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The ‘Empire’ is Growing!

Report: Inland Empire economy going strong, no recession in sight KMIR News Staff The Inland Empire economy has gained more than double the number of jobs that were lost in the Great Recession, outpacing growth in neighboring metropolitan areas, with all indications that the regional economy will continue to expand through 2019, according to

a report released Thursday by the UC Riverside Center for Economic Forecasting.

“The progress the Inland Empire economy has made over the past couple of years is the latest phase in a years-long growth wave that has included broadbased employment gains across most industries,

higher income and more local spending, rising home prices, and, as of late, increased construction activity,” said Robert Kleinhenz, executive director of research for the center. “But growth is going to moderate in the relatively near future as a limited supply of workers will put a check on the region’s expansion.”

Kleinhenz and center Director Chris Thornberg, both attached to the UC Riverside School of Business, were slated to detail their ninth annual “2018 Inland Empire Economic Forecast” during a conference Thursday morning for business, industry and government officials at the Fox Performing Arts Center

in downtown Riverside.

One of the key findings in the report: The Inland Empire has added more than 350,000 jobs over the last nine years — after losing 150,000 during the Great Recession, which technically ended in the summer of 2009, though the Continues on Page 3

Classic Santa Delivers Holiday Greetings United States Postal Service Celebrates Sparkling Holidays

By Desert Star Staff PIGEON FORGE, Tenn., - New Sparkling Holidays Commemorative Forever stamps featuring classic images of Santa are available for mailing holiday cards and letters this year— a timehonored tradition embraced by millions annually.

The Postal Service dedicated the stamps at a special ceremony today at The Inn at Christmas Place in Pigeon Forge, TN.

“I have no doubt that the Sparkling Holidays stamps will quickly become favorites,” said Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Joseph Corbett. “These four stamps feature classic images of Santa Claus, painted by Haddon Sundblom for The Coca-Cola Company. The paintings of the rosy-cheeked, smiling, grandfatherly man in his red suit embody the Continues on Page 6

Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps and the souvenir sheet with existing art by Sundblom.

How near miss Soyuz rocket accident unfolded

By Desert Star Staff The Soyuz was considered so safe, tweets about a successful launch had already gone out. At the same time, the two men inside were hurtling towards the ground in the worst Russian manned flight accident since Soviet times.

Baikonur’s first launchpad, the same one used by Yuri Gagarin 57 years ago, 11:39 am Moscow time, Thursday, October 11, 2018.

In one minute, the Soyuz MS-10, the 139th flight of the various iterations of the spacecraft, will take off.

Inside the capsule are Russian commander Aleksey Ovchinin, making his second journey to orbit, and rookie astronaut Nick Hague, an ace test pilot, who has waited five years since his selection as a NASA astronaut for this chance.

Strapped to their seats in their bulky spacesuits, the two men appear calm, saluting playfully when asked about their state. The onboard video shows two dangling soft toys above them, a dachshund and an owl.

These will serve as floating indicators of weightlessness, once they leave the Earth’s atmosphere, but also mascots.

Thirty seconds left. One by one the umbilical towers that nestle the 300-ton kerosene powered Soyuz FG rocket,

which has never failed since its first launch in 2001, fall away.

In graceful slow motion, the rocket soars, then accelerates at an angle into the clear azure sky over the Kazakh desert, towards the orbiting International Space Station, to which the Soyuz will attach in six hours.

Inside, the two men follow the progress of the rocket on their tablets, while ground control calmly details each stage, and the monitor shows altitude rising together with the speed, measured in meters per second – 1600, 1700, 1800.

120 second into the flight, the booster rockets, the giant fast-burning firecrackers that power the initial upward thrust are scheduled to detach.

That never happens as designed. A stuttering video appears to show the two spacemen jerked from their seats – likely entering weightlessness as the rocket lost speed. The feed then cuts out. A ground camera shows flashing fragments disperse from the body of the rocket.

123 seconds into the flight, the emergency escape system activates, and the capsule detaches itself from the rocket, and falls back down towards the ground on a severe ballistic trajectory.

No one sitting at the controls in Moscow was here on April 5, 1975, the last time the Soyuz booster rockets

failed on ascent during a manned flight. The Soyuz 18-1 was carrying two cosmonauts up to Salyut-4, the Soviet space station. That time, the launch vehicle made it 145 km above ground, and the failure occurred between the second and third stages. Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarov were subjected to 20 g as they plunged towards a snowy Siberian taiga. Neither died, though Lazarev was reported to have never recovered from the physical strain.

Ovchinin and Hague are luckier that their failure occurred earlier. Reports say they suffer 6.7 g – worse than the driver of a Formula 1 car pressing hard on the brakes, but less than the maximum

they were subjected to during their training at Star City.

As the Russian space agency continues to post scheduled tweets about the spaceflight that no longer is, 24 teams are dispatched to search for the men. Within minutes radio contact is reestablished. The escape capsule landed 400 km from Baikonur, in the Kazakh steppe, 20 km away from the nearest large settlement.

In the barren landscape it is quickly found. The pod is overturned, and Ovchinin and Hague extracted. They appear to have suffered no physical injuries.

Besieged by dozens of phone calls from reporters, his wife Svetlana, says

“Thank God, they are OK.” For the two men, the worst disaster since the 2003 Columbia crash – the last time astronauts died in action – has been averted. If all goes well, they will get another chance.

For the manufacturers and operators of the Soyuz, formerly a testament to the reliability of the Soviet and Russian space program, a new narrative of analysis and blame begins today, and surely heads will roll, publicly or behind the scenes. As for the crew members already up on the ISS, they can expect a longerthan-planned expedition, while the only space fleet capable of carrying humans to orbit remains grounded.

List of Priests Accused of Child Sex Abuse Revealed

KMIR Daytona Everett California’s Diocese of San Bernardino released a list Monday of 34 catholic priests accused credibly of sexually abusing minors over the past 40 years, several of the accused coming from Riverside County.

In the wake of Catholic Churches across the nation unmasking the realities of sex abuse, the Diocese of San Bernardino is hoping this list of names gives people

with a past of abuse the confidence to come forward themselves no matter when the abuse took place.

“In this difficult time, I want to be open and honest and accountable to the Catholic faith and to all people of good will,” Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernardino, said in a video.

The video followed the release of the list accusing priests dating back to the 60s.

“I, again, offer my apologies and my deepest

regrets to those who were victimized by the men on this list,” Bishop Barnes said.

More than half in the men accused served at Riverside County institutions including churches and Catholic schools.

“Since this century, we’ve only had four cases reported,” Pastor Howard Lincoln of Sacred Heart Church in Palm Desert, said.

Pastor Lincoln stands by the release of the list.

“We hope that this list, if

anyone has not reported their abuse, and they look at this list and that list helps them to encourage them to report, please do so,” he said.

“If you or someone you know has been sexually abuse by a church minister, including anyone you see on this list, please come forward and report it,” Bishop Barnes said.

The diocese said accusers should report to the church first, then the church is mandated to report it to the police, Howard said. The recent list had some discrepancies.

“Four of the 34 were not

reported, because the priests were deceased,” Howard said.

All priests are now required to be reported, even if the priest is deceased. That policy was adopted in 2002, Howard said.

“I pledge to you that we will continue in our commitment to protect children and youth from abuse,” Bishop Barnes said.

Pastor Lincoln said Sacred Heart it is it policy to announce any credible allegation at all of the masses. He said he hopes the list can restore faith in the Catholic Church as a whole. Source: KMIR

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NAFTA Replacement “Missed Opportunity” on Dairy, Climate

By Desert Star Staff ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota-based think tank says the United States’ new trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement is a missed opportunity, especially for small scale dairy farmers and action on climate change.

President Donald Trump maintains the United StatesMexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, is a win for dairy farmers because it opens up part of Canada’s market to exports.

But Karen HansenKuhn, director of trade and global governance at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, is skeptical the agreement will make a big

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difference for the industry, which is facing a crisis of overproduction and low prices.

She says the Canadian market as a whole is small – about the size of Wisconsin’s output.

“And we’re not talking about opening up the entire market,” she points out.

“What they achieved under USMCA is opening up about 3.6 percent of that market to U.S. exports.

“So honestly, the impact on U.S. agriculture, U.S. dairy farmers will be minimal.”

Hansen-Kuhn says this deal will hurt dairy farmers in Canada, which has a supply management program designed to support small family farmers.

Minnesota is in the top 10 of milk producing states.

Ben Lilliston, a climate policy analyst with IATP, says the USMCA maintains the status quo.

He says the deal does limit some of the NAFTA provisions corporations used to sue governments, but largely keeps it in place for the U.S. and Mexico, which could make it hard for Mexico to

One expert says the United States’ new trade deal with Mexico and Canada won’t do much to help regulate the fossil fuel industry.

Lilliston says there’s evidence past free trade deals have made climate change worse by tilting the rules toward extractive industries and industrial agriculture.

“These are the kind of sectors that have been at the table and really pushing these free trade deals, and to see that mistake sort of repeated here when we have an opportunity to fix

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repercussions lasted longer.

Thornberg said that the job growth in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has not been surprising, given that the inland region took a steep hit during the recession and had the capacity for a major rebound, and it continues to enjoy an “affordability advantage” that the Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego metro areas cannot match.

The IE has an employment base that is 16 percent larger than at the start of the Great Recession, according to Thornberg.

By comparison, San Diego County’s is 11 percent larger, while L.A.’s is 5.6 percent bigger, and Orange County’s is 6.6 percent greater.

According to the report, the logistics industry, which includes trucking and warehousing, has recorded the greatest expansion, almost doubling in size over the last decade.

Construction, healthcare services and retail trade are catching up, the report stated, noting that nonfarm employment is likely to grow 2.5 percent to 3 percent over the next 12 months, pushing the unemployment rate to historic lows of under 4 percent.

However, there are potential pitfalls ahead that could stall growth

and put a dampener on the economy, but to what extent remains unknown, according to the report.

“Although there are longer term threats to the economy that stem from labor shortages, federal trade policies and our hugely expanded national

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a lot of the problems in the original NAFTA is very disappointing,” he states.

The agreement includes commitments to protect the environment, but Lilliston says there’s little enforcement. He also notes there’s no mention of climate change at all, and says this is a step backwards.

Lilliston says it took 25 years to reopen this trade deal and a United Nations report out this week makes clear the

country can’t wait that long to address climate change.

“We don’t have another 25 years to wait to rethink about how our various policies and economy impacts climate change,” he stresses. “We need to start acting now, and this trade agreement just repeats past mistakes.”

The USMCA is awaiting approval from Congress.

debt, growth is expected to continue through the next year at the local, state and national level,” Thornberg said.

He said real estate prices and housing availability could be a drag on the state economy as a whole, affecting the IE over the next several years.

As of this summer, the median price of a single-family home in Riverside County

was about 10 percent less than the level reached just before the economy crashed in early 2008. The median price was roughly 17 percent less in San Bernardino County, the economists said.

Lack of affordable housing will translate to a constricted labor force, meaning limited growth, they said.

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Companies Honored with Inaugural Pet ‘Pawsitive’ Awards

By Desert Star Staff LOS ANGELES, Michelson Found Animals Foundation, a non-profit social enterprise committed to saving pets and enriching lives, held its 7th annual Gala on October 6, 2018. Hosted by founder Dr. Gary Michelson and Alya Michelson, it was a celebration of the efforts of local officials, businesses, individuals and organizations focused on improving the lives of pets and their people, and a recognition of the joy pets bring to our lives.

The evening included two sets of awards. As with past years, the Foundation presented the Leaders in Animal Welfare Awards to individuals for their exceptional dedication and advocacy for companion animals. Typically, these awards recognize a government official and an animal welfare organization.

The 2018 honorees were Los Angeles City Councilmember, Paul Koretz, and Gina Knepp, Animal Care Services Manager at Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento, California.

This year, in recognition of the growing number of pet friendly businesses, the Foundation expanded its awards program to present the inaugural Pet Pawsitive Awards. With over twothirds of U.S. households owning pets and a growing appreciation of pets as integral to our lives, these awards recognize organizations with pet friendly policies and initiatives that benefit their employees and customers, enrich the community and make a positive impact on pets and their people. The recipients were Angel City Brewery, represented by General Manager Brad Fullerton, and TruAmerica, led by President and CEO Robert Hart.

“Each year, I look forward to meeting the impressive individuals and organizations who are doing incredible work for pets in their communities and across the country,” said Dr. Gary Michelson, founder of Michelson Found Animals Foundation. “Whether spearheading animal rights legislation or making the world a little more pet friendly, their combined efforts play a huge role in the future of animal welfare. I am grateful for what they do and am honored to work beside them to further our mutual goal of saving animals and enriching lives.”

This year’s Leaders in Animal Welfare honorees were: Los Angeles City Councilmember, Paul Koretz spearheaded the LA City ordinance in 2012 that requires pet stores to source animals from shelters and rescues, recently authored legislation encouraging more rental housing to become pet-friendly and authored the City’s requirements to

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create and preserve wildlife corridors in urban areas.

Gina Knepp, Animal Care Services Manager, Front Street Animal Shelter, has focused on Innovative programs that educate and support underserved, low income pet owners in the Sacramento area – ranging from educating and providing access to microchips and low cost spay/neuter services, to helping find shelter for homeless people with pets during extreme cold weather.

As a result, Front Street has reduced the number of animals their shelter takes in, reduced length of stay for the pets in their care and reunited more lost pets with their owners.

The Pet Pawsitive Award recipients were: Downtown Los Angelesbased brewery and community space, Angel City Brewery caters to pet parents through a variety of initiatives and services. The pet friendly venue offers a doggie water station, and features a special wall showcasing adoptable pets. Angel City Brewery hosts regular pet adoption events and parties that benefit local animal welfare groups.

These pet friendly policies and practices enrich the community and benefit pets in need.

Real estate investment and management firm TruAmerica is on a mission to provide people and their pets with a great experience at home. With 37,000 apartments from coast to coast, TruAmerica operates pet friendly communities which include award winning dog parks, dog centers, dog spas and more. Many of TruAmerica’s apartment communities regularly host special events and activities tailored to pet owners and prospective owners including ‘Yappy Hour’ and adoption events, all of which encourage pet owners to lease at their communities and enjoy the pet friendly amenities.

“We’re so honored to be included in this group of animal lovers,” said Angel City Brewery General Manager, Bradford Fullerton. “When we opened the public house six years ago, we always wanted it to be a place where communities could come together, and our furry friends are a crucial part of that mission. We look forward to celebrating with a pint of Angel City IPA and a big old bone for our brewery dogs!”

“Pets are an enriching part of our lives that add a positive element to family life, which is why we adopted welcoming policies related to pets and their owners who reside in our safe pet friendly communities within our entire 37,000-unit apartment portfolio,” said TruAmerica President and CEO, Robert Hart. “It is an honor to be recognized by Michelson Found Animals which does so much to

Michelson Found Animals Celebrates Animal Advocates At The 7th Annual Gala in Beverly Hills, California. Photographed left to right: Robert Hart, President and CEO, TruAmerica, Paul Koretz, Los Angeles City Council member, Aimee Gilbreath, Executive Director, Michelson Found Animals, Gina Knepp, Animal Care Services Manager, Front Street Animal Shelter, Sacramento CA, and Bradford Fullerton, General Manager, Angel City Brewery enrich the lives of pets and the people who love them.”

Guests of the private event enjoyed cocktails and vegan hors d’oeuvres during a reception that featured adoptable animals available at Michelson Found Animals Adopt and Shop. During the dinner presentation,

leaders in animal welfare discussed challenges and opportunities within the industry and accepted awards for their efforts.

For more information, go to foundanimals.org, and go to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for more pet trends, insights,

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For more information, go to foundanimals.org, and go to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for more pet trends, insights, news and cuteness. SOURCE/ PRNEWSwire/Michelson Found Animals Foundation

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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Now on DVD

In “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” a prequel to the other prequels in this ongoing intergalactic saga, we don’t learn much about the evil Empire, although it is mentioned briefly. What we do learn, however, is who Han was before he was the dashing anti-hero played by Harrison Ford when the Star Wars movies first began on May 25, 1977, in a galaxy far far away.

As “Solo” begins, we find Han (a cocky, fast-talking Alden Ehrenreich) on his home planet of Corellia. He is an orphan

working as a slave for a very ugly looking Lady Proxima. At this point in his young life, he is determined to escape, taking his girlfriend Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) with him. When they race to catch a flight to freedom, she is pulled from his grasp. As she is being taken away, he shouts out that he will return for her.

It takes him quite awhile.

During the three years that ensue, he becomes a skilled pilot. He also lands in prison where he battles, then befriends Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), a Wookiee who eventually

becomes his trusted co-pilot.

He also joins forces with two mercenaries, Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) and Val (Thandie Newton), who are going to steal large amounts of a highly explosive energy material known as Coaxial for their employer, a gangster named Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany). Using his charm and gift of gab Han convinces them to include him in their venture.

If they are successful, there will be enough money for all of them to share. And once Han has money he is determined to

buy a spaceship of his own.

Then, surprise, surprise, Dryden’s gal pal is none other than Qi’ra. Neither lets on that they know one another so when Dryden insists that Qi’ra join Han and Tobias to ensure that they don’t run out on their heist deal, she agrees. It turns out that three years apart hasn’t cooled their feelings for one another. Also in the mix is fellow pilot Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover). Their scenes together are amusing, especially when they play cards together. Han’s goal is to win Lando’s spacecraft. Will he?

The film is enjoyable but not nearly as satisfying as many of the episodes that came before in this long-lasting tale of life in the not too distant future.

“Solo: A Star wars Story,” rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, has a running time of 2 hours. 15 minutes.

The newly released Blu-ray of “Solo” includes a roundtable discussion with director Ron Howard and cast and deleted scenes.

Learn about the newest droid L3037, see how your favorite Wookie was brought to life and meet screenwriter

Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jonathan and more.

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The new TV season has just begun, and many of the new shows are worth watching. A fun example is “God Friended Me “ airing on Sundays at 8 pm on CBS. In the first episode our hero, an atheist or at least an agnostic, receive emails from God. He refuses to answer the requests, but when God persists eventually he decides to track down the young man “God” has asked him to contact.

They meet on the street, but the man in question says he never sent the emails. He then rushes to the subway station. When our protagonist runs after him, he can stop the man in question from jumping in front of an oncoming train-just in the nick of time. There is also another encounter with a young woman God introduces him to via email.

The show looks promising.

It’s not only intriguing, but it is also uplifting with exciting characters who draw you into their world.

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DHS New Holiday Parade of Lights & Tree Lighting Spectacular

By Desert Star Staff is thrilled to announce plans Desert Hot Springs, CA, – for a bigger-than-ever holiday The City of Desert Hot Springs parade and tree lighting

spectacular to be held on Saturday, December 8, 2018.

For the first time ever, the parade will take place in the evening, kicking off at 5:45 pm at the intersection of Palm Drive and Two Bunch Palms Trail. From there, the City will be fully illuminated as floats of lights, bedazzled performers and Community Grand Marshal Shaniyah Carlson, Veteran Grand Marshal Edward Johnson and Celebrity Grand Marshal Mike Tyson parade down Palm Drive toward City Hall on Palm Drive

and Pierson Blvd. It is at this location that the community will gather for the traditional tree-lighting spectacular and holiday celebration.

Like last year, carnival rides and vendors will create a celebratory atmosphere for the whole family to enjoy! Expect live music, free pictures with Santa and his reindeer, ferris wheel rides, hot cocoa and coffee, cotton candy, rides on the “Polar Express” and much much more! Tamales, elote, funnel cake, agua fresca, churros and more will

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Families Separated by ICE Raids Get Support from Wash. Community

Families of Bellingham men detained in an August ICE raid are getting support from the organization Raid Relief to Reunite Families. (Sofia Castellon)

By Desert Star Staff BELLINGHAM, Wash.

– After an immigration raid in August that resulted in the detention of Bellingham construction workers, the community is stepping up to help affected families.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

picked up 16 employees of Granite Precast at home or on their way to work on Aug. 29.

The men have been scattered since. Eight have been deported, two still are detained and six are out on bond but unable to work.

Ruby Castañeda is the wife of one of the workers, and

the couple has a newborn.

She says once the initial shock of her husband’s arrest wore off, she stepped into the role of coordinator for the newly formed Raid Relief to Reunite Families.

“That kind of was what was giving me hope when my husband was detained

and at the detention center because I was occupied doing other things – helping families and my husband at the same time,” she states.

Raid Relief to Reunite Families is offering financial support to families and funds for legal fees while the men fight their cases.

Castañeda’s husband spent nine days in detention but is back home now and seeking the ability to work and permanent legal status.

The Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, Community to Community Development and Whatcom Community Foundation are coordinating fundraising efforts for the organization.

Castañeda and the group’s other coordinator, Marisol Chapina, have been meeting with families once a week to offer their support.

Chapina’s partner remains detained and is applying for asylum status from detention. She says even though everyone’s case is different, members

of the raid-relief group have become like one big family.

“They’ve already been deported or they’ve already been told that they’re not going to be eligible for bond and they’re not going to be eligible to pursue any sort of status, and so we’re all definitely trying to support each other because we’re all in different situations in this process,” she relates.

Castañeda says after these cases conclude, Raid Relief to Reunite Families wants to continue to help immigrant communities.

Once funds used for bail come back to the organization, the group will use it to bail out other detained Washingtonians.

“We want that money to keep getting recycled for other families to be reunited and continue with the legal process and all sorts of stuff,” she explains. “So, we just want to be prepared for another raid to happen and give resources, as we were given.”

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Comment Open on Limiting Green Cards to Immigrants Who Use Benefits

By some estimates, up to 24 million people could be affected by a proposed rule to make it

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif.

– People can now officially weigh in on a proposal by the Trump administration to punish legal permanent residents who have used certain public benefits by

making it harder for them to get a green card or visa.

The proposal comes despite studies that show legal permanent residents use benefits such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP) or Medicaid at rates similar to U.S. citizens.

The rule change appeared Wednesday in the Federal Register, which kicks off a 60day public comment period on the website Regulations.gov.

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very essence of Santa.”

In addition to Corbett, the ceremony included remarks

by Justine Fletcher, director of Heritage Communications for The Coca-Cola Company.

News of the stamps is being shared using the hashtag #SparklingHolidaysStamps and a video of the ceremony

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will be available on the Postal Service’s Facebook page.

The Sparkling Holidays stamps, sold in booklets of 20, feature four classic portraits of Santa Claus.

Taken from larger paintings created by Sundblom, these vintage images were originally published in ads for The CocaCola Company from the 1940s through the early 1960s.

Sundblom is credited as the

individual who most refined the modern image of Santa.

In addition to the stamp booklet, a souvenir sheet is available which includes a stamp and depicts a wider scene of one of Sundblom’s paintings chosen for the Sparkling Holidays stamp booklet. In it, Santa is depicted standing by a fireplace holding a book that lists good boys and girls. Three October 12, 2018

executive director of the Latino support group Mi Familia Vota sees the move as cruel.

“It’s trying to continue the narrative that President Trump did that immigrants are bad people and freeloaders, lazy people and criminals,” he states. “It’s another attack on the Latino community.”

Monterroso points out that undocumented migrants aren’t eligible for most kinds of public assistance.

The Department of Homeland Security says people who receive these types of aid should be declared a “public charge,” which would count against them if they apply for a green card or visa.

The rule would also make it harder to get a green card for people who make less than $15,000 a year, regardless of whether they use public benefits.

Monterroso says he hopes voters will remember this issue in the November elections.

“They’ve been attacking the community expecting and hoping that the community’s not going to defend themselves, but I think it’s gone too far,” he states.

“This is the time that we can use our power to elect people that actually respect the community and see us as part of the country, and not as strangers that can be disposable workers.”

The move is part of a series of federal actions targeting the immigrant community, some of which are tied up in litigation, including termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs, stepped up immigration raids, separating parents and children at the border and moves to end the policy that allows migrants to sponsor family members to come to the U.S.

Christmas stockings hang along a mantel decorated with greens and ornaments.

Peering over his glasses, Santa reads a note. The use

of gold metallic ink, the flow of the type, and the organic shape of the border harken back to graphic styles of the first half of the 20th century.

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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: YOUNAN MAHER BISHAY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County, signed by, Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder on JULY 5, 2018 File No. R-201410852 PUBLISH 7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15/2018 SEPTEMBER 21, 28, OCTOBER 5, 12, 2018 DSW18-1199.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC 6101et seq and B&P 24074 et seq)Escrow Number: 2974-CB (1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller that a Bulk Sale is about to be made of the assets described below: (2) The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) are: Coral Option 1, LLC, Delaware limited liability company, 58830 Marbella, La Quinta, CA 92253 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: 58830 Marbella, La Quinta, CA 92253; Same as above (4) The name(s) and business address(es) of the buyer(s) are: Andalusia Country Club, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company c/o Sunise LQ, LLC 300 Eagle Dance Circle, Palm Desert, CA 92211 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold inventory and Transfer of 47-ON-SALE GENERAL EATING PLACE AND 68-PORTABLE BAR LICENSE NO. 437856 of that certain business known as Andalusia Country Club located at 58830 Marbella, La Quinta, CA 92253; (6) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is 10/30/18 at the office of the ALLIANCE ESCROW, INC., 3511 Camino Del Rio S. #406, San Diego, CA 92108, Escrow No. 2974-CB Escrow Officer: Cay Boone (7) Claims may be filed with the same as “6” above. CLAIMS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL ESCROW HOLDER IS NOTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OF THE TRANSFER OF THE PERMANENT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE TO THE BUYER. (8) This bulk sale is NOT subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2, but is subject to section 24074 of the Business and Professions Code (9) Listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: “None” Dated: September 4, 2018 Andalusia Country Club, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By Sunrise LQ, LLC, A Delaware limited liability company, By: Randall Gillum Bone CBG Trust /S/ By: Randall Gillum Bone, Trustee 10/12/18 CNS-3183013# DESERT STAR WEEKLY. Publish October 12, 2018 DSW18-5174

AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DREAM FIELDS, 65441 TWO BUNCH PALMS TRAIL, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County; PO BOX 1196, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Full name of registrant: MED FOR AMERICA, INC., 65441 TWO BUNCH PALMS TRAIL, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240/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 RYAN ALEXANDER FINGERHUT , VICE PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County JUNE 12, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201808448. 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 IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2018. July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 2018, SEPTEMBER 21, 28, OCTOBER 5, 12, 2018 DSW18-5103

AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: LET’S SMOKE, 67555 E PALM CANYON DR SUITE F107, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County; Full name of registrant RAMI--ABOUDAHER, 1700 SOUTH ARABY DRIVE UNIT G#79, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above 05/05/2008. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed RAMI--ABOUDAHER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on AUGUST 14, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201811236. 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 IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF FESSIONS CODE). AUGUST 22, 29, SEPTEMBER NAME, CASE NO. PSC1806034, SUPERIOR 5, 12, 2018. SEPTEMBER 21, 28, OCTOBER 5, 12, COURT OF CALIFORNIA 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CAN- 2018 DSW18-1230.

YON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA. 92262, COUNTY AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEOF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DO1. ANANDA CHARLES REEDS filed a petition with ING BUSINESS AS: ISABELLA EXECUTIVE CORE this court for a decree changing names as follows: & CLEANING SERVICES, 66310 5TH ST, DESERT 1a. Present Name: ANANDA CHARLES REEDS HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County; Full to Proposed Name: CHARLES FARRELL. THE name of registrant CRISTINA--VARGAS, 66310 5TH COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this ST, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240; JOSEPH matter shall appear before this court at the hearing LOUIS GONZALEZ, 66310 5TH ST, DESERT HOT indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti- SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by: tion for change of name should not be granted. Any CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun person objecting to the name changes described to transact business under the fictitious name(s) above must file a written objection that includes the listed above. I declare that all the information in this reasons for the objection at least two court days statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who before the matter is scheduled to be heard and declares as true, information which he or she knows must appear at the hearing to show cause why the to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed CRISTINApetition should not be granted. If no written objec- -VARGAS. This statement was filed with the County tion is timely filed, the court may grant the petition Clerk of Riverside County on AUGUST 14, 2018. without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File November 28, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: PS3. No.R-201811282. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS The address of the court is: 3255 E. TAHQUITZ BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262 County YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE of Riverside 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTIshall be published at least once each week for four TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS the petition in the following newspaper of general cir- STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE culation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS DESERT STAR WEEKLY 13279 Palm Drive Suite 5, NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Dated: October 4, UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE 2018, Judge of the Superior Court, DSW18-5172 SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROOctober 12, 19, 26, November 2, 2018 FESSIONS CODE). AUGUST 22, 29, SEPTEMBER ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF 5, 12, 2018. SEPTEMBER 21, 28, OCTOBER 5, 12, NAME, CASE NO. PSC1805845, SUPERIOR 2018. DSW18-1228.

COURT OF CALIFORNIA 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CAN- AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA. 92262, COUNTY MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) OF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: DOING BUSINESS AS: SUPER ONE FOOD STORE, 1. JAMES ANGELO FRANCISCO NELLO filed a 68075 HACIENDA AVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, petition with this court for a decree changing names CA 92240.Riverside County; Full name of regisas follows: 1a. Present Name: JAMES ANGELO trant ABHAY SINGN DATTA, INC, 18930 HWY 17 FRANCISCO NELLO to Proposed Name: JIMMY #103, APPLE VALLEY, CA 92307/CA. Business is FRANCISCO ANGELO. THE COURT ORDERS that conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant has not all persons interested in this matter shall appear yet begun to transact business under the fictitious before this court at the hearing indicated below to name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information show cause, if any, why the petition for change of in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, name should not be granted. Any person objecting who declares as true, information which he or to the name changes described above must file a she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed written objection that includes the reasons for the BHUPINDER--SINGH, PRESIDENT. This statement objection at least two court days before the matter was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the on JUNE 5, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County hearing to show cause why the petition should not Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201808030. NOTICE — be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT the court may grant the petition without a hearing. EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: November 28, 2018 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. Time: 8:30 a.m., Dept.: PS3. The address of the A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEcourt is: 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE SPRINGS, CA 92262 County of Riverside 3.a. A FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTIat least once each week for four successive weeks TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE following newspaper of general circulation, printed OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. in this county (specify newspaper): DESERT STAR SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

WEEKLY 13279 Palm Drive Suite 5, Desert Hot June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2018. JULY 27, AUGUST, Springs, CA 92240 Dated: September 28, 2018, 3, 10, 17, 2018 SEPTEMBER 21, 28 OCTOBER Judge of the Superior Court, Publish October 5, 5, 12, 2018 DSW18-5102.

12, 19, 26, 2018 DSW18-5169 AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- DOING BUSINESS AS: TOP CASH LOAN, 73954 NESS AS: J’S BARBER SHOP, 28200 AVENIDA LA HIGHWAY 111, PALM DESERT, CA 92260. RiverVISTA; SUITE C, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riv- side County; Full name of registrant CFS INVESTerside County. Full name of registrant: JUAN MANU- MENTS, 244 HILL PL, COSTA MESA, CA 92627/ EL AGUILAR JR, 66296 8TH STREET DESERT HOT CA. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. SPRINGS, CA 92240; JUAN CARLOS AGUILAR, Registrant commenced to transact business under 66296 8TH STRET, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA the fictitious name(s) listed above on 10/01/2017.

92240. Business is conducted by: CO-PARTNERS. I declare that all the information in this statement Registrant has not yet begun to transact business is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. as true, information which he or she knows to I declare that all the information in this statement is be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed ALDO LUIGI true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, BETTONI JIMENEZ, CEO. This statement was information which he or she knows to be false, is filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on guilty of a crime). Signed: JUAN MANUEL AGUILAR AUGUST 8, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County JR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201810999. NOTICE — of Riverside County on October 1, 2018. Peter THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS R-201813704. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHOBUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). AUGUST UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW 15, 22, 29, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 SEPTEMBER 21, (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND 28, OCTOBER 5, 12, 2018 . DSW18-1222.

PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 12, 19, 26, November 2, 2018. DSW18-5173 AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) AMENDED STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF DOING BUSINESS AS: ANDREW J. IMBILLI USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The follow- CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 73-411 HILLTOP ing fictitious business name(s) CATHEDRAL SMOKE ROAD, SKY VALLEY, CA 92241. Riverside County.

SHOP, 69-185 RAMON ROAD #D1, CATHEDRAL Full name of registrant ANDREW JOHN IMBILLI, CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County: has been aban- 73-411 HILLTOP ROAD, SKY VALLEY, CA 92241. doned by the following person(s):YOUNAN MAHER Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. RegisBISHAY, 10591 AURORA PLACE, DESERT HOT trant commenced to transact business under the SPRNGS, CA 92240. This business is conducted fictitious name(s) listed above on JUNE 1981. I by: INDIVIDUAL. The fictitious business name(s) declare that all the information in this statement referred to above was filed in Riverside County on: is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares 11/14/2014. I declare that all the information in this as true, information which he or she knows to be

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false, is guilty of a crime) Signed ANDREW JOHN IMBILLI. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on AUGUST 28, 2018.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201811925. 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 IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). AUGUST 24, 31, SEPTEMBER 7, 14, 2018. OCTOBER 12, 19, 26, NOVEMBER 2, 2018 DSW18-5153

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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 DAVID LEE MANCINELLI. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on AUGUST 22, 2018.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201811670. 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 IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- PROFESSIONS CODE). PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 21, MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) 28, OCTOBER 5, 12, 2018. DSW18-5161.

DOING BUSINESS AS: DESERT VIEW MIRROR & GLASS, DESERT VIEW GLASS, DESERT VIEW NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. MIRROR AND GLASS, 19465 N. INDIAN AVE, 137054 Title No. 170505412 NOTE: THERE IS SUITE M, PALM SPRINGS, CA, 92262. Riverside A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS County; 13450 AVENIDA HERMOSA, DESERT HOT DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT SPRINGS, CA 92240 Full name of registrant PARK- UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/01/2005.

ER BRENT TANNER, 13450 AVENIDA HERMOSA, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE yet begun to transact business under the fictitious OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11/07/2018 in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, at 9:00 AM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly who declares as true, information which he or appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed of Trust recorded 09/09/2005, as Instrument No. PARKER BRENT TANNER. This statement was 2005-0747817, in book xx, page xx, of Official filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on Records in the office of the County Recorder of AUGUST 13, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Riverside County, State of California, executed by Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201811181. NOTICE — Daniel S. McDonald and Patricia A. McDonald, THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING of the United States), at 2410 Wardlow Road #104, OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHO- Corona, CA 92880 – Auction.com Room. All right, RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS title and interest conveyed to and now held by it BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS under said Deed of Trust in the property situated OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR in said County and State, described as: FULLY COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). AUGUST APN 685-233-042-3 The street address and other 22, 29, SEPTEMBER 5, 12, 2018. SEPTEMBER 21, common designation, if any, of the real property 28, OCTOBER 5, 12, 2018 DSW18-1227. described above is purported to be: 95 N Kavenish Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 The undersigned AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of MENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DO- the street address and other common designation, ING BUSINESS AS: LITTLE HOOT’S CHILDCARE, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but 12929 CHOLLA DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, 92240. Riverside County; Full name of registrant regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay VANESSA LARAE DENNIS, 12929 CHOLLA DR, the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of yet begun to transact business under the fictitious said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of who declares as true, information which he or the obligation secured by the property to be sold and she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advancVANESSA LARAE DENNIS. This statement was es at the time of the initial publication of the Notice filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on of Sale is: $646,447.47 If the Trustee is unable to AUGUST 17, 2018. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s Clerk-Recorder File No.R-201811428. NOTICE — sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidEXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS der shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING of Default and Demand for Sale, and written Notice OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHO- of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to BUSINESS NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS be recorded in the county where the real property is OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR located. Dated: 10/5/2018 THE MORTGAGE LAW COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., FIRM, PLC Adriana Durham/Authorized Signature BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). AUGUST 27455 Tierra Alta Way, Ste. B, Temecula, CA 92590 22, 29, SEPTEMBER 5, 12, 2018. SEPTEMBER 21, (619) 465-8200 FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMA28, OCTOBER 5, 12, 2018 DSW18-1231 TION PLEASE CALL (800) 280-2832 The Mortgage Firm, PLC. may be attempting to collect a debt.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Law information obtained may be used for that purTHE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING Any pose.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are BUSINESS AS: NICHOLSON HOME ANOTHER considering bidding on this property lien, you should CHANGE, 65760 7TH STREET, DESERT HOT understand that there are risks involved in bidding at SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. P.O. Box a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not 997, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Full name of on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a registrant: ROBIN ELIZABETH NICHOLSON 65760 trustee auction does not entitle you to 7TH STREET, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. free and clear ownership automatically of the property. You should Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may has not yet begun to transact business under the be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the fictitious business name(s) listed above on. I declare auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off that all the information in this statement is true and all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, informa- you can receive clear title to the property. are tion which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a encouraged to investigate the existence, You crime). Signed: ROBIN ELIZABETH NICHOLSON. and size of outstanding liens that may existpriority, on this This statement was filed with the County Clerk of property by contacting the county recorder’s office Riverside County on September 24, 2018. Peter or a title insurance company, either of which may Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. charge you a fee for this information. If you consult R-201813288. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSI- either of these resources, you should be aware that NESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS the same lender may hold more than one mortgage FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPOF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED of sale may be postponed one or more times by the BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATE- mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant MENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME law requires that information about trustee sale IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER postponements be made available to you and to UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has PROFESSIONAL CODE). Publish October 5, 12, 19, been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled 26, 2018. DSW18-5170 time and date for the sale of this property, you may FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE call (800) 280-2832 for information regarding the FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site - www.

NESS AS: PR PALM SPRINGS; PUBLIC REALA- Auction.com - for information regarding the sale of TIONS PALM SPRINGS, 2230 N INDIAN CANYON this property, using the file number assigned to this DR SUITE D, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside case: 137054. Information about postponements County: Full name of registrant: TALIE- -ROSA, that are very short in duration or that occur close 2230 N INDIAN CANYON DR SUITE D, PALM in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately SPRINGS, CA 92262. Business is conducted be reflected in the telephone information or on the

by INDIVIDAUL. Registrant has not yet begun to Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponetransact business under the fictitious name(s) listed ment information is to attend the scheduled sale. above. I declare that all the information in this state- A-4672469 Publish 10/12/2018, 10/19/2018, ment is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares 10/26/2018. DSW18-5171 as true, information which he or she knows to be NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 18-1153 false, is guilty of a crime) Signed TALIE- -ROSA. Loan No.: ******3364 APN: 639-021-004-7 NOTE: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION Riverside County on AUGUST 30, 2018. Peter IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED R-201812100. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS 8/16/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROBUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW association, or savings association, or savings bank (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and PROFESSIONS CODE). PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 28, authorized to do business in this state will be held OCTOBER 5, 12, 19, 2018. DSW18-5167. by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- by the trustee in the hereinafter described property NESS AS: MASTER ROOFING, 5742 SHEFFIELD under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described AVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92506. Riverside County: below. The sale will be made, but without covenant Full name of registrant: MARK ADAM CARDENAS, or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, 5742 SHEFFIELD AVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92506. possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Regis- principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed trant commenced to transact business under the of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, fictitious name(s) listed above on 06/01/2006. I as provided in the note(s), advances, under the declare that all the information in this statement is terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total information which he or she knows to be false, is amount (at the time of the initial publication of the guilty of a crime) Signed MARK ADAM CARDENAS. Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth This statement was filed with the County Clerk of below. The amount may be greater on the day of Riverside County on SEPTEMBER 20, 2018. Pe- sale. Trustor: CARLOS SANCHEZ, A SINGLE MAN ter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File Duly Appointed Trustee: PRESTIGE DEFAULT No. R-201813150. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS SERVICES Recorded 9/1/2004 as Instrument No. BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE 2004-0694791 in book , page of Official Records YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- California, Date of Sale: 11/2/2018 at 9:00 AM TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE Place of Sale: In front of the Corona Civic Center, FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 Amount STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE of unpaid balance and other charges: $35,494.18 USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Street Address or other common designation of NAME IN IOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER real property: 66051 MSN LKS BLVD DESERT UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW HOT SPRINGS California 92240 The undersigned (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness PROFESSIONS CODE). SEPTEMBER 14, 21, 28, of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other OCTOBER 5, 2018. DSW18-5162. common designation is shown, directions to the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE location of the property may be obtained by sendFOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- ing a written request to the beneficiary within 10 NESS AS: DM MECHANICAL SERVICES, 28809 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of STRAUSS LANE, MORENO VALLEY, CA 92555. Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are Riverside County: Full name of registrant: DAVID considering bidding on this property lien, you should LEE MANCINELLI, 28809 STRAUSS LANE, MORE- understand that there are risks involved in bidding at NO VALLEY, CA 92555. Business is conducted a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not

by INDIVIDAUL. Registrant has not yet begun to on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a

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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. All checks payable to Prestige Default Services. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site https://www.servicelinkasap.com/ default.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case 18-1153. 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: 9/28/2018 PRESTIGE DEFAULT SERVICES 1920 Old Tustin Ave. Santa Ana, California 92705 Sale Line: (714) 730-2727 Michelle R. Ghidotti-Gonsalves, President A-4671795 Publish 10/12/2018, 10/19/2018, 10/26/2018. DSW18-5168 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 130180-11 Loan No. 33-3038829 Title Order No. 180037663 APN 656-202-001-8 TRA No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/21/1992. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. as the duly appointed Trustee WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, described as follows: Trustor(s): DELFINA VILLAFUERTE Deed of Trust: recorded on 05/26/1992 as Document No. 188602 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, California, Date of Trustee’s Sale: 10/18/2018 at 09:00AM Trustee’s Sale Location: At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 The property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: Lot 878 of Dos Palmas Tract Unit No. 9, as shown by Map on file in Book 31 Page 29 of Maps, Records of Riverside County, California. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 15511 AVENIDA FLORENCITA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $116,666.33 (Estimated).

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The Beneficiary may elect to bid less than the full credit bid. 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 and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

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

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting. com, using the file number assigned to this case 130180-11. 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.

THE ESTIMATED OPENING BID AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL SALE DATE WILL BE $92,871.00. THE ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE IS $160,000.00. Date: 09/17/2018 MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 11707 Fair Oaks Blvd., Ste 202 Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 962-3453 Sale Information Line: 916-939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com TARA CAMPBELL, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. MAY BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0340477 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY PUBLISH 09/28/2018, 10/05/2018, 10/12/2018 DSW18-5163

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One in Three Rural Households Lacks Broadband Internet

By Desert Star Staff LYONS, Neb. – In Nebraska, just 5 percent of residents in 18 of the state’s 93 counties have access to broadband Internet, according to a new report from the Center for Rural Affairs.

Report author Johnathan Hladik, the center’s policy director, says lack of reliable information is partially to blame.

Until 2015, broadband access was mapped by address or at the parcel level.

But now coverage is reported by census blocks, which in rural areas can be larger than the state of Connecticut.

Hladik says under the current mapping system, if just one household has broadband, every household in that census block is marked as having coverage.

“It’s easy to think of resources, specifically money, as the reason why we don’t

have broadband in rural areas,” he states. “But this report shows that policy actually plays a very big role.”

Nationally, of the more than 25 million households that can’t access broadband Internet, 19 million are in rural areas.

Broadband is not just important for streaming movies.

In the 21st century, fast Internet speeds are critical for medical procedures, completing school assignments, and for small businesses to compete with firms that have reliable connectivity.

Hladik says steps taken to address the urban-rural digital divide in neighboring states could put Nebraska at a disadvantage when it comes to economic development.

He points to policies adopted by Minnesota to ensure all residents are covered from border to border, largely relying on

Of the more than 25 million households that lack access to broadband Internet, 19 million of them are in rural areas. (Pixabay) public-private partnerships.

Hladik says those efforts, which involve more accurate maps, show that multiple stakeholders working together can ensure coverage when profit margins are too slim for the private sector to get the job done.

“We can’t sit back and expect the state government to solve this for us,” he stresses. “It also can’t be only the provider.

“Frankly, the cost incentive is not there for the provider to extend service to every household in Minnesota or

every household in Nebraska.”

Hladik says mapping is likely to be a prominent issue in the next legislative session, and he expects to see a measure introduced to help Nebraska get a better picture of the barriers to expanding broadband access to all of its residents.

NY prosecutor drops part of sexOassault case against Harvey Weinstein U R MISSION:

By Desert Star Staff New York prosecutors have dropped one of the sex crime charges against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, according to news agencies.

Weinstein appeared before New York Judge James Burke as his lawyers tried to have some or all of the charges he faces dismissed. The basis for the motion filed by Ben Brafman said prosecutors withheld evidence when presenting the case to the grand jury, such as friendly emails that one of Weinstein accusers sent to him. The case includes rape and sexual assault charges.

During the Thursday hearing, the prosecutors agreed to drop charges relating to an alleged sexual assault. They said they could not oppose the dismissal in light of information that they had learned while investigating the case.

According to ABC News, prosecutor Joan IlluzziOrbon dropped count six

of the indictment involving against the film executive.

Lucia Evans, an actress who Brafman said the written accused Weinstein of forcing her to perform oral sex on him in 2004. The rest of the counts against him remain.

It reportedly comes after the district attorney’s office discovered a previous written account by Evans which could suggest that her sexual encounter with Weinstein was consensual.

Four other charges remain in the case against Weinstein before the Manhattan Criminal Court. The former movie producer pleaded not guilty to all of them and was granted bail at $1 million.

The fall of Weinstein began almost exactly one year ago, when an article by The New York Times reported allegations that Weinstein had sexually harassed multiple women and paid them for their silence. Days later, The New Yorker published the first in a series of articles in which women brought forth allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment

account from Evans was discovered from a fact-checker

at The New Yorker, and that he would subpoena the magazine.

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