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Super Bowl XLIX AP Photo/Michael Conroy). New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski kisses the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. The Patriots won 28-24.

An estimated 114.4 Million people watched New England’s thrilling win over Seattle

By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 114.4 million people watched New England’s thrilling win over Seattle, making it the fifth time in six years that a Super Bowl game has set a record for the most-watched event in U.S. television history.

The viewership eclipses the 112.2 million who watched

Seattle beat Denver in the 2014 game, the Nielsen company said.

The game also set standards for social media and online.

“Right now the NFL and the Super Bowl are defying media gravity,” Mark Lazarus, NBC Sports Group chairman, said Monday. With the buildup involving the league’s two top teams and a controversy over the inflation of footballs

in the Patriots’ conference championship, the game may have set another record even without the compelling finish, he said.

But that finish - a circus catch to put the Seahawks on the doorstep of a last-minute win and a game-saving interception by the Patriots’ Malcolm Butler - kept viewers glued to the tube. An estimated 120.3 million

By KMIR News Staff INDIO, Ca. - A Cathedral City man was found guilty today of first-degree murder for allegedly providing a shotgun used by his stepson to kill a man in front of a Desert Hot Springs home in April.

Jurors deliberated almost a full day before finding William Paul McCrumb guilty on all charges stemming from the April 2, 2014, shooting death of Damon Capacchione, 38.

McCrumb, 63, sat without expression in a black, striped shirt as the verdicts were read.

He faces a sentence of 25 years-to-life in prison after his

convictions for murder, murder with malice, assault with a deadly weapon, accessory to murder with malice and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday to confirm McCrumb’s prior convictions and set a date for sentencing.

During the four-day trial that culminated in closing arguments Thursday, no one disputed that McCrumb’s stepson, Taireece Ross, was the man who fatally shot Capacchione during a fight in the 12700 block of Parma Drive in Desert Hot Springs.

Ross, 22, is also charged with murder and scheduled to appear

in court next Feb. 9.

The defense conceded that the shotgun belonged to McCrumb and had been in his white Ford F-150 pickup truck.

Ross began feuding with Capacchione that afternoon at the home of Ross’ godmother, Tonisha Griffin, after Capacchione walked naked into the living room while children were present, according to testimony. Ross’ daughter, and the daughter of one of his close friends, Anthony Murrell, were among the children in the home.

Murrell asked Capacchione,

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people were watching during the last 10 minutes that the game was being shown, according to Nielsen. Lazarus said there were likely even more viewers, because Nielsen doesn’t count people watching in sports bars, for example.

The ratings attest to the continued strength of the NFL as a television property despite a year of controversy over the

league’s response to domestic violence, and also to the ongoing power of live events to bring viewers together before their televisions.

Katy Perry has bragging rights, too. The singer’s halftime performance was seen by 118.5 million people, the biggest audience ever for the halftime Continues on Page 6

d n e E k v e e nt Sum Up e W TONY BENNETT AT FANTASY SPRINGS

Story and Photo by Pat Krause The one and only iconic singer Tony Bennett came to Fantasy Springs resort casino spa’s Special Events center on January 30th to a sold-out crowd. Some of the fans said it was there first ever chance to hear this wonderful crooner.

The program started right on time with Tony Bennett’s Daughter Antonia, who has been traveling with her dad since she was 4 years old.

Antonia said she has had a great time traveling the world with her dad all these years. Stories from her times

in Nashville meeting all the famous singers were part of her performance.

Antonia sang several songs and is a great singer in her own right. She sang one song in honor of her Dad with a four-piece band. She introduced her dad as he came on stage to a standing ovation. One of the songs was.

You’re a winner, and he said he was. Other favorites were; I’ve Got Rhythm, and Strangers in Paradise. Even at 88 years young he still has a good voice and proves he can hold the long notes at the end of the

song. That part of his vocals has not diminished with time.

Tony introduced the members of his band, and each gave a short solo. Tony then brought out his daughter Antonia for a duet with him.

Their voices mingle nicely together, and you can tell they have been singing together for years. It was a real treat for all his fans to be able to witness this icon that is still such a well-known performer.

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LUNCHEON FOR SINATRA GOLF INVITATIONAL Story and Photo by Pat Krause Barbara Sinatra held a menu tasting luncheon for the Sinatra Golf invitational Chef Freddy Rieger and Barbara Sinatra and Gala at The Bistro Restaurant at Fantasy Springs Resort Spa Casino.

Several writers and wine connoisseur guests were asked to be there to witness the menu being offered for her selection.

The Chef, Freddy Rieger, from The Bistro Restaurant prepared three Seated are Nelda Linsk & Barbara Sinatra, Standing are Patrick Evans, David Reese, Mary Martin, Andrea Perez and Jay Chesterton.

salads, main entree and desserts for the Fashion show luncheon and the Saturday night gala for her selection. The menus included exotic salads and dressings from Italian to Hawaiian flavored dishes.

Meats included beef, shrimp, salmon and chicken and were prepared in different styles for her to choose from. Guests were asked to sample each dish and report on her choices.

Many guests chose the same dishes Barbara Sinatra picked as her favorites.

Barbara Sinatra would choose one or part of each dish served. Guest emcee Patrick

Evans gave his choice and input as a man’s preference in the menu. Barbara always leans toward Italian dishes, as they were Frank Sinatra’s favorite meals. She likes to make sure his presence is felt at each of the luncheons or dinners, as it was his golf tournament and gala. That was Frank Sinatra’s way to raise monies for the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center. The menu is always a big part to the preparation of the Sinatra Invitational, style show and parties that will be held this year on Feb. 19th through the 21st.

THE BEAMER AWARDS Story and Photo by Pat Krause The Betty Ford Center held its Beamer Awards Ceremony at the new Ritz Carlton on Jan 31st. This year’s honoree was CEO of Eisenhower, Aubry Serfling. Co-chair Madeline Redstone spoke briefly about Betty Ford Center and how the Beamer was formed.

Patrick Evans was the emcee and did an enlightening video presentation with Beamer in the background. They traded remarks, and Patrick had Beamer laughing with pride at several remarks about how the program had brought so much help and joy to so many children. He has given kids a new lease on life after having to live with drug and alcohol addictions in their families.

A video was shown with a couple of the children they have in their program. The children told about what they had learned at the Betty Ford

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Center. It has given them incites into how they can feel better about themselves in so many ways. The program lets them know they are not alone, and they don’t have to feel guilty or ashamed about the problems in their home. It’s NOT their fault, and it lets them know they can talk of their emotions and what they feel is normal. It targets kids ages 7 to 12 and there is no charge.

A video was shown that extolled the virtues of Aubry Sefling. Friends gave accolades about Aubry. They said he was like a heart and Lung machine that does many tasks. They said he was a multi talented individual and a man for all seasons. Co-chair Madeline Redstone gave Aubry the award, and he spoke of the program and what it has done for kids in our Valley. He said that the kids were the first ones to get hurt and the last to get

help. One in four families deals with addictions. The Programs go to the schools now and have helped over 25,000 adults and children.

Beamer makes it easier for the children to open up to the adults and is less afraid. He lets them know that there is a better today and a brighter tomorrow.

Over one millions dollars were raised, and all proceeds stayed Lori and G. Aubrey Serfling. Aubrey is the Honoree in The Coachella Valley for the Beamer fund.

Dana Carvey was the night’s entertainment and thrilled the audience with his impressions and political jokes. He spoke about his visits to the White House.

He was asked if he made love in the Lincoln room and said he wouldn’t tell but named their son Photo by Dana Carvey Abe that had the whole Co-Chairs- Madeline Redstone and audience into laughing.

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A New Incentive to Gift to Your Favorite Charity

By Janice Gough Charities will avoid capital gains tax on sale of inherited assets Sales of assets inherited by charities and donor-advised

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funds wouldn’t be subject to capital gain’s taxes.

President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address, proposed to keep a tax incentive for charitable giving by wealthy donors, while seeking to raise other tax rates on these same people.

The president for the first time stepped back from his longtime effort to reduce the value of the philanthropic tax deduction by carving out an exception for charities with in his proposal to significantly increase capital gains taxes on the sale of inherited assets, according to an analysis by Howard Husock, a contributing writer at Forbes.

Charitable giving can reduce your tax liabilities. However, the general and verification rules for the deduction of charitable gifts must be understood in order to take full tax advantage of such gifts. The plan would tax gains on the value of assets inherited after the owner’s death.

The president made an exception for any assets inherited by charities on which capital gains taxes might be owed.

These could continue to sell inherited assets without paying tax on any increase in value.

Big donor-advised funds, D.A.F.s, such as those operated

by Vanguard, Charles Schwab and Fidelity, are especially capable of managing inherited assets. They can easily move stock holdings from brokerage or retirement accounts within their own operations to DAF accounts.

The number of individual DAF accounts and their assets skyrocketed since 2007.

Humanitarian donations in the U.S. held reasonably steady following the financial crisis.

Without the president’s proposed carve-out for assets inherited by DAFs, this growth would slow dramatically, damping overall charitable giving.

Obama’s desire since entering the White House to cap the charitable deduction was based on the assumption that the government could more effectively spend the funds redirected from charities to tax coffers.

The White House has

conceded that charities can deploy capital at least as well as the government.

A spokesman for United Way Worldwide, in comments to The Chronicle of Philanthropy following Obama’s address, expressed hope that by maintaining the exemption for benevolent gifts, the president was signaling that he would not push for new limits on the philanthropic tax deduction.

“That carve-out for gifts to charity is a significant indication that the administration understands tax policy can drive charitable donations,” the spokesman said.

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By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, Calif. -The desert will soon come alive with the vibrancy of spring as the wildflowers bloom and transform the Coachella Valley into a colorful canvas. The best way to celebrate these bountiful blooms is the Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival, happening

Saturday, March 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center in Palm Desert.

The Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival is hosted by the Friends of the Desert Mountains - which provides a myriad of services to benefit the February 4, 2015

National Monument including hikes, classes and programs for valley youth. Friends of the Desert Mountains also funds scientific research, cultural preservation and community outreach programs.

This year’s Wildflower Festival will feature artists, raffles, vendors, exhibitors,

a Kids’ Zone, a 5k trail run, mountain biking, interpretive hikes, music in the beer and wine garden, and food and beverages available for purchase. Admission and parking are free at the festival - known as the largest family event that takes place at the National Monument.

“The funds generated by this event will help Friends continue to acquire land for conservation, educate kids, lead hikes, and so many other things in support of both our National Monument and conservation efforts throughout the Coachella Valley,” said John Purcell, executive director of the Friends of the Desert Mountains.

Shuttles will run from St. Margaret’s Church from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at 47-535 Highway 74. The Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center is located off Highway 74 in Palm Desert.

For sponsorship opportunities, call (760) 568-9918. To learn more about the Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival, go to DesertMountains.org or call (760) 862-998.

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New Insights from Expectant Parents There are a lot of items parents don’t necessarily know they will need before their new bundle of joy comes.

Preparing for baby is exciting, but the pregnancy journey also can be overwhelming. Mom is expected to tackle big to-do’s before baby comes -- including making a baby registry.

It’s not always clear what to include on the registry. How many diapers and wipes will baby need in that first year?

Nearly half of moms don’t realize that on average they will change 2,200 diapers in baby’s first year, according to a new survey conducted by Huggies Little Snugglers Diapers, which focus on offering outstanding skin care with a gentle absorb liner.

Even with countless

resources available online, nearly 80 percent of moms report their friends are a primary influence on their baby registry choices.

Is there something you wish you could add to your registry, but simply can’t? Parents can now register their wishes -such as a dream nursery, help with hospital bills, or a year’s supply of diapers. If you’re selected as a winner, Huggies will do everything they can to make your wish come true. For more information and to enter, visit huggies.com/registerwish.

When baby comes you want to be as best prepared as possible -- so remember to add essentials like diapers and wipes to your baby registry.

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California Unveil First of Critical Water Bottle Filling Stations

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By Desert Star Staff The water bottle filling stations being installed at the San Jose Community Learning Center, La Familia High School, and Saul Martinez, John Kelley and Mecca elementary schools are part of a larger effort to ensure safe water access in California’s rural communities Coachella, California—The California Endowment and nonprofit partner organizations Rural Community Assistance Corporation and Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation unveiled 7 new water bottle filling stations in five Eastern Coachella locations.

The filling stations, or “taps,� are ready to use at the San Jose Community Learning Center, the La Familia High School, and Saul Martinez, John Kelley and Mecca elementary schools. The stations were installed as part of these organizations’ Agua4All campaign to provide safe water access in California’s rural communities.

The East Coachella Valley is one of two pilot locations in which the organizations are focusing their efforts, along with South Kern in Central California. In these two locations, many of the 150,000 residents

lack access to safe drinking water in their homes, schools or neighborhoods. Much of the tap water in these areas contains high levels of arsenic, a highly toxic element. Access is also a problem; as local water infrastructure is lacking, damaged, or so old that it does not adequately serve community needs. “Our hope is that this program will put safe water in the places they’re needed most: in public parks, schools and community centers,� says RCAC Chief Executive Officer, Stanley Keasling. “However, they are not a long-term solution. Our goal is to spark a statewide conversation between local and state officials, and other community leaders on what it takes to provide access to safe drinking water for all Californians.�

Though water problems exist statewide, they are concentrated in agricultural communities like Eastern Coachella and South Kern. These communities are overwhelmingly Latino, typically high-poverty and generally lack a political voice. The families most affected by the lack of safe water are also those least able to afford the extra cost of alternative water sources. Some families spend

up to 10 percent of their income buying clean bottled water. That’s money they aren’t spending on food, transportation, housing or other necessities. “Access to safe water is a basic human right, and a lack of access makes it a lot more difficult for families to maintain healthy lifestyles,� says Sergio Carranza, Executive Director of Pueblo Unido. “We can’t tell kids to choose water as a healthy alternative to sodas and other sugary drinks if there isn’t a place where they can drink it safely.�

The California Endowment and partners have been installing the first wave of 120 taps in the two pilot locations. However, in recognition that safe water access is a statewide issue, the initiative aims to eventually expand beyond the pilot locations to other rural communities in California.

Additional Information: Learn More About Agua4All: http://www.rcac.org/agua4all Learn More Bout RCAC: http://www.rcac.org/home Learn More About The California Endowment: http;// www.calendow.org Learn More About Pueblo Unido CDC: http://www.pucdc. org/

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Brown called on residents to cut water use by 20 percent when he declared a drought emergency last year. The closest Californians previously came to reaching that goal was in August, when water use dropped 11.6 percent compared with the previous year, according to the monthly surveys of water suppliers.

The state is urging continued conservation as California enters

the fourth year of a drought. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides nearly a third of the state water, is 88 percent below normal.

An unseasonably dry January brought no measured rainfall in downtown San Francisco for the first time in recorded history.

More than 400 local water departments must report their residential per-capita water monthly water use compared with the year before.

The water board began collecting and publicizing the water-use numbers as part of its ongoing conservation campaign.

The board imposed restrictions on watering lawns and washing cars last summer.

T h e w a t e r b o a r d ’s mandatory water restrictions are set to expire in April. The board is also considering extending and expanding those rules later this month. Source KMIR

Californians Meet Call to Cut Water Use by 20 Percent

By Fenit Nirappil Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) State officials reported Tuesday that residents in drought-stricken California met Gov. Jerry Brown’s call to slash water use by 20 percent for the first time in December, when water use fell by 22 percent compared to the same month in 2013.

A survey of local water departments shows water use fell by 22 percent in December

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compared to the same month in 2013.

But officials at the State Water Resources Control Board cautioned that state residents may have been aided by a rainy month in December, which minimized the need to water lawns. “It reinforces what we thought all along that the extent of outdoor water use is a huge driver of water conservation and water use,� board Chairwoman

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A Chorus Line Returns to The Palm Canyon Theatre Stage

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic One of Broadway’s longest running and most popular musicals “A Chorus Line” returns by popular demand to the stage of the Palm Canyon Theatre (PCT) for a two week run. It should come as no surprise to see the sixth longest-running musical in Broadway history (6,137 performances) reappear for its third iteration at PCT. “A Chorus Line”, unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last 40 years, is a musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, libretto by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, which was originally conceived, choreographed, and directed by the late great Michael Bennett.

It’s a perennial favorite of

theatres world-wide. There are always many productions being performed every year. Dancers, especially hold “A Chorus Line” in the highest esteem. Because it’s a show about them, the “gypsies”, the chorus line hopefuls, who audition for every Broadway musical.

It’s a story about aspirations, dedication and commitment to the world of dance and to the people who perform in chorus lines everywhere. It’s also a profession with a short shelflife that can break one’s heart and dash one’s hopes, dreams, and ambitions – and there are at least a dozen candidates auditioning for every spot in the line.

The Palm Canyon Theatre revival, wonderfully directed by Rodney Tethal, blends a group of fresh new faces alongside solid veterans, infusing the

overall production with renewed vigor, high-octane energy, and pizazz. “Chorus Line” is one of those shows that is practically bullet-proof when it comes to delivering a terrific evening of entertainment. The story is loaded with many touching moments of aching poignancy and honesty; it’s easy to see how productions still resonate with audiences everywhere.

It’s not possible, due to space limitations, to list all twenty-three talented performers. However, there are always standouts in large cast shows, and PCT’s production is no exception. Alisha Bates as Diana Morales, has one of the show-stopping numbers “What I Did for Love”, probably the most recognizable song from the show. Bates has a big voice for such a little lady.

Allegra Angelo as Val, whose

in-your-face rendition of “Tits and Ass” is a crowd pleaser; Denise Carey is the statuesque Shelia, a gal with an attitude who likes to please, especially her directors.

Se Layne as Cassie, the exlover of Zack (Rodney Tethal) the “play director” of the play within the play, scores with her featured dance number “The Music and the Mirror”; another show-stopper number. Heidi Hapner as Maggie, a nimble dancer who knows the ropes; Ben Reece as Greg; Matt Sambrano as Mark, Shafik Wahhab as Al, and Kenneth Ugarte as Paul. Ugarte delivers an emotional and poignant monologue when he explains his back-story to Zack. And the entire company brings down the house with a rousing, glittering, golden-costumed closing number called “One”.

The score by Hamlisch is considered to be among his best, and there isn’t a foot in the audience that’s not toetapping to the beat during the finale as the lights come down.

The creative team led by Director Tethal is headed by resident Scenic and Lighting Designer J.W. Layne, with Costumes Designed by Se Layne and executed by eight little elves working like mad in the costume shop. The Sound Design is by James Hayashi.

Choreography and co-director of the production is Se Layne, with excellent Musical direction

by Don Kelley.

“A Chorus Line” performs Thursday through Sunday and runs through February 8th.

For tickets and reservation information, call 760-323-5123.

Miles Hane, Nayeli Alvarado, and Philip Houghton. The show is written and adapted

by Noemi Villela Dean & Tres Dean. It will be directed by Noemi Villela Dean. J.W. Layne is the Scenic, Lighting, & Properties Designer.

The Costume Designer is Charlie Parker.

The production will be held in The Pollock Theatre, February 27th – March 1st. The show is a cash only event and recommended for audiences of all ages! For tickets and reservations (strongly encouraged), please call 760773-2565.

on the iconic “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairytale.

In this updated version of the timeless classic, a young girl (interestingly enough named Jack) is determined to leave childhood behind and, in turn, is slowly losing the ability to tap into her imagination until she

finds herself magically trapped in the story of Jack and his magic beans. The only way out of the story is to become the title character, slay the Giant and rescue the Queen, or stay trapped in the fairytale world forever. You thought you knew the story, but you don’t know Jack.

“This is a production the entire family is going to enjoy,” says writer and director Noemi Villela Dean. “There is something in the play for everyone. The humor is witty and the story is timeless. At the heart of this play is the struggle we all experience in dealing with the fact that we have to eventually grow up and leave childhood behind. Sometimes people are so eager to leave their youth, they can lose the power of their imagination and, to me, that is extremely sad. I think we all know people like this and we see our kids try to grow up too fast. This is play everyone in the audience can relate to in one way or another.”

The talented ensemble cast consists of Miranda Hane, Johnny Bolth, Charlie Harvey, Emerson Cole, Jessica Alexander, Kelly McCool, Adam Genesta, June Mihalich, Ronda Williams, Krystofer Do, Leslie Benjamin, Brieana Holquin, Mason McIntosh, Florentino Carrillo, Makenzy Borowski,

PALM SPRINGS, Ca. Police escorted two intoxicated hikers off a mountain trail, Palm Springs police said today.

Dispatchers received the call about the hikers at 4:09 p.m. Saturday.

The pair were hiking on Skyline Tr a i l ,

near Museum Drive.

Police and officers from the Palm Springs Police Department Mounted Search and Rescue arrived at the scene and escorted the hikers down the trail to level ground.

Officers determined hiker Alexis Stender, 20, of Cathedral

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The C.O.D. Dramatic Arts Company Presents “JACK”

By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, CA) – The spring semester brings new life to one of the most famous fairytales ever told February 27th – March 1st in the Pollock Theater as The C.O.D. Dramatic Arts Company presents JACK, the newest laugh-out-loud twist

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Intoxicated Hikers Walked Off Trail February 4, 2015

City was under the influence of drugs in a public space and arrested her at the scene.

She was treated at a hospital and released with a court date.

The other hiker, who was unidentified, was not arrested.

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KMIR Launches MOVIES! Network to Replace Live Well Network

By KMIR News Staff PALM DESERT, CA – January 30, 2015 – The definitive classic movie broadcast network, MOVIES! is coming to the Coachella Valley, launching January 30th at 7 p.m. on overthe-air channel 36.2. MOVIES! will replace The Live Well Network effective tonight.

MOVIES! Network is now cleared in more than 55% of the country.

MOVIES! Network is a classic 24/7 movie-focused

brand that features a wide variety of timeless films from multiple studios. MOVIES! Network offers viewers a modern way to experience movies on broadcast television and creates an exceptional viewer experience by presenting unedited films in brilliant widescreen.

MOVIES! Network is programmed around iconic films and specific genres on weekends. Notable titles in the MOVIES! library include ‘The African Queen,’ ‘From Here to

Eternity,’ ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s,’ ‘Bridge Over the River Kwai’, and ‘The French Connection.’

MOVIES! Network launched nationally in May 2013 and is a joint venture with Fox Television Stations, Inc. and Weigel Broadcasting Co. Visit moviestvnetwork.com or click here for additional information about the Network, where to watch, program schedule, and upcoming film previews. Source KMIR

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a guest of Griffin’s, to put clothes on because children were present. Capacchione complied and then apologized to Ross and Murrell.

Ross refused to accept C a p a c c h i o ne ’s a p o l o g y, touching off a confrontation that spilled into the street and turned violent, according to witnesses.

At some point, Ross phoned his stepfather, told him what had happened and asked, ``Can you bring it?’’ McCrumb told investigators in a videotaped interview with police.

McCrumb drove to the scene of the altercation and

initially parked down the street, because police responding to a report of a disturbance were blocking the area in front of the home. Officer’s left, thinking the confrontation had been diffused.

With police gone, McCrumb moved his truck directly across the street from Griffin’s home, according to testimony, and when tensions flared again, Ross went toward the pickup truck and somehow obtained the shotgun from McCrumb.

Witnesses told police that McCrumb struck Capacchione with the butt of the shotgun.

During the videotaped interview, McCrumb told investigators the victim was struck in the face twice by accident, as McCrumb struggled to keep the gun from Ross. ``Taireece grabbed the gun away from me and it hit’’ Capacchione, McCrumb said. ``I wasn’t trying to hit him.’’

Capacchione died at Desert Regional Medical Center about 30 minutes after being shot, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office.

McCrumb, Ross and Ross’ mother, Tamara Lester, fled the scene immediately after the shooting. guilty to being an accessory for the desert. Source KMIR Lester, 39, has pleaded trying to dispose of the gun in

Another Viewership, Social Media Record for Super Bowl Continued from Page 1 entertainment dating back to 1991, according to Nielsen.

Facebook said an estimated 65 million people conversed about the game on the social media site, more than any other Super Bowl and second only to

two World Cup games last year for most talked-about events.

There were some 265 million individual posts, comments or “likes,” according to Facebook.

The moment drawing the most Facebook comments was

just after the Patriots sealed the 28-24 victory, with the second being when Perry soared through stadium for her “Firework” finale to her show.

Twitter estimated there were 28.4 million tweets posted between the kickoff and 30 minutes after the game’s conclusion, surpassing last

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year’s game to be the most tweeted-about Super Bowl ever. It was second only to the 35.6 million tweets sent about last year’s World Cup semifinal between Brazil and Germany.

Butler’s interception really set the Twitter engines revving, with an estimated 395,000 tweets per minute, with 379,000 tweets per minute coming when the game actually ended, according to Twitter.

The television record came despite other options to view it. NBC Sports offered a live stream of the game to desktop computers and tablets, and an average of 800,000 people per minute were following the game in this manner, according to Adobe Analytics. Last year’s game streamed by Fox had an average audience of 528,000 viewers.

An additional 600,000 watched the game with Spanishlanguage announcers on the NBC Universo cable network, Lazarus said.

For NBC Universal, the true value of broadcasting the game may be learned in the next few weeks. The company advertised upcoming shows on NBC, USA and E! Entertainment, and tried to drive viewers to the struggling “Today” show by featuring an interview with President Barack

Obama by that show’s Savannah Guthrie during the pregame.

An estimated 26.5 million people kept their sets on to watch an episode of NBC’s “The Blacklist” following the game, making it the most-watched scripted program on the network in more than a decade.

A special edition of the “Tonight” show had 9.8 million viewers, Fallon’s second-biggest audience after his debut last year.

Meanwhile, the digital video recorder maker TiVo reported that the top commercial played back by its users was Budweiser’s “lost dog” spot.

The second most playedback was the public service announcement about domestic violence involving a woman’s 911 call for help.

Given the game’s large audience, that indicates the ad was a real conversationstarter on the issue of domestic violence, said Tara Maitra, TiVo’s senior vice president and general manager of content and media sales.

TiVo’s ad ranking is also a reflection of the more serious tone taken by advertisers, she said. In the past, humorous and sometimes raunchy ads have generated the most TiVo playbacks. Source KMIR www.desertstarweekly.com

Clinton and DiCaprio at VIRUNGA Screening

By Desert Star Staff This evening, President Bill Clinton made surprise visit to a screening of the Oscarnominated Netflix documentary, VIRUNGA -- hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio. The film, which is also executive produced by DiCaprio, follows an embattled team of park rangers in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo who risk their lives to protect the home of the last remaining mountain gorillas.

Prior to the screening of the film, President Clinton spoke about the importance of the issue and the work of Clinton Global Initiative members in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The screening was followed by a Q&A moderated by Ann Curry with director Orlando von Einsiedel and producer Joanna Natasegara on the timely and universal message of the film.

Other notable guests included: Secretary Hillary Clinton, Jonah Hill, Jeffrey Wright, Jeff Gordon and Beau Willimon.

Dear B.R.: When a management company owns an affiliated service company seeking association work, vendor hiring becomes more complicated for the board. Yes, sometimes www.desertstarweekly.com

Free Family Law and Civil Legal Services Palm Springs Public Library 300 S. Sunrise Way 760-322READ. This event occurs monthly, on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month 2015 Free Downtown Concert Series on Saturday, Jan. 10 to Mar. 14 at 401 E. Amado Road. For more information, call 888-999-1995 or go to sparesortcasino.com/ nightlife.html.

Rock Art of Southern California on Sunday, Feb. 22 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 6605 N. Indian Canyon Drive. For info 760-3675535.

Pictured (L-R) “Virunga” director Orlando von Einsiedel, “Virunga” executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio, President Bill Clinton, Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos

Affiliated Company, Dog Complaints

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Dear Kelly: Our management company also owns a maintenance company and seems to get all the work in the HOA. The board awarded him a paint contract after he received the bids of three paint contractors, which he managed to underbid. Of course all bids went to him. It wasn’t long before it all went south and they awarded the rest of the contract to a real paint contractor. No homeowners were involved in this process and it was never discussed in open meeting until well after the fact.

I recently suggested that the HOA is in violation of Davis Stirling if they allow this company to be the Inspector of Elections.

There is a feeling of distrust of this management company and this board.

Sincerely, B.R., San Diego

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the affiliated company is able to serve the association at a lower cost, but sometimes the affiliated company is more convenient but not less expensive. If the management firm has an affiliated company which might perform the work, it cannot be allowed to see competing bids, or it has an unfair advantage. Keep it fair, and make sure the bidders are all qualified.

Under Civil Code 5110(b), ongoing HOA vendors (including management) can serve as Inspector of Elections if the written election rules specifically allow it. However, I suggest managers not do so. The association manager (and also the lawyer) should be assisting the one or three Inspectors, who can be professional inspectors or volunteers.

Thanks, Kelly

for me to clean up daily.

Sincerely, L.S., Oak Park Dear L.S.: Even if the governing documents do not specifically say how often you need to clean up, there probably is a general provision barring nuisance. If the smell would bother the ordinary neighbor, it needs to be cleaned up more often.

As to disciplinary hearings, Civil Code 5855 requires you be given notice, but it does not require that you be present for the hearing to proceed. If you cannot attend the hearing in person, and the board will not reschedule, at least send a written explanation of your position on

Dear Mr. Richardson, I have dogs and clean up after them on a weekly basis.

My neighbor complained that there is a horrible smell. I wrote an appeal to the nuisance notice, saying cleaning up once a week is reasonable.

I was informed I could attend the Board meeting, but I said I couldn’t attend and was told they would send a notice with the new date. Instead, I was sent a letter advising that a decision had been made regarding my appeal and asking that I clean up daily.

Am I legally obligated to pick up the waste daily since the Board is “asking” me to pick up daily as opposed to their stating in the CC&Rs owners/tenants are required to pick up waste in a specific time frame? It’s nearly impossible

the proposed discipline.

Even though it may be difficult to clean up after your dogs more often, it sounds as though you need to figure out how to do it and be a better neighbor in this regard.

Best, Kelly.

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

Seniors on Stage on Thursdays from 2:30-4 p.m. at 480 South Sunrise Way. For more information, call 760-323-5689 or go to mizellseniorcenter.org.

Desert Art Festival on Saturday, Mar. 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 538 N. Palm Canyon Drive.

For more information, call 818-813-4478 or go to westcoastartists.com.

Dance-A-Thon for Charity on Friday, Feb 27 at 1700 East Tahquitz Suite 206.

More information, go to DanceWithMissyLindsay.com or call 760-413-6931.

Vintage Market from Sunday, Now - May 30 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 450 N. Indian Canyon. For info, palmspringsopenairmarket. com.

Kal David Unplugged on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive.

For info, 760-322-4422 or purpleroompalmsprings.com.

New Exhibition: Section 14on Thursday, Jan. 22-Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 901 East Tahquitz Canyon Road. For more information, call 760-778-1079 or go to accmuseum.org.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive.

For more information, call 760-322-4422 or go to purpleroompalmsprings.com.

On The Air2! On Thusday, March 12, 2015 Camelot Theatres, 222. dezartperforms.org or (760) 322-0179.

Desert Arts Festival Frances Stevens Park on Friday, Feb 13-16from 10a.m. to 4p.m.For more information, call 818-71304478 or go to westcoastartists.com.

Kal David Unplugged on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive.

For more information, call 760-322-4422 or go to purpleroompalmsprings.com.

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

Is there something concerning a group that brings you to a state of sadness, woundedness or restriction? Ponder upon your experiences as part of a group now and groups you’ve participated with in the past. A new reality with groups is being formed. There’s an extraordinary focus on your group participation and leadership. The building of the new world needs initiative and forward-thinking leaders.

With both will and love/wisdom.

TAURUS The same words written for Aries are also you, Taurus (also a leader, but a different type than Aries). The energies calling to you definitely concern leadership, developed over the years yet still hiding under a mantle of…. what? Shyness, Indecision, non self-recognition, need for partnership, more information, lack of resources?

Whatever the reason(s), it’s (they’re) inaccurate. Stand up, step forward. Humanity’s future stability depends on you.

GEMINI Are you wondering about travels somewhere, a journey leading to community and a new way of life, or are you wanting adventure?

It’s most important to consider all facets within and types of community. It’s (y)our future.

Gemini’s task is to gather and

FEBRUARY 4-11, 2015 ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST BY RISA D’ANGELES

disperse information. You know this. In your “travels” (inner and outer) and readings, in your research and wanderings, share with us what you’ve discovered.

So we can all learn.

CANCER Careful with communication (always a concern). Observe all communication, including your own. There may be difficulties, misunderstandings, misrepresentations. Observing without judgment builds within a greater capacity to communicate from the heart, which is all that matters. Lift your shell a bit and allow the Sun to shine into fears and secrets of and wounds).

You can do this. Care in travel is advised.

LEO The Leo/Aquarian planets are directing light into your relationships, intimacy and marriage. Of all the signs at this time your interactions with others will be most unusual, including unusual people, places and events. It’s as if you stepped into the future, took on the mantle of dispassion and detachment and set about learning new realities concerning relationships. A new state of identity is also forming.

You’ll need new clothes, new hair, new shoes, new everything.

A new style.

VIRGO

Although you simply want fun and freedom, there’s also a sense of deep transformations, responsibility and work you feel must be accomplished. These experiences and feelings persist along with an added sense of obligation. Do what you can and no more. Stand in the Sun, especially at dawn and dusk.

Your health must be tended to with daily care. Careful with knees, ankles and feet. Keep warm.

LIBRA A great compassion and understanding enters into your intimate relationships. You see things different, more sacredly.

Don’t let disappointments mar an idea relationship. Maintain your ethics and values, love and respect for the process of change being encountered. Be in touch and make contact with those important to you. Contact releases Love. What you’ve searched for all your life.

SCORPIO There’s a focus on home and family while you’re also out and about in the world (calling to you).

You seek to change something in both places. Pondering, researching and writing about family assumed great directional meaning. Now you consider the new family you want to create. As family values change, they come closer to reality. Family is our first community.

SAGITTARIUS

even if you must leave us behind.

You’re rushing into the future, Your mind places you in the preparing it for everyone. You’re future. You wonder how you can the “waters of life poured forth maximize your place, identity and for thirsty humanity.” work in a future that is unknown to most of us. You feel change, PISCES opposition, revolution and revelations in whatever you do. Pisces is one of the signs that There’s no neutralizer for this, can feel left in the dust when no quick fix. You may be irritable Aquarius rushes by. That’s ok and even your appliances and for now though because you’re car may be too. This will pass to become quite reclusive, and something disappears. Wait, contemplative and private. This watch, listen with patience and is a spiritually and imaginatively objectivity. Big things ahead. important, creative time.

Remember the nightly review CAPRICORN prior to sleep. Review the previous day and see that it was Careful with communication. good. The next day becomes Observe others listening to clarifying. Allow no difficulties you. Are they understanding to deter your path. Write and your words and intentions? You paint and thinking about making may encounter many different Valentines. opinions. Allow them, finding your way in and through them. Risa D’Angeles is the founder Make sure the vehicle(s) traveling and director of the Esoteric & in are safe. Don’t feel you’re Astrological Studies Research off track or any goals are lost. Institute: nightlifenews.com or, Transformation’s coming at a on Facebook, Risa’s Esoteric fast pace and you’re its point of Astrology. She can be reached reference. Create a new beauty at risagoodwill@gmail.com. with the new resources given to you.

AQUARIUS Happy Birthday, Aquarius. During our birthday month we shine like the Sun. You are busy on many levels, attempting new endeavors, enthusiastic, lively, bright, and happy. Your Uranian energy makes the rest of us exhausted. Proceed onward

NFL Will Begin to Celebrate their 50th Super Bowl Next Year

By Desert Star Staff Next year the NFL will begin to celebrate their 50th Super Bowl, meanwhile Up with People also has a 50th birthday that began January 2015. Throughout its fifty year history Up with People has performed for millions and the Super Bowl halftime performances have a special place within the organization’s lively past. Up with People was first asked to headline for Super Bowl X in 1979, which sparked a demand again in 1980, 1982 and 1986.

“I think we broke the mold on how Super Bowl half times were performed. Before our time, they pretty much used marching bands.” Says Up with People cofounder and Super Bowl Musical Director, Herb Allen.

Up with People revolutionized Super Bowl history in New Orleans when they brought to life the largest set ever built on a football field during this time.

This stage was 36 yards wide with upwards of 400 participants performing incredibly memorable dance numbers. What is most unique about these performances was that there was no celebrity headlining the event. Up with People was comprised of a cast of international, energetic young

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people all striving to make the world a better place.

“It was truly wonderful, we sang the national anthem A Capella and I felt truly honored to conduct those performances. We lifted people’s spirits and brought to them a sense of wellbeing. It was an unbelievable moment. I was 44 years old and I remember it as if it were just yesterday.” Herb continues when asked about the emotions during Super Bowl X. Families in Farmington will have the unique opportunity to bring a bit of the NFL history into their homes by hosting an international participant from March 9-16. The opportunity to stay with local families during their time in each community is a centerpiece of Up with People’s 22-week program. The giving goes both ways; while families share their traditions and local attractions, the cast members also share their experiences and cultures.

Local host families are asked to provide a bed, local transportation at the beginning and end of each day, as well as breakfast and most dinners.

In addition to welcoming an international friend into their homes, host families also receive two complimentary tickets to

the Orange County premiere of Up with People’s 50th anniversary show, The Journey.

Those interested in hosting are encouraged to contact Isaiah McGregory at 719.424.6289 or imcgregory@upwithpeople.org The Journey, a two hour musical production will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Up with People, while acknowledging that our mission of bringing February 4, 2015

the world together through music and service remains an ongoing journey. It is a colorful production filled with international songs, original music and pop medley’s from 1965 to today!

The production will premiere in Orange County at The Anaheim Convention Center Sunday March 15th at 2:00 pm. All proceeds will be donated to the Kiwanis 100th anniversary commemorative park

in Woodcrest Park in Fullerton, CA. Cal-Nev-Ha District of Kiwanis Inter national, Morningside of Fullerton, CalNev-Ha District Key Club, and Rae Whitby-Brummer and John Brummer sponsor up with People’s visit to Fullerton.

Woodcrest Park Playground Build is the beneficiary of the show. www.desertstarweekly.com

An Artistic Feast for the Eyes

Photographer James Schnepf, author of soon to be released “Palm Springs Modern Living”, A Photographic Document of the People Behind the Midcentury Architecture. Photo by Gordon Parr.

By Pam Price Karen and Tony Barone’s latest culinary inspired exhibit “A Feast for the Eyes” at the University of California Riverside’s Palm Desert Campus is a recipe for success. The collection opened to the public January 28th with guests gathering around prints and paintings representing fifteen artists sharing a common theme, cuisine, in all of its delicious shapes and forms.

Curated by the Barone team, their selection of artists is alluring as it is appetizing. The Gallery opened its doors at 5:30 PM and filled quickly. The eclectic collection of artists came together to put food in the limelight, with Karen Barone, an intrepid artist and fashion designer capturing the attention of fans with a dramatic indigo blue original highlighted by mini silver sparkles were a show itself.

“ The exhibit of these artists shares one theme; they are passionately influenced by food,” said the Barones. There was a lot to savor for guests. Peter Palladino’s “A Lick in Time” a clever canvas that politely pops out with its spin on sweets, while “Chocolate Seams” by William Dey gives a leg up to an unexpected spin on a chocolate’s joke on fashion.

The Barone’s position

Photo by Gordon Parr desserts in delightful designs and guests devoured the diversity of the exhibit, with smiles rampant.

Phyllis Eisenberg, a Palm Desert, resident said this was the place for dessert divas to appreciate art without trying to delve into serious details. “ The special balcony exhibition is more solemn with Tim Townsley’s pencil drawings of intellectual personalities, and I might add food is not in the picture, literally!”

Artists on exhibit include Linda Atkins, James Campbell, Curt Miller, Carey Paterson, James Schnepf, Randall Weidner, Diane Morgan, Shaktima Brown, Todd Olson and Lon Michels.

This sweet as sugar exhibit is on show through March 12th. www.palmdesert.ucr.ed Pam Price is the vicechairman of the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission

Local Artist Says His Work Was Forged

By Angela Monroe LA QUINTA -- We’ve all heard about the problem of piracy before with movies, music and games, but there’s another form of piracy, and artists right here in the valley say their work is being stolen.

A La Quinta artist contacted us saying one of his paintings had been reproduced, without his consent, and he believes it’s part of a larger problem.

Encore Consign Design Studio is where the painting in question was on display.

Since we began working on this story Friday it’s been taken down, and they say they won’t be selling it.

This after a local artist claimed the painting was a reproduction of his original work.

“We saw that thing in the window, I mean the blood just flew out of my head,” said artist, Gideon Cohn.

La Quinta artist, Gideon Cohn, created “The Study” 25 years ago.

Then a few weeks ago he saw the painting at Encore Consign Design Studio in La Quinta.

“I see my painting there but enlarged, slightly different in color but generally my painting there,” said Cohn. www.desertstarweekly.com

The original is at his daughter’s home in Israel, but he does have images on his website which he showed the owner of the store.

“Showed him on my cell phone the original because I carry with my paintings in cell phone, so he recognized it, the similarities are immense,” said Cohn.

The co-owner of Encore Consign told us she received this painting from another business in Palm Springs years ago.

It has moved out of the area, and they have not returned our calls.

This could be part of a larger problem.

At a different consignment store, Rachel’s Consignment Gallery in Palm Springs, Michael Ralke tells us forgery of art is a growing problem and he sees it frequently right here in the valley.

“We had a vendor who was bringing us pieces and I had heard through a business associate that he was photographing authentic art at a gallery in Palm Desert and then reproducing it and selling it....I stopped doing business with him,” said Rachel’s Consignment Gallery co-owner, Michael Ralke.

Michael says this form of forgery is unfortunately fairly

simple, a person simply takes a photo of an original piece of art, emails it off and then has it mass reproduced.

“That’s why we started going to Vegas to work with people that we know are not producing forgeries or selling forgeries.”

Michael says buyers need to pay close attention to the art’s source, “If you’re buying art, ask questions you know about who is the artist, where did you get it, what is the history.”

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Meanwhile, Gideon says he has consulted with his attorney, but is still deciding what to do.

He reminds art lovers that these paintings are labors of love, “The art that you buy, you the customer is not just the art, it is the life of the artist.”

We spoke with the co-president of California Lawyers for the Arts, and they tell us the Federal Copyright Act protects artists to the rights of their image.

That includes derivatives or reproductions.

Artists can recover money for loss of name on work, and loss of sales.

A copyright lasts for the life of the artist, plus 70 years, thanks to the Sonny Bono Act. Meanwhile, as we mentioned, Encore Consign Design says they’ve taken the piece in question off display, and they say they are vigilant about what they take in and sell.

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Clever And Inventive Two-Man Musical

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic One would think that a two-performer musical would leave the actors breathless, not the audience. After all, it’s the performers who do the heavy lifting: all the acting, singing and playing in this case, just a single piano; which they both do in spades.

It seems two-hander casts are all the rage these days in the world of theatre. And, why not.

Musicals are usually written and composed with an eye toward the stages of the Big Apple and the Great White Way. Two person shows, however, are more attractive to producers who toil in vineyards of Regional Theatres great and small. Besides, they’re more affordable to produce.

Quality is quality wherever it’s produced.

Which brings us to the Old Globe’s current production on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage “Murder for Two”, with Book and Music by Joe Kinosian and Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair; starring Joe Kinosian and Ian Lowe in a production that is very creatively directed by Scott Schwartz.

The story might be labeled as a ‘musical murder mystery’

but in reality there’s no real mystery at all. It’s clear from the beginning that one of the party guests fired the fatal bullet into the head of rich novelist Arthur Whitney. Ah, but which one?

There are only two actors in the show. Ian Lowe plays detective Marcus who is conducting the investigation. That leaves just “the suspects” all played by Joe Kinosian. Think about it.

Obviously, Kinosian did it. And he does it for audiences every night and our judicial system isn’t compromised a wit. The identity of which guest who sent the fatal bullet is secondary in this clever and highly inventive musical comedy production. The larger issue is how Kinosian and Lowe make the audience breathless.

Both Kinosian and his equally talented co-star Lowe are musical magicians on stage.

They weave an obbligato infused with split-second timing, the gifts of a contortionist (especially Kinosian), and the innate talent of all true comedians: the yearning to play tragedians (meaning it’s okay to go over-the-top), plus the ability to play the piano and sing while both are doing their best Victor Borge comedy-routine imitations. Forget the plotline

which is silly anyway. The real meat of this production is in the execution of the book and the lyrics by two highly skilled performers and a creative team that knows how to deliver.

There are bound to be echoes regarding the ingenuity of “The 39 Steps”, where three actors play all the parts, save one, the lead man. In “Murder for Two” just one actor (Kinosian) plays all of the roles, save one,

the lead man, Detective Marcus, portrayed by Lowe. Director Schwartz has the luxury of concentrating his considerable skills, in this show, onto the likes of just two talented actors. His last directing effort in the San Diego area, was creating 1482 Paris, and a magnificent “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” production that had twenty-nine performers on the stage of the La Jolla Playhouse last November.

The creative team headed by Schwartz is chock full of talented artists as well as the actors.

Scenic Designer Beowulf Boritt, Costume Designer Andrea Lauer, Lighting Designer Jason Lyons (no relation), Sound Designer Jill BC Du Boff, Music Director David Caldwell, and Choreographer Wendy Seyb, all contribute in making “Murder for Two”, a delightful evening of theatre.

America’s Paranoid 1960’S Returns To Pearl Mcmanus Stage

Hugh Whitebottom (Michael Shaw), son Steve (Steven Lee) and wife Claire (Yo Younger) Photo by Clark Dugger Hugh Whitebottom (Michael Shaw), wife Claire (Yo Younger) and Bunny (Scott Smith) Photo by Clark Dugger

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic Dezart Performs of Palm Springs presents the West Coast Premiere of its 2014 Annual Theatre Festival award winning production “Duck and Cover”, written by Michael Kimball and directed by awarding winning actor/director Judith Chapman.

It’s 1962. WW II is but a sad memory. America has lost its innocence and now teeters on the brink of massive social change: civil rights, women’s rights, students’ rights, Viet Nam, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Pill. But in suburban Massachusetts, the Whitebottom household remains sheltered from it all.

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Young twelve-year old Stevie Whitebottom (Stephen Lee) wants a pair sneakers. His mother, Claire (Yo Younger), would like to get her driver’s license. But her priggish husband Hugh (Michael Shaw), a shoe store manager, sees sneakers, and women’s rights as the first step to the breakdown of American society. And then those troublesome and pesky Russians are up to their old tricks as in the “cold war”. Something to do with nuclear missiles down in Cuba. What’s a typical American family to do?

Before Hugh, Claire, and Stevie can figure out a coping plan, Hugh deems it’s time for Stevie to get the traditional

“birds and the bee’s chat” from the father, except that Hugh gets tongue-tied and a case of sweaty-palms; ultimately postponing the session.

Claire’s brother Bunny (Scott Smith), an itinerant trumpet player and his musician buddy Eddie (Robert Ramirez) arrive unannounced looking for a place to crash. Bunny, it seems, accidently burned down his apartment losing everything in the fire. Together with the daily visits of their slightly, mentallychallenged delivery milkman Mr. Rippit (Hal O’Connell) who offers tips and the odds on baseball, football, basketball, and horseracing among other tidbits – even volunteering to help Hugh with February 4, 2015

Stevie’s puberty chat – send Hugh over an emotional cliff.

Claire, in her best “Father Know Best” wife role tries to cope.

“Duck and Cover” is like watching a rerun of the old Jackie Gleason’s TV show “The Honeymooners” or any number of family sitcoms from the 1960’s. What drives the satiric production are the wonderfully earnest takes on the characters created by Michael Shaw and Yo Younger. It’s a delight to watch two pro’s, who know how to sell their performances reel-in their eager and receptive audience.

Scott Smith, Robert Ramirez, Stephen Lee in his stage debut, and Hal O’Connell, all turn in nice performances.

O’Connell shines in a little gem of

a cameo, and Lee’ performance is quite composed for a twelveyear old (his real age) actor in the company of such seasoned performers.

Director Judith Chapman deserves credit for keeping everyone on their toes in this paean to the kinder and gentler American comedies of the 1960’s. Chapman’s creative team includes: Set Designer Thomas L. Valanch, Lighting Designer Phil Murphy, Sound Designer, Clark Dugger, and Scenic Artist Walter Lab. “Duck and Cover” performs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sunday Matinees at 2:30pm though February 8, 2015. Call the Box Office for tickets at 760-322-0179. www.desertstarweekly.com

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

From Oz to the Ahmanson: Dame Edna There is nothing like a dame according to a “South Pacific” song lyric. And there is nothing quite like Dame Edna Everage, the brainchild of Barry Humphries who first brought his alter ego Dame Edna to life on the British stage at the Fortune Theater in 1969. While Humphries studied law, philosophy and fine art, he found his true calling in the theatre. As a result, his career has been a drag in the very best sense of the word.

Now his larger than life creation, with purple hair and an attitude that won’t quit, has returned to the Ahmanson Theatre with her “Dame Edna’s Glorious good-bye—The Farewell Tour.” For Edna fans, which are legion, don’t be too downhearted.

Remember, she’s ‘fare welled’ us before on more than one occasion, so perhaps she will farewell us yet again, but to be on the safe side check her out while she’s in town.

Dame Edna’s journey has lasted for 60 years and has transformed this once simple Australian housewife into a mega international star. And on opening night the LA audience was ready for her when she stepped onto the stage, attired in a bright-red full-dress covered in sparkly, almost blinding jewels. She paid special attention to her fan base in what she called ‘the cheap seats,’ worrying they might fall from the balcony or the side boxes that she described as “ashtrays.” I personally think they look like strawberry crates. She also chided us for the way we dress

in L.A., noting that in New York, they get dressed up to go to the theatre. In fact, if you are shy and hate, attention don’t sit in in the first five rows, or you could be part of the show.

For example, in Act II, two people were plucked from the audience to be married by Dame Edna, who can do just about anything her fertile mind can envision. The ceremony also involved calling Paul, the son of the lady in question, and the shtick was fun. Of course, it could have fallen flat if no one answered Dame Edna’s on-stage phone call, or if the newly betrothed couldn’t think of a phone number to give her in the first place. So as Jimmy Fallon would write: “Thank you, Paul for being at home and answering the phone, and for your mom providing your number.” The groom-to-be couldn’t recall any family phone numbers or his zodiac sign and was also married—which didn’t phase Edna at all. And bully for her, she made the bit work with her facile ad-libbing and zany bravado despite the challenges.

Before the great dame entered we heard from two famous Aussies, Hugh Jackman and Geoffrey Rush, as well as Kelly Osbourne, who said Dame Edna, as her God-mother never sends Osbourne a card—even on her birthday. They spoke to us from on-screen projections, letting us know what we were in for. Of course, Edna’s “giga star” celebrity overcame all negatives.

The show features a group of ensemble dancers (Ralph

Photos by Matt Jelonek Coppola, Brooke Pascoe, Eve Prideaus and Armando Yearwood, Jr.) who prance and dance with Edma as she sings on several occasions. Her musical director Jonathan Tessero provides piano accompaniment.

In the playbill, she describes

her Australian director Simon Phillips as. “Very nice, but he brings absolutely nothing to the mix. In America, it’s got to say ‘directed by’ so I found somebody comparatively inexpensive, and I just put his name on the playbill.”

Dame Edna can be a bit

bawdy, truly gaudy but ‘Everage’ so much fun overall Dame Edna, at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles through March 15.

For tickets and information call: (213) 972-4400 or online at www. centertheatregroup.org.

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BY ROBERT KINSLER

Catching Up with Stellar 2014 Releases Before 2014 is fully relegated to history, I want to highlight a wide range of amazing titles I’ve been enjoying over the past month or so.

Title: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Watertower Music) Composer: Howard Shore You might like if you enjoy: Howard Shore’s “Lord of the Rings” soundtracks Tell me more: While readers know me best as a music writer, I actually began my fledgling writing career in college writing about both music and film. So it’s no wonder I have had a long-time love of compelling soundtracks. The special edition of Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore’s “The

Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” is the best soundtrack I heard in 2014. The good news for fans of all things Middle Earth is the expanded two-disc special edition boasts bonus and extended tracks, expanded liner notes and a beautiful fullyillustrated color booklet. Even apart from supporting the epic Peter Jackson-directed film, Shore’s music is powerful and moving. The second disc in particular (including “The Fallen,” “Ravenhill” and “The Return Journey”) boasts some of Shore’s most sweeping work.

Information: TheHobbit.com.

Artist: Chase Bryant Title: Chase Bryant (Red Bow Records) You might like if you enjoy: Keith Urban, Merle

Haggard, Bryan Adams Tell me more: Only 22, Texas native Chase Bryant is already a talented singer-songwriter and pro guitarist making a name for himself on the contemporary country scene. His self-titled 2014 five-song EP showcases all his strengths, notably on the infectious country rocker “Wayfarer Weather,” reflective “Jet Black Pontiac” and infectious “Little Bit of You.” Information: ChaseBryant.com.

emerged in the late 1960s or 70s fused art rock, melodic pop and progressive rock as successfully as England’s Supertramp.

The band’s 1974 commercial breakthrough “Crime of the Century” was issued late last year in a beautiful 40th anniversary deluxe edition that features the remastered original eightsong album on one disc, and a previously-unreleased March 1975 concert from London’s Hammersmith Odeon on the second disc. The collection features both studio and live takes of Roger Hodgson’s wonderful “Dreamer” and Rick Davies’ “Bloody Well Right.”

Information: Supertramp.com.

Artist: Supertramp Title: Crime of The Century (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Interscope Records) You might like if you Artist: The Sweet Lowdown enjoy: Supertramp, Title: Chasing the Sun Roger Hodgson, Styx Tell me more: Few bands that (Hearth Music)

You might like if you enjoy: Gillian Welch, The Wailin’ Jennys, The Be Good Tanyas Tell me more: Whether performing beautiful harmoniesanchored acoustic folk songs or virtuoso instrumental material, Canadian trio the Sweet Lowdown shines. On the group’s latest release “Chasing the Sun,” Amanda Blied (guitar, vocals), Miriam Sonstenes (fiddle, vocals) and Shanti Bremer (banjo, vocals) put their formidable powers as top-tier musicians into the service of the bluegrass-minded “River Winding Down,” blazing instrumental “April 29th,” Celtic ballad “Leaving” and other wonderful originals. Information: hearthmusic.com or www. thesweetlowdown.ca.

Five Interesting Foods that Should Be on Everyone’s Bucket List

By Desert Star Staff Whether you live for culinary adventure or unfamiliar items on your plate make you nervous, trying new foods is a worthwhile endeavor. But even avid foodies don’t have the time to try everything.

So how can you prioritize your food bucket list?

Enter, “1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die,” a new book that presents the globe’s musthave foods into one master list of the best dishes, ingredients, restaurants, markets, books and movies, that everyone should experience.

To whet your appetite, author Mimi Sheraton, former New York Times restaurant critic and award-winning cookbook author, shares five food must-haves originating from five regions of the world: White Asparagus -- Europe: Milder in flavor than the green variety, white asparagus is highly prized in Europe, while in the U.S. it has only recently come into favor. A harbinger of spring, asparagus is celebrated

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in Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where special asparagus menus are featured in restaurants.

For an Italian approach, serve cold with lemon juice and olive oil. If you prefer elaborate flavors, serve with a Hollandaise sauce of egg yolks, lemon juice, butter and nutmeg.

Egg Cream -- United States: A New York original, egg creams contain neither eggs nor cream.

A once ubiquitous street treat, this beverage is a lot harder to come by now.

Make your own at home with a squirt of chocolate syrup, followed by a shot of seltzer and a quick stir, then add a trickle of whole milk and stir vigorously while blasting in vibrant shots of soda to create a frothy, creamy concoction.

Tagine -- North African: Like the pans Americans call “casseroles,” a tagine is both a cooking vessel and the stew cooked within. A tagine is a deep, wide terra-cotta bowl, with a high-peaked conical cover that directs and concentrates heat.

Meats, poultry or fish are slow cooked with various vegetables over direct fire or charcoal, absorbing aromatic spices such as saffron, cinnamon and ginger.

To serve, tangines are fitted into colorfully woven baskets and passed around to guests, along with rice, couscous or fresh, hot bread.

Congee -- Asia: Like Westerners, the Chinese believe in starting the day with a hearty meal. Congee, a creamy rice porridge, is a favorite. Variations found throughout Asia are sold everywhere, from street stands to dim sum palaces. To prepare, cook short grain white rice until it approaches mush, then serve with a variety of toppings, such as spicy, pickled vegetables, dried fish, preserved eggs and tofu.

Vegemite -- Australia: Australian children cry for this caramelized spread made of brewer’s yeast and vegetables, as American tots do for peanut butter and jelly. Spread on buttered toast or bread as a snack or a sandwich, or on February 4, 2015

biscuits as a special treat at teatime, Vegemite may not be pretty, but it is one of the world’s most iconic foods and definitely worth a try.

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at www.1000Foods.com.

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Trans-Pacific Balloon Crew: Like Camping in the Sky

By Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An international team is piloting the helium-filled Two Eagles balloon across the Pacific Ocean in an effort to break a pair of major ballooning records.

Five things to know about the challenge: THE GOAL. Accomplished balloon pilots Troy Bradley, of Albuquerque, and Leonid Tiukhtyaev (too-kh-TY’-yev) of Russia, launched from Saga, Japan, early Sunday Japan time.

They’re aiming for the shores of North America, an attempt that will put them on course to break a distance record of 5,208 miles that has stood for more than three decades. They’re also looking to break the flightduration record set in 1978 when Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman made the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight.

That record of 137 hours in the air in a traditional gas balloon

is considered the “holy grail� of ballooning achievements.

LIFE IN THE CAPSULE. Bradley has likened the journey to a camping trip in the sky. The balloon’s capsule is about the size of a large tent - 7 feet long, 5 feet wide and 5 feet tall, which leaves the pilots little room to move around. Since they’re flying at an altitude of at least 15,000 feet, they have oxygen masks and are bundled up to cope with the 50-degree temperature inside the capsule. They have sleeping bags and a small onboard heater.

The balloon is also equipped with a simple toilet.

FOOD AND DRINK. Packing required the pilots to be thorough since they would be on their own after lifting off. They have freezedried meals, fresh fruit, beef jerky and energy bars, along with lots of water to stay hydrated.

They also have a small stove for occasional hot meals. Because of the altitude and the inability to move around, however, they

don’t have large appetites.

THE VIEW. Bradley and Tiukhtyaev have been sharing photos of the view from their carbon composite capsule via social media. Some show the sun peeking over the Earth’s curve, while others show part of the balloon and spotty clouds covering an ocean of blue tens of thousands of feet below.

LIVE TRACKING. The team has been in constant communication with mission control, and updates on the balloon’s location are being posted to social media sites. The team’s exact destination in North America is not known because the location will depend on the winds the balloon encounters along the way. As of mid-Tuesday in New Mexico, the balloon was nearly two-thirds of the way across the ocean - traveling 78 mph at an altitude of more than 20,000 feet. Source KMIR

(AP Photo/Tsuyoshi Ogushi, Two Eagles Balloon Team). In this photo provided by the Two Eagles Balloon Team, Troy Bradley of New Mexico and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia set off from Saga, Japan, shortly before 6:30 a.m.

Ex-NFL Star Darren Sharper to Face Rape Charges next Month

By KMIR News Staff Los Angeles – A former DoLOS ANGELES (AP) - A preliminary hearing for former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper on charges that he drugged and raped two women he met at a

West Hollywood nightclub has been tentatively set for Feb. 17.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge set the new hearing date Tuesday after meeting privately with prosecutors and defense lawyers.

Sharper says he agrees with the delay.

Judge Michael Pastor says the hearing was postponed because of scheduling and evidence issues that he didn’t explain.

Sharper has pleaded not guilty to giving women drugs and raping them while they were unconscious. He’s been in custody since February.

Sharper faces similar charges

in Arizona and Louisiana, and federal authorities have ordered the Los Angeles sheriff to turn him over to U.S. marshals in New Orleans by Feb. 23. Source KMIR

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Deliberations Start in Rape Trial for Ex-Vanderbilt Players

By Sheila Burke Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Two former Vanderbilt football players accused in the rape of a woman in a dorm room believed they were entitled athletes who could “get away with anything,” prosecutors said Tuesday.

Defense attorneys countered that the teammates were extremely drunk on the night of the alleged assault, and blamed a college culture of binge drinking and promiscuous sex.

Jurors started deliberating Tuesday about 2:30 p.m. EST. Brandon Vandenburg and

Cory Batey are each charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. If convicted, they could face dozens of years in prison.

During closing arguments, Deputy District Attorney Tom Thurman told jurors that the college culture argument was a “red herring” and that the athletes thought the law didn’t apply to them.

“That’s the culture that you really saw here . their mindset that they can get away with anything,” Thurman said.

Earlier, one of the defense

Brandon Vandenburg

attorneys conceded that Vandenburg took “deplorable” photos, but shouldn’t be convicted of rape because he didn’t take part in it.

“He took photographs that he never should have taken,” Vandenburg attorney Fletcher Long said.

Prosecutors say Vandenburg encouraged three of his teammates to have sex with the unconscious 21-year-old woman in June 2013 and didn’t participate because he couldn’t perform.

Batey testified Monday that he was so drunk he didn’t remember what happened that night in Vandenburg’s dorm room until he later saw cellphone images on his phone.

“I was just drunk out of my mind,” Batey said. “This is something I would never do in my right state of mind. I’m just sorry.”

The woman, who earlier testified that she didn’t remember anything that night, was crying as Batey was on the stand and appeared to be vomiting at one point.

Two other players were also accused in the rape. They have pleaded not guilty. Their trial dates have not been set.

Vandenburg and Batey are on trial together, but represented by different attorneys. Batey’s defense said the photos and videos don’t actually show him having sex with the woman and one of his lawyers blamed a

college culture so accepting of binge drinking that many people saw the unconscious woman that night but did nothing to help.

The woman testified that Vandenburg plied her with alcohol at a Nashville night spot and the last thing she remembers is waking up alone in a strange dorm room and feeling sick. She said she still has no memory of what happened.

Police officers who testified said they didn’t find evidence of body fluids on the dorm room floor that would indicate a sexual assault, but they did not go to the dorm room until four days later.

Throughout the trial, jurors have seen graphic images and videos recovered from cellphones and a laptop. Prosecutors said that players took pictures of the assault and that one sent videos to his friends as it was happening.

Jaborian “Tip” McKenzie, who is also charged, testified that Vandenburg was “amped” and coaching the players. McKenzie testified that he did not touch the woman himself but took pictures.

A trial date for McKenzie and Brandon Banks, the fourth player accused, has not been set. Source KMIR

new ceremony that didn’t include being held by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Last year, in de Blasio’s first time at the annual ceremony, the rodent slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground. It died weeks later.

A medical exam revealed it died of internal injuries, but zoo officials said it was unclear if they were caused by the fall from

de Blasio’s arms. Zoo officials didn’t make the death public for months.

The accident became a source of teasing for the mayor, and de Blasio himself suggested Monday that “teams of animal behavior experts and scientists have consulted from all over the country” to keep the groundhog safe.

In Wisconsin, the mayor of

Sun Prairie might not be getting too close to a groundhog again.

During a celebration Monday, the handler of Jimmy the groundhog held the animal next the face of Mayor Jonathan Freund, and Jimmy promptly bit down on the mayor’s left ear.

Freund flinched, but went on with the event. Source KMIR

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Pennsylvania Groundhog ‘Forecasts’ 6 More Weeks of Winter

By KMIR News Staff PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, said Monday the furry rodent has forecast six more weeks of winter.

Members of the top hatwearing Inner Circle announced the “prediction” Monday morning.

A German legend has it that if a furry rodent sees his shadow on Feb. 2, winter will last another six weeks. If not, spring comes early.

The forecast was also announced on Twitter, as was referenced in the official proclamation read by Jeff Lundy, the Fair Weatherman of the Inner Circle.

“Forecasts abound on the Internet, but, I, Punxsutawney Phil am still your best bet. Yes, a shadow I see, you can start to Twitter, hash tag: Six more weeks of winter!”

The forecast was delivered after a steady pre-dawn rain turned to snow as temperatures dropped from the high 30s to around freezing. They were forecast to keep dropping over much of the state, prompting the state Department of Transportation to lower the

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The rain kept some revelers away, with state police estimating the crowd at around 11,000, slightly smaller than in recent years when upward of 15,000 attended.

Despite the German legend, Phil’s handlers don’t wait to see if he sees his shadow - as he likely would not have on such an overcast day. Instead, the Inner Circle decide on the forecast ahead of time and announce it on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny hill in the town for which the groundhog is named, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Records going back to 1887 show Phil has now predicted more winter 102 times while forecasting an early spring just 17 times. There are no records for the remaining years.

Phil’s counterpart in New York City, Staten Island Chuck, delivered a conflicting message in calling for an early spring after not seeing his shadow.

Chuck emerged from his home at the Staten Island Zoo early Monday and took part in a

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capublicnotice.com FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: BANNING DRIVELINE 1550 E RAMSEY ST BANNING CA 92220. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: BRANDON MICAHEL HOPKINS 1341 N SAN GORGONIO AVE BANNING CA 92220. Business is conducted by: Individual.

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

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: BRANDON HOPKINS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on January 5, 2015. Larry W. Ward, signed by D. SANTANA File No. R-2015-0015 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). February 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2015.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DRUSILLA ORA TIPTON CASE NO. INP 1500037 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DRUSILLA ORA TIPTON. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: TRESA CURRIE in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: TRESA CURRIE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION REQUESTS the decedent’s will and codicil’s, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicil’s are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION REQUESTS authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on: FEBRUARY 25, 2015 AT 8:45 a.m., DEPT. 1A The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 46-200 OASIS ST. INDIO, CA 92201 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: THOMAS G. MARTIN, ESQ. 111 W. OCEAN BLVD, 4TH FLOOR LONG BEACH, CA 90802 562-219-3290\ Feb 4, 6, 11, 2015.

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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: ELIZABETH GONZALEZ TOLENTINO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JANUARY 22, 2015. Larry W. Ward, signed. D. PEREZ File No. I-2015-00205.

NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2015. DSW15-5015 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following fictitious business name(s) XPRESSION HAIR SALON 12527 PALM DRIVE DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92240. Riverside County has been abandoned by the following person(s): ELIZABETH-TOLENTINO 16040 AVE MIROLA DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92240. OFELIA-MERCER 13831 VERBENA AVE. #B DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92240.

DIANA-CARCELENA 13718 LUIS DR #A DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92240. This business is conducted by: C0-PARTNERS. The fictitious business name(s) referred to above was filed in Riverside County on 04-28-14. 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: ELIZABETH TOLENTINO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County, signed by, Larry W. Ward, by D. PEREZ, Deputy on January 22, 2015 File No. I-201401097 January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2015. Dsw15-5014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: D’DENT MAN PAINTFREE DENT REMOVAL 575 OLEANDER ST. #26 PALM SPRINGS CA, 92264. Mailing Address 66050 CAHUILLA AVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: FREDDY CHAVEZ ENCINO 66050 CAHUILLA AVE. DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92240. Business is conducted by INDIVDUAL: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: FREDDY CHAVEZ ENCINO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JANUARY 14, 2015 Larry W. Ward, signed TL. QUINTERO File No. I-201500050. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub January 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11/2015. DSW15-5011 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DESERT FACILITIES MAINTENANCE 569 SORIANO WAY PALM SPRINGS CA 92262. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ALEJANDRO MANUEL FLORES 569 SORIANO WAY PALM SPRINGS CA 92262. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed below. 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: ALEJANDRO FLORES. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on JANUARY 12, 2015. Larry W. Ward, signed. T. BRIMMER File No. I-201500086. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 2015. DSW15-5010 AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: STUDIO ONE 11, 67555 E. PALM CANYON DR., STE A103, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Mailing Address PO BOX 4541, PALM SPRINGS CA 92263. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: 2a. TWO JR INVESTMENTS, LLC 76555 E. PALM CANYON DR. STE A103 CATHEDRAL CITY CA 92234. Business is conducted

by LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: RICH ANDREWS, JR. MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on November 10, 2014 Larry W. Ward, signed V. BOYZO-SAUCEDO File No. I-2014-02840.

NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 2014 AMENDED 1/14, 21, 38, 2/4/2015.

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NOTICE OF WAREHOUSE LIEN SALE Please take notice that, in accordance with California Commercial Code Sections 7209 and 7210, notice having been given to all parties believed to claim an interest and the time specified for payment in the notice having expired, the undersigned is entitled to a warehouse lien against that certain mobilehome described as a 1976 FLEEW mobilehome, decal number ABI7683, serial number S2401, label/insignia number MH223202, now situated at 70-875 Dillon Road, Space 4, Desert Hot Springs, California 92241. The party believed to claim an interest in the mobilehome is Ronald Colquitt. Take further notice that the mobilehome will be sold at public auction for removal only at 9:00 a.m. on February 23, 2015, at Sam’s Family Spa, Park Office, located at 70-875 Dillon Road, Desert Hot Springs, California. In order to prevent the mobilehome from being sold at the noticed sale, the amount of $1,879.32 must be paid prior to the sale date and the mobilehome must then be promptly removed from the park. This amount includes storage charges, publication charges, attorneys fees, incidental and/or transportation charges. Additional amounts incurred may be added to this amount, as provided in the Commercial Code. Dowdall Law Offices, A.P.C.; Robin G. Eifler, Esq., 284 N. Glassell Street, Orange, CA 92866; Attorneys and Authorized Agent for Sam’s Family Spa. 8646. Pub Feb 4, 13, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT DSW15-5012 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE BUSINESS AS: GONZALEZ TOWING SERVICE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- 13587 STACY LYNN DR. MORENO VALLEY CA. NESS AS: ROMAN MARBLE & GRANITE 3425 N 92555. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: INDIAN CANYON DR SUITE 2 PALM SPRINGS CA GONZALEZ TOWING & TRANSPORTATION, 92262. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: INC. 13587 STACY LYNN DRIVE MORENO ABDON RENDON FIGUEROA 2600 N SUNRISE VALLEY CA 92555. Business is conducted by WAY PALM SPRINGS CA 92262.Business is CORPORATION: Registrant commenced to conducted by INDIVIDUAL:Registrant has not transact business under the fictitious business yet begun to transact business under the ficti- name(s) listed above on Aug. 22/2014. I declare tious names) listed above. I declare that all the that all the information in this statement is true information in this statement is true and correct. and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, (A registrant, who declares as true, information information which he or she knows to be false, is which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a guilty of a crime). Signed: Daniel Gonzalez, CEO. crime). Signed: ABDON RENDON FIGUEROA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on DECEMBER 9, 2014 Larry W. Riverside County on January 28, 2015. Larry W. Ward, signed S. RATLIFF File No. R-2014-11564.

Ward, signed. B URIAS File No. I-2015-00251. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub December 31, 2014, PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub February 4, 11, 18, January 7, 14, 21, 2015. DSW 14-40339 25,,2015. DSW15-5019 T.S. No.: 14-0328 Loan No.: *******329 NOTICE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DO- OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATING BUSINESS AS: AG BEAUTY HAIR SALON TACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 12527 PALM DRIVE DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN eLIZABETH-TOLENTINO 16040 aVEmIRO- DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG LAdESERThOTsPRINGS ca 92240. Business is BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG conducted by INDIVIDUAL: Registrant has not ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ yet begun to transact business under the ficti- BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN tious names) listed above. I declare that all the TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY [PURSUANT TO CIVIL

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CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR] YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/22/2007 AND MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BELOW. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States (payable to Attorney Lender Services, Inc.) will be held by the duly appointed Trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: BENNY JOSE VALENTINE, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPERATE PROPERTY Trustee: ATTORNEY LENDER SERVICES, INC Recorded 6/28/2007 as Instrument No. 20070423136 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, Date of Sale: 2/25/2015 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the front steps to the entrance of the former Corona Police Department 849 W. Sixth Street Corona, CA 92882 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $358,038.69 The purported property address is: 48971 PLAYA DEL AMOR COACHELLA, CA 92236 A.P.N.: 612-530-014-4 The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county wherein the real property is located and more than three (3) months have elapsed since such recordation.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown above.

If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. 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 the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-573-1965 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, 14-0328 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: 2/2/2015 ATTORNEY LENDER SERVICES, INC Diane Weifenbach, Trustee Sale Officer 5120 E. LaPalma Avenue, #209 Anaheim, CA 92807 Telephone: 714-695-6637 Sales Line: 714-5731965 Sales Website: www.priorityposting.com This office is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtaine P1130281 2/4, 2/11, 02/18/2015.DSW15-5025 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包含一个信 息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN (CIVIL CODE SECTION 5675) DATED DECEMBER 6, 2012 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONSULT A LAWYER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 5, 2015, at 10:00 am, PETERS & FREEDMAN, L.L.P. as Trustee, or Successor Trustee or Substituted Trustee of that certain Notice of Delinquent Assessment which was caused to be recorded

by Tuscany Hills Landscape and Recreation Corporation (“Creditor Association”) pursuant to the authority of Civil Code Section 5675 in order to secure obligations in favor of the Creditor Association, which Notice of Delinquent Assessment was recorded on December 6, 2012, as File/Page No. 2012-0594640 of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, and pursuant to that certain Notice of Default and Election to Sell recorded on September 11, 2013, as File/Page No. 2013-0442730 of Official Records of said County, will sell at public auction, under the power of sale conferred by Civil Code Section 5700, to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States of America or cashiers check made payable to the creditor Association, at the offices of Peters & Freedman, L.L.P., 43100 Cook Street Suite 202, Palm Desert, CA 92211, in the City of Palm Desert, County of Riverside, State of California, all that right, title and interest in the property situated in said County and State which is legally described as follows: LOT 20 OF TRACT NO. 17413-2, IN THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 236, PAGES 92 THROUGH 98, INCLUSIVE, OF MAPS, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. Street address or other common designation of Property to be sold: 39 Bella Donaci, Lake Elsinore, CA 92532. The record owner of which is Anahit Mesrobian, (“Owner”).

Names and Address of Creditor Association at whose request the sale is being conducted: Tuscany Hills Landscape and Recreation Corporation c/o Peters & Freedman, L.L.P. 43100 Cook Street Suite 202 Palm Desert, CA 92211 (760) 773-4463. Directions to and a detailed description of the above-described real property may be obtained by requesting the same in writing to the above-named beneficiary (“Creditor Association”) within ten (10) days from the first publication of this notice. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the unpaid balance currently due and owing under the aforesaid Notice of Delinquent Assessment and/or late fees, costs of collection (including attorneys’ fees), and interest, which said Owner is obligated

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to pay Creditor Association under Civil Code Section 5650, and fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee. NOTE: THE PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF REDEMPTION CREATED BY CIVIL CODE 5715. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the Property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $8,838.55.

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 visit this Internet Web site www.hoalaw.com/foreclosureinfo for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file/TS number assigned to this case: 1492P450-000611. 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: ____________________ Tuscany Hills Landscape and Recreation Corporation By: ______Christina Baine DeJardin, Trustee, Attorney, and Authorized Agent for Tuscany Hills Landscape and Recreation Corporation. A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.. State of California County of Riverside ) On _______before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared Christina Baine DeJardin, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in his/ her/their authorized capacity (ies), and that by her signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal Signature _______ (seal). Pub Feb 4, 2015, Feb 11, 2015, Feb 18, 2015. DSW15-5024 APN: 603-453-021-6 TS No: CA05001793-14-1 TO No: 8483109 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED December 6, 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 March 2, 2015 at 09:00 AM, at the front steps to the entrance of the former Corona Police Department 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 December 22, 2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0939939, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by JAIME LOPEZ AND MARIA G LOPEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for STEARNS LENDING, INC. 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: 84050 MAGNOLIA STREET, COACHELLA, CA 92236 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 $197,819.71 (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

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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 Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 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, CA05001793-14-1. 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 27, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05001793-14-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Amy Lemus, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting. com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Priority Posting and Publishing AT 714-573-1965 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P1129301 2/4, 2/11, 02/18/2015. DSW15-5020 T.S. No.: 9550-2400 TSG Order No.: 8479152 A.P.N.: 603-454-010-9 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/16/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 10/24/2007 as Document No.: 2007-0653337, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by: FILEMON B NIEVES, AND ESTHER R NIEVES, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 02/24/2015 at 09:00 AM Sale Location: At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 84085 MAGNOLIA STREET, COACHELLA, CA 92236-3265 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $311,683.34 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9550-2400.

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Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting.com or Call: 916939-0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Hector Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only.NPP0241513 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 02/04/2015, 02/11/2015, 02/18/2015.

DSW15-5022 Trustee Sale No. : 00000004864950 Title Order No.: 730-1405134-70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 0484427008952/255 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/25/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 07/31/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0560954 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ROY A. SMITH AND GLORIA B. SMITH, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF

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SALE: 02/24/2015 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE FORMER CORONA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9660 WARWICK DRIVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92240 APN#: 661113-005-5 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $279,556.99. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien.

If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you

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consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000004864950.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 5005 WINDPLAY DRIVE, SUITE 1 EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762-9334 916-939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee Dated: 01/27/2015 NPP0241399 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 02/04/2015, 02/11/2015, 02/18/2015. DSW15-5017 Trustee Sale No. : 00000004727490 Title Order No.: 730-1404944-70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 0157972401 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/01/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN

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FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 03/06/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0153408 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: VICTOR J LOBUE JR AND REBECCA M LOBUE, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 02/18/2015 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: 2410 WARDLOW ROAD # 104, CORONA, CA 92880. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 45607 CLUB DR, INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA 92210 APN#: 633-260-033-0 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $832,624.44. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that

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the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien.

If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www. auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000004727490. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC ONE MAUCHLY IRVINE, CA 92618 800280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee Dated: 01/19/2015 NPP0240904 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 01/28/2015, 02/04/2015, 02/11/2015. DSW15-5013

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Two Bunch Palms Elementary Science Fair

By Carolyn Gaines Wednesday the 28th was an exciting day at Two Bunch Palms Elementary. The entire school site has been involved in studying the Scientific Method and creating both individual and group Science Fair Projects for our annual site-wide Science Fair.

More than 200 Fourth and Fifthgrade students entered individual projects to be judged, as well as classroom projects from each of our Kindergarten through ThirdGrade rooms.

Judging all of these projects was no small task! Luckily, they could solicit a fantastic pool of volunteers – eight in total! These folks really got to work, and in a little more than four hours, they had their results.

Congratulations go out to all the first place winners, who will now compete in the District Science Fair to be held

Chili Cook off, Saturday, Feb. 28 from 12-3 p.m. at 14080 Palm Drive. For info 760-288-7878.

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at Rancho Mirage High School on February 24th and 25th.

First place winners include: Aldair Murillo, Arianna Serrano, Emmanuel Acuahuitl, Kamila Barajas, Cihuapatli Calderon, Melisa Ramirez, Kelly Medero, Guadalupe Ruiz, Andrea Morales,

Ingrid Solano, Marian Valdes, Samuel Castellanos, Christian Munoz, Rebecca Murillo, Alberto Servin and Anallely Vega.

Classrooms projects headed for the district competition are Ms. Box, Mr. Habstritt, Mrs. Geurds, Mrs. Diener and Mr. Coats.

Special thanks to the fine panel of judges for their generous assistance: Thomi Clinton, Jennifer Hernandez, Sarah Williams Fay, Maria Olen, Michael Burke, Carolyn Gaines, Carolin Conway and Roxann Merizan.

Activities Abound for Valentine’s and Presidents’ Day Weekend Visitors Traveling through five climatic life zones on your way to the top—from Sonoran desert to Alpine forests— getting there is half the fun. It’s like going from Mexico to Alaska in just minutes.

Tram admission is $23.95 for adults and $16.95 for children ages 3-12 years.

Special discounts and packages are available after 4:00 p.m.— Twilight Tickets are $20.95 for adults and seniors, and $13.95 for children ages 3-12. Ride ‘n’ Dine tickets are $36 for adults and seniors, and $23.50 for children ages 3-12.

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Writers Workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 4 12-1 p.m. RSVP 760-321-1548.

American Documentary Film Festival on Sunday, Feb. 8 from 4-6 p.m. RSVP 760-321-1548.

Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Civil Rights Movementon Thursday, Now - Apr 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero.

For more information, call 760-770-0369 or go to cathedralcity.gov.

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Drug Bust Nets Drugs, Weapons & Even a Rocket Launcher

By Desert Star Staff DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Ca. - Five people were arrested and officers seized drugs, stolen weapons, an anti-tank rocket launcher, methamphetamine, heroin and other stolen property during a raid of a home in Desert Hot Springs, sheriff’s officials reported today.

Deputies and members of the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force served a drug warrant about 6 p.m. last Thursday at a home in the 66000 block of Third Street.

Officers seized drugs and stolen property, which included guns and rifles, ammunition, jewelry, disc jockey equipment and other electronics, sterling silver and an estimated $20,000

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

Elks Charity Bingo 2 Sessions every Tuesday: Doors open 4pm Each session $10 buy in. 64878 Pierson Blvd-open to public (760) 329-6444

Special Tram Hours for Holiday Weekend PALM SPRINGS, Ca. -The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will observe holiday hours during the Valentine’s/Presidents’ Day Weekend February 14-16, 2015 with the first Tram car up each day at 8:00 a.m., the last Tram car up at 8:00 p.m. and the last Tram car down at 9:45 p.m.

Tram cars depart at least every 30 minutes.

Enjoy a romantic day or evening above the desert floor hiking the pristine wilderness of the 14,000 acre Mt. San Jacinto State Park, be awed by spectacular Coachella Valley vistas from the Mountain Station, or dine in Peaks Restaurant, Pines Café or the Lookout Lounge.

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The Park After Dark: The Living Desert 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.47900 Portola Avenue Info: www.livingdesert.org; (760) 346-5694 The Muses & Patroness Circle of the McCallum Theatre Annual fundraising event March 26 6:309:30pm 35050 Via Florenica 760-340-7272 or www.mccallumtheatre. com/muses The Galen on Thursday, Jan. 22-May 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 72567 Hwy 111. For info, call 760322-4825 psmuseum.org.

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The arrestees -- all residents of Desert Hot Springs -- included Sherrie Nelson, 29, on suspicion of child endangerment; Richard William Nelson, 31, for allegedly

possessing methamphetamine for sale, being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of ammunition, and child endangerment; Jody Laster, 38, for allegedly being a felon in possession February 4, 2015

of a firearm and violating probation; Jack Johnson, 41, for heroin possession and an outstanding felony warrant; and Gregory Kalayjian, 51, for alleged possession of methamphetamine.

Mayor’s State-ofThe-City Luncheonon Thursday, Feb. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 49-499 Eisenhower Drive.

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S P O RT S Cathedral City Boys’ Basketball Gets Revenge in Win Over Palm Desert

BY DANIEL MARINELLI

CATHEDRAL CITY – Losses to beatable schools this season have all but mathematically eliminated the Cathedral City Lions from the DVL championship race, but there are still playing with something to lose, demonstrated in a 59-53 win over the league-leading Palm Desert Aztecs last Friday.

Guards Darien Broom and Orlando Wallace stole the show in the Cathedral City gym, doing their best impressions of the Golden State Warriors Splash Brothers. The two were on fire most of night and helped the Lions (4-5 in DVL, 10-11 Overall) storm out to a commanding, 3414, halftime lead.

The Aztecs (6-2 in DVL, 1210 Overall) started off the game cold and out of sync – the polar opposite of the home team.

Broom added 10 points in the first half, including two of the Lions’ five first-half three-pointers, not to mention the Cathedral City had two three-point plays by virtue of and-one foul calls.

Despite what looked like an offensive onslaught against the bigger Palm Desert team, Lions head coach Sky Wilson attributed the first-half lead to the team’s unrelenting defense.

“More than anything, our defensive activity is what lead to those points on the board,” Coach Wilson said. “We talked about a few things in pregame and the days prior to the game – just about being active. We’re not very tall but we are somewhat quick and scrappy defensively, so we just challenged our guys to jump off to the basketball and fight through screens.”

Wallace, the Lions point guard, managed 10 points in the first 20 minutes. The trisport senior caused such havoc, center, and the Aztecs mostprolific athlete, Anthony Murdica, was called upon to try to stop the Cathedral City star.

Palm Desert head coach James Serven had to have given a spirited speech at the halftime break because the Lions struggled slightly more in the second half and the Aztecs were finally competing like first-place teams should – with intensity.

Servin’s squad made a concentrated push in the latter half with most of the offense filtering through guard Aaron Cordero. In the final 20 minutes,

Cordero was a freight that could not be stopped, getting to the basket at will. The senior finished the game with 15 points but had 11 in the final quarter.

The final minutes of the game appeared as if a magnificent comeback was in the works, but a few missed shots and bad fouls turned the end of the fourth quarter into a free-throw shooting contest for the Lions. A 20-point deficit on the road and stellar performances from Broom and Wallace were just too much to overcome.

Broom finished the game with 20 points and despite Murdica’s assignment; Wallace scored 19 and racked up eight assists. On the other end, Murdica put in 11 points for Palm Desert.

“We tell Orlando to just switch up his speed, he’s so fast, and in my opinion, the best athlete in the valley,” Coach Wilson said. “I thought he was big for us in this game because he puts pressure on the defense when he gets in the lane. He had eight assists – he is just good.

We need him to play well for us to have a chance.”

In addition to bragging rights for having the most recent win in the Palm Desert-Cat. City series, the Lions defeated the Aztecs for the first time in over two years.

Also, Coach Wilson’s boys get the revenge they wanted for having lost to Servin’s Aztecs by 28 earlier this season.

With three games left in the season, the Lions are still mathematically in the DVL title hunt but they happen to be two and a half games back of three teams (Palm Desert, Palm Springs and La Quinta). For Cathedral City to have a chance – in addition to luck – Orlando Wallace will have to channel a level of play that Coach Wilson has not yet witnessed.

Palm Desert arrived at Cathedral City High School on Friday riding a three-game win streak, had won six of the last seven and suffered only one loss in league. The Aztecs were the sure favorite to beat the Lions but they did not show up for the full 40 minutes. The loss leaves three teams tied atop the DVL standing, setting up what should be an entertaining finish to the season.

Today, the Indio Rajahs travel to Palm Desert High School to take on the Aztecs. A barnburner between the first-place Palm Springs Indians and La Quinta Happy Hour 4pm -6pm Blackhawks will take place at La Quinta High School. The Lions will try to win back-to-back at Full Service Hair Salon home against the Xavier Prep ELIZABETH Saints. All games start at 6:30.

For more on sports in the 760-288-1397 Tues, Wed. and Thursday Coachella Valley, follow Dan on 12527 Palm Dr. Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Twitter @dsmarine7.

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