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Playwright A.R. Gurney Comedy Resonates At North Coast Rep

By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic I can’t think of a better way to launch North Coast Repertory Theatre’s 35th Season of live theatre than to present a sophisticated comedy of manners written

by A. R. Gurney, one of America’s finest playwrights and a play that is stylishly and deliciously staged by Rosina Reynolds, one of Southern

California’s finest directors.

Gurney, is definitely a product that one would call ‘old school’. He was born into a wealthy up-state New York family, who knows whereof he speaks when it comes to telling the story of an upper class, stuff-shirted New England family of privilege who over-react to the newest play that their middle aged writer/publisher/ playwright son has written

using the family as somewhat unflattering characters. Gurney is probably best known for this and earlier plays ‘The Dining Room’ and the huge megahit play still being produced that is a favorite of America’s over 60 set - ‘Love Letters’.

In ‘The Cocktail Hour’, he hits the vanishing cultural nail of privilege right on the proverbial head. In America of the 50s, 60, early 70s, however,

#MoralMondays’ Day of Action

the evening ritual of having a cocktail at the end of the work day (if one worked that is) with one’ spouse’ was the proper way to relax before the cook and maid announced that dinner was ready. Shades of Downton Abbey. In families of privilege where television was considered uncivilized and therefore beneath discussion, this nightly ritual would be where the news of the day,

and family gossip would be discussed and digested in a civilized manner, usually presided over by the father as titular head of the family.

In ‘The Cocktail Hour’, Bradley (a terrific J. Michael Flynn) blusters and pontificates over a new play their son John (a solid Chris Petschler) has written. John drops by to get Continues on Page 19

Protests call on politicians nationwide to help poor, minorities

By Desert Star Staff Protesters in 30 states and Washington, DC have taken part in a “Higher Ground Moral Day of Action” as part of the “Moral Monday” movement. They have called on federal and local lawmakers to create policies that help, not hurt, the poor and minorities.

The Moral Revival, an organization of national, and local progressive faith leaders planned the Higher Ground Moral Day of Action. The group held rallies in the 31 locations, and then delivered its “Higher Ground Moral

Declaration,” which calls on politicians at all levels “to move away from extremist politics and policies that benefit the few and move toward policies and laws that are just and fair and guarantee a better life for the majority of the people.”

The format of the rallies was the same in all 30 states that participated in the day of action, as well as the nation’s capital. This included singing the same opening and closing songs, reciting the same litany and chanting the same lines.

The day of action coincides with the weekly

“Moral Mondays,” a protest movement that calls on politicians to create a “moral public policy framework” at the beginning of each week.

The demonstrations are marked by civil disobedience, with protesters entering the state legislature to be peacefully arrested. The movement began in North Carolina in 2013, and spread to Georgia and South Carolina in 2014, followed by other states, including Illinois and New Mexico.

“Our goal is to support

Reverend William Barber II speaks out during a “Moral Monday” civil rights protest against North Carolina’s HB2 “bathroom law” that restricts members of the LGBT community from using the bathroom Continues on Page 13 of their choice on May 16, 2016 © Jonathan Drake / Reuters

And the 397th star goes to Alphie Pettit

Kneeling are Alan Pettit, Alfie Pettit and Maureen Pettit, standing are Walk of Stars Alfie Pettit. Photo by Pat Krause board members John Bolivar, Mayor Rob Moon, Kathleen Bennett, Charles Dunn, Bill Beck, Janie Hughes and Robert Alexander. . Photo by Pat Krause

By Pat Krause The Palm Springs Walk of Stars honored; Alphie Pettit with the 397th star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in front of 849 Restaurant. Alfie Pettit is a noted humanitarian and entertainer. Several hundred people were in attendance to honor this man and female impersonator who is known to many. Alfie arrived in his signature Pink convertible dressed in a

beautiful pink gown complete with diamond jewelry. Alfie’s parents and friends also came to see this event. Marlene Pettit sponsored the star.

Alfie established “Alfie’s of Hollywood” at a young age that gained him access to Hollywood nobility. His business was a trusted source for photographs, autographs and memorabilia of the film industry’s elite. He was on many TV shows. Alfie arrived

in Palm Springs in 2006.

He was involved with the hit Carnival Cabaret that featured his friend GYPSY, Jim Haake, another famous female impersonator in our Valley.

Mayor Rob Moon and other close friends gave enlightening speeches on the life of Alfie. Mayor Moon read the proclamation that proclaimed Sept. 6th as Alfie Pettit Day. Parents Alan and Maureen Pettit along with

friends David Reese, Thalia Hayden gave speeches.

Sharon Stroud read a poem and friend; Jeff Woolf spoke of his friendship with Alfie on his Autograph online auctions.

It was a very hot day, and Alfie thanked all for coming.

The Star was unveiled. An Alfie made several poses on his star for the press.

It was Alfie’s Birthday.

So everyone was invited into 849 restaurant for delicious

desserts and refreshment.

ALfie signed autographs for friends until it was time for the Birthday Cake to arrive. Bella da Ball and Lola Showgirl presented the cake.

Alfie blew out the candle as the guests sang Happy Birthday. Alfie has made many friends raising money, organizing and participating in, events for local charities.

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Golf by the season, Palmetto Bluff’s new montage resort

By Pam Price There’s a connection between the September 1, 2016 opening of The Montage Palmetto in Bluffton, South Carolina, recently named #1 Resort in the U.S., by Conde Nast Traveler magazine and Rancho Mirage, CA. That link is Alan J. Fuerstman, CEO and founder of Montage Hotels and Resorts, who began his successful career path as the bell captain at Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, CA. He later moved onto the Marriott with the opening team of their flagship property, Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, CA, in 1987. Mr. Fuerstman ultimately founded Montage Hotels & Resorts.

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CA Montage destinations , beachfront in Laguna Beach (a 30-acre , 250-room resort) and The Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. With the opening of Montage Palmetto Bluffs in Bluffton, SC and their 18 hole Jack Nicklaus golf course. Golfers seeking a golf destination and the attendant southern comforts of the South Carolina’s Lowcountry will find 152 new accommodations in addition to the existing 48 guest cottages.

Showcasing southern heritage is the three-story R.T. Wilson, Jr. Manson built on the property in the 1900. The handsome front porch is an Image courtesy Montage Palmetto Bluffs homage to the past, where you can imagine mint juleps sweeping staircase reminds Lowcountry style thrives here. served in the late afternoon. guests of Tara in the classic According to The Beaufort Upon entering, the resort’s Film, Gone With the Wind.

Gazette “Everything about the inn is part coastal, part maritime and very much Lowcountry”. Thirty two miles northeast of the Montage is the picture postcard perfect town of Beaufort, SC, the drive is around 35 minutes.

This is where literary fans of author Pat Conroy gather to honor his legacy. Enhancing the allure of the Lowcountry this much loved, best selling author of The Great Santini, The Water is Wide and The Prince of Tides legacy is part of Lowcountry history. This year the inaugural Pat Conroy Literary Festival will be held in Beaufort, South Carolina October 20-22. If there ever was a time to visit this bastion Montage Palmetto Bluffs of Lowcountry heritage this

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is the opportune moment to make it happen. “Beaufort has Love Affair with Conroy” read recent headlines in their local newspaper, which reported last year’s event called “Pat Conroy at 70” a literary festival honoring South Carolina’s Prince of Titles” was an “overwhelming success.” According to Bette and Andy Levine, former Palm Spring’s residents attending the event it left Conroy’s with a passion to keep his literary legacy alive.

As Pat Conroy fans would say,they are “write on !”

Pam Price serves on the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission

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Factor Investing-A Safe Strategy for Long Term Investors

By Janice Gough Why Does Wall Street Consistently Profit? They buy and sell to people who don’t understand how the markets really work. The key to high returns is having a disciplined strategy. One strategy used by many today is referred to as the Factor Theory. Many for years have used discipline theories.

Having a disciplined investment strategy differentiates the professional from the doit-yourself investor. An investment strategy does not have to be complicated.

The emphasis is not on the

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investment vehicle or manager, ETF or mutual fund, stock or bond. Instead, securities are chosen based on whether or not they display one or more specific attributes or factors. Factor investing is a strategic approach that looks at diversification through a new lens.

Outperforming stocks share certain traits, which are given the name “Factors�.

There are literally hundreds of potential factors that have been identified. It is simply selecting investments that seem to have the greatest probability of success.

Because the approach is more strategy-based than productbased, advisors can select the least expensive, most efficient product that delivers consistent exposure to the chosen attributes. Firms today, are focused on Investments which are those that exhibit consistent factor exposures, broad diversification, low

turnover and low costs.

By identifying the right factors and lowest cost possible, an exchange traded funds, (ETFs) portfolio can outperform a similarly allocated portfolio of mutual funds by 20 to 60 basis points. The reason is simple: Innovation and competition in the ETF marketplace has driven down costs, which gives the ETF portfolio a tailwind from a performance perspective. It’s just a bit less expensive, ‌ a difference that compounds over time.

By considering particular attributes, capitalization and profitability, allocations into these investments, which prove to outperform over time, create successful outcomes.

Put simply, to systematically “overweight� securities that are expected to outperform over time, and “underweight� those that research suggests may underperform will provide success and safety to the

investor over the long term. It is truly delivering the best of both worlds, at a cost far less than that of active management and more akin to indexing.

The four factors that are believed to be most influential are: Size: The propensity for small-cap stocks to outperform large-cap stocks over time Relative Price: The tendency for value stocks to outperform growth stocks over time Quality: The propensity for companies with higher profitability ratios to outperform those with lowerprofitability ratios over time Momentum: The propensity for stocks with positive momentum to outperform the market in the near term and those with negative momentum to underperform the market in the near term Two additional factors are also very popular among asset managers, though are not

used as often as the first four: Low Volatility: The tendency for a security’s value to remain stable, changing in value at a steady pace over time Dividend Yield: The tendency for companies who pay steadily growing dividends (relative to their share price) to outperform the market over time. This is highly correlated with the “Relative Price� or “Value� factor.

The goal is to build and hold a broadly diversified global portfolio that offers exposure to a designated set of risk and return factors in an efficient, low-cost way.

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. In 2000, a new “toxic mold� panic swept the country, and sixteen years, untold lawsuits, and billions of dollars later, major myths still plague and unnecessarily panic association boards, managers and homeowners.

The myths all too often cause exaggerated repairs, unduly frightened residents, and conflict. In this and the next column, I will address thirteen pervasive myths.

Mold is new.

Mold, one of the earliest and simplest life forms, has existed for thousands of years. Almost a hundred years ago, mold was the basis of the discovery of penicillin. Mold is everpresent, as is dust or pollen.

The scientific and medical communities confirm mold’s many dangers. In 2004, the National Institute of Medicine published its comprehensive study on indoor mold exposure, called “Damp Indoor Spaces and Health.â€? A central finding was: “Scientific evidence links mold ‌ in homes and buildings to asthma symptoms in some people with the chronic disorder, as well as to coughing, wheezing, and upper respiratory tract symptoms in otherwise healthy people‌ However, the available evidence does not support an association between ‌ mold and the wide range of other health complaints that have been ascribed.â€? That sounds like mold is dangerous the same as is dust or pollen – to people with severe

asthma. The announcement containing this finding is easily located by a web search, but it did not receive much press play – stories of frightened people living in tents are more interesting.

One must determine the kind of mold present.

Mold consultants and plaintiff attorneys often describe some molds as worse than others.

The most famous mold is stachybotrys chartarum, a mold producing infinitesimal quantities of a substance similar to botulism poison. However, the amount is so small they call it ‘mycotoxin’. It sounds frightening, but the scientific community long ago debunked the myth that this or any mold was somehow poisonous to breathe. For example, read the National Institute of Health Fact Sheet on Mold, found at www.niehs.nih.gov.

California is protected by the Toxic Mold Protection Act of 2001. The “Toxic

Mold Protection Act of 2001,� found at Health and Safety Code 26100, instructed the Department of Public Health to develop Permissible Exposure Limits of the various mold strains. However, in 2005, and again in 2008, the DPH reported that the task could not be completed with the scientific information available.

Consequently, there is presently no official standard as to how many mold spores of any given variety are “unhealthy�.

Always start with a mold test. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends against mold testing. There is no standard as to how many mold spores are “unhealthy,� and indoor air sampling tests are extremely vulnerable to events in the home changing the results. A recent shower, window opening or carpet cleaning are some of the many factors which can completely change test outcomes.

Mold tests, bluntly, primarily frighten the occupants and create a “need� for the expense of a mold consultant a second test after the area is cleaned. Since the health authorities have not confirmed any particular strain is more dangerous, and since there is no official standard as to how many airborne spores are unhealthy, there is rarely a good reason to spend the money on such a test.

[Part 2 follows, with seven more mold myths, next] Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and Managing Partner of Richardson Harman Ober PC, a law firm known for community association advice. Submit questions to KRichardson@ RHOpc.com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront. com. All rights reservedÂŽ.

Janice Gough is a Financial Advisor in Palm Springs. You may contact us at Janice@ goughinsurance.com or via phone: Cell (650)342-7744 or (760)251-7724. Call us today for a complimentary analysis!

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3 Things You May Not Know about Life Insurance Today

By Desert Star Staff If you’re like many Americans, you may spend substantial time and energy on general financial planning while overlooking the various ways life insurance may fit into that plan. Life insurance has wide-ranging benefits for people of all ages that you should consider, say experts.

“There is a significant opportunity for life insurance to help you achieve financial security during any age of saving, and for the many concerns you face throughout your lifetime,” says Andrew Bucklee, senior vice president and head of Insurance Solutions Distribution for Lincoln Financial Distributors. “It should be part of most consumers’ long-term financial plan.”

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month and the perfect opportunity

to learn more about how it can help you protect your financial security. Here are a few things to consider.

• If you only associate life insurance with helping address funeral expenses or estate planning, take note, depending on the type of policy, life insurance can potentially be used to protect against concerns like retirement savings, loss of household income due to illness, children’s college tuition expenses and long-term care in retirement.

What’s more, life insurance can be used as an overarching vehicle for wealth protection.

• Some carriers are stepping up their technology to make life insurance easy to research, purchase and manage in the same way you may have come to expect from other businesses in today’s digital world. Lab free

underwriting, electronic policy delivery options and telephone application processes are all a reality in today’s marketplace, and are eliminating much of the time consuming paperwork and correspondence typically associated with obtaining a life insurance policy.

• Each generation has a different set of financial priorities. Younger generations are focused on paying off student loan debt or credit card debt. For Baby Boomers, one of the greatest worries is the cost of healthcare in retirement, with 66 percent citing that as a pressing concern in a recent study by Lincoln. Because life insurance can potentially help address all these concerns, people of all ages should evaluate their life insurance options.

“Studies show that people are beginning their financial

By Desert Star Staff If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

That’s the spirit Americans are embracing in pursuit of their own progress.

A new survey for Citi’s #StandForProgress campaign shows nine in 10 Americans are optimistic about making progress in their lives in the next year. Just as many Americans agree that progress comes from within (93

percent) and that it’s the small steps every day that lead to success (94 percent). More than half of the Americans surveyed by Toluna, the online insights platform, also believe that the road to progress passes through the lessons you learn from setbacks.

“You can spend your life either focused on your limitations or work hard to overcome them and reach your full potential,” said Rudy

over the next year, Americans listed better health (59 percent), more money (47 percent) and better family relationships (44 percent).

And while many Americans say the economy needs to improve before they can make real progress, or that they don’t know how to go about it, other respondents say that tracking progress, planning and organizing and celebrating the milestones all contribute to success. More than half of Americans agree that progress is hard to achieve alone.

Men and women, Garcia-Tolson, a two-time meanwhile, see progress Paralympic Gold Medalist differently.

Nearly eight in 10 who will be competing at men (78 percent) say they are the Games for the fourth satisfied with their progress in time. Garcia-Tolson, who life, against fewer than seven is participating in the Citi in 10 women (67 percent). campaign, added: “I’m inspired Women are also more likely by encouraging others to than men to say that people take on a challenge. I love close to them are making more to prove people wrong.” progress than they are. Some Better Health, More 75 percent of men said they Money: Asked to identify the were doing better than their three areas where they most spouse or partner and friends, wanted to make progress

By Desert Star Staff TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Floridians prepare to cast their ballots in November, a new analysis looks at the impact on health-care coverage in the state of a Trump versus a Clinton presidency.

Republican nominee Donald Trump has said he would eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace, which is the online exchange Floridians, can use to buy coverage.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, has said she would work to strengthen the A.C.A.

A report from Families USA Action Fund found that without the marketplace, more than 1 million Floridians would lose their health care coverage. According to the executive director of the fund, Ron Pollack, Latinos, AfricanAmericans, women and young adults would be hardest hit.

“Only 12 percent of Florida’s young adults, between the ages of 18 and 25, have job-based health insurance,” Pollack said. “And that’s why the marketplaces that provide individual coverage are significant.”

According to the report,

Trump’s plan to repeal the A.C.A. would impact hundreds of thousands of additional Floridians, especially those with pre-existing conditions and those receiving Medicaid.

Clinton, meanwhile, has said she would offer incentives to states such as Florida that have not yet expanded Medicaid. That would make a huge difference to the state’s Latino population, said Rafael Collazo, political director with the National Council of La Raza.

“We’re continuing the fight on a state level to get access to health care for

planning sooner, which is great to see,” says Bucklee.

“No matter what your age, it’s important to fully understand your life insurance options available through both financial

advisors and workplace benefit packages. Advisors and employers are great resources that can help individuals unleash the full potential of life insurance.” StatePoint

Americans Upbeat on Making Progress in their Lives

against 62 percent of women.

Sharing Progress: #StandforProgress is designed to inspire people across America to celebrate personal achievement. Members of the public can set goals for themselves alongside the nation’s elite athletes.

The campaign invites Americans to use #StandForProgress to share the small or big steps they want to take this year or recognize others who support and inspire their efforts – from finding a new job to saving for a vacation, buying a home or starting a business.

Readers can follow #StandForProgress and see video content @ Citi on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or visit citi.com/progress.

While everyone has their own idea of what success and progress look like, you can get inspired by those around you -from world class athletes to the people in your life. StatePoint

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hundreds of thousands of Latinos who currently are falling in the Medicaid gap,” Collazo said. “We don’t want to make the situation worse.

We don’t want to see millions more Floridians have their health care jeopardized.”

Experts estimate that expanding Medicaid would cut the state’s uninsured population in half. Florida is one of 19 states that have denied federal Medicaid expansion dollars under the A.C.A.

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As Congress Debates, Coal Ash Cleanup Happens in SE States

By Desert Star Staff CHARLESTON, W.V. — As Congress debates the issue, utilities and communities in southeastern states are moving ahead with clean up of millions of tons of coal ash in impoundments at power plants.

Until recently, Congress had been deadlocked regarding this legacy of a coal-powered century. In the meantime, groups like the Southern Environmental Law Center have pushed utilities in southern coastal states to take the waste from the big storage ponds and bury it in dry, lined landfills.

Frank Holleman, senior attorney with the center, said cleanup projects are happening across Georgia and North and South Carolina.

“We’re moving toward a recognition by communities and utilities that this unlined storage

of ash in earthen pits next to waterways just is not a good idea long term,” Holleman said.

Coal ash ponds can leak arsenic, lead, heavy metals and mercury into the waterways where power plants are typically located.

Some members of Congress have argued that the coal ash is not that hazardous and should not be treated like hazardous waste.

There are now some signs of motion on the issue at the federal level. The EPA has imposed what Holleman called minimal storage standards and effluent limits. But the senate is considering language that critics charge could undermine those standards.

In the House, West Virginia Congressman David McKinley has proposed legislation he said would increase recycling of

the waste. But Holleman said recycling is already happening.

“So you don’t need a new law from politicians in Washington,” Holleman said.

“Instead, what the proposed legislation’s trying to do is weaken the new minimum rules that EPA has put into place.”

He said some drinking water sources in South Carolina are seeing 60 to 90 percent reductions in the levels of certain pollutants. The cleanup is especially important near the coast, given sea-level rise from climate change.

According to Holleman, sometimes it has taken lawsuits to get results, but not always.

“In many instances, the utilities have decided on their own to remove the ash from these dangerous, old, aging, unlined pits.”

Utilities in southern coastal states are cleaning up the coal ash left from decades of power generation. (Sierra Club)

Presidential Candidates Asked to Affirm Support for AZ Public Lands

Parts of the Kaibab National Forest are coveted by private interests for mining development. (Michele Vacchiano/iStockphoto)

By Desert Star Staff PHOENIX -- The Arizona Wildlife Federation and sister groups from across the country signed a public letter today asking the presidential candidates to

commit to keeping federal public lands in federal hands.

By Desert Star Staff AUSTIN, Texas -Advocates and educators plan to go before the Texas State Board of Education this week to demand the board reject a controversial MexicanAmerican studies textbook.

The group, the Responsible Ethnic Studies Textbook Coalition, is trying to prevent the book from ever making it into a Texas classroom, saying it is riddled with errors, deeply offensive, and presents a distorted picture of Mexican-Americans.

Board of Education member Ruben Cortez Jr. of Brownsville, who led a panel of scholars analyzing the text, said he’s in favor of teaching Mexican-American

studies in Texas schools, but not with this book.

“As a board, we cannot allow any textbook that simply lies to our students and, in this particular case, disparages their race,” Cortez said. “We can’t allow any book that has any racist remarks to enter into our public schools.”

According to Cortez, panel members not only found more than 140 factual errors in the text of “MexicanAmerican Heritage” but also discovered several references they considered racist.

The book was proposed by publisher Virginia Dunbar, a former board member, who defended the text, saying her company did not consult Mexican-American scholars

platform supports transferring federal land to the states - but Donald Trump’s son Democrat Hillary Clinton Donald Jr. said recently that and Green Party candidate Jill his father would not support Stein have indicated support for a transfer. Libertarian Gary that position. The Republican Johnson has said he’s open

to transferring some Bureau of Land Management property.

National Wildlife Federation President Collin O’Mara said this should not be a partisan issue.

“They were set aside by Republicans and Democrats over many generations from our greatest conservationist Theodore Roosevelt to the work of this president,” O’Mara said. “These are the birthright of all Americans, and a lot of hunters and anglers view them as essential to really enjoying the outdoor heritage that’s been given to us by our forefathers.”

Over the past few years, the state Legislature has passed several land-transfer bills but they were vetoed by Governors Jan Brewer and Doug Ducey on the grounds that the state couldn’t afford to manage those public lands or pay for firefighting.

Brad Powell, president of the Arizona Wildlife Federation, said that in 2012, 70 percent of Arizona voters rejected a statewide initiative to transfer federal lands to the state.

“It failed in every legislative district in the state,” Powell said. “So we think it’s an unpopular idea and we think legislators are out of step with their constituents.”

The Legislature did establish a committee to study public land transfer.

It was charged with producing a report with recommendations by 2019.

Meanwhile, Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva introduced a bill in fall 2015 to create a new national monument on the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon, in order to permanently protect them from uranium mining.

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in order to avoid bias.

Cortez said one passage in the book, among several he found offensive, portrayed Mexican-Americans as generally lazy, often skipping work and habitually drinking on the job. Celina Moreno with coalition member MALDEF said the board should scrap the proposed text and start over.

“There are so many errors, this book is simply not salvageable,” Moreno said. “One would have to go and rewrite almost the entire textbook to correct all of the problems. And if the state board did approve it, it would be a major embarrassment for Texas.”

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A coalition of Texas advocacy groups is opposing a proposed MexicanAmerican studies textbook after it discovered errors and racial bias in the manuscript. (ambrozinio/iStockphoto) coalition members include Texas LULAC, the Texas Latino Education Coalition and ACLU of Texas.

The board will hear public comments Tuesday in Austin, and will vote in November to adopt or reject the book.

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Justice by Income: Fines, Fees Push MA Youth Into Custody

By Desert Star Staff BOSTON – When a young person is unable to pay court related costs, he or she could face a type of debtors’ prison; a practice a new report says can pull juveniles deeper into the justice system.

In Massachusetts, the court may order parents to pay a large number of fees, including daily fees for having a GPS, participating in court ordered programs or having an attorney appointed, even though the family is considered too poor to afford one.

Naoka Carey, executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Juvenile Justice, says forcing young people into custody for these debts is not helpful to the main goal of rehabilitation

for the youthful offender.

“Imposing these kinds of fees makes it harder for kids to get on the right track,” she states. “In Massachusetts, our juvenile courts start as young as age 7, so you’re talking about an 8, 9 or 10-year-old having to pay a fine. There’s no way they can get a job.”

The report by the Juvenile Law Center recommends that states eliminate costs, fines and fees by establishing more sustainable and effective models for funding court systems.

While Massachusetts’s courts can have some discretion as to whether they impose some of the fees, and the Legislature eliminated daily juvenile probation fees in July, the report says fines and

fees still are resulting in longer placement for Bay State youth and more debt for their families.

According to the Juvenile Law Center findings, when a family can’t pay up, a young person can be placed in a secure facility or have his or her probation extended.

Jessica Feierman, the Center’s associate director, calls it a punishment for being poor.

“We’re creating two separate systems of justice,” she states. “This is really a glaring example of justice by income.

“We really can do better.

We can set a system that’s fair to all young people, not just the ones who have access to money.”

Other penalties for

Experts say excessive juvenile justice fines and fees can prevent a young person from getting on the right track. (Chris Potter/ Flckr) nonpayment noted in the report include prevented expungement and additional court visits.

In Massachusetts,

some fees cannot be waived and state courts rely on them for a significant portion of their budget.

gap between higher- and lower-income students.

Two years ago, the state scrapped the Academic Performance Index system, and the federal “No Child Left Behind” program was replaced by “Every Student Succeeds.”

Brad Strong, senior director at the nonprofit group, Children Now, said the dual system made it hard for parents to get a clear picture of a school’s progress, and the bill is a chance to change that.

“So, it was really confusing to the public, ‘Well, why are they failing under the federal system and seem to be doing OK under the state system?’ So what we’re really trying to do is ensure that we don’t revisit the days where we had two separate accountability systems, that you have one aligned, state, federal and local,” he said.

The new bill would mandate that the state program

meet federal requirements.

Meanwhile, the State Board of Education is already moving ahead, adopting an accountability plan on Thursday that critics say is too complex.

Strong also believes the system adopted on Thursday moves in the wrong direction.

“They were still focused on English language, arts and math, they weren’t including science,” he explained.

“They weren’t at inclusion of suspensions and expulsions, and chronic absence and school climate. So, there were other measures that also we felt were important.”

The governor has a little less than a month to determine the fate of AB 2548. He could sign the bill, veto it, or let it become law without a signature. The State Board of Education is expected to approve a final version of the accountability plan by the 2017-2018 school year.

Kids’ Advocates Push Governor to Sign School Accountability Bill

Children’s advocates are urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a bill they say would improve school accountability and close income-based achievement gaps in California. (shironosov/iStockphoto)

By Desert Star Staff OAKLAND, Calif. – This week, more than 300 children’s advocacy groups

signed a public letter urging Governor Jerry Brown to sign Assembly Bill 2548. The bill directs the state to adopt

By Desert Star Staff SEATTLE – The school year is in full swing once again, and some students might dread that their reading skills aren’t up to par.

But a new report from Reading Partners Seattle shows all these students might need is more one-on-one help.

Afi Tengue, the literacy support group’s executive director, says volunteers with her organization are able to provide support to students in under-resourced schools who might not get the attention they need in large classrooms.

“One teacher can only focus on so many kids at a time, and so when a student needs specific help and there isn’t a teacher’s assistant and there isn’t in-class tutoring,

programs like Reading Partners with one-on-one time focus explicitly on what the students need,” she explains.

The Reading Partners report showed 83 percent of the students the group helped last year mastered key skills needed to read at grade level.

Two-thirds of fourth graders in Washington aren’t able to read at grade level, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Tengue says there always is a need for more volunteers to help children read. She says it’s an incredibly important task and has ramifications for students down the road.

For instance, children who aren’t able to read at grade level by fourth grade are much less likely to

what the groups believe is a better grading system for schools, that focuses on closing the achievement

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Two-thirds of fourth graders aren’t reading at grade level, according to a study from Annie E. Casey Foundation. (U.S. Department of Education) graduate from high school.

“There’s all kinds of statistics that speak to the costs of individuals who aren’t able to climb the academic and September 14, 2016

career ladder, so it’s incredibly important and incredibly simple at the same time to show up for an hour a week and really solve the problem,” she points out.

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Remembering Lenny Bruce

By Paul Krassner August 3rd marks the 50th anniversary of controversial comedian Lenny Bruce’s death from an overdose of morphine, while his New York obscenity conviction at Café Au Go Go was still on appeal, and on this same day he received a foreclosure notice at his Los Angeles home.

But it wasn’t suicide. In the kitchen, a kettle of water was still boiling, and in his office, the electric typewriter was still humming. He had stopped typing in mid-word: “Conspiracy to interfere with the 4th Amendment const”--constitutes what?

Lenny was a subscriber to my satirical magazine, The Realist, and in 1959 we met for the first time at the funky Hotel America in Times Square.

He was amazed that I got away with publishing those profane words for which other periodicals used asterisks or dashes. He had been using euphemisms like frig and asked, “Are you telling me this is legal to sell on the newsstands?”

I replied, “The Supreme Court’s definition of obscenity is that it has to be material which appeals to your prurient interest.” He magically produced an unabridged dictionary from the suitcase on his bed, and looked up the word prurient. He closed the dictionary, clenching his jaw and nodding his head in affirmation of a new discovery.

“So,” he observed, “it’s against the law to get you horny.”

When we were about to leave the room, he stood in the doorway. “Did you steal anything?” he asked furtively.

I took my watch out of my pocket since I didn’t like to wear it on my wrist, and without saying a word I placed it on the bureau. Lenny laughed one loud staccato “Ha!” and kissed me on the forehead.

We developed a friendship integrated with stand-up comedy.

Lenny had broken through traditional stereotypical jokes about airplane food, nagging wives, Chinese drivers, mothers-in-law.

Instead he weaved his taboobreaking targets--teachers’ low salaries vs. show-business celebs, religious leaders’ hypocrisy, cruel abortion laws, racial injustice, the double standard between illegal and prescription drugs--into streamof-consciousness vignettes.

In each succeeding performance, he would sculpt and re-sculpt his concept into a theatrical context, experimenting from show to show like a jazz-jargon musician. Audience laughter would turn into clapping for the creative process itself. “Please don’t applaud,” he requested.

“It breaks my rhythm.”

Lenny was intrigued by the www.desertstarweekly.com

implications of an item in The Realist, an actual statement

by Adolf Eichmann that he would have been “not only a scoundrel, but a despicable pig” if he hadn’t carried out Hitler’s orders. Lenny wrote a piece for The Realist, “Letter From a Soldier’s Wife”-namely, Mrs. Eichmann-pleading for compassion to spare her husband’s life.

Lenny was writing an autobiography--How to Talk Dirty and Influence People-which Playboy planned to serialize, then publish as a book, and Hugh Hefner hired me as his editor. We met in Atlantic City. At a certain point he was acting paranoid and demanded that I take a liedetector test. I was paranoid enough to take him literally.

I couldn’t work with him if he didn’t trust me. We got into an argument, and I left. He sent a telegram that sounded like we were on the verge of divorce-WHY CAN’T IT BE THE WAY IT USED TO BE? I agreed to try again, and in 1962 I flew to Chicago. Lenny was performing at the Gate of Horn. He was asking the whole audience to take a lie-detector test.

With a German accent, he asked, “Do you people think yourselves better because you burned your enemies at long distance with missiles without ever seeing what you had done to them?

Hiroshima auf Wiedersehen.

[German accent ends.]

“If we would have lost the war, they would have strung Truman up by the balls, Jim. Are you kidding with that? Not what kid told kid told kid. They would just schlep out all those Japanese mutants. ‘Here they did; there they are.’ And Truman said they’d do it again. That’s what they should have the same day as Remember Pearl Harbor. Play them in unison.”

Lenny was arrested for obscenity that night. One of the items in the Chicago police report complained: “Then talking about the war he stated, ‘If we would have lost the war, they would have strung Truman up by the balls.’” The cops also broke open Lenny’s candy bars, looking for drugs. And the club’s liquor license was suspended.

They checked the IDs of audience members, including George Carlin, who told the cops, “I don’t believe in IDs.” Then they arrested him for disorderly conduct, dragged him along by the seat of his pants and hoisted him into the police wagon.

“What are you doing here?” Lenny asked.

“I didn’t want to show them my ID.” “You schmuck.”

Since he often talked on stage about his environment, and since police cars and courtrooms had become his environment, the content of Lenny’s performances began to revolve more and more

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around the inequities of the legal system. “In the Halls of Justice,” he declared, “the only justice is in the halls.” But he also said, “I love the law.”

Instead of an unabridged dictionary, he now carried law books in his suitcase.

His room was cluttered with tapes, transcripts. photostats, law journals, legal briefs. In less than two years, Lenny was arrested fifteen times.

Once he was teasing his ten-year-old daughter, Kitty, by pretending not to believe what she was telling him.

“Daddy,” she said, “you’d believe me if it was on tape.”

Club owners were afraid to book him. He couldn’t get a gig in six months. On a Christmas day, he was alone in his hotel room, and I brought him a $500 bill. With a large safety pin, he attached it to his denim jacket. When he finally got a booking in Monterey, he admitted, “I feel like it’s taking me away from my work.”

Lenny lived way up in the hills. His house was protected by barbed wire and a concrete gate, except that it was always open. He had a wall-to-wall one-way mirror in his living room, but when the sun was shining you could see into the room instead of out.

He was occasionally hassled by police on his own property.

One evening in October 1963, we were talking while he was shaving, when four officers suddenly appeared, loud and obnoxious. He asked them to leave unless they had a search warrant.

One of the cops took out his gun. “Here’s my search warrant,” he said. Then Lenny and the cops had a discussion about the law, such as the rules of evidence, and after half an hour they left. Lenny tried to take it all in stride, but the encounter was depressing, and he changed his mind about going out that night.

When everything was quiet, we went outside and stood at the edge of his unused swimming pool. Dead leaves floated in the water.

Lenny cupped his hands to his mouth. “All right, you dogs,” he called out. “Bark for the rich man!”--thereby setting off a chain reaction of barking dogs, a canine chorus echoing through Hollywood Hills.

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We ordered some pizza, and he played some old tapes, ranging from a faith healer to patriotic World War II songs. “Good-bye, Mama, I’m off to Yokohama, the Land of Yama-Yama…”

Back at the Café Au Go Go arrest in New York, Lenny had told a fantasy tale about Eleanor Roosevelt, quoting her, “I’ve got the nicest tits that have ever been in this White House…”

The top of the police complaint was “Eleanor Roosevelt and her display of tits.”

At the trial, Lenny had acted as his own attorney. He obtained the legislative history of an Albany statute, and he discovered that back in 1931 there was an amendment proposed, which excluded from arrest in an indecent performance: stagehands, spectators, musicians, and-here was the fulcrum of his defense--actors. The law had been misapplied to him. Despite opposition by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, the amendment was finally signed into law by then-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, but to no avail.

“Ignoring the mandate of Franklin D. Roosevelt,” Lenny observed, “is a great deal more offensive than saying Eleanor has lovely nay-nays.”

On October 13, 1965 (Lenny’s 40th birthday), instead of surrendering to the authorities in New York, he filed suit at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco to keep out of prison, and he got himself officially declared a pauper.

Two months before his death in 1966, Lenny wrote to me: “I’m still working on the bust of the government of New York State.” He included his doodle of Christ nailed to a crucifix, with a speech balloon asking, “Where the hell is the ACLU?” At a séance, Lenny’s mother brought his old faded denim jacket. That large safety-pin was still attached to it. And at the funeral, his sound-engineer friend dropped Lenny’s microphone into his grave before the dirt was piled on. Lenny’s problem had been that he wanted to talk on stage with the same freedom that he had in his living room. That problem doesn’t happen to stand-up comedians anymore.

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

It would be good to study the history of romance and the purpose of love. Also, the unfoldment of consciousness (our true history) on Earth – how love happens, why, and our behaviors in relationships when conscious (awake, aware and Soul directed). Identifying love within yourself the expression of your true self with others.

Something in appearance in your daily life disappears.

TAURUS You create new environments that prepare humanity’s future.

You tell us we must turn our attention to different and dynamic ways of growing food (in biodynamic soils).

Humanity’s daily life is changing quickly, being reconstructed in ways unknown. You tell us to invest in land, put 15% of our money in silver and gold.

These new ideas needed for humanity’s well-being we will follow, safeguaring them carefully and secretly.

GEMINI

SEPTEMBER 14 – 21, 2016 ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST BY RISA D’ANGELES

CANCER At times you hide under a shell like a tortoise or a scarab, a sacred creature signifying rebirth. There’s a turtle that comes to the door of a house and waits patiently for the door to open. He enters the house and rests awhile in the cool dark shadowy corners.

He’s offered a fresh banana.

After a while he retraces his steps, waiting patiently for the door to open. Refreshed (and grateful), he re-enters the world. You are the turtle.

LEO It’s important for you to be seen and heard, understood, praised, recognized, applauded and known. Sometimes you’re called narcissist, mirror gazer, one focused on self alone.

Some of us, however, know the truth - that you must do these things, must discover, look at and talk about yourself.

You’re learning how to rule, how to lead and how to love, stumbling along, falling, most of the time, just like everyone else.

VIRGO

Dualities are good for they produce self-awareness.

There’s a duality perhaps in some Geminis who don’t know if they are creative.

They live with an “unthought known”. Your creativity is this - blending opposing forces into a synthesis. Being Mercury, the messenger.

Speaking with Right Human Relations and from your heart so everyone learns from you.

Virgos carry a secret reality, a hidden purity they show no one. Virgo’s light is always veiled…being nurtured within.

Virgos realize that everyone carries a different light (and darkness) and each person is aspiring to be a Light for the World, a bearer of light of great value and tenderness.

We all aspire to this. We

By Desert Star Staff BOISE, Idaho – The scars of war might be deeper for soldiers who come from poorer areas of the country, according to a new study.

Francis Shen of the University of Minnesota and Douglas Kriner from the University of Boston looked at more than 500,000 American combat casualties since World War II, and found a growing trend of unequal health services for soldiers after they come home.

Shen says many veterans who return to lower-income communities struggle to find mental health services.

“A good proportion of them don’t have the benefit of some of those structures,” he points out. “It makes reintegration more difficult, it makes recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more difficult, it might lead to an increase in other sorts of challenges such as addiction. And that can be cumulative.”

The study, “Invisible

Inequality: The Two Americas of Military Sacrifice,” found communities with lower incomes have higher casualty rates.

Veterans Affairs has one medical center in Boise and eight communitybased outpatient clinics across Idaho.

Shen says more people from low-income communities see the armed forces as a career path because other career and educational paths aren’t affordable options.

“Where it’s hitting hardest are those, I would say, the lower-middle class or the working class,” he points out. “Individuals who see opportunity – good opportunity – in the military, and we’re all for that, but then who might not have some of the service provisions at the end that we think they ought to.”

Shen adds politicians from the major parties rarely talk about this reality, even though income inequality and national security are two of the

prepare together for that light at Winter Solstice.

LIBRA You’re developing a radially new sense of self. You cannot be controlled by others.

Libra’s freedom is most important yet they must have compasnionship. Libra asks others to walk with them in life. Relationships define Libras. Juxtaposing self to the “other”, a Libran sense of self emerges. Human contact releases love hidden in Libra.

We must let them be, allow them to sort out realities and achieve independence.

Then their love is exalted.

SCORPIO Scorpio is known for depth of feeling, being alone and isolated (at times). To proceed on the evolutionary (back to spirit) path, Scorpios must develop the higher mind (education, then teaching), distributing God’s Plan to the world. Scorpios must withstand the heat of the Sun on the mountaintop, collect the light and distribute it on Earth. You’re to reveal through this light, all the mysteries you’ve encountered. In this life preparing for the next.

SAGITTARIUS The life of a Sag reveals so many influences at work simultaneously along with offering the personality to the Soul. To fuse and balance your personality with the Soul

(ending confusion), and to have a better sense of spiritual direction, recite the Soul invocation daily (ceaselessly). “I am the Soul. I am Light Divine.

I am Love. I am Will. I am Fixed Design.” You realize you’re not your body, emotions, or lower mind. So, what are you?

CAPRICORN Whenever there’s conflict, something’s being learned; harmony is being disrupted so a higher harmony can emerge.

Sometimes there’s a conflict between personal aspirations and the needs of others. You reorient your needs so the “little ones” are nurtured. This is Soul work. You’re a mentor for others to transform and stand with poised in grace.

At other times you take your own path up the mountain.

Planting trees along the way.

devotion will see you through any necessary tasks, tests, difficulties, disharmony and/ or strife. You are entering into a new level of your spiritual Work. Greet the sunrise each day. It will vivify you.

And the sunset, too. The angels and all of nature are with you during these holy times. Courage is offered.

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 in a time of pause, an interlude, considering your next life steps and creative endeavors. It’s not a time for excessive outer actions. It’s a time of rest, reflection and relaxation of your energiesl. As you see both sides of all issues, achieve a position of poise and balance. Often standing on the “razor’s edge,” you lead the way down the mountain to safety. Read this over and over.

PISCES A love-filled state will be the consequence of Jupiter in Libra. Your abilities and

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biggest issues of this election.

“Sometimes we get a comment that says, ‘Oh we don’t talk about it because everybody knows it – it’s a rich man’s war, poor man’s fight, we’ve known that forever,’” he relates.

“Well, it turns out that about half of Americans think that there is shared sacrifice right now. And they’re wrong about that, but that’s what they think. And it’s probably understandable why they think that, because

no one ever mentions it on either side of the aisle.”

Shen thinks talking about this trend could give pause to the next president before she or he decides to put boots on the ground.

Researchers who looked at more than 500,000 military casualties found U.S. troops from low-income areas have more limited access to health services. (Pixabay) September 14, 2016

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Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’ Now on DVD

Rudyard Kipling’s epic adventure “The Jungle Book” is a classic tale about a young boy named Mowgli who was raised by a family of wolves deep in the Indian jungle.

When the jungle animals are confronted by the fierce tiger Shere Kahn (voiced menacingly

by Idris Elba) who wants to kill the boy; Mowgli (Neel Sethi) escapes into the jungle where he is befriended by Baloo the Bear (Bill Murray) and a black panther named Bagheera.

In fact, it was Baheera (Sir Ben Kingsley) who found the abandoned child years earlier and brought him to the wolf family who accepted the ‘man

cub’ as one of their own.

Once again, Mowgli is adrift in the jungle, but the bear and panther soon become his new protective family.

Kipling’s story was first told on film in 1942 and starred Sabu as Mowgli. Then in 1967 Walt Disney crafted an animated version of the tale and set it to the catchy tunes created by the Sherman brothers, Robert and Richard, who wrote, “Bare Necessities” sung by Mowgli and Baloo, “Trust in Me” which is hissed hypnotically by Kaa, the python (Scarlett Johansson in this latest film) and “I Wan’na Be Like You,” now sung by

In the bonus feature “Jungle Book Reimagined” director Favreau explains how he, and his talented staff reenvisioned this classic Kipling adventure. On the screen, the only actual human or animal being in the entire movie is Mowgli. All the rest of the onscreen images, from animals to scenery, are computer generated. This segment of the DVD is particularly interesting and informative. The DVD also contains audio commentary by the director. The film is rated PG for some sequences of scary action and peril.

This DVD is a great Christopher Walken as King treat for the students in Louis, who is no longer an your family who are now orangutan, but a giant ape back in class. Seeing how known as a gigantopithecus. a book can be turned into a Fans of the late comic Gary magical movie should spark Shandling will recognize his their collective imaginations voice as the porcupine in this, his final onscreen performance. and might encourage the Director Jon Favreau knew kids to read other Kipling he had found his Mowgli when novels like “Kim,” “Captains Courageous” and “Gunga Din.” young Neel Sethi auditioned.

The boy, only ten years old at It is interesting to note that the time, not only had a red Kipling was born in Bombay, in British India, and set many belt in karate, he was also of his works in that area. The extremely agile and clever. In an interview in the DVD feature author, at the tender age of 42, won a Nobel Prize in literature “I’m Mowgli,“ Sethi, now in 1907 and his novel “Gunga twelve, quipped with a little Din” was made into a film in grin, “ I have spent one-tenth 1939 starring Cary Grant. of my life making this movie.”

By Desert Star Staff While most people don’t like to think about worst case scenarios, giving them their proper consideration can ultimately offer peace of mind.

September is National Preparedness Month and it is a great time to get your home and family ready for a

range of emergencies. Here are three steps to take.

Stock Up: Every home should contain a supply kit that includes a surplus of nonperishable food items, as well as fresh bottled water.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends one gallon per

person in your household per day for three days.

FEMA also recommends that the kit include prescription medications for everyone in the family, personal hygiene items, a flashlight, extra batteries and matches, amongst other items. For a complete list, visit fema.gov.

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On Sept. 27 the complete first season of ABC-TV’s “The Catch” will be available on DVD. This sexy cat and mouse game of wits blends the wages of sin with the art of seduction, and the result is a blend of intrigue and high-stakes crime fighting. In the series, Alice Vaughan (Mireille Enos) is a smart, tough investigator who specializes in foiling worldclass criminals along with her elite team of associates at Anderson/Vaughan Investigations. When she loses her heart, and her life savings to a dashing international con man named Benjamin Jones (Peter Krause). She sets out on a determined quest to nab her ex-fiance. But the spark that ignited their romance in the first place is rekindled. One again, he and Ali find themselves caught between trying to keep one step ahead of his murderous associates and her crime-fighting colleagues.

The DVD contains all 10 episodes plus intriguing bonus features that include outtakes and deleted scenes. Rating: TV14.

National Preparedness Month: Tips to Get Your Family Ready

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Free Yourself of Your Phone: While we all know that smartphone technology and other mobile devices offer us useful information, in an emergency scenario these devices may lose their signal or their battery life.

Stay prepared and informed no matter what happens with wearable technology that is not at the mercy of a cellphone tower or a battery that needs to be recharged every few hours.

For example Casio’s PRO TREK PRG300 timepieces feature functions like an altimeter, compass and barometer (great for staying aware of changes in temperature or air pressure). They also deliver

this information hands-free, which can be useful any day of the week but extra valuable in an emergency.

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For example, homeowners insurance policies do not typically cover flooding, which requires separate coverage.

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45,000 Wild Horses to be killed by Bureau of Land Management

By Desert Star Staff Few animals in the US are as romanticized as horses.

From gracing the covers of cheesy romance novels or spaghetti westerns, to being the stereotypical rich person’s pet, horses occupy a unique cultural space. But the US government is about to kill 45,000 of them.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is under fire after deciding to euthanize 45,000 unadopted wild horses it has been keeping in holding facilities across the US. The wild horses were removed from their natural habitat by the BLM so that privately-owned cattle could graze on the land for profit.

The decision hasn’t been particularly well received. The Humane Society referred to it as “a complete abdication of

responsibility for their care,” and panned the bureau for not using birth control to curtail the growth of the population.

The equines can be adopted from the facilities for $125 apiece, but even purchasing all 45,000 of them for $5,625,000 would do little to offset the $49 million that the BLM spent on them last year, according to The Verge.

The $49 million spoke for over half of the entire budget for the Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board.

Some don’t believe that wild horses deserve any more special treatment than any other non-native species, such as the Norwegian rats that practically own the New York City transit system. Horses first arrived in the US with

the conquistadors in the late 15th century, too recently “for native North American plants and animals to adapt to the pressures of coexistence,” according to Slate.

The threats wild horses

pose to the environment are serious, with the grasslands they occupy covered with “biotic crusts” that hold desert soils down, preventing them from being blown away.

However, horses trample and

pulverize this crust with their hooves, damaging the earth.

This layer of topsoil can take hundreds of years to recover from the mustang’s damage.

By Desert Star Staff With the presidential election dominating the news cycles, many investors may be keeping an eye on the stock market as well as the voting

booth as they wonder what impact the election of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump could have on their portfolios.

“Presidential elections are almost always a big part of

the greater theme of markets, but in this case even more so,” says Benjamin Lupu, a Certified Financial Planner and founder of Kensington AMI (www.KensingtonAMI.com),

an asset-management firm.

Lupu says it’s important to understand that how voters weigh their Election Day choices and how the market views the candidates aren’t necessarily the same thing.

As hard as it might be, he says, investors should lay aside any personal political leanings as they assess what factors might keep the market humming and what factors might upset the market – and affect their investments in the process.

“From an investment standpoint, this isn’t about being for one candidate or the other,” Lupu says. “It’s a matter of trying to gauge what the markets might do depending on different scenarios, and trying to plan and respond accordingly.”

He says factors to consider include: • The Clinton impact.

What ever opinion people may have of Clinton, she represents status quo, continuity and predictability, which markets prefer, Lupu says. Markets in general have been buoyant in recent months as a decisive win for Clinton had been the consensus expectation and has been priced into the markets. Those expectations could change quickly, though, and investors would need to consider adjustments if they do. “Harsh reality may have something to say about this before the process is over, and any reversal in the polls can greatly upset markets,” he says.

• The Trump impact.

Trump is extremely popular with his populist base in the U.S., and some people would consider a Trump victory good for business. The wild card, though, is that he’s immensely unpopular in much of the rest of the world, Lupu says. If the race is seen as close, or if Trump is considered to have a strong chance of winning, global markets could react negatively, at least initially.

If the odds of a Trump win appear to be improving, it might be a good idea for investors to reduce exposure, stay partially in cash and see what transpires, Lupu says.

• A general approach.

Financial security in the U.S. has traditionally come from three things: sound, long-term process; clear, unemotional thinking; and American optimism, Lupu says. “I like to say keep it clean, be disciplined and have faith in the future,” he says. In this case, that means be aware of market expectations, follow what happens, but stay focused and make prudent decisions based on facts and not emotions – or personal political preferences.

In any other presidential election year, Lupu says, he wouldn’t advocate keeping such a close watch on who’s ahead in the polls and the implications behind the poll numbers. But Clinton vs. Trump is far from the typical race.

“I admit this is not the usual playbook for election years,” Lupu says. “But then, this election is not the usual affair.”

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MUSIC Classic artists showcased via sterling releases

BY ROBERT KINSLER

Classic rock fans know 2016 is their year; a number of legendary artists who earned their biggest hits in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s are back with new collections that both celebrate and build on their legacies.

Artist: ZZ Top Title: Live! Greatest Hits From Around the World (Suretone Records) You might like if you enjoy: ZZ Top, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck Tell me more: It’s difficult to think of a classic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame outfit spawned in the late 1960s whose founding lineup remains unchanged while dishing out tasty versions of its best-known material as powerfully as ever.

That’s exactly the case with ZZ Top; the blues-rock trio formed in Houston, Texas in 1969 heard unleashing fiery versions of many of their best-known songs on “Live!

Greatest Hits From Around the World.” The 15-track disc showcases singer-guitarist Billy F Gibbons, singer-bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard via recordings captured on three continents over the course of several recent tours.

Standout tracks on this great collection include the driving

By Kitty Alvarado INDIO, Ca. -Flanked by police chiefs from throughout the county, Riverside County District Attorney, Mike Hestrin announced his opposition to Proposition 57.

“Law enforcement is united against this, this is a terrible idea,” says Hestrin.

He says the proposition that would make non-violent state criminals eligible for early parole would also release violent criminals putting public safety at risk.

Hestrin read a litany of crimes that under the law are considered non violent, “Rape of an unconscious person, human trafficking involving sex acts with minors, drive by shooting, assault with a deadly weapon, taking a hostage, domestic violence involving trauma, supplying a

“Got Me Under Pressure (recorded in New York City), aptly-dubbed Texas rocker “Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers” (tracked in Las Vegas), fiery “La Grange” (captured in Dallas) and infectious “Sharp Dressed Man” (nailed in Los Angeles). Fans of guitar legend Jeff Beck will also want to get the disc; the groundbreaking guitar virtuoso joins ZZ Top at a performance in London for the melodic blues nugget “Rough Boy” and blistering “Sixteen Tons.” Information: zztop.com.

album “Kingdom Of Desire”).

Lukather’s guitar playing is a mighty wonder across the concert recording as evidenced by the crowd-pleasing version of the Jimi Hendrix classic “Red House” and amped funkrock take on the Sly Stone classic”I Want to Take You Higher.” Several of Toto’s most beloved originals (“Africa,” “Rosanna”) are delivered in memorable new renditions.

Information: eagle-rock.com.

Ball,” where Tommy Shaw begins the masterwork singing alone accompanied by his finger picking on an acoustic 12-sting guitar. The song artfully builds to include lush backing vocals and keyboard textures by the rest of the band as Shaw soon switches over to play electric guitar including a stunning solo. Other favorites on the set include “Too Much Time On My Hands,” “Rockin’ the Paradise” and “Renegade.”

Information: eagle-rock.com.

Artist: Toto Title: Live at Montreux 1991 (Eagle Rock Entertainment) You might like if you enjoy: Toto, Kansas Tell me more: In the early 1990s, Toto returned to action as a quartet featuring founding members Steve Lukather (guitar, lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards, vocals), and brothers Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion) and Mike Porcaro (bass). That specific lineup is featured on the wonderful live collection “Live at Montreux 1991” DVD+CD release (also available as Blu-ray + CD and via digital video versions) that kicks off with two original progrock selections (“On the Run” and the title track from what would be the band’s 1992

Artist: Styx Title: Live at The Orleans Arena Las Vegas (Eagle Rock Entertainment) You might like if you enjoy: Styx, Kansas Tell me more: Those who can’t get enough of the wonderful 2015 audio CD release “Styx: Live at the Orleans Arena” are in luck. The July 2014 concert release has now been released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital video and was worth the wait. A number of the band’s memorable songs are showcased, including a rousing “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” where lead guitarist Don Felder (the Eagles) trades masterful fret work with Styx lead guitarists Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young. The highlight of the concert is an astonishing version of “Crystal

Artist: Marillion Title: F E A R (EarMusic) You might like if you enjoy: Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Porcupine Tree Tell me more: Few progressive rock artists can walk the tightrope between symphonic highs and sparse introspection like Marillion. The British troupe’s 18th album “F E A R” demonstrates that great rock artists are not content to simply revisit past glories; the band’s aptly-titled new album is personified by the line “F E A R is everywhere” (in “El Dorado iv. Fear”). There are institutions to be feared (religion, war, greed) in the big picture, and more personal demons like loneliness and mortality that greet our heroes in the mirror.

The concept album is filled with memorable songs that resound

firearm to a gang member.”

He says he wants to educate voters, “There’s a specific legal definition and it’s not just the more general definition that we all think of and that’s why I’m speaking out is the public needs to be aware that these quote un quote non violent offenses are actually very serious and violent many times violent crimes.”

Indio’s mayor and police chief agree.

“When it affects the quality of life and my residents and the safety of my residents along with the public safety officials, it makes me nervous,” says Indio Mayor Glenn Miller.

“We don’t want to lose ground because of a poorly written bill for something that’s going to have a negative impact on our city,” says Indio Police Chief Michael Washburn.

But those for the proposition backed by Governor Jerry Brown say that this proposition does not automatically release criminals but gives them incentives to complete education and rehab programs that give them credits towards earlier parole board hearings.

“All that will happen is that the offender will get to the parole board earlier and is eligible for parole earlier, it doesn’t mean they’re going to get it and you’ll have a parole board that’s made up of criminal justice practitioners, mostly retired that are going to look at the full jacket, the full file on that inmate,” says the President of Chiefs Probation Officers of California, Mark Bonini.

Bonini says it’s also a way to prove the state is complying with the court’s mandate reduce the state’s prison population and

not making an effort to do so can have serious consequences, “We could potentially have the judge or those judges order to go someone into those

with melody and texture. This is an album that grips the listener with a single listen, but will resonate even more strongly with subsequent plays.

Information: marillion.com.

Artist: Journey Title: Live in Manila (Eagle Rock Entertainment) You might like if you enjoy: Foreigner, Steve Perry, REO Speedwagon Tell me more: Originally released back on 2009 strictly as a DVD release, the oft-seen Journey concert filmed in Manila, Philippines on March 14, 2009 with the band’s thennew lead vocalist Arnel Pineda has been reissued in a beautiful package that is essential for the faithful. “Journey Live In Manila” has been reissued as a deluxe DVD+2CD version complete with an informative booklet (the title is also available as a Blu-ray+2CD or on digital). Fans of Journey will be won over by the mix of uptempo rockers (“Never Walk Away,” Separate Ways,” “Don’t Stop Believin’ “) and power ballads (“Only the Young,” “Lights,” “Faithfully”) that are delivered across the energetic two-hour performance.

Information: eagle-rock.com.

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Mother Teresa to become Catholic saint canonization will happen, Italian media speculate that the ceremony may take place in the first week of September, during Francis’ Holy Year of Mercy, to coincide with the anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death.

Mother Teresa was born in Macedonia as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910. In 1949 she founded the Missionaries of Charity and by 1997 the order had nearly 4,000 nuns and ran hundreds of shelters, clinics, orphanages and soup kitchens around the world.

Some critics accused Mother Teresa and the order of trying to convert people to Christianity. This was denied by the Missionaries of Charity, which stated that many of the people they were helping were non-Christian and already on their deathbeds, with virtually no time to swap religions.

By Desert Star Staff The Catholic Church has recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, meaning that she may now

be made a saint come 2017.

It takes two miracles to acquire sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church. In the first step to becoming

a saint, Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003. Back then; Pope John Paul II accepted as a miracle her curing of an Indian woman suffering

from an abdominal tumor.

The second miracle, which has just been recognized by Pope Francis, is from 2008 and involves the healing of a man from Brazil suffering from several brain tumors.

Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died in 1997. Known as ‘the Saint of the Gutters,’ she dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, working in the slums of Calcutta, India.

A spokeswoman for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta told Reuters that the nuns “were over the moon.”

“We thought her whole life was a miracle. Her whole life was dedicated to the poor and there was nothing else in her mind than service. Everyone was accepted and there was no obstruction in her work.”

Although it is still unclear where and when the

By Desert Star Staff INDIO, Calif.– The newest eatery in the Valley, Big Rock Pub, is opening their doors for the first time by hosting Rock the Ribbon, a kick-off party and fundraiser on October 4th from 5 to 8 p.m. This event is an official registration and t-shirt pick up site for Paint El Paseo Pink (set for October 8 on El Paseo) and the many fun elements listed below.

Big Rock Pub at Indian Springs Golf Club is the “pub and club for a cause,” choosing Desert Cancer Foundation as it’s designated non-profit.

Club owner and visionary, Ken Hanna, has lost several loved ones to cancer, and has already been a major supporter of Desert Cancer Foundation’s efforts. “I’ve been vacationing here for years, and now that I’ve become a business owner in the Valley, my family and staff have encouraged this new partnership, and we are all excited to host Rock the Ribbon, and many more in the

future,” stated Mr. Hanna. In addition to hosting this initial event, Hanna has also donated memorabilia to be auctioned on EBay to raise additional funds.

Rock the Ribbon will encompass the following elements: • Happy Hour Specials on food and beverages • Live Bands from 5:30 – 8 pm o 5:30 p.m. – D-Tension, graduates of AMP o 6:00 p.m. – Minor Emergency, graduates of AMP o 7:00 p.m. – The Refills • Live Remotes with the Eagle 106.9 and KCLB from 3 pm to 7 pm • Photo opportunities using special SnapChat filters and backgrounds • Donation of $20 for a chance to win a $1000 Shopping Card from Grayse El Paseo, donated by Kelly Gray • Registration and T-Shirt Pick up for Paint El Paseo Pink, the fun walk set for October 8 on El Paseo

WHAT: 10th Annual Paint El Paseo Pink A Walk to support, honor and remember family and friends diagnosed with breast cancer WHY: The walk raises money to help those uninsured or underinsured to get screenings and diagnostic services to prevent breast cancer, while also supporting prevention education.

WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 a.m.

WHERE: The Gardens on El Paseo WHO: Individuals, families and teams of friends or businesses are invited to join the walk! Canine companions welcome!

COST: $25 per walker includes a T-shirt, pink water bottle and snacks, coffee, and water. Register at www. active.com/palm-desert-ca/ running/distance-running/ paint-el-paseo-pink-2016 ABOUT:Desert Cancer Foundation is a nonprofit

organization dedicated to assisting residents in the Coachella Valley and surrounding communities who need financial assistance in obtaining screening,

diagnosis and treatment for cancer and allied diseases.

For additional information visit www.desertcancerfoundation. org or call (760) 773-6554.

By Desert Star Staff DENVER – Findings from a study on the potential impact of raising Colorado’s minimum wage are being challenged by economists citing faulty assumptions and questionable research methods. The report, released by the conservative think tank Common Sense Policy Roundtable, claims raising wages could lead to significant job loss in the state.

Chris Stiffler, lead author and economist with the

Colorado Fiscal Institute said the report is misleading and falls short of common academic standards.

“This is a big issue that’s going to influence a lot of people across Colorado and a lot of communities, and I think voters need to know the facts,” he said. “They shouldn’t get away without having rigorous, academically approved and tested findings, when you’re going to start throwing numbers around like 90,000 job-loss figures.”

In November, Coloradans get to vote on a ballot initiative that would raise the state’s minimum wage from just over $8 an hour to $12 an hour by 2020. Stiffler said nearly half a million Coloradans would be affected by the measure, and if approved, 86 percent of workers to get a raise would be age 20 or older.

Stiffler said the Roundtable study fails to provide basic information standards for peer-reviewable research, such as statistical

margins for error, and cherry picks previous research findings in a way that paints a worst-case scenario.

Stiffler’s team tested the report’s prediction model using real-world data from 2006, the last time Colorado raised its minimum wage. He said using the Roundtable formula, Colorado should have lost 23,000 jobs, but the state actually added more than 71,000 jobs.

“Employment grew pretty steadily in 2007 and

2008 after an increase in the minimum wage,” he noted.

“So his model was well off on predicting job-loss numbers.”

According to the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, the state’s current minimum wage isn’t enough for single adults working full-time to meet basic needs in most parts of the state, and Colorado parents can’t support even one child without turning to public assistance.

Hundreds of thousands of believers gathered at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City on Sunday, as Pope Francis presided over Holy Mass and the canonization of Mother Teresa. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was born in Macedonia in 1910. She founded the Missionaries of Charity religious congregation, which is made up of nearly 4,000 nuns and runs hundreds of shelters, clinics and orphanages around the world.

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Former British PM David Cameron resigns as MP Former Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned from Parliament with immediate effect. The MP for Witney announced he was stepping down in an interview with ITV. His resignation comes weeks after he resigned as prime minister having failed to secure a ‘Remain’ vote in the June 23 EU referendum.

The Independent’s parliamentary sketch writer Tom Peck described Cameron as “the worst prime minister in a hundred years” shortly after his resignation as PM. For some, the former PM’s legacy was ruined overnight when his gamble to keep Britain in the EU and silence a rebellious minority of strongly anti-EU Tory MPs failed spectacularly and led to Brexit.

Up until that, point Cameron had faced down the threat of an independent Scotland and won a general

election with enough members to form the first Conservative majority government since John Major’s.

The Eton-educated son of an investment banker paid the ultimate political price for his overconfidence.

For others, Cameron’s legacy was always going to be a terrible one.

Coming to power under the banner of ‘Broken Britain,’ Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost 200 years unleashed a wave of austerity policies so harsh even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged him rein it in.

These policies resulted in hundreds of thousands of job losses in the public sector as government departments and local councils were forced to slash their budgets.

According to Public Leaders Network editor David Walker, the central

government alone sacked around 100,000 employees while the wider public sector lost a further 300,000.

Cameron’s premiership saw a rapid rise in the number of food banks used across Britain.

In 2014, some 27 Anglican bishops and other leading religious figures wrote an open letter to the former PM blaming government policy on the huge rise in food poverty.

Foreign policy was considered so ineffective under Cameron that even US President Barack Obama publicly criticized it.

In an unprecedented attack on a sitting British PM, Obama sharply condemned the UK’s role in allowing Libya to become a “shit show.”

Obama singled out Cameron, suggesting he had taken his eye off Libya after being “distracted by a range of other things.”

#MoralMondays’ Day of Action

Speaking to ITV News, the former PM, who just two months ago vowed to stay on as MP until 2020, said he had thought “long and hard” over his choice but ultimately decided he would be a “distraction” from

values to exercise their right to vote on the polls in November state-based fusion and beyond and call others movements to combat to vote in massive waves,” extremism in state and he said. Barber is also a conational politics, and to be a leader of the Moral Revival. catalyst for a resurgence of In New Mexico, the rally political activism in order to focused on tax cuts for the end poverty, racial inequalities, wealthy and for corporations and the most pressing in the state, which is now issues in our country,” Moral considering $300 million to Revival said on its website. $500 million in budget cuts.

In North Carolina, where “Budgets are moral Doctor Reverend William documents,” Reverend Barber started Moral Mondays Holly Beaumont, organizing in 2013, more than 100 director at Interfaith Worker people joined clergy members Justice New Mexico, told on their march, WNCN Public News Service ahead reported. At the rally, Barber called on communities to vote of the demonstration. “The state budget is the best for candidates who address reflection of what our true the human side of politics. values are, and the places “We are making a they choose to fund, and the declaration and calling on places they choose to cut.” all people of conscious who Beaumont praised believe in these deep moral

New Hampshire and around the US that have curtailed voting rights and made it harder for workers to get by.

“To decry all kinds Barber’s social justice work, of legislation which really comparing it to that of Dr. harmed access to good jobs, Martin Luther King Jr., whose addressing concerns about words the North Carolinian poverty, homelessness, etc, quoted in the Higher Ground etc.,”Reverend Gail Kinney Moral Declaration. with Meriden Congregational “So what he’s doing is helping us to turn this country Church told Public News Service about the event. back to its core values,” she New Hampshire Voices said, “to eliminate poverty and inequality, to make sure there’s of Faith was formed in response to Tea Party health care for everyone, lawmakers who succeeded to reclaim in many ways in abolishing the state’s the whole concept of what minimum wage, which faith morality is in this country.” leaders found to be immoral.

New Hampshire was “Many, many people that another state that participated, are continuing to struggle to, just one day before Granite number one: re-establish a State residents head to minimum wage, and establish the polls. There, the Moral something that is much more Monday movement became liberal,” Kinney said. “People an outgrowth of the New who are making $7, $8, $9, Hampshire Voices of Faith group that began in 2011. The $10 or more simply can’t make it in New Hampshire.” rally focused on policies in

By Desert Star Staff Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has blasted the state of US inner cities saying Americans would be safer walking through “wartorn countries” like Afghanistan than “being in the middle of some of our inner cities.”

Trump made the comments at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina, where a crowd of almost 10,000 gathered inside the US Cellular Center to hear him speak. In a brutal attack against the Democratic Party, who he claims has been controlling inner city areas for “a hundred years straight,” Trump said a “new agenda” was needed.

“The Democratic Party has run the inner cities for 50, 60,

to lose, it can’t get any worse,” after citing poverty rates for African Americans living in inner city areas.

“It’s time to break with the bitter failures of the past and embrace a new American future,” he said. “That means great jobs, great schools and great neighborhoods, and it also means safety.”

This is not the first time that Trump has blasted the crime rates and safety levels in some of the country’s inner city areas. During a speech in August in the blue-collar city of Akron, Ohio, he said that “in war-zones in countries that we are fighting… it is safer than living in some of our inner cities that are run by the Democrats.”

Trump also said that

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the work of government.

ITV News deputy political editor Chris Ship reports Cameron has no current plans for the future, “but as former PM, he can’t be full constituency MP for [the] people of Witney.”

Unlike in other states, New Hampshire will wait to deliver the Higher Ground Moral Declaration until Wednesday, after Granite State residents have selected their nominees for governor and the US Congress, Kinney said.

In New York, three dozen clergy and people affected by the Empire State’s policies regarding the poor, ill, children, immigrants, communities of color and religious minorities marched through Albany to the State Capitol. There, the group delivered the Higher Ground Moral Declaration to the offices of Governor Andrew Cuomo and leaders in the legislature, the Albany Times Union reported.

Leaders with the Moral Revival previously delivered the document to the Democratic and Republican National Committees, the group said.

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70 years and even a hundred years straight,” he said, speaking to his supporters.

“We are on a mission of change. That includes a new agenda for our inner cities.”

He mentioned that inner cities in the US have become “a mess,” while he accused Democratic politicians “like Clinton” of “taking these voters for granted.”

“You can go to war, you can go to Afghanistan.

You can go to war-torn countries and you will find that it’s safer than being in the middle of some of our inner cities,” he said.

To rousing cheers from around the arena, he urged black voters to “give Donald Trump a chance,” adding that “you have nothing

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if elected, he will help to make US cities safe again.

“We’ll get rid of the crime.

You’ll be able to walk down

the street without getting shot. Now, you walk down the street, you get shot.”

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This device can read the pages of a book without opening it

an entire book, Heshmat said the team is already talking with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York about using it to inspect some of its artworks and antique volumes. The museum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

He said it could also be used in industry - for example, to see whether there are cracks or other defects beneath the paint on an aircraft part.

Heshmat said that for now, broader uses would be limited by the cost of the device, which runs about $100,000.

The device works by directing ultrashort bursts of terahertz radiation at stacks of paper. Some of it is absorbed AP Photo/Michael Dwyer). In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2016 photo, Barmak Heshmat poses outside his by the paper, and the remainder office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Researchers at MIT have is reflected back. The signals that bounce back are then come up with a technology that can read the pages of a book. analyzed with algorithms that can discern individual letters. handwritten on each page.

By Michael Casey fragile to handle or to examine In the study, the stack The device, called a Leave it to the great paintings to confirm their of paper had no cover, terahertz spectrometer, minds at MIT and Georgia authenticity or understand but Heshmat said he is managed to clearly read only Tech to figure out a way to the artist’s creative process. confident the system nine pages, though it could read the pages of a book Writing in the latest could see through one. see writing on up to 20. without actually opening it. issue of the journal Nature Heshmat said the system “We were very excited A team of researchers from Communications, the scientists works much better than because we didn’t think we the two institutions pulled it off explained how they used X-rays, which are currently would be able to see as deep with a system they developed terahertz waves - a type of used to scan documents as we did,” said Barmak that looks like a cross between radiation situated on the and paintings but entail Heshmat, a research scientist a camera and a microscope. electromagnetic spectrum harmful levels of radiation. at the MIT Media Lab. They said it could someday between microwaves and With X-rays, “you won’t be While the device is still a be used by museums to scan infrared light - to read a stack of papers with a single letter long way from actually scanning able to read the pages unless the contents of old books too

the ink is written by some metal like silver or gold,” he said.

“But with our system, because it uses a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum, it can identify many other chemicals, so it can contrast between the blank paper and the part that has ink.”

He said the project was inspired by the work 10 years ago of a group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that showed you could look through a closed envelope with terahertz waves.

With the new system, he said, “you can actually look deeper into multiple pages.”

Researchers not involved in the project said the technology has great potential.

“I think it is almost inevitable that terahertz imaging will be an important technology in numerous future applications and that sophisticated signal processing will be an important component for extracting information from the images,” Brown University engineering professor Daniel Mittleman said in an email.

He said the researchers achieved “something the field has discussed for years but never demonstrated as nicely as in this work.”

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By Desert Star Staff Hunger is driving desperate US teenagers as young as 13 to search for ways to feed themselves and their families, with many resorting to crime or providing sexual favors in exchange for food and basic supplies, according to a study published Monday.

Researchers from the Urban Institute, a Washingtonbased economic and social policy research group, paired up with Feeding America – a US network of food banks – in an attempt to find out “how food insecurity affects teenagers.”

They created two focus groups – one male, one female – in the 10 poorest communities across the States, including those in major cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as in some rural towns.

Researchers interviewed 193 boys and girls aged 13 to 18, all anonymously, over the course of three years – and were deeply concerned at the results.

“What emerged was a portrait of impossible choices imposed upon teenagers who are forced to transition into adulthood much too quickly,”the report states.

“When faced with severe food insecurity, teens can

policy and practice, such as “increasing nutrition assistance benefits [and] creating more and better youth job opportunities,” researchers see tackling poverty across the US as the main way to fix the problem.

“In the long term, the only way to end teen food insecurity is to address its root cause – family poverty – by improving access to jobs, providing better access to opportunityrich neighborhoods, and strengthening the safety net when parents cannot earn enough to cover basic needs,” the study concludes.

With airstrikes against the terrorists set to continue, Russia has still not received information from the US on the exact locations of Al-Nusra Front militants, said the chief of the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, Lieutenant General Vladimir Savchenko.

“I want to stress that the fact that the US has still not provided information allowing the identification of the exact operational places of Jebhat al-Nusra in the combat areas is hampering the fruitful joint work on the cessation of hostilities.”

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begin to feel the weight of adult responsibilities. But like their parents, teenagers [from low-income communities] have limited jobs available to them within their communities.

It’s in these moments of need when some teens make the choice to help their families stock the pantry by earning money outside of the legal economy.”

Teens at all the 10 study locations told researchers numerous stories of how they themselves or some of their peers had committed minor crimes such as shoplifting, or more serious offenses such as selling drugs, in order to put food on the table. Many described “selling their body” or “sex for money” as a way to get something to eat.

“Often this takes the form of ‘transactional dating,’ meaning a teen regularly sees and has sex with someone, often a significantly older man, in exchange for meals, material goods, or cash,” researchers found.

“You’re not even dating,” a girl in Portland, Oregon, is cited by the report as saying.

“They’ll be like, ‘I don’t really love him, but I’m going to do what I have to do.’”

A boy in rural North Carolina also described the strategy, saying: “When you’re selling your body, it’s

more in disguise. Like if I had sex with you, you have to buy me dinner, tonight… that’s how girls deal with the struggle… That’s better than taking money because if they take money, they will be labeled a prostitute.”

The report also cites boys from Los Angeles, who described how middle school girls give out flyers to advertise their sexual services, and a girl from Chicago, who told researchers about an 11-year-old sixth-grader who dropped out of school to work in the sex trade.

Senior fellow at the Urban Institute and lead author of the report, Susan Popkin, spoke to the Guardian about the findings. She said it was particularly disturbing that the majority of stories in all focus groups were those of girls swapping sex for goods.

“With the boys there was a lot of hustling and shoplifting or maybe stealing a car stereo or something small they could sell. Getting pushed into drug dealing, sometimes getting pulled into gangs […] I find it particularly disturbing that all the kids in almost every focus group were aware about what was happening to the girls – they knew the story about girls dating older guys or being exploited.”

“It’s a sexual exploitation.

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To hear it from stably-housed kids in the United States is shocking and even if it’s only a handful of kids, it should be something that we’re paying attention to, that there are kids that desperate,” Popkin told the newspaper.

As a less common practice they noted at two of the 10 locations, researchers described cases when teens fail in school or get arrested intentionally, thus ensuring they will have continued access to food at a legal institution.

“It might not be the best food, might not be the best place to be, but it’s a roof over your head. And every single day they eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner,” one teenage girl in Portland was cited as saying.

Researchers found that what they dubbed as “food insecurity” is widespread across the nation, along with strategies used by teens to tackle it. They claimed that hunger is in many cases the root cause of teen crime and suggested educators and police should be trained to recognize the trauma experienced by teens who suffer from it, as they often hide this problem as they feel ashamed.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JONELL MCKERNAN CASE NO. INP1600303 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Elisabeth JONELL MCKERNAN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by GLENELL LEESER in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Richard GLENELL LEESER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 19, 2016 at 8:45AM in Dept. 1A located at 46-200 Oasis Street, Indio, CA 92201. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: ROBERT D. HESS 40024 HARVESTON DRIVE, SUITE 346, TEMECULA, CA 92591 (951) 719-1152 September 7, 9, 14, 2016. DSW16-1260 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) ON SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT CASE NO. PSC 1301518 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (Aviso al Demandado): ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN, CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S TITLE, OR ANY CLOUD ON PLAINTIFF’S TITLE THERETO. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): PATTY L. SCHUYLTZ, 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. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written 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): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 3255 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. 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): ALAN J. ROMERO, ROMERO LAW, APC, 80 S. LAKE AVE., SUITE 880 PASADENA, CA 91101; TEL; 626-396-9900 Date (Fecha): February 18, 2016 Clerk, by (Secretario):,

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Deputy (Adjunto). PUBLISH August 31, September BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS 7, 14, 21, 2016 DSW16-0169 OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSIFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE NESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub September FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- 14, 21, 28, October 5, 2016. DSW16-1264 NESS AS: DEPENDABLE DELIVERY SERVICE 78845 FALSETTO DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 92211. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BRENT ALEXANDER LUNDY 78845 FALSETTO BUSINESS AS: SALADS IN A JAR 43990 GOLF DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260; ELLIOTT CENTER PARKWAY, SUITE 5B, INDIO, CA 92203.

JOEL FREEMAN 78845 FALSETTO DRIVE, PALM Riverside County. Full name of registrant: MICHELLE DESERT, CA 92211; CAROL LEE WONG 78845 KATHLEEN STEADMAN 84520 ONDA DRIVE, FALSETTO DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. INDIO, CA 92203. Business is conducted by Business is conducted byCO-PARTNERS. Regis- INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transtrant has not yet begun to transact business under act business under the fictitious business name(s) the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare listed above. I declare that all the information in this that all the information in this statement is true and statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, infor- declares as true, information which he or she knows mation which he or she knows to be false, is guilty to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: MICHELLE of a crime). Signed BRENT ALEXANDER LUNDY, KATHLEEN STEADMAN. This statement was filed PARTNER. This statement was filed with the County with the County Clerk of Riverside County on Clerk of Riverside County on August 19, 2016. September 1, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201611152. NOTICE — No. R-201610555. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATETIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE MENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTIUSE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS TIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN- RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub September 14, Pub September 7, 14, 21, 28, 2016. DSW16-1261 21, 28, October 5, 2016. DSW16-1270 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSIFOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- NESS AS: DESERT HANDCRAFTED SOAP 62042 NESS AS: ENERGYCHEAP 54482 SOUTHERN ALPINE ST., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

HILLS, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Riverside County; Riverside County. Full name of registrant: CURTIS P.O. BOX 6962, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. Full name KEVIN OFFUTT 62042 ALPINE ST., DESERT HOT of registrant: EVAN ORIN FORD FLASK 54482 SPRINGS, CA 92240. WILLIAM THOMAS WARD SOUTHERN HILLS, LA QUINTA, CA 92253. 62042 ALPINE ST., DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant 92240. Business is conducted by GENERAL has not yet begun to transact business under the PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun to fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare transact business under the fictitious business that all the information in this statement is true name(s) listed above. I declare that all the informaand correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regisinformation which he or she knows to be false, trant, who declares as true, information which he or is guilty of a crime). Signed EVAN ORIN FORD she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: FLASK. This statement was filed with the County CURTIS KEVIN OFFUTT, PARTNER. This statement Clerk of Riverside County on September 2, 2016. was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File on August 26, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County No. R-201611227. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201610841. NOTICE — BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHOUSE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN- BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMLAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS MON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSIAND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub September 14, NESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 31, 21, 28, October 5, 2016. DSW16-1269 September 7, 14, 21, 2016. DSW16-1254 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DESERT MOBILE CHECK CASHING; EL MONO MINI MARKET 93243 HIGHWAY 111, MECCA, CA 92254. Riverside County; 13500 WEST DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Full name of registrant: RODRIGUEZ FINANCIAL INC. 13500 WEST DR, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

Business is conducted by CORPOATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: OSCAR SAUL RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 12, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201611484. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 2016. DSW16-1268 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: GMS AUTO CARE 77570 SPRINGFIELD LANE SUITE P, PALM DESERT, CA 92211. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: GERARDO MARTINEZ SILVA 79891 AVENUE 42 APT C, BERMUDA DUNES, CA 92203. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: GERARDO MARTINEZ SILVA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on August 29, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201610949. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 2016. DSW16-1267 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: A.N.A. PARALEGAL DOCUMENT SERVICES 545 TREELINE DRIVE #101, CORONA, CA 92879. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: ANGELINA ALICIA TILLY 545 TREELINE DR #101, CORONA, CA 92879. Business is conducted by INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: : ANGELINA ALICIA TILLY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 1, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201611112. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 2016. DSW16-1265 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: FRESH COAT PALM SPRINGS 1717 E VISTA CHINO SUITE A7-159, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside County; PO BOX 10003, PALM DESERT, CA 92255. Full name of registrant: BAUER & BARRERA INC., 80000 AVENUE 48 #260, INDIO, CA 92201/CA. Business is conducted by CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: ANTHONY BAUER, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on September 7, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201611326. 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

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BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 24, 31, September 7, 14, 2016. DSW16-1247 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File No. 7367.23499 T i t l e O rd e r N o . N X C A - 0 2 2 1 0 6 2 M I N N o .

100853701006270523 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/10/2015.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): Robert Moye and Lindsay G. Moye, husband and wife as joint tenants Recorded: 08/20/15, as Instrument No. 20150372909, of Official Records of RIVERSIDE County, California. Date of Sale: 10/05/16 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: 2410 Wardlow Road #104, Corona, CA The purported property address is: 53775 AVENIDA RUBIO, LA QUINTA, CA 92253 Assessors Parcel No. 774-152-014-9 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $182,144.71. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 877-484-9942 or 800-280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure. com or www.Auction.com using the file number assigned to this case 7367.23499. 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: September 12, 2016 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Julian Ojeda, Authorized Signatory 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 110, Irvine, CA 92606 866387-6987 Sale Info website: www.USA-Foreclosure. com or www.Auction.com Automated Sales Line: 877-484-9942 or 800-280-2832 Reinstatement and Pay-Off Requests: (866) 387-NWTS THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MOYE, ROBERT and LINDSAY ORDER # 7367.23499: 09/14/2016, 09/21/2016, 09/28/2016. DSW16-1270

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: VOLVO CARS PALM SPRINGS 67-977 EAST PALM CANYON DRIVE, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. Riverside County; 5350 KEARNEY MESA ROAD, SAN DIEGO, CA 92111. Full name of registrant: PALM SPRINGS V, INC. 67-977 EAST PALM CANYON DRIVE, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 922234/CALIFORNIA. Business is conducted by COROPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: WESLEY G. HINKLE, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on July 26, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201609458. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 24, 31, September 7, 14, 2016. DSW16-1251 Trustee Sale No. : 00000005308606 Title Order No.: FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE 8559381 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- SALE DATED 12/31/2002. UNLESS YOU TAKE NESS AS: ENSIGHT ESCROW SERVICES 2790 TRUST, TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY CABOT DR SUITE #4-140 CORONA, CA 92883. ACTION SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXRiverside County. Full name of registrant: ENSIGHT, BE PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINC. 1224 W. CHASE DR., CORONA, CA 92882/ ING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A CA. Business is conducted by COROPORATION. LAWYER. BARRETT FRAPPIER TREDER Registrant has not yet begun to transact business & WEISS, LLP, as dulyDAFFIN appointed Trustee under and under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 01/10/2003 I declare that all the information in this statement is as Instrument No. 2003-020906 of on records true and correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, in the office of the County Recorder official of RIVERSIDE information which he or she knows to be false, is County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: guilty of a crime). Signed: MICHAEL LEE VARLEY, MICHAEL V SEVERO AND GEORGINA C SEVERO, CEO. This statement was filed with the County HUSBAND AND WIFE, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC Clerk of Riverside County on August 18, 2016. AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other No. R-201610516. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS form of payment authorized by California Civil Code BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 10/12/2016 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE FORMER COFILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS RONA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 849 W. SIXTH STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE STREET, CORONA, CA. STREET ADDRESS and USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS other common designation, if any, of the real propNAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN- erty described above is purported to be: 73 DON OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON QUIXOTE DRIVE, RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS 92270 APN#: 682-274-036-4 EXHIBIT A PARCEL AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 24, 31, 1: A CONDOMINIUM COMPRISING: (A) AN UNDISeptember 7, 14, 2016. DSW16-1249 VIDED 1/51ST INTEREST IN AND TO LOT 2 OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE TRACT 7251, IN THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE, FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- COUNTY OF RIVERISDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, NESS AS: BEARDFELLOWS TRADING COMPANY AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 91, PAGES 4656 MCFARLAND ST, RIVERSIDE, CA 92504. 86 TO 89 OF MAPS, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE Riverside County; PO BOX 70484, RIVERSIDE, CA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. EXCEPT UNITS 728 92513. Full name of registrant: JOSHUA DANIEL THROUGH 778 BOTH, INCLUSIVE, AS SHOWN DOWDING 4656 MCFARLAND ST, RIVERSIDE, CA IN THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN RECORDED OC92504. Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. TOBER 20, 1977 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 208358, Registrant has not yet begun to transact business OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. CALIFORNIA. (B) UNIT 763 AS SHOWN ON THE I declare that all the information in this statement CONDOMINIUM PLAN RECORDED OCTOBER 20, is true and correct. (A registrant, who declares I977 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 208358 OF OFFICIAL as true, information which he or she knows to be RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. false, is guilty of a crime). Signed: JOSHUA DANIEL PARCEL 2: A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR DOWDING. This statement was filed with the County INGRESS AND EGRESS, USE AND ENJOYMENT Clerk of Riverside County on August 16, 2016. AS GRANTED TO COUNTRY CLUB REALTY Peter Aldana Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File CORPORATION, A CORPORATION BY DEED No. R-201610422. NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS RECORDED JANUARY 11, 1977 AS INSTRUMENT BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE NO. 4754 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. The undersigned Trustee OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTI- disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE street address and other common designation, FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN- the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by OTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Pub August 24, 31, Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of September 7, 14, 2016. DSW16-1248 Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE the obligation secured by the property to be sold FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSI- and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and NESS AS: BEST SUSHI & GRILL 13525 PALM DR advances at the time of the initial publication of #3, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside the Notice of Sale is $269,426.58. The beneficiary County; 25463 CAMELLIA ST, CORONA, CA under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and 92883. Full name of registrant: DANNY- -CHONG delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of 25463 CAMELLIA ST, CORONA, CA 92883. Busi- Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice ness is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. Registrant of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned has not yet begun to transact business under the caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to fictitious business name(s) listed above. I declare be recorded in the county where the real property is that all the information in this statement is true and located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you correct. (A registrant, who declares as true, informa- are considering bidding on this property lien, you tion which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a should understand that there are risks involved in crime). Signed: DANNY- -CHONG. This statement bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest on August 10, 2016. Peter Aldana Assessor-County bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201610119. NOTICE — you to free and clear ownership of the property. You THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT should also be aware that the lien being auctioned EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. at the auction, you are or may be responsible for A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHO- You are encouraged to investigate the existence, RIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist

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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 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005308606.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 916939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 09/08/2016 NPP0291110 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 09/14/2016, 09/21/2016, 09/28/2016.

DSW16-1266 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 124953 Title No. 2845725 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/10/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09/27/2016 at 9:00 AM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 08/25/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0630312, in book xx, page xx, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, State of California, executed by Louise Ward Smith, A Widow,WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States), In the front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State, described as: FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. APN 663-406-005-4 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 65565 Acoma Avenue, 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 said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $244,707.33 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Dated: 9/1/2016 THE MORTGAGE LAW FIRM, PLC Adriana Rivas/ Authorized Signature 41689 Enterprise Circle North, Ste. 228, Temecula, CA 92590 (619) 465-8200 FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC may be attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site -www.servicelinkASAP.com- for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case: 124953. 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. A-4591122 09/07/2016, 09/14/2016, 09/21/2016. DSW16-1263 N O T I C E O F T R U S T E E ’ S S A L E T. S . N o .

15-21462-SP-CA Title No. 150339116-CA-VOI A.P.N. 639-181-057-0 and 639-181-056-9 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY IS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTICE PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR ONLY PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/20/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees,

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charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.Trustor: L Diana Alladio, an unmarried woman Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 12/06/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0895142 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Riverside County, California.Date of Sale: 09/27/2016 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: In front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $172,477.61 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 66201 8th Street, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 A.P.N.: 639181-057-0 and 639-181-056-9 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 15-21462-SPCA. 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: 08/29/2016 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany and Bosco, P.A., its agent,1230 Columbia Street, Suite 680 San Diego, CA 92101 Toll Free Phone: 888-264-4010 Sales Line 714730-2727; Sales Website:www.ndscorp.com/ sales Zahara Joyner, Trustee Sales Representative A-4590853 09/07/2016, 09/14/2016, 09/21/2016.

DSW16-1262 Trustee Sale No. : 00000005180062 Title Order No.: 8541312 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/11/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/17/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0328819 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: JORGE OCTAVIO MARTINEZ, AN UNMARRIED MAN AND IRMA RAQUEL MONROY, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, AS JOINT TENANTS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code

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2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 10/05/2016 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE FORMER CORONA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 49371 HIBISCO ST, COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA 92236 APN#: 603504-039-0 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $163,801.81. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005180062.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 916939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 08/31/2016 NPP0290750 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 09/07/2016, 09/14/2016, 09/21/2016.

DSW16-1259 Trustee Sale No. : 00000005923065 Title Order No.: 730-1602964-70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/30/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 02/06/2007 as Instrument No.

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2007-0087562 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: MERCEDES SISON AND ESMENIO SISON HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 10/05/2016 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: 2410 WARDLOW ROAD # 104, CORONA, CA 92880. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: LOT 17 BUBBLING WELLS, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92241 APN#: 657-331002-5 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $312,645.86. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005923065. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC 800-280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 08/24/2016 NPP0290166 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 08/31/2016, 09/07/2016, 09/14/2016.

DSW16-1258 TSG No.: 8634204 TS No.: CA1600273203 FHA/ VA/PMI No.: APN: 688-063-025-4 Property Address: 910 ISLAND DRIVE #209 RANCHO MIRAGE , CA 92270 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/06/2010. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD

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AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09/21/2016 at 09:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 01/15/2010, as Instrument No. 2010-0018837, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of California. Executed by: VERA MARIE BEALL, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) AUCTION.COM ROOM, 2410 WARDLOW ROAD #104, CORONA, CA 92880 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 688-063-025-4 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 910 ISLAND DRIVE #209, RANCHO MIRAGE , CA 92270 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $372,486.37. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 or visit this Internet Web www.Auction.com , using the file number assigned to this case CA1600273203 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 1500 Solana Blvd Bldg 6 Ste 6100 Westlake, TX 76262 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR

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TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 800-280-2832NPP0290055 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 08/31/2016, 09/07/2016, 09/14/2016.

DSW16-1257 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File No. 7870.20973 Title Order No. 8636567 MIN No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/30/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): James Toomey, an unmarried man Recorded: 04/05/07, as Instrument No. 20070232036, of Official Records of Riverside County, California. Date of Sale: 09/20/16 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: In front of the Corona Civic Center, located at 849 W Sixth Street, Corona, CA The purported property address is: 65784 W. 14th Street, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240-2320 Assessors Parcel No. 664-150-015-0 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $322,574.87. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 877-484-9942 or 800-280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure. com or www.Auction.com using the file number assigned to this case 7870.20973. 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: August 26, 2016 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Lizette Jurado, Authorized Signatory 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 110, Irvine, CA 92606 866-3876987 Sale Info website: w ww.USA-Foreclosure. com or www.Auction.com Automated Sales Line: 877-484-9942 or 800-280-2832 Reinstatement and Pay-Off Requests: (866) 387-NWTS THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Toomey, James L. ORDER # 7870.20973: 08/31/2016, 09/07/2016,09/14/2016.

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Report: Ohioans Living Near Oil Refineries Earn Less

By Desert Star Staff COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio is among the top 10 oilrefining states in the nation, and a new report examines the potential economic impacts of the industry on local communities. The FracTracker Alliance looked at neighborhood prosperity in the census tracts where refineries are located.

Great Lakes Program Coordinator for the group, Ted Auch, said they found people living in the shadow of 80 percent of refineries in North America earn about $16,000 less annually than those in surrounding regions. And in Ohio, he notes, it’s $20,000 less.

“The take-home message is, poorer communities are being made poorer or being cited as such for this infrastructure and have been for many, many years now, and I’m not saying that’s right or wrong but it’s a fact, and we prove that with this analysis,” he explained.

Auch contended the

findings are important to consider given the dozens of proposals associated with the expansion of shale gas development in Ohio.

He said the next step is an examination of other quality of life indicators encapsulated in income, such as health and education.

While Ohio produces less than one-percent of the nation’s crude oil, production in 2015 doubled to more than 26 million barrels.

Auch also noted it’s difficult to assess if oil refineries were constructed in regions already poor, or if lower incomes were a result of the operations.

“I don’t know chicken or the egg, but these things being there, they’re not making anything better, that’s for sure,” he added.

“That’s from seeing these communities, whether its Canton or Lima and Toledo.

The people near the oil refineries in Ohio are making $20,000 less than their neighbors across the state.”

Ohioans living near oil refineries earn about $20,000 less than those in other regions. (Ed Webster/ Flickr) Auch said another impact to monitor down the road is the issue of internally displaced people.

He explained just as refugees flee war-torn countries, the rapid expansion of oil and gas infrastructure

could displace people in Ohio and other states.

“You’re going to see large chunks of these communities just getting up and leaving because they cannot live next to this infrastructure anymore,” he said. “And what

do we do for those people?

What’s the cost benefit of that? Really large questions that I don’t think anyone are really talked about.”

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Border Patrol Discover Meth in Car’s Door Panels

INDIO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man on Interstate 10 suspected of smuggling methamphetamine on Thursday morning.

The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m., after a 24-year-old man, in a 2015 black Honda Civic was stopped by agents on Interstate 10 near Dillon Road.

A Border Patrol detection K-9 team conducted a sniff of the vehicle that produced a positive alert.

After an intensive search, agents discovered 30 plastic trays wrapped in clear cellophane and aluminum foil hidden inside the door panels of the vehicle.

The trays contained a white powdery substance that was later confirmed to be methamphetamine.

The methamphetamine weighed 39.6 pounds with an estimated street value of $158,400.

The man, a citizen of the United States, the vehicle, and narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration

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El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents discovered 39.6 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $158,400 on Thursday. for further investigation.

From Oct. 1, 2015 through Jul. 31, 2016, El Centro Sector has seized more than 1,198 pounds of methamphetamine.

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The prosecution will decide later in the case whether to pursue capital punishment against the defendant.

She will return to court on Sept. 22 for a felony settlement conference.

Police have not revealed the cause of the victim’s death. The criminal complaint alleges that Phillips used Saras’ name to cash two checks for $200 each at a Wells Fargo bank branch.

She was arrested last Wednesday after Desert Hot Springs police detectives served search warrants in Hemet and was being held without bail at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. Source: KMIR

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Philip Gregory, lead attorney representing the youth, said the government has acknowledged that global warming is harming the planet.

“We are representing the 21 youths who are being harmed because the government knew it was substantially damaging them and not only did nothing about it but in fact was the principal reason the harm occurred,” he said.

The federal government is asking that the case be dismissed. In April, U.S.

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In-home Caregiver Pleads Not Guilty in Murder

KMIR News Staff INDIO, Ca. -A Hemet woman who previously served as a caretaker for a woman found dead in a Desert Hot Springs home last month pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges that could trigger the death penalty.

Kelly Lee Phillips, 45, is accused in the death of 59-year-old Desert Hot Springs resident Chandra Saras, whose body was discovered the morning of Aug. 15 at a home in the 64100 block of Mont Blanc Court.

Phillips is charged of murder, dissuading a witness, burglary and two misdemeanor counts of forgery, with special circumstance allegations of committing the murder in commission of a felony

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Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin denied all motions for dismissal, but the government, along with members of the fossil-fuel industry, have objected to Coffin’s ruling.

U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken will hear oral arguments over the objection.

Gregory said companies such as Exxon have joined the federal government in trying to stop this case from going forward, not allowing these young people to have a proper day in court.

“What the children want and all they want is to put September 14, 2016

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Playwright A.R. Gurney Comedy Resonates At North Coast Rep permission from his father Bradley before he publishes it, and his mother Ann (winningly played by Cristina Soria), and his sister Nina (nicely played by Shana Wride), who when she discovers she’s also a character in her brother’s play takes the sting out of her usual put-down retorts, asking John how many lines she has while thumbing through the script trying to count her scenes and words.

Does it have a plot?

Bradley keeps asking John, only when John finally says ‘Yes’, then Bradley loses interest in John’s play and begins to chide him by saying you make a perfectly good living as an editor/publisher.

Why write plays? Ann, on the other hand keeps asking John to write a book instead of a play. “One gets more lasting pleasure out a book dear” she purrs. During these

family dialogue exchanges, the cocktails have been flowing freely and the inevitable recriminations begin to bubble up to the surface. And we’re off to the races. Filled with crackling dialogue, and witty counter-repostes the audience is in for a delightful evening of watching characters one will swear you know and see every day. Remember, we never see ourselves as others see us.

The beauty and enjoyment of this smart comedy ensemble lies in the situations the characters find themselves in along with witty, sharp, and clever dialogue provided

by Gurney. Also, plays of this type, flavor, and tone are right in the wheelhouse of Ms. Reynolds. I still remember her gifted direction a couple seasons back of the outstanding production of Sir Noel Coward’s “Fallen Angels”.

Once again, North Coast Repertory Theatre (NCRT)

By Desert Star Staff BRISTOL, Pa. – The public comment period on the PennEast Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement closed Monday, and one environmental group has mounted a major challenge to the project.

The Delaware Riverkeeper Network has submitted eighty pages of objections to the content and omissions of the draft EIS, prepared by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, believes the document is so deficient that it violates the National Environmental Policy Act. “It’s got huge data gaps,” she said. “It’s wrong on the information all the way around, either because it’s got misinformation or misleading information, or because it’s missing the information altogether.”

The developers of the project say the 115mile, 36-inch diameter underground pipeline would reduce energy costs and

support thousands of jobs.

But van Rossum said the pipeline isn’t necessary.

She pointed out that both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where the pipeline would end, already have more natural gas than they need.

“It is wholly inappropriate to be destroying our environment, and taking people’s property through the power of eminent domain, so that the PennEast Pipeline Companies can attempt to get a competitive edge over other pipelines,” she added.

In the past 30 years, FERC, which is funded by the industries it regulates, has rejected only one of the pipeline projects that have gone before its commissioners for approval.

By the end of this year, FERC is expected to reach a decision on the PennEast draft EIS. Van Rossum said the commission could issue a new draft and open a new public comment period, or it could decide to advance the current document as the final environmental

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J. Michael Flynn & Chris Petschler has the dynamic duo of Set Designer Marty Burnett and Lighting Designer Matt Novotny delivering what they do best quality work. Elisa Benzoni’s costumes give J. Michael Flynn a Charles Osgood look with a

snappy bow tie (one doesn’t see bow ties anymore), Sound

by Melanie Chen, and Hair and Wig design by Peter Herman, with Props by Andrea Gutierrez, complete the creative team.

Once again Artistic Director

David Ellenstein scores with another stellar production.

It’s a great way to raise the curtain on NCRT’s 35th Season. “The Cocktail Hour” performs through October 2, 2016. Don’t miss it.

Group Slams Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement O U R MISSION:

impact statement.

“And if they do that, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network is well postured to bring a legal

challenge against that draft EIS and to win,” she noted.

In March, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network filed a

federal lawsuit claiming the commission has a conflict of interest and is biased in favor of the oil and gas industry.

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