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Cathedral City: Boom!

KMIR Vince Marino Cathedral City, CA -In his state of the city speech Tuesday night, Cathedral City Mayor Stan Henry announced several developments coming to both the north and south end of the city.

“The downtown development is important because Cathedral City is moving towards an entertainment district for the downtown area. We

announced that we have the new downtown park that’s coming with an amphitheater,” said Cathedral City communications manager Chris Parman, Improvements near the North end of Cathedral City include a new Best Western Hotel, several food and retail shops. In downtown Cathedral City, city officials announced plans for a multi-use complex just south of Highway 111.

“That is the Cathedral Canyon Development LLC and they are proposing to build one hundred condo units and mix use commercial,” Parman said.

Similar plans have been proposed on the vacant lot for years but never came to fruition. The city says there are a couple of reasons for that.

“A lot of times when a developer comes and they make plans they also are looking for investors in

those plans and then if they don’t have enough of their own capital to make that happen, so with this particular developer, we’re very confident that they have the capital to make it happen,” said Parman.

The city also says the current staff at city hall, what they call “Team 2014” will have a major impact on these developments actually getting built. Business owners in the area say they hope so.

“Since I’ve been here they’ve torn down a lot of stuff so now it’s time to start rebuilding and I just think it would be a win-win for everybody,” said Louis Capizzi, owner of Capizzi Pizza.

“I think there is a lot of potential for more business and more movement on this stretch of the highway,” said Jaime Jimenez, owner of 111 Conditioning Club. Source: KMIR

Dance Divas Ultra Naté, Martha Wash to Rock CC

By Anthony Grant Cathedral City has lent little to pop culture besides a funny name (there is, after all, no cathedral) but that might change March 24 and 25 when two of the biggest names in American dance music, Martha Wash and Ultra Naté are set to perform here.

While each iconic singer – Wash is perhaps most famous as one-half of The Weather Girls with their 1982 smash hit, It’s Raining Men and Ultra’s is the powerhouse voice behind 1997s hit Free – has a body of work that merits a whole concert on its own, they’re coming to town to celebrate something even bigger, and that’s the third annual Cathedral City LGBT Days.

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First daughter Ivanka Trump to get West Wing office

By Desert Star Staff Although Ivanka Trump will not become a government employee, she is set to have an office on the West Wing’s second floor, with access to classified information and government-issued devices.

Ivanka will not be sworn in or have a salary. The first daughter does not have an official title or position.

Rather, her attorney, Jamie Gorelick, told Politico that Ivanka will serve as the president’s “eyes and ears.”

Since President Donald Trump took office, his daughter has been at the White House to visit her husband, Jared Kushner, senior adviser to the president. She has also sat in presidential meetings with political and business leaders.

On Friday, Ivanka raised eyebrows when she was pictured sitting next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting on vocational training with the president.

Now that she will be a part of the team, Ivanka says that she will voluntarily adhere to the same rules that would apply if she were a government employee.

“While there is no modern precedent for an adult child of the president, I will voluntarily follow all of the ethics rules placed on government employees,” Ivanka said in a statement, according to the New York Times.

Ethics watchdogs are questioning the potential conflicts of interest and violations of anti-nepotism laws that normally prevent relatives from being appointed to government positions.

Norm Eisen, the chief White House ethics adviser under former President Barack Obama, told Polito that Ivanka is not adhering to the rules “to be nice.”

“There’s recognition that they’re in very uncertain territory here. The better thing to do would be to concede she is subject to the rules. It would create some outside accountability, because if she can voluntarily subject herself to the rules, she can voluntarily un-subject herself to the rules,” Eisen said.

Richard Painter, the chief White House lawyer on ethics under former President George W. Bush, told the Associated Press that for all

intents and purposes, Ivanka will be working as a White House employee, meaning “she, like her husband, has to follow the rules.”

“It’s not a huge deal if she stays out of things that affect her financial interests,” he said.

To comply with federal ethics standards, Ivanka has divested some assets and placed her brand in a trust that will be controlled

by Josh Kushner, her brother-in-law, and Nicole Meyer, her sister-in-law.

While she has given control of her company to her top executive, Abigail Klem, who will serve as president of her company and oversee the day-to-day operations.

Ivanka will still own her brand and retain the power to veto any deals that could be considered “unacceptable from an ethics perspective.”

The company will not be able to make any agreements with foreign countries, and Ivanka says she will no longer appear in advertisements.

She has also has separated her personal and business social media accounts to comply with ethics standards.

By Desert Star Staff • 300 or 13% of World’s Billionaires Are Immigrants • Google Founder Sergey Brin, 43, Richest Immigrant in World with US$36bn, Followed by George Soros • USA Immigration Destination of Choice for 73, Followed by Switzerland and UK, 42 and 39 • London ‘Immigration Billionaire Capital of World’ • Germany and India Countries of Origin for Most Immigrant Billionaires, with 31 and 30, Followed

by China with 24 • 14% Immigrated as

Children, 18% as University Students, 41% as Adults • 27% Immigrated Having Made Their Fortune. UK & Switzerland Immigrant Billionaire Capitals of World • 19 Billionaire Immigrants under Age of 45, Led by John Collison of Ireland, 27. Others Include Uber Co-founder Garret Camp of Canada, Whatsapp Founder Jan Koum of Ukraine • Netherlands-born Charlene Carvalho of Heineken Wealthiest Immigrant Woman with US$11bn • 40% of Hurun Global Rich List Reside in Same

Place as Where They Grew up, Led by Bill Gates in Seattle and Warren Buffett in Omaha BEIJING, -- Hurun Report and Wailian Group today released the Hurun Immigrant Billionaires List 2017, a ranking of the immigrant billionaires from around the world. The Hurun team of researchers extensively went through the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, pulling out all first-generation immigrants, those who reside today in a country different to where they were born and/ or brought up. This is the first year of the list and is a sublist of the Hurun Global Rich List 2017 series, released on 7 March. Hoogewerf said, “We believe this to be the first serious attempt to track the immigration status of the world’s billionaires.”

The Hurun Immigrant Billionaires List 2017 found 300billionaires in 44, who migrated from 67countries.

They had an average wealth of US$3.8bn, 6% higher than the average of the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, and an average age of 65 years, one higher than the global list. 30 of the 300 are women, led by Charlene Carvalho, born in the Netherlands and living in London. The most successful self-made female billionaire is ‘Chinese Restaurant Queen’ Peggy Cherng, born in Myanmar, now living in California. 130 have listed companies, with the USA the

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White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump. © Reuters “The one thing I would like to be clear on: we don’t believe it eliminates conflicts in every way,” Gorelick told Politico. “She has the conflicts that derive from the ownership of this brand.

We’re trying to minimize those to the extent possible.”

An ethics complaint has already been filed against the Trump administration for promoting Ivanka’s

clothing line after Trump’s senior advisor, Kellyanne Conway, went on Fox News to give a “free commercial” for Ivanka’s product line.

The ethics complaint filed

by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) called Conway’s remarks “an apparent violation of federal law, ethics regulations and other standards of conduct.”

Google Founder Sergey Brin preferred destination for listing.

Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and Chief Researcher of Hurun Report, said, “Immigration is polarising nations today, playing a key part in Brexit, Trump’s election and the current Dutch, French and German elections. This report is designed to give an insight into how immigrants have contributed to global wealth creation, creating new jobs and tax revenues in the countries they have immigrated to.”

Hoogewerf said, “We are delighted to be putting this report out with Wailian Group, a leading a leading investment immigration brand from China, specializing in overseas immigration, investment, and education.”

USA is the preferred

destination for immigrants with 73 billionaires followed

by Switzerland (42) and UK (39). Hoogewerf said, “Half the billionaires residing in Switzerland, UK, Singapore, UAE, Israel and Monaco are immigrants.”

300 billionaires migrated to 44 countries, including the Channel Islands from 67 countries.

Hoogewerf said, “It is difficult sometimes to pinpoint where billionaires live, since they are often ‘global citizens’, splitting their time between multiple residences. Tax plays an important part of the country of choice for billionaires, especially those from high tax regimes.”

For further information, see www.hurun.net Source: PR News Wire www.desertstarweekly.com

Mortgage Rates Hit Multi-Year Highs Ahead of Fed Meeting

By Desert Star Staff NEW YORK, -- Mortgage rates increased for a third consecutive week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 4.44 percent, according to Bankrate. com’s weekly national survey.

The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.28 discount and origination points.

The larger jumbo 30-year fixed climbed to 4.43 percent and the average 15-year fixed mortgage rate stepped up to 3.64 percent. Adjustable mortgage rates also moved up, with the 5-year ARM jumping to 3.60 percent and the 7-year ARM to 3.81 percent.

Mortgage rates spiked higher leading into this week’s

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Federal Reserve meeting, climbing for the third week in a row and the fourth time in the past five, rising to multiyear highs. The benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit the highest level since April 2014 and it was a similar story across the range of mortgage products. But with a Fed rate hike now in the books and a recent decline in oil prices below the $50 per barrel threshold, this marks two factors that can take edge off inflation increases.

That is comforting to longterm bond investors and potentially good news for mortgage rates. Indeed, this was the reaction in the hours immediately following the Fed rate hike, with yields on longterm bonds sliding about onetenth of a percentage point.

At the current average 30-year fixed mortgage rate of 4.44 percent, the monthly payment for a

$200,000 loan is $1006.25.

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to everybody coming out and having a great time!”

Festival goers may also be treated to tracks from her album Something Good and Show Some Love, a great “First Ladies of Disco” song released through Wash’s own label, Purple Rose Records.

As for Ultra Naté, the musical chameleon has embraced a variety of sounds over the years, from R&B/ hip-hop, soul and disco to house, rock and electropop. Her music videos, by the way, are fierce. What can people look forward to at her performance?

“I always mix it up: I have a vast body of music, so I try to put it all together in a way that’s cohesive that gets all the hits in there but also some of the long-time faves from 1989 onward. People have their favorites from my more underground vocal stuff to my really commercial pop dance tracks, and I try to make it a truly broad sensibility that gets everybody in every place.”

This is the 20th anniversary of your smash-hit Free.

Can you tell us a little bit about that track?

I was really targeting humanity when I wrote that song, and it still resonates with people. At this point, there’s a new generation that has even grown up with the song, which is sort of scary when people tell me that! (laughs).

But the reality is I’m so honored to have something like that in my catalog that touches people over and over again. It could really apply in the LGBT community, to women, to marginalize communities all over the world and the common thread that we all have. I think

SURVEY RESULTS 30-year fixed: 4.44% -up from 4.38% last week (avg. points: 0.28) 15-year fixed: 3.64% -up from 3.57% last week (avg. points: 0.24) 5/1 ARM: 3.60% -- up from 3.57% last week (avg. points: 0.30) Bankrate’s national weekly mortgage survey is conducted each Wednesday from data provided by the top 10 banks and thrifts in 10 top markets.

The survey is complemented by Bankrate’s weekly Rate Trend Index, in which a panel of mortgage experts predicts which way the rates are headed over the next seven days. The panelists are fairly evenly divided this week, with 36 percent expecting mortgage rates to continue falling and an equal

36 percent forecasting that mortgage rates will remain more or less unchanged over the coming week. The remaining 28 percent of respondents predict mortgage rates will resume their climb during the next seven days.

For a full analysis of this week’s move in mortgage rates, go to http://www.bankrate. com/finance/mortgages/ mortgage-analysis-031517. aspx.Source: PR News wire

that’s what’s made it more than a dance-floor moment and stand the test of time.

Musically, those melancholy guitar’s kind of strike a chord with you right out of the gate.

We had the idea of then matching that guitar with another one with some angst; that’s the drive, the rhythm of what our lives are like.

It’s all metaphorical for me; I’m very Pisces with that!

What about your friendship with Boy George?

I just love George, his voice and writing style too as he’s left of center in a lot of ways like I am. The way he wrote

his music years ago helped validate my style because I was very left of center as a singer and songwriter.

So, after you rock the desert is it back to the studio?

I have just finished my next album project called Black Stereo Faith - BSF for short and its subsequent followup. I’m orking to get it out in late spring early summer this year! In the meantime, I am on the road continuously doing live performances and/ or DJ gigs while maintaining my underground dance event - Deep Sugar.

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Dance Divas Ultra Naté, Martha Wash to Rock CC

The three-day bonanza, March 24-26, will unfold on the festival lawn by Cathedral City’s City Hall and at various area establishments (for a full and updated calendar of events, check out www. cathedralcitylgbtdays.com).

We’re talking a Battle of the Bars, a Bed Race presented

by Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa and hosted by Bella da Ball and more, but the highlights for many will surely be the chance to hear Ultra, the opening-night kick-off party headliner, and Wash, Saturday’s main stage headliner. For a taste of what to expect, we caught up with each from their homes in the frosty East, starting with Wash, who began her musical career at the age of two in her parents’ church in her native San Francisco, and defies all cultural climatechange—not just because of the Weather Girls connection.

What can people expect to hear on the main stage Saturday?

“I’ll be performing my classic songs,” she says.

In addition to the Weather Girls classic, these include Strike It Up, Everybody, Everyboy Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), and I Don’t Know Anybody Else. And more!

Your music has definitely touched a lot of people through the years.

“It has. Some people say ‘my parents played your music, and I say that’s cool.

That’s how you learn!

What are you most looking forward to at the Cathedral City LGBT Days?

“Just looking forward

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BY BEVERLY COHN

Rogue Machine Presents Another Hit – “Still Life” by Alexander Dinelaris

L-R: Laurie Okin as Carrie Ann with Jennifer Sorenson as Mary and Nardeep Khurmi as her husband, the good doctor Sean. Photo by John Perrin Flynn If ever there was a compelling argument for the merits of the 99-Seat Plan, the production of Rogue Machine’s West Coast premiere of Alexander Dinelaris’ “Still Life” could be the poster child for that argument. The playwright has a long string of hits including co-writer of “Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,”) which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Under the powerful direction of Michael Peretzian, who assembled a highly professional cast, the storyline revolves around the key character of Carrie Ann, a gifted but troubled young woman beautifully brought to life by Laurie Okin. Her performance illuminates the multi-level complexities of her character. Following the death of her father, played by Frank Collision, and a successful exhibit, which displayed a number of photographs of dead chickens, she experiences a psychological paralysis and is unable to pick up her camera. Her despair is illuminated in the opening scene, which is performed on an almost bare stage with only a chair and a podium. She is the guest speaker at the Ramirez Family Foundation, an engagement arranged by her manager Joanne, nicely played

by Susan Wilder who captures the aggressive, sometimes cold nature of her character.

It’s business first, no matter what. Carrie Ann is suppose to discuss her photographs, but instead goes into a rampage and storms off the stage.

Staying with the chicken theme, the action shifts to a discussion between Terry, the head of a marketing firm that does trend analysis, and his creative guy, Jeff. Terry, deliciously portrayed by

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Jonathan Bray, captures the outright, pure sleaziness of his character. He has an irreverent comment during even the saddest moments. Jeff, skillfully played by Lea Coco, is the extreme opposite of his crass boss and embodies the depth and sensitivity of his character. Taking a piece of chicken out of a bucket, Terry comments on how greasy the chicken is: “It’s how you know it’s good.” Eventually, a really cheesy commercial is created, likening eating fried chicken to having a good family life.

Terry and Jeff attend the opening night of Carrie’s exhibit. Terry makes a vulgar comment about the artist’s ass while Jeff is taken with the sadness of the photographs of dead chickens. He approaches Carrie asking her why she took those particular pictures and thus begins their romance. I should mention that giant reproductions of photos, clearly taken in Africa of indigenous natives, are flashed on screens flanking stage left and right, the reason for which becomes clearer later in the play.

We now meet Jeff’s best friend Sean who is a doctor, played quite sympathetically

by Nardeep Khurmi. He has to give Jeff some bad news about the result of a test, the prognosis of which slowly seeps in. Trying to continue to live a normal life, Jeff and Carrie are guests at the home of the good doctor and his outspoken wife Mary, played by a versatile Jennifer Sorenson who also plays multiple rolls.

Drinking wine and laughing, the discussion begins to center on the progress of the women’s movement and its place in today’s society. This kind of political dialogue is always on a slippery slope in danger of sliding into diatribe.

However, thanks to the excellent script, and actors who really own the words of their respective characters, that particular scene absolutely does not fall prey to the dangers inherent in such dialogue. Another slippery slope scene is between Jeff and Sean, which is definitely a one-Kleenex moment. Jeff asks, “What will happen?”

Sean answers, “Nothing.

You’ll just go to sleep… See you on the other side.”

It’s been one of my contentions that so many plays have a weak Act II, but this is not the case in “Still Life” which has a very compelling second act as it explores what happens to the relationship between Carrie and Jeff as a result of his illness. They are very much in love and Jeff tells her “You are every woman I’ve ever dreamed of.” Again, what could have been soupy dialogue comes off as a genuine declaration of his love. At the same time Jeff is struggling with his health, Carrie is offered an assignment by National Geographic to do a shoot in Tanzania. Both her manager and Jeff insist that she take the assignment, which by the way, would necessitate her using a camera which she is not done since her father’s death.

As her father was dying, he confessed that “It’s cruel to realize you are mediocre at the end of your life,” assuring Carrie that while he is not gifted, she truly is. Eventually, even though she doesn’t want to leave Jeff, she consents to take the assignment and invites Jessie, a young talented photography student to go with her. A most adorable Tania Verafield delivers a wonderful performance as the intense, extremely verbose young woman who comic utterances March 24, 2017

Carrie Ann (Laurie Okin) with Jeffrey (Lea Coco) become smitten with each other. Photo by John Perrin Flynn fall squarely into the streamof-consciousness category.

Going on the premise that there was pain in Terry’s life to cause him to be the horrible person he is again, because of the compelling writing, there is an explosive explanatory scene in a bar between Terry and the bartender Al, played meticulously by Sorenson, who in no way resembles Sean’s demure wife Mary. Terry is very drunk on whiskey and snorting cocaine. He is a belligerent drunk and verbally attacks Al for her being a lowly bartender.

He tells her she’d be better off being a prostitute. His drunken ramblings reveal that he was a battered child and was molested by his father. One can begin to understand the root cause of his despicable behavior. That reverie, however, would last only a few seconds before he reverts back to his “normal,” hostile way of communicating. To prove her ultimate willingness to become a prostitute, he offers the barkeep $300 if she would let him touch her breasts. What follows are some interesting moments with a few unexpected surprises.

Carrie returns from Africa too late to see Jeff for one last time, but what happens to her as a result, catapults her back to picking up her father’s camera which she had given to Jeff. Her shot is beautifully tragic and perhaps reflects the playwright’s intention of showing how

Carrie’s tragic loss propelled her to get unstuck and move forward with her life.

In addition to casting a very talented ensemble of actors, director Peretzian assembled an excellent production team beginning with Tom Buderwitz’s minimalistic, but quite effective set design, nicely lit by Leigh Allen. Adding to the overall look of the production is Nicholas E. Santiago’s video design, Christopher Moscatiello’s sound design, and Halei Parker’s costumes, especially the stunning wardrobe won by Susan Wilder’s character of Joanne.

This is a story that will make you laugh, make you tear-up, and make you cheer. It also shines a light on the true nature of love as expressed under the saddest of circumstances.

Alexander Dinelaris’ “Still Life” Rogue Machine at the Met* 1089 N Oxford Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 Run: Saturdays & Mondays: 8:30 pm Sunday: 3:00 pm Tickets: $40 Reservations: 855585-5185 or roguemachinetheatre.com Closing Date: April 23, 2017 *The performance space is up two steep flights of stairs so bear that in mind if you have a physical challenge. www.desertstarweekly.com

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

Art Becomes Eclectic at N.C. Museum of Art

when you’re having fun.

We began our museum visit in the modern art section, and the pieces on display were clever and inventive. A favorite was a huge, whimsical figure taller than my sister and me. His body was all clothed in buttons. His head was a great fluffy red and white brush. Mounted on the adjacent wall was a large display of stone heads.

Next, we moved on to an African display featuring paintings and a festive headpiece. From there we explored the fine arts section with works by German and Flemish masters. One significant piece was a kneeling portrait of Saint Joan of Arc painted by Rubens. In that Ellen Buck and sister Theda Reichman in the Modern section of section, we became fascinated by a medieval German triptych the Museum. Photo by Richard Reichman featuring a saint holding a chalice containing a small to just visit the exhibitions in the While visiting with my vicious looking serpent. While main museum since there was sister and her family in North we were trying to figure out the so much to see there, and our Carolina, one of the must-see significance of the serpent, we time was somewhat limited. sights on the agenda was the were joined by Steven Harvey, As we entered the main North Carolina Museum of a museum guide. He told us museum area, there were Art in Raleigh. We decided to this kind of painted wooden sounds of Irish music.

That go there on a Friday because triptych was used by priests was perfect because it was St. the museum remains open who transported the biblical Patrick’s Day. And ‘faith and until 9 PM. Museum entry artwork by horse or donkey into begorrah’ the museum was is free, but you may wish to villages to minister to their flock. hosting a single mingle party in donate. There is, however, an He stayed with us for quite the open restaurant area right additional charge of $15 per a while, giving us valuable next to the museum’s gift shop. person if you go to the special information about many of We visited the gift shop right exhibitions. During our visit, the the other paintings and items away, just in case.

I’m glad two featured restricted exhibits on display in the area. we did, because we turned were the works of noted The museum contains out to be the last four visitors photographer Ansel Adams a variety of portraits. An to leave at 9 pm because we on display until May 7 and The especially lovely one, painted so enjoyed the many works Glory of Venice on view until by Alessandro Allori, was of art on view.

Time just flies June 18. We eventually decided

of Lucrezia de Medici, who unfortunately died at the tender age of 16. There is also an extensive selection of sculptures by Rodin. One of my personal favorites was the “The Kiss.”

The Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park at the North Carolina Museum of Art connects art, nature and people to encourage creative experiences and human interactions. It features temporary and permanent public art installations

by international artists, environmentally suitable landscapes, colorful and contemporary gardens, miles of recreational trails and a terraced pond.

North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607.

Phone: (919) 839-NCMA ncartmuseum.org. The museum is open Tues.

- Thurs. & Sat. - Sun. 10 AM -5 PM. Fri. 10 AM 9 PM. Closed Mon.

“The Kiss” by Rodin Photo by Richard Reichman

‘Jesus’ Jim Caviezel at the Vault fundraiser

Donald Verleur, Lorraine and Dr, James Brinton. Photo by Pat Krause Jim Caviezel. Photo by Pat Krause Story and Photos by Pat Krause Olive Crest held a fundraising event at the elite Bighorn Golf Club’s VAULT on March 8th. The Vault is considered the most expensive parking garage in the world.

The theme for the event was, Hot Cars and Haute Fashions, adding glamour to this event was fashions by Grayse and jewelry by El Paseo Jewelers.

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Guests enjoyed cocktails while models showing off the spring fashions by Grayse walked through the area.

Guests were also able to browse through all the many classic cars housed in the Vault. The cars ranged from Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Indy pace cars and more. A car lovers dream place to visit. They had a 1933 Cadillac and a new 2017 Ferrari and a 1974 Volkswagen

camper bus, over 65 cars in all. There were three stations where guests could hear about Olive Crest and give a donation to the charity while they roamed around the car areas.

Actor Jim Caviezel came to support Olive Crest at this event. Caviezel is known in his role as Jesus in, The Passion of Christ, movie that gave him awards for acting. My favorite role he played was in the movie, The Count of Monte March 24, 2017

George and Nancy DeVries and Doug Lang. Photo by Pat Krause Cristo. His most-recent role was as a CIA special agent in CBS’S TV show, Person of Interest. Olive Crest thanked him for his support. He spoke to the guests and posed for photos with many of the Olive Crest supporters present.

Olive Crest provides funds for, Olive Crest Safe Kids, where they say Child Abuse Stops Here with private donations that the government does not cover.

Olive Crest invests in the future by launching nextgeneration leaders. They provide safe homes for children, infant to age 17. They work to cure families in crisis through the healing process for children and families.

Olive Crest maintains a lifelong commitment to the families they served even after they have left the program. This charity creates a much-needed service to our Coachella Valley.

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March 24, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Special Meeting of Members of CAPS Collective Apothecary Inc., a California nonprofit Corporation Date: Friday March 31,2017 Place: 777 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 200, Palm Springs, Ca. 92262 Time:4:00 P M. The purpose of the meeting will be to elect a Representative in order to represent the Members of the CAPS Collective at all future meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company, to ratify the by-laws, to appoint, remove, and to monitor the activities of the board in the best interests of the Members. Pub March 22, 24, 2017. DSW17-5070

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2017 . DSW17-1045

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: INLAND DENTAL CENTER, 44100 D. JEFFERSON STREET, SUITE 404, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County; 27 SPECTRUM POINTE DRIVE, STE 308, LAKE FOREST, CA 92630. Full name of registrant: BOYD DENTAL CORPORATION, 27 SPECTRUM POINTE DRIVE STE 308, LAKE FOREST, CA 92630/CA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/08/2007. 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: FABILOA MANOUKIAN RAYGOZA, SECRETARY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on March 13, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201703663 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2017 . DSW17-1051

AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: AAA MOBILE LOCKSMITH LLC, 12800 FOXDALE DR., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: AAA MOBILE LOCKSMITH LLC, 12800 FOXDALE DR., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240/CA. 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: JONATHAN ELIYAHU SZEKELY-PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 6, 2017. Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201701846 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). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Pub February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2017, March 24, THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: HOT AND READY SOLAR 31, April 7, 14, 2017. DSW17-5035 CLEANING, 16105 VIA VISTA, DESERT HOT AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS name of registrant: JOSE ISABEL RAMIREZ JR., (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DIAMOND’S CAR 16105 VIA VISTA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA WASH, 85091 BAGDAD AVE APT 5, COACHELLA, 92240 Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. CA 92236. Riverside County. Full name of regis- Registrant has not yet begun to transact business trant: MAGALI- -RODRIGUEZ, 85091 BAGDAD under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

AVE APT. 5, COACHELLA, CA 92236. Business I declare that all the information in this statement is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares not yet begun to transact business under the as true, information which he or she knows to be fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: JOSE ISABEL that all the information in this statement is true RAMIREZ JR. This statement was filed with the and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, County Clerk of Riverside County on February information which he or she knows to be false, 15, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerkis guilty of a crime). Signed: MAGALI- -RODRI- Recorder File No. R-201703747 NOTICE — THIS GUEZ. This statement was filed with the County FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Clerk of Riverside County on February 6, 2017. EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. File No. R-201701861. NOTICE — THIS FICTI- A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATETIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTIFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FIL- RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE ING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTI- SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE).

TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE Pub March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2017 . DSW17-1040 RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING Pub February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017. March 24, 31, BUSINESS AS: SUB-CITY SYMPHONY, 66445 2ND ST., #7, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

April 7, 14, 2017. DSW17-1026 Riverside County. Full name of registrant: GERAMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- HARD- -HELMUT, 66445 2ND ST., #7, DESERT MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240 Business is conducted DOING BUSINESS AS: KNAPP & SONS DRAIN by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun CLEANING SERVICE, 44478 SAN PASCUAL AVE- to transact business under the fictitious busiNUE SPC D., PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Riverside ness name(s) listed above. I declare that all the County. Full name of registrant: GARY DOUGLAS information in this statement is true and correct.

KNAPP, 44478 SAN PASCUAL AVENUE SPC D, (A registrant, who declares as true, information PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260. Business which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has a crime). Signed: GERHARD- -HELMUT. This not yet begun to transact business under the statement was filed with the County Clerk of fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare Riverside County on February 6, 2017. Peter Althat all the information in this statement is true dana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, R-201701790 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS information which he or she knows to be false, BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE is guilty of a crime). Signed: GARY DOUGLAS YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE KNAPP. This statement was filed with the County OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTIClerk of Riverside County on February 6, 2017. TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS File No. R-201701862 NOTICE — THIS FICTI- STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANTHE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FIL- AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 10, 17, ING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF 24, 31, 2017 . DSW17-1022 AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: OLIVE TREE DESEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). SIGNS, 78561 POMPEII COURT, LA QUINTA, CA Pub February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017. March 24, 31, 92253. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: SANDIE LEE RAINONE, 78561 POMPEII COURT, April 7, 14, 2017 DSW17-1025 LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Business is conducted STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following transact business under the fictitious business fictitious business name(s) INTERNATIONAL name(s) listed above on April 5, 2016. I declare CASINO ACADEMY, 68555 RAMON ROAD D205, that all the information in this statement is true CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, has been abandoned by the following person(s): information which he or she knows to be false, is KATHLEEN JEAN LYNN, 12471 LITTLE MO- guilty of a crime). Signed: SANDIE LEE RAINONE. RONGO RD., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. This statement was filed with the County Clerk This business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL The of Riverside County on December 8, 2016. Pefictitious business name(s) referred to above was ter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File filed in Riverside County on: 05/21/2008. I declare No. R-201615164. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS that all the information in this statement is true BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE and correct. (A registrant who declares as true, YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE information which he or she knows to be false OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICis guilty of a crime. Signed: KATHLEEN JEAN TITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST LYNN. This statement was filed with the County BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF Clerk of Riverside County, signed by, Peter Aldana THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHOAssessor-County Clerk-Recorder on March 17, RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS 2017 File No. I-200801658 Pub March 24, 31, BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS April 7, 14, 2017. DSW17-1044 OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2017 March 10, 17, 24, 31, NESS AS: RIVCO GRANTS, 12471 LITTLE MO- 2017. DSW17-1006 RONGO RD., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: KATH- AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATELEEN JEAN LYNN, 12471 LITTLE MORONGO RD., MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business DOING BUSINESS AS: MOBILE DENTISTRY OF is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has THE DESERT, 40055 BOB HOPE DR., SUITE G, not yet begun to transact business under the RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Riverside County. fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare Full name of registrant: RICHARD ARTHUR BULLthat all the information in this statement is true OCK 58855 SAN MARINO DR., YUCCA VALLEY, and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, CA 92284. Business is conducted by: INDIinformation which he or she knows to be false, VIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact is guilty of a crime). Signed: KATHLEEN JEAN business under the fictitious business name(s) LYNN. This statement was filed with the County listed above on 1/9/2017. I declare that all the Clerk of Riverside County on March 17, 2017. Pe- information in this statement is true and correct. ter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File (A registrant, who declares as true, information No. R-201703928 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE crime). Signed: RICHARD ARTHUR BULLOCK. YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE This statement was filed with the County Clerk OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- of Riverside County on January 31, 2017. PeTIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE ter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS No. R-201701541 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN- OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTIOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 24, 31, STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE April 7, 14, 2017 . DSW17-1043 USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS NESS AS: E-Z ALIGNMENT, 68680 RAMOND RD, AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub February 8, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. 15, 22, March 1, 2017, March 10, 17, 24, 31, Full name of registrant: VIRGEN DE LA LUZ HER- 2017. DSW17-5024 NANDEZ VARGAS, 68680 RAMON RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) to transact business under the fictitious busi- IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: MODERN ness name(s) listed above. I declare that all the ESCROW, A NON-INDEPENDENT BROKER information in this statement is true and correct. ESCROW, 3771 ARLINGTON AVENUE, RIVER(A registrant, who declares as true, information SIDE, CA 92506. Riverdise County. Full name of which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a registrant: MURRAY REAL ESTATE, INC., 3771 crime). Signed: VIRGEN DE LA LUZ HERNANDEZ ARLINGTON AVENUE, RIVERDISE, CA 92506/ VARGAS. This statement was filed with the County CA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Clerk of Riverside County on March 16, 2017. Pe- Registrant has not yet begun to transact business ter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File under the fictitious business name(s) listed above..

No. R-201703874 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS I declare that all the information in this statement BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE as true, information which he or she knows to OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: ROBERT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: TECH SERVICES, 19010 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92241.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: IVAN TINO GARZA, 19010 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92241. 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: IVAN TINO GARZA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on March 21, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201704053 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2017 . DSW17-1050 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: MARTHA ELIZABETH OF PALM DESERT, 72601 EDGEHILL DR UNIT 3, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: MARTHA ELIZABETH THOMSON, 72601 EDGEHILL DR UNIT 3, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Business is conducted by: MARRIED COUPLE. 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: MARTHA ELIZABETH THOMSON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on March 13, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201703622 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2017 . DSW17-1048 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following fictitious business name(s) BIJOUX DE LUXE, 79405 US HWY 111 STE 9, LA QUINTA, CA 92253.

Riverside County has been abandoned by the following person(s): LUXE DESIGNS CORP., 2621 GREEN RIVER ROAD SUITE 105-323, CORONA, CA 92882/CA. This business is conducted by: CORPORATION The fictitious business name(s) referred to above was filed in Riverside County on: 05/21/2008. 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: FABIOLA MANOUKIAN RAYGOZA, SECRETRAY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County, signed by, Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder on March 15, 2017 File No. R-201602627 Pub March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2017. DSW17-1047 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: P. MANOUKIAN, 12887 THORNBURY LANE, EASTVALE, CA 92880. Riverside County; 2621 GREEN RIVER ROAD, SUITE 105-323, CORONA, CA 92882. Full name of registrant: ZILLION 8 ENTERPRISES, 2621 GREEN RIVER ROAD, SUITE 105-323, CORONA, CA 92882/ CA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/01/2015. 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: FABIOLA MANOUKIAN RAYGOZA, SECRETARY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on March 15, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201703771 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2017 . DSW17-1046 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: CHATEAU BATTISTE @ COLTON, 707 W. STEVENS ROAD, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92272. Riverside County; P.O. BOX 1532, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92263. Full name of registrant: AFN OF CALIFORNIA, INCORPORATED, 707 W. STEVENS ROAD, PAKM SPRINGS, CA 92262/ CA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on MARCH 17, 2017. 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: GLENDA FAYE BATTISTE, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on March 17, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201703917 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS

TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2017 . DSW17-1042 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: SUPER LIQUOR, 12235 PALM DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: SUPER STORE MARKET & LIQUOR, INC., 12235 PALM DR., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240/CA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. 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: SHAHER MASHHOUR MASHHOUR, VICE PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on February 21, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201702554 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2017 . DSW17-1041

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

DAVID MURRAY, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on January 25, 2017. Peter Aldana AssessorCounty Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201701186.

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 6, 13, 20, 27, 2017 March 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017,. DSW17-1019 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File No. 7023.117702 Title Order No. NXCA-0250110 MIN No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/23/2006. 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.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): ELFEGO GALAN, a married man Recorded: 05/31/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0392363, of Official Records of RIVERSIDE County, California. Date of Sale: 04/18/2017 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: In front of the Corona Civic Center, located at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA The purported property address is: 15429 Via Quedo, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240-1026 Assessors Parcel No. 656-092-018-5 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 $160,630.67. 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, plus interest. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. 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 877-484-9942 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure.com or www.Auction. com using the file number assigned to this case 7023.117702. 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: March 22, 2017 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Huong Do, Authorized Signatory 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 110, Irvine, CA 92606 866-387-6987 Sale Info website: www.USA-Foreclosure.com or www.Auction.com Automated Sales Line: 877484-9942 or 800-280-2832 Reinstatement and Pay-Off Requests: (866) 387-NWTS THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Galan, Elfego (Deceased) ORDER # 7023.117702: 03/24/2017,03/31/2017 ,04/07/2017. DSW17-1052 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s Sale No. CA-RCS-16017057 NOTE: PURSUANT TO 2923.3(C) 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 ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/30/2006. 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. 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 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com, using the file number assigned to this case, CA-RCS-16017057.

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. On April 13, 2017, at 09:00 AM, IN FRONT OF THE CORONA CIVIC CENTER, 849 W. SIXTH STREET, in the City of CORONA, County of RIVERSIDE, State of CALIFORNIA, PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by LARRY MICHAEL AUBRY, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustors, recorded on 6/28/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0467097, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state 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

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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.

Property is being sold “as is - where is”. TAX PARCEL NO. 644-262-008-4. The land referred to is situated in the State of California, County of Riverside, City of Desert Hot Springs, and is described as follows: Lot 83 of Tract No. 30730-2 as shown by Map on file in Book 350, Pages 82 through 87 of Maps, Records of Riverside County, California. Note: The description above is taken directly from the Deed of Trust which fails to contain the mineral right exception(s), any future documents to be recorded should include the following: Also excepting therefrom one-half of all oil, gas and minerals, as reserved in Deed from George A. Hickey and Julia H. Hickey, husband and wife, recorded April 9, 1954 as Instrument No. 17725 of Official Records of Riverside County, California. From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no representation or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is purported to be 13901 HACIENDA HEIGHTS, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $244,602.35. 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.

WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SALE INFORMATION LINE: 714-730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com Dated: 3/16/2017 PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., AS TRUSTEE, By Shelley Chase, Foreclosure Administrator A-4613444 03/24/2017, 03/31/2017, 04/07/2017. DSW17-1049 T.S. No. 029630-CA APN: 694-110-024-3 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/15/2003.

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 4/12/2017 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 10/22/2003, as Instrument No. 2003-831102, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: MARK HOWARD A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: AUCTION. COM ROOM, 2410 WARDLOW ROAD #104, CORONA, CA 92880 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 ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 35462 CANTEEN THOUSAND PALMS, CALIFORNIA 92276 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured 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: $182,794.01 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 029630-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 280-2832 CLEAR RECON CORP. 4375 Jutland Drive Suite 200 San Diego, California 92117. Publish March 17, 24, 31, 2017.

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Tennis Champions 2017

Elena Vesnina. Photo by Pat Krause Story and Photos by Pat Krause The BNP Parabas Finals were everything a tennis fan could hope for. Awesome Tennis for both the men and the women. Elena Vesnina won the Women Singles Title while Roger Federer took home the Men’s Singles Title.

Yung-jan Chan and Martina Hingis won the women doubles title and Raven Klaasen and

Rajaev Ram-USA won the men’s double title. There was some terrific tennis that was played on the many courts in the last two weeks.

The women’s match on Sunday afternoon lasted over three hours. These two amazing women were so evenly matched that it took a lot of time as they played each other extremely well. Elena

Mayor Richard Balocco, Roger Federer, Jean-Laurent Bonnafe, Stan Wawrenka and Tommy Haas. Photo by Pat Krause Vesnina is ranked #14 while her opponent Svetlana Kuznetsova was ranked #8. You thought it would end when one player was down on the count, and then she would rally back, and it would all change again.

There was some exciting tennis played by those two women.

Both women said they will be back again next year. They

said this is one of the best tournaments on the tour, and they look forward to coming back once more. I think they must have broken the women’s record for the longest match.

Roger Federer is ranked #9 and took on Stan Wawrinka, who is ranked #3 in the tennis world. They both took advantage of each other’s

BNP Parabas early drop-outs

Venus Williams. Photo by Pat Krause Story and Photos by Pat Krause The Coachella Valley is so lucky to have the BNP Parabas Tennis Open here. The BNP Parabas Open brings the best world-class tennis players to Indian Wells Gardens each year.

There are only a few places in the world where you can see this many champion tennis players in one place. Stadium One holds a lot of matches and there is a smaller court in Stadium Two and many other stadiums that hold matches or practice rounds for every person attending to be able to watch. We are fortunate that we have a man who is willing to put up a lot of money to make this the best tennis tournament in the world with all the upgrades each year, Larry Ellison.

What a thrill to see your favoured tennis player from some other part of the world here in our Valley. There were happy moments when a best loved player won. Some of the sad moments this year

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was when some of the top seeds lost, and they were gone from the tournament.

Novak Djokovic lost to an up-and-coming player, Nick Kyrgios. You could see Djokovic was tired and not playing his best tennis. Venus Williams was a local favorite, but she lost in an early round to Elena Vasnina. Venus was the fan favorite, but Vesnina was just a little better on the court.

It was a thrilling match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer that had people wishing they could have played together later in the week. Nadal lost to Federer in a close match.

Other favorites and top seeds that lost early were Madison Keys and Coco Vanderweghe from the USA and Caroline Wozniacki for the women’s singles titles. Some of the favorite men who didn’t make the finals were Andy Murray, John Isner and Sam Querrey from the USA, Juan Del

Nikita Kahn and Larry Ellison. Photo by Pat Krause

Potro and Jack Sock also from America. They will all be back next year I am sure.

Celebrities find this tennis tournament a place to be to watch these great players.

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Their talent and speed were fantastic to watch. Each of the Players were at their best game.

Federer played just a bit better and won, but Wawrinka is one player who will win many times over. Wawrinka got a bit emotional at the awards presentation but said he was just tired.

Federer and Wawrinka are good friends but leave that off the court and play their best against each other. At the Awards presentation, the ladies got a slew of ribbons that were sent into the air. The men got small colored pieces of ribbon shot into the air as they were given the trophy. The Baccarat trophy is coveted as it is a piece of artwork. The money is the same for both men and women’s winners who is rare in the sports world. The singles prize money was $1,175,505 for each player. These are all seasoned players and extremely exciting to watch.

They both commented on all the upgrades and thanked new tournament director Tommy Haas on a successful open. They love to come to this tournament because of the facility, the volunteers and the loyalty of the Fans.

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