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Apocalypse?

There’s a galaxy hurtling towards our Milky Way that could wipe out life on Earth

By Desert Star Staff A nearby galaxy is set to slam into the Milky Way and the “catastrophic event” could knock our solar system into disarray, according to startling scientific calculations.

Astrophysicists at Durham

University conducted a computer simulation to find out more about the movement of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. What they found was astonishing. It turns out that

By Desert Star Staff PALM DESERT, Calif. –– Desert Cancer Foundation’s Corks & Cuisine, A Gift of Life Reimagined, will be held at the prestigious Ironwood Country Club on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 6 to 10 p.m.

As a signature event, Corks & Cuisine hopes to raise $100,000 to help pay $1 million in cancer care for local residents that need financial assistance. Every dollar raised translates into over $10 in cancer-related services.

Taking place under the stars with dramatic natural surroundings, guests will enjoy unrivaled pairings of food, wine and craft cocktails,

with live entertainment by The Chase Huna Band.

Cocktail and whiskey tastings have been added to the lineup this year along with wineries from the Napa Valley, including prominent vintners such as Trinitas and Grgich Hills. Ironwood Country Club’s Executive Chef Mark Sickenberger will once again present an amazing spread of exquisite culinary creations with unique food-stations surrounding the event.

Incredible silent and live auction items have been expanded this year to include not just a variety of outstanding

the LMC is set to smack straight into our galaxy.

Even though the galaxy is 63,000 light years from the Milky Way and currently heading away from us at a rate of 250 miles per second, it is set to eventually slow down

and head back towards us.

The collision will shake the whole Milky Way and, while it may not directly impact our Solar System, lead researcher Dr Marius Cautun warns the collision could “knock us out of the Milky Way and into space.”

The collision will cause stars to move and increase the risk of stars being shifted into new gravitational pulls, which could change the orbit of planets. If there is even a small variation Continues on Page 3

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Report: Americans Burdened by Skyrocketing Cost of Rent

By Desert Star Staff Nearly half of all renter households nationwide are now spending more than 30% of their income on rent, according to a new report by the online service Apartment List.

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, spending more than 30% of your income on housing means you’re cost burdened.

Chris Salviati, a housing economist at Apartment List, says this is the first time renter cost burden has increased since 2014.

“This jump that we have seen over the past year, I think, does really speak to the worsening of the housing affordability issue,” he states.

“If you’re following the 2020 primaries, virtually all of the Democratic candidates now have plans that they have released to address the housing affordability crisis.”

Salviati points to cities such as Boston, with lots of good, high paying jobs, but lacking the housing infrastructure needed to keep up with demand.

He says cities across the country are experiencing similar growing pains.

There’s also the issue of home ownership.

Salivati notes it’s becoming increasingly difficult for people in their 20s and 30s to purchase their first home, and that’s having a ripple effect on renting costs.

“There has been a severe lack of new construction, particularly for starter homes, and so millennials, and folks who are reaching an age and point in their careers where maybe previously they would have been purchasing homes, a lot are continuing to rent,” he explains. “And so that does add this tightness to the rental market, which drives up prices.”

The number of cost-burdened renter households jumped by nearly 300,000 between 2017 and 2018, according to a new report from Apartment List.

In Massachusetts, renters are shelling out 34.1% of their income on housing.

Salviati says that should be an eye opener when

considering where to live.

“Which, again, is well above that 30% threshold,” he points out.

The report also found

that nationwide, the cost of median rent grew faster than renter income for the first time in nearly a decade.

Climate change denial is the new ‘flat Earth’ & causes WILDFIRES

By Desert Star Staff Add California’s wildfires to the list of problems caused by US President Donald Trump.

The state’s former governor has warned Trump and his fellow Republicans that “the blood is on your soul” ... for

denying climate change.

“California’s burning while the deniers make a joke out of the standards that protect us all. The blood is on your soul here and I hope you wake up,” former governor Jerry Brown snarled,

during a House Oversight Committee hearing on the Trump administration’s recent decision to bar California from setting its own auto emissions standards. “This is not politics, this is life, this is morality… this is real,” he continued.

Climate change is real, it’s happening, and you and everyone else will recognize that.

Brown likened Trump and his fellow climate change skeptics to believers in “flat Earth,” claiming climate change is directly responsible for the wildfires currently engulfing swathes of California. While at least two of this year’s fires are actually believed to have been caused by malfunctioning PG&E power lines - like last year’s devastating Camp Fire, which wiped out an entire town - Brown has glossed over the notoriously mismanaged utility to pin the blame on hotter, drier weather. The only solution? “Limiting our carbon pollution,” he told reporters in 2015, defying climate scientists who suggested that that year’s fires were not caused by anything of the sort.

The House called Brown and other “experts” to testify against the White

House’s decision to quash the waiver that had allowed California to set its own vehicle emissions standards and effectively control the whole country’s auto industry.

Car companies can hardly afford to manufacture two separate versions of the same vehicle, and California has more drivers than any other state, so they can’t ignore the stricter emissions rules either.

Democrats, including current California governor Gavin Newsom, have slammed the move as “reckless and politically motivated,” a symbol of Big Oil’s iron grip on the Environmental Protection Agency and other regulators.

The White House, however, has claimed that stricter emissions standards make vehicles more expensive, meaning fewer people will drive these energy-efficient cars. The rule change is due to take effect next month.

Law Enforcement Predicts Growing Black Market For Vaping

By Desert Star Staff States across the country, including Minnesota, are investigating a rise in vapingrelated illnesses and deaths.

In some states, public health officials have even declared an emergency. In addition to efforts by the medical community, law enforcement agencies are tracking down operations that sell illegal vaping products.

Tim Fournier is the police chief in New Hope, a Twin Cities suburb. He said there are still a lot of

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unknowns, but agencies are beginning to connect the dots. Officers from his department recently worked with a task force that netted more than 76,000 vaping cartridges containing THC, a chemical found in marijuana.

“What we busted up were the most popular brand of illegal and undergroundproduced cartridge, where it doesn’t have the regulation attached to manufacturing,” Fournier said.

A similar bust was recently reported by

Wisconsin authorities. That operation was described by investigators as one of the biggest illegal vaping rings in the country. Public health officials are trying to differentiate between potential causes of illness from legal vaping products and those illegally laced with THC. The Minnesota Department of Health has seen three deaths and more than 80 cases of vapingrelated lung injury, and is reviewing 39 others. Fournier said until more information is November 1, 2019

collected and policymakers enact more regulations, police will continue to track down tips and educate the public about the potential dangers of vaping, particularly off-market products.

“What we can do in the meantime, what we have been doing, is working with our local schools, working with our local youth.

The resources are more educational at this point, I think, than an enforcement capacity,” he said.

Fournier added even

if more regulations are in place, black markets can still thrive. For example, he said in states where marijuana has been legalized, there’s added cost for the product sold in dispensaries - which can make underground markets more attractive to buyers looking for cheaper products. He said a similar scene could develop for vaping products containing dangerous chemicals.

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Warren to UNH: Medicare for All Plan Coming Soon

By Desert Star Staff DURHAM, N.H. – Democratic Party presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts visited the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday.

She has been portrayed as having plans for many things, but not health care – yet.

Warren, like Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, backs Medicare for All. It would be a single payer, governmentrun health insurance system.

When asked how it would be financed, Warren promised an answer is coming.

“How much is it going to cost, and how are we going to pay for it?” she asked.

“Something I’ve been working

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on for a while now. And I’m going to put out a plan on it. And you can see it – you can see all of the numbers.”

The latest poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire with CNN has Warren and Sanders leading the state.

Recent polling from her home state of Massachusetts shows that more voters support a “Medicare for All Who Want It” option, rather than a Medicare for All system.

However, Warren suggests that Medicare for All wouldn’t be as costly as critics claim it would be and, she said, it would cost less for average Americans.

“We know that Medicare for All is the least expensive way to get everyone covered,” she added.

While many economists predict that premiums for individual plans may

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaking at a UNH town hall Wednesday. (NEWS CENTER Maine/Facebook) drop, some critics say the share of GDP spending on health care would increase drastically to pay for it.

At the town hall, Warren also shared her existing plans to pay for child care and education through a wealth

tax on individuals with assets of more than $50 million.

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Congress approves ‘impeachment’ resolution

By Desert Star Staff The US House of Representatives has approved a resolution authorizing the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, despite Republican opposition arguing that the “Sovietstyle” bill lacks transparency and due process.

The 232-196 vote ended up being almost entirely along party lines, with only two Democrats voting against and no Republicans voting for the resolution.

The White House has reacted to the outcome with a statement saying that “with today’s vote, Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats have done nothing more than enshrine unacceptable violations of due process into House rules,” adding that the

“unhinged obsession with this illegitimate impeachment proceeding does not hurt President Trump; it hurts the American people.”

Meanwhile, Trump branded the process “The Greatest Witch Hunt In American History!” in a tweet.

The resolution puts House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff (D-California) in charge of the impeachment proceedings, while limiting the access of Republican members of Congress and White House attorneys. t comes following criticism from the GOP that the inquiry launched by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) 37 days ago has not been properly authorized by a full House vote, breaking with precedent established by

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in the distance between Earth and our Sun, this could move us from the ‘Goldilocks zone’ and make the planet too hot or too cold for life to survive on.

But don’t panic just yet!

Luckily, this intergalactic collision isn’t set to take place for another 2.5 billion years.

On the bright side, scientists say that this scary event would actually “restore

the previous impeachment campaigns in US history.

In speeches on the House floor on Thursday morning, Democrats and Republicans both invoked the Founding Fathers, the Constitution and the defense of duty and democracy. Democrats maintain that Trump abused his power, undermined US national security and the integrity of elections – citing a July phone call with the president of Ukraine.

Trump and the Republicans have pointed out that none of these things are true, and that there was nothing untoward about the call. The White House has released a transcript of the call, which Schiff famously mischaracterized in a “parody” during a

committee hearing. The Democrat-led interrogations of the people involved in US-Ukraine relations have been kept secret, with bits and pieces being leaked to friendly media outlets.

Republicans have called the process an attempt to overturn the 2016 election and influence the 2020 presidential vote, citing a prominent Democrat who said Trump must be impeached or else he will win re-election.

No US president has ever been successfully impeached.

Richard Nixon resigned before an impeachment vote. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached in the House but not in the Senate, remaining in office as the result.

the [Milky Way] to normality.”

The Milky Way is quite an unusual galaxy, with a small black hole and far less stars in its halo than other galaxies.

Once the LMC smashes into it, “the central supermassive

black hole will increase in mass by up to a factor of 8,” the team explains.

“The Galactic stellar halo will undergo an equally impressive transformation, becoming 5 times more massive.”

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Unashamedly intolerant: Veganism promotes a religion of hate

By Desert Star Staff You’ve probably heard of transphobia or xenophobia or islamophobia. Well, welcome to the latest invented fashionable phobia, vegaphobia!

Vegaphobia refers to meat-eating purveyors of hate, who dislike and fear vegans.

Veganism loves to present itself as a brave progressive doctrine fighting off hordes of uneducated, angry carnivores.

In reality, it is the ideology of veganism which promotes a religion of hate. Veganism is unashamedly intolerant. anti-meat campaigners are not prepared to allow others to decide for themselves what they should eat. That is why activists upholding the ideology of veganism feel entitled to invade supermarkets and prevent people from gaining access to the meat counter. They are zealously intolerant towards people who choose to adopt a diet that is at variance with their ideology.

Veganism has become an unpleasant and sanctimonious ideology that directs its energies towards imposing its lifestyle on society. This is an ideology that is not confined to the objective of eliminating the consumption of meat!

Veganism is inextricably connected to a broader project of social engineering.

It dislikes consumerism and looks down on people who enjoy driving their cars and taking their family on overseas holidays.

The ideology of veganism has become increasingly expansive. It plays a vital role in the culture wars that dominate Western societies. That is why a Guardian essay, sympathetic to veganism, declares that the “consumption of meat is visibly aligned with a certain kind of conservative alpha-masculinity.”

The association of masculinity with conservatism is a caricature close to the heart of advocates of identity politics. Add meat-eating to this mix, and it is only a matter of time before the sight of men eating their burgers becomes a symbol of a cultural crime.

Veganism attempts to guilt-trip and ridicule meateaters. It has successfully encouraged fellow social justice propagandists to embrace its crusade. The use of the word ‘gammon’ has become part of their woke vocabulary. The term gammon is hurled at supposedly conservative middle-aged English nationalists who still possess the ‘disgusting’ taste for meat. From their standpoint, meat, eating is a marker for nationalism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and heteronormativity.

Veganism embodies all the worst features of

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identity politics. Identity politics regards criticism of its lifestyle as a threat to its very existence. Consequently, its response to criticism is to shut down discussion. That is why it is not surprising that last week, veganist activists attacked the BBC for failing to challenge the supposedly ‘fatuous propaganda’ putforward by food writer Joanna Blythman.

Blythman’s sin was to claim that a vegan diet “cannot compare in nutrient density” to meat-based diets.

If vegans zealots have their way soon, criticism of their lifestyle – vegaphobia – will be declared a hate crime.

Let’s be clear. It is OK not to eat meat. People are entitled to adopt a vegan lifestyle. Everyone is allowed to live according

to their inclination. Still, no one has the right to impose their consumption preferences on others. Unfortunately, veganism has

become a censorious and coercive dogma that encourages its followers to impose their lifestyle on others. And that is not OK.

By Professor Frank

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

‘Stuber’ A Lame Summer Comedy Now On DVD

After seeing “Stuber” I certainly wouldn’t want to be an Uber driver. I also wouldn’t want to know this action-comedy twice. While it received a 79 percent audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, most critics were definitely unimpressed.

The film stars Kumail Nanjiani (“The Big Sick”) as an Uber driver who is trying very hard to get a five-star rating for his services and Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer in “Guardians of the Galaxy”) as Vic, an L.A. cop with an attitude. For Vic, the job comes first, even when it comes to his relationship with his artist daughter (Natalie Morales). As the film starts, we learn that she really wants dear old dad to attend a gallery showing of her work that evening. He promises he won’t forget. Still, when he gets a hot tip on the location of his partner’s killer, he instantly decides to pursue the murderous heroin dealer (martial artist Iko Uwais “The Raid Redemption” and “The

Raid 2”). However, Vic has a big problem. He has blurred vision and is scheduled for a Lasik operation. Since he can’t see straight, in more ways than one, he calls for an Uber driver who turns out to be the mild-mannered Stu. Their ride experiences lead the duo to a strip club for clues and also to a den of drug dealers where the murderer often hangs out. While Vic doesn’t find his suspect, he does discover that the junkies have been giving dope to their hapless dog. To his credit, Vic is an animal lover who rescues the dog and takes him to a local vet. This leads to a shoot out when the murderer shows up. Much to his horror, poor Stu is caught in the middle of the action.

The ongoing chase leads to many violent twists and turns, and Stu worries he won’t live to see another day or get his desperately needed five-star review. He also fears he will miss his tentative date that night with Becca (Betty

Gilpin), a lady he yearns for who doesn’t reciprocate.

Do they stand a chance for romance, provided he gets out alive in his electric car?

“Stuber,” written by Tripper Clancy and directed

by Michael Dowse (“Goon”) is rated R for violence and language throughout, some

sexual references and brief graphic nudity. Running time is 1 hour, 33 minutes.

“Stuber” is now available on DVD.

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Disney’s 2019 “Lion King,” (not the animated one from 1994) is back again.

This time all the animals are computer-generated so that they look like the real African animals they portray. While the look has changed, the basic storyline is still intact. If you missed this charming film on-screen this past summer, have no fear. “The Lion King” is now available on DVD.

California fires: 50k people ordered to evacuate

one mln face planned blackout as winds threaten to intensify inferno

By Desert Star Staff California authorities ordered 50,000 people to evacuate amid fears that strong winds can make Kincade fire worse. The local power company is planning to cut electricity to 940 homes and businesses to prevent more blaze.

The evacuation announced Saturday affects several cities in Sonoma County with the sheriff’s office calling it the biggest one in more than 25 years.

People would have to leave their houses in the dark as PG&E announced

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it would cut electricity throughout 36 counties in Northern California for 48 hours or more, with blackouts affecting parts of the Bay Area and wine country.

People would have to leave their houses in the dark as PG&E announced it would cut electricity throughout 36 counties in Northern California for 48 hours or more, with blackouts affecting parts of the Bay Area and wine country.

“The winds are expected anywhere between 8 p.m. and midnight, and from all reports, they’re expected

to be extremely strong,” said Brian Vitorelo from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

San Francisco authorities have also warned the residents that even though the blaze won’t approach the city, the thick smoke is likely to cause breathing problems over the weekend.

The Kincade Fire has burned over 40 square miles since starting on Wednesday, and Cal Fire said on Saturday that only 10% of it was contained, according to Cal Fire.

“You can’t fight a fire that’s spotting ahead of itself a quarter of a mile, half a mile, in some cases a mile ahead of itself,” Cal Fire Division Chief Jonathan Cox said.

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Microloans Set KY Women on Paths to Financial Independence

By Desert Star Staff October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and one survivor in Fayette County recalls how a microloan helped her get back on her feet after leaving an abusive marriage.

Twenty-six-year-old Stacy says she initially used Facebook to reach out to the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violencefor financial guidance.

“I started a microloan because I had some debt that my ex-husband had ran up on me,” she relates.

“The microloan helped pay off my credit card, that had all these charges on it from my marriage.”

Stacy says the microloan opportunity set her on a path toward financial independence.

She’s graduated from college, and is now working on a master’s degree.

Last year, the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic

Violence provided emergency shelter and transitional housing to more than 4,000 survivors and their children, as well as other services to more than 20,000 survivors.

Stacy points out that, unlike traditional lines of credit, microloans don’t include interest charges. In this case, participants pay a small, set amount for one year, and receive training on how to create a budget plan for making regular payments.

“Not only did it help me pay off my credit card faster, it’s a whole other line of credit that, as I was making payments on it every month, was helping build my credit even more,” she explains.

Stacy wants women across the state to know there are resources available through any of the Kentucky coalition’s 15 member programs.

“Any of them will be able to help with the application process or give

Microloans, matched savings accounts and emergency funds all can help empower women financially after they’ve left abusive relationships. (Adobe Stock) any kind of information on the microloan, or on any other economic empowerment programs,” she states.

According to the National

Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the rates for intimate-partner violence are among the highest in the nation for women in Kentucky.

This month, advocates are wearing purple to remember those who have lost their lives from domestic violence.

Plan Aims to Fund Health Care Delivered Outside Doctor’s Office

The Dell Medical Center at UT-Austin will study an initiative to prove the value of non-medical care outside of traditional settings. (Flickr)

By Desert Star Staff A new initiative seeks to improve a patient’s health without a visit to a doctor or a hospital.

The Factor Health program at the University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, funded by a $2l6 million

grant from the Episcopal Health Foundation, aligns unconventional partners to identify, prove and pay for non-medical care outside of traditional settings.

For example, the program might use a healthy meal delivery system to change

a diabetic’s diet to healthier food, lower his or her blood glucose levels, and have a health insurance plan pay for it.

Elena Marks, president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, says her organization aims to improve outcomes while cutting costs

outside of a clinical setting.

“So, our role is funding what is essentially an experiment backed up with a lot of data collection and evaluation with the hope that if it proves true it becomes incorporated into the health care financing system,” she explains.

The program brings together an unusual group of players, including managed care payors such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, social service providers such as Meals on Wheels, and grassroots youth development organizations such as Youth Rise Texas.

Marks says the first two programs to be tested through the Dell school would be managing diabetes for older adults and addressing the mental health impacts of family separation on high school age youths.

She says the goal is to prove the value of such programs to the people who pay the bills.

“People have done all

sorts of things around diet and exercise to impact diabetes,” Marks points out. “What’s different about this is that we are trying to get it embedded in the health care delivery system so that it gets financed as part of health care.”

Marks says the goal is to demonstrate that if non-medical interventions can bring results, then they are worth something to a health insurance company.

“The main thing behind it really goes to the core of what Episcopal Health Foundation is trying to do and that is to change the conversation and the financing so that we actually are prioritizing health and not just health care,” she states.

Marks says the foundation will study the data and outcomes of the first two programs over a one-year period and consider funding new programs after that.

Disclosure: Episcopal Health Foundation contributes to our fund for reporting on Health Issues, Mental Health, Philanthropy, Poverty Issues.

which have led many parents to drop their children from government programs.

Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, says the loss of coverage hurt Latino children the most, but several other groups also saw decreases in coverage.

“White children also had a significant loss of coverage,” she points out. “Young

children, under age six – and that’s really troubling.

“And we’re also seeing families who are just right above the poverty lines, with incomes around $30,000 a year, those working poor families losing coverage.”

Nationwide, the rate of uninsured children went from 4.7% in 2016 to 5.2% in 2018 – leaving a total of 4 million American children uninsured.

Disclosure: Georgetown University Center for Children & Families contributes to our fund for reporting on Children’s Issues, Health Issues.

Progress on Insuring California Children Grinds to a Halt

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif.

– For the second year in a row, the percentage of uninsured children has stagnated in the Golden State and is going up nationwide, according to a new report.

Researchers from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that 3.1% of children in California – about 300,000 children – have

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no health insurance.

Mayra Alvarez, executive director of The Children’s Partnership in Los Angeles, says California should be doing better, considering the state increased premium subsidies and extended Medi-Cal to everyone younger than 26 regardless of immigration status.

“California had taken multiple proactive steps to expand coverage,” she points out. “But we aren’t making

a dent in the number of uninsured kids in California, despite the fact that the economy has been strong.”

The report says the number of uninsured children increased by 400,000 nationwide between 2016 and 2018.

The authors blame the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act as well as President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies, November 1, 2019

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2019 DSW19-5175 City of Desert Hot Springs NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING & ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing to consider granting a one-year extension of time for Conditional Use Permit Application No. 14-17 and Tentative Tract Map No. 37360. The Public Hearing will be held as follows: DATE: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 TIME: 6:00 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard) LOCATION: Carl May Community Center 11711 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs, California, 92240. CASE(S): Conditional Use Permit No. 14-17 and Tentative Tract Map No. 37360 (Time Extensions) LOCATION: Vacant parcel located on the west side of Little Morongo road between Dillon Road and 18th Avenue (APN: 666-310-011) in the I-L (Light Industrial) zone.

City of Desert Hot Springs NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING & ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing to consider approval a one -year extension of time for Conditional Use Permit No 27-17. The Public Hearing will be held as follows: DATE: Tuesday, November 12, 2019. TIME: 6:00 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard) LOCATION: Carl May Community Center 11711 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs, California, 92240 CASE(S): Time Extension for Conditional Use Permit 27-17. LOCATION: The project is located on the northeast corner of 15th Avenue (unimproved) and Cabot Road (unimproved), approximately 2,000 feet east of Little Morongo Road and within the General Plan Light Industrial (I-L) Zone (APN: 665-070-011).

APPLICANT/REPRESENTATIVE: Kamran Amirianfar PROPOSAL: Consideration of a one year extension of time for Conditional Use Permit No. 27-17 for the development of three (3), one-story buildings, totaling approximately 80,000 square feet, on a vacant 5.03-acre lot; inclusive of associated parking, vehicular access, trash enclosure, landscaping, and related improvements; and operate a cannabis cultivation operation, including processing/manufacturing. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: On December 12, 2017, the Planning Commission approved the project and in doing so adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project.

Pursuant to Section 15162(a) of the CEQA regulations, once an MND has been adopted for a project, no subsequent environmental review needs to be completed unless there are substantial changes in the project that warrant additional review. The Planning Commission only needs to make a finding that the request(s) for the One-Year Extension of Time is consistent with the original MND, and no further analysis is required. No significant changes are proposed as a part of the proposed extension(s) of time. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY appear and be heard, or written comments may be submitted prior to the Public Hearing(s). Written comments will be made a part of the public record. If this matter should at some future date go to court, court testimony may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Desert Hot Springs, at or prior to, the public hearing.

QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES regarding this matter or to review information for the above-described project: Scott Taschner Mailing Address: Community Development Department 65950 Pierson Boulevard, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Phone: (760) 329-6411, Ext. 256 Email: staschner@ cityofdhs.org. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (760) 329-6411 or via email at jsoriano@cityofdhs. org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting(s) will enable the City to make reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility.

Publish November 1, 2019. DSW19-5176 City of Desert Hot Springs NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING & ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing to consider approval of a one-year extension of time for Conditional Use Permit No 24-17. The Public Hearing will be held as follows: DATE: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 TIME: 6:00 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard) LOCATION: Carl May Community Center 11711 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs, California, 92240 CASE(S): Time Extension for Conditional Use Permit 24-17 LOCATION: The project is located on the east side of Little Morongo Road, approximately 200 feet north of Palomar Lane (unimproved) and within the General Plan Light Industrial (I-L) Zone (APN: 665-040-011).

APPLICANT/REPRESENTATIVE: Kamran Amirianfar PROPOSAL: Consideration of a one-year extension of time for Conditional Use Permit No. 24-17 for the development of a 35,400-sq. ft., two-story building on a vacant 1.25-acre vacant lot; inclusive of associated parking, vehicular access, trash enclosure, landscaping, and related improvements; and operation of a cannabis cultivation operation, including processing/manufacturing. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: On December 12, 2017, the Planning Commission approved the project and in doing so adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project. Pursuant to Section 15162(a) of the CEQA regulations, once an MND has been adopted for a project, no subsequent environmental review needs to be completed unless there are substantial changes in the project that warrant additional review. The Planning Commission only needs to make a finding that the request(s) for the One-Year Extension of Time is consistent with the original MND, and no further analysis is required.

No significant changes are proposed as a part of the requested extension(s) of time. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY appear and be heard, or written comments may be submitted prior to the Public Hearing(s). Written comments will be made a part of the public record. If this matter should at some future date go to court, court testimony may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Desert Hot Springs, at or prior to, the public hearing. QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES regarding this matter or to review information for the above-described project: Scott Taschner Mailing Address: Community Development Department 65950 Pierson Boulevard, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Phone: (760) 329-6411, Ext. 256 Email: staschner@cityofdhs.org. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (760) 329-6411 or via email at jsoriano@cityofdhs.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting(s) will enable the City to make reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility. Publish November 1,

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NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 2019 DSW19-5169

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS AMERICAS TRUCKING; NORTH AMERICAN TRUCKING; DESERT TRUCKING, 30313 CALLE JESSICA, THOUSAND PALMS, CA 92276.

Riverside County; PO BOX 1386, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92235. Full name of registrant: MARIO STEPHIN LOPEZ LOPEZ, 73140 SANTA ROSA, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact 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 MARIO STEPHIN LOPEZ LOPEZ. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 01, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County ClerkRecorder File No. R-201913421. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish APPLICANT/REPRESENTATIVE: DSH Enterprises, October 18, 25, November 1, 8, 2019 DSW19-5166 LLC PROPOSAL: Consideration of a one-year extension of time for Conditional Use Permit No. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE 14-17 and Tentative Tract Map No. 37360 propos- FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIing the development of six (6) cultivation facilities NESS AS DESERT MOBILE CHECK CASHING, totaling approximately 96,000 sq. ft. on a 13-acre 1476 CONRAD PLACE, SAN JACINTO, CA 92583. project site in accordance with Desert Hot Springs Riverside County; P O BOX 396, SAN JACINTO, Municipal Code 5.50 and 17.180. The Tentative CA 92581. Full name of registrant: RODRIGUEZ Tract Map proposes to subdivide the project site FINANCIAL INC., 12074 PALM DR, DESERT HOT into ten (10) parcels. An interim phase is also SPRINGS, CA 92240/CA. Business is conducted by proposed consisting of approximately 5,800 sq. CORPORATION. Registrant has not begun to transft. of cultivation pods and administrative trailers. act business under the fictitious business name(s) ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: A Mitigated listed above. I declare that all the information in this Negative Declaration was adopted by the City on statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who December 12, 2017. No changes are proposed as declares as true, information which he or she knows part of the requested extension of time, therefore to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed OSCAR pursuant to Section 15162 of the CEQA guidelines, SAUL RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, PRESIDENT no additional environmental review is required. On This statement was filed with the County Clerk of November 12, 2019, the Planning Commission, Riverside County on OCTOBER 9, 2019. Peter at the public hearing or during deliberations, may Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. recommend approval, denial, or propose changes R-201913705. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSIto the project or to the environmental determination. NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS INTERESTED PERSONS MAY appear and be heard, FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE or written comments may be submitted prior to the OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS Public Hearing(s). Written comments will be made BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED a part of the public record. If this matter should BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEat some future date go to court, court testimony MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN may be limited to only those issues raised at the THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN public hearing described in this notice, or in written VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER correspondence delivered to the City of Desert FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECHot Springs, at or prior to, the public hearing. TION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESSAND PROFESAll information regarding the proposed project is SIONS CODE)., October 11, 18, 25, November 1, available for public review at the City of Desert Hot 2019. DSW19-5163 Springs City Hall, 65950 Pierson Boulevard, during regular business hours (Monday through Thursday, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM). QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIregarding this matter or to review information for the NESS AS ITINK DESIGNS, 31074 SAN GABRIEL above-described project: Contact Person: Scott CIR W, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside Taschner Mailing Address: Community Development County. Full name of registrant: KRISTI- -GESKE, Department 65950 Pierson Boulevard, Desert Hot 31074 SAN GABRIEL CIR W, CATHERAL CITY, Springs, CA 92240 Phone: (760) 329-6411, Ext. CA 92234. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. 256 Email: staschner@cityofdhs.org. Americans Registrant has not yet begun to transact under the with Disabilities Act (ADA): In compliance with the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special that all the information in this statement is true and assistance to participate in this meeting, please correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, informacontact the City Clerk’s Office at (760) 329-6411 or tion which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a via email at jsoriano@cityofdhs.org. Notification at crime) Signed KRISTI- -GESKE. This statement was least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting(s) will filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on enable the City to make reasonable accommoda- OCTOBER 8, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County tions to ensure accessibility. Publish November 1, Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201913664. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019 DSW19-5174 EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS NOTICE OF PUB- FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. LIC HEARING CORRECTED NOTICE IS HEREBY A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEGIVEN that the PLANNING COMMISSION of the MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE City of Desert Hot Springs will conduct a Public FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF Hearing to consider a recommendation to the City AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTICouncil regarding the following Ordinance: AN TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS AMENDING TABLE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. 17.08.02 OF THE DESERT HOT SPRINGS MUNICI- SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE).

PAL CODE TITLED “RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Publish October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2019 STANDARDS” RELATED TO SETBACKS FOR DSW19-5162 SUBSTANDARD LOTS WITHIN THE R-M (RESIDENTIAL- MULTIFAMILY), R-MH (RESIDENTIAL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE -MULTIFAMILY-HIGH DENSITY), R-H (RESIDEN- FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSITIAL- HIGH DENSITY) AND R-VS (RESIDENTIAL NESS AS RICK’S CRUISE ADVENTURES, 10 VISITOR SERVING) ZONES, AND CLARIFYING THE VIA ELEGANTE, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270 NOTES THEREOF. The Public Hearing will be held Riverside County. Full name of registrant: RICHARD as follows: Location: Carl May Center City Council BROOKE SCADLOCK,10 VIA ELEGANTE, RANChamber 11711 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs, CA CHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Business is conducted 92240 Date: Tuesday, WEDNESDAY, November 6, by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun 2019 Time: 6:00 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the to transact under the fictitious business name(s) matter may be heard) INTERESTED PERSONS MAY listed above. I declare that all the information in this appear and be heard, or written comments may be statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who sent to the City Council prior to the hearing. Written declares as true, information which he or she knows comments may be mailed or delivered prior to the to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed RICHARD Public Hearing: Community Development Depart- BROOKE SCADLOCK. This statement was filed ment City of Desert Hot Springs 65950 Pierson with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCBlvd., Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 rdeming@ TOBER 7, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County cityofdhs.org QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES may be Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201913597. NOTICE — addressed to Rebecca Deming, Community Devel- THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT opment Director, at (760) 329-6411 or via email to EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS rdeming@cityofdhs.org Americans with Disabilities FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. Act (ADA): In compliance with the Americans with A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING participate in this meeting, please contact the City OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHOClerk’s Office at (760) 329-6411 or via email at jso- RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS riano@cityofdhs.org. Notification at least 48 hours BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS prior to the scheduled meeting will enable the City OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR to make reasonable accommodations to ensure ac- COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., cessibility. Publish November 1, 2019 DSW19-5172 BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2019 DSW19-5161 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE NESS AS BRANNON’S TECHNOLOGIES; PRECISION TECHNOLOGIES, 4129 MAIN STREET SUITE B18, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ENDLESS ENDEAVORS, 4129 MAIN STREET SUITE B18, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501/ CA. Business is conducted by CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact 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 ROBERT WILLIAMS HAWKINS, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 23, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914298. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 2019 DSW19-5170 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS JH SAFETY SOLUTIONS, 82204 US HWY., 111 STE. C #110, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: HURTADO COMPANIES LLC, 82204 US HWY., 111 STE. C #110, INDIO, CA 92201/CA Business is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact 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 JOSE LOPEZ HURTADO, MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on OCTOBER 22, 2019.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201914183. 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

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FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS STVR COMPLIANCE, 72915 AMBER ST, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: BORIS- -STARK, 72915 AMBER ST, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact 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 BORIS- -STARK. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on SEPTEMBER 20, 2019. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201912908. 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., BUSINESSAND PROFESSIONS CODE). October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2019 DSW19-5160 APN: 663-402-005-2 TS No: CA05000514-19-1 TO No: 190927852-CA-VOO NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED February 16, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On December 3, 2019 at 09:00 AM, at the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on March 2, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0146681, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed by JERRY WARNER SAVAGE, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE & SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for SIERRA PACIFIC HOME LOANS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 65565 ACOMA AVE #21, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $138,371.77 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee.

In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to

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the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA05000514-19-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 10/28/2019 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05000514-19-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Myron Ravelo, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Order Number 66005, Pub Dates: 11/01/2019, 11/08/2019, 11/15/2019, DESERT STAR WEEKLY. DSW19-5173 T.S. No. 083556-CA APN: 755-150-009-0 AND 755-150-008-9 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 6/15/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 11/20/2019 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 6/26/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-0414887, in Book , Page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: VICTOR VELAZQUEZ, A WIDOWER 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: In front of the Corona Civic Center, 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: 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: 88616 AVENUE 76 (aka 88616 76TH AVE) THERMAL (AREA), CALIFORNIA 92274 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: $75,393.97 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 or its predecessor 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) 758 - 8052 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.HOMESEARCH.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 083556-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) 758 - 8052 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117. Publish October 25, November 1, 8, 2019 DSW19-5167

Living with Chronic Liver Disease? Be Aware of Hepatic Encephalopathy

By Desert Star Staff Approximately 30 million people in the U.S. have some form of liver disease, which occurs in people for many different reasons. Some common types and causes of liver disease include hepatitis, caused by viruses A, B, and C, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is caused by too much fat in the liver cells, and alcohol-related liver disease, caused by consuming too much alcohol. Having liver disease over a long period of time can result in cirrhosis, an advanced chronic liver disease, which then puts a patient at risk for hepatic encephalopathy (HE) – a serious complication of advanced liver disease.

“Up to 80 percent of patients with cirrhosis can develop HE. This condition can have very debilitating effects on patients and takes a toll on caregivers, especially as the condition progresses,” says Dr. Howard Franklin, vice president of Medical Affairs and Strategy at Salix Pharmaceuticals.

“However, many patients with liver disease, especially younger

patients, are not even aware they are at risk for developing HE, so early recognition of signs and symptoms is critical.”

A Closer Look at HE In patients with advanced chronic liver disease, the liver is damaged so it cannot filter toxins out of the blood the way a healthy liver would.

These toxins can then build up and travel through the body until they reach the brain. The buildup of these toxins in the brain can then lead to the symptoms of HE. Onset of HE can start slowly, and at first, people with the condition may not even be aware they have it.

Family or friends may often be the first to notice someone with HE is acting differently.

Symptoms of HE, which can encompass both mental and physical symptoms, may vary for each person and include: • Mental symptoms Forgetfulness, confusion, poor judgement, not knowing where you are or where you are going or personality changes • Physical symptoms Changes in sleep pattern,

tremors or shaking of hands or arms, slowed or sluggish movement, slurred speech and changes in breath odor In the most severe form of HE, people can become unconscious and enter a coma.

These symptoms can have a significant impact on daily life, such as not being able to drive a car, not being able to work and not being able to care for oneself and

having to rely on a caregiver.

Proper and early treatment and management of HE can help slow its progression before it gets worse.

Treatment Options Talk to your doctor to learn more about HE and how to manage this condition. Lifestyle changes, such as changes in diet or eliminating certain medications, may also help.

“Once diagnosed and

put on treatment, proper adherence to medication is critical,” says Dr. Franklin.

If you or someone you know has chronic liver disease and begins to experience any symptoms of HE, it’s important to talk to your doctor right away.

This is the first step toward helping find an appropriate treatment plan to manage the condition. StatePoint

How to Stick to Your Workout Schedule During the Holiday Season

By Desert Star Staff There are plenty of temptations to skip a workout during the holiday season. Ironically, this is the time of year you may need the movement most.

Here’s how you can stay focused on fitness throughout the holly jolly season.

• Rise and Shine: Consider creating the habit of working out first thing in the morning. Not only will doing so clear your mind and set the tone for the day, but for many, it’s the best way to avoid excuses and ensure the workout happens at all.

• Every Bit Counts: Don’t forget that every bit of movement counts -- even holiday shopping. This is an especially important lesson if you’re not a gym lover. In fact, one of the best ways to stay healthy is with walking. You can

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even do it during your lunch break. With just 30 minutes of brisk walking added to your daily routine, you could burn about 150 more calories a day, according to the Mayo Clinic.

• Track It: Wearable tech can help you stay accountable to your goals as well as motivate you to set new ones.

Check out the latest additions to the new POWER TRAINER sports lineup of watches from G-SHOCK, which go beyond an athletic aesthetic to offer advanced functionality.

Features include a Training Log 200 LAP Memory, Training Timer, Target Alarm and Double Super Illuminator LED light to guide you through late-night and early morning pre-dawn workouts. Both the men and women’s series come equipped with Bluetooth technology compatible through the G-SHOCK Connected app.

Employing new technology developed by Casio, the app displays a graph which breaks down daily steps taken in each of five metabolic equivalent (MET) levels from data based on the step count and walking pace, as well as displays the exact time of day the wearer’s calories were burned, making it useful for interval training.

• Friends and Family: Tis the season to spend time with friends and family, and there’s no reason why you can’t extend that mentality when it comes to your fitness routine. Maximize workouts by combining it with quality time -- ask your spouse, sibling, best friend or anyone near and dear to your heart to join you at the gym or on a walk.

There’s a lot to juggle during the busy holiday season, but with the right tools and mindset, it’s easier to prioritize fitness. StatePoint November 1, 2019

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