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“Visit Sunnylands”

Sunnylands to begin offering outdoor tours of the historic Annenberg estate

By Desert Star Staff RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – As part of its gradual reopening during the coronavirus pandemic, Sunnylands Center & Gardens will offer outdoor tours of the historic Annenberg

estate beginning in November.

Tours inside the Annenbergs’ midcentury modern home, however, are not being offered at this time to safeguard the health and safety of employees and guests.

The three outdoor tours of the 200-acre estate are: Historic Walk – Guests take a leisurely, one-mile walk onto the estate accompanied by a knowledgeable guide.

The 60-minute walk focuses

on the history of Sunnylands, the Annenbergs, their guests, midcentury modern architecture, and design.

Offered Wednesdays through Sundays. $25 per person.

Landscape Tour – Guests

may reserve a tour for as many as six people of their choosing who will take a guided, 45-minute, open-air shuttle ride throughout the grounds of the estate. The tour features Sunnylands’ landscape, outdoor sculpture, Continues on Page 5

Ballot Drop-Off Locations; What You Need To Know

By Nico Payne With mail-in ballots being sent to all voters this year, ballot drop-boxes have become an important conversation.

There are 16 locations in the Coachella Valley for voters to drop off their completed ballots and have any questions answered by election officials.

According to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office, as of Friday, over 1.2 million ballots have been sent out, with just over 55-thousand already being returned. As residents prepare to return those ballots, there are some changes to be aware of. All registered voters will have the opportunity to send their ballots back by mail.

But, if they would rather deliver it in person, they can take

their ballot to a drop-off location, where election officials will also be on hand to offer assistance.

“If the voter does not want to use the USPS system, then they can also drop it off at any of the 80 drop-off locations,” said Rebecca Spencer, Registrar of Voters of Riverside County.

And some residents don’t want to take any chances when it comes to making their voices heard.

“I came out here because this is the safest place to bring my ballot,” said Dardara Distel.

Most of the ballot drop off locations will be county libraries and city clerk offices.

But starting on October 31st, voters will also have the option of taking their ballot to a voting center.

“For voters that lost their

ballot never received it, made a mistake. May need the inperson assistance or may need the audio capabilities of the tablets that are available at the vote centers. Those voters can go into the vote center and vote,” added Spencer.

There will be 120 vote center locations with at least 10 staff members at each site.

Residents are not assigned to a specific center, allowing voters to access any location.

The centers will operate for four days, closing Tuesday,

November 3rd, election day.

“It’s been very steady, it’s wonderful to see, it’s invigorating. I love to see people practicing their constitutional rights,” said Vincent Calvarese, Palm Springs Resident.

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Is This The Next Santorini?

By Anthony Grant The horseshoe-shaped Greek island of Milos, the southernmost island of the western Cyclades, is a real unsung pearl of the Mediterranean. Volcanic by origin, the island has a stunning array of landscapes and beaches with backdrops of multicolored cliffs and water that dazzles with crystalline greens and blues.

Its spectacular geological formations are the result of undersea eruptions that started perhaps up to three million years ago, which piled up layers of lava that reacted to the island’s geothermal waters and

created a kaleidoscope of rock formations and sea stacks like the rock of Arkouda that jut up spectacularly from the seafloor in many places along the island’s 126 kilometers of coastline. Look carefully, and you can sometimes even see steam rising from fumeroles on both land and sea, and there are abundant mineral springs on the island too.

Milos does not have a caldera like nearby Santorini, but it is full of marvels forged by nature, making it a sensory feast, unlike any other.

The volcanic origins of Milos endowed it with great mineral wealth known even in antiquity when the island was

known as a source of sulfur as well as the clay used to make amphoras. Obsidian, too: the ruins of a Minoan trading post where the volcanic glass was traded can be found at Filakopi on the island. Mining activity has continued even into modern times. Historians know Milos as the island that fought on the side of Athens during the Persian wars but then in the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta opted for neutrality—which didn’t sit too well with the Athenians who went on to besiege the island. On a more artistic note, Milos is the island where the famous statue of Venus de Milos (which is now

in the Louvre museum in Paris) was discovered. Fast forward through the eras of successive Macedonian, Venetian and Turkish rule to the Greek War of Independence of 1821, for which Milos provided both materials and men. Today, exploring the seashore, sea caves, and unspoiled Milos landscape is the highlight for most visitors to the island. As for settlements on the island, they are not large. There’s Adamas’s small but lively port, which sits astride one of the largest natural bays in the Mediterranean. This is the perfect spot for a laidback lunch or iced coffee facing the water. North of Adamas is hilltop Plaka, with the fishing village of Pollonia a bit further afield on the north coast.

You may wish to discover one or more of the 70 beaches on Milos. Each one is unique, from crystalline waters to beaches with multicolored sand where the tiny pebbles are said to even glow in the dark. One of the most beguiling spots is at Sarakiniko, an alabasterwhite seaside moonscape where the interplay of the sun on velvety-smooth whitewashed rocks against the electric blue sea makes for an unforgettable sight. This stunning expanse is a mix of limestone and diatomite, a soft white sedimentary rock formed from volcanic ash.

While it’s possible to swim in some spots at Sarakiniko, you have to be mindful of the cliffs, and you can perhaps best appreciate the natural beauty of the landscape from above the water. Another scenic locale for a dip on the north coast is Papafrangas, a wedge of sandy beach about three kilometers before Pollonia. It extends to a narrow sea channel between a pair of white volcanic cliffs.

On the southern coast, Firiplaka is a wonderful sandy beach renowned for its colorful sea cliffs and emerald water.

Further south from Firplaka you’ll find secluded Tsigrado beach, which is like something straight out of a pirate movie: this beach you can only access by boat or by ladder! Speaking of pirates, the island’s most iconic spot for a dip is one without a lot of sand, but where indeed pirates are said to have sough refuge in the days of yore—this is Kleftiko, a cluster of coves ringed by dramatic white cliffs and sea stacks. Dolphins, turtles and seals are regular guests in the electric blue waters here.

Slightly north of Kleftiko but still on the south side of the island is Sykia, a fantastic sea cave where the roof has collapsed, but that makes for some spectacular swimming, but you have to arrive like Kleftiko. there the oldfashioned way—with a boat!

Building Children’s Emotional Resilience Amid Uncertainty

By Desert Star Staff For parents facing uncertain school schedules, new ways of working and concerns about the health and safety of their families, life in a pandemic is stressful enough. Add in the potential for children to feel overwhelmed or unable to cope with the unfamiliar and many families feel they are in no-win situations.

Keeping children home can help minimize potential exposure to COVID-19, but limits their contact with friends and teachers. On the other hand, sending kids to a center or school to learn and socialize with others can lead to concerns about exposure to COVID-19.

Parents can breathe easier knowing that child care programs with proper safety practices in place do not spread COVID-19, according to a Yale University study that surveyed 57,000 providers nationwide.

“Families have much to consider when it comes to making a decision about what is best for them,” said Dr. Elanna Yalow, chief academic officer of KinderCare Learning Centers. “Fortunately, their fears quickly turn to relief once they see our health and safety

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protocols, the success we have had keeping our children and staff safe and how excited their children are to be with friends and classmates. Once you move past the difficult decision, the rewards are profound.”

When it comes to selecting the best option for your family, keep these considerations in mind: Putting safety first.

When considering a center or school, make sure it’s not only following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health department guidelines when it comes to masks and social distancing, but look for additional safety measures such as restricted access to classrooms, health screenings upon entry, handwashing throughout the day and frequent cleaning and sanitizing. Knowing the steps teachers and staff take to keep children safe can help confirm you’re making the best choice for your family.

The social and emotional benefits to returning to school or child care. According to a ParentsTogether study, nearly half of parents surveyed said their child is struggling with mental health or behavioral problems because of the

pandemic. Children typically thrive with social stimulation and outlets for strong emotions, two things that are challenging for many families to offer right now. School can provide children with a safe place to continue their social, emotional and academic development, enhanced by the opportunity for social interaction with people outside of their immediate families.

“When COVID first started, my sweet, carefree child was upset and frustrated with life,” said Kristine Hall, a parent of an 8-year-old who attends KinderCare. “As we October 21, 2020

prepared for third grade, it became clear we needed an ally in navigating this new abnormal. After enrolling in a KinderCare center, Connor now has friends to talk about and activities and crafts to show me. He feels normal again.”

Making the transition easier.

“Routines can be comforting to children,” Dr. Yalow said.

“Just think about how excited they are to rejoin their friends and teachers after a typical summer break. We have seen that enthusiasm magnified this year as children have returned to our programs.”

Once children settle

into a more typical routine, parents can feel a sense of relief seeing them engaged in learning and interacting with their peers and teachers.

When it comes to sending your child to school or a child care program during the pandemic, every family has to make the decision that feels best for it. When you’re ready, there are safe and engaging programs available for your child.

For more information about customized learning programs for infants through grades K-6, visit kindercare. com. Family Features www.desertstarweekly.com

How will Financial Markets re-Act if the President is not Reelected?

By Janice Gough Stock markets in the U.S. will face significant pains if President Donald Trump fails to win a second term in the White House. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have risen by more than 30% since the beginning of 2017, while the Nasdaq Composite has been increased by around 45%. Such optimism in the stock markets could be disrupted if Trump loses in next year’s presidential race.

The markets could go haywire because they depended on the President’s policies to keep on pushing the market up and a

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higher growth rate in the U.S. Though President Trump had not yet released a formal tax proposal for his second term as of Friday, he has often indicated he wants to increase take-home pay. Most recently, this took the form of an executive order that postponed payroll taxes for employees from September 1, 2020, through the end of the year. That deferral affects individuals with incomes under $4,000 during a biweekly pay period, calculated on a pretax basis. Although it is just a temporary deferral, Trump has said the deferred taxes could later be forgiven, or the cut made permanent. When he signed the order, he vowed to “terminate the tax” if reelected.

But “from a retirement planning standpoint, the change would directly affect Social Security because payroll taxes are used to finance this and other social insurance programs.

Trump’s full-year 2021 budget proposal also outlines several changes that could impact those who currently hold or are seeking to secure student loans to fund their education. Overall, his proposals would cut funding

for student loan programs by $170 billion over ten years and increase borrowing costs. While a reelected Trump’s ability to enact any of these proposals hinges on how much control Republicans retain in Congress.

President Trump has also proposed reducing the capital gains tax from the current 20% rate to 15%, in addition, to indexing it to inflation. Indexing capital gains for inflation would benefit the top 1% of households in the U.S. because they would capture 86% of the benefit. Since Capital Gains tax rules change from time to time, this could lead to more

sales of properties, especially when many Americans are considering downsizing or moving to other areas of the country and world. Retirees consider moving to places where their Social Security benefits alone could afford them a more safe life financially.

Our financial world has been turned upside down.

People are beginning to lean more toward long term survival as everything is in question on the Covid 19 virus and other viruses that could surface.

Janice Gough is a Financial Consultant, located at 471 East

Palm Cyn Way, STE 221, in Palm Springs, our new location, next to Sherman’s Deli. We can be reached at Cell: (650)2008291 or Bus. (760) 251-7724.

Also, please email us at Janice @GoughFinancialSvcs.com. We love helping our clients with the solutions they need to cut costs and improve net income. We also offer Medicare Advantage plans for senior solutions. *The statements, views, and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Desert Star Weekly

Who Decides on the HOA Colors? And, A Neighbor Hates Mine

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL Mr. Richardson: Help! During a monthly meeting, I presented a petition signed by many homeowners concerning the color that they were going to paint the complex – we wanted a newer look. They wouldn’t consider the petition, saying that the subject had already been decided. Shouldn’t the board take into consideration what a goodly number of owners want? T.W., Anaheim Dear Kelly: In my complex, we’ve had the same color of exterior paint for all the years the complex has existed. Our board is proposing/attempting to change the color. Can the board to do that without input from the homeowners?

M.S., Anaheim

Dear T.W. and M.S.: On the question of whether a board must seek member input on keeping or changing

the color scheme there is a “yes and no” answer. Normally, decisions about maintaining the association property are made by the HOA board of directors. Those decisions can occasionally be limited by the HOA governing documents, such as if a rule specifies the approved exterior building colors. Without some other specific restriction in the governing documents limiting board discretion regarding colors, technically, yes, the board could make the decision without seeking member input.

However, even if a board is not required to present the issue to the community for member input, it should do so.

If the board abruptly decides to completely change the HOA’s color scheme, it could be very upsetting to the membership and result in bad feelings against the board and even association upheaval. There are times when a board should pause and take time to present its plans to the community before forging ahead, and this is certainly one of them.

The board’s most basic duties are to protect,

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preserve, and maintain the HOA property. However, boards are not required to improve the property. Making a major change to the colors could be controversial – and that will be learned through presenting the idea to the members and listening.

So, “must,” no, but “should,” yes.

Best, Kelly

Kelly: My HOA approved a certain trim color on my house approximately 20 years ago. In the meantime the color faded and I recently repainted the house and the trim came out a little brighter. Although some neighbors complimented me on the paint, one person mentioned his distaste in an insulting and hostile anonymous letter to me. I have unsuccessfully asked the HOA for copies of any complaints for the sake of verifying that these people are actual members. Should I be bullied by some unidentified coward?

M.G., Anaheim Hills Dear M.G.: Since the HOA approved

your trim color change, this means the HOA approved your paint color, and so long as you stay within the scope of that approval you are complying with your association architectural standards. Some HOAs have rules requiring disclosure to neighbors in advance of esthetic changes to a residence, but your does not.

A neighbor’s complaint letter is not a document that you have a right to see. In my experience, you probably don’t want to see it – it will just be upsetting. The neighbor has a right to their opinion, but so long as you stay within the HOA’s approval, it is just that – an opinion.

Sincerely, Kelly Kelly G. Richardson Esq., CCAL, is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and a Partner of Richardson | Ober | DeNichilo LLP, a California law firm known for community association advice.

Submit questions to Kelly@ rodllp.com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront. com. All rights reserved®.

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

An unusually potent time of change is occurring creating strong desires & powerful emotions like ocean swells almost overcoming your ability to think. Alternately, they offer you courage to go where others, even angels, cannot. Tend to finances and resources held with another.

Something’s expanding, shifting, transmuting, hopefully your relationships.

Don’t be ruthless and don’t seek to conquer. Work with. Add cooperation to your vocabulary.

TAURUS You ponder upon your relationship in terms of love, sacrifice and usefulness. You encourage others to work and cooperate with you.

Careful with your energy in relationships. You could create a separation through unaware tendencies and harsh communication. On the other hand, there is great ability to compromise if you begin a deep listening of others’ needs. Learn the art of negotiation and compassionate communication.

GEMINI

OCTOBER 21 – 27, 2020 ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST BY RISA D’ANGELES

vehicles pass you by. Things filled with love, too. A bit like you’ve become. Interesting.

CANCER You need some pleasure, love and romance, or perhaps its sports, competitive and disciplined. However, most likely your focus is on home and children, showering them with nurturing gifts. In turn they may not act as you would expect. Their energies are high, almost uncontrollable.

This will pass. However, you must watch over them carefully. Allow yourself to be foolhardy sometime.

LEO The themes seem to continue – communication with family, parents, tending to home, property, traditions. Something seeks balancing concerning your perception of family and/or parents and making peace with daily life. The old anger doesn’t hold us anymore. It actually weakens the body. The stars are helping to beautify, repair and organize your living and work environments. Prepare your home for an unusual future.

VIRGO

You are a creative worker with desires and emotions pushing you towards a goal.

It’s important to practice extreme care and safety especially while doing any physical labor lest accidents, burns, cuts, things red and scratchy occur. Be kind to co-workers. A lot of fire trucks, police and emergency

You’re contemplating events in the past. Considering previous partnerships, lovers, friends.

Careful not to intimidate yourself with critical thoughts.

Gathering information should be easy now. Allow a natural rhythm to occur with daily life, work, arrangements and plans. Write Halloween (then Thanksgiving) cards by hand, using pen, ink, envelopes,

By Desert Star Staff COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. -- Long Island has taken significant steps to reduce nitrogen pollution that seeps into groundwater and is discharged into surrounding waters.

New technology at the Bay Park Wastewater Treatment Plant in Nassau County will reduce nitrogen going into the Western Bays by 5,000 pounds a day.

And Suffolk County has passed legislation that will cut nitrogen pollution from new septic systems and cesspools by 20,000 pounds a year.

Carl LoBue, director of the New York Ocean Program for The Nature Conservancy, said nitrogen endangers public health and marine life by promoting algal blooms’ uncontrolled growth.

“They come in the form of macroalgae and phytoplankton, like red tides and brown tides and cyanobacteria blooms,

that kill fish and wildlife, poison shellfish,” LoBue explained.

He added nitrogen pollution from old-style septic systems also seeps into Long Island’s sole-source drinking water aquifer.

LoBue added by the end of the year, improvements in wastewater treatment at the Bay Park Plant will cut nitrogen pollution in the discharge water by 50%, and that’s just the first step.

“Ultimately, the outfall from that plant, hopefully in about two years, will be moved,” LoBue predicted. “Which will remove all of the nitrogen, and because of the advancements in treatment, it’s going to be one of the cleanest ocean outfalls from sewage treatment.”

He called the essential reductions milestones in the ongoing efforts to cut nitrogen pollution island-wide.

The new Suffolk County law requires all new buildings and

stamps and a secret seal.

This is a meditation.

LIBRA You enjoy making, having and using money. Money is a resource, a way to help others. It provides freedom and choice. It can be used to create more wealth. We are given the gift of money and resources so we can help others. Money helps rebuild the lives of those in need. Tithe ten percent of your income to a wholesome charity.

Tithing insures a constant flow of return. In between it’s good to be lighthearted and frivolous (a bit).

SCORPIO You find stamina and endurance growing stronger each day as you encounter unusual challenges along your path. As you pursue more independence, seeking liberty and freedom, your creative self-identity expands.

Careful not to bump your head. Careful of fire. For fun, plan several parties and take a road trip. In between, complete all projects. Plan your next ones. Your intuition reaches out to others.

SAGITTARIUS Your strength is hidden and veiled for a while. Only you are aware of it. Next to your strength are desires. They are secret, too. Sometimes you don’t know your motivation for choosing something.

Sometimes you feel you’re in a conspiracy. Your past can brood over you. You wonder do you have enemies? To

overcome this seeming strangeness, create new goals, begin a new creative endeavor. Know that you’re just in a state of completing karma. Not to make any more.

CAPRICORN You have hopes, wishes and dreams and want to express yourself socially with friends and associates. You want to be part of a group that recognizes your gifts. A group that doesn’t think you’re scandalous when you make an unusual choice or artistic move. You’re strong, at times revolutionary. Don’t change.

Create a manifestation journal. Write daily of wants and needs, creative plans & how you see yourself in the future. I see a book.

needs, hopes, wishes, desires, dreams. Your needs are very important. Pisces often serves others before serving themselves. You must now turn your energies inward and seek your own counsel, reliability, safety and trust.

Entrusting yourself to your own self. The past presents itself. Then disappears.

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 You’re to become an adventurer, traveler, and philosopher. Justice becomes a focus. You see where humanity is caught in duality, judgment and despair. Aquarius is the sign of humanity. You worry, sensitive to humanity’s needs. You wonder where you stand. An excellent question. You benefit by traveling, undergoing change, moving about here and there.

Gradually, you become a world server. All of life is home.

PISCES A regeneration needs to occur, allowing a new sense of self-confidence to come forth. You sometimes question being on your own.

Wondering if you have real

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Algal blooms from nitrogen pollution kill fish, close beaches and endanger public health. (Brandon Seidel/Adobe Stock) substantial renovations to use clean-water septic systems that remove up to 90% of nitrogen.

LoBue pointed out that it will increase demand for those systems, which have other benefits as well.

“They’re creating jobs,” October 21, 2020

LoBue stressed. “And doing that requires some public investment, but those jobs aren’t exported. They’re jobs that are done by people who live and work right here in New York.”

The law also creates a single system for the county,

which he said will save builders time and money.

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Sir Anthony Hopkins Gives an Astonishing Performance in “The Father”

Olivia Colman, as Anne in one of the tender scenes with her father Anthony, played

by Sir Anthony Hopkins. Photo courtesy of F comme Film, Trademark Films Cine@ Searching for words or names is a familiar phenomenon affecting many people who struggle to find the descriptive noun for familiar everyday objects and experiences. What was the name of that actor?

What is that restaurant that serves vegetable curry? What is that thing I use on my teeth every night? Oh yes, it’s dental floss. The sometimes slowmoving descent into memory loss is fascinatingly unveiled in writer/director Florian Zeller’s film The Father, co-written with Christopher Hampton, based on the director’s 2012 play Le Père, which premiered in Paris, subsequently winning the Molière Award for Best Play.

The film begins with opera music, which is part of Ludovico Einaudi’s soundtrack interspersed throughout the film and includes some of the most famous arias such as “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s Norma. The camera moves slowly through a beautiful flat in London, settling on Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) seated in a chair wearing headphones listening to opera.

His daughter Anne, sensitively played by Olivia Colman, enters

with bags of groceries, and at first, we think she is visiting her dad in his flat. She is kind and solicitous and talks to him about the need for a carer. * Having fired three caretakers, he is dug in and insists that he doesn’t want any help and is positive the last one stole his watch. Anne is very patient and tells him she’s going to look for the watch in his favorite hiding place in the bathroom, and that is where she finds it. He puts the watch on his wrist without saying a word.

His daughter asks him if he’s taken his pills, and it becomes clear that there’s something on her mind. Sitting down next to him, she takes his hand and tells him she’s moving to Paris with her boyfriend, to which he replies, “They don’t speak English in Paris.” This is one of many scenes where Anthony’s reality is fractured into many pieces of a giant puzzle that he is somehow unifying. He unpacks groceries in the kitchen and stops for a moment saying, “Is anybody there?” A man is sitting in the living room, and Anthony thinks it’s Paul (Mark Gatiss), Anne’s husband. He asks him if he and Anne are

Sir Anthony Hopkins’ character of Anthony is slowly descending into a dark abyss.

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divorced and reveals to him that she is moving to Paris with her boyfriend and is worried about what will become of him. Despite his altered reality, Anthony senses that “There’s something funny going on” and trying to protect himself, emphasizes, “I am absolutely not going to a facility.” A new caretaker by the name of Laura, played by Imogen Poots, is introduced, and for just a few minutes, we see Anthony as he must have been in his earlier life – happy, playful, funny, and joyful. He tells her that she’s beautiful and that his daughter is trying to steal his flat. Knowing his resistance to having a carer, Laura engages him in conversation, asking what he did before he retired. He does a few dance steps and says, “I was a dancer.” Anne quietly corrects him reminding him that he was an engineer. Having enough, he goes to his room, leaving the two women alone. His daughter breaks down in tears at how this once vibrant, successful man is now traveling headlong into senility. Later that evening, she lovingly sits down on his bed, but he doesn’t immediately

recognize her and once again says he can’t find his watch.

There are difficult conversations between Anne and her real husband, Paul, well played

by Rufus Sewell. He is losing patience with Anthony living in their flat and taking up so much of his wife’s time and energy.

He wants to travel, and they had to cancel their last trip. Dad gets agitated as he overhears the conversation between Anne and Paul, who wants to put him in a facility. Two scenes are particularly compelling. No dialogue is necessary: In one scene, Anthony is wandering through the flat that is growing more and more unfamiliar as objects like pictures and furniture look different than he remembers. The other heartbreaking scene is where Anne sees him figuring out how to put on his sweater. With the patience of a saint, she quietly helps him and then tenderly touches his cheek. With the now rapid descent into a black hole, he asks his daughter, “What about me? Who exactly am I?” And in his profound confusion, he breaks down crying, “I want my mommy.”

For more details, please visit www.sunnylands.org.

Currently, Sunnylands’ gardens are open to the public free of charge from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,

Wednesday through Sunday.

Beginning Nov. 4, opening hours will change to 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Sunnylands café will open to outdoor seating. All food and

In closing, I wish to reiterate that The Father is not an easy film, and for some, it might be too close for comfort. However, despite the complicated subject matter, the performances delivered by Academy Award winners Hopkins and Coleman are absolutely riveting, and they should probably make room on their mantles for another Oscar.

THE FATHER A French-British Production Director: Florian Zeller Screenplay: Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller Production Company: F comme Film, Trademark Films Cine@ Cinematographer: Ben Smithard Music: Ludovico Einaudi Editor: Yorgos Lamprinos Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics (Domestic) United Kingdom: (Lionsgate) Language: English Running Time: 97 minutes Release Dates: Domestic: December 18, 2020 United Kingdom: January 8, 2021 *British word for caretaker

“Visit Sunnylands” and maintain a 6-foot distance from members of another nine-hole golf course, and party and their guides. sustainability efforts. Offered Tours begin on Nov. 11 Wednesdays through and depart from Sunnylands Sundays. $125 per shuttle Center & Gardens at 37977 Bob Estate Bird Walk – Guests Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage. join an experienced birder Tickets for the Historic Walk for a 90-minute birding walk are sold in person on a firston the estate, discovering come, first-served basis on the the variety of birds that day of the tour at the Center. prompted the Annenbergs Payment is by credit card only. to dedicate 25 acres of Tickets for the Landscape their land as a sanctuary Tour and Estate Bird Walk for resident and migratory can be purchased only online birds. Offered Thursdays and at www.sunnylands.org, with Saturdays. $38 per person. tickets for November’s tours Guests on all tours must be going on sale on Thursday, at least 10 years old. Guests Oct. 15, at 9 a.m. Pacific time. must wear face masks that A $1 processing fee is cover the nose and mouth added to all transactions.

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5 asteroids buzz by Earth as NASA gears up for a historic touchdown

By Desert Star Staff With just 73 days left in 2020, NASA has published an alert that not one but five asteroids are passing by Earth this week, as the agency’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft prepares

to touch down on a space rock 200 million miles away.

According to the Asteroid Watch Widget, the first three of the day’s five space rocks have mercifully passed the Earth by without incident that

tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to our planet.

2020 TJ6, measuring 10m in diameter or roughly half a bowling lane, passed the planet at a blistering speed of 40,824kph, but at a safe distance of 1.2 million km.

The asteroid was followed by 2020 UX, the tiniest out of the five, which passed the Earth at 190,000km, and 2020 TD6, with a diameter of 7.4m or half the height of the Hollywood Sign.

Still to come are the 14-meter 2020 UK, with a diameter roughly the length of

a semitrailer, which is expected to fly past 6.2 million km.

Bringing up the rear will be the fastest space rock of the day, the one-meter-wide 2020 TF6, which will shoot by at a speed of 43,200kph, just 153,000km away – well within the range of the Moon, which orbits the Earth at an average of 385,000km.

None of these compare with humanity’s own extreme close flyby expected to occur on Tuesday at the Bennu asteroid located over 200 million miles from Earth on that day.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will first

attempt to collect a sample of the space rock shortly before 2pm ET on Tuesday. The craft is expected to touch down for just a few seconds, long enough for its robotic arm to blast the surface with high-pressure gas and vacuum up some of the asteroid’s space dust for analysis back here on Earth.

“We’re cautiously optimistic that this will be the only time we touch the surface,” said Richard Burns, the OSIRIS-REx project manager at NASA’s Goddard Flight Center.

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Improve air quality. It may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to clean air, but useful because you can set your flooring plays an important them to automatically adjust temperatures when you’re away role in your home’s air quality. In addition to improving ventilation from home, but other devices and opening windows for natural like smart lights can also be air circulation, you can take programmed to recognize other steps to naturally boost motion or adjust at certain your air quality without relying times of day to reduce energy consumption in unused spaces. on energy-dependent filtration systems. The carpet in your Manage water usage.

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By Desert Star Staff An earth-friendly approach to your home isn’t just good for the environment. Making minor adjustments with sustainability in mind can enhance your enjoyment and comfort while reducing expenses related to energy consumption.

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BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

‘My Octopus Teacher’--A Charming Love Story

My father was a biology professor who appreciated all kinds of animals. In fact, he often bright home a variety of creatures for us to observe. We had dogs, cats and parakeets, bunnies, hamsters and a few playful white mice. And once, for a very short time, we even had a raccoon. But that didn’t last too long, because even though he was very cute, he was also mischievous and got into a lot of trouble. Also, the cat and dog didn’t like him for a variety of reasons.

And while we loved all kinds of animals, never in our wildest dreams did we ever consider befriending an octopus. In fact, why would an octopus ever swim near a human being, much less become their friend? But believe it or not, that is precisely what happens in the extraordinary Netflix film “My Octopus Teacher.”

In this heartwarming true

story, the human being is Craig Foster, a South African who makes nature film documentaries. As the story begins, he is at a personal and professional crossroads in his life. He has returned to the seaside vacation home to sort things out, where he spent his summers.

Each day he would swim in the chilly waters of a nearby kelp forest. Using only a snorkel, he would dive deep down to explore, regularly resurfacing for fresh air. On one of his dives, he encounters a female octopus who has an assortment of empty shells in her grasp. He is impressed by her behavior.

What is she up to? Is she using the shells as tools?

To find out more about this interesting creature, he makes daily underwater visits to keep an eye on her. He also brings along an underwater camera

to record her unusual behavior.

After a while, she becomes used to his presence, and at one point, she reaches out with one of her tentacles to touch and stroke his hand. Soon a very unusual loving friendship

is formed under the sea.

He follows her, photographing her as she hunts for food, and at one point, he even sees her little babies being born. It is heartwarming to watch as these two diverse

creatures form an extraordinary and unusual friendship.

“My Octopus Teacher,” now available on Netflix, is 85 minutes in length. It has no MPAA rating, but it is suitable for family viewing.

GCVCC gave the Large Business of the Year Award

By Desert Star Staff The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce (GVCC) handed out their 2020-

a great supporter of the city.”

GCVCC board chairman Jeff Levin said during a Zoom presentation that while Royal Emerald was new to the valley, the company was already having a huge impact, and he praised Crozier for being a veteran and retired first responder.

In the State of the City address Desert Hot Springs Mayor Scott Matas praised Crozier for bringing this first of its kind pharmaceutical company to the city with the promise of hundreds of good paying jobs for local residents.

Other awards handed out include: Playoffs Sports Bar for Small Business of the Year owned by Eric Pontius; Food Now for Non-Profit of the Year run by Executive Director Dana

Johnson; Margaret Webb for Volunteer of the Year; and Mission Springs Water District for the DHS Award accept by Nancy Wright.

The GCVCC includes five partner cities in the valley and works to promote local businesses, to build tourism in the region, and help local professionals build their brands.

Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals started relocating from San Diego’s biotech region known as Sorrento Valley to Desert Hot Springs this past spring.

They finished moving their entire operation here in September.

The company has been renovating the 91,000 sq. foot Kmart building on Palm Drive, and hosted their Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Sept. 29th.

2021 Large Business of the Year Award to Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals. CEO Mark Crozier accepted the award

and said, “ On behalf of the team at Royal Emerald, we thank the chamber for this award, and we promise to be

entries. Judges will choose 50 banners from all the entries to be printed and displayed.

This year, the selected designs will be printed rather than hand-painted as they have been in the past. Canyon Printing will print the banners, funded by Main Street and the City of Palm Springs. Designs should be created on paper and either submitted in person at Crystal Fantasy, located at 268 N Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs or scanned in and emailed to psca@msn. com. Students must design their banners on white paper approximately 4” wide by

to offer this annual program again this year because it gives students a sense of continuity and familiarity during these must be original, and no challenging times. We are 11” high. Designs must be really excited that this year the vertical to fit on the banner and computer-generated designs will be allowed. All submissions banners will be professionally should combine the themes printed, courtesy of Canyon of “winter holidays” and “Palm will be reviewed and judged, Springs.” Submissions must and winning submissions will Printing, Main Street, and City of Palm Springs.“ be received by November 2. be printed on vinyl banners Winning design entries will Participants may use installed on light posts starting any media, including magic November 23. An awards be selected for the following markers, crayons, paint, and ceremony for the winning categories: Most Palm Springs, colored pencils, but bold designs will be conducted Best Downtown Palm Springs, designs tend to work best later via a Zoom conference.

Best Palm Springs Landmark, for banners. All entries must “We gave a lot of thought Best Palm Springs Flora and include the student’s first and to the Holiday Banner Art Fauna, Most Original, Most last name, their teacher, their Program this year,” said Joy Humorous, Best Santa, Best school, and their current grade, Brown Meredith, Main Street Winter Holiday, Best Angel, and Best Peace on Earth. Details all legibly written on the back of Board Chair and owner of about this program may be the submission. Designs that Crystal Fantasy, a popular do not include this information Palm Canyon retail store. “We found at palmcanyondrive. may be disqualified. All artwork knew it would be important org. Source: Bob Bogard

Main Street PS Announces Winter Holiday Banner Art Program

By Desert Star Staff PALM SPRINGS- Main Street Palm Springs, the Downtown and Uptown Business Association, announced that it will continue the annual Palm Springs Winter Holiday Banner Art Program, which features artwork designed by area students and displayed on banners that are hung Downtown and Uptown Palm Springs light posts throughout the holiday season. Children of all ages are encouraged to design winter season holiday banners, and prizes and certificates will be awarded to selected www.desertstarweekly.com

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BY ROBERT KINSLER

Legends Shine Via Special Releases Whether your musical tastes favor groundbreaking New Wave, classic ‘70s soul, British favorites Def Leppard or traditional Mexican music, there are outstanding new releases to discover.

Dave Buck) to further power the dance-minded material in the performance. The fast-moving set includes 13 classic originals including beloved favorites “Party Out Of Bounds,” “Planet Claire,” “Mesopotamia,” “Private Idaho” and “Rock Lobster.” There are also interview segments where Schneider, Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson discuss the US Festival performance, Ricky Wilson’s contributions, and their enduring career.

Information: ShoutFactory.com.

Artist: Al Green, Sly & the Family Stone, Ray Charles, James Brown, many more

Go Round in Circles” are among the countless standouts on the early part of this collection. Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean On Me,” Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together,” the Staple Singers’ “Let’s Do It Again” and “Respect Yourself,” James Brown’s “Sex Machine,” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Devotion” shine on the latter part of the title. Among the hosts seen on the set are Lou Rawls, The Bee Gees, Paul Williams, Wilson Pickett, Wolfman Jack, Helen Reddy and Chuck Berry (who is also featured offering up a terrific version of “Johnny B. Goode”).

The audio and visual quality of the discs is good and it’s great to see so many legendary artists performing their greatest hits.

Information: TimeLife.com.

of young students that was captured by award-winning director James Keach (who also directed Glen Campbell’s “I’ll Be Me” and the Linda Ronstadt documentary “The Sound of My Voice”). Los Cenzontles (“The Mockingbirds”) was founded

by Eugene Rodriguez – who along with singer-songwriter great Jackson Browne – also features prominently in the compelling documentary. But the true heart of the film is the road trip by Ronstadt, Browne and a large tour bus filled with young singers, dancers and instrumentalists who journey to the small town of Banámichi in the Mexican state of Sonora (where Ronstadt’s grandfather grew up) to perform and meet with the folkloric dance troupe Grupo de Danza Xunutzi and stage a performance in the community. The documentary masterfully examines the important role of traditional Mexican music and dance for those who live on both sides of the border, as well as issues related to the hot topic of immigration and how that impacts families who are often divided by politics. “Linda and the Mockingbirds” was released digitally Oct. 20 via Shout! Studios. Information: ShoutFactory.com.

Artist: The B-52s Title: Live At US Festival (Shout! Factory) You might like if you enjoy: the B-52s, Devo, the US Festival Tell me more: Thirty-eight years after the B-52s took the stage at the inaugural US Festival in September 1982, the group’s fabled appearance – featuring the band’s classic era lineup – is available to see via a terrific DVD. The groundbreaking forerunner to Coachella, the US Festival was a music, technology and culture event staged in Glen Helen Regional Park in the Southern California desert in 1982 and again in 1983. The B-52s’ performance has long been considered one of the finest of the two-year event and its showcase on the Shout! Factory release delivers on that promise in spades. The B-52s are on fire throughout the performance, fueling a bona fide dance party with one surefire uptempo post-punk New Wave track after another. Led by singer Fred Schneider, singerpercussionist Cindy Wilson, singer-keyboardist Kate Pierson, guitar great Ricky Wilson (who passed away in 1985) and drummer Keith Strickland, the band is also joined by a two-man horn section (sax player Ralph Carney, trumpeter

Title: The Soul of Midnight Special (TimeLife) You might like if you enjoy: James Brown, Al Green, Sly & the Family Stone, Chuck Berry, the Staple Singers Tell me more: Fans of ‘70s soul music will want to get the newly-released “The Soul of Midnight Special,” featuring more than 70 live performances.

The performances are offered up in chronological order, spanning from February 1973 to December 1976. Highlights on this collection – which includes more than 70 inspired live performances spanning five DVD discs – abound; the Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around,” the O’Jays “Love Train,” Ray Charles’ “Georgia on My Mind,” Gladys Knight and B.B. King collaborating on “The Thrill Is Gone,” and Billy Preston’s “Will It

Artist: Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, traditional Mexican music Title: Linda and the Mockingbirds (Shout!

Studios / PCH Films) You might like if you enjoy: Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Los Cenzontles Tell me more: Since 1989, San Pablo, California-based Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy has trained thousands of children in the art of traditional Mexican music and dance.

Multi-Grammy Award winner Linda Ronstadt’s long-time support of the group led to the production of a powerful new documentary (“Linda and the Mockingbirds”) that chronicles the singer’s 2019 journey to Mexico with a group

Artist: Def Leppard Titles: “Hysteria At The O2” and “Hits Vegas, Live At Planet Hollywood” (Eagle Rock Entertainment) You might like if you enjoy: Def Leppard, Queen Tell me more: Earlier this year Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rock quintet Def Leppard released the outstanding multiformat release “London To

By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, CA – October/ 2020 – Braille Institute Coachella Valley announced that it will receive a $15,000 grant from BIGHORN Cares. This local organization funds specific projects for local non-profits that demonstrate a need and make a difference in people’s quality of life in the Coachella Valley. Instead of their annual presentation dinner, the

check will be presented at an upcoming Braille class.

On Thursday, November 5, at 1 pm, Kelly Levy, BIGHORN Cares Marketing and Charities Director, will attend the “Meals in a Mug” remote cooking class online and virtually present the check Braille Institute Coachella Valley. The “Meals in a Mug” cooking class is a demonstration class where students are emailed the recipe and ingredient list

in advance. The instructor demonstrates how to make the recipe while also providing cooking techniques with low to no vision.

“We are thrilled to award this grant to Braille Institute,” said Levy. “BIGHORN Cares carefully reviews potential recipients for their impact on the community. Braille Institute continues to provide Coachella Valley residents who live with low vision

with meaningful ways to interact with the community and enrich their lives.”

Developed in 2014, BIGHORN Cares grants serve a broad range of people and programs, including educational outreach, afterschool services, maternity aid, disability assistance, shelter relief, foster care, health screenings, and military plans.

BIGHORN Cares has gifted over $2.4 million through

Vegas,” available as a deluxe 2Blu-ray+4CD, 2DVD+4CD and via digital formats. Now Eagle Rock Entertainment has just released standalone audio versions of “Hysteria At The O2” and “Hits Vegas, Live At Planet Hollywood” as limited edition 2CDs releases. “Hysteria At The O2,” finds Def Leppard celebrating their 1987 album “Hysteria” with a concert set revisiting that multi-platinum album from start to finish before a hometown crowd in London in December 2018. To be sure this is an important outing for the group, and the members of Def Leppard (singer Joe Elliott, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick “Sav” Savage and drummer Rick Allen) offer up powerful arena rock-ready takes of classics including “Love Bites,” “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” “Animal,” “Gods of War” and the rest of “Hysteria” before delving into other moments in their history for choice cuts including the set-ending “Let’s Get Rocked,” “Rock of Ages” and “Photograph.”

The second performance “Hits Vegas” — filmed at Zappos Theater in Planet Hollywood a few months after the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 — features a far-flung set offering some choice deep cuts from the band. The hardrocking “Die Hard The Hunter,” harmonies-drenched “Too Late for Love,” ambitious “Billy’s Got a Gun” (bolstered by the tandem lead guitar work of Collen and Campbell) and “Paper Sun” as well as the acoustic-styled “Let Me Be The One” and “We Belong” are delivered with power and perfection. The hits are here as well, including terrific runs through “Foolin’,” “Bringin’ On The Heartbreak,” “Rocket,” “Action” and “Armageddon It.” Looking ahead hardcore fans should note that the “Hits Vegas” title will be released as a limited edition transparent blue vinyl LP on Dec. 11, 2020. Information: defleppard. com and eagle-rock.com.

Braille Institute Receives Grant From Bighorn Cares

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“We are honored to receive this grant from BIGHORN Cares,” said Amy Sand, Braille Institute’s Regional Manager.

“We are so pleased that our service to the community has been recognized by this prestigious institution.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NO. MCC2001464, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, SOUTHWEST JUSTICE CENTER, 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92553, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. ELIZABETH ANN ERICKSON and JAY CHRIS ERICKSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1a.

Present Name: MIA MACKENZIE ERICKSON to Proposed Name: MYA MACKENZIE ERICKSON. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 8:00am., Dept.: S101. The address of the court is: 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92553, SOUTHWEST JUSTICE CENTER. County of Riverside 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): DESERT STAR WEEKLY 13279 Palm Drive Suite 5, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Dated: August 30, 2020, Judge of the Superior Court, Publish October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 2020. DSW20-2226

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response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea las informacion continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta pro escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov) en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado immediatemente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corto tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Riverside Superior Court 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262, Palm Springs Branch. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direction y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Dana Delman, Esq., 2600 Michelson Drive, Suite 1700, Irvine, CA 92612; (949) 852-3590 Date (Fecha): September 12, 2019 Clerk, by (Secretario): V. Lopez, Electronically Filed . Publish October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020. DSW20-2220

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NO. (Numero del Caso): PSC 1906511 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS: (Aviso al Demandado): MARIA BARTOLINI, AN INDIVIDUAL; N.C.E.M. LLC, a California limited liability company; and ALL PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH OR UNDER THEM; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN, CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT - COMMONLY KNOWN AS 16200 VIA VISTA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240, APN: 657-092-003 - WHICH IS ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S TITLE OR CREATES ANY CLOUD ON PLAINTIFF’S TITLE; and DOES 1-10, INCLUSIVE (Defendants) YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF; (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): JOSE MONTANO, an individual.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CLARKANDVALENTINE, 76565 CALIFORNIA DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92211.

Riverside County. Full name of registrant STEVEN DAVID CLARK. 76565 CALIFORNIA DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed STEVEN DAVID CLARK. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/05/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202010191. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish October 7,14, 21, 28, 2020 DSW20-2229 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DESERT SPORTS CENTER, 38895 EL DESIERTO RD, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Riverside County; P.O. BOX 11527, PALM DESERT, CA 92255. Full name of registrant DSC ATHLETICS, INC., 38895 EL DESIERTO ROAD, PALM DESERT, CA 922211. Business is conducted by CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/5/2020. 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 JERRY WALKER, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/16/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202010592. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Publish October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 2020 DSW20-2228 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS ML ENTERPRISES, 77400 COLORADO ST, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Riverside County.

Full name of registrant MARK JOSEPH LANTERO, 77400 COLORADO ST, PALM DESERT, CA 92211.

Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on AUGUST 24, 2020. 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 MARK JOSEPH LANTERO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/14/2020.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202010492. 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

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October 21, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE

STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 2020 DSW20-2227 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS REALTY COACH, 64329 SILVER STAR AVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant STEVEN- -ALONGE, 64329 SILVER STAR AVE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/1991. 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 STEVEN- -ALONGE. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 9/24/2020.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202009816. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 2020 DSW20-2225 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LACY + COMPANY; LACY GALLERY; THE LACY COMPANY, 40 MOUNT HOLYOKE DRIVE, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270. Riverside County; 1200 SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE, APT. 6, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264. Full name of registrant INVESTORS GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC., 40 MOUNT HOLYOKE DRIVE, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270/CA. Business is conducted

by CORPORATION. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed ERIN K. LACY, C.F.O./DIRECTOR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 10/05/2020.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202010157. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish October 7,14, 21, 28, 2020 DSW20-2224 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NEXXUS PEST SOLUTIONS, 16 LAKEVIEW CIR, CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA 92234. Riverside County; 43472 ANDREWS DRIVE, INDIO, CA 92201. Full name of registrant CAROLS P. CAMPOS, 16 LAKEVIEW CIR, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234; SHEREESA YVONEE CAMPOS, 16 LAKEVIEW CIR, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234.

Business is conducted by MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare

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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 CAROLS P. CAMPOS, SHERESSA Y CAMPOS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/29/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202009921. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish October 7,14, 21, 28, 2020 DSW20-2223 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS AMJ SALES, 43472 ST ANDREWS DRIVE, INDIO, CA 92201. Riverside County; 43472 ST ANDREWS DRIVE, INDIO, CA 92201. Full name of registrant LAWRENCE OWEN JOHNSON JR, 43472 ST ANDREWS DRIVE, INDIO, CA 92201.

Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed LAWRENCE OWEN JOHNSON JR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/30/2020. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202009986. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish October 7,14, 21, 28, 2020 DSW20-2221 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NAILED IT HANDYMAN, 29720 AVENIDA MARAVILLA, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County. Full name of registrant JORGE LUIS ARIAS AGUILAR, 29720 AVENIDA MARAVILLA, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has yet to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime) Signed JORGE LUIS ARIAS AGUILAR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 09/14/2020.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-202009549. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINES SAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Publish September 30, October 7,14, 21, 2020 DSW20-2219

Diabetes Reform Brings Needed Relief to Seniors, But More Action Needed

By Amy Hinojosa The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just took an important step towards addressing one of our time’s worst public health crises. No, not COVID-19, but a disease that chronically affects millions of Americans: diabetes. A new policy will dramatically reduce seniors’ out-of-pocket insulin costs.

Diabetes remains one of the single most significant threats to our country’s health and is a devastating underlying condition that intensifies the coronavirus’s impact. Tragically, Hispanics account for 29 percent of cases nationwide, and patients without well-managed glucose levels could be at a higher risk of developing lifethreatening complications from the novel coronavirus.

Before COVID-19, diabetes accounted for 12 percent of all deaths in the United States, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University. For Hispanic adults, who are 1.7 times more likely than their white counterparts to suffer from the illness, age-adjusted death rates topped 25 percent.

The cost of insulin and supplies plays a significant role in poor and underserved communities’ inability to

manage diabetes adequately.

Average medical expenditures for diabetes patients are more than double what they are for patients without the disease. And given that median income among Hispanic Americans trails white Americans by more than 25 percent, the challenges in keeping up with the cost of treatment are distressing, particularly for those on a fixed income like seniors.

Indeed, growing insulin expenses have forced an alarming number of patients to deviate from their prescribed drug regimens, jeopardizing their health in the process.

A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that one in four patients underuse insulin due to cost.

The new CMS policy represents a life-saving reform that would cap insulin copayments at $35 for a variety of different insulins. And it would apply to more than 1,750 other Medicare drug plans. Roughly one in three Medicare beneficiaries suffers from some form of diabetes.

And for those enrolled in Medicare’s drug benefit, outof-pocket insulin costs have been rising in recent years, growing by 10 percent annually between 2006 and 2013.

These costs have been rising far too quickly, thanks

mostly to intermediaries’ tactics in the drug supply chain. Insurers hire pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to help design their prescription drug plans, including which medicines each plan will -- or will not -- cover. Every year, PBMs use this leverage to secure massive discounts and rebates on brandname drugs. In 2017 alone, such price concessions totaled $153 billion.

In theory, these discounts should translate into lower patient costs -- including lower insulin costs. But PBMs retain a portion of the discounts for themselves and pass the rest along to insurers, who use them to modestly lower premiums. Despite that, patients still face significant co-pays and co-insurance fees at the pharmacy because insurers base their cost-sharing liabilities on the medicine’s pre-discounted price.

While the newly announced Medicare reform will have real benefits for vulnerable patients, the administration should also crackdown on these unfair rebate practices. A now-abandoned proposal from last year would have done just that by requiring PBMs and insurers to pass along rebates to patients at the point of sale.

This will be the next logical step of many to adequately

address how to effectively battle the diabetes epidemic and ensure that no one has to die over the price of insulin.

Amy Hinojosa is President

& CEO of MANA, a National Latina Organization. This piece originally ran in the Lewiston Sun-Journal.

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Start Your Seasonal Celebration with Small Bites While main courses, sides and desserts may be what holiday memories are made of, you can calm family members’ and guests’ appetites with an array of appetizers like these: n Meatballs n Stuffed mushrooms n Stuffed peppers

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oliday gatherings, even in a time when smaller groups are encouraged, take on special meaning for many families. Part of the joy comes from the food that’s shared among loved ones from appetizers and sides to the main course.

This year, you can enjoy those meaningful moments with your

closest family members and friends by putting together a menu that keeps smiles on faces from the first bite to the last. Start with your favorite among the nearly endless appetizer options that symbolize the season then enjoy a tender tri-tip alongside bacon-wrapped asparagus and a twist on classic, roasted potatoes.

Visit Culinary.net to find more holiday menu ideas.

A Simply Tasty Side

Many recipes commonly associated with the holidays are accompanied by lengthy ingredient lists or hours spent in the kitchen. However, all that time and effort doesn’t have to be used on this year’s side dish when you opt for a simple yet mouthwatering option.

You can feel good about what you’re feeding your family this holiday season while saving prep time by serving this Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus made with Coleman Natural bacon, which contains no artificial ingredients or preservatives and is sourced from American family farms that humanely raise their animals with no antibiotics or added hormones. Whether it’s served as a side dish or an appetizer, it calls for just a handful of everyday ingredients for a dish you can be proud of.

Visit ColemanNatural.com/Recipes for more seasonal recipe inspiration.

Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus Servings: 10

20 asparagus stalks 10 slices Coleman Natural Hickory Smoked Bacon 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Preheat oven to 400 F. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

Wrap 2 asparagus stalks with 1 slice bacon. Repeat with remaining asparagus and bacon. Place bundles on baking sheet. Drizzle asparagus ends with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake until asparagus is cooked through and bacon is crisp, about 20 minutes.

An Easy but Impressive Side

A Tender Holiday Tri-Tip

Every holiday meal comes with plenty of traditional and family-favorite dishes, and one of the most common on tables is potatoes. Whether they’re roasted, mashed or anything in-between, they’re among the most versatile options for the holidays.

This year, you can save time on seasonal favorites with Creamer potatoes from The Little Potato Company. They are ready to use, with no washing or peeling required, and they’re small and consistent in size so they cook quickly.

Try them roasted, boiled, smashed or mashed whether you’re making a quick weeknight dinner or getting a festive meal on the table. This holiday season, try these Little Hasselback Potatoes for a twist on the classic roasted variety. For an easy cooking hack, slice the potatoes on a wooden spoon to prevent cutting all the way through.

Visit littlepotatoes.com for more holiday recipe inspiration.

Garlic Herb Tri-Tip

Centering your holiday meal around a flavorful cut of meat can make the celebration truly memorable, especially when it’s cooked to perfection over the hot flame of a grill.

This year, take your family’s main course to the next level with a Garlic Herb Tri-Tip lightly seasoned with garlic, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper to let the naturally flavorful New Zealand grass-fed beef speak for itself. Because the animals roam and graze freely over lush green hills and pastures year-round, New Zealand grass-fed beef is leaner, more finely textured and tastes just as nature intended.

Find more recipes and holiday meal ideas at beefandlambnz.com.

Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Servings: 6

Little Hasselback Potatoes Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Servings: 8-12

1 bag (3 pounds) The Little Potato Company Holiday Blend 10 sprigs thyme, removed from stem 6 sprigs parsley, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced

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6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper sour cream (optional) cooked bacon pieces (optional) green onion slices (optional) Preheat oven to 400 F. Lay wooden spoon flat on solid surface and place one potato in spoon. Using

paring knife, slice 1/8-inch thick slices along length of each potato one at a time.

In bowl, toss potatoes, thyme, parsley, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Place potatoes on parchment-lined baking sheet, cut sides down. Bake 10 minutes, flip and bake 10 minutes, or until soft.

Serve with sour cream, bacon and green onion, if desired.

October 21, 2020

1 New Zealand grass-fed beef tri-tip (2 1/2-3 pounds) 1/4 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons minced garlic 3 tablespoons fresh chopped thyme 3 tablespoons fresh chopped rosemary 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper Preheat grill to high heat.

Rub tri-tip with olive oil. Add minced garlic and use hands to evenly distribute.

Combine chopped thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper; cover oiled tri-tip on both sides with spice blend.

Place tri-tip on hottest part of grill and sear 2-3 minutes.

Flip tri-tip and transfer to indirect heat. Continue grilling until internal temperature reaches 135 F for medium-rare.

Transfer meat to platter, cover with foil and let rest 10 minutes.

Slice across the grain and serve.

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