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David Bowie Dies

Rock legend David Bowie dies at 69 after long battle with cancer

By Desert Star Staff Legendary rock artist David Bowie has died at 69, after an 18-month battle with cancer, his publicist confirmed to SkyNews.

The news was also posted on the musician’s official website.

The artist “died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month

battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief.”

The artist’s career spanned more than 40 years, and was marked by numerous style transitions from rock to electronic music. All the while Bowie managed to maintain a solid,

cross-generational fan base.

Stardom came in 1972, with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The album strayed into unknown territory – a mix of British mod, synth-pop, and elements that fashioned rock music into something theatrical.

That is when Bowie’s alter

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ego Ziggy Stardust was born.

Some of his most notable tracks known the world over include 1973’s ‘Space Oddity’, 1983’s ‘Let’s Dance’ and 1977’s ‘Heroes.’

He went through many more gear during his career and collaborated with numerous heavyweights such as Queen,

Mick Jagger, Tina Turner and others.

Bowie survived to witness Friday’s release of his latest album ‘Blackstar’, which critics lauded as another proof of the artist’s gift to stay relevant and come up with fresh ways to

Bobby Rydell and Dick Fox’s the Golden Boys at Fantasy Springs Casino Story and Photos by Pat Krause The Golden Boys, Frankie Avalon and Bobbie Rydell, were back at Fantasy Springs Resort Spa Special Events Center on Jan. 8th. There are usually 3 Golden Boys to this Concert but Fabian had to cancel because of illness. Both Avalon and Rydell came on stage together to start the Concert.

The First to entertain was Rydell.

He started with Goodie Goodie and Wild One. He told of his double transplant that he was so fortunate to be alive because of

this 21-year-old girl. This girl also helped save 7 other people so he asked the audience to put on their drivers license that they will be a donor to help save someone else.

He came so close to death and is forever grateful to his donor.

He asked the audience if they knew what a 45 player was and how many still had one. A lot of hands went up to his surprise. He said that a lot of the singers from that era were close friends and that he and Avalon lived only a couple blocks from each other growing up. He sang his 1960

Gold Record hit, Volare and another hit, Sway. The Philly Boys <Golden Boys>, Rydell, Avalon and Fabian and have been touring together for years. They were all teen Idols and movie stars during their careers.

Frankie Avalon came on stage next, mentioned Rydell as a friend, and said he was always skinny so they named him Pipe cleaner in Italian. He went on to tell about his time in the movies with Annette Funicello and all the Continues on Page 2

Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell. Photo by Pat Krause

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PSIFF screening ‘Beyond The Golden Age’

Story and Photos by Pat Krause Palm Springs International Film Festival held a premier screening of. Broadway: ‘Beyond The Golden Age’, on January 7th at the Camelot Theatre. Again, the lines were long waiting to see this film. It is becoming very normal to see almost every film with seats filled with Movie fans. The Festival has brought many Celebrities to promote these films by attending and staying to be a part of a Q & A to the delight of the audience.

There were more Directors and Producers attending their films than in prior years showing the importance of PSIFF worldwide.

Director Rick McKay was thrilled to have legends Carol Channing and Kaye Ballard arrive to be a part of his films premier.

Actress Candy Brown and Actor Troy Garza also attended this Premier showing. All 5 were a part of the Red Carpet photos

Actors Troy Garza, Candy Brown, Kaye Ballard, Director Rick McKay, and actor Lou Gossett Jr. with Carol Channing, seated in front in white fur. Photo by Pat Krause in the upper floor Cafe and Bar at the Camelot Theatre. Friends Carol Channing and Kaye Ballard were so happy to see each other again.

Director McKay took everyone behind the scenes of

Movies and Plays from the 1960s and 70s. This movie is the sequel of Broadway: The Golden Age. This documentary has been long awaited as movie and Broadway buffs get a chance to see what goes on behind the scenes.

Kaye Ballard and Caroll Channing. Photo by Pat Krause

Q & A with Lily Tomlin at the PSIFF

Moderator, Janelle Riley and Lily Tomlin. Photo by Pat Krause Story and Photos by Pat Krause Actress and comedian Lily Tomlin participated in a Q & A after the movie; Grandma was shown at the Annenberg Theatre on Jan. 4th. The Q & A moderator was Janelle Riley from Variety.

Tomlin plays a woman that has just broken up with her girlfriend

when her Granddaughter makes an appearance into her life. The Granddaughter desperately needs 600 dollars immediately.

Tomlin as the Grandmother has no money to give so they spend the day trying to find the money somehow. They try friends and past flames that create problems

Lily Tomlin. Photo by Pat Krause

and unleash secrets in the quest for the money.

Tomlin gave interviews and posed for the press in the green room at the Annenberg Theatre.

Tomlin told of one of her favorite movies with Lana Turner in the film, Imitation of Life. She said

the older generations are more emotional during this film than the younger generation and that is why she told the story to her fellow actors. Tomlin also said she was always involved in entertaining even as a young girl. She would create plays with

her childhood friends and show them on her patio. Many times the kids would not show up so she learned to do stand up by herself. She always felt she could do it all.

Tomlin said that she loved working with all the actors as they had a lot of fun and there was a lot of chemistry among them. They all worked so well together and she felt they are just the best actors in this movie. She has worked with Director Paul Weitz before and was thrilled to be working with him again.

Tomlin also mentioned the old car she still has that is used in the film. She joked she drove it until the brakes got too bad. She loved the car with all its chrome trim and said because it was black the trim showed even more She loved that car and when they said they needed an old car in the movie she gave them hers to use. You will have to notice it when you go see the film

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Beach Movies they did together.

He sang Beach Blanket Bingo and others. One of my favorite Avalon hits was, Venus, which he sang on American Idol. He introduced the drummer as his son who gave a solo to show his talents on the drums. Avalon said he has been married to the same woman for years and they have 8 children, 4 boys and 4 girls ages 42 to 52. Avalon and Rydell still have amazing voices and can still belt out a song with the best of them.

Singing oldies brought back a lot of good memories for all their fans.

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Actor Tim Cuthbertson, John Liberti and Paul LeClair. Photo by Pat Krause

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Bobby Rydell. Photo by Pat Krause

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Social Media and How it may Impair your Credit

By Janice Gough Imagine that you are a small business owner, apply for a loan and are tur ned down due to photos or information that you or friends have posted on Facebook. There’s been a lot of confusion recently about whether social media activity affects your credit, after a story in the Financial Times headlined: “Being ‘wasted’ on Facebook may damage your credit score.”

It may not be used by every creditor at this time, but it is just a matter of time. At this point, social media data is not part of any FICO score, however with new technology, Facebook

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now has the ability to check your credit worthiness based on your friend’s credit ratings.

Suddenly, “befriending” someone on social media takes on a new consideration.

To business owners, connecting with those of good character is important for growing and maintaining business. A possible client will determine a lot about who you are, by looking at those in your inner circle. The old saying, “Birds of a Feather flock together” has always been true. Trust is imperative to long term to success.

You should always assume your social-media accounts are being examined when applying for a business loan. If you don’t know your banker well and she or he sees something negative about you or your business online, your character takes a hit.

Insurance companies have used credit scores to determine character and pride of ownership for years. This information determines the cost of your premium. By adding social media results to underwriting, adds another qualifying factor and if negative, could raise question marks about your integrity and credit worthiness, possibly making it difficult to get insurance or pay higher premiums. Socialmedia activity already is a factor in job and loan applications. It’s just a matter of degree. It may be as simple as cross-comparing

engage your customers, how well you’re running your business and how happy your customers are with you.

Seventy three percent of business use social media to promote their companies--- far more than any other form of marketing.

Context matters. Socialmedia accounts are especially powerful for companies in industries that sell goods and services directly to consumers, such as retail, restaurants, consultants, and the like, whereas it isn’t as powerful if you’re a B2B business, such as

a wholesaler who sells products to companies.

It is time we review your accounts and delete anyone or any postings that could impact your position.

Janice Gough is a Safe Investment Advisor in Palm Springs. She can be reached via Cell (760)342-7744 or Bus. (760)251-7724 or email her at Janice@goughinsurance.com .

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HOA Homefront – Suspended Corporation, Quorum

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL

Dear Kelly, I was elected HOA President shortly after we bought a unit in the complex. I was told that the HOA was an unincorporated association. After some digging, I discovered the HOA was a corporation not in good standing and had not filed tax returns in past recent years!

I received approval to move forward, hired an accountant and filed years of back taxes.

After some months, the HOA was returned to good standing.

At the last HOA meeting, I was accused of wasting HOA funds on accountants and lawyers.

I need some clarification from you on this issue, as it is my belief that the HOA needs to be in good standing and needs to file its annual federal and

state tax returns.

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your employment history with your LinkedIn profile to verify data or look for red flags. Social-media streams are already being mined for identity verification and for possible fraud prevention.

For some alternative lenders, your social footprint is an actual input in their application. Lenders examine applicants by the following information: capital, credit, capacity, collateral and character. The most important of the 5 C’s is character.

Lenders use your socialmedia feed, not just as a character test, but also as a way to determine how well you

Dear E.S.: Not all common interest developments (aka “homeowners associations”) are incorporated, but most are. Usually the first page of the bylaws will state whether an association is incorporated or unincorporated.

If incorporated, the Articles of Incorporation should be kept with the other governing documents, and copies can be retrieved from the state.

Incorporated associations must periodically file two forms, the “SI-100” and “SI-CID” forms, with the Secretary of State.

The forms can be found on line at www.sos.ca.gov. If the

association does not file the forms and its tax returns on a timely basis, the state can declare the association “suspended”. A January 13, 2016

suspended corporation is not recognized by the state as a valid corporation and cannot sue or defend itself in court. Worse still, the corporation’s name is up for grabs, and can be reserved by someone else while the corporation is suspended.

Check your HOA’s corporate status at www.kepler.sos.ca.gov.

Best, Kelly

suspended somebody’s voting rights, that could reduce the quorum below a majority of all members. If the documents do not define quorum, Corporations Code 7512 states that one third of the voting power is a quorum.

On important votes such as amending CC&Rs, hopefully the members who vote are normally very much in agreement.

However, the most common problem is that most neighbors will not take the time to read the document, and so they do not vote on the proposed amendments. Since most CC&Rs require a supermajority (67% or even more) to approve, it can be even harder to pass the amendments. However, Civil Code 4275 provides that, if more than 50% of the entire membership votes to approve the CC&R amendment, a court may order the amendment deemed approved, even though it did not receive the supermajority.

Thanks, Kelly

Dear Kelly: I live in a Planned Development. They are updating the CC&Rs and ballots were mailed out for a yes or no vote.

They are looking for quorum of [one less than half of the membership] for votes to be counted. Can they do that and not get votes from the other [majority of] homeowners. Can we demand we wait and get votes from all members?

What can we do because half the condo owners voted and not the other half and it doesn’t seem right.

B . K . , Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. Sun City is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers Dear B. K.: and Managing Partner of N o r m a l l y, Richardson Harman Ober PC, quorum is defined in the a law firm known for community bylaws. The most commonly association advice. Submit encountered definition is a questions to KRichardson@ majority of the voting power (the RHOpc.com. Past columns at members entitled to vote) - if www.HOAHomefront.com. All for some reason your HOA has rights reserved®.

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ACA Enrollment Specialists Reach Out to California Latinos

By Desert Star Staff California has 3.8 million uninsured people, by some estimates, and almost three quarters of them are Latino.

So, the nonprofit group Enroll America is launching a National Latino Week of Action, starting tomorrow, with a goal of getting as many Latinos as possible to sign up before the current openenrollment period ends on Jan. 31.

Anne Filipic, president of the nonprofit Enroll America, said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imperative to get the word out, especially to hourly wage earners who are the least likely to be insured. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four out of five Latinos donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that financial help is available to reduce their monthly premiums,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;even though 85 percent of people who enrolled during the second enrollment period

received financial assistance to make their health insurance more affordable.â&#x20AC;?

About 500 enrollment events are planned for California in the next few weeks.

Information about the events and a comparison of health plans are available online at coveredCA.com.

N a t i o n a l l y, a b o u t 4 million Latinos have found health insurance through the Affordable Care Act since it began. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell said the ACA will make a big difference in Latino health with its focus on preventive care. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Latino community still suffers from health disparities, like disproportionate rates of asthma, diabetes and certain cancers,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But with better access to annual

Health advocates are making a big push for California Latinos to sign up for health insurance before open enrollment ends Jan. 31. (pamelamoore/iStockphoto) checkups, diet counseling and many cancer screenings, we can begin to close these gaps.â&#x20AC;?

California is set to make a huge dent in the problem

in May, when a first-in-theEnrollment events are online nation program to insure at coveredCA.com/get-help/ about 170,000 undocumented local/events. Source: Public children through Medi-Cal takes News services effect.

How to Choose a Hospital for Procedures or Surgeries

By Desert Star Staff Many patients become overwhelmed when they learn they need to have a procedure or surgery, and make quick decisions based on convenience. But before quickly settling for the nearest hospital, there are a few important things patients should consider.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because the technology is so precise, physicians can apply higher doses of radiation, offering patients a better chance for cure while minimizing damage to healthy tissue,â&#x20AC;? says Louis Schwartz, MD chief, radiation oncology, at Overlook Medical Center, a hospital with over 10 years of treatment experience in CyberKnife technology.

No matter what your condition is, do your research about the new innovative methods being employed by hospitals nationwide to treat it.

More information about CyberKnife technology can be found at atlantichealth.org/CKOverlook.

Ask Questions: Supplement your research by asking targeted questions of the right people.

Ask trusted health care experts for their opinion. Seek out online forums of other patients with your condition. The feedback you hear may be some of the most invaluable information you collect during your search for the perfect hospital or facility for your treatment.

Before scheduling surgery or a procedure, get the facts and know your options. With a little digging, you may discover options for higher-quality care.

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or her success rate? Several organizations, including independent non-profits list hospital rankings and ratings based on a number of factors, and are searchable by various disciplinary specialties.

Treatment Options: Even if your doctor doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mention it, there may be new treatment options available for your condition that are safer or have higher success rates.

Not every hospital has the same technological capabilities and facilities, so you may not even be aware of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available to you without asking a few questions.

For example, CyberKnife, a c o m p u t e r- c o n t r o l l e d radiosurgery system, delivers radiation to cancerous and non-cancerous tumors with millimeter accuracy. This virtual surgery may be worth a trip for those diagnosed with prostate cancer, a brain tumor, or lesions in the spine, lungs, liver and pancreas. Done in five treatments on an outpatient basis, it involves no incisions, no blood, no pain and no complications from anesthesia; and patients can resume daily activities immediately following treatment. Additionally, this form of radiation therapy can treat many tumors that are inoperable by other methods.

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4 Common Diabetes Myths Debunked the result of a combination of genetics and lifestyle factors.

Healthy hint: Even if you only use sugar substitutes as sweeteners, consuming excessive calories from other foods can still contribute to developing Type 2 diabetes.

Myth: If I have diabetes, I have to follow a restrictive diet that includes no carbs and definitely no dessert.

Truth: You might be surprised to learn that generally speaking, individuals with diabetes can follow the same healthy diet recommended for the general public -- one that includes lean proteins, nonstarchy vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats and fruit, and that minimizes saturated and trans fats, salt and sugar.

Carbohydrates are an acceptable and necessary part of a healthy meal plan. However, pay attention to portion. Optimal carb counts vary, but the American Diabetes Association recommends starting with 45 to 60 grams of carbohydrates per meal, and tweaking depending on your body’s response.

Some good carbs to consider include whole grain

breads, pastas, rice and cereals, plus starchy vegetables like potatoes, peas and corn. Fruits, beans, milk and yogurt also count toward daily carbohydrates.

Those with diabetes can also still enjoy sweet treats in small portions on special occasions.

Myth: If my blood sugar doesn’t improve right after losing weight, it never will.

Truth: It may take time for the body to adjust to the new way of eating. If you don’t see quick improvements, be patient.

Also, stay in touch with your doctor since your medication or insulin may need to be adjusted.

To make eating right a snap, consider following a structured meal plan like Nutrisystem D, which provides pre-portioned meals to help manage diabetes.

More information can be found at www.Nutrisystem.com.

Getting the formula right for a healthy lifestyle is not just an art, it’s a science -- particularly if you have diabetes. Take steps to learn more about the disease and make positive lifestyle changes to support your health..

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By Desert Star Staff Knowing the facts about diabetes is important for everyone, as living a healthy lifestyle can play a key role in helping to prevent and control the disease.

To help, the Certified Diabetes Educators at Nutrisystem are debunking some common myths.

Myth: I’m a healthy weight -- I can’t get diabetes.

Truth: Although there is a clear connection between being overweight or obese and developing Type 2 diabetes, genetics and other lifestyle factors like diet can play a role as well. By maintaining a healthy weight, eating a nutritious, balanced diet and engaging in healthy habits like regular exercise, you can decrease your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

By Desert Star Staff Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious, highly contagious disease that kills about 1.5 million people each year worldwide and has become the world’s leading infectious disease killer, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.

TB usually begins as a latent infection, which can be silent for weeks, months or years before developing into an active contagious disease characterized by chronic cough, fever, unexplained weight loss, night sweats and coughing up blood.

With this in mind, regular testing for the early stage of TB infection is important, especially in children whose immune systems are not fully developed and thereby have a higher risk of it progressing into an active and possibly deadly disease.

However, “inaccurate,” “timeconsuming” and “outdated” are

the three terms most often used to describe the 110-year-old TB skin test, which is the most commonly used test to aid in the diagnosis of the infection. The TB skin test requires an injection of antigens to see how the patient’s body reacts, multiple doctors’ visits and can result in false positives, especially in those who have been vaccinated for TB in the past.

Luckily another option for the detection of TB infection -- a TB Blood Test -- is now being offered and represents a major scientific advance over its predecessor, giving greater accuracy and a more dependable result.

Reliable results from the TB Blood Test can be obtained within 24 hours and provided by telephone, offering the convenience of a single visit, and confidence in an objective, laboratory-based result. More As a parent or caretaker, their health, you don’t want any for TB infection that offer greater information can be found at www. your children and loved ones surprises. Talk to your doctor reliability and convenience.

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By Desert Star Staff This February a deserving family in need will have a life changing opportunity to be gifted a car thanks to the generosity of a family-owned local auto body shop.

Ben Clymer’s The Body Shop and The Benevolence Foundation has partnered with PPG, Automobile club of Southern California Insurance, Enterprise, LKQ and

Community Connect to provide one deserving family the gift of a car. The gift will come complete with one year of insurance, a trunk full of groceries and car seats if needed.

To be eligible for the car giveaway, the recipient must be a resident within the city limits of Palm Desert, eligible to be insured, must have a valid California driver’s license with a clean DMV record and most

Myth: People develop diabetes because they eat too much sugar.

Truth: Consuming excess calories (from sugary and nonsugary foods) can contribute to excess weight and obesity -both of which are associated with Type 2 diabetes, but sugar is not the singular cause of diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is the result of genetics and additional unknown factors, while Type 2 diabetes is

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Palm Desert Applications Being Accepted for Car Giveaway

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of all be truly in need of a car.

The Benevolence Foundation and Community Connect will be collecting applications and submit recommended candidates to Ben Clymer’s The Body Shop.

The staff at Ben Clymer’s that volunteered their time to repair the vehicle will make the final selection from the applicant pool that most demonstrates the need and life change that a January 13, 2016

car would bring to their family.

Applications can be submitted by potential recipients, a friend or family member, or by an agency.

Applications must be received by no later than 5 pm on February 5, 2016.

The car will be given in a presentation set for February 18th at 11:00 AM at Ben Clymer’s The Body Shop located at 73760 Spyder Cir.

Palm Desert Ca 92211. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and share in the spirit of giving.

For an application, please go to the websites www. benclymers.com or www. thebenevolencefoundation. com and fill out form and submit to bryan@benclymers.com or ricardo@connectriverside.org or fax to 760-656-7610.

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California Tops in Nation for Human Trafficking

Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (Marjan Apostolovic/iStock)

By Desert Star Staff LOS ANGELES - Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day and California has the biggest problem in the nation judging from the number of calls to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline. In 2015, the hotline received more than 2,700 calls that led to 711 cases in the Golden State.

T h a t ’s actually an improvement over 2014 when the state saw more than 900 cases. Jenna Novak is a regional specialist with Polaris, the company that administers the hotline.

“Human trafficking is a form

of modern-day slavery where an individual is compelled to engage either in commercial sex or some kind of labor through the means of forced fraud or coercion,” says Novak. “I think it’s happening under our nose everywhere, all of the time.”

A 2012 report from the state human trafficking task force found that sex trafficking, in the form of forced prostitution rings, are run by gangs that now use social media to lure victims and attract customers.

It also found almost three quarters of the victims are American-born, not immigrants.

Novak says forced-labor

cases are about 20 percent of the total calls to the hotline, mostly in the areas of domestic work, traveling sales crews, begging rings, health and beauty services and agriculture.

“Sex trafficking is talked about a lot more and it’s a lot easier to recognize those signs than it is to recognize the labor trafficking victim,” says Novak.

To request help or report suspected human trafficking, call the hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text “HELP” to “BeFree” on your cell phone. Source: Public News Service

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Mexico captures fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman – president

By Desert Star Staff The notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested after his scandalous prison break last year, the Mexican president announced via his Twitter.

“Mission completed: we’ve got him. I’d like to inform the Mexicans that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been detained,” Enrique Pena Nieto wrote.

Five people were killed and one marine was wounded in a shootout that occurred during an operation to capture the kingpin in the city of Los Mochis, in his home state of Sinaloa, an official told AP on condition of anonymity.

Mexican marines raided El Chapo’s home, acting on a tipoff, before dawn, the navy said in a statement adding that five suspects had been killed and six arrested. Two armored vehicles, eight long guns, one

handgun and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher were seized in the operation.

El Chapo (aka “Shorty”) is considered to be Mexico’s top drug lord and head of the Sinaloa cartel. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has called El Chapo the biggest drug lord of all time. In 2011 he reportedly surpassed the infamous “cocaine king” Pablo Escobar. Mexico, Interpol and the US, which had offered a $5 million reward for any information leading to his capture, wanted him.

He was first arrested in 1993 and spent almost a decade in a maximum-security prison near Mexico City before escaping in 2001. After 13 years on the run, he was recaptured in 2014.

However, last July a new prison break made the headlines again. He escaped through a

1.5-kilometer long, 10-meter deep tunnel dug from within his cell, despite being incarcerated in the country’s highest-security federal prison.

The tunnel from the facility

led to a half-constructed empty house in nearby fields. Chapo reportedly paid as much as $50 million in bribes to facilitate his escape.

His latest jailbreak sparked

one of the largest manhunts in the country’s history and spurred major criticism about the government’s ability to safeguard the drug lord.

It’s all fun and games until the batteries go dead

CalRecycle offers tips on safe disposal, reusable alternatives

By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO – The giftgiving season has come and gone, and kids and adults everywhere are immersed in their new, battery-operated toys and gadgets. Before it’s time to replace those

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batteries, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) would like to remind consumers how to safely and legally dispose of them.

Used batteries can contain cobalt, nickel, cadmium, and

other toxic heavy metals. They are also corrosive. For these reasons, they are considered household hazardous waste and must be handled appropriately to prevent contaminating the environment and posing a health risk to the public or to disposal workers.

Do not throw used batteries into the garbage or a recycling bin. It’s unsafe—and it’s against the law.

Most retailers, such as bigbox stores, that sell batteries in California are required by law to take back rechargeable batteries. All batteries, including non-rechargeable types, can be taken to your local household hazardous waste site. It’s a good idea to call ahead to confirm collection hours and whether there are any collection restrictions.

The following webpage list places that accept used January 13, 2016

batteries. · Earth911.com Residential recycling bins are generally for aluminum and steel cans, paper, plastic, and glass—never for used batteries.

In fact, putting batteries in recycling bins creates a host of problems for recycling facilities.

When such facilities are found to have more than 10 percent of non-recyclable or “residual” material in their material stream, they can be cited. Since batteries are relatively heavy, they can quickly put a recycling center over its residual limit.

Taking your batteries to a proper collection site ensures they get appropriately managed and the recyclable elements can be put to their highest and best use.

Keep in mind that rechargeable batteries can last hundreds, if not more than a thousand, times as long as single-use types, which can add up to substantial cost

savings and greatly reduce the amount of material that has to be managed at the end of its useful life. Rechargeable batteries are also made of a higher percentage of recyclable material, which makes recycling them more cost-effective for manufacturers. Outdoor retailer REI has useful information on choosing batteries; Consumer Reports also has a useful battery-buying guide.

Why not make a New Year’s resolution to protect the environment, disposal facility workers, and the public? Put used batteries in an empty box, in an out-of-the way place, until it’s full enough to warrant a trip to your local household hazardous waste facility or retailer. Perhaps on the same trip, you could buy a few rechargeable batteries. Out with the old, in with the new. www.desertstarweekly.com

Mural unveiling by Agnes Pelton

By Desert Star Staff Cathedral City, CA. – A reception for two new murals sponsored by the Agnes Pelton Society Murals Project in the Cathedral City Cove will be held in the sculpture garden of the historic home of American Modernist painter, Agnes Pelton on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 11:00 am. The unveiling of the murals will occur at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited to attend.

The Murals Project is a community-building effort by the Agnes Pelton Society, who commissioned local artists to paint and collaborate with private homeowners to create art that is historic and culturally relevant to the neighborhood.

The murals are painted on walls adjacent to the Pelton Sculpture Garden and face each other on what is commonly known as Chuperosa Lane. One is a graphic montage designed by photographer and President of the Agnes Pelton Society, Peter Palladino. It depicts 1920s-‘50s Cove residents who were nationally recognized painters,

writers, and musicians. They lived, worked, and taught in this former artist’s colony known then as “Cathedral Village.”

The second mural entitled “Lalo and Five Mariachis,” by Luiz Castro, is a tribute to celebrated former Cove resident, Lalo Guerrero, popularly known as the “Father of Chicano Music.”

There will be live acoustical music and the debut of an original dance from the Simeon Den Theater/Dance Group dedicated to Agnes Pelton and her group, the Transcendental Artists.

The Agnes Pelton Society is a non-profit Arts advocacy corporation. Among other community activities they sponsor free monthly art classes for children, organize art exhibitions, host the monthly Perez Road fine art gallery walk and created the Murals Project in the Cove that commissions local artists to paint works celebrating the culturally and socially diverse Cathedral City community.

Thursdays from 2:30-4 p.m. at 480 South Sunrise Way. For more information, call 760-323-5689 or go to mizellseniorcenter.org.

Kal David Unplugged on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive. For info, call 760-322-4422 or purpleroompalmsprings.com.

Comedy Night Palm Springs Purple Room more info. http://comedynightfeb.bpt.me or 800-838-3006 or purpleroompalm springs. com or 760-322-4422

advocacy 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation WHAT: Reception and unveiling of two murals in the historic Cathedral City Cove WHERE: Historic Home of Agnes Pelton, 68 680 F St., WHO: The Agnes Pelton Cathedral City (AKA: Agnes Society, a Cathedral City Arts Pelton Way)

WHEN: Saturday, January 23, 2016, 11:00 am MEDIA CONTACT: Simeon Den, simeonden@gmail. com. 310-801-6538 www.

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Merle Haggard at the Mccallum Theatre

By Desert Star Staff Through the generosity of Harold Matzner, the McCallum Theatre presents iconic country music star Merle Haggard on Monday, February 8th, at 8:00pm.

This show is rescheduled from December 2nd.

At the age of 73, the veteran singer/songwriter/ guitarist/producer/bandleader is still making some of the most compelling music of his long and storied career. It almost goes without saying that Merle Haggard is widely regarded as country music’s greatest living recording artist. A rugged individualist who simultaneously embodies and transcends the genre, Merle is both a seminal superstar and an unrepentant outsider. Over the course of a remarkably prolific five-decade career, he’s consistently shown himself to be an uncompromising creative force, far more concerned with pursuing his iconoclastic vision than with

meeting the expectations of the music-industry establishment.

Along the way, Merle has scored no less than 39 #1 country hits; won various Grammy, Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy of Country Music (ACM) awards; become the only California-born artist in the Country Music Hall of Fame; the only country performer ever featured on the cover of the jazz bible Downbeat; as well as the only man to be invited to perform at the White House and invited to serve time in San Quentin Penitentiary.

Merle’s turbulent and ultimately triumphant life has been full of surprises. The son of parents who fled the ravages of the Oklahoma dust bowl, he was born in a converted boxcar in Oildale, California, in 1937. His father died when Merle was nine, and he spent his adolescence following his restless urges, hitting the road and riding the rails. He was also incarcerated

in and escaped from a series of juvenile institutions, and his troubles with the law culminated in a botched robbery attempt that won the 20-year-old Merle a three-year stretch in San Quentin.

His prison experiences led Merle who’d begun playing guitar at the age of 12 and worshipped Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams to take stock of his life and decide to pursue a career in music. Upon his 1962 release, he became a fixture on Bakersfield’s thriving country music scene, working manual labor jobs by day and playing local clubs by night. A string of singles for the local Tally label led to a deal with Capitol Records, and in 1965 Merle launched an incredible string of classic hits including “Swinging Doors,” “The Bottle Let Me Down,” “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive,” “Branded Man,” “Sing Me Back Home,” “Today I Started Loving You Again,” “Mama Tried,” “Hungry Eyes,” “Silver Wings,” “Workin’ Man Blues,”

“The Fightin’ Side of Me,” “If We Make It Through December” and the much-misunderstood “Okie From Muskogee.”

Those classics found Merle honoring country music traditions, drawing upon a broad range of jazz, blues, and folk influences, while his vivid, emotionally nuanced lyrics poignantly chronicled the dreams and heartbreaks of common people, as well as his own harsh life experiences.

Through the generosity of Harold Matzner, the McCallum Theatre presents Merle Haggard on Monday, February 8th, at 8:00pm. Tickets are $97, $77, $67 and $57and are available at the Theatre’s website at www. mccallumtheatre.com, or by calling the McCallum Theatre Box Office at (760) 340-ARTS. The McCallum Theatre, located at 73000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert CA 92260.

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A billion dollars, country goes crazy, nobody wins

By Desert Star Staff It’s like running for a bus so fast you feel you’re going to pass out.. Only to arrive gasping and realize it’s even later than you are.

In the lead up to the record breaking billion dollar Powerball lottery draw America got money fever. Bad. “At our peak last night, we were selling more than $1.2 million in Powerball tickets every single minute”, said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery.

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eagerly clutching their potential ticket to a life of inconceivable wealth...and then nobody won.

The money has rolled over to the next draw on Wednesday and the $1.3 billion jackpot, the biggest in American history, is expected to rise again. And so it continues.

Here are just some of the ways America totally lost its chill at the prospect of becoming a billionaire: Granted, the odds of guessing all the correct numbers were 1 in 292.2 million, you have more chances of being struck by lightning, being killed by a vending

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machine or flipping a coin to heads 28 times.

But that didn’t stop people from dreaming… Chase that American Dream people…or just stand in line. If someone does manage to nab the jackpot on Wednesday (we want to be your friend) you could splash the cash by buying 288 of the world’s most expensive car, a $4.5 million Lamborghini Veneno.

You could buy 18 $70 million 2015 Gulfstream jets, or you could own 80 private islands off the coast of Dubai. Just because there were January 13, 2016

no jackpot winners, doesn’t mean some people didn’t get paid. In Arizona alone there were two people who won a cool $1 million each. There was one $150,000 and fifteen $50,000 winners, even still, haters gon’ hate.

Let’s all take a minute to take pity on the poor Powerball Lottery advertising team who were clearly not expecting the jackpot to ever exceed $999 million.

The sign says it’s 999 million, but current Powerball is really 1.3 billion. Yes, the sign ran out of room.

Escena Lounge & Grill Live Entertainment FridaySat Nights 1100 Clubhouse View, contact Elise Arouh 760-992-0002 Altar Boyz on Friday, April 8-10, 2016 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays matinee at 2 p.m. at 538 North Palm Canyon Drive. For more information, call 760-323-5123.

Sugar Friday, Mar. 25Apr. 3, 2016 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For info 760-323-5123.

Sordid Lives Friday, Feb. 12-14, 2016 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For info 760-323-5123.

27th Annual PS File Festival Camelot Theatres 2300 E. Baristo Rd. Jan 1st-11th Telephone: 760322-2930 Evening Entertainment at Woody’s Burgers & Jazz Club 760-230-0188, 317 N. Indian Canyon

PALM DESERT The Park After Dark: The

Living Desert 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Info: www.livingdesert. org; (760) 346-5694 El Paseo Cruise Night 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month 3:15-6p.m.For info, call 760-346-8965 or elpaseocruisenight.com.

College of the Desert Street Fair Sat 7-2pm & Sundays 7-12pm More Info. 760.636.7957 Kid’s Summer Cooking Camps! Open to ages 7-14!

47875 Caleo Bay Drive #A107, call 760-777-1161 Weekly Live Entertainment Nightly Mastro’s Stekhouse 73405 El Paseo 760-6777 El Paseo Cruise Night 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month from 3:15-6p.m.For info, call 760-346-8965 or elpaseocruisenight.com.

Red’s Rock Star Karaoke: Every Thursday night from 9pm to 1:30am.

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HOROSCOPES ARIES

Your communications and work in the world will be redefined. In the past you have been recognized for your initiating leadership.

Now, newer and bolder steps will be called for in creating the new world. You are to assess how, what, when, where and with whom. You will define the context. Tend to everyone with compassion and understanding care. What real leaders do.

TAURUS You become a bit more philosophical, ponder upon higher education, read more and observe life from an ever-widening lens. Some will become or interact with lawyers, priests, adventurers, philosophers, writers and intellectuals. All previous beliefs will be challenged. Meaningful events and people enter your life. You embrace them. You study entrepreneurship. Serving the world in new ways, with new values.

GEMINI Saturn is restructuring and redefining your relationships perhaps through some sort of possible change, loss, separation or marriage. Or perhaps you are simply going to redefine what relationships mean and redefine

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your relationship behaviors. In partnerships you come closer or remain apart. If choosing, align with the Will-to-Good. This provides strength and Right Choice.

what inspires you. In the coming months you will notice your creativity comes from various sources: early childhood, intimacy, relationships, love affairs, long ago conversations, and while walking here and CANCER there in local neighborhoods.

Be aware, careful and practical You will find yourself re- with all resources. Prepare for the assessing all relationships. You upcoming tax season. Organize made decisions this past year your many papers into files. concerning how you will (or will not) interact with others. A great LIBRA silence has descended upon you concerning some people. This You may find yourself turning may not be the best decision. from the outer world to face your There needs to be more fairness. inner world – which becomes It’s time to create new ways to your sanctuary and refuge. It’s interact. The old way is too much at home where you feel deep of a struggle. Don’t perpetuate it. safety and where build a firm Practice ahimsa. foundation. You remember many things – your childhood LEO home, both good and difficult.

Forgiveness is important here.

Your everyday tasks, agendas Some Libras redecorate. Some and work will be reassessed attend culinary school. A new to understand fully what beginning and a self-redefining needs to be accomplished, follow. completed, creating priorities and ascertaining who can help.

SCORPIO During the next four months the art of Right Relations in daily life In the next four months or so becomes important, along with notice your value. They are being health matters. You find you’re redesigned. As the retrogrades efficient in both. Most important continue you question and is kindness and care for your ascertain exactly what money health. and resources mean to you.

You’ll seek ways of solidifying VIRGO and building on what you already have. When we have It’s good to clearly recognition constant gratitude, what we

have becomes enough. A love will change. All your virtues are of something new emerges. It to shine forth. You may feel quite makes you happy. solitary at times. The next four months are times of retreat; SAGITTARIUS caring for, reinventing and improving the self. Tend to self A great inward shift is occurring. with care.

You will encounter all that’s been hiding, all of your past, anything PISCES emotional that has upset you in the past twenty-eight years. I wish much for you; that your You’ll discover habits that no hopes, wishes and dreams be longer work, fears you thought fulfilled. In the coming months were left behind, and a litany of certain groups of people with actions needing assessments. specific ideas are of interest All these you’ll tend to as a to you. Be discriminating. You warrior. The purpose is complete aspire to serve humanity by restructuring of self so your future creating a new Center of Light, has a solid (brilliant) foundation. Education & Healing in the world.

This liberates humanity. You seek CAPRICORN to manifest these aspirations.

You will be tested as to your Happy Birthday, Capricorn (sign seriousness. New structures will of the unicorn). Your birthday be formed. Success follows. should last all month. We realize how dedicated you’ve been in Risa D’Angeles is the founder helping others succeed. Outline and director of the Esoteric & what you need to feel rewarded Astrological Studies Research and recognized professionally, Institute: Risa’s Esoteric socially and monetarily. Your life Astrology. She can be reached direction begins to emerge and at risagoodwill@gmail.com. soon a foundation is built toward new goals. Life changes. Stay with that change and summon the Angel of Beauty.

AQUARIUS A new twelve-year cycle begins for you as the past twelve years disappear. Your appearance and how others perceive you

Acura Precision Concept Points to Bold Future for Acura Design

By Desert Star Staff DETROIT, -- The Acura Precision Concept model made its world debut at the 2016 North American International Auto Show today, pointing toward a bolder, more distinctive future for Acura vehicle design. The Acura Precision Concept was developed by the Acura Design Studio in California to express the Acura brand DNA of “Precision Crafted Performance.”

“There is no more clear promise for the Acura brand than Precision Crafted Performance,” said Jon Ikeda, vice president and general manager of Acura.

“We’re committed to infusing this core Acura promise into every facet of our products and every aspect of our relationship with the customer.”

With an emphasis on high-contrast details and the intersection of modern, sheer surfaces and muscular, organic sculpting, the Acura Precision Concept communicates Acura’s focus on performance and prestige through its ultra-low and wide stance, long dash-to-axle ratio, deeply sculpted surfaces and the debut of a new Diamond Pentagon grille.

“The Acura Precision Concept is more than simply a concept vehicle, it is a design study model that literally will shape

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the direction of all future Acura products around our Precision Crafted Performance DNA,” said Dave Marek, Acura global creative director. “The Acura Precision Concept is the leading edge of a renewed commitment to delivering Precision Crafted Performance in every facet of the product experience and creating a powerful and very exciting direction for the next generation of Acura models.”

The Acura Precision Concept’s crouched and athletic stance is further emphasized by its deeply sculpted side surfaces pouring over swelling rear wheel arches covering 22-inch wheels and tires. The forwardlooking concept also features signature lighting designs – in front with its Jewel Constellation LED headlights composed of organically arranged fractal elements, and in back with floating LED taillights.

A key design theme, dubbed “quantum continuum,” is seen in the seamless transition of materials and structure from the exterior to the interior of the vehicle, which is further highlighted by the absence of a b-pillar. The large door rocker panel flows into the interior side sill, transitioning into a cantilever for the floating rear seats. The rear center high-mounted stoplight

The Acura Precision Concept model made its world debut at the 2016 North American International Auto Show today, pointing toward a bolder, more distinctive future for Acura vehicle design becomes an architecture element piercing the rear glass and then flowing down to help form the structure for the metal airfoil shape of the rear headrests.

The elegant and powerful exterior is matched by its dramatic interior design, where cantilevered surfaces meet with striking tones, expressive surfacing and modern detailing.

Of particular note are the doublelayered instrument panel, the high-contrast front seat surfaces, the ultra-thin “floating” rear seats, evoking the look of modern January 13, 2016

lounge furniture, and the handcrafted audio speaker grilles made of exotic wood.

The driver’s space is highlighted by a compact, race-inspired, sports steering wheel with paddle shifters and Integrated Dynamics System (IDS) controls, a floating center meter, a driver’s head-up display, a cantilevered center stack and an ultra-wide, thin and curved center display screen.

New Acura HMI Concept The Acura Precision Concept also explores a new approach for

Acura’s digital human-machine interface (HMI), enabling a more intuitive, advanced and seamless connection between man and machine. A floating touch pad suspended on the cantilevered center stack operates the ultra-wide and curved center screen. Upon entry, the system scans each occupant and selects personalized features and functions, including maps, audio and customized vehicle performance settings.

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T H E AT R E ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ at Pantages & ‘Irrational Man’ on DVD

BY THEDA KLEINHANS REICHMAN

Jeff Brooks (Cheech) and the cast of the North American tour of the hit musical comedy BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, written by Woody Allen featuring original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman. (Photo by Matthew Murphy “Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical,” written by Woody Allen, is based on his screenplay of the same name, co-written with Douglas McGrath. The original direction and choreography for the musical are by Susan Stroman, a five time Tony Award winner who also gave dance pizzazz to Mel Brooks’ smash hit Broadway musical “The Producers.”

In Woody’s musical, the storyline revolves around the making of a 1920s Broadway show with a ‘lota’ financial help from the mob. The young, but very pretentious playwright, David Shayne (Michael Williams) is willing to do almost anything to get his play produced on Broadway. Things look up when his agent Julian Mars (Rick Grossman) links him up with Nick (Michael Corvino), a mob boss intent on making his bimbo girlfriend a star on the Great White Way. There is just one big problem. Olive (Jemma Jane) is a total ditz, with no talent whatsoever and a voice that could stop a clock as well as a

Broadway show. Horrified at the thought of her in his play, David flatly refuses, but later relents because he wants his show to go on. And maybe, he hopes, Olive will improve. No such luck.

Since Olive is a flirt, Nick sends his chief hit man Cheech (Jeff Brooks) to every rehearsal to insure that Olive doesn’t misbehave. While the entire cast is uniformly good, it is Brooks (Gaston in the Disney National Tour of “Beauty and the Beast”) who steals the show.

On opening night, his big song and dance number with fellow gangsters stopped the show. .

Act I opens with a bang, literally, as Cheech comes out with a machine gun and blasts away, but after that the expository opening scenes slow down the momentum as we are introduced to the various characters. The “Tiger Rag” dance sequence is cute and clever, but then “Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You,” sung

by Olive and Nick, goes on too long. Things perk up again when we meet the other actors who will be in the play. Bradley Allan

Zarr is a hoot as Warner Purcell, the leading man who loves to eat. As time goes by, thanks to a variety of ‘fat suits,’ his waistline grows by leaps and bounds, but despite his ever-increasing girth, he is always light on his feet. The very elegant and beautiful Emma Stratton plays Helen Sinclair, the role that garnered Diane Wiest an Oscar. Helen also flirts with David, using the memorable line from the movie--”Don’t speak” often. She leads him on in the hope of padding her part.

Hannah Rose Deflumeri also gives a show stopping performance as David’s longsuffering girlfriend who hopes to marry him one of these days And in Act II, when she sings “I’ve Found a New Baby,” she, like Brooks, receives thunderous applause.

While the story is fluffy and fun on many levels, it also poses a dark question as well. As the show goes on, Cheech discovers he has a natural gift for play writing, plotting and dialogue.

At one point he asks David if he ever reads magazines to see

Kaylee Olson, Carissa Fiorillo and Elizabeth Dugas (The Atta- Girls) in the North American tour of the hit musical comedy BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, written by Woody Allen featuring original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman. (Photo

by Matthew Murphy) how real people talk. Soon, rather than being protective of Olive, who is a terrible actress, Cheech begins to think that the show must go on without her.

But should he bump her off to make sure that the play is a hit?

Unlike Mel Brook’s “The Producers, “ this show does not have an original musical score.

Instead Woody Allen uses songs from the era like “Up A Lazy River,” “’Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do,” “Let’s Misbehave.”

“Runnin’ Wild” and “There’ll Be Some Changes Made” (referring to script rewrites.) The final song is “Yes, We’ve Got No Bananas” which ties in with the kind of naughty “The Hot Dog Song” sung in Act I by Olive.

“Bullets Over Broadway”is frothy fun, with a few dark moments and is at its best in Act II with not one, but two showstopping numbers.

“Bullets Over Broadway,” at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., through January 24, 2016 only. For tickets: online at www.HollywoodPantages.com or www.Ticketmaster.com. By phone: 1-800-982-2787 or in person at the box office.

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“Irrational Man,” written and directed by Woody Allen, is now available on Blu-ray and DVD as of January 12. The film, a dark comedy-drama starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Jamie Blackley and Parker Posey, is similar in tone to Allen’s “Crimes and Misdemeanors” since both films pose interesting

Emma Stone and Juaquin Phoenix in Irrational Man

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philosophical questions about good and evil.

Phoenix (“Her”) plays Abe Lucas, a tormented philosophy professor who has come to a small college town to teach.

He feels burned out. At this point, his life feels meaningless.

Despite his depression, he becomes involved with two local women. One is Rita Richards (Parker Posey), a lonely professor who want him to rescue her from her unhappy marriage. He is also drawn to Jill Pollard (Emma Stone, “Birdman”) who is his best student. Soon she also becomes his best friend. Unfortunately for Jill, their relationship causes friction between her and her boyfriend Roy (James Blackley). Jill loves Roy, but is attracted by Abe’s tortured, artistic personality, coupled with his exotic past. By pure chance, everything changes for Abe and Jill when they happen to overhear a stranger’s conversation. At this point Abe makes a dramatic and profound choice that reinvigorates his enthusiasm for living once again. But his decision also sets off a series of events that will profoundly affect the lives of both Jill and Rita forever.

Special features on both the Blu-ray and DVD include “On the Red Carpet: Los Angeles Film Premiere” and a Photo Gallery.

The film has a running time of 95 minutes and is rated R for some language and sexual content.

From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Son of Saul and Mustang reveal promising new voices in cinema

Photo courtesy Palm Springs International Film Festival

Photo courtesy Palm Springs International Film Festival

By Pamela Price The 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, one of the largest and most respected in North America, focused on over “174 films from over 60 countries during 12 days”, according to Harold Matzner,

Festival Chairman. Among new directors ten were singled out

by Variety Magazine, Son of Saul (Hungarian) directed by Laszlo Nemes and Mustang (French) directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven. Both directors delve into socially relevant themes, casting an

enlightening perspective on the Holocaust on one extreme and suppression of women’s rights on the other.

Mr. Nemes was educated in Paris and New York and Ms. Erguven, a Turkish-born Paris based Director were among ten directors singled

out by Variety. During the Film Festival, on January 8 these talented ten gathered despite chilly, rainy weather at the Palm Canyon Theatre in Palm to discuss their respective films, equally thought- provoking and unsettling. Son of Saul was according to Variety one of the year’s breakthrough cinematic discoveries. The talented Mr. Nemes, made his debut at the Cannes Film Festival earning the jury’s Grand Prix for a film to “confront the Holocaust hear-on, literally revealing the human effect of Auschwitz on a conflicted person’s face.”

Mustang, on the other hand, earned Ms. Gamze a Golden Globe nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film and the Critic’s Choice Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. This comingof-age drama focuses on five orphaned sisters living in rural Turkey under (surviving is a better word) under the

By Julie Buehler LA QUINTA, Ca. -We are only one week from the launch of the CareerBuilder Challenge, formerly known as the Humana Challenge and with a new title sponsor; the tournament has a new feel and is inviting more than just golf fans. Tournament organizers have described the new layout as more fan friendly, with better access to players, refreshments and fun.

KMIR got one of the first looks at the newest design of the Bob Hope Memorial Trophy that one man will hoist in a few weeks to celebrate his victory in the CareerBuilder Challenge.

Formerly the Humana Challenge and Bob Hope Classic, this year’s event has a new title sponsor that is looking to earn new fans of the Coachella Valley’s annual PGA Tour stop.

The most notable change is the addition of the famous Stadium Course at PGA West.

Bill Tait, the tournament director said, “The 17th hole on the stadium course is one of the most famous holes, frankly in the world.”

But along with a new course, the tournament, in an effort to attract casual fans as well as golf fans, has added a variety of new venues.

“The other thing we did this year,” said Tait. “For the people who were here prior years is the whole Bob Hope Square area is closer to the action, so where the food venues are, the food trucks and things like that are right near the first tee and the practice range, so I think it lends itself to a more integrated experience.”

And while golf fans crave that more integrated experience, casual fans are more interested in fun.

“The Bob Hope Square area with the cabanas and the food trucks and the different food venues, I just think it lends itself to a fun atmosphere.”

Ta i t a l s o s a y s t h e tournament is looking to draw from Los Angeles and surrounding markets, and believes having a variety of interesting events will help make the CareerBuilder Challenge broaden its appeal beyond golf fans.

Also new this year, the Coachella Valley Golf Industry Summit. Which will tackle issues affecting the sport such as declining numbers, the California drought and the intersection of golf and charity.

The tournament’s director of business development, Bob Marra says, “It’s not been the best of times starting with the great recession for golf, but rumors of it’s demise, I think, are greatly exaggerated.

Just take one example on a national basis: 2 million people employed in the golf industry,

$89 billion in economic impact, now that impact is greater than the combined impact of the television and film industry.”

But if you’re not a golf fan, the tournament offers a variety of entertainment options, from the 19th-hole block party in Old Town La Quinta, Friday the 19th that includes live music, to the food truck festival, they’re hoping there will be something for everyone.

Monday, 3 more major winners committed to playing: Angel Cabrera, Geoff Ogilvy and Webb Simpson join the

Pam Price with Laszlo Nemes. Whose “Son of Saul”, the Hungarian film screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival went on to win the Golden Globe , awarded in the Foreign Language category. Photo courtesy of Anthony Grant

domination of their controlling grandmother and uncle. The lengths to which their family goes to objective to isolate the sisters from any semblance of freedom emerges as a “critique of Turkey” in less than subtle ways. I have to admit, their story, thanks to the genius of Ms. Gamze, brought tears to my eyes. In a larger sense, it reveals the status of women in countries that deny women even their freedom to use a phone, drive a car or refuse to obey the ritual of an arranged marriage.

Both directors explore oppression, each in their own style. Top billing to both Son of Saul and Mustang as twin wake-up calls to the plight of the oppressed, wherever and whoever they are.

likes of Phil Michelson, Patrick Reed and defending champ, Bill Haas. And while those names are enough to draw golf fans, tournament officials hope their event will offer enough general appeal to draw new fans.

Marra also sited a study by the Coachella Valley Visitor Bureau and said the golf industry offers the valley more than $450 million in direct economic impact, so while golfers seek the smallest number possible, the industry and this tournament is hoping to see numbers grow.

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Pam Price serves on the Cathedral City Public Art Commission.

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‘My name is Doris’, Sally Fields at the PSIFF

Actress Sally Field- center with Director, Friends and fellow Actors. Photo by Pat Krause awards include 11 golden globe nominations, Emmy nominations and she was awarded the Career Achievement Award in the 2013 Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala. Some of my favorite performances’ were Gidget-1965, The Flying Nun-1967, and Syble in 1976 and loved Murphy’s Romance in 1985. She got an Oscar nomination playing President Lincolns mother. These are just a few of her many many hits.

In this movie, she plays a woman that has spent her entire adult life taking care of her mother. The story continues after he mother passes and she takes stock of the choices she has made. That’s when actor Max Greenfield makes an entrance into her life and her dead end job. Field is an activist for women’s rights, Gay Rights and Bone Health to name a few. She said it is harder to find good parts for women, as you get older.

Story and Photos by Pat Krause Fred, The Hammer, Williamson brought his annual Wounded Warriors Project golf Tournament to the Fantasy Springs Eagle Falls Golf course. Around 180 golfers participated in this event on Jan 9th. Williamson brought about 25 of his celebrity friends to play golf at this fantastic and challenging golf course. Williamson is Anthony Miller with Fred, The Hammer, Williamson and actor Tom Hallick. Photo by Pat Krause a former Super Bowl Foot Ball Player and actor. He is also a producer of films. As a former Marine, he has first hand knowledge about our wounded service men and women.

There is always a pairings party the night before at the LIT lounge-The Wine Bar, on the 12th Floor of Fantasy Springs Casino Nancy Tapick, Jason Radovan and Linda Williamson. Photo by Pat Krause Bobby Bell, Lee Hartley and Isaac Curtis. Photo by Pat Krause Resort. There was a buffet supper for

the players and guests with Desserts and Drinks. John Bolivar from Palm Springs Walk of Stars provided the entertainment. The Wine Bar has a fantastic view of Coachella from the veranda. Some of the Celebrities attending were Tom Flores, Billy Bell, Willie Gault, Isaac Curtis and many more football players and actors.

Wounded Warrior Project has a number of programs, services and events for wounded veterans from military action since the 9-11-01 disaster. The Project focuses on the severely injured with aid and assistance to meet their needs.

In 2012 WWP gave close to 115 million dollars on programs for the wounded, their families and caregivers. WWP has also given 5 million dollars to other Charities those are similar. WWP has also given 100 servicemen and women $800,000 for scholarships to college and helped with the transition to the workplace.

Actor Max Greenfield, actress Sally Field, Director Michael Showater. Photo by Pat Krause Story and Photos by Pat Krause Actress Sally Field came to promote the filming of her new movie, Hello, My Name is Doris that was shown on January 8th during the Palm Springs International Film Festival at the Camelot Theatre. Director Michael Showater and Actor

Max Greenfield accompanied her. She arrived upstairs at the Camelot Cafe and bar area to pose for photographs and give a few interviews for the local newspapers and TV. Guests that happened to be upstairs were so thrilled to be able to see this iconic actress up close. Field posed for

photos for a few of her fans and had her friends and fellow actors pose for a group photo.

They stayed until after the film for a Q & A. Field has made so many notable movies and been in so many TV shows that are still playing on TV. This tiny lady has impacted the lives of so many with her ability as an actress. Field has won the coveted Oscar twice in her career that has lasted for 4 decades and is still going strong. Her

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present his work to the world.

David Bowie, ‘Brixton’s finest son’, will be remembered as he lived, in a splash of colour, music and dancing in his native south London.

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changed the face of music as David Bowie and countless other musical personas.

The Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London is running a social media campaign to help organize a street party.

“Bowie’s time on this earth may be over, but he sure left us some great music. Today is a day to gather together and celebrate,” The Ritzy posted on Facebook.

The cinema has urged people to “bring instruments,

speakers, food and most importantly love” to the 7pm soiree.

A Let’s Dance party of film tributes, oddities, drinks and no doubt epic dancing is due to take place at the Prince Albert pub on Coldharbour Lane - not far from Bowie’s 1947 birthplace.

“Tonight, we’re going to drink, dance and celebrate Brixton’s finest son with a night of David Bowie music,” said organisers, Brixton Buzz.

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more - plus some of his musical morning news bulletin, in which influences and the artists he she accidently said “David inspired - and screening videos Cameron has died.” and photos of the great man.”

When she became aware of the mistake, she quickly Heart FM newsreader corrected herself and replaced Fiona Winchester accidently the PM’s name with Bowie’s. announced the death of Prime However, listeners pounced Minister David Cameron instead on the error and took it to social of music legend David Bowie live media. on air, it has emerged.

“He provided a soundtrack As the world awoke on to our lives, from the first time I Monday to mourn the death of heard Space Oddity to the pride British music icon Bowie, the of welcoming British athletes at broadcast journalist made the the London Olympics to one of embarrassing gaffe during a his masterpieces – ‘Heroes’.

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Purple Room Books TV Icon Shirley Jones & Patrick Cassidy

By Desert Star Staff Palm Springs, CA – Motion picture, stage and television icon, Shirley Jones will appear with her son, Patrick Cassidy at the famed Purple Room Palm Springs in four very special performances presented by Dick Taylor on February 11th, 12th and 13th at 7 PM, and, again on February 14th at 1 PM. The intimate setting of this legendary nightclub offers guests an upclose and personal musical and historic experience with these great performers.

At her first audition in New York, Ms. Jones sang for composer Richard Rogers, who asked her to stay in the theatre so his partner, Oscar Hammerstein, could also see and hear her. It was a life-changing experience for Jones, as she was immediately signed to the only personal contract anyone had ever had with the famous team, and as a result, her career skyrocketed.

Jones was cast in the film Oklahoma in the role of Laurie, followed by starring roles in Carousel, The Music Man and April Love. In a departure from

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movie musicals, she created the dramatic role of prostitute Lulu Baines, playing opposite Burt Lancaster in the film Elmer Gantry, winning her first Oscar.

Jones then was cast in the role that made her a household name, as the harried head of The Partridge Family in the popular television series that ran for four year.

Since then, Jones has appeared in dozens of movies, television and stage roles, including a record-breaking Broadway revival of 42nd Street. She’s earned three Emmy nominations, and performs at standing-room only (SRO) symphony concerts and speaking engagements throughout the United States and the world.

Patrick Cassidy is Shirley Jones’ middle son, and is a highly regarded actor, singer and director. Last summer, he starred in A Little Night Music for the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He had the honor of recreating the role his father, Jack Cassidy, originated in 1966 at the Dallas Theatre Company’s production

of It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman. Cassidy starred opposite Patti LuPone in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway and played the lead role of Julian Marsh in 42nd Street (starring opposite his mother). Other Broadway credits include Aida, Pirates of Penzance and Leader of the Pack. Cassidy’s film credits include Longtime Companion, I’ll Do Anything, I Won’t Dance and Burning Love. On television, he has made appearances on such shows as Law and Order, Bay City Blues, Smallville and Dirty Dancing.

Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy are a must-see combination of entertainment, music and memories. Dick Taylor Presents has been working with the Purple Room to bring in some of the biggest acts in the business. Jones and Cassidy will be at the Purple Room from February 11th through the 14th. Tickets are $90, $85 and $80 (based on seating) and are available at purpleroompalmsprings.com or by calling 800-838-3006.

In the 1960s, The Purple Room at Club Trinidad was the January 13, 2016

club where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. performed and came with their friends to eat, drink and play.

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(Hwy 111 across from Smoke Tree Village Shopping Center) in Palm Springs, CA. Closed Mondays, open at 4 daily with happy hour, bar bites and nightly entertainment.

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Powerball jackpot fever grips the Coachella Valley

By Carlos Herrera Powerball fever grips the Coachella Valley. With no winner this weekend, the jackpot keeps growing. Not only that, ticket sales has been even bigger than expected.

Monday morning, the pot was raised another 100 million dollars and lots of people are thinking big if they win it all. “Yeah we can’t wait to win, it’s going to be ours, for sure,” Palo Alto residents Kim William and Steve Curtis said. The jackpot is now at an estimated $1.4 billion. “That’s crazy I’ve never heard of anything like that,” Rancho Mirage resident Carlos Quevedo said. Here in the valley, people rushed to the stores to buy tickets and test their luck with six numbers.

Although the chances of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million, according to some, that is still a big chance to win the

jackpot. “Might as well it’s only a few dollars, I think it’s worth it,” Quevedo said. But, what exactly would people do with all that money? Some thought about their loved ones, but others thought about themselves. “We are going to buy a house in every country and a car to go with it,” Williams said.

If you are feeling lucky and you are looking for a place to purchase Powerball tickets, the 7-Eleven in Palm Springs may be the place you want to purchase it. Matthew Lopez, from Palm Springs, won a million-dollar prize from a tendollar “big money” scratcher’s ticket. Lopez bought the ticket at the 7-Eleven on Sunrise Way. For some, that in itself is even more motivation, “I feel like I have a great chance of winning too,” Quevedo said. For now, all that is left to do is buy those tickets and hope you are the winner. Source KMIR

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MUSIC Titles shed light on seminal studios, guitars, music icons

BY ROBERT KINSLER

Last year saw the release of a slew of noteworthy new books focused on much-loved corners of the music universe, including British recording studios, Southern California-based Taylor Guitars, Michael Jackson and more. Here is an overview of a number of the most essential titles now available.

Title: The Great British Recording Studios (Hal Leonard Books) Author: Howard Massey Tell me more: Fans of the Beatles, Kinks and other bands who comprised the British Invasion won’t be the only ones interested in grabbing “The Great British Recording Studios.” With a foreword by Sir George Martin’s providing a noteworthy kick-off, Howard Massey’s wonderful book provides an in-depth review of the growth of England’s recording studio industry following World War II, and looks at specific facilities including Abbey Road (EMI Studios), Decca, IBC and others. There are specifics about equipment used at the various studios and key recordings that were made at each. There are also stories from some of the sessions and a myriad of other points about the famed British studios that are detailed enough to thrill audiophiles and musicologists, but readable enough for the music fan who don’t have the

technical background of a studio Michael Jackson’s long career, engineer or record producer. which included the King of There are a wealth of historical Pop’s work and influence in the color and black & white photos captured inside the studios too.

Information: greatbritishstudios. halleonardbooks.com.

Title: The Taylor Guitar Book (Backbeat Books) Author: Teja Gerken Tell me more: Neil Young, Jason Mraz, Damon Albarn, Zac Brown and Dave Matthews are among the many musicians who play Taylor guitars. Now the story of Taylor Guitars (based in San Diego, CA) is revealed via the wonderful Teja Gerken-penned “The Taylor Guitar Book.” Founded in 1974 (long after companies such as Gibson, Fender, Guild, Martin and Rickenbacker had seemingly cornered the market), Taylor has grown to be among the leaders of the industry while attracting the loyalty of guitarists around the globe. This colorfully-illustrated 160-page book will appeal to both casual and hardcore fans of Taylor-made acoustic and electric instruments. Information: backbeatbooks.com.

Title: Michael Jackson FAQ (Backbeat Books) Author: Kit O’Toole Tell me more: Writer Kit O’Toole has taken a straightforward, but effective path in providing a bigger picture of

Tell me more: A former professor of music and director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, John Szwed proved to be the perfect author to pen the well-researched and involving “Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth.”

Released in paperback in early 2015, the biography sheds light on Holiday’s groundbreaking role as jazz singer and early champion in the fight against racism.

What emerges is that despite the troubles and challenges Holiday faced in her all-too-brief life (the New York native died at the age of 44 in 1959) was she was an artist of tremendous talent who influenced countless contemporaries and musical worlds of music, film, dance and descendants. Information: pop culture. Looking at a long penguinrandomhouse.com. career spanning his work with the Jackson 5, the Jacksons and groundbreaking solo career, Jackson’s work with Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, and even his posthumous successes (notably the 2009 documentary film “This Is It”) are also covered

by O’Toole in an illustrated book stretching across 464 pages.

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Title: Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth (Viking) Author: John Szwed

Title: Sinatra: The Chairman (Doubleday) Author: James Kaplan Tell me more: At 992 pages, the hardcover edition of James Kaplan’s “Sinatra: The Chairman” picks up where the author left off with 2010’s “Sinatra: The Voice” and fully paints a portrait of the 20th century icon beginning the day after he picked up his Academy Award in 1954 (for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “From Here to Eternity”).

This biography is a ripe with insights into Sinatra’s last act (“Ol’ Blue Eyes” died in 1998, but would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 12, 2015) that was filled with incredible highs and lows. It takes a lot to capture one of the last century’s most dynamic and significant entertainers, and Kaplan has done that masterfully in “Sinatra: The Chairman.” Information: penguinrandomhouse.com.

Title: Don’t All Thank Me At Once: The Lost Pop Genius of Scott Miller (125 Books) Author: Brett Milano Tell me more: In a world filled with under-the-radar musical heroes, few loom larger than Scott Miller. A groundbreaking indie rocker who fronted Game Theory in the ‘80s and The Loud Family in the ‘90s. Although Miller’s insightful and intelligent style of literate songcraft has drawn comparisons with the celebrated likes of Elvis Costello and Big Star, his lost place is just now being fully realized thanks to several recent (and upcoming) reissues as well as Brett Milano’s fantastic appreciation “Don’t All Thank Me At Once: The Lost Pop Genius of Scott Miller” released in October 2015. Information: 125records.com.

Snow Lures People to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

By Kitty Alvarado PALM SPRINGS, Ca. -Mount San Jacinto got dozens of inches of snow courtesy of El Niño. The snow covered mountains can be seen from almost anywhere in the desert and they’re tempting people near and far to visit and play in the fresh powder. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is a popular place to see the white stuff.

Greg Purdy, with the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, says on some weekends they’ve had over four hour wait times to take the ten minute ride to more than 8,000 feet above sea level to the top of the mountain. He says it’s been years since the tram has

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had over two feet of snow and this has allowed the Adventure Center to open. It’s the first time in four years they’ve been able to rent skis, sleds and other snow equipment that would normally get damaged with less than two feet of snow. Despite there being equipment for rent, he says it’s a good idea to come prepared with the right type of shoes because sidewalks leading to the center get icy and slippery.

Purdy says that there are days when online tickets are sold out but they only sell 10 percent of their tickets via the Internet. He says tickets are always available at the tram and they never turn anyone away. Source KMIR

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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. Petitioner: Holis M. Quinton 16078 Palomino Lane, Moreno Valley, CA 92551-1632 (951) 2108740. Pub January 6, 8, 13, 2016. DSW16-1001

capublicnotice.com NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:ROY W. SMITH CASE NO. INP1500911 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ROY W. SMITH. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by QUINN F. SMITH AND DRAKE W. SMITH in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE (Ancillary) requests that QUINN F. SMITH AND DRAKE W. SMITH 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: February 18, 2015 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: REBECCA L.T. SCHROFF, ESQ. MOORE, BRYAN & SCHROFF LLP 21515 HAWTHORNE BLVD, SUITE 490, TORRANCE, CA 90503. (310) 540-8855. Pub January 8, 13, 15, 2016 DSW16-0008 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BOBBIE JANE QUINTON CASE NO. INP1500763 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of BOBBIE JANE QUINTON . A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HOLIS M. QUINTON in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that HOLIS M. QUINTON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 21, 2016 at 8:45AM in Dept. 1A located at 46200 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

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following fictitious business name(s) KHOOL POOL 1414 N. PALM CANYON DR. PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside County has been abandoned by the following person(s): 1414 NPC, LLC 860 N. PRESCOTT, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262 The fictitious business name(s) referred to above was filed in Riverside County on: 04/09/2014. 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: VICCI FRENCH LIPPMAN, MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County, Peter Aldana-Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. I-201400933 Pub February 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2016 DSW16-1007 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:SUNNY DUNES ANTIQUES MALL 507 E SUNNY DUNES, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264.

Riverside County. Mailing Address: 2950 N SUNNYVIEW DR, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Full name of registrant: ARON NATHANIEL LYONS 2950 N SUNNYVIEW DR PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262.

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: ARON NATHANIEL LYONS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on December 21, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201514078 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2016. DSW16-1004 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: CLOUD NINE LIMOUSINE 65482 BURROWING OWL CT, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: DAN FRANKLIN DAVIDSON 65482 BURROWING OWL CT, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.

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: DAN FRANKLIN DAVIDSON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on January 4, 2016. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201600044 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2016. DSW16-1002 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: PARAMOUNT SCIENCES 2222 WAYNE ROAD, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. Riverside County. Full name of registrant: DAVID GREGORY SHELEP 2222 WAYNE ROAD, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262. 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: DAVID GREGORY SHELEP. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on December 30, 2015.

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No. R-201514411 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016. DSW16-1000 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: SKYREACHER, (1) SKYREACHER ENTERTAINMENT 29970 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SUITE 109, MURRIETA, CA 92563. Riverside County, 35634 DENVER CIRCLE, WINCHESTER, CA 92596. Full name of registrant: FIRST POST 29970 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE SUITE 109, MURRIETA, CA 92563. Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/28/2015. 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: JACOB EDWARD ROBINSON, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on December 01, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder File No. R-201513349 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub December 30, 2015 January 6, 13, 20, 2016. DSW15-5297

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County has been abandoned by the following person(s): ARTAK ARTHUR ABRAHAMYAN 68435 ESPADA RD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234. The fictitious business name(s) referred to above was filed in Riverside County on: 09/21/2012. 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: ARTAK ARTHUR ABRAHAMYAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County, signed by, Peter Aldana AssessorCounty Clerk-Recorder on December 21, 2015 File No. I-201202489 December 30, 2015, January 6, 13, 20, 2016. DSW15-5294 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: THE UPS STORE #3065 31855 DATE PALM DR STE 3, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92284. Riverside County, 14080 PALM DR STE D, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240.Full name of registrant: HELBAR INC. 14080 PALM DR, STE D, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240 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: FLOYD ANTHONY BARTEN, SECRETARY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on December 11, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201513768 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub December 30, 2015, January 6, 13, 20, 2016. DSW15-5293

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: PORTILLO’S POOL SERVICE 66339 BUENA VISTA AVE., DESERET HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Riverside County, P.O. BOX 763, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240. Full name of registrant: ADAN RICARDO PORTILLO MARTINEZ 66339 BUEMA VISTA DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92240.

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: ADAN RICARDO PORTILLO MARTINEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on December 23, 2015.

Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201514207 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub December 30, 2015, January 6, 13, 20, 2016. DSW15-5296

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: OASIS DATE GARDENS, (1) WINTERHAVEN RANCH 52200 INDUSTRIAL WAY, COACHELLA, CA 92236. Riverside County, P.O. BOX 757, THERMAL, CA 92274.Full name of registrant: WOODSPUR FARMING LLC 52200 INDUSTRIAL WAY, COACHELLA, CA 92236 Business is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/15.

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: ADARSH- -PAREKH, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on December 18, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201514030 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub December 23, 30, 2015, January 6, 13, 2016. DSW15-5290

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: DESERT AUTOS 401 WEST. RADIO RD B#10, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262 Riverside County,.Full name of registrant: SIMON- -ABRAHAMYAN 68435 ESPADA ROAD, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234 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: SIMON ABRAHAMYAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on December 21, 2015. Peter Aldana, Assessor-County Clerk Recorder File No. R-201514093 NOTICE — THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411, ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CODE). Pub December 30, 2015, January 6, 13, 20, 2016. DSW15-5295

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15-20392-SP-CA Title No. 150063518-CA-VOI A.P.N. 641-082-008-7 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 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(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

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following fictitious business name(s) DESERT AUTOS 401 W. RADIO RD #B10, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262 Riverside

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Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Gilberto S. Calderon and Maria Eduvina Calderon, husband and wife, as community property, with right of survivorship. Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 04/05/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0230208 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Riverside County, California.

Date of Sale: 02/25/2016 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: $281,760.28 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 66353 Estrella Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 A.P.N.: 641-082-008-7 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 15-20392-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: 01/12/2016 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-4557510 01/13/2016, 01/20/2016, 01/27/2016.

DSW16-1006 T.S. No. 15-33911 APN: 763-370-009-9 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/4/2006.

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 drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, 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, 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: HALMAR CHICAS, AN UNMARRIED MAN AND ADALBERTO J. CHICAS, A MARRIED MAN AS

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HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP Duly Appointed Trustee: LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVE Deed of Trust recorded3/9/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0168617 in book --, page--of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, Date of Sale:2/10/2016 at 9:00 AM. Place of Sale: Auction.com Room, 2410 Wardlow Road #104, Corona, CA 92880. Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $217,283.94.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 55551 SOTO STREET THERMAL, California 92274. Described as follows: SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. A.P.N #.: 763-370-009-9 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. 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 site www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 15-33911. 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.. Dated 1/7/2016 . Law Offices of Les Zieve, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450, Irvine, CA 92606. For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920. For Sale Information: (800) 280-2832www.auction.com. Maria Cesena, Trustee Sale Officer.. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EPP 15400 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/2016. DSW16-1005 TSG No.: 8583296 TS No.: CA1500271138 FHA/ VA/PMI No.: APN: 768-410-003-1 Property Address: 52754 CALLE EMPALME COACHELLA, CA 92236 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/12/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 02/02/2016 at 09:00 A.M., First American Title

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Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 09/18/2008, as Instrument No. 2008-0511000, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, State of California. Executed by: MARY ROBLES, 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) AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE FORMER CORONA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 849 W. SIXTH STREET, CORONA, CA. 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# 768-410-003-1 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 52754 CALLE EMPALME, COACHELLA, CA 92236 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 $143,871.71. 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 (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/ propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1500271138 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

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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 6 Campus Cir, Bldg 6, 1st Floor 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 TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)9390772NPP0269508 To: DESERT STAR WEEKLY 01/13/2016, 01/20/2016, 01/27/2016. 16-1003 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-15666440-HL Order No.: 730-1501953-70 (Pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code 2923.3) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/16/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE 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 Section 5102 to the Financial C ode 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 pay the accrued principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the t rustee 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. BENEFICIARY MAY BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): Alton R. Gamble, a married man as his sole and separate property Recorded: 4/20/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0266857 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of RIVERSIDE County, California; Date of Sale: 1/29/2016 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance of the former Corona Police Department at 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA. Amount of accrued balance and other charges: $310,924.74 The purported property address is: 65825 10TH STREET, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA 92240 Assessor’s Parcel No. 664-160-031-5 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 N otice of S ale 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 sa le date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the

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sale of this property, you may call 916.939.0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the t rustee: CA-15-666440-HL . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned t rustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. 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 t rustee 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 t rustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

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 m ortgagor, the m ortgagee, or the m ortgagee’s a ttorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only.

As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916.939.0772 O r Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 6457711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-15-666440-HL IDSPub #0098286 12/30/2015 1/6/2016 1/13/2016. DSW15-5291 APN: 673-430-063-4 TS No: CA05000776-15-1 TO No: 8557057 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 16, 2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On January 25, 2016 at 09:00 AM, in front of the Corona Civic Center, 849 W. Sixth Street, Corona, CA 92882, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on February 7, 2003, as Instrument No. 2003093238, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Riverside County, California, executed

by DONAVON L. PUCCIO, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for OHIO SAVINGS BANK as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 35508 VISTA DEL LUNA, 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 without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms

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of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $338,165.80 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

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

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

Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-6597766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA0500077615-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: December 16, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05000776-15-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Miguel Ochoa, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ORDER NO. CA15-004617-1, PUB DATES: 12/30/2015, 01/06/2016, 01/13/2016. DSW15-5288

Saints & Sinners cast announced Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clifton Powell, Gloria Reuben, Keith Robinson, Christian Keyes, Richard Lawson, Jasmine Burke and More Cast in Bounce TV’s First Original Dramatic Series Saints & Sinners

By Desert Star Staff ATLANTA, -- Following the success of scripted comedy series, Bounce TV -- the nation’s first and only broadcast television network designed for AfricanAmerican (AA) audiences and TV’s fastest-growing AA network -- is expanding into hour-long drama with Saints & Sinners, which will center around the pursuit of power, intertwined with deceit, greed, corruption and murder – all set against the backdrop of a large southern church.

Bounce TV today announced the leading cast of the series and that the eight-episode first season of Saints & Sinners will be seen Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. (ET) starting March 6. The show is currently in production in and around Atlanta, GA. Greater Hope Baptist Church is the heartbeat of Cypress, GA a southern town outside Atlanta, which evolved into a city over the years. The church began as a 10-member congregation when the Civil Rights Movement was at its height and being young, black and alone at night was a hazard of circumstance. As times changed, the congregation grew and so did its influence in

Cypress. When a violent murder rocks the community, the church that holds the secrets of the entire town is at risk of imploding.

For it seems at Greater Hope, only God and the Devil can tell the difference between a saint and a sinner.

Saints & Sinners cast announced today: • Vanessa Bell Calloway (Shameless, Coming to America) as Lady Ella, a beauty queen with a business mind and the power behind the throne as Pastor Evan

Johnson’s wife.

• Clifton Powell (Ray, Murder in the First) plays Rex Fisher, a ruthless local loan shark with his hand in many of the dealings in town.

• Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot, ER) as the Mayor of Cypress Pamela Clayborne, a hard-nosed former prosecutor whose secrets are catching up to her.

• K e i t h Robinson (Dreamgirls, Are We There Yet?) portrays Miles Calloway, a former

R&B star, one hit wonder, now serving as the minister of music at Greater Hope.

• C h r i s t i a n Keyes (Mistresses, Let’s Stay Together) as Levi, the prodigal son who returns to his hometown after a successful run on Wall Street.

• R i c h a r d Lawson (Numb3rs, Wag the Dog) plays the beloved Pastor Evan Johnson who is harboring many dark doings from his faithful believers.

• Jasmine Burke (The Vampire Diaries, Army Wives)

as Dr. Christie Johnson, the daughter and only living child of Pastor and Mrs. Johnson, who tends to local patients but has her own private issues.

• JD Williams (The Wire, The Good Wife) portrays Jabari, Levi’s cousin who also works for Rex and is torn between family and business.

• Afemo Omilami (Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Forrest Gump) as Detective St. Charles.

Confederates on the Front Porch

Facing a populist surge, a candidate finds unity to win the White House.

By Karl Rove OP/ED Partisan gridlock in Washington, the two parties at each other’s throats. The economy wracked by disruptive new technologies and jostled by rising foreign competition. A growing concern that the divide between the rich and poor is growing.

If that sounds like America today, it was actually, where the country stood during the election of 1896, only things were worse.

There had been five presidential elections in a row where no one received 50% of the vote. In two of them, the winner in the Electoral College lost the popular vote – and one of those contests involved a five-month dispute about the outcome in Florida.

For 20 out of 24 years, the government was divided with one party holding the White House and the other controlling one or both houses of Congress. The result was stalemate on the major issues of the day.

The economic divide was made worse by the lingering effects of the Civil War, which had a major impact on American politics, especially in the South where powerful myths were woven to justify secession and slavery and explain away defeat as the result of Northern barbarity and material advantage.

Southern resentment of the North was exacerbated by the differences in economic modernization between the regions. The North ended the war with its manufacturing base intact while the South saw most its factories and much of its agricultural production disrupted.

The economic disparity only increased as the economic growth in the North and Midwest outstripped that in the South in the decades after the Civil War. At the time, many Southern farmers were forced to participate in the crop lien scheme where local “furnishing merchants” supplied them with necessities in return for title to their crops.

At “settlin’ time” when the harvest came in, the farmers’ debts routinely exceed the value of their crops, making them “another day old and deeper in debt.”

In 1896, both Democratic and Republican candidates addressed these economic concerns. William Jennings Bryan, the 36-year old Democratic nominee, lashed the Northern Money Power, Wall Street and the foreign financial houses on

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which the U.S., a developing country, relied for investment. His was a negative campaign which deliberately pitted class again class and region against region, with Bryan calling the industrial East “the enemy’s country.”

By contrast, his opponent, Republican William McKinley, deliberately struck a note of national reconciliation, saying that Americans were in this together.

The fortunes of labor and capital were inexorably tied. This led McKinley to emphasize both economic and national unity.

One way the McKinley campaign showcased these appeals was to do something that no Republican presidential candidate had done since the end of the Civil War: meet with a group of ex-Confederates.

On the afternoon of October 9, two large trainloads arrived in Canton, Ohio, McKinley’s hometown, disgorging thousands of men, many in butternut or grey uniforms, along with their families. These were Confederate veterans, mostly from Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, where McKinley had fought at first as an enlisted man and then, after battlefield promotions for valor, as an officer with the 23rd Ohio.

Rev. Abram P. Funkhouser of Harrisonburg, Virginia, had organized the Southerners.

The former rebels were met at the depot by a mounted honor escort, a Grand Army of the Republic band and several hundred Union veterans in their blue wartime uniforms. The wives of the GAR members presented the Southerners an elaborate silk banner to mark the visit. Then with the band blaring and American flags flying, the Southerners marched to the Tabernacle, a local meeting hall, where Canton

women served lunch to the men and their families as they waited for one more trainload of their comrades to arrive.

Each ex-Confederate was given a knife from Canton’s Novelty Cutlery Co. engraved with the American flag, McKinley’s portrait and the words, “No East, No West, No North, No South, the Union Forever.” There were matching badges, with ribbons half blue and half grey, topped with a red, white and blue rosette, and bearing a similar sentiment with a medallion featuring portraits of McKinley and his running mate, Garrett Hobart.

By 4:30 P.M., the final train had arrived and Southern men gathered in the Stark County Courthouse Square behind their new banner that read “United We Stand.” The reverse displayed an American eagle resting on a shield with the words, “Presented to the ex-Confederate Veterans of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, by the ex-Union Veterans of Canton, Ohio.” They were joined by groups of Union veterans and Northern and Southern units mingled together, the men formed up behind bands and flag bearers and then marched up North Market Street. The sidewalks were packed with cheering spectators, standing under billowing flags and patriotic bunting. Many people were weeping as former battlefield adversaries marched together in a display of national unity. The march ended at a stage built on McKinley’s lawn; a crowd jammed the intersection to witness the historic moment.

McKinley was moved by the presence of men he may have faced in battle. His remarks were deeply personal. “Patriotism is not bound by State, or class,

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Sectionalism was surrendered at Appomattox.” His campaign stood for “Country first, Country last and Country with stainless honor.” McKinley noted this was the first time a Republican presidential candidate had met with ex-Confederates and urged veterans North and South to support “the enthronement of justice and the supremacy of law.”

The crowd cheered what was an intensely emotional moment, both for McKinley and the former combatants. Speeches over, the Southern men filed across the porch to shake the Republican Presidential candidate’s hand before returning to the Tabernacle for dinner. The Confederate veteran bands offered a concert in the Courthouse Square before their trains left for Virginia at midnight.

It is hard now from a distance of nearly 120 years to understand what a powerful moment this had been. America had not seen the like of it since Lee surrendered to Grant 31 years before. And that McKinley – who had enlisted as a private at age 18 to answer Lincoln’s call to save the Union and then fought through to the war’s conclusion, ending the conflict as a major – had caused such an event to happen spoke volumes about his character and purpose.

Four weeks later, McKinley was elected the 25th president of the United States with the largest popular margin since Grant’s reelection in 1872. And while the divide between North and South was not erased, sectional tensions eased, the bitterness of the war receded and nearly four decades of Republican dominance followed. Such was the result of a remarkable campaign in which one candidate sought to bring the country together while another was willing to tear it apart to win.

Mr. Rove, a former deputy chief of staff for President George W. Bush, helped organize the political-action committee American Crossroads. He is the author of “The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters.”

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(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo). Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is made to face the press as he is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs

by Mexican soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016.

By Maria Verza And Frank Bajak MEXICO CITY - Actor Sean Penn said he has “nothin’ to hide,” after images published Monday indicated he was under surveillance when he met with the Mexican actress who led him to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman - and the pair was apparently followed and photographed as they set out for the supposedly secret meeting with the drug lord.

In a brief email exchange with The Associated Press, Penn also dismissed criticism over his interview with the fugitive, who was captured on Friday, a day before Penn’s 10,000-word story was published in Rolling Stone magazine.

Mexican officials have said that contacts between Guzman’s lawyers and Penn and actress Kate del Castillo helped them track down the fugitive and they raided his hideout in rural Durango state a few days after their Oct. 2 meeting. Guzman evaded authorities then, but was finally captured after a shootout Friday in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.

Penn wrote in the Rolling Stone article of elaborate security precautions, including switching phones. As he flew to Mexico for the meeting, he wrote, “I see no spying eyes, but I assume they are there.”

He was right - and they had apparently been following del Castillo for months based on contacts with Guzman’s lawyers.

The Mexican newspaper El Universal published 10 images Monday that appeared to show Penn being monitored as he arrived in Mexico.

In the photographs, Penn, wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap, is shown arriving with del Castillo at an airport, then at a hotel, and greeting the men who apparently took them to a small airstrip, from which they flew to the jungle camp to meet Guzman. The newspaper said the photos were part of a Mexican government intelligence file it had obtained.

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The actor also shrugged off a suggestion that he was “taking hits” for agreeing to submit his article to Guzman prior to publication by Rolling Stone.

“No, you’re reading hits,” he said in the email exchange with the AP. In the article, Penn said Guzman requested no changes.

Penn stressed that he doesn’t think his communications were tracked, and in an interview with a local radio station, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez said that Mexican investigators were following the movements of one of Guzman’s lawyers, not necessarily Penn or del Castillo.

Asked whether Penn or del Castillo were under investigation, Gomez said a “new line” of inquiry had been opened that could include them or Guzman’s lawyers, and could involve “covering up” for Guzman “or something bigger.”

In an article accompanying the photos, El Universal said Mexican agents were aware of and following del Castillo’s contacts with Guzman’s lawyers since at least June. Del Castillo has not commented, but Penn wrote in Rolling Stone that Guzman was interested in having a movie made of his life and wanted del Castillo, who had portrayed a drug trafficker in a Mexican television series, involved in the project.

It was not Penn’s first foray into Latin American life and politics. The actor has become known in the region for befriending leftist leaders, including late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales in Bolivia. In 2008, he interviewed President Raul Castro for The Nation just after Barack Obama was elected U.S. president in what was billed as the Cuban leaders’ first interview with a foreign journalist. He has also been widely hailed for the charity he founded in Haiti after its devastating 2010 earthquake.

Guzman’s capture came six months after his dramatic escape through a mile-long tunnel he dug from his cell at the maximumsecurity Altiplano prison, west of Mexico City.

A movie based loosely on that stunning caper was scheduled to debut Sunday in Mexico. Originally titled: “Chapo: The escape of the century,” the name was changed Monday to “Capo: The escape of the century,” for what director Axel Uriegas said were production reasons.

Monday evening, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto referenced Guzman’s capture

in a short new year’s message to the nation.

“The detention of the world’s most wanted criminal is a credit to the coordination of our institutions in favor of security and the rule of law,” Pena Nieto said. “With this action, 98 of the 122 most dangerous criminals no longer present a threat to society and we are going for all of them.”

Mexico has begun the process of extraditing Guzman to the United States, where he faces drug-trafficking charges, but that could take “a year or longer” because of legal challenges, said the head of Mexico’s extradition office, Manuel Merino. He cited one extradition case that took six years.

In the meantime, Guzman, who faces drug-trafficking and organized crime charges in Mexico, was being held at the same prison he escaped from in July. A Mexican security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the drug lord is being held in a different cell and that the tunnel he built and the cell he escaped from had been destroyed.

On Monday, the prison was ringed by soldiers, some riding in armored personnel carrier,

as well as marines and federal police.

G u z m a n ’s powerful Sinaloa cartel smuggles multiton shipments of cocaine and marijuana as well as manufacturing and transporting methamphetamines and heroin, mostly to the U.S. He is wanted in several U.S. states.

Guzman’s attorney Juan Pablo Badillo has said the defense has already filed six motions to challenge extradition requests.

Badillo said that his client shouldn’t be extradited to the U.S. because “our country must respect national sovereignty, the sovereignty of its institutions to impart justice.”

In the interview in Rolling Stone, Guzman defended his role as the head of the world’s biggest drug-trafficking organization, blamed for thousands of killings.

When asked if he is to blame for high addiction rates, he responded: “No, that is false, because the day I don’t exist, it’s not going to decrease in any way at all.”

Associated Press writer Frank Bajak reported from Lima, Peru. Associated Press writer Natalia Cano in Mexico City contributed to this report.

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