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“No More Gas?”

Local residents protest a proposed gas station in the Marin County city of Novato. (Karen Preuss) March/2021

Movement Grows to Stop New Gas Stations in CA

By Desert Star Staff NOVATO, Calif. -- The city of Novato will vote tonight on whether to

allow Costco to build a substantial new gas station, despite strong opposition from locals concerned

about climate change.

Novato is the latest front in a battle to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

By Desert Star Staff The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra is preparing for the second concert in their hybrid 92nd season. “Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi & Grieg” will premiere Sunday digitally, March 28, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. on the Symphony’s new SBSOtv platform accessible from their website www. sanbernardinosymphony.org.

The performance will include selections prominently featuring two exceptional instruments: the Maestro’s recently returned bassoon and a historic 1929 Wurlitzer organ.

Shared Maestro Parnther,

“Tchaikovsky and Grieg penned two of the most compelling and deeply expressive works for string orchestra; Tchaikovsky’s Serenade in C Major and Grieg’s Holberg Suite, respectively. We will perform excerpts from both of these incredible works.”

Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor, one of the Maestro’s personal favorites, will also be performed, but with a creative twist. Specifically, Maestro Parnther will be tackling dual roles as both soloist and conductor on this dazzling work for solo bassoon and orchestra. As mentioned, the bassoon the Maestro

will be playing in the same instrument recently returned to him after it was stolen just two days before the March 2020 concert was canceled due to Covid restrictions.

“For my bassoon to be taken two days before my Mozart concerto performance last year... and gifted back in a time for the replacement Vivaldi concerto a year later... there is a sign in all of this,” said Parnther.

As repairs are still underway to the Symphony’s local performance venue, San Bernardino’s historic California

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Lily Cohen, mobilizing team lead for the nonprofit 350 Bay Area, said projects such as this fly in the face of local and state climate goals.

“The more gas infrastructure we have,

the more time it would take later on down the road to take down that infrastructure and proceed forward with newer, cleaner, Continues on Page 3

Maestro Anthony Parnther will lead the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra in a March 28 digital concert… and perform Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor on his recently returned bassoon.

(Photo Credit: San Bernardino Symphony.)

A Hoppy Easter Cake

By Desert Star Staff Warmer days at the start of spring mean Easter is almost here, and the big bunny himself will be hopping around in no time delivering goodies.

This Easter, celebrate with your loved ones with a delicious and colorful Easter Bunny Butt Cake. It can bring smiles and laughter while putting everyone in a light, joyful mood.

This cake is fun and bright with a fluffy, moist interior.

Complete with chocolate candy eggs, shredded coconut and chocolate chips for little bunny toes, this recipe goes all out to paint a picture of the Easter bunny.

Start by combining whole eggs, egg whites, cream of coconut, crushed pineapple, coconut extract and vanilla extract.

In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Then add butter gradually, 6 tablespoons at a time, for a total of 12 tablespoons.

Add dry mixture to a mixing bowl then add egg mixture half at a time. Beat until cake batter is formed.

Fill muffin tins 2/3 full and bake 18-20 minutes. The remaining batter goes into an oven-safe bowl to bake for 1 hour, 40 minutes.

The buttercream frosting is made with powdered

EASTER BUNNY BUTT CAKE

sugar, butter, milk, vanilla extract and coconut extract.

Assemble the cake using pretzel sticks to blend it together to make the bunny butt shape. Frost the cake and spread shredded coconut over it to create a textured appearance. Stick chocolate chips on the bunny’s feet to create toes.

Place your favorite Easter or bunny candies around the cake for extra garnish.

This cake is worth every step. It’s delicious and as cute as can be, plus it’s perfect for dessert after a big Easter dinner.

Find more creative and scrumptious holiday recipes at Culinary.net.

The USO: A Look Back at 80 Years of Continuous Service

Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray 2 eggs, plus 4 egg whites, at room temperature 3/4 cup cream of coconut 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained 2 teaspoons coconut extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 1/4 cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature Buttercream Frosting: 3 cups powdered sugar 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 3 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract 4 thin pretzel sticks 1 bag (10 ounces) sweetened shredded coconut 8 drops green food coloring 2 large round chocolate candy melts 6 chocolate chips mini candy-coated chocolate eggs, for garnish Direcetions: - Heat oven to 325 F. - Line muffin pan with four paper liners. Spray ovensafe glass bowl with nonstick cooking spray.

- In large bowl, whisk eggs, egg whites, cream of coconut, pineapple, coconut extract and vanilla extract until combined.

- In food processor, pulse flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until combined. Add 6 tablespoons butter. Pulse until combined.

- Add remaining butter. Pulse until coarse meal forms.

- In large mixing bowl, add coarse flour butter meal.

- Add half of egg mixture. Beat 1-2 minutes. Add remaining egg mixture; beat until combined.

- Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full. Bake 18-20 minutes, or until done. Cool completely.

- Pour remaining batter into prepared oven-safe bowl. Bake 1 hour, 40 minutes, or until done. Cool completely.

- To make buttercream frosting: In large bowl, add powdered sugar and butter; beat until fluffy. Add milk, vanilla extract and coconut extract; beat until creamy.

- Turn bowl upside-down on cake stand until cake removes from bowl. If cake needs leveled, turn cake over and trim to flatten. Frost cake.

- Remove wrappers from cupcakes. Using two pretzel sticks, press into base of cupcakes and anchor to bottom rim of bowl cake to create bunny feet. Frost feet.

- Take third cupcake and cut muffin top off. Cut muffin top in half. Using one pretzel stick, anchor one muffin top half at bottom of full cupcake to form toes. Repeat with second muffin top half for other foot. Frost toes.

- Attach final cupcake with remaining pretzel stick to butt area of cake to make tail. Frost tail.

- Apply 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut all over cake. Press chocolate candy melts into bottoms of bunny feet to resemble foot pads. Add chocolate chips to resemble pads for toes.

Place remaining coconut in plastic bag. Add green food coloring. Toss in bag until coconut is colored. Spread around base of cake for grass. Decorate grass with chocolate eggs.

Tips: Spoon flour into dry measuring cup and level off excess.

Scooping directly from bag compacts flour, resulting in dry baked goods. Add 1 tablespoon additional milk if frosting is too stiff. Keep adding until desired consistency.

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Marlene Dietrich visits troops during World War II.

By Desert Star Staff The United Service Organizations (USO), the nation’s leading not-for-profit charity that serves the men and women in the U.S. military and their families, is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.

Founded just before the

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U.S. entry into World War II, the USO rapidly expanded from a patchwork of local efforts with a handful of volunteers into a robust international organization. From Bob Hope to Marlene Dietrich to Bing Crosby, the USO offered now-legendary entertainment

during World War II, as well as programs and services, quickly becoming an essential part of the war effort.

“Honorably discharged” by President Truman in 1947 after the end of World War II and reactivated for the Korean War in 1949, it is widely believed March 12, 2021

that the USO was inactive during this time. However, recent findings in USO archives and external sources show that the organization actually never stopped serving.

Though the future of the USO was at first uncertain after World War II, it quickly became clear that even in peacetime, its contribution to the welfare of armed forces was essential. With hundreds of thousands of returning troops in-transit and new troops headed for occupation duty overseas -- as well as the many thousands of soldiers and sailors recovering in hospitals -- key government officials voiced a belief that the need for an organization such as

the USO was just as pressing as it was during the war.

Then-USO president, Lindsey Kimball said in February 1946, “We face a responsibility to stand by during the difficult days of transition from total war to total participation in an achieved peace.” And stand by it did. With only a skeleton headquarters staff, between 1947 and 1949, the USO continued to operate clubs and lounges, as well as sent entertainers to perform for thousands of wounded service members recovering in hospitals.

The USO is still building on its continuous 80-year history today. www.desertstarweekly.com

Lawsuit Filed Over Election Changes in IA

By Desert Star Staff DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa’s new law that makes several significant changes for voters has been met with a lawsuit from a civil-rights group.

When Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill, it was touted

by Republican lawmakers as an election-integrity measure that, among other things, reduces early voting from 29 days to 20. It comes in light of the national rhetoric from far-right groups that continue to claim widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

Joe Enriquez Henry, state political director for the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa, said the lack of fraud has been well-established, including in

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Iowa. He said he’s convinced these changes were made for another reason.

“It is not voter security; it is voter suppression,” he said.

“It is making it harder for us to utilize our right to vote.”

His group, LULAC, contends that constitutional right is being violated with the new law and has filed a Polk County lawsuit.

Backers of the changes have said some of Iowa’s county auditors handled absentee voting differently last year, prompting the greater need for uniformity.

However, opponents counter that that was to be expected because of the pandemic, and it did not result in fraud.

Other voting-rights advocates have said this plan and similar restrictions being pushed in other states respond to the outcome of the presidential election. Henry argued that Iowa’s process has worked just fine and said he thinks it’s the deeply divided political climate that changed

In addition to reducing early voting days, Iowa’s new election law prohibits county auditors from doing blanket mailouts of absentee-ballot request forms. (Adobe Stock) individual lawmakers’ minds.

“These restrictions did not exist 20 years ago, 30 years ago,” he said.

He said restricting

absentee voting will make it harder for younger Latinos or anyone who lacks transportation to vote. Many county auditors

also have expressed opposition to the new law.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York provided support for this reporting.

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heard to be believed.”

Years after the organ was Theatre, the concert will be removed from Fox in 1998, Barr recorded at Bandrika Studios in purchased it from Ken Crome Tarzana, owned and operated of The Crome Organ Company by composer Nathan Barr. in Reno, Nevada, and thus This world-class studio is began a four-year restoration by constructed around the 1928 Crome’s team. Since Bandrika’s Barr/Fox Wurlitzer Theater opening in May 2018, the Barr/ Organ, which lived on the Fox Wurlitzer has re-entered famed Newman Scoring the world of film music and can Stage at Fox Studios from be heard extensively in Barr’s 1928 to 1998. It can be score for Amblin/Universal’s heard in dozens of classic film The House With a Clock In scores, including The Sound Its Walls and also in Danny of Music, The Day the Earth Elfman’s score for Universal’s hit Stood Still, The Witches of adaptation of The Grinch (2018).

Eastwick, and Journey to The Symphony will feature the Center of the Earth. this magnificent instrument Said Parnther, “With on two works in this program, 1,366 pipes and a plethora of including the Albinoni Adagio real percussion instruments, and a solo piece that will use this organ truly must be every feature on the instrument.

“No More Gas?” Continued from Page 1

contamination within site.”

The movement to ban new greener infrastructure,” gas stations is spreading.

Cohen contended.

Woody Hastings, coSupporters say the coordinator of the Coalition city, which currently has a Opposing New Gas Stations multi-million dollar deficit, (Con-GAS), has successfully stands to make a lot of nixed three gas stations money from gas taxes, while in Sonoma County. consumers will have access “We shouldn’t be to cheaper Costco gas. expanding fossil-fuel A Costco spokesperson infrastructure in the time of had no comment. a 21st-century climate crisis Cohen countered the where we’re experiencing project would undermine consequences, like the existing gas stations and could unprecedented wildfires that cause air and water pollution. we’ve had up here in the “We need to be North Bay,” Hastings argued. thinking more long term,” Last month the city of Cohen asserted. “It creates Petaluma took a big step worse air quality, and it toward decarbonization could potentially create “February 22nd, they March 12, 2021

“This concert is not to be missed,” said Symphony Board of Directors President Dean McVay. “We were incredibly gratified with the audience response to our February digital concert, and we believe this one will also please the discriminating musical palates of our patrons.”

A Hybrid Season... and Ticketing Options The Symphony’s online concerts are presented in high-resolution digital format and made easily accessible online through our website’s new SBSOtv platform using the password provided to each purchasing patron.

Following the March concert, a third digital offering, “Mozart and Beethoven,”

will premiere on May 1, 2021, at 7:30 p.m.

Two live concerts – slated for October 23, 2021, and December 11, 2021, will follow. The live concerts are scheduled to be held at the historic California Theatre of the Performing Arts in downtown San Bernardino.

Tickets for the digital concerts are $65 per household, and single assigned-seating tickets for the live concerts range from $30-$100. All tickets may be purchased online at www. sanbernardinosymphony.org or by calling the box office (909) 381-5388. Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.

enacted the first prohibition against gas stations in the United States, and we’re hoping this will start other local governments to follow suit,” Hastings concluded.

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Whistleblower says NY gov’s order created Covid deathtraps

By Desert Star Staff New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing even more scrutiny as reports reveal the state ordered group homes for developmentally disabled individuals to accept positive Covid-19 patients, possibly leading to thousands of cases.

Of the nearly 35,000 people living in New York’s group homes for disabled individuals, 552 have died from Covid-19 since last year, and over 6,000 residents and workers have been infected with the virus, according to the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

Many are now pointing to an April 10 directive from the Cuomo administration, which is similar in tone to a controversial and now-reversed order for nursing homes, which forced such facilities to accept Covid-positive patients, which critics say led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.

“No individual shall be denied re-admission or admission to a Certified Residential Facility-based solely on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19,” the directive states.

The OPWDD has said facilities were only supposed

to accept patients if they could provide the proper care and safety protocols. If they couldn’t, those patients could remain in the hospital or be housed at a state-run “temporary recovery facility.”

Others who experienced the results of the state order firsthand, however, tell a different story.

“As far as recovery facilities, we never heard of a separate recovery facility,” care worker Jeff Monsour, who has worked with disabled patients since 1999, said, according to the Washington Examiner.

Monsour described situations where facilities took in positive patients but were utterly unprepared to accommodate them, representing rooms where non-positive patients would be housed with positive patients with nothing but a “cloth privacy screen.” He said he believes the dysfunction in the system “goes all the way to the top, to Cuomo.”

Part of the problem, according to Monsour, was little to no oversight from the state and mandates that did not account for the seriousness of the situation.

Another whistleblower speaking on anonymity condition told the Examiner

that patients were not required to wear masks but could only be encouraged to do so. They could also come and go as they pleased at the height of the pandemic.

“We are encouraged to ask them to wear masks, [but] he refuses. He is allowed to do whatever he wants to do. He may come in from being wherever for four or five days, and then we don’t know,” the whistleblower said of one resident.

This whistleblower requested the state make efforts to separate high-risk patients from positive Covid cases and others flouting safety protocols but has heard nothing back since May of last year.

“It’s been brought to their attention,” the whistleblower said. “We have vacant respite houses. They’re just sitting there; they’re not occupied.”

In a statement, the OPWDD’s director communications, Jennifer O’Sullivan, said, “Only residents of OPWDD group homes who were sent to the hospital for COVID-19 treatment were returned to their homes after being deemed safe to return by the hospital physician, in consultation with the residential provider.”

New York state Republicans have aimed at the disabled home’s order, which remains in effect, and officially requested updated infection numbers as of late February.

GOP State Senator Mike Martucci, who signed the request letter and is a ranking member of the Senate Disabilities Committee, said in a public statement that he feared “the April 10 order

from OPWDD needlessly put some of our most vulnerable citizens in harm’s way,” adding that like the “deadly nursing home order,” this directive “appears both dangerous and tone-deaf.”

In addition to the nursing and disabled home scandals, Cuomo also deals with another controversy, as six women have accused the NY governor of sexual harassment.

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For example, a single­serve snack pack is perfect for kids to enjoy while crunching the numbers on their homework or taking a mid­ afternoon break from playtime.

Dippable options like Sabra Kids Snack Kits are snack duos made with plant­based ingredients in flavors kids crave to satisfy hunger while making it easy on mom and dad. This line of plant­based snacks made without genetically engineered ingredients are ideal for families looking to feel good about foods their kids enjoy.

Visit Sabra.com to find more snack time solutions.

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A Sweet Brownie Bite Perfect as an afternoon snack to reward kids for a job well done at school or for helping around the house, the Brownie Batter Dip and Graham Cracker Sticks variety pairs smooth, chocolatey dip with crispy, crunchy graham cracker sticks for decadent dip­ ping fun. Or you can save it for dessert after your little ones have finished dinner.

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Taco Time Meets Easy-to-Serve Snacking When tacos aren’t on the menu, turn to this tasty snack. With the Taco Dip and Rolled Tortilla Chips variety, snack time can have the excitement of Taco Tuesday any day of the week. When snack time comes calling, this smooth taco-flavored dip paired with crunchy tortilla chips is perfect for satisfying cravings in a pinch.

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Native Americans Anticipate Educational Impact with Haaland at Helm

By Desert Star Staff SANTA FE, N.M. -Native American educators say tribal representation at the highest government levels will likely encourage more civic engagement and trust in the government.

If Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is approved for Interior Secretary’s position, she would become the nation’s first Native American Cabinet secretary and oversee the Bureau of Indian Education.

Cheryl Crazy Bull, president of the Denver-based American Indian College Fund, said only about 20% of 18- to 24-year-old Native American students are enrolled in college compared with 41% of the overall U.S. population.

She argued it’s time they see themselves more broadly represented.

“So I view having a Native person in that Secretary of Interior role as

just vital to being able to develop better education,” Crazy Bull contended.

On Tuesday, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., put holds on Haaland’s nomination for the job, saying they want more debate on her positions on oil and gas development.

Despite the holds, Haaland is expected to be confirmed.

The latest data show only 16% of Native Americans attain a bachelor’s degree or higher, and only 9% achieving associate degrees.

Crazy Bull pointed out the case can be made for a more responsive system to the specific needs of Native students.

“Education in tribal communities is really about upholding identity,” Crazy Bull explained. “So, her policies and practices around land and resource use, sacred sites; all those things will impact

In 2017, only 21% of Native American children younger than 18 lived in a household with a parent who completed a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared with 52% of white families. (stgo.org) the educational environment for our communities.”

In addition to the Bureau of Indian Education, Indian Affairs, and the Trust

Funds Administration, the Department of Interior under Haaland would oversee about 500 million acres of public land and

federal policies affecting the 574 federally recognized tribal governments.

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A Virtual Call to Action to Support Domestic-Violence Programs Today, advocates will reach out to state legislators to ask that the amount increases to $5 million each year of the next biennium budget.

According to new federal data, domestic violence incidents rose at least 8% after pandemicrelated lockdowns.

Deming emphasized the direct federal funding support for domesticviolence programs has seen drastic cuts over the last couple of years.

She noted that Ohio is the lowest in all states that provide budget support for domestic violence services.

“Per capita, Ohio is at nine cents,” Deming explained. “Michigan’s at $1.

West Virginia is at $1.40.

Pennsylvania is $1.49. It’s $1.50 in Kentucky. All of our surrounding states are dedicating significantly more

More than half of domestic-violence programs in Ohio reported an increase in the severity of violence and injuries reported in 2020. (AdobeStock)

By Desert Star Staff Dozens of anti-domesticviolence advocates in Ohio are coming together to call for improved funding for services that help people in crisis.

During the Ohio Domestic Violence Network’s Spring Advocacy Day, survivors of violence, advocates, and nearly 50 legislators will discuss the challenges shelters and survivors face.

Micaela Deming, staff attorney and policy director for the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, explained

that domestic violence programs had been there to help survivors seeking safety during the pandemic.

“None of our shelters closed,” Deming pointed out. “All of our services have remained open through all of these difficult times.

Programs deserve our support, and victims deserve to have the state commit to making sure that we can keep our programs open so that there’s a safe place for families to escape violence.”

In 2019, Ohio funded

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Other legislative priorities Deming reported will be discussed include Aisha’s Law (House Bill 3), which expands penalties for domestic violence, and Senate Bill 90, which makes strangulation a felony.

“I think that’s particularly poignant right now when we are seeing this marked alarming increase in strangulation reports,” Deming remarked. “So finally recognizing the serious danger that strangulation puts folks in.”

Advocates are also promoting House Bill 93, which expands Ohio’s address confidentiality program, which helps protect victims of violence.

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NOTICE OF COMPETING PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:JOHN F. CLYATT CASE NO. PRIN2001190 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOHN F. CLYATT. A COMPETING PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JAVIER P. SANCHEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. THE COMPETING PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JAVIER P. SANCHEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE COMPETING 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 competing petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/14/21 at 8:45AM in Dept. PS3 located at 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Notice of Telephonic Hearing Department PS3 The courthouse is temporarily closed. This hearing must be attended by telephone: (1) Call 1-844-621-3956 (toll free) or 1-213-3063065 and enter meeting number: 289100160, or (2) Visit https://riversidecourts.webex.com/meet/ paldeptps3webex, type in your name and click join meeting. (3) It is important to call in promptly.

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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 the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.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 PetitionerANTOINE R. GADPAILLE, ESQ. SBN 284391, THE LAW OFFICE OF GERARD W. O’BRIEN 2878 E. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY BREA CA 92821-6714 3/12, 3/17, 3/19/21 CNS-3449296# DESERT STAR WEEKLY. DSW21-5044 AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHRISTOHER CANTINO CASE NO. PRIN2100148. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CHRISTOHER CANTINO. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by STEPHEN L. KEITHLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that STEPHEN L. KEITHLEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 in this court as follows: April 20, 2021 at 8:45AM in Dept. PS3 located at 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Telephonic Hearing Instructions: Call 1-844-621-3956 (toll free) or 1-213-306-3065 Enter Meeting Number: 289100160 (for hearings 6/23/20 and after) Or, join by URL: https://riversidecourts. webex.com/meet/paldeptps3pwebex ▪ Go to court’s website under Probate Division to locate your calendar matter number (01, 02, etc.) and name yourself before joining the hearing as: ex. “02 Atty Smith” or “02 Betty Jones”. Otherwise, there may be a delay before you are able to speak during the hearing. 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 the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 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 R. SAM PRICE, 300 E STATE STREET, SUITE 620, REDLANDS, CA 92373 (909) 328-7000. Publish February 17, 24, March 3, 2021, March 10, 12, 17, 2021. DSW21-2134 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. CVPS2101019, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262, PALM SPRINGS COURTS. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. JANICE LYNN WILK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present Name: JANICE LYNN WILK to Proposed Name: IRIS SERENE SHASHONA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: April 28, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: C1. The address of the court is: Corona Court 505 S. Buena Vista Rm 201, Corona, Ca 92882, TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE DIAL (213)306-3065 or (844)621-3956 (toll free), when prompted enter MEETING NUMBER: 287-006-060#, ACCESS CODE: # (no number after #). For additional informa-

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. CVPS2101021, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262, PALM SPRINGS COURTS. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. ANA LINO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a. Present Name: OLIVER MATTHEW LINO to Proposed Name: MATEO ALESSANDRO LINO. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: April 28, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: C1. The address of the court is: Corona Court 505 S. Buena Vista Rm 201, Corona, Ca 92882, TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE DIAL (213)306-3065 or (844)621-3956 (toll free), when prompted enter MEETING NUMBER: 287-006-060#, ACCESS CODE: # (no number after #). For additional information and instructions on telephonic appearances, visit the court’s websites at: https://www.riverside. courts.ca.gov/PublicNotices/Webex-AppearancesPublic-Access.pdf. County of Riverside 3.a.., A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): DESERT STAR WEEKLY 13279 PALM DRIVE SUITE 5, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240 Dated: March 08, 2021, Judge of the Superior Court, Publish March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2021. DSW21-5046

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MINNIER AVE #42A, RIVERSIDE, CA 92505.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant WILLIE LOUIS PENDLETON, 4655 MINNIER AVE #42a, RIVERSIDE, CA 92505; KENYATTA HELENA PENDLETON, 4655 MINNIER AVE #42A, RIVERSIDE, CA 92505. Business is conducted by MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed WILLIE PENDLETON/ KENYATTA PENDLETON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/05/2021. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202101549. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Publish March 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021. DSW21-5042

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FLEET TIRE SERVICE, 74-741 JONI DR, PALM DESERT, 92260. Riverside County; 53120 SILKTREE LN., PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Full name of registrant AARON MASON LONG, 43120 SILKTREE LN, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed AARON LONG. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 03/03/2021.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202102396. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NO. SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish March 5, PSC2003715 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (Aviso al 12, 19, 26, 2021. DSW21-5041 Demandado): Gregory Pinkney an individual, and DOES 1-100, inclusive, YOU ARE BEING SUED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE

BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DE- FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIMANDANTE): Titanium Funds, LLC a Utah Limited NESS AS COMING HOME MINISTRY, 766 GATELiability Company. NOTICE! You have been sued. WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside County; The court may decide against you without your PO BOX 621, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Full being heard unless you respond within 30 days. name of registrant PATRICK GLENN SYLVESTER, Read the information below. You have 30 CALEN- 766 GATEWAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. BusiDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers ness is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has are served on you to file a written response at this yet to transact business under the fictitious business court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A name(s) listed above. I declare that all the informaletter or phone call will not protect you. Your written tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regisresponse must be in proper legal form if you want trant, who declares as true, information which he or the court to hear your case. There may be a court she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed form that you can use for your response. You can PATRICK GLENN SYLVESTER. This statement find these court forms and more information at the was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. on 02/03/2021. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202101420. NOTICE — the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS If you do not file your response on time, you may FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. lose the case by default, and your wages, money, A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT and property may be taken without further warning MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING from the court. There are other legal requirements. OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHOYou may want to call an attorney right away. If you RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS do not know an attorney, you may want to call an BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., from a nonprofit legal services program. You can BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2021. DSW21-5038 Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIlocal court or county bar association. NOTE: The NESS AS JBM REALTY, 18414 HIDDEN RANCH court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs ROAD, RIVERSIDE, CA 92508. Full name of regon any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 istrant MONICA ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ, 18414 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid HIDDEN RANCH ROAD, RIVERSIDE, CA 92508. before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la has yet to transact business under the fictitious corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the version. Lea las informacion continuacion. Tiene information in this statement is true and correct. (A 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que entreguen registrant, who declares as true, information which esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) respuesta pro escrito en esta corte y hacer que se Signed MONICA RODRIGUEZ. This statement entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por on 02/22/2021. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202102001. NOTICE — desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING ca.gov) en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHOen la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin February 26, March 5, 12,19, 2021. DSW21-5037 mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT recomendable que llame a un abogado immediate- THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOmente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar ING BUSINESS AS KENNSTRUCTION, 49186 a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede HIBISCUS DR, MORONGO VALLEY, CA 92256. pagar a un abogado es posible que cumpla con los SAN BERNARDINO County; 49186 HIBISCUS requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos DR, MORONGO VALLEY, CA 92256. Full name de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de of registrant KENNITH LEE MCCUBBIN, 49186 lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de HIBISCUS DR, MORONGO VALLEY, CA 92256. lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) en el Centro de Ayuda has yet to transact business under the fictitious de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio information in this statement is true and correct. (A de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corto tiene registrant, who declares as true, information which derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recupera- Signed KENNITH MCCUBBIN. This statement was cion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso on 02/23/2021. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202102043. NOTICE — corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS direccion de la corte es): Riverside County Superior FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. Court, Palm Springs Courthouse, 3255 E. Tahquitz A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262. The name, MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attor- OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHOney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS la direction y el numero de telefono del abogado BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR abogado, es): Quincy J. Chuck, Maschoff Brennan, COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., 100 Spectrum Center Dr., Ste. 1200, Irvine, CA BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish 92816 (949) 202-1900 Date (Fecha): 8/17/2020 February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2021. DSW21-5034 Clerk, by (Secretario): M. ALLEN. Publish February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2021.DSW21-5031 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING AS RISEN TEE-SHIRT BOUTIQUE, 67150 FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- NESS AVE #1201, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, NESS AS A.G. AUTO CARE, 74894 LENNON HACIENDA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant PL., STE D2, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Riverside CA MAXINE BROWN, 67150 HACIENDA County. Full name of registrant ALEJANDRO- GLA- SHAQUILL AVE #1201, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

VAN, 53265 AVENIDA ALVARADO, LA QUINTA, Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant CA 92253; KARLA MONICA GALVAN, 53265 commenced to transact business under the fictitious AVENIDA ALVARADO, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. business name(s) above on 08/12/2020. I Business is conducted by MARRIED COUPLE. declare that all thelisted in this statement Registrant commenced to transact business under is true and correct.information (A registrant, who declares the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12- as true, information which he or she knows to 21-2015. I declare that all the information in this be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed SHAQUILL statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who BROWN. This statement was filed with the County declares as true, information which he or she knows Clerk of Riverside County on 01/22/2021. Peter to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed ALEJANDRO Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. GALVAN. This statement was filed with the County R-202100875. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSIClerk of Riverside County on 03/02/2021. Peter NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE R-202102347. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEOF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish February 19, 26, UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW March 5, 12, 2021 DSW21-5033 (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish March 12, 19, 26, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT April 2, 2021 DSW21-5045 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING AS MORENO & SONS PLUMBING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE BUSINESS 82929 BENNETVILLE LANE, INDIO, CA FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- SERVICE, 92203.

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CHRISTOPHER GERALD MORENO, 82929 BENNETVILLE LANE, INDIO, CA 92203; REBECCA ANN GALLEGOS, 82929 BENNETVILLE LANE, INDIO, CA 92203. Business is conducted by MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed CHRISTOPHER MORENO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 2/4/2021. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-20210439. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2021. DSW21-5032 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS INNOVATIVE CREATIONS, 79978 GRASMERE AVE, INDIO, CA 92203. Riverside County; PO BOX 6029, LA QUINTA, CA 92248.

Full name of registrant JESSE JAY FLORES, 79978 GRASMERE AVE, INDIO, CA 92203. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/01/2006. 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 JESSE JAY FLORES. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/09/2021. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202101607. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2021 DSW21-5030 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CROWNING TOUCH MOULDING & SYNTHETICS; CROWNING TOUCH MOULDING, 23293 TRILLIUM DR., WILDOMAR, CA 92595. Riverside County. Full name of registrant DANIEL JESSE RUDOLF, 23293 TRILLIUM DR., WILDOMAR, CA 92595. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/2015.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed DANIEL JESSE RUDOLF. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/02/2021. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202101301. 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

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THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2021 DSW21-5028 TSG No.: 8767263 TS No.: CA2000286659 APN: 640-062-020 Property Address: 72764 ARBOLEDA AVENUE PALM DESERT, CA 92260 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/23/2002. 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. On 04/01/2021 at 09:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 03/05/2002, as Instrument No. 2002-114189, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of California. Executed by: GERARD MURPHY, AN UNMARRIED MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the bottom of the stairway to the building located at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 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 described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 640-062-020 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 72764 ARBOLEDA AVENUE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260 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 $ 417,579.77. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

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

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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 or visit this internet website http://search.nationwideposting.com/ propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2000286659 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 Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (916)939-0772, or visit this internet website http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2000286659 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the

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funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772NPP0373233 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 03/12/2021, 03/19/2021, 03/26/2021.

DSW21-5043 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST LOAN: HAR006 / SCOTT OTHER: 91219076 T.S. #: 20147-RT NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED * * PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE Section 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT, BUT TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/16/2012. 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 CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE is hereby given that REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, as trustee, or successor trustee, or substituted trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by

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BURNESS RAY SCOTT, JR., an unmarried man, recorded on 7/25/2012 as Instrument No. 20120348622 in Book —, Page -- of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 11/12/2020 in Book --, Page --, as Instrument No. 2020-0563012 of said Official Records, WILL SELL on 3/19/2021 In front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 at 9:00 AM AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States), 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 hereinafter described: LOT 48 OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS HIGHLANDS NO. 6, IN THE CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 41, PAGES 24 TO 25 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM 1/2 OF ALL OIL, GAS AND MINERALS ON OR UNDER SAID LAND AS RESERVED TO GEORGE A. HICKEY AND JULIA H. HICKEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE,

BY DEED RECORDED APRIL 9,1954 IN BOOK 1574 PAGE 98 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; ALSO EXCEPT 1/2 INTEREST IN ALL OIL, GAS AND MINERALS UNDER SAID LAND WITHOUT, HOWEVER, ANY RIGHT TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE AND THE SUB-SURFACE AREA OF SAID LAND TO A DEPTH 200 FEET MEASURED FROM SAID SURFACE, TO PROSPECT FOR, DRILL FOR OR DEVELOP ANY OF SAID SUBSTANCES AS RESERVED BY DESERT HOT SPRINGS HIGHLANDS BY DEED RECORDED MARCH 7,1961 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 19476 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY CALIFORNIA. Assessor’s Parcel Number: 644-041-006 The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12195 Avenida

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Alta Loma, Desert Hot Springs, CA The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the undersigned within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. 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: $12,499.17. 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 Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note(s), fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. 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. Dated: February 17, 2021 REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC., as said Trustee ATTN: ROBERT CULLEN P.O. BOX 6875 SANTA ROSA, CA 95406-0875 By Robert Cullen, President NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are

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

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 683-2468 or visit this Internet Web site: www.servicelinkASAP.com, using the Trustee Sale number assigned to this file, T.S. #20147-RT. 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.

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Report: CA 20th in Nation for Kids’ Well-Being During Pandemic

School food distribution programs have helped alleviate some childhood hunger during the pandemic. (Shawn Millsaps)

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif. -One year into the pandemic,

California is ranked the nation’s 20th best state for children, according to a new report from

the nonprofit Save the Children.

Researchers looked at the data on how many families

experience hunger or poverty or lack remote learning tools.

Will Dittmar, California state director for Save the Children, said the data on hunger are troubling.

“One out of five California households are reporting that they do not have enough food for their kids to eat,” Dittmar observed. “That’s 2.1 million kids in the Golden State.”

The report found 10% of California families say they don’t have the right tools to get all their kids on Zoom classes every day. Fifty percent say they’re having trouble paying bills, a number that goes up to 65% for Black and Latino families.

Tamara Sandberg, U.S. food security and nutrition advisor for Save the Children, said the pandemic has really widened the income

gap for families of color.

“These families are twice as likely as white families to lack enough food, they’re twice as likely to be struggling with housing costs, and they’re about one-and-a-half times as likely to have difficulty paying bills,” Sandberg outlined.

The new COVID-19 stimulus bill contains provisions designed to cut the childhood poverty rate in half.

And the new Golden State Stimulus, approved in February, provides direct relief to lowincome families and struggling businesses and puts millions into state-subsidized child care.

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

CA Groups Work to Reduce Wasted Vaccine Doses

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Multiple groups are scrambling to find ways to make sure precious COVID vaccine doses are used by the end of each day instead of having to be thrown out.

Some local clinics have resorted to vaccinating people who happen to be close at hand; others have their staff members hurry to call friends and family.

Leah Russin, executive director of the advocacy group Vaccinate California, is working with community groups in the Bay Area to create a more equitable waiting list system to improve outreach to lowerincome communities.

“A local community organizer, either associated with a Black church or a community center or a legal-aid society, will have

pulled together ahead of time a list of people who are otherwise eligible but haven’t yet scheduled their dose,” she said.

Meanwhile, two companies, Force for Good and Sheer ID, launched a free new website last week.

On extravaccinenotifier. com, people can sign up to be notified if a local clinic or pharmacy has extra doses. A second site, HiDrB. com, is gearing up to do something similar but is not yet active in California.

Catherine Flores, executive director of the California Immunization Coalition, said the problem is the sheer complexity of generating a waiting list that reaches the neediest patients while protecting people’s privacy.

“I think a lot of the states and a lot of the organizations

Community groups are mobilizing to create standby lists, so extra vaccine doses no longer go to waste. (Nomevizzualizato/Morguefile) were not prepared in a lot of ways,” she said. “I think this is one of those things that they still are struggling with.”

The State of California’s

website is myturn.ca.gov, where people can register to be notified when it’s their turn to sign up for a regular vaccine appointment. Now,

however, only people age 65 and older or in certain highrisk occupations are eligible.

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Judge reinstates third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin

By Desert Star Staff Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is now facing an additional charge in his trial over the May 25 death of George Floyd after Judge Peter Cahill reinstated a previously dismissed charge of third-degree murder.

The Hennepin County judge granted prosecutors’ request to add the charge on Thursday, giving jurors more options when weighing the potential punishment for Chauvin over Floyd’s death.

The selection process for the jury will continue on Thursday. Five members have been seated thus far.

Chauvin is also being charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.

Prosecutors argue the former officer killed Floyd after having his knee pushed against his neck for approximately nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and on the ground.

Cahill had previously dismissed adding a thirddegree murder charge, but he reversed his decision after prosecutors presented new merit based on an appellate court decision in an unrelated case. In that trial, former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was convicted of the charge after he shot and killed Justine Ruszczyk after firing out of his squad car, with prosecutors arguing the actions put multiple lives in danger, including Noor’s partner. Chauvin’s lawyers unsuccessfully argued the circumstances of the case differed from their client’s proceedings.

Cahill previously argued in October that the third-degree murder charge could “be sustained only in situations in which the defendant’s actions were ‘eminently dangerous to other persons’ and were not specifically directed at

the particular person whose death occurred,” but the Noor decision provided a new precedent.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison praised the court’s decision to add the

new charge, saying it “reflects the gravity of the allegations against Mr. Chauvin.”

The Minnesota Supreme Court had already rejected Chauvin’s lawyers’ appeal that sought to prevent

Hire Smart for Home Remodeling

By Desert Star Staff When you decide to make the investment in a home improvement project, you’re likely entrusting a professional contractor to bring your vision to life on time and on budget.

Remodeling contractors are diverse, so it’s important to take your time, ask lots of questions and do your research before selecting the right one for the job. Keep in mind these considerations from the experts at the National Association of the Remodeling Industry: Choose local. A local home improvement contractor with an established business in your area is likely connected to your community and has

a vested interest in doing a job well. Referrals are an important source of business for local companies, so local remodelers are typically compelled to perform quality work that satisfies their customers in order for their businesses to survive.

Discuss experience.

While a skilled remodeler may be willing to take on something new, chances are you’ll be best served by working with someone who has experience with your specific project. A learning curve can be expensive, and the results aren’t always exactly as you hope. Talk about similar projects the contractor has completed in

the remodeler’s workmanship and service. You can contact the past and how that work the government Consumer compares to what you’re Affairs Office and the Better planning. Also be sure to Business Bureau to check ask what, if any, outside for complaints on record for certifications a contractor the contractor. Also ask if the may have earned that are remodeler is a member of any pertinent to the project. trade groups or associations.

Understand staffing.

Verify licensing. Many Be sure you’re clear about states, but not all, require who will be in your home contractors to be licensed, completing the work, whether bonded or both. Contact it’s the person you meet to your state or local licensing discuss a bid or an assigned agencies to ensure the team. Ask who the project contractor meets all supervisor will be, and if any requirements. Ask the work is to be subcontracted, remodeling contractor who is ultimately responsible for current copies of for those tasks. applicable licenses.

Check references. A Confirm insurance. Ask to reputable contractor should be see a copy of the remodeling able to produce a list of past contractor’s certification of customers who can attest to insurance or the name of his

the new charge.

Chauvin has pleaded not guilty to Floyd’s death, and his trial is expected to begin on March 29.

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or her insurance agency to verify coverage. Most states require a contractor to carry worker’s compensation, property damage and personal liability insurance.

Make sure the contractor’s insurance coverage meets all the minimum requirements.

Compare bids. There are a number of different factors that go into pricing a remodeling project. Be sure that every estimate reflects the same scope of work. If the estimates don’t fully spell out what work is going to be done, go back to the contractor for clarification in writing.

Find more tips for selecting a contractor at remodelingdoneright. com. Family Features

EU drug regulator investigating reports of blood-clotting linked to AstraZeneca jab

By Desert Star Staff The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that it was investigating after two people

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inoculated from the same stopped using the jabs. batch of AstraZeneca Covid-19 The inquiry comes vaccine died from blood after Iceland, Norway, clotting. Several countries Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, March 12, 2021

Luxembourg, and Latvia all suspended their rollouts of the AstraZeneca vaccine over fears that they may induce blood clotting – known medically as “thromboembolic events.”

“There is currently no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions, which are not listed as side effects with this vaccine,” the EMA said in a statement, adding that its risk assessment committee was investigating the matter.

As of March 10, there were 30 cases of thromboembolic events reported out of the 5 million people to have received the AstraZeneca jab so far in the European Economic Area, the EMA said in an update on Thursday.

The agency also stressed that the vaccine’s “benefits continue to outweigh its risks.”

A 60-year-old woman in Denmark died from blood clotting after receiving an AstraZeneca jab from batch ABV5300, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten reported on Thursday.

On Wednesday, it was reported that a 49-yearold nurse in Austria who was vaccinated from the same batch died from multiple thromboses ten days after her jab.

Another woman in Austria was hospitalized with a pulmonary embolism after receiving one of the batch’s 1 million doses sent to 17 different EU countries.

The EMA approved the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the UK’s Oxford University in January.

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