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October 11, 2017 Vol. 10 No. 81

‘Armageddon’: CA on Fire State fire officials estimated that 17 separate wildfires Sweep Across Northern California; 15 Are Dead.

By Desert Star Staff A score of wind-fueled wildfires broke out overnight in California’s Sonoma and Napa counties, burning tens of thousands of acres, destroying 1,500 structures and causing residents to flee their homes and businesses.

Governor Jerry Brown

declared a state of emergency for Sonoma, Napa and Uva counties on Monday.

The declaration authorizes the mobilization of the California National Guard to the wine country, north of San Francisco.

There are no reports of injuries or deaths, so far.

Taking all the fires into account,

more than 1,000 people have been evacuated, according to the Los Angeles Times.

One fast-moving fire jumped the 101 Freeway, forcing a hospital in Santa Rosa to be evacuated and burning homes and businesses, witnesses said.

All public schools in Santa

Rosa and Calistoga have been closed Monday.

Residents described terrifying middle of the night scrambles to flee from raging wildfires.

“People were running red lights, there is chaos ensuing,” Santa Rosa resident Ron Dodds told KTVU. “It’s a scary

time. It looks like Armageddon.”

There was “zero containment” on two of the biggest fires, Cal Fire said in a mid-morning briefing on Monday. The Tubbs fire, which had spread from Calistoga to Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, has engulfed more than 25,000 Continues on Page 12

The 2017 Artists Council Exhibition Story and Photos by Pat Krause The Palm Springs Art Museum Artists Council held a Private viewing for the 2017 Artists Council Exhibition on Saturday October 7th. The Gallery showed the attending local artists and their art works with a champagne and lite bites in the Elrod Sculpture Garden.

Guests were able to view all the works of art from paintings, sculptures and photographs.

These items were for sale and half of the proceeds went to the Art Museum and the other half to the Artists Council.

There were 43 art submissions for this exhibition and there were 5 awards given.

There was an awards ceremony in the Annenberg Theatre shortly after the reception. Several hundredpeople attended and were given a special flower for their lapel or dress with their pass.

The Artists council set up a step and repeat canvas so guests could get their photos taken as they entered. This event is a showcase for local artists, some who have their own galleries in the Valley. A lot of the artists were on hand if they were able to show their works of art.

There was a Member Reception in the Museum in the

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Mel McElree, Mike McLain, Stephen Baumbach and Grady McGuire. Photo by Pat Krause.

Mother and Daughter Paris Trip

Escalators in the underground railroad. Photo by Pat Krause

Notre Dam. Photo by Pat Krause

Story and Photos by Pat Krause Paris is an amazing city with its Eiffel Tower and museums. My daughter and I spent four days in Paris and didn’t even touch all that Paris has to offer. As a traveler in a foreign country, we used a lot of maps to get around and a special app on my daughter’s cell phone, called Citymapper.

It made it so easy to get to a certain site we wanted to see.

Of course, the Eiffel Tower is a must when you are in Paris.

It is so tall, and the vista from the top is incredible. They say you can see 40 miles away and on a clear day I think is probably very true. You can

you had to get a sandwich out of a box in the wall.

The underground is pretty up to date with escalators in London and Paris or lifts from the different levels.

Great for someone elderly who hates steps. I will say the motorcyclists look like they take their lives in their own hands the way they zip in and out of traffic. Traffic is like rush hour all day long.

The Arc de Triomphe was our first stop. We put going to the Eiffel Tower until the next day because we wanted to see it lit up at night. My daughter said it was only another 36 steps to the top to

walk to the second level but there is also a lift <elevator>.

You have to take the lift that goes all the way to the top and WOW, what a view.

We went through TripMasters for our trip. They did a great job in getting excellent hotel rooms and transportation for us at a very reasonable rate. We had a nice clean hotel room in Paris that offered a really good breakfast as part of the room stay. Paris is known for its sweet treats, but I had to go a long way for a donut. I found one in a McDonald’s, but it is so automated it reminded me from a long-ago time when

see the Lighting of the Tower, view, and it was worth it.

The next stop was the Louvre. I was there 25 years ago but don’t remember it being so big with so many different rooms of artists.

Being a lover of art and a former artist I was in heaven looking at all the revered artists of so long ago. These million-dollar paintings and statues just keep coming in every nook and cranny of the whole Louvre. Seeing Venus was a big thrill as I remembered her from so long ago and the thrill I got back then. People gathered around the Mona Lisa, and

it was hard to get close.

Everyone was taking selfies with her portrait. It was no photos so long ago but now everyone has a cell phone and camera. People were taking photos of all the art but with no flash, different times.

Walking into the Musee d’Orsay is breathtaking. It was an old railway station that was renovated into this grand Museum of Art. The hallway with the huge gold clock at the end is stunning.

There were special rooms and floors for the different types of art and unique sections for certain artists. They hold exhibitions for one famous artist for several weeks. A must see if you travel to Paris looking for art. Another must see is Notre Dame.

The views are truly fantastic.

There is a lift to one level for viewing. There are also another 387 steps to the top to see the gargoyles and the best views. My daughter took the steps while I stayed behind to see the alter areas and the lesser Paris views.

We took a ride on a boat that took us all along the waterway to see the beautiful old buildings in Paris. Again, it rained but we got pictures of the Eiffel Tower again.

The boat was sparsely filled because of the rain, but we had bought tickets in advance and didn’t have another opportunity to take the ride.

The bridges are magnificent with statues and art work.

Gold bridge decorations and the restaurants that are moored in the river for diners are a vision to see.

It was a fun and would not have missed the ride just because it was raining.

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Atrium following the awards ceremony. The event coordinator was Daniel Hogan of Palm Springs Art Museum.

This is the 28th year the artists council has held this event.

Patrick Evans served as Master of Ceremonies. Jurors were Lita Albuquerque, David Pagel and Rick Royale. Mike McLean was the Exhibition Chair.

The winners were- The Preston Ormsby Award-Terry Hastings, Overview, The Tony and Karen Barone Award for Sculpture-Varalee Bassler, Danzante #2, The Community Award-Nash Lawrason, Dispenser of Dreams, The Peggy Vermeer Award-Beth Adams, Waterfall/Window, and the Chair of the Palm Springs Art Museum board of Trustees Acquisition was-

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Dan Hagan, Tony and Karen Barone and Patrick Evans.

Photo by Pat Krause

Artists Victor S. Barocas with 2017 art winners Beth Adams and Terry Hastings. Photo by Pat Krause

Laurel Goddard Thomas, Martini Glass Abstract #3.

The Award sponsor was

Collection. The Display of Art will run thru Sunday, December 10th with all items for sale.

Donna MacMillan who chose the winning piece of art to be added to the Art Museum October 11, 2017

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Mary Jane in HOA Unit 420?

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Dear Mr. Richardson: I live in California where it is legal to grow 6 cannabis plants. What can our HOA do about this?

P.F., Newport Beach.

there is a difference between removing criminal penalties and establishing a right to smoke or grow marijuana.

The passage of Proposition 64 removed the state criminal sanctions against marijuana in the personal residence, but did not establish the use or growth of marijuana as a right.

So, the use of marijuana now joins a long list of activities which are not illegal but which Dear P.F.: may bother neighbors in an As you know, Californians attached housing community. last year passed Proposition Given the recent change in 64, which for adults of at the law, it is only a matter of least 21 years of age legalizes time before residents argue marijuana for personal use as that Proposition 64 gives them well as the cultivation of up to the “right” to smoke marijuana 6 plants in one’s residence. in the association. This is The law took effect at the beginning of this year. However, incorrect, and associations can pass rules or use restrictions banning marijuana smoking or marijuana plants in the association.

Regarding cultivating marijuana, some may argue that under the “personal agriculture” protection statute, Civil Code 4750, W E E K L Y HOAs cannot prohibit the growing of marijuana in one’s backyard. However, the www.desertstarweekly.com statute specifically exempts marijuana from the definition EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & of “agriculture” by referencing MANAGING EDITOR Civil Code 1940.10, which excludes marijuana from Max Liebermann the definition of “personal __________________________ agriculture.” So, HOAs are

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not required to allow mini pot farms in their communities.

An increasing number of cities are banning smoking inside attached residential housing (and in other areas), and complaints and disputes are increasing within associations regarding smoking. The issue is the “second hand smoke” or smell which invades the adjacent homes, yards or balconies from a smoker’s unit.

With the advent of “legal” marijuana use in California homes, associations may wish to discuss whether they wish to adopt use restrictions (by member vote) or rules (by board vote) to restrict or even ban the smoking and/or growing of marijuana in the community.

If someone suffers from a disability which requires marijuana use, an association will be required by the Fair Housing laws to provide a reasonable accommodation to a person with a documented need for the drug. However, an association might not be required to allow smoking, given the existence of a number of other options to deliver the medical effects of marijuana. If a resident documents a disability requiring the intake of marijuana, the association should pursue an

interactive process (translation: talk to them) to explore if alternatives other than smoking are available to the resident.

An accommodation creating a nuisance to neighbors is not “reasonable.” The smell of any smoke is most likely a nuisance if it invades hallways or individual residences.

With changing laws and social conditions, associations need to periodically examine whether the policies in their governing documents meet the current needs of their communities.

Thanks P.F. for your question.

the spouse is the sole Trust beneficiary. If the purpose of the trust was to avoid stacking benefits into the estate, the IRA owner could establish separate trusts for each child.

In general, naming the surviving spouse as beneficiary is an advantageous selection for several reasons. The selection of the surviving spouse usually provides the most tax deferral opportunities for both income tax and estate tax purposes. The surviving spouse has the freedom of rolling the Inherited Qualified plan over to their IRA and gain the advantage of recalculating life expectancy annually, providing a longer period for payout and deferment until the surviving spouse reaches the age of 70 ½. Additionally, if the surviving spouse is the recipient of the IRA benefits and if the deceased spouse’s estate is estate taxable, then the distribution outright to the spouse would qualify for the marital deduction. A surviving spouse can defer the minimum required distributions until December 31 of the year in which the deceased spouse would have attained the age of 70½. They may also elect to treat the deceased spouse’s IRA as his or her own by rolling it into their IRA. Another option in selecting a beneficiary is to name a

partner to whom the account holder is not legally married.

This choice is not as attractive as naming a spouse because an unmarried person cannot defer distributions until Dec. 31 of the year in which the deceased account holder would have been age 70½ had he or she survived. They cannot roll the money into a new IRA under their name.

They may choose to role the funds to an Inherited IRA, under the five-year rule, where the assets must be distributed

by December 31 of the fifth year from the retirement account owner’s death or role the benefit payment into an inherited IRA with benefits paid out under their life own expectancy. Unfortunately, the plan balance will not be sheltered by the estate tax marital deduction, which could expose the benefits to double taxation, having to pay income tax and estate tax. In fact, if the unmarried surviving partner is more than 37½ years younger than the deceased account holder, the plan benefits also could be subject to the generation-skipping transfer tax, although this will not be applicable where the partners are fairly close in age, which usually is the case. By naming a partner as the beneficiary, the account holder loses all dispositive control over who

[Note to readers: CAI’s annual California Legal Forum, a full day of HOA law seminars, will be held on October 20, 2017 in Universal City. See www.caionline.org or contact a local Community Associations Institute Chapter for details] Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and Managing Partner of Richardson Harman Ober PC, a California law firm known for community association expertise. Submit questions to KRichardson@ RHOpc.com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront. com. All rights reserved®.

Naming Beneficiaries in a Retirement Plan can be Tricky

By Janice Gough Selecting the Beneficiaries of your Retirement Plan requires an understanding of the Internal Revenue rules for Qualified Plans. Under the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 (REA), a participant in a qualified retirement plan must obtain the written consent of the spouse in order to name a beneficiary other than the spouse. The REA restrictions are inapplicable to IRAs because IRAs are not covered by the applicable parts of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and are not included in Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(11).

When inheriting an IRA, one of the goals is to preserve the tax-advantaged status of the account for as long as possible.

Oftentimes it is easier to split the IRA into multiple IRAs if you have multiple beneficiaries, rather than use a trust. Trusts as beneficiaries of IRAs can be very complicated. If it is not done properly, immediate income tax consequences could result. Where the deceased owner’s qualified plan benefit is transferred to a trust in which the surviving spouse is a beneficiary, the spouse loses the right to the required minimum distribution, even if

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will receive the remaining benefit at the partner’s death.

In naming children as beneficiaries, rules and considerations are similar to those of an unmarried partner.

However, because, in the typical case, the children are in a generation below that of the original account holder, greater opportunity to defer taking minimum required distributions generally exists.

By naming children as outright beneficiaries of plan benefits, the protection of having management of the funds and creditor protection is lost, additionally the spouse or unmarried partner, will not be entitled to any of the benefits, on which to live.

The Inherited IRA permits younger beneficiaries, to use their own life expectancies for remaining distributions after the surviving spouse dies.

The spouse, unmarried partner and children are the three most important beneficiaries to understand.

Janice Gough is a Financial Advisor in Palm Springs. She can be reached at janice@ goughfinancialsvcs.com or by calling for your Free copy of our Guide, “The Consumer’s guide to Taxation in retirement”. Off: (760) 2517724 or Cell(650) 200-8291

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Responding to ICE Raids with Prayer Vigil

By Desert Star Staff PHILADELPHIA – Responding to ICE raids that targeted sanctuary cities, immigrants’ rights advocates gathered outside the agency’s Philadelphia office yesterday for a prayer vigil.

Last week, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out “Operation Safe City,” rounding up almost 500 undocumented immigrants around the country.

According to Peter Pedemonti, executive director of the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, the raids concentrated on cities that have passed laws or resolutions to help protect immigrants from deportation.

“They targeted sanctuary cities,” he says. “In total, 107 people in Philadelphia were taken. This is very sad, when they’re tearing apart families as a form of political retaliation.”

In a statement, ICE director Tom Homan said sanctuary cities are “shielding criminal aliens and creating a magnet for illegal immigration.”

But Pedemonti believes that Philadelphia’s designation as a sanctuary city has served the public good.

“It’s reduced deportations, kept families together,” he adds. “It makes us safer as people have more trust in the city and the police, and it would really seem to benefit our whole city - for everybody, not just immigrants.”

Immigrants’ rights advocates say insisting that communities aid in enforcing federal immigration policy creates distrust and prevents people from seeking health care, reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses.

Operation Safe City was intended to send a message to sanctuary cities,

“Operation Safe City” detained more immigrants in Philadelphia than any other city in the country. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and Pedemonti says the prayer vigil sends a clear message back to ICE. “Our strength is in coming

together, our strength is in connecting with our faith traditions, and making sure ICE knows that we’re not going

anywhere,” he states. “That they need to be accountable, and they can’t do this without anyone fighting back.”

Trump’s immigration plan revealed

By Desert Star Staff The White House has unveiled a set of immigration policies aimed at toughening up the existing laws and closing legal loopholes. The list envisions transforming the Green Card system, beefing up border security and facilitating deportations.

The measures on the list released by the White House late Sunday are necessary to compensate for damages

that would be inflicted by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, if it is to stay intact, according to White House legislative affairs director Marc Short.

“These priorities are essential to mitigate the legal and economic consequences of any grants or status to DACA recipients,” Short said.

The plan calls for funds for the construction of President Trump’s Mexico border wall,

anathema to the Dreamers, to the immigrant community and to the vast majority of Americans,” House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint

by Center for Migration Studies. statement, calling the demands “far beyond what is reasonable.”

The legislation, if passed, The term Dreamers would also see a crackdown refers to undocumented on sanctuary cities, which would be banned from receiving migrants who were brought to the US as children. any grants provided the The Congressional Hispanic US Departments of Justice Caucus (CHC), consisting of and Homeland Security.

The number of Immigration Congressional Democrats of Hispanic origin, decried the and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will rise by 10,000, newly-unveiled immigration principles as “draconian in addition to the current and anti-immigrant.”

20,000, and an extra 300 Trump has recently federal prosecutors will be announced his intent to hired to tackle the immigration repeal DACA, which protects challenge, according to “Dreamers,” by March the document, which calls 2018, while giving Democrat the existing number of and would allow the deportation lawmakers six months staffers“grossly inadequate.” of unaccompanied children to pass a law that would arriving illegally in the US, regulate the status of the ‘Anathema to Dreamers’ impose more rigorous checks recipients, some 800,000 The plan did not sit on asylum applicants, make people who were granted well with the Democrats, it harder for gang members protection from deportation who slammed it for being to sneak into the US and

by President Barack Obama’s extremely severe on ensure swift removal of all executive action in 2012. immigrants and not allowing immigration offenders, with Trump’s decision was any room for compromise. a particular focus on visa met with protests, with “The administration can’t overstayers. The latter are several Democratic-led states be serious about compromise considered the main source of threatening to sue the president. or helping the Dreamers if undocumented immigrants in the US, according to the report they begin with a list that is

By Desert Star Staff MADISON, Wis. – Bringing the political conversation back to the local level is one of the aims of the Rebel Cities movement. Those who support this relatively new political concept say city governments are perfectly positioned to blunt what they see as a harmful rise of nationalism in the country.

Rebecca Kemble is an advocate of Rebel Cities.

She’s an alder in Madison,

a community she sees as having the potential to be a Rebel City, for its high level of community activism.

“Small groups of organized people have really made big differences in policy, but they’re not comprehensive policy differences,” she says.

“They’re not reorienting our government policy generally more toward, say, recommonizing what we can.”

Rebel Cities supporters

believe a big part of changing a local government is developing new political candidates, who will run on platforms of changing institutional politics from the inside.

According to Kemble, Madison has a long and well-deserved reputation as an activist community. But she says it’s a lot of smallgroup activism that hasn’t been well coordinated.

“There are all these

Green card overhaul, no sanctuary cities, 10k more ICE officers

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community grassroots efforts, but again, the lack of coordination,” she adds. “And it doesn’t even have to be ideological agreement, but at least some basic agreement on values and strategy hasn’t really happened.”

Kemble says Madison’s image as a progressive and enlightened city often doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, particularly in terms of quality of life for its minority populations.

“Madison is a majoritywhite city, with some of the most extreme racial disparities in quality of living, economic indicators and incarceration rates for AfricanAmericans,” she explains.

Advocates of the Rebel Cities movement say city governments, rather than national political parties, are the best places to start putting government truly back into the hands of the people. www.desertstarweekly.com

3 Things Everyone Living with Arthritis Should Know

By Desert Star Staff Arthritis includes more than 100 rheumatic diseases and conditions that affect joints. If you are living with arthritis, here are a few things you should consider.

1. Arthritis can affect people of all ages. Many people think of arthritis as an affliction that only affects adults as they reach old age or athletes who have suffered an injury (known as osteoarthritis).

Although the incidence of arthritis does increase with age, younger people can also be affected by the

disease. Autoimmune forms of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, often strike people by the time they are middle-aged. Overall, it’s estimated that nearly onefourth of all adults in the United States (22.7 percent, 54.4 million) have doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Seven percent of 1844 year olds and 29 percent of 45-64 year olds report doctordiagnosed arthritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2. You can now track your condition better and get

support. Being diagnosed with a lifelong, chronic disease like arthritis can be overwhelming.

Finding support, from friends, family, colleagues and online communities can help. For example, ArthritisPower, accessed online or downloaded as a free mobile app for android and iPhone, allows people with all forms of arthritis to track symptoms and treatments to see how they are doing over time. Users can send their results to doctors in advance of appointments to encourage more personalized and productive discussions.

By Desert Star Staff DENVER – The new budget passed by the U.S. House yesterday could add insult to injury for healthcare providers.

Critics say the measure’s tax cuts - that primarily benefit the wealthy and large corporations - would require over $470 billion in cuts to Medicare and at least a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid, the lifeline of the nation’s safety-net health facilities. This comes as Congress also has allowed funding for critical health programs to expire.

Polly Anderson, vice president of strategy and financing for the Colorado Community Health Network, says health centers in Colorado and across the country have “fallen off the cliff.”

“We call it the primary-

care funding cliff because 70 percent of health-center federal funding, the CHIP program, and the National Health Services Corps all expired on September 30 due to Congress’ inability to act,” she explains.

Anderson says Colorado’s funding reserves for CHIP could last through January, but she notes some states will likely to be unable to cover pregnant women and children in a matter of weeks.

A measure co-sponsored by both Colorado senators to fund CHIP cleared a committee on Wednesday. A bill to fund community health centers in the House is co-sponsored by all but one member of the Colorado delegation.

According to Anderson, the funding crisis isn’t only about the viability of health centers and

federal programs - it’s about the health of the communities the programs serve.

“We’re talking about children, and individuals who often don’t make enough to purchase health insurance on their own,” she says. “So, it’s really Colorado’s working families and working individuals who will be most dramatically impacted if these programs aren’t reauthorized.”

She notes about 75,000 children and at least 80 pregnant women in Colorado could be affected if Congress can’t pass legislation that includes funding for CHIP. More than 90 percent of patients who use community health centers for preventive care, vision and dental services and more are living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

Note that ArthritisPower is a research registry. That means people must sign an informed consent to donate their data to researchers and learn more about other specific research studies announced in the app. The more people who participate in the registry, the more scientists can discover about arthritis. To learn more, visit arthritispower.org.

3. Surgery can help. In healthy joints, cartilage covers the ends of bones, allowing them to move smoothly and without pain. When arthritis (all forms) wears away or damages the protective cartilage, and other non-surgical treatments have proved unsuccessful, joint replacement (usually of the knee or the hip) is typically recommended, according to the American College of Rheumatology.

When an orthopedic surgeon replaces a joint, it involves removing worn out cartilage from both sides of the joint, followed by resurfacing of the joint with a metal and plastic replacement implant that looks and functions much like a normal joint. Over the past two decades, the

safety and effectiveness of surgery, and the variety of hip and knee joint replacement devices has improved, thanks to research driven by surgeons and device makers.

What’s missing, say experts, is a better understanding of patient experiences and preferences, particularly regarding what they value when making the decision to undergo surgery, pick a surgeon, and select a device.

“The good news is that this research is underway by patient-led research communities, such as ArthritisPower,” says W. Benjamin Nowell, Ph.D., Director of PatientCentered Research at CreakyJoints, the online patient support community.

If you need joint surgery, it’s important that your preferences are central to your decision making at every step of the way, from timing of surgery, surgeon, implant device and recovery plan.

Make sure to ask questions, get second opinions, and seek support. Surgery and recovery can be hard, but talking about them shouldn’t be. StatePoint

Colorado Health Centers Face Double Funding Crisis

Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner has co-sponsored legislation that would restore funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which expired last Saturday. (Getty Images)

Federal Dollars Help Clear Untested Rape Kits

By Desert Star Staff NEW YORK – New York City is getting some federal help to eliminate its backlog of untested rape kits.

The Justice Department’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative is distributing $34 million to 20 jurisdictions around the country.

The grants will help test kits that have often sat in evidence lockers for years, prosecute those identified by DNA analysis, and keep victims informed.

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advocacy director at the Joyful Heart Foundation, which advocates for rapekit reform, says this is the third year the initiative has provided critical assistance for cities across the nation.

“It’s much-needed support for communities as they do this work to get all the kits off the shelf and get them tested, to bring healing and justice to survivors, and to take really dangerous offenders off the streets,” she explains.

New York City is receiving more than $2 million to help process untested rape kits.

A statewide audit identified almost two-thousand kits that have not been processed.

Some states have backlogs of more than 10,000 untested rape kits. Knecht says any backlog represents a failure of the criminal justice system to prioritize sexual assaults.

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in sex crimes units and even prosecutors that are trained to take these cases to court,” she explains.

In 1999, New York City alone had a backlog of almost 17,000 untested kits. By 2003, that backlog had been cleared, finding more than 2,000 matches in the national DNA database leading to 200 arrests.

While the federal aid is important, Knecht points out that committing to the timely processing of rape

kits is ultimately an issue that the states must deal with.

“That needs to be in law to make sure that that is something that survivors can count on that no matter where they live, no matter what their ZIP Code is, they’re going to get the same response statewide,” she adds.

Under a New York state law passed last year, all rape kits collected in the state must be submitted to a lab within 10 days, with results due in 90 days.

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Trump’s Rollback on LGBT Rights, Birth Control

By Desert Star Staff ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A group in New Mexico that advocates for reproductive justice and health care says the state’s rural communities will suffer the most from the Trump administration’s decision Friday to limit birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The employer contraceptive coverage mandate under ACA regulations provided access to birth control to more than 62 million women and saved women $1.4 billion in 2013.

Denicia Cadena, policy director for the advocacy group Young Women United, says New Mexico is one of the states that has benefitted the most from the ACA, and the new directive is turning back the clock.

“It just shows how much this administration has really committed themselves to attacking the most

marginalized people in our society,” she states. “We know that both of those groups – that people of color, low-income people – are likely to be most impacted.”

The Trump administration also issued sweeping religious freedom directions that could override many antidiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the states of California and Massachusetts filed lawsuits immediately after the announcement Friday, arguing that the federal government cannot authorize discrimination.

New Mexico recently became the fourth state in the nation where pharmacists can prescribe birth control, which helps those living in rural areas where there are doctor shortages.

Cadena says the Trump

President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle initiatives enacted under the Obama administration now include limiting birth control for women and anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people. (internationalwomensinitiative.org) directive to allow companies not to cover birth control as part of their health plan is being promoted as religious liberty but is truly a health access issue.

“Contraception allows

women and people to be able to make decisions about if and when they have a family, so we know this attack isn’t about good health care or about cost savings but is really an attack on women and

our families,” she stresses.

Research shows 55 percent of pregnancies in New Mexico were unintended in 2010 compared with 45 percent nationally in 2011.

Lawsuit Could Mean Fewer Defendants Sit in Jail Awaiting Trial

By Desert Star Staff HOUSTON – A lawsuit making its way through the federal courts could radically change the way the legal system across the country handles bail for defendants awaiting trial.

A group of inmates

filed suit against Harris County, where Houston is located, maintaining bail regulations that keep poor defendants in jail pending trial because they cannot pay are unconstitutional.

The inmates won their case in the lower court, but

it is now working its way through the appeals process.

Sandra Guerra Thompson, a law professor at the University of Houston Law Center, says a money-based bail system wrongly forces indigent defendants to remain locked up until their trial.

“People who cannot afford the bail, who are low risk, what ends up happening is that they’ll lose their jobs, they’ll lose their homes, their kids will be without care,” she states. “And so, their lives fall apart pretty quickly.

So, the person who’s stuck in jail will feel tremendous pressure to just plead guilty.”

The federal court ruling ordered Harris County officials to assess defendants on their risk to the community.

In its decision, the court noted that 75 percent of all inmates in Texas jails have not been convicted of a crime.

But the Harris County Attorney appealed the ruling, saying the order goes too far in forcing him to release defendants before trial.

Thompson says if the decision is upheld, it could change the way courts operate across the country.

She says courts in several states already have adopted a system of risk-based assessments of defendants.

By Desert Star Staff RALEIGH, N.C. – The human and financial cost of the death penalty is taking its toll on the punishment. Death sentences have declined by 90 percent in North Carolina since the 1990s, and data and feedback from district attorneys suggest capital punishment has had its day in the Tar Heel State.

There’ve been five death sentences in the last five years,

compared with 140 in the same length of time in the 1990s.

At the same time, the state’s murder rate has declined, indicating a correlation that may surprise some, explains Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonpartisan Death Penalty Information Center.

“The murder rate drove death sentencing,” he says. “Death sentences had nothing to do with the

rate of murders. The public has become much more aware of systemic problems with the death penalty.”

Dunham points to the number of exonerations in recent years of inmates on the state’s death row and conversion of sentences from death to life in prison without the possibility of parole as examples of the systematic problems. Supporters of the death penalty argue it

is still needed in the most heinous of crimes.

The latest Pew research finds that support of the death penalty is declining among conservatives. Nationwide opposition to the punishment is the highest its been since 1972. Dunham says that’s because people are beginning to understand that the system of capital punishment isn’t as simple as an “eye for an eye.”

“Conservatives are

A case working its way through the federal court system would force judges to assess a defendant’s risk to the community in deciding whether to hold him or her over for trial. (Ryan/GettyImages)

“In a time when there really wasn’t a better way to do things, that system might have made some sense and might have been constitutional,” she states.

“What the courts are saying today is that things have changed, and there is a more modern approach.”

Thompson says statistics show that when the system assesses defendants on risk, it benefits both the courts and the community.

“It brings your jail costs down,” she points out. “It brings lots of costs to the criminal justice system down, including future crime.

“It does a better job of protecting us because we’re not focusing on who has money but on risk.”

Attorneys in the case made oral arguments before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans last week. That court’s ruling is not expected for several weeks.

The case eventually could go the U.S. Supreme Court.

becoming more and more aware that the death penalty they support in theory is not the death penalty that North Carolina and the United States as a whole has in practice,” he explains.

Additionally, according to the North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services, the average cost of a capital case is four times higher than cases where prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty.

Analysis: Cost, Ineffectiveness of NC Death Penalty Drives Decline

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Top Tips for Staying Connected While In-Flight

By Desert Star Staff Over 2.2 million Americans fly every day, according to Airlines for America. Whether they are heading to a Disneythemed family adventure or jetting off for a romantic rendezvous, the most indispensable companion for many of these modern, mobile travelers is their smartphone.

A recent survey by Gogo Inflight Internet found that 81 percent of travelers want to stay connected while inflight.

Use the following travel tips to stay connected

while you’re up in the air.

Check your airline before booking. Though you’ll now find inflight Wi-Fi on most airlines, not all flights may be equipped to offer it. Other tech amenities, like USB ports and in-seat power outlets, vary from airline to airline and even plane to plane — and can be limited to premium seating. If staying connected is important to you, take the extra step before booking to make sure Wi-Fi is available on your flight and confirm amenity options for your seat.

Try a travel-friendly phone plan. Some wireless providers are better for travelers than others. So, it’s worth doing a little homework to find your best option. For example, T-Mobile customers can use their phones to send text and picture messages, use apps like WhatsApp and iMessage, and check visual voicemail for free on all US flights equipped with Gogo Inflight Internet.

They also get an hour of free internet access to surf the web and check email or social media though Gogo.

And, T-Mobile ONE Plus customers get unlimited Gogo Internet on domestic flights.

Download your fun beforehand. If you like streaming video from services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, it’s a good idea to download movies and TV shows onto your device before boarding. The same is true for music. Be sure to save your favorite tunes and podcasts for offline listening, so you’ll have easy access to your favorite music, news and audio entertainment.

Optimize your email. Finally, consider using web-based email (webmail) instead of ondevice apps. That way, you’re not waiting for messages to download while away or inflight.

Alternatively, you can set your email app to download headers instead of the full message for quick and easy scan-ability and downloads. If you want to send mail with big attachments, like pics or video, be sure to compress your files. This will make for quicker, lighter uploads and keep email from getting stuck in your outbox.

Happy connected travels! StatePoint

Are You Financially Prepared for an Emergency

By Desert Star Staff Being financially prepared for an emergency or natural disaster is about more than just having savings set aside. Having access to critical personal and financial information will help you on the road to recovery.

The experts at Freddie Mac offer the following tips for getting organized and prepared for the unexpected.

• Compile information.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Financial First Aid Kit includes fillable checklists, and is a handy and free way to compile important information, such as driver’s license numbers, birth certificates and Social Security numbers, bank accounts, insurance policies, mortgage statements, credit cards, taxes, health insurance cards, accounts, medications taken and any other health records, as well as household contact information, including landlords, doctors, schools, employers, contractors, lawyers, and insurance agents.

Be sure to revisit this information periodically and update it as needed.

• Review your paperwork.

Review your insurance policies and financial paperwork to be sure that they are current.

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Thursdays at 8 p.m. at 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive. For information, 760-322-4422 Palm Springs Villagefest Street Festival every Thursday The Congo Room presents “Wet Wednesday” 10pm2am P: 760-322-7353 Modernism Show and Sale at the Palm Springs Convention Center October 20 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Business Expo & Taste of Palm Springs October 17 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Colony 29,

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Festival at The McCallum Theatre Nov. 11 Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott Perform at The McCallum Theatre Nov. 9 @ 8:00 PM Dia De Los Muertos Live at The McCallum Theatre Oct. 28 @ 8:00 PM 6th Annual Family Fun Day at The McCallum Theatre Oct. 22 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends on Stage at the McCallum Oct. 7 @ 8:00 PM American Cancer Society Relay For Life Civic Center Park Oct. 7 @ 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM 4th Annual Three Pianos-Six Hands, at The McCallum Theatre Nov. 14, 2017 @ 7:00 PM - Jan. 16, 2018 @ 7:00 PM Relay For Life Civic Center Park Oct. 7 2017 Coachella Valley Heart & Stroke Walk Civic Center Park, Nov.18 @ 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Dave Koz 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour at The McCallum Theatre Dec. 19 @ 8:00 PM

what you can expect, including an explanation of benefits. For example, many homeowners policies cover alternative living expenses that can help provide you and your family with temporary housing needs, meals and other life necessities.

• Seek mortgage relief.

In the event of an emergency, having access to your mortgage information can be critical, as you may be eligible for mortgage relief.

“When FEMA announces that individual assistance programs have been extended in major disaster areas, we quickly respond by offering mortgage relief options for those in the impacted areas.

This includes suspending mortgage payments for up to 12 months so victims of natural disasters can focus on

what’s important: their own safety and the safety of their families,” says Yvette Gilmore, Freddie Mac VP, SingleFamily Servicer Performance Management. “As soon as it’s safe to do so, it’s important that impacted homeowners contact their mortgage company right away to discuss their mortgage relief options.”

• Get secured. Secure your property as best as possible, keeping it safe from damaging natural elements and, if you are evacuating, potential vandalism while it sits empty. Consider protecting valuables, mementos and personal information in a safety deposit box or a fire- and water-proof safe.

When it’s safe to return home, document any damage to your home and belongings with photos or videos, if possible.

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• Get smart. Unfortunately, crises tend to bring out scam artists. Be wary of postdisaster scams and anyone offering to provide you with immediate assistance for money. Government officials will never ask for money and will always show their ID badges.

For more disaster preparedness tips and resources, visit www.

FreddieMac.com/blog.

Saving for a rainy day is an important step that everyone should take to prepare for the unexpected. But remember, true financial preparation for emergencies and disasters goes beyond a savings account. For peace of mind, use free online resources to get organized. StatePoint

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

The season has changed and so must our health regimes, our diets, the ways we exercise and how we plan our day. As Autumn begins it’s good to think along new lines, preparing for the coming changes in light, color, sun, shadows.

All of these are reflected in our fall and winter festivals.

The seasonal changes are reflected within ourselves, too. Relationships need extra tending so everyone doesn’t feel isolated, cold, alone, withdrawn and left out.

TAURUS It’s good to be out and about, learning new things, attending lectures, classes, gathering information. Or, perhaps creating and teaching a class yourself. Always in your life your task has been to illumine the minds of humanity, a serious and disciplined task.

It would be good to consider what would be playful, bring enjoyment, fun and a calling forth your lightness and spontaneity? Perhaps you need to swim in a warm natural pool.

GEMINI What constitutes family to you, whether biological, friend, group (esoteric?), colleagues, etc.? Family matters more and more even if you tend to reject that thought. Something’s not complete with someone.

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What would that be? With whom? Listening to others until you understand the essential message is an important Gemini goal. All of this brings love forth – your spiritual task.

CANCER Make contact. These two words have a depth most don’t understand. Making contact releases Love. But it must be true, authentic and intentional contact. It must be from the heart, connecting heart to heart, Soul-to-Soul. The results are that Love being released creates liberation for everyone.

You are the one to begin this process. Do this ceaselessly, quietly, with heartfelt intention of contact with all kingdoms.

LEO There’s a sense that you must create a new plan concerning finances and resources. When this is accomplished, a new state of values will come forth.

You may want to communicate more deeply with those close to you, sharing with them your values, asking what values they hold. Seek to know the values held in common.

The questions about values have to do with what your desires & aspirations are for the future. Do you know?

light. Standing in shadows, perhaps in the shadow of another is comfortable for you. However, there comes a time when we each must define ourselves, become a sovereign individual, recognize our own self-identity, understand what we initiate, realize that we’re responsible, summon our confidence, and seek a new support system.

Am I speaking to Virgo or Pisces? Both. For each is the shadow of the other.

LIBRA As I prepared the garden for autumn I gathered together a sheaf of wheat. The Virgo symbol of nourishment for humanity. I thought of Libra, and what nourishes them relationships, beauty, friends, equilibrium, balance, love, sacrifice, art. It’s the art of the wheat sheaf that caught my eye and I thought Librans must get back to their art in whatever form interests them. Some paint, some have galleries, some are collectors. What is your art form? It’s calling you.

SCORPIO

You will want to come out of the shadows and into a greater

Do you sense with restlessness that there’s a group that belongs to you, and yet somehow you can’t find it?

As you search for those likeminded who belong to you, assess what gifts you would offer them, and in turn, to the world. Your gifts and talents

says Greg Murray, military mortgage program manager at Wells Fargo, who is also a U.S. Navy veteran.

To help, Murray has identified the top four things to know when buying a home.

• There are special financial education resources designed for military personnel and veterans. Take advantage of these free online resources so you can be a savvier home shopper. For example, Wells

Fargo’s Hands on Banking for Military, which offers courses on topics like banking basics and smart spending, also contains a comprehensive guide on home-buying.

• Before assuming you won’t qualify for a loan, talk to a lender. Be sure to tell the lender that you have served or are currently serving in the military. They can inform you about the options available to you, such as a Veteran’s

VIRGO

continue to develop. Summon patience. Speak with love to those close to you. Ask for their visions and goals.

Synthesize everyone’s.

SAGITTARIUS Saturn has been in Sag for several years now. He has called for a perfect execution of your work. With Saturn’s direction, new structures and new dimensions have been given, resulting in new thoughts flowing through your mind.

You’re being impressed with ideas that become ideals for humanity. Share your ideas with others who will assist you.

Diplomacy is paramount.

CAPRICORN What will you do this autumn?

How will you reflect the autumn season in your home? Is the world calling to you with new ideas, new creativity? You are being prepared within for something new to emerge in the near future. Perhaps it’s a course of study, something you want (or need) to learn, somewhere to visit, travel to, discover? Is there something you want to say to someone far away? Many things professional come your way.

your money. Know what is coming in and going out. Use this time to discover what is needed and what is not. Give away what is not and then give more away. Giving provides you with meaning, a true sense of service and a liberation that allows you to move forward in your life. Will you be travelling?

PISCES We are to do our best in every place we find ourselves in.

Many of us are indecisive these days, sitting on the fence (uncomfortable), unable to decide where we’re going, what to do when we don’t know what to do, how to provide our gifts when opportunities don’t seem to exist. Again, we (especially Pisces at this time) are to work at our best wherever we find ourselves. Relationships need compromise, patience and acceptance.

Adaptation liberates us.

Risa D’Angeles is the founder and director of the Esoteric & Astrological Studies Research Institute: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology. She can be reached at risagoodwill@gmail.com.

AQUARIUS Take extra care with and tend carefully to your money, valuables and resources.

Create a place of safety for

4 Things Vets and Service Members Need to Know When Buying a Home

By Desert Star Staff If you’re a veteran, reservist or active duty service member, it’s important to know that there are special benefits you may be eligible for when buying a home.

“Veterans and service members have earned the opportunity to become homeowners, and it’s crucial that they are well-informed about the benefits and options available to them,”

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Administration (VA) loan.

A VA loan is a home loan guaranteed by the federal government, designed to help those who’ve served in the military obtain homeownership. They can sometimes be obtained with zero down payment. Gifts or grants can be used to help cover down payment and closing costs, subject to program requirements, and no mortgage insurance is required.

• A large portion of qualified buyers aren’t taking advantage of the low-to-nodown-payment mortgage options available through VA loans. Indeed, more than 21 million veterans and service members live in the U.S., however, over the past five years, a mere 6 percent of them bought a home using a VA home loan, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. This may be due to the common myth that active duty service members, National Guard members and reservists are not eligible for VA loans (in fact, they may be eligible).

Many also are unaware

that unmarried, surviving spouses of veterans who died as a result of service or service-related causes are also eligible.

• Individual banks, not the Department of Veterans Affairs, offer VA loans, allowing you to work with a lender who understands your needs and makes you feel comfortable.

“A specialized team member who understands unique military needs, such as a Wells Fargo Military Lending Specialist, can help you make the most of the home loan benefits you’ve earned,” says Murray.

Developing a relationship with this lender is also a good idea, as you may later choose to refinance through the VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL) program.

To learn more, visit wellsfargo.com/military.

If homeownership seems daunting, remember that taking advantage of VA benefits can make it more financially and logistically viable. StatePoint

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

Robert Creighton Stars As James Cagney.--A Yankee Doodle Dandy

Robert Creighton and The Company of CAGNEY. Photo by Carol Rosegg When I was a kid my sisters and I actually saw James Cagney in “Yankee Doodle Dandy” 14 times in one week. We loved it that much.

Eventually, Cagney was type casted as a gangster, but at heart he was a song and dance man—a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Now the New York sensation “Cagney,” has come to the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood from Oct. 5 to 29 and stars Robert Creighton in the title role, along with the other five members of the New York cast. In New York, the show had a sold out five-week run, then moved on to the larger Westside Theatre where it ran for an additional 14 months for a total of 502 performances.

In a recent interview with Robert Creighton, he told me how excited he was about bringing “Cagney” to California.

“The two most important places I wanted this story of James Cagney to be told were New York City where he grew up and his character

was forged, and Hollywood where his talent and onscreen magnetism made him one of the greatest film legends of all time” he said. “It’s an honor to get to tell Mr. Cagney’s story, and i am thrilled that this dream-cometrue project is now having its day in the California sun.”

Creighton told me he was born in Canada, then laughed adding, “I became a dual citizen, so I’m not lying when I sing “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy.”

He continued, “My fascination with Cagney began when one of my acting teachers said.

‘You remind me of James Cagney.’ After that I felt a weird connection to him since we both loved to sing and dance. I became obsessed about finding all of his films and watching them. One was ‘Man of 1,000 Faces’ where he played Lon Chaney. Soon I felt it was fate; I had to do a play about his life, and it cried out to be a musical.”

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Prior to starring in “Cagney,” Creighton did episodic TV work, including roles in the TV hit “Law and Order” He also played the upbeat mercat Timon in Disney’s “The Lion King.”

His next Broadway show will be Disney’s “Frozen.”

“I play the Duke of Weselton. He’s a bad guy, but he’s funny. My children (Robert James, 5 ½ and Samantha, 4) love the show.“ He also spoke warmly about his wife Whitney, who is in advertising, not show biz.

According to Creighton “Our show blends music from Cagney musicals like “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and Yankee Doodle Dandy,” written

by George M. Cohan with new music and lyrics which I wrote with Christopher McGovern.

The book for the show is

by Peter Colley. Bill Castellino directs, and the choreography is by Joshua Bergasse.”

He continues; The conflict in the show is between Jack Warner, head of Warner Bros. played by Bruce Sabath and Cagney. Warner was a tough guy to work for. He would say ‘I’m the puppet master. I can

Robert Creighton as James Cagney in CAGNEY. Photo by Carol Rosegg take people off the street and make them stars.’ He could also fire them at will. While under contract with Warner Bros. Cagney earned millions for the studio, but made very little money in return.

Eventually, he walked out of his contract—and won.

“Cagney was always a champion for liberal causes like the underpaid cotton pickers in the San Joaquin Valley. He was also a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild which fought for fairness under the studio system.”

“Cagney was a family man.

His wife, a performer in her own right, stuck by him through thick and thin for 66 years.

Her name was Willard, but he called her Bill or Billie, but in the show, we call her Willie.”

The actor and hoofer, loves playing Cagney, but says, “It is the most strenuous role I have ever played since I am on stage almost constantly for two

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He concluded our interview saying, “Our show is about a great American who came from poor beginnings and became an American film legend. My hope is that audiences will be inspired by what he did with his life and feel so joyous they will want to leave singing with an urge to put on tap shoes.”

I saw the show on October 8 at the El Portal Theatre and like Creighton’s teacher I was amazed by how much he looked and sounded like James Cagney-that Yankee Doodle Boy. .

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Palm Springs Philanthropic Day

Curt and Selby Dunham, Sarah Clapp, Lori and Aubrey Serfling.

Photo by Pat Krause

Seated are Joy and Harry Goldstein and Connie Golds.

Photo by Pat Krause

Stories and Photos by Pat Krause There was a private nominee reception for National Philanthropy Day on Wednesday, October 4th at a exclusive home in Palm Springs. Phillip Ittelson provided his beautiful modern mid-century style home for this event. Willie Rhine and 849 Restaurant served the refreshments and appetizers.

2017. Angela Allen named each nominee and gave a brief description of why they are being nominated and who nominated them.

Each of these honorees is recognized for their outstanding contributions. Hands-on efforts and dedication make them very deserving of this wonderful tribute for their work to improve and aid

our entire Coachella Valley and its residents.

This pays tribute to those special philanthropists who work so hard to promote our Valley through fundraising efforts with their time, talent, skills and financial aid.

There will be a luncheon on Nov. 8th to announce the winning honorees. The Association of Fundraising

Restaurant. These were parts of the special category in the PSIAF that will be held November 9-11th. Proceeds of some of the film will go to the Boo2Bullying organization.

There are 43 categories in the new festival. There were over 2700 submissions, and Founder Brian Hoff said he watched everyone. It was so hard to choose those that will be shown at the festival.

43 categories are a lot to be able to put all those that submitted films into a certain category. Brian Hoff said this has been his dream to have an animated film festival. It is a dream come true, and he is trying hard to make this first festival one to remember.

Boo2Bullying is a big part of the PSIAF with the help of Demitri Halkidis. Halkidis started this organization when he lost someone close to him because ‘of bullying. A young Boo2Bullying Ambassador, Solange Signoret, is just 12 years old but appeared to be much older when she introduced Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon. She has the poise of someone a lot older when she asked for a moment of silence for those we lost. Solange was the winner at a recent Boo2 Bulling singing contest. Mayor Moon announced he had been with his husband for 36 years but were only allowed to get married eight years ago.

The PSIAF will have a lot of surprises in the films they present. There will be some that will have people involved

in the films attending. This is the first film festival of its kind in the Valley. Proceeds from the festival will go to Boo2Bullying and its mission.

They are trying to get parents, teachers, communities, the

Over 100 guests heard about the 17 nominees that been selected for this honor. There is a selecting committee and different business and locals put in someone’s name for this honor. These honorees are individuals and businesses that have made an impact on the Desert and its people.

This party celebrated all the nominees selected for

Professionals will announce these individuals on their 11th annual, Change The World With A Giving Heart, luncheon.

The National Philanthropy Day Awards luncheon will be held in the Grand Ballroom at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa. Harold Matzner will be this year Presenting Sponsor and will be the Honorary Chair of the Luncheon. Patrick Evans of CBS Local 2 will serve as Emcee for the day’s events.

Honorees chosen from that list of nominees were, Outstanding Philanthropists, Joy and Harold Goldstein, Outstanding Philanthropic Foundation was Palm Springs Pathfinders and the Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation went to Hot Purple Energy. The Outstanding Fundraising Professional was given to Terri Bona of the Family YMCA of the Desert, and the final award went to Dr. James and Lorraine Brinton as Outstanding Fundraising Volunteers. There is a long list of this year’s luncheon underwriters. So many local businesses, clubs, casinos, Charities and individuals were so willing to underwrite this to an honoree those people that are hence deserving.

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Brian Hoff, Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon and Dimitri Halkidis.

Photo by Pat Krause

Willie Rhine, Solange Signoret and Marjon Hudson.

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bullies and the bullying in the school system and everywhere to get them involved in what is happening in our schools and online in today’s world to put a stop to bullying.

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Haunted House and Halloween Industry Now a $10 Billion Industry

By Desert Star Staff Halloween is big business.

The commerce of Halloween in the U.S. should exceed $10 billion during the 2017 season, according to Hauntworld. com, the industry’s leading website. That’s a lot of candy, costumes, decorations and tickets to haunted attractions.

One of the largest growth areas in the Halloween trade is the explosion in number and quality of commercial haunted house attractions, haunted

farms, corn mazes, hayrides and other spooky venues.

More than $1 billion of the $10 billion spending on Halloween is attributed to ticket purchases at themed haunted sites.

“Visiting a haunted attraction is now the single most popular way to celebrate the holiday,” says Larry Kirchner, founder of Hauntworld.com, which directs consumers to find and review Halloween attractions around the globe. The site

Cannabis Cultivation Facility in Cathedral City Set for Groundbreaking

KMIR News Staff Cathedral City, CA - A cannabis cultivation facility is expected to break ground in Cathedral City before the end of the year, city officials said Tuesday.

The Sunniva Campus, a proposed 489,000-squarefeet medical cannabis cultivation and production facility, was unanimously approved for a Conditional Use Permit by the city’s Planning Commission.

The Canadian-based Sunniva Inc. will break ground on Phase I of the facility this year, officials said, with construction expected to take place over the next three years near the intersection of Ramon Road and Date Palm Drive.

Phase I of the facility will be a 325,000-squarefeet facility expected to produce 177,000 pounds of dry cannabis annually, with around 50 percent of production converted into oils and extracts. Phase II will add 164,000 square feet to the facility, adding 100,000 more pounds of cannabis produced each year.

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forward for the cultivation, production and distribution of cannabis products to meet the needs of patients in California,’’ Sunniva CEO Dr. Anthony Holler said. ``This purpose-built production facility will make the most of advanced greenhouse technology and ensure that patients across the state have access to trusted, consistent products free from the pesticides that are unfortunately all too common within the industry today.’’

City officials approved medical cannabis production last year, joining Desert Hot Springs, Coachella and Palm Springs in a group of desert cities turning to marijuana as a revenue source.

“We are excited to be chosen as the location for this world-class cannabis center that utilizes the latest sustainable technology for cultivation,’’ Cathedral City Mayor Stan Henry said. ``The Sunniva Campus will have a tremendous, positive impact on our economic development through job creation and tax revenue for our public safety, roads and bridges, and community parks.’’ Source: KMIR

provides locations and information about all major haunts, pumpkin patches, corn mazes and hayrides.

Haunted attractions strive to make guests feel like they’re experiencing a real-life horror movie, some going so far as to use computer animation, giant monsters and even virtual reality to provide scares guests enjoy. Many haunts now feature new attractions, such as zombie paintball, zombie laser tag, corn mazes, haunted

hayrides and escape rooms.

This season, families have many options. Haunted houses have become more realistic, but at the same time, more family-friendly to appeal to larger crowds. So, what is the best way for your family to experience the Halloween haunt craze? Those with teenagers should seek out the scariest haunted house near them.

Families with younger children should head to local farms.

Professional Halloween attractions are now often based at family farms, which typically offer traditional pumpkin patches, corn mazes and hayrides to appeal to younger guests. However, many of these farms transform into spooky attractions by night, featuring actors portraying frightening characters, creepy lighting and elaborate décor to provide fear-based fun.

You can find the best haunted attraction for your family by visiting Hauntworld.com.

According to Hauntworld. com, these attractions are rated as 2017’s scariest in the U.S. 1. Netherworld Atlanta - fearworld.com 2. The 13th Gate - Baton Rouge, La. - 13thgate.com

3. The Dent Schoolhouse - Cincinnati - frightsite.com 4. Erebus - Pontiac, Mich. - hauntedpontiac.com 5. Headless Horseman’s Hayrides and Haunted Houses - Ulster Park, N.Y. - headlesshorseman.com 6. Haunted Overload - Lee, N.H. – hauntedoverload.com 7. Nashville Nightmare - Nashville, Tenn. nashvillenightmare.com 8. Bennett’s Curse Baltimore – bennettscurse.com 9. The Darkness - St. Louis – scarefest.com 10. Field of Screams - Mountville, Pa. – fieldofscreams.com 11. Factory of Terror Canton, Ohio - FOTOhio.com 12. Nightmare on 13th - Salt Lake City nightmareon13th.com 13. USS Nightmare - Newport, Ky. ussnightmare.com The complete list of the “Best of” scary to not-soscary attractions is available at: hauntworld.com.

There are many ways to give your family an ageappropriate scare this season, no matter where you live. StatePoint

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What Parents and Kids Need to Know about Concussions

By Desert Star Staff DETROIT – Any blow to the head - whether on the football field, the playground, or even the kitchen floor - can cause a concussion, which is why doctors say everyone needs to take precautions and know the warning signs.

As the head primary-care team physician for the Detroit Lions, family physician Dr. Michael Workings sees more than his fair share of head trauma. With fall sports now in full swing, he says after any head injury - no matter how minor - the athlete should immediately be removed from play, and parents and coaches need to watch very carefully for the symptoms of a concussion.

“Things like headaches, or change in your ability to keep your balance, or change in your sensation, or change in your mood,” he said. “You should be looking for just an alteration in personality.”

Because of the risk of cognitive and personality changes, Dr. Workings says

it’s crucial to get a medical evaluation if there’s any reason to suspect a concussion, which is not visible to the naked eye.

Treatment for concussions begins with avoiding physical and mental exertion. A recent study from the University of Michigan found that one in five teens, including nonathletes, have experienced at least one concussion.

While much of the recent discussion about the longterm effects of concussions has centered around football, Workings says all sports have the potential for head injuries. He says that doesn’t have to mean giving up sports, but rather ensuring parents, kids and coaches are on the same page.

“Making sure that the athlete and the parent understand the risk, that the athlete is utilizing protective gear, that the parent is engaging in sports that are well-supervised and that, if there is a concussion, that it is taken seriously,” he explains.

Athletes who play contact sports and their parents need to understand the risks of concussions. (greyerbaby/morguefile) One of the most dangerous things, he adds, is to stay in the game or return to practice while suffering from a concussion.

“If you continue to play, there’s a phenomenon called second impact - someone that’s concussed, that takes

another impact, that could deepen those concussion symptoms both in severity and in duration,” he warns.

He notes that it’s a common misconception that a person needs to be knocked unconscious in order to suffer

Canyon Fire number 2 was first reported before 10 am PST Monday near the California State Route 91 freeway and Gypsum Canyon Road in Anaheim Hills in Orange County. The fast-moving blaze engulfed approximately 500 acres of land by 12:30pm, according to Sgt. Daron Wyatt, a spokesman for the Anaheim Fire Department, the Los Angeles Times reported.

to evacuate and now is the time to do so,” Wyatt said in a video, which was posted to the fire department’s Facebook page. “Take everything that As of 3pm, the fire you can that will sustain you had grown to the size of for the next couple of days.” approximately 2,500 acres, The cause of the fire Wyatt said. He also stated that at least six structures had been is not yet known, however, Wyatt said the blaze started damaged, or lost in the area.

The blaze also had zero percent in the same area as the first Canyon Fire at the Anaheimcontainment at this time, as Corona border last month.

200 fire personnel fought the Three parks in the region, fast moving flames earlier in including Irvine, Santiago the day, KABC reported.

Oaks and Yorba, were all Winds related to the fire closed Monday due to smoke are said to be moving at 38 and fire covering the area. mph, with gusts reaching up A shelter has been set to 62 mph. One unnamed up for evacuees at the East firefighter fighting the blaze Anaheim Community Center. was injured due to smoke The original Canyon inhalation, and was airlifted to UCI Medical Center in Anaheim, Fire burned around the length of 2,600 acres. according to Wyatt, the Los Also Monday, more than Angeles Times reported.

14 quick-moving wildfires “With the wind-driven spread through Northern event, this fire can change California, while destroying a behavior very rapidly,” Wyatt minimum of 1,500 homes and said at a news briefing. commercial buildings in the Late Monday morning, region. The fires have killed at the department’s spokesman least 10 people, and forced said the fire had jumped thousands to flee the area, a toll road, which led to it authorities said, according threatening approximately to the Los Angeles Times.

1,000 homes in Anaheim Hills.

“You need to be prepared

‘Armageddon’: California on Fire

Continued from Page 1 acres (9,000 hectares). The Atlas Peak fire near the city of Napa had burned more than 10,000 acres by 6 am.

Cal Fire is keeping track of three other fires in Napa, Sonoma and Lake Counties.

Upwards of 300 firefighters are battling blazes in Napa County. Three evacuation centers have been set up.

Marin County sent 22 fire engines, five ambulances, and dozens of crew to assist the Napa and Sonoma firefighters.

“It was an inferno like you’ve never seen before,” Marian Williams, who escaped through flames before dawn near the town of Kenwood in Sonoma County, told AP. “Trees were on fire like torches.”

The area of Fountaingrove was particularly hardhit, with photos showing numerous homes on fire.

Some evacuation centers are already filled to capacity due to the large number of residents forced to flee.

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Wind has been a major factor in fanning the flames, with gusts of 46-79 miles per hour causing the fires to spread.

Smoke from the conflagrations could be sensed as far as San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.

A smoke advisory has been issued for San Francisco, telling residents to “close windows and limit outdoor activities.

Keep pets inside for protection.”

What caused the fires is still under investigation.

Similar wildfires rages across the area in August 2015, when 12,000 residents were evacuated and 60,000 acres went up in flames, after drought conditions and winds left firefighters struggling to contain the outbreaks.

As fires ravage Northern California’s Napa Valley, a rapidly moving brushfire has scorched several structures and prompted the evacuation of 1,000 homes in Southern California’s Anaheim Hills.

The blaze has been dubbed Canyon Fire number 2.

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a concussion. In fact, he says that is rarely the case, and that concussions can even occur without a blow to the head, if the body is knocked back and forth in a whiplash-type injury.

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Need New Glasses? Don’t Overlook These Ways to Enhance Your Lenses

By Desert Star Staff When it comes to buying new eyeglasses, many people focus on frames, spending hours trying on multiple shapes and colors. With so many styles to choose from, it’s easy to forget that glasses are used for a medical purpose and they need to do more than just look good -- they need to work.

Remember, there are many lenses and enhancements that can be customized to fit your lifestyle and everyday needs. Here are some lens enhancements you’ll want to consider “must-haves” for your next pair of glasses.

• Anti-reflective (AR) coating: A good AR or anti-reflective coating can enhance your vision and make your glasses look better by minimizing those annoying reflections. The coatings can be applied to the front and back of your lenses to help protect them from scratches and smudges, and repel dust and water. Additionally, AR

coatings can reduce eyestrain caused by glare and reflections, and prevent the “halos” you might see from oncoming cars at night. The coating also reduces the reflection of light, allowing others to better see your eyes through the lenses.

• Light-reactive lenses: Also known as photochromic lenses, these lenses quickly darken in sunlight and return to clear indoors, combining the benefits of regular prescription glasses and sunglasses in one convenient package. Light-reactive lenses also reduce light sensitivity, protect against ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and many even reduce exposure to blue light from sunlight and devices.

• Blue light reduction: Blue light is a high-energy light emitted by digital devices, LED lights, and the sun. Blue light exposure has been linked to digital eye strain. And with screen time continuing to soar, it’s not surprising that digital

eye strain has surpassed carpal tunnel syndrome as the leading computer-related workplace complaint in America, according to the Vision Council’s digital ye strain report. Adding a blue light coating to your lenses can reduce your exposure and offer relief from sore, irritated, tired eyes while working, cramming, e-reading, or binge-watching.

• Progressive lenses: Lens enhancements aren’t the only way to upgrade your vision experience. For those who have

graduated to the sometimesdreaded presbyopia club, the age-related loss of the eye’s ability to focus on nearby objects, there is new technology that makes adapting to progressive lenses much easier.

Additionally, gone are the days of the bifocal, so you won’t have to endure the line in the middle of the lens. Instead, you can enjoy a cosmetically- pleasing lens that allows you to see near, far, and in between effortlessly.

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finding the right lens enhancements, visit vsp.com/ eyeglasses-lenses.html.

For better vision and protection against eye strain and damage, don’t overlook your lens options.

When it’s time to get your next pair of glasses, think beyond fashion and take some time to think through your lenses, considering options that can offer you better vision as well as protection against eye strain and damage. StatePoint the Indio Fashion Mall.

“If a big chain store would take a chance to come in here and open up a business, they wouldn’t regret it. Trust me I know, I’ve been here for 17 years. I know they wouldn’t regret it,” said Cardona.

The city of Indio wants investors to expand the mall onto a 20-acre parcel of land it owns just to the south of the property. But the city won’t pay for the mall’s current asking price and investors are weary of buying a mall where only about 50 percent of the stores have tenants. Source KMIR

fitness and citizenship, with age-appropriate, fun activities.

• STEM Scouts: To keep pace with the growing importance of STEM-related careers, the STEM Scouts pilot program helps boys and girls in grades 3 through 12 learn more about science, technology, engineering and math through interactive, hands-on activities and experiments.

• Exploring: The expanded Exploring program offers young men and women ages 14-20, real-world career experiences that help build confidence and discover interests in fields like law enforcement, firefighting, aviation, engineering, and medicine.

Learn more about Scouting programs and how to get involved in your community at beascout.org.

Before enrolling in a program, it’s important to ensure the time is well spent.

Do your research and seek out programs that help your child build character and have fun in the process. StatePoint

Indio Mall Struggles to Keep Tenants

By KMIR News Indio, CA - If you haven’t been to the Indio Fashion Mall in a while, you’re not the only one. The struggling commercial center has seen a decline in customers for more than a decade.

When you walk around the Indio Fashion Mall, you start to notice something eerie. Store, after store, after store...closed.

“It’s small, hardly any people here. Hardly any stores,” said mall patron Ivana Alvarez.

The decline of the Indio Fashion Mall began in 2008 when the economy tanked. When anchor department stores like Sears and Gottshalks left, the mall began to see fewer and fewer costumers.

“The traffic, the people, they don’t come anymore because they think that the mall is closed or they think that no one is here, there’s no more businesses,” said Hector Cardona, owner of Hector’s

Cell Phones and Accessories.

Store owners say the only people who shop there now are those looking for a specific service or product.

They are in, and they are out.

But it didn’t always used to be that way. In fact, people used go to the Indio Fashion Mall just to hang out.

“That’s the big difference too. Before they would come, they would have raffles and music, and all kinds of stuff. People would come

hang out and have their ice cream and lemonade after church,” said Cardona.

A developer bought the mall in 2003 for $16 million dollars with plans to turn in into something like The River in Rancho Mirage. But after the big department stores left, so did any interest in redevelopment. The current owners bought the mall in 2010 for about $8.5 million dollars.

The owners are currently being sued by investors who say their money was never used for any renovations. Meanwhile, store owners have their own ideas about what would save

By Desert Star Staff Parents seeking positive, meaningful extracurricular activities for their children may struggle to identify the right programs for their kids, especially if busy family schedules limit options. While many youth programs help children socialize and learn

new skills, some go further to help shape who kids may become as adults.

When choosing activities for young children, consider the following: • Diverse experiences: Keep things interesting and engaging for your child. Select programs that offer a range

of activities and adventures.

• Talented volunteers or staff: Ask, “What type of training do volunteers and staff members receive?” The answer to this is key as you help ensure your child will be mentored by positive role models.

• Program values: Learn what the organization’s goals are, how it teaches children about building character and good citizenship, and how it helps youth explore their goals.

• Scheduling: Extracurricular activities can be time consuming. Find out what meetings and activities are required to ensure the program works for your family.

• Starting now: Today’s parents are more likely to engage their children in activities at a younger age, according to a survey by Forrester. Consider enrolling your children in extracurricular activities early, perhaps even before formal education begins. This can help foster their long-term development.

Still not sure what activities

are right for your children?

One choice with compelling outcomes is Scouting. Kids who participate in Scouting exhibit strong moral values and positive character attributes, allowing them to embrace new opportunities, overcome obstacles and become better prepared for future success, suggests a study of kids age 6 to 12 conducted by Tufts University.

For this reason, parents looking to create a strong foundation of leadership, service, and community in their children may consider Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.

While many people associate these programs with camping and outdoor adventures, the Boy Scouts of America also offers programs for youth with other unique interests.

Here are some highlights: • Lion: This pilot program for 5 and 6-year-old or kindergarten-age boys and their parents, combines concepts of character development, leadership skills, personal

Things to Consider When Selecting After School Activities for Kids

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MUSIC

BY ROBERT KINSLER

Highly-anticipated returns anchor a trio of new releases Amazing returns from Chris Hillman and Shania Twain as well as a special new disc teaming artists from Southern California and Ireland are recommended.

— “Bidin’ My Time” features singer/multi-instrumentalist Hillman performing songs he co-wrote with Steve Hill as well as songwriting contributions from Sonny Curtis, Nathan G. Barrow, Pete Seeger, Petty, and fellow Byrds members Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark. The shimmering “Here She Comes Again” will thrill fans of Hillman’s ‘60s tuneful folk rock with its layers of 12- and 6-string guitar provided by McGuinn and Petty alongside the organ handiwork of Belmont Tench (of Tom Petty &amp; the Heartbreakers fame). “She Don’t Care About Time” taps into a similar sonic Artist: Chris Hillman vein, with John Jorgenson’s Title: Bidin’ My Time 12-string electric guitar dancing (Rounder Records) with Tench’s stellar piano play.

You might like if you Assisting Hillman on his first enjoy: Tom Petty, the studio album since 2005 are Desert Rose Band, the other greats including David Flying Burrito Brothers Crosby (on harmony vocals on Tell me more: A beautiful the lovely “Bells of Rhymney”), and deeply affecting album, fiddler Gabs Witcher, drummer Chris Hillman’s wonderful “Bidin’ Steve Ferrone and bassist My Time” serves not only as Mark Fain. And everywhere the a celebration of the legendary masterful acoustic guitar, banjo co-founder of the Byrds and the and harmony vocals of Herb Flying Burrito Brothers but as a Pedersen shine. If there was any tribute to the illustrious lineup of justice in the world, modern-day guests who appear on the disc. commercial country radio would Produced by Tom Petty — who have the album’s infectious the world lost on Oct. 2, 2017 title track, introspective

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“Given All I Can See” and tender ballad “Different Rivers” in heavy rotation.

Information: rounder.com.

Artist: Shania Twain Title: Now (Mercury Nashville) You might like if you enjoy: Shania Twain, Sara Evans Tell me more: The topselling female country music of all time, Shania Twain has sold more than 75 million albums. The Canadian singersongwriter’s highly-anticipated return “Now” delivers on her influential style of blending pop, rock and country music stylings together in songs that simultaneously celebrate good times, love and life’s wide emotional expanse. Her first album in 15 years, “Now” features songs that bristle

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with modern-day touches and enduring melodies. Chief among the catchy gems are the reggae-tinged “Swinging’ With My Eyes Closed,” popstyled “More Fun,” rousing “Life’s About To Get Good” and dance-minded “You Can’t Buy Love.” The confessional “Home Now,” haunting “Poor Me,” hypnotic “Who’s Gonna Be Your Girl” and piano-anchored “Soldier” touch on the deeper reaches of Twain’s songwriting.

“Now” is available as both a standard 12-track album (reviewed here) and as a deluxe edition that includes 16 tracks.

Information: ShaniaTwain.com.

Artist: Celsi, Bragg &amp; Maitland Title: The Road To Glasgow (Steel Derrick Music) You might like if you

enjoy: Anny Celsi, Nelson Bragg, Celtic music Tell me more: It is fitting with 2017 marking the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love that Los Angelesbased Anny Celsi and Nelson Bragg have teamed up with Dublin’s Duncan Maitland (Picturehouse, Pugwash) to release an album that somehow captures that magical time when vocal harmonies, sweet melodies, memorable songs and psychedelic overtones gave birth to the L.A.’s Byrds and London’s Fairport Convention.

The melodic power pop “Heavenly Day,” lovely folk nugget “Own Sweet Time” (one of three live recordings on the disc) and a driving take on Paul Kelly’s “To Her Door” and lush Byrds-styled take on Peter Holsapple’s “Hollywood Waltz” capture the honest and sweet sound of “The Road To Glasgow.”

Fans of the aforementioned Chris Hillman disc “Bidin’ My Time” will fully appreciate the beauty and performances on “The Road To Glasgow.”

Information: annycelsi.com and steelderrickmusic.com.

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ORANGE County. Full name of registrant: KILTER HOME SERVICES INC., 381 W GROVE AVE., ORANGE, CA 92865/CA. Business is conducted CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: GREGORY STEPHAN MCKENDALL JR, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on October 5, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201713130. 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 ANOT+HER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5252 October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DAVID NELSON BOLLES, SR. CASE NO. INP 1700652 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DAVID NELSON BOLLES, SR. . A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DANA G. BOLLES and DAVID N. BOLLES, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DANA G. BOLLES & DAVID N. BOLLES, JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act .

(This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: November 1, 2017 at 8:45AM in Dept.

1A located at 46-200 OASIS STREET, INDIO, CA 92201 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner SCOTT GROSSMAN, THE GROSSMAN LAW FIRM, APC, 6370 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, SUITE 320, RIVERSIDE, CA 92506 (951) 683-3704. Publish October 4, 6, 11, 2017. DSW17-5248 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: TOMMY’S TRAINING CENTER, 73900 WHITE STONE LANE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: THOMAS LEE GILL, 73900 WHITE STONE LANE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. Business is conducted INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: THOMAS LEE GILL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on October 6, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201713201. 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 ANOT+HER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5255 October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: ALL ABOUT YOU ESTHETICS, 80375 POMELO, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside County; 1220 VIA YOLO, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Full name of registrant: ANITA- -ASTORGA, 1220 VIA YOLO, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234.

Business is conducted INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: ANITA- -ASTORGA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 20, 2017. Peter Aldana, AssessorCounty Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201712374.

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 ANOT+HER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5254 October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: BONZAI’S BARK; BONZAI’S BARK PET CARE; BONZAI’S BARK PET CARE & BOARDING; BONZAI’S BARK PARK; BONZAI’S BARK PARK & RESORT; BONZAI’S PARK & BARK; BONZAI’S BARK PET SITTING; BONZAI’S BARK PET SITTING & BOARDING; BONZAI’S BARK DOOGY DAY CARE, 80085 VISTA GRANDE, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside County; 80085 VISTA GRANDE, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Full name of registrant: LARRAINE LYNN NAHAMA 80085 VISTA GRANDE, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Business is conducted INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: LARRAINE LYNN NAHAMA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on October 5, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201713135. 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 ANOT+HER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5251 October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: SANTA CRUZ MOTORS, 67540 SAN ANTONIO ST., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant: SERGIO RAFAEL AMADOR, 67540 SAN ANTONIO ST., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: : SERGIO RAFAEL AMADOR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on October 3, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201712978. 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 ANOT+HER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW175249 October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: PERFECT GIFTS, 26676 RIM CREEK PATH, MENIFEE, CA 92584. Riverside County.

Full name of registrant: REGINA LOPEZ WOOD, 26676 RIM CREEK PATH, MENIFEE, CA 92584.

Business is conducted INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: REGINA LOPEZ WOOD. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 21, 2017. Peter Aldana, AssessorCounty Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201712418.

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). DSW17-5247 October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: ZIPPY AMAZING CRUISES, 26676 RIM CREEK PATH, MENIFEE, CA 92584. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: REGINA LOPEZ WOOD, 26676 RIM CREEK PATH, MENIFEE, CA 92584. Business is conducted INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: REGINA LOPEZ WOOD. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 21, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201712419. 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 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5246 October 4, NESS AS: SPARKLEAN LAUNDRY INDIO, 81106 11, 18, 25, 2017 HIGHWAY 111 STE.G, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County; 18801 Robers Rd #16, Desert Hot Springs, STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF CA 92241. Full name of registrant: EUNSUNG COIN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following CORP, 18801 ROBERTS RD #16, DESERT HOT fictitious business name(s) F.T.W. GEAR, 26391 SPRINGS, CA 92241/CA. Business is conducted ARBORETUM WAY, #1504, MURRIETA, CA 92563.

CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun Riverside County has been abandoned by the to transact business under the fictitious name(s) following person(s): NICHOLAS ANTHONY MANlisted above. I declare that all the information in ZANO, 19027 QUEBEC AVE, CORONA, CA 92881; this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, ROD JOSE REQUEJO, 19027 QUEBEC AVE, who declares as true, information which he or CORONA, CA 92881. This business is conducted she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed: by: C0-Partners. The fictitious business name(s) SHIN HWAN OH, PRESIDENT. This statement was referred to above was filed in Riverside County filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on on:04/24/2015. I declare that all the information in October 6, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201713200. NOTICE — declares as true, information which he or she knows THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT to be false is guilty of a crime. Signed: NICHOLAS EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS ANTHONY MANZANO. This statement was filed FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. with the County Clerk of Riverside County, signed A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT by, Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING on September 28, 2017 File No. R-201504067 Pub OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHO- October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2017. DSW17-5244 RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIOF ANOT+HER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR NESS AS: ZIPPY SERVICES, 77426 PRESTON COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., TRL, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Riverside County.

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17- Full name of registrant: MIDGE TECHNICAL STAFF5253 October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2017 ING, INC, 77426 PRESTON TRL, PALM DESERT, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE CA 92211/CA. Business is conducted CORPORAFOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- TION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact NESS AS: KILTER TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL, business under the fictitious name(s) listed above.

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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: JAMES EDWARD GEIS, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on October 2, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County ClerkRecorder File No. R-201712917. 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).

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knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed: KHALIL JUBRAN JUBRAIL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 20, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201712343. 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). DSW17-5236 September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: CASA BLANCA RESTAURANT, 35850 DATE PALM DR., STE A, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: SIMONE JC INC., 35850 DATE PALM DR., STE A, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234/CA. Business is conducted by CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious 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: JUAN CARLOS DE LEON ARAMBULA, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 11, 2017.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201711886. 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). DSW17-5231 September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: RANDY’S EQUIPMENT REPAIR, 4130 MENNES AVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92509 . Riverside County; 7900 LIMONITE AVE, STE#G165, RIVERSIDE, CA 92509. Full name of registrant RANDY LEE RADMALL, 7900 LIMONITE AVE, STE#G165, RIVERSIDE, CA 92509. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above on 8/1/2017. 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: RANDY LEE RANDMALL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 08, 2017. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-11831 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). NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s Sale No. CA-RCS-17017444 NOTE: PURSUANT TO DSW17-5241 October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2017 2923.3(C) THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE Section 2923.3(a), NESS AS: STINGLEY SAFETY SERVICES, 33586 THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO EMERSON WAY, UNIT C, TEMECULA, CA 92592. ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED Riverside County. Full name of registrant: BRYANT COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE DAVID STINGLEY, 33586 EMERSON WAY, UNIT COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] YOU ARE C, TEMECULA, CA 92592. Business is conducted IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED

by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to 11/17/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT above. I declare that all the information in this state- A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION ment is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST as true, information which he or she knows to be YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOfalse, is guilty of a crime) Signed: BRYANT DAVID TICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown STINGLEY. This statement was filed with the County on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more Clerk of Riverside County on September 27, 2017. times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California No. R-201712681. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS Civil Code. The law requires that information about BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE trustee sale postponements be made available to YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE property, you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com, using the file NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTH- number assigned to this case, CA-RCS-17017444.

ER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW Information about postponements that are very (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND short in duration or that occur close in time to the PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5240 October 4, scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected 11, 18, 25, 2017 in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement informaFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE tion is to attend the scheduled sale. On October 31, FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- 2017, at 09:00 AM, IN FRONT OF THE CORONA NESS AS: CASTRO’S CONCRETE, 37731 GLENN CIVIC CENTER, 849 W. SIXTH STREET, in the City AVE, CATHERAL CITY, CA. 92234 . Riverside of CORONA, County of RIVERSIDE, State of CALICounty. Full name of registrant NORBERTO CELIO FORNIA, PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., CASTRO, 37731 GLENN AVE. CATHEDRAL CITY, a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee CA 92234. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. under that certain Deed of Trust executed by WILRegistrant commenced to transact business under LIAM CRAIG JEFFERS, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as the fictitious name(s) listed above on DECEMBER Trustors, recorded on 11/30/2005, as Instrument 2005. I declare that all the information in this state- No. 2005-0986182, of Official Records in the office ment is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of as true, information which he or she knows to be CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein confalse, is guilty of a crime) Signed: NORBERTO CELIO tained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE CASTRO. This statement was filed with the County HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, cashier’s check drawn Clerk of Riverside County on September 21, 2017. on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state No. R-201712459. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS or federal savings and loan association, or savings BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE association, or savings bank specified in Section YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- business in this state will be held by the duly apTIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE pointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE in the hereinafter described property under and USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTH- sale wili be made, but without covenant or warranty, ER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5239 October 4, of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with 11, 18, 25, 2017 interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the advances, under the terms of the Deed of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE note(s), interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- Trust, of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the NESS AS: RAMS HEATING & COOLING, 68705 initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably DURANGO RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. estimated to be set below. The amount may Riverside County. Full name of registrant: CRISTIAN be greater on the dayforth of sale. Property is being sold JOEL RAMOS, 68705 DURANGO RD, CATHEDRAL “as is-where is”. TAX PARCEL NO. 633-063-005-6.

CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by INDI- Property address: 75496 Desert Park Drive, Indian VIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact Wells, CA 92210. The land referred to is situated in business under the fictitious name(s) listed above. the State of California, County of Riverside, City of I declare that all the information in this statement is Indian Wells, and is described as follows: LOT true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, OF RANCHO PALMERAS ESTATES, UNIT NO. 27 1, information which he or she knows to be false, is AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 35, PAGES guilty of a crime) Signed: CRISTIAN JOEL RAMOS. 87 AND 88 OF MAPS, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. From information which the Riverside County on September 27, 2017. Peter Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. no representation or warranty, the street address or R-201712698. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- other common designation of the above described NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS property is purported to be 75496 DESERT PARK FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE DRIVE, INDIAN WELLS, CA 92210. Said property OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligaBUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED tions secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- and expenses of sale. The total amount of the MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, together THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER advances at the time of the initial publication of the UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $484,156.58. NOTICE (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5238 October 4, bidding on this property lien, you should understand 11, 18, 25, 2017 that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee NESS AS: ATIDY CLEAN 1341 YERMO DRIVE S, auction does not automatically entitle you to free PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside County. Full and clear ownership of the property. You should name of registrant JONATHAN NICHOLAS TAYLOR, also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may 1341 YERMO DR S, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant auction, you are or may be responsible for paying commenced to transact business under the fictitious off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, name(s) listed above on 07/21/2016. I declare that before you can receive clear title to the property. all the information in this statement is true and cor- You are encouraged to investigate the existence, rect. (A registrant, who declares as true, information priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a on this property by contacting the county recorder’s crime) Signed: JONATHAN NICHOLAS TAYLOR. office or a title insurance company, either of which This statement was filed with the County Clerk of may charge you a fee for this information. If you Riverside County on September 12, 2017. Peter consult either of these resources, you should be Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. aware that the same lender may hold more than R-201711994. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SALE INFORMATION BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED LINE: 714-730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com Dated: BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- 10/4/2017 PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN INC., AS TRUSTEE By Shelley Chase, Foreclosure THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Administrator A-4634802 10/11/2017, 10/18/2017, IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER 10/25/2017. DSW17-5250 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TTD No.: (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND 161081168322-2 Control No.: XXXXXX5754 YOU PROFESSIONS CODE). DSW17-5237 September ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT27, October 4, 11, 18, 2017 ED 01/12/2013 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION NESS AS: K&R AUTO GROUP, 77770 COUNTRY OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST CLUB DR SUITE B, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On Riverside County. Full name of registrant KHALIL 10/30/2017 at 09:00AM., TITLE TRUST DEED JUBRAN JUBRAIL, 30075 AVENIDA DEL YERMO, SERVICE COMPANY, as duly appointed Trustee CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is con- under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded ducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to 01/18/2013, as Instrument No. 2013-0028880, in transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed book XXX, page XXX , of Official Records in the ofabove on 05/2016. I declare that all the information fice of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, State of CALIFORNIA, executed by JOHN MCCUBwho declares as true, information which he or she BIN AND VIRGINIA MCCUBBIN, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS WILL SELL AT PUBLIC

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AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) at At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, and State described as: APN No.: 661-202-007-2 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9881 OAKMOUNT BOULEVARD, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240-1470 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale of property will be made in “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $252,757.37 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 714-730-2727 or 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale, or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkasap.com or www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 161081168322-2. 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: 09/29/2017 TITLE TRUST DEED SERVICE COMPANY, As Trustee BRIDGET REGAN, Trustee Sale Officer TITLE TRUST DEED SERVICE COMPANY 26540 Agoura Road Suite 102 Calabasas, CA 91302 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.servicelinkasap.com or Sale Line: 916-939-0772 or Login to: www.nationwideposting. com 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.. We are assisting the Beneficiary to collect a debt and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose whether received orally or in writing. NPP0317907 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 10/04/2017, 10/11/2017, 10/18/2017> DSW17-5245 APN: 665-190-017-3T.S. No.: 2017-1167Order No.: 170028386 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEPURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHEDYOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/23/2016.

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 of 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, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: G. Farmalabs Limited, A Nevada Corporation also known as G Farmalabs Limited, A Nevada Corporation Duly Appointed Trustee: S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Deed of Trust recorded 06/28/2016, as Instrument No. 2016-0264488in book XX, page, XXof Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California. Date of Sale: 11/01/2017Time: 9:30AMPlace of Sale: THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRWAY TO THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA, CA 92882 Amount of unpaid balance and other reasonable estimated charges: $577,687.57Street Address or other common designation of real property: Vacant Land, CAA.P.N.: 665-190-017-3. THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THESOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST, SANBERNARDINO BASE AND MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS,COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN

BY UNITED STATESGOVERNMENT SURVEY.EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION THEREOF INCLUDED WITHIN THEBOUNDARIES OF PARCEL NO. 6090-4, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 59,PAGES 1 THROUGH 4, INCLUSIVE OF RECORDS OF SURVEY, RIVERSIDE COUNTYRECORDS.ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM ONE-HALF OF ALL OIL AND MINERALS RIGHTS ASRESERVED BY J. S. PEARSON, AN UNMARRIED MAN, IN DEED RECORDED MARCH16, 1955.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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

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CORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/22/2008.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/23/2008 as Instrument No. 20080282402 , DEFAULT JUDGMENT RECORDED ON 06/13/2017 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 2017-0235202 TO CORRECT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND PERFECT THE CHAIN OF TITLE of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County,State of CALIFORNIA.EXECUTED BY: ELIZABETH CHIKAFSKY A SINGLE WOMAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized

by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 11/08/2017. TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: 2410 WARDLOW ROAD # 104, CORONA, CA 92880. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 62924 NORTH CRESCENT STREET, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92240. APN#: 667-290-058-3. The land referred to in this Report is situated in the NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : City of Desert Hot Springs, County of Riverside, 00000005928080 Title Order No.: 730-1603073- State of California, and is described as follows:Lot 70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 26324201 ATTENTION RE- 217, of Tract No. 32030-2, as shown by map on 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 FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855)986-9342, or visit this Internet Web site www. superiordefault.comusing the file number assigned to this case2017-1167. 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: 09/26/2017. S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362 (818)991-4600. By: Colleen Irby, Trustee Sale Officer. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (10/11/17, 10/18/17, 10/25/17TS# 2017-1167 SDI-7810) DSW17-5242

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file in Book 404 Pages 76 through 84 of Maps, records of Riverside County, California. Excepting therefrom 1/2 on all oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances underlying said land and 1/2 of all other minerals, as reserved in deed from Joseph R. Trotter, husband and wife filed for record March 30, 1955.

Also excepting therefrom any and all (i) oil rights (ii) mineral rights (iii) natural gas rights, (iv) rights to all other hydrocarbons by whatsoever name known, (v) geothermal heat rights or geothermal substances that may be produced from the property, (vi) water rights and claims or rights to water and (vii) all products derived from any of the foregoing (collectively, “Subsurface Resources”) located in or under said real property as reserved in a deed from Western Pacific Housing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation to DRH Energy, Inc., a Colorado Corporation recorded October 13, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0756951 of Official Records.Also excepting therefrom the perpetual right to drill, mine, explore, and operate for and produce, store and remove any of the subsurface resources on or from the property, including without limitation the right to whipstock or directionally drill and mine, from lands other than the property, wells, tunnels, and shafts into, through or across the subsurface of the property, and to bottom such whipstocked or directionally drilled wells, tunnels and shafts within or beyond the exterior units of the property, and to redrill, retunnel, equip, maintain, repair, deepen, and operate any such wells or mines, but without the right to drill, mine, explore, operate, produce, store or remove any of the subsurface resources through or in the surface of the property or the upper five hundred (500) feet of the subsurface of the property as reserved in a deed from Western Pacific Housing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation to DRH Energy, Inc., a Colorado Corporation recorded October 13, 2006 as Instrument No.

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2006-0756951 of Official Records. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $288,248.01. 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

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may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005928080. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:AUCTION.COM, LLC 800280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 09/18/2017 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4633379 09/27/2017, 10/04/2017, 10/11/2017.

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Bergen’s countless animated features include Minions, Sing, Despicable Me 3, Wreck it Ralph, The Secret Life of Pets, Trolls, Tangled, Tinker Bell, Spirited Away, Cars, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Iron Giant, At fourteen Bergen

By Desert Star Staff The Emperor’s New Groove, phoned legendary voiceWhen two-time Emmy WALL-E, Toy Story 2&3, Up. over artist Mel Blanc after nominated actor Bob Bergen For 20 years he’s voiced researching a dozen or so came to his mother as a Luke Skywalker in dozens phone books, crashed a child and told her that he of games as well as three recording session pretending wanted to be the voice of Robot Chickens and Star to be Blanc’s assistant, Porky Pig she replied, “You Wars specials. Series work and watched him in action. can’t be Porky Pig. You’re includes Star Wars: The Clone Realizing he needed training, Jewish!” Never one to give Wars, Marvel’s Avengers and for his voice to change, up, Bergen is celebrating 27 Assemble, Clarence, Mr. Bergen began studying years as the current voice Pickles, TripTank, voice- over with every voice of the beloved Pig. He is Curious George and others. over coach Los Angeles had also the voice of Tweety The Numbers named to offer. Combined with two and countless other cartoon Bergen as #4 of the All years at a Meisner acting characters. Bergen currently Time Top 100 Stars at the stars as both characters in the conservatory and three years Domestic Box Office behind of improvisation study with new Warner Brother’s series The Groundlings, he was able Frank Welker, Samuel L. the New Looney Tunes. to secure an agent at eighteen Jackson and Stan Lee. Bergen recently As one of the most and pursue his dream. He celebrated the 50-year respected working voicedid this all the while working anniversary of the popular over artists working today, as a tour guide at Universal Japanese anime’ film series it is likely that the next time Lupin the 3rd, which screened Studios, allowing him to you watch an animated film eat. Bergen has performed in select theaters during or television series, one or in all aspects of on-camera September. Bergen is the many of the voices you will television: from sitcoms to voice of the lead character hear will be straight from soaps to game shows in one of the franchise hosting Jep!, the kids’ version Bob Bergen’s mouth. films, Lupin the 3rd: The of Jeopardy! on the Castle of Cagliostro.

Two-Time Emmy Nominee Celebrates 27 Years as The Current Voice of Porky Pig

Let’s check: Mensa offers IQ test for Trump and Tillerson

By Desert Star Staff The high-IQ society Mensa said it would be willing to host President Donald Trump and secretary of state Rex Tillerson in an IQ test, following the widespread outrage over a joke Trump made in a recent interview.

“American Mensa would be happy to hold a testing session for President Trump and Secretary Tillerson,” Charles Brown, the group’s communications director, told The Hill.

Mensa is a non profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standard, supervised intelligence test.

“It’s important to note that our admissions test is not the sole way to qualify for Mensa ‒ there are hundreds of other

prior-evidence tests that can qualify a member,” Brown said. “And the early success of many presidents no doubt exposed them to those types of qualifying avenues.”

Brown cited former President Clinton’s experience as a Rhodes Scholar, Jimmy Carter’s work as a nuclear engineer, and George H.W. Bush’s time as a military pilot.

“Each could have encountered standardized academic tests (LSAT, GMAT, Miller Analogies), where qualifying scores would have propelled them into Mensa,” he told the Hill.

In an interview with Forbes published Tuesday, Trup quipped he could go headto-head in an IQ showdown with Tillerson, commenting on last week’s NBC News story ‒ denounced as false

by both the State Department and the White House ‒ about Tillerson calling him a “moron” in a meeting with other government officials.

“I think it’s fake news,” Trump told the magazine, “but if he did [say] that, I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell who is going to win.”

During a press briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump had “made a joke” when referring to the IQ challenge. The president “has full confidence in the secretary of state,” she said, adding that the White House press corps should “get a sense of humor.”

Last week, NBC reported that Tillerson had disparaged Trump following a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon

with members of Trump’s national security team and Cabinet officials, citing three unnamed officials familiar with the incident. It was alleged that Vice President Mike Pence had to convince Tillerson to stay on the job.

The report was “categorically false,” said Pence’s spokesman.

“I have never considered leaving this post,” Tillerson said on October 4, dismissing the NBC report as “erroneous” and “petty nonsense.”

Harvey Weinstein sex scandals ‘covered up’

By Desert Star Staff Before uncovering allegations of Hollywood bigwig Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, the New York Times buried a similar story over a decade ago, after he made a visit to the paper and A-list celebrities contacted the reporter.

Weinstein, a Hollywood film producer and film studio executive, was fired from the company he co-founded on Sunday, after a New York Times investigation uncovered three decades of sexual harassment allegations last week.

As one of the most powerful voices in the entertainment industry, Weinstein has collected six best-picture Oscars for producing critically acclaimed films such as “Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Good Will Hunting.”

On Sunday, reporter Sharon Waxman wrote a piece for The Wrap that said that the New York Times had quashed her investigation into Weinstein’s sexual misconduct back in 2004.

In her original report, Waxman tracked down Fabrizio Lombardo, the head of Miramax Italy. She traveled to Italy and discovered that Lombardo knew nothing about filmmaking. He was reportedly being paid $400,000 in less than a year to “take care of Weinstein’s women needs.”

At the time, Disney, the thenparent company of Miramax, told Waxman that they had no idea Lombardo existed.

Waxman also tracked down a woman in London who was paid off after an unwanted sexual encounter with Weinstein. The report said that she was “terrified” to speak about the incident, because she had a nondisclosure agreement.

However, according to Waxman, her story was spiked after “intense pressure from Weinstein,” which involved Weinstein personally visiting the New York Times newsroom and making his displeasure known. Waxman also said that she received calls from A-list actors Matt Damon

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and Russell Crowe, who vouched for Lombardo.

In the end, the Times printed a story about Miramax firing Lombardo without any reference to sexual misconduct.

Then-culture editor for the Times, Jon Landman, who is now an editor-at-large for Bloomberg, reportedly told Waxman that the story was unimportant because Weinstein was “not a publicly elected official.”

When Waxman was asked why she did not write anything on Weinstein in the past 13 years, she said that he has “done good things.”

“It’s easy to paint everyone in black and white in the 140-word Twitterverse,” Waxman said.

On Monday, Clifford Levy, deputy managing editor at the New York Times, issued a response to Waxman’s article, saying that it is “unimaginable” that the story was killed because of pressure from Weinstein.

He said that the two top editors have no recollection of being pressured over the story and Waxman’s direct editor said that she didn’t have the story “nailed.”

“The story we published last week took months of work by two experienced investigative reporters,” Levy said. “I’m sure Ms. Waxman believes she had a story. But if you read her own description, she did not have anything near what was revealed in our story. Mainly, she had an off-the-record account from one woman.”

On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Weinstein had reached at least eight settlements with women after being confronted with allegations including sexual harassment and unwanted physical contact.

Among the allegations, the report described how Weinstein asked actress Ashley Judd to come to his Beverly Hills hotel room for what she assumed was a meeting, and asked her to watch him shower.

On another occasion, the report states that Weinstein badgered a female assistant

into giving him a massage while he was naked.

“I am a 28-year-old woman trying to make a living and a career. Harvey Weinstein is a 64-year-old, world famous man and this is his company.

The balance of power is me: 0, Harvey Weinstein: 10,” Lauren O’Connor, a colleague, said, according to the Times.

The Huffington Post later reported that Weinstein took Lauren Sivan, a thennews anchor for News 12 Long Island, on a tour of Socialista, a Cuban-themed club and restaurant of which Weinstein was an investor, and tried to kiss her.

When she rejected his advances, Weinstein reportedly told her to “just stand there and shut up.”

Then, he allegedly blocked her exit and masturbated into a potted plant in front of her.

The report states that Sivan stayed quiet for so many years, because she was “fearful of the power that Weinstein wielded in the media.”

After the Times reported on the sexual harassment allegations on Thursday, Weinstein apologized for causing “a lot of pain,” and took an immediate leave of absence from the company.

“I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for it.

Though I’m trying to do better, I know I have a long way to go,” Weinstein said in a statement.

Weinstein blamed his alleged behavior on his coming of age in a different era.

“I came of age in the 60’s and 70’s, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different. That was the culture then,” Weinstein said.

“I have since learned it’s not an excuse, in the office - or out of it. To anyone.”

As the scandal grew, the board of directors of the Weinstein Company terminated Weinstein, citing “new information about misconduct

by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days.”

One-third of the company’s board also resigned, according to the Times.

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In the hours before being fired on Monday, Weinstein reportedly sent a letter to Hollywood CEOs and other friends, begging them to write letters to the board of directors to convince them not to fire Weinstein.

“My board is thinking of firing me,” a copy of the letter obtained by Janice Min, part owner of The Hollywood Reporter, said. “All I’m asking, is let me take a leave of absence and get into heavy therapy and counseling.

Whether it be in a facility or somewhere else, allow me to resurrect myself with a second chance. A lot of the allegations are false as you know but given therapy and counseling as other people have done, I think I’d be able to get there.”

Min later tweeted that Ron Meyer, David Zaslav and Jeffrey Katzenberg all refused to support Weinstein, with one board member telling her there was “no f-ing chance.”

In the aftermath, Hollywood actors, who had previously praised Weinstein, condemned him for the allegations that they claimed they knew nothing about.

On Monday, Academy award winning actress Meryl Streep, who collaborated with Weinstein on films like “August: Osage County” and “The Iron Lady,” said she was “appalled” by the “disgraceful” news.

“The behavior is inexcusable, but the abuse of power familiar. Each brave voice that is raised, heard and credited by our watchdog media will ultimately change the game,” Streep told the Huffington Post Judi Dench, another Academy Award winner who has collaborated with Weinstein, told Newsweek that she was “completely unaware” of the “horrifying” claims.

While accepting a British Film Institute Award in 2011, Dench thanked Weinstein for casting her in the Oscarwinning film “Shakespeare in Love” and said she had the producer’s name “tattooed on my bum ever since.”

“I offer my sympathy to those who have suffered, and wholehearted support to those who have spoken out,” Dench added.

Other celebrities have also come out against Weinstein, celebrating the women who have come forward as heroic.

Weinstein has often been seen as a champion of liberal causes. He has donated nearly $600,000 to the Democrats and hosted a fundraiser for former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in his Manhattan home last year.

He has also employed Malia Obama, the oldest daughter of former President Barack Obama, as an intern.

He appeared on the White House visitor logs 13 times during Obama’s time in office.

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Dickens Classic Novel “A Tale Of Two Cities”

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic Nineteenth century English novelist Charles Dickens, is one of the English-speaking world’s greatest writers. His many novels validate his talent for creating memorable characters along with a gift for rich plotlines and the ability to keep the reader fully engaged from beginning to end.

“A Tale of Two Cities”, published in 1859, was one of the finest novels of its day and now, 200 years later it appears on the stage of Pasadena’s classic theatre company, A Noise Within, as a bold, new, dramatic production from the pen of journeyman writer and play adaptor Mike Poulton.

In 2016, Poulton debuted his version of Dickens’ classic story of love and redemption set against the tumultuous backdrop and events leading up to the French Revolution and the infamous ‘Reign of Terror’ at the Royale and Derngate theatre complex in Northampton, England.

The success of the Northampton production must have caught the eyes and ears of Founding Producing Artistic Directors Julia RodriguezElliott and Geoff Elliott. The Elliott’s (husband and wife) have successfully navigated the challenging and daunting waters of presenting quality theatre in the traditional ‘rotating repertory format’ thanks to a dedicated and committed resident artists program that has become the backbone of the organization over the last twenty-six years.

“A Tale of Two Cities”, crisply directed by the Elliotts’, is one of Dickens’ sweeping stories that is not staged very often. The core story is often mistakenly confused by audiences, as the musical “Les Miserables”, due to the similar rebellion sequences. ‘Two Cities’ deals with the 1789 French Revolution in Paris, while ‘Les Miz’ takes place in the south of France in the city of Digne, in 1815 and is known as the ‘Student Rebellion’.

Boiling Dickens’ large source material novel (some 350 pages) down to a two hour stage production became a herculean process for writer Mike Poulton. It is a richly plotted tale of love and redemption whose actions cross back and forth between London and the French Capitol of Paris. There have been plays and movies based on the French Revolution over the years, some (25 years back) six film versions and six TV versions, among a few theatrical productions have mounted productions. For example, Frank Wildhorn’s stage musical production “The Scarlet Pimpernell”, was seen by LA audiences some seventeen years ago. But it’s hard to beat the 1935 www.desertstarweekly.com

MGM movie starring Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton when it comes to capturing a sweeping, large canvas story like “A Tale of Two Cities”.

In short, “A Tale of Two Cities”, tells the story of French doctor Manette (Nicholas Hormann) and his daughter Lucie (Emily Goss), and Emily’s French-born husband Charles Darnay (Tavis Doucette), a former French Aristocrat who renounced his title and moved to England and is married to Lucie.

Darnay’s friend and lawyer Sydney Carton (Frederick Stuart), as it happens, harbor’s a secret unrequited love for Lucie, and is determined to help her and his friend Darnay in any way he can.

In France the revolution and its supporters cast a wide net in an effort to punish the hated aristocrats. When Darnay receives word in London that a friend is in trouble with the rebels and their revolutionary court and trials, he returns to Paris to help and is arrested and put on trial as a traitor. The main accuser against him Madame Defarge (Abby Craden) is determined that Darnay must die, because his family killed members of her family. She wants an eye for an eye.

These are the main characters that propel the narrative forward. It may appear as a somewhat dated dramatic piece, but the core values of two hundred years ago can still resonate with 21st century audiences, especially when it comes to understanding today’s toxic politics.

There are twenty-three performers, some of whom play multiple roles in this fine ensemble production.

Unfortunately, there is not enough space to list everyone.

However, there are always standouts. Emily Goss renders a small but integral role with passion and empathy as Lucie. Goss goes from a wonderful, enchanting, Muriel in ANW’s recent production “Ah Wilderness! to a frightened, sympathetic Lucie in ‘Two Cities’.

Abby Creden as the villainous Madame Defarge, spits out her bilious feelings and talk of revenge in whiplashing dialogue. She controls whose head is to leave their shoulders, and who is to be spared. That’s too much power to be left to a single avenging person. Tavis Doucette as Darnay plays to the stoic and steadfast traits that make him a sympathetic character and a loyal friend of Sydney Carton. Frederick Stuart, as Carton is the real hero of this tale of two cities, giving his last full measure of devotion to Lucie and Darnay. Stuart delivers a finely judged performance as Sydney Carton.

Solid support comes from

Ensemble. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Nicholas Hormann, Trisha Miller, Jeremy Rabb, and Geoff Elliott. The production is well paced and neatly choreographed for such as large company. But I am puzzled by the directors’ decisions to have the French characters speak with English cockney accents. It’s natural for the cockney-accented roles for English speaking characters, but it’s a bit confusing to have people from two different countries

sound alike when delivering dialogue, n’est-ce pas?

In the technical department the creative team led by the Elliotts have a functional set and performing area designed by Fred Kinney, with lighting design

by Ken Booth, and original Music Composition/Sound Design by Robert Oriol.

The costumes Designed

by Jenny Foldenauer are spot-on and appropriate for the period for both the

aristocrats and the rebelling mobs and peasants.

“A Tale of Two Cities” is a splendid production that runs in repertory through November 19th.

The other two productions also running in repertory are: “The Mad Woman of Chaillot” through November 11th, and G.B. Shaw’s “Mrs. Warrens Profession”, through November 18th.

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