your business experiences financial troubles or issued, your home, vehicles, personal bank, and retirement accounts are at risk, as they may be collected on to pay down your business debts.

In the same vein, a top concern with a business partnership is that you share responsibility, for all business losses or debts. Even if these

losses are sustained due to an action or decision made by the other partner and you had nothing to do with it, you’re still liable, and your personal assets may be vulnerable.

If you set up your business as an LLC or corporation, your business is its entity with its assets; your assets aren’t tied to the company and can’t be used to collect on business debts, losses, and court rulings against your business. With a C corporation, liability protection usually extends to directors, officers, and employees as well.

If your business is just you and you are a professional service provider such as a consultant, contractor or doctor, you may still be able to set up your company as a separate legal entity, such as through a single-member LLC. Each business structure handles taxes differently, and some may help you save money. For example, with a sole proprietorship, your taxes are more straightforward than with other structures, but you’re taxed on all your business’s profits, not just the amount you pay yourself or withdraw for your use, and you must pay selfemployment taxes (Social Security and Medicare taxes) on all your earnings.

With a C Corp, the business pays a corporate income tax on all profits. These profits are then taxed again at the individual’s tax rate when they’re paid to shareholders

as distributions or dividends.

Even though profits are doubletaxed, the ability to split the profits between the business and yourself as a shareholder may lower your tax rate.

With an S Corp, the business pays you a reasonable salary and takes care of the Social Security and Medicare taxes. The remaining profit is distributed to shareholders, and you pay your income taxes on your portion.

This option may save you some money on your Social Security and Medicare taxes, but only if your business is making enough of a profit above your salary. Experts caution against setting artificially low wage, as the IRS looks closely at these amounts).

If you have an LLC, you can decide whether you want to be taxed as a sole proprietor, C Corp or S Corp.

To determine which structure is best for your specific tax situation, you should consult your CPA. If the ownership of your business changes, you may need to upgrade your business structure as well. For instance, if you start as a sole proprietor and take on a business partner, you’d need to convert to a partnership or another structure. If you start as a partnership and decide to buy out a partner, so you have full control of the business, you’d need to change the structure to a sole proprietorship or single-member LLC. If you

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Mr. Richardson, after my HOA approved my drought-tolerant design, they asked me to add ‘more & bigger plants’ which violates Civil section 4735(e). Are the regulations still in place after May 2017? And if they are in effect, who do I get in touch with to help me enforce them?

Thank you, I.D., Vista

and maintained, but it does not have to be a traditional lush lawn.

Thanks, Kelly

were imposed prior to that date, they were in error. If the discipline addressed events after April 7, 2017, the HOA may have a point.

Thanks for your question, Kelly.

have a family business and want to add multiple people as shareholders, you’d need to switch the business structure to an LLC or corporation.

In addition to minimizing your tax burden, the right business structure will allow you to decide how you want to accept financing if this is something you need to help your business grow.

With a sole proprietorship, your financing options are limited to those you can personally guarantee. You’ll need a healthy personal credit score to qualify for a business credit card, loan, and line of credit, and you’ll be personally responsible for them if your business can’t meet its obligations. You may also be required to put up collateral, such as your house, against the debt. If your business is an LLC, you can build your Business Credit Score, which is referred to as your Paydex score, with Dun & Bradstreet.

This will open your financing to new markets to get larger loans, lower percentage loans, and more extended loans thru SBA loan companies while providing opportunities created by the access to new capital.

Janice Gough is a Financial Advisor who offers help in business structuring.

Please contact us for a Complimentary review at Janice@GoughFinancialSvcs. com or via phone @ (760) 251-7724 or (650) 200-8291

Drought’s Over, Must Cactus Go Too?

Dear I.D.: Associations cannot ban drought-tolerant landscaping, as Civil Code 4735 still is in force. The part of that statute which no longer applies is part (c), which bars associations from penalizing members who let their yards “go brown” during a Drought Emergency.

Furthermore, under section 4735(e) associations may not force removal of artificial turf or other drought-resistant landscaping once it is in place.

The bottom line is that homeowners choosing xeriscapes are still protected

by Civil 4735. The yard must of course be presentable

Hello Mr. Richardson, during the drought our front lawn went brown, like all others in our community.

After the drought we had a difficult time resurrecting the green lawn in several spots.

We were assessed several large monthly penalties, one after another, a couple of years back, the HOA stating the CC&Rs required a green lawn. The penalty is now [thousands of dollars].

I’m not sure what options we have to push the HOA to eliminate the penalty. Any assistance is appreciated.

Thank you, M.T., Rocklin.

Dear M.T.: Until April 7, 2017, the day Governor Brown declared an end to the Drought Emergency, associations could not fine members for underwatering yards, as such penalties violated Civil Code 4735(c). However, once the Drought Emergency ended, so did the ban on penalties for brown lawns. If your fines February 27, 2019

asking “can we?” but missing the question “should we?”

Boards can never go wrong by consulting and informing their communities on major projects greatly affecting the members, even when they are not legally required to do Dear Mr. Richardson: so. At a town hall meeting, My community is implementing the board might discover they a drought tolerant landscape were completely misreading project. The project includes the association membership – the removal of all turf to be or it is also possible you could replaced by drought tolerant discover that not that many plantings and removal of neighbors are in opposition. hundreds of mature healthy Boards: Look for opportunities trees. Many have written to show the community letters of protest, but the you are concerned about board attorneys say the their input. The alternative board can implement any could be upheaval in the landscaping plan without community – but that will homeowner approval. Do not bring the trees back. they have the right to cut Sincerely, Kelly down a tree that is healthy and not a danger?

Kelly G. Richardson CCAL Sincerely, K.V., Oceanside is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Dear K.V.: Lawyers and Senior Partner Technically, unless there is of Richardson Ober PC, a limiting language in the CC&Rs California law firm known (there probably isn’t), the for community association board can implement major advice. Send questions changes in the common area to Kelly@richardsonober. landscaping so long as it is com. Past columns at www. within its spending authority.

HOAHomefront.com. All However, this may be a classic rights reserved®. example of a board and lawyer

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Baltimore Sues Monsanto, Others for Polluting City Waterways

In a lawsuit, the city of Baltimore says it believes Monsanto has caused “at least tens of millions of dollars” in legal damages by polluting city waterways. (qimono/Pixabay)

By Desert Star Staff BALTIMORE - The city of Baltimore is suing agrochemical giant Monsanto and two other companies, claiming they were “completely aware” that

the chemicals used in some of their products were toxic and didn’t degrade in nature.

Suzanne Sangree, Baltimore’s director of affirmative litigation, claimed

By Desert Star Staff RICHMOND, Va. Republicans in Virginia’s House of Delegates succeeded in stopping a Democratic-led effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment by a single vote.

The proposed amendment would establish gender equality as a principle in the U.S. Constitution. Although it had the support of two Republicans at the beginning, an effort to change House rules to bring the amendment to the floor for a vote was stopped by GOP leaders.

That ended its chances of a vote in the House of Delegates this session.

Supporter Katherine Jordan, who volunteers with the group VAratifyERA, said she hoped the state would have been the 38th to ratify the amendment.

“It would’ve been incredibly fitting to have done it this year, because it’s the 400th anniversary of our

General Assembly,” she said, “and instead, what we’re left with is a session really marred by scandal and division.”

The House Republican leaders who blocked passage of the ERA said it would lead to loosen restrictions on abortions, which the group VAratifyERA denied.

If supporters of the amendment had succeeded in getting Virginia to be the 38th state, the ERA would have cleared the threefourths threshold that an amendment must pass in order to be added to the federal Constitution.

Jordan vowed it will happen as she looked back at other resistance to equal protections and voting rights.

“The Equal Rights Amendment will be added to the Constitution, but the real tragedy for Virginia is to miss being on the right side of history when, too many times, we have not been,” she said. “We fought

the suit is the first of its kind on the East Coast and the 15th nationally. She said it focuses on industrial chemicals known as PCBs, which have long accumulated

in the bodies of people and wildlife across the globe.

“They vaporize out and attach to particles in the air, and end up in the silt of our waterways as well as in the tissues of birds, fish and humans,” she said. “All of us have it in us now.”

The suit, which also includes Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia Corp., seeks monetary damages associated with PCB chemicals in the city’s stormwater and certain bodies of water. Monsanto has said it believes Baltimore’s complaint is without merit and the company has not produced products containing PCBs for more than 40 years.

Congress banned the domestic production of PCBs starting in 1978, concerned about their toxicity.

In recent court trials, Sangree said, a mountain of Monsanto documents have

been made public, indicating the company knew the PCBs in products it was making in the 1930s wouldn’t necessarily stay in those products. PCBs once commonly were found in paint, caulking and plastics.

“The PCBs don’t degrade; they last forever,” she said, “and so, they are still at the bottom of Lake Roland, in the inner harbor, polluting the waterways of Baltimore city, as well as in a number of Baltimore city-owned properties.”

Sangree said the lawsuit is based on the concept that corporations should be held responsible for the messes they create.

Other cities including San Diego, Seattle, Long Beach, Calif., and Portland, Ore., have taken similar steps against the company.

Details of the lawsuit are online at law.baltimorecity.gov.

Virginia Equal Rights Amendment Supporters Vow to Push Forward

The House of Delegates deadlocked 50-50 on a bid to force a full floor vote on the gender-equality measure known as the Equal Rights Amendment. (Kristen Proctor/Twenty20) the 14th Amendment, we fought integration, we fought interracial marriage, we fought the 19th Amendment.”

In order for the ERA to move forward, Congress would need to retroactively

remove the ratification deadline and any future state’s approval. Some supporters have proposed starting over with “fresh start” amendments that would get rid of deadlines altogether.

The text of SJ 284 is online at lis.virginia.gov, and background information and the “Fresh Start” amendment are at fas.org

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Criminal Justice Experts Say NC’s Death Penalty Should Be Abolished

By Desert Star Staff CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Criminal justice experts in North Carolina are calling the death penalty part of a “sordid history” of racial terror.

A brief filed in a North Carolina case by the nonprofit Promise of Justice Initiative argues that capital punishment now is used so rarely that it should be considered “cruel or unusual” under the state Constitution.

Charlotte-based attorney Henderson Hill, executive director of the 8th Amendment Project, helped

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file the brief, representing others who hope to get the death penalty abolished.

“Judges, prosecutors, law enforcement have a unique take, especially the disparities that exist in the administration of the death penalty,” Hill states. “They’ve had to preside over those trials, they’ve investigated the cases, and they are in a unique position to see just how arbitrary the imposition of the death penalty is.”

The brief was filed with the American Civil Liberties Union Capital Punishment Project

and the 8th Amendment Project as counsel.

Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has defended the death penalty, saying, “There are times when the facts of the case are so egregious, so terrible, that we believe it’s appropriate for the community to decide the case through the jury process.”

The brief was filed in the case of Rayford Burke, a North Carolina man who is challenging his death sentence under the state’s Racial Justice Act. Burke alleges that February 27, 2019

prosecutors illegally excluded African-Americans from his jury, leading to a death sentence by an all-white jury for the murder of police informant Timothy Morrison.

Other state supreme courts – including in Washington and Delaware – recently have declared their death penalty laws unconstitutional.

Hill says death penalty opponents also found that race and geography play a role in capital cases.

“So, we think that these other sister states provide

a good model for the North Carolina Supreme Court to reconsider the death penalty in light of these developments, and in light of our greater information about how the death penalty operates,” he states.

The brief also asserts that North Carolina largely has abandoned the death penalty.

No one has been executed in the state since 2006.

And in a poll of more than 500 voters across the state, 70 percent believe it is likely that an innocent person has been executed in North Carolina.

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Trump slams Oscar-winner Spike Lee for ‘racist hit on your President’

By Desert Star Staff US President Donald Trump has denounced Oscarwinning American film director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee as a ‘racist’ on Twitter following the latter’s acceptance speech at the Academy Awards Sunday.

Lee won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘BlacKkKlansman’ along with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott. He was visibly annoyed at losing out to ‘Green Book’ for the Best Picture award, however.

During his acceptance speech, Lee noted that his win came during Black History Month before providing an abridged version of the history of slavery in the US, and paying tribute to his grandmother

who graduated from the predominantly-black Spelman College even though her mother was a slave. He then gave a call to political action in a veiled swipe at Trump.

“The 2020 presidential election is around the corner,” Lee remarked. “Let’s all mobilize, let’s all be on the right side of history, let’s choose love over hate, let’s do the right thing,” the director said to a cheering crowd, who gave a standing ovation.

It didn’t take long for the president to respond via his preferred method of mass communication, Twitter.

Reaction to the president’s remarks was mixed, with some Twitter users criticizing Lee for taking “cheap shots” at Trump, while others took umbrage at the president’s tweets.

Donald J. Trump on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump) “Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not

have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President, who has done more for African Americans (Criminal Justice Reform, Lowest

Unemployment numbers in History, Tax Cuts, etc.) than almost any other Pres!”

outcome of the 2008 trial.

The renewed interest in Kelly’s alleged misdeeds follows the release of the Lifetime documentary series ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ last month.

Kelly’s record label, RCA Records, dropped him after the series aired.

Kelly’s lawyer maintains his client is innocent. “The allegations aren’t true because he never knowingly had sex with an underage woman, Kelly never forced anyone to do anything, he never held anyone captive, he never abused anyone,” Steve Greenberg told the Associated Press after the release of the documentary, which he called “disgusting” and “Jerry Springeresque.”

chief, told the Miami Herald.

The US Justice Department is conducting its own probe of whether federal prosecutors were guilty of wrongdoing. A representative for Acosta’s Department of Labor told CNBC that “the office’s decisions were approved by departmental leadership and followed departmental procedures.”

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R Kelly charged with ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse

By Desert Star Staff Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse after prosecutors

received a videotape showing the singer performing multiple sex acts on a 14-year-old girl.

In addition to the video evidence, two women told a

grand jury in Chicago that Kelly had engaged in sexual intercourse with underage girls. One of the women said she was a victim,

while the other claimed she knew of several similar encounters with other girls.

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti gave the videotape to prosecutors last Thursday, prompting them to convene the grand jury. In a tweet on Friday, Avenatti said that “after 25 years of serial sexual abuse and assault of underage girls, the day of reckoning for R. Kelly has arrived.”

Accusations of sexual abuse have dogged Kelly for more than two decades. The singer was indicted on 13 counts of child pornography in 2002 but was acquitted of all charges in 2008.

Avenatti claimed on Friday to have evidence that Kelly paid witnesses to “rig” the

By Desert Star Staff A Florida judge has ruled financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case was grossly mishandled by federal prosecutors, who hid a sweetheart plea deal from over 30 of his underage victims, violating federal law in the process.

“Epstein worked in concert with others to obtain minors not only for his own sexual gratification, but also for the sexual gratification of others,” US District Judge Kenneth Marra wrote in a ruling that found federal prosecutors had violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act by concealing Epstein’s plea deal from his victims, who could have contested the non-prosecution agreement that saw the hedge-funder spend just 13 months in an open-door ‘prison’ for abusing hundreds of underage girls.

Federal prosecutors, led

by then-Southern District Attorney for Florida Alexander Acosta, now the Trump administration’s Secretary of Labor, colluded with Epstein’s lawyers to conceal both the sentencing agreement and the scope of his crimes from victims and the public, Marra said, while victims were misled into thinking they still had a chance to be heard in court.

Evidence –enough “to fill a 53-page indictment with federal sex-crime charges”– confirmed Epstein and his employees had been recruiting girls from as close as Florida and as far as Eastern Europe to sexually service the financier and his rich and powerful friends, Marra said. Those friends reportedly included Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, and other movers and shakers in business, law, finance, and government.

The judge did not issue a punishment, instead setting a

15-day deadline for victims and the government to decide on a resolution moving forward.

As much as many of Epstein’s victims still want him jailed, even prosecuting attorney Brad Edwards admits the non-prosecution agreement is unlikely to be overturned.

Should other victims step forward in other jurisdictions, however, Epstein can still be

prosecuted – there is no statute of limitations for sex trafficking.

“Instead of admitting what they did, and doing the right thing, [the government] spent 11 years fighting these girls,” Edwards said.

“This was probably the most unjust outcome of any case I’ve been involved in in 40 years,” Michael Reiter, former Palm Beach police

Feds broke law in hush-hush Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking plea deal

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“Magical Movie Music” Takes a Tour of Classic Film Songs

By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, CA -The California Desert Chorale is thrilled to present their 2019 spring concert “Magical Movie Music.” This vibrant program promises to delight and engage everyone who attends with such memorable and classic film music as the beloved “Singin’ in the Rain” from the movie of the same name with

lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown or the unforgettable “Moon River” composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, winning an Oscar® for Best Original Song.

The Chorale will also perform “Unchained Melody,”

By Desert Star Staff SANTA FE, N.M. - The people who make it possible for others to have a job in New Mexico may finally get wage protections if a bill makes it through the state Legislature this session.

In the United States, domestic workers - the housekeepers, nannies and home-health aides working in private homes - often are paid far less than minimum wage without repercussions.

Stephanie Welch, supervising attorney for the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, said passage of Senate Bill 85 would correct state law adopted in the 1930s that doesn’t require employers to pay domestic workers minimum wage or overtime, keep records about their employment or pay them in full or on time.

“Work traditionally done

by people of color and by women has been historically just excluded from wage laws, and that problem has been fixed, largely, at the federal level,” she said. “But here in New Mexico, we still have this discriminatory exclusion.”

The bill passed in the Senate along party lines, with those objecting saying they’re reluctant to impose new regulations on employers. Research has shown that undocumented domestic workers, especially in border states, experience far higher rates of economic hardship than U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

In a recent report cited

by New Mexico’s Voices for Children, the state ranks first nationwide for its percentage of working families that are lowincome - almost 45 percent are considered “working poor.”

composed by Alex North with lyrics by Hy Zaret from the 1955 film Unchained and the concert will include a heartening medley of MetroGoldwyn Mayer film hits, along with music from classic films as far back as the 1930s, all the way to the present day.

Audience members will want to sing along to the classic and wonderful hit, “Raindrops

Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David from the 1969 hit film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid which won two Oscar’s® for Best Original Song and Best Original Score.

Accompanied by a chamber orchestra of strings, winds, brass, and percussion, this program is sure to stir up an atmosphere of marvelous nostalgia, in which everyone will remember their first encounters with many great films. The heroic anthem of optimism will undoubtedly enthrall listeners, “A Million Dreams” from the recent blockbuster, The Greatest Showman and the beautiful melodies of great hits like “The Way You Look Tonight” composed by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern and “New York, New York” by lyricist Fred Ebb. “The members of the Chorale are embracing this phenomenal music with vigor,

heart, and dedication and the concerts will, indeed, be spectacular,” said Tim Bruneau, California Desert Chorale, Artistic Director.

The concerts will be held Sunday, March 31 at 3:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 p.m. at the Indian Wells Theatre at the CSUSB Campus Palm Desert Campus. For tickets call 1-800-595-4849 and online at www.

CaliforniaDesertChorale.org.

This season, CDC is offering a group discount when you purchase 10 or more tickets on the same ticket order. A 10% discount will apply to your entire order for a specific show on a specific date. The discount will apply at checkout when you use the code (GROUP10).

Discounts can’t be combined.

The maximum discount is 10%. Source: Jeff Hocker

New Mexico’s Domestic Workers May Soon Get Wage Protections

Two-thirds of domestic workers don’t have contracts with their employers, according to the National Domestic Workers Alliance. (United Nations University) Welch said that includes many domestic workers who, by the very nature of their jobs, can be subject to a variety of abuses, including wage theft.

“People are isolated in working in other people’s homes, and so a lot of things

could be happening that we don’t know about,” she said, “and these are the people that are doing some of the most important work of caring for our loved ones.”

Research by the National Domestic Workers Alliance

National Popular-Vote Bill in Maine Gaining Steam

Maine splits its four electoral votes: half go to the presidential candidate won the state overall, and the other half go to whoever won each congressional district. (mounsey/Pixabay)

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By Desert Star Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is the latest state to consider a national popular-vote bill.

It would commit Maine’s Electoral College votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote, rather than the one who wins the state.

A public hearing will be held on Friday at the state Legislature’s Joint Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee about the House and Senate versions of the bill. Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is the lead sponsor of the Senate version. While he and most of the bill’s sponsors are Democrats, Jackson does not view this as a partisan issue.

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“I got elected as an independent. I have been registered as a Republican before. I don’t think people really care about the fact that the last two times that this happened, Republican presidents ended up winning through the Electoral College,” Jackson said. “I think it’s still very upsetting when they start thinking that there’s a rigged system out there, that their votes don’t really count.”

Maine has four electoral votes. Nationwide, 11 states and the District of Columbia have passed similar legislation, representing a total of 172 electoral votes. The process of assigning electoral votes in Maine will not change until

in 2017 showed that less than half of domestic workers are paid enough to adequately support a family.

The text of SB 85 is online at nmlegis.gov.

•••••••••••••• similar laws are passed in enough states to reach at least 270 electoral votes the number needed to win a presidential election.

Jackson said there could be a lot of deliberation after the public hearing.

“I don’t think this is a slam dunk, even on the committee,” he said. “I think a lot of people probably understand or have heard of this, or whatever. But I think it might have to settle in.”

Several popular-vote bills have been introduced in the Maine Legislature in the past 12 years, including in 2017, when it was killed in committee.

But now, there’s a Democratic governor and Democratic control of the Legislature for the first time since 2010, which may increase the chances of the bill going forward. www.desertstarweekly.com

Simplify Your Morning Routine to Get More Out of Your Day

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By Desert Star Staff Some people wake up each morning refreshed, bright-eyed and ready to take on the day. Others slap the snooze button repeatedly and drag themselves begrudgingly from a cocoon of blankets.

Whether you embrace the morning or muddle through, there’s little doubt that those

early moments set the stage for the day ahead.

Give yourself the opportunity to focus on what matters most each day with these tips to simplify your mornings.

Prepare the night before.

Many of your morning tasks will flow more smoothly if you take time to plan the night

before. Consider what you’ll wear and ensure your outfit is clean and ready for the next day. If you brought work home, collect everything back into your bag or briefcase so nothing gets left behind in the morning rush.

Stick to a routine.

Especially when you’re groggy, it can be easy to

miss important steps. There’s no right or wrong way to go about your routine, but make it consistent. If you follow the same general pattern every day, habits will form so you can cross each task off your list in order.

Fuel up naturally. Busy mornings make it tempting to skip a morning meal, but a nutritious breakfast can help you reach optimal physical and mental function. When pouring your morning cup of coffee, consider non-dairy creamers.

Simple, easy-to-pronounce ingredients like almond milk, coconut cream and real vanilla go into natural bliss Half and Half, providing an innovative, plant-based twist on the classic coffee creamer.

Additionally, Oat Milk creamer is another non-dairy option that can replenish your body for the day ahead. Each flavor is crafted to offer simplicity and bliss in your morning routine.

Build in time for exercise.

Get moving with some light exercise to get your blood pumping and metabolism revved up. Exercise need not be strenuous or lengthy.

Even a half hour of yoga or brisk walking can jumpstart

your system. Remember part of exercising is the nourishment that takes place before and after to refuel.

Unplug at breakfast.

Once you find the discipline to regularly enjoy your breakfast at home, take the enjoyment one-step further by declaring the breakfast table an unplugged zone. Consider stirring an option like natural bliss Toasted Coconut creamer into your coffee, which offers a flavor that can transport you to an island oasis. Use the time to enjoy a moment for yourself or mentally prepare for the day ahead without the interruption of electronic pings.

Make your commute count. A lengthy commute can make a long day seem even longer, but those moments don’t have to be wasted. Use this time to find your workplace state of mind or review tasks and meetings to prioritize your plan of attack once you reach your desk. You might even use this time to give a presentation one last practice run.

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Rancho Mirage’s Tolerance Education Center Screens Rwanda Genocide Film

By Desert Star Staff Rwanda is a small country located near the center of Africa.

It is composed of three main ethnic groups: Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. Nearly 85% of the population identified as Hutu, making it the majority group in Rwanda. Tutsi comprised 14% of the population and Twa made up 1%.

The split between Hutus and Tutsis was an economic one. Hutus were farmers, while Tutsis tended livestock. Because cattle were more valuable than crops, the minority Tutsis became the local elite.

The Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsi directed by members of the www.desertstarweekly.com

Hutu majority government. In just 100 days, April 7 to midJuly, 1994, some 800,000 people were slaughtered.

The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down, on 6 April 1994, killing everyone on board.

On Wednesday, February 20th, the Tolerance Education Center screened the documentary film “KOMORA: To Heal.” The film sheds light on the orphan survivors of the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, and the people who stepped up to raise them, whether they were older siblings, orphanage caretakers or the orphans

themselves when they had no one but each other.

The film was followed by a Q & A session with film codirector Emmanuel Habimana, who was 9 years old at the

time of the genocide. He lost his parents and 6 siblings.

More than 75,000 other children lost their parents during the 100-day rampage.

Habimana, who is now a

filmmaker, public speaker and activist, also spoke about his country’s path to reconciliation.

He engages audience on the topics of genocide, forgiveness and trauma healing.

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

A quiet peaceful change comes into your life.

You become sensitive, compassionate and sympathetic towards everyone, especially those in need. You’re drawn to things mystical, religious, spiritual, meditative, functioning behind the scenes and the why isn’t apparent. You seek forgiveness while offering it. You allow no persecutions of any kingdom.

Here your Aries comes forth.

TAURUS All that you do, consider and ponder upon has to do with groups, friendships, organizations and the forming of community that restores and reforms society. You know what’s coming. You are concerned with hosting new ideas, creating collective objectives, helping others realize hopes, wishes and dreams that sustain life on earth. There is a mantra that is useful to say. “Let reality govern my every thought and truth be the master of my life.”

GEMINI You can use the mantra for Taurus, too, Gem. It’s very useful for the dissolution of illusions and glamours - not only the glamours of self but when encountering the glamours (distortions, miasmas, illusions) of others.

Eliminating glamours help us focus on accomplishing goals, helps us achieve a successful public life, allows

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for an honorable reputation.

You have authoritative tasks to perform and an influential position to fulfill for the saving of humanity. You might

CANCER begin to prepare now.

CANCER: The light of Pisces Sun is providing you with aspirations and high ideals to learn something new that develops a new level of consciousness leading to wisdom. Remember to never assume a position of knowing until it is experienced or its validity proven. You will expand your mind through travel, study, a philosophy or encountering soil and the earth (gardening). Then you are to teach others. Be adventurous and experiential.

LEO You search for your values.

They have changed over the years. You explore the values of others, listening to their talk of sex, intimacy, money, death, regeneration. You discover your ability to diagnose illness in friends, extending this ability to pets. You like to be the detective, and for a while read mysteries that provide courage through conflict. Be not jealous or combative.

You will lose. Life in the shadows for a while is best.

VIRGO You find yourself through relationship interactions, whether intimate, close friends or who and what you identify

with in the moment. You want to cooperate, seeking harmony within all situations so a sense of life-in-balance emerges. From person to the political, from social justice to world peace, you travel the range of relationships within the world of humanity’s endeavors. Do you remember the esoteric formula for peace?

LIBRA You become practical in all ways, tending to daily necessities for self and others.

You become the social worker for the world, using your gifts and capacities to create roles for others so they too can be of assistance and be of service. You make improvements wherever you go, tending to details, being scientific and concrete in your healing information. You drop all levels of criticism.

You understand forgiveness.

SCORPIO When observing you for a time we sense a new level of dignity emanating from you. We also sense a new level of creative self-expression, which in time can lead the world in a new artform that restores the art of living to the world. Sometimes, you focus on happiness, things that entertain and are playful with games, children and/or sports. You speculate on ways resources can be rightly used to create a new world, the new era. You meditate upon this daily.

SAGITTARIUS

Family continues to be your concern – creating, tending to, or writing about one. Your history is like a tree growing within you, its roots go deep; the trunk is your life force, and the leaves how you interact with the world. Realize how important parents were, whether they were good enough or not, all parents are “good enough” in terms of what we must learn (and realizing we choose them). A radical thought. Moodiness may assail you. Take shelter.

CAPRICORN You’re interested new ways of communicating, expressing yourself and talking with family, friends, neighbors and siblings. Most important will be things literary and artistic, either in books, attending museums, music fests or simply reconsidering how to once again bring forth the arts.

You love change now and are very adaptable. Realize that others around may not be.

Restlessness can upset our organized and artistic apple cart. Draw your greenhouse.

You will seek comfort and a new love to keep you warm.

PISCES There’s a sense of wellbeing, exaltation and a radiant willingness in all that you do. You will initiate new ideas others will accept, reject and react to. This is good. Controversy is good, calling forth the harmony at the core of chaos and conflict. The heavenly lights in Pisces are creating a state of dignity, magnetism and confidence within. Handling all this with care is the sign of a Disciple. Tend with care to diet, sleep, rest, vitality, exercise and health. Think green (plants, clothes, drinks, shoes, barley grass, etc.).

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 During this month you will be asked to consider what you value. How well you value your abilities, talents, resources, work, friends and possessions.

You will realize you have vast resources, some of which you will want to give away.

You will seek ways of making money and will find a state of reserved strength that sustains conservative yet liberal values.

Coachella Valley Workplace Wellness Awards Open for Nominations

By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, CA) — HARC, Inc., the Coachella Valley’s premier source for community health and wellness data, announces the nominations for the 4th Annual Coachella Valley Workplace Wellness Awards are now open. The awards are in recognition of exemplary workplaces that prioritize employee health and wellness and encourage others to do the same.

“Workplace wellness benefits include increased productivity, decreased absenteeism, improved morale, decreased health care costs and decreased legal costs,” says Dr. Jenna LeComte-Hinely, Executive Director for HARC. Employers are less interested in return on investment (ROI) measurement and instead are focusing on employee health and well-being, according to a recent research study done

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of Employee Benefit Plans.

About Workplace Wellness Awards Organizations eligible for and encouraged to participate in the awards competition include businesses, nonprofits, schools and governmental organizations. HARC will award four small organizations (1-100 employees) and four large organizations (101+ employees) in the following categories: Nutrition: e.g., walking clubs at work, healthy food options in vending machines, weight loss support groups, free health screenings, etc.

Safety/Environment: e.g., ergonomic interventions, safety reward programs, tobacco bans, reducing exposure to toxins, etc.

Wellness/Mental Health: e.g., flex-time policies, enhanced employee recognition, supportive supervisors, team-building, etc.

Grand Prize Winner:

exemplifies all three areas listed above.

Awards Luncheon This year’s Workplace Wellness Awards luncheon will be held on June 6th, 2019 from 11:30am – 1:30pm at the Classic Club in Palm Desert. The event includes complimentary valet parking and lunch.

Grand prize winners will February 27, 2019

be featured in The Desert Sun, courtesy of HARC. How to Apply Organizations are welcome to self-nominate and there is no charge to apply. All accepted applicants receive two complimentary tickets to the event. Go to http://harcdata.org/about-us/ events/award/ to complete the application package.

HARC staff will then follow up with each applicant to confirm the application and get more details. Application deadline is April 26th at 5 pm.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information contact Jerry Quintana at jquintana@ HARCdata.org Visit www.HARCdata.org www.desertstarweekly.com

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

And The Oscar Went To….

nominated seven times, was predicted to finally take home the prize for her excellent work in “The Wife.” However, Olivia Colman won for her portrayal of Queen Anne in “The Favourite.” “Roma” and “The Favourite” were top contenders in the Best Film category, but it was “Green Book” that was the big winner of the night.

Music was a highlight throughout the awards ceremony. Bette Midler sang “The Place Where Wild Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns,” and Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga performed “Shallow” from “A Star Is

Born.” Bradley Cooper didn’t win an Oscar this year, but he proved that he could do almost anything-- from writing and acting to singing and directing. And Lady Gaga proved she can act. She also took home an Oscar for cowriting the song “Shallow.”

Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic provided the music for the “In Memoriam” segment. It was sad to see how many film artists left us -- like writer Neil Simon and screen stars Burt Reynolds, John Mahoney, Tab Hunter, and Penny Marshall.

They will all be missed.

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“The Favourite”) were honored with an Oscar in the Best Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”) Leading Actor and Best Leading walked away with the most Actress categories. Actor and golden statuettes, receiving Actress honors in Supporting awards for Best Director, Best Roles went to Mahershala Ali Cinematography and Best (“Green Book”) and Regina King Foreign Language Film. (“If Beale Street Could Talk”).

Rami Malek (Freddy Mercury Nick Vallelonga (“Green in “Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Book”) won for Best Original Olivia Colman (Queen Anne in Screenplay. Adapted Screenplay

Oscars went to Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee for “BlaKkKlansman.”

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was honored with an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category.

The other animated films in contention were: “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Mirai” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.”

The two big surprises were in the Best Picture and Best Lead Actress category.

Glenn Close, who has been

Lady Gaga wins Best Song “Shallow” Photo courtesy of Twitter

Presenters Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry brought comedic relief to the Oscar Stage.

Photo courtesy of Twitter

City unveils interactive mural with a social media element “Coachella Wings” by Kelsey Montague encourages poses and photo sharing.

By Desert Star Staff COACHELLA, Calif.– The latest addition to the City of Coachella’s collection of public art is a mural inviting viewers to go beyond observing and become part of the painting.

“What Lifts Your Wings Coachella” by internationally

known street artist Kelsey Montague can be found on the walls outside Coachella City Hall, at 1515 6th Street.

The work features a pair of colorful wings with space between them where people can pose for snapshots.

Montague, whose winged

murals have appeared in San Diego, New York, and Australia, encourages people to share their photos with the mural on social media using the hashtag #whatliftsyou.

“This project is exciting and inspiring because it truly draws people into the art,” says Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez.

“The interactive element

provides a new dimension of enjoyment for the people of Coachella and visitors to our fine city.”

Coachella is home to nearly two dozen murals, with the majority in the Pueblo Viejo area downtown. Other public artworks include the recently opened Etherea by Italian artist Edoardo Trisoldi and two Desert X 2019

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WITH LADY BEVERLY COHN

Matthew Bourne’s Magical Cinderella Graces the Ahmanson Stage

Ashley Shaw as the “plain” Cinderella and Andrew Monaghan as the injured RAF pilot.Photo by Johan Persson If a picture speaks a thousand words, then Sir Matthew Bourne’s astounding re-imagined tale of Cinderella is akin to the 2010 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, which consisted of 32 volumes for a total of 32,640 pages. In this production, not a word is spoken as every detail is clearly illustrated through his remarkable direction and choreography, combining traditional ballet elements with freewheeling, exaggerated modern dance movements.

From the moment the curtain rose revealing the ravages of war-torn London in 1940, as created by awardwinning set and costume designer Lez Brotherston, Bourne’s astonishing interpretation of this ageless romantic fairytale was danced to perfection, and every detail of the drama enunciated as executed by his company of skilled ballet dancers. With bombed-out buildings looming on stage left and right, we are taken into the interior of the family home. Poor Cinderella, excellently danced by lovely Ashley Shaw, is issued commands by the deliciously wicked stepmother Sybil, played by Madelaine Brennan who is genuinely the naughty spit that holds the family together. Treated like a scullery maid instead of a family member, Cinderella must obey her mean stepsisters danced by Sophia Hurdley as Irene and Anjali Mehra as Vivien. The stepbrothers are equally obnoxious as interpreted by Jackson Fisch as Malcolm, Daniel Wright as Vernon, and Stephen Murray as Elliot. Rounding out the family is the father Robert, played by Alan Vincent. Their collective dislike of Cinderella is delineated through their complicated moves. In a quiet moment, our poor waif picks up a beautiful wrap that

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belongs to Sybil and holds it to her face. She, of course, is royally chewed out for daring to touch something that does not belong to her. In another quiet moment, Cinderella does a sweet dance with a mannequin, which under Bourne’s riveting direction, transforms into a live man and a haunting dance sequence follows, clearly indicating the love that is locked deep inside of her.

Echoing the traditional storyline, the family receives an invitation to a ball, and as you already know, our heroine is excluded. As the family machinations continue, sirens blare, one of the unique sound effects designed by Paul Groothuis. Using the music of Prokofiev, he also created the musical score, which was recorded by a 60-piece orchestra and sounded like the orchestra was actually in the pit. A blackout ensues, which was followed by a dramatic dance sequence, with some of the dancers wearing gas masks as they survey the carnage that lay before them.

Despite the war, the ball is a go and is being held at The Café de Paris, a London dance hall. Now, we all know that Cinderella will be going to that ball and in the traditional tale, her Fairy Godmother comes to her rescue. But, in this stylized interpretation, that role has been transformed into The Angel, as danced by the most extraordinary Liam Mower, whose exaggerated movements bordered on otherworldly or yes, heavenly.

So, this young, a rather plain girl, is transformed into a radiantly beautiful young woman and at long last, she meets the prince, but this time he’s an RAF airplane pilot named Harry, played by Andrew Monaghan. Their eyes meet, and an erotic sequence unfolds. In the meantime, despite the war being waged all

The exquisite dance company of Matthew Bourne’s spectacular production of “Cinderella,” presented by Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre through March 10, 2019. Photo by Johan Persson

around them, the wicked stepmother and her nasty children are having a great time as expressed through the raucous drinking scene, with impressive acrobatics executed by the corps de ballet, augmented by the exquisite lighting by Neil Austin, adding to the overall stunning look of the production. Lest we forget, Cinderella is under strict instructions that she must leave by midnight, and a giant ticking clock looms in the background. At the stroke of Midnight, our beautiful heroine flees, accidentally losing one of her beautiful sparkly sapphire blue shoes, which Harry picks up. Subsequently, a gang of men attacks our hero and he winds up in a convalescence home, a notably interestingly staged sequence wherein Bourne uses white medical screens manipulated around the stage by a team of “doctors and nurses.” Coincidentally, Cinderella, who was injured in a bomb blast, winds up in the same facility. A wicked stepmother has her eye on Harry for one of her daughters, and the entire family shows up en masse to visit the injured pilot. When mean Sybil sees her stepdaughter in a nearby bed recovering from her wounds, she tries to eliminate the competition but is stopped dead in her tracks by the watchful hospital personnel.

Well, we all know what happens next. Harry has the matching shoe, and we assume they will live happily ever after.

It is divided into three acts with two intermissions, which in this case is welcome so the audience can catch their collective breath and give this extraordinary dance troop time to change into more of Brotherston’s delicious period costumes. The action takes place in a variety of locations including the pilot’s lodgings, the streets of London and February 27, 2019

it’s underground a Thames embankment, and Paddington Station, each of which is clearly illustrated by his spoton set design. When you combine Bourne’s masterful direction and choreography with all the extraordinary technical elements, including Duncan McLean’s compelling projections, the combined artistic designs culminate in creating this glorious New Adventures Production achieving a magical, rare evening of theatre that will linger in your senses for a long time.

CINDERELLA Ahmanson Theatre 135 N. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 Run: Tuesday – Friday: 8:00 pm

(added:) Thursday, March 7: 2:00 pm Saturday: 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm Sunday: 1:00 pm & 6:30 pm Tickets: $30 – $135 (Ticket prices are subject to change).

Closing: Sunday, March 10, 2019, 1:00 pm (No 6:00 pm performance) Reservations: (213) 972-4400 or www.CenterTheatreGroup. org Groups: (213) 972-7231.

Deaf community: CenterTheatreGroup. org/ACCESS.

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The spectacular Cinderella dance company in one of the fabulous production numbers choreographed by Sir Matthew Bourne.

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FAMILY FEATURES

rafting quick, easy, nutritious meals is one of the most common goals for home chefs, yet it may sometimes be difficult to keep the menu feeling fresh and new. By introducing a variety of ingredients, you can broaden the horizons of your family’s dinner options.

For creative, simple, tasty family meals, consider these globally inspired recipes that highlight inventive ways to incorporate veal as a satisfying main ingredient in nearly any dish. From sandwiches to salads, the versatility of an ingredient like veal can help you build out a full menu with a wide array of protein-rich dishes. With recipes like these, veal can become a staple on your family’s weekly menu.

Visit vealmadeeasy.com for additional recipes and complete nutrition information.

Classic Veal Parmesan Sandwiches Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Serves: 6

6 veal cutlets (3 ounces each) salt, to taste ground black pepper, to taste 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 egg wash 1 cup breadcrumbs 1 cup vegetable oil 12 tablespoons tomato sauce 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated 6 slices provolone cheese 6 slices mozzarella cheese 6 sub rolls Heat oven to 350 F. Pound each veal cutlet between sheets of parchment or plastic wrap until 1/4-inch thick.

Blot veal dry. Season each cutlet with salt and pepper, to taste. Dredge veal in flour; shake off excess. Dip in egg wash and dredge in breadcrumbs.

In large skillet over medium heat, heat about 1/8-inch oil to about 350 F. Working in batches, add breaded veal to hot oil and pan fry first side until golden brown and crisp, about 2 minutes. Turn once and pan fry second side until it reaches internal temperature of 160 F, about 1-2 minutes.

Drain on paper towels or wire rack set over baking sheet.

Add 2 tablespoons tomato sauce to each veal cutlet and sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon Parmesan cheese on top. Add one slice provolone and mozzarella cheese to each cutlet.

Place veal parmesan in oven 2-3 minutes, or until the cheese begins to melt and veal is hot.

Add veal to sub rolls and serve.

Veal Za’atar Flatbreads Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Serves: 4

1/4cup za’atar seasoning 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1 package (10 ounces) flatbreads 1 onion (4 ounces), finely chopped 1/2pound ground veal 1/4cup crumbled feta cheese 1 tomato (6 ounces), cored and chopped chopped parsley, for garnish

Veal, Spinach and Tomato Arepas Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Serves: 4 1/2pound veal cutlets 1 teaspoon cumin 1/2teaspoon chili powder 1 1/2tablespoons olive oil 2 green onions (1 ounce each), sliced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes and green chilies 1/8teaspoon salt 2 cups packed baby spinach (about 2 1/2 ounces) 4 arepas (5 inches in diameter) 1/4cup crumbled queso blanco cheese (1 ounce)

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Pound veal cutlets into 1/4-1/8-inch thickness; cut into 1-inch strips. Place in bowl and toss with cumin and chili powder.

In 12-inch, nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat olive oil. Cook veal strips 1-2 minutes. Remove veal to plate; keep warm.

In same skillet over medium heat, cook green onions and garlic 2-3 minutes. Add tomatoes and salt; over high heat, heat to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes until slightly reduced.

Stir in spinach. Cook 3-4 minutes, or until spinach wilts and is tender. Return veal to skillet; heat through.

To serve, heat skillet or griddle over medium heat. Toast arepas on each side until lightly browned and heated through, turning once.

Cut each arepa in half horizontally.

Top bottom half of each arepa with veal mixture. Sprinkle each with cheese; replace arepa tops.

Mediterranean Grilled Salad Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Serves: 4

1 large orange (12 ounces) 1/2cup Italian salad dressing 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 veal cutlet (12 ounces), pounded to 1/4-1/8-inch thick 1 bulb fennel (7 ounces), trimmed, halved and cored 1/2small red onion (1 1/2 ounces), thinly sliced 1 1/2cups cooked farro 2 cups packed baby arugula (about 3 ounces) 1 head radicchio (4 ounces), cored and torn (about 2 cups packed) 1/2cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped 1ounce Parmesan cheese Grate 1/2 tablespoon zest from orange; reserve orange. Stir zest into salad dressing.

Use knife to remove skin and pith from orange. Use knife to cut between fruit and

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Heat oven to 425 F. In small bowl, combine za’atar seasoning and 2 tablespoons olive oil.

Spread about 1 tablespoon za’atar mixture on each flatbread. Arrange flatbreads on large baking sheet; set aside.

In 10-inch skillet over medium heat, heat remaining olive oil. Cook onion 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add veal and cook 4-5 minutes until no longer pink, stirring to break up meat.

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In bowl, whisk reserved orange juice, mustard and salad dressing. Remove 1/4 cup dressing to re-sealable food storage bag. Add veal cutlets to dressing in bag. Re-seal bag and turn several times until veal is coated with dressing; set aside.

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Palm Canyon Theatre Presenting The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas

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By Desert Star Staff Palm Springs, Calif., – Yeehaw! Texas is coming to Palm Springs! Palm Canyon Theatre is excited to present the musical comedy The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, February 22-March 10. The musical is set in the late 1970s in the fictional town of Gilbert, Texas. Miss Mona Stangley (Jaci Davis) runs The Chicken Ranch, a brothel that has been operating for more than a century. Miss Mona has a good relationship with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd (Donald Kelley) and both conduct their business without interfering with one another until a determined television reporter (Ron Coronado) begins a campaign to shut down the brothel. Miss Mona and her girls now have to fight to save the brothel!

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas first premiered on Broadway in 1978 and ran for 1,584 performances. Carlin Glynn starred as Miss Mona and Henderson Forsythe as Sheriff Dodd (each won Tony awards for their performances). Carol Hall wrote the music and lyrics and the story, which was based on the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas, was written by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson.

In 1982, Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds starred in a film adaptation with the same name. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical), and Parton received a nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical).

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas became the fourth highest-grossing live-action musical film of the 1980s.

Palm Canyon Theatre’s production includes a stellar supporting cast, with Kim Cole, Jana Giboney, and Grace Wallace playing Jewel, Angel, and Shy, respectively, three of the Chicken Ranch’s women of the night. Ed Lefkowitz plays The Governor of Texas, who only wants to please the people to win votes. Se Layne is directing with Anthony

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas runs at PCT from February 22-March 10. Show times are Thursdays at 7 p.m.,

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The Living Desert Conservation Speaker Series

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The Living Desert’s Speaker Series is open to the public.

March 4, 12-1pm Painted Dog Research in Zimbabwe Hoover Auditorium, Education Building Dr. Greg Rasmussen, Founder Executive Director, Painted Dog Research Trust, Sizinda Nr Victoria Falls Box 285, Zimbabwe

With research as the guiding tool, Painted Dog Research Trust is dedicated to the conservation of the highly endangered Painted dog also known as the African wild dog. Their mission is to both continue with research into the highly endangered painted dog and build for the future of conservation by meaningfully incorporating Zimbabwean graduate students to build local capacity and tomorrow’s conservationists.

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Desert Research Center, University of California Riverside, Indian Wells, CA Sand-specialist lizards in the dunes of the Coachella Valley and Namibia have solved living in desert dunes in ways that are similar, but different.

Dr. Chris Tracy, Director of the Boyd Deep Canyon reserve, will talk about the research by Deep Canyon staff to understand the strange behavior and lifestyle of the desert plated lizard from the Skeleton Coast of Namibia, and the intimate connection between that research and long-term projects in the Coachella Valley

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Dr. James Danoff-Burg, Director of Conservation, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, CA Trails and areas often close to protect our wildlife during breeding or rearing seasons, however, many people find these closures personally objectionable. Dr. Danoff-Burg will talk about his work in the Coachella Valley to understand people’s responses to closures of areas important to the nature of the Valley, as well as some solutions to benefit both the wildlife and the people who enjoy it.

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Legal Tender Act passed to help finance the Civil War

By Desert Star Staff February 25, on this day in 1862, the U.S. Congress passes the Legal Tender Act, authorizing the use of paper notes to pay the government’s bills. This ended the long-standing policy of using only gold or silver in transactions, and it allowed the government to finance the enormously costly Civil War long after its gold and silver reserves were depleted.

Soon after the war began, the federal government began to run low on specie. Several proposals involving the use of bonds were suggested. Finally, Congress began printing money, which the Confederate government had been doing since the beginning of the war.

The Legal Tender Act allowed the government to print $150 million in paper money that was not backed by a similar amount of gold and silver.

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many legislators worried about a complete collapse of the nation’s financial infrastructure.

The paper notes, called greenbacks, worked much better than expected. The government was able to pay

its bills and, by increasing the money in circulation, the wheels of Northern commerce were greased. The greenbacks were legal tender, which meant that creditors had to accept them at face value. In 1862,

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Congress also passed an income tax and steep excise taxes, both of which cooled the inflationary pressures created by the greenbacks.

Another legal tender act passed in 1863, and

by war’s end nearly a halfbillion dollars in greenbacks had been issued. The Legal Tender Act laid the foundation for the creation of a permanent currency in the decades after the Civil War.

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American Red Cross 2019 I.E. Heroes Luncheon Award Recipients

By Desert Star Staff SANTA ANA Calif.,–The local American Red Cross is pleased to announce the heroes that will be honored at the 2019 Inland Empire Heroes Luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa. This popular event recognizes individuals and organizations in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties that embody the mission and spirit of the Red Cross by saving lives and creating safer, stronger and more resilient communities.

Each hero being honored has their own unique story of helping others in need. “We are so impressed by the individuals and organizations who will be recognized at this year’s luncheon, and we look forward to honoring their courage, selflessness, and service,” said Lois Beckman, Chapter Executive Director of the American Red Cross Serving Riverside County. “Our award winners truly demonstrate a willingness to go above and beyond to help those in need.

We love that attendees leave this event each year feeling inspired and motivated to make a difference in our community.”

2019 HONOREES Gift of Life Hero Thomas Van Dorn Mr. Thomas Van Dorn works for the city of Azusa and resides in Moreno Valley, yet every other Saturday since 1997, he’s made the 100-mile roundtrip journey to Fullerton and back to make platelet

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donations. Thomas’ inspiration for such a gift comes from his son, Mitchell. In 1995, Mitchell passed away at the age of five after a long battle with cancer.

Regular platelet donations had helped Mitchell’s blood form clots to stop bleeding.

When Mr. Van Dorn lost his son, he decided to switch his regular blood donations, which he had been making for ten years, to platelet donations to honor the memory of his son.

He now gives platelets every other week, the most a person can provide. He has donated over 1,000 units of platelets in the past twenty-one years, a remarkable milestone in the history of platelet donations.

Animal Welfare Hero: Deputy Ryan Girard and K-9 Dare - San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Ryan Girard was instrumental in starting the Bloodhound K-9 program at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Rancho Cucamonga Station. Dare was one of his first K-9s. K-9 Dare has been successful in many aspects of law enforcement, from locating missing juveniles and adults to apprehending criminals. In November 2018, K-9 Dare was deployed to find a suspect who fled a traffic stop and subsequently collided with another vehicle. The driver of the car was killed, and the suspect fled on foot. K-9 Dare acquired the suspect’s scent from the traffic collision site and trailed it to a nearby shopping center, where she located

the suspect hiding under a trash compactor. Thanks to Officer Girard and K-9 Dare, the suspect was successfully apprehended. K-9 Dare is wellloved by the station and the department and is an excellent ambassador to the community.

Water Rescue Hero: Officer Elizabeth Gomez - Fountain Valley Police Department The Zheng family was having a family get-together when 5-year-old Cathy Zheng slipped unnoticed into the family pool. Wei Hang, a family friend, noticed Cathy was missing, ran to the pool, moved aside an inflatable pool toy and saw Cathy, motionless, at the bottom of the ten-foot-deep pool. When Officer Gomez arrived on the scene, she began chest compressions on Cathy, and within a minute, she began to take shallow breaths and expel water and blood from her lungs. Officer Gomez

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placed her in a recovery position and monitored her breathing for several minutes until fire personnel arrived and rushed Cathy to the local hospital, where she quickly recovered. Today Cathy is happy, healthy and enjoying life thanks to the actions of Officer Elizabeth Gomez.

Youth Hero: Mylee Howe As part of her school requirements, Mylee Howe was expected to complete a community service project.

Mylee wanted to help Hope’s Community Closet, a local organization where she had been volunteering for some time. To accomplish this, Mylee reached out to local churches, businesses, friends, and family to get donations.

Her perseverance paid off and her project, “Sock It To Me,” has now collected over 500 pairs of socks and underwear for Hope’s Community Closet. With her help, Hope’s Community Closet has been able to support many in need of essential clothing items.

Service to the Armed Forces Hero: Linda Hallenbeck Pelegrino Mrs. Linda Hallenbeck Pelegrino has a long history of service to the armed forces, specifically with the American Red Cross. At the height of the Vietnam War, she joined the Red Cross on an assignment to Korea, and then to Vietnam, with the Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas Program. She lived on base with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, and was one of six women out of 20,000 men. When Linda returned home, she continued her work with the Red Cross at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco.

Linda was awarded a full Red Cross Graduate Fellowship and earned a master’s degree in administration. After her service with Red Cross, she continued to serve others by working with numerous nonprofit organizations in her community. Linda is now retired and lives in Indian Wells.

Service to the Armed Forces Hero: Sergeant Major Gregory Coker Reaching New Heights Foundation, Inc. Sergeant Major Gregory

Coker has dedicated his life to the service of others, first by serving five years on active duty and doing two tours in Iraq as a member of our armed forces, and second in his retirement by helping local veterans transition into civilian life. As a veteran himself, Sergeant Major Coker is aware of the many systematic challenges that veterans face when returning from duty and is familiar with the invisible wounds carried by many veterans. That’s why Sergeant Major Coker founded Reaching New Heights Foundation, Inc. in Riverside in 2013. The foundation collaborates with professional networks for job training, job placement, counseling, and therapy. Reaching New Heights Foundation, Inc. also operates a veterans’ home in Ontario to help veterans come out of homelessness and get back on their feet.

Sergeant Major Coker works with 150 veterans weekly as a mentor and supports many of them work through their challenges, such as legal issues and other obstacles.

Community Hero: Deputy Mike Jones San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jones helped build and develop the innovative Homeless Outreach and Proactive Enforcement (H.O.P.E.) team with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The H.O.P.E. program aims to balance proactive outreach with enforcement of the law while connecting members of the homeless population with resources that may help them transition out of homelessness. Deputy Jones has compassionately cared for families throughout our communities and from all walks of life for almost four years, supporting more than 1,200 people get off the streets. His tireless efforts provide many people in San Bernardino with a second chance at life.

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By Desert Star Staff PHILADELPHIA — Standing with transgender and gender nonconforming students is the right thing to do. That’s the message some education advocates want school administrators to hear.

The Education Law Center has sent an open letter to the Eastern Lancaster County School District supporting its policy allowing students to use facilities that match their gender identity. According to Lizzy Wingfield, a Stoneleigh legal fellow at the Center, there often is confusion about what is required of schools.

She pointed out that while state and federal law do not explicitly list transgender or gender identity as protected classes, they are protected under provisions prohibiting discrimination based on sex.

“This open letter is an attempt to dispel this confusion in this instance and to call on

the Pennsylvania Department of Education and others to join in in dispelling that confusion,” Wingfield said.

She added that affirming students’ gender identities can help them succeed in school.

Controversies around transgender students have mainly focused on which bathrooms they are allowed to use. But Wingfield said that is just one-way students may be the victims of discrimination.

“Students who are transgender or gender nonconforming are being what their parents might call bullied, but what we know is harassment, because it’s based on their gender identity or their transgender status,” she said. “The administrators aren’t recognizing it as that and aren’t taking it as seriously as they should.”

Studies have shown that students who face discrimination and harassment

at school based on their gender identity are more likely to suffer mental and physical health consequences.

But policies and practices are not uniform across the state. Wingfield believes it would be helpful for the

Pennsylvania Department of Education to issue an official guidance for administrators.

“As much as I think our open letter shows that trans students are protected under current law, having the Commonwealth make

that stance would be really strong evidence for these school boards and administrators,” Wingfield said.

She said affirming the rights of LGBTQ students is the right thing to do, both legally and ethically.

By Desert Star Staff ST. PAUL, Minn. — As Minnesota lawmakers consider a proposal to provide all employees with paid family leave, workers who already have paid parental-leave benefits are speaking out.

Miguel Lindgren and his wife were both adopted into Minnesota families, and have decided to grow their family through adoption as well. He said paid parental leave, negotiated for all

state employees through his union, allowed his family to avoid going into debt, and to seamlessly return to work.

“Whether that child was born to them biologically, or they adopt a child, employers need to recognize that that’s such a big change in the family and they need some time to adjust to that new normal,” Lindgren said.

House File 5 is set to be heard today in the House Government Operations Committee. The measure would

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Critics claim the move would hurt small businesses, and that consumers could end up footing the bill through higher prices.

Ellen Bravo, executive director with the national group Family Values at Work, said she disagrees. She said a majority

of small businesses support paid family medical leave. She said they want employees to be able to take care of themselves and their loved ones, but they can’t do it on their own.

“And this fund is what helps them do it,” Bravo said.

“So they love it, they think it helps them compete with large corporations, it makes them able to attract and retain talent.”

Lindgren, who testified before lawmakers in support of H.F. 5, said most people

understand the need for bonding between parents and a newborn. But he said it’s just as important for families created through adoption.

“Having paid parental-leave benefits allowed us to have some time and some space to bond with our child,” Lindgren said. “In our case, we adopted a 7-year-old girl. She was about to start school. We really needed to be full-time parents for at least a couple of weeks - both of us.”

equipment, the fire department found that the interior of the vehicle was approximately 138 degrees. Without Cpl. Herrera’s quick thinking and action, the children, may not have survived.

Corporate Hero: Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians has been a committed community partner of the American Red Cross for many years, dating back to the wildfires of 2007 when Pechanga opened up their ballroom as a Red Cross shelter for the community and fed hundreds of people affected by the fires as well as those who volunteered to help those in need. Pechanga is also an annual Disaster Preparedness Ready 365 donor, a generous disaster response donor, and they are always ready to volunteer whenever needed.

The American Red Cross is proud to honor the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians for their community service in Riverside County aor their

support of the mission of the American Red Cross.

Corporate Hero: MOD Super Fast Pizza This year, through a partnership with the Ontario Reign, MOD Super Fast Pizza reached out to the American Red Cross Serving San Bernardino County to explore ways to partner. After determining the best fit, MOD Pizza became a new Blood Donor sponsor, donating MOD Pizza gift cards for local blood donors. MOD Pizza’s support of the blood program quickly expanded beyond Riverside and San Bernardino and now includes Orange and Los Angeles Counties.

Their involvement at the local level helps generate donor involvement, encourages those who donate to give more frequently and aids assistingifirst-timeime donors to give blood. Trauma patients, those fighting life-threatening diseases, burn victims—these are just a few of those who benefit from blood donations.

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generosihelplps the Red Cross engage blood donors and ensure that lifesaving blood is available whenever and wherever it’s needed most.

The Inland Empire Heroes Luncheon is made possible

by Presenting Sponsors Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water and Sysco Riverside, as well as Disaster Rel, ief Sponsors Altura Credit Union, The Ontario Reign’s Hope Reigns Foundation, IAPMO, J.J. Roofing, and MOD Super Fast Piz za,along with other local sponsors.

“We’re so grateful for our sponsors, whose support helps us honor deserving individuals and organizations making a difference in our communities,” said Yevette Baysinger, Chapter Executive Director of the American Red Cross Serving San Bernardino County.

The Inland Empire Heroes Luncheon takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa. For more informat, on please visit redcross.org/ieheroes.

Policies that affirm students’ gender identity help LGBTQ students succeed in school. (SharonMcCutcheon/pixabay)

Paid Family-Leave Measure Also Would Help Adoptive Families

American Red Cross 2019 I.E. Heroes Luncheon Award Recipients shortly afterward. With this K-9 pair, we know that Hemet is in good hands (and paws)!

Andrew Reynoso and K-9 First Responder Hero: Duke responded to a burglary Corporal Breanna alarm at a business in Hemet.

Herrera - Redlands The K-9 team found a truck Police Department backed up to the company.

On July 14, Cpl. Breanna Upon seeing the police vehicle, Herrera was dispatched to a suspect fled on foot. As the Mountain Grove Shopping Officer Reynoso and K-9 Center after receiving a call Duke pursued the suspect, a that two children were trapped second suspect got into the inside a car on a hot day. truck and began fleeing. The When Cpl. Herrera arrived, she car nearly hit Officer Reynoso was told by several witnesses and did strike K-9 Duke. that the children had been in Although he was injured, K-9 the vehicle for an extended Duke continued his pursuit period. Inside the car, she and eventually apprehended saw a small infant and toddler the first suspect. Additional who were not moving. Cpl. responding units encountered Herrera broke a window to the fleeing truck at a nearby access the children. When she intersection, and an officerdid, she found a lethargic and involved shooting occurred. overheated two-year-old and The driver of the truck was a two-week-old who was not injured during the shooting moving and appeared nonand was eventually taken into responsive. She pulled the custody. Thanks to K-9 Duke two-week-old out of the vehicle and Officer Reynoso, both and handed him to Redlands suspects were apprehended Fire Department officers who and prosecuted. K-9 Duke had just arrived. They were received treatment for his able to revive the infant. injuries and returned to full duty Using their thermal imaging

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Clerk Recorder File No. R-201901371. 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).

Publish February 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 20, 2019.

DSW19-1053

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESORS OF RUTH L. DE CUIR; AND THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSORS OF ALVIN E. DE CUIR; DONALD DE CUIR; CATHERINE DE CUIR; and All Persons Known and Unknown, Claiming any Legal or Equitable Right, Title, Lease, Tenancy Estate, Lien or Interest in the Property, including, but not limited to, any persons who claim any right to occupy the Property described in the Complaint; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: WESTLAKE TRUST, a California Revocable Trust, acting by and through its Trustee.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of Riverside, Palm Springs Branch, 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 DATE: NOV 29, 2018, M. Allen, Clerk, by, /s/ Deputy CASE NUMBER:: PSC 1807343 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Aron C. Movroydis Esq., SBN 282581, 28202 Cabot Rd #300, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677, 949.340.0076. The property to which the abovereferenced summons relates is commonly known as 28981 Desert Charm Road, Desert Hot Springs, County of Riverside, California 92241, in the County of Riverside legally described as The South half of the Southeast quarter of Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 10, Township 4 South, Range 7 East, San Bernardino Base and Meridian.

Also shown as Parcel 60 in Book 27, page 47 of Records of Survey of Riverside County Records.

A.P.N. 750-110-038. Publish February 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 20, 2019. DSW19-1050 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. PSC1900740, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA. 92262, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. BARDOMIANO PAUL CORDOVA AKA B PAUL HERNANDEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present Name: BARDOMIANO PAUL CORDOVA AKA B PAUL HERNANDEZ to Proposed Name: BRAVEHEART HERNANDEZ-CORDOVA. 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: MARCH 29, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: PS4. 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: February 1, 2019, Judge of the Superior Court, Publish February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019. DSW19-1034.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: IRON SPRIG, 414 N. PALM CANYON DRIVE, STE R153, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262.

Riverside County; 301 N. PALM CANON DRIVE, STE 103164, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Full name of registrant: IRON SPRIG L.L.C., 301 N. PALM CANYON DRIVE, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262/ CA. Business is conducted by: LIMIITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: JASON JAMES STEWART, MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 22, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201902642. 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). Publish February 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 20, 2019. DSW19-1054 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: ALL IN SPORTS BETTING, 317 DESERT FALLS DRIVE EAST, PALM DESERT, CA 92211.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: JEFFREY THIERRY BROWN, 317 DESERT FALLS DR EAST, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: JEFFREY THIERRY BROWN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on January 29, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: ACE GLOBAL FINDS, 64550 PIERSON BLVD SPC 19, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: LEODAN – ACEVEDO, 64550 PIERSON BLVD SPC 19, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240; ANA KARLA ACEVEDO, 64550 PIERSON BLVD SPC 19, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on JANUARY 1 2018.

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: LEODAN -- ACEVEDO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 25, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201902750. 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). Publish February 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 20, 2019. DSW19-1051 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: EXPLORE INTERNATIONAL, 44271 ECHELON CT, TEMECULA, CA 92592. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ELISABETH KAROLINE SPANNBAUER, 44271 ECHELON CT, TEMECULA, CA 92592. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: ELISABETH KAROLINE SPANNBAUER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 20, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201902457. 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).

Publish February 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 20, 2019.

DSW19-1049 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: COACHELLA VALLEY DOCUMENT SPECIALISTS, 51025 AVENIDA MENDOZA SUITE 201, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside County 53100 AVENIDA RUBIO, LA QUINTA, CA 92253.

Full name of registrant: DIANE GRACE HARRISON, 53100 AVENIDA RUBIO, LA QUINTA, CA 92253.

Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: DIANE GRACE HARRISON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 15, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201902288. 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). Publish February 20, 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 2019. DSW19-1047 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DAFNE LOPEZ M ICE CREAM, 67125 MISSION RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: MARIA DEL CARMEN MADRIGAL SOLORZANO, 67125 MISSION RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234; RUBEN – LOPEZ RAMIREZ, 67125 MISSION RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by: CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: MARIA DEL CARMEN MADRIGAL SOLORZANO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 13, 2019.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201902078. 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). Publish February 20, 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 2019. DSW19-1046 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: VALLEY TRAVEL ASSOCIATES, 4 BRANDEIS CIRCLE, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: DEREK ADRIAN KRABILL, 4 BRANDEIS CIRCLE, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270; NORMAN – BUCHBINDER, 4 BRANDEIS CIRCLE, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270.

Business is conducted by: MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: DEREK ADRIAN KRABILL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 13, 2019.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201902176. 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). Publish February 20, 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 2019. DSW19-1045 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DESERT LEATHER PRIDE, BEAR BALL, LABEAR DAY WEEKEND, RFC ENTERPRISES, MR DESERT LEATHER, 67365 TAMARA RD, CATHERDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County.

Full name of registrant: RANDOLPH FERNANDO CARMENATY, 67365 TAMARA RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by: INDI-

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VIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: RANDOLPH FERNANDO CARMENATY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on January 31, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201901534. 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).

Publish February 20, 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 2019.

DSW19-1044 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: GENESIS OF LA QUINTA, 79025 HWY 111, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: JSOWELL AUTOMOTIVE INC., 47775 WIND SPIRIT DR, LA QUINTA, CA 92253/ CA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: KENT BEST SOWELL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 13, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201902170. 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). Publish February 20, 27, 2019 March 6, 13, 2019. DSW19-1043

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declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: MARIA DE MARLENE F MELENDEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JANUARY 24, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201901164. 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).

Publish February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019. DSW19-1036 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DAVI NAILS & SPA, 79-295 HWY 111, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: NINA NGA -- NGUYEN, 33291 CAMPUS LANE, 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 on. 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: NINA NGA -- NGUYEN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JANUARY 29, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201901401. 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). Publish February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019. DSW19-1032 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: RE/MAX AREA EXPERTS, 1733 N. PALM CANYON DRIVE, SUITES A&B, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside County; P.O. BOX 2814, BIG BEAR LAKE, CA 92315. Full name of registrant: BENJAMIN, INC., 41114 BIG BEAR BLVD., BIG BEAR LAKE, CA 92315/CA. Business is conducted by CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. 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: SIMEON PROPHET, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JANUARY 31, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201901500. 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). Publish February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019. DSW19-1031

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: APEX EXCHANGE, 9086 FALLBROOK CANYON DRIVE, CORONA, CA 92883. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: JONATHAN LUIS DELGADO, 9086 FALLBROOK CANYON DRIVE, CORONA, CA 92883. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/01/18. 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: JONATHAN LUIS DELGADO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on January 18, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201900902. 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). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE Publish February 13, 20, 27, 2019 March 6, 2019. FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: NEED A NURSE?, 74401 HOVLEY DSW19-1042 LANE EAST, STE. 1012, PALM DESERT, CA 92260.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE Riverside County. Full name of registrant: BELITA FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- PAULETTE WILLIAMS, 74401 HOVLEY LANE EAST NESS AS: ALL THINGS MOTIVE, 4006 WALLACE #1012, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Business is STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA 92509. Riverside County conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced 4006 WALLACE STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA 92509. to transact business under the fictitious business Full name of registrant: ALL THINGS MOTIVE, LLC, name(s) listed above on JANUARY 05, 2019. I 4006 WALLACE STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA 92509/ declare that all the information in this statement is CA. Business is conducted by LIMITED LIABILITY true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to trans- information which he or she knows to be false, is act business under the fictitious business name(s) guilty of a crime). Signed: BELITA PAULETTE WILlisted above on. I declare that all the information LIAMS. This statement was filed with the County in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, Clerk of Riverside County on JANUARY 16, 2019. who declares as true, information which he or she Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: No. R-201900784. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS RUBEN DAVID FONSECA, MANAGING MEMBER. BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE Riverside County on FEBRUARY 5, 2019. Peter OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTIAldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE R-201901797. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANBUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish February 6, THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 13, 20, 27, 2019. DSW19-1030 IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW APN: 670-450-027-3 TS No: CA08000731-18-1 (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND TO No: 1002306 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish February 13, 20, (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will 27, 2019 March 6, 2019. DSW19-1040 be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF NESS AS: COACHELLA VALLEY TWO-WAY RADIO TRUST DATED July 21, 2006. UNLESS YOU REPAIR AND FCC LICENSE SERVICES, 41-344 TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, MANCHESTER ST, INDIO, CA 92203. Riverside IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU County 26893 BOUQUET CANYON RD, #343, NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE SANTA CLARITA, CA 91350. Full name of registrant: PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD ARNOLD JOHN BANKS, 41344 MANCHESTER CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 21, 2019 at ST, INDIO, CA 92203. Business is conducted by 09:00 AM, in front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882, MTC Financial business under the fictitious business name(s) Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed listed above on 12/01/2018. I declare that all the Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale information in this statement is true and correct. (A contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on registrant, who declares as true, information which July 28, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0554855, he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Signed: ARNOLD JOHN BANKS This statement Riverside County, California, executed by TIMOTHY was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County KELLEY, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor on JANUARY 29, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor- of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201901379. SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for COUNTRYWIDE NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME HOME LOANS, INC. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE lawful money of the United States, all payable at the COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS time of sale, that certain property situated in said NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE County, California describing the land therein as: THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN TRUST The property heretofore described is being THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME sold “as is”. The street address and other common IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER designation, if any, of the real property described UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW above is purported to be: 24 VIA DEL MARICALE, (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270 The undersigned PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish February 6, 13, Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of 20, 27, 2019. DSW19-1038 the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF covenant or warranty, express or implied, regardFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the fictitious business name(s) TYPSA 18510 PASA- remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by DENA STREET, SUITE C, LAKE ELSINORE, CA said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided 92530, RIVERSIDE COUNTY. Riverside County in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms has been abandoned by the following person(s): of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and AZTEX ENGINEERING CALIFORNIA, INC. 18510 expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by PASADENA STREET, SUITE C, LAKE ELSINORE, said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid CA 92530/CALIFORNIA(C2373843). This business balance of the obligations secured by the property to is conducted by: CORPORATION The fictitious be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses business name(s) referred to above was filed in and advances at the time of the initial publication Riverside County on: JUNE 15, 2016 I declare that of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be all the information in this statement is true and cor- $70,601.34 (Estimated). However, prepayment prerect. (A registrant who declares as true, information miums, accrued interest and advances will increase which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale crime. Signed: RAFAEL VALERO SIN, PRESIDENT may include all or part of said amount. In addition This statement was filed with the County Clerk of to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check Riverside County, signed by, Peter Aldana Assessor- drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn County Clerk-Recorder on January 17, 2019 File by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn No. R-201607606. Publish February 6, 13, 20, 27, by a state or federal savings and loan association, 2019 DSW19-1037 savings association or savings bank specified in 5102 of the California Financial Code and FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Section to do business in California, or other THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING authorized such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee.

BUSINESS AS: PENA’S INCOME TAX, 6694 In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the VAN BUREN BLVD, RIVERSIDE, CA 92503. Riv- Trustee may withhold issuance of the Trustee’s erside County. Full name of registrant: MARIA DE Deed Upon Sale untilthe become available to MARLENE F MELENDEZ, 236 FLORENCE PL, the payee or endorseefunds as a matter of right. The FULLERTON, CA 92833/CA; ERIC A MELENDEZ, property offered for sale excludes funds held on 236 FLORENCE PL, FULLERTON, CA 92833/CA. account by the property receiver, if all If the Business is conducted by MARRIED COUPLE. Trustee is unable to convey title forapplicable. any reason, the Registrant commenced to transact business under successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy the fictitious business name(s) listed above on be the return of monies paid to the Trustee andshall the 01/01/2019. I declare that all the information in this successful bidder shall have no further recourse. statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who

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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 In Source Logic at 702-6597766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA0800073118-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: February 12, 2019 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08000731-18-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-6604288 Myron Ravelo, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 56561, Pub Dates: 02/27/2019, 03/06/2019, 03/13/2019, DESERT STAR WEEKLY DSW19-1048 APN: 639-202-004-6 TS No: CA05000505-18-1 TO No: 18-206726 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).)

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED September 14, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On April 2, 2019 at 09:00 AM, in front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on September 20, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0695265, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by DOLORES C. BECKER, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of FINANCIAL FREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”.

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 62289 7TH STREET, 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 without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $173,763.73 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property.

Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-6597766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA0500050518-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: January 30, 2019 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05000505-18-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-6604288 Myron Ravelo, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 56092, Pub Dates: 02/13/2019, 02/20/2019, 02/27/2019, DESERT STAR WEEKLY DSW19-1041

Easy, On-Demand Dinners

By Desert Star Staff Nearly everyone wishes for an extra hour or two in the day. When juggling evenings filled with homework, practices, games and lastminute art projects, even just 60 extra minutes could make the difference in finding time to whip up a dinner you can be proud of. While there’s no changing the fact that there are 24 hours each day, there are some time-saving options for creating family dinners that feel like they’ve come together “on-demand.”

Cube, spiralize or pound.

No matter what shape you choose, decreasing the thickness of your ingredients is key to helping them cook through quickly. Think chicken breast cut into hunks for kabobs, thinly sliced Koreanstyle beef or zucchini turned into “zoodles.” With increased surface area and high heat, you may be surprised at just how quick you can have food on your plate.

Homemade tasting, ondemand sides. Rounding out your menu with easy-to-make sides can be a huge time-saver,

and you sacrifice nothing if you rely on choices that deliver the same taste as if you had prepared them from scratch.

For example, Idahoan Mashed Potatoes are real potatoes, real easy, delivering homemade taste on-demand. Made from 100 percent real Idaho potatoes, they can be served in just minutes and offer highquality taste and texture, just like homemade. The variety of flavors are perfectly blended with real cheese and authentic seasonings, and options include Buttery Homestyle, Roasted Garlic, Cheddar & Sour Cream, Loaded Baked and more, so you can find a match for just about any meal.

Marinate meat before freezing. A rich marinade can add delightful flavor to a wide range of proteins, but marinating a dish takes time. Speed up the clock by marinating meat ahead of time before freezing it. Then, on a busy weeknight, all you have to do is thaw and cook for a well-seasoned meal in minutes.

Pre-cut veggies cut down prep. Prepping vegetables is sometimes half the battle. From

Photo courtesy of Getty Images washing produce to peeling and chopping, precious time sometimes passes before ingredients even begin cooking.

Washed and pre-chopped veggies are ready to go right in the pan so you can enjoy fresh flavors almost instantly.

Rethink leftovers. The remains from a delicious dinner shouldn’t go to waste, and they

don’t have to if you repurpose them into another meal. For example, you could reimagine grilled or roasted chicken into soft tacos or a protein-rich salad. Or you can add protein and seasonings to leftover pasta for a whole new meal. If you find the fridge full of odds and ends, make it a reheat-and-eat, quick smorgasbord meal. After all,

what often matters most is that everyone eats a nourishing meal together, whether the same exact foods are on their plate or not. It can be even better when this nourishing meal comes together in the blink of an eye.

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Groundbreaking Bill Introduced to Ban Animal Dissection

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif.

— California could become the first state in the nation to ban the dissection of animals in K-12 schools if a bill just introduced in the state Legislature were to pass.

Assembly Bill 1586, called the Replacing Animals in Science Education (or RAISE) Act would encourage schools to adopt newer teaching methods such as 3-D computer modeling programs to teach biology. Shalin Gala, vice president for International Laboratory Methods with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said animals aren’t a mere classroom tool and should be treated humanely.

“Animals killed for classroom dissections do not die of natural causes, and the vast majority are not

killed painlessly,” Gala said.

“Biological supply companies are not in the business of protecting animals from pain and suffering. They only care about selling as many dead animals as possible, not about making sure those animals were treated humanely while they were alive.”

Many science teachers say dissection is an important tool to teach anatomy, and biological supply companies say they follow strict procedures to reduce animals’ suffering.

There are 6.2 million children in K-12 schools in California. PETA estimates millions of cats, dogs, frogs, fetal pigs, grasshoppers, mink, earthworms, rats, mice, pigeons and turtles are dissected in American schools each year. Gala noted

the formaldehyde used to preserve most animals is a human carcinogen and is listed as a toxic substance under California’s Prop 65.

“Superior non-animal teaching tools are readily available,” Gala said. “And they can prepare our students for higher education, or even a career as a board-certified physician, without ever having to cut apart a frog, a pig, a cat or any other sentient individual.”

California is one of 18 states that allow students with an ethical objection to request an alternate assignment.

Gala said American medical schools no longer use animal dissection in their curricula, but many veterinary schools still perform surgery on healthy live animals and use dead specimens for dissection.

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Julian Sands Has a New Take on “A Room with a View”

at a beautiful picnic, blessed with a ridiculously talented cast - including Daniel DayLewis as Cecil, Dame Maggie Smith as Lucy’s chaperone Ms. Bartlett, Judi Dench as an outre artist, and Rupert Graves as Lucy’s wastrel brother.

However, the challenge of taking the beloved film, without its glorious visuals and the backdrop of Venice and rural Surrey countryside, and making it all about the source material was impossible to resist when he read McAll’s adaptation. “Kate has great intelligence, integrity and was faithful to the source material much like Ruth (Prawer Jhabvala) did with the film adaptation,” he explains. “After working with her Julian Sands voices Mr. Emerson in the LA Theatre Works production of “A Room with a View.” on Daniel Deronda, and then on Cheeta, I knew this production Photo by Matt Petit. would be perfectly cast and

By Lisa Lyons performed - and I was right.” instead of playing the young ‘tableau vivant’ of great Actor Julian Sands burst The beautiful Elinor lover, however, he will portray characters,” he explains. “It’s onto the scene in the midTomlinson (Demelza in “Poldark”) the senior Emerson, a simple, a love story, yes. But it also 1980s lighting up the big plays Lucy, and Eugene Simon eloquent tradesman. The irony has hidden depths, nuance, a screen as George Emerson, a (“Game of Thrones”) plays is not lost on Sands, who has subtlety of feeling. The three deeply thoughtful young man George; Sands feels they had a successful film career for families whose lives intertwine who sweeps impressionable will breathe new life into the more than three decades and is - the Emersons, the Bartletts, Lucy Honeychurch (Helena characters for a generation of now doing stage, television and and the Honeychurches - are Bonham Carter) off her feet listeners who may have never most recently radio dramas. profoundly joyful and touching. during a trip to Florence, Italy “I always felt that in the The book was beautifully crafted seen the original film. He recalls in the Merchant-Ivory drama film the tenderest scenes and well-observed by the author.” that he reached out to James “A Room with a View.” The Ivory when he was offered were between George and his He recalls when making film went on to win several the role of Emerson by LATW father,” he says. “They had the film that it was like being Academy Awards including Best such a resonance to them, so Adapted Screenplay, Best Art poetic. So I wanted to recreate Direction-Set Decoration, and that feeling but keeping it Best Costume Design as well simple, taking inspiration from as nominations for Best Picture author E.M. Forster’s novel. He and Best Supporting Actor for created a lovely, open-hearted, actor Denholm Elliott’s portrayal unfiltered man, somewhat of George’s father, Mr. Emerson. provincial yet in his own way no In a satisfying turn of events, less sophisticated than Lucy’s Julian Sands is now portraying wealthy fiance Cecil Vyse.” the senior Mr. Emerson in the What was it that drew him LA Theatre Works (LATW) radio back to these unforgettable dramatization of “A Room with characters? “Well, mostly it was a View” based on the original my great working relationship novel by E.M. Forster and with Kate McAll,” he states. “We adapted and directed by Kate had worked together last year McAll, an award-winning writer/ in LATW’s “Daniel Deronda” producer for BBC4 Radio. Sands and then again recently on an is delighted that this classic original radio drama for BBC4 love story will be reaching new “Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood” eyes and ears in this LATW with my old friend John production which will record four Malkovich that she adapted.” performances Mar 1-3. This time “Also, Forster created a

and Ivory was delighted that the material would be revived.

Sands gave sage advice (when asked to) by Simon about how to best portray George. “There have been other adaptations on the stage and television where George is played as a melancholy loner. But I told Eugene that George is soulful, joyful, never gloomy. So keep it simple; keep it real.”

That is good advice from a working actor who has logged over a million frequent flyer miles following his passion for acting and immersing himself in the culture of the places he visits which include more than 50 countries to date.

“I consider myself a sort of wandering minstrel, in the great tradition of traveling players of the past,” he confesses.

We can only hope that his undiminished wanderlust leads him back to the stage and radio podcasts for many years to come.

“A Room with a View” will have four performances the weekend of March 1-3, 2019. Tickets range from $15$65 and can be purchased by visiting www.latw.org or calling 310-827-0889.

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